Linux-Setup Digest #983, Volume #19 Mon, 6 Nov 00 10:13:07 EST
Contents:
Re: Modify RedHat's initrd.img to allow install?? (CDM)
Re: .so extention -- compressed data? (=?iso-8859-1?Q?Fr=E8re=5FOrph=E9e?=)
Re: .so extention -- compressed data? (=?iso-8859-1?Q?Fr=E8re=5FOrph=E9e?=)
Re: How to decompress debian package? Pls help ("f.g.a.m.wouters")
Re: forward DNS, client source address? (Vincent Zweije)
Re: How to burn Slackware/current CDROM? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: SB Live is Fuzzy!! (Daryl Fonseca-Holt)
Re: Help: win98/linux dual boot with 2 HDs (Duncan Pryde)
No astersik (shift+8) character in xterm (BRLC)
Re: Sv: Promise ATA/66 and RAID controlers. (John Beardmore)
Re: Help ! More than one SCSI controler... (John Beardmore)
Re: Help ! More than one SCSI controler... (John Beardmore)
Mandrake 7.2, CUPS and Samba (Colin Walls)
xdmcp ? (imbsysop)
Re: SB Live is Fuzzy!! (dt)
Re: Time Prob (C. Hilts)
Re: no login shell (Herb Stein)
Re: no login shell (Herb Stein)
Re: no login shell (Herb Stein)
Re: no login shell (Herb Stein)
Re: Partition Magic - Windows ME & multi-boot (Rod Smith)
Re: Mandrake 7.2, CUPS and Samba (Rod Smith)
Installing RPM's, tars (Dog Meat)
Re: My linux system as a PPP server? (Mark R. Holbrook)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (CDM)
Subject: Re: Modify RedHat's initrd.img to allow install??
Date: Mon, 6 Nov 2000 11:42:08 +0100
man mkinitrd
"Glenn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Hi,
>
> I am unable to install RedHat 7.0 or ungrade since I now have a PCI
> Maxtor Ultra card which has my drives mounted on it (hde and hdg). I
> could open the box and witch the IDE calbes around but what I would like
> to do is modify RedHat's initrd.img which is included on the boot.img so
> that I could open vmlinuz like this:
>
> vmlinuz ide2=0xa800,0xac00 ide3=0xb000,0xb400
>
> or if the image has an existing "append" command to add these:
>
> append="ide2=0xa800,0xac00 ide3=0xb000,0xb400"
>
> I tried this which does not work:
> ---------------------------------
>
> # mount -t vfat -o rw,loop=/dev/loop0 initrd.img /mnt/cd_image
> mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/loop0,
> or too many mounted file systems
>
>
> I also tried ext2 instead of vfat and alternate /dev/loop1, /dev/loop2,
> etc.
>
> I use this for cd images and it works fine:
>
> mount -t iso9660 -o ro,loop=/dev/loop0 wp2000Deluxe.iso /mnt/cd_image
>
> Can someone help me the way to open this image for read write?
>
> Thanks,
> Glenn
> -----
Opinions expressed herein are my own and may not represent those of my employer.
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From: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Fr=E8re=5FOrph=E9e?= <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: .so extention -- compressed data?
Date: Mon, 06 Nov 2000 12:30:15 +0100
Wacom rocks <> Wacom Sucks if I understand well?
(I ll post my results once I test this thanks)
cfish wrote:
> .so means "shared object"
> put it under one of your lib paths and run ldconfig
>
> WACOM ROCKS!!!
>
> On Sun, 05 Nov 2000 12:02:08 +0100, Fr=E8re_Orph=E9e
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> >I have downloaded the linux driver for WACOM artpad II
> >and now that I extracted it from its gzip, I wonder what is that ".so"=
> >extention
> >What do I need to do in order to finish installing it?
> >
> >any idea welcome :)
--
Lex legis
Organisation pour un monde plus optionnel
En ce moment
Orph=E9e - Johanne
http://www.491.org/projets/mmm/rphee-jo
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From: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Fr=E8re=5FOrph=E9e?= <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: .so extention -- compressed data?
Date: Mon, 06 Nov 2000 12:34:26 +0100
By the Way, are there many lib path?
What are the difference between lib path #1 and libpath #2 #3 how many ar=
e
there?
Where should they be situated?
my intention was to search for *.so and move the shared object to a less
lonely place... but maybe it is not enough?
Fr=E8re Orph=E9e wrote:
> Wacom rocks <> Wacom Sucks if I understand well?
> (I ll post my results once I test this thanks)
>
> cfish wrote:
>
> > .so means "shared object"
> > put it under one of your lib paths and run ldconfig
> >
> > WACOM ROCKS!!!
> >
> > On Sun, 05 Nov 2000 12:02:08 +0100, Fr=E8re_Orph=E9e
> > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > >I have downloaded the linux driver for WACOM artpad II
> > >and now that I extracted it from its gzip, I wonder what is that ".s=
o"
> > >extention
> > >What do I need to do in order to finish installing it?
> > >
> > >any idea welcome :)
>
> --
> Lex legis
> Organisation pour un monde plus optionnel
>
> En ce moment
> Orph=E9e - Johanne
> http://www.491.org/projets/mmm/rphee-jo
--
Lex legis
Organisation pour un monde plus optionnel
En ce moment
Orph=E9e - Johanne
http://www.491.org/projets/mmm/rphee-jo
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From: "f.g.a.m.wouters" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: How to decompress debian package? Pls help
Date: 6 Nov 2000 11:45:01 GMT
Alan Po <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schreef in artikel
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
> Dear sir
>
> I have got a ash file but is in debain package (deb extension). I don't
> know how to decompress under Red Hat. Would you give me help? Thanks a
> lot
>
> Alan Po
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>
Install it with alien or midnight commader or whatever, there is always a
risk of not properly installing because the directory structure of Debian
is different than Redhat.
So you can better go and search for the RPM-file in http://rpmfind.net.
Frans Wouters
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From: Vincent Zweije <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: forward DNS, client source address?
Date: 6 Nov 2000 12:45:27 +0100
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Beggar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
writes:
|| I want to ask after setting forward zone.
|| is the destination server will receive a DNS query with
|| source address from the forward DNS server or the
|| actual query client ?
The source address of the forwarded query is the address of the forwarding
server. The response goes back to the forwarding server, which in turn
sends it on to the client.
|| If the source address is from the forward DNS server, then
|| is there any method that the destination DNS server can
|| know the address of the query souce ?
No.
|| Please cc reply to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Post here, read here, unless you give a good reason.
Ciao. Vincent.
--
* <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * <http://www.wi.leidenuniv.nl/~zweije/> *
"Xhost should be taken out and shot." Vincent Zweije
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: How to burn Slackware/current CDROM?
Date: Mon, 06 Nov 2000 12:07:06 -0000
On Sun, 05 Nov 2000 16:26:25 -0500 David J. Topper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
| I've burned copies of the Slackware 7.1 isos. Works great. But I don't
| see a corresponding iso directory for the ./current (ie., updated 7.1
| directory). I guess I could probably recursively ftp everything in
| there ... but then how to burn an iso from that?
|
| Perhaps ...
|
| Dump the 7.1 iso into a directory. Overwrite specific contents with
| that from ./current ... then remake the iso? That seems horribily
| convoluted.
The -current should be complete in and of itself. If you're going to
boot from floppy, just make an ISO from the -current tree and make your
floppies as usual. If you want a bootable ISO/CD, then do something
like:
cd ${wherever_your_slackware-current_is_located_with_room_to-make_an_iso}
mv slackware-current/contrib .
mv slackware-current/source .
mkisofs -o install.iso -b .eltorito/eltorito.img -c .eltorito/eltorito.boot
slackware-current
mv contrib slackware-current
mv source slackware-current
Then burn install.iso and try it out.
BTW, if you have 7.1 but not -current, fill in a -current directory with
copies of the 7.1 stuff first, then use rsync to bring things up to date.
Properly set up, it won't need to download what didn't change.
--
| Phil Howard - KA9WGN | My current websites: linuxhomepage.com, ham.org
| phil (at) ipal.net +----------------------------------------------------
| Dallas - Texas - USA | [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Daryl Fonseca-Holt)
Subject: Re: SB Live is Fuzzy!!
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Mon, 6 Nov 2000 06:18:54 -0600
On Sun, 05 Nov 2000 16:28:29 -0500, David J. Topper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Chris Nelson wrote:
>
>> Hello:
>> I am running RH 7.0 and when I run sndconfig it detects my card as a
>> live with EMU10000. However, whenever it plays the sound sample the
>> sound is distroted and funny? Any ideas as to what I can do?
>
>Sounds like a sample rate issue ... or 8bit vs 16bit. I'd suggest
>getting a copy of the commercial OSS drivers. They really do make life
>simpler.
>
>DT
>--
>Technical Director - Virginia Center for Computer Music
>http://www.people.virginia.edu/~djt7p
>
>
Or try the free drivers from the ALSA project:
http://www.alsa-project.org/
They work fine with my SB Live!
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From: Duncan Pryde <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Help: win98/linux dual boot with 2 HDs
Date: Mon, 06 Nov 2000 12:31:51 +0000 (GMT)
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Faux_Pseudo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> --(Once apon a time, in comp.os.linux.setup,)--
> --(Duncan Pryde said it like only they can.)--
> >
> >
> >Thanks. Quick question though: if I set the linux drive to master, and
> >therefore presumably the win98 drive to slave, will I need to set lilo to
> >remap the drives in bios in order for windows to boot? If so, do you know
> >how to do that?
> >
> no you wont have to work the bios at all
> lilo on the master drive will just look to /dev/hdb for the boot record
> there and if windows is the only thing on it then it will boot straight to
> windows
> image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.2.12-20
> label=linux
> initrd=/boot/initrd-2.2.12-20.img
> read-only
> root=/dev/hda1
> vga=788
> other=/dev/hdb1
> label=windows
> table=/dev/hdb
> and its just that easy
Thanks for your help. I'll give it a shot.
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From: BRLC <BRLC@BRLC>
Subject: No astersik (shift+8) character in xterm
Date: Sat, 4 Nov 2000 16:39:19 +0000
How do I get this feature back? I can get the * character in X apps but not in
an xterm.
TIA
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From: John Beardmore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.alpha
Subject: Re: Sv: Promise ATA/66 and RAID controlers.
Date: Fri, 3 Nov 2000 14:28:49 +0000
In article <%VyL5.125$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Henrik Lund
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes
>Hi John
>
>I've got the Promise Fasttrak 66 working in RH7 i got the drivers on the
>Promise
>FTP... but I havent figured out how to make the driver to "autoload" in the
>startup.
OK, that sounds like a good start. Please let us know if you sort
autoloading !
Cheers, J/.
--
John Beardmore
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From: John Beardmore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.alpha
Subject: Re: Help ! More than one SCSI controler...
Date: Fri, 3 Nov 2000 13:33:11 +0000
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Marble Head
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes
>John Beardmore wrote:
>> I'm putting together a system in an Alpha CPU box.
>>
>> This has two native 50 pin NCR 810 SCSI controllers which are recognised
>> by the SRM system firmware.
>>
>> I have managed to load and subsequently reboot Linux with both of these
>> installed. So far, so good !
>>
>> Now, I want to add a wide controller for some new disks, so I rearranged
>> two of my other systems to free up an Adaptec 2940UW.
>>
>> The 2940 is not recognised by the SRM firmware, but I can still
>>
>> >>>boot dkb0
>>
>> and Linux starts from one of the disks on one of the NCR 810
>> controllers.
>>
>> During the boot, Linux finds the 2940 and starts the drives that are
>> 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.
>>
>> I've heard it said that the PCI slot determines the order in which SCSI
>> controllers are used so I swapped the NCR 810 and the 2940, but that
>> made no difference.
>>
>> Any idea what else I could try so that the 2940 doesn't get to be
>> SCSI0 ? Any other workarounds I can try ?
>
>How 'bout this:
>Without 2940, boot linux. edit fstab so it doesn't use sda anymore.
>power down, insert 2940, reboot.
OK. Does fstab do what mntab does in other unixes ?
Is fstab the only thing I'd need to edit ? Are there no *.conf files in
/root/etc ?
Is there really no way to force Linux to label drives sda, sdb etc,
starting with the controllers that the host SRM or BIOS firmware
noticed ?
If I just reinstall Linux with the 2940 installed, is that likely to do
a better job ?
Cheers, J/.
--
John Beardmore
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From: John Beardmore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.alpha
Subject: Re: Help ! More than one SCSI controler...
Date: Fri, 3 Nov 2000 13:37:22 +0000
In article <8tpgtk$1cf4$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Serguei
Patchkovskii <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes
>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"
I tried
boot dkb0 -flags "root=/dev/sdi1"
and it fell over later in the boot process trying to uncompress the
kernel.
The error message claimed it was in a format that wouldn't decompress,
but my guess is that it just didn't find it.
I'll see if I can specify the location of the kernel too.
Cheers, J/.
--
John Beardmore
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From: Colin Walls <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Mandrake 7.2, CUPS and Samba
Date: Sun, 5 Nov 2000 17:09:59 +0000
I installed Mandrake 7.2 this weekend. Very impressive, went like a dream.
There are a couple of small hassles, mostly with modules.conf. However the
major difficulty I am having is with CUPS and Samba. My daughter's machine
is running W98. Whenever she tries to print anything either lpr goes into a
tight loop or cupsd dies. In neither case is there any information in any
log files to tell me what the problem is.
I know it is early days, but has anybody seen this problem and got a fix?
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (imbsysop)
Subject: xdmcp ?
Date: Mon, 06 Nov 2000 13:19:47 GMT
Hi,
Anyone an idea where I can find info/hints on how to setup and make xdmcp run
& listen to port 177 ?
I want to connect from my Win9x pc to teh linuxbox under X.
I have read through a ton of xdm manyals but I can't figure it out on how to
get it running, what am I missing ?
I'm running RH 6.2 linux
TIA
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From: dt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: SB Live is Fuzzy!!
Date: Mon, 06 Nov 2000 15:49:07 +0200
Daryl Fonseca-Holt wrote:
>
> On Sun, 05 Nov 2000 16:28:29 -0500, David J. Topper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >Chris Nelson wrote:
> >
> >> Hello:
> >> I am running RH 7.0 and when I run sndconfig it detects my card as a
> >> live with EMU10000. However, whenever it plays the sound sample the
> >> sound is distroted and funny? Any ideas as to what I can do?
> >
> >Sounds like a sample rate issue ... or 8bit vs 16bit. I'd suggest
> >getting a copy of the commercial OSS drivers. They really do make life
> >simpler.
> >
> >DT
> >--
> >Technical Director - Virginia Center for Computer Music
> >http://www.people.virginia.edu/~djt7p
> >
> >
>
> Or try the free drivers from the ALSA project:
> http://www.alsa-project.org/
>
> They work fine with my SB Live!
OR try Creative's own drivers from http://opensource.creative.com/ these
are also free, and they add support for the joystick port also.
BTW, the sound sample in sndconfig is supposed to sound bad, AFAIK it's
only there to verify that the card works. Have you tried listening to
anything else, CD, mp3, .wav ?
dt
--
-Somebody put something in my drink-
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (C. Hilts)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.redhat,comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: Time Prob
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Mon, 06 Nov 2000 13:50:27 GMT
On Sun, 5 Nov 2000 20:27:04 -0800, Michael Perry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>server for my home network. I believe that NTPdate works better if you do
>not have a fulltime network connection (like dialup ppp).
Agreed, I have my clock updated from my ip-up script. (Look in or below
/etc/ppp)
Chris
* Remove NOSPAM from my email address if you want to contact me *
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From: Herb Stein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: no login shell
Date: Mon, 06 Nov 2000 08:23:05 -0600
Josh-
No gaurantees, but at the SILO prompt try: linux -s
That should bring you a root prompt in single user mode.
Then you can change the password for root.
Good luck.
Josh Karp wrote:
> i have a Cobalt Qube 2 with no cd or floppy. we have lost the root
> password. i have sudo installed on it, but the problem is this. the one
> user who's in the sudoers file has an incorrect path for its home
> directory and login shell in the /etc/passwd file, so he can't login.
> any ideas? thanks ... josh
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From: Herb Stein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: no login shell
Date: Mon, 06 Nov 2000 08:23:46 -0600
Josh-
No gaurantees, but at the SILO prompt try: linux -s
That should bring you a root prompt in single user mode.
Then you can change the password for root.
Good luck.
Josh Karp wrote:
> i have a Cobalt Qube 2 with no cd or floppy. we have lost the root
> password. i have sudo installed on it, but the problem is this. the one
> user who's in the sudoers file has an incorrect path for its home
> directory and login shell in the /etc/passwd file, so he can't login.
> any ideas? thanks ... josh
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From: Herb Stein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: no login shell
Date: Mon, 06 Nov 2000 08:23:36 -0600
Josh-
No gaurantees, but at the SILO prompt try: linux -s
That should bring you a root prompt in single user mode.
Then you can change the password for root.
Good luck.
Josh Karp wrote:
> i have a Cobalt Qube 2 with no cd or floppy. we have lost the root
> password. i have sudo installed on it, but the problem is this. the one
> user who's in the sudoers file has an incorrect path for its home
> directory and login shell in the /etc/passwd file, so he can't login.
> any ideas? thanks ... josh
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From: Herb Stein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: no login shell
Date: Mon, 06 Nov 2000 08:24:10 -0600
Josh-
No gaurantees, but at the SILO prompt try: linux -s
That should bring you a root prompt in single user mode.
Then you can change the password for root.
Good luck.
Josh Karp wrote:
> i have a Cobalt Qube 2 with no cd or floppy. we have lost the root
> password. i have sudo installed on it, but the problem is this. the one
> user who's in the sudoers file has an incorrect path for its home
> directory and login shell in the /etc/passwd file, so he can't login.
> any ideas? thanks ... josh
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Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Rod Smith)
Subject: Re: Partition Magic - Windows ME & multi-boot
Date: Mon, 06 Nov 2000 14:46:44 GMT
[Posted and mailed]
In article <%HqN5.2015$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
"HMW" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I understand that Partition Magic is having a serious problem with Windows
> ME because this version of Windows does not recognize the "normal" DOS
> shell. Therefore you cannot partition and multi-boot under pm5. I understand
> this is the same with latest pm boot and partition tools. I would like to
> use Partition Magic simply because I would to change my partitions
> "nondestructively" in the future. Can I just use lilo and later on in the
> future when Partition Magic works can I repartition nondestructively.
I just read and wrote a lengthy reply to this message in another group.
In the future, please try to restrict your postings to just one or (at
most) two groups, and when you MUST post to more than one group,
cross-post, don't multi-post. Multi-posting wastes bandwidth and reader
time, and makes it much more likely that different people reading
different newsgroups will post substantially identical responses, thus
wasting more time and bandwidth. To cross-post, simply include all the
newsgroup names on one "Newsgroups" line, separated by commas.
--
Rod Smith, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.rodsbooks.com
Author of books on Linux & multi-OS configuration
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Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Rod Smith)
Subject: Re: Mandrake 7.2, CUPS and Samba
Date: Mon, 06 Nov 2000 14:51:16 GMT
[Posted and mailed]
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Colin Walls <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I installed Mandrake 7.2 this weekend. Very impressive, went like a dream.
>
> There are a couple of small hassles, mostly with modules.conf. However the
> major difficulty I am having is with CUPS and Samba. My daughter's machine
> is running W98. Whenever she tries to print anything either lpr goes into a
> tight loop or cupsd dies. In neither case is there any information in any
> log files to tell me what the problem is.
>
> I know it is early days, but has anybody seen this problem and got a fix?
I've only just installed Mandrake 7.2 on one system, and it doesn't have
a printer attached directly to it, so I've not looked at this
specifically; however, I do know that the smb.conf "printing" parameter
accepts a value of CUPS, thus setting various printing defaults to work
with CUPS. If this parameter isn't already set, try setting it and see
if that helps.
--
Rod Smith, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.rodsbooks.com
Author of books on Linux & multi-OS configuration
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From: Dog Meat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Installing RPM's, tars
Date: Mon, 06 Nov 2000 14:53:47 GMT
Forgive me if I'm being a pain in the butt. I'm a Linux newbie.
Frustration is seeping in. I've not been able to install much of
anything (RPM's, tars, etc.) yet. I'm using the Mandrake 7.0 Complete
installation. For some reason, when I try to install anything, nothing
really happens. The only thing I've accomplished so far is to get my
B: drive accessible from the desktop.
For instance, my HP OfficeJet drivers (.tar) extract just fine. When
I go into the appropriate directory, and run ./configure, I get 6 or 8
items that configure checks for. Each one is answered "no". These are
things like looking for the Linus source directory, etc. Which
directory are they referring to in the directory structure? Can
anybody step me through this procedure? Yes, I have RTFM, but it
really doesn't address my problems. Also, the readme's, etc., don't
really help. They didn't say anything about what to do for my HPOJ
driver installation problem above.
Also, my CD's have .src.rpm files, and I've run across many .rpm
files. I am assuming that the .src.rpm files are the sources. Do
these require different procedures to install? I'm trying to use
Kpackage for them, but haven't seen any real results.
I'm trying to use the KDE desktop.
TIA...
-- DM
************************
* NAHC Life Member *
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From: Mark R. Holbrook <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: My linux system as a PPP server?
Date: Mon, 06 Nov 2000 07:08:14 -0800
Update on my progress:
After various searches all turned up results on "dial-out" PPP, I
finally searched for "Linux ISP" and in the bulk returned found this
document:
http://www.europe.redhat.com/documentation/HOWTO/ISP-Setup-RedHat.php3
It covered MOST of the issues and was very clear and to the point. I
was also tipped off to this document by a gentleman named Bill
Staehle. Thanks Bill!
Anyway, I went through the process of setting this up and very
carefully checked each step.
Finally the moment came. I set my laptop to dial in.... And....
after a few moments. I was connected!!! Well sort of...
I can connect in just fine. The PAP is recognized and windows thinks
it "logs into the network" but in this state it seemed like I could do
nothing.
I could not ping other machines on the lan.
I could not ping anything on the internet (in fact DNS lookup didn't
seem to work)
I ran IPCONFIG on my laptop and found that I had set the IP address to
match the IP address of my actual ethernet adapter in the laptop.
Arrgh... Perhaps the lap top was confused at where to send data. (I
wasn't seening the modem lights flash either).
So I reconfigured the linux box to give my laptop the IP address of
192.168.168.51 which I KNOW was clear.
I reconnected and... Same result. I examined IPCONFIG again and
found that there was no gateway installed. Good ol win98 does not
give you the ability to setup a gateway in your dialup connections.
You can set it in the network control panel but it seems to get
overwritten by something in the connection document.
Anyway, if I check the box "use default gateway on remote network"
linux does assign a gateway to my laptop. Unfortunately it is the
wrong one. It assigned the IP address as the gateway. 192.168.168.51
Why?
On my lan the gateway is 192.168.168.250. My linux box is configured
to use that gateway and it works great. So are my Win98 machines on
the lan.
The benefit of checking the use default gateway box is that now the
laptop is "sending" stuff out. IE if I ping or do a web browser I see
the modem flashing. Data is going out of the laptop but NOTHING comes
back in.
I can ping 192.168.168.51 from any machine on the network and it
works. (funny thing is that the modem lights don't flash when I do
this. It is like the 192.168.168.51 is setup INSIDE the linux box
somehow).
Anybody have any ideas on what to try next?
Mark
On Sat, 04 Nov 2000 22:05:30 -0800, Mark R. Holbrook
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Hi,
>
>Well this may sound kinda dumb but...
>
>My linux box has a full time internet connection. Recently I lost my
>Mindspring account that I used to use for dial up connections while on
>the road.
>
>Having never done it, can I setup my Linux box to all my Windoze
>Laptop to dial in and connect (as it did with Mindspring) and once
>connected have access to the internet?
>
>Seems that this should work but I don't have a clue how to set it all
>up.
>
>Can anyone tell me a) will this work? b) where do I find the details
>on getting this going?
>
>Thanks - Mark
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