Linux-Setup Digest #724, Volume #19 Fri, 29 Sep 00 11:13:08 EDT
Contents:
Re: HELP! Setting up a newsserver ("Allan")
Re: Printer in Gnome (=?iso-8859-1?Q?Rasmus_B=F8g_Hansen?=)
Re: mingetty (=?iso-8859-1?Q?Rasmus_B=F8g_Hansen?=)
Re: Specifying Kernel Module Load Order ("ne...")
Re: Setting up printer (BJ200) (Rob Sykes)
Re: Linux Installation (Harry Lewis)
Re: Mandrake vs Redhat (Harry Lewis)
Re: samba printing to window client (Harry Lewis)
pam_smb makes me nervous ("Martin Schmidt")
Re: Mandrake vs Redhat ("Philo")
Re: Tin Configuration (Kevin Croxen)
Re: Aureal Sound Cards (Joshua Baker-LePain)
Re: Setting up printer (BJ200) ("Philo")
Re: Reinstall linux will loss file?
Re: cable modem lost connection hangs programs. ("Andrew P. Billyard")
Re: windows sees linux partitions ! (Eric)
typical .config file for kernel compilation (Alessandro Magni)
Re: RH7.0 problems (Mogens Kjaer)
Re: Printer in Gnome ("Paulie")
Re: Internal PCI modem cannot use ("Lonni J. Friedman")
Re: Redhat 6.1 Rescue Error (Thomas Denier)
NVidia gfx card under RH7.0 ("Jeroen Zwartepoorte")
Linux on 200 MB Harddrive? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
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From: "Allan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: HELP! Setting up a newsserver
Date: Fri, 29 Sep 2000 08:16:58 +0100
Reply-To: "Allan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
"Greg Baumgratz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> I am looking for information on setting up a newsserver with a
> newsfeed. Anyone have any suggestions for what to use (software) and
> info on configuring it? Any help would be greatly appreciated!
>
> Thanks!
> Greg
>
>
Leafnode is ok and simple to set up for a small home LAN
--
Allan
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From: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Rasmus_B=F8g_Hansen?= <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Printer in Gnome
Date: Fri, 29 Sep 2000 12:36:27 +0200
On Thu, 28 Sep 2000, Paulie wrote:
> How can I access my printer in the Gnome environment?
Printing should work fine if you have a configured printer.
What OS are you using? Linux, i presume - but if you are running RedHat,
try 'printtool' to set up a printer.
Rasmus B�g Hansen
---
If you only have a hammer
everything looks like a nail
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From: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Rasmus_B=F8g_Hansen?= <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.questions,comp.os.linux.redhat,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: mingetty
Date: Fri, 29 Sep 2000 12:41:44 +0200
On Fri, 29 Sep 2000, Tom Voltaggio wrote:
> Someone told me about alogin to allow for
> automatic login.
>
> This instructs you to modify the /etc/inittab as follows:
> change
> 1;2345 respawn:/sbin/mingetty ttty1
> to
> 1;2345 respawn:/sbin/mingetty ttty1 /bin/alogin
^^^^^
You probably have a 't' too much. Or - if that does not fix the problem -
perhaps you want to change it to:
1:2345 respawn:/bin/alogin tty1
But I am no expert...
> When I do, I get an error on bootup which says that the
> system is respawning too fast and shutting it down for 5
> minutes.
>
> Any clue? The docs for alogin only talk about agetty, or
> mgetty, but not mingetty.
>
Rasmus B�g Hansen
---
If you only have a hammer
everything looks like a nail
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From: "ne..." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Specifying Kernel Module Load Order
Date: Fri, 29 Sep 2000 12:23:20 GMT
On Sep 29, 2000 at 01:49, [EMAIL PROTECTED] eloquently wrote:
>How can I specify which order the kernel loads each module? I get the
>following error in /var/log/messages:
You might need to play about in
/lib/modules/<kernel-version>/modules.dep
However, you do so at your peril.
[...]
--
Registered Linux User # 125653 (http://counter.li.org)
I have defined the hundred per cent American as ninety-nine per cent an idiot.
-- George Bernard Shaw
8:22am up 3 days, 5:30, 10 users, load average: 0.07, 0.03, 0.01
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From: Rob Sykes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: Setting up printer (BJ200)
Date: Fri, 29 Sep 2000 13:18:47 +0100
On Thu, 14 Sep 2000 21:13:10 +0100, a computer cruelly manipulated by
"Rob Sykes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> barfed thusly:
>Hi all,
>
>Am trying to setup my printer (still) under Suse 6.4
>
>The installation seems to work fine but nothing prints
>All queues, etc appear to be running as they should
>
>I found these messages at the end of /var/log/messages
>
>
>Sep 14 20:55:44 linux kernel: i810_configure<6>parport0: PC-style at 0x378
>[SPP,PS2]
>Sep 14 20:55:44 linux kernel: parport_probe: failed
>Sep 14 20:55:44 linux kernel: parport0: no IEEE-1284 device present.
>Sep 14 20:55:44 linux kernel: lp0: using parport0 (polling).
>Sep 14 20:55:51 linux kernel: lp0 off-line
>
>
>Any clues, anyone ?
>
>Rob Sykes
>
>
>
>
>
The story continues (after some time off). If I load the modules
manually (parport parport_pc and lp) using no parameters I am
able to do:
cat /etc/passwd > /dev/lp0
as many times as I like and I get printout. If I try /lpr/ or GUI
front ends then nothing prints. /lpd/ is running (no error messages
that I can find). Things end up in the queue, but no printing. My
brain hurts....
Configuring X to work with a 10 year old monitor was a piece of p***
compared to this!
--
Rob Sykes
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From: Harry Lewis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Linux Installation
Date: Fri, 29 Sep 2000 13:57:09 +0100
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
It's not NT that hangs, it's lilo (the Linux loader). Basically,
installing NT has corrupted your Linux installation, so Linux won't
load, while NT won't load as the Master Boot Record is now set up for
Linux not NT. If you created a Linux boot disk, you can recover from
this, if not then things could get tricky! To complete the NT
installation, you need to restore the MS MBR using the DOS command FDISK
/MBR (warning - this removes lilo from the MBR!). Naturally, this
requires you to have a DOS system disk with the basic utilities on it.
Next time you reboot, you'll go right back into the NT installation
where you left off. You then need to boot to Linux using the boot
diskette and edit the lilo configuration to put the loader somewhere
sensible (say, the boot sector of the Linux partition) and use a utility
like bootpart (you can download it free from the Web) to create an entry
in the NT boot menu to load to Linux. You can also use Lilo to boot to
NT, though I prefer the NT boot menu as it's slightly more idiot-proof!
Harry
Mani wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I had installed Linux on my laptop and it was working fine.Now I need to
> install Windows NT 4.0 Workstation on my laptop.I have tried installing NT
> by formating th HDD where the Linux was installed but when NT installation
> prompts me to reboot the machine hangs just after RAM check and displays LI
> on the screen.
>
> Please Help me out it is very urgent!
>
> The Config of my Laptop is RAM 128 MB
> HDD 12 GB
> CPU Pentium II 233Mhz
>
> Regards.
> Mani
>
> --
> Posted via CNET Help.com
> http://www.help.com/
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From: Harry Lewis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Mandrake vs Redhat
Date: Fri, 29 Sep 2000 14:02:26 +0100
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Mandrake is a distribution based on Red Hat and optimized for i586
processors. I think I'm right in saying Mandrake 7 is based on Red Hat 6
point something (probably 6.1). It's much of a muchness - Mandrake has a
slight bias to KDE and Red Hat a slight bias to Gnome. Both work fine on
most systems, though Mandrake claims to be faster on Pentiums thanks to
the optimization. Take your pick!
Harry
Ken wrote:
>
> Im wondering whats the difference between Mandrake 7.0 and Redhat 7.0? Which
> ones best for someone who hasnt got into linux yet?
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From: Harry Lewis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: samba printing to window client
Date: Fri, 29 Sep 2000 14:09:08 +0100
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
cups-1.1b5-0-i386.rpm
Bookmark http://rpmfind.net/linux/RPM/index.html and you'll never have
to post a query for an rpm again!
Harry
Andrew Wai wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I'm trying to get printing on my redhat linux (6.2) to a networked
> printer on an NT via samba. Can anyone tell me which rpm the lpadmin
> command comes from as I can't seem to find it on my system.
>
> Thanks,
> Andrew
> --
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Strategic Captial Development (HK) Ltd.
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From: "Martin Schmidt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: pam_smb makes me nervous
Date: Fri, 29 Sep 2000 15:16:02 +0200
Hi ,
I use Suse 7.0 on a linux client and a NT PDC
for authentication . Thus i installed samba and
pam_smb to get the passwords from NT.
This works ok, problems are there if i want to
log in with a user that only exists under NT.
To create users automatically i ve added the
following in /etc/smb.conf :
add user script = /path/useradd % u
This works great if i am acessing from NT.
Here is my /etc/pam.d/login file:
#%PAM-1.0
#auth requisite /lib/security/pam_unix.so nullok #set_secrpc
auth required /lib/security/pam_securetty.so
auth sufficient /lib/security/pam_smb_auth.so nolocal debug
auth required /lib/security/pam_nologin.so
#auth required /lib/security/pam_homecheck.so
auth required /lib/security/pam_env.so
auth required /lib/security/pam_mail.so
account sufficient /lib/security/pam_unix.so
password required /lib/security/pam_pwcheck.so nullok
password required /lib/security/pam_unix.so nullok use_first_pass
use_authtok
session required /lib/security/pam_unix.so none # debug or trace
session required /lib/security/pam_limits.so
Does anybody know how to change this to login on
the linux client without having a valid linux user .
Thanks in advance,
Martin
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From: "Philo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Mandrake vs Redhat
Date: Fri, 29 Sep 2000 08:24:20 -0500
there is virtually no difference between the two distros as far as packages
and general appearance...*however* Mandrake just works better...i have both
installed on different hd's...
and i'd say: use Mandrake
Philo
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Kevin Croxen)
Subject: Re: Tin Configuration
Date: 29 Sep 2000 13:12:46 GMT
It's been several years since I used tin from an NNTP server, since the
reader threads so slowly (I found slrn, on the other hand, to be
blisteringly fast, which is why I still use it --groups which took 5-10
minutes for tin to thread could be done by slrn in seconds)
Anyway, set the NNTPSERVER variable in your shell to the address
of your news server, then try tin -r and see whether you have better
luck. For some reason, sometimes /etc/nntpserver just doesn't seem to cut
it.
--Kevin
In article <8r1211$iq8$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Cheuh Li wrote:
>Hello all,
>
>I am trying to configure tin to read news from the Bell sympatico news
>server. I have tried putting the news server news1.on.sympatico.ca in
>/etc/nntpserver, and tried to get in using tin -r without luck. I must
>had missed something in the configuration. Would anyone like to point me
>in the right direction?
>
>Cheuh
>
>--
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From: Joshua Baker-LePain <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: Aureal Sound Cards
Date: 29 Sep 2000 13:36:10 GMT
In comp.os.linux.hardware Mox Fulder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I've been trying without success to get my Aureal AudioPCI sound card
> working under Linux for a couple of months. I've tried all of the
> versions of the drivers provided by linux.aureal.com, but none have
> worked. When I install the drivers, they compile correctly and the
> modules are installed, and XMMS ceases to complain that the sound card is
> incorrectly configured. However, I can't get any sound at all, in any
Are the modules being loaded? Check via '/sbin/lsmod'.
Err, is the volume turned up? Check via 'xmixer'.
--
Joshua Baker-LePain
Department of Biomedical Engineering
Duke University
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From: "Philo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: Setting up printer (BJ200)
Date: Fri, 29 Sep 2000 08:37:08 -0500
according to your info...it is not detecting your printer (configured on
lp0)
if your printer is really on line...it should have been detected...
i have a different canon printer which *was* detected and identified...only
to find out there is *no* support for it...
so there could still be some bugs in the OS as far as canon printers go...
hopefull someone will post a fix
Philo
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From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: Reinstall linux will loss file?
Date: Fri, 29 Sep 2000 09:43:25 -0400
Without a boot floppy:
LILO: linux single
..
.
< startup stuff>
bash#
You are in single user mode. Make sure you have a copy of a "vi" quick
reference or someone who knows how to use a simple editor.
Now go over to the /etc directory
go into the hosts file and put in the the ip address that is to be yours
next to your computer's name.
Next go into sysconfig directory . there, move into the "network-scrips"
directory. Inside you will find ifcfg-eth0 or something. Open that file :
bash# vi ifcfg-eth0
You will find the entries for the old network setup.
Change them to what your network administrator recommends.
Next,
go to /etc/resolv.conf and enter the ip address of a DNS server here .
now try to reboot and see if it comes up.
The first thing that you should do is turn off sendmail ( the Mail server )
if you are not using it. While you are at it, turn off "named" , which is a
DNS server running on your computer ( you won't need it as you'll be using
another one on the network hopefully ) .
That should take care of it.
PS: If the network can't be reached, that should not prevent a boot up.
There will be the local loop ( lo which is 127.0.0.1). Your boot up can
take several minutes if something like sendmail is started on boot up, and
your network settings are incorrect .
Hope This Helps.
joseph
Xingzhi Zhang <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:Pine.GSO.4.10.10009281939210.16-100000@cuphy5...
> Dear linux fellows!
>
> If I reinstall Redhat 6.1 linux, will I loss all the files I have on the
> hard disk? Because my system can not boot up after I moved to a new
> address because all the network parameter is different from old set
> numbers. So I want to reinstall it.
>
> Is there other way to boot it up?
>
> You help is greatly appreciated.
>
>
> Xingzhi Zhang
>
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From: "Andrew P. Billyard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: cable modem lost connection hangs programs.
Date: Fri, 29 Sep 2000 13:56:34 GMT
Just a few clarifying points.....
|Does your system know it's full name _AND_ IP address? Or are you
waitng
|until a DNS request times out on all of the servers listed in
|/etc/resolv.conf?
Actually, when I first got the cable modem, I think the addresses were
static. I was given
co723987-a.kico1.on.home.com and the corresponding IP address. Not
having any idea on how to set up the system (and the techs were linux
illiterate), I set co723987-a as hostname (using linuxconf - Red Hat
6.1 at the time). I am now using dhcp protocol but still have
co723987-a as a hostname (otherwise httpd, for instance, will not
load). I have in my /etc/hosts
file
127.0.0.1 localhost localhost.localdomain co723987-a
now....can anybody tell me if this is a no-no? Basically, "co723987-a"
is historic and I want to change it to something. Am I correct in
assuming that I don't need a hostname, per se, when the dhcp daemon has
obtained an IP address for my card?
|Do you get the same address every time? Stick it into /etc/hosts
About once a month it will change
|>Please reply to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
|
|You know, it's considered very bad taste to request personal service.
Many
|support types will ignore a post containing such a request.
OOPS! I didn't realize that people were interpreting that signature as
me asking for a personal/direct response. It was there only to say that
*if* you are going to mail me, use that address.....sorry everyone!
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From: Eric <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: windows sees linux partitions !
Date: Fri, 29 Sep 2000 16:08:17 +0200
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Emmanuel Thiry wrote:
>
> >
> > You have made a change, because this does not happen al of a sudden.
> > It can be easily helped though. Just make sure that the extended
> > partition linux is in is of the type "linux extended" and not plain
> > "extended".
> > You can change this with the help of fdisk. Just change the partition
> > types, nothing else, then there's no danger of losing any data.
> >
> > Eric
> You are completely right. I wasn't aware of the difference between
> "extended" (type=b) and "linux extended" (type=85). Now I am : with the
> later, everything is right.
> Many thanks.
It's quite easy. Windows reads the partitiontable, and starts dealing
out drive letters on what it finds there. All partitiontypes windows
knows of, are assigned a drive letter. If an extended partition exists,
it will be assigned a drive letter, even if all the logical partitions
inside are unknown. (Windows just never assumes this to happen) Creating
a linux extended partition prevents windows from assigning a drive
letter to it in the first place, but *so be carefull* will also prevent
windows from finding any FAT partition inside it. Hope this clears it
out even more to you, and to others that might use deja.com and read up
on this post later on.
Eric
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From: Alessandro Magni <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: typical .config file for kernel compilation
Date: Fri, 29 Sep 2000 16:09:24 +0200
I am using version 2.2.5-15 of the kernel.
I'd like - first time in my life - to recompile it,
so to patch it with the international crypto options.
Unfortunately, a look at <make menuconfig> assured me that
I was on the way of many problem: not been a kernelhacker,
I'm not sure about many of the Yes/No/Module options.
Where can I find a premade .config file that assures me
to obtain a working kernel on a "typical" machine?
Say, for example, the kernel shipped with common distros.
If I can obtain it, I can modify it by just changing
the few options I need.
Thanks for any help
Alessandro Magni
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From: Mogens Kjaer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: RH7.0 problems
Date: Fri, 29 Sep 2000 10:05:15 +0200
root wrote:
>
> That did it! Works beautifully now. Do you have an explanation why it crashes
> when you mount the dos partition from the install program?
>
No, but the problem has already been reported to redhat on
bugzilla.redhat.com.
Mogens
--
Mogens Kjaer, Carlsberg Laboratory, Dept. of Chemistry
Gamle Carlsberg Vej 10, DK-2500 Valby, Denmark
Phone: +45 33 27 53 25, Fax: +45 33 27 47 08
Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Homepage: http://www.crc.dk
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From: "Paulie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Printer in Gnome
Date: Fri, 29 Sep 2000 10:21:02 -0400
The printer works fine when used with the Command Line. When in the Gnome
environment I can not find any print functions in the pull down menus.
Thanks Paulie
"Rasmus B�g Hansen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> On Thu, 28 Sep 2000, Paulie wrote:
>
> > How can I access my printer in the Gnome environment?
>
> Printing should work fine if you have a configured printer.
>
> What OS are you using? Linux, i presume - but if you are running RedHat,
> try 'printtool' to set up a printer.
>
> Rasmus B�g Hansen
>
> ---
> If you only have a hammer
> everything looks like a nail
>
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From: "Lonni J. Friedman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Internal PCI modem cannot use
Date: Fri, 29 Sep 2000 09:58:46 -0400
Eric Lo wrote:
>
> Hello,
> I have a LT PCI modem but it can't work under Linux. I have try to use
> linux586.zip download from linmodems.org but it didn't work.
> I have also try "setserial /dev/ttys0 uart 16550A port 0x7030 irq 11"
> but setserial return "setserial: Input /Output error" , anyone know the
> solution?
get a real modem
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From: Thomas Denier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: Redhat 6.1 Rescue Error
Date: Fri, 29 Sep 2000 10:55:21 -0400
Nitin Mule wrote:
> Can anyone tell me how I can get this rescue to work?
>
I have run into this also. Typing 'linux rescue' rather than 'rescue' at
the loader prompt seems to work.
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From: "Jeroen Zwartepoorte" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: NVidia gfx card under RH7.0
Date: Fri, 29 Sep 2000 17:10:27 +0200
I tried installing the NVIDIA_kernel-0.9-5.rh7rc2.i386.rpm, but it seems
that driver has been compiled with kernel 2.2.16-21, and rh7 final uses
2.2.16-22.
I worked around that by doing an insmod -f NVdriver, but when starting X
using the new driver, it fails with a "received signal 11". (and yes, i also
installed NVIDIA_GLX-0.9-5.i386.rpm)
Any ideas? Or do i just have to wait for NVidia to release rh7 drivers?
I've got a TNT2 btw.
Thanks,
Jeroen
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Linux on 200 MB Harddrive?
Date: Fri, 29 Sep 2000 16:02:35 +0100
Hello!
Just wondering, are any relatively current distributions of Linux able to
be installed and run satisfactorally on an Intel 486 DX procesor with 20
Mb RAM & a 200Mb hardrive?
Thanks.
T.Bolt
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