Linux-Setup Digest #513, Volume #19 Tue, 29 Aug 00 23:13:12 EDT
Contents:
Ethernet Module Problem (George Chan)
HP 4000N driver? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Linux, XML, and assalting Windows
CD writer setup question ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Bios damaged when i tried to install Linux Mandrake on my Laptop (David Efflandt)
Re: Ethernet Module Problem (Gary Dolan)
Re: Restaurant Booking System (Richard Robinson)
Re: tape drives ("Andrew E. Schulman")
Re: Problem with RPM and loading of source ("N. McNeill")
Re: installing linux ("N. McNeill")
Re: sendmail is acting like a snail ("N. McNeill")
Re: Linux, XML, and assalting Windows (Christopher Browne)
Samba ("TWooly")
named,httpd,sshd Aren't Started During Boot ("Scott B. Drummonds")
Corel SOUND CARD(Ess) & VIDEO CARD(S3) HELP ("Odi")
Once upon a time ... (Yibing Fan)
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From: George Chan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Ethernet Module Problem
Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2000 09:13:22 +0800
The error message for my ethernet card is shown when linux boot up.
The message is as followed:
insmod for eth0 failed
eth0 initizilization delaying
the module for my card is rtl8319.o and using i-cable boardband.
In conf.modules, I put in
Alais eth0 rtl8139
and then no option is entered.
In Win98, the setting for my ethernet card is i/o=1400 and irq=11.
what's wrong with my ethernet card????
Thank you for your attention!
Michael
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: HP 4000N driver?
Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2000 01:08:41 GMT
I used printtool (form Redhat) to setup a printer
(HP LaserJet 4000N) I have to use. It doesn't seem
printtool has this type of printer in its
supported list. Although by choosing a different
type (laserjet 4/5/6 series) I made it work, the
quality of the printing result isn't very
satisfacty.
Can someone tell me what printer I should choose?
Is there a driver for this type of printer?
I have tried the net, but couldn't find much info.
Thanks in advance.
Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
Before you buy.
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From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,comp.text.xml,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Re: Linux, XML, and assalting Windows
Date: Tue, 29 Aug 2000 18:15:37 -0700
Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Bob Hauck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> I don't think I said it was impossible. I think I said that it was
> much more difficult that you seem to think it is. You are describing
> abstractions and just ignoring the nitty-gritty implementation details
> that make it complicated to actually do. If you think it is worth what
> might be years of effort, well, then you are free to start work. If
> you come back in six months with a prototype that does a subset of what
> you want and it shows promise, then some folks might actually want to
> help you. That's how it works.
I have noticed that Paul has not yet posted the concrete example of the
encoding for "touch" or "yes" to could be used for the meta installed that
he seems to be arguing for. Perhaps he is admitting that the details are
tricker than he tought when he glossed over them.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: CD writer setup question
Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2000 01:19:52 GMT
Well, I've been able to get halfway there using some of the excellent
material I've found on the web, but I'm still having a problem.
First, dmesg shows that scsi emulation is working:
scsi0 : SCSI host adapter emulation for IDE ATAPI devices
scsi : 1 host.
Vendor: TOSHIBA Model: CD-ROM XM-6502B Rev: 1013
Type: CD-ROM ANSI SCSI revision: 02
Detected scsi CD-ROM sr0 at scsi0, channel 0, id 0, lun 0
Vendor: HP Model: CD-Writer+ 9300 Rev: 1.0b
Type: CD-ROM ANSI SCSI revision: 02
Detected scsi CD-ROM sr1 at scsi0, channel 0, id 1, lun 0
scsi : detected 2 SCSI cdroms total.
sr0: scsi3-mmc drive: 40x/40x cd/rw xa/form2 cdda tray
Uniform CD-ROM driver Revision: 3.11
sr1: scsi3-mmc drive: 20x/32x writer cd/rw xa/form2 cdda tray
But cdrecord still doesn't seem to see them:
[rdosser@brittanicus rdosser]$ sudo /opt/schily/bin/cdrecord -scanbus
Cdrecord 1.8.1a03 (i686-pc-linux-gnu) Copyright (C) 1995-2000 J�rg
Schilling
/opt/schily/bin/cdrecord: No such file or directory. Cannot open SCSI
driver.
/opt/schily/bin/cdrecord: For possible targets try 'cdrecord -scanbus'.
Make sure you are root.
Any thoughts?
Thanks,
Ralph Dosser
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David Efflandt)
Subject: Re: Bios damaged when i tried to install Linux Mandrake on my Laptop
Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2000 01:31:19 +0000 (UTC)
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On 29 Aug 2000 20:20:21 GMT, Tomas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>I�ve got a message that bios was damaged when i tried to install Linux Mandrake
>on my Laptop. I couldn�t fnish
>the intsallation and can�t install anything else now. Something is wron with
>my laptop. Do you have any idea what
>the problem could be and what you could do about it? Else i appreciate if
>you have tip on where you can find
>help about my problem.
Are you sure it was not a message about a possible boot sector virus. The
BIOS on some computers monitor changes to the MBR and if anything changes,
like installing LILO, thinks it is a virus. You could try disabling that
in CMOS setup.
I prefer to put LILO on a partition instead, so I do not have to worry
about it getting stepped on by Windows updates.
--
David Efflandt [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.de-srv.com/
http://www.autox.chicago.il.us/ http://www.berniesfloral.net/
http://hammer.prohosting.com/~cgi-wiz/ http://cgi-help.virtualave.net/
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Gary Dolan)
Subject: Re: Ethernet Module Problem
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2000 01:27:20 GMT
On Wed, 30 Aug 2000 09:13:22 +0800, George Chan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>In conf.modules, I put in
>->Alais<- eth0 rtl8139
>and then no option is entered.
I hope that isn't what you put
--
Gary Dolan
Debian GNU/Linux, Kernel 2.2.17
FreeBSD 4.0
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Richard Robinson)
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,alt.os.linux.suse,comp.os.linux.misc,uk.comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: Restaurant Booking System
Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2000 01:37:06 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Ian Briggs wrote:
>Darren Paxton wrote:
>:I work for a restaurant chain based in Glasgow, Scotland, and we would like
>:to introduce some form of online restaurant booking system to our website.
>
>I have vague memories of seeing some kind of pizza-shop software -- I
>think at Linuxberg or somewhere like that. I've no idea what it does.
I think there was an article in Linux Journal, maybe a year ago (give or
takse several months) by someone who did something like this. I don't know
if this helps ...
--
Richard Robinson
"The whole plan hinged upon the natural curiosity of potatoes" - S. Lem
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From: "Andrew E. Schulman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware,alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: tape drives
Date: Tue, 29 Aug 2000 21:46:27 -0400
> can anyone suggest a good quality tape drive that will work well under
> linux - in particular suse linux.
My Seagate STT220000N-MC ("Travan NS") is an internal SCSI drive with
hardware compression. It writes 10/20 GB tapes. Works very well, cost
about $350, plus $130 for 4 tapes, plus the SCSI controller. I think it's
fast SCSI-- transfers 1 MB/s. Came with Backup Exec for Windows, which is
a nice utility. For Linux I just use good old tar.
Large capacity is nice to have in a tape because it allows unattended full
backups. At present I can easily write all of my Windows data or all of my
Linux data onto one tape. Of course, the way hard drives keep growing,
sooner or later one tape won't be enough. But it will be a while yet.
Good luck,
Andrew.
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From: "N. McNeill" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Problem with RPM and loading of source
Date: Tue, 29 Aug 2000 21:59:36 -0400
Ken Kachnowich wrote:
> I must be doing something wrong.
>
> I want to load the source for PostgreSQL from the Redhat 6.2 CD.
> I put in disk 2 and run the Gnome RPM tool
> I look in the SRPM directory and find the postgreSQL.src rpm file
> I click install
>
> And nothing. I tried rpm from the command line and still nothing.
> What am I doing wrong here.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Ken
*.src.rpm is the source code. *i386.rpm is the binary.
try looking for PostgreSQL*.i386.rpm
--
N. McNeill
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://linuxexcite.com
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From: "N. McNeill" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: installing linux
Date: Tue, 29 Aug 2000 22:00:36 -0400
Michael Rosel wrote:
> Hello everybody!!!
>
> I am very much new to Linux and I want to have informations about it.
> --What do I need
> --limitations
> --how to
>
> Can anyone refer me to a very informative site.
> I am planning to install linux on a Compaq deskpro 5120 (pentium 120Mhz)
> series and on a Deskpro 4000 (pentium 166) series.
Try looking at http://linuxexcite.com/docs/
--
N. McNeill
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://linuxexcite.com
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From: "N. McNeill" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: sendmail is acting like a snail
Date: Tue, 29 Aug 2000 22:02:58 -0400
Rune Elvemo wrote:
> Yeah, that's right. Right now sendmail is running REALLY slow here
> at my system.
> Fetching mail takes forever, even on my connection (6.9 mbit), sending
> mail isn't fast either, pine/mutt sits around waiting for a confirm from
> sendmail for several minutes....
> APART from that everything is like it should...
>
> BUT this is kinda annoying, so I was wondering if ANYONE out there would happen
> to know what might be causing this ?? (starting up sendmail on bootup takes
> several minutes aswell, btw)
>
> I *have* been using sendmail before.. but on another box, that is a PowerPC 603e
> 200 Mhz based on....
>
> and the box I'm using now is for sure not slower.. (K7 Athlon 650 Mhz)
>
> I hope there is a very simple explanation for this, and that someone knows
> what is wrong!
>
> THANKS!
> --
> ---
> Rune Elvemo --- Octagon / Digital Minds
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> http://home.c2i.net/elvemo
It sound like you are having a /etc/hosts or dns or nis problem.
--
N. McNeill
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://linuxexcite.com
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Christopher Browne)
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,comp.text.xml,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: Linux, XML, and assalting Windows
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2000 02:20:05 GMT
Centuries ago, Nostradamus foresaw a time when [EMAIL PROTECTED]
would say:
>Sure you could use xml, as long as your install program can write it.
>It would equivalent to the registry in WinX or the assorted /etc files
>(and more) in *x. But these mechanisms work (ugly as they may be in
>their own unique ways). Why are you trying to fix the part of software
>installation & configuration that isn't broken?
Indeed.
What the world could use is some Better Tools for managing /etc files.
For that purpose, I find I very much like cfengine
<http://www.iu.hioslo.no/cfengine/>,
which provides a rule-oriented system with operators for setting up
directory links, modifying text-based config files (which is _very_
nice for modifying things like /etc/hosts, /etc/fstab, and such),
copying files into place, and Lots Of Other Stuff.
There would be _some_ merit to creating an XML or SGML DTD to describe
cfengine rules, thereby allowing cfengine configuration files to be
managed using the fabled "generic XML editing tools," and validated
before being dropped into place to give at least some _limited_
guarantees of good behaviour.
That would essentially amount to things like:
<filestatusrules>
<filestatusrule>
<filename> /etc/printcap </filename>
<mode> 644 </mode>
<owner> root </owner>
<action> fixplain </action>
</filestatusrule>
<!-- replacing "/etc/printcap m=644 o=root action=fixplain" -->
<filestatusrule>
<filename> /usr/sbin/sendmail </filename>
<mode> 755 </mode>
<owner> root </owner>
<action> fixplain </action>
</filestatusrule>
<!-- replacing "/usr/sbin/sendmail m=755 o=root action=fixplain" -->
</filestatusrules>
<editfiles>
<editfile>
<filename>/etc/apt/sources.list </filename>
<appendifnosuchline> deb file:/brownes/knuth/debianstuff unstable main
</appendifnosuchline>
<appendifnosuchline> deb http://alpha.onshore.com/debian local/
</appendifnosuchline>
<appendifnosuchline> deb http://hops.harvestroad.com.au/ debian/
</appendifnosuchline>
</editfile>
<editfile>
<filename> /etc/hosts </filename>
<appendifnosuchline> 192.168.1.5 knuth.brownes.org knuth cache
</appendifnosuchline>
<appendifnosuchline> 192.168.1.1 dantzig.brownes.org dantzig
</appendifnosuchline>
<appendifnosuchline> 192.168.1.7 godel.brownes.org godel
</appendifnosuchline>
</editfile>
</editfiles>
Mind you, the existing cfengine syntax _works_, which means that it
would be likely to take some convincing to "force" anyone to move over
to using an XML parser for this.
Just saying that this is a "cool idea" is not going to convince Mark
Burgess to jump all over himself to do the rewriting necessary to
integrate in an XML parser to this end.
Anybody that thinks that it is _such a neat idea_ to use XML for this
stuff really needs to start working on either:
a) Prototyping it, or
b) Implementing it.
It may be a slick idea to use XML as the file format for Sendmail.
Paul Vixie isn't likely to take seriously a proposal where someone
says, "I think it would be cool for you to integrate in an XML parser,
Paul."
He will take (marginally) more seriously someone that has _actually
done the integration_.
Anyone that actually _cares_ about making XML into the data format
used for "/etc/hosts.xml" needs to _not_ waste their time blathering
about it, but rather to spend their time building an alternative
implementation of gethostbyname() that uses an XML parser.
Anyone that actually _cares_ about making XML into the format used
"for everything" needs to start by creating DTDs for /etc/inittab.xml,
/etc/resolv.conf.xml, and demonstrating via competent implementations
that they have a methodology to move things, service by service, to
use XML.
Anything less represents blathering around about something that will
never actually get implemented.
--
(concatenate 'string "aa454" "@" "freenet.carleton.ca")
<http://www.ntlug.org/~cbbrowne/lsf.html>
STATED REASON DOES NOT COMPUTE WITH PROGRAMMED FACTS...
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From: "TWooly" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Samba
Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2000 02:32:23 GMT
Ok I have Samba working to a point. I have two drives in my linux bax and I
mounted the second drive as /stuff. Samba works fine for all the shares
that I create on the orginal setup like (home directories). I also created
a share /root which is basicly the root. I can browse to the /stuff folder
through the "root" share but I tried to create a share "apps" to /stuff/apps
and I can't seem to get it to work. Here is my smb.conf. If someone could
help it would be appreciated. I do have a NT Server as a domain controller
too (maybe this is screwing something up).
Thanks for your time.
Todd
;*******************section global*****************
[global]
workgroup = UNIVERSE
server string = Neptune
printcap name = /etc/printcap
load printers = yes
log file = /var/log/samba/log.%m
max log size = 50
security = USER
socket options = TCP_NODELAY SO_RCVBUF=8192 SO_SNDBUF=8192
dns proxy = False
unix password sync = no
comment = neptune
encrypt passwords = True
map to guest = Never
password level = 0
null passwords = yes
os level = 0
preferred master = False
domain master = no
wins support = True
dead time = 0
debug level = 0
;*******************section printers*****************
[printers]
comment = All Printers
path = /var/spool/samba
browseable = no
guest ok = no
writable = no
printable = yes
;*******************section twoolums*****************
[twoolums]
comment = Todd's Share
available = yes
browseable = True
path = /home/twoolums
public = False
guest only = no
writable = yes
only user = False
;*******************section mp3*****************
[mp3]
comment = MP3 Share
available = yes
browseable = True
path = /stuff/mp3
public = yes
guest only = True
admin users = admin,twoolums
read list = kwebber
write list = admin,twoolums
;*******************section download*****************
[download]
comment = Download's
available = yes
browseable = True
path = /stuff/download
public = yes
guest only = no
admin users = admin,twoolums
read list = kwebber
write list = admin,twoolums
;*******************section apps*****************
[apps]
comment = Apps
available = yes
browseable = True
path = /stuff/apps
public = yes
guest only = no
admin users = admin,twoolums
read list = kwebber
write list = admin,twoolums
;*******************section kwebber*****************
[kwebber]
comment = Kim's Share
path = /home/kwebber
admin users = admin,twoolums,kwebber
write list = kwebber
read only = no
only user = no
;*******************section games*****************
[games]
comment = Games
available = yes
browseable = True
path = /stuff/games
public = yes
guest only = no
admin users = admin,twoolums
read list = kwebber
write list = admin,twoolums
;*******************section pub*****************
[pub]
comment = Pub
available = yes
browseable = True
path = /stuff/pub
public = yes
guest only = no
admin users = admin,twoolums
read list = kwebber
write list = admin,twoolums
;*******************section users*****************
[users]
comment = Users
available = yes
browseable = True
path = /stuff/users
public = yes
guest only = no
admin users = admin,twoolums
write list = admin,twoolums,kwebber
;*******************section other*****************
[other]
comment = Other
available = yes
browseable = True
path = /stuff/other
public = yes
guest only = no
admin users = admin,twoolums
write list = admin,twoolums
;*******************section root*****************
[root]
comment = Other
available = yes
browseable = True
path = /
public = yes
guest only = no
admin users = admin,twoolums
write list = admin,twoolums
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Reply-To: "Scott B. Drummonds" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
From: "Scott B. Drummonds" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: named,httpd,sshd Aren't Started During Boot
Date: Tue, 29 Aug 2000 19:36:27 -0700
Greetings, all,
I'm trying to figure out why named, httpd, and sshd daemons aren't starting
automatically when I boot my (Linux) system. My impression, from
convention, was that I need to create a script in /etc/rc.d/init.d and
create a S[0-9][0-9] symbolic link to it in /etc/rc.d/rc.[0-6]. I have done
exactly this for rc3.d/S72sshd, rc3.d/S85httpd, and rc3.d/S43named but none
of these services seem to be started when I cycle the power. Am I missing
something?
Thanks in advance,
Scott
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From: "Odi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Corel SOUND CARD(Ess) & VIDEO CARD(S3) HELP
Date: Tue, 29 Aug 2000 23:16:47 +0300
Please I got the Corel Linux 1.1 and i can't setup the ESS solo 1 sound card
Also i got a S3 Trio 3D/2X 8mb video card and everything works properly
except the mouse pointer which it is like a big white box
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From: Yibing Fan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Once upon a time ...
Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2000 03:03:35 GMT
Once upon a time, I had linux and I subscribed Rogers @home.
Wow, it was so wonderful, I setup:
a web server; I registered doman name.
a mail server, pop2, pop3, imap;
a news group server; only served two workstation
a firewall to my home LAN.
a samba file/printer server to other win95 machines.
a dial-up terminal server and ppp daemon,
a fax server.
a SQL database server (mySQL).
a Bootp and tftp server for a NCD x-terminal.
and more ...
What a showoff to my friends! Hey, you can send me e-mail
directly to my home PC or visit my home page.
Yes, they did. The e-mail gets to my home machine, but also
detected by @home's watchdog. They add me to the abuser list!
I was given 24 hr to shutdown all my servers or they will
suspend the service. They scan all ports on my machine every 24 hr.
Now my linux machine is no better than any windows.
The happy story ends.
Just warn you guys out there: yes, you are ready for linux,
but the world isn't.
Best Regards,
Yibing Fan
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