Linux-Setup Digest #999, Volume #19 Wed, 8 Nov 00 21:13:11 EST
Contents:
Re: Needed: Keyboard for handicapped? (Mark Worsdall)
Re: Raw device support in Redhat6.1 ("Pierre-Philippe Ravier")
Re: Help needed spec'ing Linux server (Mikey)
Re: help with ftp guest access ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Get rid of all those .twm files ("Thomas J. Zeeman")
Re: Help needed spec'ing Linux server ("Thomas J. Zeeman")
Redhat 7.0 and a local host problem ("Hisham Douba")
Re: Help needed spec'ing Linux server (Alex)
How to revert from a bad KDE to working GNOME in RH6.2 ("Phillip J. Allen")
Mandrake 7.2 login screen (Julian Bordas)
Re: mail servers behind firewall (Black Dragon)
Re: XFree86 Installation on notebook with Trident Cyber 9525 gfx-chip
Re: LILO booting straight into win98 (Michael V. Ferranti)
Re: hacker...beware (Michael V. Ferranti)
Re: ATI Rage Pro Turbo AGP 8MB, Princeton Graphics Ultra 75 - flickering (Dances
With Crows)
Re: mail servers behind firewall (Jem Berkes)
Wierd mouse jumping under RH 6-7 with Athlon. Help! (Ross Cohen)
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From: Mark Worsdall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Needed: Keyboard for handicapped?
Date: Wed, 8 Nov 2000 23:03:37 +0000
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Gena Bleu Montagnet
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes
>Hi!
>
>I broke two fingers on my left hand while training for a kickboxing
>match. It's very difficult for me to type right now, with splints and
>tape, etc.
>
>Is there a vendor out there that provides one of the following:
>
>1. A "one hand" input device? I recall seeing a single-hand
>stenographer-like gadget a while ago.
>
>2. An input pad like the one on Palm/Visor devices that recognizes
>Graffitti?
>
>I'm looking for something that will allow me to enter A-Z, 0-9,
>backspace, caps, and punctuation. Preferably compatible with the
>standard PC keyboard socket (must plug it to an ABCD Belkins MKV switch;
>I have to manage 4 computers using the same mouse, keyboard, and
>monitor).
>
http://www.granadalearning.co.uk/school/catalog/jsps/browse.jsp?group=27
5&type=sn
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From: "Pierre-Philippe Ravier" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Raw device support in Redhat6.1
Date: Wed, 8 Nov 2000 23:25:36 -0000
>From what Sybase says in the 11.9.2 installation guide it appears that Linux
doesn't support raw devices.
Will it be a cool suggestion to have this in future versions of the kernel?
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:8u6l5j$dlt$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Hi Gurus
>
> I'm new to linux i've installed Redhat 6.1.My aim is to configure a
> sybase 11.3.3.6 database server.For this i need to place the database
> in a raw slice in the HDD i made a partition with file system ID 60 to
> denote the raw partition after that i'm unable to mount this area how
> do i go about it please give any guide line on creating a raw device in
> linux.
>
> is redhat kernal 2.2.12-20 (cartman) supports raw slice
> please help me out.Thanks in Advance.
>
> -Govind
>
>
> Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
> Before you buy.
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From: Mikey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Help needed spec'ing Linux server
Date: Thu, 09 Nov 2000 08:42:35 -0500
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> 1) scsi or ide. Seems like our needs are so basic that scsi is
> overkill. I know the advantages of scsi in general, but are there
> advantages for the serving environment that make it more valuable? IDE
> saves money. If you recommend scsi, what brand or models?
Figuring that you're trying to save money, I'd go IDE. I did what
you're trying to do now, and made an inexpensive Linux server for our
accountants that runs off of an AMD k6-2 450MHx, 124M RAM & 3 8-gig
drives that are put together through Linux volume management (so I can
give them 20 gigs for a bean-counter program that they all use) that
mounts different drives onto the same directory.
> 3) General advice. Being the only technical person at my school, I
> don't have anyone to think with on this project. So I am looking for
> some basic words of wisdom as far as this type of project is
> concerned.
Backups, and UPS's are your friend. If you have the UPS set to do a
proper shut-down during a power-outage, your Linux box will be really
stable. Plan your partitions and shares.
Let me know if you need any other help.
--
My Australian Shepherd is smarter than your honor student
-Mike Raeder
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: help with ftp guest access
Date: Wed, 08 Nov 2000 23:32:51 GMT
Got it! Thought I'd post it here in case someone comes along with the
same question. The issue turned out to be the shell, and the fix was
simple, and something I tried earlier in the process, but I must have
had other problems then....
I changed the shell from /bin/false to /etc/ftponly. And that was it,
it started working. I'm not sure why /bin/false didn't work, but some
mysteries always exist.
Thanks.
In article <8u9jq9$ta0$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I have set up a user in the passwd file with a /bin/false shell.
>
> I've set up a group that the user belongs to, I've assigned that group
> to the guestgroup in the ftpaccess file.
>
> The /bin/false shell exists in the /etc/shells file.
>
> When I try to log on as this user, I get the message:
>
> 530 Login incorrect.
> Login failed.
>
> When I add a bash shell to the user, I get the message:
>
> 530 Can't set guest privileges.
> Login failed.
>
> This is the entry in the passwd file for the user:
>
> ctload:x:509:509:FTP User:/home/ctload./ctr:/bin/false
>
> This is the group
> ftpusers:x:509:ctload
>
> So, something is hosed. I've configured 2 other systems, and I swear
it
> didn't take much more than getting the group in the ftpaccess file,
but
> I'm a bit stumped on this one.
>
> Thanks for any help you have to offer.
>
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>
Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
Before you buy.
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From: "Thomas J. Zeeman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Get rid of all those .twm files
Date: Thu, 09 Nov 2000 00:43:32 +0100
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "w.m.boeke"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Black Dragon wrote:
>
>>>has been created in my home directory. How can I get rid of these?
>>>(S.v.p no jokes like "rm .twm*", the files appear to be used at
>>>startup).
>>>
>
>>You just answered the question of why you should not delete the twm
>>"dot" files, yourself.
>
> I was thinking about some intelligent clean-up utility. You are not
> going to tell me that I will have to live with all those files
> cluttering my hard disk, don't you? I feel like drowning ...
.twm*, like in the configfiles for the Tabbed WindowManager...
Sounds like your either really using this wm because you've never cared
for anything else besides the default wm for X-windows or you've got TWM
still mentioned in some of your X-windows configfiles used when starting
that.
You better check those options first, before you start constructing some
weird rm-script called at startup from your .bashrc or .profile, or
something like that, with the likes of 'rm .twm*' for a body.
hth
Thomas
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From: "Thomas J. Zeeman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Help needed spec'ing Linux server
Date: Thu, 09 Nov 2000 01:00:02 +0100
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Details: Red Hat 6.2 (just because I have used RH before)
> -ipchains as a firewall
> -Samba for file serving to the Win boxes
> -mail server - no details for this yet
>
> Hardware: MSI motherboard
> -MSI MS-6340 (K7T Master if we go scsi)
> Duron 700
> 256 mb ram
> ide(IBM) or scsi(?) HDs
> 2 Linksys nics
>
>
> Questions:
> ==
>
> 1) scsi or ide. Seems like our needs are so basic that scsi is
For what you want with this system, I think IDE is sufficient. IBM has
indeed got a few very nice HDDs out there. And if you take the 7200 rpms
version, you'll hardly notice the fact you don't have some top$
SCSI-drives in it. They're really overkill IMHO.
> 2) Hardware (other than HDs). Any serious mistakes, or obviously
> better picks to make?
Apart from the remark that this system as a hole seems like overkill ;)
This setup can probably be installed, configured and put in a corner
without looking at it for the next 3-4 years or so; WRT the hardware that
is.
You seem to have a few things settled yet, especially the matter of
which distribution; choose the one you're familiar with. It works that
much faster in installing it and it's that much easier to maintain, it's
hardly ever worth the trouble to learn a (entirely) new distribution.
Also, tinker with the system a bit, before pulling the plug out of the
original server. Maybe keep it up as a backup server for the first few
weeks or so, while you're getting the system 'bugfree' and finetuned.
And check out all the relevant info on the services you like to install,
especially the Firewall en Samba. Start of with the HOWTOs at
www.linuxdoc.org and from there to the recommended further
reading.
It might also be a good idea to test that Firewall with one of the online
websites that can do so, check c.o.l.firewalls and securrity for a few
goods ones on that.
good luck,
Thomas
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Reply-To: "Hisham Douba" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
From: "Hisham Douba" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Redhat 7.0 and a local host problem
Date: Thu, 09 Nov 2000 00:33:34 GMT
Hi,
I installed RH 7.0 without any problems. However, everytime I try to start
httpd, I get the error message saying it can not find the host name.
I defined the IP address as 1.1.1.4 and I'm not connecting to any outside
network. I gave the machine the name suzy. I left it to default to the
network mask and default gateway.
Please help if you can.
Regards,
Hisham
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Alex)
Subject: Re: Help needed spec'ing Linux server
Date: Thu, 09 Nov 2000 00:39:29 GMT
> 3 8-gig drives that are put together through Linux volume management (so I can
>give them 20 gigs for a bean-counter program that they all use) that
>mounts different drives onto the same directory.
That is kind of interesting. I didn't know you could do that ;-)
>Backups
I am considering this. I have a windows based CD burner that may get
the job of backing up things. There is also an old HP dat drive laying
around, that is listed as "broken". It may be that its just never been
setup correctly. If I can get the tape drive to work I'll be happy.If
not I'll be stuck with the cd-burner.
>UPS's are your friend.
Hmm, had not thought about that. What do you suggest for the job? We
don't need a full time uptime. Down time due to power outage is fine.
A ups that will properly shut down the machine would be great, but I
have no idea where to start looking for something lie that.
>Plan your partitions and shares.
>Let me know if you need any other help.
Thanks for the help so far. Right now I just need to get a document
together describing what I need, how much money and how its going to
work. I'd like the see the machine actually up and functional by the
end of the year. So I have time.
(btw I do have a name)
-Alex
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Date: Wed, 08 Nov 2000 19:34:01 -0500
From: "Phillip J. Allen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: How to revert from a bad KDE to working GNOME in RH6.2
Hi all,
I screwed up my user accounts XWindows. I was configured up for a GNOME
workstation and everything was working fine then I told X to change
itself to KDE (I figured I would at least see what it looked like).
Then I restarted XWindows and it crashed.
Then I realized that I never installed KDE. I am running RH6.2 and
don't really feel like installing all the KDE stuff.
So how do I manually change the XWindows settings back to start up into
GNOME.?
Thanks
Phillip J. Allen
e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Julian Bordas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Mandrake 7.2 login screen
Date: Thu, 09 Nov 2000 11:40:32 +1100
Hello
How do I add additional users to the login screen?
--
Julian Bordas
"Windows is yucky. It keeps breaking"
Edward Bordas Age 5
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Black Dragon)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.redhat
Subject: Re: mail servers behind firewall
Date: Thu, 09 Nov 2000 01:18:52 GMT
On Wed, 08 Nov 2000 15:38:13 -0800 in comp.os.linux.setup,
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> `Xwindows User' said:
>Black Dragon wrote:
>> >well I am getting ready to throw up a mail server behind my firewall. I
>> >was told by one person to use ipfwadm to forward ports so the mail gets
>> >forwarded to the mail server behind the firewall. and back. but I am
>> >using kernel 2.2.12-20 and I thought that thery did away with ipfwadm
>> >for ipchains? can't IPCHAINS be made to do the same thing? I thought it
>> >was built in now? yes, I am new...so I sit and reads all day long and
>> >then ask my questions. thanks...
>>
>> You need to use "ipmasqadm" to do port forwarding.
>>
>> See here: http://juanjox.kernelnotes.org
>
>well I got ipmasqadm, and I inserted it into two different firewall
>scripts I am using. one is pmfirewall, the other is firestarter, I have
>opened the ports 25 and 110 one the firewalls and had forward directing
>any incoming ip requests on either of those two pports to go to my
>internal mail server. yet to no avail, I have been trying all day and I
>can't seem to get it to work. any ideas would be appreciated. thanks
>
Are you 100% sure that you have the syntax correct? It should go like
this:
ipmasqadm portfw -a -P {protocol} -L {external_ip} {external_port} -R \
{ip_to_forward_to} {port_to_forward_to}
(command is broken at the back-slash for line wrapping)
--
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From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: XFree86 Installation on notebook with Trident Cyber 9525 gfx-chip
Date: Thu, 09 Nov 2000 01:30:06 -0000
hey, i have a question, do you know anywhere, or if you can give me
instructions to install xfree86? I read the HOWTO's, but i dont understand
a f*** whats its trying to say.
Mike wrote:
>
>
> Greetings,
>
> my fujitsu-siemens notebook works with a trident cyber 9535 gfxprocessor.
If
> i try to setup XFree86 it allways looks like the videooutput was cuted in
> peaces and mixed over the screen. I tried various drivers (Trident, SVGA)
as
> well as different monitor settings but without success. I cant get
XFree86
> to work on my notebook. I am grateful for any hints ...
> An other question: Is there a command like "hinv" on irix that lists all
the
> installed hardware? I am not 100% sure about the available videomem,
> clockrate...
> Thanks in advance,
> Mike
>
>
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From: Michael V. Ferranti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: LILO booting straight into win98
Date: Thu, 09 Nov 2000 01:32:18 +0000
And [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Michael Lees) spoke thusly:
>I don't have a boot disk and I've tried loadlin - is there any other way of
>getting lilo back??
1: Look in the ms-dos directory of your Linux CD for instructions on
how to make a boot/install/rescue disk. Everything you need should be
there to create a boot floppy.
2: Change your BIOS settings to boot from the CD if your box supports
that option.
If you get an *installation* prompt, type "linux rescue" to get a shell
prompt where you can then edit /etc/lilo.conf and re-run /sbin/lilo to
activate the changes. You may first have to mount your linux partition
with the command:
mount root=/dev/####
...where #### is your linux root partition (mine is /dev/hda8). The
hard part is editing /etc/lilo.conf if you're new to linux and don't know
how to use one of the available editors. <grins> emacs and vi have online
help and are not *too* difficult to figure out... (Their tutorial and help
systems seriously lack organization.)
-- Michael V. Ferranti [blades&inreach*com]
Warning: The Surgeon General has deemed that excessive displays of warning
labels and public service announcements produce stress and shortens lives.
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From: Michael V. Ferranti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: hacker...beware
Date: Thu, 09 Nov 2000 01:32:19 +0000
And "Michael" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> spoke thusly:
>Thanks for the warning, however next time please use the correct
>terminology. This person is a cracker, not a hacker.
How can you tell he's white?
-- Michael V. Ferranti [blades&inreach*com]
Warning: The Surgeon General has deemed that excessive displays of warning
labels and public service announcements produce stress and shortens lives.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dances With Crows)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: ATI Rage Pro Turbo AGP 8MB, Princeton Graphics Ultra 75 - flickering
Date: 9 Nov 2000 01:38:36 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Wed, 8 Nov 2000 12:36:53 -0500, Arun Shastry wrote:
>Just installed RH v7 on my dual PII box. Everything's working fine except
>the flickering and hazy characters on the monitor issue. When the
>resolution is set to 800 X 600 (16 bits and 32 bits both work), it works
>fine; but at 1024 X 768 onwards the flickering and haziness starts killing
>me.
>Any suggestions ideas???
Run XConfigurator or XF86Setup, and enter the Hsync and Vsync values for
your monitor into the boxes in the "Advanced" settings. It sound to me
like you just picked a generic monitor, and you're running 1024x768 at
60Hz or lower. Most modern monitors are capable of better refresh
rates, and X uses the Hsync and Vsync values you give it to determine
which refresh rates the monitor can use safely with which resolutions.
If that all seems too complex for you, run Xconfigurator and tell it
your monitor is capable of displaying 1024x768 at 70Hz--there should be
a choice in one of the menus for that....
--
Matt G|There is no Darkness in Eternity/But only Light too dim for us to see
Brainbench MVP for Linux Admin / Workin' in a code mine, hittin' Ctrl-Alt
http://www.brainbench.com / Workin' in a code mine, whoops!
=============================/ I hit a seg fault....
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From: Jem Berkes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.redhat
Subject: Re: mail servers behind firewall
Date: Wed, 08 Nov 2000 19:53:02 -0600
> ipmasqadm portfw -a -P {protocol} -L {external_ip} {external_port} -R \
> {ip_to_forward_to} {port_to_forward_to}
And you have to actually use the REAL external_ip, you won't get away
with using 0.0.0.0 or something :)
==========
http://www.pc-tools.net/
DOS, Win32, Linux software
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From: Ross Cohen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Wierd mouse jumping under RH 6-7 with Athlon. Help!
Date: Wed, 08 Nov 2000 20:55:59 -0500
When running X, my mouse occasionally jumps
around the screen and/or fires off random gui events
(causing windows to close/open and other havoc).
Usually X eventually crashes as well.
This occures under RH 6.1, 6.2 and 7.0.
It does NOT occur under Suse 7.0.
My current mouse is a new three-button Logitech
PS/2 model, but the machine did the same thing with
cheap two-button ps/2 mouse also.
MB: KA7
Athlon 700.
I am more familiar with RH and would prefer to stay
with it.
Any ideas would be appreciated greatly!
-Ross
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