Linux-Setup Digest #239, Volume #20 Sun, 17 Dec 00 14:13:06 EST
Contents:
Re: Sparc Printer (Frank Hahn)
How to increase size of dev/loop0 ("Mike Jenkins")
Re: Mandrake 7.2 ("Frederik Himpe")
Re: which LINUX to choose (Fordman)
Re: networking and printing... (almost newbie) (root)
Re: I've searched the HOW-TO's and read the FAQ's BUT nowhere does it show how to
create a directory on anything but the / on /dev/hdan ("Peter T. Breuer")
Re: Voodoo3 3000 & KDE (Mark Dickie)
Re: Thanks linux programmers, free mp3's ("Gene Heskett")
Epson printer problem (Tom Peters)
rebuild 2.2.16-22 Redhat Kernel for shared mem. and semaphores ("Stevie")
Re: Logitech wheel mouse 'TrackMan Marble+' in Mandrake 7.2 ("Dan Jacobson")
Re: networking and printing... (almost newbie) ("Peter T. Breuer")
Re: Telnet connections refused (root)
Re: Configuration not working - 2.4.0-test11 ("Brian Morrison")
Re: which LINUX to choose ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Swap file consumption (Brian)
what's in a linux boot disk? ("Aaron")
Re: which LINUX to choose (John Hasler)
Re: which LINUX to choose (Charlie Ebert)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Frank Hahn)
Subject: Re: Sparc Printer
Date: Sun, 17 Dec 2000 13:10:01 -0000
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Sat, 16 Dec 2000 01:23:20 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>I have recovered a SparPrinter from work that I would like to set up for
>use at home on my RH7 workstation.
>
>I'm guessing that it's a parallel printer, but with a 25 pin rather than
>centronics connector.
>
I have never seen a Sparcprinter so keep that in mind, but I think
these printers may require special hardware to operate.
I typed sparcprinter in http://www.google.com and came up with links
on how to get them to work in Solaris but it looks to me like you
need a special sbus card for the printer to plug into.
If your Redhat workstation is a typical PC (386, 486, etc) system,
then I can guarantee that you do not have an sbus slot. If you have
a Sun Sparc (IPC, IPX, Sparc 4, Sparc 5, Sparc 10, Sparc 20, and
others), then you have a machine with sbus slots.
--
Frank Hahn
All bridge hands are equally likely, but some are more equally likely
than others.
-- Alan Truscott
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From: "Mike Jenkins" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: How to increase size of dev/loop0
Date: Sun, 17 Dec 2000 07:45:15 -0600
I'm running Linux in the DOS loop configuration on my PC. I'd like to
increase the size of the DOS loop that I initially allocated for Linux. Can
anyone tell me what the process is to do that?
Thanks!
James Jenkins
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From: "Frederik Himpe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Mandrake 7.2
Date: Sun, 17 Dec 2000 13:36:16 GMT
In article <3a3aacd9$0$75796$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Steve"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> My plan is to go to expert mode. I do see and
> follow how to select the drive and set the partitions. However, there
> are different partition options like "linux", "swap",etc. Anyone have
> any instructions or proper sizing and steps to get through this?
Just click on the button Auto Allocate, the setup will partition it
automatically for you.
Greets,
Frederik
--
Frederik's Linux-Mandrake Experience Story
http://www.mandrakestory.cjb.net
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From: Fordman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: which LINUX to choose
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,at.linux,ger.pc.linux,linux.debian.qa,linux.debian.user
Date: Sun, 17 Dec 2000 13:43:36 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I have a brand new 30GB desktop which came preinstalled with WinDoze ME.
>
> I want to setup a LINUX and a DOS/WinDoze partition. The availlable
> Linux versions to me are
> DEBIAN GNU/Linux 2.0
> SuSE 6.4 Evaluationsversion
> PC Magazin Linux 6.0 Easy Install Edition
>
> I do not want to create a "religious war" about Linux distributions but
> would appreciate any input about recommendations on which of the above
> mentioned versions I should pick.
>
> TIA
>
> HP Staber/Salzburg
>
Depends mostly on what you want to do with it. Do you do any developing?
If so, the Debian one is probably the best simply because it sounds like
the other two are binary only CDs, so you'd have to download the source for
everything. Whereas the Debian CD would at least have the source for
almost all the software that came in binary form. Except for the pay
packages of course. SuSE tends to give you MUCH more software in the full
version, but I have no idea what the eval one would include. On the other
hand, you do get a lot more software, but a lot of it is pre-alpha
development code, so if stability is an issue for you and you aren't a
developer, a lot of the SuSE software will be of little to no use to you.
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From: root <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: networking and printing... (almost newbie)
Date: Sun, 17 Dec 2000 15:34:17 +0100
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
"Peter T. Breuer" a �crit :
> Brau <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > in linuxconf. I'm not sure I'm giving the right format for I/O and IRQ
> > (I write 0240 and 09 : should I write io=0240 or io=0240-025F (this is
>
> It's 0x240 and 9. Hex and decimal,resepctively. Not octal and octal
> (both with errors).
>
> Insist on an external router. None of this isa card crap. Tell them you
> don't have isa or you are getting a new computer. Don't put up with
> them. You are their customer and they give you what you want! The
> words you are looking for are "I insist".
>
> Peter
Thanks for the advice. I did try 0x240 and you know what ? IT'S WORKING!!!!
(sorry for the noise, but i'm just happy!!!) . This is going to change my
life....
About printing....
Do you think i can do any damage to my printer or my system if i try the
wrong driver
with my printer
(i thought i might try a BJ200 driver with my BJC6200, and see how it goes)
?
Regards,
Brau.
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From: "Peter T. Breuer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: I've searched the HOW-TO's and read the FAQ's BUT nowhere does it show
how to create a directory on anything but the / on /dev/hdan
Date: Sun, 17 Dec 2000 13:44:35 GMT
Linux L driver <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> /dev/hda7 = mount point /
> /dev/hda8 = mount point /home
> If I wanted to create a /newusr on /dev/hda7 I would cd / and then mkdie
> /newusr - easy, so I thought
It is. That's all you need to do. The cd / is not necessary either.
> cd /home and then mkdir ../newusr but it didn't work.
It works fine (despite your inability to carry out the command you said
you would). Your brain is wrong.
Peter
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From: Mark Dickie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Voodoo3 3000 & KDE
Date: Sun, 17 Dec 2000 15:03:33 +0000
Hello,
I have a Voodoo 3 3000 and use it with KDE 2.0 and Mandrake 7.2. I have
also had no joy in running RH on this system but am very happy with
Mandrake. Probably not very useful but just to let you know your hardware
is probably fine.
Leo wrote:
> Seasons Greetings!
>
> I have post an identical thread sometime ago. But for some reasons it just
> didn't show up on my PC and get responds. So I am posting it again. If you
> have read this post somewhere on the earth, probably kindly replied,
> thanks for your time! I will appreciate if you can help me again.
>
> Things go strange on Redhat. Since I upgrade this machine, I can't use the
> KDE environment anymore on Redhat, from V6.1 up to V7.0. If I choose to
> install KDE (not necessary using it), system will return a message saying
> X crashed and ask me to report it as a bug, at the moment it loads GUI.
> Nothing is wrong if I only install Gnome, or install all versions of
> Mandrake, with absolutely the same X settings.
>
> Since this problem exists in more than one major RH release, I think it is
> not be a bug. I am using Voodoo3 3000 in this machines with usual working
> HD, monitor and so on.
>
> I want to know, does someone set up RH secessfuly with Voodoo3 and KDE? I
> am really puzzled. Any suggestions would be great!
>
> Leo
--
===========
Mark Dickie
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Date: 17 Dec 2000 9:50:22 -0500
From: "Gene Heskett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Thanks linux programmers, free mp3's
Gene Heskett sends Greetings to mp3 ;
> free mp3's for download at http://mp3.com/beamused
> just to say thanks for all those linux programmers
> great OS, thanks again.. works great on XMMS
> try "lone runner"
This, asshole, is a text based newsgroup, do NOT post html or binaries.
We'll accept your adv in text, occasionally.
[snip html, and 11+k jpeg]
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From: Tom Peters <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Epson printer problem
Date: Sun, 17 Dec 2000 16:50:07 +0100
I bought an Epson stylus color 680, and hung it on my Linux PC (SuSE
6.4) through the parallel port: it only prints chinese.
My old HP-DJ-550C worked fine (and I use the same parallel cable); I
tried both the old BSD lpd and lpr-ng; of course I re-started the lpd,
and turned the printer off and on, several times.
I used Yast to install the printer, with apsfilter. The entries it made
in printcap look reasonable. For lack of a better choice, I chose
"epsonc" printer, and manually changed the default resolution from
360x180 to 600x600.
Any advice on getting Epson printers to work with Linux are welcome.
--
#>!$!%(@^%#%*(&(#@#*$^@^$##*#@&(%)@**$!(&!^(#((#&%!)%*@)(&$($$%(@#)&*!^$)^@*^@)
Tom "thriving on chaos" Peters
e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: "Stevie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux
Subject: rebuild 2.2.16-22 Redhat Kernel for shared mem. and semaphores
Date: Sun, 17 Dec 2000 16:00:03 GMT
Help,
I need to change the following parameters in my kernel. (Redhat 7.0 distro)
for a new Oracle database.
(SHMMAX, SHMMIN, SHMMNI,SHIMSEG, SEMMSL, SEMMNS, SEMOPM, SEMUNX)
I searched numerous websites and newsgroups for some 7.0 specific
documentation/instructions
on where and how to change the above parameters. From what I've read, the
kernel needs to be rebuilt
but none of the emails or notes suggested how to exactly do this...arg!!!
Can anybody help or suggest some good step by step notes?
Cheers,
Stevie
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From: "Dan Jacobson" <[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: Sun, 17 Dec 2000 23:38:32 +0800
"Mark A. Flacy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ?????
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> In your XF86Config file..
>
> Section "Pointer"
> Protocol "IMPS/2"
> Device "/dev/psaux"
erm, I think for the TrackMan Marble+ it probably has to be:
Protocol "IntelliMouse"
Device "/dev/ttyS1"
> Buttons 5
> ZAxisMapping 4 5
> EndSection
>
> You need the new Mozilla for the wheel mouse to work.
uh, it now works part-time in Netscape, pretty good in these
days of high unemployment. :-(
> For Emacs...
>
> ;; Intellimouse support
> (global-set-key [(mouse-4)] 'scroll-down)
> (global-set-key [(mouse-5)] 'scroll-up)
That created a painful situation the details of which I forgot,
so I pasted together this slob job[?]
(setq jidanni-scroll-distance 4)
(defun jidanni-scroll-up ()
(interactive)
(scroll-up jidanni-scroll-distance))
(defun jidanni-scroll-down ()
(interactive)
(scroll-down jidanni-scroll-distance))
(global-set-key [(mouse-4)] 'jidanni-scroll-up)
(global-set-key [(mouse-5)] 'jidanni-scroll-down)
OK, muchos gracias to you Mr. Mark Flacy, you got my 'TrackMan Marble+' rolling
[though it just will never be as smooth as in win98: do a quick jerk backwards
during a forwards roll, tisk.] Say, where's the win98 Logitech feature of
'smart mouse' or whatever, where it automatically puts the pointer over the
'yes' or default button of choices?
--
www.geocities.com/jidanni E-mail: restore ".com." ???
Tel:+886-4-5854780; starting in year 2001: +886-4-25854780
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From: "Peter T. Breuer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: networking and printing... (almost newbie)
Date: Sun, 17 Dec 2000 16:14:37 GMT
root <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Do you think i can do any damage to my printer or my system if i try the
> wrong driver with my printer
> (i thought i might try a BJ200 driver with my BJC6200, and see how it goes)
You can do no damage at all to your printer (or your computer) in the
electrical sense. On the other hand, if there is a BJC6200 command for
"mangle my worm drives", and that's the BJ200 command for "new line",
then you know what will happen.
Peter
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From: root <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Telnet connections refused
Date: Sun, 17 Dec 2000 15:54:05 GMT
This may help. I am running Debian and had the same problem. Once I
added/uncommented the
telnet line in /etc/inetd.conf , it worked.
MIKE
# /etc/inetd.conf: see inetd(8) for further informations.
#
# Internet server configuration database
#
#
# Lines starting with "#:LABEL:" or "#<off>#" should not
# be changed unless you know what you are doing!
#
# If you want to disable an entry so it isn't touched during
# package updates just comment it out with a single '#' character.
#
# Packages should modify this file by using update-inetd(8)
#
# <service_name> <sock_type> <proto> <flags> <user> <server_path> <args>
#
#:INTERNAL: Internal services
#echo stream tcp nowait root internal
#echo dgram udp wait root internal
#chargen stream tcp nowait root internal
#chargen dgram udp wait root internal
discard stream tcp nowait root internal
discard dgram udp wait root internal
daytime stream tcp nowait root internal
#daytime dgram udp wait root internal
time stream tcp nowait root internal
#time dgram udp wait root internal
#:STANDARD: These are standard services.
telnet stream tcp nowait telnetd.telnetd /usr/sbin/tcpd
/usr/sbin/in.telnetd
ftp stream tcp nowait root /usr/sbin/tcpd
/usr/sbin/wu-ftpd -l
"J. Robert Buchanan" wrote:
> Hello,
>
> After upgrading to RedHat 7.0 I noticed that telnet attempts into my
> system are now refused. Connections to the web server running on my
> machine are also refused. However, ftp connections work
> fine. Everything used to work fine under 6.2. I believe that RH 7.0 is
> using xinetd whereas RH 6.2 was using inetd. A quick examination of
> the xinetd.conf files did not reveal a problem. Is there some
> configuration file which has changed? What do I need to reset?
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> --
> Bob Buchanan ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
> Phone: 717-872-3659, FAX: 717-871-2320, http://www.millersville.edu/~jbuchana
> Mathematics Dept. Millersville University
> P.O. Box 1002, Millersville, PA 17551-0302
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From: "Brian Morrison" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Configuration not working - 2.4.0-test11
Date: Sun, 17 Dec 2000 13:45:19 +0100 (BST)
Reply-To: "Brian Morrison" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
On Sat, 16 Dec 2000 19:30:34 -0800, Drew wrote:
>And I'm
>such a newbie that I don't know if the ATA100 driver is something that is
>even available as a patch or RPM. Does it have to come with the kernal, or
>can it be added into the kernal via patch or RPM?
Have a look at www.linux-ide.org, you can find patches there for stock
2.2.1x kernels and for 2.4.0-test series.
As for the sound card, not sure about that I'm afraid.
--
Brian Morrison [EMAIL PROTECTED]
to reply, change address from 'news' to 'bdm'
...Grim faced, cold as fishwife's fingers, he snatched from the wall
the sickle-sharp boar tusks he used for defacing Readers' Digest....
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,at.linux,ger.pc.linux
Subject: Re: which LINUX to choose
Date: Sun, 17 Dec 2000 16:29:05 GMT
My guess is that you're going to have a bad linux experience using any of
those three, not so much because of who they are but what they are. You can
get better versions
I'd add a fourth choice and try to get the latest version of Mandrake. You
can download it and burn a CD as an .iso very easily.
My .02
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I have a brand new 30GB desktop which came preinstalled with WinDoze ME.
>
> I want to setup a LINUX and a DOS/WinDoze partition. The availlable
> Linux versions to me are
> DEBIAN GNU/Linux 2.0
> SuSE 6.4 Evaluationsversion
> PC Magazin Linux 6.0 Easy Install Edition
>
> I do not want to create a "religious war" about Linux distributions but
> would appreciate any input about recommendations on which of the above
> mentioned versions I should pick.
>
> TIA
>
> HP Staber/Salzburg
>
>
Sent via Deja.com
http://www.deja.com/
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Date: Sun, 17 Dec 2000 16:38:29 +0000
From: Brian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Swap file consumption
When I boot up linux, log in and run "top", my swap file is 100%
utilized!
0 available. Needless to say, when I run startx I don't have much room
to play with.
I haven't run any program, other than top. What's consumming my swap
file?
How do I stop it?
Brian
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: "Aaron" <bombarumba@hot*SpamMeNot*mail.com>
Subject: what's in a linux boot disk?
Date: Sun, 17 Dec 2000 11:51:15 -0500
what's in a linux boot disk?
after making some changes in linuxconf and rebooting, my linux doesn't start
up and kernel panics. Something about swapping & not being able to sync.
But i can boot linux up with my boot disk.
What's in my boot disk? Is there any way i can replace how linux boots from
the hard disk with how it boots from my floppy?
thanks!
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From: John Hasler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,at.linux,ger.pc.linux,linux.debian.qa,linux.debian.user
Subject: Re: which LINUX to choose
Date: Sun, 17 Dec 2000 16:41:44 GMT
Fordman writes:
> Whereas the Debian CD would at least have the source for almost all the
> software that came in binary form. Except for the pay packages of
> course.
There are no 'pay' packages in Debian. All Debian packages are free.
There are 'binary-only' Debian CD's, but the sources for all Debian
packages are available at www.debian.org (as are all Debian binary
packages). 2.0 includes about 2000 packages. The current stable release,
2.2r2, includes about 4000, while unstable contains about 5000 right now.
I suggest that Mr. Staber purchase a set of Debian 2.2r2 CD's from one of
the many Web vendors. 2.0 is rather old.
--
John Hasler
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Hasler)
Dancing Horse Hill
Elmwood, WI
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Charlie Ebert)
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,at.linux,ger.pc.linux,linux.debian.qa,linux.debian.user
Subject: Re: which LINUX to choose
Reply-To: Charlie Ebert:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Sun, 17 Dec 2000 18:22:22 GMT
On Sun, 17 Dec 2000 16:41:44 GMT, John Hasler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Fordman writes:
>> Whereas the Debian CD would at least have the source for almost all the
>> software that came in binary form. Except for the pay packages of
>> course.
>
>There are no 'pay' packages in Debian. All Debian packages are free.
>There are 'binary-only' Debian CD's, but the sources for all Debian
>packages are available at www.debian.org (as are all Debian binary
>packages). 2.0 includes about 2000 packages. The current stable release,
>2.2r2, includes about 4000, while unstable contains about 5000 right now.
>
Woody has over 6,100 packages as of right now.
>I suggest that Mr. Staber purchase a set of Debian 2.2r2 CD's from one of
>the many Web vendors. 2.0 is rather old.
>--
>John Hasler
>[EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Hasler)
>Dancing Horse Hill
>Elmwood, WI
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