Linux-Setup Digest #525, Volume #19 Thu, 31 Aug 00 10:13:08 EDT
Contents:
Re: Installing Red Hat Linux 6.1 ("Michael Yuan")
Mouse COnfiguration Problem ("Kinson Lam")
Re: Epson Stylus Photo 700 (Robert Krawitz)
Graphic Problems (Ignasi Villagrasa)
Re: modem reccomendations ("Russ.Shaw")
Re: Mouse COnfiguration Problem (ray)
Re: Epson Stylus Photo 700 (Terence Chan)
limiting log file size (Marc)
"aperture" error? (Jeph Herrin)
linux freezes system (Nico Schottelius)
Re: Installing Red Hat Linux 6.1 ("Nisi")
Can't see partitions; can't create partitions. Help! ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Linux with CD Drive ("Nisi")
Re: MDK 7.1 Installation help - Newbie (Brian Mc Kinney)
Re: Linux box & Win NT Server for Inet connection ("Nisi")
Re: Boot Issue ("Nisi")
FrameMaker install (Steve Martin)
Dial-in to home network problem... Can't send. (alan)
Re: Playing music CDs, No sound ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Linux for Windows 7.1 Help (Scott Metz)
Re: Can't see partitions; can't create partitions. Help! ("Jeff Rickert")
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Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2000 19:00:41 +0800
Reply-To: "Michael Yuan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
From: "Michael Yuan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Installing Red Hat Linux 6.1
"Mikey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Hello everybody,
>
> I've been trying to install Red Hat Linux 6.1 on my computer. My question
> is about partitions that Linux creates while installing. How big they have
> to be? I have tried to install it 3 or four times and each time it tells
me
> that some partition isn't big enough.
> Last time it was /usr partition. If someone could give me an idea how much
> should I give for each partition, it would really help me out.
Give 2XRAM for SWAP and 1.5G to /root if you don't want all these trouble.
You don't have to specify all the details of the file system.
>
> Thank you very much,
> Sincerely,
> Mike
>
> P.S. Reason why I want to install Linux customly is that I want to run
> multiple operating systems. I believe that custom instalation was the only
> one that didn't erase all data.
Not necessarily. Other modes won't destroy your other existing OS as
well. Unlike the stupid Windows, Linux know how to work with other OS. LILO
will allow you to choose which OS later.
Hope that helps
mIchael
>
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From: "Kinson Lam" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Mouse COnfiguration Problem
Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2000 19:15:34 +0800
Dear all,
I am new in Linux. I have problem in setting mouse in Redhat 6.2.
After I configured X-Window, everytime I run "startx", I "grey square"
always surround my mouse pointer. Even it will not affect the functionility
of my mouse, but it seems not completed in configuration or problems in
configuration.
I have try another mouse, but the symptom still happen.
Here is my hardware config:
P133, 32MB Ram, Leadtek S510 2MB Ram PCI VGA-Card, 4GB Matrox HD, Sony
CPD-1425 Monitor, Microsoft Home Mouse (Serial Port)
Thanks for any help.
Kinson
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From: Robert Krawitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Epson Stylus Photo 700
Date: 31 Aug 2000 07:28:04 -0400
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jan Wielemaker) writes:
> Well, my advice is to get the Stylus printer driver for gimp called
> stp, build the GIMP pluggin, get the latest ghostview sources from
> Alladin and add this printer driver to them. I've done so for the
> Stylus photo 870 and it prints anything at any resolution, including
> perfect photos. This driver supports a large number of Epson Stylus
> printers.
To be precise, this may be found at
http://gimp-print.sourceforge.net.
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Robert Krawitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.tiac.net/users/rlk/
Tall Clubs International -- http://www.tall.org/ or 1-888-IM-TALL-2
Member of the League for Programming Freedom -- mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Project lead for The Gimp Print -- http://gimp-print.sourceforge.net
"Linux doesn't dictate how I work, I dictate how Linux works."
--Eric Crampton
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From: Ignasi Villagrasa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Graphic Problems
Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2000 13:20:05 +0200
I'm running Red Hat Linux 6.2 in a ERA 2000S NetBook. The graphic card
is C&T 65555. Xconfigurator recognizes it without problems, and I
configure parameters.
If I select 640x480 resolution, X works properly. When I try to select
high resolutions, from 800x600 pixels, test runs OK, but when running
applications, an odd flicker happens. It seems an error in coordinates
where information must be placed. Information seems to be moved out of
the screen before recovering the original position.
I've tried to change parameters with no results. Monitor, Refresh
frequency, bits per pixel, etc.
I'd be very glad if someone could help me.
Ignasi Villagrasa. GRI S.L.
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From: "Russ.Shaw" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: modem reccomendations
Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2000 22:16:00 +1000
To debug my chatscript, i hooked up a laptop serial port to the
modem rx line to my main pc, and could see all the log-on messages.
(you need a breakout box tho) Thats something you can't do with an
internal modem.
Tony Neville wrote:
>
> Go for a good, solid external modem that attaches to a comms port.
> 1) Every OS supports them.
> 2) They can be used on non-pc clones, too.
> 3) The LEDs on the front panel allow one to quickly determine if
> tranfers have stalled or are proceeding at reasonable pace, or act
> as a reminder that the computer is still online which is why you're not
> receiving any phone calls.
> 4) When the lights are switched off, gives the room that extra
> "starship enterprise" ambience.
>
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From: ray <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Mouse COnfiguration Problem
Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2000 12:12:36 GMT
Kinson Lam wrote:
> Dear all,
> I am new in Linux. I have problem in setting mouse in Redhat 6.2.
> After I configured X-Window, everytime I run "startx", I "grey square"
> always surround my mouse pointer. Even it will not affect the functionility
> of my mouse, but it seems not completed in configuration or problems in
> configuration.
> I have try another mouse, but the symptom still happen.
> Here is my hardware config:
> P133, 32MB Ram, Leadtek S510 2MB Ram PCI VGA-Card, 4GB Matrox HD, Sony
> CPD-1425 Monitor, Microsoft Home Mouse (Serial Port)
>
> Thanks for any help.
> Kinson
I had that issue, as a result of trying the hardware cursor selection in
XF86Config. Make sure you have software cursor selected, it's all
well-commented right in the file, down in the video area if I recall.
--
Ray R. Jones
Errors have been made. Others will be blamed.
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HTTP://gordo.penguinpowered.com
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From: Terence Chan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Epson Stylus Photo 700
Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2000 20:28:30 +0800
Black Dragon wrote:
Thank you for all your reply. I will check the site you all suggested.
I have disable HTML format. Is it ok now?
> Umm, dude ! Set Netscape Messenger to post only *text* to usenet, not text AND
> html. Thank you.
>
> --
> Black Dragon
>
> "Resist militant `normality' -- A mind is a terrible thing to erase."
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From: Marc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: limiting log file size
Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2000 08:28:39 -0400
I am using syslog to log events from remote devices. I would like
to do one of the following (or a mixture of both)
1. Limit the log file size, overwriting, or first in first out
dumping of data.
2. Limit log file size, starting new file (i.e. log1, log2,
log3...) when a particular size is reached (such as limiting to
files so that they will fit on a floppy)
Any ideas?
Thanks,
Marc
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From: Jeph Herrin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.x
Subject: "aperture" error?
Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2000 14:51:16 +0200
I posted this earlier, thought I'd try again with more clarity,
less preamble.
Trying to configure XFree86 3.3.6 (on a new install Redhat 6.2)
I keep getting an error trying to start X. According to
http://www.xfree86.org/3.3.6/apm.html
I'm supposed to let XF86_SVGA probe my Alliance Promotion
video card for amount of RAM. X server does this, gets the
right answer (1.5mb), then bails out with message
>> cannot find aperture for configured amount of memory
(okay, so I may have misremembered "memory" for "RAM").
Of course, I'm not configuring the memory. If I *do*
configure it for, say, 1MB, X will start but draws on
only the center 50% of the monitor. If I configure it
for 1.5mb, I get the same error as above.
Question: What's the aperture? How can I solve this
problem?
Thanks!
jeph
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Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2000 14:56:25 +0200
From: Nico Schottelius <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux
Subject: linux freezes system
Hello Guys!
I have a big problem:
My Linux broke down. More or less.
- I can still switch consoles with alt+fx
- an nmap over network shows the services of the host
- I can't use the running services ( can't connect to sshd for instance
)
- The sysrq key works still.
- kernel is 2.2.14.
- no x started
- before breakdown i started YasT
- no key works, no enter. Just the sysrq
- none of the opened shells accepts anything anymore.
- is a pentium 120 with 48 mb ram
Do you need more information ? Can you help me to
find out what's wrong ?
The computer is still running here, so I can test everything!
Please help, I don't want to reboot, if I don't need to!
Sincerly,
Nico
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From: "Nisi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Installing Red Hat Linux 6.1
Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2000 09:17:49 -0400
Check out this guide to making partitions in Linux:
http://nuintari.net/linux/mistakes/part.shtml
It gives you a very good idea as to what the different partitions as well as
how big you will want them to be in relation to your system.
Nisi
www.mindlessmayhem.com
Mikey wrote in message ...
>Hello everybody,
>
>I've been trying to install Red Hat Linux 6.1 on my computer. My question
>is about partitions that Linux creates while installing. How big they have
>to be? I have tried to install it 3 or four times and each time it tells me
>that some partition isn't big enough.
>Last time it was /usr partition. If someone could give me an idea how much
>should I give for each partition, it would really help me out.
>
>Thank you very much,
>Sincerely,
>Mike
>
>P.S. Reason why I want to install Linux customly is that I want to run
>multiple operating systems. I believe that custom instalation was the only
>one that didn't erase all data.
>
>--
>Posted via CNET Help.com
>http://www.help.com/
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Can't see partitions; can't create partitions. Help!
Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2000 13:02:49 GMT
While trying to install Win98SE and RedHat Linux 6.2, I
partitioned/formatted the drive many times, using fdisk and format.
After numerous repartitioning/deleting using fdisk, and installing both
Win98SE and RedHat 6.2, I got to a point where the system boots to
RedHat Linux, only, without giving me an option to choose the OS.
After that, I deleted some partitions, and now the drive may be damaged.
There's a primary DOS partition.
There's an extended partition.
When I try to delete the extened partition, I get an error saying that
because there's a logical partition, I can't delete the extended
partition.
When I try to delete the logical partition, it says that there is no
logical partition.
These two error messages contradict each other.
When I try to create an additional logical partition, I get an error
saying that all the available space is used up. However, the
combination of primary and extended partitions does not add up to 100%!
When I do fips, it shows 4 partitions, and a warning that there's a
free space between 2 of the partitions.
Is there a DOS program that will clear everything in the drive,
including the partitions; basically, return the drive to pre-fdisk
state, as if it came right from the factory.
Any help would be appricated.
Thanks.
-
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Before you buy.
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From: "Nisi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Linux with CD Drive
Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2000 09:24:09 -0400
Are you trying to boot from the CD??? Or are you trying to make a
install/boot disk???
You should just be able (if your bios supports it) to boot from your CD-Rom
drive. If this does not work, try copying the disks onto a dos partition and
installing from there.....but, you still won't have CD-Rom support if the
drive is not supported....which sounds unusual........
Nisi
www.mindlessmayhem.com
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message ...
>I have an old Mitsumi 12X CD-ROM (CRMC-FX120T), and am trying to install
>Mandrake 7.1. I have tried all the CD drivers that came with it, and am
>wondering what else I can do? Is there a way to get other drivers of what?
>Thanks.
>
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From: Brian Mc Kinney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux.mandrake
Subject: Re: MDK 7.1 Installation help - Newbie
Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2000 13:22:57 GMT
Gerardo wrote:
>
> I have a Compaq laptop LTE 5280 with a 1.2 GIG HD that I would like to
> install the Maximum Linux MDK 7.1 as the ONLY OS. Here is the problem and
> some information:
> 1. Right now it has Windows 98 SE.
> 2. The laptop cannot boot from CD only (the BIOS won't accept it).
> 3. The laptop only has one bay, therefore, I can only have inside the
> floppy drive OR the CD drive. But NOT both at the same time.
>
> Since I cannot boot from the CD, and my Linux is in a CD, I have to boot the
> computer from Windows with the CD drive in the bay. QUESTION: How do I
> install LINUX to totally reformat the entire HD after being launched from
> Windows, so LINUX ends up being the only OS.
>
> Thank you,
> Gerardo
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Have you got the latest bios upgrade for your laptop?
You might then be able to boot directly off your cdrom.
This worked for me when I installed linux on an old desktop which
initially wouldn't boot of the cdrom.
Brian Mc Kinney
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From: "Nisi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Linux box & Win NT Server for Inet connection
Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2000 09:26:55 -0400
Well, if NT is setup up as the gateway, and you are on a NT network, then
you will need to add your system to that network. Install Samba and setup
your linux box as a system on the network.
What I believe is happening is that NT is refusing to "share" its internet
connection cause your system is not part of the NT domain. That is if you
have set up an NT domain.........
Nisi
www.mindlessmayhem.com
C�dric CHEN wrote in message <8ojri0$qfo$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>Hello,
>
>I tried to connect a Linux station (PIII with Mandrake 7.0 distribution) on
>a local network with an NT server to have an internet connection through
the
>local network.
>I have the connection to the NT server (OK with ping, good answer).
>I indicated the IP adress of the NT server as gateway for all acces
networks
>
>But I don't have access to Inet :(
>
>Do I miss something? (all the Win station have only the gateway ip adress &
>it is working, so don't know what to do)
>
>hoping on your help.
>
>C�dric
>
>
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From: "Nisi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.linux.slakware,alt.linux.slackware
Subject: Re: Boot Issue
Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2000 09:32:28 -0400
I am not sure, but I am getting the impression that you did not select in
the install to use LILO as your default boot loader. It seems that the MBR
has been cleared on the disk so that is the reason that you get the "Missing
Operating System" error, and because LILO is not installed there you are not
getting the friendly LILO prompt. I would check your install again.
Nisi
www.mindlessmayhem.com
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message <8ojnf3$4gn$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>I'm attempting to run Slackware 7.0 on a Celeron 667 with 64MB RAM and a
>15GB drive. I've used FIPS to create a 13MB win98-FAT32 partition and a
>2MB linux partition. The root linux partition is 700MB and is set to be
>bootable, the swap partition is 128MB, with the remaining free space
>left over for the \usr partition. The problem is that after completing
>setup and rebooting, immediately after the BIOS prompt I get a "Missing
>Operating System" error. Also, the creation of my LILO boot disk fails
>repeatedly with "not enough space" errors, even after formatting the
>disks for linux. Further, LILO itself fails during setup. I've tried to
>configure it manually and that seems to work, but I still get the
>missing operating system error.
>What am I doing wrong?
>
>
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>Before you buy.
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From: Steve Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: FrameMaker install
Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2000 13:25:15 GMT
Anyone have any success installing the FrameMaker beta on
a RedHat 6.2 box? I have followed all the instructions,
but when I try to execute the program, it complains about
no licenses; when I tell it to run in Demo mode, it dumps
core and bails out.
I'm frustrated.
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From: alan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Dial-in to home network problem... Can't send.
Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2000 14:21:25 +0100
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hi all..
I have a small network at home... all seems to work fine.
I use one machine as a central mail server, and use imap around the
network to send and receive mail. This all works.
I have recently implemented dial-in on the server, so that I can use
mail whist I am travelling.
POP3 works a treat, I can download mail with no problem.
However... I can't send.
I am using sendmail on the network, and cannot make an smtp connection
from the dial in port. It works fine from other machines on the network.
It seems to be a permissions thing, but I can't find it anywhere.
Is anyone able to give me any clues as to where to start looking, either
in the sendmail files, or elsewhere.
Both /etc/allow and /etc/deny are set so that the ip address of the dial
in is allowed access, and I have mx records for it in the DNS server.
Many thanks!
Cheers!
Alan.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Playing music CDs, No sound
Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2000 13:41:05 GMT
Thanks for the tip. I've just tried it out. In fact I've
tried unmuting and turning up the volume on absolutely
every channel. It still does not work. Gloom!
T.
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Chris Rankin <au.zipworld.com@{no.spam}rankinc> wrote:
> Your problem sounded so similar to mine that it was almost creepy. I
too
> have a dual-boot motherboard with an i810 audio chipset. My underlying
> chip is the CS4299D and I could play WAV files using the ALSA drivers
> but couldn't get any CD music through my speakers. My solution was to
> use alsactl to turn on as many options as I could while still keeping
> the ability to play WAV files. Imagine my joy to finally hear my CD!
>
> The magic configuration is .... (spoilers follow ;-))
> .
> .
> .
> .
> .
> .
> .
> The Video Switch! It sounds crazy, but on my system I need to turn the
> Video support on and adjust the music output via the Video volume. The
> CD switch and volume do not affect it. The disk I originally tried
this
> on had two video tracks and so I swapped in an older disc just to be
> sure. The result was the same. Maybe the ALSA mixer has the channel
> names swapped?
>
> Chris
>
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From: Scott Metz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Linux for Windows 7.1 Help
Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2000 14:08:44 GMT
Can some one please help me. I just got Linux 7.1 for Windows but I
have no Idea on how to get it to recognize my Winmodem. Have any of you
guys ran into this before?
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From: "Jeff Rickert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Can't see partitions; can't create partitions. Help!
Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2000 08:46:10 -0500
I have had success with ranish partition manager (found on the web) for
getting rid of weird partition problems and to clean up and setup new
partitions. I then use os-bs (found on web) to create a dual boot menu.
Always works, no fuss. The final way I have used is to borrow a set of NT
4.0 boot diskettes and let the nt setup program find the partitions and have
it delete and or resize them etc.
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[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message <8oll1e$ath$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>While trying to install Win98SE and RedHat Linux 6.2, I
>partitioned/formatted the drive many times, using fdisk and format.
>After numerous repartitioning/deleting using fdisk, and installing both
>Win98SE and RedHat 6.2, I got to a point where the system boots to
>RedHat Linux, only, without giving me an option to choose the OS.
>After that, I deleted some partitions, and now the drive may be damaged.
>
>There's a primary DOS partition.
>There's an extended partition.
>When I try to delete the extened partition, I get an error saying that
>because there's a logical partition, I can't delete the extended
>partition.
>When I try to delete the logical partition, it says that there is no
>logical partition.
>These two error messages contradict each other.
>When I try to create an additional logical partition, I get an error
>saying that all the available space is used up. However, the
>combination of primary and extended partitions does not add up to 100%!
>
>When I do fips, it shows 4 partitions, and a warning that there's a
>free space between 2 of the partitions.
>
>Is there a DOS program that will clear everything in the drive,
>including the partitions; basically, return the drive to pre-fdisk
>state, as if it came right from the factory.
>
>Any help would be appricated.
>Thanks.
>
>-
>
>
>Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
>Before you buy.
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