Linux-Setup Digest #4, Volume #20 Thu, 9 Nov 00 09:13:05 EST
Contents:
RH7 parition sizes ("Marcus Dempsey")
Re: mail server ("Diehard Duck")
Change of disk - server. (Ezio PAGLIA)
Re: video card problems ("Riyaz Mansoor")
Re: RH7 parition sizes (Eric)
Re: reduce memory usage in Linux (Esa Tikka)
Re: reduce memory usage in Linux (Eric)
Re: Delaying eth0 initialization... (Martin Gregorie)
Re: mail server ("findo")
Re: Get rid of all those .twm files (Black Dragon)
Re: Delaying eth0 initialization... (=?iso-8859-1?Q?=B5L=A6W=A4p=A4l?=)
Re: mail server ("Peter T. Breuer")
Re: setting host name and IP with DSL (pppoe) (Wesley)
Re: How to copy/backup a machine? (cfish)
Re: RH7 parition sizes (CDM)
Re: reduce memory usage in Linux (CDM)
Re: video card problems (Eric)
Re: How to copy/backup a machine? (Jean-Christian)
Re: mail server ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
touchpad and sound config (Jeroen Wijnands)
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From: "Marcus Dempsey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: RH7 parition sizes
Date: Thu, 9 Nov 2000 10:21:29 -0000
Hi,
I have just started to play around with RH7 and I have a secondary 6GB hard
disk solely for linux, because I'm running Windows 2000 on my primary
harddisk I have to manually partition the harddisk during the setup of
linux.
My question is, what are the best recommended sizes for the partitions that
you need, based on a 6GB hard disk. I dont want to be overallocating disk
space on nonessential partitions, and want all the free space posible.
TIA Marcus
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From: "Diehard Duck" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.admin,comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.questions
Subject: Re: mail server
Date: Thu, 9 Nov 2000 10:29:07 -0000
> Pass his case over to the free software people in the gun lobby.
:)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Ezio PAGLIA)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.misc,it.comp.os.linux.sys
Subject: Change of disk - server.
Date: Thu, 09 Nov 2000 10:46:55 GMT
Dear linux guru's and masters,
through your kind help, we learned how to make backups and rescue
diskette in order to restart our system in case of crash.
Yet our present aim would be to study the actions needed in case of
change of the server. Suppose you strongly touched a lot a
applications : DNS, sendmail, procmail, web server, perl applications,
news server, ftp area, web server and web pages. And you are not able
to rebuild the exact order of actions you made.
Practically I need to change only the disk device, the ethernet card,
and so, but the software would remain the same.
What to do ?
Thank you.
Versione per il newsgroup italiano:
Cari amministratori linux,
grazie anche al vostro aiuto, abbiamo imparato i meccanismi di
ripartenza, ricostruendoci una rescue diskette con il kernel,
applicando i moduli opportuni etc.
Pero' ora mi chiedo che cosa fare se in caso di crash bisogna cambiare
macchina oppure in ogni caso vorremmo cambiare disco con quello di
un'altra tecnologia. Supponete che abbiamo toccato fortemente ed in
maniera a volte difficile elementi del sistema e che quindi quello che
e' nel salvataggio completo ci interessa fortemente. Non e' cioe'
fattibile rifare da capo gli ambienti di dns, sendmail, procmail,
webserver, news server, squid, ftp etc.
Cosa occorre fare per trasportare il sistema su un nuovo disco ?
Ezio.
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From: "Riyaz Mansoor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: video card problems
Date: Thu, 9 Nov 2000 21:04:49 +1000
hi guys.
here's my config file. i have tried using --bpp to get a higher resolution,
commenting out the depth 8 resolution. it just won't work. even with the
config file as it is, ie with 8bit color with 800x600, it'll only load 8bit
color for 480x640 resolution.
i also found that i needed to uncheck Option SwCursor for the mouse to work.
i also had to change the mouse from mouse0 to mouse1. these are the only
changes i made to the config file.
and i did check out the XFree86 website. here's what i found out at
http://www.xfree86.org/4.0.1/Status28.html#28
=========
3.3.6:
Support (accelerated) for the SiS 86C201, 86C202, 86C205, 86C215, 86C225,
5597, 5598, 6326, 530, 620, 300, 630 and 540 is provided by the XF86_SVGA
server with the sis driver.
4.0.1:
Support (accelerated) for the SiS 530, 620, 6326 is provided by the "sis"
driver. The 630, 300, and 540 are also supported, but this code is new and
there are some problems with it in this version.
=========
i think my config file is configured correctly for the "sis" driver as said
above. one would assume that the new V.0.1 driver would support SVGA ....
but i don't know.
any help would be greatly appreciated.
at the moment i'm thinking going back and trying all the old drivers which
i'd rather not if there is _any_ way i can get the new driver to work.
==================
my XFConfig file:
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "XFree86 Configured"
Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0
InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection
Section "Files"
EndSection
Section "Module"
Load "pex5"
Load "dri"
Load "GLcore"
Load "record"
Load "glx"
Load "extmod"
Load "dbe"
Load "xie"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Keyboard0"
Driver "keyboard"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Mouse0"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "IntelliMouse" #"PS/2"
Option "Device" "/dev/mouse1"
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Hyundai Deluxscan 15G+"
VendorName "Unknown"
ModelName "Unknown"
EndSection
Section "Device"
### Available Driver options are:-
Option "SWcursor"
VideoRam 8192
#Option "HWcursor"
#Option "PciRetry"
#Option "rgbbits"
#Option "NoAccel"
#Option "no_linear"
#Option "NoLinear"
#Option "TurboQueue"
#Option "SetMClk"
#Option "FastVram"
Identifier "Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS]|86c326"
Driver "sis"
VendorName "SiS"
BoardName "6326"
BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
EndSection
#This configuration does not load.
#If i uncomment Depth 8, it works. what should i do?
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS]|86c326"
Monitor "Hyundai Deluxscan 15G+"
SubSection "Display"
Depth 8
Modes "800x600"
ViewPort 0 0
Virtual 800 600
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 15
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 16
Modes "800x600"
ViewPort 0 0
Virtual 800 600
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
EndSubSection
EndSection
Section "DRI"
EndSection
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From: Eric <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: RH7 parition sizes
Date: Thu, 09 Nov 2000 11:49:07 +0100
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Marcus Dempsey wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I have just started to play around with RH7 and I have a secondary 6GB hard
> disk solely for linux, because I'm running Windows 2000 on my primary
> harddisk I have to manually partition the harddisk during the setup of
> linux.
>
> My question is, what are the best recommended sizes for the partitions that
> you need, based on a 6GB hard disk. I dont want to be overallocating disk
> space on nonessential partitions, and want all the free space posible.
>
> TIA Marcus
I personally like this scheme :
/boot 16M (1 cylinder)
/ rest
It's the easiest if you don't know where most disc space will be used.
Later on you can use the du command to see where most space is used in
your situation, so that if you ever reinstall, you can choose another
partition scheme (/usr on a separate partition, perhaps /home too)
There's one thing though, if you have the first disc NTFS formatted,
it's convienient to make a data_exchange/storage partition (approx. 2 G
will do just fine) that both OS's can use (so make it FAT(16/32)
formatted)
Then your partition-scheme would be like this:
/boot 16M
/storage 2 G
/rest rest
Eric
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Esa Tikka)
Subject: Re: reduce memory usage in Linux
Date: 9 Nov 2000 10:17:10 GMT
On Thu, 09 Nov 2000 09:30:17 -0000, Yuli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I got a 32 Mb of RAM, they says that Linux use quiet little memory (RAM)
>than Windows.
>But after I have Linux installed yet, I found that Windows proceed
>execution (running Programs), faster than Linux. Linux use 98% of my RAM.
>How do I reduce it?
The reason why Linux uses 98% of your RAM is that Linux uses it as a cache
to speed up things. Once something has been eg. loaded from disk, it will
be in the cache and if it's needed again (soon enough) it can be loaded
quickly from the cache. Anyway, you don't want to reduce the cache, if
your programs need the memory the cache will dynamically be made smaller.
The "slow" running of programs you mentioned is maybe caused by Linux
giving time to all running programs in a more "democratic" way compared to
Windows. This means that the program that needs more processor time than
others seems to run slower than it should because it doesn't drain all the
power the processor has, only a reasonable amount of it.
Another reason can be if you run X-window applications, which tend to be
quite big. With only 32MB X will be slow anyway.
If my explanation seemed like nonsense or if I went wrong, others may
help :)
--
Esa Tikka --- esa dot tikka at lut dot fi ---
LTKK/ti4 ---> .satan, oscillate my metallic sonataS <---
Vote against spam in EU @ http://www.politik-digital.de/spam
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From: Eric <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: reduce memory usage in Linux
Date: Thu, 09 Nov 2000 12:05:17 +0100
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Yuli wrote:
>
> I got a 32 Mb of RAM, they says that Linux use quiet little memory (RAM)
> than Windows.
> But after I have Linux installed yet, I found that Windows proceed
> execution (running Programs), faster than Linux. Linux use 98% of my RAM.
> How do I reduce it?
>
> --
> Posted via CNET Help.com
> http://www.help.com/
X is a known big memory user, as are a lot of X-applications
(Star-Office, Netscape, several window-managers, etc)
Linux itself OTOH uses not that much, but that wont help you much :-)
Use console apps, if you don't want too much memory usage, but X-apps
will use a lot of memory.
Eric
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Martin Gregorie)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: Delaying eth0 initialization...
Date: Thu, 09 Nov 2000 11:08:34 GMT
On Wed, 08 Nov 2000 12:18:10 +0800, =?iso-8859-1?Q?=B5L=A6W=A4p=A4l?=
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I am using Realtek 8139A network card. This problem does not exist when I
>used Kernel 2.2.14. It only appear after I had upgraded my kernel. There
>is a line in /etc/conf.modules to load the module:
>"alias eth0 rtl8139.o"
>
I can't help with this one, but matbe somebody else can; I only know
about the 3C509B
--
gregorie | Martin Gregorie
@logica | Logica Ltd
com | +44 020 76379111
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From: "findo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.admin,comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.questions
Subject: Re: mail server
Date: Fri, 10 Nov 2000 08:00:34 +0800
I may ask about that I can send a mail out but the email address that I send
is "root [EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Then how can I change it to " [EMAIL PROTECTED] "?
"findo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ���g��l��
news:8u99dd$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> May I ask about that how to setup a mail server in linux redhat 6.2?Please
> please tell me how to do that!
> Thanks alots
>
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Black Dragon)
Subject: Re: Get rid of all those .twm files
Date: Thu, 09 Nov 2000 12:27:44 GMT
On Thu, 09 Nov 2000 08:57:47 +0100 in comp.os.linux.setup,
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> `w.m.boeke' said:
>Thomas Zeeman wrote:
>
>> > 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.
>
>Maybe you cannot imagine, but I really *love* the TWM window manager.
>In my job I have to work with Solaris, and at home I want "something
>completely different".
>
>But who on earth knows the golden tip to clean up the .twmxxx files?
Dewd, you are totaly missing the point here. . .
--> If I remove them manually, the total screen configuration gets lost!--V
| |
| |
^----------------------- read this over and over again -------------------<
Now, what makes you think that removing them "automagicaly" isn't going to
do the same thing? ! "dot" files on Linux/Unix are considerd "hidden" files.
Leave them be, they aren't hurting anything, in fact, they are NECESSARY!
--
Black Dragon
Sign The Linux Driver Petition:
http://www.libralinux.com/petition.english.html
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From: =?iso-8859-1?Q?=B5L=A6W=A4p=A4l?= <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: Delaying eth0 initialization...
Date: Thu, 09 Nov 2000 20:36:09 +0800
Thank you anyway.
Martin Gregorie �g�D�G
> On Wed, 08 Nov 2000 12:18:10 +0800, =?iso-8859-1?Q?=B5L=A6W=A4p=A4l?=
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> >I am using Realtek 8139A network card. This problem does not exist when I
> >used Kernel 2.2.14. It only appear after I had upgraded my kernel. There
> >is a line in /etc/conf.modules to load the module:
> >"alias eth0 rtl8139.o"
> >
> I can't help with this one, but matbe somebody else can; I only know
> about the 3C509B
>
> --
> gregorie | Martin Gregorie
> @logica | Logica Ltd
> com | +44 020 76379111
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From: "Peter T. Breuer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.admin,comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.questions
Subject: Re: mail server
Date: 9 Nov 2000 12:42:27 GMT
In comp.os.linux.admin findo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: I may ask about that I can send a mail out but the email address that I =
send
: is "root [EMAIL PROTECTED]"
: Then how can I change it to " [EMAIL PROTECTED] "?
1) login as abc, not root
2) change your machines name to ishop.com
or
3) edit sendmail.cf so that your machine masquerades as ishop.conf
on outgoing mail, and, presumably, so that it accepts incoming
mail for ishop.conf too.
: "findo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> =BC=B6=BCg=A9=F3=B6l=A5=F3
: news:8u99dd$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
:> May I ask about that how to setup a mail server in linux redhat 6.2?Ple=
ase
:> please tell me how to do that!
:> Thanks alots
Peter
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From: Wesley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: setting host name and IP with DSL (pppoe)
Date: Thu, 9 Nov 2000 07:52:15 -0500
In article <8ua1f4$irg$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
says...
> "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.
:::: clipped ::::
Hello,
I am a little confused by your reply. I have the same setup as Andrew.
However, when I tried using this site:
http://linux-firewall-tools.com/linux/firewall/index.html
to configure the firewall script, it gave me two choices. Either static
IP, or dynamic (DHCP). When I choose DHCP, the script dies almost
immediately telling me that DHCP is not configured.
Isn't this pretty much the same problem that Andrew is having..? BTW, if
I'm tying too much into this, please forgive me. I just came home after a
*long* night's work and I haven't slept yet..! ;-)
<grin>
--
--Wesley
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: cfish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: How to copy/backup a machine?
Date: Thu, 09 Nov 2000 13:25:03 GMT
well. if you make a backup, it's usually for disaster recovery, so
it's supposed to be the same hardware. But anyways.
you don't really write your entire backup to a machine's harddrive.
you use tar to take a snapshot, use gzip to compress it, so it will
become a big file that you can write to your favorate media, such as a
CDROM or tape drive. (or in your case, the hard drive of another
machine. this is not typically used because hard drive space is
expensive.) of course if you don't have that much space you will have
to stream/pipe it somehow.
if you MUST make a backup to another machine so that you can get it
online in a few minutes after the first crashes... this is a very
advanced topic, I'll let other people answer that. usually such
mission critical machines are servers. depends on which type of server
you got, you do different things. for example, if it's a HTTP server,
then you only need to copy the content of all the http directories.
you can set up a cron job to do that.
yes, if you change any hardware configuration, you will make some very
minor changes. for example, boot sector will not be copied with tar
and gzip, so you will need to make lilo to rewrite boot sector.
if you change your video card, then all you need to do is replace the
XF86Config file. That is just one file. Whatever new hardware you
have, you will need to reconfigure it. linux has a ton of
documentation for configuring hardware.
the better way to do it is, probably as stated in the admin guide that
i pointed out earlier, that you seperate the partitions. if you
seperate data and programs and local programs on different partition,
you greatly reduce the risk of data getting corrupted when system has
a disaster. this details are in sys admin guide. at least last time i
read it three years ago.
when you dd something, the two partitions much look exactly alike.
still the X server will not magically "figure out" which video setting
to use.
On Thu, 09 Nov 2000 17:13:31 +0900, Jc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>Thanks for the terse instructions but I forgot to say that this is my first
>Linux instalation.I'm a real newbie.
>
>Do you mean by your instructions that I should install Linux on thesecond
>machine, then simply untar a copy of the first machine? If so I know this
>approach is flawed simply because differences in the video card and monitor
>will cause the Xconfig files not work on the backup machine ....
>
>Jc
>
>cfish wrote:
>
>> tar and gzip
>>
>> and read the free, online system admin guide
>>
>> On Thu, 09 Nov 2000 03:53:01 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>>
>> >I have a linux box setup and running. I would like to make a backup/copy
>> >machine to use in case this one goes down. The backup machine has
>> >similar but not identical hardware.
>> >
>> >How can I make a backup/copy? Do I just use dd and copy the main
>> >machine's HD to the backup? (What about the MBR?)
>> >
>> >Jc
>> >
>> >
>> >Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
>> >Before you buy.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (CDM)
Subject: Re: RH7 parition sizes
Date: Thu, 9 Nov 2000 14:18:00 +0100
So, you work without swap?
"Eric" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Marcus Dempsey wrote:
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > I have just started to play around with RH7 and I have a secondary 6GB
hard
> > disk solely for linux, because I'm running Windows 2000 on my primary
> > harddisk I have to manually partition the harddisk during the setup of
> > linux.
> >
> > My question is, what are the best recommended sizes for the partitions
that
> > you need, based on a 6GB hard disk. I dont want to be overallocating
disk
> > space on nonessential partitions, and want all the free space posible.
> >
> > TIA Marcus
>
> I personally like this scheme :
>
> /boot 16M (1 cylinder)
> / rest
>
> It's the easiest if you don't know where most disc space will be used.
> Later on you can use the du command to see where most space is used in
> your situation, so that if you ever reinstall, you can choose another
> partition scheme (/usr on a separate partition, perhaps /home too)
>
> There's one thing though, if you have the first disc NTFS formatted,
> it's convienient to make a data_exchange/storage partition (approx. 2 G
> will do just fine) that both OS's can use (so make it FAT(16/32)
> formatted)
> Then your partition-scheme would be like this:
>
> /boot 16M
> /storage 2 G
> /rest rest
>
> Eric
Opinions expressed herein are my own and may not represent those of my employer.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (CDM)
Subject: Re: reduce memory usage in Linux
Date: Thu, 9 Nov 2000 14:21:21 +0100
Check what daemons you really need, if not disable them...
Usually most distributions start up the httpd with a couple of processes (4
or more), if you use the web server for development you could limit the
number started, etc.....
"Yuli" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> I got a 32 Mb of RAM, they says that Linux use quiet little memory (RAM)
> than Windows.
> But after I have Linux installed yet, I found that Windows proceed
> execution (running Programs), faster than Linux. Linux use 98% of my RAM.
> How do I reduce it?
>
> --
> Posted via CNET Help.com
> http://www.help.com/
Opinions expressed herein are my own and may not represent those of my employer.
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From: Eric <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: video card problems
Date: Thu, 09 Nov 2000 14:38:49 +0100
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hi,
I am going to have to take a look at my home PC (I am so used to the 3.X
layout that I can't give help right away)
What I'd change right away if I were you is the virtual screen, just
leave it out.
It won't help with your actual problem though.
Where are the frequency ranges of your monitor? (Are they not required
by 4.x ?)
What range is used?
Could it be so that X now assumes a very low-end monitor, and that is
forcing you to use low resolutions only?
I'll report back tomorrow, after I took a look at my XF86Config file.
Eric
> my XFConfig file:
>
> Section "ServerLayout"
> Identifier "XFree86 Configured"
> Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0
> InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
> InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
> EndSection
>
> Section "Files"
> EndSection
>
> Section "Module"
> Load "pex5"
> Load "dri"
> Load "GLcore"
> Load "record"
> Load "glx"
> Load "extmod"
> Load "dbe"
> Load "xie"
> EndSection
>
> Section "InputDevice"
> Identifier "Keyboard0"
> Driver "keyboard"
> EndSection
>
> Section "InputDevice"
> Identifier "Mouse0"
> Driver "mouse"
> Option "Protocol" "IntelliMouse" #"PS/2"
> Option "Device" "/dev/mouse1"
> EndSection
>
> Section "Monitor"
> Identifier "Hyundai Deluxscan 15G+"
> VendorName "Unknown"
> ModelName "Unknown"
> EndSection
>
> Section "Device"
> ### Available Driver options are:-
> Option "SWcursor"
> VideoRam 8192
> #Option "HWcursor"
> #Option "PciRetry"
> #Option "rgbbits"
> #Option "NoAccel"
> #Option "no_linear"
> #Option "NoLinear"
> #Option "TurboQueue"
> #Option "SetMClk"
> #Option "FastVram"
> Identifier "Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS]|86c326"
> Driver "sis"
> VendorName "SiS"
> BoardName "6326"
> BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
> EndSection
>
> #This configuration does not load.
> #If i uncomment Depth 8, it works. what should i do?
>
> Section "Screen"
> Identifier "Screen0"
> Device "Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS]|86c326"
> Monitor "Hyundai Deluxscan 15G+"
> SubSection "Display"
> Depth 8
> Modes "800x600"
> ViewPort 0 0
> Virtual 800 600
> EndSubSection
> SubSection "Display"
> Depth 15
> EndSubSection
> SubSection "Display"
> Depth 16
> Modes "800x600"
> ViewPort 0 0
> Virtual 800 600
> EndSubSection
> SubSection "Display"
> Depth 24
> EndSubSection
> EndSection
>
> Section "DRI"
> EndSection
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From: Jean-Christian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: How to copy/backup a machine?
Date: Thu, 09 Nov 2000 13:39:17 GMT
Thanks for all the info! I have a few more questions ...
Where can I find the admin guide you "pointed to" earlier? I can't seem
to find where you say the location of the document.
Also I guess my question is mis-stated. I need to make a copy of the one
machine not for backup/recovery purposes but because the machine I have
is working fine and I want another one.
It's basically a file server. Someone set it up for me with a bunch of
stuff (I have no idea exactly what but at least Samba and probably
apache). It also has some config files installed that I know nothing
about (ip addresses, proxie addresses, etc ...). It doing it's job fine
and I want to have the same set-up at another location.
I need to have the second machine set-up exactly like the first one, but
since I don't know what was set up on the first one (and even if I knew
I'm not adept enought at installing things on Linux) I thought it would
be much simpler if there was a simple way of "replicating" the OS as it
is setup now.
But from what you say the simplest way is:
- use dd to copy all partitions
- re-write the boot sector of the new machine
- re-run Xconfig
Another thing is that this machine is basically running as a file server
so X isn't needed at all.
Any other hints/pointers are welcomed!
Thanks for the help so far!
Jc
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.admin,comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.questions
Subject: Re: mail server
Date: Thu, 09 Nov 2000 13:27:47 GMT
In article <8ue63j$43r$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
"Peter T. Breuer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> In comp.os.linux.admin findo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> : I may ask about that I can send a mail out but the email address
that I =
> send
> : is "root [EMAIL PROTECTED]"
> : Then how can I change it to " [EMAIL PROTECTED] "?
>
> 1) login as abc, not root
>
> 2) change your machines name to ishop.com
> or
> 3) edit sendmail.cf so that your machine masquerades as ishop.conf
> on outgoing mail, and, presumably, so that it accepts incoming
> mail for ishop.conf too.
>
> : "findo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> =BC=B6=BCg=A9=F3=B6l=A5=F3
> : news:8u99dd$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> :> May I ask about that how to setup a mail server in linux redhat
6.2?Ple=
> ase
> :> please tell me how to do that!
> :> Thanks alots
>
> Peter
But in RH6.2 the entry in inetd.conf is pop-3, there is also pop-2
what to be used? Can I tranform one or other to pop3 without - .
Thanks
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From: Jeroen Wijnands <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: touchpad and sound config
Date: Thu, 09 Nov 2000 13:49:07 GMT
Hi,
Have just installed suse 7 pro on a HP omnibook 2100 laptop. To my
surprise it went very, very smoothly.
Two small things puzzle me though.
1. Touchpad. It works but interprets the slightes pressure as a double
tap, Anybody know how to disable that feature? (no, it isn;t a bios
option)
2. Sound. The machine seems to have a Crystal 4236 chipset but that's
not recognized.
Even PPP setup worked flawlessly with the screenshots my provider had
for KPPP.
Any help is greatly apprieciated.!
--
Jeroen Wijnands
http://ratten.pagina.nl
http://www.xs4all.nl/~wijnands
"I say we take off and nuke the entire site from orbit"
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