Linux-Setup Digest #620, Volume #19 Thu, 14 Sep 00 04:13:12 EDT
Contents:
Re: Wierd Gnome problem - Desktop Icons disappear in some WMs ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
help: sending external mail (David. E. Goble)
Re: gnome or kde? ("Andrew P. Billyard")
Re: newbie LILO dual-boot question ("Andrew P. Billyard")
Re: RedHat 6.2 PCMCIA SCSI broken (Bob Martin)
I know I'm doing SOMETHING stupid (Richard Rogers)
Re: HELP logon as root (Steve Juranich)
Re: IRQ timeout errors on hdb - RH 6.2 (B'ichela)
util-linux: "Your rpcgen output does not compile" ("Olinga K. Abbott")
Mosix configuration ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: I know I'm doing SOMETHING stupid (Eric)
Re: C compiler cannot create executables (Colin Watson)
Re: I know I'm doing SOMETHING stupid (Colin Watson)
Re: LILO install problem (Eric)
Re: IRQ timeout errors on hdb - RH 6.2 (sideband)
Re: Q: Cron irregularities on RedHat 6.2 ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Help me for the scanner ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc,alt.os.linux.mandrake
Subject: Re: Wierd Gnome problem - Desktop Icons disappear in some WMs
Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2000 04:00:19 GMT
Well, I devised a solution to my own problem though im not quite sure
why it works. Apparently, things work a little smoother if icewm is
started before gnome midknight commander(gmc). You can do this by
setting the order in which gnome starts xclients by useing the
session-properties utility. That might solve your problem too.
--yeuhi
In article <8ppg1h$d13$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I too have a similar problem. It seems as if icewm conflicts with how
> gmc works with the root window, atleast with some configurations.
> Initially I had a pre-packaged install of Mandrake7.1 running gnome
and
> icewm together just fine. Then I upgraded my gnome install with the
> rpms provided by helixcode.com. Since then icewm and gnome haven't
been
> able to play nice any more. If anyone know how to resolve this
> conflict, id be happy to know.
>
> --yeuhi
>
> > I can add new icons) but my old icons seem to simple cease to exist.
> > They all reappear for a split second while I switch WMs, but after
> > hitting ice once they never work again in any other WM including
> > Sawmill. If I open the desktop folder and try to drag an icon to
the
> > desktop, I get a message somewhere along the lines of the file
already
> > exists there or something like that (those who useGNOME should know
> what
>
> Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
> Before you buy.
>
Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
Before you buy.
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From: goble@gtech (David. E. Goble)
Crossposted-To: alt.linux,alt.os.linux,aus.computers.linux
Subject: help: sending external mail
Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2000 04:37:24 GMT
Reply-To: goble@gtech
Hi All;
I tried to send an external email from my RedHat 6.2 server, while
connected to my ISP. Sendmail said the sender needed to be real.
my hosts file is
127.0.0.1 localhost localhost.localdomain gtech
How and what do I configure to have sendmail change <logon_name@gtech>
to <ispusername@ispname>???
--Regards David. E. Goble
goble [AT] kin.net.au
http://www.kin.net.au/goble
Po Box 648 Kingscote, Kangaroo Island, SA 5223
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From: "Andrew P. Billyard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: gnome or kde?
Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2000 04:47:48 GMT
Don't forget WindowMaker. I believe it comes with the 6.2...or you can
download it from
windowmaker.org.
Greg Crutcher wrote:
> 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: "Andrew P. Billyard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: newbie LILO dual-boot question
Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2000 04:51:37 GMT
I believe you can boot an option at the beginning of your /etc/lilo.conf file,
such as
"timeout=50" (for a 50 second delay before the default OS boots up).
Kris wrote:
> First fysical disk: 2 partitions: 1 with NT and 1 with Win98 (using NT boot
> manager)
> Now :
> a second fysical disk with RedHat 6.2.
>
> I've installed using KDE Workstation (not CUSTOM install) and I believe
> that's the reason I didn't get the chance to choose where to install LILO
> (on the MBR or not).
>
> Anyway, when booting I go directly to Linux and I have to type "DOS" real
> quick(!) at the LILO prompt to get to my old and trusty NT boot manager.
> :-)
>
> Question: can I get a nice and friendly menu at booting letting me choose
> what O/S I want ?
>
> Thanks,
> Kris
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From: Bob Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: RedHat 6.2 PCMCIA SCSI broken
Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2000 22:27:06 -0500
Roger Davis wrote:
>
>
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> I just upgraded my Dell I7500 laptop from RedHat 6.1 to 6.2
> (kernel 2.2.14), and my PCMCIA SCSI tape drive is no longer visible.
> I am using an Adaptec SlimSCSI 1480 PCMCIA card connected to an
> Exabyte Eliant 820 8mm tape drive. (Yes, the SCSI bus is terminated
> and I am supplying termination power to the bus via a special
> Granite Digital terminator with an external power connection.)
> This is the same hardware (including cabling) that worked fine
> under RedHat 6.1. There are no other SCSI devices on the bus.
> I just tested the tape drive on a Solaris system and it is working.
>
> According to /var/log/messages the PCMCIA card is recognized,
> but the tape drive is not visible:
>
> Sep 13 06:18:17 ctrobot kernel: apa1480_attach(bus 35, function 0)
> Sep 13 06:18:17 ctrobot kernel: aic7xxx: <Adaptec PCMCIA SCSI controller> at PCI
>35/0/0
> Sep 13 06:18:17 ctrobot kernel: aic7xxx: I/O ports already in use, ignoring.
> Sep 13 06:18:17 ctrobot kernel: apa1480_cs: no SCSI devices found
> Sep 13 06:18:17 ctrobot kernel: scsi : 0 hosts.
> Sep 13 06:18:17 ctrobot cardmgr[491]: get dev info on socket 1 failed: No such device
>
> Here's output from 'cardctl ident'
>
> Socket 0:
> product info: "3Com Corporation", "3CCFE575CT", "LAN Cardbus Card", "004"
> manfid: 0x0101, 0x5257
> function: 6 (network)
> Socket 1:
> product info: "Adaptec", "APA-1480 SCSI Host Adapter", "", ""
> manfid: 0x012f, 0xcb01
> function: 8 (SCSI)
>
> I rummaged through the HOWTOs and found something about possibly needing to
> reconfigure the kernel to make the SCSI tape driver not a module, so I did
> that (and the same for the aic7xxx driver as well), but that doesn't help.
> (BTW, when I rebuilt the kernel PCMCIA completely stopped working because
> the kernel could not locate /lib/modules/my_kernel/pcmcia. Why wasn't that
> directory created by the build? I worked around it by symlinking to
> /lib/modules/old_kernel/pcmcia so PCMCIA works again, but I'd like to make
> sure things are done right by the kernel build.)
>
> I don't remember having to do any of this stuff under 6.1 to get my tape
> drive to work. Does anyone know what the problem is here?
>
> Thanks!
pcmcia is a completely seperate package from the kernel, building the
kernel will not build pcmcia. If you upgrade to a new kernel you will
have to rebuild/install pcmcia. Have a look at the howto for pcmcia, and
you can get the source for it from the pcmcia site.
--
Bob Martin
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Richard Rogers)
Subject: I know I'm doing SOMETHING stupid
Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2000 05:37:04 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I'm a long time Windows and DOS user Before that it was mainframes.
This is my first foray into Linux, and I gotta say, Linux has
certainly put the fun back into the operating system. What a pleasure
this is to deal with.
My problem:
Redhat 5.2 distribution
I've set up 4 user accounts and given two of them all permission
Linuxconf would let me give them. When I am in a plain shell session,
no X, I cannot seem to create an executable (script) that can be found
in any account except root. I've checked my path and doublechecked the
upper/lowercase and I've verified that the script is set to executable
with chmod +x MyScript. Yet when I try to execute the script, I get a
"no such program or directory" message. Mostly I've tried this in the
/home/username/bin directory, but I've also tried it at
/home/username. The bin directory in question is on the path and the
script starts with #!/usr/bash which is where my bash shell resides.
I've been working my way through all I can find on chmod and scripts,
and I'm working my way through the network admin sections of four
books, but so far, no light shines. Any good ideas?
b. rgds.
Richard
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From: Steve Juranich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux.mandrake
Subject: Re: HELP logon as root
Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2000 22:24:43 -0700
On Wed, 13 Sep 2000, gregf wrote:
>
> 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
>
>
>
The first thing I would try would be to reboot the machine into single user
mode. From the LILO prompt, just type "linux single". If you're using GRUB,
one of the menu options is something like "Single User". Choose that.
If that doesn't work, you should be able to boot from a rescue floppy (you
*do* have a rescue floppy, don't you?). Booting from a rescue floppy will
give you the basic tool set that you need to fiddle with this kind of stuff.
You might have to manually do stuff like mount /, /usr, etc., but you should
be able to do it.
Good luck!
======================================================================
Stephen W. Juranich [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Electrical Engineering http://students.washington.edu/sjuranic
University of Washington http://rcs.ee.washington.edu/ssli
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (B'ichela)
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.questions,comp.os.linux.redhat,linux.redhat.install,linux.redhat.misc
Subject: Re: IRQ timeout errors on hdb - RH 6.2
Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2000 01:58:52 -0400
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Thu, 14 Sep 2000 02:19:56 +0000 (UTC), David Efflandt
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>In the process of swapping out my hdb from a Win95 drive to one with an
>older Linux version, I noticed that the area between my plastic case and
>the grill in front of my inlet fan was totally packed with lint. I
>removed the front of the case and all of the lint, vacuumed out the rest
>of the case and put it back together.
Being that my computer Also is on 24/7 and I have cats that
shed. I have to fully disassemble my computers once a year, run my
Vacumme (set for Blow) to get the crud out. and then follow by a full
vaccuming (set for suck). In addition I disassemble the external
STorage Dimensions HD case to do the same (its big, heavy and gets
full of crud). I also fully disassemble the power supply chassis (take
cover off. Clean fans and reassemble) You would be surprise of the
dust a power supply fan sucks in!
Also one might want to get a bigger case if trapped heat is a
problem!
--
B'ichela
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From: "Olinga K. Abbott" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: util-linux: "Your rpcgen output does not compile"
Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2000 02:04:49 -0400
I get the following error running ./confugre to install util-linux 2.10o:
"Your rpcgen output does not compile". I have tried various MCONFIG settings
to no avail. Any ideas about how to correct this? I understand rpcgen has
something to do with NetKit, so I am wondering if an upgrade of NetKit is in
order.
System setup: Redhat 6.0., monolithic kernel, PII-400.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Mosix configuration
Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2000 06:04:19 GMT
Hi all!
Just install mosix on linux(mandrake-7.1) It is
looking that everything working but I see no
migration of process between computers.
If i use "migrate" itshow nothing. When one
computer load av=5.6 other the same time =0.5.
So how to configure mosix to work properly? I've
read the "man" but couldn't find usefull info.
Please advise where to find a good documentations.
Thanx
Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
Before you buy.
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From: Eric <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: I know I'm doing SOMETHING stupid
Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2000 08:41:47 +0200
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Richard Rogers wrote:
>
> I'm a long time Windows and DOS user Before that it was mainframes.
> This is my first foray into Linux, and I gotta say, Linux has
> certainly put the fun back into the operating system. What a pleasure
> this is to deal with.
>
> My problem:
>
> Redhat 5.2 distribution
>
> I've set up 4 user accounts and given two of them all permission
> Linuxconf would let me give them. When I am in a plain shell session,
> no X, I cannot seem to create an executable (script) that can be found
> in any account except root. I've checked my path and doublechecked the
> upper/lowercase and I've verified that the script is set to executable
> with chmod +x MyScript. Yet when I try to execute the script, I get a
> "no such program or directory" message. Mostly I've tried this in the
> /home/username/bin directory, but I've also tried it at
> /home/username. The bin directory in question is on the path and the
> script starts with #!/usr/bash which is where my bash shell resides.
/usr/bash ?? are you sure shouldn't this be /bin/bash ??
what does `which bash` return ?
is the path of the script in your $PATH ? (Well you say you tried ~/bin
too, so I guess this is not the problem) else try "./MyScript" or "bash
./MyScript"
> I've been working my way through all I can find on chmod and scripts,
> and I'm working my way through the network admin sections of four
> books, but so far, no light shines. Any good ideas?
>
> b. rgds.
>
> Richard
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Colin Watson)
Subject: Re: C compiler cannot create executables
Date: 14 Sep 2000 06:35:22 GMT
Andrew Overholt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I'm trying to get my minimally-installed Debian system (486, 8MB,
>300MB, 2.0.38) to run rp-pppoe but I can't install it because it says
>that my C compiler cannot create exectuables.
Install the binutils package? ('apt-get install binutils', if you don't
want to use dselect and if apt is set up correctly.)
>yet I'm having a really hard time getting it to work due to problems
>with too little memory (can I increase my swap size?),
All you need to do is create a bigger swap partition, or even just
dedicate a swap file to it. See 'man mkswap' and 'man swapon'.
>super-slow dselect, and confusing dselect.
dselect will indeed be a bit on the slow side in 8Mb. You do get used to
it over time - I actually rather like the interface now.
--
Colin Watson [[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
"Master," I complained, "the programmer who wrote this code is lazy!
It's a simple bug and yet he's done nothing about it." My Master asked
me, "Why, then, have you not fixed it yourself?" I was then enlightened.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Colin Watson)
Subject: Re: I know I'm doing SOMETHING stupid
Date: 14 Sep 2000 06:31:36 GMT
Richard Rogers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I've set up 4 user accounts and given two of them all permission
>Linuxconf would let me give them. When I am in a plain shell session,
>no X, I cannot seem to create an executable (script) that can be found
>in any account except root. I've checked my path and doublechecked the
>upper/lowercase and I've verified that the script is set to executable
>with chmod +x MyScript. Yet when I try to execute the script, I get a
>"no such program or directory" message. Mostly I've tried this in the
>/home/username/bin directory, but I've also tried it at
>/home/username. The bin directory in question is on the path
Note that you can also use ./MyScript to execute things that aren't on
the path.
>and the script starts with #!/usr/bash which is where my bash shell
>resides.
Are you sure about that? That would be ... surprising. /bin/bash would
be the place I'd expect to find it.
Cheers,
--
Colin Watson [[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
"But in your dreams, whatever they be / Dream a little dream of me."
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From: Eric <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: LILO install problem
Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2000 08:47:54 +0200
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> Im trying to get a dual boot win98 and linux going but I cant get lilo to
> work.. Windows is on the first hard drive and linux on the second. I
> installed lilo to the mbr and whenever I boot up it just spits out a bunch of
> 0s and 1s. I've had it running fine when linux was on the first hard drive
> but not on the second.. Thanks in advance for any help.
>
> Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
> Before you buy.
What did you do? Just swap the drives? Or did you change the appropriote
files (ie. /etc/lilo.conf and /etc/fstab) Where did you connect the
drive to ? hdb or hdc/hdd (the latter ones may be a problem)
Eric
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From: sideband <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.questions,comp.os.linux.redhat,linux.redhat.install,linux.redhat.misc
Subject: Re: IRQ timeout errors on hdb - RH 6.2
Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2000 03:33:24 -0400
On or about Thu, 14 Sep 2000 02:19:56 +0000 (UTC), [EMAIL PROTECTED]
(David Efflandt), using the forum comp.os.linux.hardware did say:
:
:Here's a thought. I was getting the same lost interrupt errors on hdc
:that I use for Linux a couple of times during the week and last Sunday got
:so bad that it locked while attempting shutdown. This is the last of the
:log at the point is stalled:
:
:Sep 3 09:12:46 efflandt kernel: hdc: lost interrupt
:Sep 3 09:12:46 efflandt kernel: hdc: read_intr: status=0x50 { DriveReady
:SeekComplete }
:Sep 3 09:12:56 efflandt kernel: hdc: lost interrupt
:Sep 3 09:12:56 efflandt kernel: hdc: read_intr: status=0x50 { DriveReady
:SeekComplete }
:Sep 3 09:13:07 efflandt kernel: hdc: lost interrupt
:Sep 3 09:13:38 efflandt last message repeated 3 times
:Sep 3 09:13:38 efflandt kernel: hdc: read_intr: status=0x00 { }
:
:In the process of swapping out my hdb from a Win95 drive to one with an
:older Linux version, I noticed that the area between my plastic case and
:the grill in front of my inlet fan was totally packed with lint. I
:removed the front of the case and all of the lint, vacuumed out the rest
:of the case and put it back together.
:
:I e2fsck'd hdc from another drive, checked for badblocks (none), backed up
:some essential files to another drive, and rebooted to hdc with nothing
:lost and no problems since then.
:
:This is an old P100 box running an Evergreen Spectra400 (K6-2/400) 24/7
:crunching SETI work units at 100% cpu load. Apparently the total lack of
:inlet air (heat) was causing the lost interrupts, and I have not seen a
:lost interrupt since I cleared that up.
Sounds like heat was the problem there... And it looks like you did it
all right. ::grin::
If there isn't a fan blowing across the hard drives, which do make a
fair amount of heat, it wouldn't hurt to put one it to keep them cool.
Just my two cents.
-SSB
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Q: Cron irregularities on RedHat 6.2
Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2000 20:47:26 -0600
In article <TEtv5.39771$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "The Big CaT"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I recently installed RedHat 6.2 and there is a default cron
> job for root. This job runs every 10 minutes all day. Every
> time it runs it exits with the following error:
>
> /bin/sh: 1: Ambiguous redirect
>
> Here is the crontab entry.
>
> 0,10,20,30,40,50 * * * * /dev/chr/.../sc >/dev/null 2>&1
No idea. I have a (mostly) default crontab and have no such
entry. Look suspicious to me.
> Also, when I try to use my own entries for Perl scripts
> the all fail with the following error message:
>
> /bin/sh: /usr/bin/date: No such file or directory
>
> Any info to help would be greatly appreciated.
No useful info, no useful answer:
Don't put /usr/bin/date in the script.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Help me for the scanner
Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2000 20:56:40 -0600
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Max <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I there anybody to help me for install and configure a SCSI scanner ?
> Help, Help, Help. I need it!
If it's supported by sane, get that and xsane. I got them both, compiled
them, and started them up. That's all I had to do and it worked.
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