Linux-Setup Digest #746, Volume #19 Mon, 2 Oct 00 15:13:11 EDT
Contents:
Re: How do I get Num Lock on automatically in X? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: How do I get Num Lock on automatically in X? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Please help me install, I'm stuck!! (Tijmen Stam)
Re: RH 7.0 MD5sums ("James Chew")
Re: Urgent! Really need help setting up dialup ISP service - DYNAMIC DNS!:-(
(Michael V. Ferranti)
Re: memory problems (Zen Sorcerer)
Re: Implications ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
linux and big memory (Mike Nhan)
Re: Implications ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Lexmark Optra E310 setup (Eric Ho)
can't log into my own console (Tristan White)
Re: Help w/ RH6.0/SB PCI128 ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
dual boot with Win2K (not 98 or NT) ?? (Phil Edwards)
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Subject: Re: How do I get Num Lock on automatically in X?
Date: Mon, 02 Oct 2000 12:04:04 GMT
Switch to Mandrake, they have a package called Numlock gives you numlock
in X at bootup.
Wayne Pollock wrote:
> Adding the 'setled' commands in a loop in rc.local sets the Num Lock
> key on for all virtual consoles, but when X starts up, it turns off.
> I have tried 'xset' and have tried editing XF86Config to allow NumLock
> control, but I must have done it wrong because now I can't even turn
> on the Num Lock manually! (I'll have to restore XF86Config.) What's
> the magic to have Num Lock on at boot time?
>
> -Wayne Pollock, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Crossposted-To:
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Subject: Re: How do I get Num Lock on automatically in X?
Date: Mon, 02 Oct 2000 12:04:04 GMT
Switch to Mandrake, they have a package called Numlock gives you numlock
in X at bootup.
Wayne Pollock wrote:
> Adding the 'setled' commands in a loop in rc.local sets the Num Lock
> key on for all virtual consoles, but when X starts up, it turns off.
> I have tried 'xset' and have tried editing XF86Config to allow NumLock
> control, but I must have done it wrong because now I can't even turn
> on the Num Lock manually! (I'll have to restore XF86Config.) What's
> the magic to have Num Lock on at boot time?
>
> -Wayne Pollock, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Tijmen Stam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.questions
Subject: Re: Please help me install, I'm stuck!!
Date: Mon, 02 Oct 2000 20:31:00 +0200
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Exits Funnel wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I'm trying to install Redhat 6.2 on a machine which is currently running
> NT Server 4.0. I'm trying to install from a CD. I put the CD in the
> machine and reboot. Everything begins OK, it reads the CD at startup
> and I get the first installation screen. I then press <ENTER> and the
> following information is displayed (there are a few lines missing off
> the top which I can't quite catch):
>
> Uncompressing Linux... Ok, booting the kernel.
> Linux version 2.2.14-5.0BOOT ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) (gcc version
> egcs-2.9
> 1.66 19990314/Linux (egcs-1.1.2 release)) #1 Tue Mar 7 20:31:32 EST 2000
> Detected 199743029 Hz Processor.
> Console: colour VGA+ 80x25
> Calibrating delay loop... 199.07 BogoMIPS
> Memory: 110964k/114688k available (1000k kernel code, 412k reserved,
> 1416k data, 60k init, 0k bigmem)
> general protection fault: 0000
> CPU: 0
>
> Then there's some stack information and a Call Trace and finally:
>
> Kernel panic: Attempted to kill the idle task!
> In swapper task - not syncing
>
> And than it just hangs. I have no idea what the problem is. I don't
> know much about the machine (it's just an extra one at work) other than
> it seems to run NT without any difficulty. Since my intention is to let
> hte installation program reformat the drive and start over and since the
> machine seems to run NT without any difficulty I can't imagine that I
> shouldn't be able to install Linux, but I'm stuck? Any suggestions
> would be greatly appreciated.
>
> -Exits
I'm no real expert on this, but I think the cd-kernel is not fitted for
your machine. I've had this some timnes too, with different distro's and
pc's. It doesn't mean your computer can't run linux, just the "kernel" (=
like command.com, but with much, much more systems included, like network
support) on the cd doesn't work. The most simple way to install the cd
you've got is to boot from a diskette. Knowing RedHat, there should be some
diskette images on the disk, but I don't know where... It shouldn't be too
hard to find :-)
The disk should boot, and then you can go on with installing. Be sure to
install things like "kernel sources" or "kernel developement". It may be
that after the install your machine will not boot. If this is right after
the Power On Self Test, "li", "lilo", or "lilo:", lilo (the LInux LOader,
(allows you to boot NT too) is incorrectly installed. Try to boot with a
"rescue disk" wich you should have made and re-install lilo :-) (sorry, but
that's too complex to explain here, but try "man lilo" and "man lilo.conf")
If it crashes later, with the same message (Kernel panic or isle task
killed or so) the standard kernel crashes. boot with a rescue disk, and
try to make a new kernel (try "less /usr/src/linux-2.<whatever>/README".)
The instructions seem scary, but they can't harm your system any more than
it's already harmed.
(BTW I'm not responsible :-)
|Mucha suerte!
Tijmen
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From: "James Chew" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: RH 7.0 MD5sums
Date: Tue, 3 Oct 2000 02:15:27 +0800
Well, if you are running Linux, just type "md5sum <file name>" and wait for
the result to come out.
"Scott Twitchell - EWB Support" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in
message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> I just dowloaded RedHat 7.0 disc 1 iso. How do I check the MD4sums to see
if
> the download was successful?
>
> Scott
>
>
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From: Michael V. Ferranti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.questions,comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.networking,aus.computers.linux
Subject: Re: Urgent! Really need help setting up dialup ISP service - DYNAMIC DNS!:-(
Date: Sat, 30 Sep 2000 20:09:55 -0700
Here I was, minding my own business, and wouldn't you know it?
Laurence John Oliver <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> just had to go and say:
>DYNAMICALLY ASSIGNED DNS!!!
Hi. I have the same problem, an ISP that assigns both the DNS and IP
addresses, and I never got Linux (RH6.2) to work with them. Finally gave
up after four months of getting nowhere, beating my head against the wall.
Read the pppd man pages. Maybe the "usepeerdns" setting will work for you.
I just waiting things out, myself. Sooner or later, pppd will get smart
enough to outwit these Microsoft-Only ISPs.
-- Michael V. Ferranti [blades&inreach*com]
The Rich don't pay their share and want to make your children sick. - 1998
The Jews steal all the money and even their hair is infectious. - 1938
Governments never learn.
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From: Zen Sorcerer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: memory problems
Date: Mon, 02 Oct 2000 18:30:05 -0000
Try adding this to the bottom of your /etc/lilo.conf
append="mem=128m"
Then run the lilo command to update it:
lilo -v
Zen
Johan Sandgren wrote:
>
>
> my linux can't "see" al my 128M ram it only detects about 10M ram I've
tried
> both SuSE6.4 and Slackware7.1 and none of them are able to detect all mem
> what's the problem?
>
> johan
>
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.software.config-mgmt
Subject: Re: Implications
Date: Mon, 02 Oct 2000 18:24:05 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> On Mon, 02 Oct 2000 14:58:41 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <paulsnx2@my-
deja.com>
> wrote:
> >In article <8r8n5e$21d$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> > "Peter T. Breuer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >> In comp.os.linux.misc [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> >> : In article <8qioop$rqk$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> >> : "Peter T. Breuer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >> :> In comp.os.linux.misc Kaz Kylheku <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> >> :> : On Sat, 23 Sep 2000 01:45:25 GMT, paul snow
> ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >> :> :>Here is the equation:
> >> :> :> X --> P --> E
> >> :> It's not an equation. There is no equals sign.
> >>
> >> : Equality is only one of a infinite number of concepts that can be
> >> : expressed using equations.
> >
> >Notation is flexible, allowing equations of the sort:
> >
> > H2 + O2 --> H2O
> > Ref: http://library.thinkquest.org/3659/chmreact/equation.html
>
> A chemical equation equates two sides. It has to balance.
You have balanced and unbalanced chemical equations. Because the
reactants must produce the products, what is required to balance an
equation is implied, and thus often omitted.
> Your example above
> is invalid because there are two oxygen atoms on the left but only
one on the
> right. You want:
>
> 2H2 + O2 <--> 2H2O
>
> Also note that you can write a double arrow into most reactions,
because
> they go both ways (it's just a question of where the equilibrium
position
> lies).
I agree. Again, it is all a matter of usage, with many aspects
implied. The equilibrium point can be so far towards the products that
the reaction does not "flow" both ways.
In transcription, the raction proceeds forward, with little flow
backwards. I believe the same can generally be said about
installation, especially when done from a set of CDs.
More interesting would be any arguement against the "equality" implied
by the notation. Do you consider the inputs required of the user to be
a basic element of X in my equations? Should I write:
X + I -> P
Where X is the installation medium, and I is the inputs from the user?
Or is it sufficient to note that response files can provide I and can
be included in X and maintain the equality implied?
Paul Snow
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From: Mike Nhan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: linux and big memory
Date: Mon, 02 Oct 2000 13:33:32 -0500
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hi,
Look for information concerning linux and intel 32bit machines with
more
than 4gig of ram. Need to know how stable linux is with an quad intel
with 8-32gig
of ram. Any experiences with machines gt 4gig of ram running linux is
welcome. Is
it stable, can programs take advantage of the memory gt 4gig? Is 4gig
still max
a single program can access? thanks in advance.
Michael
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Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.software.config-mgmt
Subject: Re: Implications
Date: Mon, 02 Oct 2000 18:28:56 GMT
In article <8raaic$4sh$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
"D F" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message
> <8ra7qu$ljc$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
> >
> >Notation is flexible, allowing equations of the sort:
> >
> > H2 + O2 --> H2O
> > Ref:
> http://library.thinkquest.org/3659/chmreact/equation.html
> >
>
> Well, that should really be:
>
> 2 H2 + O2 ==> 2 H20
>
> No?
>
I never considered it. There is no meaning (from the chemical point of
view) to the --> vs. ==>. They are simply arrows in the notation.
Here is a reference where all of these and other notations are used. I
just don't think it is important to what I was trying to say.
http://www.st-agnes.org/~lstinson/webpages/chemform.htm
Paul Snow
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From: Eric Ho <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Lexmark Optra E310 setup
Date: 2 Oct 2000 18:45:20 GMT
Ok, after some playing around with all the configuration files, now
I can print graphics, postscript, but I can't print plain text :(
When I print text, the output is like :
Line one here
Line two here
Line 3 here
Can someone tell me why ?
My printcap entry is :
lp|lexmark:\
:sd=/var/spool/lpd/lexmark:\
:mx#0:\
:lp=/dev/lp0:\
:if=/var/spool/lpd/lexmark/filter:\
:sh:
My "filter" is :
#!/usr/bin/perl
# The above line should really have the whole path to perl
# This script must be executable: chmod 755 filter
while(<STDIN>){chomp $_; print "$_\r\n";};
# You might also want to end with a form feed: print "\f";
Best Regards,
Eric Ho
Michael Perry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: On 1 Oct 2000 18:01:23 GMT, Eric Ho <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
:>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
:>
: I have a E310 here serving up printing on my home network. The system that
: its attached to is a Debian Potato desktop but I print from two win98 boxes
: and a RedHat desktop as well. All I did was install the magicfilter package
: and elect the postscript option and 600 dpi printing. Here is my
: /etc/printcap:
: lp|optra|optra 310e:\
: :lp=/dev/lp0:sd=/var/spool/lpd/optra:\
: :sh:pw#80:pl#66:px#1440:mx#0:\
: :if=/etc/magicfilter/psonly600-filter:\
: :af=/var/log/lp-acct:lf=/var/log/lp-errs:
: There is a nifty little configuration script which I use with debian which
: allows me to setup the printer. One difference is that I do not use lpr on
: these boxes. I always run lprng. Under redhat, I could never get the lpd
: daemon to send jobs to the debian box. I ripped out lpr and replaced it
: with lprng which took a bit of time but now it prints quite well.
: The E310 understands postscript quite well and it really does a nice job.
: --
: Michael Perry
: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Tristan White <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.security
Subject: can't log into my own console
Date: Mon, 02 Oct 2000 14:52:24 -0400
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I have redhat 6.2 with md5 and shadow passwords.
I recently installed it on a machine and didn't format my old /home
partition. After install everything seemed to be in place, until
I created a user account. I gave the user a home directory from the old
/home partition and recursively changed permissions with chown -R and
chgrp -R
Then I logged out. I had logged in and out a root before with no
trouble.
Now, neither root, nor the user I just created can log in. Went to
single user mode.
I checked /var/log/messages and there was something about pam not being
able to find the password for user [root]. Then there was the attempted
logins.
They look normal in "messages" except that as I've experienced in
runlevel 3, I log in, get the "last login on...." message, and then get
logged out exactly 4 seconds later without ever getting a prompt.
I checked all the login and bash scripts, in short everything to do wiht
the shell, and it looks fine.
I wonder if somehow this PAM got confused when I created the new user,
how to check for it, and how to fix it.
I'm also open to other suggestions.
Tristan
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Help w/ RH6.0/SB PCI128
Date: Mon, 02 Oct 2000 18:48:05 GMT
I get noise/sound under Win98, so I suspect my speakers and headphones
are plugged into the correct sockets. I can't get anything out from
sndconfig, so, could it still be volume control? Any other ideas?
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (mpulliam) wrote:
> On Sat, 30 Sep 2000 20:43:15 GMT,
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >I am having some difficulties with
> getting sound from my SB PCI128 under
> >RH6.0. According to various documents,
> there isn't much to configure
> >other than in the /etc/conf.modules,
> "alias sound es1370" is added.
> >/proc/interrupts & lspci both see it --
> what else can I do? Thanks in
> >advance
>
> This might seem silly, but in addition
> to tweaking the settings as advised,
> be sure the speakers are plugged in
> the right place. On my SB it is the
> black socket not the red, blue or green
> one :-)
>
> I did this wrong the first time through.
>
> In addition check to see that the volume
> is turned up on the various sound panels
> -- xplaycd and xmixer both have volume
> sliders and you may need to adjust in
> both places if you are using those apps,
> which I think were default on RH 6.0
>
> MP
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Phil Edwards)
Subject: dual boot with Win2K (not 98 or NT) ??
Date: 2 Oct 2000 15:02:30 -0400
Lots of information out there about dual-booting with 98 or NT, but I don't
see anything about using Lose2K. Other than that people seem to be doing
it scuccessfully.
And before you say, "You idiot, W2K acts just like Windows<foo> in this
respect," well, I have zero experience with Win95, Win98, and Win2K.
All I know about it is that I'm about to be forced to switch to it from NT.
The last time I did dual-booting, it was with DOS 3.3 and LOADLIN.EXE.
And that was about half a decade ago. I've never used lilo in my life.
(Right now I use NT as a nice X-terminal for some other *nix systems.
Running MICROS~1 OSes is about to become prohibitively complicated at
work, so I'm going to switch my primary work platform to dual-boot Win2K
(required) and Linux (my choice). I don't really know what I'm doing
(I hate PC hardware).)
Pointers to W2K-related FAQs or tips would be muchly appreciated. I will
buy a cup of expensive coffee for you if you ever happen to be in town. :-)
Phil
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