Linux-Setup Digest #613, Volume #19 Wed, 13 Sep 00 05:13:06 EDT
Contents:
Re: not able to get a ftp session (Jordan Thompson)
Re: Unable to chown files in vfat filesystem (Eric)
help! ... ? (holly)
Re: GLIBC 2.1.3 upgrade (Davide Bianchi)
Mandrake 7.1 install problems
Re: RPMs vs source distributions (Davide Bianchi)
Re: PPPD dying & hanging (Bill Unruh)
Re: Lilo and Win98 dual boot (Davide Bianchi)
Re: query mac address (Davide Bianchi)
Re: Lilo and Win98 dual boot (Eric)
Installing Apache and w3c-wwwlib dependence ("Rad(iant) Avatar")
Re: Help me for the scanner (Eric)
Re: xcdroast on redhat 6.2 doesn't work (exits itself) ("f.g.a.m.wouters")
Re: append ="128M" doesn't work ("ido")
Re: NEW NVIDIA DRIVERS (Warning) (Bernhard Mogens Ege)
Re: SB 16 ISA PnP: Alsa ok, Kernel not??? (Frank Steiner)
Dialup and Lease line (Eric Ho)
DNS problem ("Peet Grobler")
Newbie needs help on setting up serial connection (Steve Lam)
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From: Jordan Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: linux.redhat.misc,linux.redhat.install,comp.os.linux.rdhat
Subject: Re: not able to get a ftp session
Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2000 05:15:53 GMT
In fact, I tried in.ftpd also to no avail.
I tried telnetd and in.telnetd as well, and the services never start up.
Jordan Thompson wrote:
>
> I am having the same trouble, but I know that there is no ftpd. I tried
> ftpd but root does not have it its path. I tried wu.ftpd and it runs
> and returns, but there is no daemon running. Any suggestions?
>
> thanks,
> Jordan
>
> Nick Rout wrote:
> >
> > silly question maybe, but do you have ftp server installed?? Its a
> > different rpm to the ftp client....
> >
> > On Tue, 12 Sep 2000 01:13:59 GMT, "Armando (Andy) Stirpe"
> > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > >Hi everyone...this may sound like a very stupid question, but here it
> > >goes....
> > >
> > >I have a linux workstation (Redhat 6.1) in which i am having trouble
> > >FTPing to ( ...trying to get access to any user account). The
> > >worstation retuns a "connection failed" message. I am able to FTP to
> > >other computers from the workstation as well as surf until I'm blue. As
> > >for security on the workstation, there are no entries in the hosts.allow
> > >or hosts.deny files and the service is enabled in the inetd.conf file.
> > >
> > >Any help or input will be greatly appreciated
> > >
> > >Andy
>
> --
> =================================================
> Jordan R. Thompson
> mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> http://JordanThompson.freeyellow.com
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Jordan R. Thompson
mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://JordanThompson.freeyellow.com
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From: Eric <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Unable to chown files in vfat filesystem
Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2000 08:33:41 +0200
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Hi,
>
> Would anyone out there know why I am unable to chown or chmod files
> mounted in vfat partitions on my RH 6.2 system. My /etc/fstab looks
> like:
>
> /dev/hda1 /mnt/c vfat user,exec,rw,conv=auto
> 0 0
>
> I have tried this as root user (the filesystem has been mounted as user
> root) and I get "operation not permitted". When I try and chmod the
> files, it returns no error but it does not succeed in changing the
> permissions. I have unmounted the file system and then remounted it as
> non-root user, then su'ed to root and tried to chown the files (which
> are listed as owned by the user I mounted them as) with the same lack of
> success. I am able to vi the files successfully however. I have a
> feeling that one of the options in the 4th column is missing/wrong, but
> I haven't been able to discover which from the man page.
>
> Anyone out there got any ideas? Any help on this mystery gratefully
> appreciated :)
>
> Campbell
No mystery,
The FAT filesystems don't support these concepts, therefor you cannot
change them. You can however supply option like uid, guid and umask to
make use of a certain mode to mount the entire FS, but you will not be
able to change one single file on the FS.
Eric
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From: holly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: help! ... ?
Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2000 03:31:30 +1000
I have recently installed linux and bsd, and I have them + windows working fine,
except for one (fairly major) thing -
How on Earth do I write a dialup script, by hand?
Where is it, what do I write in it etc. - eek! I've been using gui's for so
long now I've gone soft in the head. ; )
Sorry for such a dumb question, but any answer will be gratefully utilised. I
like reading books, so if anyone can suggest one or two, that'd be great in
itself.
I often turn to the internet for info, so not being able to access it on all
three os's really frustrates and limits me.
Many thank you's in advance,
~Holly~
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Davide Bianchi)
Subject: Re: GLIBC 2.1.3 upgrade
Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2000 06:34:24 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Tue, 12 Sep 2000 18:39:04 GMT, "William A. McKee" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>How do I upgrade my Corel linux to glibc 2.1.3?
Download the packages:
ftp://prep.ai.mit.edu/pub/gnu/glibc-2.0.6.tar.gz
ftp://prep.ai.mit.edu/pub/gnu/glibc-linuxthreads-2.0.6.tar.gz
ftp://prep.ai.mit.edu/pub/gnu/glibc-localedata-2.0.6.tar.gz
ftp://prep.ai.mit.edu/pub/gnu/glibc-crypt-2.0.6.tar.gz
And install them. See also the GLIBC-HOWTO:
http://www.linux.org/docs/ldp/howto/Glibc2-HOWTO-3.html
Davide
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From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Mandrake 7.1 install problems
Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2000 06:28:41 GMT
When I attempt to install Mandrake 7.0 or 7.1 I cannot get the install to
complete. I have tried booting from CD (7.1) (gives me a probing SCSI)
and stalls forever. When I try starting from a floppy, I get the same
thing). I do not have any SCSI devices (or card) installed in the
system. I suspect that it's calling my ATA 66 controller a scsi
controller. When I attempt 7.0, it tells me this, asks for me to put in a
blank floppy, and creates a boot disk with what are presumably some work-
around drivers. It runs thru it's boot laundry list, but stalls again
after correctly identifying my hard drives. I can't get this to work.
Strange thing is, I have gotten a linux install from 7.0 previously on
this same system...the difference was (at the time) I had an Adaptec
2940AU scsi controller card and a Sony SCSI CDR drive. Now my hardware
configuration is as follows.
ABIT BE6 board (latest BIOS - Not a BE6 II)
Two hard drives installed, both Maxtor, one 27GB, the other 20GB. The 27
is the WinME boot drive installed on ATA66 controller 1. The 20GB is
installed on ATA66 controller 2 (as the slave drive).
CD-ROM is on primary standard IDE controller..it is a Plextor 12X/10X/32X
CDRW. The second is a Memorex 48X ide CD-ROM drive installed on the
standard IDE controller (The BE6 has 4 IDE controllers...2 ATA66..2 UDMA
33).
Processor is a slot 1 P3700E.
Audio is SBLIVE Gold.
Linksys Ethernet card installed.
Video is a 3D Prophet 2 GTS (32mb NVIDIA GeForce 2).
I'm no newbie (to Linux), but I'm not far from it. I'm pretty sure that
this is an IDE contoller problem, but I'm at a loss as to how to work
around it. I've done some preliminary searches on the Mandrake site, I've
checked the board manufacturer site...no go. Any ideas would be greatly
appreciated. No problems from ME, except that it's Windows. It also uses
virtual mode DOS, so I've had no luck getting Mandrake set-up from within
Windows. Thanks in advance...
James
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Davide Bianchi)
Subject: Re: RPMs vs source distributions
Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2000 06:45:24 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Tue, 12 Sep 2000 22:42:46 +0100, "MrTom"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>i like the idea of RPMs, especially with rpmDrake and other utilities but
>have found that sometimes they don't always install very nicely. if i
>install an rpm and then wish to take it off can i be sure that all of that
>rpm's files and setups have been removed?
Usually yes, of course if you add/modify/change configuration, remove
or move files around...
>also is it possible to change the settings in an rpm, so i have the same
>power as with configure scripts?
I don't think that's possible, to support all the option a program
must contain all the required code, it's not the same turn off an
option with a configuration file (read at runtime) or recompile the
code without that option...
>are there any differences between an
>src.rpm and an rpm; does the src.rpm give me more control?
The src.rpm contains the source of the package. Basically, a src.rpm
is the same of a tar.gz package, you can unpack and compile the
program, or execute the "trick" to recompile directly the sources
into the binary package.
>i also wish to install PHP4, the rpm for this didn't work properly with my
>setup (it caused some errors in httpd.conf) so i am going to install it from
>a source distribution (tar.gz). because i'm only starting out with this game
>i'll probably want to come back later and recompile it with options i've
>missed out this time round. if i do, how do i uninstall the current PHP?
That's not necessary. Usually a linux program is composed by some
executable files (binaries), some libraries and some script. If you
substitute the files, the older are simply replaced. You do not have
to uninstall the older before. If you install PHP like an apache
modules, you have an .so module and nothing else.
>as far as i can tell on installing software it's similar to setting off a
>bomb on the hard drive as files get put in all sorts of places,
Well, this is the reason why backup are important... but the "all
sorts of places" usually is a list of 4-5 directories, not more...
>on uninstalling will i have to go through and find these files manually or
>is there a script, or at least a log file, which can show me the installed
>files.
Usually, if a program is installed with the 'make install', the
'make uninstall' does the trick. Read the documentation of the
program for this.
>i'm sorry if there's a lot here but this topic isn't covered in many places.
>and most tutorials for installing software just have "type this, with that,
>and these parameters and it should all work nicely".
Linux is designed for 'hacker' (meaning people that enjoy play with
the things), so it's normal for an hacker dissecting the makefile to
locate and understand how it works and how to do the things manually.
>if there is a good link for this kind of stuff please let me know.
There is no a "bible" about this, each program/package come with its
specific trick and trip.
Davide
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bill Unruh)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: PPPD dying & hanging
Date: 13 Sep 2000 06:49:09 GMT
In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Brad Newman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
]I am having what I suspect is an odd problem using ppp. My system has
]Win98, RedHat 6.0 & Mandrake 7.1. I have one of these PCTel "linmodems"
]and up until now have had great success with driver that is out there.
]Connecting to my ISP works just great under W98 & Redhat, but not in
]Mandrake.
The problem is taht modules are relatively specific to the kernel they
were compiled under. Ie, different kernels and the module is apt to get
very flakey or not work at all. This is one of the real problems with
those drivers (eg just as many drivers die in Win 98 tht worked in 95 or
in 2000).
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Davide Bianchi)
Subject: Re: Lilo and Win98 dual boot
Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2000 06:49:07 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Wed, 13 Sep 2000 02:37:40 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
<ZAP>
>I would like to know how to set up a dual
>boot using Lilo instead of LinLoad. <ZAP>
>
>I've searched forums for answers to this, but have found information
>that is close, but not close enough.
See the LILO how to at
http://www.linux.org/docs/ldp/howto/mini/LILO.html
Davide
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Davide Bianchi)
Subject: Re: query mac address
Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2000 06:50:58 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Wed, 13 Sep 2000 03:34:13 GMT, mike <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>How do I query a mac address. I am trying to setup a print server. It is
>a Digi by Milan Technology's. The MAC address is no where to be found on
>the device. Thanks for any help.
If you type /sbin/ifconfig, the MAC address is in the
first line you obtain.
Davide
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From: Eric <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Lilo and Win98 dual boot
Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2000 09:04:24 +0200
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> I have both Linux (Red Hat 6.2) and Win98 on my hard drive. The mbr is
> a dos/win98 mbr which boots into windows 98. I currently have to boot
> into Linux from a boot disk. I would like to know how to set up a dual
> boot using Lilo instead of LinLoad. I edited config.sys and
> autoexec.bat so the menu shows up, but when i tell it to execute
> bootsect.lnx as is done in the Win2K dual boot procedure (which i had
> working before i decided to get rid of Win2K and put 98 on instead), i
> get an error message saying it doesn't recognize bootsect.lnx.
>
> I've searched forums for answers to this, but have found information
> that is close, but not close enough.
>
> Thanks.
> EbbHead89
>
> Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
> Before you buy.
First of all, you'll need to check that the linux bootpartition isn't
beyond the 1024 cyl. limit, otherwise you will need to install a newer
version of lilo that supports booting from beyond that limit. (lilo >=
21.4.3 IIRC)
If you don't have this problem, all you need to do is change the
lilo.conf file and add a part for win98. Make sure to write lilo in the
root partition and not in the MBR (in lilo.conf there's a line saying
boot=/dev/hda , this must be boot=/dev/hdaXXXX, where XXXX is the
number of the root partition)
Then you must add part to boot win98, this looks like:
other = /dev/hda1
label = win98
Now run /sbin/lilo as root and reboot
(Almost forgot this: Make sure the linux root partition is the only
active partition)
Eric
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From: "Rad(iant) Avatar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Installing Apache and w3c-wwwlib dependence
Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2000 00:14:03 +0200
During my install if Red Hat's Pro secure apache server package, I'm
missing an RPM.
Running Red Hat 6.2
I'm installing the Perl version of Apache.
Im installing under KDE with kpackage.
During the install of perl-libwww package it's asking for a dependent
package (w3c-wwwlib).
I can't find this package.
Anyone know where I can find it?
Do I need to install it?
Anders
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From: Eric <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Help me for the scanner
Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2000 09:16:12 +0200
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Max wrote:
>
> I there anybody to help me for install and configure a SCSI scanner ?
> Help, Help, Help. I need it!
take a look at the SANE homepage.
eric
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From: "f.g.a.m.wouters" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: xcdroast on redhat 6.2 doesn't work (exits itself)
Date: 13 Sep 2000 07:08:06 GMT
I don't know if it works but I suggest that you try to use a mounting point
under "root" (something like ./mnt).
Frans Wouters
Andy Kinsey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schreef in artikel
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
> "f.g.a.m.wouters" wrote:
>
> > Wolfgang Scholz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schreef in artikel
> > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
> > > I installed xcdroast v0.96ex (rpm package from redhat server) on my
> > redhat
> > > Linux 6.2.
> > > After I start xcdroast and do the setup, I select the button "Copy
> > Data-CD".
> > > Now the next screen appears for 1 seconds and xcdroast exists itself
> > without
> > > any message.
> > > Also everytime I start xcdroast, it says, that something has changed
on
> > the
> > > SCSI bus, but there wasn't something changed.
> > >
> > > Knows anyone where I can find some add. information about my problems
> > with
> > > xcdroast or knows anyone such problems?
> > >
> > > I use
> > > TEAC CD-R56S CD-Writer
> > > PLEXTOR PX-40TS CD-Drive
> > > Adaptec AHA2940UW SCSI-Adapter
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Thanks for help
> > > Wolfgang
> > >
> > I had the same problem with xcdroast .
> > The problem with me was that I had the wrong mounting point for writing
the
> > image files.
> > You can log in as root and change the setup (don't forget to save).
> > If you have a SCSI harddisk you can cannot chose this as a mounting
point,
> > and there are several forbidden points.
> > I hope this helps it did with me.
> >
> > Frans Wouters
>
> I have the same problem. Unfortunately, I don't know which mount points
or
> which partitions CAN be used. Whenever I select the partition in setup.
> XCDRoast just exits without warning. Any suggestions?
>
> Andy
>
>
>
>
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From: "ido" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: linux.redhat.misc,linux.redhat.misc
Subject: Re: append ="128M" doesn't work
Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2000 10:27:57 +0200
Thank you all,
What worked for me is bios update.
"ido" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:8plaja$ges$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Hi,
> I added the above line to my lilo.conf file but still, after checking
using
> top, I see that I only have 64M. (I do see the computer count to 128M at
the
> startup...)
> I'm using redhat 6.2
> any suggestions ?
>
> -i
>
>
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Crossposted-To: alt.linux,alt.os.linux.mandrake,comp.os.linux.x
Subject: Re: NEW NVIDIA DRIVERS (Warning)
From: Bernhard Mogens Ege <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2000 08:10:39 GMT
>>>>> "Toby" == Toby Haynes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> !! "Bernhard" == Bernhard Mogens Ege <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Bernhard> I would be very carefull with these new nvidia drivers
Bernhard> (version 0.9-5) as I have just lost my ext2 partition due to
Bernhard> a crash caused by these drivers. I am reinstalling redhat as
Bernhard> I type this. Thank God I could salvage my home directory
Bernhard> (which was renamed to something like #348753 and moved to
Bernhard> /lost+found. fsck'ing my partition took about 30 minutes
Bernhard> (mainly just holding return for yes (have no idea what I was
Bernhard> asked, but fsck had to be run manually)). After fsck, I
Bernhard> still had files I couldn't move or delete, hence me
Bernhard> reinstalling everything.
> Could you detail what happened in more detail? Files being unmoveable
> could be a symptom that the immutable bit has been set. You can change
> this by using
> chattr -i <filename>
> to remove the immutable bit. Reinstalling may be cleaner if you have
> lost files but its normally an extreme step.
Thank you for your information, but I have already reinstalled
RedHat. I now know it for the future.
> ext2 doesn't really cope too well with forced power-downs. With ReiserFS
> or Ext3 things should be better. Consider installing one or the other if
> you are worried about lockups. As far as I remember you can just drop in
> ext3 onto an ext2 partition as it uses tables to keep tabs on what has
> changed rather than requiring a reformat. ReiserFS I do not know much
> about but it comes highly recommended from several sources.
Do you have a link to reiserfs or ext3? If I have to live with these
lockups, I would prefer a filesystem that is more robust to sudden
death of the kernel. ext3 doesn't sound so bad.
Bernhard> Strange thing is, that 0.9-3 was rock stable for me, 0.9-4
Bernhard> cause random lockups, and now 0.9-5 made me loose my
Bernhard> filesystem. If a 0.9-6 showup, it might end of frying my
Bernhard> computer. :-(
> Give us more details. And send them to NVIDIAs help lines for linux if
> you really believe that there is a serious conflict.
It is difficult to give details when there are no indications in any
logfile. Just a kernel crash (rock solid with no sysrq
possibility). Basically I use RedHat beta 7.0 upgraded with rawhide
packages and nvidia drivers. Thats it. Now I have the feeling that
maybe my network card is interfering with the tnt2 card. IT is a 3com
3c905B card, but redhat has chosen the 3c59x driver, but I believe the
3c90x driver is better suited. Could also be that 100Mbit/sec is too
much for the card.
I am now running with 3c90x, 10Mbit and half-duplex just to see if the
improves uppon stability. Next step is to remove/exchange card for
different ones (e.g. TNT2 -> GeForce or TNT1, 3com -> Realtek).
regards,
Bernhard Ege
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From: Frank Steiner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: SB 16 ISA PnP: Alsa ok, Kernel not???
Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2000 10:24:58 +0200
Juergen Heinzl wrote:
=
> PnP support -- disabled in the kernel as well as in the
=
I have not tried that, only disabled PnP in the Bios...
Checkin' it out :-) Thx for the hint!
Best,
Frank
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From: Eric Ho <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Dialup and Lease line
Date: 13 Sep 2000 08:40:03 GMT
Hi,
My computer is currently using a lease line to connect to the
Internet with Slackware 7 (kernel 2.2.15).
Is it possible to set it up so that I can sometimes use the
lease line and sometimes use the dialup (56K) ?
If possible, please point me step by step instructions.
Thanks a million in advance.
Best Regards,
Eric Ho
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From: "Peet Grobler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: DNS problem
Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2000 10:46:00 +0200
Everytime I restart my Mandrake system, /etc/resolv.conf contains only one
line:
nameserver 10.0.0.2
I edit the file, input three more dns's names, but no, I reboot it's one
again.
Also, I can't get to the internet. The ISDN line of the company is connected
to a WinNT machine (10.0.0.2). Do I need to specify this as the default
gateway?
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From: Steve Lam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Newbie needs help on setting up serial connection
Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2000 01:58:03 -0700
I need to setup a serial connection from my linux (readhat6.2) to one
of the
routers in the lab. Since, the solaris workstation has been shared by
many people.
So I decided to have my own unix, in this case it is linux redhat 6.2.
I know that from solaris, I can 'tip ttya' (ttya is from /etc/remote
with correct
baudrate is 9600). And I can use hyperterminal from windows to make a
serial connections. Since, this linux is pretty new to me, and I'm
definitely
not a sys admin either. I tried to read many documents and I ended up
loss. Can some body point me to the right directions how-to setup the
serial port in linux? Please cc to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Thank you very much for your help.
/Steve Lam
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