Linux-Setup Digest #810, Volume #19 Wed, 11 Oct 00 19:13:10 EDT
Contents:
File access.conf ("bruno anselin")
Re: a most mysterious modem problem (Phil Mitchell)
Re: I NEED A JOB!! ("miked")
Re: X question (gnome) (Hagbard)
basic but non-obvious rpm questions (Phil Mitchell)
Fast Track Raid 66 Controller ("Peter Aagaard Kristensen")
Re: xntpd errors and "RSN" ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Linksys router ignores changes (Karl E Andrews)
Re: problem with ftp (Hilkiah G Lavinier)
Re: basic but non-obvious rpm questions (Zebee Johnstone)
Re: RedHat can not see hde disk (Rafael)
Re: X Fonts -- HELP ("Vann")
Re: X Fonts -- HELP ("E. Ryan Stanley")
Re: Helix/Gnome GDM - Dual Monitor Support ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
SoundBlaster 16 PCI crashes (James Bursa)
Re: RedHat can not see hde disk (Hal Burgiss)
Re: questions regarding IPCHAINS, IP MASQUERADING & SQUID (r3)
Linux Partition Link Corrupted (Bruceh)
Archive/backup of Linux Partition (Bruceh)
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From: "bruno anselin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: File access.conf
Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2000 22:12:55 +0200
Hello,
Which program needs or uses the file /etc/security/access.conf on a Mandrake
7.0 ?
Thank you for your help
Bruno
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From: Phil Mitchell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: a most mysterious modem problem
Date: 11 Oct 2000 16:34:43 -0400
I recently installed RH6.2 and had a "mysterious" modem problem,
also. As it turned out, the permissions on /dev/ttyS2 were not setup
correctly! Fixed this, and then everything was fine...
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From: "miked" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: I NEED A JOB!!
Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2000 15:52:55 -0500
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,alt.os.linux.mandrake
If you want to make *REAL* money in Linux, write "the perfect application"
under Linux and then sell that "solution" (hardware, OS, software,
installation and support) to a bunch of businesses for lots of $$$ A
business will pay lots of $$$ for a solution. they won't pay much for a box
or an OS or software in a box. That is what Gates has done for us ... but
offer them a solution and they will throw money at you! ... (just my
opinion, of course <wink>)
MikeD
"Pavel Zaitsev" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> "D.J." wrote:
> >
> > "chris" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > []i went through monster.com
> > []
> > []only took me a week to land the killa job, 30,000 a year , not bad
for a
> > []drop out with nix skillz
> >
> > I can believe it. I do company help desk. I get help request calls
> > from onsite computer mangers who make double what I do. They don't
> > seem to be computer literate.
> >
> > Not as bad as some of the employees who recently called and said they
> > couldn't login their computers. That building had no electricity due
> > to a thunderstorm. The only thing on was the emegergency lighting...
> >
> > Someone with minimal computer skills should be able to find work these
> > days.
>
> Bleah, its what you achieve is counts in *nix related job. If you want
> money,
> mostly I would be and/or Cisco/Oracle/MCSE certified. Just a waste of
> time,
> if you really want to be creative. Linux programmers dont get paid alot.
> Live with it. ;-)
> Pavel
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From: Hagbard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: X question (gnome)
Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2000 16:52:53 -0400
your detailed response is much appreciated. it looks like there's
enough there to get me headed swiftly in the right direction.
i was browsing (read 'researching') at a bookstore last night, hoping
maybe to get some more information for solving my problem before i get
home on friday. while there, i saw several various 'desktop
references' pertaining to linux... i didn't get a chance to truly
compare them all, as i was soon distracted, but i was wondering if
anyone could recommend a good one. one that i did look at looked
mostly like a command reference... skimpy index, so if you didn't know
the command you were looking for, it wasn't going to be a quick
process to find it there.
>>
>> No problem, I like people who WANT to "learn to fish", instead of just
>> ordering up some fish 'n chips, their questions keep getting better! ;-)
>>
actually, i'm a vegetarian ... and i'm not at all sure i'm interested
in the process of making tofu :-)
however, i'll be heading from the states to london in december, so i
may try the much-fabled 'fish n chips' yet. i'll be in edinburgh,
too, but i think i'll pass on the hagis :-) (had the veggie hagis (and
yes, i know that's an oxymoron) the last time there, and it was
surprisingly tasty).
enough of the ot ...
thanks again, i'll post a follow-up with my success story this weekend
(positive thinking).
hagbard
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From: Phil Mitchell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: basic but non-obvious rpm questions
Date: 11 Oct 2000 17:10:30 -0400
BACKGROUND: I need libstdc++-libc6.1-2.so.3 in order to run
Mozilla. The only copy of this lib that I've found for RH6.2 is in a
package w/ some other lib files. When I test this package, however, I
get a msg saying there is a conflict with a file belonging to some
already-installed packages (libstdc++-2-libc6.1-1-2.9.0.so).
MY QUESTIONS: 1. Is there any way to extract only the file I need from
the package? 2. Or, is it safe to overwrite a conflicting lib file --
maybe it's identical? 3. Is rpm reversible in the following sense: if
I made a backup copy of the file that was going to be overwritten, and
then forced the install, will I be able to reverse the steps in case
things go wrong?
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From: "Peter Aagaard Kristensen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Fast Track Raid 66 Controller
Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2000 23:16:27 +0200
Hi Everyone
I have bought a Promise Fast Track Raid IDE 66 controller, because I want to
setup 2x60mb harddrives as a raid drive. When I connected the controller to
my computer Linux would'nt boot. It said that it could'nt find the irq of
the controller, and that it would probe it later, then it found the other
IDE drives and then just stopped. The controller is ok, I tried it in a
windows machine and it worked fine. I use Linux RedHat 6.1 with kernel
2.2.16-3(because of the large harddrives). I'm using one of the 60mb drives
now as a normal IDE drive and it works fine, so its proberly not a problem
with the drives either.
Bios tells me that the controller uses irq 9 and I cannot find anything else
which uses that irq, so its proberly not a irq conflict. However bios cannot
determinate the irq of my graphiccard(a very very old one) so its possible
there is a conflict between the controller and the graphiccard.
So if anyone knows how to find out the irq of a graphiccard I would very
much like to know.
And if you've had a similar problem with the Fast Track controller or got it
to work I would like to hear from you also.
Sincerely
Peter Aagaard Kristensen
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.questions
Subject: Re: xntpd errors and "RSN"
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 11 Oct 2000 17:16:40 -0500
On 2000-10-09 [EMAIL PROTECTED] said:
>In the documentation, there is this lone cryptic comment:
>The kernel PLL interface is broken, I know.
>Update RSN.
>Before I bother the authors, does anyone know what an "RSN" is (and
>how it can be updated)?
RSN=Real Soon Now. HTH. HAND.
(but what is the kernel phased-lock-loop interface?)
Net-Tamer V 1.08X - Test Drive
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From: Karl E Andrews <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Linksys router ignores changes
Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2000 14:17:21 -0700
Linksys BEFSR41, SuSE 7.0, and Netscape 4.73. The router asks for the
password 4 times before letting me in, then when I change the password
away from the default and click Apply, nothing happens, no Continue, no
nothing. If I close the browser and go back into the router, it still
has the old password. I can change the data on the Setup page and the
same thing happens. If I change something else, like the filters, the
Apply button seems to work and Continue comes up. Same thing happens
using konqueror, so it isn't the browser. I've searched and found a few
other people looking for a solution to this problem, so it isn't unique
to my router; but I have yet to find an answer. I tried turning PnPOS
both off and on in the BIOS, as someone suggested, but to no avail.
Anybody been through this and have a solution?
- Karl
--
Linux: because rebooting is for adding new hardware.
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From: Hilkiah G Lavinier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.linux,comp.os.linux.development.system,linux.redhat.install,linux.redhat.misc
Subject: Re: problem with ftp
Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2000 22:31:06 -0400
Stefaan A Eeckels wrote:
> In article <8r0jft$8g1$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> "jhuman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > I get this error when trying to ftp to one of my linux boxes on private
> > lan....
> >
> > 421 Service not available, remote server has closed connection
> >
> > What does this mean and how do I fix it....
>
> Usually, it's because of badly configured tcpwrappers.
>
> --
> Stefaan
> --
> Ninety-Ninety Rule of Project Schedules:
> The first ninety percent of the task takes ninety percent of
> the time, and the last ten percent takes the other ninety percent.
Not sure if this'll help, but check that in /etc/inetd.conf, the line with
'ftp' isn't commented out.
Also maybe u should look at /etc/hosts.allow and /etc/ftphosts to make sure
they are configured properly (Do this on the machine u are ftping to).
regards, Hilkiah
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Zebee Johnstone)
Subject: Re: basic but non-obvious rpm questions
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2000 21:37:23 GMT
In comp.os.linux.setup on 11 Oct 2000 17:10:30 -0400
Phil Mitchell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>BACKGROUND: I need libstdc++-libc6.1-2.so.3 in order to run
>Mozilla. The only copy of this lib that I've found for RH6.2 is in a
>package w/ some other lib files. When I test this package, however, I
>get a msg saying there is a conflict with a file belonging to some
>already-installed packages (libstdc++-2-libc6.1-1-2.9.0.so).
>
>MY QUESTIONS: 1. Is there any way to extract only the file I need from
>the package? 2. Or, is it safe to overwrite a conflicting lib file --
>maybe it's identical? 3. Is rpm reversible in the following sense: if
>I made a backup copy of the file that was going to be overwritten, and
>then forced the install, will I be able to reverse the steps in case
>things go wrong?
Does the conflicting file come from a previous version of the RPM you
are installing?
If so, use
rpm -Uvh new-rpm-name
to upgrade the RPM.
If not, then there's something odd going on.. You can extract the RPM
into a temporary space, using the facility to extract it using a
directory as the root rather than /
To extract it to /tmp, you have to make /tmp/var/lib/rpm and touch a
file packages.rpm in that, then use the --root switch.
check the doco at www.rpm.org for details.
Zebee
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From: Rafael <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: RedHat can not see hde disk
Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2000 23:51:19 +0200
I tried RedHat 6.2 and 7.0 without result.
But Suse, Mandrake and Gentus can instal on hde without any problem how to
fix it. I could not start instalation, when I boot from RedHat floppy or
installarion CD it can't detect ide2 or ide3, thus I am not able to u�se my
Raid motherboard to make mirror disks. I am so flustrated. I have to isnatl
RedHat, I do not want Mandrake or Suse.
Rafael
Bill Pringlemeir wrote:
> >>>>> "Rafael" == Rafael <<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> writes:
>
> Rafael> I can not install RedHat on my hde disk, it can not see
> Rafael> it. What to do. But Windows install without problem and
> Rafael> Gentus Linux too. How to force RedHat to see hde not only
> Rafael> hda, hdb, hdc and hdd but also disk from third and 4
> Rafael> controler.
>
> Windows installs on hde and doesn't touch another drive? I doubt it.
> I think that Linux should be able to use a second controller. You
> can use the drive, but you probably have to put a partition on the hda
> or hdb drive if you with to use LILO to boot. You could use a floppy
> to boot linux if you don't like this.
>
> It is a limitation of the BIOS that LILO use to load the kernel. You
> must have a linux partition in the first 1024 cylinders of hda or hdb.
> With newer BIOSes, you might be able to use hdc and hdd. If you have
> installed Linux on hda,hdb,hdc,hdd and can not read an hde that is
> different.
>
> Also you give no details of exactly what software you are using. Is this
> Redhat X.xx etc. Do you know the kernel version?
>
> fwiw,
> Bill
>
> --
> I am covered with pure vegetable oil and I am writing a best seller!
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From: "Vann" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: X Fonts -- HELP
Crossposted-To: alt.linux,comp.os.linux
Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2000 21:49:48 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Eric <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Dodd wrote:
<snip>
> I had this when I switched from XFree86-3.x to 4. Turned out you need
> the fontpath where this fixed font is defined as the first fontpath
> listed. This path is on my PC
<snip>
If he's upgrading from XFree86 3.x to XFree86 4.x, he wouldn't need xfstt,
would he?
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From: "E. Ryan Stanley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.linux,comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: X Fonts -- HELP
Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2000 16:12:40 -0700
x
Dodd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> I just installed xfstt to try to get Truetype fonts working on my
> RH6.2 box. I got the RPM installed fine, copied the fonts to
> /usr/share/fonts/truetype and sync-ed xfstt. Now when I try to start
> X (KDE) I get a Fatal Error that says it cannot find default font
> 'fixed'. Where do I get 'fixed' and where do I put it?? And anything
> else I need to know to get this thing to work again.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Dodd
> Remove BLAH from e-mail to reply.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Helix/Gnome GDM - Dual Monitor Support
Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2000 21:48:54 GMT
Thanks for the response.
I have already tried this to no avail.
I have de-activated gdm by allowing the boot process to proceed to
run-level 3 only. I login and utilize startx and still get two window
managers.
Thanks again, I will keep trying.
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Not sure if my last reply got posted.
>
> It sound like you were running XF86R4 with xinerama enabled.
>
> Add "+xinerama" to the server lines at the end of the file
> /etc/X11/gdm/gdm.conf.
>
> e.g.
> [servers]
> 0=/usr/bin/X11/X +xinerama
>
> rbraud wrote:
> >
> >
> > 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
> >
> >
> > Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
> > Before you buy.
>
> --
> Posted via CNET Help.com
> http://www.help.com/
>
Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
Before you buy.
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From: James Bursa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: SoundBlaster 16 PCI crashes
Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2000 23:04:41 +0100
I'm having some problems setting up sound on my machine. The sound card
is a SoundBlaster 16 PCI, and seems to be recognised correctly on boot:
es1371: version v0.22 time 09:53:39 Jun 25 2000
es1371: found chip, vendor id 0x1274 device id 0x1371 revision 0x08
es1371: found es1371 rev 8 at io 0xe000 irq 9
es1371: features: joystick 0x0
es1371: codec vendor TRA (0x545241) revision 35 (0x23)
es1371: codec features none
es1371: stereo enhancement: no 3D stereo enhancement
When I attempt to play some sound, eg. 'play something.wav', the first
few seconds of sound work correctly, but then the machine crashes, and I
have to use the reset button.
Is anyone using this card successfully? I'm using Debian 2.2.
Thanks,
James
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Hal Burgiss)
Subject: Re: RedHat can not see hde disk
Reply-To: Hal Burgiss <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2000 22:04:48 GMT
On Wed, 11 Oct 2000 23:51:19 +0200, Rafael
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I tried RedHat 6.2 and 7.0 without result.
>
>But Suse, Mandrake and Gentus can instal on hde without any problem how to
>fix it. I could not start instalation, when I boot from RedHat floppy or
>installarion CD it can't detect ide2 or ide3, thus I am not able to u�se my
>Raid motherboard to make mirror disks. I am so flustrated. I have to isnatl
>RedHat, I do not want Mandrake or Suse.
I am vaguely remembering RH released a special boot image disk for
ATA/66 boards. I am not sure what controller this supported but you
might check the errata for RH7 at redhat.com.
--
Hal B
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2000 15:51:31 -0700
From: r3 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: questions regarding IPCHAINS, IP MASQUERADING & SQUID
good website @ mirrors.indyramp.com/ipmasq/ipmasq-HOWTO-1.82.html
also try "Linux Firewalls" by Robert L Ziegler. It has complete firewall
scripts.
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From: Bruceh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Linux Partition Link Corrupted
Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2000 22:57:50 GMT
I have both Win98se and Madrake installed on my disk. Though I
am able to use linux OK, Partition Magic is indicating that the
"Logical Drive chain" is corrupted. I called PowerQuest and
they said PM cannot fix this. I have to backup, recreate partition,
and reload.
Has anyone had this problem and have another solution? The
output from Partition Magic is below.
TIA.
-bruceh-
=====================================================================
Disk 0: 2343 Cylinders, 240 Heads, 63 Sectors/Track.
The BIOS supports INT 13h extensions for this drive.
========================== Partition Tables =========================
Partition -----Begin---- ------End----- Start Num
Sector # Boot Cyl Head Sect FS Cyl Head Sect Sect Sects
========= = ==== ==== ==== ==== == ==== ==== ==== ========= =========
0 0 80 0 1 1 0B 585 239 63 63 8860257
0 1 00 586 0 1 0F 1023 239 63 8860320 26565840
Info: Begin C,H,S values were large drive placeholders.
Info: End C,H,S values were large drive placeholders.
Actual values are:
0 1 00 586 0 1 0F 2342 239 63 8860320 26565840
8860320 0 00 586 1 1 83 593 239 63 8860383 120897
8860320 1 00 1023 0 1 05 1023 239 63 17720640 17705520
Info: Begin C,H,S values were large drive placeholders.
Info: End C,H,S values were large drive placeholders.
Actual values are:
8860320 1 00 1172 0 1 05 2342 239 63 17720640 17705520
17720640 0 00 1023 1 1 0B 1023 239 63 17720703 17705457
Info: Begin C,H,S values were large drive placeholders.
Info: End C,H,S values were large drive placeholders.
Actual values are:
17720640 0 00 1172 1 1 0B 2342 239 63 17720703 17705457
17720640 1 00 594 0 1 05 870 239 63 8981280 4188240
Error #120: Logical Drive chain extends toward start of drive.
This is incompatible with DOS FDISK.
Linux fdisk is one source of this problem.
8981280 0 00 594 1 1 83 870 239 63 8981343 4188177
8981280 1 00 871 0 1 05 940 239 63 13169520 1058400
13169520 0 00 871 1 1 82 940 239 63 13169583 1058337
13169520 1 00 941 0 1 05 1023 239 63 14227920 3492720
Info: End C,H,S values were large drive placeholders.
Actual values are:
13169520 1 00 941 0 1 05 1171 239 63 14227920 3492720
14227920 0 00 941 1 1 83 1023 239 63 14227983 3492657
Info: End C,H,S values were large drive placeholders.
Actual values are:
14227920 0 00 941 1 1 83 1171 239 63 14227983 3492657
==============================================================================
Disk 0: 17297.9 Megabytes
============================ Partition Information ===========================
Volume Partition Partition Start Total
Letter:Label Type Status Size MB Sector # Sector Sectors
============= =============== ======== ======= ========= = ========= =========
C:NO NAME FAT32 Pri,Boot 4326.3 0 0 63 8860257
ExtendedX Pri 12971.6 0 1 8860320 26565840
EPBR Log 59.1 None - 8860320 120960
Linux Ext2 Log 59.0 8860320 0 8860383 120897
EPBR Log 2045.0 17720640 1 8981280 4188240
Linux Ext2 Log 2045.0 8981280 0 8981343 4188177
EPBR Log 516.8 8981280 1 13169520 1058400
*:SWAPSPACE2 Linux Swap Log 516.8 13169520 0 13169583 1058337
EPBR Log 1705.4 13169520 1 14227920 3492720
Linux Ext2 Log 1705.4 14227920 0 14227983 3492657
EPBR Log 8645.3 8860320 1 17720640 17705520
D:NO NAME FAT32 Log 8645.2 17720640 0 17720703 17705457
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From: Bruceh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Archive/backup of Linux Partition
Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2000 23:01:29 GMT
I may have to rebuild my Linux partitions. Can I just use tar to
backup my partitions, reinstall linux, and reload from the tar files?
I'm wondering if there are any system files that may be exclusively
opened that I won't be able to tar.
Or is there a better way?
Thanks.
-bruceh-
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