Linux-Setup Digest #774, Volume #19 Fri, 6 Oct 00 05:13:10 EDT
Contents:
lossing chmod +s /usr/sbin/pppd setting after reboot (David. E. Goble)
Re: howto keep another partition of disk permanently mounted ("David.L")
Re: Frustration Of X ("David.L")
Re: linux configuration (Lew Pitcher)
Re: lossing chmod +s /usr/sbin/pppd setting after reboot (Vilmos Soti)
Re: Installing from an iso (Eric)
Re: install with FAT32 on C: on laptop (Eric)
Re: Win2k, WinMe, Linux Red Hat 6.2 (Eric)
Re: Inkjet Printer CYMK Colorspace Correction (Tom van Rijswijk)
Re: 1)shared drives 2)WINE 3)sound card (Eric)
Aims Lab RadioTrack device under RH6.1 - Install question ("Wil Beeren")
Re: Where is /ect/inetd.conf on RH 7.0 :-) (David M. Cook)
Re: Let's play "Spot the failure!" (David M. Cook)
No Audio CD [NOT Newbie] ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Frustration Of X (David M. Cook)
Re: Installing from an iso (David M. Cook)
Re: lossing chmod +s /usr/sbin/pppd setting after reboot ("Techtonik")
Help! My eyes hurt. ("Latman")
Re: Help! My eyes hurt. (Eric)
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From: goble@gtech (David. E. Goble)
Crossposted-To: alt.linux,alt.os.linux,aus.computers.linux
Subject: lossing chmod +s /usr/sbin/pppd setting after reboot
Date: Fri, 06 Oct 2000 05:56:16 GMT
Reply-To: goble@gtech
Hi All;
I set pppd with chmod +s /usr/sbin/pppd, as root So my users can dial
out and it works. Until I reboot the computer. Then the setting is
lost.
Whats wrong????
Also I have set up inn as a newsreader, with pine. But can not figure
out how to set it up so I do not have to start innd after very reboot.
--Regards David. E. Goble
goble [AT] kin.net.au
http://www.kin.net.au/goble
Po Box 648 Kingscote, Kangaroo Island, SA 5223
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From: "David.L" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: howto keep another partition of disk permanently mounted
Date: Fri, 06 Oct 2000 09:08:34 +0300
huang wrote:
>
> I have a dual OS PC (windows + linux)
> every time I boot linux, I need to mount the dos partition (/hda1) - is
> there a way to make linux permanently remember this
> Thanks
Edit the /etc/fstab. I usually copy the setting for my linux /
partition. //i think that the filesystem type is called VFAT//
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From: "David.L" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Frustration Of X
Date: Fri, 06 Oct 2000 09:11:07 +0300
D|Ck wrote:
>
> Ok. well i know every die hard linux user hates X and X questions. But i
> like XWindows and the easy navigation. ok, i am lazy. I downloaded a ssh
> client that i know to be xwindows client. i followed the instructions on how
> to install it.. ie .. ./configure .make .make install .. etc. Installed
> ifne.. but like many of my other perevious adventures with trying to install
> stuff. i cant figure out how to run it in xwindows.. I looked tru the
> directory and if i tyoe the command from konsole, it runs in console. I dont
> want this, i want to be lazy and point and click.
> Please tell me what i am missing.
>
> D|Ck
What do you run KDE, GNOME, WindowMaker...
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From: Lew Pitcher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: linux configuration
Date: Thu, 05 Oct 2000 21:34:25 -0400
news ibm wrote:
>
> Hi, I was wondering what is the recomended linux configuration server? what
> is the best computer to run linux?
My recommendation would be an IBM S/390 compatable mainframe.
Excess MIPS, terabytes of disk space, gigabytes of memory space,
extremely high speed peripheral connections (fibre channel is
_fast_!!) and will drive a world-wide network without even breathing
hard. Of course, the pricetag is a killer, but you _did_ ask for the
*best* computer to run a Linux server on.
--
Lew Pitcher
Master Codewright and JOAT-in-training
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Crossposted-To: alt.linux,alt.os.linux,aus.computers.linux
Subject: Re: lossing chmod +s /usr/sbin/pppd setting after reboot
From: Vilmos Soti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Fri, 06 Oct 2000 06:47:07 GMT
goble@gtech (David. E. Goble) writes:
> I set pppd with chmod +s /usr/sbin/pppd, as root So my users can dial
> out and it works. Until I reboot the computer. Then the setting is
> lost.
...
> Also I have set up inn as a newsreader, with pine. But can not figure
> out how to set it up so I do not have to start innd after very reboot.
Tell us which distro you use, and then somebody can help you out.
Without this info we cannot give you a nice solution which actually
doesn't screw up your distribution.
Vilmos
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From: Eric <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Installing from an iso
Date: Fri, 06 Oct 2000 08:50:31 +0200
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Vilmos Soti wrote:
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Walter Miller) writes:
>
> > I was just wondering if it's possible to install from an iso file without
> > burning it onto a cd.
> > I figured you might be able to do something like
> > mount -t iso9660 /mnt/dos/linux.iso /mnt/install
> > but if that's possible, can I still run the installer?
>
> I have installed many RedHat machines from iso without burning the cd.
> The trick is to mount the iso on an ftp server and do a network
> install.
>
> Vilmos
Or he could copy the data on a normal partition (ext2/FAT) and do an
install from a local HDD. But i doubt you can do this directly from a
local iso image.
Eric
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From: Eric <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: install with FAT32 on C: on laptop
Date: Fri, 06 Oct 2000 08:53:37 +0200
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
David Efflandt wrote:
>
> On Thu, 05 Oct 2000 18:57:08 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Has anyone tried putting Linux on a laptop whilst still keeping C drive
> >on FAT32 ?
> > I've only tried it with FAT16 on C:
> >Hope someone can clarify this.
> >TIA
>
> Yes, it works fine. This is Linux fdisk example of mine. I boot LILO
> from hda2 so I do not have to worry about Win98se stepping on the MBR:
>
> Disk /dev/hda: 255 heads, 63 sectors, 1099 cylinders
> Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 bytes
>
> Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
> /dev/hda1 1 653 5245191 b Win95 FAT32 C:
> /dev/hda2 * 654 655 16065 83 Linux /boot LILO
> /dev/hda3 656 1099 3566430 f Win95 Ext'd (LBA)
> /dev/hda5 656 872 1743021 83 Linux /
> /dev/hda6 873 897 200781 82 Linux swap
> /dev/hda7 898 1099 1622533+ b Win95 FAT32 D:
>
> --
> David Efflandt [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.de-srv.com/
Fdisk does NOT show you what filesystem is actually on a partition, it
merely shows you partition types. (Although I do believe you actually
have a FAT32 FS there, I cannot tell this from your fdisk listing)
Eric
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From: Eric <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Win2k, WinMe, Linux Red Hat 6.2
Date: Fri, 06 Oct 2000 08:55:45 +0200
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
LeleDxt� wrote:
>
> Hi, i have a problem with the boot loader of win2k, that isn't able to boot
> Linux.
> My os are: Win2k on hdc1, winMe on hda1, Linux on hda5.
>
> I'm able to boot Linux using the boot disk.
> I ran BootPart to add Linux to the NT Loader menu.
> When the system powers on, I'm presented with the NT Loader menu with the
> items Win2K, WinMe, & Linux.
> Choosing Win2K or WinMe gives no problems; they launch fine.
> Choosing Linux gives me the following error.
>
> Windows 2000 could not start because the following file is missing or
> corrupt:
> <windows 2000 root>\system32\ntoskrnl.exe.
> Please re-install a copy of the above file.
That's a bizarre message, but then again it is windows :-)
Are you sure your linux kernel isn't above cyl. 1024?
That will very likely be your problem.
Eric
> This is not correct because ntoskrnl.exe is not missing.
> I'm still able to boot Linux using the boot floppy disk.
>
> Any help woulb be appreciated.
> Thank you.
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From: Tom van Rijswijk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: sci.engr.color,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: Inkjet Printer CYMK Colorspace Correction
Date: Fri, 06 Oct 2000 08:57:39 +0200
Kevin,
what scanner and monitor do you use? Both influence the colors when you compare
them on screen.
Also the gamut of the monitor and the printer don't match so you will always have
some colors that can't be displayed on both.
But I think you should take another look at what you're scanner is doing... On my
monitor (Iiyama VisionMaster 400; color temperature 6500K) the scanned image is
much darker and more blue than the digital photo.
How does the picture on your monitor compare to the print (without the scanner)?
succes
Tom
Kevin Adams wrote:
> [View this message in a fixed-width/monospace font like Courier for best
> results.]
>
> Hello,
>
> I am trying to get the color output from my inkjet printer (an Epson Stylus
> COLOR 600) to match as closely as possible the images I view on my screen under
> Linux. I am looking for advice on whether to increase or decrease the amount
> of Cyan, Yellow, Magenta, and/or Black ink used by my printer.
>
> For Linux people, I am using the following:
>
> SuSE Linux 6.4
> GhostScript 5.5
> Uniprint Driver for Stylus COLOR 600
> (stc600p.upp - 720dpi x 720dpi Plain Paper)
>
> Also for Linux people, here are the colorspace entries from my stc600p.upp
> file:
>
> -dupBlackTransfer="{ 0.0000 0.0329 0.0706 0.1160 0.2392 0.7955 }"
> -dupCyanTransfer="{ 0.0000 0.0602 0.1133 0.1961 0.2945 0.3885 }"
> -dupMagentaTransfer="{ 0.0000 0.0602 0.1113 0.1617 0.1987 0.2328 }"
> -dupYellowTransfer="{ 0.0000 0.0350 0.0914 0.1567 0.2430 0.2934 }"
>
> For Engineering/Physics/Colorspace people:
>
> The table above indicates the relative amount of ink that should be deposited
> on the page for a given pixel, for each color in the CYMK colorspace.
>
> As far as I understand, the driver handles 32 levels of saturation (5-bits,
> binary) for each color represented in the table. Highest-order bit is the
> column to the far right; lowest-order bit is the second column from the left.
> The "zero" column has a function that I personally have not determined... (If
> anyone would like to correct me or elaborate, please do - I am very much still
> a novice at this.)
>
> Below are links to two sets of pictures. Each set contains the following:
>
> A.) A digital photograph (the "control" image).
> B.) A scan of the photograph as printed from my Stylus COLOR 600.
>
> I have attempted to make the scans (of the printed images) match the printed
> images as closely as possible, without adjusting the brightness, contrast, or
> colorspace of my computer monitor. This is so people can make accurate
> analyses and recommendations.
>
> Set #1:
>
> 1A.) Source Photograph (Control Image):
> http://www.netdotcom.com/kadams/photo/processor-on-board.jpg
>
> 1B.) Printed Photograph (Scanned Image):
> http://www.netdotcom.com/kadams/photo/processor-on-board-print.jpg
>
> Set #2:
>
> 2A.) Source Photograph (Control Image):
> http://www.netdotcom.com/kadams/photo/parts-layout.jpg
>
> 2B.) Printed Photograph (Scanned Image):
> http://www.netdotcom.com/kadams/photo/parts-layout-print.jpg
>
> I realize that by using a 5-bit CYMK color driver, and printing on plain,
> uncoated, white inkjet paper, I am going to lose some ability to accurately
> represent the image I am attempting to print - especially things like lens
> flare, sparkle, metallic luster, etc....
>
> But I would at least like the overall color (or more appropriately, hue and
> saturation) to be accurately rendered.
>
> Any help or advice would be much appreciated! Thanks in Advance...
>
> Best Regards,
> Kevin Adams
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Eric <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: 1)shared drives 2)WINE 3)sound card
Date: Fri, 06 Oct 2000 09:02:07 +0200
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Midnight Writer wrote:
>
> E > Eric <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> commented:
> >
> > [...] Many of us read more than one NG, nad it's really anoying to
> > answer a post and find in the next NG that three others already
> > answered your question.
>
> I understand the nettiquette of this - but I just got to this newsgroup,
> intending to lurk a while, but was quite eager to see the answer to 1)
> and 2). Yes, a crosspost is much better, but answers in this newsgroup
> would be appreciated, even if they also appear elsewhere. (OTOH, a
> pointer to that other newsgroup would do as well for me - my newsfeed,
> now that it works, is fairly complete. Other lurkers may not be as
> lucky, though.)
> -=<M W>=-
> --
> Computer illiteracy? My computer's supposed to READ?
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mpls./St. Paul, MN, USA
the other post I've seen (There might be more) is at c.o.l.misc
I will not respond to messages that are posted like this (Although
usually you see this too late) I find it very rude, I can spend my time
better on postings that haven't been answered yet. This way I and others
keep giving (the same) solutions even though it was already answered.
Multiple posting is a very obvious pointer that someone doesn't want to
take the time to do his own homework. Probably never even looked if the
same question was answered before on deja either.
Eric
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From: "Wil Beeren" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware,nl.comp.os.linux.installatie
Subject: Aims Lab RadioTrack device under RH6.1 - Install question
Date: Fri, 6 Oct 2000 09:28:24 +0200
hello folks,
Since 3 days I'm playing around with a Aims Lab RadioTrack device which I'm
trying to install under RedHat 6.1 for my Cajun in my car. I just don't know
how to get it to work and/or to test it in an easy way. The things I found
is that I should use V4L with the following commands:
insmod videodev
insmod radio-aimslab io=0x...
the problem is that I don't know which I/O settings to use and that I don't
know how to check if the settings I used are correct. with some devices you
can do a "cat /dev/device_name" but /dev/radio just gives something like
"device not found".
Can anyone maybe help me out with this ? I ain't very familiar with V4L and
am a just a user not a pro.
Greetings & Thanx in advance,
Wil Beeren
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
PS: maybe you know a website about this radio thingie of Aims Lab ?
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David M. Cook)
Subject: Re: Where is /ect/inetd.conf on RH 7.0 :-)
Date: 6 Oct 2000 07:27:29 GMT
On Thu, 5 Oct 2000 20:22:25 -0700, Fayaz A. Shaikh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>It is theer in /etc/inetd.conf.
You must have done an upgrade. 7 replaces inetd with xinetd, which does
seem like an improvement to me.
Dave Cook
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David M. Cook)
Subject: Re: Let's play "Spot the failure!"
Date: 6 Oct 2000 07:31:51 GMT
On Thu, 05 Oct 2000 21:43:14 GMT, Murray Alexander
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>LILO boot:
>Loading linux
>There should be a bunch of dots after the word 'linux', but none show.
Look for error messages when you run:
/sbin/lilo -v
(You did make a boot floppy, didn't you?)
You might try various combinations of "linear" and "compact" in
/etc/lilo.conf. You can try these out without editing lilo.conf by using
the -l and -c switches to the lilo command. Try each and then both.
Dave Cook
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: No Audio CD [NOT Newbie]
Date: Fri, 06 Oct 2000 07:31:07 GMT
Hi all - I'm having some trouble getting audio cd's to work under
linux. I'm running Mandrake 7.1 with a pioneer 16x ATAPI DVD and a
SB Live Value. Using the brown bag mandrake 2.2.17-4 kernel package.
(Time has become more scarce recently. :) It works fine under windows
[sigh].
I _have_ noticed that some things don't work well with mandrake 7.1
unless you install while they're physically running; if you add them
later, mandrake can't seem to handle it. The loading of the emu10k1
module, for instance.
Anyways, I can use it as a data source fine, just not an audio source.
Here's some interesting things from /var/log/messages:
Sep 28 19:45:40 rubberducky kernel: hdc: command error: error=0x50
Sep 28 19:45:40 rubberducky kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev 16:00
(hdc), sector 64
Sep 28 19:45:40 rubberducky kernel: isofs_read_super: bread failed,
dev=16:00, iso_blknum=16, block=32
Sep 28 19:45:40 rubberducky kernel: ATAPI device hdc:
Sep 28 19:45:40 rubberducky kernel: Error: Illegal request -- (Sense
key=0x05)
Sep 28 19:45:40 rubberducky kernel: Illegal mode for this track or
incompatible medium -- (asc=0x64, ascq=0x00)
Any ideas??? I REALLY would love to get audio CD's working under
linux. I *think* I had a different, normal CD 16x running under this
once and audio CDs worked fine there, but I'm not sure.
So many thanks,
Kevin
Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
Before you buy.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David M. Cook)
Subject: Re: Frustration Of X
Date: 6 Oct 2000 07:38:21 GMT
On Thu, 5 Oct 2000 22:27:46 -0400, D|Ck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>stuff. i cant figure out how to run it in xwindows..
You open up a terminal window (gnome-terminal, xterm, rvxt, eterm, etc) and
type something like:
ssh foo@bar
assuming you want to connect to foo's account on bar. You can also copy
files:
scp quux.c foo@bar
would copy quux.c to foo's home dir on bar.
man ssh
man scp
Dave Cook
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David M. Cook)
Subject: Re: Installing from an iso
Date: 6 Oct 2000 07:46:50 GMT
On 6 Oct 2000 00:37:48 GMT, Walter Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>mount -t iso9660 /mnt/dos/linux.iso /mnt/install
mount -t iso9660 -o loop=/dev/loop0 /mnt/dos/linux.iso /mnt/install
However, this won't stay mounted while you reboot your system and boot the
installer!
So you need to copy the contents of the above to a "real" partition on your
system that will be available for a hard drive install. Or you can do the
above loopback mounting on another unix system and do an NFS, FTP, or HTTP
install (you'll need the bootnet floppy). All the while remembering that
cheapbytes.com only charges $3.50US for the 2 CD set.
Dave Cook
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From: "Techtonik" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.linux,alt.os.linux,aus.computers.linux
Subject: Re: lossing chmod +s /usr/sbin/pppd setting after reboot
Date: Fri, 6 Oct 2000 02:40:44 -0600
It's probably because when pppd is started it is spawned by one of the
system accounts....just go into your init.d scripts and add a line in that
spawns it as root as opposed to whatever user is spawning it....
"David. E. Goble" <goble@gtech> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Hi All;
>
> I set pppd with chmod +s /usr/sbin/pppd, as root So my users can dial
> out and it works. Until I reboot the computer. Then the setting is
> lost.
>
> Whats wrong????
>
> Also I have set up inn as a newsreader, with pine. But can not figure
> out how to set it up so I do not have to start innd after very reboot.
> --Regards David. E. Goble
> goble [AT] kin.net.au
> http://www.kin.net.au/goble
> Po Box 648 Kingscote, Kangaroo Island, SA 5223
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From: "Latman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Help! My eyes hurt.
Date: Fri, 6 Oct 2000 09:36:58 +0100
I am a newbie. I have recently installed RedHat 7.0 Workstation and
everything looks great, apart from the video res. I think I might have
selected the wrong Matrox card cos the screen is much smaller then it is
supposed to be and my eyes hurt after about 20 minutes. I have looked at
every option in GNOME to change the screen res, but I didn't find anything.
So I am begining to think it is done from the text section. But I have no
idea how to change this. Any help or directions on where I can get some help
would be much appriciated. Thanks.
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From: Eric <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Help! My eyes hurt.
Date: Fri, 06 Oct 2000 11:01:09 +0200
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Latman wrote:
>
> I am a newbie. I have recently installed RedHat 7.0 Workstation and
> everything looks great, apart from the video res. I think I might have
> selected the wrong Matrox card cos the screen is much smaller then it is
> supposed to be and my eyes hurt after about 20 minutes. I have looked at
> every option in GNOME to change the screen res, but I didn't find anything.
> So I am begining to think it is done from the text section. But I have no
> idea how to change this. Any help or directions on where I can get some help
> would be much appriciated. Thanks.
Run XConfigurator (in X as root)
Eric
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