Linux-Setup Digest #954, Volume #19 Wed, 1 Nov 00 14:13:09 EST
Contents:
Re: Funkey colours on RedHat6.2 ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: which MBR loader with Win2K NTFS+Linux? ("Kurt R. Rahlfs")
Re: Help ! More than one SCSI controler... (Serguei Patchkovskii)
how to remove directory named "-" ?? (pete@nospam)
Re: how to remove directory named "-" ?? (Raffael Herzog)
Re: Netware Client (Blair Dean)
Re: how to remove directory named "-" ?? (Tux)
Re: Enabling DMA with hdparm... ("anonymous")
Re: problems with ethernet card ("David ..")
Re: recompilation + networking Newbie!!! ("David ..")
Re: problems with ethernet card ("David ..")
Re: how to change TCP/IP? (Alexis Bilodeau)
Re: Netware Client (Tux)
Re: how to remove directory named "-" ?? ("Kurt R. Rahlfs")
OpenLinux can't work on my video card! ("gina")
RH6.2 install error: "no valid devices were found on which to create new (Daniel P
Maloney)
Re: how to remove directory named "-" ?? (Anil Trivedi)
Re: Changing ethernet card (John Beardmore)
Re: Changing ethernet card (John Beardmore)
Re: Changing ethernet card (John Beardmore)
Re: MTU speed (Mark Andal)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Funkey colours on RedHat6.2
Date: Wed, 01 Nov 2000 16:04:01 GMT
In article <8tpa4j$lih$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
"Steve" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I have just been given a Linux Red Hat 6.2 server to support, and from
> playing around, noticed that some files/directories are displayed in
various
> colours, i.e. red, bule, green etc !
>
> Why is this? How/Can I change this? and where ?
I assume you mean the ls command.
If so, check your .bash_profile or /etc/bashrc files; in one (or both)
you probably have an entry:
alias ls='ls --colour'
Get rid of it to get rid of the colours.
If you want to keep the colours but change their meanings, edit the
/etc/DIR_COLORS file.
Cheers!
Gena Bleu
Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
Before you buy.
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From: "Kurt R. Rahlfs" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: which MBR loader with Win2K NTFS+Linux?
Date: Wed, 01 Nov 2000 10:05:55 -0600
Murray Eisenberg wrote:
> The "NT OS Loader + Linux mini-HOTWO" describes how to install Linux
> after NT (same as Win2K in this regard), with NT using NTFS, keeping the
> NT loader on the MBR, and installing lilo on the Linux boot or root
> partition.
>
> Some in this newsgroup have described how, instead, to put lilo on the
> MBR.
>
> What are the advantages/disadvantages of the two methods? Which do you
> recommend, and why?
>
> --
> Murray Eisenberg [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Mathematics & Statistics Dept. phone 413 549-1020 (H)
> Univ. of Massachusetts 413 545-2859 (W)
> Amherst, MA 01003-4515
Even though my SuSE documentation suggest NOT to put LILO in the MBR but
use the NT loader to load Linux I did overwrite the MBR on a machine with
NT anyway and it works. So now I have LILO in which I can choose NT and
the NT loader in which I can choose Linux (or go around in circles if I
whish).
I've had no problems using the NT loader it's just another loader. However
it is a bit more complicated to use since writing to NTFS is not so good
yet from Linux.
As for having LILO in the MBR I feel a little unsure about it because of
the warning in the documentation I have so I've not done this on my other
machines. I just wonder why the waring not the have the NT loader started
from LILO.
Good luck,
Kurt
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Serguei Patchkovskii)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.alpha
Subject: Re: Help ! More than one SCSI controler...
Date: 1 Nov 2000 16:38:12 GMT
John Beardmore ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
: connected to it which is good, but the 2940 is now SCSI0, and when it
: tries to mount /dev/sda1 as root, the system panics and hangs because by
: the look of it, sda1 is now the first drive on the 2940 controller
: rather than the first drive on one of the NCR 810 controllers.
So, why not add "root=/dev/sdb1" (or whatever the name of your root partition
should be) to your kernel paremeters list? I believe in SRM it would look like
boot dkc0 -flags "root=/dev/sdb1"
/Serge.P
---
Home page: http://www.cobalt.chem.ucalgary.ca/ps/
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From: pete@nospam
Subject: how to remove directory named "-" ??
Date: 1 Nov 2000 08:10:36 -0800
hello,
I have no idea how this directory got created, but I have this:
drwxr-xr-x 4 pete users 4096 Sep 2 16:17 -
and I have no idea how to remove it. since '-' is special
character. I can;t even cd to it, since
cd \-
does not cd the "-" directory, but to the directory I was in
before.
any ideas?
thanks
pete
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From: Raffael Herzog <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: how to remove directory named "-" ??
Date: 01 Nov 2000 17:44:16 +0100
On 1 Nov 2000, pete@nospam wrote:
> hello,
>
> I have no idea how this directory got created, but I have this:
>
> drwxr-xr-x 4 pete users 4096 Sep 2 16:17 -
>
> and I have no idea how to remove it. since '-' is special
> character. I can;t even cd to it, since
>
> cd \-
>
> does not cd the "-" directory, but to the directory I was in
> before.
Don't know how to cd to this directory, but
# rmdir -- -
or
# rm -R -- -
will remove it.
--
Raffael Herzog
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
May the penguin be with you!
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From: Blair Dean <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Netware Client
Date: Wed, 01 Nov 2000 16:48:09 GMT
I can only say something about Corel/Debian dists. Install the packages=
=20
IPX and ncpfs, these will allow you to mount netware volumes as you woul=
d=20
any other disks. You may also have to configure the kernel to support=20
this
--=20
Blair Dean
Health Canada E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Technical Analyst
Ottawa, Ontario CA
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Original Message <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
On 10/31/00, 4:00:52 PM, Tux <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote regarding Netware=20
Client:
> Hi!
> Can anybody tell me where I can find a client for Novell netware?
> Tux
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From: Tux <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: how to remove directory named "-" ??
Date: Wed, 01 Nov 2000 17:59:38 +0100
rmdir "-" doesn't work?
Greetings
Tux
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From: "anonymous" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Enabling DMA with hdparm...
Date: Wed, 1 Nov 2000 10:10:58 -0700
Check the kernel configuration out. Must have dma support built in to
kernel. I'm not sure about debian but you may need to apply udma patch to
kernel as well. You recompile and boot to the new kernel. Re-read the
hdparm man help file for correct commands. Hope that helps a little.
A few links:
http://www.linux.org/docs/ldp/howto/mini/Ultra-DMA-8.html
http://www.linux.org/docs/ldp/howto/mini/Ultra-DMA.html
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From: "David .." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: problems with ethernet card
Date: Wed, 01 Nov 2000 06:33:23 -0600
"David .." wrote:
>
> One way would be to use "netcfg" and edit the section "atboot" so that
> it isn't activated at boot time.
Or you could edit /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-ethX and change
the line that says "ONBOOT=yes" to "ONBOOT=no".
Where "ifcfg-ethX" is the correct device for your eth card.
--
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: recompilation + networking Newbie!!!
Date: Wed, 01 Nov 2000 09:13:58 -0600
BD wrote:
>
> I recompiled the kernel for my RedHat 6.2 installation and changed the
> lilo.conf file to point to this new kernel as well as the existing kernel
> (so on boot up I have 3 options - linux - dos - newlinux -) when I choose
> the new linux option the following error apears:
>
> no setup signature found.....
> and the bootup stops so ctrl+alt+del has to be used to restart.
>
> I recompiled the kernel to install the module ne.o for my realtek 8019 LAN
> adapter and I am desperate for a solution to this problem.
>
> If you could please send any help direct to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> Thanks
>
> BD
Did you run /sbin/lilo after making the changes?
--
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: problems with ethernet card
Date: Wed, 01 Nov 2000 06:21:43 -0600
Ancis Michele wrote:
>
> Hi all, I'm a Linux newbie so probably my question is obvious...I have a
> ethernet card on my computer, which is not connected with any
> other...when Linux starts up, it stills a lot of time trying, I think,
> to correctly configure the card. On the screen you have the message:
>
> bringing up interface eth0
>
> how can I avoid this behavior?
One way would be to use "netcfg" and edit the section "atboot" so that
it isn't activated at boot time.
--
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: Alexis Bilodeau <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: how to change TCP/IP?
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Wed, 01 Nov 2000 17:23:22 GMT
Le Wang wrote:
> I am using Linux SuSe7.0, and I want to change the properties of TCP/IP,
> but I can not find it. Could someone tell me where it is?
>
> Thanks!
>
> LE
>
>
Depending of what you mean by TCP/IP properties?!?!
If you want to change your IP adress, DNS and such, try linuxconf
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From: Tux <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Netware Client
Date: Wed, 01 Nov 2000 18:25:42 +0100
Thx, but I don't need only NFS-support (as is given in other dists like
SuSE, too) but also administration tools.
Tux
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From: "Kurt R. Rahlfs" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: how to remove directory named "-" ??
Date: Wed, 01 Nov 2000 11:35:49 -0600
pete@nospam wrote:
> hello,
>
> I have no idea how this directory got created, but I have this:
>
> drwxr-xr-x 4 pete users 4096 Sep 2 16:17 -
>
> and I have no idea how to remove it. since '-' is special
> character. I can;t even cd to it, since
>
> cd \-
>
> does not cd the "-" directory, but to the directory I was in
> before.
>
> any ideas?
>
> thanks
> pete
rmdir -
works for me but I've used the wild-card characters to remove odd file
names. Check the directory that "-" is located in for other single
letter file names by doing
ls ?
If "-" is the only one file/directory that shows up then do
rmdir ?
If the directory is not empty then do
rm -r ?
That should clear things up.
(If there are other single character directories/files then move them to
another directory and move them back after you remove "-."
Kurtrr
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From: "gina" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: OpenLinux can't work on my video card!
Date: Thu, 2 Nov 2000 02:15:48 +0800
Hi all
I'm a newbie trying to install Linux. I have previously installed SuSE linux
without any problem.
But now I'm trying to install Caldera OpenLinux on the same PC (Previous
SuSE removed), but the installation can't seem to find the right resolution
mode to match my S3 Virge/GX2 card. For certain modes that somehow managed
to be displayed in the test mode, I get 2 screen side by side instead of
just one, and the display isn't perfect still. Pls help!!!
If not, can someone suggest which is the best Linux to be used as a web
server OS with minimal headaches?
Thanks
Gina
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From: Daniel P Maloney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: RH6.2 install error: "no valid devices were found on which to create new
Date: Wed, 01 Nov 2000 13:00:56 -0500
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I'm trying to salvage an older H-P NetServer LXPro, dual PPro
200Mhz, 256MB. It currently is an NT Server 4.0 box, trying to
make it a Linux server. It has two Adaptec AI7880 SCSI cards and
an array of five 4GB drives, which I assume are set up as a RAID
array, since NT works fine and Disk Administrator reports one
16GB drive in 4 partitions.
I had some initial problems with the CD-ROM drive during the RH
install, so I did an NFS install instead and that works fine up
until I get to the "Install Options" screen. When I try to
proceed, I get a dialog box with the text "An error has occurred
- no valid devices were found on which to create new filesystems.
Please check your hardware for the cause of this problem." When I
do a cat on /proc/scsi/scsi, I get:
Attached devices:
Host: scsi 0 Channel: 00 ID: 05 LUN: 00
Vendor: TOSHIBA Model: CD-ROM XM-5401TA Rev: 3115
Type: CD-ROM ANSI SCSI Revision:
02
in /proc/scsi, there is also a directory called aic7xxx, in which
there are two entries, 0 and 1. If I cat these I see a lot of
SCSI stuff which means very little to me.
I suspect that this is a problem with Linux not seeing the SCSI
drives. I've seen posts listing this error message, but they all
seem to involve an ATA66. Any help greatly appreciated.
Dan Maloney
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Subject: Re: how to remove directory named "-" ??
From: Anil Trivedi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Wed, 01 Nov 2000 18:23:15 GMT
Tryplacing - in a pathname. Suppose it is in ~/misc:
rm ./- (if you are in ~/misc)
rm ~/misc/-
rm /home/me/misc/- (ie, an absolute pathname), etc.
-Anil
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From: John Beardmore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.alpha
Subject: Re: Changing ethernet card
Date: Wed, 1 Nov 2000 14:52:23 +0000
In article <8tkbvi$a06$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Michal Jaegermann
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes
>John Beardmore ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
>: I've got a DEC 2100 Alpha server which came with an old 10 MHz half
>: duplex UTP ethernet card in an EISA slot.
>: Can I just add an Intel PCI card to this box ?
>
>There is no such thing as an "Intel PCI card". There are broken
>pseudo-PCI cards which cut spec corners not deep enough for that to be
>visible under Windows. This happens most often with sound cards.
Well, I wouldn't know anything about their sound cards, but this
ethernet card seems to work OK on the basis of two minutes testing.
It's interesting that you say they can be flaky though. I've had some
mystery BSODs under NT in network intensive situations. What sort of
problems should I be looking for ?
>: Assuming Linux can recognise and enable the new card, how do I control
>: the bindings to the two cards ?
>
>Usually the easiest is do that with modules. If you run 'netconf'
>then you can tell which module to use with which card and this
>will rewrite /etc/modules.conf for you. Otherwise see
>BootPrompt-HOWTO, Section 10.1
Hmmm... The boot time hardware installation loaded the driver and
invoked network configuration.
I got exactly the result I happened to want by default.
Cheers, J/.
--
John Beardmore
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From: John Beardmore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.alpha
Subject: Re: Changing ethernet card
Date: Wed, 1 Nov 2000 14:55:07 +0000
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Marble Head
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes
>If you want to know what hardware is supported, the most useful resource I
>found was on red hat's web site, they have (incomplete) lists of supported
>hardware.
> http://hardware.redhat.com/redhatready/cgi-bin/us/db-hcl.cgi (Not very
>useful)
> http://www.redhat.com/support/hardware/hcl-old.html (More useful)
> http://www.redhat.com/support/hardware/archive.html (Also useful)
Thanks, I had a browse.
>Although it doesn't cause any damage, my experience is that most cards don't
>work. I tried 4 different kinds of cards (Smc ultra, ne200, davies, and
>intel) in my alphastation 200, and none of them worked. I then bought a
>dec-manufactured 2114x card. Once I got the dec card, it was all happy and
>sweet.
>
>If you mean "Intel EtherExpress PRO PCI" card when you say "Intel PCI" then
>you should be ok. Otherwise, I don't guess so.
I think that's what it is, though it's a long time since I ordered them,
there's nothing written on the card, and in these days of plug and play,
you generally don't need to know what something is before plugging it
into a modern PC.
Cheers, J/.
--
John Beardmore
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From: John Beardmore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.alpha
Subject: Re: Changing ethernet card
Date: Wed, 1 Nov 2000 15:01:38 +0000
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Manfred Bartz
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes
>John Beardmore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>> I've got a DEC 2100 Alpha server which came with an old 10 MHz half
>> duplex UTP ethernet card in an EISA slot.
>>
>> Linux has found this and configured it, and I can ping my other kit
>> through it, but it won't be up to the sort of work I want to do on the
>> box in the long run.
>
>> Can I just add an Intel PCI card to this box ?
>
>Should be ok. You may want to look at:
> <http://www.scyld.com/linux_network_drivers.html>
Thanks, but the driver on the install CD seems to have worked.
>> Assuming Linux can recognise and enable the new card, how do I control
>> the bindings to the two cards ?
>
>man ifconfig
>
>This can be tricky because which one becomes eth0 and eth1 is
>dependent on the PCI connector position on the motherboard.
Hmmm. The old card was an EISA. Does EISA come before or after PCI, or
is it more complex than that ?
> It is
>possible to do this with some scripts and by looking at the ethernet
>address, but the easiest is probably to swap the ethernet cables if
>necessary.
I just let the hardware detection software install a driver and call
network configuration.
I gave it the machines ethernet address and it initialised the card at
eth0, saying that the initialisation of eth1 would be delayed which is
fine given that it needs reconfiguring before use anyway.
Cheers, J/.
--
John Beardmore
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From: Mark Andal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: MTU speed
Date: Wed, 01 Nov 2000 18:39:57 GMT
"Kurt R. Rahlfs" wrote:
>
> Horrorshow wrote:
>
> > Greetings
> > How do I change my MTU/RWIN settings in Linux (2.2.14)?
> > I'm on cable and the settings Linux defaults to are a little small. It's
> > currently set to 1500 which is not quite the optimum setting for cable.
> > Without putting crap on Linux, because of this, I'm getting like a quarter
> > of the throughput with Linux I get with this W2K box...there must be a good
> > way to set this. All the tweak sites only cater for Windows and MacOS users.
> > TIA
>
> When the NIC card are brought up with the ifconfig command add the option "mtu
> 1492" The ifconfig commands are usually run when you go into a run level that
> brings up the network. Check the scripts in /sbin/init.d or /etc/init.d.
>
> From memory I think "mtu 1492" is good for DSL connections with PPPoE. That
> may work for you. There may be a lower value that is better if you have a
> network behind the cable modem. I can't rember what that value is.
Hey just wondering, I did a man on ifconfig and mtu gives a small
definition.
How does one figure optimal mtu number?
After reading it i thought higher would be better.
Thanks for any info.
--
Mark A. X. Andal
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