Linux-Setup Digest #534, Volume #19 Sat, 2 Sep 00 01:13:11 EDT
Contents:
can't resolve local host name , help ! ("Bert Douglas")
help: connecting to ISP, can someone help (David. E. Goble)
Re: NIC setup (Bigdaddy)
Re: i386, i586... (TomG)
HOW TO BECOME AREGULAR USER (SOMERTON KENNEDY)
having problems copying cd image (tej)
Can I dual boot with windows 2000? (Greg)
Re: Epson Stylus Photo 700 (Robert Krawitz)
Can't get my Stealth III S540 to work (Mike Kolesnik)
Re: Trying to install Linux Mandrake 7.0, where in heck is KDE? (Greg)
Re: binaries that won't execute (Paul Kimoto)
Elite CMI 8738 Chip modem configuration and RH 6.2 (David Yeung)
Re: HOW TO BECOME AREGULAR USER (Mike Walsted)
Re: help: connecting to ISP, can someone help (Darren Wyn Rees)
Re: Trying to install Linux Mandrake 7.0, where in heck is KDE? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Limit Login Time ("Brad Quinlan")
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From: "Bert Douglas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: can't resolve local host name , help !
Date: Fri, 1 Sep 2000 20:20:55 -0500
Hi guys,
Any help would be greatly appreciated. I am not exactly a
beginner, but there are clearly still things I need to learn
about Linux. I have read all the networking howtos, all the
man pages I could find, and the relevant parts of the
network administrators guide.
When I put a host name in the "/etc/hosts" file, I should be
able to look it up without going to the DNS server. But
when I type the "host" command at the shell, it always goes
to the DNS, then says "host not found". Here are the
contents of the pertinent files:
/etc/hosts
127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost loopback
192.168.0.2 spica.localdomain spica
/etc/HOSTNAME
spica
/etc/host.conf
order hosts, bind
multi on
/etc/resolv.conf
domain localdomain
search localdomain
nameserver 192.168.0.1
When I type:
host spica
I get the response "host not found". But it is sitting
right there in the "hosts" file, just like the HOWTO says to
do it.
Are there any other files that are involved in resolving
host names?
Thanks,
Bert
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From: goble@gtech (David. E. Goble)
Crossposted-To: alt.linux,alt.os.linux,aus.computers.linux
Subject: help: connecting to ISP, can someone help
Date: Sat, 02 Sep 2000 01:29:22 GMT
Reply-To: goble@gtech
Hi all;
I have Redhat 6.2 server install.
Would changing localhost to a different name make any difference to
its operation?
ie instead of;
127.0.0.1 localhost localhost.localdomain
have 127.0.0.1 gtech gtech.localdomain
and replace localhost in the apache conf with gtech.
So that lynx gtech works. Would this cause me to be unable to use my
ppp connection?
As when I connect and then try to ping the nameserver (230.48.5.1) or
any other ip or name, it just does nothing until I press ctr-c. The it
says that all packets where lost.
I used;
/usr/sbin/pppd /dev/ttyS1 57600 debug user erc connect "/usr/sbin/chat
-v '' AT OK ATDT85534300 CONNECT '\d\c'"
and the output log is;
Sep 2 08:59:40 gtech pppd[651]: pppd 2.3.11 started by root, uid 0
Sep 2 08:59:41 gtech chat[652]: send (AT^M)
Sep 2 08:59:42 gtech chat[652]: expect (OK)
Sep 2 08:59:42 gtech chat[652]: AT^M^M
Sep 2 08:59:42 gtech chat[652]: OK
Sep 2 08:59:42 gtech chat[652]: -- got it
Sep 2 08:59:42 gtech chat[652]: send (ATDT85534300^M)
Sep 2 08:59:42 gtech chat[652]: expect (CONNECT)
Sep 2 08:59:42 gtech chat[652]: ^M
Sep 2 09:00:01 gtech chat[652]: ATDT85534300^M^M
Sep 2 09:00:01 gtech chat[652]: CONNECT
Sep 2 09:00:01 gtech chat[652]: -- got it
Sep 2 09:00:01 gtech chat[652]: send (\d)
Sep 2 09:00:02 gtech pppd[651]: Serial connection established.
Sep 2 09:00:03 gtech pppd[651]: Using interface ppp0
Sep 2 09:00:03 gtech pppd[651]: Connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/ttyS1
Sep 2 09:00:04 gtech pppd[651]: sent [LCP ConfReq id=0x1 <asyncmap
0x0> <magic 0x5f2e768b> <pcomp> <accomp>]
Sep 2 09:00:07 gtech pppd[651]: sent [LCP ConfReq id=0x1 <asyncmap
0x0> <magic 0x5f2e768b> <pcomp> <accomp>]
Sep 2 09:00:07 gtech pppd[651]: rcvd [LCP ConfReq id=0x1 < 00 04 00
00> <mru 1524> <asyncmap 0xa0000> <auth pap> <pcomp> <accomp> < 11 04
05 f4> < 13 09 03 00 c0 7b 90 17 04>]
Sep 2 09:00:07 gtech pppd[651]: sent [LCP ConfRej id=0x1 < 00 04 00
00> < 11 04 05 f4> < 13 09 03 00 c0 7b 90 17 04>]
Sep 2 09:00:07 gtech pppd[651]: rcvd [LCP ConfAck id=0x1 <asyncmap
0x0> <magic 0x5f2e768b> <pcomp> <accomp>]
Sep 2 09:00:08 gtech pppd[651]: rcvd [LCP ConfReq id=0x2 <mru 1524>
<asyncmap 0xa0000> <auth pap> <pcomp> <accomp>]
Sep 2 09:00:08 gtech pppd[651]: sent [LCP ConfAck id=0x2 <mru 1524>
<asyncmap 0xa0000> <auth pap> <pcomp> <accomp>]
Sep 2 09:00:08 gtech pppd[651]: sent [PAP AuthReq id=0x1 user="erc"
password=<hidden>]
Sep 2 09:00:08 gtech pppd[651]: rcvd [PAP AuthAck id=0x1 ""]
Sep 2 09:00:08 gtech pppd[651]: sent [IPCP ConfReq id=0x1 <addr
0.0.0.0> <compress VJ 0f 01>]
Sep 2 09:00:10 gtech pppd[651]: sent [CCP ConfReq id=0x1 <deflate 15>
<deflate(old#) 15> <bsd v1 15>]
Sep 2 09:00:10 gtech pppd[651]: rcvd [IPCP ConfReq id=0x1 <compress
VJ 0f 01> <addr 203.48.5.2>]
Sep 2 09:00:10 gtech pppd[651]: sent [IPCP ConfAck id=0x1 <compress
VJ 0f 01> <addr 203.48.5.2>]
Sep 2 09:00:10 gtech pppd[651]: rcvd [CCP ConfReq id=0x1 < 11 05 00
01 04>]
Sep 2 09:00:10 gtech pppd[651]: sent [CCP ConfRej id=0x1 < 11 05 00
01 04>]
Sep 2 09:00:10 gtech pppd[651]: rcvd [IPCP ConfNak id=0x1 <addr
203.48.5.214>]
Sep 2 09:00:10 gtech pppd[651]: sent [IPCP ConfReq id=0x2 <addr
203.48.5.214> <compress VJ 0f 01>]
Sep 2 09:00:10 gtech pppd[651]: rcvd [CCP ConfRej id=0x1 <deflate 15>
<deflate(old#) 15> <bsd v1 15>]
Sep 2 09:00:10 gtech pppd[651]: sent [CCP ConfReq id=0x2]
Sep 2 09:00:10 gtech pppd[651]: rcvd [CCP ConfReq id=0x2 < 11 06 00
01 01 03>]
Sep 2 09:00:10 gtech pppd[651]: sent [CCP ConfRej id=0x2 < 11 06 00
01 01 03>]
Sep 2 09:00:10 gtech pppd[651]: rcvd [IPCP ConfAck id=0x2 <addr
203.48.5.214> <compress VJ 0f 01>]
Sep 2 09:00:10 gtech pppd[651]: local IP address 203.48.5.214
Sep 2 09:00:10 gtech pppd[651]: remote IP address 203.48.5.2
Sep 2 09:00:10 gtech pppd[651]: Script /etc/ppp/ip-up started (pid
660)
Sep 2 09:00:10 gtech pppd[651]: rcvd [CCP ConfRej id=0x2]
Sep 2 09:00:14 gtech pppd[651]: Script /etc/ppp/ip-up finished (pid
660), status = 0x0
Sep 2 09:08:23 gtech pppd[651]: Terminating on signal 15.
Sep 2 09:08:23 gtech pppd[651]: Script /etc/ppp/ip-down started (pid
718)
Sep 2 09:08:23 gtech pppd[651]: sent [LCP TermReq id=0x2 "User
request"]
Sep 2 09:08:23 gtech pppd[651]: rcvd [LCP TermAck id=0x2]
Sep 2 09:08:23 gtech pppd[651]: Connection terminated.
Sep 2 09:08:23 gtech pppd[651]: Connect time 8.4 minutes.
Sep 2 09:08:23 gtech pppd[651]: Sent 8693 bytes, received 4943 bytes.
Sep 2 09:08:24 gtech pppd[651]: Waiting for 1 child processes...
Sep 2 09:08:24 gtech pppd[651]: script /etc/ppp/ip-down, pid 718
Sep 2 09:08:25 gtech pppd[651]: Script /etc/ppp/ip-down finished (pid
718), status = 0x0
Sep 2 09:08:25 gtech pppd[651]: Exit.
Sep 2 09:31:20 gtech gpm[487]: Error in protocol
Sep 2 09:31:59 gtech last message repeated 11 times
Sep 2 09:33:00 gtech last message repeated 78 times
Sep 2 09:34:09 gtech last message repeated 27 times
Sep 2 09:35:11 gtech last message repeated 17 times
--Regards David. E. Goble
goble [AT] kin.net.au
http://www.kin.net.au/goble
Po Box 648 Kingscote, Kangaroo Island, SA 5223
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From: Bigdaddy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: NIC setup
Date: Sat, 02 Sep 2000 01:29:05 GMT
Had a similar problem on my box. The IRQ shown in DrakConf is not
necessarily the right one. Type cat /proc/pci to see if your system has
recognized the nic. This will list the correct IRQ. Now all you need to do
is reconfigure your /etc/conf.module file to show the following line:
alias eth0 " name of driver module"
I.E. on my system it shows:
alias eth0 3C50x
Activate the changes and bring up your eth0 by typing:
/sbin/modprobe etho (loads module)
/sbin/lsmod ( lists loaded modules)
Here is a great howto I found helpful in setting up my linux box:
http://www.xmission.com/~howardm/ethernet.html
Have fun.
________________________________
my pc wants to be a linux box...
Bigdaddy.
Scott Stembaugh wrote:
>
>
> In order to reclaim some space I had put in /home I decided to just
> reinstall
> Mandrake 7.1. Before doing so my home network was working just fine with
> everything being autodected.
>
> After the install I cannot get my NIC (Winbond 89C940) to configure. In
> DrakConf it properly identifies it but the configure tool shows it at
IRQ 5
> (same IRQ as my soundcard). I don't have an option to change that to
IRQ 11
> whichis where it should be. In Linuxconf I can configure it using ne2k-
pci
> and set it at irq 11 but it still fails. Ifconfig can't even find eth0!
>
> Here is what syslog says when I activate changes:
>
> Aug 31 20:21:06 n9ljx insmod: Note: /etc/conf.modules is more recent than
> /lib/modules/2.2.15-4mdk/modules.dep
> Aug 31 20:21:06 n9ljx insmod: /lib/modules/2.2.15-4mdk/net/ne2k-pci.o:
> invalid parameter parm_io
> Aug 31 20:21:06 n9ljx insmod: /lib/modules/2.2.15-4mdk/net/ne2k-pci.o:
> insmod eth0 failed
> Aug 31 20:21:06 n9ljx ifup: Delaying eth0 initialization.
> Aug 31 20:21:06 n9ljx network: Bringing up device eth0 failed
> Aug 31 20:21:08 n9ljx inet: inetd shutdown succeeded
> Aug 31 20:21:08 n9ljx inet: inetd startup succeeded
>
> and the conf.modules looks like:
>
> post-install usb-storage modprobe usbkbd; modprobe keybdev
> alias scsi_hostadapter usb-storage
> alias parport_lowlevel parport_pc
> pre-install plip modprobe parport_pc ; echo 7 > /proc/parport/0/irq
> alias block-major-11 scsi_hostadapter
> alias usb-interface usb-uhci
> pre-install pcmcia_core /etc/rc.d/init.d/pcmcia start
> post-install supermount modprobe scsi_hostadapter
> options ne2k-pci io=0xe800 irq=11
> alias sound-slot-0 sb
> options sound dmabuf=1
> alias midi opl3
> options opl3 io=0x388
> options sb io=0x220 irq=5 dma=1 dma16=5 mpu_io=0x330
> alias eth0 ne2k-pci
>
> ----
>
> Any suggestions?
>
> --scott
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>
>
> --
> --
> Scott Stembaugh - [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Purdue University
>
>
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From: TomG <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: i386, i586...
Date: Sat, 02 Sep 2000 01:29:07 GMT
Terence Chan wrote:
>
> Sorry for another silly question. I want to upgrade the kernel of my
> Redhat linux 6.2 installation. I found each ix86 directory has a kernel
> file. Which one should I use? If i see i686 in login screen,
> should I download the i686 verions for the kernel?
>
>
> --
> -(^)-(^)- ! Terence Chan
> b ! mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> --- !
use the kernel for your processor
if you have an i686, use that one
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From: SOMERTON KENNEDY <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: HOW TO BECOME AREGULAR USER
Date: Sat, 02 Sep 2000 02:07:27 GMT
I RECENTLY INSTALLED MANDRAKE 7 AND IM AROOT USER I WOULD LIKE TO BECOME
AREGULAR USER BECAUSE ITS DANGEROUS TO BE AROOT USER THANKS
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From: tej <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: having problems copying cd image
Date: Sat, 02 Sep 2000 02:29:43 GMT
hi,
1st of all i'm pretty new to linux. i am upgrading my pc from redhat 6.1
to 6.2, because i'm having problems with 6.1 and my network card driver. i
copied an image of redhat 6.2 to a cd and created a boot disk (my linux
machine is not online). then i start up my linux machine with red hat 6.1
and ran the command:
mount -o loop -t iso9660 <isofilename> <mountpoint>
i set <mountpoint> to the mnt dir. (also tried this with the base and root
dir). then i rebooted with the boot floppy and tried installing 6.2 off
the hard drive, but i keep getting the error that the red hat file tree was
not found on /dev/sda1. Can anyone tell me what i'm doing wrong.
thanks
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From: Greg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Can I dual boot with windows 2000?
Date: Sat, 02 Sep 2000 02:29:46 GMT
I recently Installed Windows 2000 on a ten Gig partition and would like to
put mandrake 6.0 on the other Ten Gig. How would I go about getting linux
on without using bootmagic. I once Saw on a laptop linux and windows on
the same machine and all that you had to do was at the lilo boot was type
windows. Please help...
Greg
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From: Robert Krawitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Epson Stylus Photo 700
Date: 01 Sep 2000 22:56:15 -0400
Terence Chan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Sorry, I am a novice linux user. I need more help for build application
> from source. I got print-4.0a2 from the site you provided, I expanded it
> under /usr/local/src.
>
> I follow the the install instruction and type
> ./configure
> make
> make install
OK. That installed the print plugin.
> Then I go to the Ghost directory. And follows the README the following
> command in the parent directory...
> aclocal
> autoconf
> automake
> ./configure
> make ghost
That's not actually necessary. I'll clarify the instructions about this.
> ...Oh, when I installed RH 6.2 I just choosed the Workstation option. So
> I think I don't have source of Ghostscript...
>
> Then I read rest of instruction I found that I couldn't cut up with
> instruction.
> What library or RPM must I install first?
You need the Ghostscript source, for starters. You cannot build the
general printer driver without that.
> BTW, when I type "./configure .... make install" a lot of message
> displayed. I don't know those message are normal or not.
If it compiled successfully, everything is OK.
--
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: Mike Kolesnik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Can't get my Stealth III S540 to work
Date: Sat, 02 Sep 2000 03:08:38 GMT
I cannot get it to work on any mode other than 640x480.
I have tried both Caldera 2.3 and now SUSE 6.4 and get the same black
screen. In SAX the config program reads the card bios properly but I
see no error messages. The screen blanks and I have to
CNTRL-ALT-BACKSPACE to get out of it.
Any Ideas???
system:
pentium 120
AGP Stealth III S540 32 meg
Xfree86 3.3.6
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From: Greg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Trying to install Linux Mandrake 7.0, where in heck is KDE?
Date: Sat, 02 Sep 2000 03:29:06 GMT
well I dont know if this pertains to 7.0, but I use 6.0 which i believe is
to be the same virtually. try startx at the console.
GR
haleon2 wrote:
>
>
> I ran through the GUI installation process, and everything seemed to
> go well. It installed X Windows, I could reboot and login with the
> root user....
>
> But no KDE. This became apparent from previous posts here when people
> said if I typed "startkde" in the xterm and nothing happened, then KDE
> was not installed.
>
> Well I went into the xterm and typed "startkde" and it said the
> command was not found....
>
> So where is KDE, and how do I get it on my machine? I'm installing
> from the Mandrake 7.0 set you buy retail in stores, and I really would
> like to get a UNIX system going (already failed miserably in my
> attempts to install FreeBSD), but I'm completely lost now...
>
> Any assistance would be appreciated
>
> ---Losing hope in NY
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Paul Kimoto)
Subject: Re: binaries that won't execute
Date: 1 Sep 2000 23:40:26 -0500
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Steve Wright wrote:
> Why won't linux run this binary?
>
>> Peanut-Linux:/usr/bin# ls wish* -al
>> rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 7 Sep 3 2000 wish -> wish8.0
>> -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 441063 Dec 2 1997 wish8.0
>>
>> Peanut-Linux:/usr/bin# wish
>> bash: /usr/bin/wish: No such file or directory
Perhaps you don't have a required interpreter or dynamic loader. ("wish"
is itself an interpreter, though, right?)
What is the output of "file /usr/bin/wish8.0"? If it's "dynamically
linked", what is the output of "ldd /usr/bin/wish8.0"?
--
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: David Yeung <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Elite CMI 8738 Chip modem configuration and RH 6.2
Date: Sat, 02 Sep 2000 11:29:53 +0800
Does anyone know how to configure the internal modem in the CMI 8738 chip
running RedHat 6.2.
Thanks
david
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From: Mike Walsted <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: HOW TO BECOME AREGULAR USER
Date: Sat, 02 Sep 2000 03:57:31 GMT
If, for example, you want the new
regular user (named normal) with a password of abnormal, log in as root and run
useradd normal
passwd normal abnormal
Hope this helps
mikewalsted
On Sat, 02 Sep 2000, SOMERTON KENNEDY wrote:
>I RECENTLY INSTALLED MANDRAKE 7 AND IM AROOT USER I WOULD LIKE TO BECOME
>AREGULAR USER BECAUSE ITS DANGEROUS TO BE AROOT USER THANKS
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From: Darren Wyn Rees <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.linux,alt.os.linux,aus.computers.linux
Subject: Re: help: connecting to ISP, can someone help
Date: 2 Sep 2000 04:10:05 GMT
In aus.computers.linux David. E. Goble <goble@gtech> wrote:
> I have Redhat 6.2 server install.
> Would changing localhost to a different name make any difference to
> its operation?
> ie instead of;
> 127.0.0.1 localhost localhost.localdomain
Stick with this (for the time being).
What have you got in file /etc/resolv.conf ?
--
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ASK your ISP to ADD the NEW england.* Newsgroups
http://www.england.news-admin.org/accessfaq.html
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Trying to install Linux Mandrake 7.0, where in heck is KDE?
Date: Sat, 02 Sep 2000 04:27:46 GMT
On Sat, 02 Sep 2000 03:29:06 GMT, Greg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>well I dont know if this pertains to 7.0, but I use 6.0 which i believe is
>to be the same virtually. try startx at the console.
>
> GR
>
Startx just launches a screen with two xterm windows and some sort of
log. There are none of the features I have been led to believe should
exist in the GUI for Linux (ie- some sort of menu bar, right-click for
properties, etc).
Does startx provide that for other people and just not for me? What am
I doing wrong?
>
>
>haleon2 wrote:
>>
>>
>> I ran through the GUI installation process, and everything seemed to
>> go well. It installed X Windows, I could reboot and login with the
>> root user....
>>
>> But no KDE. This became apparent from previous posts here when people
>> said if I typed "startkde" in the xterm and nothing happened, then KDE
>> was not installed.
>>
>> Well I went into the xterm and typed "startkde" and it said the
>> command was not found....
>>
>> So where is KDE, and how do I get it on my machine? I'm installing
>> from the Mandrake 7.0 set you buy retail in stores, and I really would
>> like to get a UNIX system going (already failed miserably in my
>> attempts to install FreeBSD), but I'm completely lost now...
>>
>> Any assistance would be appreciated
>>
>> ---Losing hope in NY
>
>
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From: "Brad Quinlan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Limit Login Time
Date: Sat, 2 Sep 2000 04:03:03 +1000
How do I limit how long a user can stay logon in a session, how many logon
they can have and how long users in hours a users can stay login overall. I
am running slackware 3.5.
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