Linux-Setup Digest #830, Volume #19 Sun, 15 Oct 00 10:13:06 EDT
Contents:
Re: error msg from X after installing latest nvidia driver for GeForce 2 MX: (Andy)
Re: easy question about bash (Colin Watson)
Re: Savign xmodmap setting between sessions ("D. D. Brierton")
Re: Minimal embedded linux? ("Russ.Shaw")
SENDMAIL / POP3 problem ("iConcept")
Re: NVidia Vanta driver ("Mick")
Re: MP3 decoder-encoder (myk)
Re: Minimal embedded linux? ("War")
VMware on Linux (Andrey Shipsha)
Re: Minimal embedded linux? ("Geir Atle Ward")
Re: VMware on Linux (Raffael Herzog)
Re: Minimal embedded linux? ("Yellow")
Re: RH6.2 login is now broken - how to fix? ("Gene Heskett")
Re: VMware on Linux ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
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From: Andy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: error msg from X after installing latest nvidia driver for GeForce 2 MX:
Date: Sun, 15 Oct 2000 09:10:16 +0100
On Sun, 15 Oct 2000 08:55:41 +0100, Andy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
.......I have no idea what's telling it to load the nv driver, is
there something else apart from the x86config file?
>On Sat, 14 Oct 2000 18:53:36 +0100, bunny <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>wrote:
>Hmmmmm, I wont post my full config file ;-) but it IS the nvidia, I
>checked that right away. I'm wonderinf if the RPM install didn't
>actually do all it was meant to?
>
>>
>>
>>Andy wrote:
>>
>>> Anyone got this to work?
>>> I seem to be SOooooo close...................
>>
>>[lots chopped out]
>>
>>>
>>> (--) PCI:*(1:0:0) NVidia unknown chipset (0x0110) rev 161, Mem @
>>>
>>> (II) LoadModule: "nv"
>>
>>nv???
>>
>>>
>>> (II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers/nv_drv.o
>>> (II) Module nv: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
>>> compiled for 4.0.1a, module version = 1.0.0
>>> Module class: XFree86 Video Driver
>>> ABI class: XFree86 Video Driver, version 0.2
>>> (II) NV: driver for NVIDIA chipsets: RIVA128, RIVATNT, RIVATNT2,
>>> RIVATNT2 (Ultra), RIVATNT2 (Vanta), RIVATNT2 M64,
>>> RIVATNT2 (Integrated), GeForce 256, GeForce DDR, Quadro,
>>> GeForce 2
>>> (II) Primary Device is: PCI 01:00:0
>>> (EE) No devices detected.
>>
>>On my machine the new nvidia driver is called nvidia_drv.o, nv_drv.o which
>>you are using was the original OSS driver which didnt support Geforce 2
>>(though that one does appear to be very slightly newer...).
>>Anyways perhaps changing the driver in the driver section of you X config
>>from nv to nvidia might do the trick as you may not actually be using the
>>driver you think you are.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Colin Watson)
Subject: Re: easy question about bash
Date: 15 Oct 2000 08:30:30 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>Okay, if there is a space in a file, like
>
>my file
>
>how do you access it in bash?
Well, files with spaces in are of course quite rarely used because
they're a little inconvenient, but there are three possible ways:
1) my\ file - the backslash "escapes" the single space character,
causing it to be taken literally rather than having its normal
meaning of separating words.
2) "my file" - most things inside double quotes are taken literally,
except that the following expansions are still performed: $variable,
`command`, \$ (literal $), \` (literal `), \" (literal "), \'
(literal '), and \<newline> (literal newline).
3) 'my file' - everything inside single quotes is taken literally. If
you need to enclose single quotes inside single quotes, you have to
close the quotes and reopen them: 'my dog'\''s file'.
Read the 'QUOTING' section in the bash man page for more information.
I normally use single quotes unless I need expansions to happen inside
the string, as there's less room for unwanted variable expansions and
the like to take place.
--
Colin Watson [[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
"It's always September, *somewhere* on the net ..."
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From: "D. D. Brierton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: Savign xmodmap setting between sessions
Date: Sun, 15 Oct 2000 10:15:07 +0100
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
In article <8safnk$2cv$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Colin Watson"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> D. D. Brierton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>Now how do I get these settings to automatically take effect each time
>>I start X?
>>
>>My machine boots into X and I use gdm as my login manager. I do not
>>have a .xinitrc file in general;
>
> .xinitrc is only used when you're using startx. If you're using a
> display manager like gdm, you need to edit .xsession instead.
Okay, that makes sense. However, this doesn't seem to be working:
[darren@excession darren]$ cat .xsession
xmodmap /home/darren/.xmodmaprc
[darren@excession darren]$ cat .xmodmaprc
keycode 113 = Alt_R
keycode 116 = Meta_R
add mod1 = Alt_R
add mod4 = Meta_R
When I log out and then log back in again the xmodmap changes have not
taken affect. There doesn't appear to be anything wrong with the format
of the .xmodmaprc file as "xmodmap ~/.xmodmaprc" works fine.
Any idea what I'm doing wrong?
Thanks,
Darren
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D. D. Brierton Department of Philosophy, University of Edinburgh
[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.cogsci.ed.ac.uk/~ddb
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From: "Russ.Shaw" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: aus.computers.linux,comp.arch.embedded
Subject: Re: Minimal embedded linux?
Date: Sun, 15 Oct 2000 19:22:33 +1000
I had a look at various micro-linuces web sites, but i
thought that if they were to 'disappear', i'd be left
with an unsupported solution.
I'm more interested in methods for making a small linux
from a standard distribution. It might not be difficult,
but i just haven't done it before.
What would be good 'mainstream' distros for doing a shrink?
Zebee Johnstone wrote:
>
> In aus.computers.linux on Sat, 14 Oct 2000 19:10:51 +1000
> Russ.Shaw <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >Hi all,
> >
> >I want to run linux on an embedded 386 or 486 board
> >with solid-state hard-disk, one floppy drive, and a
> >vga screen.
> >
> >Is there a good book or something that describes
> >what minimum linux components are needed and how
> >to set it up?
>
> There are distributions and things for that kind of work.
>
> feeding "embedded linux" into www.google.com will get you
> heaps of places to look.
>
> Zebee
--
*******************************************
* Russell Shaw, B.Eng, M.Eng(Research) *
* email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *
* Victoria, Australia *
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From: "iConcept" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: SENDMAIL / POP3 problem
Date: Sun, 15 Oct 2000 09:25:23 GMT
Hi everybody.
I'm currently seting up an intranet email service with sendmail, but I'm
gettin a problem: unable to get the server from client stations: connection
reset ...
I can login to my mandrake 7.0 box using telnet, get my mail, but unable to
do so using any email client. On the box, I cannot see the ipopd running.
>From oyher workstations, I can telnet the tcp port 25, but not the 110 one.
I'm very annoyed, could you help me asap ??
Cheick
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From: "Mick" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: NVidia Vanta driver
Date: Sun, 15 Oct 2000 18:10:29 -0700
Thanks for help. But the nvidia web site says that the 0.9-5 ver is for
GeForce, and looking under the TNT2 nVidia I can only find the 0.9-2 ver.
Thanks - I shall go to the url you indicated...
Loren Brookes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> On Sun, 15 Oct 2000, Mick wrote:
> >I downloaded NVIDIA_kernel-0.9-2.i386.rpm and ran rpm -Uvh <above file>
and
> >it install ok but I see no difference - also, it appears that the drivers
> >are for RH6.1 - will it cause problems on a RH6.2 system? According to
the
> >readme at nvidia.com after installing the nvidiaconfig should run
> >automatically - but it did not. There are a few "driver files" at
nvidia's
> >site, what files should I really need?
>
> Firstly, you should install the latest package which is
NVIDIA_kernel-0.9-5.
> Then you also need to install NVIDIA_GLX-0.9-5, which replaces some
XFree86
> files. You also need to change your /etc/X11/xf86config file. And I think
> you must upgrade to xfree86-4.0.1 also. All the documentation is here
> http://www.nvidia.com/Products/Drivers.nsf/Linux.html
>
> After you have done everything correctly you will see a *huge* difference
in
> performance, but not with a plain old X session. Try running some 3D
software
> to see the difference. The performance boost is worth the effort.
>
> Loren
>
>
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Date: Sun, 15 Oct 2000 11:16:43 +0100
From: myk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc,uk.comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: MP3 decoder-encoder
Ali wrote:
> I`m a looking for an MP3 decoder-encoder, can someone recommend one. I
> would like one with GUI and easy enough to configure. I`ve used audiograbber
> for use in windows so something along these lines would be great.
>
> TIA
>
> Ali
grip orks fine for me (part of the gnome 1.2).
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From: "War" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: aus.computers.linux,comp.arch.embedded
Subject: Re: Minimal embedded linux?
Date: Sun, 15 Oct 2000 09:25:06 +1000
Debian would probably be the best one to shrink.
War
Russ.Shaw <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> I had a look at various micro-linuces web sites, but i
> thought that if they were to 'disappear', i'd be left
> with an unsupported solution.
>
> I'm more interested in methods for making a small linux
> from a standard distribution. It might not be difficult,
> but i just haven't done it before.
>
> What would be good 'mainstream' distros for doing a shrink?
>
>
> Zebee Johnstone wrote:
> >
> > In aus.computers.linux on Sat, 14 Oct 2000 19:10:51 +1000
> > Russ.Shaw <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > >Hi all,
> > >
> > >I want to run linux on an embedded 386 or 486 board
> > >with solid-state hard-disk, one floppy drive, and a
> > >vga screen.
> > >
> > >Is there a good book or something that describes
> > >what minimum linux components are needed and how
> > >to set it up?
> >
> > There are distributions and things for that kind of work.
> >
> > feeding "embedded linux" into www.google.com will get you
> > heaps of places to look.
> >
> > Zebee
>
> --
> *******************************************
> * Russell Shaw, B.Eng, M.Eng(Research) *
> * email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *
> * Victoria, Australia *
> *******************************************
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From: Andrey Shipsha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: VMware on Linux
Date: Sun, 15 Oct 2000 12:24:18 +0200
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hello,
First I appologise if this message is beyond the scope of this
newsgroup.
I'd like to give a try to VMware because I need to run a few Win
applications from Linux. I have downloaded the evaluation copy of VMware
for Linux but I can't figure out how to get Windows 98 started...
I have a dual drive and dual system machine. Win98 is installed on
/dev/hda. Linux happily lives on /dev/hdb. I ran through the config
wizard. After that I powered on the Virtual machine. I could see the
start screen with RAM and hardware checking but then VMware reported
"Operating systen not found"... What else I have to do to start Win98
using Vmware?
Any hints would be appreciated.
Cheers,
Andrey.
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From: "Geir Atle Ward" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: aus.computers.linux,comp.arch.embedded
Subject: Re: Minimal embedded linux?
Date: Sun, 15 Oct 2000 13:08:07 +0200
Some time ago (Nov 98), Circuit Cellar INK had an article (serie) about
embedded Linux.
You can find out at their website
http://www.circuitcellar.com/pastissues/Index-frame.htm
Search for linux, and you will find several articles about linux covered in
this magazine. Ingo100 is the article from November 98.
Geir Atle
"Russ.Shaw" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Hi all,
>
> I want to run linux on an embedded 386 or 486 board
> with solid-state hard-disk, one floppy drive, and a
> vga screen.
>
> Is there a good book or something that describes
> what minimum linux components are needed and how
> to set it up?
>
> --
> *******************************************
> * Russell Shaw, B.Eng, M.Eng(Research) *
> * email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *
> * Victoria, Australia *
> *******************************************
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From: Raffael Herzog <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: VMware on Linux
Date: 15 Oct 2000 13:25:26 +0200
On Sun, 15 Oct 2000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> [...]
>
> I have a dual drive and dual system machine. Win98 is installed on
> /dev/hda. Linux happily lives on /dev/hdb. I ran through the config
> wizard. After that I powered on the Virtual machine. I could see the
> start screen with RAM and hardware checking but then VMware reported
> "Operating systen not found"... What else I have to do to start
> Win98 using Vmware?
Check that you have read/write access to /dev/hdax. Usually, you can
do this by adding your non-root user account to the group disk.
The second problem you will run into is are the different hardware
configurations of the real machine and the virtual machine. Check the
VMWare website for a description on how to setup Win98 with two
hardware configurations.
--
Raffael Herzog
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
May the penguin be with you!
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From: "Yellow" <u n r e a l @ f r e e l e r . n l>
Crossposted-To: aus.computers.linux,comp.arch.embedded
Subject: Re: Minimal embedded linux?
Date: Sun, 15 Oct 2000 13:39:21 +0200
Try www.lineo.com
Russ.Shaw <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Hi all,
>
> I want to run linux on an embedded 386 or 486 board
> with solid-state hard-disk, one floppy drive, and a
> vga screen.
>
> Is there a good book or something that describes
> what minimum linux components are needed and how
> to set it up?
>
> --
> *******************************************
> * Russell Shaw, B.Eng, M.Eng(Research) *
> * email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *
> * Victoria, Australia *
> *******************************************
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Date: 15 Oct 2000 8:57:41 -0500
From: "Gene Heskett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: RH6.2 login is now broken - how to fix?
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.networking
Unrot13 this;
Reply to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Gene Heskett sends Greetings to Robert Masters;
[...]
>>hackers work, wipe the disk clean and reinstall.
RM> This is actually a bit extreme - if you can work out which packages have
RM> been worked over, you can do a forced install of those packages from the
RM> distribution - much less hassle!
Well, we did exactly this that last time we had one compromised, but it
took us about 2 days worth of wandering around to find all the hackers
stuffs from an ADMROCKS rootkit. But we also learned a lot, and the
next one will go quite a bit faster.
My point was, and is, that for someone whose never had to clean up a
hack job, and has to learn as he goes, its going to take 2 days out of
his life. The backup needed data, wipe and re-install is at least a day
quicker.
>>Then goto updates.redhat.com and grab and install *all* the fixes
>>available for 6.2 there.
RM> And that's the next step, along with wiping out any/all spurious user
RM> accounts, and forcing password changes across the board.
Ieeeeyyyuuppp!
RM> Also check for plain-text passwords to other machines in you LAN, and
RM> change them, and check any root-peered machines as well.
That too.
[...]
>>Then hook it up long enough to go get portsentry from www.psionic.com
>>and install it. Once thats in and running, it might be safe to plug in
>>the ethernet cable and leave it plugged in again.
RM> Don't know portsentry - could you enlighten us?
Portsentry is exactly that, it monitors a selected list of ports on your
machine and when a scan of your machine is detected, it grabs the
sources address and slams it into the /etc/hosts.deny file. Your
machine suddenly disappears as far as that source ip address is
concerned.
I'll repeat the address, its <www.psionic.com>, great utility. It
doesn't come with a startup script to put in /etc/rc.d/init.d, but
cobbling that together for an automatic start at boot time doesn't take
a rocket scientist.
>>That may not be enough to stop a really determined cracker, but its
>>managed to reject about 30 passes at hacking my office machine so far.
RM> :-) But you are right, there is no "magic bullet" - as the old saw goes,
RM> the price of freedom (of having a safe machine) is eternal vigilence.
RM> Modify, maintain, monitor. Constantly.
Yup. Also, and everyone reading this should burn this next bit into
their nvram, or paint it on the wall, whatever.
There is a bit of a script helper that shows you how to make portsentry
keep its own logfile so you don't have to wade thru a 10 meg messages
file to find its reports. ISTR that tutorial link is from
www.securityfocus.com. It will make your security logging a lot easier
to puruse.
Anyway, their instructions tell you to add a ';local0' to the end of the
line in /etc/syslog.conf that starts with '*.info;'. Thats wrong, at
least on my machine its 'info.*;' and if you add the local0 to the end
of it, logging stops! The addition MUST BE ';local0.*'
They also mention that its a comma delimited list, but its semicolons in
mine. Maintain whatever convention is used in your /etc/syslog file.
Follow the rest of the instructions about how to setup the log
rotation. Then stop and start /etc/rc.d/init.d/syslog and your logging
will be back in business.
Cheers, Gene
--
Gene Heskett, CET, UHK |Amiga A2k Zeus040, Linux @ 400mhz
email gene underscore heskett at iolinc dot net
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ISP's please take note: My spam control policy is explicit!
#Any Class C address# involved in spamming me is added to my killfile
never to be seen again. Message will be summarily deleted without dl.
This messages reply content, but not any previously quoted material, is
� 2000 by Gene Heskett, all rights reserved.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: VMware on Linux
Date: Sun, 15 Oct 2000 13:57:44 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Andrey Shipsha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>Hello,
>First I appologise if this message is beyond the scope of this
>newsgroup.
No problem, but more detailed answers are found at www.wmware.com,
or the open newsserver news.vmware.com.
[del]
>I have a dual drive and dual system machine. Win98 is installed on
>/dev/hda. Linux happily lives on /dev/hdb. I ran through the config
>wizard. After that I powered on the Virtual machine. I could see the
>start screen with RAM and hardware checking but then VMware reported
>"Operating systen not found"... What else I have to do to start Win98
>using Vmware?
Insert a bootable installation CD-ROM, vmware will boot from that
and try to install whatever OS is on it.
If you like to run the previously installed windows, you have to dig
for more information, as I don't use this setup.
HTH,
Uli
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Stormweg 24 |listening to: Paralysed (The Sewergrooves),
24539 Neumuenster, Germany|Cheap Excitement (Stratford Mercenaries)
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