Linux-Setup Digest #966, Volume #19 Fri, 3 Nov 00 13:13:09 EST
Contents:
Re: Some troubles with DOS partitions ("Kurt R. Rahlfs")
PC Speaker's too noisy! ("MT")
installation of KDE2.0 disables Gnome using GDM (Juergen Helmers)
Re: ttys0 is locked by pid 1152 (Lew Pitcher)
Re: sendmail/postfix conflict please advise (Buschman)
can't install win95 on linux with my laptop ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: PC Speaker's too noisy!
ghosting linux server (Buschman)
safe way to install win98 on an existing linux machine? (Michael A. Miller)
speakers not compatible? (Wazzabi 84)
Can't install RH6.1 on Intel ISP2150 server with SCSI drives (Ajai Khattri)
Re: crontab won't run ("Remy Torre")
Re: safe way to install win98 on an existing linux machine?
Re: needh help with X and virtual screen! ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: SCSI help needed, please (Ajai Khattri)
Re: Black Screen of Death ("R.K.Aa.")
Re: safe way to install win98 on an existing linux machine? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
PCMCIA CompactFlash Questions ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Need help with size of fonts ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
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From: "Kurt R. Rahlfs" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Some troubles with DOS partitions
Date: Fri, 03 Nov 2000 10:18:08 -0600
Andrei Rares wrote:
> Hello,
>
> <snip>
> Everything is ok except a small inconvenience: when I want to copy files
> on any of my DOS partitions, I get this message:
> > cp: /dos/c/filename.ext: Operation not permitted
> However, the file gets copied!
> <snip>
> Andrei
>
> <snip>
This is a normal message for any FAT file system. It is not complaining
about the copy it is complaining about setting the mode on the file after
is copied/moved. Since FAT does not have the information of UNIX/LINUX
file systems it can not change the files to those values. I belive you can
supress this message when you mount the file system. Check out the
FAT/VFAT part of the mount command.
You can also redirect stderr from the command to /dev/null e.g.:
cp xyz abc 2>/dev/null
Hope this helps,
Kurtrr
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From: "MT" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: PC Speaker's too noisy!
Date: Fri, 3 Nov 2000 18:19:57 +0200
_-__-
Can anybody give me some advice on my linux?
I've heard, that bash, less, emacs and other linux console
programs can be told to not make a sound with the
pc speaker, but to flash the screen... How could
i do this?
tammx
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From: Juergen Helmers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: installation of KDE2.0 disables Gnome using GDM
Crossposted-To:
alt.uu.comp.os.linux.questions,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.x,comp.windows.x.kde,news.groups.os.linux.setup
Date: Fri, 3 Nov 2000 11:31:16 -0500
Hi!
I'm using Mandrake 7.2 on a Dual Celeron machine. I have both the new
KDE2.0 and helixcode gnome installed. I use gdm that comes with gnome as my
login manager. Sice I installed KDE2.0, Each time I restart the Xserver,
the option of running Gnome upon login under GDM is not available anymore.
Meaning, the file /etc/X11/gdm/Sessons/Gnome is not executable anymore. I
can make it executable again and Gnome shows up again. But I would lke to
fix this properly. So either I find out why this happens or if somebody
knows where to place the "chmod +x /etc/X11/gdm/Sessons/Gnome" command so
each time before gdm is executed it will fix this problem up front !?
Thanks Juergen
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Lew Pitcher)
Subject: Re: ttys0 is locked by pid 1152
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Fri, 03 Nov 2000 16:35:32 GMT
First off, it's ttyS0, not ttys0 <g>
On Fri, 03 Nov 2000 15:46:09 GMT, "David Grant" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I am trying to establish a ppp connection and believe that this error
>message is referring to my mouse being on the same port that my modem is on.
So??? Where is you mouse connected to?
Where is your modem connected to?
What's pid 1152, and why does it want a mouse?
What's /dev/mouse pointing to?
Is the program under pid 1152 configured correctly?
Is your ppp daemon (or chat or whatever) configured correctly?
If you aren't sure where your modem and mouse are (or should be), remember
MSDOS COM1: is /dev/ttyS0
MSDOS COM2: is /dev/ttyS1
MSDOS COM3: is /dev/ttyS2
MSDOS COM4: is /dev/ttyS3
>If this is the case, can you suggest a fix?
Lew Pitcher
IT Consultant, Development Services
Toronto Dominion Bank Financial Group
(Opinions expressed are my own, not my employers')
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Buschman)
Crossposted-To: alt.linux,alt.os.linux,alt.os.linux.mandrake,comp.os.linux.netwroking
Subject: Re: sendmail/postfix conflict please advise
Date: Fri, 03 Nov 2000 16:39:49 GMT
Worked like a charm :) The only question I have is about postfix.
there is no module for it in linuxconf, so how do I configure it?
Right now the mail delivery is a little slow, i want to verify that
postfix is delivering the mail as soon as it comes in.
Thanks again Rod, you're a god send!
Buschman
On Fri, 03 Nov 2000 15:33:43 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
(Rod Smith) wrote:
>[Posted and mailed]
>
>In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Buschman) writes:
>>
>> Hey I have recently installed Mandrake 7.2. I am trying to create an
>> all in one server(ftp, ssh, pop3, http, and eventually firewall and IP
>> Masq, but not at this juncture). Right now all services work except
>> for my e-mail. I don't think sendmail is installed. I have activated
>> the sendmail module for linuxconf.
>
>Unless Mandrake has changed things with version 7.2, it doesn't use
>sendmail. It uses Postfix INSTEAD OF sendmail. Therefore, you have two
>choices:
>
>- Configure Postfix to handle your mail
>- Remove Postfix and install sendmail, then configure sendmail to do
> the job.
>
>The first option is PROBABLY the easier one, but of course that depends
>on your needs and familiarity with both products. For more details on
>Postfix configuration, check the http://www.postfix.org. There may also
>be a linuxconf module for Postfix configuration in Mandrake, but I've
>never bothered with that.
>
>--
>Rod Smith, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>http://www.rodsbooks.com
>Author of books on Linux & multi-OS configuration
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: can't install win95 on linux with my laptop
Date: Fri, 03 Nov 2000 16:34:58 GMT
>i have a toshibasattelite pro and i have an interchangeable cd drive but i only have
>a cd drive no
>floppy.
> I cant run Dos because it doesnt exist, the only thing on my computer is linux 7.1I
>tried the
>dosemulator using the simple commands of placing the win95 cd in the cdrom and
>typing d: then dir/w
>to see if i could find a setup or install. I also went to kdethen cdrom and brought
>up all the files on the
>win95 cd and i found an autorun.exe and a setup.exe but kde doesnt reckognize the
>*.*exe format.
>i need win 95 to replace linux completely because i have to give my computer back to
>my friend, and
>he is clueless about linux. I made a burned cd of a win98 boot disk from my
>girlfriends computer but for
>some reason it doesn't boot. >i got into my bias and changed the boot order. linux
>booted from the cd
as soon as it started so i think >there is an error in the win98burned cd. i
really need help installing win95 back on my computer. <please help
sean zatorsky
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ()
Subject: Re: PC Speaker's too noisy!
Date: Fri, 03 Nov 2000 16:50:04 GMT
On Fri, 3 Nov 2000 18:19:57 +0200, MT <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> _-__-
>
> Can anybody give me some advice on my linux?
>I've heard, that bash, less, emacs and other linux console
>programs can be told to not make a sound with the
>pc speaker, but to flash the screen... How could
>i do this?
Disconnect the speaker. The quality of the motherboard drivers for the PC
speaker is almost always a p.o.s.
Or w/ xterm's, hit control/middlemousebutton and select "visual bell".
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Buschman)
Crossposted-To: alt.linux,alt.os.linux,alt.os.linux.mandrake
Subject: ghosting linux server
Date: Fri, 03 Nov 2000 16:54:42 GMT
OK I finally got my server up and running flawlessly. As a side note,
MDK 7.2 is the freakin BOMB! I love it! All of my issues(except for
the soundcard) from MDK 7.1 were corrected in MDK 7.2. BUT i want to
start playing with kernel compiling, firewalling, and Ip Masquerading.
Before I go fouling my system all up and not being able to get it back
to the wondeful shape it's in now, can you ghost a linux disk? I am
using two 8 GB drives(hda- /,/var,/usr, and swap; hdb- /home all on
seperate partitions). Before I took out hda and installed it in a
windows machine. I ran symmantec pghost but the only way it would
copy the linux directories is as a copy of the entire disk(i.e. an 8
GB backup file instead of a 1GB backup of the actual data). I am not
as concerned with hdb, but is there a way to back up just the data of
hda and have it replicate it back onto the drive(or other drive) at a
seperate time?
Any advice would be appreciated,
Buschman
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Michael A. Miller)
Subject: safe way to install win98 on an existing linux machine?
Date: 03 Nov 2000 12:03:21 -0500
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I have a linux machine that I'd like to make into a dual boot
linux+win98 box. It has a free 2 Gbyte partition where I'd like
to install win98. I'm concerned that I might inadvertently trash
my ext2 partitions in the process though. (Yes - I've done my
backups! :)
I'd like to do the installation without having to reinstall linux
afterwards. Will my win98se cd allow me to pick a partition to
install on? Is there a document somewhere that tells how to do
this? I've found lots of info on installing linux on a
pre-existing windows machine, but not the other way around.
Mike
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Wazzabi 84)
Subject: speakers not compatible?
Date: 03 Nov 2000 17:08:35 GMT
Hello I recently installed Mandrake 7.0 with little trouble. But at first I
thought my sound card wasn't configured properly, bc I couldn't hear event
sounds. Then I tried plugging headphones into the sound card instead of my
speakers. And the sounds worked. I have Boston Acoustics BA735 Digital Speakers
w/ sub woofer. I think this may be because I have the speakers set to digital
instead of analog, but any advice is appriciated, thanks.
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From: Ajai Khattri <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Can't install RH6.1 on Intel ISP2150 server with SCSI drives
Date: Fri, 03 Nov 2000 17:11:49 GMT
Help.
Now.
We are trying to install RH6.1 on an Intel ISP2150 dual-CPU rack
server. This server comes with the Adaptec 7896 SCSI controller
onboard. The drive is a Seagate (ST318436LC) 7200rpm 30Gb SCSI drive.
We have downloaded the latest 7xxx drivers (from RedHat) for this
controller (i.e. created a driver update disk) and during install we
specify "text dd".
During the install when prompted we use the driver update disk and then
when adding devices we add the AIC 7xxx controller from the list of
SCSI devices. When prompted to continue, we get as far as selecting the
partitioning program when it then bombs out telling us that it can't
find any hard-drives to install filesystems onto. I must add that the
BIOS has no problems seeing the drive and in fact, I specify the SCSI
drive as the primary hard-drive in the BIOS.
We have seen many posting in USENET groups about this controller and
general problems installing onto SCSI drives, but noone seems to get a
response from anyone about this problem! What exactly is the problem
and how do we proceed with the install?
Any help would be much appreciated. We have a lovely dual-750MHz P-III
box just sitting here begging to be used - surely this is a crime?! :-)
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From: "Remy Torre" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: crontab won't run
Date: Fri, 03 Nov 2000 17:37:49 GMT
> So I just did a reinstall of RH 6.0, and for some reason, none of my
> crontab jobs are running, either as root or user. I added a cron.allow
> file to /etc, but still nothing. They don't even start. I've checked
> the syntac of the crontab files, and they seem to be fine.
>
> Any suggestions?
did you check that the crond has started ? :o)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ()
Subject: Re: safe way to install win98 on an existing linux machine?
Date: Fri, 03 Nov 2000 17:37:47 GMT
On 03 Nov 2000 12:03:21 -0500, Michael A. Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I have a linux machine that I'd like to make into a dual boot
>linux+win98 box. It has a free 2 Gbyte partition where I'd like
>to install win98. I'm concerned that I might inadvertently trash
>my ext2 partitions in the process though. (Yes - I've done my
>backups! :)
>
The only safe way to add a MS operating system to a computer that has
foreign partitions is to encapsulate the MS OS into a VMware virtual
machine. Either that or have the MS and foreign partitions on separate drives
and write protect (drive jumper -> front panel switch) the drive with the
foreign partitions.
I wouldn't put it past MS to poke random garbage into foreign partitions. When
I used OS/2 back in the late 90's, system stability improved enormously when I
quit dual booting to W95 did my W95 work on a separate machine.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: needh help with X and virtual screen!
Date: Fri, 03 Nov 2000 17:28:09 GMT
In article <8tu864$nug$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
"MT" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>
> However do i conf with the xf86config, the default bpp is 8 (allthough
> i want it to be 32bpp) and allthough i tell the configurator not to,
> it stills enables the 'virtual screen' (desktop is bigger then the
okay, the quickest way to fix this is to muck around with the
/etc/X11/XF86Config file. Note that the XF86Config file placement may differ
from distro to distro - that where it lives in RedHat. Try a 'locate
XF86Config' if you don't see it there.
Anyway, open up that file in your favorite text editor and scroll down to the
"Screen" section (usually near the bottom of the file). You should see
several 'SubSection "Display"' lines.
To set your default bpp, you can just add the line
DefaultColorDepth 32
to the "Screen" section (not in the subsections). Make sure that you have a
SubSection "Display" that has the line "Depth 32" or it won't work.
To get rid of that annoying Virtual Screen, just delete the "Virtual" lines
from all the "Diplay" subsections.
Save the file and [re]start X
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From: Ajai Khattri <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: SCSI help needed, please
Date: Fri, 03 Nov 2000 17:34:22 GMT
In article <8t8dgn$6p$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
"Cool" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I'm using adaptec 29160 scis controller with an IBM u160 18.4G hd.
I'm
> using RH6.2 and the installation process is almost the same as
install on an
> IDE hd. The only different is you have to download the dd image file
and
> install with this file when it ask you.
I am facing similar problems. I have an Intel ISP2150 dual-CPU rack
server with SCSI drives. The onboard SCSI controller is an Adaptec
7896. I have downloaded the latest aic7xxx driver and created a driver
update disk.
Upon installation I choose "text dd" (I tried "expert dd" too). It then
prompts me for the disk and it appears to proceed normally. When asked
to add a device I see aic7xxx in the list and select it as normal.
I get as far as choosing a partitioning utility where it then tells me
that it can't find any hard drives to install file-systems onto. This
is in spite of having the latest driver (this is RH6.1 BTW) from
RedHat. The BIOS has no problems seeing the drive and in fact this
drive is selected as the primary boot drive in the BIOS.
I have seen other messages on USENET (one guy had the same controller
and the same error) but noone seems to have a definitive answer. I have
already posted this problem to the RedHat forums and not got an answer
yet.
As you can imagine, it is kind of frustrating to have all this
beautiful hardware just sitting there! :-)
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From: "R.K.Aa." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Black Screen of Death
Date: Fri, 03 Nov 2000 18:46:17 +0100
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Looks like Red Hat 7 has it's own counterpart to the notorious hallmark
> of Win OS's. I'm new to Linux so maybe I've done something wrong, but
> here's my problem...
>
> I performed a workstation class RH7 (with quite a few optional
> packages) on a 12GB drive with a single 2GB FAT16 partition. I logged
> on with Gnome as my window manager. Everything worked perfectly until
> I logged out using the reboot option. I could not bring the system
> back up, as it kept crashing on Gnome's GUI login.
>
[snip]
Well it's only X that won't cooperate, so you're "almost there".
Don't know what the problem is exactly, but try deleting the file called
.ICEauthority in your homedir before starting X.
I've come across various gnome authentication problem now and then as
well, and that solves it each time.
The latest versions of Gnome will attempt to start X three times - and
if it still fails it will leave you at the console prompt.
Investigating the output of .xsession-errors might give a clue to what
is wrong.
If you want to see all that goes on during a startup of X, start it from
console with
startx > startx.txt 2>&1
The output of 2>&1 to "startx.txt" is stdout and stderr. Stdout is
standard output - the text that normally flies by on screen. Stderr is
various potential error output.
Scrutinizing the resulting file may give clues to problems with
configuration.
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K.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: safe way to install win98 on an existing linux machine?
Date: Fri, 03 Nov 2000 17:42:15 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I have a linux machine that I'd like to make into a dual boot
> linux+win98 box. It has a free 2 Gbyte partition where I'd like
> to install win98. I'm concerned that I might inadvertently trash
> my ext2 partitions in the process though. (Yes - I've done my
> backups! :)
>
Which partition is free (ie /dev/hda[1234] )? IIRC, Windows will only install
on the first partition (/dev/hda1), but I could be wrong. Assuming that you
have that partition free or can free it up (boot off a rescue {CD,floppy} and
shift your Linux parts), the big concern is that Windows will stomp all over
the boot sector of your drive. Make sure that you have a boot {CD,floppy}
with lilo on it so that you can take control of your boot sector once more.
Then you'll need to add a label / section to the /etc/lilo.conf to allow dual
booting through lilo.
Depending on your needs, the best solution may be to use VMWare
(www.vmware.com). It's a little pricey, but if you have the resources (RAM,
CPU) it RULES! You won't be able to do any DirectX, though (no good games).
It's great for windows apps that don't need any special hardware. If your
needs fit the bill, it will let you run a full blown Windows session while
you're still running linux - no rebooting! Great way to boost your up time if
you need a windows app! ;-)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: PCMCIA CompactFlash Questions
Date: Fri, 03 Nov 2000 17:48:02 GMT
I'm using RedHat 6.0, Linux 2.2
I'm trying to use a CompactFlash PCMCIA Card. When I insert the card,
I get the following messages:
hde: Hitachi ATA 6.0, ATA DISK drive
ide2 at 0x110-0x117, 0x11e on irq5
hde: unknown partition table
hde: unknown partition table
hde: drive_cmd: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
hde: drive_cmd: error=0x04 { DriveStatusError }
At this point I can monunt it and use it. By the way, I get very
similar messages when I insert a Sony MemoryStick with a PCMCIA
adapter.
When I remove the card without unmounting it first, I get the following
message:
ide2: unexpected interrupt, status=0xff, count=5
I have two questions:
1. How can I prevent all these messages from displaying (or better
yet, how do I take care of the problems causing these error
messages)?
2. How can I automatically mount and unmount the card upon
insertion/ejection?
Thank you!
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.questions,comp.os.linux.redhat,linux.redhat.applixware
Subject: Re: Need help with size of fonts
Date: Fri, 03 Nov 2000 17:48:36 GMT
In article <fB8H5.330233$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
"Lamar Thomas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I just installed a new video card (NVidia TNT2 Model 64 w/32MB of RAM) and
> it work just fine. Maybe a little too good! All of my fonts are so small I
> can't read a darn thing! When I run "Xconfigurator" I can change the
Try the Font Deuglification Mini-HOWTO:
http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/mini/FDU/index.html
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