Linux-Setup Digest #152, Volume #20 Sat, 2 Dec 00 22:13:10 EST
Contents:
Re: HELP--I'm new to Linux!!! ("AgentKeith")
Re: STOP getty..............howto?? ("Peter T. Breuer")
cannot boot RH7 on Win2K dual-boot setup (Murray Eisenberg)
Re: LI from LILO; I'm one answer away from the Linux promised land (Ron Gibson)
Re: Oh YUCK!!! (Colin Watson)
Re: No sound for users in Gnome, but Root works okay (Steve Bradley)
Problem installing Forte java ide (gtumiati)
Re: boot disk? Re: How should I install Linux and Win2K (dual boot) (Dances With
Crows)
Re: wide network configuration (Ionut Georgescu)
Exchange Server / Linux VPN ("Tony Batson")
Bizarre CDROM mounting problem (Paul Steckler)
Bizarre CDROM mounting problem ("Paul A. Steckler")
Re: Crash While Setting Up Red Hat 6.2 on 486 (Cliff Sarginson)
Re: Bind questions ("John Hanley")
Re: looking for video capture card for linux ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
RH7 and mysql ?? (Adam Weeks)
Re: RH7 ("Willie Chan")
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From: "AgentKeith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.computer,alt.linux,alt.os.linux,alt.os.linux.mandrake
Subject: Re: HELP--I'm new to Linux!!!
Date: Sat, 2 Dec 2000 20:19:18 -0500
I figured it out everyone but thanks for your suggestions. When I reset my
BIOS settings while installing my new hard drive, things got a bit messed up
and some of the HD auto detection settings were not set to auto. So when I
switched them back to auto, everything booted fine. Thanks again.
"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: "Peter T. Breuer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: STOP getty..............howto??
Date: Sun, 3 Dec 2000 02:07:17 +0100
DTi4565459 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Thanks, Peter
> I looked at inittab, and there is a line:
>
> S:12345:respawn:/sbin/getty ttyS1
OK .. that's a little strange, because, after all, ttyS1 may be where
your mouse is plugged in, given zero other info! Did you do some sort
of modem or mouse config in the debian setup? And say "my modem is on
ttyS1" perhaps?
What's more, that entry has little chance of working. You need mgetty
(not getty) on a modem line. The only thing that could work for is a
"serial console". I.e. running the computer from across the room via a
serial login from another computer via something like kermit, cu, and
friends.
> THe distro is Debian, which I downloaded and have tried to install on laptop
> from floppies.
OK. Well done.
> PS: How do you edit the ini file? (? vi ?) Where is it?
Anywhere. It should be in your path. Have you installed it yet?
Peter
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From: Murray Eisenberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: cannot boot RH7 on Win2K dual-boot setup
Date: Sun, 03 Dec 2000 01:25:53 GMT
I installed Red Hat Linux 7.0 in a dual-boot setup on a new Dell
Dimension 4100, 256MB RAM, on which Windows 2000 Professional was
already installed. I cannot get Linux to boot from the NT loader: When
I restart the system, the NT Loader does offer the choice of Linux along
with the default Windows 2000. But if I select Linux, the system hangs
with a blinking cursor in the upper left corner of the screen -- Linux
never actually boots.
The system boots OK to Linux from the floppy created during
installation; it boots OK to Windows 2000 either during time-out or by
direct choice from the NT Loader screen.
Here's the situation:
First, I converted the single FAT32 partition for Windows 2000 that
filled the 45 GB disk to NTFS. Then using Partition Magic 6.0, I
created the following configuration:
Primary partition, 1.99 GB NTFS - for Windows 2000 system files)
Primary partition, 15.7 MB ext2f - for Linux /boot (/dev/hda2)
Primary partition, 266.7 MB ext2f - for Linux swapfile/boot (/dev/hda3)
Extended partition filling rest of disk, consisting of:
Logical partition, 7.8 GB NTFS - for applications in Windows 2000
Logical partition, 3.9 GB NTFS - for data in Windows 2000
Logical partition, 1.96 GB ext2f - for Linux / (/dev/hda7)
Logical partition, ext2f - for Linux /usr (/dev/hda8)
Logical partition, ext2f - for Linux /home (/dev/hda9)
Logical partition, ext2f - for Linux /var (/dev/hda10)
Logical partition, FAT32 - to use to exchange data between the 2 OS's
(/dev/hda11)
Note that both the NTFS and /boot partitions are below the 1024 cylinder
limit.
I then did a Custom install in graphical mode of Red Hat Linux 7.0, from
Red Hat's own distribution CD-ROM. During the installation, I specified
/boot (/dev/hda2) as the place to install Lilo.
I scrupulously (I think) followed the procedure in "NT OS Loader + Linux
mini-HOTWO": stripped bootsector from /dev/hda2, copied as boootsect.lnx
to DOS floppy; booted into Windows 2000, copied bootsect.lnx to c:\, and
edited boot.ini so as to append line "c:\bootsect.lnx="Linux".
I did try to look at bootsect.lnx both by cat from Linux and with
Notepad on another, Windows 98, system. The file seems to be empty! A
copy is attached.
My lilo.conf is as follows:
boot=/dev/hda2
map=/boot/map
install=/boot/boot.b
prompt
timeout=50
message=/boot/message
linear
default=linux
image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.2.16-22
label=linux
read-only
root=/dev/hda7
other=/dev/hda11
label=dos
And my fstab file is as follows:
LABEL=/ / ext2 defaults 1 1
LABEL=/boot /boot ext2 defaults 1 2
LABEL=/home /home ext2 defaults 1 2
/dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom iso9660 noauto,owner,ro 0 0
/dev/hda11 /mnt/exchange vfat defaults 0 0
/dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy auto noauto,owner 0 0
LABEL=/usr /usr ext2 defaults 1 2
LABEL=/var /var ext2 defaults 1 2
none /proc proc defaults 0 0
none /dev/pts devpts gid=5,mode=620 0 0
/dev/hda3 swap swap defaults 0 0
Any ideas?
--
Murray Eisenberg [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Mathematics & Statistics Dept. phone 413 549-1020 (H)
Univ. of Massachusetts 413 545-2859 (W)
Amherst, MA 01003-4515
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Ron Gibson)
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage,alt.os.linux.mandrake
Subject: Re: LI from LILO; I'm one answer away from the Linux promised land
Date: 3 Dec 2000 01:33:09 GMT
"Eric en Jolanda" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> stated:
> You get to LI
> meaning that the second stage loader failed
> This usually means the the kernel is beyond cyl. 1024. But do I assume
> correctly that hdb1 is your /boot?
> Than it must be the fact that the geometry the BIOS finds and the geometry
> that LILO (it got these values from linux) uses are different. (It can boot
> from floppy, 'cause you probably copied the kernel to floppy too)
> When the kernel runs, the problem is gone because the only LBA addressing is
> used
>
> Either you tell the BIOS the values linux is going to use, or tell LILO the
> geometry it should use. Perhaps there's an option with LILO to supply fake
> values for the geometry, and else boot from the floppy, and tell *that*
> kernel hdb=C,H.S
Here's it in more detail...
*********************************
Hopefully this will help your problem.
When LILO loads itself, it displays the word ``LILO''. Each letter is
printed before or after performing some specific action. If LILO fails at
some point, the letters printed so far can be used to identify the problem.
(nothing)
No part of LILO has been loaded. LILO either isn't installed or the
partition on which its boot sector is located isn't active.
L
The first stage boot loader has been loaded and started, but it can't load
the second stage boot loader. The two-digit error codes indicate the type of
problem. (See also section ``Disk error codes''.) This condition usually
indicates a media failure or a geometry mismatch (e.g. bad disk parameters)
LI
The first stage boot loader was able to load the second stage boot loader,
but has failed to execute it. This can either be caused by a geometry
mismatch or by moving /boot/boot.b without running the map installer.
LIL
The second stage boot loader has been started, but it can't load the
descriptor table from the map file. This is typically caused by a media
failure or by a geometry mismatch.
LIL?
The second stage boot loader has been loaded at an incorrect address. This
is typically caused by a subtle geometry mismatch or by moving /boot/boot.b
without running the map installer.
LIL-
The descriptor table is corrupt. This can either be caused by a geometry
mismatch or by moving /boot/map without running the map installer.
LILO
All parts of LILO have been successfully loaded.
If the BIOS signals an error when LILO is trying to load a boot image, the
respective error code is displayed. These codes range from 0x00 through
0xbb. See the LILO User Guide for an explanation of these.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Colin Watson)
Subject: Re: Oh YUCK!!!
Date: 3 Dec 2000 01:36:44 GMT
C. L. Lewis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Installed Mandrake 7.2 night before last and it went on so damned simple
>and I can't find anything wrong with it, that all the fun's gone out of
>Linux.
>
>Anyone know of a new, big, hairy, scary, Linux distribution that takes
>some tinkering to get it out of the box. ;-)
It's not really Linux, though it is Unixish in many ways - but maybe you
could try fiddling with the Hurd?
http://www.debian.org/ports/hurd/
--
Colin Watson [[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
"'Spirited, isn't he?' Tynian whispered to Ulath. 'Red-haired
people are like that sometimes,' Ulath replied sagely."
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From: Steve Bradley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: No sound for users in Gnome, but Root works okay
Date: Sun, 03 Dec 2000 01:46:15 GMT
Vigil wrote:
> Look at /dev/audio and /dev/dsp...
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] had the audacity to claim:
>
> > Hi, I am running Red Hat version 6 with Gnome and Enlightenment, and I
> > am
> > using an ensoniq 1371 chipset soundcard. With sound enabled in Gnome
> > and
> > Enlightenment, the sound works fine for the Root user. However, when
> > logging
> > in with any user accounts, I get an Esound error message when I try to
> > enable
> > sounds in Enlightenment. I figure this is probably a problem with
> > permissions
> > (that's why I didn't post this in hardware), but I don't know what to
> > check. Any help would be appreciated.
>
To make everything work on my system (RH6.2, heavily upgraded), I had to
hit /dev/mixer* /dev/midi* /dev/dsp* and /dev/audio* - the astericks are
there because there were more than one of each of these (ie, /dev/mixer0,
/dev/mixer1, etc).
I changed my persmissions to 777 on all of those files - although the RIGHT
way (thinking security) to do it is probably to 'chown' the files to a
group (users, maybe) then make sure that all your non-root users have that
group as part of their supplemental groups (use 'usermod' or 'userconf').
On my single user system, I just got lazy ;-)
--
Steve Bradley
Registered Linux User#187404
(register at www.linuxcounter.org)
ICQ#19864616
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From: gtumiati <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: linux.dev.apps
Subject: Problem installing Forte java ide
Date: Sat, 02 Dec 2000 20:45:24 -0500
To anyone who has installed Sun's java IDE called Forte on Slackware
7.1:
I'm having a problem installing "Forte". Problem description follows:
- I execute the downloaded file "sh ./forte_ce_1_0_2.sh
- define path to the jdk 1.3
- the script extracts everything correctly, although there are a lot of
fonts not found
- Installshield thing starts up
- I supply appropriate information and keep pressing next.
- The problem occurs when it asks for an install path: I enter it and
press next then a confirmation window pops
but it is really tiny and blank.
- No text or buttons are visible and pressing "enter" does not do
anything.
- cannot proceed because obviously it wants confirmation of the install
path, but cannot give it any confirmation.
I suspect that perhaps the text and buttons cannot be displayed because
of a font problem? - i.e. required fonts not found??
The version / type of Forte is 1.0.2 and it is the generic Unix type
i.e. for Solaris, Linux. I chose this one since the one for Linux is an
rpm and after rpm2tgz conversion I realized there is a post-install
script which does not get exec'd, so the ide craps out with missing
classes.
I have read the included docs and scoured Sun's java site for any help,
but nothing.
Some of my system specs:
Slackware 7.1
Sun's JDK 1.3
Environment variable JAVA_PATH set to /usr/local/jdk1.3/bin/java
If more info required to solve this problem, will gladly supply.
Any help would be greatly appreciated!.
Thanks.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dances With Crows)
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.questions
Subject: Re: boot disk? Re: How should I install Linux and Win2K (dual boot)
Date: 3 Dec 2000 01:51:32 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Sun, 03 Dec 2000 00:48:15 GMT, HOMZ staggered into the Black Sun and said:
>I'm having problems getting back into my LINUX partition. I do have a boot
>disk that came with my package, but it's only purpose is to send you to the
>CD-rom drive incase it is not bootable. I tried to use it without a CD and
>it just freezes indefinately, and with the CD, it only wants to "install".
>Is there another, better "boot disk" I can use when I want to boot into my
>LINUX partition? Is there a way I can make one in Windows when I can't
>access LINUX at all? Or maybe I can download somewhere?
>I'm currently downloading explore2fs from
>http://uranus.it.swin.edu.au/~jn/linux/explore2fs.htm to see if it helps me
>at all.
RedHat systems have a script called "mkbootdisk" that should work for
what you want, but it requires you to be in the system. As a stopgap,
you can use Tom's RootBoot, http://www.toms.net/rb/ , and from there,
you can make a bootdisk like so:
0. Mount your /boot partition under /mnt
1. Insert a known good floppy disk
2. dd if=/mnt/vmlinuz of=/dev/fd0
3. rdev /dev/fd0 /dev/XXX
(replace XXX with "hdb1" or wherever your / partition lives)
There's a guide to everything bootdisk-oriented at
http://linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/Bootdisk-HOWTO.html
--
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: Ionut Georgescu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: wide network configuration
Date: Sun, 3 Dec 2000 03:01:15 +0100
Ionut Georgescu sends greetings to Bob Hauck
>Rsync + a cron script might be what you're looking for.
Not actually my type. Take a look at cfengine (www.gnu.org). It seems to
promise a lot.
To the other replies: I don't like any NFS solution because I need
speed(linux on alpha). The computers have 9GB SCSI disks. NFS would be a
waste of space and money.
Anyway, thanks a lot.
Johnny
***************
* Ionut Georgescu
* http://www.physik.tu-cottbus.de/~george/
* ICQ: 38973105
* "In Windows you can do everything Microsoft wants you to do; in Unix you
* can do anything the computer is able to do."
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From: "Tony Batson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Exchange Server / Linux VPN
Date: Sun, 03 Dec 2000 01:59:39 GMT
I have a Linux Firewall on my Network that is setup with VPN. Every thing is
working fine execpt Outlook.
When a client conects with VPN they can browse the entire Network, Map to
Shares and transfer files ect...
The only think that is not working is the conection with one of the three
Exchange Server.
When a client attemptes to browes the Exchange Server, open Outlook or
conect to a shared folder on the Exchange Server, they are told that the
computer name or shared folder can not be found.
I CAN Ping that Exchange Server and I can see it in the Browse List.
I can conect to the other two Exchange Servers on my Network by name and do
not have any other problems with the VPN or the Exchange Server.
Thanks For Your Time And Help
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Paul Steckler)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Bizarre CDROM mounting problem
Date: 3 Dec 2000 02:02:44 GMT
I have a Red Hat 6.2 setup on a 486 box. Until this
morning, I had been able to mount my CDROM drive
with 'mount /dev/cdrom'. Well, last night we had a
power failure, and Something Happened.
Now Linux complains that the CDROM is not a valid block
device. I thought maybe the drive itself was damaged,
but I can boot from a DOS floppy and read from the drive
just fine. But in order to make it work in DOS, I have to
disconnect a tape drive which is the slave on the
CDROM's IDE channel. This may not be new behavior:
I don't believe I've booted to DOS with both devices
attached, since the tape drive is a recent acquisition.
But even with the tape drive disconnected, the CDROM won't
work under Linux.
With both the CDROM and tape drive connected, neither device
works under Linux. The tape drive fails with a message
that the device is not configured. I also get a message
about an unhandled interrupt.
As indicated above, the CDROM alone
doesn't work in Linux, though it does in DOS. But the
tape drive does work alone in Linux, if I reset the jumper
to make it a master on its IDE channel. I'm untarring
some files from it right now.
Since both devices work in some context, that seems to suggest
that there is no physical damage to either. I've tried
disconnecting both devices, so that Linux removes them from its
configuration. And indeed, on reboot after reconnecting them,
Red Hat Kudzu detects and configures the devices -- but they
fail in precisely the same way.
Any idea why the devices won't work together in Linux?
Why would a power failure make this happen?
And how can I make them work again?
-- Paul
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From: "Paul A. Steckler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Bizarre CDROM mounting problem
Date: Sat, 2 Dec 2000 19:48:04 -0600
I have a Red Hat 6.2 setup on a 486 box. Until this
morning, I had been able to mount my CDROM drive
with 'mount /dev/cdrom'. Well, last night we had a
power failure, and Something Happened.
Now Linux complains that the CDROM is not a valid block
device. I thought maybe the drive itself was damaged,
but I can boot from a DOS floppy and read from the drive
just fine. But in order to make it work in DOS, I have to
disconnect a tape drive which is the slave on the
CDROM's IDE channel. This may not be new behavior:
I don't believe I've booted to DOS with both devices
attached, since the tape drive is a recent acquisition.
But even with the tape drive disconnected, the CDROM won't
work under Linux.
With both the CDROM and tape drive connected, neither device
works under Linux. The tape drive fails with a message
that the device is not configured. I also get a message
about an unhandled interrupt.
As indicated above, the CDROM alone
doesn't work in Linux, though it does in DOS. But the
tape drive does work alone in Linux, if I reset the jumper
to make it a master on its IDE channel. I'm untarring
some files from it right now.
Since both devices work in some context, that seems to suggest
that there is no physical damage to either. I've tried
disconnecting both devices, so that Linux removes them from its
configuration. And indeed, on reboot after reconnecting them,
Red Hat Kudzu detects and configures the devices -- but they
fail in precisely the same way.
Any idea why the devices won't work together in Linux?
Why would a power failure make this happen?
And how can I make them work again?
-- Paul
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Cliff Sarginson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Crash While Setting Up Red Hat 6.2 on 486
Date: Sun, 3 Dec 2000 01:22:38 +0100
Mark W. Stroberg posited:
> I was trying to install Red Hat 6.2 on an old 486 33MHz I got for cheap.
> Unfortunately, after partitioning, selecting packages to install, and
> formatting the partitions, it crashed with the message: "Abnormal
> termination -- signal 11" or something like that. I have no idea what's
> wrong. The computer has 32 MB of RAM, an ancient IDE controller as the
> primary channel and a Promise EIDE Max II UDMA 33 controller as the
> secondary channel controller. hda is 1.2 GB, there is no hdb, hdc is 10
> GB, hdd is 50X CD-ROM drive. Secondary Master (hdc) is partitioned as
> follows: Extended partition spanning entire drive, hdc5, hdc6, and hdc7
> are FAT-16 of maximum size (2GB) as Windows 3.1 is also on this
> computer, hdc8 is 127M swap, hdc9 is 50M (/boot), hdc10 is 3.5G (/). Any
> help would be appreciated.
>
> TIA
>
> Mark W. Stroberg
> try installing it in "text mode" with RH setup.
If you are not tied to RH for any reason then I would recommend Slackware -
it is the only distribution I have tried that seems to install on
everything I have tried, from a 486SX with 8MB memory and a 130 MB disk
upwards..
Cliff
--
no NAUGHTYSPAM if you email me :)
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From: "John Hanley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Bind questions
Date: Sun, 03 Dec 2000 02:14:03 GMT
David, thanks for the information and clarification.
John
"David Efflandt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> On Sat, 02 Dec 2000 09:04:02 GMT, John Hanley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >I'm running Linux RedHat 7.0 and want to enable a DNS.
> >
> >I installed the following RPM packages:
> >
> >bind-8.2.2_P5-25.i386.rpm
> >bind-utils-8.2.2_P5-25.i386.rpm
> >caching-nameserver-7.0-6.noarch.rpm
> >
> >Section 3 in the DNS How-To
> >(http://howto.tucows.com/LDP/HOWTO/DNS-HOWTO.html) talks about the folder
> >'pz' (/var/named/pz) and the file 'root.hints' (/var/named/root.hints),
> >neither of which exist on my machine. Do I create these on my own? The
> >How-To isn't completely clear.
>
> pz is an example of a directory you can create under /var/named for your
> own private zone(s). It can be any name, as long as it matches the
> subpath put in /etc/named.conf for those forward and reverse lookup zone
> files.
>
> RH calls the root.hints file named.ca (I guess for caching named). So if
> you want to update it, you can simply do 'dig' and then select one of the
> resulting servers like:
>
> dig @H.ROOT-SERVERS.NET . ns > /var/named/named.ca
>
> >Also, I don't have a real domain of my own (my cable modem provider won't
> >allow it.) In my resolv.conf file, should I associate my ISP's domain
with
> >search and list my localhost as the first nameserver? For example:
>
> I simply use localdomain for my LAN domain, although, you could also use
> linux.bogus like in the DNS-HOWTO. Just don't use a name or primary
> domain that might be real. For example 'mydomain.com' is a real
> registered domain.
>
> >search my-isp-domain.com
> >nameserver 127.0.0.1 (localhost)
> >nameserver x.x.xx.x (my ISPs nameserver)
>
> You don't need any other nameservers in resolv.conf if your named is
> always running (from boot scripts). You can configure named.conf to
> check your ISP's nameservers first (quicker) before root servers. But I
> use a couple of ISPs, so I just use the root servers. My resolv.conf is
> just:
>
> search localdomain xnet.com
> nameserver 127.0.0.1
>
> My LAN box (just a laptop on crossover cable) uses the LAN IP of my main
> box for nameserver.
>
> Since I don't want to worry about any bind cracks, the options of my
> named.conf only listens on private IPs:
>
> listen-on { 127/8; 10/8; 172.16/16; 192.168/16; };
>
> --
> David Efflandt [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.de-srv.com/
> http://www.autox.chicago.il.us/ http://www.berniesfloral.net/
> http://cgi-help.virtualave.net/ http://hammer.prohosting.com/~cgi-wiz/
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: looking for video capture card for linux
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.admin,comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.questions,comp.os.linux.x
Date: Sun, 03 Dec 2000 02:51:30 GMT
In comp.os.linux.x [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> hi
> i'm looking for a good video card with an onboard tv tuner and that can
> do decent video capture. (video capture must be preferably done at
> 352x288 or higher resolution captured at at least 24fps). A big plus
> would be if the card could do real time mpeg compression (i dont even
> know if there are cards that can do this).
> i currently have an ATI card, but there's almost no support for the tv
> tuner in linux.
> any recommendations would be appreciated. please feel free to specify as
> much detail about the card as u'd like or just leave a URL i can visit
> to get more info :)
I've used both a Brooktree 848 based card (WinTV) and an ATI All-in-Wonder
128 under Linux. The WinTV card is better supported under Linux. The AIW
has better image quality. Drivers are being worked on to make the AIW
compliant to the Video4Linux interface, which will give it the same amount
of support as the WinTC card. Check out:
http://roadrunner.swansea.linux.org.uk/v4l.shtml
for more info on V4L compliant cards (including one mpeg encoder board for
which work is being done).
MainActor is a good program for capturing, sequencing, and exporting video
files. You can capture as an AVI file, and then compress it to mpeg
afterwards. It's $85, but worth it IMO. Check it out at:
http://www.mainconcept.com/products/mainactorLinux.shtml
Adam
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From: Adam Weeks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: RH7 and mysql ??
Date: Sun, 03 Dec 2000 02:55:33 GMT
Anyone find a good solution to mysql socket errors? I can't even access
mysql as root without error messages ( example error message below, and
this was as root!!) - I must admit I otherwise really like RH7 over
6.2!
Anyone know anything wrong with using Adabas (staroffice) instead? (in
meantime)??
./mysqladmin: connect to server at 'localhost' failed
error: 'Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket
'/var/lib/mysql/mysql
.sock' (111)'
Check that mysqld is running and that the socket:
'/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock' ex
ists!
Thanks
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From: "Willie Chan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: linux.redhat.install
Subject: Re: RH7
Date: Sun, 03 Dec 2000 02:49:26 GMT
my notebook has a hiberation partition...
will it affect this problem?
"Willie Chan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:YVdW5.32386$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> hi,
>
> i installed redhat 7.0 on my laptop succesfully...but when it reboot, it
> freezes on "Loading Linux"....
> then i try to reboot it and try again, another message comes out after
> loading linux message
>
> Invalid Compress format (err=1)
>
> System halted
>
> anybody know why and solution??...
>
>
>
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