Linux-Setup Digest #69, Volume #20 Sun, 19 Nov 00 14:13:07 EST
Contents:
Re: Linux Setup NO LILO config option! (Scott Nolde)
Re: CD-RW failure - What do I try next? (Questioner)
Re: netscape 6 crashed on RH 6.2 (Steve Bradley)
Re: Check out me and my friends! 34051 (Steve Bradley)
Win98 AND Linux Mandrake (Mat Capel)
php mysql (Thomas Goirand)
Re: "Warning: Pasting would not give a valid pre-processing token" (Colin Watson)
Re: Stupid Linux Tricks and Corel release 2 (Colin Watson)
Re: How Do I Make Vi My Command History Editor (Colin Watson)
Re: fax server on linux for windows clients (James Knott)
Re: "Warning: Pasting would not give a valid pre-processing token" (Rand Simberg)
Re: Upgraded RH6.2 to RH7 - can't get swat working (Bob Felts)
redhat 7.0 loadkeys problem after upgrading rpm under gnome (root)
Re: CD-RW failure - What do I try next? (Scott Nolde)
Re: 3 questions, ETH0 (Linksys LNE100TX nic) & Gnome/sawfish fonts (Scott Nolde)
Re: "Warning: Pasting would not give a valid pre-processing token" ("Peter T.
Breuer")
Help : allocating table damaged!! (pjadin)
Re: "Warning: Pasting would not give a valid pre-processing token" (Rand Simberg)
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From: Scott Nolde <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Linux Setup NO LILO config option!
Date: Sun, 19 Nov 2000 17:00:19 GMT
hhh wrote:
>
> I am trying to setup dual boot win2k + redhat linux 7.
> During the redhat install, the screen for config of LILO NEVER
> shows up. Why is it not coming up,
> TIA
Add it yourself:
image=other
label=win
root=/dev/hdb1 (or whereever it is).
/sbin/lilo
- Scott
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Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: CD-RW failure - What do I try next?
From: Questioner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: 19 Nov 2000 09:08:24 -0800
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dances With Crows) writes:
> I *have* noticed that you must eject the disk after writing before you
> can mount the silly thing. Writing multisession CDs works, but you can
> only see the first session until you umount, eject, insert, and remount.
> Bit of a PITA but it doesn't take long.
The HOWTO mentioned that some drives have that problem and I've done the
ejection thing with no joy.
It IS good to hear you've got one that works with Linux. I thing I'll
try cdrecord 10.x (I've got 1.9) and kernel 2.2.17 (I've got 2.2.16) and
if that doesn't work, I'll return it.
> Hmm. You know, I've never had anything but grief trying to keep one IDE
> device on a channel as straight IDE when the other one is being IDE-SCSI
> emulated.
Maybe I'll try it as a single master before I give up. It's hard to
believe that stuff isn't working OK (I've even done IDE-CDROM to
IDE/SCSI-CDRW transferrs with full FIFO and no error messages and both
drives read pre-recorded CDs fine).
> HTH, feel free to post here with details of errors if things still don't
> work out.
What's "HTH" mean?
Thanks for letting me know about your success with this drive.
I expect that will be the most helpful info I'll get as this
is a tough kind of problem to solve.
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From: Steve Bradley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: netscape 6 crashed on RH 6.2
Date: Sun, 19 Nov 2000 17:14:19 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> For my laptop with RH6.2(2.2.17), netscape 6 runs fine.
> But for my desktop also with RH6.2(2.2.17), it crashed!!!! Try on Gnome,
> KDE 1.1.2 and 2. Actually desktop is much more powerful than laptop.
>
> Error msg is following when I start 'netscape 6', installed it on
> /usr/local/netscape, run by 'cd /usr/src/netscape' and './netscape'.
> Any help or suggestions?
>
Big shock that you're having problems...what an amazingly crappy piece of
software. Long load times, slow performance (although it does render web
pages quickly), crashes...
Two suggestions, based on my personal experiences, which don't necessarily
mean anything:
1.If this is the first time you've run NS6 after installing it, run it as
root first, even if it's just from a superuser shell. I had that problem
with Mozilla a lot - still do - it seems to want to run as root initially
to take care of some things. After that, any user can run it. That could
just be some quirk in my setup, but it can't hurt to try.
2. Make sure MOZILLA_FIVE_HOME is set to the directory NS6 is installed in.
You can add the variable to /etc/profile so it gets caught all the time.
Don't forget to export it. If you still have NS4.x installed, you can leave
MOZILLA_HOME set to the directory that it is in, and you'll be able to run
them both.
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From: Steve Bradley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Check out me and my friends! 34051
Date: Sun, 19 Nov 2000 17:15:53 GMT
Black Dragon wrote:
>
> On Saturday, 18 Nov 2000 17:24:56 -0600 in comp.os.linux.setup,
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> `[EMAIL PROTECTED]' said:
>
> [spam snipped]
>
> A spam report has been sent to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" This junk has been
> posted in every news group that I've read this eve, and suggest that
> others do the same. Be sure to include all headers and the body of the
> post.
>
Absolutely...but wouldn't we have better luck sending directly to
mindspring, since that's the company that sandylh is paying for internet
access?
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From: Mat Capel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Win98 AND Linux Mandrake
Date: Sun, 19 Nov 2000 17:30:04 -0000
I want to dual boot Windows 98 and Mandrake. In Windows i installed
PArtition Magic and partitioned my hard disk. I then installed Mandrake,
but now cant access any of my Windows files or even boot windows. I really
dont want to have to format my hard disk if not necessary to get Windows
back.
Please help.
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From: Thomas Goirand <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: php mysql
Date: Sun, 19 Nov 2000 17:27:28 GMT
For 4 days i try to install php with mysql on a redhat 6.2.
No problems with mysql et works.
But when i want to make apache with php in module or apxs i've got an
error:
modules/php4/libphp4.a(dns.o): In function `php_if_checkdnsrr':
/usr/local/php-4.0.3pl1/ext/standard/dns.c:204: undefined reference to
`__res_search'
modules/php4/libphp4.a(dns.o): In function `php_if_getmxrr':
/usr/local/php-4.0.3pl1/ext/standard/dns.c:273: undefined reference to
`__res_search'
/usr/local/php-4.0.3pl1/ext/standard/dns.c:300: undefined reference to
`__dn_expand'
My be a rpm miss but freetype-devel and apache-devel are installed.
What can be the problem ?
Thanks;
Thomas
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Colin Watson)
Subject: Re: "Warning: Pasting would not give a valid pre-processing token"
Date: 19 Nov 2000 17:34:41 GMT
Rand Simberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>On Sun, 19 Nov 2000 15:58:55 -0000, in a place far, far away,
>[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Matthew Haley) made the phosphor on my
>monitor glow in such a way as to indicate that:
>
>>>I'm doing a kernel upgrade to 2.2.17, and getting lots of these
>>>messages during 'make bzImage'.
>>>
>>>What does it mean, and what should I do about it?
>>
>>I don't believe it's a real problem. I've been seeing that also, let me
>>guess are you running RedHat 7.0 by chance?
>
>How did you ever guess? :-)
Because RH 7.0's gcc notoriously can't compile the kernel. Try using
kgcc (there should be a package of that) instead.
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"When Irish eyes are smiling, watch your step."
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Colin Watson)
Subject: Re: Stupid Linux Tricks and Corel release 2
Date: 19 Nov 2000 17:35:49 GMT
Beavis Christ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I'm a bit of a newbie to xWindows, and I was wondering if after I use the
>.deb installs, do I need to manually place the shortcuts in the start menu?
>or is this supposed to do so automagicly?
If Corel have borrowed Debian's menu package too, then it should indeed
happen automagically. You may need to 'apt-get install menu' beforehand,
though.
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it." - Russ Allbery (http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/writing/rant.html)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Colin Watson)
Subject: Re: How Do I Make Vi My Command History Editor
Date: 19 Nov 2000 17:41:09 GMT
[comp.os.linux.questions was removed years ago, sending to
comp.os.linux.setup only]
Cory Phillips <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I want to us vi as my command history editor.
>I'm using the bash shell and I have put the following in my
>.bash_profile file in my home directory.
>
>set -o vi
>
>It will not work when the file is sourced. I have to set it manually.
>Do I not have this command in the right file? Any suggestions?
You might try ~/.bashrc instead. Do any other commands (e.g. 'echo
hello') in ~/.bash_profile work for you? Note that that file is only
sourced for login shells, and xterms frequently aren't set up to be
login shells. The 'INVOCATION' section of 'man bash' has more details.
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From: James Knott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.questions,linux.samba
Subject: Re: fax server on linux for windows clients
Date: Sun, 19 Nov 2000 17:46:38 GMT
Darren and Marla Welson wrote:
>
> I need a fax server package that I can run on my Linux firewall/server that
> allows windows clients to access faxes and send faxes. I looked at HylaFAX,
> but it is a Linux server and requires an additional package for windows
> clients to interact with it. What has anyone used in the past to accomplish
> this, or is this a nightmare?
You might want to look into PMFax for Linux. As I recall,
they have (had?) a network version. The OS/2 version is
excellent. I downloaded the Linux version a few days ago.
You can find them @ http://www.kellergroup.com/
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Rand Simberg)
Subject: Re: "Warning: Pasting would not give a valid pre-processing token"
Date: Sun, 19 Nov 2000 17:49:51 GMT
On 19 Nov 2000 17:34:41 GMT, in a place far, far away,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Colin Watson) made the phosphor on my monitor
glow in such a way as to indicate that:
>>>I don't believe it's a real problem. I've been seeing that also, let me
>>>guess are you running RedHat 7.0 by chance?
>>
>>How did you ever guess? :-)
>
>Because RH 7.0's gcc notoriously can't compile the kernel. Try using
>kgcc (there should be a package of that) instead.
How does that work? If I just rpm the package, will "make" will use
it instead of gcc, or do I have to do some kind of additional
command-line directives during kernels rebuild?
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From: Bob Felts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Upgraded RH6.2 to RH7 - can't get swat working
Date: Sun, 19 Nov 2000 09:49:05 -0800
James, I am having the same problem with SWAT. I have checked my services
file, and xinetd.d/swat file. I have the same entries as you indicated,
except my localhost is not commented out. I am looking for the errata
update, but don't know where to look. Can you help me on getting the SWAT
service to run?
Thanks,
Bob Felts
James Knowles wrote:
> Aparantly RH7 switches from inetd to xinetd. I found the
> /etc/xinetd.d/swat file, and changed it to the following. I think it's
> right, but the machine still refuses any connection on port 901.
>
> # default: off
> # description: SWAT is the Samba Web Admin Tool. Use swat \
> # to configure your Samba server. To use SWAT, \
> # connect to port 901 with your favorite web browser.
> service swat
> {
> port = 901
> socket_type = stream
> wait = no
> #only_from = localhost
> user = root
> server = /usr/sbin/swat
> log_on_failure += USERID
> disable = no
> }
>
> --
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> - M. Antoinette
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From: root <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: redhat 7.0 loadkeys problem after upgrading rpm under gnome
Date: Sun, 19 Nov 2000 18:17:22 GMT
the keytable map work fine in command mode line but when i start gnome
gui , j cant only use /print "(" and "5" but not the thierd motif
label in the touch int the right side of " (" before "-" .. it is why
i cant print it to the email.
someone could help me i try loadkeys but i see that doesn t work .
i upgrade glibc and glibc profile from redhat because jdk doesn t work
so it work know (bug mention in redhat page) but
i have a new problem with keytable . (i use fr latin1 .)
THANK FOR ANY HELP
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From: Scott Nolde <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: CD-RW failure - What do I try next?
Date: Sun, 19 Nov 2000 18:30:48 GMT
I've got an Acer 8432 and it works great under Linux. However, using
the latest XCdroast w/RH7.0 put me back a few steps. I ONLY use
Xcdroast to make the ISO images and not actually burn them. Xcdroast
gives me the same error also. I'm thinking about getting a previous
version of Xcdroast back on.
Anyway, use xcdroast to make the ISO image, and then use cdrecord
manually to burn it.
- Scott
Questioner wrote:
>
> I just bought one of those $99 CenDyne (www.cendyne.com) CD-RW drives
> at CompUSA. deja.com tells me (from my ROM version) it's a remarked
> ACER 8432i, but I'm not sure.
>
> I can read audio and iso9660 CDROMs and writing of CDR and CDRW disks
> give NO ERROR MESSAGES with either plain cdrecord or xcdroast audio or
> data from hard disk or from companion CDROM drive. But after writing,
> the disk appears to xcdroast to be empty or missing (depending on
> the sub-application/form). Attempts to mount a disks give:
>
> mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/cdrw,
> or too many mounted file systems
>
> My FIFO stays at least 90% full throughout on my 500 MHz system.
> I can read the metadata (ATIP info) off the disk OK.
> My secondary IDE channel has a CDROM at primary/hdc (accessing as IDE)
> with the CD-RW at slave/hdd (accessing as scd0) and as I said,
> communications with both drives seem to be OK both directions.
>
> I've tried two brands (good and bad) of CDRW media and the one CDR
> that came with the system. I've tried the CDRW at 4x and 2x speeds.
>
> I can see a change to the disk surface after writing but only about
> 1/4 inch seems to be written on a normal write while a blank=all
> changes the whole (1.5? inch radially) disk.
>
> I have no ready access to a different operating system.
>
> I've tried doing "head -c 20480 /dev/scd0 | cd -c" and get an
> "Input/output error" with my written disk (and stuff with recognizable
> strings from a prerecorded data CD).
>
> The 3-page CD-RW manual says to make it the master (and only) drive on
> the channel, but I can't believe that's necessary. Anyone know
> different or think of a reason why it might be a problem?
>
> Have there been any kernel problems or differences? I don't see much
> on that at deja.com. I'm using a 2.2.16 patched with IDE improvments
> which has been working OK for several months.
>
> Any idea what I should try next? Must I embarass myself by taking it
> to someone with a different OS?
>
> Thanks for responding to the newsgroup; the return address won't work.
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From: Scott Nolde <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: linux.redhat.misc
Subject: Re: 3 questions, ETH0 (Linksys LNE100TX nic) & Gnome/sawfish fonts
Date: Sun, 19 Nov 2000 18:36:05 GMT
Steve Norton wrote:
>
> Hi!
>
> 3) I have successfully gotten my LinkSys v4.0 LNE100TX network adapter
> running under RH7. When I start the machine, I need to do the following
> for it to work. Can anyone explain why, and how to make it automatic?
> Some of these steps may be unecessary...
> - insmod pci-scan.o
> - insmod tulip.o
> - depmod -a
> - pump
> ... and now I have an IP address from my DHCP server and am online.
>
> I'm assuming I need to copy the .o files into the
> /lib/modules/2.2.14/net folder and add an "alias eth0 tulip" to my
> modules.conf file... but I want to be sure I'm doing this right, not
> just hacking it up.
>
> Thanks!!!!
>
> SS
If your /etc/modules.conf has 'alias eth0 tulip' in it, then put, in the
beginning of /etc/rc.d/init.d/network 'insmod pci-scan'. Once your
computer boots up and begins to search for a network, it'll insert the
module, and the rest should work normally.
You might also need to configure the eth0 in linuxconf or netconfig
first for dhcp.
- Scott
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From: "Peter T. Breuer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: "Warning: Pasting would not give a valid pre-processing token"
Date: Sun, 19 Nov 2000 18:51:48 GMT
Rand Simberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: On 19 Nov 2000 17:34:41 GMT, in a place far, far away,
: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Colin Watson) made the phosphor on my monitor
: glow in such a way as to indicate that:
:>Because RH 7.0's gcc notoriously can't compile the kernel. Try using
:>kgcc (there should be a package of that) instead.
: How does that work? If I just rpm the package, will "make" will use
: it instead of gcc, or do I have to do some kind of additional
: command-line directives during kernels rebuild?
Look and find out! Is there any point in your question? This is like
asking if the paper will be cut straight when you use scissors. It's
less effort to try it than to ask! Are you really asking "how do I
recognize which compiler it is that is being used"? Don't be shy!
Peter
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From: pjadin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Help : allocating table damaged!!
Date: Sun, 19 Nov 2000 20:00:03 +0100
H� there,
I have I think a serious problem.
I'm french but I'll try to explain simply. ;)
Last time I shut down Linux (Mandrake 7.0) there was no problem.
But now when I boot on Linux there's no more partitions!
My hard drive is built this way:
partition principal :
win98 (c:)
extended partitions with logical partitions:
/boot
/swap *2
/
/home
/tmp
/var
Fat32
When I use fdisk or partition magic it says the second partition is
unallocated.
When I use the partition tool from Mandrake it says my allocating table
is damaged and cannot be restored. :(
I didn't write down each size and places of my logical partitions and I
didn't save the table somewhere on a floppy disk.
But is there a way to restore my extended partition and of course to get
back my stuff?
If I make again partitions and don't format them can I find my stuff
back?
Any hope? ;)
Thank you
Patrick
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Rand Simberg)
Subject: Re: "Warning: Pasting would not give a valid pre-processing token"
Date: Sun, 19 Nov 2000 19:05:54 GMT
On Sun, 19 Nov 2000 18:51:48 GMT, in a place far, far away, "Peter T.
Breuer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> made the phosphor on my monitor glow
in such a way as to indicate that:
>:>Because RH 7.0's gcc notoriously can't compile the kernel. Try using
>:>kgcc (there should be a package of that) instead.
>
>: How does that work? If I just rpm the package, will "make" will use
>: it instead of gcc, or do I have to do some kind of additional
>: command-line directives during kernels rebuild?
>
>Look and find out! Is there any point in your question? This is like
>asking if the paper will be cut straight when you use scissors. It's
>less effort to try it than to ask! Are you really asking "how do I
>recognize which compiler it is that is being used"? Don't be shy!
No, I know that it's using 2.96. Is that the problem compiler? If
so, I'm not sure what to do next. I've read the gcc HOWTO, and it
says to change with a "gcc -V (desired compiler) -v"
But when I look in /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i386-redhat-linux I see only two
directories:
2.96 and egcs-2.91.66
I tried the "gcc -V egcs-2.91.66 -v" to no effect--it still told me
that it was using 2.96.
I tried RPMing the kgcc compiler, and was informed that it was already
installed. If so, where is it, and what's it called, and how to I
make it the default?
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