Linux-Setup Digest #588, Volume #19 Sat, 9 Sep 00 10:13:10 EDT
Contents:
Re: java wont install correctly ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Netscape buttons monochrome - why? (Matthew Haley)
ram detection ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: ABIT KT7 RAID And Linux - Not working! ("Dajh101")
Keyboard layout switch in X (John Stygging)
Re: Helppp!! X-window-configuration problem ("Stefan Viljoen")
Red Hat Custom Install Option? (newbie question) (Allan Young)
Re: ram detection (Ruediger Arp)
Re: setting X environment variable (Aaron Baugher)
Re: Lotus Mail (magnus lundstedt)
Re: sorry but i couldnt find a way to rescue ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
xfs: error ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Newbie questions ("Tony Wainwright")
Re: Red Hat Custom Install Option? (newbie question) (Chiefy)
Re: /dev/fd0 is gone. How to reconfigure? (Barry OGrady)
Re: Windows fails to see extended FAT Partition (David Efflandt)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: linux.redhat,linux.redhat.install,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: java wont install correctly
Date: Sat, 09 Sep 2000 05:16:18 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I'm running Redhat 6.2 on my machine. I have downloaded and installed
> jdk-117_v1a-2.i386.rpm from the redhat ftp server. But when I try to
> compile a java file, I get the following message
> [gkamendje@hermes NTRUJAVA]$ javac NTRU.java
> /usr/local/jdk117_v1a/bin/java: error in loading shared libraries:
> /usr/local/jdk117_v1a/lib/i686/green_threads/libjava.so: undefined
> symbol: _dl_symbol_value
Well, on my RH 6.1 system, _dl_symbol_value is defined in
/lib/libc.so.6, which is a symbolic link to /lib/libc-2.1.2.so,
which is owned by the RPM for glibc-2.1.2-11.
So I would suspect that libjava.so is OK, but libc.so.6 is goofed.
Which does seem unlikely, since lots of things use libc.so..
But I would suggest checking libc.so.6 first. Try doing
"nm /lib/libc.so.6". Is _dl_symbol_value defined in that library?
What RPM owns libc.so.6 on your system? (Find out by
"rpm -qf /lib/libc.so.6".) If RH 6.2 was recently installed,
probably things haven't been screwed up yet, but I don't know
what else to look at.
Hope this helps,
Robert Dodier
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Matthew Haley)
Subject: Re: Netscape buttons monochrome - why?
Date: Sat, 09 Sep 2000 06:54:41 GMT
On Sat, 9 Sep 2000 00:34:47 +0200,
Juan Solano <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> the buttons of the menu on Netscape show monochrome,
> black with grey background, when I guess they should be coloured,
> (the same problem exist with some other applications, like xemacs),
> although there are no problems seeing many colors (24bpp) when
It's a bug in Netscape when run under 24 bit color.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: ram detection
Date: Sat, 09 Sep 2000 07:54:23 GMT
I just installed Mandrake 7.0 on a celeron 333 with 128 mb of ram but
linux says that my total ram is 65 mbs. Windows detects 128.
In lothar under memory it says:
TOTAL: 64
USED: 49
FREE: 0
SHARED: 36
BUFFERS: 0
CASHED: 12
I also found it weird that I never have more than about 3 megs free,
even when I have nothing running.
thanks in advance for any help
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From: "Dajh101" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: uk.comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: ABIT KT7 RAID And Linux - Not working!
Date: Sat, 9 Sep 2000 09:30:38 +0100
Hi
See ***
Thanks
"Karl Heyes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:8pca0i$vuk$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> In article <ppcu5.12044$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
"Dajh101"
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > Attempting to install Debian 2.2. The Rescue disk/root disk does not
> > recongise the HighPoint HPT370 RAID controller (i.e., it tells me there
are
> > no hard disks!)
> >
> > Has anyone come across this and successfully managed to solve it?
> >
>
> The HPT is a separate IDE interface on the PCI bus. You should have a
normal
> IDE interface as well and that is what is being detected. The HPT370 is a
> ATA100 spec and linux has support. check on www.linux-ide.org for the
> info. The 2.2 series currently don't have support, but there is a set of
patches
> hat can be added, but this means a re-compile.
>
> > I would be *very* grateful if you could help.
> >
*** Basically, yes I could do with some help. I don't have access to a Linux
box (work
not up to it yet) and all I have is the rescue disk/root disk from the
debian 2.2 dist. If you
could make a root disk for me that has the patch compiled into it then I
should be able to
take it from there. I can then d/l the latest kernel source and the patch
source, and make
myself a new kernel and a new -never-to-be-formatted- rescue and root disk
set.
Thanks!!!!
Your obedient servant,
Dajh101
PGP Key and Info : http://patience.mcc.ac.uk
>
> If you need help on that then let us know.
>
> karl.
>
>
>
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From: John Stygging <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Keyboard layout switch in X
Date: Sat, 09 Sep 2000 08:17:27 GMT
My problem is that I sometimes type in English and sometimes in Swedish,
so I need both keyboard layouts. In other OS (MacOS or Windows) it's
very easy to switch keyboard layout using an indicator, which can be
switched on in the control panels. Is there anything similar in Linux
(Gnome or KDE).
The only way I've found to switch keyboard so far is to use the setup
command, but even then it doesn't seem to affect X.
(There must be a solution to this. It's a problem for everyone using
azerty / qwerty keyboards or all the other European layouts.)
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From: "Stefan Viljoen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux
Subject: Re: Helppp!! X-window-configuration problem
Date: Fri, 8 Sep 2000 14:46:58 +0200
rafke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Hi,
>
> I've got Linux Redhat 6.0 .
> When I run Gnome or kde, or an other X-window program, I got resolution
> that is wrong : I see only a third of the screen, everything much to
> large. (my mouse pointer for example is three times as big as normal).
>
> I tried to use Xconfigurator, but it won't work.
I have a sample XF86Config file available on my WWW site - it is a very
stripped down version of the standard XF86Config that comes with the X
windows distribution - it might not work for you but it might help you
understand how the file is put together. I have a Trident 3DImage 975 AGP
card and this file works just fine with it - another guy I recently sent it
too used it "as is" on his SiS card (chipset?) with alterations in the
screen frequencies and card ID section and it worked for him.
http://home.intekom/rylan/linux.html
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From: Allan Young <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Red Hat Custom Install Option? (newbie question)
Date: Sat, 09 Sep 2000 09:48:00 GMT
Regarding Red Hat 6.2...
The docs say that the Server installation option will destroy everything
in ALL partitions. The Workstation option only destroys Linux partition
contents.
My question is this: will the Custom install option (install Everything)
wipe out whatever is in my Win98 partition, as the Server installation
would do?
Thanks.
Allan
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From: Ruediger Arp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: ram detection
Date: Sat, 09 Sep 2000 10:54:50 GMT
Hi,
add the following to your /etc/lilo.conf:
append=3D"mem=3D128M"
As far as I remember (not entirely sure), whatever is SHARED or CACHED i=
s=20
available to the system.
cheers,
rude
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Urspr=FCngliche Nachricht <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
Am 09.09.00, 09:54:23, schrieb [EMAIL PROTECTED] zum Thema ram=20
detection:
> I just installed Mandrake 7.0 on a celeron 333 with 128 mb of ram but
> linux says that my total ram is 65 mbs. Windows detects 128.
> In lothar under memory it says:
> TOTAL: 64
> USED: 49
> FREE: 0
> SHARED: 36
> BUFFERS: 0
> CASHED: 12
> I also found it weird that I never have more than about 3 megs free,
> even when I have nothing running.
> thanks in advance for any help
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Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.admin,comp.os.linux.x,comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.questions
Subject: Re: setting X environment variable
From: Aaron Baugher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: 09 Sep 2000 06:29:06 -0500
johnny B <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> i want to X windows to use certain shell variables and
> aliases eg. $PS1 etc. Where do i set these variables for
> X11? when i log in to a console (ie. not in X)
> everything's ok, but as soon as i start X all my variables
> get set to new values.
X doesn't care about those variables. They're being set by
the shell that's started by your xterm. The problem is that
by default, an xterm doesn't start its shell as a 'login
shell', so it doesn't source your
.bash_profile/.profile/.login, so the variables are being
set to some default instead of your preferences.
To fix this, start your xterm with the '-ls' option, to
start it with a login shell. Alternatively, set the
xterm*loginShell resource to 'true' in your .Xdefaults.
Other terminals like Eterm will probably have something
similiar; check the man pages for 'login shell'.
Aaron
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From: magnus lundstedt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: Lotus Mail
Date: Fri, 08 Sep 2000 06:51:39 +0200
Or (beg root to)start the IMAP or POP3 deamons on the Domino (i use the Domino
on a Linuxbox and i have no problems with imap)
Marcus Webb wrote:
> On Thu, 24 Aug 2000 07:30:00 +0800, "someone" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> wrote:
>
> Assuming we are talking about Lotus Notes or Domino, you just ned to
> persuaed the guys running it to load the HTTPD task on the serverf and
> then get its IP address, then you can access your mail via a web
> browser. We did that for all the guys who wanted to access stuff in
> Asia in places where the phone lines are crap, but the net cafes are
> prolific, for some reason. Hope this helps.
>
> Regards
>
> Marcus
>
> >Thanks for the reply.
> >Is there a mail connector I can use with sendmail/qmail/fetchmail, etc..
> >that allows me to get mails from the server if the server is not configured
> >for pop/imap due to whatever reasons ?
> >
> >Thanks again.
> >
> >
> >
> >"Peter T. Breuer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> >news:8o0khd$rvv$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> >> In comp.os.linux.help someone <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >> : My company uses lotus mail server for their internal email needs. My
> >problem
> >> : is this :- I'll be setting up a internet gateway on a linux box. Is
> >there
> >> : anyway to setup a linux web-base email server to interface to the lotus
> >> : server so that I can read my mails anywhere in the world ?
> >>
> >> ?? If the lotus mail server supports pop or imap you can get email from
> >> it anywhere anyway. Maybe lotus mail isn't mail. Doesn't it have a web
> >> interface too? Just curious.
> >>
> >> Peter
> >
> >
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: sorry but i couldnt find a way to rescue
Date: Sat, 09 Sep 2000 12:30:23 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Svend Olaf Mikkelsen) wrote:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> >i really didn't make any thing strange it was all ordinary .I were
> >using a partition table
> >like this;
> >6gb fat32
> >10mb boot
> >3gb ex2 debian potato
> >250mb swap
> >again 5gb fat32 (full of mp3'es) hda4 "aah ah"
> >
> >Then i set-up mandrake with same partition table and formated linux
> >related partitions.After reboot mandrake said "couldn't mount
> >hda4"(which was my second fat partition full of mp3's).When i switch
> >windows it 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 that I want them back please!!
> > On my second try potato installed right but couldn't mount hda4
> >again.But at least it helped fdisk to work show 5 GB FAT as primary
dos
> >partition.
> >
> > Am i losing my favorite mp3's because i try to set up linux between
> >two fat partition?I think this can't be a reason to lose all my
Philip
> >Glass ,Micheal Nyman songs and also Cakewalk 9 pro and other
important
> >serious sound programs that really cant be abandoned at all.
> > Last thing i've tried was "fdisk /mbr" it didnt help either.Just
> >cleaned MBR(i can see it cleaned because before i run fdisk /mbr
there
> >were an "MBR" not an startup screen before "windows is starting"
> >notice)
> > But now it seams i started to understand what is going on around
> >hda4 .It must be something related with ,hda4 is now an primary drive
> >with MSDOS drivers .(fdisk says like that ;-)
> > I'm confused !!Does anybody like fusion,ethnic jazz ,turkish
> >jazz,minimalist classical and progressive rock music .CAN ANY BODY
HELP
> >ME I AM ABOUT TO CRY!!!
>
> You can get Findpart at http://inet.uni2.dk/~svolaf/utilities.htm,
> boot do DOS or Windows, do
>
> findpart all +fat fp.txt
>
> and post the content from fp.txt in a follow-up to this message.
> Depending on the situation I might be able to help you.
> --
> Svend Olaf
I love you.Pros never helped me before I'm working in an isp as an
Helpdesk but even our "debian guru workers" didn't help either.Thanks i
will try to run your program ,but first i want you to know that i've
installed mandrake again ,there is no big difference on my partition
table ,still windows can't reach d: drive (hda4).
6gb fat32
mandrake on 1 boot
1 root
2 home
1 swap)
again;
5gb fat32
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: xfs: error
Date: Sat, 09 Sep 2000 12:54:12 GMT
Sorry if this posts twice. I don't see my original post.
=========================================================
I've really hosed things up this time. I'm currently running RedHat 6.1.
Originally I was trying to to install vim and ended up trying to upgrade
rpm. There were "conflicts" but I wanted vim so I used the --force for
the rpm-rpm upgrade. Was getting error messages about rpm and packages
>3...
After rebooting, the step that starts the xfs server fails. I get a
login prompt and appears to let me login but get the following error and
then the login prompt again.
"login: no shell! permission"
I can't read rest of message. Booting in single user mode and trying to
start xfs with following command(start and restart):
/etc/rc.d/init.d/xfs restart
produces following error. This same message is produced when running
normal startup and xfs is started automatically:
Starting X Font Server: xfs error: Config : can't open configuration
file /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fs/config
xfs error: fatal: couldn't read config file
The config file above is there I can read it and it appears O.K. Not
sure what it should say. Permissions are r/x for world on that file
and all the way back to /.
There is no stale lock file in /var/lock/subsys.
ANY help is appreciated.
manganisan
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From: "Tony Wainwright" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.x,linux.redhat.misc
Subject: Re: Newbie questions
Date: Sat, 9 Sep 2000 14:23:19 +0100
Cheers guys and gals - am just printing off your responses and am more than
sure the advice you've given will help my enjoyment
Tony
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Chiefy)
Subject: Re: Red Hat Custom Install Option? (newbie question)
Date: 9 Sep 2000 13:25:54 GMT
On Sat, 09 Sep 2000 09:48:00 GMT, Allan Young did say to the dudes:
>Regarding Red Hat 6.2...
[snip]
>My question is this: will the Custom install option (install Everything)
>wipe out whatever is in my Win98 partition, as the Server installation
>would do?
I installed RH6.0 a while ago on a dual boot setup. 'Custom' install was
fine, no data lost from the DOS partition. It devoured about 450MB if my
memory serves me correctly.
--
Chiefy.
If the human brain was simple enough for us to understand we'd be so
simple we couldn't understand.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Barry OGrady)
Crossposted-To: netscape.public.iws.linux
Subject: Re: /dev/fd0 is gone. How to reconfigure?
Date: Sat, 09 Sep 2000 14:31:03 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Wed, 6 Sep 2000 18:44:48 -0500, "Gilles Lamoureux" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>My /dev/fd0 is gone. I copied a replacement from my RH 6.0 cd. But the
>system is now
>asking me to configure it. Does this mean I need to load a new driver? O
>something else. I am attempting to do so now.
>
>gilles56
man MAKEDEV
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David Efflandt)
Subject: Re: Windows fails to see extended FAT Partition
Date: Sat, 9 Sep 2000 13:55:40 +0000 (UTC)
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Fri, 08 Sep 2000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>I am seeking help in partitioning my windows/linux system.
>I want these partitions:
>1-Linux boot
>1-Linux Native
>1-Linux Swap
>1-Windows FAT32 (for the OS)
>1-Windows FAT32 (for misc data)
>
>Here's what I've done via the Linux fdisk (note the numbers are not exact,
>but close enough)
>
>hda1 = 40MB Linux Native /boot cyl: 0-20
>hda2 = 5500MB FAT32 cyl 21-749
>hda3 = 278MB Extended cyl 750-780
>hda4 = 3800MB Linux Native / cyl 781-end
> hda5 = 256MB Linux <swap> cyl: 750-777
> hda6 = 22MB FAT32 cyl: 778-780
>
>hda2 was formatted from dos the linux partitions were formatted upon
>intallation of Linux hda6 was formatted from linux with: mkdosfs -v -F 32 -n
>MS_sucks (-v verbose, -F Fat type, -n vol name, and passed in the correct
>order;)
The output of Linux fdisk would have been more useful. Why such a big
/boot (16 MB should be more than enough)? What partition type is hda6? I
would think that type 'b' would work (type 'c' is used for FAT32
partitions larger than 1024 cyl). If that still doesn't work try making
the extended partition type 'f'.
My laptop works fine with the following, but I formatted D: from Win98se:
Disk /dev/hda: 255 heads, 63 sectors, 1099 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 bytes
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/hda1 1 653 5245191 b Win95 FAT32
/dev/hda2 * 654 655 16065 83 Linux /boot
/dev/hda3 656 1099 3566430 f Win95 Ext'd (LBA)
/dev/hda5 656 872 1743021 83 Linux /
/dev/hda6 873 897 200781 82 Linux swap
/dev/hda7 898 1099 1622533+ b Win95 FAT32
Note that where /boot is does not make any difference other than keeping
it under cyl 1024 unless your lilo can do otherwise. Here I did not want
to mess up my existing hda1, but for hda on my main PC, I put /boot first,
and that also works fine.
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