Linux-Setup Digest #643, Volume #19 Mon, 18 Sep 00 07:13:11 EDT
Contents:
FIX: Netatalk and PAM on OpenLinux 2.4 (Caldera) ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
FIX: Netatalk and PAM on OpenLinux 2.4 (Caldera) ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Unable to run XWindows (Kenneth R�rvik)
Re: How do i create extended partition? (Eric)
print two a4-pages on one A4-sheet automatically (Ingo Hammann)
print two a4-pages on one A4-sheet automatically (Ingo Hammann)
print two a4-pages on one A4-sheet automatically (Ingo Hammann)
Re: Automatically mounting a samba drive at boot - how? (Kousik Nandy)
Re: Please help. (Harring Figueiredo)
Re: Modem/COM setting problems (Harring Figueiredo)
help: keys for changing screen resolutions (David. E. Goble)
Re: help: keys for changing screen resolutions (Blane Bramble)
Peanut Linux ("philo")
Re: help: keys for changing screen resolutions ("Lurch")
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux.caldera,comp.os.linux.network,alt.linux
Subject: FIX: Netatalk and PAM on OpenLinux 2.4 (Caldera)
Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2000 07:07:10 GMT
Product: eDesktop 2.4 (possibly as far back as OL 2.2)
Category: Apps/Packages, Network, Netatalk
Info: OpenLinux 2.4 installs /etc/pam.d/netatalk.pamd
It should be /etc/pam.d/netatalk
1. /etc/rc.d/init.d/atalk stop
2. mv /etc/pam.d/netatalk.pamd /etc/pam.d/netatalk
3. /etc/rc.d/init.d/atalk start
The Story:
==========
hi there,
Symptoms: I've been having MacOS Chooser login problems on my Open Linux
2.4. I can see the boxes, but guest sees no volumes and users are getting
"invalid passwords" messages. This has been a posted issue on
alt.os.linux.caldera & comp.os.linux.network for a long time by other
users. The Caldera Knowledge Base document is a small document lifted
straight from the Netatalk FAQ
(http://thehamptons/anders/netatalk/)
(Configuring Netatalk on Caldera OpenLinux - Ref. #000613-0030)
I never saw anything on the Netatalk How-to mention the name of the PAM
File or how to configure the "/etc/pam.d/netatalk" settings.
Conclusion: Nothing is wrong with binaries in the Open Linux 2.4
distribution nor the contents of the PAM file !!! The problem is - the
PAM config file is the WRONG NAME !!!
Troubleshooting/Investigation:
The netatalk conf files I used were copied from my working Netatalk
install on a Redhat 5.1 machine. I did notice the Open Linux also had an
/etc/pam.d/netatalk.pamd. Everything looked fine to me since I know next
to nothing about PAM (bad admin). I suspected it's a PAM issue - possibly
the Caldera Open Linux RPMs don't aren't compiled for PAM.
So, after a week plus of research and compile attempts, I download from
http://thehamptons/anders/netatalk/ the pre-compiled "shadowed" version.
I try "make install" on my gateway server with a small hard drive. It
won't install for some reason.
I copy it my workstation and "make install". It works. I can now login --
HURRAY. But how to fix my Gateway. I look the correct netatalk PAM config
file on the workstation. "Wait a sec. Why do I have both /etc/pam.d/
netatalk AND /etc/pam.d/netatalk.pamd ?!" It dawns on me - "Could Caldera
deliberately disable the netatalk by adding an extension or was it
someone's oversight?"
On my small Gateway, which hasn't had the netatalk binaries install
properly, I rename /etc/pam.d/netatalk.pamd to /etc/pam.d/netatalk, and
./atalk start. Viola, I CAN LOGIN !!!
To make sure my failed attempt of "make install" on the Gateway wasn't
partial:
First, I ./atalk stop'ed. "ps -ef" for netatalk binaries. ll /var/lock
for stale locks. - everything is clear.
Second, I un-installed the Netatalk RPM using LISA. I validated the
binaries were removed from /usr/sbin. - everything is clear.
Third, I then re-installed Netatalk off the CDROM using LISA. The
installed binaries have the Open Linux time & date stamp.
Fourth, "mv /etc/pam.d/netatalk.pamd /etc/pam.d/netatalk"
Fifth, /etc/rc.d/init/atalk start
and at last, successfully log in with my Chooser !!!
The bug has been a FILE EXTENSION !!!
Good Luck, Markus.
Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
Before you buy.
------------------------------
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: FIX: Netatalk and PAM on OpenLinux 2.4 (Caldera)
Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2000 07:09:08 GMT
Product: eDesktop 2.4 (possibly as far back as OL 2.2)
Category: Apps/Packages, Network, Netatalk
Info: OpenLinux 2.4 installs /etc/pam.d/netatalk.pamd
It should be /etc/pam.d/netatalk
1. /etc/rc.d/init.d/atalk stop
2. mv /etc/pam.d/netatalk.pamd /etc/pam.d/netatalk
3. /etc/rc.d/init.d/atalk start
The Story:
==========
hi there,
Symptoms: I've been having MacOS Chooser login problems on my Open Linux
2.4. I can see the boxes, but guest sees no volumes and users are getting
"invalid passwords" messages. This has been a posted issue on
alt.os.linux.caldera & comp.os.linux.network for a long time by other
users. The Caldera Knowledge Base document is a small document lifted
straight from the Netatalk FAQ
(http://thehamptons/anders/netatalk/)
(Configuring Netatalk on Caldera OpenLinux - Ref. #000613-0030)
I never saw anything on the Netatalk How-to mention the name of the PAM
File or how to configure the "/etc/pam.d/netatalk" settings.
Conclusion: Nothing is wrong with binaries in the Open Linux 2.4
distribution nor the contents of the PAM file !!! The problem is - the
PAM config file is the WRONG NAME !!!
Troubleshooting/Investigation:
The netatalk conf files I used were copied from my working Netatalk
install on a Redhat 5.1 machine. I did notice the Open Linux also had an
/etc/pam.d/netatalk.pamd. Everything looked fine to me since I know next
to nothing about PAM (bad admin). I suspected it's a PAM issue - possibly
the Caldera Open Linux RPMs don't aren't compiled for PAM.
So, after a week plus of research and compile attempts, I download from
http://thehamptons/anders/netatalk/ the pre-compiled "shadowed" version.
I try "make install" on my gateway server with a small hard drive. It
won't install for some reason.
I copy it my workstation and "make install". It works. I can now login --
HURRAY. But how to fix my Gateway. I look the correct netatalk PAM config
file on the workstation. "Wait a sec. Why do I have both /etc/pam.d/
netatalk AND /etc/pam.d/netatalk.pamd ?!" It dawns on me - "Could Caldera
deliberately disable the netatalk by adding an extension or was it
someone's oversight?"
On my small Gateway, which hasn't had the netatalk binaries install
properly, I rename /etc/pam.d/netatalk.pamd to /etc/pam.d/netatalk, and
./atalk start. Viola, I CAN LOGIN !!!
To make sure my failed attempt of "make install" on the Gateway wasn't
partial:
First, I ./atalk stop'ed. "ps -ef" for netatalk binaries. ll /var/lock
for stale locks. - everything is clear.
Second, I un-installed the Netatalk RPM using LISA. I validated the
binaries were removed from /usr/sbin. - everything is clear.
Third, I then re-installed Netatalk off the CDROM using LISA. The
installed binaries have the Open Linux time & date stamp.
Fourth, "mv /etc/pam.d/netatalk.pamd /etc/pam.d/netatalk"
Fifth, /etc/rc.d/init/atalk start
and at last, successfully log in with my Chooser !!!
The bug has been a FILE EXTENSION !!!
Good Luck, Markus.
Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
Before you buy.
------------------------------
Crossposted-To: linux.redhat.install
Subject: Re: Unable to run XWindows
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Kenneth R�rvik)
Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2000 07:43:08 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Rana Shoaib Ahmad) wrote in
<8q3b90$bvm$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>Previously I was using RedHat 6.2 and Windows 98 on my system, and I
>was able to run XWindows
<nitpick>No, you were able to run X ;) X is called X, not Xwindows.
</nitpick>
> The system just
>hangs there after displaying the usual text mesages and then the screen
>goes blank. I cannot use CTL+ALT+DEL or CTL+ALT+BKSPC to exit Linux or
>XWindows.
Sounds like your X server is constantly respawning, leaving you no chance
of getting to a console and entering a different runlevel.
>One other thing that I noticed was that Windows 98 detected
>the display card as standard PCI VGA, but when I installed the Matrox
>display drivers, it worked fine.
This is standard behaviour for windos 98 :)
You don't say what video card you have (G400?). Try starting in text mode
(Type "linux 3" at the LILO prompt), and login as root, and run XF86Setup.
After that, try "startx". If this still doesn't work, do a "X -probeonly >
xprobe.txt" and post the contents of file startx.txt.
BTW, I removed some of the newsgroups that you posted to...
--
Kenneth R�rvik 91841353/22950312
Nordbergv. 60A [EMAIL PROTECTED]
0875 OSLO home.no.net/stasis
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From: Eric <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: How do i create extended partition?
Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2000 10:46:56 +0200
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Evert de Jongh wrote:
>
> Hi
>
> I have 3 harddrives in my machine. No 1 is my Windows 98 boot partition (4
> gig). No2 is 1 gig. No3 is 20 gig. This one i partitioned with 5 gig for
> Linux. I want to install Linux on this partition. When i ran DiskDruid i can
> create a Linux Swap partition(128meg). Then when i want to create the Linux
> native partition (rest of drive) it tell me not enough disk space. I know
> this has something to do with Linux only being able to handle more than 4
> primary partitions. Must i now create an extended partition? If so, how? Or
> what must i do?
I'm not sure if I understand your question correctly.
Linux has no problem in supporting all the primary partitions you can
create on a HDD, but unfortunately, you're only allowed to create 4
primary partitions per HDD, the partitiontable cannot handle more than
that. All extra partitions you create are logical partitions, and are to
be handled by the OS. The drive itself has no knowledge of these
partitions. So linux can support up to four primary partitions per HDD
(as all OS's can I suppose) and one of these primary partitions may be
assgined as an extended partition. This is a per HDD limit, so if you
have 3 HDD's you can create an extended partition on each of the HDD's.
This extended partition may now be partitioned further in logical
partitions. Your partition tool (diskdruid) will be able to create these
logical partitions (perhaps even force you : RH6.1). As far as you are
concerned there's no difference in using primary or logical partitions
for any of the mountpoints you define. You will need to make sure that
the /boot partition lies entirely below cyl. 1024 (if you try to exceed
this, discdruid will tell you that you boot partition is too large!) and
preferably on the first IDE controller, or else you may end up with a
linux system that is unbootable from anything but a floppy disc.
Eric
> And how do i now set up my comp to reboot from the different partitions?
>
> As you can see, i am a very very newbie to this but would love to start
> playing with Linux.
>
> Thanx
>
> Evert
>
> ps. if it's to simple a question, reply directly to my email address.
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Ingo Hammann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: print two a4-pages on one A4-sheet automatically
Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2000 10:50:49 +0200
Hi,
I am trying to set up a (virtual - if this is the correct word)
printer that gets Postscript-files as input an reformats them
so that there are two pages on one A4-sheet.
I'm using SuSE Linux 6.3 and a Hewlett Packard Laserjet 4 Postscript
Printer that has its own network interface.
I wanted to use pstops for the reformatting-job (the pagespec I
use is "2:[email protected](21cm,0)[email protected](21cm,14.85cm)" [from the pstops
manpage]). pstops can read from stdin and writes the output to
stdout so that it should work fine as a printfilter. When I try
# pstops "2:[email protected](21cm,0)[email protected](21cm,14.85cm)" <test.ps >test2p.ps
it works as it should.
I added an entry in the /etc/printcap :
hp1_2p|remote printer on hp1:\
:sd=/var/spool/lpd/hp1_2p:\
:rm=hp1:\
:rp=lp:\
:if=/usr/bin/pstops \"2:[email protected](21cm,0)[email protected](21cm,14.85cm\":\
:lf=/tmp/lperr:\
:bk:sh:mx#0:
but nothing happens (no output to /tmp/lperr either). So I tried to
use a very simple Perl-script as the inputfilter instead:
#!/usr/bin/perl
open(OUTFILE, ">/tmp/lprout");
while(<STDIN>) {
print OUTFILE $_;
print $_;
}
close(OUTFILE);
with ...
:if=/usr/bin/echops:\
...
in the printcap.
This works just fine (and it also only reads from stdin and puts
stuff out on stdout, I added the OUTFILE-output for control-purposes
only). I cannot figure out why things don't go well when I use pstops.
Any ideas ? Thanks in advance !
Ingo
------------------------------
From: Ingo Hammann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: print two a4-pages on one A4-sheet automatically
Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2000 10:53:02 +0200
Hi,
I am trying to set up a (virtual - if this is the correct word)
printer that gets Postscript-files as input an reformats them
so that there are two pages on one A4-sheet.
I'm using SuSE Linux 6.3 and a Hewlett Packard Laserjet 4 Postscript
Printer that has its own network interface.
I wanted to use pstops for the reformatting-job (the pagespec I
use is "2:[email protected](21cm,0)[email protected](21cm,14.85cm)" [from the pstops
manpage]). pstops can read from stdin and writes the output to
stdout so that it should work fine as a printfilter. When I try
# pstops "2:[email protected](21cm,0)[email protected](21cm,14.85cm)" <test.ps >test2p.ps
it works as it should.
I added an entry in the /etc/printcap :
hp1_2p|remote printer on hp1:\
:sd=/var/spool/lpd/hp1_2p:\
:rm=hp1:\
:rp=lp:\
:if=/usr/bin/pstops \"2:[email protected](21cm,0)[email protected](21cm,14.85cm\":\
:lf=/tmp/lperr:\
:bk:sh:mx#0:
but nothing happens (no output to /tmp/lperr either). So I tried to
use a very simple Perl-script as the inputfilter instead:
#!/usr/bin/perl
open(OUTFILE, ">/tmp/lprout");
while(<STDIN>) {
print OUTFILE $_;
print $_;
}
close(OUTFILE);
with ...
:if=/usr/bin/echops:\
...
in the printcap.
This works just fine (and it also only reads from stdin and puts
stuff out on stdout, I added the OUTFILE-output for control-purposes
only). I cannot figure out why things don't go well when I use pstops.
Any ideas ? Thanks in advance !
Ingo
------------------------------
From: Ingo Hammann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: print two a4-pages on one A4-sheet automatically
Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2000 10:55:53 +0200
Hi,
I am trying to set up a (virtual - if this is the correct word)
printer that gets Postscript-files as input an reformats them
so that there are two pages on one A4-sheet.
I'm using SuSE Linux 6.3 and a Hewlett Packard Laserjet 4 Postscript
Printer that has its own network interface.
I wanted to use pstops for the reformatting-job (the pagespec I
use is "2:[email protected](21cm,0)[email protected](21cm,14.85cm)" [from the pstops
manpage]). pstops can read from stdin and writes the output to
stdout so that it should work fine as a printfilter. When I try
# pstops "2:[email protected](21cm,0)[email protected](21cm,14.85cm)" <test.ps >test2p.ps
it works as it should.
I added an entry in the /etc/printcap :
hp1_2p|remote printer on hp1:\
:sd=/var/spool/lpd/hp1_2p:\
:rm=hp1:\
:rp=lp:\
:if=/usr/bin/pstops \"2:[email protected](21cm,0)[email protected](21cm,14.85cm\":\
:lf=/tmp/lperr:\
:bk:sh:mx#0:
but nothing happens (no output to /tmp/lperr either). So I tried to
use a very simple Perl-script as the inputfilter instead:
#!/usr/bin/perl
open(OUTFILE, ">/tmp/lprout");
while(<STDIN>) {
print OUTFILE $_;
print $_;
}
close(OUTFILE);
with ...
:if=/usr/bin/echops:\
...
in the printcap.
This works just fine (and it also only reads from stdin and puts
stuff out on stdout, I added the OUTFILE-output for control-purposes
only). I cannot figure out why things don't go well when I use pstops.
Any ideas ? Thanks in advance !
Ingo
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Kousik Nandy)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.help
Subject: Re: Automatically mounting a samba drive at boot - how?
Date: 18 Sep 2000 09:34:13 GMT
On Sat, 16 Sep 2000 13:12:59 GMT, Bruce LaZerte wrote:
> I can boot as root and execute in the console: mount -f smbfs
> //bruce/landrive /mnt/landrive
> I've tried filling in the fstab table but nothing happens.
Did you give correct options in /etc/fstab ? I mean did you supply the
username and password? If you put the following line in /etc/fstab what
happens?
//bruce/landrive /mnt/landrive smbfs username=yourname,password=xxx 0 0
You may not want to keep /etc/fstab world readable if you write your samba
domain username & password in that.
Hope this helps,
Kousik.
--
__^__ __^__
( ___ )----------------------------------------( ___ )
| / | KOUSIK NANDY kousik.n(a)analog.com | \ |
| / | | \ |
|_/_| #include <disclaimer.h> |_\_|
(_____)----------------------------------------(_____)
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From: Harring Figueiredo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Please help.
Date: 17 Sep 2000 21:17:19 -0400
Steve wrote:
> Back to win 98 ics. I can ping any ip# i wan but am not getting name
> resolution. I can input the ip address and access a website but not the
> name. ie www.yahoo.com does not work but 216.32.74.52 works. The next
> problem is, when I finally figured out I could get to the web with the
> address, no graphics were displayed only text. I am fairly sure I have my
> video card properly installed. Any Ideas on either one will be greatly
> appreciated.
>
> I will learn this OS as soon as I am finished with school. I think I like it
> enough to give it time to learn and implement.
>
> Steve
You need to add the search name servers on the /etc/resolv so that the names
will be queried and transalated to you.
Example of the /etc/resolv.conf
nameserver 121.24.140.5 # This is the primary DNS from my ISP
nameserver 121.24.141.5 # This is the secondary DNS from my ISP
Ask to your Internet service provider for their primary and secondary DNS
servers.
Good luck
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From: Harring Figueiredo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Modem/COM setting problems
Date: 17 Sep 2000 21:25:05 -0400
Neil,
The prot from Win doesn't alyes transalates to the same thing in Linux. you
need to find the right
port on the linux side to see if that works. My modem is on Com 5 in Win , but
in linux it is on IRQ 3.
To find out the IRQ used by your modem, cat the /proc/pci file (since you
modem is PCI) and look for
something like this:
===========
Communication controller: Lucent (ex-AT&T) Microelectronics Unknown device
(rev 0).
Vendor id=11c1. Device id=480.
Medium devsel. Fast back-to-back capable. IRQ 3. Master Capable. No
bursts. Min Gnt=252.Max Lat=14.
I/O at 0xdc00 [0xdc01].
I/O at 0xda00 [0xda01].
=============
My modem is a Lucent Modem, and you can see that it was detected on IRQ3
and has a memory address of 0xdc00
US Robotics is probably one of the best Modems to work on Linux.
Good luck !!
Harring Figueiredo
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
"When comes to Linux Newbie, I am the first on the list!"
Neil Castle wrote:
> Hi
>
> I have recently loaded Mandrake 7.1 onto a separate partition of my PIII 866
> with Win 98 as the other OS. My modem is hooked up to Com 5. There is no
> obvious
> equivalent to this COM setting in the configuration of M7.1. Is it possible
> to configure a com5 setting using Konsole or by other means? Since I am a
> newbie at Linux any help would be appreciated.
>
> Finally, my modem is a US robotics 56K Voice PCI. Is there any known
> problems using this modem with Linux?
>
> Thanks in advance
>
> Neil A. Castle
------------------------------
From: goble@gtech (David. E. Goble)
Crossposted-To: alt.linux,alt.os.linux,aus.computers.linux
Subject: help: keys for changing screen resolutions
Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2000 10:35:52 GMT
Reply-To: goble@gtech
Hi all;
I can not remember the key combo to change the screen resolution in
gnome/kde.
Iam running RedHat 6.2.
--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: Blane Bramble <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.linux,alt.os.linux,aus.computers.linux
Subject: Re: help: keys for changing screen resolutions
Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2000 11:50:35 +0100
"David. E. Goble" wrote:
>
> Hi all;
>
> I can not remember the key combo to change the screen resolution in
> gnome/kde.
>
Try ctrl-alt-(keypad +)
and ctrl-alt-(keypad -)
Blane.
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From: "philo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Peanut Linux
Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2000 05:41:22 -0500
saw a post recently .(trying to install dos to dos partition)
peanut linux set-up unable to mount /dev/hda1 /DOS
i had the same problem...
the only posted reply was:
mkdir /C mount -t /dev/hda1 /C
needless to say...that was a completely useless amswer...
anyone have any peanut linux experience?
thanks
Philo
btw: mandrake, red hat & pygmy all work fine on this machine
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From: "Lurch" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,aus.computers.linux
Subject: Re: help: keys for changing screen resolutions
Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2000 12:54:53 +0200
Ctrl - Alt - + (increase resolution)
Ctrl - Alt - - (decrease resolution)
David. E. Goble <goble@gtech> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Hi all;
>
> I can not remember the key combo to change the screen resolution in
> gnome/kde.
>
> Iam running RedHat 6.2.
> --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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