Linux-Setup Digest #780, Volume #19 Sat, 7 Oct 00 01:13:07 EDT
Contents:
Re: UPS setup ("Ralph H. Stoos Jr.")
Re: NIC recommendation (MH)
Re: EXTRA LARGE mouse POINTER problem (Bob Hauck)
Problem with Linuxconf ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: EXTRA LARGE mouse POINTER problem (Pete)
How to install aplications in linux???? (Rogelio Salas)
Help about file transfer between Win98 ans Linux in a LAN ("Lucas")
reversed vgetty.. ("Fayaz A. Shaikh")
Re: How to install aplications in linux???? (David M. Cook)
Re: Help about file transfer between Win98 ans Linux in a LAN (David M. Cook)
Re: Halt won't power down PC (David M. Cook)
Re: LILO on drive a: (Doc)
checksum.S:231: badly punctuated parameter list in #define ("C. W. Wright")
Re: LILO on drive a: (Doc Shipley)
Re: Win2k, WinMe, Linux Red Hat 6.2 ("sandrews")
Re: NIC recommendation ("The infamous \"Brian\"")
Can't get OS/2 + RH Linux 6.2 to install together (Timur Tabi)
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From: "Ralph H. Stoos Jr." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: UPS setup
Date: Fri, 06 Oct 2000 08:59:58 -0400
M.I.,
I have never set up a UPS on a Linux box but I wanted to give you a coupl
epieces of information as I have set them up on many other Intel and PPC
devices, Novell, AppleShare, etc.
You do not mention other serial devices on the systems. If there is a modem on
COM3: (/dev/ttyS2) then it shares an interrupt with COM1: (/dev/ttyS0). This
could certainly cause a communication problem with the UPS. A mouse on these
systems can conflict with the script also.
Further, baud rate could also be an issue. Check the APCs manual for what baud
rate it wants then adjust the ports accordingly.
Even something as dumb as CR/LF settings can mess up the daemon/software
M I Preston wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Does anyone know how to configure the serial ports to communicate
> with an APC 3000 Smart-UPS?
>
> I've just taken over the up keep of two machines running RedHat
> 6.2 and am trying to install APC's UPS monitoring software, powerchute
> (apcd-0.5). I have the daemon up and running but the monitoring software
> can't communicate with the UPS. According to the APC Config.sh script I
> have one machine with the serial port (/dev/ttyS0) configured as a
> local port and the other machine has it configured as a modem port.
> In both cases the script fails with the error...
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
> WARNING: Serial communications never verified, the installed product may
> not work properly. You may want to try the following:
>
> 1) Check that specified serial device exists.
> 2) Check the device configuration is appropriate for your UPS
> type
> 3) Rebuild or create the serial device using the utility
> appropriate
> for your system.
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> How do I change the serial port config??
> Once configured how do I communicate with the UPS??
>
> Mike.
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From: MH <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: NIC recommendation
Date: Fri, 06 Oct 2000 17:16:32 -0700
The infamous \"Brian\" wrote:
>
> MH wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
> >Not sure why anyone would need them, as the Linux kernel
> >supports most 3COM NICs including the 3C905B.
>
> Now why would anybody spend $70 on a 3C905C-TX-M 3Com adapter when superior
> performance can be had for $20 Linksys LNE100TX?
>
> You can buy 3 Linksys and still have enough money for a few beers after work
> for the price of a single 3COM of equal capability.
>
> The 3COM DO NOT outperform the Linksys in Linux (or Windows AFAIK)!
>
> I have never had a Linksys fail but then I haven't installed 100s of them.
>
> The Linksys also features a lifetime warranty but quite frankly that is of
> limited value as the true expense will be the cost of replacing the NIC and
> the downtime associated with any such event.
>
> I stand by my statement that 3COM are overpriced and under supported.
>
> Just one guy's opinion.
>
Like most opinions, not worth very much. Linksys is a good, cheap,
low-end card. I've never paid $70 for ANY NIC. I buy 3COM for $45
retail.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bob Hauck)
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux.mandrake,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: EXTRA LARGE mouse POINTER problem
Reply-To: bobh{at}haucks{dot}org
Date: Sat, 07 Oct 2000 00:43:43 GMT
On Sat, 07 Oct 2000 00:19:47 +0100, Rainer Bezzina
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>this WHITE LARGE BOX (2cm by 2 cm - 800x600 resol) still continued to
>appear instead of the pointer.
My laptop used to do that unless I put "Option sw_cursor" in the Device
section of /etc/XF86Config. My problem was fixed in recent versions of
XFree86, but maybe you've got a similar one.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Problem with Linuxconf
Date: Sat, 07 Oct 2000 00:53:49 GMT
For some reaosn, after I installed Helix Gnome on my Red Hat 6.1 box, I
can't run linuxconf anymore, here is what I get when I try it:
Error message from remadmin :
Error message from remadmin :Gdk-WARNING **: locale not supported by C
library
Error message from remadmin :Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by
server
Error message from remadmin :Xlib: Invalid MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1 key
Error message from remadmin :
Error message from remadmin :Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display: :0.0
I really can't figure out what that means. Can anybody tell me whther I
have to install something, or fix some configuration files? Once again,
before I installed Helix Gnome, linuxconf worked just fine!
Thanx!
Peter
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From: Pete <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux.mandrake,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: EXTRA LARGE mouse POINTER problem
Date: Sat, 07 Oct 2000 01:10:41 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> 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....
>
This does normally work but I'm told it's a bit of a bodge really. It's
worth having a look on http://www.Xfree86.org to see if there's any
mention of different drivers for your card.
Pete
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From: Rogelio Salas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: How to install aplications in linux????
Date: Sat, 07 Oct 2000 01:30:03 -0000
I'm downloading aplications for linux on the web, but, some aplications
come with extensions that I don't now to manage.... some examples are...
guilg.gz perfect office
aim_linux.sh america online instant messenger
and other with the extension .so
How I can install this aplications????
Can somebody helpme??????
ROgelio Salas
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From: "Lucas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Help about file transfer between Win98 ans Linux in a LAN
Date: Sat, 7 Oct 2000 10:24:25 +0800
HI all
I have a LAN of 7 PCs connecting, one is a Dual-CPU and Linux OS,
the others are Win98s, the cables are 10M/100Mb based. The ISP cable
is connect to a hub and there is a router, and then to the PCs.
I have to send files to a share folder at the Linux machine, I could do so
by 2 ways, one is by FTP to 192.168.0.X and the other is by Linux's
Samba.
However I found the transferring speed is over slow, only 60KB to
transfer a 10MB file, and as for Samba, the situation is more poorer,
at most time it could take 4-5 seconds to transfer a small HTML file,
but the speed could be very fluctuating, occasionally it could be as
high as 40-50KB too.
It must go wrong somewhere, could anyone tell me where did I go wrong?
Thanks very very much.
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From: "Fayaz A. Shaikh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: reversed vgetty..
Date: Fri, 6 Oct 2000 21:35:09 -0700
I have installed and configured vgetty according to mini HOWTO. And it has
configured answering machine.
I want to make few changes. Instead of that, somebody else calls me and
then vgetty plays the message, I want my machine to call somebody and when
the other phone is hooked off , vgetty should play some recorded message and
not necessarily wait for incoming message. It is exactly like that some rep:
of business calls u and leaves computer generated messages for u. I have
tried vm, dialing through vm and then playing message through vm play -t
into telco line, but it hangs it up. Any solution. I will greatly appreciate
if u reply me and tell me any solution. I am also trying to look around for
nice vgetty programming documentation.
Fayaz Shaikh
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David M. Cook)
Subject: Re: How to install aplications in linux????
Date: 7 Oct 2000 02:41:18 GMT
On Sat, 07 Oct 2000 01:30:03 -0000, Rogelio Salas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>guilg.gz perfect office
You can find out what this really is using the file commmand
file guilg.gz
.gz usually indicates a gzipped file, but it is up to the person who names
the file to do this correctly. For some time Corel had .gz available of
WordPerfect that was really a tar file.
If it really is a gzipped file, you can just run gunzip on it:
gunzip guilg.gz
which produces a file guilg. But I bet this is really something else.
>aim_linux.sh america online instant messenger
This would be a Bourne shell script. You can run it with
sh aim_linux.sh
>and other with the extension .so
.so is a shared library, which is not an app in itself, but is used by apps.
You could try sticking it in /usr/local/lib, adding /usr/local/lib to
/etc/ld.so.conf, and running /sbin/ldconfig.
>How I can install this aplications????
For more info see the "Software Building mini-HOWTO" at linuxdoc.org.
Dave Cook
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David M. Cook)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: Help about file transfer between Win98 ans Linux in a LAN
Date: 7 Oct 2000 02:47:33 GMT
On Sat, 7 Oct 2000 10:24:25 +0800, Lucas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>the others are Win98s, the cables are 10M/100Mb based. The ISP cable
>is connect to a hub and there is a router, and then to the PCs.
You should have the cable connected to the router and then the router to the
hub (assuming a typical masquerading setup).
Could you give more detail about your network topology?
>by 2 ways, one is by FTP to 192.168.0.X ad the other is by Linux's
Try adding all the IP/hostname pairs in your system to each /etc/hosts,
e.g.:
127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost
192.168.0.1 foo
192.168.0.2 bar
192.168.0.3 baz
>It must go wrong somewhere, could anyone tell me where did I go wrong?
It could be a routing problem. What do your routing tables look like (route
-n).
Dave Cook
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David M. Cook)
Subject: Re: Halt won't power down PC
Date: 7 Oct 2000 02:55:08 GMT
On Fri, 06 Oct 2000 12:07:17 -0400, Scott Twitchell - EWB Support
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>shuts down, but stops with a prompt
I did a
make oldconfig
to produce Red Hat's .config in /usr/src/linux (with the kernel-source rpm
installed.) Grepping that gives:
[root@localhost linux]# grep -i pow .config
# CONFIG_APM_REAL_MODE_POWER_OFF is not set
So you'll have to recompile the kernel to get this convenience.
Dave Cook
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Doc)
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Subject: Re: LILO on drive a:
Date: Sat, 07 Oct 2000 03:54:08 GMT
edit /etc/lilo.conf
One line should be "boot=/dev/<something>" Change it to read "boot=/dev/fd0"
Put a blank floppy in the drive and run lilo.
On Fri, 6 Oct 2000 12:35:55 +0200, Dusk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Hi,
>I must re-install Winzozz98. But maybe he kill my LILO. So I want move LILO
>to a floppy and after all, boot from A and recover my RH.
>
>It si that correct and how can I do that?
>
>tnx
>
>
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From: "C. W. Wright" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: checksum.S:231: badly punctuated parameter list in #define
Date: Fri, 6 Oct 2000 22:50:00 -0400
I'm trying to build the 2.2.17 kernel and I get:
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux/arch/i386/lib'
make all_targets
make[2]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux/arch/i386/lib'
cc -D__KERNEL__ -I/usr/src/linux/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/arch/i386/lib'
make[1]: *** [first_rule] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux/arch/i386/lib'
make: *** [_dir_arch/i386/lib] Error 2
and those lines look like this:
227 #define SRC(y...) \
228 9999: y; \
229 .section __ex_table, "a"; \
230 .long 9999b, 6001f ; \
231 .previous
232
233 #define DST(y...) \
234 9999: y; \
235 .section __ex_table, "a"; \
236 .long 9999b, 6002f ; \
237 .previous
I'm running a redhat 6.2 system which I "upgraded" redhat 7.0 with the
upgrade option on the install CD. The above is some mighty strange
looking code. My system is a P-III/128mb Anyone have any idea how to fix
this?
C. W. Wright
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Subject: Re: LILO on drive a:
Date: Sat, 07 Oct 2000 04:24:57 GMT
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From: "sandrews" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Win2k, WinMe, Linux Red Hat 6.2
Date: Sat, 07 Oct 2000 00:20:21 -0500
In article <XT1D5.15876$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "LeleDxt�"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi, i have a problem with the boot loader of win2k, that isn't able to
> boot Linux. My os are: Win2k on hdc1, winMe on hda1, Linux on hda5.
>
> I'm able to boot Linux using the boot disk. I ran BootPart to add
> Linux to the NT Loader menu. When the system powers on, I'm presented
> with the NT Loader menu with the items Win2K, WinMe, & Linux. Choosing
> Win2K or WinMe gives no problems; they launch fine. Choosing Linux
> gives me the following error.
>
> Windows 2000 could not start because the following file is missing or
> corrupt:
> <windows 2000 root>\system32\ntoskrnl.exe.
> Please re-install a copy of the above file.
>
> This is not correct because ntoskrnl.exe is not missing. I'm still
> able to boot Linux using the boot floppy disk.
>
> Any help woulb be appreciated. Thank you.
>
>
>
You can get that if your partitions have changed. The boot loader will be
lookin in the wrong place (Supid Windows).
If you can have a look at boot.ini and see if you can figure out where it expects
the boot partition to be.
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From: "The infamous \"Brian\"" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: NIC recommendation
Date: Sat, 07 Oct 2000 04:27:35 GMT
MH wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>Like most opinions, not worth very much.
Fuck you too.
>Linksys is a good, cheap, low-end card.
There is nothing low-end about their service or the technical performance of
the NIC.
>I've never paid $70 for ANY NIC. I buy 3COM for $45
>retail.
That's fine. I pay about $12 for the Lynksys so my statement stands - buy 3
and have enough for beers after work.
3COM is overpriced and a cronic underperformer. I regularly remove them and
replace them with less expensive and superior performing NICs like the
Linksys - less trouble and better support.
I am always able to sell the 3COMs to tech-snobs such as yourself without
difficulty. 3COM has more money and promotional skills than technical
expertise.
Next time you wish to belittle somebody's opinion, just remember it cuts
both ways.
Just one guy's opinion, based on 25 years of experience in the computer
industry.
The infamous "Brian"
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From: Timur Tabi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.os2.setup.misc
Subject: Can't get OS/2 + RH Linux 6.2 to install together
Date: Sat, 07 Oct 2000 04:54:00 GMT
I have a single 36GB SCSI hard drive in my system (Pentium Pro 233,
Matrox Millenium II PCI, 128MB RAM). I can install OS/2 on this
machine very easily. I can install Linux on this machine very easily.
But if I try to install one OS on half the hard drive, trying to
install the other OS just trashes the partition table.
Could someone who is running RH Linux 6.2 and OS/2 Warp 4 on his
system please help me? Should I use Boot Manager or Lilo? Should I
install OS/2 first or Linux first? I know I'll need two partitions
for OS/2 (C: and D:), and that C: should be in the first 1024
cylinders, just like Linux's /boot does.
Thanks in advance!
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