Linux-Setup Digest #584, Volume #19 Fri, 8 Sep 00 16:13:11 EDT
Contents:
Re: Where is smb.conf? (TheSpud)
Re: HELP!!!!! Need help on linux installation!!!!!!!!! Linux Newbie (mst)
[ADVANCED] force dns lookup ("Juergen Pabel")
Re: X configuration ("Rich Taschler")
rp3 image? (Dave)
ATI All-In-Wonder 128 (Kerry Cox)
boot disk failure ("Dan Jacobson")
Re: Help Needed Configuring Remote Printer on SUSE 6.4 ("Dave Stanton")
Trouble setting up lynx with Debian 2.2 ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: [ADVANCED] force dns lookup (Marc Andre Selig)
Re: Help: What Is A Bootable CD-ROM? (Marty P. A.)
Kernel setup (Ian)
setting X environment variable (johnny B)
Re: I know! I know! Another XF86Config Question. ("PM")
Re: NE2000 and 486 (The Black Unicorn)
Re: ethernet card (Jonathan)
LoadLin/LiLo differences (Chiefy)
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From: TheSpud <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Where is smb.conf?
Date: Fri, 08 Sep 2000 10:14:44 -0700
I know where the file is, I want to extract a clean copy from the
distribution CD!
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On Fri, 08 Sep 2000 06:23:45 +0000, Antonio Capap� Gil
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>In /etc
>TheSpud wrote:
>
>> I know this is a dumb qiestion, but where can I find the default
>> smb.conf file? I tried doing a search with the RPM handlers and come
>> up empty! I need to get back to the clean default file first installed
>> by Red Hat 6.1.
>>
>> TIA
>> BK
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From: mst <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: HELP!!!!! Need help on linux installation!!!!!!!!! Linux Newbie
Date: Fri, 08 Sep 2000 13:32:34 -0400
Eric wrote:
>
> M. Buchenrieder wrote:
> >
> > Eric <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> >
> > [...]
> >
> > >BTW connect the 2nd HDD as /dev/hdb (slave drive on the first IDE
> > >controller),
> > > because some bios'es aren't able to boot from the second controller.
> >
> > [...]
> >
> > That's not needed. As long as LILO is in the MBR of the first drive
> > on the first channel, the /boot partition may reside wherever you want.
> >
> > Michael
>
> That sounds odd to me.
> If that were true, then why can't you boot from other locations
> inaccesible by the BIOS, like beyond cyl. 1024.
The 1024-cyl limit is another issue; but you _can_ use LILO from the hda
MBR to boot a kernel from a physically different drive. In fact, I'm
doing it right now, my kernel (and root partition, since I use
Slackware, and in Slack the kernel is on /, not /boot) is on /dev/hdb3,
below the 1024 cyl limit though. I boot it from the MBR of the master
primary. It's all in the man page of lilo.conf:
boot = /dev/hda #it's the MBR of the master primary where lilo will be
#installed; if omitted, the MBR of the device where the
#current root partition is will be used
.
.
.
image = /vmlinuz
root = /dev/hdb3 #what will be mounted as root
.
.
MST
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From: "Juergen Pabel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [ADVANCED] force dns lookup
Date: Fri, 8 Sep 2000 14:24:03 -0400
hello everyone,
i can't find any information on how to force an authorative
lookup of a given dns name...
the problem i have is: a dial up connection which registers
with dhs.org each time it connects so
<myname>.dyn.dhs.org
always points to the (if connected) ip address of the dial up
connection
here's the scenario that causes me problems:
- dial up connects (gets some IP)
- client makes connection to client via <myname>.dyn.dhs.org
- client closes connection
- dial up hangs up
(shortly later)
- dial up connects again (gets a different IP)
- client wants to make another connection to <myname>.dyn.dhs.org
which now fails because the client still has the old dns entry
in the cache, or if it doesn't, the dns server it asks (which is not
the dhs.org nameserver) has a cached version (the first, out of date
ip address)
right now, i solve the problem by using
nslookup <myname>.dyn.dhs.org ns1.dhs.org
and then connect again using the ip address rather than
the dns name
any suggestions on how to resolve this problem? any kernel
patches that allow specific dns servers for specific dns names
(ie: use 209.249.164.210 (ns1.dhs.org) for all dyn.dhs.org
requests and <mynameserver> for all others)
thanks for all your help,
juergen pabel
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From: "Rich Taschler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: linux.redhat.misc,linux.redhat.install,linux.redhat
Subject: Re: X configuration
Date: Fri, 08 Sep 2000 18:26:46 GMT
I had the same problem this a.m. - I changed the screen resolution from
800x600 to 1024x768 and now it's OK. The fix took two minutes and was
provided by Eric Carlson (Thanks Eric) in this newsgroup on August 28.
Here's what he wrote:
As far as I know, you can't change the graphics extensively from X, you
can only fine-tune them. To redo a misconfigured X configuration, get
out of X (hit ctrl-alt-F1 and log in) and run Xconfigurator. This will
take you through the process you went through during install of choosing
the monitor and card, etc. When it gets to "start x when computer
boots" say NO! It's slightly more inconvenient to start x manually, but
if your X gets messed up, it's a pain to recover when you can't boot to
text. Anyway, when you get a config that looks good when Xconfigurator
tests it, press alt-F7 to go back to X, and press ctrl-alt-bksp to
restart x, hopefully it should look better than before. BTW, if you
take my advice about booting to text, when you start your computer
you'll log in as root, then type "init 5;exit". This switches to the
5th run level (graphics) and logs root out of that text login when the
switch is complete.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message <8orvno$hbe$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>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.
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From: Dave <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: rp3 image?
Date: Thu, 07 Sep 2000 09:30:32 -0700
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I recently installed Mandrake 7.0 on my Intel 233 MMX
computer. I've been told that RedHat rp3 is a better
choice than Kppp for my particular modem connection
situation. When I try to download rp3 from RedHat or
other sources, all I get is an image on the screen
that I think depicts the rp3 GUI. I was expecting a
file or package. What am I doing wrong?
Dave
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From: Kerry Cox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: ATI All-In-Wonder 128
Date: Fri, 08 Sep 2000 12:46:45 -0600
I have the card mentioned above in my subject line and I'm wanting to do
some capturing of traffic camera images. I'
m wokring with gatos and it has only limited support for the ATI
All-In-Wonder 128 with 32 MBs of RAM. It does work with an older AT
All-In-Wonder card I have.
Can anyone recommend a good image capturing program that'll do the trick
for capturing images from off the video card's input?
Thanks.
KJ
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From: "Dan Jacobson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: boot disk failure
Date: Fri, 8 Sep 2000 16:26:02 +0800
Today 'BOOT DISK FAILURE' when booting on IDE primary master; pulled off
caddy with IDE primary slave, now IDE primary master boots. IDE primary
master is pure windows, IDE primary slave is pure linux. I use BIOS to
choose OS of the day. Good thing I didn't put LILO on /dev/hda, as both
disks would need to be present for any booting. As far as Linux on /hdb,
perhaps it needs to be rammed into its slot firmer again... for the
meantime I'm glad that I got at least one OS to still work.
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From: "Dave Stanton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: Help Needed Configuring Remote Printer on SUSE 6.4
Date: Fri, 8 Sep 2000 19:49:23 +0100
"Tom Millington" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:8pa42n$aqn$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> I am a newbie trying to put Linux on another server, namely an old P133
> (Altos) that has 3 x 4.5Gb SCSI hard drives and a SCSI CDROM. The machine
is
> currently loaded with an old copy of SCO UNIX. I have tried to use the
Linux
> boot floppy but neither the hard drives nor the CD are seen - in other
words
> it says I have no hard drives or CD player.
>
> Where do I go from here? Help! I am a newbie so simple steps please.
>
> Many thanks
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Which boot floppy are you using ?. I know for a fact that most modern
distros ask if you have scsi devices very early on.
Dave
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Trouble setting up lynx with Debian 2.2
Date: Fri, 08 Sep 2000 18:39:01 GMT
I'm having trouble setting up lynx 3.8.3-1 on my IBM ThinkPad A20m,
using the Debian 2.2 distro. It seems to install correctly, but I get
"update-menus: error in loading shared libraries:
libstdc++-libc6.0-1.so.2: cannot open shared object file: No such file
or directory" as the first error.
Any ideas or suggestions? As you might guess, I'm a newbie. This is my
first installation of any Linux.
Thanks in advance for your help.
-Kevin Zembower
Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
Before you buy.
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Subject: Re: [ADVANCED] force dns lookup
From: Marc Andre Selig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: 08 Sep 2000 20:57:32 +0200
"Juergen Pabel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> - dial up connects (gets some IP)
> - client makes connection to client via <myname>.dyn.dhs.org
> - client closes connection
> - dial up hangs up
> (shortly later)
> - dial up connects again (gets a different IP)
> - client wants to make another connection to <myname>.dyn.dhs.org
>
> which now fails because the client still has the old dns entry
> in the cache, or if it doesn't, the dns server it asks (which is not
> the dhs.org nameserver) has a cached version (the first, out of date
> ip address)
[...]
> any suggestions on how to resolve this problem? any kernel
> patches that allow specific dns servers for specific dns names
> (ie: use 209.249.164.210 (ns1.dhs.org) for all dyn.dhs.org
> requests and <mynameserver> for all others)
Don't patch your kernel, solve the problem at its root: Tell your DNS
admin to adjust TTL and refresh intervals.
When an authoritative name server gives out any information, it
includes some data on how long this information will stay valid. You
can change this by changing the SOA record in your zone files.
The refresh rate is meant for a secondary DNS server (which you may or
may not have); the TTL is meant for other name servers. If you know
that the DNS information for a given host will be very short lived, it
is reasonable to reduce these values. You may also want to decrease
retry (how long does a secondary wait before retrying a failed
request?) and expiry times (when must a secondary delete its
information if the primary still fails?).
A sample SOA record with extremely low values (certainly not
recommended for everyday use, but it sounds like you might need it)
could look like this:
n.n.n.in-addr.arpa.
IN SOA dyn.dhs.org. postmaster.dhs.org. (
2000090821 ; serial
900 ; refresh: 15 minutes
600 ; retry: 10 minutes
3600 ; expiry: 60 minutes
900 ) ; TTL: 15 minutes
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Marty P. A.)
Subject: Re: Help: What Is A Bootable CD-ROM?
Date: Fri, 08 Sep 2000 18:47:37 GMT
Thank you John and Mpulliam for your responses - they did
answer my question.
Marty
On Mon, 04 Sep 2000 08:32:09 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Marty P. A.)
wrote:
>I want to know what makes a CD-ROM a bootable CD-ROM.
>
>Is it in the hardware of the drive itself or is it in the way the
>computer is set up?
>
>I am familiar with ATAPI drives and that they require a driver in
>order to run - and this unlike the EIDE drives that can boot from
>the BIOS. (If I am missing the boat here, please let me know).
>
>Does this mean that an ATAPI CD-ROM is not a bootable drive or
>is there a way to make it a bootable drive?
>
>Thank you for your comments and thoughts.
>
>Marty
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From: Ian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.mandrake,linux.help
Subject: Kernel setup
Date: Fri, 08 Sep 2000 20:21:27 +0100
I get the following error read out ,when I try to start my 486, 12mb
ram, with a zdisk with a 2.2.14 kernel on.
Partition check: Hda:Hda 1 attempt to access beyond end of device 03:06:
rw=0, want=2, limit=0 dev 03:06 blksize=1024 blocknr=1 sector=2 size
1024 count=1 ext2-fs: Unable to read superblock
Kernal panic: Vfs: Unable to mount root fs on 03:06
Can anyone help? If anymore info is needed please tell me?
Ta.
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Date: Fri, 08 Sep 2000 22:00:58 -0400
From: johnny B <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.admin,comp.os.linux.x,comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.questions
Subject: setting X environment variable
hi
i want to X windows to use certain shell variables and aliases eg. $PS1
etc. Where do i set these variables for X11? when i log in to a console
(ie. not in X) everything's ok, but as soon as i start X all my
variables get set to new values.
I tried exporting variables in ~/.xinitrc but that doesnt work. is there
some other X configuration file i should be looking for?
thanks
ali
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From: "PM" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.redhat,comp.os.linux.x
Subject: Re: I know! I know! Another XF86Config Question.
Date: Fri, 08 Sep 2000 19:49:09 GMT
I dont know the particulars of this stuff yet but I did figure out how to
get past 640x480.
On mine I chose a higher vertical rate and it then defaulted to a higher
resolution (I had originally set it to #1 on the menu, changed it to 2).
Oh, my monitor isn't in the list so I chose custom.
"Johnny Cash" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:J5ph5.115467$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Hey everyone....I know I have seen this question asked many times in the
> groups, but I still can't figure why I can't resize the resolution of my
> screen.
>
> When I had Win98 on my box I was able to set the resolution to 1024x768,
> 800x600, 640x480. Since I have installed Redhat 6.1 and X 4.01, I am (I
> believe) only able to view at 640x480. I can change the bit depth, but
that
> is it.
>
> I would greatly appreciate any insight into my problem.
>
> Here is my XF86Config file:
>
> Section "ServerLayout"
> Identifier "XFree86 Configured"
> Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0
> InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
> InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
> EndSection
>
> Section "Files"
> EndSection
>
> Section "Module"
> Load "extmod"
> Load "xie"
> Load "pex5"
> Load "glx"
> Load "dri"
> Load "GLcore"
> Load "dbe"
> Load "record"
> EndSection
>
> Section "InputDevice"
> Identifier "Keyboard0"
> Driver "keyboard"
> EndSection
>
> Section "InputDevice"
> Identifier "Mouse0"
> Driver "mouse"
> Option "Protocol" "PS/2"
> Option "Device" "/dev/mouse"
> EndSection
>
> Section "Monitor"
> Identifier "Monitor0"
> VendorName "Monitor Vendor"
> ModelName "Monitor Model"
> EndSection
>
> Section "Device"
> Identifier "Cirrus Logic GD5430"
> Driver "cirrus"
> VendorName "Cirrus Logic"
> BoardName "GD5430"
> BusID "PCI:0:8:0"
> EndSection
>
> Section "Screen"
> Identifier "Screen0"
> Device "Cirrus Logic GD5430"
> Monitor "Monitor0"
> DefaultDepth 4
> Monitor "Monitor0"
> DefaultDepth 4
> SubSection "Display"
> Depth 1
> EndSubSection
> SubSection "Display"
> Modes "800X600"
> Depth 4
> EndSubSection
> SubSection "Display"
> Modes "800X600""640x480"
> Depth 8
> EndSubSection
> SubSection "Display"
> Depth 15
> EndSubSection
> SubSection "Display"
> Depth 16
> Modes "800X600""640X480"
> ViewPort 0 0
> EndSubSection
> SubSection "Display"
> Depth 24
> EndSubSection
> EndSection
>
> Section "DRI"
> EndSection
>
>
> Please let me know if you need any more information!
> Thanks again, Aaron.
>
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From: The Black Unicorn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: NE2000 and 486
Date: Fri, 08 Sep 2000 19:51:57 GMT
Arturo C wrote:
> In the past i've had to disable PNP on the NIC and set the io, and IRQ manually
> to use it in my old 486's.
maybe a stupid question, but how does one go about disabling pnp on a
nic ?
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From: Jonathan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: ethernet card
Date: Fri, 08 Sep 2000 19:52:25 GMT
Post your conf.modules so I can see what drivers you mean. Are you
getting any errors? You might also post the relevant section of a dmesg
output.
In article <O%Xt5.3531$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
"Chris" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I saw the very same info yesterday when I revisited the site. Should I
> simply change the
> alias in /etc/conf.modules, remove the other listed drivers?
>
> "Jonathan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> news:8p6443$6g0$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> > In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > > I have SuSE 6.3 installed and I would like to use my 3com
etherlink xl
> > > PCI card to connect to the internet ( 3c900B tpo is the exact
product
> > > name). Now SuSE says there�s "no information" about that product,
> > while
> > > the vendor claims that there�s a driver for linux (it says so in
the
> > > 'product details'), but on the ftp site, there are only drivers
for
> > win,
> > > UnixWare and OpenServer(the latter two-what are they, by the
way?).
> > >
> > > If there is a driver, where could I getr it? Where do you usually
look
> > > for Information of this kind? Can anyone help me?
> > >
> >
> > From the Ethernet HOWTO:
> >
> > --snip--
> >
> > 3c900 / 3c905 / 3c905B
> >
> > Status: Supported, Driver Name: 3c59x
> >
> > These cards (aka `Boomerang', aka EtherLink III XL) have been
released
> > to take over the place of the 3c590/3c595 cards.
> >
> > The support for the Cyclone `B' revision was only recently added. To
use
> > this card with older v2.0 kernels, you must obtain the updated
3c59x.c
> > driver from Donald's site at:
> >
> > http://www.scyld.com/network/vortex.html
> >
> > --snip--
> >
> > (this is the new site)
> >
> > I think the newer kernels have support for this card already, so it
> > might just be easier to upgrade to 2.2.17
> >
> >
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> > Before you buy.
>
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Chiefy)
Subject: LoadLin/LiLo differences
Date: 8 Sep 2000 20:03:15 GMT
Here's a puzzle.
DOS/Debian Linux dual boot. Mono monitor.
I usually boot from DOS using LoadLin. However, been trying LiLo to fire
things up. No real problem but the text looks different, and mc has odd
'colours'.
It's very difficult to compare as I can only use one at once, but the
text is definitely different, slightly bolder I think.
Can anyone offer a reason for the differences?
LoadLin run batch file;
smartdrv /C
loadlin c:\linux\2217.bat compact vga=4 root /dev/hda5 ro
LiLo cfg file;
/boot/dev/hda
root=dev/hda5
compact
install=/boot/boot.b
map=/boot/map
prompt
delay=30
vga=4
image=/vmlinuz
label=linux-2.2.17
read-only
other=/dev/hda1
label=pcdos7
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