Linux-Setup Digest #557, Volume #19 Tue, 5 Sep 00 17:13:09 EDT
Contents:
Sorry guys, another X problem ("ascii_superstar")
Re: Changing Desktop Appearance ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Linux box & Win NT Server for Inet connection ("C�dric CHEN")
Re: problems with Fritz!card (Edmond Nolan)
Re: no telnet from outside world (M. Buchenrieder)
Re: Deactivate Shadow Passwords ("Gregory D. Horne")
Re: Can I use 486/60 for Linux ("Gregory D. Horne")
Re: ppp failure (Peter Riggs)
cron.daily ("Bob Cent")
Re: Apache DirectoryIndex and VirtualHost problem. Plz Help!! (Mark)
Re: Apache DirectoryIndex and VirtualHost problem. Plz Help!! (Mark)
Re: Setup screen (Glitch)
ah ah this supermount kick my mp3's away ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: no telnet from outside world (Glitch)
How to setup a secure PPP account on Linux? ("Mr. Ed")
Re: PS1 & PWD, .profile (Harring Figueiredo)
Re: X configuration (Anita Lewis)
Re: Red Hat Help (Glitch)
Re: Kernel compile (Colin Watson)
Re: dselect help (Colin Watson)
Re: RH 6.2/KDE/Windows title (Colin Watson)
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Reply-To: "ascii_superstar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
From: "ascii_superstar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux.mandrake,comp.os.linux.x
Subject: Sorry guys, another X problem
Date: Tue, 5 Sep 2000 20:23:39 +0100
Hi,
I have mandrake 7.1 with X 4.01. I am currently running in 16 bit color and
1152 * 864.
I have installed unreal tournament and it runs great. I went to increase the
color depth to 32 bit and noticed it wasnt an option.
I had a quick look at my X config file and changed the default color depth
from 16 to 32.
Suffice to say it didnt work.
I am using the latest nvidia drivers and all seems well.
I have a geforce 256.
I have included my config file and the X log file (cut down to safe space)
But basiclly it says that 32 bit color isnt supported by the hardware.
thanks
sergio
PS you may also notice that the speedo font wont load. But thats another
post :-)
Section "Device"
Identifier "Generic VGA"
Driver "vga"
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "NVIDIA GeForce 256 (generic)"
VendorName "Unknown"
BoardName "Unknown"
Driver "nvidia"
# VideoRam 32768
# Clock lines
# Uncomment following option if you see a big white block
# instead of the cursor!
#Option "sw_cursor"
Option "power_saver"
EndSection
# **********************************************************************
# Screen sections
# **********************************************************************
Section "Screen"
Identifier "screen1"
Device "NVIDIA GeForce 256 (generic)"
Monitor "Generic|Multi-frequency that can do 1280x1024 at 60 Hz"
DefaultColorDepth 32
Subsection "Display"
Depth 8
Modes "1280x1024" "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
ViewPort 0 0
EndSubsection
Subsection "Display"
Depth 15
Modes "1280x1024" "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
ViewPort 0 0
EndSubsection
Subsection "Display"
Depth 16
Modes "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
ViewPort 0 0
EndSubsection
Subsection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1280x1024" "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
ViewPort 0 0
EndSubsection
Subsection "Display"
Depth 32
Modes "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
ViewPort 0 0
EndSubsection
EndSection
Heres the log file (well half of it)
(II) LoadModule: "dbe"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/libdbe.a
(II) Module dbe: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.0.1, module version = 1.0.0
Module class: XFree86 Server Extension
ABI class: XFree86 Server Extension, version 0.1
(II) Loading extension DOUBLE-BUFFER
(II) LoadModule: "glx"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/libglx.so
(II) Module glx: vendor="NVIDIA Corporation"
compiled for 4.0, module version = 1.0.4
Module class: XFree86 Server Extension
ABI class: XFree86 Server Extension, version 0.1
(II) Loading extension GLX
(II) LoadModule: "extmod"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/libextmod.a
(II) Module extmod: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.0.1, module version = 1.0.0
Module class: XFree86 Server Extension
ABI class: XFree86 Server Extension, version 0.1
(II) Loading extension SHAPE
(II) Loading extension MIT-SUNDRY-NONSTANDARD
(II) Loading extension BIG-REQUESTS
(II) Loading extension SYNC
(II) Loading extension MIT-SCREEN-SAVER
(II) Loading extension XC-MISC
(II) Loading extension XFree86-VidModeExtension
(II) Loading extension XFree86-Misc
(II) Loading extension DPMS
(II) Loading extension FontCache
(II) Loading extension TOG-CUP
(II) Loading extension Extended-Visual-Information
(II) Loading extension XVideo
(II) LoadModule: "Speedo"
(WW) Warning, couldn't open module Speedo
(II) UnloadModule: "Speedo"
(EE) Failed to load module "Speedo" (module does not exist, 0)
(II) LoadModule: "type1"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/fonts/libtype1.a
(II) Module type1: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.0.1, module version = 1.0.0
Module class: XFree86 Font Renderer
ABI class: XFree86 Font Renderer, version 0.1
(II) Loading font Type1
(II) Loading font CID
(II) LoadModule: "freetype"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/fonts/libfreetype.a
(II) Module freetype: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.0.1, module version = 1.1.7
Module class: XFree86 Font Renderer
ABI class: XFree86 Font Renderer, version 0.1
(II) Loading font FreeType
(II) LoadModule: "nvidia"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers/nvidia_drv.o
(II) Module nvidia: vendor="NVIDIA Corporation"
compiled for 4.0.1, module version = 1.0.4
Module class: XFree86 Video Driver
ABI class: XFree86 Video Driver, version 0.2
(II) LoadModule: "mouse"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/input/mouse_drv.o
(II) Module mouse: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.0.1, module version = 1.0.0
Module class: XFree86 XInput Driver
ABI class: XFree86 XInput driver, version 0.1
(II) NVIDIA: NVIDIA driver for: RIVATNT, RIVATNT2, RIVATNT2 (Ultra),
RIVATNT2 (Vanta), RIVATNT2 (M64), RIVATNT2 (Integrated), GeForce 256,
GeForce DDR, Quadro, GeForce2 GTS, , , , , ,
(--) Assigning device section with no busID to primary device
(--) Chipset GeForce 256 found
(II) resource ranges after xf86ClaimFixedResources() call:
[0] -1 0xffe00000 - 0xffffffff (0x200000) MXB(B)
[1] -1 0x00100000 - 0x3fffffff (0x3ff00000) MXBE(B)
[2] -1 0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MXB
[3] -1 0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MXB
[4] -1 0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MXB
[5] -1 0xe6000000 - 0xe6ffffff (0x1000000) MXBE
[6] -1 0xe7010000 - 0xe701ffff (0x10000) MXBE
[7] -1 0xe7000000 - 0xe700ffff (0x10000) MXBE
[8] -1 0xe0000000 - 0xe3ffffff (0x4000000) MXBE
[9] -1 0xe5000000 - 0xe500ffff (0x10000) MXB(B)
[10] -1 0xd8000000 - 0xdfffffff (0x8000000) MXB(B)
[11] -1 0xe4000000 - 0xe4ffffff (0x1000000) MXB(B)
[12] -1 0x00000000 - 0x000001ff (0x200) IXBE
[13] -1 0x0000ec00 - 0x0000ecff (0x100) IXBE
[14] -1 0x0000e800 - 0x0000e8ff (0x100) IXBE
[15] -1 0x0000e400 - 0x0000e4ff (0x100) IXBE
[16] -1 0x0000e000 - 0x0000e0ff (0x100) IXBE
[17] -1 0x0000f000 - 0x0000f0ff (0x100) IXBE
(II) resource ranges after probing:
[0] -1 0xffe00000 - 0xffffffff (0x200000) MXB(B)
[1] -1 0x00100000 - 0x3fffffff (0x3ff00000) MXBE(B)
[2] -1 0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MXB
[3] -1 0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MXB
[4] -1 0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MXB
[5] -1 0xe6000000 - 0xe6ffffff (0x1000000) MXBE
[6] -1 0xe7010000 - 0xe701ffff (0x10000) MXBE
[7] -1 0xe7000000 - 0xe700ffff (0x10000) MXBE
[8] -1 0xe0000000 - 0xe3ffffff (0x4000000) MXBE
[9] -1 0xe5000000 - 0xe500ffff (0x10000) MXB(B)
[10] -1 0xd8000000 - 0xdfffffff (0x8000000) MXB(B)
[11] -1 0xe4000000 - 0xe4ffffff (0x1000000) MXB(B)
[12] 0 0x000a0000 - 0x000affff (0x10000) MSB
[13] 0 0x000b0000 - 0x000b7fff (0x8000) MSB
[14] 0 0x000b8000 - 0x000bffff (0x8000) MSB
[15] -1 0x00000000 - 0x000001ff (0x200) IXBE
[16] -1 0x0000ec00 - 0x0000ecff (0x100) IXBE
[17] -1 0x0000e800 - 0x0000e8ff (0x100) IXBE
[18] -1 0x0000e400 - 0x0000e4ff (0x100) IXBE
[19] -1 0x0000e000 - 0x0000e0ff (0x100) IXBE
[20] -1 0x0000f000 - 0x0000f0ff (0x100) IXBE
[21] 0 0x000003b0 - 0x000003bb (0xc) ISB
[22] 0 0x000003c0 - 0x000003df (0x20) ISB
(II) Setting vga for screen 0.
(II) Loading sub module "vgahw"
(II) LoadModule: "vgahw"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libvgahw.a
(II) Module vgahw: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.0.1, module version = 0.1.0
ABI class: XFree86 Video Driver, version 0.2
(--) NVIDIA(0): Chipset: "GeForce 256"
(EE) NVIDIA(0): Given color depth (32) is not supported by this driver
(II) UnloadModule: "nvidia"
(II) UnloadModule: "vgahw"
(II) Unloading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libvgahw.a
(EE) Screen(s) found, but none have a usable configuration.
Fatal server error:
no screens found
When reporting a problem related to a server crash, please send
the full server output, not just the last messages.
This can be found in the log file "/var/log/XFree86.0.log".
Fatal server error:
Caught signal 11. Server aborting
When reporting a problem related to a server crash, please send
the full server output, not just the last messages.
This can be found in the log file "/var/log/XFree86.0.log".
------------------------------
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Changing Desktop Appearance
Date: Tue, 05 Sep 2000 19:37:56 GMT
In article <8p0stq$g7q$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> My PC runs win98 and Redhat6.0. 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?
>
> Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
> Before you buy.
>
make your resolation higher (screen area)on 15" monitor 800x600 on 17"
monitor 1024x768
Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
Before you buy.
------------------------------
From: "C�dric CHEN" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Linux box & Win NT Server for Inet connection
Date: Tue, 5 Sep 2000 22:14:59 +0200
I tried to confirgure Sanba, but I am really newbie in this way and I used
Gnomba (Gnome interface of Samba) but I found only the way to share
directories on NT server.
And I still not can reach the second ethernet card to have acces to Inet (my
connection to Inet is done thru a ethernet card with ADSL connection) the
message is still Network not reachable (the ip address of the second card
is 10.0.0.10 instead of the local 128.1.0.X)
If you have any idea of what's happening?
Because with W98 I only indicated the IP N� of the NT server to connect to
the second card.
hoping your help
C�dric
Nisi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> a �crit dans le message :
8ollu1$48n$[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> 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
> >
> >
>
>
------------------------------
Date: Tue, 05 Sep 2000 22:21:40 +0200
From: Edmond Nolan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: problems with Fritz!card
I had a very similiar situation recently, my ISDN card
(also Fritz) was up and running but I couldn't get my
network card working (Device or resource busy), turns
out both are trying to use interrupt 10. I haven't solved it yet : (
If you have an installed network card try "unloading" it
with
ifconfig eth0 down
then trying the ISDN again
Good luck
Eddie
Axel Bindel wrote:
> I've installed Suse Linux 6.2 and I now want to install my new
> Fritz!-card. But all the time I tried it with yast, I got a error
> message after testing it.
> The error message was:
> /lib/modules/2.2.13/misc/hisax.o :Device or resource busy
> /lib/modules/2.2.13/misc/hisax.o :insmod
> /lib/modules/2.2.13/misc/hisax.o failed
> #delete isdn
> What can I do to get my card working?
> Thanks for writing me
------------------------------
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (M. Buchenrieder)
Subject: Re: no telnet from outside world
Date: Tue, 5 Sep 2000 13:51:44 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
>Can someone give me a hand at this? I have basic IP_masq setup and all
>of the internal boxes can telnet to the server.
[...]
You can't telnet to the internal boxes if you're using NAT or
masquerading. Their addresses aren't reachable that way. What you
need is to use portforwarding in case you want to access certain
services on these internal machines.
Michael
--
Michael Buchenrieder * [EMAIL PROTECTED] * http://www.muc.de/~mibu
Lumber Cartel Unit #456 (TINLC) & Official Netscum
Note: If you want me to send you email, don't munge your address.
------------------------------
From: "Gregory D. Horne" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Deactivate Shadow Passwords
Date: Tue, 05 Sep 2000 15:15:12 -0500
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sure, delete /etc/shadow, touch /etc/shadow, vi /etc/password, delete the
contents where the password would be so as to set all passwords to NULL.
Have users log-in and set their password.
S�bastien Cottalorda wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I use Redhat 6.0 linux on a Old IBM PC.
>
> Unfortunately, I've activated the shadow passwords on a machine must not
> have it.
>
> Is it a way to deactivate shadow passwords and have normal ones (in
> /etc/passwords instead of /etc/shadow) ?
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Sebastien
--
Gregory D. Horne L I N U X .~.
Systems Analyst The Choice /V\
of a GNU /( )\
Generation ^^-^^
------------------------------
From: "Gregory D. Horne" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Can I use 486/60 for Linux
Date: Tue, 05 Sep 2000 15:20:24 -0500
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Debian is great for such a system too. ftp.debian.org or
http://www.debian.org - The archives contain a stable easy to install distro
call hamm (Debian 2.0) which you install from diskette. Once that is
installed and configured you can download the applications you want using
apt-get or dselect.
KENNETH RIORDAN wrote:
> Sure you can..if you can get on to the internet on another computer.
> Go to http://pygmy.penguin.cz and download pygmy Linux. It takes about
> 6 floppies to get it. It is structured for internet access and is very
> easy to install through DOS.There is no need to partition the hard
> drive. After you have it installed and get onto the internet with it,
> you can download the xf86 config file for a graphic mode. I downloaded
> it on Friday afternoon and was on the internet (without external help)
> on Saturday afternoon, and today I have the graphics running.I had
> Caldera linux and tried for a long time to get it going and finally gave
> up, wiped my hard drive clean, and started all over again with Pygmy.
> It needs I believe, about 150M of HD space.
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
--
Gregory D. Horne L I N U X .~.
Systems Analyst The Choice /V\
of a GNU /( )\
Generation ^^-^^
------------------------------
From: Peter Riggs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: uk.comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: ppp failure
Date: Tue, 05 Sep 2000 20:37:56 GMT
Bill Unruh wrote:
> In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Peter Riggs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> ]Aug 27 09:33:17 linux chat[21736]: send (ATZ^M)
> ]Aug 27 09:33:17 linux chat[21736]: expect (OK)
> ]Aug 27 09:33:17 linux chat[21736]: ^M
> ]Aug 27 09:33:17 linux chat[21736]: OK
> ]Aug 27 09:33:17 linux chat[21736]: -- got it
>
> Note the immediate response not 20 sec delay. On upgrading you messed up
> the irq assignment to the serial ports/modem. You have to fix that.
Yes, quite correct. I have now fixed it and everthing is ok again.
Thanks to all for the help.
Peter.
------------------------------
From: "Bob Cent" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: cron.daily
Date: Tue, 5 Sep 2000 12:35:17 -0700
Hi,
I would like to change the time when my cron.daily jobs execute so they
don't interfer with my backup program's compare operation. I've poked
around with cron and crontab, but this doesn't seem to be the way to do it.
I need a hint. Thanks!
Bob.
------------------------------
From: Mark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Apache DirectoryIndex and VirtualHost problem. Plz Help!!
Date: Tue, 05 Sep 2000 20:26:42 GMT
In article <s6Rs5.2418$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
"Philippe Laflamme" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hello,
> I've setup my apache server without a glitch. It runs smoothly,
but now
> I want to add a VirtualHost. It works fine : both adresses are
accesible
> from the web and the server handles the accesses correctly. Except
for one
> thing. In one of my virtual hosts, I want the directory index to be
> index.shtml. I added the line
> DirectoryIndex index.shtml index.html
Did you put that in srm.conf? That's where it's at in mine....
Mark
--
Please reply to this newsgroup as my Deja mail
is used as a spam catcher only!
Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
Before you buy.
------------------------------
From: Mark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Apache DirectoryIndex and VirtualHost problem. Plz Help!!
Date: Tue, 05 Sep 2000 20:28:33 GMT
And by the way, if I recall correctly, this is one of those cases where
you cannot simply restart Apache. You have to fully stop it, then
start it before it all takes effect.
Mark
In article <s6Rs5.2418$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
"Philippe Laflamme" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hello,
> I've setup my apache server without a glitch. It runs smoothly,
but now
> I want to add a VirtualHost. It works fine : both adresses are
accesible
> from the web and the server handles the accesses correctly. Except
for one
> thing. In one of my virtual hosts, I want the directory index to be
> index.shtml. I added the line
> DirectoryIndex index.shtml index.html
> in the default context. It didn't work: the virtual host using
index.shtml
> returns a 404 saying it can't find index.html. So I added the line
in the
> virtual host section, didn't work either! I then added the line in
the
> Directory section describing the root of that virtual host and it
still
> didn't work! What's going on?!?!
>
> Please help me!
> Phil
>
>
--
Please reply to this newsgroup as my Deja mail
is used as a spam catcher only!
Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
Before you buy.
------------------------------
Date: Tue, 05 Sep 2000 16:53:45 -0400
From: Glitch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Setup screen
xv , the picture viewer, does screen captures as well I think. Try
that.
Rafa Castillo wrote:
>
> Does anyone know how to capture setup screens?
> Thk's a lot.
> --
> Firma provisional
>
> May the force be with you
> Te recomiendo dos webs:
> Star Wars: http://www.sithnet.unicyber.org
> Linux: http://www.valux.org
> Quita NO SPAM para contestarme
------------------------------
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: ah ah this supermount kick my mp3's away
Date: Tue, 05 Sep 2000 20:36:23 GMT
i realy didnt make any think unordinary i were using a partision table
like this
6gb fat32
10mb boot
3gb ex2 debian potato
250mb swap
again 5gb fat32
then i set-up mandrake with same partision table and formated linux
related partisions and after reboot mandrake said "couldnt mount
hda4"(which was my second fat partision full of mp3's).then i swich
windows and windows said "disk d: is not formated or been bloked by
another aplication"and fdisk didn't start said "there is an corraption
or some thing like that"
after all i setup potato again potato couldnt mount hda4 again but
after setup of debian fdisk on dos worked and showed 5gb fat as primary
dos .
Am i loseing my favorite mp3's because i try to set up linux between
two fat partision?i think this cant be a reason to lose all my philip
glass , micheal nyman songs and also cakewalk 9 pro and other important
sound programs that realy cant be abandoned.
i will try to make fdisk -mbr.Will it work ,who knows?
good lucks to me ...Did any one lived something like this .I know i
couldn't explain my problem but i dont know what's goin on either.
ask me about details i will answer any think you want to know i hope
tomorrow it would be solved :-)
Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
Before you buy.
------------------------------
Date: Tue, 05 Sep 2000 16:55:32 -0400
From: Glitch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: no telnet from outside world
look at your firewall log. Your firewall is still probably blocking
access so you need to enable connections to come through but w/o looking
at the log it's hard to say for sure.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> Can someone give me a hand at this? I have basic IP_masq setup and all
> of the internal boxes can telnet to the server. no one from the outside
> can telnet in though. i have checked /etc/hosts.allow and deny and
> there is nothing there at all. I tried to add ALL:ALL to hosts.allow
> with no sucess. I have also checked the xinetd.conf and there is
> nothing there.
>
> Please help if you can.
>
> Quick.
>
> Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
> Before you buy.
------------------------------
From: "Mr. Ed" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: How to setup a secure PPP account on Linux?
Date: Mon, 04 Sep 2000 21:02:22 -0500
I seek suggestions on setting up a user account on my Linux box
for connecting to my ISP with Netscape but is secure enough to
limit access/damage from hacker attacks coming in from the web.
Any pointers you would be willing to share with me would be
appreciated.
Please respond to this newsgroup as my email address is
misleading for spam purposes.
Thanks in advance.
Mr Ed
------------------------------
From: Harring Figueiredo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: PS1 & PWD, .profile
Date: 5 Sep 2000 16:47:53 -0400
GreatFree wrote:
> Dear All,
>
> How to display PATH anytime instead of just a "$' in RedHat ksh? I remember
> PS1 and PWD should be used. But I can't get the exact expression of that.
>
> By the way, I can't find .profile under my home directory. Why? Someone told
> me I need to write the profile by myself. Is it the same as the one on
> Solaris?
>
> Thanks,
> Bing
Try adding the following lines on the .profile (for korn shell (ksh)) or on
the .bashrc (for bash shell)
PS='`pwd` $'
export PS1
NOTE: The first and the last quote mark s are single quote chars ( by the
Enter key )
The inner quotes are the "tick" , the ones found on the "~" key ( undder the
ESC key).
Yes, the keys do matther.
Good luck.
Harring
------------------------------
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Anita Lewis)
Crossposted-To: linux.redhat.misc,linux.redhat.install,linux.redhat
Subject: Re: X configuration
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Tue, 05 Sep 2000 20:53:39 GMT
On Sat, 02 Sep 2000 22:42:02 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>Hi all,
>
>My PC runs win98 and Redhat6.0. 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?
It sounds like you have low resolution. One cause for that is incorrect
monitor settings. If you chose generic monitor, that will happen. Try
start -verbose &>startxlog
then log out of X and look at startxlog to see if there are any clues.
Anita
------------------------------
Date: Tue, 05 Sep 2000 17:06:46 -0400
From: Glitch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Red Hat Help
Samba howto
"Timothy N. Couch" wrote:
>
> I'm trying to set up a server using RH 6.1. Here is what I want to do.
> I want my two Win98 systems to have access to the files on the Linux box, as
> it will be used for storage. I want my Win98 systems to login to the Linux
> box, so it knows who we are. My question is what "How To" do I need to read
> for this type of setup?
>
> I also plan to set up a web & email server on the Linux box at a later
> date.
------------------------------
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Colin Watson)
Subject: Re: Kernel compile
Date: 5 Sep 2000 20:54:44 GMT
jbkelly3 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I am trying to compile a new kernel but but during 'make bzImage' an
>error is encountered and process is aborted.
What error? Without that it's difficult to help.
>In reading the Kernel readme file as well as 'Changes' I have checked to
>see that I have all the required libraries etc... . THe only discrepency
>in those reauirements is the RedHat libc 5 library. It is listed as libc
>5.3.12 , and per the 'Changes' documentation libc 5.4.46 is recommended.
Don't worry about that; libc5 is obsolete anyway, and only provided for
compatibility purposes.
>The compile aborts do not occur in the same place when I retry after a
>new mrproper, xconfig, etc...
If the compilation is aborting with a signal 11 or something similarly
weird, then you might have a hardware problem, possibly bad memory. See
http://www.bitwizard.nl/sig11/.
--
Colin Watson [[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
"O brother man, fold to thy heart thy brother; Where pity dwells, the
peace of God is there! To worship rightly is to love each other; Each
smile a hymn, each kindly deed a prayer." - John Greenleaf Whittier
------------------------------
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Colin Watson)
Subject: Re: dselect help
Date: 5 Sep 2000 21:05:10 GMT
Cooper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I have all my packages on a hard known as /dev/sda1. I can mount it to the
>/tmp directory. However, when I use the dselect program, I tell the it to
>find the necessary files on file:/tmp. It keeps telling me that it can't
>find the necessary files. I have tried several combinations with specifying
>files with dist, stable, potato, main - all to no avail. All I really need
>to do is get the DHCP client. Suggestions, please!
If you want to keep a local mirror of packages, then you need to use the
dpkg-scanpackages program (in the dpkg-dev package) to generate a
Packages file to put in that directory; dselect and apt both need such a
file. Read the man page to find out how to do this. (Beware that you
need to gzip the Packages file after creating it. The man page doesn't
mention this, unfortunately; I filed a bug about this - #65839 - a while
back.)
If you just need to install a few individual packages, then use
something like 'dpkg -i package.deb' instead.
--
Colin Watson [[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
"*BEEP* Troll Detected. Killfile, Ignore, Flame?"
------------------------------
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Colin Watson)
Subject: Re: RH 6.2/KDE/Windows title
Date: 5 Sep 2000 21:07:09 GMT
Peter Croyden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I've just installed RedHat 6.2 and use KDE. Everything seems fine
>except for windows titles for "xterms". I give a command like :-
>
> xterm -Tmywindowtitle
>
>In previous versions (6.0/6.1) the name in the windows titlebar and
>the KDE taskbar would be "mywindowtitle". In 6.2, I now get :-
>
> username@hostname: working directory
>
>Initially the text is "mywindowtitle", but something then overwrites
>it almost immediately.
Looks like your shell is setting the window title, perhaps. What does
'echo $PS1' say?
--
Colin Watson [[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
"Go not to Usenet for counsel, for they will say both
'No' and 'Yes' and 'Try another newsgroup'." - Usenet Rule #17
------------------------------
** FOR YOUR REFERENCE **
The service address, to which questions about the list itself and requests
to be added to or deleted from it should be directed, is:
Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
You can send mail to the entire list (and comp.os.linux.setup) via:
Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Linux may be obtained via one of these FTP sites:
ftp.funet.fi pub/Linux
tsx-11.mit.edu pub/linux
sunsite.unc.edu pub/Linux
End of Linux-Setup Digest
******************************
