Linux-Setup Digest #565, Volume #19 Wed, 6 Sep 00 15:13:12 EDT
Contents:
Fdisk problem with SCSI HD (Beggar)
postfix mail problem ("ido")
Re: Syslog problem ("Peter T. Breuer")
Re: HELP: XMMS Kills Enlightenment ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
newbie and MIME type (Martin Racette)
:~( i think am gonna cry 5GB mp3es gone ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Duron, LILO, RedHat 6.2 probs? (Marc Andre Selig)
Re: modem connection rate is not stable (J Phillips)
Re: Scanner (Andrey Vlasov)
Re: pppd daemon - common causes of death? (Bill Unruh)
New linux setup. (Buschman)
Re: pppd as server (Bill Unruh)
Re: Modem speed (J Phillips)
"Securing and Optimizing Linux: RedHat Edition" : Good? (Frederic Faure)
mpeg player for linux? (Peter Bismuti)
Re: RH6.2 and kernel 2.2.16 (Mickey Stein)
Re: New linux setup. (Bill Unruh)
Re: ALSA CMI8330 won't work (Jude)
Re: X configuration (Jonathan)
How do you Query what libraries are currently installed? ("Yavin")
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From: Beggar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware,tw.bbs.comp.linux,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Fdisk problem with SCSI HD
Date: Thu, 07 Sep 2000 01:07:32 +0800
Hi,
I have a Segate 18GB Ultra2 SCSI HD, after I "fdisk" it and write the
partition to disk. It work fine without any error message, but the
problem is that when I quit fdisk and enter fdisk again, the partition
table does not change as I modify before.
what's the problem?? Harddisk problem or fdisk problem? It have also
use "cfdisk", but with the same result.
Help!!
Dicky
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From: "ido" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: postfix mail problem
Date: Wed, 6 Sep 2000 20:11:12 +0200
Hi,
I have installed postfix on red hat 6.2
I have followed the procedure as described on Red Hat's site.
Unfortunately, mail cannot be delivered to local users, even if I try to
send mail only between a local users
I can send mail outside, and if I telnet to the machine on port 25 I can see
the postfix greeting.
It seems that the MDA - procmail in my case stopped working.
I'm sure that the configuration file is good because I copied it from
another machine ( I made the necessary changes..)
I installed the entire system twice and still got the same error.........
Any idea ?
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From: "Peter T. Breuer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: Syslog problem
Date: 6 Sep 2000 17:20:32 GMT
In comp.os.linux.misc Sylvain <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: Details on the subject ?
: /dev is writable (even with a ro root fs) and syslogd creates its socket
something, probably pam or login, will try and change the ownership of
/dev/console and friends, which can't be done if /dev is readonly.
: (/dev/log). System calls does not return any error !
Peter
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: HELP: XMMS Kills Enlightenment
Date: Wed, 06 Sep 2000 17:18:31 GMT
similar thing happens to me,if i dont try to close xmms before
closeing eq and pl screens again sound keeps on.But when i first close
pl and eq xmms shutsdown normally.
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> When I play my MP3s on my Enlightenment manager using XMMS, it works
for
> a short wile then the system lock up. I can still hear the MP3
playing,
> but nothing responds. I switch to another monitor and kill my XMMS and
> switch back to the Enlightenment and it is OK. I have disabled my
> Enlightenment sound so it does not clash with the MP3, but it still
> locks, up. Any ideas?
>
> Thanks
>
> Leo
>
>
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From: Martin Racette <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: newbie and MIME type
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux.mandrake,comp.os.linux.misc
Date: Wed, 06 Sep 2000 17:35:11 GMT
Hi guys,
I tried to install REALAUDIO from the RPM file that is on the web=20
site, and Linux simply close my KDE, I had to login again but ever=20
since I get errors that all of my MIME files for AUDIO are either not=20
valid or do not exists.
So I went with the menu in KFM to look at the MIME for the audio, and=20
indeed they have all disappeared.
How can I restore them to their original format (information)
Thank you in advance
Merci a l'avance
Martin
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: :~( i think am gonna cry 5GB mp3es gone
Date: Wed, 06 Sep 2000 17:33:12 GMT
i realy didnt make any think unordinary i were using a partition 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.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 application"
Fdisk didn't start either said "there is an corraption" or some
thing like that
After all i setup potato again on first installatin it gived fatal
error and want to format hda4!! i said
-NO NO NO dont do it iwant them back please
on secand try 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.
one of my friens said try fdisk -mbr but Infact there is really no
command called fdisk -mbr .
i'm confused !!Does anybody like fusion,ethnic jazz ,turkish
jazz,minimalist classical and progresive rock music .CAN ANY BODY HELP
ME I AM ABOUT TO CRY!!!
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Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: Duron, LILO, RedHat 6.2 probs?
From: Marc Andre Selig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: 06 Sep 2000 19:43:53 +0200
"Rob Battle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> how do you tell it to use the root file system from the hard drive when
> going into rescue mode?
"rescue root=/dev/hda3" (replace /dev/hda3 by whatever partition your
root resides on)
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From: J Phillips <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: modem connection rate is not stable
Date: 6 Sep 2000 17:49:40 GMT
How are you measuring the connect rate?
as far as I know Win98 just reports the connect speed (modem reports on
connect),
while KDE/GNOME calculate the rate based on how fast data is being
received.
Andrey Shipsha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi all,
> I'm wonder why the modem connection rate is not stable under my Redhat
> 6.2. I mean that it can be high rate connection for about 10 seconds,
> then it drops to zerol for 30 sec, or so, and then it increases again
> for another 10 to 15 sec. and drops again and so on....
> What's annoying, if I boot to Win98 and connect to the same modem pool,
> the connection is very stable and at the high rate all the time.
> I use RedHat 6.2 and ppp-2.3 RPM. I have PCMCIA Xircom RealPort
> Ethernet10/100 + Modem56k card in my laptop.
> cheers,
> Andrey.
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From: Andrey Vlasov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux.mandrake,comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: Scanner
Date: Wed, 06 Sep 2000 10:47:43 -0700
Martin,
do you know about this?
http://www.mostang.com/sane/man/sane-hp.5.html
Andrey
Martin Racette wrote:
> Hi guys,
>
> I know that SANE was installed when I did the installation of Mandrake
> 7.1 , since I selected everything that was available to install, but I
> can't find out how to use it with my HP-5p, and I know for a fact that
> this scanner is supported since its a SCSI, and is hook-up an dpowered
> up
>
> Thank you in advance
>
> Merci a l'avance
>
> Martin
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bill Unruh)
Subject: Re: pppd daemon - common causes of death?
Date: 6 Sep 2000 17:52:39 GMT
In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Brad Newman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>Does anyone know of someone or somewhere that has
>compiled a list of
>common causes for a ppp daemon to "die unexpectedly".
The main cause is the use of kppp. This is a kppp error message
announcing that the kppp authors were too lazy to try to determine why
pppd failed.
pppd can fail for a whole host of reasons. See
For step by step instructions about setting up ppp under Linux, see
http://axion.physics.ubc.ca/ppp-linux.html
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Buschman)
Crossposted-To: alt.linux,alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: New linux setup.
Date: Wed, 06 Sep 2000 17:53:24 GMT
OK I know this is long but any advice on any or all of these problems
would be much appreciated. Basically, using Mandrake 6.1, I was able
to get linux up and running and get telnet, ftp, pop, and web services
running off of it.
Now I want to wipe the machine and rebuild it with Mandrake 7.1. here
are the issues I am dealing with.
1) My pop services never ran 100% under 6.1. It would send but not
all the time. I never had any problem popping the machine to receive
mail, but trying to send proved unreliable at best. I installed the
RPM package popt-1.3-2mdk. My inetd.conf entry looks like this:
pop-3 stream tcp nowait uucp /usr/sbin/tcpd ipop3d
I do not know how to use logs to find out what is happening. I don't
know how to start them or where they are being stored. Any
suggestions about logging or advise specific to my setup would be
helpful.
2) Currently I am running off of a 2 GB hda1 and a 1GB hdb1. I don't
think I am using the hdb1 drive at all. What I want to do is replace
that 1 GB drive with an 8 GB drive or higher. What filing system
should I use for 8 GB drives and higher? Can I use the DOS format? I
know about the 8.3 rule. That does suck, is there a system that will
be better and not limit me to 8.3 filenames?
I would like to store all the web files on the 8 GB drive as well as
the e-mail files if that's possible. I read somewhere that I have to
make the 2 GB drive the / (root) drive and make my 8 GB the /home.
Is this right? Is this something I want to do during the 7.1 setup?
Is it just that simple? Then linux will start storing usr info on the
8 GB drive instead of the 2 GB drive?
3) I wanted to experiment with IP Masquerading. I am planning on
installing the second NIC card(identical to the first) right before I
install 7.1. Now I have been told that I need to unload the source
code of the kernel to the hard drive, then alter it, then recompile
it.
This sounds super difficult. Granted I am going to ghost the disk
before messing with the kernel. But I need advice about unloading the
source code, recompiling it, and then tricks to get IP Masq working.
I have done lots of reading about it, but I still feel fuzzy on how
the kernel works and what effect my alterations will have. By the
way, I am not considering dynamic or static masq'ing. I just want to
be able to run all my internal machines off of one IP address. I
don't care about pinging or any of that. I just want one machine that
does all my unix needs(i.e. firewall, ip masq, telnet, ftp, pop,
e-mail, web server)
I know this is a bunch of shit to read but I truely appreciate your
help. Anyone that is able to help me out is granted an open invite to
a beer on me if they are ever in the DC/MD area ;)
Buschman
How easy would it be to make this machine a legitimate firewall? Can
a firewall also be a web/telnet/e-mail/pop server?
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bill Unruh)
Subject: Re: pppd as server
Date: 6 Sep 2000 17:55:12 GMT
In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> =?iso-8859-1?Q?S=E9bastien?= MERIC
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
]I'm trying to configure my computer as a provider for people working
]with me. mgetty answers ok. I can connect to the computer with
]hyperterminal without any trouble. My problem comes when I try to bring
]up the ip confifuratoin using pppd. It refuses to start (and of course
]it does also when runing it from command line)
]Here are the log messages :
]Sep 6 13:43:32 yoda mgetty[14979]: data dev=ttyS1, pid=14979,
]caller='none', conn='38400', name='', cmd='/usr/sbin/pppd',
]user='/AutoPPP/'
]Sep 6 13:43:32 yoda modprobe: can't locate module char-major-108
]Sep 6 13:43:32 yoda kernel: CSLIP: code copyright 1989 Regents of the
]University of California
]Sep 6 13:43:33 yoda kernel: PPP: version 2.3.7 (demand dialling)
]Sep 6 13:43:33 yoda kernel: PPP line discipline registered.
]Sep 6 13:43:33 yoda kernel: registered device ppp0
]Sep 6 13:43:33 yoda pppd[14979]: pppd 2.3.10 started by a_ppp, uid 0
]Sep 6 13:43:33 yoda pppd[14979]: Using interface ppp0
]Sep 6 13:43:33 yoda pppd[14979]: Connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/ttyS1
]Sep 6 13:43:36 yoda pppd[14979]: no PAP secret found for pppuser
Note this error message? This is why ppp is failing. Fix it.
Your user is coming in a pppuser. You have no entry in
/etc/ppp/pap-secrets for pppusr.
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From: J Phillips <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Modem speed
Date: 6 Sep 2000 17:57:05 GMT
get a piece of paper and write down the exact speed the modem supports.
Then make shure that the setting in linux is not higher than the modem can
handle (try 115200). I had a similar problem trying to talk to an 14.4
modem at ~34800 (it only supported 19200 (found written on chip inside
modem).
Dux <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I have just purchased an external modem. When I select its speed it will not
> run at 460000 (approx, I can't remember the exact speed displayed in the
> dropdown menu, 'cause I have to use windows to get any newsgroups).
> It will only run at 230000(approx), from the drop down menu.
> I wondered how I could improve performance as in windows the same modem is
> really fast. It is so slow in Linux I can't even download pages properly.
> Please help!
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Frederic Faure)
Subject: "Securing and Optimizing Linux: RedHat Edition" : Good?
Date: Wed, 06 Sep 2000 18:08:57 GMT
Hi,
Before I order it, is that book any good?
https://secure.linuxports.com/cart/security/
FF.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Peter Bismuti)
Subject: mpeg player for linux?
Date: 6 Sep 2000 18:05:28 GMT
Are there any mpeg players for LInux?
Thanks
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From: Mickey Stein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: RH6.2 and kernel 2.2.16
Date: Wed, 06 Sep 2000 11:18:54 -0700
I've also done the same without any troubles, but you can save yourself
some trouble (I suppose you know this) by copying the ./linux/.config
file to the new 2.2.16 version so that you're at least playing with the
same set of switches. the n.n.14-50 is just a build spec and probably
represents the progress of that kernel at the time your OS was released
to the public.
Mark Hymers wrote:
> >I did the upgrade just this week, and I had no problem at all. Are
> >your CDs IDE or SCSI ? Are you accessing them trought the ide-scsi
> >emulation or what ?
> Both CDs are IDE (there is an HP CDReWriter on hdc and a normal 44x
> ATAPI CDROM drive on hdd - I'm just setting them up both as readers
> for now so I'm not using the ide-scsi emulation yet). I've just
> finished downloading the 2.2.17 kernel so I'll try that. I'll post
> here the results of this upgrade.
>
> Mark
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bill Unruh)
Crossposted-To: alt.linux,alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: New linux setup.
Date: 6 Sep 2000 18:21:52 GMT
In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Buschman) writes:
]2) Currently I am running off of a 2 GB hda1 and a 1GB hdb1. I don't
]think I am using the hdb1 drive at all. What I want to do is replace
]that 1 GB drive with an 8 GB drive or higher. What filing system
]should I use for 8 GB drives and higher? Can I use the DOS format? I
]know about the 8.3 rule. That does suck, is there a system that will
]be better and not limit me to 8.3 filenames?
Use the standard Linux ext2 file system. Use the FAT (DOS) file system
only if absolutely crucial to interchange with Wondows or dos, and then
only for part of the file system.
] I would like to store all the web files on the 8 GB drive as well as
]the e-mail files if that's possible. I read somewhere that I have to
]make the 2 GB drive the / (root) drive and make my 8 GB the /home.
No. You probably want the /boot directory on the first disk ( although I
do not believe this is necessary either-- lilo can read from both the
first and second disk) You can put whatever filesystem you want almost
whereever you want. If you want it to be /home, fine. If youwant both
/usr and /home on the second, fine. It is entirely up to you.
Note that the incoming email is usually stored in /var somewhere
(/var/spool/mail for sendmail, /var/spool/postfix for postfix I
think...) So if you want incoming mail on that disk make a /var
partition on that disk. Under Linux you "have to" do almost nothing.
]3) I wanted to experiment with IP Masquerading. I am planning on
]installing the second NIC card(identical to the first) right before I
]install 7.1. Now I have been told that I need to unload the source
]code of the kernel to the hard drive, then alter it, then recompile
]it.
Nonesense. There is still this hacker mentality to some Linux people who
enjoy recompiling the kernel. Fine let them. However it is almost never
necessary. Assume it is not unless the evidence is totally overwhelming.
Linux will find your second card fine.
]How easy would it be to make this machine a legitimate firewall? Can
]a firewall also be a web/telnet/e-mail/pop server?
That is usually how they work. One machine interacts with the external
world and is security hardened. The access of the net to the other
machines is severely limited.
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From: Jude <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: ALSA CMI8330 won't work
Date: Wed, 06 Sep 2000 18:29:05 GMT
Where can I get the driver for Win2000???
Jude
slick1123 wrote:
>
>
> Yep I ran the snddevices script which created all the necessary entries
> in the /dev directory...
>
>
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From: Jonathan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: linux.redhat.misc,linux.redhat.install,linux.redhat
Subject: Re: X configuration
Date: Wed, 06 Sep 2000 18:30:28 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Richard Anggono <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> [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?
> >
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> > Before you buy.
>
> The problem is *not* in XF86Config. This file is used to set the
keyboard
> type, mouse settings (number of buttons, scrolling, baud rate, etc),
> monitor type and your screen resolution (+Xserver type).
>
> The icons on your desktop will depend on the window manager you used,
> KDE, Gnome, AfterStep, etc.
> Hope this helps.
>
>
Yes, as you said, XF86Config includes settings for *resolution* which
affects the size of the icons ...
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From: "Yavin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: How do you Query what libraries are currently installed?
Date: Wed, 6 Sep 2000 12:00:57 -0700
I am running redhat 6.1.... anyone know the command to see what libraries
are currently installed? Thanx
--Yavin
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