Linux-Setup Digest #569, Volume #19 Thu, 7 Sep 00 02:13:07 EDT
Contents:
Re: Sorry guys, another X problem (Dennis Lee Bieber)
System hangs on modem disconnect ("Chew GH")
Re: Fdisk problem with SCSI HD (Craig Kelley)
Re: RH6.2 and kernel 2.2.16 (Craig Kelley)
Re: @home cable modem setup (Craig Kelley)
Re: i need to parttion ("Lonni J. Friedman")
Re: Deactivate Shadow Passwords (B'ichela)
pygmy linux ("Philo")
Re: VirtualHost disables main server!!! ("Percy Cheng")
Now I'm in trouble with XFee again! ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Redhat install problem on H3390 Laptop ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
red hat 6.2 errors ("pj")
MySQL Problem ("sam")
MySQL Problem ("sam")
Re: newbie and MIME type (David Steuber)
Re: "Securing and Optimizing Linux: RedHat Edition" : Good? ("David ..")
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From: Dennis Lee Bieber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux.mandrake,comp.os.linux.x
Subject: Re: Sorry guys, another X problem
Date: Wed, 06 Sep 2000 20:13:10 -0700
On Thu, 7 Sep 2000 02:08:07 +0100, "ascii_superstar"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> declaimed the following in alt.os.linux.mandrake:
> I just though, why dont the drivers support 32 bit color!
>
> Its a disgrace :-)
Particularly since I seem to recall the W9x drivers support 16
and 32 bit, but NOT 24 bit.
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From: "Chew GH" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: System hangs on modem disconnect
Date: Thu, 7 Sep 2000 11:24:38 +0800
When I terminate my ppp connection, either with ppp-off or physically
unplugging the telephone line, the following messages will be displayed:
Script /etc/ppp/ip-down started (pid 571)
Connection terminated
Connect time 28.3
Sent 356568 bytes received 4420119 bytes
Waiting for 1 child processes... script /etc/ppp/ip-down. pid 571
Script /etc/ppp/ip-down finished (pid 571), status=0x0
Sometimes this works fine, but sometimes the system would freeze at this
point, and pressing the reset button is the only way out.
I noticed that the system is more likely to freeze on modem disconnection
when connection time is long (about 20 minutes) and/or when the total
transfered bytes is high. I can't exactly quantify 'long' or 'high' but
there is no freeze when I'm connected for short times like a few minutes.
Also, I'm using a 56k lucent winmodem made to work by ltmodem. Any ideas
where the problem lies? I could provide some of the script files and log
files if needed.
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Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware,tw.bbs.comp.linux,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: Fdisk problem with SCSI HD
From: Craig Kelley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: 06 Sep 2000 21:36:24 -0600
Beggar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> 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.
On many partitions, you must reboot between calls to fdisk (hence the
warning it gives you).
--
The wheel is turning but the hamster is dead.
Craig Kelley -- [EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.isu.edu/~kellcrai finger [EMAIL PROTECTED] for PGP block
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Subject: Re: RH6.2 and kernel 2.2.16
From: Craig Kelley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: 06 Sep 2000 21:40:13 -0600
Mickey Stein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Just be warned that pcmcia-cs will stop working if you do this.
> 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
>
--
The wheel is turning but the hamster is dead.
Craig Kelley -- [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Subject: Re: @home cable modem setup
From: Craig Kelley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: 06 Sep 2000 21:44:08 -0600
"Patrick OConnor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> hi,,
> I am having a frustrating problem setting up my @home cable modem w/ red-hat
> 6.2.
> Windows works fine,,, all i do is setup the correct host name, and let dhcp
> do the rest....
> When i boot to linux i set the host name correctly and setup the same nic
> for dhcp... I never get an address from the dhcp server. I also tried to
> setup my address statically, but with no success.. anyone have any ideas on
> why this doesnt work....
> I really wanted to setup a linux router,,, i was hoping to stay away from
> windows from now on except for some games... please help
I have @home as well, and their Windows DHCP servers won't talk to
linux machines for some reason... All you need to do is run winipcfg
inside Windows, copy the values and put them in your Linux box. DHCP
address rarely (if ever) change, so you should be okay.
--
The wheel is turning but the hamster is dead.
Craig Kelley -- [EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.isu.edu/~kellcrai finger [EMAIL PROTECTED] for PGP block
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From: "Lonni J. Friedman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: i need to parttion
Date: Wed, 06 Sep 2000 23:14:18 -0400
andrew cool wrote:
>
> any tips? i'm told to use rom disc 3 with boot up disk wich is a floopy
> but it won't read right.
>
> 2000
what on earth are you talking about?? you are aware that you can't
install linux on a webtv box, right?
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (B'ichela)
Subject: Re: Deactivate Shadow Passwords
Date: Wed, 6 Sep 2000 23:18:33 -0400
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Tue, 05 Sep 2000 12:43:04 +0200, S�bastien Cottalorda
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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) ?
pwunconv does this (at least it does on Slackware 3.9. type pwunconv
and you should get the standard passwd file back.
--
B'ichela
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From: "Philo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: pygmy linux
Date: Wed, 6 Sep 2000 23:10:36 -0500
i saw a post here the other day for pygmy linux...
and decided to give it a try...
my idea was to see if it would be a viable system for lesser machines.
well it installed easily and will work on a dos partition with a drive as
small as 25megs !!!
just curious if anyone else has used it...the only thing is...i absolutely
could not get the modem working
(the modem works fine with other versions of linux ...plus windows and BeOS)
or maybe someone could advise some minimal linux dial-up which is know to
work
thanks!
Philo
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From: "Percy Cheng" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: VirtualHost disables main server!!!
Date: Thu, 7 Sep 2000 12:40:06 +0800
Hi Devon,
It should be a problem if attempt the naming host to domain name,
try to use ip, dhcp can assign a fix ip to specific host too.
Devon Harding <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:tVCt5.10405$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> When I enable VirtualHost in httpd.conf, request to the main site is being
> redirected to the VirtualHost site. I have to create another VirtualHost
> for the main site. Take a look at my httpd.conf:
>
> Note: I have to use dns name for NameVirtualHost because the adapter on
that
> ip is obtained by dhcp
>
> ### Section 3: Virtual Hosts
> #
> # VirtualHost: If you want to maintain multiple domains/hostnames on your
> # machine you can setup VirtualHost containers for them.
> # Please see the documentation at <URL:http://www.apache.org/docs/vhosts/>
> # for further details before you try to setup virtual hosts.
> # You may use the command line option '-S' to verify your virtual host
> # configuration.
>
> #
> # If you want to use name-based virtual hosts you need to define at
> # least one IP address (and port number) for them.
> #
> #NameVirtualHost 12.34.56.78:80
> NameVirtualHost venus.domain.com
>
> #
> # VirtualHost example:
> # Almost any Apache directive may go into a VirtualHost container.
> #
> #<VirtualHost ip.address.of.host.some_domain.com>
> # ServerAdmin [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> # DocumentRoot /www/docs/host.some_domain.com
> # ServerName host.some_domain.com
> # ErrorLog logs/host.some_domain.com-error_log
> # CustomLog logs/host.some_domain.com-access_log common
> #</VirtualHost>
>
> <VirtualHost _default_:*>
> </VirtualHost>
>
> <VirtualHost venus.domain.com>
> ServerAdmin [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> ServerName siresol.domain.com
> DocumentRoot /www/docs/siresol.domain.com
> ErrorLog logs/siresol.domain.com-error_log
> CustomLog logs/siresol.domain.com-access_log common
> </VirtualHost>
>
> <VirtualHost venus.onedesigns.com>
> ServerAdmin [email protected]
> ServerName www.domain.com
> DocumentRoot /home/httpd/html
> </VirtualHost>
>
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Now I'm in trouble with XFee again!
Date: Thu, 07 Sep 2000 04:32:19 GMT
Hi, I'm having trouble while doing server installation on RedHat 6.2.
I tried to install XFree86Setup 3.3.5's RPM. It give me an error
saying:
"failed dependencies: libtcl.so and libtk.so is needed by
XFree86-XF86Setup-3.3.5-3".
I've tried to list these two file from the CD but nothing was found.
What should I do?
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Redhat install problem on H3390 Laptop
Date: Thu, 07 Sep 2000 04:53:15 GMT
I installed Redhat 6.2 3 times and after the install I receive errors.
The install went o-k until it finished. The video driver is on the CD so
there sould not be a problem there. They are related to the anaconda
file in the /usr/bin dir. I can try and do /usr/bin/anaconda --reconfig
and get an error of Traceback (innermost last): file /usr/bin/anaconda
line 198 can't open /etc/inittab. I looked in etc and there are only 7
files, and in the etc on my desktop there are many? Also the inittab is
not there. I tried a bootdisk and it just locks up so I am using the
rescue on the CD to get to the bash prompt. Anyone have nay ideas??
Thanks for any info or help.. David
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From: "pj" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: red hat 6.2 errors
Date: Thu, 7 Sep 2000 07:09:38 +0200
I have downloaded the redhat iso, I have extracted the files to a spare hard
drive and have sucsesfully installed Redhat 6.2
from that drive. Now I have taken those files and wrote it to a cd but if I
try to run then installation using the cd and a boot
disk I get the following errors in the install:
It boots with the disk loads the kernel sees everything on the system then
it reads the hd type and then the cdrom type
(creative) this is what I get on the screen
GREETINGS
Redhat install inin ver 6.2 starting
mounting /proc filesystem......done
mounting /dev/pts(Unix98pty) filesystem.....done
checking for NFS root filesystem......no
trying to remount root filesystem read write......done
checking for writable /tmp......yes
running install
running /sbin/loader
/tmp/eepro100.o: a module named eepro100 already exist
/tmp/raid1.o : a module named raid1 already exist
/tmp/raid5.0 : a module named raid5 already exist
install exited abnormally....received signal 11
sending termination signals...done
sending kill signals......done
disabling swap....
unmounting filesystem.....
/mnt/source
/dev/pts
/proc
ejecting cdrom
you can now safely restart your system
I keep on getting this error I have fdisk'ed my drive, formatted it used
another and tried the install on my other machine
but everytime the same. Where does this install create this /tmp dir?????
thanx
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From: "sam" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: MySQL Problem
Date: 7 Sep 2000 05:23:49 GMT
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From: "sam" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: MySQL Problem
Date: 7 Sep 2000 05:28:05 GMT
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Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux.mandrake,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: newbie and MIME type
From: David Steuber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Thu, 07 Sep 2000 06:00:21 GMT
Martin Racette <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
' So I went with the menu in KFM to look at the MIME for the audio, and
' indeed they have all disappeared.
'
' How can I restore them to their original format (information)
The quickest way would probably be to just reinstall KDE.
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garage, an FN-FAL in the safe, and an HK P7M8 on the hip.
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From: "David .." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: "Securing and Optimizing Linux: RedHat Edition" : Good?
Date: Thu, 07 Sep 2000 00:57:08 -0500
Frederic Faure wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> Before I order it, is that book any good?
>
> https://secure.linuxports.com/cart/security/
>
> FF.
You can get it here to see if you want to buy it.
http://www.linuxdoc.org/guides.html
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