Linux-Setup Digest #621, Volume #19 Thu, 14 Sep 00 10:13:11 EDT
Contents:
Re: Linux Loader problem following using DriveCopy 3.0 (Chris Smith)
Re: fdisk - changing size of extended partition (Eric)
Geforce 2 and XFree (Hanno =?iso-8859-1?Q?B=F6ttcher?=)
WordPerfect 2000 for Linux (Fred Marquis)
Re: Modem dialin and PPP (Bill Unruh)
Re: I know I'm doing SOMETHING stupid (Bill Unruh)
Re: the df command excludes my floppy drive (astorwilliam)
Re: Geforce 2 and XFree (bunny)
Re: How to install linux in laptop without CD drive (Keith McGaughran)
Re: Modem dialin and PPP (M. Buchenrieder)
Re: e-mail client for gnome (Kousik Nandy)
join open websitemanager project ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Debian 2.2 (Francis)
Dumb start-up question (richard)
Re: xcdroast on redhat 6.2 doesn't work (exits itself) ("f.g.a.m.wouters")
Re: changing my PATH (Peter Kadau)
Re: I know I'm doing SOMETHING stupid (Peter Kadau)
FIPS (Norman Levin)
Re: aic7xxx 2.4.0 kernel module...gone ("Jeremy Savoy")
Re: More help. ("pl")
Re: Partition size limit? ("Lonni J. Friedman")
Re: Making a Tomcat script (.sh) run during Linux Init (Bob Beaty)
Re: GLIBC 2.1.3 upgrade ("William A. McKee")
IP Difficulties. Long live linux gurus! (Buschman)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Chris Smith)
Subject: Re: Linux Loader problem following using DriveCopy 3.0
Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2000 08:25:22 GMT
On Wed, 13 Sep 2000 14:38:30 -0700, "David Stone"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>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
I would guess that LILO is dependant on disk geometry to find things,
since you've changed the disk geometry it might be confusing LILO.
Try booting from floppy then refresh LILO with /sbin/lilo, perhaps
this will update LILO with the new disk configuration.
Chris
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From: Eric <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: fdisk - changing size of extended partition
Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2000 10:35:44 +0200
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
search freshmeat for a tool called parted
Eric
Duncan Cameron wrote:
>
> No, that's not what I meant at all. Partitioning utilities as in
> resizing or moving without risk to the contents eg Partition-it,
> Partition Magic, etc. I think most of us here knew what I meant.
>
> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> "Lonni J. Friedman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> >
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > >
> > > Thanks for your replies to both this and my other posting re:swap
> > > I do have a purchased version of Partition-it, but it is a Windows
> > > version and buggy as well, so that's why I was hoping to resize
> without
> > > it.
> > > Do you know if there are free versions of Linux partitioning
> utilities?
> > > Failing this, it looks like, from the other reply in this thread, I
> can
> > > effectively shrink the DOS Extended partition, and create at least a
> new
> > > linux native partition on this space. I would prefer to have a
> bigger
> > > root partition, a but some space is better than no space!
> >
> > linux partitioning utilities are all free:
> > fdisk, fips, cfdisk, diskdrake
> >
>
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From: Hanno =?iso-8859-1?Q?B=F6ttcher?=
Subject: Geforce 2 and XFree
Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2000 10:20:39 +0100
Hi!
I tried many times to install an Xfree (4.0) with my Graphic Adapter, a
Elsa Gladiac card with Nvidia Geforce 2 Chipset. I used the Nvidia
Driver from www.nvidia.com but the xserver is reporting "no graphic
adapter found" (i mean that the driver is reporting that while starting
xfree). Anyone knowing help????
Thanx
Hanno
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From: Fred Marquis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: WordPerfect 2000 for Linux
Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2000 09:54:20 +0100
Hi,
In order to reduce my exposure to Windoze I am considering
getting WordPerfect 2000 for Linux. Does anyone out there
have any experience of using the wordprocessor, spreadsheet
etc of this suite ? How well does it import Windoze files ?
Thanks in advance,
Fred Marquis
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bill Unruh)
Subject: Re: Modem dialin and PPP
Date: 14 Sep 2000 09:09:38 GMT
In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David Efflandt)
writes:
>On Wed, 13 Sep 2000 16:17:27 -0500, David Lewis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>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.
>In a word 'mgetty'. But make sure that you use the same /dev/ttyS# for
>mgetty and dialout (NOT /dev/modem) or the lock files will not work
>properly. With lockfiles working correctly, mgetty will wait if it sees
>the device in use. Don't use +pap or require-pap options, since that
Actually you do wnat the other side to authenticate itself, and Windows
will do so as a client to you. So either use require-pap or
require-chap, and set up the pap or chap secrets files properly.
q
>asks the other machine to authenticate itself (Windows doesn't do that).
>The auth and login pppd options take care of user authentication.
Well, auth looks through the pap and chap secrets files to see if there
is a possibility of a user entry there. You can choose the right one
with the require- options.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bill Unruh)
Subject: Re: I know I'm doing SOMETHING stupid
Date: 14 Sep 2000 09:11:30 GMT
In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Richard Rogers) writes:
]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 do not believe your bash is in /usr/bash. Maybe /usr/bin/bash or
/bin/bash.
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From: astorwilliam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: the df command excludes my floppy drive
Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2000 09:13:06 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bill Unruh) wrote:
>
> df displays only the space on mounted filesystems. Your floppies are
> probably not mounted when you run df. (You are probably using
> supermount).
>
Yes, I am. I think it is important to get one thing straight and true at
this stage. And that is the checkboxes that should be ticked so that
supermount won't interfere with my wanting to mount any floppy in NORMAL
user mode.
So could you please advise me as to what you know for sure should be put
in the following ?
I open up Linuxconf, file systems, access local drive and click the
floppy drive entry there. A new window comes up and under Base tab, I
have
/mnt/floppy as Partition entry
supermount as Type
/mnt/floppy as Mount point
Under the Options tab, I have the following checkboxes activated:
* User mountable
* No program allowed to execute
* No setuid programs allowed
Should I have the following checkboxes activated as well ?
1. Mountable by device owner [ What does this mean anyway ?]
2. Not mount at boot time [ Will this interfere with supermount ? ]
Under DOS options, I have only blank entries.
Under Misc. tab, I have fs=vfat as Other Options entry. That s it.
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From: bunny <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Geforce 2 and XFree
Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2000 10:41:52 +0100
After installing the drivers and running xf86setup did you change the
driver entry in your XF86Config file from nv to nvidia? the nv driver
doesnt know about geforce2 cards the nvidia one you downloaded does though
but isnt enabled by default.
Hanno B�ttcher wrote:
> Hi!
>
> I tried many times to install an Xfree (4.0) with my Graphic Adapter, a
> Elsa Gladiac card with Nvidia Geforce 2 Chipset. I used the Nvidia
> Driver from www.nvidia.com but the xserver is reporting "no graphic
> adapter found" (i mean that the driver is reporting that while starting
> xfree). Anyone knowing help????
>
> Thanx
>
> Hanno
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Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2000 20:38:12 +1100
From: Keith McGaughran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: How to install linux in laptop without CD drive
rubbles wrote:
>
> 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]
if you have access to a second linux box (mount and export the cdrom)
you can install it via a laplink cable
you boot the install from a net boot install disk (the image is on the redhat cdrom)
then you select PLIP as your network interface
I have done this with an old 486
there are more detailed instructions in the install docs on the cdrom
HTH
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Sydney Australia
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (M. Buchenrieder)
Subject: Re: Modem dialin and PPP
Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2000 06:09:27 GMT
David Lewis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>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?
[...]
Yes. See "man mgetty" .
Michael
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Kousik Nandy)
Subject: Re: e-mail client for gnome
Date: 14 Sep 2000 10:51:22 GMT
Consider MOZILLA. Download available from www.mozilla.org
It supports multiple POP mailboxes.
Hope this helps,
Kousik.
On Wed, 13 Sep 2000 20:49:39 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I'm searching for a e-mail client for gnome. I have more than one pop3
> accounts so those must be viewed by this e-mail client. Like outlook
> for windows. Netscape communicator can't handle more then one pop3
> account.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: join open websitemanager project
Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2000 11:13:01 GMT
Hi
I'm looking for people who like to setup a websitemanager with dbman.
I need people to test and give me idea's develop part of it
It's a free open project.
Look at http://www.citytower.com/websitemanager/
for more information.
btw I don't want to pase this forum, it's a great forum and I don't
want to much questions in this forum for my project.
Not that much people are interested in webservermanagers.
So thanks a lot for posting my post
Sjaak
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From: Francis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Debian 2.2
Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2000 06:57:34 -0500
Am trying to get the ppp connection to work in Debian 2.2. When I do the
install and select the drivers, I select ppp. However it never seems to
show up in the dmesg, and the ppp connection "pppconfig" or "wvdail"
will not work. What am I doing wrong. Don't have this trouble with other
distros. Thanks.
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Subject: Dumb start-up question
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (richard)
Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2000 12:49:40 GMT
I feel embarassed about having to ask this, but...
I am running RH 6.x. How do I get xntpd to load on boot-up? Can I add
this to /etc/inetd.conf, or is there another file that loads daemons at
start up? TIA
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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: 14 Sep 2000 12:58:48 GMT
Sorry if I did not explain it so good but I mean that you make a dir under
/root e.g. cdroast and than use this as a mounting point! Perhaps it works?
I will try it myself this evening and let you know.
Frans Wouters
Wolfgang Scholz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schreef in artikel
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
> When I use eg. /mnt as mount point, the problem still exists.
> Problem is only solved when I use a non SCSI disk as mounting point.
> But, I think that could be really true - run xcdroast only on IDE drives
and
> not on SCSI?
> If yes, than xcdroast is ......
>
>
> Wolfgang
>
> "f.g.a.m.wouters" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
> news:01c01d51$5d199cd0$f52513ac@HT9810221904...
> > 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: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Peter Kadau)
Subject: Re: changing my PATH
Date: 14 Sep 2000 13:10:36 GMT
peter ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
: I need to add some dir's to my PATH,
: How does one go about doing this, is there a file somewhere that I
: have to edit ?
edit your ".bashrc" or your ".bash_profile" in your homedirectory.
if you want to change the path for _all_ users, you gotta
edit as root in "/etc/profile" or "/etc/bashrc".
assume you wanna add "foo" and "bar", just add the follwing two lines
to the respective file:
PATH=$PATH:foo:bar
export PATH
for more on the subject "man bash"
ciao cheers salut
peter
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Peter Kadau)
Subject: Re: I know I'm doing SOMETHING stupid
Date: 14 Sep 2000 13:18:55 GMT
Bill Unruh ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
: In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Richard Rogers) writes:
: ]"no such program or directory" message. Mostly I've tried this in the
:
: I do not believe your bash is in /usr/bash. Maybe /usr/bin/bash or
: /bin/bash.
:
agree.
but even then it's possible that the shell complains that it doesn't
find the executable on the path.
in that case do a "hash path/to/script".
ciao cheers salut
peter
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Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2000 01:10:45 -0500
From: Norman Levin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: FIPS
I tried to use FIPS to shrink a 13GB C disk on a
13GB real drive so I could install Linux.
After linux started, I was able to mount /dev/hda1
at a dummy mount point and see the dos files.
BUT, when I tried to multiboot to DOS/Win98 - system hung.
I did this on 5 systems. Five hangs. Anybody have
any information on FIPS messing up large disks?
--
Norman Levin
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From: "Jeremy Savoy" <[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: Thu, 14 Sep 2000 09:35:03 -0400
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Ghengis Kahn"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I am using the 2.4.0-test7 kernel and I amusing the aic7xxx drivers with
no problem. However, I have the drivers compile into the kernel, not
loaded as a module. I made that mistake once and my machine would not
boot. After reading the docs in the Documentation tree of the new kernel
it clearly states **NOT** to load any of the SCSI stuff as a module if
that is where you boot from. So I recompliled with direct support instead
of modules and it works fine now. Of course if you don't boot from SCSI
then I don't think this matters, but if you've got a scsi drive that gets
used every time the machine is on, or any component for that matter why
not just compile it into the kernel anyways???
> 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: "pl" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: More help.
Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2000 13:41:14 GMT
In article <DLWv5.5418$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Steve"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Where can I get my hands on these how-to files?
>
> Steve
>
What how-to files?
http://www.linuxdoc.org is kind of the official repository for most linux
howtos, but there are some that for one reason or another haven't been submitted
or accepted there and exist on the writer's site only.
BTW: most distros include a pretty extensive collection of the howtos on the
install CD or a separate documentation CD.
HTH...
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From: "Lonni J. Friedman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Partition size limit?
Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2000 09:49:24 -0400
This still has nothing to do with the physical size of the partition.
8GB is, in many cases, where the 1024th cylinder lies, however it is not
a rule. I have a samsung 12GB HD, where the 1024th cylinder falls right
around the 3GB mark.
David marshall wrote:
>
> 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] (Bob Beaty)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.redhat,comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: Making a Tomcat script (.sh) run during Linux Init
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2000 13:58:57 GMT
"David marshall" wrote:
> I'm struggling on RH 6.2 to make a Tomcat.sh script run during Linux
init.
I simply edited my /etc/rc.d/init.d/httpd to start the Tomcat server
before the httpd (Apache) server. Nothing special about that...
Thanks,
Bob ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
The Man from S.P.U.D.
We will write no code before it's designed.
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Reply-To: "William A. McKee" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
From: "William A. McKee" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: GLIBC 2.1.3 upgrade
Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2000 14:05:44 GMT
Thanks for the info Rod,
I updated libc6 to 2.1.3 and ldso. And that seemed to fix the problem I was
having. Are there anything other packages I should update?
Cheers,
Will McKee.
Rod Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:muPv5.607018$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Davide Bianchi) writes:
> > 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
>
> 1) Judging by the filenames, you've just told the original poster to
> install glibc 2.0.6, which is earlier than the 2.1.3 about which he
> was asking. He presumably wants 2.1.3 because it fixes some bugs.
> 2) IMHO, trying to install tarballs of important packages (and glibc is
> most definitely an important package) on systems based on Debian
> packages or RPMs is a Bad Idea. Yes, it can be done; but if somebody
> needs to ask how to do it, that person should NOT make the attempt.
>
> In response to the original query, check Corel's web site. There may be
> a link to a page or FTP site with updated packages. If not, there's a
> very good chance that the Debian glibc 2.1.3 packages will work.
> They're available from
> http://www.debian.org/Packages/stable/doc/glibc-doc.html. Given the
> importance of glibc, though, I advise caution when upgrading
> cross-distribution, even for closely-related distributions (as Corel
> and Debian are). Do a complete backup first, and have a way to reverse
> the update and/or restore the backup should disaster strike.
>
> --
> Rod Smith, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> http://www.rodsbooks.com
> Author of books on Linux & multi-OS configuration
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Buschman)
Crossposted-To: alt.linux,alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: IP Difficulties. Long live linux gurus!
Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2000 14:08:21 GMT
Once again I turn to the linux guru's! God bless all you fine
individuals who take time out of your day to help a poor newbie like
myself.
I am having a network problem and used your netstat -rn command and
something interesting came up:
Destination Gateway Genmask Flags ... Iface
209.221.101.49 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.255 UH eth0
209.221.101.32 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.224 U eth0
127.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.0.0.0 U lo
0.0.0.0 209.221.101.33 0.0.0.0 UG eth0
Let me tell you how this is supposed to look.
IP: 209.221.101.49
Gateway: 209.221.101.33
Netmask: 255.255.255.224
Interface: eth0
Now I do have an eth1 installed but I have disabled it in linuxconf.
Eventually this machine will ipmasquerade, but first things, first.
What do the U, UH, and UG flags mean? The man file doesn't seem to
say. Why do I have two IP Addresses and why is it picking .32?
That's not even in my IP range.
Using ifconfig gives me this:
eth0
Link encap:Ethernet
inet addr:209.221.101.49
Bcast:209.221.101.63
Mask:255.255.255.224
Now what is a broadcast??? Why has it choosen the last address in my
IP range(.33 - .63)? I have tried changing it by typing ifconfig
broadcast 209.221.101.33, but it never works. Sometimes it changes to
209.221.101.255, sometime it changes the inet addr. But no matter
what, whenever I reboot the machine it always resets to the numbers
above.
Finally how can I fix this problem?
Thanks in advance for any help given.
Buschman
On 22 Aug 2000 00:13:11 GMT, in comp.os.linux.networking you wrote:
>I don't run Debian, but RedHat. On that system, and quite a few others,
>I think, there are several places in /etc/sysconfig/* where bits of the
>network
>configuration are also saved. The safest thing to do is
> #grep "{old_IP_address}" /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/*
> #grep "{old_IP_address}" /etc/sysconfig/network
>and alter any items found that way to the new address.
>
>Once that is done (and you reboot), you should check
> 1. does eth0 have the right address ?
> # /sbin/ifconfig eth0
> will tell you the inet address:
> 2. does the route table have the right routes in it ?
> # netstat -rn
> should give you only 3 entries:
> a. the subnet that your eth0 is on
> b. 127.0.0.0 (that loopback is on)
> c. 0.0.0.0 with gateway {your new ISP's router address}
> If there is a line flagged with UH and your eth0 address, that is
> OK but redundant.
>
>"Porsche" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
>news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
>>
>> Hi.
>> I am running a debian box. Everything was working fine until we decided to
>> change our
>> ISP. We got new set of IP addresses and we lost of our linux admin as
>well.
>>
>> Based on my understanding, I need to change the IP addresses in
>> /etc/init.d/network
>> /etc/hosts
>> /etc/resolv.conf
>>
>> After changing, when I ping an address, I get a error message: Network is
>> unreachable.
>>
>> Is there any way to change the IP address on this linux box. it only has 1
>> NIC: eth0
>>
>>
>> Many thanks
>> shane
>>
>>
>>
>
>
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