Linux-Setup Digest #145, Volume #20 Fri, 1 Dec 00 22:13:08 EST
Contents:
Re: QT 1.4 (headers and libraries) not found? (Noble Pepper)
Re: HELP--I'm new to Linux!!! ("Sharkster")
Re: RH Boot disk problems ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
RedHat/KDE language problems ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Virtual mem exhaust problem? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
control/alt/F2-F6 no longer work since installing helix gnome
Re: QT 1.4 (headers and libraries) not found? (C. L. Lewis)
Re: Printer port not found ("Me")
Re: newbie 1024 cylinder question (Bob Holtzman)
Re: Needed Monitor Specs -- Pls ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: I am confident you will help me with "LI" from LILO (Michael V. Ferranti)
Re: LILO Question (Michael V. Ferranti)
Re: Linux Installation (Michael V. Ferranti)
Mouse problems... HELP(please) ("Kumaran")
Re: Telenet would not work from Win98 ---> Linux ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: kvm switch ("Charlie Gibbs")
Re: Remove LILO (Michael V. Ferranti)
How to make dual boot system - Linux & Win98 SE ("A.Eric.WW")
unpacking files ("Darren and Marla Welson")
Re: partition install help ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
FIPS Problems ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Mandrake network gateway (David Efflandt)
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From: Noble Pepper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: QT 1.4 (headers and libraries) not found?
Date: Fri, 1 Dec 2000 17:27:06 -0600
Robert van de Ridder wrote:
<snip>
>
> - Should I install KDE2 first?
Sure, why not? But if you want to run KDE1 apps you will likely need to
have QT 1.4x installed as well as kdelibs too.
> - Should I alter anything in my BIOS to get the SB Live to work?
> - How do I get the system to recognize the QT 1.4? or
The big keys here are to have QTDIR set and to either set LD_LIBRARY_PATH
or to put the library path in /etc/ld.so.conf and then run ldconfig
> - How can I install QT 2.2?
Same as last answer just different places to point to
> As you may notice from this message I am trying very hard to get Linux to
> work. I hope you can help me with this effort because I am sick of the
> 'speed' of W2K.
>
> Robert van de Ridder
> The Netherlands
>
Your best (read easiest) answer may be to get a standard distribution and
install it, Redhat 7 and Mandrake 7.2 seem to be popular.
BTW- Short, direct, one problem posts will draw more answers.
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From: "Sharkster" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.computer,alt.linux,alt.os.linux,alt.os.linux.mandrake
Subject: Re: HELP--I'm new to Linux!!!
Date: Fri, 1 Dec 2000 17:48:27 -0600
if your able to get to your hard drive vendors site... you can download the
hard drive utility and reformat your drive to its original state.... much
easier. Some will even reformat the drive or partitions to whatever OS you
are going to install
Sharkster
AgentKeith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:907dlt$3a8k$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Hi, I recently got a new hard drive for my old computer (maxtor 20GB) and
I
> started installing windows on it when I decided it was dumb to have
windows
> on 2 computers, so I got a copy of mandrake linux 7.2 and decided to
install
> that instead. Everything seems to go fine during the install, but when I
> restart after the installation is complete, I get a message saying:
> Verifying DMI pool data..........
> and then something about boot sector not found or something and it tells
me
> to insert the system disk.
>
> I'm not sure but I think the problem is that I started installing windows
> first and then quit before it was done. When the linux installation asked
me
> how I wanted to install linux I chose the 'erase hard disk' option, and
> installed--at the end, it asked me where I wanted to put the bootloader
> (MBR--master boot record OR first partition)--I chose MBR when I
restarted,
> it wouldn't work. Then I tried installing again--this time I went into the
> expert hard drive setup and hit the clear all button and then auto
> assign--and then I reformatted and reinstalled. This time it didn't ask me
> where I wanted to put the bootloader--Why not? But I still had the same
> problem when I restarted. I also noted that when I clicked on the visual
> representation of the root directory in teh hard drive setup, it said
> something about MS-DOS--can't remember what exactly? Anyway, allI want to
do
> is install linux mandrake 7.2 on this box and only linux mandrake
7.2---What
> should I do? Please help. Thanks.
>
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: RH Boot disk problems
Date: Fri, 01 Dec 2000 23:54:59 GMT
Thanks for the post, but the day after i posted my problem (as can be
predicted) the net-admin gave me the go-ahead to partition the drive.
And know i have a working RH system, but KDE is in Japaneese. I will
be working on this new problem now.
VistA
all for now,
VistA
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RedHat/KDE language problems
Date: Fri, 01 Dec 2000 23:55:01 GMT
I have a problem here, i installed RedHat 7.0 on my system with the
KDE desktop. But everything is in Japanese (or some asian/middle
eastern language) can somone please tell me how to change it to
english?
VistA
all for now,
VistA
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Virtual mem exhaust problem?
Date: Sat, 02 Dec 2000 00:07:50 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Chet Vora <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I decided to reinstall with a 100M swap partition. The compile still
made
> the system thrash when I ran it after starting Gnome. Compiliing from
the
> console did the trick however.
Gnome? In 32 MB? No wonder the thing thrashes! Gnome was
the first time my system (64 MB, since upgraded to 192 MB)
felt like it wasn't overly endowed with memory...
Buy more RAM. You need it and your swap drive will thank you.
Laura Halliday VE7LDH "Que les nuages soient notre
Grid: CN89mg pied a terre..." - Hospital/Shafte
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ()
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.x
Subject: control/alt/F2-F6 no longer work since installing helix gnome
Date: Sat, 02 Dec 2000 00:35:21 GMT
System is an IBM netvista w/ the dreaded intel I815 video.
I installed helix gnome on it and now when I try control/alt/F2,etc., I get
a blank screen. Hitting c/a/F7 doesn't restore the desktop. Control/alt/BS
doesn't work either. The only way to restore the screen is c/a/d/.
I'd like some hints and/or a clue how to debug this.
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From: C. L. Lewis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: QT 1.4 (headers and libraries) not found?
Date: Sat, 02 Dec 2000 00:31:26 GMT
It's been my experience that when building applications that are linked
against the QT-1.4 (I believe most of the transitional distros of Linux,
include both a 1x and 2x versions or at least I know RH 6.1 and this Mdk
7.2 has, I think COL 2.3 has both of them) it's sufficient to just,
depending on the shell you aare using, before you do your ./configure,
to run #:set QTDIR=/path or export QTDIR=/path to get it into your
environment and the application will build against the libs and then go
on and run happily ever more, without having to change the profile or
path statements in your config files. The instructions for building KDE
2 tell you how to go about exporting the /pwd before building to take
care of the later version of QT that is required for it without changing
the path statements.
Charles
In article <909d5d$1pq$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Noble Pepper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Robert van de Ridder wrote:
> > As you may notice from this message I am trying very hard to get
Linux to
> > work.
--
Laughter is the best laxative there is for a constipated mind. Humor is
an ideal spoon to dose it.
--Chronocidal Charlie, 1995-2000, RIP--
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From: "Me" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Printer port not found
Date: Fri, 01 Dec 2000 19:08:37 -0600
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Robin
Hyman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Help, I'm a newbie who's just installed RH 6.1 onto my PC and can't get
> linux to see my parallel printer (an Epson Stylus Colour 440). I've
> tried turning off PnP in my BIOS, but this doesn't change anything. Can
> anyone help? Tks
its a known prob w/ rh6.1. here's the fix:
http://www.redhat.com/support/docs/gotchas/6.1/gotchas-6.1-6.html#ss6.19
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bob Holtzman)
Subject: Re: newbie 1024 cylinder question
Date: 2 Dec 2000 01:24:43 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Thu, 30 Nov 2000 13:58:56 -0600, John Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>dwillhoft wrote:
>
>> I am trying to install Caldera Linux on my Win98 machine with a 10GB HD. I
>> understand that Linux must install in the first 7 or 8 GB's because of the
>> cylinder limit, but I do not understand how to specify that I want the OS to
>> load in a particular spot on my hard drive.
>>
>> Any suggestions or url's would be most appreciated.
>
>Shrink (FIPS, Partition Magic, whatever) the Win partition so it
>is less than 8GB. Create an small boot partition for linux in
>the free space above the end of the Win partition and below the
>8GB mark. Put your linux /boot stuff in this partition and use
>the rest of the drive for everything else.
>
This is what I had to do with RH6.0 using lilo-0.21-6. Later versions of lilo
are supposed to get around this problem. My question is what is the earliest
version with this capability?
--
Bob Holtzman
"If you think you're getting free lunch
......check the price of the beer!"
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Needed Monitor Specs -- Pls
Date: Sat, 02 Dec 2000 00:51:06 GMT
In article <9033or$t9c$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Hello all Gurus or people with the same product and still
> have the manual!!
>
> I need to get the specs for this particular monitor to be setup for X
>
> It is an older Dell Made in 1995
> 17" DELL
> Model - D1728D-LS
Here you go! Straight from the horses mouth ;)
http://support.dell.com/docs/dta/02918/00000002.htm
Way to go Dell! :)
Bluster
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From: Michael V. Ferranti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: I am confident you will help me with "LI" from LILO
Date: Sat, 02 Dec 2000 01:48:30 +0000
And "Dan Jacobson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> spoke thusly:
>then please tell me the consequences/implications of changing [if indeed
>possible] first.
The worst-case scenario is that Linux will be unable to read the drive
contents. Linux initially mounts the file systems as "read-only." Only
after a certain (safe) point is reached, will the init (start-up) process
remount the drives in r/w mode. Your system's perfectly safe until you get
to a shell prompt and start typing. <grins> Don't worry. Changing the
bios setting won't hurt anything. If it doesn't help, just change it back.
-- Michael V. Ferranti [blades&inreach*com]
Linux Counter Reg.ID# 177869 http://counter.li.org GNUke The Planet!
Hell, let's just reinstall Windows. That always seems to work for awhile.
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From: Michael V. Ferranti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: LILO Question
Date: Sat, 02 Dec 2000 01:48:30 +0000
And [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Rand Simberg) spoke thusly:
><hitting forehead with hand>
<grins> Welcome to the SS Linux, Captain. You have the con.
-- Michael V. Ferranti [blades&inreach*com]
Linux Counter Reg.ID# 177869 http://counter.li.org GNUke The Planet!
Hell, let's just reinstall Windows. That always seems to work for awhile.
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From: Michael V. Ferranti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Linux Installation
Date: Sat, 02 Dec 2000 01:48:31 +0000
And NagaSri <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> spoke thusly:
>Also is there a way of configuring this from Commond prompt? Just to save
>the hassel of installing again.
The dreaded "unsupported video." Yikes. You can try "xf86config",
"Xconfigurator", or "setup". One of those should bring up the X-Config
proggy. Also, a better place for help would be in "comp.os.linux.x".
-- Michael V. Ferranti [blades&inreach*com]
Linux Counter Reg.ID# 177869 http://counter.li.org GNUke The Planet!
Hell, let's just reinstall Windows. That always seems to work for awhile.
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From: "Kumaran" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Mouse problems... HELP(please)
Date: Sat, 02 Dec 2000 01:56:25 GMT
Hi
I've been trying to get my USB mouse to work under LM7.2. so far i've had
no luck. The mouse gets detected during the install and boot but i get no
response
from it. I had to use an old PS/2 mouse during install to be able to do
anything
and in my attempts to get the USB mouse working. I tried using drakconf to
change it to USB but it just changes back to the PS/2 one. And of late even
the PS/2 mouse is not responding. I've tried editing my XF86Config to get
the mosue working but i get "No such device" when it tries to accsess the
device (/dev/usbmouse). the symlink is there, pointing to /dev/input/mouse0
(this was done during install by the installer).
Can anyone help me with this?
thanks in advance
Kumaran
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Telenet would not work from Win98 ---> Linux
Date: Sat, 02 Dec 2000 01:50:47 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Ming Fai LI <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I am trying to update and change the configuration files of my linux
> box via telnet from another window 98 machine inside my home LAN.
>
> For all the telnet client programs that I've downloaded, the F10 key
> just doesn't work.
I use the PuTTY terminal program for MSWin which I got from:
ftp://ftp.delouw.ch/pub/
(~200KB) This program is free and does telnet AND ssh1 and
connects to linux as an xterm type terminal, works great for me,
in vi, mc, etc, etc...!
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From: "Charlie Gibbs" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: kvm switch
Date: 01 Dec 00 16:50:51 -0800
In article <XqfzqoMgI$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Beardmore) writes:
>In article <903sbu$rf$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Luke Richards
><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes
>
>>I have recently bought a Belkin kvm switch and x now does not want to
>>recognize anything. I have RH 6.2 and I use the utility Xconfigurator
>>and it just keeps coming back with an error that it don't work.
>
>How do you know it's a KVM problem ? Try a direct link to check. It
>would be interesting if the KVM switch could make it fail, but I fixed
>my X problems by changing video card, not by rewiring the video !
Could it be your video card? I have an old MS-DOS box on a video
switch, and if the monitor isn't switched to it when I boot it, the
video card locks itself into monochrome mode so hard that not even
its setup utility can force it back into colour mode.
Does your problem happen all the time, or just when bring up X
with the KVM switch set to the other machine? I think some video
cards are very sensitive to whether there's anything connected to
them during setup.
Aside from that, my only problem with KVM switches is that those
cheap boxes wear out fast, and I have to jiggle the knobs a lot
to get good contact. I'd love to get a fancy electronic box, but
I'm sharing two monitors among my group of machines (it's really
handy to watch two machines at once sometimes), and I'd hate to
think of what a 2x8 matrix switch would cost, if such a thing
even exists. On top of that, a separate keyboard/mouse switch
would be nice so I could get rid of some of the four keyboards
that are cluttering my desk...
--
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Charlie Gibbs)
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From: Michael V. Ferranti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Remove LILO
Date: Sat, 02 Dec 2000 01:48:29 +0000
And Eric <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> spoke thusly:
>It will if it was there before you installed linux.
Must've missed that part in the docs. Kewl.
-- Michael V. Ferranti [blades&inreach*com]
Linux Counter Reg.ID# 177869 http://counter.li.org GNUke The Planet!
Hell, let's just reinstall Windows. That always seems to work for awhile.
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From: "A.Eric.WW" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: How to make dual boot system - Linux & Win98 SE
Date: Sat, 2 Dec 2000 10:23:07 +0800
Hello,
I'm a new guy at this Linux stuff and I need some help.
I've got a 20G HD with one 10G partition for Windows 98 SE (installled),
the other empty 10G is for RedHat 6.2.
How to make dual boot system - Linux & Win98 SE ?
I would greatly appreciate any help or advice anyone could give.
Thank you very much
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From: "Darren and Marla Welson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.linux,alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux
Subject: unpacking files
Date: Sat, 02 Dec 2000 02:27:05 GMT
I am used to installing RPMs for RH Linux, but not sure where to put the
newly created files/directories when unpacking tarballs. Is there an
appropriate place to put all of the files? I am used to locating these in a
/data directory, each with its own directory. I would like to place them in
the proper place as if I installed from RPM.
Darren
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: partition install help
Date: Sat, 02 Dec 2000 02:49:44 GMT
I have used FIPS on a Win98 machine with an 10 GB HD with no problem,
but on the other hand on my machine that i type this very message from
(also a Win98 10giger) there is a disk cluster that defrag won't move
so the biggest partition that i can make is 800M, even though i have
about 3GB free.
Can anyone help me get this disk cluster to move so i can partiton? i
have tried disabling the windows swap file like the FIPS docs say to
try, but with no advail.
VistA
all for now,
VistA
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: FIPS Problems
Date: Sat, 02 Dec 2000 02:57:12 GMT
I am tring to resise the Win98 FAT32 partition on my machine. The HD
is 10GB and i would like to have a 2GB Linux Native partition and the
rest for winblows. Now i have used FIPS on another machine with no
problem. but for some reason this machine has a cluster that winblows
defrag won't move close to the end of the drive. The result is that i
can only get a 800M partition. I have tried turning off winblows swap
file and re-defragin' but that damn cluster won't move. Can anyone
help me with this?
all for now,
VistA
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David Efflandt)
Subject: Re: Mandrake network gateway
Date: Sat, 2 Dec 2000 03:09:21 +0000 (UTC)
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Fri, 01 Dec 2000 17:55:17 GMT, Arthnou <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Is there a way I can set up my Mandrake 7.2 PC as a gateway for two other
>PCs to connect to the Internet via a cable modem? I'd like to connect the
>cable modem to a Ethernet card in the Mandrake PC, connect a second card to
>another PC and have that PC (Win98) use a HomePNA connection to a WinME PC
>in another room.
>
>Is this possible? If not, is there any support for the HomePNA standard in
>Linux (any distribution)?
See the IPCHAINS-HOWTO (my Mandrake 7.0 didn't have HOWTO's). There is a
simple 3 liner that would at least get you off the ground to MASQ your
internal net from the internet, but substitute the eth# that your cable
modem uses for ppp0 in the example.
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