Linux-Setup Digest #769, Volume #19 Thu, 5 Oct 00 18:13:12 EDT
Contents:
Re: telnetd under RedHat7 ("ne...")
Strange printing problem (Kristian Lampen)
install with FAT32 on C: on laptop ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Problems with my ATX Keyboard ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: ftp setup help - Redhat ("ne...")
Re: ppp setup in SuSE 6.2 (zentara)
Re: Troubles with SiS 6326 Video card (zentara)
Re: nfs setup (zentara)
Re: Redhat 7.0 Kernel won't compile? ("ne...")
Linux Stopped Booting! (Victor S. Miller)
apt and wget? (Altomare Fabio)
Kernel 2.2.16 ("Francesco Rossi")
Memory Paging issues (Pippin Barr)
Another ISDN Q: ("Emilio")
Re: ISDN card??? (BuDMaN)
Re: Display ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Let's play "Spot the failure!" ("Murray Alexander")
Re: Boot Manager (Ernst-Udo Wallenborn)
Changing X Display settings - Red Hat 6.2 ("Web Enthusiast")
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From: "ne..." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: telnetd under RedHat7
Date: Thu, 05 Oct 2000 18:49:28 GMT
On Oct 5, 2000 at 14:05, 100 Linux eloquently wrote:
>"ne..." wrote:
>
>> On Oct 3, 2000 at 12:02, Tommy Harjo eloquently wrote:
>> >What happened to telnetd?
>> >How do I reconfigure it to start automatically?
>> Well after much condemnation by users over the services
>> that are run from an initial install of RH, RH have
>> decided enough is enough. Now inetd is no longer used.
>> Xinetd is it's replacement. Look in /etc/xinetd.d for
>> the telnet file. If you don't have one, my default one
>> is below.
>
>I understand they want to make things better, they've _improved_ both my Squid
>proxy server and my Apache server. Fortunately I was able to recover from their
>_improvements_ by myself.
>Why the h*** do they _upgrade_ the program files, only. An upgrade usually
>involves taking care of the configuration and making it work in the new
>environment.
Well, as I don't work for or own any RH shock, I can't
answer that one ;-).
[...]
>When I restart xinetd, Iget this result:
>Stopping xinetd: [FAILED]
>Starting xinetd: [ OK ]
>
>Linuxconf says it's running, but when I execute a "ps -ef | grep xinet" I get
>no result.
Then you have a problem. I would try reinstalling the
xinetd package. If this does not work, then try their
support line.
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From: Kristian Lampen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Strange printing problem
Date: Thu, 05 Oct 2000 20:52:45 +0200
I have changed from Suse 6.3 to Debian a few weeks ago, but I was not
able to get my printer to work.
I have a Canon BJC-2000 (on LPT1) . Under Suse (Kernel 2.2.13, printing
and parport support compiled as modules) the printer works fine.
Now I can't even do a
cat samplefile.txt > /dev/lp0
nothing happens
I get NO errormessage like "device not configured". I get this
errormessage when I want to access lp1,lp2, but this is clear because I
have only one printer port.
The device file exist:
crw-rw---- 1 root lp 6, 0 Jul 5 19:44 /dev/lp0
crw-rw---- 1 root lp 6, 1 Jul 5 19:44 /dev/lp1
crw-rw---- 1 root lp 6, 2 Jul 5 19:44 /dev/lp2
When I send strings to lp0 the printer does nothing (this worked under
Suse).
I have loaded the modules correctly:
parport_pc 7560 1 (autoclean)
lp 5476 0 (autoclean)
parport 7456 1 (autoclean) [parport_pc lp]
/var/log/messages tell me that they are loaded correctly to, too:
Oct 4 18:25:10 Meditation kernel: parport0: PC-style at 0x378, irq 7
[SPP,PS2]
Oct 4 18:25:10 Meditation kernel: lp0: using parport0
(interrupt-driven).
What does PS2 at the end of the log mean, is there a conflict with my
PS2 mouse?
But my PS2 port is on IRQ 12.
I have tried with interupts and without ,and with SPP or EPP enabled in
the BIOS.
I although tried different IO-Ports in the Bios: 0x378, 0x3bc.
But nothing happens.
This is really strange.
I there a big difference in the handling of the parport between
2.2.13(Suse) and 2.2.17(Debian)?
Hope someone con help me
ciao
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: install with FAT32 on C: on laptop
Date: Thu, 05 Oct 2000 18:57:08 GMT
Has anyone tried putting Linux on a laptop whilst still keeping C drive
on FAT32 ?
I've only tried it with FAT16 on C:
Hope someone can clarify this.
TIA
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Problems with my ATX Keyboard
Date: Thu, 05 Oct 2000 19:32:26 GMT
Hello, I'm using both Windows and Linux but the problem is the same:
I can't use my keyboard (after a short period that I use it). It's a
new model, that one which has ATX keys and my computer is a PII 266 .
Linux tells me that my keyboard send too much NACK.
Can anybody help me?
Thanks!
Max
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From: "ne..." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: ftp setup help - Redhat
Date: Thu, 05 Oct 2000 19:48:49 GMT
On Oct 5, 2000 at 14:45, Zhihui Zhang eloquently wrote:
>
>After installation of Redhat 6.2, I do not find /usr/sbin/in.ftpd. So I
>reinstall it, choosing Anonymous FTP server this time. Now I can use FTP.
>But I have three problems:
>
>(1) Anonymous FTP is not safe, how can I turn in off?
Uninstall it???
>(2) How to allow FTP as root (at least temporary)?
Remove from /etc/ftpusers (very very dangerous).
>(3) Do I have to choose "anonymous FTP server" in the Package Group
>Selection to have FTP installed? I want login-based FTP anyway.
Nope. Install ncftp for ftp client and proftpd or
wu-ftpd for server.
>(4) How to install the SSH/SCP stuff and enable it? I am frustrated that
>the package group selection does not tell me which group contains what.
You are gonna have to read the readme, install and
man pages for that. If you go with openssh, you will need
the openssh-2.x,openssh-server-2.x,openssh-clients-2.x and
openssh-askpass-2.x rpms. The configurtion part of the
INSTALL file is very helpful. When installing, if you
choose the select individual packages, you get to see
all the packages. Dependencies are also handled by this
option.
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A: To get to the middle.
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From: zentara <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: ppp setup in SuSE 6.2
Date: Thu, 05 Oct 2000 16:00:15 -0400
On Tue, 03 Oct 2000 20:38:38 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>Hi,
>
>I configured my modem and dialling options (number to
>dial, userid, password etc.) under ppp. The modem
>was auto detected with no problems. When I try
>ro run WvDial as suggested in the wvdial configuration
>section of the manual, it tries to start the ppp daemon
>process which dies with an error code of 10 .
>
>Any idea what could be wrong with the configuration? Any
>help would be appreciated.
In suse6.2 I seem to remember that there was a glitch with
wvdial and the serial lines. There is something about it under
wvdial in the suse database.
Basically, any user using a modem must be a member of
group dialout and group uucp. uucp gives access to the serial
lines, and dialout gives access to the modem.
This may be your problem. The pppd can't get a serial line to
get to the modem.
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From: zentara <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Troubles with SiS 6326 Video card
Date: Thu, 05 Oct 2000 16:00:16 -0400
On Tue, 03 Oct 2000 18:49:07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dirk Frieborg)
wrote:
The sis6326 needs 2 options set
sw_cursor
no_bitblt
If you want to see a working XF86config email me
for it. [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I also have found a way to get the full 8 megs of video ram
by using an older svga server. I use the svga server that came with
suse 6.0, it gives me 8 megs, and runs under later suse versions.
>
>Hi NAMIECH!
>
>> 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
>
>I have the same graphics chip, and I had troubles, too. My card has 8
>MB of video RAM, and that's the clue:
>
>Somewhere in docs or HOWTOs I found that it's necessary to configure X
>to use only 4 MB. I don't know why there is this limitation, but it
>works.
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From: zentara <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: nfs setup
Date: Thu, 05 Oct 2000 16:00:18 -0400
On Wed, 04 Oct 2000 16:50:13 +0100, dave frost
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Have you made the actual /home/aletur mode 666?
Just setting it in /etc/hosts probably isn't enough.
>I have a small prob with my nfs setup. I have a solaris machine( along
>with other unices) that mounts a directory via nfs. The problem is that
>i cant get the nfs mounted partition to be read/write, it is always read
>only. In the /etc/exports directory i hav the line
>
>/home/aletur * (rw)
>
>(its a home directory). So any machine can mount it read/write yes ?
>
>ithen restart mountd and nfsd with
>
>rcnfsserver restart
>
>( its on suse ), and no complaints. To mount the directory on solaris i
>use
>
>mount -F nfs nfs://<ipaddr>/home/aletrue /export/home/dave_f
>
>The problem is mainly that i dont know which end the problem has
>originated from, the client or server ? I have followed all of the
>instructions in the docs but my head is now jurting - any help is much
>apreciated.
>
>cheers
>
>dave
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From: "ne..." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Redhat 7.0 Kernel won't compile?
Date: Thu, 05 Oct 2000 19:57:51 GMT
On Oct 5, 2000 at 10:45, Andrew Wallace eloquently wrote:
>I just got and installed RH7 on my box. As has been the case for
>the last 3 installs, when I'm done, my network is broken, because
>it doesn't recognize my Linksys ethernet card. So I grab to tulip.s
>file from last time I went through this (RH6.2 - or was it 6.0?),
>put it in place, and started a kernel build. It gets through about
>4 files before it craps out, seemingly because of problems with
>SMP definitions. The output of the compile is at:
>
>http://www.scroom.com/red_hat.txt
>
>ANybody got any suggestions? I have been poring through to code,
>trying to figure out why the SMP stuff is so whacked. It's kernel
>2.2.16...
Instead of recompiling, try adding 'alias eth0 tulip' to
/etc/modules.conf and rebooting. If this does not work,
install the kgcc rpm and change the /path/to/linux/Makefile
to use kgcc. Change the CC line.
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with much more enthusiasm.
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Subject: Linux Stopped Booting!
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Victor S. Miller)
Date: Thu, 05 Oct 2000 19:56:42 GMT
I installed Caldera Linux eDesktop 2.4 on my Dell M166s (Pentium 166
MMX, 32 MB memory, 10GB hard disked partitioned with Partition magic)
about 1 week ago. It was pretty much working ok (though I still
couldn't configure my ethernet card -- you'll see that that's a
secondary problem). I have a dual boot system using Boot Magic. All
of a sudden last night when I tried to boot Linux, I got to
Loading Kernel
and then it hung up on
Booting Kernel (all disk activity stopped -- after 5 minutes -- which
is MUCH longer than it usually took -- I power cycled). It kept doing
the same thing. Since I hadn't really done much on the Linux yet (and
I was getting desparate), I deleted the linux partition, reinstalled a
new partition, and tried to reinstall the system -- now the
installation hangs up in exactly the same place! Are there any
suggestions as to how to get to the bottom of this problem?
--
Victor S. Miller | " ... Meanwhile, those of us who can compute can hardly
[EMAIL PROTECTED] | be expected to keep writing papers saying 'I can do the
CCR, Princeton, NJ | following useless calculation in 2 seconds', and indeed
08540 USA | what editor would publish them?" -- Oliver Atkin
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From: Altomare Fabio <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: apt and wget?
Date: Thu, 5 Oct 2000 15:05:39 -0500
Hi,
I'm running Debian unstable and I was wondering if there is any way to
configure apt to use wget to retrieve files. When I use dselect, apt
method, sometimes the line hangs up (I'm using a modem), often when I'm at
90% in downloading some huge file. The installation continue but I have to
download again the entire file (at least this is my impression).
I've tried to look in the man pages but I didn't find any indication.
I really appreciate any help or pointer to the docs
Thanks
Fabio
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From: "Francesco Rossi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Kernel 2.2.16
Date: Thu, 5 Oct 2000 20:53:25 +0200
Hi,
i have download and install the kernel 2.2.16 on my Linux SuSE 6.4
workstation. The only problem is that my network adapter realtek 8139 is not
supported by this kernel (is not selectable when i try to configure with
make menuconfig) and the driver rtl8139.o don't exist.
I can use the rtl8139.o in the old 2.2.14 kernel and if so how i can do ?
thank.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Pippin Barr)
Subject: Memory Paging issues
Date: 5 Oct 2000 20:38:39 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hello,
I've been attempting to install various linuxes and so far, so bad.
Pretty much every time I do, at some point during the installation I get
segmentation faults that appear to be cased by the memory paging system
point at non-existent virtual addresses or something along those line.
I'm at a loss as to how to fix this. I actually got Debian 2.2 *partially*
installed, but when I try to use dselect to put the rest on it will fall
over in the manner above.
The only thing I can think of is needing to append="mem=265M" in the LILO
config... but that seems ridiculous, as it's not like the kernel thinks I
have *more* memory than I do surely. Also, since it crashes *during* the
install sometimes, I'm guessing that fiddling with LILO isn't going to
solve the problem.
Please help if you can... even some idea of what's going wrong would be
useful.
Cheers,
PJ
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And the power you possess.
In your satin tights, fighting for your rights
And the old Red, White and Blue.
- Wonder Woman
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From: "Emilio" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Another ISDN Q:
Date: Thu, 5 Oct 2000 22:40:01 +0200
Hi there,
I created a PPP file using netcnf for an external ISDN modem connected to
dev/modem.
If I remove it and connect an external 56k modem, Linux (Mandrake7.0)
doesn't see the difference and keeps on working.
Should be Linux told that the two devices are different? Is the protocol for
ISDN the same for an analog modem?
What about the flowcontrol, should be checked off for ISDN?
In other words, what's the difference between the two as far Linux is
concerned?
Thank you.
Emilio
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From: BuDMaN <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: ISDN card???
Date: Thu, 05 Oct 2000 21:11:31 GMT
In article <8r3hmj$2pp$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
"Bugs Bunny" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I have an ISDN card (IA 128 - Planet), but I don't have the driver.
>
> I've been searching, but I can't find it.
>
> Someone could help me?
Did you get a reply for that? I'm having the same problem.
--
BuDMaN
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Display
Date: Thu, 05 Oct 2000 21:19:37 GMT
Vilmos
Thank You Very much this was exactly was i was trying to do, I do turn
off X once there in Prod though.
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Vilmos Soti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
>
> > Question about the Display settings, during the setup of RH 7.0
I
> > setup multiple display settings (800x600), (1024x768), and some
others.
> > How can I cahnge between them when I'm loged into the Window
Manager.
>
> You can cycle through them with the combination of Alt, Ctrl,
> and + and - buttons on the keypad.
>
> > Another question I have, I often setup the RH servers at my desk
then I
> > move them to the Data Center when i attach it to a different monitor
> > the text part of the boot I can see when X starts the screen go
blank
> > at that point how can i fix the problem.
> > Thanks in Advance.
>
> This happens since your monitor at your desk is probably different
> than the ones in the Data Center. You should *ALWAYS* setup your X
> to reflect your hardware. The video card and the monitor. If your
> monitor on your desktop is high end, and the one in the Data Center
> is low end, then there is a chance that you will fry the one at
> the Data Center.
>
> A question. Are you sure you need X in the Data Center?
>
> Vilmos
>
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From: "Murray Alexander" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Let's play "Spot the failure!"
Date: Thu, 05 Oct 2000 21:43:14 GMT
I'm installing (repeatedly!) RH6.0 on a plain-looking box:
- Gigabyte GA-586AT motherboard (no documentation available ANYWHERE)
- Pentium MMX 200MHz processor
- 32MB of RAM
- 425MB drive (1021 cyl, 16 heads, 51 sectors/track)
- Trident VGA 1MB
- 3Com 3C509 NIC (IRQ 10, I/O port 0x300)
This box will run Win98 and FreeBSD (it had the former, I tried the latter).
When I install RH6.0 (or SuSE 6.1), it won't boot. All I get is:
LILO boot:
Loading linux
There should be a bunch of dots after the word 'linux', but none show. The
machine has to be powered off and on.
I found a reference that explains what it means if you just get 'L' or 'LI'
or 'LIL'. However, at the point shown above, is LILO still running? Should I
look at that somehow? Should I examine the kernel somehow?
Ideas, pointers, even an 'RTFM' would be appreciated!
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From: Ernst-Udo Wallenborn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Boot Manager
Date: 05 Oct 2000 23:49:43 +0200
"Mark Clement" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> 1) an administration partition that the machine could be rebooted onto to
> download a new image to the main disk.
I do this on my laptop at home. The admin partition is four floppies.
Tried the approach you suggest, found it too cumbersome for a backup
and restore solution.
> 2) the main partition where linux would normally run.
Maybe you want something like redhats kickstart?
--
Ernst-Udo Wallenborn
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From: "Web Enthusiast" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Changing X Display settings - Red Hat 6.2
Date: Thu, 5 Oct 2000 17:51:30 -0400
Any ideas how to change the video settings in
Red Hat.
I'm a Linux newbie so please excuse me. Corel
Linux lets me change this stuff, no problem,
but I haven't been able to locate how to do so in
Red Hat 6.2
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