Linux-Setup Digest #539, Volume #19 Sun, 3 Sep 00 04:13:07 EDT
Contents:
Re: HOW TO BECOME AREGULAR USER
Re: HOW TO BECOME AREGULAR USER (Jynx)
a newbie question about md5sum
Amptron 599 LMR MB (pc chips) and Linux ??? (peter)
Amptron (PC-CHIPs) 599 LMR MB and Linux ??? (peter)
Re: Cable Modem Install (Mike Walsted)
Re: system hangs ("Norman Zhang")
Re: X configuration (mpulliam)
Driver Update Problem! Pls Help! (Michael Yau)
IPchains and IP forwarding?..Help (root)
Want GRUB back ("Mike")
Linux partition in Win2000 ("Jason Souder")
Re: Install Linux from floppy (SOMERTON KENNEDY)
Re: LILO Problems getting 01 01 01 01 ("Tony Neville")
X Windows Not Display? ("T.F.Lai")
X Windows Can't Support Sony Monitor? ("T.F.Lai")
Ethernet card ("Javi")
Re: X Windows Not Display? (James Richard Tyrer)
Re: changing desktops ("Tony Neville")
Re: Ftp file missing ("Help Desk")
Setting up network-ethernet ("Tom Yerex")
Re: How do I install .tgz files from a CD? (Sjoerd)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ()
Subject: Re: HOW TO BECOME AREGULAR USER
Date: 2 Sep 2000 19:55:34 -0700
SOMERTON KENNEDY ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) 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
--
After logging in as root, type adduser (or maybe it's useradd) to create a
new user. If you need more info, type man adduser.
email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jynx)
Subject: Re: HOW TO BECOME AREGULAR USER
Date: 03 Sep 2000 02:12:33 GMT
On 2 Sep 2000 19:55:34 -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] scribbled:
>SOMERTON KENNEDY ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) 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
Prune juice will help you be REGULAR.
The Caps Lock key will help you be normal.
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From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: a newbie question about md5sum
Date: Sun, 03 Sep 2000 02:29:01 GMT
Hi. I just downloaded the ISO image of Mandrake Linux, and in the
README.txt it say you can use the md5sum to check the integrity of the ISO
file. Iam currently running win98. Could any tell me how to run the md5sum
command ? or is there any other method to do the integrity check of the
ISO file?
--
Posted via CNET Help.com
http://www.help.com/
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From: peter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.corel
Subject: Amptron 599 LMR MB (pc chips) and Linux ???
Date: Sat, 02 Sep 2000 07:29:48 -0400
I've have an Amptron 599 LMR with built in video, lan, modem, and
sound.
I'm wondering if this board will work with Corel linux ?
I've read that Corel Linux supports this Mobo and everything is
detected during the install ?
Can someone tell me:
1) How is the 2ed version of Corel Linux ? (I heard the first was a
disaster).
2) Can someone confirm that Corel Linux will support the devices on
this Mobo?
I've installed Mandrake on it and I can tell you the video works fine,
BUT the linmodem drivers (pctel) don't work AND the LAN drivers don't
work either (davicom).
I really don't care about the modem, I would just like to get the lan
and sounds working...
Thanks,
peter
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From: peter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.corel
Subject: Amptron (PC-CHIPs) 599 LMR MB and Linux ???
Date: Sat, 02 Sep 2000 22:30:49 -0400
I've have an Amptron 599 LMR with built in video, lan, modem, and
sound.
I'm wondering if this board will work with Corel linux ?
I've read that Corel Linux supports this mobo and everything is
detected during the install ?
Can someone tell me:
1) How is the 2ed version of Corel Linux ? (I heard the first was a
disaster).
2) Can someone confirm that Corel Linux will support the devices on
this mobo?
I've installed Mandrake on it and I can tell you the video works fine,
BUT the linmodem drivers (pctel) don't work AND the LAN drivers don't
work either (davicom).
I really don't care about the modem, I would just like to get the lan
and sounds working...
Thanks,
peter
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From: Mike Walsted <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Cable Modem Install
Date: Sun, 03 Sep 2000 02:34:43 GMT
On Sat, 02 Sep 2000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>I am totally new to Linux. I have installed Winlinux 2000 and it appears
>to run ok, except I can't figure out how to get on the internet!
>
>I apparently have a Win Modem, so I can't use dialup. But I also have a
>cable modem. I'm totally lost trying to figure out how to set up an
>internet connection.
You set it up as a network instead of like a modem, since it is a permanent
network connection. I am not familiar with Winlinux; however, if you can run
netconf (as root, of course,) you can pretty much point and click your way to
the blanks that need to be filled in with the information provided by your
cable provider.
Someone with more knowledge of WinLinux 2000 will probably be able to help more.
mikewalsted
>
>Thanks in advance.
>
>-- David
>
>
>--
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>http://www.help.com/
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From: "Norman Zhang" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: system hangs
Date: Sat, 2 Sep 2000 19:54:04 -0700
In case anyone is interested in the solution. It is a bug. The bugfix is
available on Red Hat's web site.
Norman
"Norman Zhang" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:Sx0r5.41969$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> I am trying to install Red Hat 6.2 on my Intel system. The system has two
> SCSI hard drives. I setup the system in the following manner,
>
> /boot sda1 23M Linux native
> <swap> sda8 517M Linux swap
> <swap> sdb7 517M Linux swap
> /root sdb9 23M Linux native
> / md0 1506M RAID1[sda5,sdb1]
> /home md1 800M RAID1[sda7,sdb6]
> /var md2 902M RAID1[sda6,sdb5]
> /tmp md3 502M RAID1[sdb8,sda9]
>
> The process went smoothly. At the very end the system hangs with the
> following message, "Performing post install configuration..." Does anyone
> what gives? Your help is greatly appreciated.
>
> Norman
>
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (mpulliam)
Subject: Re: X configuration
Date: 3 Sep 2000 02:59:52 GMT
On Sat, 02 Sep 2000 22:42:02 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>... The Icons on the desktop and the panel
>at its bottom are very big; the width of the panel is about 3cm. I
>thought the problem is to do with one of the settings on the
>XF86config; but which one and how?
Sounds like you want to make your resolution different -
first try going cntrl-alt-plusonthekeypad or
cntrl-alt-minusonthekeypad
Sometimes that works, sometimes it doesn't. Depends on
some choices you made during your install.
If you have the program xvidtune (have to be running X to
make it work) you can tinker with the settings there.
If you want to use Xconfigurator you can tinker there.
You will be changing the number that looks like "800x600"
to the next larger pair of numbers, that's my best
guess from your description.
If you are running SuSE there is a part of the install
program (SaX) that lets you click arrows until you get the
screen the way you want it.
If you want to edit XF86Config you can change the numbers
in that file; again, you're changing the number pair
with the x in between like "800x600." In XF86Config you
can just comment out the ones you don't want, but it's a
relatively confusing file to edit. There is a way to edit
this GUI-style using linuxconf but I don't like linuxconf because
it messes around with the permissions on files behind
your back, and also sometimes seems to leave off the
quotation marks around the resolution numbers which results
in no X at all.
As you can tell I have had to do this quite a few times
myself :-)
MP
- - - - - - - - - - - - - -
http://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/greatlakes/GlacialGift/space.html
enjoy images of the Great Lakes from space, and a little
scientific information.
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From: Michael Yau <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Driver Update Problem! Pls Help!
Date: Sun, 03 Sep 2000 11:04:51 +0800
I compile the source code of the driver (rtl8139.c) in /usr/src/linux
and then rtl8139.o was sucessfully given out. But it can't run properly
when I use insmod rtl8139.o to test it and the following error message
gives out:
unresolved symbol memcpy
unresolved symbol mem_set
The compile-command that I used is: gcc -DMODULE -D__KERNEL__
-Wallstrict-prototypes -O6 -c rtl8139.c
Pls tell me what's wrong with my driver.
Thank you very much!
Michael
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From: root <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: IPchains and IP forwarding?..Help
Date: Sat, 02 Sep 2000 19:23:10 -0700
Hello,
I have a prob I have done much reading on but have not been
successful. I have my linux box here and a WIN98 SE. I can ping the
linux box from my WIn machine and vice versa. I can get a ppp
connection to my ISP and surf the web, newsgroups and what not on the
linux box. I cannot however get out to the net on my WIN98 machine. I
get "request timed out". I finally figured out how to turn IP
forwarding on. So it is on. I guess my question is what am I doing
wrong in IPCHAINS? this is what I currently have (note: I have tried
many config)
Chain input (policy ACCEPT)
Chain forward (policy ACCEPT)
target prot opt source
destination port
-- tcp ---- 192.168.1.0/24 mlode.mlode.com any->
any
Chain output (policy ACCEPT)
What am I doing wrong here?
Any help is appreciated....
Sean
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From: "Mike" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux
Subject: Want GRUB back
Date: Sat, 2 Sep 2000 23:54:48 -0400
Im using Mandrake 7.1 and had GRUB installed to the Root Partition and that
was my OS chooser. Then I edited the lilo.conf to fix my memory problem,
and now the computer boots into the LILO prompt.
How do I get GRUB back?
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From: "Jason Souder" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Linux partition in Win2000
Date: Sat, 2 Sep 2000 21:28:49 -0700
How do I hide a linux partition in Win2k? I have a Linux partition that is
part of an extended partition. Windows 2000 sees the drive and posts in
explorer. I want to hide it because Windows wants to format it when someone
clicks on it and I don't want to erase my linux partition. Are there any
other ways around this?
Jason
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From: SOMERTON KENNEDY <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Install Linux from floppy
Date: Sun, 03 Sep 2000 04:33:06 GMT
try woven goods for linux
"David .." wrote:
>
> Daniel wrote:
> >
> > Hi there. Anyone had tried to install Linux distribution totally from floppy
> > disk to hardisk?
> > Any Linux distribution to recommend?
> > I 'm new to Linux and want to use my old laptop (with cdrom) to surf net
> > using linux os.
> > Thanks.
>
> Slackware is one of the few that you can install from floppy
>
> http://www.slackware.com/
>
> --
> 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: "Tony Neville" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: LILO Problems getting 01 01 01 01
Date: Sun, 3 Sep 2000 16:54:38 +1200
"Andrew Lee Stubbs" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> I have tried loading several different versions of linux and each time the
> lilo gives me nothing but 1's and 0's on the screen. I have tried several
> different methods of installing linux and none of them work, even off of
> the floppy. Any help is appreciated.
I can get that error going into BIOS Setup and disabling the drive which
has my Linux.partition on it.
The 01 is an error code, although one wouldn't think that by the dopey
way it's presented.
In /usr/doc/lilo* the README file says:
0x01 "Illegal command". This shouldn't happen, but if it does, it may
indicate an attempt to access a disk which is not supported by the
BIOS. See also "Warning: BIOS drive 0x<number> may not be
accessible" in section "Warnings".
<snip>
Warning: BIOS drive 0x<number> may not be accessible
Because most BIOS versions only support two floppies and two hard
disks, files located on additional disks may be inaccessible. This
warning indicates that some kernels or even the whole system may be
unbootable.
********
Cheers,
Tony.
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From: "T.F.Lai" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.x
Subject: X Windows Not Display?
Date: Sun, 3 Sep 2000 12:55:09 +0800
Hi, I'm installed RedHat 6.2 on the following hardware :
AMD K6-400, 32MB RAM, S3 Trio3D Graphics Card, Sony CPD-15SF II.
But the X Windows seem to detect the graphics card but when I type startx at
the command prompt. The monitor doesn't display and the button become
orange.
Can anyone give me some tips or hints?
I'll appreciate for your kindly help.
Thanks.
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From: "T.F.Lai" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.x
Subject: X Windows Can't Support Sony Monitor?
Date: Sun, 3 Sep 2000 13:06:14 +0800
Hi, I'm installed RedHat 6.2 on the following hardware :
AMD K6-400, 32MB RAM, S3 Trio3D Graphics Card, Sony CPD-15SF II.
But the X Windows seem to detect the graphics card but when I type startx at
the command prompt. The monitor doesn't display and the button become
orange.
Can anyone give me some tips or hints?
I'll appreciate for your kindly help.
Thanks.
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From: "Javi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Ethernet card
Date: Sun, 3 Sep 2000 23:16:52 -0500
Well, my problem is that I can't use my Xircom ethernet card under linux
6.1 although the machine detected my ethernet card. Every time I try to
open netscape for example, it tell me "unknown host" .. please e mail me if
you can help. Thanx
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From: James Richard Tyrer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.x
Subject: Re: X Windows Not Display?
Date: Sun, 03 Sep 2000 05:20:34 GMT
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"T.F.Lai" wrote:
> Hi, I'm installed RedHat 6.2 on the following hardware :
> AMD K6-400, 32MB RAM, S3 Trio3D Graphics Card, Sony CPD-15SF II.
>
> But the X Windows seem to detect the graphics card but when I type startx at
> the command prompt. The monitor doesn't display and the button become
> orange.
>
> Can anyone give me some tips or hints?
>
> I'll appreciate for your kindly help.
>
> Thanks.
A good first guess would be that the autodetection didn't work. As root, try
running "XF86Setup.
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From: "Tony Neville" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: changing desktops
Date: Sun, 3 Sep 2000 18:28:55 +1200
"Brian" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:nnhs5.357$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> I use RH6.0.
> I have KDE for my root account but when I switch to my user account it
> starts Gnome. I would like to change this account to use KDE but I cannot
> find where or how this is started. In Gnome the Settings/ Desktop
> Switching Tool does nothing.
I have RH6.2, but the answer may also apply to RH6.0.
Enter "echo kde > /home/<user>/.wmrc", then reboot.
Unlike the KDE login, the Gnome login doesn't read the .wmrc file
because when I set it to "kde" I still get the Gnome desktop. So if
you're currently presented with the Gnome login, enter "echo KDE >
/etc/sysconfig/desktop". Then reboot.
Cheers,
Tony.
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From: "Help Desk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Ftp file missing
Date: Sun, 3 Sep 2000 17:33:00 +1000
Hi,
Thanks for your help. I do have access to a copy of proftpd which is on a
Linux/Mips box (mine is Linux/Intel), so I don't know if it is compatible.
Where would I be able find a copy of in.ftpd to reload it?
Regards
Noel
Glitch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> I forgot to add that looking at /var/log/messages when trying ot connect
> through ftp should provide at least an initial error message (if there
> is more than one problem) that you can go on to fix the problem.
>
> Help Desk wrote:
> >
> > Hi Group,
> >
> > I have installed RH 6.1 Linux (about 4 months ago)and everything was
working
> > OK. Installed Apache and Front Page Extensions, these worked OK as well.
Was
> > able to publish my web pages to Linux, use FTP etc.
> >
> > Sometime in the last month, FTP has stopped running and no longer allows
me
> > to connect from any machine to the Linux box. I checked the inetd.conf
> > file and it says it will daemon in.ftpd but I cannot locate this file
on
> > my machine. Is in.ftpd indeed required, or is something else causing the
> > problem.
> >
> > Regards
> >
> > Noel
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From: "Tom Yerex" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Setting up network-ethernet
Date: Sun, 03 Sep 2000 07:21:24 GMT
Hello!
I am setting up Debian 2.2.12 with ADSL/ethernet connection. The network
card is running, but I must manually issue the following commands to get
it going after logging in:
insmod rtl8139.o ifconfig eth0 192.... route add default gw...
What is the usual initialization procedure to have this happen at startup?
Thank you,
Tom. [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Sjoerd)
Subject: Re: How do I install .tgz files from a CD?
Date: Sun, 3 Sep 2000 03:30:49 +0200
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Sat, 02 Sep 2000 08:15:36 -0400, Gerardo Rincon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>I only have two days experience with Linux
>(Mandrake 7.1).
That's a start ;-)
>I want to install kexplorer.tgz which came in a CD with the Maximum
>Linux Magazine. But I don't
>know how to do it.... How do I extract it, to what directory, and how do
>I install it? Please take me
>through the steps....
Looks like if it's a KDE application (don't know this one). Just extract it
to a temp dir with `tar xvfz kexplorer.tgz'
There's probably a readme or a install file in it with instructions.
Sjoerd
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