Linux-Setup Digest #227, Volume #20 Fri, 15 Dec 00 10:13:09 EST
Contents:
Hauppauge WinTV (Flo)
Re: modem busy .....oh bugger...... (steve mcclue)
Xvfb and RedHat ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Installing StarOffice 5.2 (Newbie) ("Paul Beattie")
Mylex AcceleRAID 170 (Sebastian Kollmann)
Upgrade from RPM 3 to 4 ? ("Nicolas DUTEIL")
Re: General Kernel Compile Question (=?iso-8859-1?Q?Jos=E9_Luis_Domingo_L=F3pez?=)
Configuring Sound (Ben)
Re: General Kernel Compile Question ("ne...")
Re: Upgrade from RPM 3 to 4 ? ("ne...")
(Probably) dumb rpm question (Martin Gregorie)
dhcpcd setup (Timothy Washington)
Re: modem busy .....oh bugger...... ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
X-Windows on Inspiron 5000e ("News")
Re: Configuring Sound ("dont work")
Re: Upgrade from RPM 3 to 4 ? ("Nicolas DUTEIL")
Re: at home firewall setup (Frederick Artiss)
Re: at home firewall setup (Frederick Artiss)
Re: Dual Boot Blues ("Tadeusz Bogdan Babiak")
Re: Problem with samba printer in Mandrake 7.2 ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Fixing a screwed up theme in Enlightenment. (Dennis McLaughlin)
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From: Flo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Hauppauge WinTV
Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2000 11:16:58 +0100
Hi
When I start kwintv I get a very good picture and at a few stations
sound, but not at every time. when i start "program edit" and change the
frequenz (and then back to the old frequenz) of the station i get sound,
then i exit the edit-dialog and have sound and pic. But when I change
the station and back to the old station I don't have sound.
Can someone help me
thx
flo
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From: steve mcclue <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: modem busy .....oh bugger......
Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2000 10:19:32 +0000
On Thu, 14 Dec 2000 17:38:27 +0600, "Alan Burns"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>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?
Yes, I did. I'm fairly sure this has nothing to do with the
attribution of serial IRQs, so I'm completely stumped.
S.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Xvfb and RedHat
Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2000 10:25:08 GMT
Hello,
I am working on Red Hat 6.2, and I'm trying to use
Xvfb. I installed the RPM from the cdrom, it's the version 3.3.6-20.
I launch the command " Xvfb :0" to start a virtual X server on display
0
but it fails with the message : " failed to set default font path
'/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo/,/usr/X1
1R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/,/usr
/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/'
Fatal server error:
could not open default font 'fixed' "
Do you know where is the font "fixed" ?
I thought it was in /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc directory.
And can I configure the font path, to make Xvfb work properly ?
Please help me, I feel nervous...
Thank you
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From: "Paul Beattie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Installing StarOffice 5.2 (Newbie)
Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2000 10:57:49 -0000
Thanks, Daz, David &J�r�me
I installed it as a non-root user and it worked fine.
>From your comments I also now understand what the /net option does, and how
to use it.
I was then able,using StarOffice, to open a MSWord 95 file that MSWord 2000
had not opened properly!
--
Cheers
Paul
Paul Beattie wrote in message
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>I have been trying to run it as root.
>
>I will try to reinstall it as a non-root user, but this will have to wait
>until tonight.
>
>Thanks for you help, I'll let you know what happens.
>
>--
>Cheers
>Paul
>Daz wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>>Just tried it on my machine - works OK.
>>
>>The only difference is that I installed it as a non-root user into my home
>>directory.
>>
>>Are you trying to run it as root? If you have another user, try installing
>>it as that user. It also installed icons into my kde menu.
>>
>>Daz
>>
>>
>>Paul Beattie wrote:
>>
>>> There is a "shortcut" in the /root/office52 directory that calls the
>>> soffice executable that is in /root/office52/program
>>>
>>> Pual :-)
>>>
>>> --
>>> Cheers
>>> Paul
>>> Daz wrote in message ...
>>> >There should be an soffice executable in /root/office52/program
>>> >directory.
>>> >
>>> >Or is that the one you meant and just mistyped it?
>>> >
>>> >Daz
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >Paul Beattie wrote:
>>> >
>>> >> Hi,
>>> >>
>>> >> I have managed to install Red Hat Linux 6.0 (2.2.5-15). ;-)
>>> >> Then I have installed StarOffice5.2
>>> >> It looks like it has installed correctly, then to run it I type
>>> >> ./soffice
>>> >> in /root/office52
>>> >>
>>> >> and I get an error message that it could not find a vital setup file
>>> >> and that it was looking in
>>> >> /root/office52/program/setup.ins
>>> >> for it.
>>> >> I have greped the setup.log file and that did not report a setup.ins
>>> file,
>>> >> so I expect that the file is generated during the installation.
>>> >> I have done a find within the Gnome file manager and that did not
>>> >> report having found the setup.ins file.
>>> >>
>>> >> I have tried reloading Staroffice twice, having "rm -r -f *" from
>>> >> /root/office52/ and still no luck, I get the same error message.
>>> >>
>>> >> I'm not stuck.
>>> >> What am I doing wrong?
>>> >>
>>> >> --
>>> >> Cheers
>>> >> Paul
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >
>>> >--
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>>> >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>>>
>>>
>>
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From: Sebastian Kollmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Mylex AcceleRAID 170
Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2000 12:22:18 +0100
Hello everyone,
i would be very thankful if somebody could tell me how to setup
RedHat7.0 on a Mylex AcceleRAID 170 controller or how to create a driver
disk that supports this hardware. I've only found some sources of a new
driver that can be compiled into a new kernel. But I really need setup
support.
Thanks for any possible help.
Greetings, Sebastian.
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From: "Nicolas DUTEIL" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Upgrade from RPM 3 to 4 ?
Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2000 13:31:49 +0100
When trying to install jdk 1.3 on my suse 7.0, i got the following msg :
"only packages with major numbers <=3 are supported by this version of RPM"
(i have RPM 3.04)
I saw that it could be solved upgrading to RPM 3.05 but then i got "patch <
2.5 conflict with rpm-3.0.5-9.6..."
When i tried to upgrade "patch" i got "only packages with major..."
Is there a way to upgrade to RPM 4 ?
Thanx by advance
Nico
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (=?iso-8859-1?Q?Jos=E9_Luis_Domingo_L=F3pez?=)
Subject: Re: General Kernel Compile Question
Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2000 13:20:05 +0000
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
El d�a Fri, 15 Dec 2000 10:38:36 +0100,
Michael Heiming <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> escribi�:
> Hello,
>
> do a depmod -a 2.2.18 after compile/install if you get "unresolved
> ...blah..blah" reboot
> and try it again, there should be no errors then, if you've done everything
> right....:-)
>
> Good luck
>
> Michael Heiming
> Sysadmin
>
Maybe rebooting is too much in this situation, and as good Linux users we
should reboot our machines only when absolutely needed. Try switching to
single user mode (init 1) and then returning to full multiuser mode (init
2 or init 3, depends on your distro) to see if modules get loaded
automatically.
--
Jos� Luis Domingo L�pez
Linux Registered User #189436 Debian GNU/Linux Potato (P166 64 MB RAM)
jdomingo EN internautas PUNTO org => � Spam ? Atente a las consecuencias
jdomingo AT internautas DOT org => Spam at your own risk
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Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2000 23:41:39 +1100
From: Ben <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Configuring Sound
Hi,
I have a Creative AWE 64 16-bit Audio (SB16 compatible) sound card.
I have unsucessfully tried to configure sound many times.
I used sndconfig to configure sound, it works but I get error messages
when my system is booting up. The error is that it says something has
failed when it tried to start up the sound related processes.
Also when I play mp3's on Winamp I get the message: "decode loop" when
winamp forwards to the next mp3 to be played.
Can someone please tell me the best way to configure such a sound card.
I have also read the mini howto for AWE cards which states that this
has a low level driver and needs to be configured in a special way.
I am using Red Hat 6.
any help is greatly appreciated.
cheers,
Arun
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From: "ne..." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: General Kernel Compile Question
Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2000 13:27:37 GMT
On Dec 15, 2000 at 02:16, .Adam. eloquently wrote:
>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...
Take a good look at /etc/rc.d/rc.sysinit.
Your answer lies there.
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8:27am up 3 days, 11:25, 9 users, load average: 0.01, 0.02, 0.00
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From: "ne..." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Upgrade from RPM 3 to 4 ?
Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2000 13:30:26 GMT
On Dec 15, 2000 at 13:31, Nicolas DUTEIL eloquently wrote:
>When trying to install jdk 1.3 on my suse 7.0, i got the following msg :
>"only packages with major numbers <=3 are supported by this version of RPM"
>(i have RPM 3.04)
>
>I saw that it could be solved upgrading to RPM 3.05 but then i got "patch <
>2.5 conflict with rpm-3.0.5-9.6..."
No patching necessary. Grab the rpm-3.0.5 rpm and install.
No need for rpm 4.
[...]
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Haste makes waste.
-- John Heywood
8:29am up 3 days, 11:28, 9 users, load average: 0.00, 0.00, 0.00
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Martin Gregorie)
Subject: (Probably) dumb rpm question
Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2000 13:36:32 GMT
I am attempting to install openssh-2.3.Op1-1 on my RedHat 6.2 system,
but I get the following message from rpm:
rpmlib(VersionedDependencies) <= 3.0.3-1 is needed by
openssh-2.3.0p1-1
There does not seem to be any such beast as an rpmlib package, so what
does this mean? It it trying to tell me that I have the wrong version
of rpm for this package?
TIA
Martin
--
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@logica | Logica Ltd
com | +44 020 76379111
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From: Timothy Washington <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: dhcpcd setup
Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2000 13:43:22 GMT
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I'm trying to setup a dhcp client 'DHCPcd' for Linux. doing a make is
no problem. when i do a 'make install' it says:
[twashing@frye dhcpcd-1.3.19-pl2]$ make install
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/local/downloads/dhcpcd-1.3.19-pl2'
/bin/sh ./mkinstalldirs /usr/local/sbin
/usr/bin/ginstall -c dhcpcd /usr/local/sbin/dhcpcd
/bin/sh: /usr/bin/ginstall: No such file or directory
/usr/bin/ginstall -c icmprequest /usr/local/sbin/icmprequest
/bin/sh: /usr/bin/ginstall: No such file or directory
make[1]: *** [install-sbinPROGRAMS] Error 127
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/local/downloads/dhcpcd-1.3.19-pl2'
make: *** [install-am] Error 2
... and I can see the 'configure' script installing 'ginstall' in the
'/usr/bin'
directory.
Problem 2 is that when I execute dhcpcd from the local directory
(dhcp eth0, for example), my ethernet card does not get an inet
address. Has anyone had a similar problem who could help me out.
tim
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I'm trying to setup a dhcp client 'DHCPcd' for Linux. doing a make is
<br>no problem. when i do a 'make install' it says:
<p>[twashing@frye dhcpcd-1.3.19-pl2]$ <b>make install</b>
<br>make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/local/downloads/dhcpcd-1.3.19-pl2'
<br>/bin/sh ./mkinstalldirs /usr/local/sbin
<br> /usr/bin/ginstall -c dhcpcd /usr/local/sbin/dhcpcd
<br><b>/bin/sh: /usr/bin/ginstall: No such file or directory</b>
<br> /usr/bin/ginstall -c icmprequest /usr/local/sbin/icmprequest
<br><b>/bin/sh: /usr/bin/ginstall: No such file or directory</b>
<br>make[1]: *** [install-sbinPROGRAMS] Error 127
<br>make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/local/downloads/dhcpcd-1.3.19-pl2'
<br>make: *** [install-am] Error 2
<p> ... and I can see the 'configure' script installing 'ginstall'
in the '/usr/bin'
<br>directory.
<br> Problem 2 is that when I execute dhcpcd from the local directory
<br>(dhcp eth0, for example), my ethernet card does not get an inet
<br>address. Has anyone had a similar problem who could help me out.
<p>tim
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: modem busy .....oh bugger......
Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2000 13:51:03 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
steve mcclue <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Thu, 14 Dec 2000 17:38:27 +0600, "Alan Burns"
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> >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?
>
> Yes, I did. I'm fairly sure this has nothing to do with the
> attribution of serial IRQs, so I'm completely stumped.
>
Use the lsof program to list processes using the /dev/modem file
like this:
# lsof /dev/modem
COMMAND PID USER FD TYPE DEVICE SIZE NODE NAME
pppd 6537 root 8u CHR 4,65 192680 /dev/ttyS1
#
Also check the /var/log/dmesg, /var/log/boot.log, and /var/log/messages
files for logs of the serial port init, that should tell you if your
com ports are set for the correct IO/IRQ. for example:
# grep tty /var/log/dmesg
ttyS01 at 0x02f8 (irq = 3) is a 16550A
#
HTH
Bluster
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From: "News" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.portable,comp.os.linux.x,comp.sys.laptops,list.linux-activists.laptops,uk.comp.sys.laptops
Subject: X-Windows on Inspiron 5000e
Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2000 14:25:00 -0000
Hi there,
Has anybody got a XF86Config-4 and/or XF86Config file which gets X to run
properly on an Inspiron 5000e ?
Do not reply to this email address directly because it is not valid. Send
mails to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Thanks
Oliver
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From: "dont work" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Configuring Sound
Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2000 14:26:36 -0000
which version of linux you using
i got an sblive value and mdk and rh picked it up no probs
"Ben" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:Pine.GSO.4.10.10012152323010.14989-100000@iwaki...
> Hi,
> I have a Creative AWE 64 16-bit Audio (SB16 compatible) sound card.
> I have unsucessfully tried to configure sound many times.
> I used sndconfig to configure sound, it works but I get error messages
> when my system is booting up. The error is that it says something has
> failed when it tried to start up the sound related processes.
>
> Also when I play mp3's on Winamp I get the message: "decode loop" when
> winamp forwards to the next mp3 to be played.
>
> Can someone please tell me the best way to configure such a sound card.
> I have also read the mini howto for AWE cards which states that this
> has a low level driver and needs to be configured in a special way.
> I am using Red Hat 6.
>
> any help is greatly appreciated.
>
> cheers,
> Arun
>
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From: "Nicolas DUTEIL" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Upgrade from RPM 3 to 4 ?
Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2000 15:42:15 +0100
"ne..." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> a �crit dans le message news:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> On Dec 15, 2000 at 13:31, Nicolas DUTEIL eloquently wrote:
>
> >When trying to install jdk 1.3 on my suse 7.0, i got the following msg :
> >"only packages with major numbers <=3 are supported by this version of
RPM"
> >(i have RPM 3.04)
> >
> >I saw that it could be solved upgrading to RPM 3.05 but then i got "patch
<
> >2.5 conflict with rpm-3.0.5-9.6..."
> No patching necessary. Grab the rpm-3.0.5 rpm and install.
> No need for rpm 4.
> [...]
>
> --
> Registered Linux User # 125653 (http://counter.li.org)
> Haste makes waste.
> -- John Heywood
> 8:29am up 3 days, 11:28, 9 users, load average: 0.00, 0.00, 0.00
>
Thanks but i didn't say i wanted to patch anything...
I tried to install rpm-3.0.5 and i got "patch 2.5 conflict with
rpm-3.0.5-9.6" so i decided to try to upgrade patch from patch 2.5.3 to
2.5.4 and then i got again "only packages with major..."
Well, i you have an explanation...
Nico
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From: Frederick Artiss <[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, 15 Dec 2000 14:48:37 GMT
Easiest thing is to use a linux kernel specially compiled for the job --
try floppyfw and freesco. Either can run on a 486 without a hard drive,
and the floppyfw does a great job at seeing 2 identical NE2000
compatibles (with different IRQ and base address settings of course --
do this in DOS with the supplied diskettes or move jumpers by hand if
applicable)
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: Frederick Artiss <[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, 15 Dec 2000 14:57:31 GMT
Frederick Artiss wrote:
>
> Easiest thing is to use a linux kernel specially compiled for the job --
> try floppyfw and freesco. Either can run on a 486 without a hard drive,
> and the floppyfw does a great job at seeing 2 identical NE2000
> compatibles (with different IRQ and base address settings of course --
> do this in DOS with the supplied diskettes or move jumpers by hand if
> applicable)
>
> Mike Walker wrote:
<clipped for brevity>
> > 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.
I forgot to add that some applications are not compatible with
firewalls. Firewalls are in general designed to block outside traffic
that is not a reply to something you sent. And the sending machine has
no way of guessing your IP masquerade scheme in advance. So a lot of
interactive games won't work with them in place. You're going to have to
seriously evaluate your security needs, and probably decide on just
doing a plug-unplug or switch bypass of some sort to connect directly to
the internet when you want to game play, and some scheme for deciding
what on your computer(s) or network you want to be accessible and what
you don't.
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From: "Tadeusz Bogdan Babiak" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Dual Boot Blues
Date: Sat, 16 Dec 2000 01:31:18 +1030
I know how you feel Bill, I too have just recently trod this path. The
information you seek is indeed is at the address given by Eric but if you
want the short version read on.
The way I did it (with NT4 service pack 5 but Windows 2000 uses the same
files) was to use the NTloader program.
If you load linux second and allow the LinuxLoader (lilo) to reside on the
partition that contains the MBR (master boot record) you will overwrite
NTLDR. This is a file NT needs to boot up. If you have already done this
you will need to read the HOWTO to obtain the Bootpart program to fix
NTloader. If you have any problems with this email me.
Otherwise assuming you loaded lilo to your linux partition your machine will
boot to the normal NT boot options. To be able boot linux as one of the
options you need to edit the boot.ini file located in your Windows partition
to point the way, as it were, to your linux OS.
(I assume you created a boot disk for linux during linux installation)
Boot into linux with a boot disk created for the purpose.
In a terminal or console log in as root.
type in :
dd if=/dev/hdax of=/bootsect.lnx bs=512 count=1
including spaces
Where hdax is your linux partition (from what you wrote about your
partitioning it will probably be hda3. This command will copy your boot
sector information from off you linux partition to a file located in the /
directory and name that file bootsect.lnx. Copy this file to a DOS
formatted floppy with
mount -t msdos /dev/fd0 /mnt
copy /bootsect.lnx /mnt
umount /mnt
Reboot your machine into Windows 2000 and copy the file bootsect.lnx from
the floppy to your C:\> root directory in Windows. Then find and edit
boot.ini in Windows 2000 usually also located in the root directory. This is
roughly how the file looks before editing:
[boot loader]
timeout=5
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT="Windows NT Workstation Version
4.00"
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT="Windows NT Workstation Version
4.00 [VGA mode]" /basevideo /sos
Your version will probably refer to Windows 2000 not NT 4. Add the
following line
c:\bootsect.lnx="Linux "
Save the file. When you reboot your machine, in addition to your normal
Windows 2000 boot options you will also have an option of Linux.
Hope this helps and good luck with linux.
Regards Tad
Bill Courtney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> 2000 automatically loads with no option to load Linux.
>
> What do you mean "add it"? Bear with me, this is my first exposure to
Linux.
>
> Bill
>
> Eric wrote:
>
> > Bill Courtney wrote:
> > >
> > > Aloha kakou,
> > >
> > > I am trying to get Linux to peacefully coexist with Win2000 - already
> > > have 2000 loaded - trying to add Linux.
> > >
> > > I have a 20gb drive. The first 9gb is a partition for Win 2000, then a
> > > 1gb Win 2000 partition, then a 2gb ext2 partition, then a 250mb swap
> > > partition. The rest of the drive is unused.
> > >
> > > Linux installs to the ext2 partition with no problems. However, no
dual
> > > boot options appear.
> > >
> > > Any help before I harm myself would be greatly appreciated. Please
> > > respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > >
> >
> > Where does it not appear?
> > Have you tried to add it?
> >
> > NT is not recognized by default, 'cause the auto-lilo configuring
> > appearantly only looks for DOS partition ID's
> >
> > Eric
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: Problem with samba printer in Mandrake 7.2
Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2000 14:46:52 GMT
Have you done an upgrade to lpr in the last couple months? If so you
might need to reconfigure your printer filters (on both machines) there
were some major changes in lpr recently.
> But print jobs don't get printed.
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From: Dennis McLaughlin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Fixing a screwed up theme in Enlightenment.
Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2000 10:04:46 -0500
Hi Bluster,
Hey thanks for the help. That really hit the spot since the file appears to
be hidden. (?) I'm using Slackware 7 btw.
Here's another question for you. Could you please give me a rundown on
themes. I've been downloading .etheme files and .tar.gz files but I'm not
sure what to do with them. According to http://e.themes.org, I'm supposed to
put the .etheme files in /usr/share/enlightenment/themes but that directory
contains folders yet .ethemes isn't an extractable format (tar and gunzip).
The themes from http://gtk.themes.org with the .tar.gz extensions do contain
directories which appear to correspond to the existing themes I have
already, but when I try to install them from within E, it doesn't appear to
want to work. Sometimes, I even screw up the theme installation, hence the
initial email. :)
The Enlightenment configuration editor contains an option to change the
Theme but so does the Gnome control center. The new theme shows up in one
but not the other. Can you explain where I'm supposed to put which file?
Thanks,
Dennis.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> 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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