Linux-Setup Digest #618, Volume #19 Wed, 13 Sep 00 21:13:11 EDT
Contents:
Modem dialin and PPP (David Lewis)
changing my PATH (peter)
Linux Loader problem following using DriveCopy 3.0 ("David Stone")
Re: gnome or kde? ("Greg Crutcher")
RE: How to install linux in laptop without CD drive ("Javier Hern�ndez")
Re: slow connecting via ftp ("Greg James")
Re: Partition size limit? ("David marshall")
Re: Kernel Panic starting up Redhat 6.2? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Kernel Panic starting up Redhat 6.2? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Making a Tomcat script (.sh) run during Linux Init ("David marshall")
tape problem - Cannot detect End of Tape ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Making a Tomcat script (.sh) run during Linux Init (Black Dragon)
Re: RFH: Compiling tulip driver under Corel Linux 2nd Edition (Gary Dolan)
Re: Modem dialin and PPP ("Adam H.")
Opti 931 Sound Card won't init (Mr. Mister)
Re: aic7xxx 2.4.0 kernel module...gone (Ghengis Kahn)
Re: aic7xxx 2.4.0 kernel module...gone (Peter Mardahl)
Re: fdisk - changing size of extended partition ("Andrew E. Schulman")
New install - root password won't stick (noyb)
Re: New install - root password won't stick (=?iso-8859-1?Q?Rasmus_B=F8g_Hansen?=)
HELP logon as root ("gregf")
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From: David Lewis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Modem dialin and PPP
Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2000 16:17:27 -0500
Is it possible to set up my modem to allow both
terminal dialin - giving the user a log in prompt -
or a PPP connection if they call in with Windows
DUN?
I've never setup incoming PPP before, only outgoing.
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From: peter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: changing my PATH
Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2000 17:55:33 -0400
I need to add some dir's to my PATH,
I'm using Mandrake 7.1.
How does one go about doing this, is there a file somewhere that I
have to edit ?
Thanks,
peter
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From: "David Stone" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Linux Loader problem following using DriveCopy 3.0
Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2000 14:38:30 -0700
My Caldera Linux eServer 2.3 hard disk is showing premature signs of failure
and I've used DriveCopy 3.0 to clone the contents of the old disk to a new,
larger hard drive. According to PowerQuest, they claim that Linux is fully
supported under DriveCopy 3.0.
However, the new, cloned hard disk cannot boot by itself and just shows the
two letters "LI" on a black background shortly after the Power On Self Test.
However, if I use a Linux boot floppy, I am able to boot up on the new hard
disk and everything then works fine.
I presume that something's not quite right with the Linux Loader. Does
anyone know how I can resolve my problem without doing a complete reinstall?
Thanks.
Dave
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From: "Greg Crutcher" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: gnome or kde?
Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2000 17:24:56 -0400
Redhat 6.2 also has afterstep and fvwm95. If you choose the custom option
and install all of the window managers along with switchdesk, you can use
whatever window manager you feel like using that day.
Good Luck!!!
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Hi
>
> I'm going to install Redhat's Linux 6.2 on my PC. As far as I understand
>
> I'm going to have to choose either gnome or kde as my GUI.
> Which should I choose? I was looking for some kind of advice in
> Redhat's docs but couldn't find any satisfying comparison with pros and
> cons.
>
> Thnx
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
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From: "Javier Hern�ndez" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: RE: How to install linux in laptop without CD drive
Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2000 21:22:12 GMT
If you are thinking in conecting to a WinNT box you probabli have a PCMCIA
Network Card for the LapTop, with that you can install using SMB ( share the
CD of Red Hat as a Windoze share) as Red Hat has support for that as a
install medium.
Greatings.
Javier Hernandez
rubbles <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> escribi� en el mensaje de noticias
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Hi,
>
> I am a newbie in Linux. I have Red Hat Linux 6.2 Deluxe and would like to
> install it in a Toshiba Satellite T2130 laptop. The laptop has a 486
processor
> with a floppy and a 500 MB hard drive, no CDROM drive. The laptop has been
> sluggish using Windows so I am thinking that Linux will run more decently
on
> this system. I am only going to install Corel WordPerfect 8 for Linux on
this
> system and maybe some internet surfing using a PCMCIA modem. I also would
like
> to be able to connect to our Windows NT network file server.
>
> Does anybody have any suggestion on how I may go about installing it in
the
> laptop?
>
> Thanks.
>
>
> Johnny Rubbles
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: "Greg James" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: slow connecting via ftp
Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2000 16:53:02 -0500
> >When I connect to my box via FTP, it takes about 10 seconds to get an
> >initial response from "Connected to ?.?.?.?" to "220 ????" on my server.
> [...]
> >My inetd.conf reads:
> > ftp stream tcp nowait root /usr/sbin/tcpd in.ftpd -l -a
>
> It might be taking a long time to do DNS lookups.
>
> For instance, I see your system is set up to use TCP-wrappers
> (/usr/sbin/tcpd), which is (part of) the right way to do things from a
> security point of view. If /etc/hosts.deny has a line like "ALL:
> PARANOID", for instance, then your system will check that the hostname
> of any system connecting to you matches its IP address, which can be a
> useful check that people who connect to you aren't faking their IP
> addresses. However, if your DNS is slow or not working, then this can
> take a long time.
>
Nothing in /etc/hosts.deny or /etc/hosts.allow.
> In a pinch, you could make TCP-wrappers be less paranoid, but (a) that's
> probably not a good idea unless you have a better reason for it, and (b)
> there may be something else doing DNS lookups as well, like your FTP
> daemon. The right solution is to fix your DNS. Does /etc/resolv.conf
> point to the right place, and are DNS lookups otherwise reasonably
> quick? Can you perform a reverse lookup on the IP address of the host
> you're connecting from (try, say, 'host 192.168.1.1' or whatever the
> address is) in a sensible amount of time?
>
DNS is quick. I've even tried ftp'ing the IP address directly and still get
the delay. Same delay with telnet.
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From: "David marshall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Partition size limit?
Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2000 17:13:52 -0500
I recently went thru this with RH6.2. I found that the LILO provided needed
to find its OS MBR within the first 8GB. I ended up using a partitioning
tool to "spread" my partitions and create a hole to put Linux on.
I'm running a very small (256meg) dos/win98 partition with rh6.2 and windows
2000 on a dell cpx 650 pentium III notebook. The bios is very recent. I also
can boot w2k past the 8GB point.
"Lonni J. Friedman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
>
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> >
> > Hi
> > Does Linux has a partition size limit like DOS' 1024M limit, or can I
> > create larger partitions?
>
> LILO HAD a limitation of 1024 cylinders for the bootable OS. Newer
> versions of LILO & GRUB no longer have such limitations. Your BIOS may
> be older and might have problems.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.help
Subject: Re: Kernel Panic starting up Redhat 6.2?
Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2000 22:07:28 GMT
Stefan,
Thanks very much, it worked exactly as you said. I fixed the lilo.conf
file, and now I'm all set to tackle getting everything else to work.
I am very grateful for your help.
Sincerely,
-Andrew
In article <8pm17m$9me$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Hi !
>
> by default, the kernel used by redhat 6.2 seems to have cpu serial nr
> detection enabled. this of course only applies to pentium processors.
>
> to disable it, use the kernel parameter x86_serial_nr, as in:
>
> <--- snip --->
> lilo: linux x86_serial_nr=1
> <--- snip --->
>
> this should help.
>
> yours
>
> Stefan Marte
> ---
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> In article <8pk831$5rp$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > As you suggested, the boot disk didn't work out easily. I also
tried
> > what you mentioned, trying to tell LILO? the kernel? where the rest
of
> > the OS was, but that didn't work. Do you know who posted that info
to
> > you? Maybe they could give me some more info. Have you gotten a
> > chance to try a re-install?
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.help
Subject: Re: Kernel Panic starting up Redhat 6.2?
Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2000 22:08:32 GMT
Craig,
Thanks for your help, now that I've got the system booting to linux,
I'll go ahead and grab that new kernel, and take care of lilo.
Thanks again,
-Andrew
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Craig Kelley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
>
> > Marvin,
> >
> > Thanks for your help, but it didn't quite work out. I tried, as you
> > said, to make a boot disk, but I couldn't get it to boot off of that
> > either, I got the same error. That is, it would boot, and would
start
> > reading off the floppy, but then it would get to the same kernel
panic
> > and bomb out on me. I would go to the RedHat site and download the
new
> > kernel, but I can't get into Linux to install it, so there seems to
be
> > no point until I can get in somehow.
> >
> > Any other ideas?
>
> You need a different kernel. Try installing the
> kernel-2.2.16-xx.i386.rpm package (and use i386, not i686). RedHat
> made a boo-boo in their i686 kernel package.
>
> You will need to edit /etc/lilo.conf after you install the new kernel,
> and you will need to re-run lilo. It is a pain, and a bug -- but it
> is already fixed in rawhide, and will be fixed in RedHat 7.0.
>
> --
> 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: "David marshall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.redhat,comp.os.linux
Subject: Making a Tomcat script (.sh) run during Linux Init
Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2000 17:22:31 -0500
I'm struggling on RH 6.2 to make a Tomcat.sh script run during Linux init.
Ideally I want it to run before the init of the httpd daemon. Currently I
must run the tomcat.sh script after all other processes start. Does anybody
have any ideas?
David Marshall
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: tape problem - Cannot detect End of Tape
Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2000 22:33:34 GMT
We have Linux Redhat v6.2 on a Dell machine. It has a Python SCSI
tape drive which is detected OK. I can write to the tape with "tar
cvf /dev/st0 etc". Then when I rewind it and read it back in /tmp, the
data (directory etc) is read back OK but the tar task does not
terminate. It cannot be killed either. Tried ctrl-c & kill -9.
Any ideas ?
Thx in advance
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Black Dragon)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.redhat,comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: Making a Tomcat script (.sh) run during Linux Init
Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2000 22:44:28 GMT
On Wed, 13 Sep 2000 17:22:31 -0500 in comp.os.linux,
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> `David marshall' said:
>I'm struggling on RH 6.2 to make a Tomcat.sh script run during Linux init.
>Ideally I want it to run before the init of the httpd daemon. Currently I
>must run the tomcat.sh script after all other processes start. Does anybody
>have any ideas?
>
>David Marshall
See the man page / documents for `chkconfig', and take a look at some existing
init / rc scripts for examples.
--
Black Dragon
"Resist militant `normality' -- A mind is a terrible thing to erase."
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Gary Dolan)
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux.corel
Subject: Re: RFH: Compiling tulip driver under Corel Linux 2nd Edition
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2000 22:49:45 GMT
On 13 Sep 2000 20:47:52 GMT, Colin Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Jeffery A. Haremski <jharemski(at)aol(dot)com> wrote:
>>tigger35:~/Desktop/Netdrivers# make
>>gcc -DMODULE -D__KERNEL__ -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -O6 -I/usr/src/linux/inc
>>lude -c pci-skeleton.c -o pci-skeleton.o
>>pci-skeleton.c:89: linux/modversions.h: No such file or directory
>>In file included from pci-skeleton.c:111:
>>kern_compat.h:38: linux/modversions.h: No such file or directory
>>make: *** [pci-skeleton.o] Error 1
>
>linux/modversions.h is one of the header files included with the Linux
>kernel source, and the script output you included above [1] says that
>that Makefile expects it to be installed in /usr/src/linux. Unpack some
>appropriate kernel source tree (2.2.17, perhaps) from ftp.kernel.org or
>wherever there, or make /usr/src/linux a symbolic link to wherever you
>do have it installed, and all should be well.
I had the same problem, and found modversions.h in
kernel-headers-2.2.17 but not in the original kernel-source-2.2.17
until I compiled the kernel. By that time I had the card running. I
also found that the tulip driver included in the 2.2.17 binary
also worked with that card. Don't know about Corel specifically,
however.
--
Gary Dolan
Debian GNU/Linux, Kernel 2.2.17
FreeBSD 4.0
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From: "Adam H." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Modem dialin and PPP
Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2000 10:18:13 +1000
If anyone replies to this via email, can they please reply
to me also - I'm also interested...
TIA
Adam
"David Lewis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Is it possible to set up my modem to allow both
> terminal dialin - giving the user a log in prompt -
> or a PPP connection if they call in with Windows
> DUN?
>
> I've never setup incoming PPP before, only outgoing.
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From: Mr. Mister <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Opti 931 Sound Card won't init
Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2000 23:11:21 GMT
I'm re-posting this as I never received any suggestion that worked.
My sound card only seems to work under Linux if I start the computer in
Windows first. If I do a cold boot directly into Linux the sound card
doesn't work, i.e. cat /dev/sndstat gives an error rather than the nice
list of devices. By the behavior is suspect that Windows is
initializing something on the card that Linux for some reason isn't.
I'm using Suse 6.2, the sound card is a a Sound Blaster compatible
Bravo plug and play card with the Opti 931 chip set.
Any (good) suggestions?
Thanks
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From: Ghengis Kahn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.development.system,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: aic7xxx 2.4.0 kernel module...gone
Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2000 23:25:04 GMT
Darren Welson wrote:
> Every time I recompile 2.4.0-test 6,7, and 8 kernel, I cannot seem to
> successfully load the AIC7XXX module, or at least have it made. Anyone know
> how I can check to make sure I am actually making this module, or find a way
> I can to compile it into the kernel? I have added it as a module and IN the
> kernel in all three test versions as a low-level SCSI option, but what am I
> missing?
>
> darren
I would like to know the answer to that as well. I have the same problem with
the 2.2.12-20 kernal. As far as I can tell, it is not possible to rebuild the
kernel with the AIC7xxxx drivers and actually get it to boot. I spent several
days fighting the "UNRESOLVED SYMBOLS" error on boot. So am I stuck running the
kernel that was installed from the RH installation CD. Like you, I also turned
on every damn scsi module there was and I even tossed in the IDE modules as
well. No luck. There is some magic trick that the installation CD knows about
that allows the aic7xxxx to run with the default install, but for whatever
reason doesn't work when regen'ing the kernel. I have to conclude there is an
error in the dependencies ("make dep") that is causing this. But I have no clue
how to track it down.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Peter Mardahl)
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.development.system,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: aic7xxx 2.4.0 kernel module...gone
Date: 13 Sep 2000 23:44:00 GMT
Hmm, I had no difficulty bulding the AIC7xxx modules in and having it work,
for 2.2.x with x = 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17
and for
2.4.0-test-y with y=7 and 8.
Note that I built IN the modules, I didn't try to load them.
I have a comment or two on your problem with 2.2.x below:
>the 2.2.12-20 kernal. As far as I can tell, it is not possible to rebuild the
>kernel with the AIC7xxxx drivers and actually get it to boot. I spent several
>days fighting the "UNRESOLVED SYMBOLS" error on boot. So am I stuck running the
I think the problem might be that you compiled a new kernel with AIC7xxxx
AND you're trying to load in a module with AIC7xxx. Check your init
scripts and see if they're forcing a load of AIC7xxx.
A second thing to check is to make sure that you're loading the RIGHT
AIC7xxx module. One compiled for a different kernel than one you're trying
to boot is likely to hoze you.
PeterM
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From: "Andrew E. Schulman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: fdisk - changing size of extended partition
Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2000 20:43:53 -0400
> Many thanks for your prompt reply.Looks like I need to do some reading.
> Am I correct in interpreting you to mean that:
> a)I can safely do this on the dos extended partition, without affecting
> non-Linux access to this partition?
FIPS splits DOS partitions. Read the documentation and it will explain how
to safely split a DOS partition into two, as long as your original
partition is defragmented so all of your files go into the first of the new
partitions. Obligatory universal disclaimer: anytime you do this you could
clobber all of your data, so back up everything twice. But I've never had
any trouble with it or heard of anyone else having any.
Note that you'll split not the extended partition itself, but one of the
logical partitions inside it. Although you can also use FIPS to split
primary partitions, don't do this if you run Winblows. Winblows can only
comprehend one primary and one extended partition per drive and may act
bizzarrely otherwise.
> b)I cannot increase the size of my existing root partition this way?
To increase the size of a partition you would have to merge it with another
one. As far as I know, you need a commercial tool like Partition Magic to
do that.
Good luck,
Andrew.
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From: noyb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: New install - root password won't stick
Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2000 00:48:07 GMT
I'm doing a vey plain vanilla install of Red Hat 6.2 on a Pentium.
It dual boots to Windows 98.
I have taken all the defaults for a workstation install and allowed
Red Hat to deal with the partitioning. It ended up placing the
partitions in the exact same configuration as the old Red Hat 6.0
system. Plenty of ram and disk space.
The system has been rock solid for a long time under both Linux and
Windows.
PROBLEM:
The problem is that the root password works only until I login as a
standard user. After that, the password is not accepted.
If I then login as su with the root password (the one that didn't
work), I become su ok. If I then login as root with the same
password, I become root ok.
But, if I login as user, I cannot then login again as root.
Instead, I have to first login as su, then I can login as root.
You can see it's just a big circle!
I have done two installs today and both act the same.
Hoping someone can give me an idea of what's going wrong.
Thanks, Larry Alkoff
--
Larry Alkoff N2LA
Reply to: larryalk at mindspring dot com
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From: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Rasmus_B=F8g_Hansen?= <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: New install - root password won't stick
Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2000 03:00:57 +0200
On Thu, 14 Sep 2000, noyb wrote:
> I'm doing a vey plain vanilla install of Red Hat 6.2 on a Pentium.
> It dual boots to Windows 98.
> I have taken all the defaults for a workstation install and allowed
> Red Hat to deal with the partitioning. It ended up placing the
> partitions in the exact same configuration as the old Red Hat 6.0
> system. Plenty of ram and disk space.
> The system has been rock solid for a long time under both Linux and
> Windows.
>
> PROBLEM:
>
> The problem is that the root password works only until I login as a
> standard user. After that, the password is not accepted.
>
> If I then login as su with the root password (the one that didn't
> work), I become su ok. If I then login as root with the same
> password, I become root ok.
>
> But, if I login as user, I cannot then login again as root.
> Instead, I have to first login as su, then I can login as root.
>
> You can see it's just a big circle!
>
> I have done two installs today and both act the same.
>
> Hoping someone can give me an idea of what's going wrong.
>
> Thanks, Larry Alkoff
>
> --
> Larry Alkoff N2LA
> Reply to: larryalk at mindspring dot com
>
Is there any chance, that you are logging in with telnet? Telnet logins by
root are not allowed for security reasons.
Also - have you tried to set the password afterwards? That is, 'passwd'
when you're logged in as root.
Rasmus B. Hansen
---
He has his own opinions
- just like the others.
-- Burnin' Red Ivanhoe
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From: "gregf" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux.mandrake
Subject: HELP logon as root
Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2000 21:08:08 -0500
My friend at work has linux Mandrake 7.0 installed.
He wanted to change the shell which runs as root, so he
edited his /etc/passwd file to have the shell be /bin/ksh.
unfortunately, this is not a valid file on his file system, and
he cannot log into root anymore (get's message that
file is not there when he tries to login, or tried 'su')
so he's totally hosed himself! I tried helping; tried using
'kdesu', still no luck.
Does anyone know of a way to somehow recover, and be able
to somehow log in as root (or at least edit the /etc/passwd file) ??
'su' doesn't work.
greg
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