Linux-Setup Digest #184, Volume #20 Fri, 8 Dec 00 15:13:08 EST
Contents:
rpc.nfsd not installed? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: RH 7.0 hangs enabling swap space ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Unable to partition disk in RedHat 7.0 (George)
Re: at home firewall setup (Wally Brock)
nfs restart (J-C Louis)
Re: Blinking screen (H Dziardziel)
sendmail insists ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Kernel won't mount raid0 (solved) (Stephan A Suerken)
Re: Grub goes glug... ("Philo")
LILO gets stuck at LI ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Unable to partition disk in RedHat 7.0 ("D F")
Mandrake 7.2 ("Air")
Re: Sound card + mandrake 7.1 (Brian Kuhn)
Re: Windows 2000 + Large Disk Multiboot? ("Goldencat")
Re: Switch form KDE to prompt (Brian Kuhn)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: rpc.nfsd not installed?
Date: Fri, 08 Dec 2000 16:56:49 GMT
Hi,
I am running RedHat 6.1 and would like to connect to this server using
nfs. For some reason I keep getting this message on that server when
someone is trying to connect (exports file filled in, daemons
restarted):
Dec 6 11:36:57 Mordor rpc.nfsd: nfssvc: Function not implemented
knfsd-1.4.7-7
knfsd-clients-1.4.7-7
are installed, too.
What else could I do to make it work?
Thanks!!
csaba
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: RH 7.0 hangs enabling swap space
Date: Fri, 08 Dec 2000 16:55:07 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Darren McCosker) wrote:
> I've been trying to install RH 7.0 for a few days on an HP Netsever
> E60. Everything installs fine but during boot the system hangs at
>
> Enabling swap space: [ OK ]
>
> I'm not sure if is a problem with the swap partition or whatever it is
> that comes after that in the boot sequence.
The [OK] at the end of the line means the swapon command *thinks*
it activated the swap ok, so look at the next stuff to load.
> Has anyone experienced anything like this or have any suggestions
> as to where to start looking.
I run RH 6.2 so YMMV but...
First at the lilo boot: prompt type
boot: linux emergency
to start the linux kernel *only* without running any
of the normal init scripts, you should get a bash # prompt.
At the emergency mode # prompt look at the /etc/rc.d/rc.sysinit
file using the less command.
# less /etc/rc.d/rc.sysinit
On my RH 6.2 system this is where swap is activated during boot,
it *should* be the same for v7.0.
Look at the lines after the "swapon -a" command.
Mine looks like this:
<***snip from /etc/rc.d/rc.sysinit***>
# Start up swapping.
action "Activating swap partitions" swapon -a
# Set the hostname.
action "Setting hostname ${HOSTNAME}" hostname ${HOSTNAME}
# Set the NIS domain name
if [ -n "$NISDOMAIN" ]; then
action "Setting NIS domain name $NISDOMAIN" domainname $NISDOMAIN
else
domainname ""
fi
<***snip from /etc/rc.d/rc.sysinit***>
Also check the files /var/log/dmesg, /var/log/messages, and
/var/log/boot.log for logs of error messages.
You may find more info about what's broken in there.
If you feel adventurous and want to rule out swap problems
then edit rc.sysinit and try commenting out the line with the
"swapon -a" command in rc.sysinit to disable swap activation at boot.
(place a # character at the start of a line to "comment out" the line)
Then reboot into runlevel 3 (full network, *no GUI*) by
typing "linux 3" at the lilo boot: prompt, e.g.
boot: linux 3
if that *does* boot ok then run the "swapon -a" command from the
bash prompt and see if the system hangs, e.g.
# swapon -a
Don't forget to remove the # you added to /etc/rc.d/rc.sysinit
(UN-"comment out" the "swapon -a" line) when you're done.
warning: loading the GUI X11 without swap active may not
work unless you have *tons* of RAM.
That should get you started :)
Hope this helps,
Bluster
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (George)
Subject: Unable to partition disk in RedHat 7.0
Date: Fri, 08 Dec 2000 17:02:45 GMT
Hi,
I have a large (40GB) IDE hard disk drive. I've put Win98 on the first 20GB,
and want to put RH 7.0 on the rest. There are two Win98 partitions on the
disk -- one FAT32 primary and one FAT32 extended, which has four logical
partitions in it. I believe that I can put only two additional partitions for
Linux. I wanted those to be the swap partition and one big extended partition,
where I can define as many logical partitions as I need (/boot, /home, /usr,
etc.). When I run fdisk, I am told that I can create only partitions 3 and 4
(since 1 and 2 already exist - those are the FAT32 partitions Win98 uses).
I created one primary partition and made it type 82 (swap). I can create one
big partion filling the rest of the drive, but how do I create the logical
partitions in it? When I say I want to create a logical partition, I'm told
that there are no free blocks left! At any time during fdisk, whenever I say
I want a logical partition, I'm told the same thing -- no free blocks!
The Linux Partition HOWTO seems to imply that Linux should create the last
partition (number 4) as an extended partiton by default. But the fdisk in
RH 7.0 creates it as a regular (83) partition. Could that be my problem? And
how do I fix it?
Any help will be greatly appreciated! Thanks!
George
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From: Wally Brock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To:
comp.security.firewalls,alt.uu.comp.os.linux.questions,austin.internet,alt.os.linux
Subject: Re: at home firewall setup
Date: Fri, 08 Dec 2000 17:14:36 GMT
There is a very excellent and foolproof utility for setting up a personal
firewall called Lokkit. You can find it at:
http://www.linux.org.uk/apps/lokkit.shtml
Good Luck,
Wally
Mike Walker wrote:
> I have recently gotten RoadRunner (got sick of slow downloads, can't get
> DSL, not moving anytime soon) service from my local TV cable company. I want
> to set up a Linux firewall. I have a firewall that comes with its own
> version of Linux in mind. The version is called Storm Firewall. My setup is
> I have an extra laptop with two PCMCIA card slots with two LinkSys PCMCIA
> cards. Currently I know that it is capable of running Linux because it is
> running Mandrake. I was wondering if someone can either
>
> A:
> Walk me through the entire process of making sure Linux sees both cards,
> getting the cable modem to talk to my Windows ME PC through Linux and then
> setup the firewall. I need to be able to have some customization as I find
> myself on EverQuest and other client/server type games. I also need the
> freedom to play Unreal Tournament with computers outside my own network once
> in a while.
>
> OR
>
> B:
> Point me somewhere that can tell what I am looking for. I have been to
> several sites that talk about setting up firewalls but they don't seem to
> have exact procedures for the entire process.
>
> I am computer literate as I am a tech writer. The problem with most of the
> stuff out there is that it wasn't written by someone who makes the
> assumption that the person looking for the information doesn't know anything
> about it. This is the case for me. I know very little about Linux and
> nothing about command line stuff. I know even less about firewalls and all
> the buzzwords associated with firewalls (ipchains, proxies, etc..). All I
> know is that I want to leave my system connected, I want to leave it
> protected, and I want to be about to connect to EverQuest and Battle.net
> (Diablo 2).
>
> Thank you,
>
> Mike
>
> mwalker at tkg Dot (you know, the cute one) com
> If cross posting is a foe-pah, please forgive me but I am looking for
> answers and this is one of the few resources I can go to at work.
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From: J-C Louis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: nfs restart
Date: Fri, 08 Dec 2000 17:15:27 +0000
Hello
The server of my network mount 2 nfs partitions on all computers
of the network. The file fstab is :
server:/usr/local nfs .....
server:/home nfs .....
But, when I make a nfs restart, ( /etc/rc.d/init/nfs restart ), the
server
halted and I must reboot the system. I don't understand this problem.
Nevertheless, the deamon nfs is installed. Is it the kernel version not
updated ?
Any help will be appreciated.
(excuse me for my accent but I am french !)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (H Dziardziel)
Subject: Re: Blinking screen
Date: Fri, 08 Dec 2000 17:19:41 GMT
On Fri, 8 Dec 2000 18:56:23 +0800, "Raghav"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Hi,
>> Steve
>I am a newbie also. May be my suggestions is a bit risky. So read the
>related manual before implementing what i suggest. Please treat this only as
>a pointer not as a complete suggestion.
>
>Try to change the colordepth. In my case, i shifted the defenition for 16 up
>and pushed the 32 down (in the "driver" section of the "svga" driver of
>XF86Config file) and it works fine. I had something like mouse traces in my
>screen and it was not there after i made this change. There is also a setup
>utility which u can evoke as a *root* user (just type setup in shell) and u
>can change it here also.
>
>Btw, I was the succesful in the first one (viz. XF86Config) but when i had
>some problems, someone suggested to press Ctrl-Alt-F1 and it went to shell.
>but the problem is that startx never started after that. i have to do manual
>start and even after that it fails every time. Any suggestions appreciated.
>
>Thanks
>
>
>
Changing color depth can change frequencies that drive the chip and
monitor (not always) so could in turn effect display artifacts.
Next time you are in X try each of the function keys. F7 should
be the X default and F1 the X terminal (messages). The others
will give terminals (command line logins).
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: sendmail insists
Date: Fri, 08 Dec 2000 17:06:17 GMT
Hi,
Just set up sendmail on a linux client and am able to receive/send mail
fine. However, when sending to my own domain, I always must specify
...@mail.<mydomain> to be able to send email. If I send directly to
persons to ...@<mydomain> in my domain, then they are refused with a
'user unknown' message.
Does anyone have some idea what to put in my sendmail.cf to fix this
routing prob?
thanks!!
Csaba
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From: Stephan A Suerken <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: Kernel won't mount raid0 (solved)
Date: 08 Dec 2000 18:24:25 +0100
"Peter T. Breuer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> That's what you need. Even then you will get at most a 30% speedup
> (I've measured).
I have actually never measured it, also disk access "feels" slightly
faster. For me it's enough to know that it is likely to increase
speed, and then I go with the advantage of having infinite (tm)
diskspace.
Thanks for your thoughts,
Stephan
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From: "Philo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Grub goes glug...
Date: Fri, 8 Dec 2000 09:48:21 -0600
thanks for the reply...although my menu.lst was wrong...and i should be able
to get that figured out...
my real problem is that i cannot even get grub to install on a floppy in the
first place.
when i did my installation..of Mandrake7.2 i did not opt for any bootloader.
i am able to boot via a floppy.
when i go to drak-conf i get no option for grub...only lilo
and i cannot use it as my installation is past the 1024th cyl
here is what i've tried (at root of course):
1) if i just did this at the command prompt:
grub-install /dev/fd0
i was able to get stage1 installed on a floppy but nothing else
and yes, i know this is not the correct procedure.
but if i follow the instructions as i see them i cannot install on a floppy
at the bash prompt i've tried:
grub-install /boot/grub/stage1 d (fd0) /boot/grub/stage2 p
/boot/grub/menu.lst
pause
i get an error message of:
invalid device request
if at the bash prompt i first type grub
then get
grub>
and try
install (and then enter same data as above)
i get the same error
so i am obviously referring to fd0 incorrectly
but even if i try to refer to it as /dev/fd0 i still get the same
invalid device request
so i think i may be pretty close...but still need a bit of help
please!
--
Philo
website: www.plazaearth.com/philo
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: LILO gets stuck at LI
Date: Fri, 08 Dec 2000 17:47:33 GMT
Am a newbie that just installed Redhat 6.2. When I tried to install
LILO the computer booted and the LI part of LILO came up and then got
seriously stuck. I ultimately had to fdisk /MBR to be able to access
Windows 2000 again.
I have an 9GB SCSI hard drive that has Windows 2000 on it and I just
installed a 36GB EIDE drive which has LINUX on it. I want to be able
to dual boot to these two systems.
BTW, when I go through Disk Druid, it let me partition the new drive
just fine and the SCSI drive also showed up. A couple of screens later
when the LILO configuration screen came up, there is no sign of the
SCSI drive at all. A friend walked me through trying to add LILO
manually and that is when we got stuck.
Any ideas?
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From: "D F" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Unable to partition disk in RedHat 7.0
Date: Fri, 8 Dec 2000 13:35:22 -0500
George wrote in message
<90r47f$t43$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>Hi,
>
>I have a large (40GB) IDE hard disk drive. I've put Win98
on the first 20GB,
>and want to put RH 7.0 on the rest. There are two Win98
partitions on the
>disk -- one FAT32 primary and one FAT32 extended, which has
four logical
>partitions in it. I believe that I can put only two
additional partitions for
>Linux. I wanted those to be the swap partition and one big
extended partition,
>where I can define as many logical partitions as I need
(/boot, /home, /usr,
>etc.). When I run fdisk, I am told that I can create only
partitions 3 and 4
>(since 1 and 2 already exist - those are the FAT32
partitions Win98 uses).
>
>I created one primary partition and made it type 82 (swap).
I can create one
>big partion filling the rest of the drive, but how do I
create the logical
>partitions in it? When I say I want to create a logical
partition, I'm told
>that there are no free blocks left! At any time during
fdisk, whenever I say
>I want a logical partition, I'm told the same thing -- no
free blocks!
>
>The Linux Partition HOWTO seems to imply that Linux should
create the last
>partition (number 4) as an extended partiton by default.
But the fdisk in
>RH 7.0 creates it as a regular (83) partition. Could that
be my problem? And
>how do I fix it?
>
>Any help will be greatly appreciated! Thanks!
>
>George
>
>*** Replace PAVONIS with STFABIAN in my email address to
reply ***
>
>Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is
>no basis for a system of government.
In general, of the four entries in a standard partition
table, only one can be of type extended. This is in general.
You could try, however, making that fourth partition a type
85 Linux extended and see what happens. I don't think this
will work, by default, though. You can try Mikhail Ranish's
Partition Manager to see if this will allow you to get
around this restriction. It's been some time since I've used
it or looked at it so I'm not certain any longer. In any eve
nt, Mikhail's pages are an excellent reference on
partitioning and you should read them for your own
edification.Access the page through:
http://come.to/ranish
Dave Fluri North Bay, Ontario Canada
(The opinions herein are mine. I do not speak for my
employer unless I expressly indicate otherwise.)
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From: "Air" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Mandrake 7.2
Date: Fri, 08 Dec 2000 19:00:58 GMT
I installed mandrake 7.2 on my d drive and I'd like to try another version.
What are the steps needed to get rid of Mandrake to free up my D: drive?
--
Thanks,
Air
Fredericton, NB
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Date: Fri, 08 Dec 2000 13:02:19 -0600
From: Brian Kuhn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Sound card + mandrake 7.1
HardDrake (from Mandrake 7.1) refused to find my SoundBlaster, but I was able
to configure it using _sndconfig_.
Steps...
1. bring up a terminal window (konsole or xterm)
2. type "su -c sndconfig" (and hit <enter>)
3. enter your root password (and hit <enter>)
4. sndconfig will start
5. follow the sndconfig's prompts...
If the setup is successful, you will hear Linus Torvalds explaining how he
say "Linux."
Good Luck,
Brian
Stefano Zen wrote:
> How to set up the sound card with Mandrake 7.1 ?
>
> I have Mother Board Asus CUV 4X-M with an integrated Audio Card. Mandrake
> find it but not as sound card, but as something else.
>
> Every help is accept
>
> Sorry for my english
>
> Stefano
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From: "Goldencat" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux
Subject: Re: Windows 2000 + Large Disk Multiboot?
Date: Fri, 08 Dec 2000 19:22:37 GMT
go to ftp.redhat.com
get the new version of lilo
it does not have 1024 problem
Groman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:YbZX5.626$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Hi. I have a 13 GB IDE disk and one large FAT32 partition
> that covers the whole disk. I need Linux for some minor things
> and mainly will be using Windows 2000 (please don't hit me)
> I am thinking that I need about 9 gb for Windows and 3-4 GB for
> Linux should be enough. I have Redhat 6.0 CDs and don't want
> to get anything else for now.
>
> I was thinking of reducing my FAT partition using Fips or Partition
> Magic, but I do not know how to solve the "LILO can't reach past
> 1024" problem. I don't want to mess up or move my FAT partition
> and I don't want it to be less than 8 gigs.
>
> What the hell do I do to install linux???? I have GRUB and I have
> some experience using it, but that experience is not a pleasant one.
> Can I chain load GRUB from the Windows 2000 Loader????
> GRUB should not have the 1024 problem, right?
>
> Thanx for your answers.
>
> Groman.
>
>
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Date: Fri, 08 Dec 2000 13:25:56 -0600
From: Brian Kuhn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Switch form KDE to prompt
Yes, in Mandrake too...
text console ==> Ctl-Alt-F2 (oder F3, F4, F5, F6)
X console ==> Ctl-Alt-F7
(STRG? Was ist?)
Martin Schmidt wrote:
> Michael <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb in im Newsbeitrag:
> 90fv2s$mvo$[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Please, how do I switch from KDE to a basic prompt.
> > I'm using Mandrake 7.0
> > Thanks Michael
> >
> >
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> > Before you buy.
>
> Im using Suse but maybe it is the same , try :
> strg + alt + f2
> i think in english strg is named ctrl
> (the bottom left one)
> to switch back to kde
> strg + alt + f7
>
> Martin
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