Linux-Setup Digest #461, Volume #19 Wed, 23 Aug 00 19:13:10 EDT
Contents:
Re: RH6.2 Install problem w/ AMD 1Gz thunderbird system ("TongEng Chiah")
Signature File for KMail ("David Stackis")
Re: disk druid and red hat 6.2 ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
xauth delays (David Punsalan)
Re: Master Boot Record ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Sound on RedHat 6.2 (Scott Delibac)
Re: X windows set up 'is this OK screen' not ok (MaryP)
Re: setup ftp server ("David ..")
Re: FAT32 under Corel Linux SE (Black Dragon)
Re: SuSE 6.4: yast2 :-) - X :-( (M. Buchenrieder)
Re: Multi location e-mail setup (Marc Andre Selig)
default font not found ("ascii_superstar")
which mail client with multi pop servers? (Thierry Nkaoua)
SYSLOGD Hangs ("Kart")
ATI 128 X Black Screen ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: SYSLOGD Hangs (Paul Wilson)
Re: Problems loading Mandrake Linux ("Stephen Banner")
Re: RH6.2 Install problem w/ AMD 1Gz thunderbird system (Ignacio Valdes)
Re: Mandrake 7.0 install script loops unless one yanks out SCSI card (JD)
Re: upgrade mandrake 6.1 to 7.1 ("Dale")
Re: ATI RAGE FURY PRO HELP!!! ("jade")
Re: Nis client (Martin Hepworth)
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Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2000 04:12:17 +0800
From: "TongEng Chiah" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: RH6.2 Install problem w/ AMD 1Gz thunderbird system
i had this problem too.
read in dejanews that the disable instruction caused the AMD processor to
core dump. only happens on RH6.2
ne... <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED].
..
> On Aug 23, 2000 at 02:16, William E. Sadler eloquently wrote:
>
> >Greetings!
> >
> >I am having a problem after installation with a ASUS A7V motherboard that
> >has a 1GZ AMD Thunderbird processor in it. System has 512MB PC133
memory,
> >Adaptec 29160 U2 SCSI, w/ Segate 9.1GB Cheetah drive. Matrox G400 32MB
> >single head.
> >
> >The problem comes after the installation runs. Everything looks like it
> >completes ok, after the system boots from lilo it always halts at the
point
> >where Linux is attempting to turn off the CPU serial number.
> Go to deja and do a search. This problem has come up before
> but I am not sure whether it was solved.
>
> --
> Registered Linux User # 125653 (http://counter.li.org)
> Experience is the worst teacher. It always gives the test first and
> the instruction afterward.
> 9:09am up 44 days, 12:11, 9 users, load average: 0.04, 0.04, 0.00
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From: "David Stackis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Signature File for KMail
Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2000 13:27:02 -0700
I set up KMail for my KDE desktop using RH Linux 6.2
The question I have is...why does KMail always look for a "signature file"
when I choose to create a new message to send?....when I click "Cancel", I
am then allowed to see my blank e-mail message, and do w/it what I want.
During setup of KMail I left blank the text box where I specify the
signature, yet every time I create a new e-mail, it wants a "signature file"
It almost seems like the "signature file" is required, but I know there is a
way to disable this...
That's what I love about Linux.....The freedom of choice....
TIA!
David Stackis
http://www.stackis.com
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: disk druid and red hat 6.2
Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2000 20:16:03 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Chiefy) wrote:
> On Wed, 23 Aug 2000 17:50:25 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] did say to
the dudes:
> [snip]
> >step. Am i missing something, is there a way to
> >format and mount partitions through linux
> >fdisk?? any help would be greatly appreciated.
>
> No need for fdisk.
>
> You can do it all with DiskDruid.
>
> --
> LGB.
>
> "Christ's sakes, LGB. If we shot the loons, you'd be dead right now."
>the disk druid i downloaded does not have an OK button. only add,
edit, delete, ect. but no OK or Next so after partitioning, mounting,
ect. their is no way to proceed. ?????
D
Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
Before you buy.
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From: David Punsalan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: xauth delays
Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2000 15:33:49 -0500
Hi,
I noticed that anytime that I need to enter a password - there is a long
delay before it passes through.
Also when I "startx" I get a timeout message from xauth, but luckily the X
session starts anyway.
How can I get rid of this? I don't know how it started - it just popped
up one day.
Thanks
- David
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.help,24hoursupport.helpdesk
Subject: Re: Master Boot Record
Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2000 20:58:25 GMT
Hi Hjell:
I assum that you have yet the Linux CD and boot FD, if yes, try this:
- try install Linux again on this HD
- in the installation process you will asked to partition the HD
there you will have an option to delete partition(s) so do it!
- reboot computer
- now you can do DOS fdisk and format
Good luck.
P.S.
email me should you have problems with that.
Irek
Kjell magne Fagerbakke wrote:
>
> Will this section help you?
> http://judi.greens.org/lilo/LILO-html/LILO-2.html#ss2.3
> km
>
> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Michael Eager
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >I have an old system which had Linux installed sometime in the past.
> >It had LILO installed. I want to install DOS on it now (don't ask
> >why). I re-partitioned the disk and installed DOS, but it will not
> >boot. Apparently, LILO is looking somewhere other than where it
> >should.
> >
> >I tried to remove LILO by running Fdisk with /MBR. Well, LILO is
> >gone, but whatever is in its place doesn't do anything useful -- I get
> >garbage printed on the screen.
> >
> >Anyone have a suggestion about how to either (a) reinstall the DOS
> >boot loader correctly, or (b) reinstall LILO so it knows where the DOS
> >system is located, or (c) whatever else will make this work
> >reasonably.
> >
> >Thanks
> >
> >-- Mike Eager, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >Eager Consulting [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.eagercon.com
> >
> >
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From: Scott Delibac <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Sound on RedHat 6.2
Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2000 10:57:44 -1000
Ive been trying to configure my sound card for my Linux system and have
had no luck. It works fine in windows 98 on my dual boot. It is a
soundblaster AWE32.
Any help would be appreciated.
-Scott
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (MaryP)
Subject: Re: X windows set up 'is this OK screen' not ok
Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2000 16:02:56 -0600
In article <8o0psk$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Dan Jacobson"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Unimpressed with Mandrake 7.0 install script: when it gets to the testing
> X windows screen occupation area (snip) ... there needs to be a
> scale bar added so one can see if indeed they are at 0 -----50----- 0
> [correct], or at 33 ----- 50 ------33 etc. (snip )... Scale bar should
be two: vert. & horiz..
This is no help with your immediate problem, but you might prefer SuSE's X
configuration thing. It has a nifty part called SaX with an adjustment
utility much as you describe. When I used it, it was really the first time
in three installs that I got my screen configured exactly the way it
should be in X.
In response to the other part of your question, yes, I had a sort of black
border around the edge of the screen when I was finished, but everything
inside that area seemed perfect and the edges of the various windows and
boxes were not cropped away, a major improvement over past installs. The
centering of the image on the screen can be fine tuned with your monitor
knobs.
MP
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From: "David .." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: setup ftp server
Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2000 15:54:11 -0500
Adrian Chan wrote:
>
> I want to setup a ftp server on suse linux, anyone can tell me where I
> should begin with? I have read some information on ftp server and tried to
> set it up. When I connect to it, it just says that 421: the service is not
> available and the connection is closed. Is that I must configure ftpaccess
> in order to start the service? How can I do this? Thanks for helping me.
>
> Adrian Chan
http://www.proftpd.net/
--
Confucius say: He who play in root, eventually kill tree.
Registered with the Linux Counter. http://counter.li.org
ID # 123538
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Black Dragon)
Crossposted-To: alt.linux,comp.os.linux.questions
Subject: Re: FAT32 under Corel Linux SE
Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2000 21:06:17 GMT
On Wed, 23 Aug 2000 15:17:48 GMT in alt.linux,
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> `RollerSkater' said:
>Hi everybody,
>
>I'm using Corel Linux 1.2 Second Edition (Based on Debian kernel 2.2.16 /
>glibc 2.1).
>
>I heard that with this version of Linux, Has a built-in patch and I can have
>immediate access to my second HD wich is formated 40GB FAT32. I don't see
>the FAT32 partition anywhere.
>
>Can someone help me on this issue. I need read/write access.
You need to mount the FAT32 partition using the vfat file system type, using
the mount command.
Example:
"mount -t vfat /dev/your-fat32-device /mnt/your-mount-point"
-
Black Dragon
"Resist militant `normality' -- A mind is a terrible thing to erase."
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (M. Buchenrieder)
Subject: Re: SuSE 6.4: yast2 :-) - X :-(
Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2000 14:45:15 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
>well, you din't get me right: I install SuSE 6.4 via Yast2 (not Yast1)!
Use yast1 instead.
>There's no way to start/use Yast1 if I insert the CDs.
[...]
Yes, there is. Boot from the second CD.
Michael
--
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Note: If you want me to send you email, don't munge your address.
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Subject: Re: Multi location e-mail setup
From: Marc Andre Selig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: 23 Aug 2000 23:15:09 +0200
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> I have 15 locations all over the country and want to give them e-mail
> as in [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[...]
> I now want to setup a Linux server which should collect all my incoming
> mail and forward mail to branches. The mail for users at my HQ will be
> picked up from the Linux server by POP3 e-mail clients.
In that case, the server will not forward the mail, but will instead
store it in a local mailbox, which will be accessed by the POP3 client
on the branch system. Not push, but pull. Just to get the
terminology clear.
> Is it possible for me to configure one Linux server at each station to
> pick up mail from my Linux server at my HQ so that my branches can also
> benefit from a unified mail address ?
Sure. On your HQ server, create an account for each branch server.
Configure sendmail to store mail for each server under the
corresponding account. The manual page for aliases(5) will give you
more information.
On your branch servers, regularly call fetchmail in the multidrop mode
to poll mail, i.e. transfer it from the HQ server to the branch
server. The details on fetchmail configuration are documented in
fetchmail(1).
Please note that this is the architecture you have described,
i.e. mail is stored in a mailbox on the HQ server and transferred to
the branch servers over POP3. This approach has several shortcomings,
the gravest of which is the fact that the SMTP envelope is lost and
has to be reconstructed by fetchmail. This will not always work.
A better approach -- which is, however, more complicated and more
difficult to set up -- would be to leave mail for the branch servers
in the sendmail queue on the HQ server and then use the ETRN SMTP
extension to actually start the transfer to the branch servers. This
will preserve the SMTP envelopes for all messages.
There is one more alternative, requiring a lot of administrative
overhead: Set up an individual account for each user on the HQ server,
and use lots of POP3 clients to transfer the mail to branch servers.
I would not want to use this beast, though. ;)
As an aside, and not meaning any offense, if you want to administer
an e-mail architecture such as that, I would urgently suggest some
serious reading-up.
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Reply-To: "ascii_superstar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
From: "ascii_superstar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux.mandrake
Subject: default font not found
Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2000 22:37:44 +0100
Hi
i try and startx but it, for some reason, says that it cant find my default
font 'fixed'
What should i do
Mandrake 7.1, just upgraded to xfree86 4.01.
please help, i wanna get linux working before bedtime
sergio
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From: Thierry Nkaoua <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: which mail client with multi pop servers?
Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2000 23:37:12 +0200
does someone know a mail client as "user friendly" as netscape but with
multiple pop servers function? (I tried kmail, tkrat and balsa but not
happy with those)
thanks
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From: "Kart" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: SYSLOGD Hangs
Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2000 23:32:54 +0200
Hello,
I have a problem with the syslogd daemon.
First let me expose :
I'm settings up a bootable CD-ROM for my firewall (will be a diskless
firewall with the full filesystem on CD). I'm working with a redhat 6.2. I
installed the base system and removed some packages to free up some space. I
did this by using the rpm command and never enforced to break dependencies.
I added some features (iproute2 packages, some perl modules, etc.) and here
it is, my system is ready for the CD recorder.
But when I boot, the syslog daemon hangs. I tried to launch it "by hand"
after boot :
# syslogd -d
This hangs too. No output, nothing !
If I log into another console and launch :
# ifconfig eth0 down
Then a few seconds later, syslogd starts OK. When having back up eth0, some
entries seems not to be logged (but I'm not sure).
I then tried to launch syslogd before the network in the boot scripts. In
this case, I have nothing logged.
I really don't know what I did broke when uninstalling some packages (I
removed things like anacron, at, gpm, gpm-devel, pcmcia, etc.).
If someone have any helpful idea, please let me know !!
Thanks in advance to all of you.
Sylvain.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: ATI 128 X Black Screen
Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2000 21:28:58 GMT
I'm having a heck of a time getting X to start.
Using RH 6.2, XFree 3.3.6. I've tried every
possible resolution and option, but the same
black screen greets me when attempting to start.
Is it necessary to upgrade to XF4?
Hardware
========
Motherboard: Abit VH6 w/ PIII 667
Video Card: ATI XPert128 16mb AGP
Thanks,
John
Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
Before you buy.
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From: Paul Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: SYSLOGD Hangs
Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2000 16:50:22 -0500
Kart wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> I have a problem with the syslogd daemon.
> First let me expose :
>
> I'm settings up a bootable CD-ROM for my firewall (will be a diskless
> firewall with the full filesystem on CD). I'm working with a redhat 6.2. I
> installed the base system and removed some packages to free up some space. I
> did this by using the rpm command and never enforced to break dependencies.
> I added some features (iproute2 packages, some perl modules, etc.) and here
> it is, my system is ready for the CD recorder.
>
> But when I boot, the syslog daemon hangs. I tried to launch it "by hand"
> after boot :
> # syslogd -d
>
> This hangs too. No output, nothing !
> If I log into another console and launch :
> # ifconfig eth0 down
> Then a few seconds later, syslogd starts OK. When having back up eth0, some
> entries seems not to be logged (but I'm not sure).
<snip>
Run syslogd through strace (strace syslogd -d) and see what it is trying
to do when it hangs.
Paul
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From: "Stephen Banner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Problems loading Mandrake Linux
Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2000 21:59:15 GMT
> If you tried to install Linux on your secondary slave with your primary
> hard drive removed, where did you put LILO? LILO has to go somewhere on
> the first drive unless you are using some other multiple boot loader.
>
> I would put all hard drives before any removable drives, especially if
> BIOS does not see your cd drives. Try making this drive a slave of your
> primary drive, and put your cd's on the secondary ide channel.
How do you configure the moving of the secondary harddisc to become slave to
primary and the cd's to the secondary? Is this done from" bootup/ DEL "cmos
set-up?
Stephen Banner
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From: Ignacio Valdes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: linux.redhat.install
Subject: Re: RH6.2 Install problem w/ AMD 1Gz thunderbird system
Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2000 17:24:00 -0500
>
http://www.dejanews.com has some parameters you can send it that will make it
boot.
Try this from a link at www.linuxtests.org
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Note that Epox has a fix for these types of Kernel panics
http://www.epox.com/html/english/support/motherboard/Get.asp?Article=1271
POSSIBLE SOLUTION
This issue appears to be related to a Processor Serial Number function
supported by Redhat that the
Duron does not. There are two possible resolutions depending upon the
status of your installation.
1. When first installing Redhat 6.2 (or 6.1) you will be asked at some
stage if you require any special
parameters for the kernel. At this point enter:
x86_serial_nr=1
Once installed, this parameter is already in the kernel and there is
no need to do more.
2. If Redhat was already installed type at the lilo prompt:
linux x86_serial_nr=1
Once you boot, recompile the kernel with the: "Disable Serial Number
at boot" left clear.
Date: 12:33 on 08-15-2000
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From: JD <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux.mandrake
Subject: Re: Mandrake 7.0 install script loops unless one yanks out SCSI card
Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2000 22:53:48 GMT
See if this helps. http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/airlast.php3
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From: "Dale" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.linux,alt.os.linux
Subject: Re: upgrade mandrake 6.1 to 7.1
Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2000 18:27:52 -0400
"Buschman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
>
>
> How do you set that /home directory up? Will it hold my e-mail?
>
> Buschman
You have a /home directory by default. All you are going to do differently
is create a /home *paritition*. Now when you do your install, instead of
/home being simply another file, it has it's own partition which can be kept
separate when you do a reformat and reinstall. Example: If your current
user name is /home/Buschman it will still be /home/Buschman after creating
the /home partition, BUT in this case it is kept separate from your /root
partition and you can reinstall your OS without losing anything in
/home/Buschman. So, if your mail account is in /home/Buschman (as it should
be, since you shouldn't be running in root) then after your reinstall it
will remain there. All parts of the filesystem that refer to something
other that /home/whatever will be replaced. You must remember to NOT
reformat the /home partition if you want to find everything intact after
your reinstall.
Dale
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From: "jade" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.linux,alt.os.linux,linux.redhat.install,linux.redhat.list,linux.redhat.misc,linux.redhat.rpm
Subject: Re: ATI RAGE FURY PRO HELP!!!
Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2000 23:00:42 GMT
But it times out after 10minutes of use and the mouse still will not
work......
brad
"jade" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:WqVo5.2464$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> No need for the help. I went to www.xig.xom (Xi Graphics) and got their
3D
> Demo driver and it works, but it disabled my mouse. Now the fun can
begin.
>
> brad
>
> <moonie>; ")" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> > On Wed, 23 Aug 2000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > >On Wed, 23 Aug 2000 06:04:23 GMT, "jade" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > >
> > >>I have tried using XF86 4.0 and 4.0.1 and they all recognize the card
as
> > >>being there but am never able to get it configure correctly. Is their
> any
> > >>certain distro of linux besides redhat that readily supports this
card?
> > >>
> > >>brad
> > >I've had mine working great under SuSE 6.4 and RH 5.2, both with XF4
> >
> > Its not the distro its XFree86, you just need some pointers to get it
> working.
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] if you could give "jade" some pointers, or your
> > XF86Config file that works with it.
> > --
> > moonie ;)
> >
> > Registered Linux User #175104
> > http://counter.li.org
> >
> > KDE2
> > Kernel 2.4.0-test5
> > XFree86 4.0 Nvidia .94 drivers
> > RAID 0 Striped
> > Test-Pilots-R-Us ;)
> >
>
>
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Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2000 12:30:13 +0100
From: Martin Hepworth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking,comp.unix.solaris
Subject: Re: Nis client
TJ O Connor wrote:
> Hi all,
> I have a solaris machine as a nis server and i have three other
> solaris machines as nis clients. However i have another machine which is a
> linux box and i want it to act as nis client from the solaris
> machine.
>
> Could anyone suggest to me how i could go about this.
>
> cheers
> TJ
>
>
> --
>
> TJ O'Connor 2200 Cork Airport Business Park,
> Sys Admin. Kinsale Rd., Cork, Ireland.
> Comnitel Technologies Ph: +353 21 7305620
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fax: +353 21 7305624
>
>
>
>
HI
have you read
http://www.europe.redhat.com/documentation/HOWTO/NIS-HOWTO.php3
martin
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