Linux-Setup Digest #992, Volume #19 Tue, 7 Nov 00 19:13:09 EST
Contents:
Re: scsi module not loading at boot, but can insmod it ("starbux")
Help with Logitech Cordless mouse needed ("[EMAIL PROTECTED]")
Re: Gnome Menu Configuration ("rude")
hacker...beware ("Gary")
Re: Help with Logitech Cordless mouse needed ("rude")
Re: How to get logitech scroll-button to work (Raman Boucher)
Re: setting host name and IP with DSL (pppoe) ("J.R. Tietsort")
Problem with kernel-2.4.0-test9 ("Nick Cheng")
problem about kernel source. (Į�꣨derain��)
how to save network config setting? (Į�꣨derain��)
as a root, i cannot run lilo,why? (Į�꣨derain��)
XDM CUSTOMIZATION (Gotzon Berrojalbiz)
Re: Dial-IN PPP help!!! Please! (Bill Unruh)
Re: Installing Sendmail 8.11 on Redhat 6.1 (Per Hedeland)
no sign of Linux after setup? ("Colin Reinhardt")
Re: NFS export problem with netgroup (David Yeung)
Re: redhat 7.1 or higher (Dave Allen)
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From: "starbux" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: scsi module not loading at boot, but can insmod it
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.admin,comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.misc
Date: Tue, 07 Nov 2000 22:12:56 GMT
Hi
Mandrake 7 has a new file in /etc called "modules". add your card's
module in there...it should work.
let me know if this works for u.
Dans l'article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Dennis Leiterman"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> a �crit :
> Hi,
> Just upgraded from RedHat 6.2 to RedHat 7.0. Was running 6.2 ok with
> no
> problems. After I upgraded, my adaptec 2930 scsi controller is not seen
> at boot. If I log in as root and do insmod aic7xxx it finds it and it
> works fine. I checked and in the /etc/modules.conf the line is there.
> I also have a line for my etherned adapter and sound card that seems to
> work fine. I tried moving it down in the file but that didn't work
> either. Thanks in advance.
>
> -Dennis
>
>
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From: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Help with Logitech Cordless mouse needed
Date: Tue, 07 Nov 2000 22:17:24 GMT
Hello,
I have a Compaq Presario 3060 PC with a Logitech Cordless mouse attached
to it. The model type seems to be M/N:M-RC33. I think it must be a radio
mouse because I don't see any IR transmitter on the mouse or IR receiver
on the PC. Under Windows it looks like it's attached on a serial port
(Serial 3, I think). I'd like to know if there's a way I can use this
mouse under Linux. I've tried setting up gpm and X using the serial
connection (I know it's serial 2 under Linux) but I get no response from
the mouse. Has anyone used one of these type mice? Any help would be
appreciated. I don't read this newsgroup frequently and would like it if
you could respond to my e-mail address, Thanks
Mike
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: "rude" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Gnome Menu Configuration
Date: Tue, 07 Nov 2000 23:26:10 +0100
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
depends on what windowmanager you are running since gnome doesn't have an
own wm.
With Enlightenment and WindowMaker it is more than easy to customize your
"desktop menus"
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
"Roy Goodman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Is it possible to edit the menus that come up when I right or center
> click the mouse on the empty portion of the desktop? The Menu editor
> doesn't seem to make these available. (and for that matter what about
> the left mouse button). I used to have a very customized .fvwmrc and I'd
> like to do the same in Gnome.
>
> Thanks, Roy
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From: "Gary" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.lang.basic,alt.permaculture,alt.surfing,alt.surfing.europe.uk,aus.computers.linux,sci.crypt
Subject: hacker...beware
Date: Wed, 8 Nov 2000 09:45:05 +1100
The following person (who posts on the above newsgroups)has been detected by
my firewall as attempting to hack into my system. He/she has been reported
to the isp concerned and details are as follows.
Name E-mail address Date Thread Newsgroup
Vic Drastik [EMAIL PROTECTED] 00/04/20 comp.lang.basic.misc
Mongolian Horde [EMAIL PROTECTED] 00/01/05 alt.surfing
*Lauren* [EMAIL PROTECTED] 99/11/06 alt.music.moffatts
Mongolian Horde [EMAIL PROTECTED] 99/11/05 alt.surfing
Mongolian Horde [EMAIL PROTECTED] 99/11/05
Location of 203.101.94.94:
Country = Australia
Region = New South Wales
City = Sydney
Standard network info
[ nslookup (1): ip=203.101.94.94, hostname=async93-wol-isp-1.nas.one.net.au]
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From: "rude" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Help with Logitech Cordless mouse needed
Date: Tue, 07 Nov 2000 23:32:17 +0100
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I have a cordless radio Logitech, no clue which model though...
Anyway, you did try to sync mouse and receiver by pushing their two
buttons simultaneously, did you?
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I have a Compaq Presario 3060 PC with a Logitech Cordless mouse attached
> to it. The model type seems to be M/N:M-RC33. I think it must be a radio
> mouse because I don't see any IR transmitter on the mouse or IR receiver
> on the PC. Under Windows it looks like it's attached on a serial port
> (Serial 3, I think). I'd like to know if there's a way I can use this
> mouse under Linux. I've tried setting up gpm and X using the serial
> connection (I know it's serial 2 under Linux) but I get no response from
> the mouse. Has anyone used one of these type mice? Any help would be
> appreciated. I don't read this newsgroup frequently and would like it if
> you could respond to my e-mail address, Thanks
>
> Mike [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Raman Boucher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: How to get logitech scroll-button to work
Date: Tue, 07 Nov 2000 22:53:15 GMT
Wheel-man,
Check out:
http://www-sop.inria.fr/koala/colas/mouse-wheel-scroll/
you should get everything you need.
r
In article
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] () wrote:
> I have a logitech marble trackball that has four buttons. The fourth
button
> is intended to be used w/ the trackball for scrolling. If you hold
that button,
> then the trackball is supposed to scroll the window instead of moving
the
> pointer.
>
> I've experemented with it and can get X to report usage of the 4th
button, but I
> don't see any way of getting it to work in conjunction w/ the
trackball (at
> least the vertical axis) for scrolling.
>
> I've seen where a 4th and 5th button tied to a wheel can be used for
scrolling,
> but this doesn't seem to be of any use to me.
>
> Anybody get this working?
>
Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
Before you buy.
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From: "J.R. Tietsort" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: setting host name and IP with DSL (pppoe)
Date: Tue, 7 Nov 2000 15:58:57 -0700
"Andrew Jaffe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Hi All-
>
> I've recently more-or-less succesfully gotten DSL to work (RH6.1, pppoe
> from roaring penguin). Brilliant! But there are a few minor hitches:
Congratulations.
> I used to use the machine for a combination of dialup and direct
> ethernet access at work, so I had the machine name (mapped to the IP
> address in /etc/hosts) set to be what it would be when attached to
> ethernet. Everything worked fine. Note that because it's a laptop, I do
> not have pppoe set to go at startup.
>
> In order to set up DSL, I've removed the original ethernet stuff (dns,
> gateway, and the original entry in /etc/hosts). So the question now is:
> what ip address do I give the machine?
>
This depends on your DSL provider. Typically, they will not provide you
with a static IP address unless you pay for it. If this is the case, then
you need your box to be able to be a DHCP client. The software "dhcpcd" (not
dhcpd) works well. You should be able to find it on freshmeat.net.
<snip>
> p.s. a related question: is there a way to set things up so I can
> occasionally use the network card for standard ethernet without having
> to switch settings manually?
>
You could do fancy routing and stuff, but I would probably take the simpler
path and setup an easy script to shut down your dhcpcd deamon and reconfig
your interface for LAN use.
Good luck.
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From: "Nick Cheng" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.os.linux.misc,linux.dev.kernel,linux.redhat.misc,tw.bbs.comp.linux
Subject: Problem with kernel-2.4.0-test9
Date: Tue, 7 Nov 2000 20:21:47 +0800
Dear sirs,
I've found I not the only one who find something's wrong with new kernel.
That is , When I build kernel 2.4.0-test9 on my PC with IDE disk , It's
all OK.
But When I build it on DELL 6450, SCSI/RAID on it, It's wrong.
When I use Redhat 6.2 , or when I build 2.2.17, everything's OK. all the
modules I need to add to the kernel is eppro100.o for NIC , aix7xxx.o for
SCSI and megaraid.o for RAID.
But when I download 2.4.0-test9, and config it with the same configuation
with before, It's wrong. it tell me:
....
Megaraid : v107 (December 22.1999)
Megaraid : found 0x8086:0x1960: in 03:0b.1
Megaraid : board configured for I2O,ignoring this card .Reconfigure the
card.
Medaraid : in the BIOS for "mass storage" to use it with this driver.
VFS : Cannot open root device "801" or 08:01
Please append a correct "root=" boot option
Kernel panic :VFS:Unable to mount root fs on 08:01
...
and system halted. I don't know what to do. I've selected the Ramdisk ,the
support of I2O, and not use the modules in the new kernel, I add all of the
modules into kernel. but nothing happened.
(when I try to rpm to new kernel from Redhat 7.0 by using the disc2, it's
all the same.)
Is there anybody can tell us something? thanks a lot!
if I cannot solve the problem, they'll choose the D- Windows 2k. I don't
wanna see it happened.
the most important thing is to make the Linux support 4GB RAM. is there any
other way except for waiting for the stable 2.4.0? thanks a lot!
yours sincerely,
Nick Cheng
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From: Į�꣨derain�� <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: problem about kernel source.
Date: Tue, 07 Nov 2000 22:13:41 +0800
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
hi, i tried to complie kernel myself today.first,i use rpm to install the source
file:
rpm -i kernel-headers-2.0.32.2.i386.rpm
but i got the wrong messege:
>failed dependencies:
> /bin/sh is needed by kernel-headers-2.0.32.2
what is the matter with my command,how can i install sh the avoid the error.
thanks a lot.
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From: Į�꣨derain�� <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: how to save network config setting?
Date: Tue, 07 Nov 2000 22:13:41 +0800
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
in many books,i found that we can config the network during installation,or in
Xwindows.but now i had a small disk,so i can not install Xwindows,i need to
config my network in command line.as i know,the command 'ifconfig'can be
used,and is works very well,but ererytime i reboot the system,the network
infomation lost,so i have to re-config it manually,i wonder how to save the
network infomation before i shutdown the server.
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From: Į�꣨derain�� <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: as a root, i cannot run lilo,why?
Date: Tue, 07 Nov 2000 22:13:42 +0800
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
after my server crashed for some reason,i tried to boot from floppy disk to
repair it.during the booting ,there is no error.BTW,i use redhat linux 6.2,but
the bootdisk is not made by redhat linux.when i mount the root partition ,i can
use cd and ls to display the lilo command,and i am sure the mode is correct.but
i still can not run the lilo .system prompt:
can not excute the binary file
what is the reason, i need to boot the server in a short time ,or my boss will
kill me :( help me !!!
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From: Gotzon Berrojalbiz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: XDM CUSTOMIZATION
Date: Tue, 07 Nov 2000 23:24:25 GMT
I've discovered that it's possible to configure XDM with a more
atractive look, and I've downloaded a couple of themes from
x.themes.org.
I've also downloaded XV to make bitmaps visible and moved the theme
files into /etc/X11/xdm but when I reboot my PC I only get one
photograph and I can't login.
Does anybody know what I did wrong and what do I have to correct ?
THANKS.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bill Unruh)
Subject: Re: Dial-IN PPP help!!! Please!
Date: 7 Nov 2000 23:34:48 GMT
In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Mark R. Holbrook <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
writes:
]Hello,
]I have been trying to setup my RedHat 7.0 Linux box to support dial-in
]PPP from a win98 laptop.
]My goal is to be able able to dial in and have Linux at like a mini
]ISP and give my laptop access to the LAN and to the internet for
]browsing, FTP, etc.
]I have made lots of progress toward this goal but I'm stuck on one
]final piece. After reading lots of documents on the net including
]this one:
]http://www.europe.redhat.com/documentation/HOWTO/ISP-Setup-RedHat.php3
]I have my Win98 laptop dialing in and connecting over PPP and
]establishing TCP/IP protocol with no problem. Win98 seems happy with
]the connection and so does Linux.
]Now here is the problem. It seems that NOTHING is ever sent back to
]the laptop. IE if I issue a ping 192.168.168.185 (my Linux box) from
]the laptop while connected the ping times out. I can see data going
]INTO the Linux box over the modem but NOTHING ever comes back out.
]Same deal if I try a browser. If I try to connect to: www.redhat.com
]I can see the laptop sending data but NOTHING is ever sent back to the
]laptop.
]I can't help but think that there is a simple routing issue going on.
]I just need help finding it.
]Here is what I have done so far:
]1) followed the application instructions in the web document above
]2) my laptop is assigned an IP of 192.168.168.51 (which is clear) from
]the Linux box.
]3) I have the linux box setup to forward IP
](/proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward=1)
]4) I have "defaultroute) in the /etc/ppp/options file.
]5) I went into linuxconf and set:
] a) my default gateway (needed for Linux to route to internet
]anyway)
] b) Enabled routing
] c) setup to export default route
]That is about as far as I know how to go. Can anybody suggest
]anything else to try!?
a) You MUST also set up IP Masquarading (see the HOWTO) since the
address of your laptop is non-routable.
b) you do not tell us what the output to
route -n
on the linux box is when the win machne is connected. It sounds like the
route is not set up properly.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Per Hedeland)
Crossposted-To: comp.mail.sendmail
Subject: Re: Installing Sendmail 8.11 on Redhat 6.1
Date: 7 Nov 2000 22:46:42 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> NM <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
writes:
>I'm trying to compile and install Sendmail 8.11 on a Redhat 6.1 box. I'm
>listing below the INSTALL file here. I'm clear about most of the steps
>here but I need help on steps 2 and 7. This is the first time I'm doing
>sendmail install from scratch. I've spent lots of time reading the
>README's but I'm not yet clear on how I should do this. It's a
>production system and I want to make sure I understand everything before
>I do the install.
You don't need to understand everything, but if it's a production system
you probably need to *test* before you install. Simplest is often to do
this on a separate system.
>2. Create any necessary site configuration build files, as noted in
> devtools/Site/README.
>
>What are site config files? Do I need them?
Probably not. The README file mentioned (and the one in the directory
above) explains what you can do with them - if it doesn't make any sense
to you, chances are that you don't want to do those things...
>7. For each of the associated sendmail utilities (makemap, mailstats,
>etc.),
> read the README in the utility's directory. When you are ready to
>install
> it, back up your installed version and type "sh Build install".
>
>There are no README files in the utilities directories. How am I
>supposed to build?
If there is no README file, there's nothing to read:-) - just run Build.
>I read the README in devtools but I didn't understand it fully. What is
>siteconfig.m4 file?
It's a file where you can put m4-format definitions for the macros
listed in that README file (if ou name it site.config.m4 instead, Build
will use it automatically). Again, if you don't see a need for any of
the stuff mentioned in these READMEs, don't bother with it - the
defaults in devtools/OS/<yourOS>, picked up automatically by Build,
should be OK for a vanilla build on a vanilla OS.
--Per Hedeland
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: "Colin Reinhardt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: no sign of Linux after setup?
Date: 7 Nov 2000 23:52:20 GMT
I just completed the install of RH 6.2 on a harddrive where I already had
Win2K Server and ME.
I have Win2K and ME on the C: drive (bootable partition) and I put Linux
partitions (swap and native) on partitions behind C: (hda2 and hda3)
The install went smoothly and I chose to put LILO in the MBR, hoping to then
add info to allow LILO to boot into WinDoze. When I reboot it still goes
right into NTLoader, like LILO never got written to the MBR!? Anyone know
what went wrong? Is this some new "smart" feature of Win2K to auto-fix the
"damaged" MBR?
How can I fix this and make my system boot to LILO first? I've read the
dual-boot HOWTOs but they're all getting pretty obsolete now. Is there more
current info somewhere?
Thanks much for any help!
ColinR
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From: David Yeung <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: NFS export problem with netgroup
Date: Wed, 08 Nov 2000 07:28:41 +0800
Joerg Morbitzer wrote:
>
> On Tue, 7 Nov 2000, David YEUNG wrote:
>
> > I have a number of Linux machines and try to control the NFS export
> > using NIS netgroup, but it seems to have problem to do so. Here
> > is my configuration with a server 'hqlx10' and client 'rcz006':
> >
> > In the server machine, I have setup the NIS and NFS server:
> >
> > hqlx10 # ypcat -k netgroup
> > linux (rcz006,,)
> > hqlx10 # cat /etc/exports
> > /usr/local @linux(ro)
> > hqlx10 # exportfs -a
> > hqlx10 # exportfs
> > /usr/local
> > @linux
> >
> > In the client machine:
> >
> > rcz006 # ypcat -k netgroup
> > linux (rcz006,,)
> > rcz006 # mount hqlx10:/usr/local /usr/local
> > mount: hqlx10:/usr/local failed, reason given by server: Permission denied
> >
> >
> > I always get the Permission denied message when I mount it. However, if I change
> > the server /etc/exports to hostname, e.g:
> >
> > hqlx10 # cat /etc/exports
> > /usr/local rcz006(ro)
> >
> > Then the mount is susccessful.
> >
> > Does anyone have idea what is wrong, or how to solve this problem.
> >
> > I am using Redhat 6.2 with the latest kernel (2.2.16) on a PII-500 machine
>
> Just an idea:
> What about your entries in /etc/nsswitch.conf concerning netgroup ?
> It should be "nis files", not only "files".
>
> Regards, Joerg.
The /etc/nsswitch.conf in both client and server machine are set to "nis" but it has
the same
result.
Regards
David Yeung
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From: Dave Allen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: redhat 7.1 or higher
Date: Wed, 08 Nov 2000 00:02:45 GMT
ne... <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> HOSTCC = kgcc <<<------------
> HOSTCFLAGS = -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -O2 -fomit-frame-pointer
> CROSS_COMPILE =
> #
> # Include the make variables (CC, etc...)
> #
> AS = $(CROSS_COMPILE)as
> LD = $(CROSS_COMPILE)ld
> CC = $(CROSS_COMPILE)kgcc <<<-----------
As well as the change from gcc to kgcc do the make mrproper prior to the
make xconfig etc.
I had a similar issue to you and it was'nt until I started from scratch
I was able to compile the kernel.
Good Luck
Dave
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