Linux-Setup Digest #736, Volume #19 Sun, 1 Oct 00 14:13:12 EDT
Contents:
Re: sony vaio F580 Notebook unable to install ("visor-palm John")
Re: MS Netmeeting under Linux? (David Efflandt)
Re: Redhat 7.0 and Kernel 2.2.17 (Hal Burgiss)
ppp support (Derik Pell)
getting mpg123 to launch (Matthew Burton)
Re: Troubles with SiS 6326 Video card (JASON SNYDER)
Re: eth0 Promiscious mode (Alexander Oelzant)
Re: Does anyone know how to setup my Canon printer? (Ernst-Udo Wallenborn)
Looking for a serious Linux guru in NYC ("frankie")
Re: getting mpg123 to launch ("Stig S�rensen")
Re: sony vaio F580 Notebook unable to install ("Stig S�rensen")
bzImage errors ("Gene Heskett")
Re: Problem on Mylex Acceleraid 250 (Cokey de Percin)
Lexmark Optra E310 setup (Eric Ho)
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From: "visor-palm John" <j$ohn$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.misc,cz.comp.linux.redhat-cz
Subject: Re: sony vaio F580 Notebook unable to install
Date: Sun, 1 Oct 2000 09:13:31 -0700
Ok, did the text-mode install (by typing "text" at the boot prompt)
The install went fine, but when booting-up, there is no LILO prompt? Any
suggestions?
Thanks,
John
"Stig S�rensen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:39d6eda3$0$1769$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> -Run the installer in textmode.
> -Try RH7.0.
>
> /Stig
>
> "visor-palm John" <j$ohn$[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> news:8r5uqv$k5t$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> > Sony VAIO PCG-F580: Pentium III 650Mhz, 256Mb RAM, 6Mb video memory, 12
G
> > hard-drive
> > Display Adapter: NeoMagic MagicMedia256XL+ (v016)
> > Display: 15" XGA TFT
> >
> > RedHat 6.1 CD's
> >
> > The machine has Win98 on 2 partitions and there are 3 GB left to install
> > Linux.
> >
> > However, when I boot to the CD (or floppy) I first get the entry screen
> > which asks what type of install I want to do...Install RedHat Linux
(this
> is
> > the DOS-ish text window with the "boot:" prompt).
> > Then I press <enter> to do an install...the system goes through its
image
> > loading (vmlinux...) and then it says something like "unrecognized
> > card"...and it croaks...to the point where it says, system is safe to
> > reboot.
> >
> > Here is the output (that can be viewed)
> >
> > Fatal server error:
> > No valid modes found.
> >
> > When reporting a problem related to a server crash, please send the full
> > server output, not jst the last messages
> >
> > _X11TransSocketUNIXConnect: Can't connect: errno = 111
> > Traceback (innermost last):
> > File "/usr/bin/anaconda", line 144, in ?
> > from gui import InstallInterface
> > File "/usr/lib/python1.5/site-packages/gui.py", line 9, in ?
> > from gtk import *
> > File "/usr/lib/python1.5/site-packages/gtk.py", line 29, in ?
> > _gtk.gtk.init()
> > RuntimeError: cannot open display
> > install exited abnormally
> > sending termination signals...done
> > sending kill signals...done
> > unmounting filesystems...
> > /mnt/source
> > /dev/pts
> > /proc
> > you may safely reboot your system
> >
> > I have taken all network cards out of the system and it still does not
> allow
> > me to continue with the installation.
> > I have already checked out the stuff on
> > http://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/kharker/linux-laptop/ and
> > http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~and1000/vaioF-series.html but it did not help.
> >
> > Any suggestions?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > John
> >
> >
>
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David Efflandt)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: MS Netmeeting under Linux?
Date: Sun, 1 Oct 2000 16:16:30 +0000 (UTC)
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Sat, 30 Sep 2000, Mandrake 7 User <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Is there any net conferencing program for linux that is compatible with
>MS Netmeeting?
Not sure, but have you looked at VNC (free) which is platform independent
and supports Linux? It can also be accessed from any Java capable web
browser if an OS has no viewer. It is the only way I know to easily
control a Windows box from Linux. It can also run a background X server
in Linux that can be accessed by Win or any other system.
http://www.uk.research.att.com/vnc/index.html
--
David Efflandt [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.de-srv.com/
http://www.autox.chicago.il.us/ http://www.berniesfloral.net/
http://hammer.prohosting.com/~cgi-wiz/ http://cgi-help.virtualave.net/
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Hal Burgiss)
Subject: Re: Redhat 7.0 and Kernel 2.2.17
Reply-To: Hal Burgiss <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Sun, 01 Oct 2000 16:27:09 GMT
On Sun, 01 Oct 2000 10:11:49 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> Hal Burgiss <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> On Sat, 30 Sep 2000 22:32:00 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> >
>> >Anyone has any idea?
>>
>> Instead of just make, try
>>
>> make CC=kgcc <whatever>
>
>When I do "make CC=kgcc bzImage", I get: "make: kgcc: command not found"
>"make *** init/main.o error 127".
>
>Other commands did work with CC=kgcc. Only bzImage not. That's of
>course the one I really need. :-(
Try editing the toplevel makefile with CC=kgcc.
Or try different syntax:
make bzImage MAKE="make CC=kgcc"
PS -- Not using RH7 (yet) but this came up on kernel mailing list is
where this comes from. kgcc = kernel gcc compiler since more than one
compiler is included. The default compiler is broken for kernel builds.
Maybe RH has this documented on their site somewhere. HTH.
--
Hal B
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From: Derik Pell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: ppp support
Date: Sun, 01 Oct 2000 11:43:49 -0500
I just upgraded to SuSE 7.0 and when I try to get on line I get the
error, This kernal has no ppp support, neither compiled in nor via the
kernal module loader (this is the kppp error). When I log in as root, I
don't get this error. I tried recompiling my kernal with ppp compiled
in, not as a module, but I still get this error. I used to have it when
running Redhat 5.2 and never got rid of it, but when I loaded SuSE 6.2,
I never had the problem. Any suggestions?
Thanks
Derik
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Matthew Burton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: getting mpg123 to launch
Date: Sun, 01 Oct 2000 12:41:57 -0400
mpg123 came preinstalled with RH 6.2, but for some reason it won't
launch. when i double-click on the icon in the /usr/bin directory, it
just gives me an hourglass for a few seconds and then goes away.
i didn't realize that it came preinstalled and tried installing an older
version that i downloaded, which wasn't successful.
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From: JASON SNYDER <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Troubles with SiS 6326 Video card
Date: Sun, 01 Oct 2000 16:46:37 GMT
About a year ago one of my friends bought a SiS based motherboard. After
doing some research on the board design and looking at what the kernel docs
had to say about SiS at the time, I came to the conclusion that SiS was
something to avoid like the plague. Of course this was a year ago in human
time, not computer time. Plus it sounds like you could be talking about a
video card that is not integrated into your motherboard and not 'sharing'
(gag) system RAM for video memory.
NAMIECH JULIEN wrote:
> I've got troubles with my X configuration. Sometimes it appears
> a black rectangle at the bottom of the mouse pointer. Moving a little
> around can make it disappear, but when I use a graphics software
> troubles can become more important such as creating multiple color lines.
>
> My graphic card is : SiS 6326
> Monitor : ADI Provista E44
> I use Mandrake 7.0 with Xfree86 3.3.5
>
> Of course I've tried to customize the X configuration (the driver chosen
> is SVGA) but I didn't succeed in anything.
> I will be grateful if you could help me.
> Thanks.
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From: Alexander Oelzant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.admin,comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.x
Subject: Re: eth0 Promiscious mode
Date: 1 Oct 2000 16:47:48 GMT
According to Alex Rier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> I want to develop a sniffer using libpcap.
> It opens eth0 in promiscious mode.
> I don't want to run my sniffer as root.
>
> How can I configure eth0 to be able to run my sniffer
> as a regular user? (Without using suid root)
Basically you can't. Having said that, the linux capabilities
would satisfy your needs, if you'd
1) get your kernel to allow CAP_SETPCAP
and
2) use a suid wrapper/lib/whatever to set CAP_NET_RAW
and
3) use a kernel with the appropriate interfaces
(2.2.8???<kernel<2.2.16 or 2.3.10???<kernel<2.4.0test2??)
iirc 1) can be accomplished by patching the kernel, init
or using the script in my sig with the appropriate
values (i. e. patching /dev/mem).
2) works with libcap[0] (not libpcap :-)) or the ELFcap
headers
However, by fixing the sendmail "bug" and making
cap restrictions non-inheritable to (suid-)root-programs
(root always has all the caps, users have none),
the developers all but broke the libcap (and raw suid
restriction) programming, so afaict this does not work
anymore from 2.2.16/2.4.0test?? up.
With 2.2.15 OTOH it was possible to create a UID 0 shell
incapable of doing anything but what a restricted
set of caps allowed (e. g. reset the box without going
through init or, in your case, raw net device access)
or start a program with a particular set of caps.
hth
Alexander
X-Posted to the original froups, F'up to c.o.l.admin
[0] ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/libs/security/linux-privs/kernel-2.2
--
perl -e '$cap_addr=hex(`/sbin/ksyms -a | grep $ARGV[0] | cut -c2-8`)||die;\
open KMEM,"+</dev/mem";sysseek KMEM,$cap_addr,0;print KMEM pack("C4",\
@ARGV[1..4]);close KMEM'
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From: Ernst-Udo Wallenborn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Does anyone know how to setup my Canon printer?
Date: 01 Oct 2000 19:11:04 +0200
Ryan Eccles <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I want to setup my canon bjc1000 printer?
you may want to give apsfilter a shot. configuration ist
as easy as it gets, and though it though it offers
no bjc1000 driver, the bjc800 driver might work.
--
Ernst-Udo Wallenborn
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From: "frankie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Looking for a serious Linux guru in NYC
Date: Sun, 1 Oct 2000 13:17:34 -0400
I have to admit that it's difficult (and no fun) to learn all by myself....
I'm deep in the music business, (primary occupation) and really not
sure how to find someone who would be able to lend me a hand or
do part-time teaching to show me the real innards of the beast....
I would like to get hands-on on the following:
- Mainstream Linux network administration, including Samba,
remote admin via OpenSSH or similar, backups, NAT and IPMasq.
- Apache basic administration, security, virtual hosts, SSL, etc...
- PHP 4 , Perl and CGI basic scripting help.
- MySQL admin. and everyday usage.
I know, it sounds like a lot, but I'm already somewhat fluent in the
newbie basics, have already setup most of the above. I'd like to learn from
someone with good experience rather than just from O'Reilly's & Co :)
I am certainly willing to compensate the right person, and perhaps
can find ways to help them with some music-related things if they
so desire. My schedule can be flexible, and would prefer doing this at
my place (Midtown Manhattan) . Please don't recommend courses,
I am looking for something more personal and flexible.
Thanks for any answers.
Francois ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) (212) 262-3120 Axis Studios,Inc.
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From: "Stig S�rensen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: getting mpg123 to launch
Date: Sun, 1 Oct 2000 19:34:32 +0200
Ehh? mpg123 does not include a X gui, use xmms instead. If you want to run
mpg123, do it from a cli, "mpg123 <name of mp3>".
/Stig
"Matthew Burton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> mpg123 came preinstalled with RH 6.2, but for some reason it won't
> launch. when i double-click on the icon in the /usr/bin directory, it
> just gives me an hourglass for a few seconds and then goes away.
>
> i didn't realize that it came preinstalled and tried installing an older
> version that i downloaded, which wasn't successful.
>
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From: "Stig S�rensen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.misc,cz.comp.linux.redhat-cz
Subject: Re: sony vaio F580 Notebook unable to install
Date: Sun, 1 Oct 2000 19:37:11 +0200
Did you make a boot-disk?
"visor-palm John" <j$ohn$[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:8r7o3r$q8e$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Ok, did the text-mode install (by typing "text" at the boot prompt)
>
> The install went fine, but when booting-up, there is no LILO prompt? Any
> suggestions?
>
> Thanks,
> John
> "Stig S�rensen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> news:39d6eda3$0$1769$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> > -Run the installer in textmode.
> > -Try RH7.0.
> >
> > /Stig
> >
> > "visor-palm John" <j$ohn$[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> > news:8r5uqv$k5t$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> > > Sony VAIO PCG-F580: Pentium III 650Mhz, 256Mb RAM, 6Mb video memory,
12
> G
> > > hard-drive
> > > Display Adapter: NeoMagic MagicMedia256XL+ (v016)
> > > Display: 15" XGA TFT
> > >
> > > RedHat 6.1 CD's
> > >
> > > The machine has Win98 on 2 partitions and there are 3 GB left to
install
> > > Linux.
> > >
> > > However, when I boot to the CD (or floppy) I first get the entry
screen
> > > which asks what type of install I want to do...Install RedHat Linux
> (this
> > is
> > > the DOS-ish text window with the "boot:" prompt).
> > > Then I press <enter> to do an install...the system goes through its
> image
> > > loading (vmlinux...) and then it says something like "unrecognized
> > > card"...and it croaks...to the point where it says, system is safe to
> > > reboot.
> > >
> > > Here is the output (that can be viewed)
> > >
> > > Fatal server error:
> > > No valid modes found.
> > >
> > > When reporting a problem related to a server crash, please send the
full
> > > server output, not jst the last messages
> > >
> > > _X11TransSocketUNIXConnect: Can't connect: errno = 111
> > > Traceback (innermost last):
> > > File "/usr/bin/anaconda", line 144, in ?
> > > from gui import InstallInterface
> > > File "/usr/lib/python1.5/site-packages/gui.py", line 9, in ?
> > > from gtk import *
> > > File "/usr/lib/python1.5/site-packages/gtk.py", line 29, in ?
> > > _gtk.gtk.init()
> > > RuntimeError: cannot open display
> > > install exited abnormally
> > > sending termination signals...done
> > > sending kill signals...done
> > > unmounting filesystems...
> > > /mnt/source
> > > /dev/pts
> > > /proc
> > > you may safely reboot your system
> > >
> > > I have taken all network cards out of the system and it still does not
> > allow
> > > me to continue with the installation.
> > > I have already checked out the stuff on
> > > http://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/kharker/linux-laptop/ and
> > > http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~and1000/vaioF-series.html but it did not
help.
> > >
> > > Any suggestions?
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > > John
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>
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Date: 1 Oct 2000 13:43:59 -0500
From: "Gene Heskett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: bzImage errors
Unrot13 this;
Reply to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Hi all, trying to make a new kernel, something I have done enough times
that the current one is 2.2.18pre13, and I'm running pre12 on that box.
Like most, I have a script that once the config is done, does it all
from make dep to /sbin/lilo -v, and all I have to do is fix
/etc/lilo.conf for the new kernel before it gets there, and reboot.
Recently, and this is the second time I've seen a load of errors about
pasting and malformation while it running but those haven't been a
showstopper. The showstopper is:
======clipped from compile screen======
make -C arch/i386/lib
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-2.2.18pre13/arch/i386/lib'
make all_targets
make[2]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-2.2.18pre13/arch/i386/lib'
cc -D__KERNEL__ -I/usr/src/linux-2.2.18pre13/include -D__ASSEMBLY__ -traditional -c
checksum.S -o checksum.o
checksum.S:231: badly punctuated parameter list in #define
checksum.S:237: badly punctuated parameter list in #define
make[2]: *** [checksum.o] Error 1
make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.2.18pre13/arch/i386/lib'
make[1]: *** [first_rule] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.2.18pre13/arch/i386/lib'
make: *** [_dir_arch/i386/lib] Error 2
==========end of clip============
Looking at the file with an editor, kwrite usually, I can't see anything
wrong with it, its a pair of #defines that extend over several lines
with backslashes followed immediatly by the linefeed so technically it
is correct.
The compiler is gcc-2.96-52. All 7 pieces of it are installed.
Does anyone have a solution?
On the same subject, has anybody been able to compile Alan's new
gnorpm-0.9.5 yet? I failed even after spending a couple of hours
running down all the references to the ko localization(sp) stuff and
deleting it.
Cheers, Gene
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From: Cokey de Percin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: linux.dev.raid,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: Problem on Mylex Acceleraid 250
Date: Sun, 01 Oct 2000 17:58:15 GMT
Rohan Oberoi wrote:
>
> If you've run a similar setup and might know why this isn't working,
> I'd appreciate hearing from you (if replying by email, please remove
> TAKETHISOUT from my address...)
>
> I have a Mylex Acceleraid 250 working very nicely in a Redhat 6.2
> system. The problem is that, after installing Linux (/ and /boot
> partitions) I installed DOS on the third RAID partition
> (/dev/rd/c0d0p3) which I had kept aside for that purpose. I have LILO
> configured with:
>
> other=/dev/rd/c0d0p3
> label=dos
>
> When I boot the system from a DOS 6.22 floppy, this partition is seen
> fine as C:, and I was able to run "format /s" on it without a problem,
> and verify that command.com, msdos.sys, and io.sys appeared. I also
> ran "fdisk /dev/rd/c0d0" from Linux and verified that the bootable
> flag was set on the partition.
>
> However, when I tell LILO: to boot "dos", it says "Loading dos" and
> then complains "Non-system disk or disk error". I'm not sure if this
> is a Linux, DOS or bios error causing this...
>
Ok, well I have a 250 and RH 6.2 set up just as you do, sans the dos
partion so .....
How about the fact you're beyond the 1024 cylinder limit? I notice you've
got 2 partions and I assume the /boot is on /dev/rd/c0c0p1 just because of
that problem...
The fix? Well, you could get the newest Lilo that is supposed to allow
booting beyond the 1024 cyl limit. I haven't tried it yet, but I've heard
that it works well is you bios supports what it needs.
Best
Cokey
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From: Eric Ho <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Lexmark Optra E310 setup
Date: 1 Oct 2000 18:01:23 GMT
Can someone give me the steps or tell me where to find the info on
setting up a Lexmark E310 on my Linux (Slackware 7.0) machine ?
I have read the printing FAQ, but it doesn't really tell me how to
do it step by step.
I know lpd is already running on my machine, so I might just need
to change some settings/configurations.
Thanks a million.
Best Regards,
Eric Ho
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