Linux-Setup Digest #811, Volume #19 Thu, 12 Oct 00 00:13:12 EDT
Contents:
Re: Setting up a linux router + firewall (r3)
Re: Boot Problems, LILO and fsck, need RECOVER help ("David N. Haney")
RH7 - slow boot - loading linux ("rfisher")
Re: Boot Problems, LILO and fsck, need RECOVER help (Gary Sandine)
apache question ("alex")
Re: I NEED A JOB!! (Colin Watson)
will autopoweroff in Linux allow remote access (mohanva)
Re: Can't get RedHat 5.2 to install on my Seagate Medalist hdd model (Ed Hurst)
Re: alsa SBLive drivers on RH7 ("Michael Matthews")
mail problem ("john")
Re: disable ypserv (David Efflandt)
Re: mail problem (David Efflandt)
Re: lilo <-> graphic boot prompt ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Setting the PATH variable (David Efflandt)
getting NIC to work in LINUX (cnkruege)
Re: redhat vs suse (Stanislaw Flatto)
dual boot large disk problem ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
help!! rh 6.2 2 nics + dsl! ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Archive/backup of Linux Partition (E J)
compiler errors (Greg Davis)
Re: RH 7.0 Bugs (John)
Re: Redhat 7.0 upgrade problems (John)
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Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2000 16:17:05 -0700
From: r3 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Setting up a linux router + firewall
mirrors.indyramp.com/ipmasq/ipmasq-HOWTO-1.82.html
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From: "David N. Haney" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: Boot Problems, LILO and fsck, need RECOVER help
Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2000 16:21:43 -0700
Linux Gurus:
Thank you very kindly for your suggestions. I have tried the active
partition item and it did not work.
I failed to tell you that when I installed LILO (at the installation
of the Caldera Linux), I installed it to the natvie linux partition
/dev/hda3. I was not sure that would work, but it was an option in
the Caldera Installation and it all worked fine for several weeks.
When viewing the disk with the MSDOS FDISK, it showed that the active
partition was the first partition (/dev/hda1). After changing it to
partition 3 (/dev/hda3) and rebooting, the error message about
"Missing operating system" was still there. Then going back into
FDISK (MSDOS) changed the active partition back to 1 (/dev/hda1).
After rebooting this, it boots back into Win98.
I am thinking that when Win98 did this thing to the disk, it some how
corrupted something on the linux partition (/dev/hda3) such that it
is necessary to run fsck. The reason I think this may be the case,
is after booting with the emergency disk created after the fact
(described in Caldera's FAQ), I get an odd error that says something
like "Kernel Panic:VFS:unable to mount root fs on 03:03". This
suggests to me that it is having difficulty reading the linux partition
and it needs to run fsck. Another item that suggests this is that
while in Win98, trying to read the linux partition with the tool
explore2fs.exe reports a read error.
Do you have other suggestions about how I might recover the Linux data.
While it was nice to boot back to Win98, I really need the linux stuff.
I guess next time I will install GRUB instead of LILO.
Thanks for your help.
Svend Olaf Mikkelsen wrote:
>
> "David N. Haney" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> >Linux Gurus:
> >
> >I have an odd problem. I have a machine (Compaq) with a 10G disk
> >that has been partitioned with hda1 as Win98, hda2 as Linux swap,
> >and hda3 as Linux native.
> >
> >The Linux is Caldera 2.4. While in windows something odd happened
> >and it went out to lunch (stupid MS). Upon rebooting, the error of
> >"no operating system" is obtained. I assume this means that the
> >problem is LILO has gotten corrupted.
> >
> >Attempting to boot with the Linux Rescue floppy yeilds an error:
> >"Kernel panic unable to mount root fs on 03:03"
> >
> >I am guessing that perhaps the file system may need to be checked
> >before mounting (ie run fsck). How do I recover and get around this
> >problem? I have tried copying fsck to the boot floppy (on a different
> >system), but when I run in in the boot shell, I get segmentation fault.
> >
> >Thanks for your assistance.
>
> Are you certain that the "no operating system" message begins with a
> lower case n? What is the exact message?
>
> Well, if it is "Missing operating system" this is an error message
> from a standard DOS MBR, when no boot signature is present in the
> active partition. Then there is a chance that the Windows boot problem
> is as simple as setting hda1 active using DOS fdisk.
>
> You have the option to get Findpart at
>
> http://inet.uni2.dk/~svolaf/utilities.htm
>
> do
>
> findpart all +fat fp.txt
>
> and post the content from fp.txt.
> --
> Svend Olaf
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From: "rfisher" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: RH7 - slow boot - loading linux
Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2000 16:05:05 -0700
I have RH7 on several boxes. Notice that for some reason the boxes with
SCSI drives take forever (like two minutes) to get past "loading
linux........." prompt which happens immediately after LILO starts. IDE
boxes are booting at least 3-4 times faster. Anybody know what processes
are running at that point and how to tweak them?
Ron
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From: Gary Sandine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Boot Problems, LILO and fsck, need RECOVER help
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware
Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2000 23:32:53 GMT
In comp.os.linux.hardware David N. Haney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Thank you very kindly for your suggestions....
First - I recommend NEVER using DOS fdisk on a hard drive which
is something other than a DOS only hard drive (in fact - I think
one should use Linux fdisk to partition DOS hard drives!). If
one lets DOS fdisk write to a hard drive which has Linux and DOS,
it will make the Linux partition non-bootable.
It looks like this is what happened, and the "Linux Rescue Disk"
is NOT particular to the installed Linux system. Is it? Or is
it an image that boots into the Caldera installer??
http://www.lanm-pc.com (Cheap Linux boxes)
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From: "alex" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: apache question
Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2000 23:53:22 GMT
When setting up my apache, i seemed to run into a small anoying problem.
http://domain.com/~username = 404 not found
http://domain.com/~username/ = works fine
without the trailing slash, it will not display.
anyone know why? (and how to fix it)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Colin Watson)
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,alt.os.linux.mandrake
Subject: Re: I NEED A JOB!!
Date: 11 Oct 2000 23:53:57 GMT
miked <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>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.
In fact, if you want to make real money in Linux, you should forget that
you're trying to make real money in Linux. With some exceptions,
anything you write in Linux should run on other Unix systems too,
assuming that you're vaguely careful and are prepared to spend some time
on cross-platform testing. For very little effort, you can expand your
target audience by quite a sizeable factor.
--
Colin Watson [[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
"Ah, young webmaster ... Java leads to Shockwave. Shockwave leads to
RealAudio, and RealAudio leads to suffering." - Peter da Silva, ASR
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From: mohanva <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: will autopoweroff in Linux allow remote access
Date: Thu, 12 Oct 2000 00:07:56 GMT
I have not tried this - if I use apmd and am able to successfully put
the computer on the standby mode - will I be able to access the
computer remotely (my ethernet card seems to shut off when the computer
goes into standby - this is 'cos while running Windows all telnet
connections are broken if the comp goes into standby)
Thanks
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From: Ed Hurst <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Can't get RedHat 5.2 to install on my Seagate Medalist hdd model
Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2000 19:13:50 -0500
Adam Shrader wrote:
> Can anybody tell me why I keep getting an abnormal installation error:
> signal 11 error either when I try to partition my hard drive w/ disk
> druid or fdisk or when the RPM's are installing. Would a more up to
> date version of RedHat solve this? Any suggestions would be helpful.
According to RedHat's own website, the best place to start is
http://www.bitwizard.nl/sig11 .
Ed
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From: "Michael Matthews" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: alsa SBLive drivers on RH7
Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2000 21:11:45 -0400
"Bill Pringlemeir" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> >>>>> "Michael" == Michael Matthews <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> Michael> Any help would be appreciated. thanks
>
> Does your kernel have sound support? Try `modprobe -la |more' and
> look for xxx/misc/sound.o. If it exists, make sure to do a `modprobe
> sound'. You can also run linuxconf. If you have installed the alsa
> and sound system, you can turn these services on when booting.
Yes sound.o is there as well as various emu10k1 .o files. linuxconf has
nothing to do with sound in it. This might be changed for RH7
>
> Look in the /etc/rc.d/rc3.d/ for files that say Kxxalsasound and Kxxsound.
> These are bad. You need Sxxalsasound and Sxxsound. This means that the
> services are started at runlevel 3. There is and rc5.d directory too,
> this is used if you boot with an `X' login screen. If you have no sound
> support in the kernel or modules, you may have to recompile.
There are no such scipts in any rc dir. The alsasound script comes with the
distribution where is the sound script? But I think everything is getting
loaded at boot, it is just failing.
>
> I have kernel 2.2.17 and the same alsa modules. Make sure you create
> the devices with ./snddevices script in the alsa-driverxxx/dev
> directory. I found no need to run the plug and play stuff.
yes I ran snddevices. All utilities fail when trying to open /dev/
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From: "john" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: mail problem
Date: Thu, 12 Oct 2000 01:39:21 GMT
user 1 can not mail to root , and root can not mail user too.
What should I do?
Please help.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David Efflandt)
Subject: Re: disable ypserv
Date: Thu, 12 Oct 2000 02:02:59 +0000 (UTC)
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Wed, 11 Oct 2000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I'm trying to disable the ypserv, what exactly do I need to comment
>out? I've got the /etc/init.d/ypserv file open and I see all of the
>code, but what do I comment out so that it won't start up when I boot?
chmod a-x /etc/rc.d/init.d/ypserv will prevent it from running, but show
it as failed during boot. The preferred method is to simply remove the
symlink for it from /etc/rc.d/rc#.d where # is your runlevel (3 for
console, or 5 for GUI X) so it will not even try to run.
Or if you do not intend to use ypserv, uninstall it with one of the
package tools or rpm.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David Efflandt)
Subject: Re: mail problem
Date: Thu, 12 Oct 2000 02:11:32 +0000 (UTC)
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Thu, 12 Oct 2000 01:39:21 GMT, john <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>user 1 can not mail to root , and root can not mail user too.
>What should I do?
>Please help.
What smtp server are you using? Mandrake installed postfix on my system,
but I could not configure it to work. So I removed postfix and installed
sendmail, which works fine without any configuration (because I have a
real hostname).
--
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http://www.autox.chicago.il.us/ http://www.berniesfloral.net/
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: lilo <-> graphic boot prompt
Date: Thu, 12 Oct 2000 02:14:27 GMT
>
> question1: how can i get rid of that logo and have the old-style lilo
> prompt?
remove the /boot/message reference from lilo.conf ala someone elses
post/.
>
> question2: what format is the logo file? the file command identifies
> /boot/message (correctly) as "data", but I chan view (ee, gqview) and
edit
> (gimp) it easily.
It seems to be a PCX file, I noticed this a while back and asked if
anyone had any other pictures I could use, but no-one seems to know
about it???
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David Efflandt)
Subject: Re: Setting the PATH variable
Date: Thu, 12 Oct 2000 02:27:05 +0000 (UTC)
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Wed, 11 Oct 2000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Which scripts set PATH? I have put stuff in .bashrc along with an echo;
>so, I know that it is being executed, but when I do a printenv, my mods
>are not there. I cannot find the script which resets. Any ideas?
>(Mandrake 7.1)
If you are reseting or adding to the path, are you exporting it?
PATH=$PATH:$HOME/bin
export PATH
or more simply:
export PATH=$PATH:$HOME/bin
But you probably want to to that from .bash_profile if you are appending
to the path or the appended path will be repeated in subshells.
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From: cnkruege <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: getting NIC to work in LINUX
Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2000 22:25:18 -0700
Hi, I have a problem..
I installed redhat 7.0 and had *everything* working perfectly.
graphics,sound, nic, etc.. but the other day, i booted up and it didnt
detect my NIC or my soundcard.
Anyway, i had to format my computer for other reasons, and i reinstalled
everything
linux still wont pick up my nic or my sound. Anyone know how to setup a
D-LINK dfe-538tx ethernet card? (its on IRQ 10)
sound card is on IRQ 9
Thanks.
Chris. ( [EMAIL PROTECTED] )
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From: Stanislaw Flatto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: redhat vs suse
Date: Thu, 12 Oct 2000 13:47:06 +1000
No basic difference. Both are Linux/Unix.
The biggest difference is in the number of packages included.
Stanislaw.
news ibm wrote:
> I just received suse linux 7.0 and I was wondering what the difference b/w
> this one and that of redhat.
> Dylan
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: dual boot large disk problem
Date: Thu, 12 Oct 2000 02:38:48 GMT
I'm trying to install RedHat 6.2 on a machine that already has Windows
98 running on it. The machine has one 42 GB disk. I ran fips to
shrink the 42 GB partition down to 18 GB and plan to place linux in the
remaining space.
Unfortunately I encountered a problem at the install stage that
specifies the partitions. I tried to create a linux native parition
for "/" of size 2000 MB, but the installer complained that the
partition was too big. I believe it is complaining because it thinks
the windows partition is too big (and hence the boot partition can't be
placed at the front of the disk).
I don't want to wipe my disk and place a boot partition within the
first ~500 MB of the disk. Surely there must be a way around this
problem.
Any help or advice?
Thank you.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: help!! rh 6.2 2 nics + dsl!
Date: Thu, 12 Oct 2000 03:03:07 GMT
posted before, gathered various tips from other sources and tried
everything i know how. here goes: i installed 6.2 from scratch (after
messing with 7.0), had 1 nic in the computer at this time, a realtek
8029as. pnp is off in bios and the nic comes up fine with rp-pppoe.
connects, but when i run adsl-setup it says the card info, irq 10 right
now with no other nics present. everything is golden. now, i want to
add another nic. i have 2 choices. (all these cards are pci), a
kingston kne111tx/100b (using tulip) and a 3com 3c905b-tx (using
3c59x). i first put the kingston card in, rh detected it on boot,
configured, did NOT specify network settings then. logged in as root,
ifconfig shows only lo. ifconfig eth1 shows the 3com card, and
adsl-start works. i goto netcfg and enter the ip info. activate, stop
dsl and restart. still works... looks good.... so far i see eth1/eth2
and the dsl is working. i restart, try to run adsl-start, everything is
as before, but no lights flash on the modem. does not connect. aliases
are set right in conf.modules. no options, just alias eth0 ne2k-pci and
eth1 3c59x.
i remove the 3com card, remove the config, dsl works again, i tried the
same deal with the other nic, the kingston one. works fine for a
while.... then i reboot, bam, cant connect to the internet. what is
up? i have reinstalled the drivers, reformatted.... it all worked at
one point, but i haven't taken the time to config samba for ics yet
since on reboot it all fails again.... any advice? PLEASE help....
email [EMAIL PROTECTED]! ;) thanks in advance
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From: E J <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Archive/backup of Linux Partition
Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2000 20:20:07 -0700
I rebuild my linux system from the gzipped tar balls
Try to have tar ball less then 2G.
Be careful if you have to make a gzip and tarball of a big directory
file, you might get a broken pipe or core dump.
Don't make a tar ball of /proc directory.
# cd /
# tar cvfz /backup_directory/bin.tar.gz bin
# tar cvfz /backup_directory/boot.tar.gz tar
.
.
.
# tar cvf z /backup_directory/var.tar.gz var
Bruceh wrote:
> 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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From: Greg Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: compiler errors
Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2000 23:38:40 -0700
I am trying to compile tulip.c and pci-scan.c and neither will compile.
I use both gcc and cc in Red Hat, Mandrake, and SuSE. I get about 5 or
6 screens of internal errors referencing linking and parsing and gobs of
other stuff I don't understand. I use the command to compile in the end
of each *.c file. Am I supposed to do any preliminary clean commands or
linking commands or something?
Greg
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From: John <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: RH 7.0 Bugs
Date: 12 Oct 2000 10:57:36 +0800
Jonathan Dent <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I just upgraded 6.1 to 7.0. I lost eth0, even though all settings are
> the same. I lost sound capabilities, and the linuxconf and setup
> won't let me adjust anything, and I cant mount my dos drives anymore.
> any ideas, before I downgrade?
> thanks
1) Check the errate link from your desktop. Download and apply any appropriate
updates
2) Subscribe to the guiness list and pose the question there.
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From: John <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Redhat 7.0 upgrade problems
Date: 12 Oct 2000 11:01:07 +0800
Ed Bras <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hellu there,
> I did upgrade my machine from RedHat 6.2. to RedHat 7.0 and have some
> problems:
> 1: First of all I dont' understand the names that appear, for example
> smb.conf.rpmsave ?, why does this rpmsave extension means and how is this
> file used ? and what about my original smb.conf, which is renamed to this
> rpmsave version ?
rpm has saved your original file (and so .rpmsave). You should compare the tw files
and configure the new one to your needs.
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