Linux-Setup Digest #27, Volume #20 Mon, 13 Nov 00 03:13:06 EST
Contents:
Re: Which distro for old(486SX 6MB) firewall (cfish)
Re: Need help to setup a CD-ROM Writer Through a SCSI externail port. (cfish)
Re: LAN ethernet networking help needed (cfish)
Re: Installation/running Problem (cfish)
Re: Lexmark Z11 (cfish)
Re: Memory reported wrong by Linux (Samuel Hauge)
Re: Go!Linux 8.0SE - probs (cfish)
Re: Newbie question re: custom MIME types (cfish)
Re: Windows/Linux : Disk size issue ("donoli")
Re: two interfaces, different subnets, can telnet into 1 (cfish)
Re: Config. Linux for LAN on formatted drive (cfish)
disk, network install not working
Re: Linux loves RAM. The more you give it, the faster it gets. (cfish)
Re: Windows/Linux : Disk size issue (Paul Rudin)
Re: .Xauthority file (Colin Watson)
Re: HELP: Dual OS: Win2000 and Redhat 7.0 (Eric)
Re: Help installing KDE 2.0!!!! (Michael V. Ferranti)
Re: Utterly unable to understand how to setup soundcard (Michael V. Ferranti)
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From: cfish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Which distro for old(486SX 6MB) firewall
Date: Mon, 13 Nov 2000 06:09:54 GMT
I did one on a pent 100. OpenBSD took about 60 megs of space. very
good secure firewall. it was a net based install.
On Mon, 13 Nov 2000 04:11:52 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>Hi everybody. I recently purchased an old PC for use as a linux
>firewall/IP forwarding. Here are the specs:
>
>Processor: 486SX
>Memory: 6MB
>Hard Drive: 130MB
>NIC: 3COM ISA Etherlink III
>NO CD-ROM
>
>I was wondering which distribution would be easiest to install with this
>
>setup? I want as minimal a setup as I can possibly get (ONLY
>firewalling/IP forwarding). Is this even feasible with this hardware?
>
>I could not get a RedHat 6.1 boot floppy to boot. I was able to get a
>Redhat 5.1 floppy to boot, but I want a newer setup than this. I was
>thinking of trying to temporarily install my DVD-ROM (from my current
>desktop) into this machine to install from, but was unsure if a machine
>this old would recognize it as a CD-ROM. Suggestions anyone?
>
>Thanks in advance!
>
>Scott
>
>
>
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From: cfish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Need help to setup a CD-ROM Writer Through a SCSI externail port.
Date: Mon, 13 Nov 2000 06:19:30 GMT
On Sun, 12 Nov 2000 14:52:59 GMT, Asmoden
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Hi all,
> I have a question on how to set up an externail SCSI CD-ROM wrtier for
>a linux box running Mandrake 7.1
>the questions that I have are as follows:
> What hardware device do I mount the writer to? (/dev/?)
this will tell you the device nubmers:
cdrecord -scanbus
i think mine was /dev/sg0 you don't mount the device. the kernel does
it. you simply send data to that device.
> do I make a directory for the writer? (/mnt/writer)
??
> and what software is the best for this job
cdrecord works for me. read CD Writing HOWTO from linuxdoc.org
>
>the second part of the question is this:
> Can linux write to HPUX format (assuming that HPUX uses its own format
>for cd-roms)
don't know. what does the kernel configuration script say?
>
>
>Thanks for any help in Advance.
>Martin.
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From: cfish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: LAN ethernet networking help needed
Date: Mon, 13 Nov 2000 06:21:57 GMT
type
dmesg | grep eth
to see if ethernet card detect.
for your other question you need to tell specific setup. is there a
link to the outside? what are the OS on the two machines, etc.
On Sun, 12 Nov 2000 12:59:34 +0100, Allen and Erin Brandt
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Hi, I can only work on Linux sporadically. I've completed several steps
>to getting my computer to network. I installed the network card driver
>and re-compiled the kernel a while back. Now I want to check to see if
>the driver was installed properly and if it is working. Is there a log
>file at boot time that will tell me if the network card was detected and
>the driver installed during boot? Assuming I have the cables and the two
>computers hooked up to my hub, how can I get them to communicate? How
>can I mount the network drives?
>Thanks,
>Al Brandt
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From: cfish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Installation/running Problem
Date: Mon, 13 Nov 2000 06:28:30 GMT
your kernel is having problem booting. I don't know linx4win, but what
you can do is, when the installation is done, tell it to "make a boot
floppy". This means you have to insert the floppy every time you boot
linux from it. What it does is, it isolate your problems down to the
boot loader. so, if the boot floppy works, you know it's probably your
bootloader's problem. so try that and report back.
(from the look of it, seems like the kernel cannot find something...?)
On Sun, 12 Nov 2000 01:33:35 GMT, Ruth Gomes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I hope someone can help me. I am on my third or fourth attempt at
>installing and running Linux-Mandrake 7.2. I have Linx4win installed
>now because I already lost everything on my hard drive with the full
>installation. The program ran fine then I just couldn't figure out how
>to use it, tried to re-install windows and messed everything up.
>Anyway.... now.....
>
>When I try to run from the boot menu or from inside windows I get the
>following messages. ......
>After a lot of stack #'s and call trace #'s I get this error message....
>
>Code 89 07 8b 3f 83 ee 01 73 etc......
>
>Kernel Panic: Attempted to kill the idle task!
>In swapper task - not syncing
>
>Also I tried to uninstall the whole program again but when I did so I
>lost the ability to boot at all. How do I get rid of this program if I
>can't get it to work? I mean completely erased from my system leaving
>no grub or anything?
>
>Thanks for your patience with this really new newbie.
>
>Ruth Gomes
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From: cfish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Lexmark Z11
Date: Mon, 13 Nov 2000 06:29:08 GMT
that is one bad printer. see if you can find info on linux printing
page.
On Sat, 11 Nov 2000 20:21:50 +0100, root
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Hello,
>
>Can anyone tell me how to install my Lexmark Z11 printer?
>
>Thanks in advance
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From: Samuel Hauge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.redhat,alt.os.linux.redhat,comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.admin
Subject: Re: Memory reported wrong by Linux
Date: Sun, 12 Nov 2000 22:36:17 -0800
I had to add an "append=..." command to my lilo.conf file, and then run lilo to
get my 256MB recognized. Works just fine now...
James Knowles wrote:
> > When I boot my system. The BIOS shows the correct memory. When I see
> > the memory using top or cat /proc/meminfo then, it shows only 64 MB RAM
>
> I had to upgrade my board's BIOS before Linux would automatically pick up the
> right amount of RAM. This was on an ASUS K7M, so YMMV.
>
> --
> In a world full of people, only some want to fly. Isn't that crazy?
> - "Crazy" by Seal ("Seal")
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From: cfish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Go!Linux 8.0SE - probs
Date: Mon, 13 Nov 2000 06:34:15 GMT
uh. never heard of that distribution. but it's probably that the
kernel doesn't have USB support. when it boots, read and see if it
ever mentions usb.
or after boot, do a dmesg, and uname -a and see what you got there.
no matter what, lacking a mouse will NOT fail your boot process. if it
doesn't boot, something else is wrong and you need to tell what's on
the screen when the kernel refuse to boot.
On Sun, 12 Nov 2000 19:37:35 +0100, Rudi Effe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I was very glad to find a bootable Linux-CD with some PC magazine. Alas,
>the version mentioned above seems to have trouble with my USB logitech
>mouse - hence the boot process fails. Any hints?
>
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From: cfish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Newbie question re: custom MIME types
Date: Mon, 13 Nov 2000 06:36:53 GMT
/etc/mime.types
remember to save a backup before anything.
On Sat, 11 Nov 2000 04:54:37 +0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Can anyone point me to a walk-through that'll allow me to set up custom
>Mime types? I'm looking, specifically for MP3 support under RH 6.2.
>
> I understand the Mime Types configuration, but the program used for the
>files is not in the list fo pre-defined applications. Is there a
>(newbie) way to add apps?
>
> It seems that it does not have support for thins pre-configured so....
>:)
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From: "donoli" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.linux,alt.os.linux,linux.redhat.install,uk.comp.os.linux,uklinux.help.newbies
Subject: Re: Windows/Linux : Disk size issue
Date: Mon, 13 Nov 2000 06:39:00 GMT
Chris Jones wrote in message ...
>Hi,
>
>I wish to install linux (redhat) as a dual boot option on a machine
>currently running windows98 only. I need to increase the disk space to do
>this so would like to replace the current 1Gig disk with a somewhat larger
>one (20Gig or so). Now, I suspect my machine may suffer from the 8.4 Gig
>1024 cylinder limit BIOS issue which would effect windows but not I gather
>linux.
>
>If so could I get around this problem with the following ? If I place the
>linux boot partition and the windows partition below the 1024 cylinder
>limit, and then make the remaining space above 1024 into linux partitions.
>I've used linux quite a bit but never installed a system so I don't know if
>this is possible, or just a dumb idea ?
>
>Of course I could just not bother with windows at all. Attractive but
>unfortunatley I suspect I still will need it from time to time.
>
>cheers Chris
>
#############
Get another PC, dual boot is a hassle.
donoli.
#############
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From: cfish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: two interfaces, different subnets, can telnet into 1
Date: Mon, 13 Nov 2000 06:42:38 GMT
On Fri, 10 Nov 2000 15:13:59 -0800, "Robert Dowd" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>i have two interfaces on my linux box - both on differnet subnets. (231 and
>228)
>I cannot telnet into the 231 interface
from where?
can you ping any other machines on that network?
>I can telnet into the 228 interface
from where? can you ping any machines on that network?
(it looks like a routing problem to me, probably everything went to
the 228 network. )
what does ifconfig and route say?
>
>I can ping both interfaces from outside world
>
>any ideas why I cannot telnet to the 231 interfac
>
>thanks,
>
>bob
>
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From: cfish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Config. Linux for LAN on formatted drive
Date: Mon, 13 Nov 2000 06:51:06 GMT
yes but you need to read more about that. go to linuxdoc.org and read
whatever network method you will be using.
as of windows. you can install winodws before or after the linux
install. all you need to do is to leave a partition for windows. there
are a million ways to do this, your distro usually suggests one way or
another.
On Fri, 10 Nov 2000 00:30:04 -0000, Lou <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I Plan On purchasing .. open linux edesktop 2.4 os .. will I be able to
>install on a formatted drive that I have partitioned or will I have to
>install windows 98 or me also first? Will I be able to configure Linux for
>use with my Lan provider. " cable" system . Thanks for any help you may
>have . Lou
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ()
Subject: disk, network install not working
Date: 13 Nov 2000 03:58:50 GMT
I'm trying to install Redhat using floppies. I got the bootnet.img on a diskette,
boots up fine but when it comes to choosing the network card, it exits with a "device
or resource busy" no matter what driver I choose. Help!
thanks.
jojo
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From: cfish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Linux loves RAM. The more you give it, the faster it gets.
Date: Mon, 13 Nov 2000 07:32:47 GMT
you want ALL of them at the same time??? 128 megs will not be enoough.
that is. the processes will be swapped. definitely.
accessmicro sells 128Megs for 51 dolllars or something like that.
On Sun, 12 Nov 2000 23:50:13 GMT, Peter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>"Linux loves RAM. The more you give it, the faster it gets."
>
>Ok, that is true for 25 the operating systems I have worked with. What
>about some examples for Linux running various apps like
>Gimp/Netscape/StarOffice?
>
>My workstation is only 256Mb. The typical working set using NT 4.0 and
>half a dozen applications open, is under 80Mb. Rotating a reasonable
>size image (90Mb) in PSP requires an extra 300Mb.
>
>If I throw in Netscape, the working set jumps by a large unpredictable
>amount so I tend to use Opera where possible. Some sites use faulty
>Javascript so back to Netscape. netscape is the reason I added the
>second 128Mb DIMM.
>
>What do Linux apps use? What RAM is needed to run a typical day to day
>workload:
>
>RAID is in hardware so not needed in software.
>
>Internet connection.
>
>Newsreader equivalent to Agent
>
>Email equivalent to Outlook with several email open for reading and
>writing.
>
>HTML/Script editor, equivalent to Homesite, with 20 pages open.
>
>Gimp with a few web images plus an original file open, the original
>being >5Mb and up to 90Mb.
>
>Word processor with a few 20 - 100 page documents open.
>
>Spread sheet with 5 sheets open.
>
>One Opera with perhaps 5 pages displaying. 3 Netscapes open.
>
>FIle explorer equivalent to Windows Explorer. (I looked at Gnome based
>one that installed with Mandrake 7).
>
>CD playing Etta James - I'd rather go blind.
>
>FTP & Putty equivalents until WebDAV apps become standard.
>
>MySQL
>
>Apache
>
>When I get busy, the above list might have an extra zero on the end of
>some numbers.
>
>Netscape seems to blow up above 7 web sites so I have most sites open
>in Opera.
>
>PSP with blow up if the open images total more than a few hundred Mb.
>Apps like that seem to blow up no matter how much real memory is
>available.
>
>Gimp used to blow up with large images under both Linux and NT so I
>stopped trying to learn how to use it. I presume the latest version is
>error free.
>
>NT never blows up except when Internet Explorer is installed. I keep
>now keep NT IE free and keep an old Windows machine handy for the once
>every few months when I need to test a web page with IE.
>
>I have a tiny old machine spare to run up Linux. It will be RH 7 or
>the latest Mandrake. I will need both machines in parallel for a
>while. Will 128 Mb suffice with this application mix?
>
>It has only a 66MHz FSB so will be slow editing images. I can live
>with that as I can keep the scanner and edits of the large original
>files on the NT machine until I decommission that machine. What I want
>to avoid is any program in the mix crashing while a file is open.
>
>How much RAM will I need for a page free/crash free workstation?
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Crossposted-To:
alt.linux,alt.os.linux,linux.redhat.install,uk.comp.os.linux,uklinux.help.newbies
Subject: Re: Windows/Linux : Disk size issue
From: Paul Rudin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: 13 Nov 2000 07:52:07 +0000
>>>>> "donoli" == donoli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
donoli> Get another PC, dual boot is a hassle.
Dual boot isn't really a hassle. Most (modern) linux installers will
set up your system to dual boot without any trouble.
Spending several hundred pounds (dollars) just to avoid dual booting seems a
little profligate.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Colin Watson)
Subject: Re: .Xauthority file
Date: 13 Nov 2000 07:51:30 GMT
Jim Gadbaw <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>What is the .Xauthority file that shows up in my /home and /root
>directory? It contains something to the effect :
>localhost.localdomainOMIT-MAGIC_COOKIE ----- I deleted it and on reboot
>it shows up again.
It contains a cryptographic hash constituting (when you're running X)
your authority to connect to the X server. Leave it alone.
As a general rule, don't delete files unless you know what they are. :)
Dotfiles in your home directory tend to be configuration or state files
of some kind.
--
Colin Watson [[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
"The future of the standalone computer is about as promising as that of
the standalone telephone." - AT&T vice-president
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From: Eric <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: HELP: Dual OS: Win2000 and Redhat 7.0
Date: Mon, 13 Nov 2000 09:06:41 +0100
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Edward Berry wrote:
>
> Excuse me for inserting a new question in this thread, but my question
> is related. I also wanted to follow the mini-HOWTO mentioned for
> installing together with NT and using the NT loader, but in the RH7.0
> setup I missed the part where you set up LILO, and I ended up booting
> to LILO which gave me the option to use "DOS". Question: where in the
> RH7 setup do you specify LILO? Do you have to use non-default mode
> like "expert"? Is there a timeout so that if you don't respond to
I guess, but I'm not sure. I always choose expert install.
> a query within 30 sec it goes ahead with the default setup?
Yes there is, check the lilo/lilo.conf manpages for more info on this
> BTW everything seems fine with it set up this way but I was making
> a 4-boot system (DOS622, WIN98, NT, Linux) and I wanted linux on
> the same level with everything else, in the NT boot loader.
> What I have is first a choice between Linux and Microsoft,
> then a choice between the three MS options
since you can recompile the linux-kernel(and a lot of people actually do
this), you should be carefull with this. The bootsector you copied to
the NTFS/FAT partition, will be out of date once you've done this (the
old kernel will still boot, so don't touch it yet). IMO it's easier to
let LILO be the main-bootloader.
You can setup LILO to boot all four OS's, without the intervention of
the NT loader (except for NT ofcourse)
> details-
> starting with a triple boot system with 2 2GB partitions and
> about 8 GB unpartitioned space, I installed RH7 booting from floppy,
> selecting new install, workstation class.
> I used Disk Druid to mount the two partitions (both FAT16) as
> /win1 and /win2, then set up a 200 MB swap partition and
> the rest as / . (The mini-HOWTO says the /boot will be same as
> / with this procedure.)
> I did not check the box allowing to select the packages to install,
> just let it install all. Set root password and one user. When I
> came back it said install was complete, and when I rebooted there
> was LILO with a choice between Linux and DOS, choosing DOS gives
> NTLoader with a choice between NT, W98, DOS622.
>
> -Ed
I'd let it as is, but you can restore the old MBR by runnning `lilo -u`
(CHECK LILO'S MANPAGE FIRST) You must however create a linux bootfloppy
first, so you will always be able to boot linux again. Then you can add
linux to the NT-loader menu if you like by following the mini-HOWTO.
Eric
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From: Michael V. Ferranti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Help installing KDE 2.0!!!!
Date: Mon, 13 Nov 2000 08:08:04 +0000
And "G Man" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> spoke thusly:
>OK call me a replican if you will.
You replican.
-- 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: Utterly unable to understand how to setup soundcard
Date: Mon, 13 Nov 2000 08:08:05 +0000
And "frankie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> spoke thusly:
>I do not have Windows on this machine to probe the IRQ and DMA settings.
>What to do ?
Looks like they were already found, but due to an IRQ conflict, the
sound module couldn't connect. "Device or resource busy" usually means
that you have an IRQ conflict somewhere. Try turning off any PnP support
in the motherboard BIOS, and if you have any PCI cards in place, you might
want to toggle off PnP mode for those and assign the IRQs manually. Linux
doesn't like to argue with jury-rigged (PnP-style) IRQ assignments. I had
to do the same thing to get RH6.2 to connect with my PCI TV-tuner card.
-- 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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