Linux-Setup Digest #813, Volume #19 Thu, 12 Oct 00 10:13:07 EDT
Contents:
Re: permissions, so confused (thierry baertschiger)
xhost problem (Ng Fiona)
shinymetal titlebar buttons setup ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Installation via serial-cable? (Stony777)
squid and firewall cooperation ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Installation via serial-cable? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Curious problem: Netscape, Postfix, SuSE 7.0 (Hanspeter Schmid)
Re: Curious problem: Netscape, Postfix, SuSE 7.0 (Hanspeter Schmid)
Re: Trouble using 1280x1024 on 20" monitor (Charles Packer)
Redhat 6.2 ("Mick")
Re: Redhat 6.2 (Eric)
Re: ###How to Install Linux Mandrake??### (Derek Jolly)
Linux installed twice on one pc ("mb")
Re: alsa SBLive drivers on RH7 (Bill Pringlemeir)
Re: sendmail (Rod Smith)
cant connect to internet ("patrick")
Re: Curious problem: Netscape, Postfix, SuSE 7.0 (Jan Wielemaker)
Re: Redhat 7.0 upgrade problems ("Ed Bras")
Lilo not found in MBR Dell Poweredge RAID (Rob Carlson)
Xdm installation ("Ed Bras")
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From: thierry baertschiger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: permissions, so confused
Date: Thu, 12 Oct 2000 11:05:27 +0200
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> Okay, look. You can't run samba if you can't start it. If I am not
> root, I can't start it...so I am a little screwed here unless I want
> to su everything...
>
> if I run
>
> /etc/rc.d/init.d/smb start
>
> I get "must have user ID of 0 to run" What is that...I mean, why do I
> have to be root (ID of 0) to run smb???? I can do sharing, but I just
> have to su the terminal to start smb servies and I have to su samba or
> KDE explorer to get to the shares on teh windoze machine.
>
> How do I give myself access...this is ridiculous, I am just going to
> login as root all the time!
>
> Thanks,
>
> Dan Allen
try maybe to change the access with chmod (su -> root and chmod og+x
/etc/rc.d/init.d/smb )
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From: Ng Fiona <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: xhost problem
Date: 12 Oct 2000 17:33:39 +0800
Hi,
I am currently running hedhat v.7
When i tried to export a display from a sun solaris machine
to my linux box, i got an error
Arithmetic Exception
Anyone knows why?
rgds,
Fiona
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: shinymetal titlebar buttons setup
Date: Thu, 12 Oct 2000 09:38:43 GMT
Hi,
I'd like to add some of the window-control buttons (those that come in a
small bar when I click on the rightmost button of the title bar) on the
title bar of the window.
I think I have read somewhere how to do it, but I cannot remember where
nor how to do it,....
Anybody has an idea for me ?
thanks
C.Dore
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Before you buy.
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From: Stony777 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Installation via serial-cable?
Date: Thu, 12 Oct 2000 11:43:24 +0200
Hello guys,
I am planning to install SuSE Linux 6.4 to my Laptop w/o a CD-ROM.
In yast2 there is an option which says "Remote installation via serial
cable.
Question: Anyone succeeded this type of installation? What do I have to
pre-do on the laptop to receive this installation?
Thanks in advance,
Stony777
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: squid and firewall cooperation
Date: Thu, 12 Oct 2000 10:48:19 GMT
In a former posting i wrote:
*******
we have a strange problem with squid, running on a suse 6.3 libox, wich
is the
internet-gateway and firewal for a small lan, permanent internet
access.
it shows up that http access restrictions in squid.conf are ignored,
while some
settings on other machines (dial in inetaccess no firewal) work. e.g.
'acl
microsoft dstdomain microsoft.com ... http_access deny microsoft' still
lets
everybody go there.
i think we avoided beginner errors, no typos, correct order in rules
(denys first),
restarted squid and even box after changes and so on. also worked
through
some faqs and conf files, no solution. squid seems to work, no surfin
when
stopped. kernel claims missing masquerading support on startup.
rerouting port
in firewal.conf seems not to work.
any idea where we went wrong?
*****************
problem is solved by changing acl 'rules' from something like
'dstdomain' to something like 'dstdom_regexec', for correct spelling see
help in squid.conf. don't know where prob come from, workaround is fully
sufficient.
Written just to let others know.
Pls, Bernhard S. <test1test>@deja.com
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Installation via serial-cable?
Date: 12 Oct 2000 11:05:47 GMT
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I should forwarn you that this type of installation is not easy and there
are a whole host of pitfalls you could plunge right into. I have
attempted to install SuSE 6.4 on a PPC using this method, it's not nice.
However, it is possible and if you get things right you should find
everything goes smoothly. Having not done the exact same installation
that you are about to attempt I can't comment on exactly what to do but
you shouldn't have to do too much with the laptop to get the installation
up and running. You will control everything from your serial host
machine.
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<br><font size=1 face="sans-serif">I should forwarn you that this type of installation
is not easy and there are a whole host of pitfalls you could plunge right into.
I have attempted to install SuSE 6.4 on a PPC using this method, it's not nice.
However, it is possible and if you get things right you should find everything
goes smoothly. Having not done the exact same installation that you are about to
attempt I can't comment on exactly what to do but you shouldn't have to do too much
with the laptop to get the installation up and running. You will control
everything from your serial host machine.</font>
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Subject: Curious problem: Netscape, Postfix, SuSE 7.0
From: Hanspeter Schmid <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: 12 Oct 2000 13:37:59 +0200
Dear Reader,
I have just replaced sendmail by postfix in my SuSE 7.0 installation.
Since then, Netscape hangs itself up when there is no internet
connection (i.e., no ethernet or ppp), even when it only tries to access
loaclhost. When I dial up, Netscape wakes up immediately after wvdial
says "Connected..."
I don't even know where I should start to look for the problem. Do
you have an idea?
Cheerio, Hanspeter
--
Hanspeter Schmid See first, think later, then test.
Analogue-IC Designer (Research) But always see first. Otherwise you
Signal Processing Laboratory, ETHZ. will only see what you were expecting.
http://www.isi.ee.ethz.ch/~schmid/ Most scientists forget that. (D.Adams)
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Subject: Re: Curious problem: Netscape, Postfix, SuSE 7.0
From: Hanspeter Schmid <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: 12 Oct 2000 13:38:48 +0200
P.S. Only Netscape has problems. w3m works fine.
Hanspeter
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Charles Packer)
Subject: Re: Trouble using 1280x1024 on 20" monitor
Date: Thu, 12 Oct 2000 11:49:52 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Charles Packer wrote:
>How do I get a 20" monitor to use 1280x1024? (I had previously
>been using a 17" monitor at 1024x768.) When I plugged the new
>pixel dimensions into the "Screen" section of my XF86Config
>file, and restarted X, the screen remained dark and I couldn't
It turns out that I needed to widen the range for both
"VertRefresh" and "HorizSync" in the "Monitor" section
of the XF86config file. I got this information from a
spec sheet for the monitor I found on the Web.
--
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Charles Packer)
http://www.clark.net/~whatnews
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From: "Mick" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Redhat 6.2
Date: Thu, 12 Oct 2000 19:58:17 -0700
I cannot setup RH6.2 on my pc with 13Gb HDD. I reached the stage where I can
setup the mount points and nominate the size ok. RH even acknowledge the HDD
is 13Gb - but the "next" button to proceed is greyed out and I can go no
further!
Any suggestions? (RH6.2 cannot support 13Gb HDD?)
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From: Eric <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Redhat 6.2
Date: Thu, 12 Oct 2000 14:04:24 +0200
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Mick wrote:
>
> I cannot setup RH6.2 on my pc with 13Gb HDD. I reached the stage where I can
> setup the mount points and nominate the size ok. RH even acknowledge the HDD
> is 13Gb - but the "next" button to proceed is greyed out and I can go no
> further!
>
> Any suggestions? (RH6.2 cannot support 13Gb HDD?)
No that's not the problem, but you will need to make at least a
partition called / (known as the root partition, so it's *not* called
/root !!!) (and perhaps a swap). Otherwise you cannot proceed.
Eric
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Derek Jolly)
Subject: Re: ###How to Install Linux Mandrake??###
Date: Thu, 12 Oct 2000 12:20:52 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Learner), in message
<XNPE5.436890$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, wrote
>i am running win Me, but i want to install Linux Mandrake
>I used partition magic to create two partitions for Linux
>first is the Linux Ext2 partition and the other is the Swap partition.
>They both are logical partition. During the setup process, it requires
>me to create a root in the Linux ext2 partition, i don't quiet
>understand what does it mean.
>does anyone can tell me? it is in the partition setup part.
Yep. You've used Partition Magic to allocate two partitions for
your Linux filesystem and its swap space.
The installer needs to format that to ext2 partitions for your filesystem.
The minumum you need is "/" which is the root partition of your
Linux system.
You should consider having more partitions than this as well (these
are all created inside the space you've set aside for your Linux
filesystem), such as /home having its own partition and /usr having
its own partition. All of this is easily set up via the Mandrake
installer.
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From: "mb" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Linux installed twice on one pc
Date: Thu, 12 Oct 2000 15:21:04 +0200
Hello,
I have a three identical pentium pc's with 15 gb Harddisk space.
I use one PC as a Linux Router and another as Samba server. I bought the
third pc for emergency situations. If one of the two systems crashes i want
to be able to swap the spare pc with the router or the samba server without
having to change any settings. (The three pc's have swappable harddrives)
How do I set-up this backup-system? I wonder how my partitions should look
like and i wonder if there's anyone out there having dealt with this
sitution before.
Thanks in advance,
Martijn Bolt
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Subject: Re: alsa SBLive drivers on RH7
From: Bill Pringlemeir <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Thu, 12 Oct 2000 13:24:25 GMT
>>>>> "Michael" == Michael Matthews <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>> 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.
Michael> yes I ran snddevices. All utilities fail when trying to open
Michael> /dev/
You must run this script as root. You do have a /dev directory? You
may need to change some of the permissions on the devices to run them
as a regular user. Also, check out the /etc/security/console.perms
file to see if audio has been given permission for a regular users.
Does cat /dev/sndstat do anything?
hth,
Bill
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Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Rod Smith)
Subject: Re: sendmail
Date: Thu, 12 Oct 2000 13:33:27 GMT
[Posted and mailed]
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
george <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> how i can install and setup sendmail (smtp+pop3) ?
> i want to use a mail server at my work
Either sendmail or some other mail server (Postfix or Exim, usually)
comes with all major Linux distributions, and is set up automatically
during system installation. It may or may not need reconfiguration for
your particular network and needs, though. I suggest you check the
sendmail Web page (http://www.sendmail.org) for documentation (or
equivalent pages for some other mail server, if that's what you've got
-- Mandrake ships with Postfix, and Debian-based distributions ship
with Exim). Alternatively, many Linux networking books include chapters
on sendmail configuration, and there are books devoted to sendmail.
_Linux Network Servers 24seven_ is a decent introductory Linux
networking book with a chapter on sendmail (I've a bit more information
on it and others at http://www.rodsbooks.com/books/books-network.html).
If you've got more than trivial needs, you'd do well to purchase a
dedicated sendmail book, like _Sendmail_.
--
Rod Smith, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.rodsbooks.com
Author of books on Linux & multi-OS configuration
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From: "patrick" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: cant connect to internet
Date: Thu, 12 Oct 2000 23:15:24 +0930
hi there,
im trying to connect to the internet using debian and wvdial.
i have established a nameserver configuration file, and created
a link from the serial port connected to the modem to /dev/modem.
my reference then suggests the following two commands
1. type in - route del default
output - SIOCDELRT: No such process
2. type in - wvdial
output - cannot open /dev/modem: Input/output error
anyone with any suggestions?
patrick
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jan Wielemaker)
Subject: Re: Curious problem: Netscape, Postfix, SuSE 7.0
Date: 12 Oct 2000 13:34:39 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Hanspeter Schmid wrote:
>I have just replaced sendmail by postfix in my SuSE 7.0 installation.
>Since then, Netscape hangs itself up when there is no internet
>connection (i.e., no ethernet or ppp), even when it only tries to access
>loaclhost. When I dial up, Netscape wakes up immediately after wvdial
>says "Connected..."
I can only say that I've got the same problem now and then. It may indead
be related to periods without connection. I'm running sendmail, so it is
not exclusiverly related to postfix. It started after upgrading from
SuSE 6.4.
Regards --- Jan
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Jan Wielemaker Author of SWI-Prolog and the XPCE GUI library
SWI, University of Amsterdam http://www.swi.psy.uva.nl/projects/SWI-Prolog/
E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.swi.psy.uva.nl/projects/xpce/
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From: "Ed Bras" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Redhat 7.0 upgrade problems
Date: Thu, 12 Oct 2000 15:48:06 +0200
"Ed Bras" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:8s1jse$ce$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> 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 ?
>
> 2: smbd problems. This problem is related to the above. I don't seem to
get
> this working as the computer doesn't appear anymore in my explorer
desktop,
> while the configuration is the same ? Even if I copy the rpmsave version
> back to the smb.conf it doesn't work
>
> 3: Swat problems. Swat doesn't work anymore, while the files /etc/services
> and /etc/inetd.conf contain the required lines. ONLY the files inetd.conf
> has been renamed to inetd.conf.rpmsave!!
> In the log file messages appears: "Swat disabled, removing"
> Then I like to know where it is disabled ??? someone has an idea ??
>
> 4: Last: I am not able to connect my Xclient (XWinPro) anymore to the
linux
> machine ?? (before the upgrade it worked !!) . For this to work you need
to
> edit the file /etc/X11/xdm/xdm-config. However this file has been renamed
to
> xdm-config.rpmsave, and even if I rename it back, I have the same
problem.!!
>
> Please some advice how to solve this,
> Ed Bras
>
>
To all,
Ok, it all sames to work
Especialy the link about the xinetd made a lot clear.
Regards,
Ed Bras
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Date: Thu, 12 Oct 2000 10:02:53 -0400
From: Rob Carlson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Lilo not found in MBR Dell Poweredge RAID
This is a tough one. Sorry for the length. It is necessary.
I have a Dell Poweredge 4400 w 6 36bb drives configured RAID 5
(actually two identical machines). The machine originally had RedHat
6.2 preloaded on it. When I received the machines, the partitions were
out of whack, so I decided to reinstall. I remade the container and
scrubbed the disks and proceeded with the install. Note that this is
hardware RAID, so there should be no issues with raidtab, etc.
Once I acquired the proper controller (Dell Percraid) I was able to do
an expert install, fdisk, and load everything. The only trouble came
when the machine rebooted. Instead of going into LILO, I received the
Hit F1 to retry boot or F2 to enter setup message. At this point I can
boot with the boot floppy I created, and can traverse the entire
filesystem, run commands, etc. this leads me to believe the problem
lies entriely with MBR. Here are some of the things I have tried:
In bios/Raid configuration I created a non-RAID volume during one
attempt, on which to place /boot. This didn't work, and Dell and Red
Hat both told me I should be able to use the entire RAID array.
I ran /sbin/lilo after boot--no effect.
I tried re-scrubbing drives-no effect.
Tried mounting boot as separate partition, and not doing so. No
difference.
Upon Dell's suggestion, I tried not creating a boot disk (uh huh--going
through motions) No. (Dell was full of helpful suggestions--like why
don't you try it again and call us back, or suggesting drivers that
wouldn't even allow the hard drives to be recognized.)
Red Hat suggested I try loading 7.0, saying it should solve the issue.
Same result.
Below is my lilo.conf
boot=/dev/sda
map=/boot/map
install=/boot/boot.b
prompt
timeout=50
message=/boot/message
linear
default=linux
image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.2.16-22enterprise
label=linux
initrd=/boot/initrd-2.2.16-22enterprise.img
read-only
root=/dev/sda2
image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.2.16-22smp
label=linux-smp
initrd=/boot/initrd-2.2.16-22smp.img
read-only
root=/dev/sda2
image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.2.16-22
label=linux-up
initrd=/boot/initrd-2.2.16-22.img
read-only
root=/dev/sda2
(The enterprise section is a product of 7.0 . 6.2 liloconf is the same
sans the enterprise section.)
Here is df output after floppy boot:
Filesystem 1k-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted
on
/dev/sda2 1011960 76004 884548
8% /
/dev/sda1 54416 9150 42457
18% /boot
/dev/sda5 30241928 200 28705516
1% /home
/dev/sda8 4032092 20 3827248
1% /opt
/dev/sda11 40321996 20 38273692
1% /oracle
/dev/sda9 1011928 60 960464
1% /tmp
/dev/sda7 5044156 1933592 2854332 41%
/usr
/dev/sda6 1011928 32660 927864
4% /var
Ihave installed the 2 systems a combined 20 times, and am past being
mad. I would certainly NOT recommend Dell products to
anyone who wishes to run Linux (I know, should have checked VA) They
have since passed me on to Redhat, who are being quite slow in their
promise to load a poweredge and try to duplicate my problem. Any help
would be appreciated.
Rob Carlson
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From: "Ed Bras" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Xdm installation
Date: Thu, 12 Oct 2000 16:02:04 +0200
What must I install to install xdm. I think it is in a part of the XFree86
installation files, but don't know which ??
Please some help,
Ed Bras
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