Linux-Setup Digest #914, Volume #19 Fri, 27 Oct 00 04:13:09 EDT
Contents:
Re: RH 6.2 and eMachines ("none")
Re: RH 6.1 misses 25MB of my HD ("none")
Suse 7.0/ susewm ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Moving /usr From One Partition To Another (Eric)
Re: LILO frezes after PartitionMagic moves LINUX partitions (Eric)
Re: X display slightly larger than screen (Eric)
RH 6.1&2: no sound in Gnome, sound ok with KDE. Why? ("none")
modem aztech for Linux (=?iso-8859-1?Q?St=E9phane?= COLSON)
Re: CD Audio, question (Eric)
kde2 on Mandrake 7.1 - minor glitches ("D. D. Brierton")
Re: how to set time in linux (Eric)
Re: RH 6.1 misses 25MB of my HD (Eric)
Re: Restricted root access for installation (Eric)
Re: How to reclaim disk partitions from other OS? (Eric)
Re: TFTP won't work with Linux RH 6.1 ("rkanthlall")
Administrator multi-purpose wanted in France ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
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From: "none" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.redhat
Subject: Re: RH 6.2 and eMachines
Date: 27 Oct 2000 06:21:41 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Here's my book,
I have an eMachines 533id which I tried to install RH 6.1 (and now 6.2) and
Windoz on. I am a newbie to Linux. After trying off and on for the past
several months to get this machine working right, I think I'm at the end of
my rope. I had the following issues come up:
1: I used the Fips utility to get room on the 15 GB drive for the linux
partition. I followed the instructions to the letter after reading and
re-reading them for a week or so... all went well, until I got the the
disk druid part of the graphic install. (BTW, the 533id has a Samsung DVD
drive on it, seemed to work fine, until recently, now seems to have much
trouble reading m$ format cdroms after the computer has been running a
while. :-(
2: Disk druid displayed the correct information on available space, the
Win98 partition, etc, but it wouldn't let me fill the rest of the drive
with Linux. I would enter the partition sizes correctly (/boot, /, swap)
but when I wanted to do the last partition, it would say it was too big.
OK, says I, what about a 1 MB partition, even though you show 6 GB left?
No? STILL TO BIG?! WHY?! WHY?! WHY?!
After messing with it for a while, I found I could install everything with
about 3% of the drive left unfilled, according to disk druid.
3: After doing a custom install of KDE, I finally got X started following
the instructions and downloading the rpms from the Intel web site. The
533id has an Intel i810 chipset for the video. Edited the XF86Config file
with a bit of educated trial and error, and have no problems. It runs X
well, I think.
4: My unresolved Linux problems are:
A: Can't get the printer to work. I seemed to remember reading somewere
that the
Lexmark Z11 won't work with Linux, and I didn't want to bother with
trying, so I
have been trying to get my HP 500C working, but no luck. Again,
WHY?!!!
B: The (win-, soft-, flex-) modem MIGHT work, as there apears to be
drivers
available from Olitec that MIGHT make it work. The modem is a
Conexant pci
56k 'flex' modem, and is an HSF type. I downloaded the drivers to a
floppy disk
(DOS formated, using my win98 to get it, but I can't get the file
off the floppy
using the M Commands. So I don't know if I can get the modem to
work yet.
You need to have at least the 2.2.14 linux kernel (RH 6.2) installed
on the
system for the drivers, so they say.
C: I can get the sound (a self-added Creative Ensoniq ES1371) and the
screen savers to work when running the KDE desktop, but not
Gnome. Why?
D: I read something recently that says I can get the AGFA USB scanner to
work,
but I haven't tried that yet.
I got frustrated with my first attempt at getting linux working on my 15 GB
drive, so I reformated it and tried to reinstall win98 from the eMachines
Restore disk, but ever since then, I have had trouble with the drive
geometery being read correctly. I have the bios set to LBA mode, but it
only allows a 100% partition to be 14.2 GB even though Win98 reports I have
a 15.3GB in System Properties. When the drive is set to non LBA mode, the
disk geometery is not reported correctly. I ran Maxtor's hard drive utility
on it and it didn't report any errors, but still only saw 14.2 GB avalible.
I next used the Partit free ware utility (I am rather poor/cheap) and that
showed that when I tried to set up a windows partition, I would get
overlapping partions! I tried to manually correct the overlaps, to no
avail. I have been able to get a single windows partion on the drive at
the reduced size, but I feared for its stability. I decided to install the
RH 6.2 on the smaller 2GB drive which was a complete success the first
time. When I disconnected that one and reconnected the large drive again
to get back to Win98, Win98 gets to the complete desktop, then when I try
to do anything, ie, click on a program or the start button, everything
freezes. That disk must be toast or something.
I probably did not delete the partitions correctly after I had used the
Fips utility, and now have hosed the drive, unless I can find another way
to fix it (Partition Magic?).
Sorry this is sooooo long! I needed to vent my frustrations. My wife is
pissed that 'her' computer isn't working.
My advice to someone looking at an eMachines system with an eye to linux,
Buy A Dell.
Les Mommsen
Marysville, WA
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Any opinions listed above are strictly my own.... so there.
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From: "none" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: RH 6.1 misses 25MB of my HD
Date: 27 Oct 2000 06:25:23 GMT
My 15 GB hard drive only reads 14.2 GB now after trying to dual boot with
RH 6.1 and winblows 98, but I may have messed up re-partioning after trying
the Fips utility...
Les Mommsen
Marysville, WA
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Andrea Marouk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in article
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
> Anyone please help a devoted newbie.
>
> I am attempting to install Redhat 6.1 onto a 486 with a small 540MB HD.
All
> I'm going to use it for is as a Checkpoint firewall, so I don't need to
> install much, but the HD space is precious as there is not much to go
> around.
>
> When I run the install program [gui for druid?] the program says my HD is
> 515MB. There is no DOS partition at all. I deleted it, intending to use
the
> whole HD for Linux.
>
> Please tell me, what stupid mistake am I making??
>
> PS: if anyone has ever run Checkpoint on Redhat, can I get away with not
> installing Xwindows? Is it a pain without it?
>
> Please reply to all.
>
> Luke
>
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Suse 7.0/ susewm
Date: Fri, 27 Oct 2000 06:32:20 GMT
Hallo,
i installed kde2 rc 2 (thanks to all developers for their great work !)
on Suse 7.0. After this i had deleted kde1 with yast. When i now start
linux with graphical login (also when i start it manually from the
console with startx) i have only the choice between failsave and kde1.
i looked in the susewmconfig file and so on. There is the kde2 and
startkde entry. So i don't now how to handle the choices.
Thanks for your help and a happy weekend.
Greetings
Andreas
Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
Before you buy.
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From: Eric <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Moving /usr From One Partition To Another
Date: Fri, 27 Oct 2000 08:45:36 +0200
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Robert Kiesling wrote:
>
> Eric <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > > > Okay, Then I'll give you a step by step help: (Robert explained the
> > > > same, but I'll split it up in steps for you)
> > > >
> > > > su - root
> > > > mkdir /new_usr
> > > > cp -a /usr/* /new_usr
> > > > umount /usr
> > > > rmdir /usr
> > > > mv /new_usr /usr
> > >
> > > I don't *think* that /usr being a mount point should affect the
> > > ability to rename it, but I haven't tried anything like this,
> > > specifically, for quite some time. If that _does_ turn out to be the
> > > case, it might be better to 'umount /usr' before renaming ('mv'ing)
> > > the /new-usr-system to /usr.
> >
> > I'm not sure either, wouldn't try it though (mtab is no longer correct)
> > besides the old /usr is no longer needed anyway, just umount it and add
> > the
> > space to / does sound good to me.
>
> That's the reason for trying to change to the replacement /usr using
> one command line, as well as any processes that depend on the
> existence of /usr. (The procedure is being performed on a fully
> loaded system.) Not to mention that I wouldn't care to assume that mv
> itself doesn't use dynamic libs in /usr/lib. But yeah, the former
> /usr partition could then be re-used.
Yeah, best to do this from a rescue system (on a flop).
Eric
>
> > > > *now edit fstab: comment out the line with /dev/hdc7
> > >
> > > Meaning, place a '#' at the beginning of the line using a text editor.
> > > I doubt that's even critical with this partition setup: only the one
> > > partition being mounted. But, as a rule, it should definitely be done
> > > before the next reboot.
> >
> > Not critical right away, but it's bound to be forgotten if it's not
> > being done in the same step.
>
> Right. Item 7) on your list.
>
> --
> Robert Kiesling
> Linux FAQ Maintainer
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> http://www.mainmatter.com/linux-faq/toc.html http://www.mainmatter.com/
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From: Eric <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: redhat.general,linux.redhat.misc,linux.redhat.install
Subject: Re: LILO frezes after PartitionMagic moves LINUX partitions
Date: Fri, 27 Oct 2000 08:34:02 +0200
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Murray Eisenberg wrote:
>
> Does it work to use LILO on the MBR even with NTFS as the Windows 2000
> file system? Everything I've read says no, that if you try that you
> will be unable to boot Windows 2000 (actually, NT as these sources say
> -- but that's the same thing so far as NTFS goes).
>
I really don't care what everything says, my system (I did not insatll
NT on it myself, it came pre-installed) has LILO in the MBR and I boot
NT from it (the actual NT bootloader is in the bootsector of /dev/hda1)
Eric
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From: Eric <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.x
Subject: Re: X display slightly larger than screen
Date: Fri, 27 Oct 2000 08:40:34 +0200
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
It really doesn't sound like a virtual screen problem to me. (does the
entire screen move when you reach the edge of your screen?)
I would try another window manager, this one is messing up.
Eric
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From: "none" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: RH 6.1&2: no sound in Gnome, sound ok with KDE. Why?
Date: 27 Oct 2000 06:39:57 GMT
Anyone help me with why I have no sound with the Gnome desk top and when I
change to KDE, the sound works fine. This is the second install on my
machine were this has happend. 1st time, I did a custom KDE install, this
time, a Gnome work station.
PC is eMachines 533id, 533MHz Cel., with an Ensoniq PCI sound card. In
Gnome, I tried to use the sndconfig utility. It detected the card fine,
and the last screen showed that the configuration failed and showed five or
six directories/files related to the failure.
After I mearly switched to KDE, it worked without any extra messin'. I
like the look of Gnome a bit better than KDE and would like to use it, but
I want sound too.
Also, the same thing happens with the screensavers and themes.
Is there some kind of hard or symbolic link I need to do?
Thanks for any assistance.
Les Mommsen
Marysville, WA
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From: =?iso-8859-1?Q?St=E9phane?= COLSON <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: modem aztech for Linux
Date: Fri, 27 Oct 2000 08:33:37 +0200
During the installation of Linux Caldera 2.4, the system didn't detect
my modem, an Aztech MDP 3880-W plugged on Com2.
Searching on the web, I found nothing for it, and it doesn't seem to be
a winmodem.
Any idea to help me?
thanks, SC
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From: Eric <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: CD Audio, question
Date: Fri, 27 Oct 2000 08:47:51 +0200
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Nicolas Iselin wrote:
>
> Tomas wrote:
> >
> > BeOS can read the .wav files directly from any music CD.
> > (at least the CD:s i have tried)
>
> How fast does Beos read the .wav files, ie how long does it
> take to copy a CD of, say, 60 minutes ?
>
> How does Beos behave if the Disc is dirty or has scratches ?
>
> On Linux with CDDA2WAV, i had the problems that drop outs were
> copied into the .wav file on the harddisk without any comment.
> I discovered these dropouts only when listening to the recorded
> CD - which I had to drop. Therefore I switched to EAC (exact audio
> copy) which is unfortunately only running on Windows, but
> any suspicious microsecond of the data is noted in a textfile,
> so I can selectively listen to the extracted sound bits whether
> it was only false alarm (like data was corrected, but it can't
> be heard) or really something I don't want to hear whenever
> I listen to my self-made CD.
>
> > I have BeOS installed, (besides Linux of course :) ), and it is very
> > handy, just copy and past any song you want from the CD to the
> > harddrive. Is there any drivers/apps for Linux that could do the
> > same thing the same easy to use way?
>
> I don't know whether there are, but it would be possible to
> write such drivers.
>
> Nicolas
There's cdparanoia.
It'll do all you want, there's no need for a *fake* cd-audio FS driver
Eric
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From: "D. D. Brierton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux.mandrake
Subject: kde2 on Mandrake 7.1 - minor glitches
Date: Fri, 27 Oct 2000 08:18:12 +0100
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I've just installed kde2. Very impressive it is too, and I'm pretty
much a full-time GNOME user. However, I've had a couple of mandrake
specific problems. Can anyone help?
1. In order to install kdebase I had to install mandrake_desk and now
the only option available in either kdm or gdm is kde. I no longer
have the option of starting GNOME, WindowMaker, BlackBox,
Enlightenment, etc. This is a big problem for me. I use GNOME as my
regular desktop---kde is something I use only about one third of the
time in fact, although with kde2 that may change. I also fairly
regularly start a vanilla X session with just Blackbox, or bask in
the visual glory that is WindowMaker. Can anyone offer any advice as
to what I need to tweak or install to get kdm and gdm back to
offering the full range of installed options?
2. I am still using XFree86 3.3.6. kdemultimedia appears to require
XFree86 4.0.1 (well, it says it requires libXaw.so.7 and
XFree86-libs-4.0.1 seems to be its home). I have tried previously
using XFree86 4 and it was not a happy experience for me so I'm
stuck with 3.3.6. What would anyone recommend I do to get
kdemultimedia installed? Is compiling from source my only option,
or is there an rpm which does not depend on libXaw.so.7? If I
install from source, can anyone advise on the configure options for
maximum compatability with the kde2 rpms?
I am using Mandrake 7.1 with all security updates installed, the
latest version of Helix GNOME (including all most recent updates), and
the kde2 rpms downloaded from the Mandrake 7.2beta ftp site.
Thank you in advance,
Best,
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: Eric <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: how to set time in linux
Date: Fri, 27 Oct 2000 09:23:41 +0200
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Travis Hein wrote:
>
> How do you set the system date/time in linux.
> (Red Hat 6.2, KDE)
There are the manpages, they describe the exact syntax and a (sometimes
cryptical) description of the usage of a command.
So suppose you want to set time you could try man time
Damn it not what you want, it's a C-call
but then there's the see also part of the manpage :-)
it also makes notice of a date(1)
so you try man 1 date
And there it is.
You can always try man -k time (a lot of hits, have to try the ones that
have a desciption you like)
(you will need to have run makewhatis just once to ensure the -k switch
will work)
Eric
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From: Eric <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: RH 6.1 misses 25MB of my HD
Date: Fri, 27 Oct 2000 09:31:29 +0200
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Andrea Marouk wrote:
>
> Anyone please help a devoted newbie.
>
> I am attempting to install Redhat 6.1 onto a 486 with a small 540MB HD. All
> I'm going to use it for is as a Checkpoint firewall, so I don't need to
> install much, but the HD space is precious as there is not much to go
> around.
>
> When I run the install program [gui for druid?] the program says my HD is
> 515MB. There is no DOS partition at all. I deleted it, intending to use the
> whole HD for Linux.
>
> Please tell me, what stupid mistake am I making??
>
> PS: if anyone has ever run Checkpoint on Redhat, can I get away with not
> installing Xwindows? Is it a pain without it?
>
> Please reply to all.
>
> Luke
These numbers are hardly ever correct. As long as the
heads/cylinders/sector numbers are correct I wouldn't worry to much
You will always have confusion due to the question:what is 1 MB?
is it 1000 or 1024 KBytes? and 1 KB? (1000 bytes or 1024 bytes) (the
1024 is correct, but only because the unit is bytes, otherwise it should
be 1000)
try the next: (540 * 1000 * 1000 ) / (1024 * 1024)
That's where the numbers originate from.
Your drive says it's 540 MegaBytes, but is actually 540 Million bytes
which is equal to 515 MegaBytes (just a sales trick, it appears your
drive is larger than it actuallly is.)
Eric
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From: Eric <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Restricted root access for installation
Date: Fri, 27 Oct 2000 09:37:02 +0200
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Scott Nolde wrote:
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> >
> > I am wondering if it is possible to allow certain
> > users
> > to install only rpm packages, without giving them
> > a general root access.
> >
> > If not, are there other solutions to mimic this ?
> >
> > Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
> > Before you buy.
>
> bad idea. if they can install, they can uninstall.
>
> All the users will need write access to pretty much all directories. If
> you *really* want to give them some access, you can give them access to
> the wheel group. Make sure you configure PAM accordingly.
>
> - Scott
> --
> Never do Windows again with | Scott M. Nolde
> Linux! No streaks, haze or | [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> glaze! |
> 11:01pm up 3:25, 6 users, load average: 1.06, 1.09, 1.02
or use sudo
Eric
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From: Eric <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: How to reclaim disk partitions from other OS?
Date: Fri, 27 Oct 2000 09:45:45 +0200
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
bluster wrote:
>
> bonminh lam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > I am running RH6.1 on a box where I also installed NT a while ago. I am
> > going to ditch the NT partitions and want to reclaim the disk
> > space.
> >
> > I ran fdisk to delete the 1st partition, and since fdisk took a core
> > dump on creating a new partition in the free space, I ran cfdisk to do
> > the job and which it seemed to accomplish.
>
> Hmm... I wonder if fdisk broke something in the partition table
> while crashing?
>
> > My partition table is as follows:
> >
> > [root@dec1997 /root]# fdisk -l /dev/hda
> >
> > Festplatte /dev/hda: 255 K�pfe, 63 Sektoren, 523 Zylinder
> > Einheiten: Zylinder mit 16065 * 512 Bytes
> >
> > Ger�t boot. Anfang Ende Bl�cke Id Dateisystemtyp
> > /dev/hda1 1 235 1887606 83 Linux <== used to be
> > NTFS
> > /dev/hda2 236 523 2313360 5 Erweiterte
> > /dev/hda5 236 287 417658+ 7 HPFS/NTFS
> > /dev/hda6 288 313 208813+ 6 FAT16
> > /dev/hda7 314 505 1542208+ 83 Linux
> > /dev/hda8 506 516 88326 82 Linux Swap
> > [root@dec1997 /root]#
>
> Well, the partition table *looks* ok. :)
Yeah, except that not the entire space is used.
There's nothing wrong with that, but why leave space unpartitioned?
PS. run the v(verify) switch while in fdisk, and this will show up.
>
> > The trouble is when I naively try to mount /dev/hda1, it took a "Bad
> > superblock" error message. Then I tried to "format" the new partition,
> > it also ended disastrously:
> >
> > [root@dec1997 /root]# mkfs -t ext2 /dev/hda1
> > mke2fs 1.15, 18-Jul-1999 for EXT2 FS 0.5b, 95/08/09
> > /dev/hda1: Invalid argument passed to ext2 library while setting up
> > superblock
>
> Looks like something may be breaking the automatic filesystem size
> determination part of mke2fs, perhaps it is reading bad info from the
> partition table. :(
Indeed, and fdisk states this explicitely : reboot!
after that the partition table is re-read and all should function again.
Messing with your partitiontable is one of the few things that still
require a good reboot.
Eric
> > I am basically stuck. I hope the experts out there may have a tip for
> > me. Thanks!
>
> Well, I'm not exactly an expert, but...
>
> Try formatting with the mke2fs program (not mkfs) and specify the
> block size and block count on the command line so it skips the
> auto-size part, see "man mke2fs" to find out how to do that.
>
> HTH
> Bluster
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From: "rkanthlall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking,comp.dcom.sys.cisco,linux.redhat
Subject: Re: TFTP won't work with Linux RH 6.1
Date: Fri, 27 Oct 2000 09:58:55 +0200
u need to creat a directory tftpboot(default) , where the cisco router looks
for the file to up/download. these files must also be readable/writable.
rajay
"Andrea Marouk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Has anyone ever had trouble getting Linux Redhat 6.1 to accept TFTP
> connections from a Cisco router? What am I doing wrong? I am not such a
pro
> at configuring Linux but I have gone in and taken out the # next to TFTP
in
> the etc/rc.d/rc.local file which [I am pretty sure] is the last rc file
that
> gets run in the system configuration scripts. But it doesn't seem to open
> the TFTP port. I have even done port scans to verify this. Port 21 [FTP]
is
> open [among others] but port 69 [TFTP] is not listed as open. Any ideas
what
> I am doing wrong?
> Please reply to all if possible. Thank you.
>
> Luke
>
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