Linux-Setup Digest #250, Volume #20 Tue, 19 Dec 00 02:13:07 EST
Contents:
Re: Add PATH to the startup file under Suse7.0 ("Schuylar Marshall")
Re: Redhat 7 & ATA100 (Rogue2000)
Serial port problem ("mu6sys")
Q: How to disable dhcpd in Turbolinux? (newsreader99)
Getting cable internet to initialise correctly..... ("Matthew McKernan")
Re: Redhat 7 & ATA100 ("Tommy Martin")
Re: bootable raid 1 ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Resize NTFS without Administrator Privs to Install RedHat -- Please Help ("John")
HELP -RedHat 6.0 install and Telnet ("why")
Re: That wasn't hard! ... but not ready for everybody... ("Michael")
Re: That wasn't hard! ... but not ready for everybody... (Bill Unruh)
Re: Kernel bug... or Hardware bug ? ... Help (Silviu Minut)
Re: Installation instructions for RedHat 7 and NVIDIA Geforce2 chipset (Daniel)
Linux and MCA (Sean)
Re: Help- Setup of Network Parameters (Tony)
Re: Kernel Upgrade (E J)
Torvalds v Gates in next Superbowl Deathmatch? (well, actually an email conf
question) (Paul Cody Johnston)
Re: Help needed in setting up modem (srinivas_vanjari)
Re: another winmodem question (E J)
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From: "Schuylar Marshall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Add PATH to the startup file under Suse7.0
Date: Mon, 18 Dec 2000 21:01:32 -0700
I put it in the /etc/boot.local file, and I export any enviornmental
strings there as well. This allows for access to users as well as root.
Hope this helps. Sky
"none" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Have you looked for /etc/profile or similar?
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> >
> > Hiya,
> > I know how to add a path of say jdk1.3 (for JAVA 2)on Suse7.0. But each
> > time I login, I need to set the path again. So what's the startup file
> > for Suse7.0 so that I can edit it to add the path automatically?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > David
> >
> > Sent via Deja.com
> > http://www.deja.com/
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From: Rogue2000 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Redhat 7 & ATA100
Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2000 04:32:33 GMT
Thankyou both I'll shall have a read then try a install.
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From: "mu6sys" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Serial port problem
Date: Mon, 18 Dec 2000 09:01:06 +0200
Hi!
I wrote some C program that read data from serial port(the bar codes that
are scanning by bar code reader taht cnnected to the serial port). The
problem is that the received data is not as should be.
What can be a problem?
Thanks,
Alex
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (newsreader99)
Subject: Q: How to disable dhcpd in Turbolinux?
Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2000 12:21:58
When I installed the OS, I chose the dynamic IP address because I did not have
a fixed IP address. Now I have got a fixed IP address. But the DHCPD runs
automatically everytime I reboot the machine. What I did was I have to kill
the dhcpd process and run ifconfig eth0 to get the fixed address. With the
holiday coming, I won't be able to do it in the office in case there is a
power failure.
Can someone tell me what is the quick way to take out the dhcpd process on
startup?
Thanks for the help.
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From: "Matthew McKernan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.linux,aus.computers.linux
Subject: Getting cable internet to initialise correctly.....
Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2000 15:46:12 +1100
I have set up my NIC in Red Hat 7.0. That works fine. I am at a point where
I can type the following and I get access:
/sbin/dhcpcd -d -I coXXXXXX-a eth0
Where coXXXXXXX-a is my login ID. That all works fine. Where I have the
problem is on bootup. During the boot though linux has a look at eth0 and
then after about 30 seconds it comes up as failed. So it doesn't connect to
the net at that point. In past linux set ups some how I managed to get it to
connect at that point. Suggestions?
As a temporary work around I just added the line above (/sbin/dhcpcd -d -I
coXXXXXX-a eth0) to the end of rc.d and that seems to do the trick for now.
I would prefer to have it set so that during boot when eht0 is checked it
can connect then. Doing it that way would also reduce boot times a fair
bit!!!
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From: "Tommy Martin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Redhat 7 & ATA100
Date: Mon, 18 Dec 2000 23:00:00 -0600
Look at www.concoctedlogic.com. There is an article that my be of
relevance.'
Tommy
"Rogue2000" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:Rogue2000-749F31.14584718122000@[192.168.0.1]...
> Can I install RH7 on my computer where the hard drive is connected to
> the onboard ATA100 Promise controller? (A7V) If not what is the best way
> of
> getting RH7 onto this disk.
> Thx
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To:
alt.linux,alt.os.linux.mandrake,alt.os.linux.slackware,alt.uu.comp.os.linux.questions,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.hardware,linux.dev.kernel
Subject: Re: bootable raid 1
Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2000 05:05:03 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
t doesn't matter which drive i pull out, i get the same results
On Mon, 18 Dec 2000 20:55:19 -0500, Chas2K
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>>
>> I am currently doing bootable raid 1 with all of the latest patches
>> for
>> 2.2.18 and then some.
>> When I try to boot the system with either drive removed, I get a bunch
>> of
>> 010101010's in an endless loop.
>> Yet, when both drives are in, the system comes up fine. What am I
>> doing
>> wrong?
>>
>> Using lilo 21.5
>>
>> lilo.conf.hda
>>
>> disk=/dev/md0
>> bios=0x80
>> sectors=63
>> heads=15
>> cylinders=13328
>> partition=/dev/md1
>> start=63
>> boot=/dev/hda
>> map=/boot/map
>> install=/boot/boot.b
>> vga=normal
>> default=vmlinux
>> keytable=/boot/us.klt
>> prompt
>> timeout=50
>> message=/boot/message
>> menu-scheme=wb:bw:wb:bw
>> image=/boot/vmlinuz
>> label=vmlinuz
>> root=/dev/md0
>> append=" ide3=autotune ide1=autotune ide2=autotune hdh=ide-scsi"
>> read-only
>> image=/boot/vmlinux
>> label=vmlinux
>> root=/dev/md0
>> append=" ide3=autotune ide1=autotune ide2=autotune hdh=ide-scsi"
>> read-only
>>
>> lilo.conf.hdc
>>
>> disk=/dev/md0
>> bios=0x81
>> sectors=63
>> heads=16
>> cylinders=16278
>> partition=/dev/md1
>> start=63
>> boot=/dev/hdc
>> map=/boot/map
>> install=/boot/boot.b
>> vga=normal
>> default=vmlinux
>> keytable=/boot/us.klt
>> prompt
>> timeout=50
>> message=/boot/message
>> menu-scheme=wb:bw:wb:bw
>> image=/boot/vmlinuz
>> label=vmlinuz
>> root=/dev/md0
>> append=" ide3=autotune ide1=autotune ide2=autotune hdh=ide-scsi"
>> read-only
>> image=/boot/vmlinux
>> label=vmlinux
>> root=/dev/md0
>> append=" ide3=autotune ide1=autotune ide2=autotune hdh=ide-scsi"
>> read-only
>
>Looks like you're pulling out the drive with the boot sector on it. Is
>your configuration mirroring all of the drives together, or just the
>partitions with data?
>
>Chas2K
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From: "John" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc,linux.redhat.install
Subject: Re: Resize NTFS without Administrator Privs to Install RedHat -- Please Help
Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2000 05:16:20 GMT
I used the DOS based (floppy) partition magic to get Linux installed. It's
now running and happy.
I just need a way to edit the boot.ini file so I can use the NT boot manager
to start linux. Since I can't login I can't modify the file via NT.
I can mount the ntfs (read-only). I'm scared to use the read/write ntfs
because it might mess up the NT.
Any ideas?
Is there a "dos" like floppy that I can boot from and then access the NTFS
parition? I just need to edit a text file.
John
"Dances With Crows" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> On Tue, 19 Dec 2000 02:11:56 GMT, John staggered into the Black Sun and
said:
> >I have a laptop with NT installed on an 18 gig disk. I want to resize
> >the NT partition so I can install RedHat. I do not have Administrator
> >privs so I can't install Parition Magic and resize that way.
>
> ??? You don't have Admin rights on your own laptop?
>
> Or don't you own this laptop? If this is a laptop that you don't own,
> it's a very bad idea to go mucking about the way you want to. If the
> owner happens to be your employer, they will not be happy--most places
> have policies against installing unauthorized software on company
> equipment. Cracking Admin, then installing a new OS on a laptop that
> isn't yours would get any of the systems administrators I've known angry
> with you.
>
> If this is the case, explain to the person who knows the Admin password
> why you need it, and what you're going to do, and see if you can go
> through the proper channels first.
>
> >I think I need some software that can boot from a floppy and then
> >resize the NTFS partition.
>
> There exists a Linux bootdisk that can read and write NT filesystems,
> with a tool that can change NT's equivalent of /etc/shadow. Be prepared
> to deal with the consequences should this tool mangle everything.
>
> --
> Matt G|There is no Darkness in Eternity/But only Light too dim for us to
see
> Brainbench MVP for Linux Admin / Workin' in a code mine, hittin' Ctrl-Alt
> http://www.brainbench.com / Workin' in a code mine, whoops!
> -----------------------------/ I hit a seg fault....
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From: "why" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: HELP -RedHat 6.0 install and Telnet
Date: Mon, 18 Dec 2000 21:49:32 -0800
I can't figure out how or where to change the settings on my 2 linux boxes
for telnet to both of them as root.
I can ftp as root by changing the ftpusers file.
Can someone help me out?.
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Reply-To: "Michael" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
From: "Michael" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,linux.debian.user
Subject: Re: That wasn't hard! ... but not ready for everybody...
Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2000 13:51:40 +1000
"Edward Alfert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:91mkq4$mqv$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
<SNIP>
> BUT... LINUX still ISN'T ready for the masses... I say this because, even
> though the only problem i had was the mouse and the fix was very easy, do
> you really expect everyone to have to search newsgroups in order to get
the
> mouse working? Why wouldn't the /dev/mouse file be created during
install?
> I told the install program i has a 2 button serial mouse? Until the Linux
> distributions can install without any errors, I don't belive it will ever
be
> accepted by the masses... Just my opinion.
>
> newbie,
> Ed
Oh who cares?? Linux is about choice, I don't care if linux is not ready
for the masses, (neither is installing and configuring windows from nothing
for that matter) Linux is ready for me, and thousands of other user's.
If this is a troll, stop it, it's getting tedious.
If your not a troll, and by the rest of your post you may not be, then
please don't post this rubbish to the techy groups, we get inundated with
this crap enough already.
BTW - This is meant as friendly advice.
>
> P.S. I look forward to learning more about Linux and hopefully replacing
> windows as my os of choice. I have been following these 3 newgroups for
> over 1 weeks (though this is my first post) and have learned alot by
reading
> and would like to thank all the helpful people who answer questions from
> newbies like me.
Cheers, and good luck.
-,m
PS. Really wasn't meaning to be to harsh.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bill Unruh)
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,linux.debian.user
Subject: Re: That wasn't hard! ... but not ready for everybody...
Date: 19 Dec 2000 06:16:17 GMT
In <91mkq4$mqv$[EMAIL PROTECTED]> "Edward Alfert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>I told the install program i has a 2 button serial mouse? Until the Linux
>distributions can install without any errors, I don't belive it will ever be
>accepted by the masses... Just my opinion.
I guess Windows is not ready for the masses. It can be horrendous to
install at times. However, almost all Win are installed by the seller of
the computer, not by the users. Linux would be trivial to install by the
dealer.
PS almost everyone does not have mouse problems. You either have
something unusual or you answered a question during install wrongly.
Also Debian is not, from what I have read, the easiest distro to
install.
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From: Silviu Minut <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: Kernel bug... or Hardware bug ? ... Help
Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2000 01:25:03 -0500
> I was getting this kind of messages when one of my ram modules went bad.
> The system would work ok for some time, perhaps as long as the bad region
> was not being accessed, and then it would crash. And the logs looked
> similar. It's definitely worth testing the ram. If you have more than one
> module, pull out one module at the time and let it run. If it still
> crashes, pull out another one. If it doesn't crash anymore, the one you
> took out is bad.
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From: Daniel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: Installation instructions for RedHat 7 and NVIDIA Geforce2 chipset
Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2000 06:30:06 -0000
if you could write down exaclty what you did step by step and post it
here, I'll send it out whereever I can and post it whereever, I'm having a
lot of trouble with these drivers too. I'm still unable to get my card to
work, but I will try what you said. thanks.
bigtiny wrote:
>
>
> I've been struggling with this for a couple of weeks and finally got it
to
> work with help from different threads and people on several linux
> newsgroups. Here's what I did (is there some way to have procedures like
> this archived in a FAQ or something) ????
>
> I am using an ASUS v7100 card with the NVIDIA Geforce2 MX chipset.
>
> Either verify that you're running XFree 4.0.1 or later; or download and
> install it. I'm running RedHat 7.0 so that's what came with the
> distribution.
>
> FTP to ftp1.detonator.nvidia.com/pub/drivers/english and download the
> tarballs for the NVIDIA_kernal and NVIDIA_GLX materials (I think they are
> version 0.9-5).
>
> Now untar both sets (tar xvzf 'filename'). Go to the untarred directory
for
> the GLX stuff and look at the README for the M64 chipset (don't ask me
> why...I just know it worked for me) and make the mod it talks about
> (os-registry.c in the NVIDIA_kernel make directory).
>
> Run make in both directories. In the NVIDIA_GLX* make directory you'll
see a
> file called nvidia_drv.o...copy it to /usr/X11R6/lib/drivers/video (you
> should see nv_drv.o in the same directory...it's for the older nvidia
> chipsets).
>
> Your make for the NVIDIA_kernel might have encountered errors trying to
do
> insmod on the NVdriver file. To get around them I did this from the
command
> line:
>
> modprobe agpgart agp_try_unsupported=1
> modprobe NVdriver
>
> You might have to modprobe the GLX module too....I didn't, but who knows?
>
> Go to /etc/X11 and edit your XF86Config-4 file. In the devices section
> specify 'nvidia' for the driver name.
>
> This worked for me. At the beginning of the XF86Config-4 file there's a
list
> of modules that get loaded. On my system there was a call to load a
module
> called "v41" that didn't exist, so I commented it out.
>
> I also put the modprobe commands in /etc/rc.local at the end so that they
> will get loaded at boot time. I don't boot my system into the X
environment
> initially and this has worked for me. If you boot up directly into X, I
> can't tell you whether doing the modprobes in the rc.local script will
> work...there may boot chronology issues (you may need the modprobes
executed
> before rc.local gets run....) I don't have any experience with this, so I
> don't know.
> If someone does know of a place to archive this procedure and how to do
it,
> please let me know and I'll do it. I installed Linux to learn, and I
learned
> A LOT trying to get this card to work, but I think some of it was
> unnecessarily painful. I think it's just because people are at such
> different levels of experience and certain knowledge is just VERY hard to
> find....anyway, thanks to all who responded various messages and threads
and
> I hope this explanation helps the next person who has to deal with
this...
>
>
>
>
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From: Sean <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Linux and MCA
Date: Mon, 18 Dec 2000 22:33:43 -0800
Anyone know of a disto that I can buy/download that I can install
on a IBM machine with an MCA bus? I do not want to have to
recompile or anything. Just out of the box...
Thanks,
Sean
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Subject: Re: Help- Setup of Network Parameters
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Tony)
Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2000 06:46:36 GMT
Does Computer A get to the Internet? If it does not, get it going to the
Internet through the cable modem first.
Has Computer B ever been configured to get to the Internet through Computer
A? If yes, which OS was it running?
I am opposite of you. I am using Linux (at this moment) to get to the
Internet from a Win98 box. The Linux box is dual boot and usually is
running Win98 with SyGate. I am bringing up the Linux portion and had to
get IP Masq working (it is <G>).
Your questions look to be Win98SE in nature. Not having used 98SE, I am
not going to be a good reference. I'm sure though, that there are web
sites that will have trouble shooting information.
The Linux box needs to be configured for DHCP so that it gets its IP
address from the SE box. Otherwise you could attempt to configure the
Linux box for a static IP. Just be sure to use numbers that are considered
non-routable, such as the 192.168.X.X or the 10.X.X.X series of numbers.
Also, configure the Linux box to use the DNS addresses for your ISP. Also
update your hosts files on all computers involved.
Let me know if this starts you on the road to getting it going.
Later.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Sorenson2743) wrote in
<N9q%5.149259$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>I have spent 2 days trying to set up the parameters in RH7 linuxconfig for
>Computer "B" below, and am getting nowhere. So any help would be greatly
>appreciated! Here's what has been operating fine for me in the past 11
>months:
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From: E J <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Kernel Upgrade
Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2000 06:46:41 GMT
I would not touch kernel 2.3.x because they are developmental kernals.
If you mean 2.2.x or 2.4 when it finally arrives.
do an rpm install of the kernal and have lilo use the new kernel
# vi /etc/lilo.conf
# start of lilo.conf
boot=/dev/hda3
map=/boot/map
install=/boot/boot.b
prompt
timeout=50
message=/boot/message
linear
default=dos
# change the kernel here!!!
image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.2.16-22
label=linux
read-only
append="hdc=ide-scsi"
root=/dev/hda4
other=/dev/hda1
label=dos
#end of lilo.conf
# /sbin/lilo
# reboot
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> HI:
> I am running Turbolinux 6.0 with kernel 2.2.13.I can download
> an rpm for the kernel upgrade .say 2.3.What do I have to do before
> and/or after I upgrade the kernel so that the modules and dependencies
> do not screw me up with a version conflict.Is there a couple of commands
> I can use before or after upgrade.Will kernel 2.3 work ok?
>
> Gb
>
> Sent via Deja.com
> http://www.deja.com/
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From: Paul Cody Johnston <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Torvalds v Gates in next Superbowl Deathmatch? (well, actually an email conf
question)
Date: 19 Dec 2000 06:55:16 GMT
Sorry for the Deathmatch bait. But it would be fun to see... :)
I'm trying to get my Linux computer setup. Happy to be MS free, but I
still have some issues with mail. I want to use fetchmail to get my
messages off the university acct and then use mutt to read them locally on
the linux machine at home. I want to use sendmail (or qmail, if I set it
up) to send messages (MTA).
PROBLEM 1:
The mail I am sending out (with sendmail) does not format the header
correctly presumably since I do not have my hostname setup correctly.
Since the current hostname is 'valinux-system', the message id field in
the header becomes something like:
Message-Id: <00110118461105.03796@valinux-system>
Posting to the discussion groups I am subscribed no longer works since the
spam filters detect that 'valinux-system' is not a valid domain and the
message is rejected. So I'm cut off from discussions til I get this
sorted out.
But here's where I'm confused: Since my linux computer is a desktop and
not a server that's visible to the internet, I can't imagine *any*
hostname that would correct the situation. I am connected to the internet
via cable modem (att/@home). I have a Linksys router between the Linux
box and the cable modem such that I can share the connection with several
computers.
What's the right way to setup sendmail under such conditions?
PROBLEM 2:
Sendmail takes forever to send a message (about 60 seconds). It's very
annoying. I know it's my fault, but how do I fix it?
Thanks very much for your time reading and responding to this message.
Suggestions as to the outcome of the Deathmatch are welcome.
Paul
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From: srinivas_vanjari <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Help needed in setting up modem
Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2000 06:45:26 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (M. Buchenrieder) wrote:
> srinivas_vanjari <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> [...]
>
> >My modem is a win modem
>
> [...]
>
> Bzzt. You lost. This is not a modem at all. Unless it is using
> the PCtel chipset.
Hi,
Is there any way to figure out whether the chipset is PCtel without
rummaging out the computer ?
Thanks a lot,
regards,
srinivas.
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From: E J <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: another winmodem question
Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2000 06:59:49 GMT
I think you are out of luck. This winmodem is neither using the lucent or
PCtel chip set which is usable under linux.
I would email or write to the winmodem chip manufacturer to release the chip
specifications, or binary libraries so at least someone can program for it,
Simon Harvey wrote:
> I have a "56K PCI Voice Modem SF-1156IV+ R9A" modem installed; manufactured
> by Conexant although I can find no ref to it on their website; anyone else
> using this modem with Linux or as a Winmodem is it definitely a no go for
> Linux? I tried the two sites suggested previously and got a bit bogged
> down...
> Any help gratefully received,
> Regards (oh and merry christmas)
> SH
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