Linux-Setup Digest #779, Volume #19 Fri, 6 Oct 00 20:13:07 EDT
Contents:
EXTRA LARGE mouse POINTER problem (Rainer Bezzina)
Re: Drakconf in X windows. (Frank Johnson)
Linux Swap File ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Startx (zentara)
Firewall, proxy, database... ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: lossing chmod +s /usr/sbin/pppd setting after reboot (Bit Twister)
Helix/Gnome GDM - Dual Monitor Support ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: ftp setup help - Redhat ("David ..")
Re: How to multiboot Win98 and Linux? ("Ergophobe")
Re: Linux Mail Server (David Rysdam)
Re: initrd in lilo.conf ("David ..")
rh6.1, HOW TO FORMAT A DISK ("Haniel G. Mercedes")
Re: show load of two processors ("kfolske")
Re: Firewall, proxy, database... (Joe Schaefer)
Re: Installation of Redhat 7.0 over v 6.2 question. (David Shultz)
Re: EXTRA LARGE mouse POINTER problem (Dances With Crows)
Re: show load of two processors (Hal Burgiss)
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From: Rainer Bezzina <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux.mandrake,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: EXTRA LARGE mouse POINTER problem
Date: Sat, 07 Oct 2000 00:19:47 +0100
I've just installed Linux Mandrake 7.1.
The installation was pretty smooth... (except for the Creative WinModem
!).
The problem occured when the X configuration test took over.
The mouse pointer (available correctly during setup/installation)
disappeared and
a white large box appeared instead of the mouse pointer. After trying
various resolutions & monitors (the screen & display) being OK, the
pointer always appeared as a box !
I hoped that this will change when I run Linux but...
this WHITE LARGE BOX (2cm by 2 cm - 800x600 resol) still continued to
appear instead of the pointer. Actually this box is controlled as if
there was a pointer, but it is really frustrating opening a menu with a
2cmx2cm pointer !!
Please Help....
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From: Frank Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.linux,alt.os.linux,alt.os.linux.mandrake
Subject: Re: Drakconf in X windows.
Date: Fri, 6 Oct 2000 23:24:29 +0100
Buschman wrote:
>
> OK I did everything you said. The icon is on my desktop now but it
> gives me this error when I try and run it.
>
> KFM Warning
> Could not excute program
> /usr/X11R6/bin/DrakConf
>
> What does this mean? DrakConf is installed to my best knowledge. I
> know I installed it, I just don't know how to verify if the install
> took properly. How can I link this icon to the actual program?
>
> Buschman
>
Try changing the execution line to
/usr/bin/kdesu -c "/usr/X11R6/bin/DrakConf"
It may be simply that you need root pivileges. This should run kdesu first
and allow you to run drakConf as root.
--
-o> Frank Johnson
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Look ere ye leap. -- John Heywood
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Linux Swap File
Date: Fri, 06 Oct 2000 22:21:42 GMT
Hi, I was wondering what the optimal swap file space for linux should
be? My computer currently has Red Hat Linux version 6.2 on it, and it's
getting quite slow when I run any hardware intensive apps. The swap
file size as it stands now is 74 mb's. I have a 128mb's of ram
installed on my machine. I read somewhere that my swap file should be
at least twice the size of my ram?
If that is the case, how do I go about resizing the swap file?
I'm a bit of a newbie when it comes to linux, so any help would be
appreciated. Thanks in advance. =)
Wayne
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From: zentara <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Startx
Date: Fri, 06 Oct 2000 18:49:05 -0400
On Fri, 6 Oct 2000 11:18:45 -0300, "Martin Greco"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>HI everyone!
>
>Can anybody tell me how to start either gnome or KDE typing startx?.
>When I type startx it always loads KDE on SuSE and gnome in Red Hat
>it has a config file? or it has a command line option?
>
startx kde
startx fvwm2
startx gnome
etc
etc
There is a default window manager setting in yast under suse.
The above commands override the default.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Firewall, proxy, database...
Date: Sat, 07 Oct 2000 09:44:56 +1000
Hi All,
Our network has a firewall/Squid proxy which connects our private network
and the internet. Private network uses the reserved IPs. The PCs behind the
firewall access the Internet by IP Masquerading.
We are planning to add a database server (Linux/MySQL). We also need to run
a web server which uses PHP to access to the database. As the database
contains company information. We would like it to be placed behind the
firewall. My question is how do we arrange the network to achieve this.
1) Should I place the database behind the firewall and assign a reserved IP
so it will be on the same subnet as the workstations? Is it possible to run
Apache on the database server and make it http viewable by Net? perhaps by
means of accelerated proxy?
2) Should I assign a real IP to the database and put it behind the
firewall? In this case how would the routing work? We also have a couple of
machines outside the firewall using the real IPs (same subnet as the IP
prepared for database server)
Thanks
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bit Twister)
Crossposted-To: alt.linux,alt.os.linux,aus.computers.linux
Subject: Re: lossing chmod +s /usr/sbin/pppd setting after reboot
Reply-To: This_news_group.invalid
Date: Fri, 06 Oct 2000 22:54:09 GMT
Kinda help to post the OS.
There are several "linuxes" Red Hat, Slackware, SuSE, Debian, Mandrake,
Caldera, Corel, Yellow Lab, Black Lab, WinLinux, PhatLinux, Linux On A
Floppy, slinux, Trinux, (Rock, Armed, Stampede, Tiny. Power, Coyote) Linux
Well if you are using Redhat or Mandrake use
linuxconf
to set the protection on the file.
On Fri, 06 Oct 2000 05:56:16 GMT, David. E. Goble <goble@gtech> wrote:
>Hi All;
>
>I set pppd with chmod +s /usr/sbin/pppd, as root So my users can dial
>out and it works. Until I reboot the computer. Then the setting is
>lost.
>
>Whats wrong????
>
>Also I have set up inn as a newsreader, with pine. But can not figure
>out how to set it up so I do not have to start innd after very reboot.
>--Regards David. E. Goble
> goble [AT] kin.net.au
> http://www.kin.net.au/goble
>Po Box 648 Kingscote, Kangaroo Island, SA 5223
--
The warranty and liability expired as you read this message.
If the above breaks your system, it's yours and you keep both pieces.
Practice safe computing. Backup the file before you change it.
Do a, man command_here or cat command_here, before using it.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Helix/Gnome GDM - Dual Monitor Support
Date: Fri, 06 Oct 2000 22:55:02 GMT
I just installed Helix/Gnome and it looks great. I have two monitors
hooked up. Prior to installing Gnome the two monitors worked as one
desktop. After instlling Helix/Gnome I now have two separate desktops
one on each monitor.
How do I get gdm to fire off one desktop spread across both monitors.
Thanks
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From: "David .." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: ftp setup help - Redhat
Date: Fri, 06 Oct 2000 18:14:36 -0500
"ne..." wrote:
>
> On Oct 6, 2000 at 12:46, Zhihui Zhang eloquently wrote:
>
> >On Thu, 5 Oct 2000, ne... wrote:
> >
> >> 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???
> >
> >Thanks for your reply. I just find that "userdel ftp" works for this.
> You would be much better of uninstalling anonftp as the
> ftp-server needs the user 'ftp'.
>
> >> >(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.
> >
> >Which package group does proftpd belongs to? By file /etc/inetd.conf, I
> >see in.ftpd is there. So I really want to know which package does in.ftpd
> >belongs to so that I can select it when installation. Maybe it IS
> >"anonymous FTP server" group.
Home page for proftpd
http://www.proftpd.net/
Yes there are rpms for proftpd
ftp://ftp.proftpd.net/pub/proftpd/
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From: "Ergophobe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux
Subject: Re: How to multiboot Win98 and Linux?
Date: Fri, 6 Oct 2000 11:24:05 -0700
Rod,
I looked at your book in the bookstore the other day. Pretty impressive and
I would buy it if I had to maintain and set-up multi-boot boxes (but I
don't). I'm just curious, though, just how did you end up as a multi-boot
expert (it seems like most commercial settings can afford and prefer 1 OS /
machine, while most hobbyists don't get so into it that they write books).
I'm sorry if people feel this is getting too commercial, but I'm not asking
him to tout his book, I'm just curious about what motivated him to do all
that work (I've done a couple of books and, even when you know the subject
well, it is a LOT of work) and, contrary to what some people seem to think,
generally not very lucrative.
Cheers
Tom
"Rod Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:LonD5.9980$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> [Posted and mailed]
>
> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> Agnelo de la Crotche <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> >
> > Is Red Hat really so problematic and dangerous (for other OS) to install
> > ? I never installed it but I already repared partition tables for other
> > people who lost access to their HD after a bad attempt to install Red
> > Hat.
>
> In my experience, RH is fairly well-behaved in terms of not trashing
> other OSs' partitions -- *IF* you know what you're doing and don't
> select the wrong installation options. For instance, IIRC Red Hat has an
> option that causes it to wipe out everything and take over the entire
> hard disk, but it's also possible to use a less heavy-handed approach to
> use existing Linux partitions or to manually repartition, so you can
> leave some partitions and modify others.
>
> > Before installing Linux (and many other OS too but not all * ), I simply
> > create whatever logical and/or primary partitions I need, either with
> > Partion magic or more or less manually (I know you don't like low level
> > editing.) The partitions don't need to be formated but only to have the
> > correct filesystem ID. Than they will be recognized by the install
> > setup, which will ask if you want to use them. It works well with Linux
> > (SuSE distribution), SCO, Solaris, Free BSD and Net BSD. That way the
> > installation doesn't create or delete partitions nor modify the
> > partition table, it just install the operating system and that's finally
> > the goal.
>
> This works well with many OSs, including many versions of Linux. Some
> versions of Linux (and some other OSs) are much less flexible, though;
> they insist on creating their own partitions, so pre-creating Linux
> partitions with PartitionMagic or the like won't do you much good.
>
> > Red Hat seems to be a kind of second 'other OS killer', like Windows.
>
> It can be if you select the wrong installation options. I've installed
> a lot of Linux distributions (check my web page on the subject,
> http://www.rodsbooks.com/distribs/), and they sometimes blur together
> in my memory, but I seem to recall Corel Linux being really awful in
> this respect. It works pretty well for a Linux/Windows dual boot, but
> anything more sophisticated is likely to cause problems with it. I
> distinctly recall my last attempt at Corel Linux 1.2 ended with me
> screaming at the thing when I discovered that it wiped the MBR and
> re-installed LILO there after EVERY boot, thus destroying my System
> Commander setup. Once I found that, I wiped the partition immediately
> and put something else there (Debian, and then Red Hat for my latest
> writing project). I've got half a dozen OSs on that computer at the
> moment, so my tolerance for such shenanigans is pretty low. An OS plays
> nice with others or it's gone from that system.
>
> --
> Rod Smith, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> http://www.rodsbooks.com
> Author of books on Linux & multi-OS configuration
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David Rysdam)
Crossposted-To:
alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.networking,uk.comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: Linux Mail Server
Date: 6 Oct 2000 22:23:59 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Hash: SHA1
If you need MAPI connectivity, check out MailOne from OpenOne
(www.openone.com). This is the product that used to be MailWorks from
DEC and has been ported to Linux (Alpha Linux is in beta).
Disclaimer: I work for OpenOne.
BTW, with MailOne it's very very easy to setup multiple "mail servers"
and the external SMTP stuff is handled by an external MTA.
And David Fulton Spoke:
>On this note, Communigate Pro is one of the best MTA's that I have seen, it
>could run that many users (it does not use OS accounts and therefore the
>system limit is not an issue.) and it comes with an LDAP server built in
>that can also be configured to proxy to a main LDAP environment. Also the
>scalability is there because it includes the ability to cluster (of course
>you have to pay for it.)
>"Stuart Krivis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
>news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
>> On Tue, 19 Sep 2000 21:36:23 GMT, Newsgroup Account
><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> >See my earlier post - you do not need systems accounts for 500000 users.
>>
>> I think that this size mail system requires expert assistance to setup.
>>
>> Yes, you can make sendmail, postfix, and qmail do it. However, you need
>> to know what you're doing.
>>
>> It's probably best to hire someone who already knows how to do it. That
>> way you don't start getting phone calls from 500,000 people every time
>> the server hiccups.
>>
>> The other way to do it is with commercial software. Netscape Messaging
>> Server and Communigate Pro spring to mind. They are both designed to
>> scale in the ways that will be needed. Commercial Sendmail might also be
>> worth looking into.
>>
>> Multiple servers will be a must. You need redundancy. Perhaps a
>> dedicated mail routing machine? Separate POP3/IMAP server(s)? LDAP
>> server? Storage arrays?
>>
>> It's not something you can go ahead with based on the advice in a couple
>> of Usenet articles, nor will it only take one weekend to setup...
>>
>> So, hire somebody who knows how to do it. :-)
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>>
>> Stuart Krivis
>>
>> **remove the "mongo" for e-mail replies
>>
>
>
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From: "David .." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: initrd in lilo.conf
Date: Fri, 06 Oct 2000 18:23:07 -0500
Uwe Westpfahl wrote:
>
> I am very interested to know if and how a new initrd specification is to be
> created when you compiled a new kernel on a SCSI system.
>
You make an initrd image with this.
mkinitrd /boot/initrd-x.x.xx.img x.x.xx
Where "x.x.xx" is the kernel version you want to make an initrd for.
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Reply-To: "Haniel G. Mercedes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
From: "Haniel G. Mercedes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: rh6.1, HOW TO FORMAT A DISK
Date: Fri, 6 Oct 2000 20:33:18 -0400
Excuse me for that kind of question.....
But, I am looking any command to format a disk from a raid hardware.
Could anybody tell me how to do it, in rh6.1 ?
Thanks,
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From: "kfolske" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: show load of two processors
Date: Fri, 6 Oct 2000 17:16:42 -0600
Try gkrellm. It will allow you to monitor both processors individually or
collectively.
Keith
Miguel Rodriguez Penabad wrote in message <8rlbts$e4b$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>Is there any program (maybe similar to top) that shows the load of two
>processors separately? I just installed linux in a dual pentium and
>I'd like to know how the load is distributed.
>Thanks,
> Miguel
>
>--
>=========================================================================
>Miguel Rodriguez Penabad [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Laboratorio de Bases de Datos http://emilia.dc.fi.udc.es/labBD
>Facultade de Inform�tica Universidade da Coru�a (Spain)
>=========================================================================
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Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: Firewall, proxy, database...
From: Joe Schaefer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: 06 Oct 2000 19:34:42 -0400
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> Hi All,
>
> Our network has a firewall/Squid proxy which connects our private network
> and the internet. Private network uses the reserved IPs. The PCs behind the
> firewall access the Internet by IP Masquerading.
>
> We are planning to add a database server (Linux/MySQL). We also need to run
> a web server which uses PHP to access to the database. As the database
> contains company information. We would like it to be placed behind the
> firewall. My question is how do we arrange the network to achieve this.
I would do it this way-
outside : inside
:
:eth0 forward (eth0) port 80 could all be on one machine
internet <-----> firewall <-------------> [ web server <--> database server ]
: ^ block all other ports ^
: | |
: | |
: v port 3306 v
: private intranet<------------------------------> firewall
block all other ports
--
Joe Schaefer
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From: David Shultz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Installation of Redhat 7.0 over v 6.2 question.
Date: Fri, 06 Oct 2000 23:46:18 GMT
I'd think twice before upgrading to 7.0. I've been seeing lots of people
complaining that RH 7 has lots of problems, and that 6.2 is the best/most stable
RH distro at this point.
Darryl HB wrote:
> Hi, all. I have in my Hard drive Redhat version 6.2. I was just wondering if
> I were to get version 7.0, would I need to reformat and reinstall all my
> applications again or I can just do an upgrade (something like from Windows
> 98 to windows 2000)?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Darryl
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dances With Crows)
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux.mandrake,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: EXTRA LARGE mouse POINTER problem
Date: 6 Oct 2000 23:54:27 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Sat, 07 Oct 2000 00:19:47 +0100, Rainer Bezzina wrote:
>The problem occured when the X configuration test took over.
>The mouse pointer (available correctly during setup/installation)
>disappeared and
>a white large box appeared instead of the mouse pointer. After trying
>various resolutions & monitors (the screen & display) being OK, the
>pointer always appeared as a box !
Edit /etc/XF86Config (it may be in /etc/X11/XF86Config ) with a text
editor (like pico or vi) and find the line that says
Section "Device"
Below that line, insert the line
Option "sw_cursor"
save the file, and restart X. This is a fairly common problem with some
video cards, but this fix generally clears everything up. HTH!
--
Matt G|There is no Darkness in Eternity/But only Light too dim for us to see
Brainbench MVP for Linux Admin / Workin' in a code mine, hittin' Ctrl-Alt
http://www.brainbench.com / Workin' in a code mine, whoops!
=============================/ I hit a seg fault....
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Hal Burgiss)
Subject: Re: show load of two processors
Reply-To: Hal Burgiss <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Sat, 07 Oct 2000 00:09:12 GMT
On 6 Oct 2000 20:15:56 GMT, Miguel Rodriguez Penabad
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Is there any program (maybe similar to top) that shows the load of two
>processors separately? I just installed linux in a dual pentium and
>I'd like to know how the load is distributed.
There is a patch for top that shows both. URL is in the SMP FAQ IIRC.
Don't know it offhand.
--
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