Linux-Setup Digest #929, Volume #19 Sun, 29 Oct 00 13:13:13 EST
Contents:
Re: RH 7 to RH6.2 - weird NIS error ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Upgrading hard drives (Mathias)
Re: reboots in begining of install... (Mathias)
Re: How to do autopower off on Linux (Mathias)
kernel hacker's group (Tux)
this does not helps! -> read inside! (i have the same problem) (Mathias)
driver for DC10plus capture card (=?iso-8859-1?Q?=B5L=A6W=A4p=A4l?=)
where to put mount/umount commands for specific users? (+ other sbin (Mathias)
Installing PHP4 on Apache (=?iso-8859-1?Q?=B5L=A6W=A4p=A4l?=)
Re: Red Hat 7.0 Graphical Lilo prompt (E J)
Problem compiling under RH 6.2 ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: kernel hacker's group (C. L. Lewis)
Re: boot sector virus after installation?!? (John Hasler)
Re: Linksys LNE100TX ("ne...")
Re: driver for DC10plus capture card ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Bootdisk ("Alim")
Damn! Now only root can print (D. D. Brierton)
Re: ALSA sound modules (Jerry McBride)
Re: install on old laptop (Jerry McBride)
Re: Linksys LNE100TX (Douglas Bollinger)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.misc,linux.redhat.misc
Subject: Re: RH 7 to RH6.2 - weird NIS error
Date: Sun, 29 Oct 2000 14:08:14 GMT
Run ypbind/ypserv in debug mode... You'll get better answers step by
step... Whats the output of:
root@machine# ypserv --debug
root@machine# ypbind --debug
root@machine# nisdomainname
Does your nis domainname show itself?
--Dave
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
The Archimage <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Howdy -
>
> I have a Red Hat 6.2 server (all current patches applied as of about
20
> minutes ago) running NIS (ypserv, yppasswdd, and ypbind).
>
> I have a Red Hat 7.0 host (all current patches applied as of about 10
> minutes ago) running as an NIS client (ypbind only).
>
> When I log in as a regular user on the RH 7.0 box, all is fine. When
I
> log in as or su to root, I get the following error:
>
> YPBINDPROC_DOMAIN: Domain not bound
>
> However, if I log out as root and then log in as a regular user, NIS
is
> actually working just fine. It seems to be some sort of informational
> message, everything seems to work fine, but it kind of bugs me.
>
> No log file entries at all on the server or the client.
>
> Any ideas what is up with that error?
>
> Thanks
> The Archimage
>
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From: Mathias <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Upgrading hard drives
Date: Sun, 29 Oct 2000 16:37:17 +0100
"Andrew P. Billyard" wrote:
>
> I just bought a new hard drive (20 Gig) and installed Red Hat 7.0 on it.
> On the old system, I had one hard drive (15 Gig) devoted to Linux and
> another (1 Gig) devoted to Win 98. I now want to use the old 15 Gig drive
> (previous Linux) for Win 98. I know I can format/partition this drive in
> Linux for a vfat type of system; but is it possible to (somehow) just copy
> everything from the 1 Gig drive (old Win 98) to the 15 Gig drive and have
> Windows boot up, or do I have to reinstall (sigh) Windows again, fresh. If
> I can do a direct copy, any suggestions how?
>
> Cheers,
> Andrew
hi!
under dos you can use partitionmagic:
copy the win-partition to the new drive,
and then enlarge it. (i think it's only possible up to 8 gb.)
you need to create a 2nd partition, which covers the remainig space.
mathias
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From: Mathias <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: reboots in begining of install...
Date: Sun, 29 Oct 2000 16:42:43 +0100
Diesel wrote:
>
> I was trying to install linux today on machine i just built.
> amd 200 Mhz,
> 32 meg ram
> cheapy motherboard
>
> I set it to boot of the cd, and it does, soon as it loads vmlinuz, a bunch
> of text scrolls by the screen really fast, and the computer reboots. It
> will do it over and over and over... I have tried using Redhat 6, 7,
> mandrake 7 and it does the same thing on everyone. I even tried to use the
> text setup, and it does the exact same thing... Any Ideas?
>
> Diesel
hi!
as soon as the bios gives controll to linux, it crashes?
go to bios (press delete while booting)
and press the "failsave autoconfig" button. this should fix it.
usualy the memory is talked to too fast. so errors occur,
and the system crashes (after doing funny stuff).
try a dos bootdisk, and start nc,
usualy on such machines nc and dos runs, but extremely unstable.
nc has crazy colors, the dos-commands does not function correctly,
...
while bios has controll your computer runs in a slower "startup"
failsave speed, so there naything works fine.
mathias.
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From: Mathias <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: How to do autopower off on Linux
Date: Sun, 29 Oct 2000 16:47:34 +0100
Ron Ross wrote:
>
> "huang" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > I have an HP pavilion 4535(if that info helps) - with windows 98 and linux
> > loaded on it.
> > Is there a way to make linux do turn off the hard drives and put the system
> > in power save mode if it has not been utilised for some time
>
> Check the info on the 'hdparm' utility ('man hdparm'). It has peculiar
> way of working, but it's straightforward and can do a lot more as well.
>
> I would also like to know how to do the same for the monitor.
no. hdparm would not help much.
you need "acm" support compiled into your kernel.
then it will power-down on an init 0.
(i tried it with an laptop & suse-linux 7, worked fine.)
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From: Tux <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: kernel hacker's group
Date: Sun, 29 Oct 2000 15:53:41 +0100
Hey there!
Can anybody tell me where I can find a news-group for people writing
device-drivers and other kernel stuff?
Tux
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From: Mathias <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: this does not helps! -> read inside! (i have the same problem)
Date: Sun, 29 Oct 2000 17:01:03 +0100
> /etc/exports:
>
> /mnt/cdrom *(ro)
>
hi!
ofcourse you need to export the path, where the cdrom is mounted.
(you can not export /dev/hdc, ak the device itself)
and ofcourse the hosts.allow needs to be tweaked,
(BUT THIS IS OK, as you can mount other directorys from the host)
the problem is:
you mount cdrom, then export the mountpoint via nfs,
then import mountpoint via nfs from another computer,
->mountpoint is empty.
(-t isoxxxx) does not solves this either...
what's up with that?
is there an "removable" option in exports ??
(no, is not, but ...)
using samba exporting cdroms is no problem by the way..
another prob: i can export any directory (except cdrom)
but not / . (i can not mount it later.)
what is so special about / ?
it needs to work. i have seen an example exports file,
but i can not mount / to an mountpoint on another computer..
(allow and export correctly set).
please help.
mathias
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From: =?iso-8859-1?Q?=B5L=A6W=A4p=A4l?= <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.x,hk.comp.os.linux,linux.help
Subject: driver for DC10plus capture card
Date: Sun, 29 Oct 2000 23:02:42 +0800
Where can I find the driver for DC10plus capture card?
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From: Mathias <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: where to put mount/umount commands for specific users? (+ other sbin
Date: Sun, 29 Oct 2000 17:11:59 +0100
hi!
i have set up an raidarray, and want to execute for a specific user
the following sbin programs:
on logon (shell/x11(gnome))
#start raidarray only for one specific user
mdadd /dev/md0 /dev/hdb1 /dev/hdc1
mdrun /dev/md0
#mount it.
mount /dev/mdo /home/alfred/raid
and on logout (shell/x11(gnome))
umount /home/alfred/raid
mdstop /dev/md0
i have figured out this for mount. (fstab)
but then other users can mount it too!
this is not good.
and i dont know how to do it for the mdxxx programms.
the are in sbin, so only an admin can execute them.
(~.profile ~.bash_logout ~.bash_rc)
where to put these programs, so that an non-root
user has the raidarray mounted whenever he logs in,
and unmounted + stopped whenever he leaves the comuter...
i have suse linux 7.
thank you or your time.
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From: =?iso-8859-1?Q?=B5L=A6W=A4p=A4l?= <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking,hk.comp.os.linux,it.comp.linux,linux.help
Subject: Installing PHP4 on Apache
Date: Sun, 29 Oct 2000 23:21:42 +0800
I have downloaded the php4.0.3pl1 rpm package from www.php.net and have
already installed it. However I still can't run php files. When I type
the url of the php file in netscape, the text editor will open the file
instead. I am using KDE. Do I have to configure anything to get it work?
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From: E J <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Red Hat 7.0 Graphical Lilo prompt
Date: Sun, 29 Oct 2000 08:29:20 -0800
Put a human readable message in the /boot/message and execute lilo.
"Andrew P. Billyard" wrote:
> I just installed Red Hat 7.0 and noticed that Lilo now has a graphical
> prompt (you can switch back with CTRL-x). Anybody know how to turn this
> off and have just the textual "boot:" prompt?
>
> Cheers,
> Andrew
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Problem compiling under RH 6.2
Date: Sun, 29 Oct 2000 16:35:19 +0100
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hello,
Every time I try to compile a source (such as qmail for instance), the
compiler doesn't seems to find some files and stops (I use the RH 6.2).
for qmail here is the error message I get :
./compile sig_alarme.c
In file included from /usr/include/signal.h:300,
from sig_alarm.c:1:
/usr/include/bits/sigcontext.h:28: asm/sigcontext.h: No such file or
directory
make: ***[sig_alarm.o] Error 1
but when I:
#locate sigcontext
/usr/include/bits/sigcontext.h
/usr/lib/perl5/5.00503/i386-linux/asm/sigcontext.ph
/usr/lib/perl5/5.00503/i386-linux/bits/sigcontext.ph
what can I do ?
Thanks.
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From: C. L. Lewis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: kernel hacker's group
Date: Sun, 29 Oct 2000 15:17:34 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Tux <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Can anybody tell me where I can find a news-group for people writing
> device-drivers and other kernel stuff?
fa.linux.kernel
Charles
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From: John Hasler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: boot sector virus after installation?!?
Date: Sun, 29 Oct 2000 13:46:16 GMT
gina writes:
> Pls help as to how I can remove the virus or is this a false alarm?
It's a false alarm from the useless virus detection misfeature of your
BIOS. Go into the BIOS and turn it off.
--
John Hasler
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Hasler)
Dancing Horse Hill
Elmwood, WI
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From: "ne..." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Linksys LNE100TX
Date: Sun, 29 Oct 2000 16:33:21 GMT
On Oct 28, 2000 at 20:48, Jade Falcon eloquently wrote:
>I'm done slammin my head against the wall with this one.
>Has anyone been able to get this card to work. I'm running Mandrake7.1.
>Drivers from Linksys suck.
>It's funny, the driver for my Aureal soundcard worked
>perfectly (from a company going bankrupt!!).
Welcome to the club. www.scyld.com and search around. You can
also join the mailing list for tulip chips
[...]
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Registered Linux User # 125653 (http://counter.li.org)
Another good night not to sleep in a eucalyptus tree.
11:31am up 7 days, 19:23, 8 users, load average: 0.00, 0.00, 0.00
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: driver for DC10plus capture card
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.x,hk.comp.os.linux,linux.help
Date: Sun, 29 Oct 2000 16:36:22 GMT
In comp.os.linux.x �L�W�p�l <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Where can I find the driver for DC10plus capture card?
Never tried it, but here you go:
http://www.net4you.net/users/scherr/dc10/index.html
Adam
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From: "Alim" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Bootdisk
Date: Sun, 29 Oct 2000 16:28:01 -0000
Okay. I'm gonna ask really nicely here. I installed and configured RedHat 7
onto my ATA-100 controller (HPT370 on an ABIT KT7-RAID) and then decided
windows would be nice too. I had problems making a bootdisk, because my
drive is a LS-120, and fdformat doesn't like it, and I'm quite the relative
newbie.
So I decided to set my BIOS virus warning to 'on' (supposedly because this
always *used to* allow me to stop programs altering the MBR) but it didn't
warn me of anything. So I've lost lilo, and linux. I am gonna put the hd on
IDE1 again and sort the problem out, but if anyone knows how to make a
bootdisk, could they please point me in the right direction? I followed the
Bootdisk-HOWTO and it simply wrote L1 to the screen once a second, whic was
strange.
Thanks
alim
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From: D. D. Brierton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux.mandrake,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Damn! Now only root can print
Date: Sun, 29 Oct 2000 17:25:32 +0000
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Running Mandrake 7.1, with KDE2 installed from RPMs from Mandrake 7.2beta and
Helix GNOME.
Okay, so this is completely my own stupid fault. I had lpd running perfectly
well, with no problems whatsoever. But in a pique of curiousity, and without
thinking things through properly, I decided to try out CUPS. So I installed
it, couldn't get it set up properly, and so decided to go back to lpd. So I
removed cups and reinstalled lpd, and used printtool to set up my printer
again.
But now only root can print!
I don't know why---I've read through the printing howto, and checked the file
permissions and everything looks fine:
# ls -l /etc/printcap
-rw-r--r-- 1 root lp 424 Oct 29 02:51 /etc/printcap
# ls -ld /var/spool/lpd
drwxrwxr-x 3 root lp 4096 Oct 29 06:57 /var/spool/lpd/
# ls -ld /var/spool/lpd/lp/
drwxr-xr-x 2 root lp 4096 Oct 29 07:01 /var/spool/lpd/lp/
# ls -l /var/spool/lpd/lp/
total 32
-rwx------ 1 lp lp 9479 Oct 29 02:51 filter*
-rw------- 1 lp lp 187 Oct 29 02:51 general.cfg
-rw-r----- 1 root root 33 Oct 29 07:01 lock
-rw------- 1 lp lp 335 Oct 29 02:51 postscript.cfg
-rw-rw-r-- 1 root root 25 Oct 29 07:01 status
-rw------- 1 lp lp 148 Oct 29 02:51 textonly.cfg
However, if I issue a simple "lpr <some-text-file>" or "lpr <some-ps-file> as
an ordinary user (who IS a member of the lp group) then nothing happens. No
warning message, nothing in the queue, just nothing). Doing the same as root
does work, as does printing the test pages from within printtool.
Now given that everything was working fine, and not much has changed, then I
clearly have some small thing set up incorrectly. I would realy appreciate
some help with this. Any suggestions?
Thanks in advance,
Darren
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jerry McBride)
Subject: Re: ALSA sound modules
Date: Sun, 29 Oct 2000 17:58:21 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
"Dr. Jason J. Hogan-O'Neill" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> -------------------------------------------
> "THE ACADEMIC SITE"
> NEW PhD DATABASE - VISIT: WWW.ACADEMIC.ST
> -------------------------------------------
>
>Hi all,
>
>I am trying to get the ALSA modules installed...
You haven't done a correct RTFM...
In this case, move to the alsa dir that contains the INSTALL text file. Read it
and maybe even dump to printer. The last few pages explains via examples some
changes you will have to make to /etc/modules.conf. They include module
inclusion and a few alias's... They MUST be there, before alsa will load on the
next reboot.
Also, if you fail to read it in the INSTALL... The default volume level
is: MUTE.
You must turn up the volume, before you'll hear anything... ;')
Running alsa here with an AOPEN AW230 on Caldera eDesktop 2.40. No problems and
very happy.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jerry McBride)
Subject: Re: install on old laptop
Date: Sun, 29 Oct 2000 17:58:20 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
curious <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I have an old gateway laptop. It is 100 mhz, with 16 megs of ram, and I
>want to install linux on it so that it might have some use again!!! The
>only problem is that the sucker is soooooo old that it is one with the
>swapable cdrom and floppy drive. My delima is that
>1. If I boot with a linux floppy I cannot insert the cdrom without
>removing the floppy drive. By removing the floppy drive I force the
>computer to powerdown.
>2. The bios has no option to boot from a cdrom.
>
I am in the process of doing just what you are asking for...
Working with an old LEO DESIGNOTE 5500...
Install the floppy drive, boot a floppy with fdisk, format, sys and whatever is
needed to interface the cdrom when it's installed. Fdisk the hardrive so
there's room for a THINKPAD sleep area, a large C: and a small D:. Make the
D: part about 128meg or so. Reboot, format C: with the /sys switch. Turn off
laptop, swap floppy for cdrom. Turn it on. Debug cdrom setup.
Once the cdrom is accessable, slip in your linux distro. In installing COL 2.40
the dir at /col/launch/dos has all the tools you will need to get Linux on
the laptop via loadlin.
Works, 100% of the time, just a bit slow. I've done so many of these installs
to the LEO, that I've automated most of the process with a dos batch script
that I fire off from the floppy. Then when booted via harddrive (cdrom
installed), I then fire off another script to mount the loadlin process...
What I'd really like to tackle, someday, is a totally hands off install...
That would be the cats' meow!
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From: Douglas Bollinger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Linksys LNE100TX
Date: Sun, 29 Oct 2000 13:07:01 -0500
Jade Falcon at [EMAIL PROTECTED] says...
> I'm done slammin my head against the wall with this one.
> Has anyone been able to get this card to work. I'm running Mandrake7.1.
> Drivers from Linksys suck.
> It's funny, the driver for my Aureal soundcard worked
> perfectly (from a company going bankrupt!!).
>
> Should work with the tulip driver, but it won't. I tried
> re-compiling with tulip from Linksys, still n.g. I then started randomly
> picking mods from other net cards, and I found one that would actually
> initialize the card!! But I couldn't make it work.
The trouble with this card is that over the years Linksys has used
several different chipsets in the card, but they never change
numbers, etc. so you never know which "version" of the card you are
using. This is why some people have tons of problems while others
don't.
For instance, I use these cards exclusively, but don't have a lick
of trouble with the regular Tulip driver. YMMV.
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ignorance."
-- Cal Keegan
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