Linux-Setup Digest #700, Volume #19 Tue, 26 Sep 00 06:13:06 EDT
Contents:
Re: monitor frequency out of range
Re: Installation fails for Adaptec (AIC7880) SCSI Controller (Jaco van Staden)
Re: man and info pages in wrong language ("St. Otto")
Re: [Fwd: Mount in Corel Linux 1.1] (Eric)
Re: New Linux Install (Raymond Laia)
Re: Shared memory (shmget) problem on v2.3.51 (Colin Watson)
re: using RedHat Linux 6.1 with VMware (No Moa)
RAID 0 and dual boot (schuetzen - RKBA!)
Kickstart ("Conrad Lawes")
Re: Signal 7 Error (=?iso-8859-1?Q?Rasmus_B=F8g_Hansen?=)
RH6.2: boot partition as Amoeba ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: New Linux Install (John)
Re: error in loading shared libraries: libXmu.so.6: cannot open shared object ("Dave
Addison")
linux CRASH!!!!???? ("ykchew")
XFree86 4.0.1 and FireGl1 problem (Jean-Christophe FABRE)
Re: honeypot + syslogd (Rasputin)
Linksys fastethernet 10/100 in Mandrake 7.1 ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Slackware CD#2 sets hardware clock back 7 hours? (M. Buchenrieder)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ()
Subject: Re: monitor frequency out of range
Date: Tue, 26 Sep 2000 05:35:50 -0000
On 26 Sep 2000 12:00:41 +0800, John <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Clive DaSilva <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> hmmn eddie
>
>> if i was in your shoes, i would boot from a bootfloppy (that way the
>> Xwindows does not come up), and run xf86config to re-do your
>> Xsettings.
>> btw wonder why its a bad idea to start X at bootup ? *grin*
>
>It is definitely a good idea to start X at boot.
Why bother? Just plain login with some tweaks to the shell
startup scripts is all you really need to login users and
send them directly into the desktop of their choice.
OTOH, X having fits can make workarounds difficult to use.
>
>It's also a good thing to know
>1) How to boot without it. "linux 3" at the lilo prompt probably works for RHL users.
>2) How to get to a text console to fix things. Ctrl-Alt-Fn where 0<n<7 usually works.
>3) How to test changes. "startx -- :2" often works for me.
--
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I haven't lost my mind -- it's backed up on tape somewhere.
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From: Jaco van Staden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Installation fails for Adaptec (AIC7880) SCSI Controller
Date: Tue, 26 Sep 2000 07:46:33 +0200
"David .." wrote:
>
> Jaco van Staden wrote:
> >
> > All
> >
> > I am trying to install RH 6.2 on a IBM PC 330 Server which uses an
> > Adaptec SCSI controller and an IBM ServeRaid Raid controller. It seems
> > as if the SCSI controller driver is not loaded correctly.
> >
> > Problem:
> >
> > I boot from the CD and after the kernel loaded it says AIC7xxx loading.
> > Thereafter, it asks which installation medium to use; CDROM or Hard
> > Drive. I then choose CDROM and it asks for SCSI or Other. I select SCSI
> > (it is a SCSI CDROM). Then it presents a list of driver options, but
> > nothing for CDROM's. Instead it looks like SCSI controller cards
> > -without the AIC7xxx in the list. No matter what I select it just goes
> > back to the list again.
> >
> > If I select the Hard Drive for installation medium it does exactly the
> > same as with the CDROM.
>
> I'm not familiar with IBM systems so this is may or may not be the
> answer.
> Have you tried using the drivers disk and at the boot prompt enter
> "linux dd"
>
> --
> Confucius say: He who play in root, eventually kill tree.
> Registered with the Linux Counter. http://counter.li.org
> ID # 123538
If you boot from the CD, all drivers are included and you do not need
the drivers disk. But, what I have done is downloaded the latest AIC7xxx
driver and entered 'linux dd' to load it. The problem is then the same
as explained in my previous email.
I think the driver is there and it is correct, but somehow it is not
loaded correctly. If I could just get more diagnostic information from
the setup program I might be able to figure it out. Is there some 'hot
key' combination to get more diagnostics?
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From: "St. Otto" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: man and info pages in wrong language
Date: Tue, 26 Sep 2000 07:53:11 +0200
Kenan Esau wrote:
>
> Hi I am using RH6.2 and i accidantely chose the wrong language (german)
> during installation. Now i've got all man- and info-pages in german. How
> can i get rid of them and get the english ones again ???
>
> I already tried to install the english verion-rpm of the man pages but it
> didn't do what i exptected.
>
> Please Help me
Check your environment with env for LANG-entry, change them in your
.profile to the required language.
Regards, Steffen
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From: Eric <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: [Fwd: Mount in Corel Linux 1.1]
Date: Tue, 26 Sep 2000 08:31:22 +0200
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Kieron Dunbar wrote:
>
> I've been having difficulties in mounting a hard disk with my current set-up.
> I've got Linux installed to a file on a hard disk, but when I try to mount
> the other hard disk with "mount -t affs /dev/hdb /usr/dh0" I got the response
> "mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock or too many mounted file
> systems". Is there any way I can find out what the problem could be?
>
> kwaheri, Kieron (reverse username to reply)
Have you even looked at the reply to your first post?
Respond on that if the suggestion doesn't work, before you repost.
(search deja.com if you cannot find it anymore)
Eric
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From: Raymond Laia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.advocacy,alt.os.linux.mandrake
Subject: Re: New Linux Install
Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2000 16:02:36 +0200
> "James M. Luongo" wrote:
>
> I plan on installing Linux Mandrake 7.1 for the first time. I need some
> help. How big should the partitions be? And, I heard something about
> LiLo not recognizing a Linux partition after a certain disk cylinder (or
> sector, whatever). I think it was 1023, but I'm not sure. Is this
> true? Help!
Hallo James, I don't know how big is your harddisk. But I make a good
experience with 2 GB. The normal setup eats ca. 1,2 GB of your disk.
Don't worry about LILO and the disk cylinder. The LILO version in
Mandrake 7.1 can cope with more cylinders. If you like a pretier
Bootmanager then you can try GRUB. Mandrake will ask you to choose at
the end of installation.
Raymond
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Colin Watson)
Subject: Re: Shared memory (shmget) problem on v2.3.51
Date: 26 Sep 2000 06:33:06 GMT
Tariq Hussain <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>shmget: shm filesystem not mounted
[...]
>In the "Changes" file on /usr/src/linux/Documentation/ it mentioned that
>shm needs to be mounted on mount point /proc/sys/kernel/shmpath, I've
>seen references to this during "make xconfig" in one of the menu's, but
>I can't remember which menu. I can't seem find any more information
>regarding this (shm) in the source tree.
>
>I mounted the filesystem as follows in /etc/fstab:
>
>none /proc/sys/kernel/shmpath shm defaults 0 0
You shouldn't mount extra things over /proc. The text of
Documentation/Changes must have been updated between 2.3.51 and the
2.4.0-test2 kernel I'm running, but perhaps it meant that you needed to
echo the real mount point into /proc/sys/kernel/shmpath. Newer kernels
don't even have that file; you just mount it on /dev/shm or /var/shm or
whatever.
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people are like that sometimes,' Ulath replied sagely."
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From: No Moa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.linux.redhat;,alt.os.linux;,be.comp.os.linux;,comp.os.linux.announce;,comp.os.linux.answers;,comp.os.linux.hardware;,comp.os.linux.misc;,comp.os.linux.networking;
Subject: re: using RedHat Linux 6.1 with VMware
Date: Tue, 26 Sep 2000 06:54:51 GMT
I can't get Red Hat Linux to access the web with my cable modem with
VMware. I'm running windows 2k while running linux with vmware.
Please help thanks. Please reply to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Nate
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From: schuetzen - RKBA! <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: RAID 0 and dual boot
Date: Tue, 26 Sep 2000 02:03:38 -0500
I want to set my two 30gb HDD up in RAID 0 (mirror) using W98SE and SUSE 7.0.
A guru tells me that this will not work well (if at all) because the two OS need
to be on separate HDD.
That I should set the two HDD up in RAID1 instead effectively creating a 60gb
HDD but with W98 on one and SUSE on the other.
Further, that he cannot see how the system would run with RAID0 even if I were
to put both OS on the same HDD.
This is not the reason I bought two of these HDD.
Does he know what he is talking about? I certainly know nothing about Linux and
only slightly more about RAID, etc.
thanks
chas
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From: "Conrad Lawes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: linux.redhat.install
Subject: Kickstart
Date: Tue, 26 Sep 2000 07:58:51 GMT
How can I get Kickstart to install the generic SVGA adapter? So far
xconfig --server "SVGA" does not work as expected - I'm still prompted to
select a video adapter during setup.
Thanks
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From: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Rasmus_B=F8g_Hansen?= <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.x
Subject: Re: Signal 7 Error
Date: Tue, 26 Sep 2000 10:12:19 +0200
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On Mon, 25 Sep 2000, jbrown wrote:
>
> Has anyone encounter a signal 7 error on Redhat 6.2?
Do you by any chance have to little RAM? RedHat 6.2's install is a real
memory hog. 6.2 itself runs in 8Mb RAM - but it does not install...
> If so, how did you fit the problem?
Installed 5.2 instead. Threw away the box and found one with 20Mb RAM.
> Jaxx
Rasmus B�g Hansen
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RH6.2: boot partition as Amoeba
Date: Tue, 26 Sep 2000 08:14:19 GMT
A preliminary question:
I've installed Red Hat 6.2 on in a separate harddisk, with the following
partition: hdc1 hdc5 hdc6
[------------][---------------------------------------][------------] /boot
/(root) (swap)
In Linux, run /sbin/fdisk, I see the type of hdc1 is Amoeba, but not ext2.
And when I run Partition Magic 4 in Win98, I see the type of hdc1 as ext2.
Why is that?
Thanks!
Ming Zhu
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From: John <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: New Linux Install
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.advocacy,alt.os.linux.mandrake
Date: 26 Sep 2000 15:50:44 +0800
In comp.os.linux.hardware Raymond Laia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> "James M. Luongo" wrote:
>>
>> I plan on installing Linux Mandrake 7.1 for the first time. I need some
>> help. How big should the partitions be? And, I heard something about
>> LiLo not recognizing a Linux partition after a certain disk cylinder (or
>> sector, whatever). I think it was 1023, but I'm not sure. Is this
>> true? Help!
> Hallo James, I don't know how big is your harddisk. But I make a good
> experience with 2 GB. The normal setup eats ca. 1,2 GB of your disk.
> Don't worry about LILO and the disk cylinder. The LILO version in
> Mandrake 7.1 can cope with more cylinders. If you like a pretier
> Bootmanager then you can try GRUB. Mandrake will ask you to choose at
> the end of installation.
James is right to worry about the number of culinders; my 30 Gbyte drive is
definitely too big to be unpartitioned. However, LILO (and more importantly,
the BIOS) can be kept happy by making a /boot partition of 16 Mbytes or so.
I also have an 8.6 Gbyte drive that can't be booted (I got caught) unless you
take precautions.
If your installer gives you the option to make a boot disk during the install process,
take it. Better safe than sorry; getting a Linux system up when it won't boot from the
HDD
is not a task for a novice.
After boot, there's no problem with parition locations or sizes.
For partition sizes, read your manual;-)
I do recomment you make /home a separate partition - it's a matter of space management.
However, it's not critical - you can install everything into one partition
(subject to 1024 cylinders); later you can add a new drive, copy everything from
/home to it, moun the drive as /home and all is well. No drive letters get changed,
everything's in the same place.
Oh.
Do record your partition information on paper (sfdisk -l | lpr) and print your
/etc/fstab.
In the event you need to restore your root filesystem or whole drive (as I did last
week - dud
drive), you will need the information.
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From: "Dave Addison" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: error in loading shared libraries: libXmu.so.6: cannot open shared object
Date: Tue, 26 Sep 2000 09:42:55 +0100
PATH is not the appropriate variable, LD_LIBRARY_PATH is used to configure
linked libraries (at least it is on Solaris and I think it works on Linux)
Alternatively there is a file in /etc which is used to set the system wide
default for load libraries. I think it is called ld.conf and is used by the
command ldconfig
Otherwise you could try moving the .netscape directory in your home
directory. With any luck this might stop netscape trying to load the missing
file
Randell D. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:z2Hz5.9833$ly4.82773@NewsReader...
> since removed) Real Player. I have also tried uninstalling Netscape, and
> then re-installing it again. The error I get is
>
> "error in loading shared libraries: libXmu.so.6: cannot open shared object
> file: No such file or directory."
>
> I have found libXmu.so.6 living in /usr/X11R6/lib and edited /etc/profile
> value of PATH to include this, but this has not fixed the situation.
>
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From: "ykchew" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: linux CRASH!!!!????
Date: Tue, 26 Sep 2000 16:59:11 +0800
hi there,
i have install the redhat6.2 in my new pc (P3 667, S3Trio, 15 G B
Harddisk, 256 RAM), after couple times of restart the pc. The linux is
crash at mounting harddisk. It force to scan the harddisk and then crash the
linux by showing "kmem_alloc: bad slab magic (corrupt) (name=buffer_head)
any idea of what is happening?
regards,
chew.
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From: Jean-Christophe FABRE <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: XFree86 4.0.1 and FireGl1 problem
Date: Tue, 26 Sep 2000 10:30:54 +0200
I've downloaded XFree86 4.0.1 and the X Server provided by diamond for
the FireGL1.
I've installed and configured them.
When I run startx, all the detection works fine, the server seems to be
launched and then it gets back to the text mode showin an error message
:
fatal server error
caught signal 11. server aborted
Can anybody help me !
thanks
JC
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Rasputin)
Crossposted-To:
alt.computer.security,alt.linux,alt.os.security,comp.os.linux.x,comp.security.firewalls,comp.security.misc,comp.security.unix,linux.redhat.install,linux.redhat.misc
Subject: Re: honeypot + syslogd
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Tue, 26 Sep 2000 09:30:26 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] <Damian Menscher> wrote:
>In comp.security.misc jhuman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> I was reading the article by lance spitzner on builing a honeypot and he
>> mentioned something about "recompiling syslogd" to read from a different
>> configuration file other than syslog.conf like /var/tmp/conf. I was
>> wondering how that is done? Any help would be great.
>
>First off, you _could_ just run it as syslogd -f /var/tmp/conf. If
>you want to be a bit more sneaky, you could leave it running as usual,
>but have /etc/syslog.conf point to a different file when it is
>starting than what it is during normal operation.
Do you mean a symlink? How is that secure?
vi /etc/syslog.conf still gives a cracker the info they need that way.
A recompile of syslog means you can leave a dummy syslog.conf, which STR
was the point of the article.
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Rasputin.
Jack of All Trades - Master of Nuns.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Linksys fastethernet 10/100 in Mandrake 7.1
Date: Tue, 26 Sep 2000 09:32:11 GMT
I am relatively new to linux and I am trying to get my network setup.
If that is the only thing I am able to do I would be extremely happy.
I have the PCMPC100 Linksys card, which is supposed to be recognized
by Linux...however, it is not. I was reading the readme on the
Linksys driver disk and it says I need to load the pcmcia card
services and then just configure the card and it should be
recognized...however, it is not. I know that I used this very card to
connect to the internet via cable modem in RedHat 6.0, so I don't
understand why it doesn't work. My computer couse bleep at startup
when Linux is showing the pcmcia [OK] line, but no ethernet card in X.
Anyone with a solution...and if so, could you be specific on any
command line operations as I am still learning.
Thanks,
Dan Allen
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (M. Buchenrieder)
Subject: Re: Slackware CD#2 sets hardware clock back 7 hours?
Date: Tue, 26 Sep 2000 06:27:10 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (ljb) writes:
[...]
>But, every time I use this CD, my system's hardware clock gets set back 7
>hours (when I shut down). What really bothers me about this is I cannot
>figure out why it happens! Yes, the CD is set to US/Pacific time zone (7
>hours before UTC in summer). On boot, it seems to do "hwclock --hctosys",
>and on shutdown, "hwclock --systohc". There is no /etc/hardwareclock file,
>and /etc/adjtime is set for LOCAL, so it should assume the hardware clock
>is set to local time (not UTC) both when reading and writing the hardware
>clock. So what am I not seeing here?
If you boot with the rescue system from the CD, it doesn't read
/etc/adjtime or /etc/hardwareclock at all. All it does is checking
the HW clock, and it assumes that your system is running on UTC
(which is the preferred method when running a UN*X system) instead
of local time. You can avoid such confusion by simply using UTC
if you're solely running Linux, anyways. Only if you're dual-booting
with Win* you'll have a problem, as Windows doesn't know (at least,
not without third-party tools AFAIK) how to deal with a UTC clock
setting.
Michael
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