Linux-Setup Digest #672, Volume #19 Fri, 22 Sep 00 04:13:06 EDT
Contents:
Transfer speed is very slow in net (Mihaly Gyulai)
Linux and compaq laptop?? (sami k mossessian)
3ware irritation... ("dirac")
Re: Newbie question: Setting up RAID 1 and RAID5 (moonie;))
Re: installing slackware 7 ("Jason Byrne")
Re: How to adjust kde display (Valentin Guillen)
New kernel OK, what can I delete? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Help Please (Valentin Guillen)
Re: ppp dial-on-demand?? ? ? ("David Evans")
Re: SAME PROBLEM Re: Can't login! Was I cracked? (Kousik Nandy)
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From: Mihaly Gyulai <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Transfer speed is very slow in net
Date: Fri, 22 Sep 2000 05:10:12 GMT
Recently I noticed a strange behaviour of downloading from the net.
The download is very slow (1-2 kB/s) comparing to a Win95 (6-7 kB/s),
and the d/l stops _before_ the end of file. So the file becomes
broken. (I tested d/l-ing the same file from the net, at the same
time).
The same slow connection speed is noticed with Samba, which says
after a while: "Network resource is no longer available" at copying
files to/from my Linux machine.
As far as I know I didn't change the network config of my machine,
but something should have changed. Previously it worked without these
results.
Any help appreciated, please help.
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Mihaly Gyulai
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From: sami k mossessian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Linux and compaq laptop??
Date: Fri, 22 Sep 2000 05:30:07 -0000
Hi,does anyone know if I can install linux on compaq slimline 1700T laptop
(p700/128/14.4),and will I have any problems?? it has a pci 56k modem.
thanks
sam
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From: "dirac" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: 3ware irritation...
Date: Fri, 22 Sep 2000 01:36:44 -0400
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware
Hello, I am a Linux user who is encountering some trouble installing Linux
onto a machine with new and somewhat custom hardware. Specifically, my
areas of difficulty seems to stem from my 3ware RAID controller. Without
it's driver support at install time I cannot install Linux at all.
The setup I am attempting is of Debian GNU/Linux. I am attempting a floppy
disk install of Debian (annoying, but it allows for better compatibility).
As it stands, my installation hits a dead-end when it comes time to
partition the hard drive - as when using the 3ware controller, no hard
drive is found. It is my guess that the driver isn't being loaded into the
kernel before this step - I checked the drivers.tgz file for the
non-floppy installation method of Debian and it contained the 3ware
driver. I have read the Debian install manual online, and it makes brief
mention of an ability to "pre-load kernel modules from the floppy
drive"... this seems like the right thing to do for my situation, however
the install manual (of course) doesn't mention the method of doing this -
just that you probably won't have to (goody for me!). Alas, I did not
notice any obvious menu option for me to do this - there was a ``Configure
Device Driver Modules'' option, however my attempt to use this option was
rebuked by the Debian install, which claimed that I need to have the hard
drive initialized to be able to use this option. As you can see, I have
encountered something of a chicken and egg problem here. If anyone has any
suggestions as to how to pre-load kernel modules for this situation, or
better... if anyone has used a 3ware RAID device before and has a
suggestion, I would much appreciate it.
(PS - There are some driver disks supplied for SuSE 6.3 and 6.4, as well
as Redhat Linux 6.1 and 6.2... I would prefer not to have to use those
distros (just personal preference, no biggie) but if no one can help me I
will use them. In any case, thanks for any help anyone can give me.)
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From: moonie;) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.os.linux.admin
Subject: Re: Newbie question: Setting up RAID 1 and RAID5
Date: Fri, 22 Sep 2000 01:52:03 -0400
On Fri, 15 Sep 2000, J Sloan wrote:
>[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
>> Hi, Linux Gurus!!
>>
>> I am a Linux newbie. I am trying to learn the concept of
>> RAID system. Can someone tell me the step-by-step procedure
>> on setting up a RAID 1 and RAID 5 system, please.
>>
>> Once I have installed another diskdrive, formatted and
>> partitioned it, I don't know what to do next!
>> Maybe, you can tell me the URL of the site or share what
>> you did when you setup your RAID system.
>
>http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/Software-RAID-HOWTO.html
>
>told me all I needed to set up raid on Red Hat 6.2 servers
>
>(This may even be on your Linux system in /usr/doc/HOWTO)
>
>jjs
As a side note, RAID 5 requires at least 3 drives.
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moonie ;)
Registered Linux User #175104
http://counter.li.org
KDE2
Kernel 2.4.0-test5
XFree86 4.0 Nvidia .94 drivers
RAID 0 Striped
Test-Pilots-R-Us ;)
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From: "Jason Byrne" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: installing slackware 7
Date: Thu, 21 Sep 2000 22:46:57 -0700
'pkgtool' is also useful... to update/add to the system.
> You may use their GUI tools 'setup' to install these package.
>
> SOMERTON KENNEDY wrote:
> >
> > i have recently installed slack 7 on my computer and i get login and
> > password prompt and then it goes to the graphical user interface their
> > is not much info on the gui really basically im looking for more info on
> > the first cd it comes with 3 more cds on the cover of the package it
> > says that it comes with gnome kde and two thousand applications is their
> > anyone out their who knows how to set up slackwares entire 4 cds thanks
> > in advance you can email me at [EMAIL PROTECTED] linux rules
>
> --
> Best Regards,
> Shell Hung
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From: Valentin Guillen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: How to adjust kde display
Date: Fri, 22 Sep 2000 06:34:36 GMT
Michael,
Now that you have the monitor's manual handy, at a console, find your
XF86Config file and rename/move/delete this file. You can now rerun the
video configuration utility which you did originally. Or even some
other.
When asked to declare the monitor, choose you brand and model if it's
one of the options presented. If it's not, you will wish to specify a
generic monitor, and within the configuration utility will be a place
where you can specify the frequency limits pertaining to your monitor.
This will be frequency limits for the monitor's vertical refresh
frequency/s, and the horizontal scan rate. The values for vertical
refresh rate are generally in the range of 56~120 Hz and may be a single
frequency, multiple discrete frequencies or an inclusive range i.e.
60~85Hz.
This configuration tool you're using will use the information you
provide to attempt to create a configuration file to run X the way
you've indicated. So, this new file will have *combinations of
frequencies* which it has computed with your input, and these
combinations are called "modelines" and there will generally be several
of these modelines for each resolution you requested. So, example you
requested 800x600 & 1024x768 There will be several modelines *available
for potential use* contained now in this file for two resolutions. The
way the user can dictate which one of these is the "lucky chosen one" is
to either remove all but the desired entry from the file, or by
"commenting them out within the file". This means that the only two
effective resolutions in this file would each have one active modeline.
The user could pick a modeline which dictates a vertical refresh rate is
60Hz, but this is unlikely, as that flickers a lot and is not
ergonomic. If a user were lucky and their monitor supported a v refresh
rate of 85Hz or higher, the user would choose a modeline for this res
which would specify 85Hz or their monitor's upper limit.
Keep in mind that these video confiration utilities are written to
support the greatest range of of equipment, and therefore may not
correctly place these modelins in what the user would hope to be a
logical order. The DEFAULT vertical refresh rate is likely to be in the
range of 60~72Hz, (common upper limit in midprice monitors). If you
require/need different, you need to locate, open and edit the file to
remove/remark those modelines not desired, and even specify the order in
which the rsolutions are specified in a later section of the file. This
will determine the default color depth, resolution and refresh rates on
invocation of X. This file is quite intuitive once you see and edit
it.
Once you've sucessfully invoked X, you can open the adjustment menu's on
monitor and correctly place the image as best you can. There are
utilities like xvidtune which allow the user to, via the program, vary
the timing specifications of the modeline being used because this is the
way to *stretch and move* the image
electronically. I think that there is available a KDE-based utility
which does the same.
Be sure to keep the values you specify matching the actual monitor's
specs because the monitor can be permanently damaged by incorrect
operation.
Check your Red Hat documentation for info on possible included vid
config utilities like xconfigurator, XF86Setup, etc. I'm not a Rat Head
user, perferring SuSE....:-)
And do see the man pages! for XFree86 and XF86Config
Regards,
Valentin Guillen
Iwaki wrote:
>
> My kde display is a little off-center. Needs adjustment. I have a
> Viewsonics PT770 and Matrox Millenium 4Mb card with 2064W chipset. On
> my monitor, I can push a panel button and get an on-screen display of
> various adjustments to the monitor. It also says the Horizontal freq.
> 43.88Khz, vertical freq. 89Hz and says "Non-registered". I looked up
> the frequency settings for the 1024 x 768 resolution in the monitor
> manual: H=68.68 Khz, V=85Hz.
>
> This is what I think I want to set up in Linux (I use redhat 6.2). How
> do I set it? Someone told me to use xvidtune or xconfigurator. What's
>
> the step-by-step procedure to use it? Is there any danger of damaging
> the monitor or video card?
>
> Thanks for any help
> Michael Iwaki
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: New kernel OK, what can I delete?
Date: 22 Sep 2000 06:53:43 GMT
I just installed the new kernel 2.2.17, and I'm wondering if it's safe to
delete the /lib/modules/2.2.14-5.0 directory and the vmlinuz-2.2.14-5.0?
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-T.
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From: Valentin Guillen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Help Please
Date: Fri, 22 Sep 2000 07:22:38 GMT
Marek,
I would remove the present C drive, attach only the new drive, and plan
on doing a few installations to get a feel for linux, it's tools you'll
need, like fdisk, and linux in general. I would try that during a
couple of different weekends, and then connect the windoz drive alone
again.
When you've become more familiar with the single installation, you can
then more confidently install a dual-boot box which will retain your
current operating system and install the new linux. The actual way to
get started is to insert the CD into your DOS or windoz machine and look
for the file called README (case-sensitive) in the root directory of the
CD# 1. It explains the procedure, the included tools available on the
CD to assist in making the boot diskette for that distro, any other
diskettes you may need, the locations files on the CD, etc. As you go
into each of the different folders which the main README files
references, you can usually use notepad or wordpad to read the readme
files which each contains. Read about the procedured which pertain to
your installation, like SCSI, PCCard device install, etc. You might
even print any of these that seem to pertain to you.
Now that you've made your boot diskette, you can disconnect the current
C drive. Connect the new drive and install. It's a text based routine
with dialog boxes which you can tab between. Attached is a typical
README file which you'll find in the root dirctory of your install CD.
Regards,
Valentin
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From: "David Evans" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: ppp dial-on-demand?? ? ?
Date: Fri, 22 Sep 2000 08:55:02 +0100
I've been trying to set this up myself lately
You don't need to use diald with your version, you can use the demand option
in pppoptions in /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-pppX
demand does dial on demand for you
ipcp .... means that it will react to local and remote (LAN) requests
idle 600 - phone down after 600 sec of inactivity
In PPPOPTIONS="demand persist ipcp-accept-local ipcp-accept-remote idle 600"
look at this
http://www.nic.com/~cannon/Linux/
a hands on how to linux dial on demand and ipmasquerade by Kevin Martin
lucas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> hello one and all,
>
> i have redhat linux 6.2 on one computer with a modem and ppp0 working
> and running. so i can www around once connected. i use "ifup ppp0" and
>
> "ifdown ppp0" to manually connect and disconnect. i have two windows
> computers connected via 100BaseTX to the linux box, where eth0 is the
> ethernet card on the linux box. the windows computers simply have the
> default gateway set to 192.168.0.1, which is the ip of the linux box.
> so the linux box has the only modem and is fully configured for ppp
> dialout, with two internal windows computers connected to it via
> 100BaseTX at IPs 192.168.0.2 and 192.168.0.3, where the default gateway
> is the linux 192.168.0.1 box.
>
> all of the computers can browse the web fine once i manually turn ppp0
> on and it is connected. i would like the linux box, ppp0, to
> automatically dialout if an external IP request is requested of the
> linux box, either from itself or the other two windows computers. i
> believe that this is called dial-on-demand, but i am not sure. so once
> the first external request is received the ppp0 will automatically
> connect and external access is then running. i also want that if any
> and all external requests are silent for say 5 minutes, the ppp0 will
> automatically shutdown. once shutdown, it will again wait for another
> external request and dialout automatically. does this make sense?
>
> anyone who can offer assistance and/or has actually configured their
> little network to run like this, please respond and give me advise.
> thank you in advance and have a nice day.
>
> lucas
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Kousik Nandy)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.security
Subject: Re: SAME PROBLEM Re: Can't login! Was I cracked?
Date: 22 Sep 2000 07:33:46 GMT
On Thu, 21 Sep 2000 19:40:57 -0400, Scott Watson wrote:
> I have a similar problem. When my box boot I get the
> login prompt I enter a username "root" and root's password
> and I get login incorrect. When infact this is not the
> case. I tried all 5 other accounts and have the same
> problem with them all. I rebooted in single user mode and
> then as root did a su to one of the user id's changed the
> password and rebooted and still the same problem. Does
> anyone have any clue what is going on here.
I think your /bin/login program has been changed. And been
replaced by a script which will give you the prompt, take
the password, tell you login incorrect, and mail the
username & password to someone. Also some other binaries
might have been changed. Replace your /bin/login, also seek
what others have been replaced by this kinda trojan horses.
All the best,
-Kousik.
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