Linux-Setup Digest #225, Volume #20 Thu, 14 Dec 00 23:13:11 EST
Contents:
Re: Dual boot WinME + Linux (Silviu Minut)
Re: Dual Boot Blues (Svend Olaf Mikkelsen)
Re: GNU C++ Compiler (Silviu Minut)
Re: modem busy .....oh bugger...... ("Alan Burns")
Re: web server problem please help (Mark)
GRUB Booting and Hard Drive MBR Troubles (Chris Johnson)
Re: Logitech wheel mouse 'TrackMan Marble+' in Mandrake 7.2 ("Mark A. Flacy")
Re: LIL- Dead after Kernel Compile on NT Duel Boot Laptop?? (Mark Post)
Re: Fixing a screwed up theme in Enlightenment. ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Installing StarOffice 5.2 (Newbie) (=?iso-8859-1?Q?J=E9r=F4me?= UZEL)
Re: linux Assembler (Graham Wilson)
xterm default font (Graham Wilson)
Re: Mandrake 7.2 Dual Boot (Tom Szczesniak)
Clock is always behind unlike in WIN95-- what to do? (Denis)
General Kernel Compile Question (".Adam.")
insallation of Mandrake7.0 on a 486 (Jeff Douglas)
Re: xterm default font (Bit Twister)
Strange My message appears to have been removed? ("Ray Lassiter")
Automatically starting processes to run commands ? ("John E. Crouse")
Re: Clock is always behind unlike in WIN95-- what to do? (E J)
oaf & GConf (Jay&Shell)
Re: Install Corel Linux 1.0 (Jason)
Re: Need Help with PASSWD! Urgent! (Mostyn BRAMLEY-MOORE)
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From: Silviu Minut <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Dual boot WinME + Linux
Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2000 18:02:11 -0500
> We have made many WinMe/Linux machines. One thing to be careful of
> is that if you install WinMe second, it will overwrite LILO. Be
> sure to have a boot floppy for your Linux side handy so you can
> easily boot the Linux side and reinstall LILO when WinMe is fully
> installed.
Sure, that's always the case.
>
>
> We have also done "triple boots" with Linux/Win Me/Win2k Pro.
> LILO controls all - choosing "dos" activates the NT loader
> from which one choose Me or 2k.
So, can Win2000 files be seen from Linux? What file systems do WinME and Win2000
use?
>
>
> http://www.lanm-pc.com (Cheap Linux boxes)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Svend Olaf Mikkelsen)
Subject: Re: Dual Boot Blues
Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2000 23:13:42 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Tom Szczesniak) wrote:
>Have you ever heard of DiskDrake or FIPS not recognizing a file
>system? A third party program called it "Unrecognized file system:
>44h". My Win98 properties show it as fat32, any idea why I can't
>repartition my existing windows partition? (I just received Mandrake
>7.2 and am trying to install it - it doesn't come with Partition Magic
>or Boot Magic anymore).
Uninstall or disable Goback.
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From: Silviu Minut <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: GNU C++ Compiler
Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2000 18:07:14 -0500
It certainly is. Install egcs++ from the RH6.2 cd. It would have been
installed during the installation if you requested to install the
Development packages (I think).
As root:
mount -t iso9660 /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom
cd /mnt/cdrom/RedHat/RPMS
rpm -Uvh egcs++*
umount /mnt/cdrom
cuma wrote:
> Hi folks,
> is the GNU C++ Compiler integrated
> in the Red Hat 6.2 Release??
>
> Don't think so.
>
> 1.Where can I get it?
> 2.Which components are to be downloaded?
> 3.How can I install them??
>
> Thanx in advance
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From: "Alan Burns" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: modem busy .....oh bugger......
Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2000 17:38:27 +0600
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "steve mcclue"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I switch the machine off, return the next day, reboot, and I can't get
> the modem working because I get the mysterious and profoundly unhelpful
> message "modem Busy".
Did you add the setserial command to your startup scripts?
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From: Mark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: web server problem please help
Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2000 23:43:51 GMT
In article <91b1tu$l3m$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
"Louis Hajjar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hello to all.
>
> I had install a webserver to my home.
> and for some reason when some one try to access to my webpage with
full
> address like www.domain.com it want work. why?
> and if he type the domain.com without www so it work.
> any idea what could it be?
>
> Thanks
>
> Louis Hajjar
>
>
You need the domain alias 'www' defined in the name record for your
domain.
Mark
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From: Chris Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: GRUB Booting and Hard Drive MBR Troubles
Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2000 23:59:16 GMT
Alright, I installed Linux Mandrake 7.2 on my slave hard drive the other
day, and let the install put on GRUB as the boot loader. Needless to
say, the install ran smoothly, UNTIL I rebooted. Then I was greeted by
the GRUB command line. From what I understand, I'm supposed to see a
menu. So, I did a little research. (hd0) is the Windows drive, and
(hd1) is the Linux drive; (hd0,0) is supposed to be the Windows boot
drive, and (hd1,0) the Linux boot drive. Upon issuing a "geometry
(hd0)" or "geometry (hd1)" command inside the GRUB interpreter (?), it
informs me it doesn't know what filesystem is on either of those
partitions. This is not a problem with those partitions, since both are
accessible when booting from floppy to the appropriate OS.
It got to the point where I just said, "Screw it," and removed the Linux
drive completely. Supposedly, to "uninstall" GRUB, I just boot into DOS
and issue a "fdisk /MBR" command from c:\. Well, I tried that (several
times, in fact), and it never seemed to affect the boot process.
Without the drive, I just kept getting a "stage1 hard drive error" when
I booted. From what I've read, this message is from Linux and its boot
procedure, not from the BIOS, and yet, I can't seem to get fdisk to
change that.
So, I'm at the end of my rope, here. I have no clue as to how to
rectify this situation from the Linux end of things, which is why I'm
writing this message. Does anyone know how to either 1) get GRUB to
recognize those partitions, or 2) get GRUB the hell out of my MBR?
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From: "Mark A. Flacy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux.mandrake,comp.os.linux.x,comp.emacs
Subject: Re: Logitech wheel mouse 'TrackMan Marble+' in Mandrake 7.2
Date: 14 Dec 2000 18:12:14 -0600
In your XF86Config file..
Section "Pointer"
Protocol "IMPS/2"
Device "/dev/psaux"
Buttons 5
ZAxisMapping 4 5
EndSection
You need the new Mozilla for the wheel mouse to work.
For Emacs...
;; Intellimouse support
(global-set-key [(mouse-4)] 'scroll-down)
(global-set-key [(mouse-5)] 'scroll-up)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Mark Post)
Subject: Re: LIL- Dead after Kernel Compile on NT Duel Boot Laptop??
Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2000 00:38:23 GMT
On Tue, 12 Dec 2000 16:19:42 -0500, "Phillip J. Allen"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
-snip-
>Since I am booting the machine with the Windows NT OS Loader must I make
>a new boot sector to pass over to my c:\ drive? If so why did my
>earlier kernel work?
_Any_ time you re-run lilo, you must re-write the (bootsect.lin, for me)
file in c:\ that you point at with boot.ini. Just make this a standard part
of your process, and it should always work.
Mark Post
Postmodern Consulting
Information Technology and Systems Management Consulting
To send me email, replace 'nospam' with 'home'.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Fixing a screwed up theme in Enlightenment.
Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2000 00:34:19 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Dennis McLaughlin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Now, I put a theme in there that screwed up everything for
> the root user. :) When I get into Enlightenment, all I have is an X
> mouse pointer and the Enlightenment 'titlebar' at the top. I left or
> right-clicking doesn't do anything and I can't call up any programs.
> Which config file should I modify to get this back to the Clean theme?
On my system (RH6.2) I have a file named
/root/.enlightenment/user_theme.cfg which contains the current
theme setting for enlightenment, mine looks like this:
<*** snip user_theme.cfg ***>
/usr/share/enlightenment/themes/CleanBig
<*** snip user_theme.cfg ***>
HTH
Bluster
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From: =?iso-8859-1?Q?J=E9r=F4me?= UZEL <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Installing StarOffice 5.2 (Newbie)
Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2000 01:08:57 GMT
David a �crit :
> You can install it as root by using the "/net" switch
> "staroffice.file.bin/net". Then all users on the system will have access
> to staroffice if they want it. Just make a symlink from the "soffice"
> file to "/usr/bin/soffice" so that users can run it.
I have not been abble to use the /net option with the release 6 (aka
openOffice)
Any idea ?
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From: Graham Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: linux Assembler
Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2000 17:26:52 -0800
Roger wrote:
>
> dm...wrong newsgroup.
>
> Roger wrote:
<chomp>
> > what's the assebler in linux called?
> > (optional, dissasembler?)
<chomp>
nasm, and there seems to be an emacs package for it, too.
I got the info from Debian's dselect program. (Debian rocks) G.
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From: Graham Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: xterm default font
Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2000 17:44:22 -0800
The initial font on my xterm windows is too small.
I've looked everywhere I can think of, and the only solution I can find
is to use ctrl-right_button to get a little menu and choose a bigger
font from there.
I just know there must be a way to configure xterm so it opens with a
larger font as its default, but the man pages and the wmaker docs don't
seem to have the answer.
If anyone could help me on this one, I'd appreciate it.
Thanks. G.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Tom Szczesniak)
Subject: Re: Mandrake 7.2 Dual Boot
Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2000 01:43:28 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I be singin' dem dual boot blues!
I just got the Ranish Partition Manager and it shows my partition as:
================
Type: Unknown
Error Message=Inconsistent:
chs values do not corresond to starting sector and partition size,
which are also staored in the partition table. (damaged partition
table? or bios disk geometry translatoin has changed since partition
table was last modified.) This error will also appear if you have
value 0 for sector (must be at least 1)
Changed disk controller or bios settings or MBR was corrupted. If
this isn't the case (I don't think it is.) don't change any values
unless you really know what you are doing!
======================
I try to run Ranish PM anyway and "Setup module is not available for
this file system."
The above is booting from the floppy to a: prompt. Just now, I
clicked on the a: Ranish Partition Manager while still in Win98 and
got a different response:
#1
Active:Yes
File System Type: Windows FAT-32 (LBA)
Starting Cyl:0 Side:1 Sect:1
Ending Cyl:446 Side:254 Sect:63
Partition Size [KB]: 3,590,496
(note bios reports only 1023 cylinders.)
It recognizes it as FAT32, but still said "Setup module is not
available for this file system."
_______________________
Tom Szc....
at thomasz@jef(nospamminallowed)fnet.org
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From: Denis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Clock is always behind unlike in WIN95-- what to do?
Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2000 21:11:31 -0500
Hi,
In the morning when I turn on my PC I have the correct time, but during
the day my clock in Linux always gets behind by a few minutes at least.
However, if I work in Windows (which I have also on my PC) it doesn't
happen. Why is that and What do you think I can do?
Thank you.
Denis
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From: ".Adam." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: General Kernel Compile Question
Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2000 02:16:02 GMT
Just a question that has been circling my brain....
Hypothetically, a machine has Linux v2.2.14 with a whole bunch of modules
compiled and present in the /lib/modules/2.2.14 directory.
If kernel 2.2.18 get configured, compiled (make dep;make;make modules;make
modules_install), the modules get installed in /lib/modules/2.2.18.
Now, how do modules present in the /etc/conf.modules file get loaded from
the /lib/modules/2.2.18 directory... I'm assuming that v2.2.14 modules will
not work with 2.2.18...
I guessing there must be a symbolic link somewhere, but I can't find it on
my RH6.2 or 7.0 install..
Thanks in advance..
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From: Jeff Douglas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: insallation of Mandrake7.0 on a 486
Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2000 02:30:05 -0000
I am trying very patiently to install linux mandrake 7.0 on my 486/133mhz
machine. But I am unable to create a boot disk in order to do the Gui
Install for drakex. I had tried useing the following path to do this and
it does not find the directory, I know it exist,because I was able to get
to it under win98 shell,but when in a command prompt I can not under linux
setup root. path is: cd/mnt/cdrom/Mandrake/usr/bin/perl-install .
unser windows it is actually this path but is related to the same
directory : e:mandrake/usr/bin/perl-ins<E being the cd-rom drive letter>
So I have tried doing the expert selection prompt, and I get as far as it
asking me to assign a mounting type for the hardrive-this is where I get
confused. What should i assign it and what's the actual path one should
type for useing only one hd partition and only loading linux on the PC
for the OS? I had tried mounting it as you would a unix box "/hdisk0 or
hdisk1 or hdisk2" and this would not work at all. I tried to load windows
back on the pc and now it wont do that either,gets to the part where
before you get to the 98 gui setup shell,and is going to check the
hardware and then start the pc for installation and it hangs! so I figure
ok lets fdisk the drive and then format c: try again and maybe it will go
through. Now I have a issue with it only going to 66% of the format
process and stops and wont go pass that point? I have tried 3x's and the
same stopping point occurs.
I'm new to this linux stuff, I am just trying experiment with it and check
out the stability and other features that are included in this OS.
so if someone could help me out here it would be greatly appreciated.
TIA
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bit Twister)
Subject: Re: xterm default font
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2000 02:31:24 GMT
On Thu, 14 Dec 2000 17:44:22 -0800, Graham Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> The initial font on my xterm windows is too small.
> I've looked everywhere I can think of, and the only solution I can find
>is to use ctrl-right_button to get a little menu and choose a bigger
>font from there.
> I just know there must be a way to configure xterm so it opens with a
>larger font as its default, but the man pages and the wmaker docs don't
>seem to have the answer.
Create/edit
~/.Xresources runs once during gui startup
~/.Xdefaults runs during each xterm startup
and add
XTerm*font: 12x24
xlsfonts to find font names
xlsfonts | more to read the font names.
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From: "Ray Lassiter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: linux.redhat.install
Subject: Strange My message appears to have been removed?
Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2000 21:38:59 -0500
Here is the original message. I can't find the previous post. Is there a
timelimit. I just posted about 12/4/00.
RH7 New Install failed reboot
I have installed RH7, about 10 times now, to no avail. I get through the
install process then the system has to reboot. I choose linux from LILO and
the kernel starts however, i then get the following error:
INIT: version 2.78 INIT: PANIC: segmentation violation at 0x4004aaff!
sleeping for 30 seconds
I can boot into shell using Init=/bin/sh but I don't know what I can do to
fix at that point.
What does this mean? Any help on fixing?
Ray
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Reply-To: "John E. Crouse" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
From: "John E. Crouse" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Automatically starting processes to run commands ?
Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2000 02:49:14 GMT
Help..............Extreme Newbie Alert !
Anyways............Running Caldera eServer 2.3. Have Wins, Dhcpcd (Cable
Monem) and DNS running. Two issues though. First in order to start dhcpd I
need to run the command "route add -host 255.255.255.255 dev eth0" then run
"dhcpd eth0" how can I do this on startup. Second.......I am running the
three basic ipchain commands. I tried to create a script and put it in the
rc3.d folder but it won't run automatically? However I put a link on the
desktop and it will run if I launch it from the link. Any ideas. Be gentle,
I've only been at this for about 10 days. As much in depth howto as possible
will be really appreciated.
Thanx,
J.C.
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From: E J <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Clock is always behind unlike in WIN95-- what to do?
Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2000 02:50:30 GMT
The linux time alway updates itself 11 minutes from the RTC (Real Time
Clock)
Wait 11 minutes, or else recompile time.c to update itself sooner than 11
minutes.
Denis wrote:
> Hi,
>
> In the morning when I turn on my PC I have the correct time, but during
> the day my clock in Linux always gets behind by a few minutes at least.
> However, if I work in Windows (which I have also on my PC) it doesn't
> happen. Why is that and What do you think I can do?
> Thank you.
> Denis
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From: Jay&Shell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: oaf & GConf
Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2000 03:21:49 GMT
I have compiled oaf 0.6.1? latest one anyway
When I ./configure the GConf I get:
The oaf-config script installed by OAF could not be found
If OAF was installed in PREFIX, make sure PREFIX/bin is in
your path, or set the OAF_CONFIG environment variable to the
full path to oaf-config.
configure:error: OAF not found or too old
I'm lost from here. oaf installed itself into /usr/local/bin
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From: Jason <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Install Corel Linux 1.0
Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2000 03:30:06 -0000
Laurie Murphy wrote:
>
>
> I have Corel Linux on CD and would like to install it. Will it wipe
> out my data and windows 98? Can I have linux and windows on the same
> drive?
>
> I've been looking at the posts on dejanews for the last couple of
> hours but have not found the answer.
>
> Thanks and sorry for the very 'newbie' question.
Yes you can run linux and windows
when you install it will give you the option of where you want to install
linux
pick _ use free space on disk
do not pick take over entire disk as this will erase windows
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Mostyn BRAMLEY-MOORE)
Crossposted-To:
alt.os.linux,aus.computers.linux,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: Need Help with PASSWD! Urgent!
Date: 15 Dec 2000 03:55:35 GMT
>However rlogin works if you specify the user name
>on the command line, eg
>
>rlogin hostname -l username
>
>Otherwise the username and password combination will
>not work.
ssh/rlogin will use your username on the current machine for the login
on the remote machine, -l username will override this. It's not a bug.
m.
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