Linux-Setup Digest #852, Volume #19 Wed, 18 Oct 00 07:13:10 EDT
Contents:
Gnome (Helix) and themes ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Redhat 6.2 Killing processes ("Kousik Nandy")
Re: soundcard drivers for biostar? (Filip Westers)
Re: Sound Card Suggestions ("David ....")
Re: Gnome (Helix) and themes ("David ....")
Re: Minimal embedded linux? (jason andrade)
Re: geforce 2 causes scrambled screen? (moonie;))
Novel use of Iinstall disks - Help ("Don Elkington")
Re: DELL LATITUDE C600 and Red Hat compatibility issues ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Apache, PHP & MySQL Requirements ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: RedHat fails, Debian suceeds ("Adam H.")
Is IPChains Script secure? ("Adam H.")
Sound Card??? (Jay&Shell)
Re: LILO frezes after PartitionMagic moves LINUX partitions (Anita Lewis)
mouse problem ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: using su from the terminal...PROBLEM not solved ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Halt not properly (Rafael - LumesITSupport)
Re: using su from the terminal...PROBLEM not solved (Eric)
Re: I need a help (Eric)
How to access linux from NT? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Suse 6.4: always stalled modem downloads (Thomas Henkel)
Re: mouse problem ("IByte")
Re: mouse problems in X ("IByte")
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Gnome (Helix) and themes
Date: Wed, 18 Oct 2000 06:55:04 GMT
I didnt install the theme packages from the begining with the
Helix-Code installer. But now I do want to be able to switch
themes, but Im not able too.
THe thing is that I cant find any of the themes that I
downloaded (or installed)
I followed the instructions on www.themes.org for sawfish, but
it didnt solve my problem. (ie copy the tar.gz file into
/usr/share/sawfish/themes; I even tried unpacking it into the dir).
Then I downloaded the gnome-themes rpm and installed it, and it said
that it contained several themes, but still no themes but the
Default shows up :/
Could someone help me out with this ??
//erik
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From: "Kousik Nandy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Redhat 6.2 Killing processes
Date: Wed, 18 Oct 2000 12:22:19 +0530
Hi Peter,
Have a look at the file /etc/rc.d/rc ... it is executed when your
runlevel changes. So, it first finds if there is an rc directory
corresponding to that runlevel, then runs the KILL scripts. Now, before
killing, it tests "if the subsystem is already up", and for that it
looks for the existance of the files /var/lock/subsys/$subsys or
/var/lock/subsys/$subsys.init in that order, and if one exists, then
only it runs your kill script. So the idea that is in your start script
you crate (or touch) a /var/lock/subsys/xxxx file (assuming your
filenames Snnxxxx & Knnxxxx), and remove that in your stop script.
Hope this helps,
Kousik
"Peter van Dam" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Redhat 6.2
>
> It is easy to add a Snnxxxx script to one of the rc<n>.d directories
> but I have not yet seen one of my Knnxxxx scripts being executed when
> the runlevel changes to 6 or 0.
>
> What am I missing?
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Date: Tue, 17 Oct 2000 13:09:46 +0200
From: Filip Westers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: soundcard drivers for biostar?
Crossposted-To: comp.os.os2.misc,comp.os.os2.multimedia
Al Savage schreef:
>
> On Mon, 16 Oct 2000 21:43:24, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Rich Jerant)
> wrote:
> > >You need to identify what chipset you have for sound.
> > I believe he has already told us that he has a VIA VT82C6B6A South
> > Bridge which has a built in AC97 controller and does hardware SB Pro
> > emulation . I think I have heard of one board manufacturer having an
> > OS/2 driver for this setup. (I think it was ASUS)
>
> I'm an ASUS fan, but I don't think they've supplied OS/2 audio drivers
> for any modern audio chipsets.
>
> http://www.asus.com.tw/products/motherboard/driver_audio.html
> only lists these OS/2 drivers:
> Crystal 4237 Audio Driver (for SP98AGP-X)
> ESS 1788 onboard Audio for P/I-P55SP3AV M/B
> Vibra 16CL driver
>
> Regards,
> Al S.
I have an AOpen AK72 mobo (KX133 chipset) it has a AD1881 CODEC chip.
Got sound by enabling the legacy audio (SBPro compatible) in the bios,
no MIDI though.
--
Cheers,
Filip Westers
AIX at work Warping at home, lets rock
remove _NoSpAm_ to email.
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From: "David ...." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: Sound Card Suggestions
Date: Wed, 18 Oct 2000 02:14:23 -0500
"David N. Haney" wrote:
>
> Linux Sound Gurus:
>
> I have Linux running on 2 separate computers, and the single component
> that does not work on either is SOUND. On one computer I have
> a YAMAHA OPL3-SAX board. Since "pnpdump" recognizes it, I would think
> it would work, but no luck. On the other computer (Compaq) there
> is an on motherboard sound that is ESS 1968 (I think). While there
> are many ESS versions supported, this one does not seem to be one
> of them.
>
> I have not found ALSA driver to be of any help with these cards. In
> the latter case (Compaq/ESS) the card does not even work well with
> Win98 (consumes way too much CPU or skips like crazy).
>
> I have tried 3 versions of linux: Red Hat, Caldera, TurboLinux and
> cant get sound working (I think this is a much harder problem than
> SCSI, X video, or other complicated issues).
>
> I am interested in purchasing a sound card that has the following
> features:
>
> 1. Not too expensive
> 2. Reasonable performance
> 3. EASY to get working with Linux
>
> Please suggest some options. Thank you.
I have a YAMAHA OPL3-SAX sound card in one of my systems and it works
without any problems. In redhat 6.2 I just did an "init 3" which takes
you to a text console then login as root and do "setup" and choose
system configuration/sound configuration. It should find the card and
play how Linus pronounces Linux. then a midi file. Then exit and you can
use "init 5" to get back into X. If you are using Gnome you still have
to turn sound on it the "Gnome configuration tool" also in the
"Desktop/window manager/Run config tool/Sound" section of the "Gnome
config tool" there is a place to turn on sound.
I don't use KDE but hope this helps.
--
Confucius say: He who play in root, eventually kill tree.
Registered with the Linux Counter. http://counter.li.org
ID # 123538
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From: "David ...." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Gnome (Helix) and themes
Date: Wed, 18 Oct 2000 02:21:22 -0500
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> I didnt install the theme packages from the begining with the
> Helix-Code installer. But now I do want to be able to switch
> themes, but Im not able too.
Use the helix-gnome update tool and choose what you want to update.
--
Confucius say: He who play in root, eventually kill tree.
Registered with the Linux Counter. http://counter.li.org
ID # 123538
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (jason andrade)
Crossposted-To: aus.computers.linux,comp.arch.embedded
Subject: Re: Minimal embedded linux?
Date: 18 Oct 00 07:50:23 GMT
Matthew T. Linehan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>Mo from Redhat corrected my error. The EDK tool chain was compiled to
>run on a 386 yet the EDK only supports targeting Pentium-II and above!
>I would advise avoiding such a STUPID company. They obviouly do not
>understand what a typical embedded system looks like.
heh. bummer. maybe you should point this out to them ?
>QNX Real time platform was designed for real time applications from
>the first line of code written. It does support 386 processors as
>well. I asked a rather nice person in the QNX sales dept.
if you haven't already looked, i've mirrored (some weeks ago) the
QNX RTP releases. you can find them at:
ftp://mirror.aarnet.edu.au/pub/qnx/
cheers,
-jason
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From: moonie;) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: geforce 2 causes scrambled screen?
Date: Wed, 18 Oct 2000 03:58:35 -0400
On Wed, 18 Oct 2000, John Smith wrote:
>I have a 866 Pentium III, with 256 RDRAM, and a GeForce 2 graphics card
>with 64 MB DDR . .please help!
>
>When I installed from the CD-ROM with DrakX, all went fine until it
>asked if I wanted to test my screen resolution. I said yes, and the
>screen became all scrambled. I didn't know what to do - I had to turn
>off the computer. I guessed it had something to do with my graphics
>card, so I followed the link off Linux-Mandrake.com on how to install
>nvidia drivers. I tried Xconfigurator to test my chosen resolution and
>it scrambled again. I then followed the directions for installing nvidia
>drivers for GeForce 2 at www.tomshardware.com. I got it to show NVidia
>in the list when I type '/sbin/lsmod', which I thought was a step
>forward. I tried 'startx' but it said '
>/usr/X11R6/bin/X: /usr/X11R6/bin/X: cannot execute binary file
>
>giving up.
>xinit: Connection refused (errno 111): unable to connect to X server
>xinit: No such process (errno 3): Server error.
>'
>Then I typed 'kde' but it said '
>
>xmodmap: unable to open display ''
>kcontrol: cannot connect to X server
>kaudioserver: Can't connect to the X Server.
>kaudioserver: Audio system might not terminate at end of session.
>kwmsound: cannot connect to X server
>kpanel: cannot connect to X server
>krootwm: cannot connect to X server
>kfm: cannot connect to X server
>kwm: cannot connect to X server
>kbgndwm: cannot connect to X server
>'
>
>I tried "Xconfigurator" again and it let me pick my resolution. . . even
>when i pick the lowest settings (800*600), the screen gets scrambled and
>I have to shutdown the computer to fix it. Its so bad I cant even see if
>I am typing "shutdown -r now" correctly. Any help you could give would
>be greatly appreciated. Thanks so much.
>Ben Brinckerhoff
Sounds like your refresh rate is too high for your monitor.
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moonie ;)
Registered Linux User #175104
http://counter.li.org
KDE2
Kernel 2.4.0-test5
XFree86 4.0 Nvidia .94 drivers
RAID 0 Striped
Test-Pilots-R-Us ;)
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From: "Don Elkington" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Novel use of Iinstall disks - Help
Date: Wed, 18 Oct 2000 08:01:13 +0100
Reply-To: "Don Elkington" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Hi,
I want create my own harddrive backup/restore to cd-r using linux goodies,
and think it may be possible to use a Slackware linux boot/root install
diskette set - they cotain most of the basic software.
However, the kernel on the boot disk would have to be configured with SCSI
emulation and ide/atapi cdrom support (and version 2.0.35 or later).
The utilities cdrecorder and mkisofs would need to be on the root diskette
They could be easil;y added, with the few other required config changes.
The problem is that I have 2.0.30, and don't want to upgrade yet. Therefore
I would hope to find a boot/root set on the ftp site.
Does anyone know whether such a version of the Slackware Install disks
exists?
----
don
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: DELL LATITUDE C600 and Red Hat compatibility issues
Date: Wed, 18 Oct 2000 08:52:35 GMT
Just buy an ethernet pccard. I have a 10/100 LinkSys card which only
cost $50 and works great.
:Chris
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Evan Panagiotopoulos <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I am planning on buying that laptop. Any comments? I saw in
> http://www.redhat.com that the Xircom Ethernet adapter that Dell is
> offering is NOT compatible with Red Hat.
>
> Thanks,
>
> --
> Evan Panagiotopoulos
> Library/Media Technology Director
> Poughkeepsie City School District
> �
>
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Apache, PHP & MySQL Requirements
Date: Wed, 18 Oct 2000 08:51:13 GMT
Apache, PHP & MySQL
Just wondering if anyone know what the memory requirements are if on
want to install these three bits on a bare-bones Linux installtion.
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From: "Adam H." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: RedHat fails, Debian suceeds
Date: Wed, 18 Oct 2000 20:09:55 +1000
What was the problem exactily? Error message?
I had a problem on an old P133 with Redhat 6.2 installing. (Something to do
with Anaconda). I was able to install debian on it fine. Since then, I have
retrieved RH7.0 and it has installed fine also.
Have you been able to install RH6.2?
"Lord Petrosky" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:8sjbuq$2f1$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> I have traditionally been a RedHat person but the other day I just could
> not install RH7.0 on my new Quantum 30 Gig UDMA33 drive. Just to see, I
> reached for 3 cd's I recently downloaded of Debian 2.2 and it worked no
> problem. What is RedHat's problem? This drive is not special. Any
> comments?
>
>
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From: "Adam H." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Is IPChains Script secure?
Date: Wed, 18 Oct 2000 20:15:26 +1000
Hi,
I've got this masquerade script that looks as follows. Can anyone comment if
this is secure for accessing the internet?
Also, can anyone please tell me the difference between a 'batch' file and a
'script' in Linux. Ta...
The script:
==========================================
ipchains -P forward DENY //This denies all.
ipchains -A forward -j DENY -p tcp -s 0.0.0.0/0 137:139 //This denies for
windows netbeui
ipchains -A forward -j DENY -p udp -s 0.0.0.0/0 137:139 // As above
ipchains -A forward -j MASQ -s 192.168.0.0/24 -d 0.0.0.0/0
insmod ip_masq_ftp
echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward
==========================================
The above allows me to link a few different machines to the internet via my
linux box. (Aparently I need the extra Denies in their so the linux box
doesn't dial out automatically when I go to search in network neighbourhood
in a Win32 machine.
I'm a little worried that the above script seems a little simple, and that
someone on the outside may be able to hack into my network while I am online
via the internet. Does this script look secure enough?
Tia
Adam
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From: Jay&Shell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Sound Card???
Date: Wed, 18 Oct 2000 09:15:54 GMT
I need help, (ha ha)...No really, I can't get my sound card configured.
I am running Linux Mandrake 7.1 deluxe, and have Well.... The original
cd drivers are for a Yamaha S-YXG50, but my boot up before systems load
report the card as a ISA OPL3-Sa. I can get garbled sound from Linux but
Hmm well let's see......It's NFG.
Anyone, please???
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Anita Lewis)
Crossposted-To: redhat.general,linux.redhat.misc,linux.redhat.install
Subject: Re: LILO frezes after PartitionMagic moves LINUX partitions
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Wed, 18 Oct 2000 09:23:54 GMT
On Wed, 18 Oct 2000 08:19:16 +0200, Eric wrote:
>> Could one of you who are doing this post your lilo.conf please?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Anita
>
>here is mine:
>
>boot=/dev/hda
>map=/boot/map
>install=/boot/boot.b
>prompt
>timeout=50
>default=linux
>
>image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.2.14-5.0
> label=linux
> read-only
> root=/dev/hda6
>
>other=/dev/hda1
> label=WINNT
> alias=NT
>
>
>As you can see, hda6 contains linux (RH6.2) and hda1 contains windows
>NT.
>I put LILO in the MBR (boot=/dev/hda) because I like LILO, I thinks it's
>easily configurable, and much easier to set up a dual boot with NT.
>Choosing either NT or WINNT at the lilo prompt, will start the NT
>bootloader.
>
>Eric
Thanks, Eric. I was going by what I read in the mini HowTo at LDP on
installing dual boot with NT. I had also read others saying that it must be
done that way. You have explained it clearly to me and you have it working;
so now I understand.
Anita
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: mouse problem
Date: Wed, 18 Oct 2000 02:30:06 GMT
Okay, I have the Microsoft Intellimouse Explorer...however, right now
I can only use it as a two button mouse. When I go into mouseconfig
or DrakeConf (I have Mandrake 7.1) I choose the generic three button
mouse and when I save and go back, it is back to a two button mouse.
I have it connected via the PS/2 port btw. If I choose Microsoft
Intellimouse, it goes wacky and it drifts across the screen and I
cannot use it at all. Why is this thing messing up so much. I want
to be able to use the scrollball!!!!
Thanks,
Dan Allen
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: using su from the terminal...PROBLEM not solved
Date: Wed, 18 Oct 2000 02:34:37 GMT
[bigredlinux@mojavelinux bigredlinux]$ su
Password:
[root@mojavelinux bigredlinux]# DISPLAY=mojavelinux:0.0
[root@mojavelinux bigredlinux]# export DISPLAY
[root@mojavelinux bigredlinux]# kpackage
Xlib: connection to "mojavelinux:0.0" refused by server
Xlib: Client is not authorized to connect to Server
kpackage: cannot connect to X server mojavelinux:0.0
On Wed, 18 Oct 2000 07:31:05 +0200, "St. Otto" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>> Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server
>
># DISPLAY=<myclienthostname>:0.0
># export DISPLAY
># kpackage
>
>Steffen
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From: Rafael - LumesITSupport <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Halt not properly
Date: Wed, 18 Oct 2000 12:01:32 +0200
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
All shutdowns in messages file succeeded
only one entry look suspicious before after "syslogd succeeded "
sysctl: error: 'kernel.sysrq' is an unknown key
Do you have any sugestions
Rafael
bluster wrote:
> Rafael - LumesITSupport <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > I can shutdown and halt my RedHat 7.0 properly. It stops at:
> > INIT: no more processes left in this runlevel
> > Thus it no unmount file system and than it takes a long time to start
> > again. Where the problem is. How to force it to shutdown properly
> >
> >
> > Rafael
>
> Check the file /var/log/messages. Near the bottom
> of the file you should see a bunch of shutdown entries
> that look something like this:
>
> Font Server[680]: terminating
> xfs: xfs shutdown succeeded
> gpm: gpm shutdown succeeded
> atd: atd shutdown succeeded
> crond: crond shutdown succeeded
>
> Follow on down looking for which thing does
> *not* shut down ok.
>
> If there are no error entries, then find
> something that looks like this:
>
> syslog: syslogd startup succeeded
>
> The entries just before (above) that may lead you
> to the thing that's broken.
>
> Good luck,
>
> Bluster
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From: Eric <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: using su from the terminal...PROBLEM not solved
Date: Wed, 18 Oct 2000 12:24:22 +0200
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> [bigredlinux@mojavelinux bigredlinux]$ su
> Password:
> [root@mojavelinux bigredlinux]# DISPLAY=mojavelinux:0.0
> [root@mojavelinux bigredlinux]# export DISPLAY
> [root@mojavelinux bigredlinux]# kpackage
> Xlib: connection to "mojavelinux:0.0" refused by server
> Xlib: Client is not authorized to connect to Server
> kpackage: cannot connect to X server mojavelinux:0.0
>
> On Wed, 18 Oct 2000 07:31:05 +0200, "St. Otto" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> >[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> >> Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server
> >
> ># DISPLAY=<myclienthostname>:0.0
> ># export DISPLAY
> ># kpackage
> >
> >Steffen
cp /home/bigredlinux/.Xauthorithy ~/.Xauthorithy
Now you can do everything again.
The X server is only accesible by the user who started it.
Verification is done through this .Xauthority file
Eric
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From: Eric <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: I need a help
Date: Wed, 18 Oct 2000 12:27:42 +0200
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Stanislaw Flatto wrote:
>
> toutatis wrote:
>
> > Ho installato su un disco ( comperato apposta ) di 20G prima W98 ( su 15 G
> > dell'hard disc ) poi successivamente ho installato sui restanti 5 G liberi
> > Corel Linux, tutto bene durante l'installazione poi al riavvio non mi carica
> > LILO, al suo posto ( chiaramente poich� ha spostato la partizione attiva )
> > mi compare la scritta " nessun OS ".
> > Sono andato a vedere con FDISK se era stato installato Linux ... positivo! e
> > allora dopo averci provato venti volte non so pi� che pensare, boh!
> > Quando l'ho installato senza W98 a bordo andava a meraviglia perch� adesso
> > non carica ?
> > Se qualcuno mi pu� aiutare sarei grato
> >
> > G.CARLO
>
> Nie zrozumialem! A teraz co zrobic?
> Stanislaw.
:-)
En mijn italiaans is ongeveer evengoed.
Dus jammer maar helaas, als je niet in het engels post heb je pech.
Eric
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: How to access linux from NT?
Date: Wed, 18 Oct 2000 10:35:33 GMT
Hi, I can't access the samba server from my workstn. I'm using redhat
6.2, NT workstatn 4, and i've add the PlainTextPassword to the registry
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Thomas Henkel)
Subject: Suse 6.4: always stalled modem downloads
Date: Tue, 17 Oct 2000 23:36:28 CET
Hello!
I have a modem connection problem with SUSE 6.4 and I hope, one of you
can help me, as in a german linux newsgroup nobody found a solution to
this:
I always get stalled downloads with larger files under linux. The
downloads hang after some seconds and nothing more happens. If I start
to download other files at this time, the download starts - and again,
after some seconds it also stalls. In netscape I can awake this
downloads only with abort/resume if the server supports http resume.
Its always the same and it doesn't matter if I want to get a file from
my local isp (university) or from a distant server: for some seconds
the modem receives with full speed and then the download dies. Small
files are always loaded (f.e. html pages and small picture, etc.), but
if a larger file appears, the connection hangs.
I tried to change various options in /etc/ppp/peers/wvdial and in the
yast modem configuration, but nothing works. To be precise:
1. changed the initial at commands to 'AT&D2 M0' (my modem doesn't
need more commands to init - at least in windows and on my old
amiga)
1a. Disabled the data compression with 'AT%C0'
2. reduced MRU/MTU to 567 and similar values
3. explicitly enabled RTS/CTS handshaking with 'crtscts', even this
should be a defalut option (a trial and error test with cdtrcts
also didn't work)
4. set ACCM mask to 'a0000' (a default configuration for TCP/IP stacks
on my amiga)
5. set serial speed to 57600 and 115200 from within yast
6. tried the same with 'setserial', but this also didn't work
Now, I have no more ideas and I hope, one of you knows the ultimate
solution.
My configuration: Medion-PC (NPI-667-Avantgarde) and Suse 6.4. I
tested with an Elsa Microlink 33.6 TQV modem and a noname rockwell
modem.
Needless to say that the modems work properly under windows and also
when connected to the amiga.
Tom
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From: "IByte" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: mouse problem
Date: Wed, 18 Oct 2000 13:04:40 +0200
You might want to try the imwheel package (shoudn't be hard to find with a
little searching)
Regards,
IByte
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Okay, I have the Microsoft Intellimouse Explorer...however, right now
> I can only use it as a two button mouse. When I go into mouseconfig
> or DrakeConf (I have Mandrake 7.1) I choose the generic three button
> mouse and when I save and go back, it is back to a two button mouse.
> I have it connected via the PS/2 port btw. If I choose Microsoft
> Intellimouse, it goes wacky and it drifts across the screen and I
> cannot use it at all. Why is this thing messing up so much. I want
> to be able to use the scrollball!!!!
>
> Thanks,
>
> Dan Allen
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From: "IByte" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: mouse problems in X
Date: Wed, 18 Oct 2000 13:07:34 +0200
Have you tried disabling gpm?
Regards,
IByte
Luis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> i am having the same problem with my new computer. i am trying to use
> slackware 7.1... i have no idea what is causing this, but i have the
> identical problem. my mouse does work in the console though.
>
> hope someone out there knows what's goin on with this.
>
> luis
>
> Scyn wrote:
> >
> >
> > Hello,
> >
> > I'm having problems with my mouse in X. I'm trying to setup an X server
> for
> > my Voodoo Banshee Video card. I loaded the proper files from 3dfx.com
> onto
> > my linux box and ran the XF86Setup file that comes with it. When I move
> my
> > mouse curser while in setup the mouse only moves into the upper right
> hand
> > corner of the screen and won't leave. I have to press Ctrl-Alt-
> Backspace to
> > get out of X. I have tried selecting different mouse protocols, but
none
> > seem to work with this server. I have an Intellimouse, using a PS/2
> port.
> > Does anybody have any ideas?
> >
> > Thanx for any input!
> >
> > Ryan
> >
> >
>
>
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