Linux-Setup Digest #261, Volume #20 Wed, 20 Dec 00 20:13:11 EST
Contents:
Re: Please help with LILO mess in Mandrake 7.2 ("Peter S.")
XFree86 4.0.2 OUT NOW !!! ("Jimmy Hendrixx")
Re: Mandrake 7.2 (Mike Dooley)
Re: Please help with LILO mess in Mandrake 7.2 - PROBLEM SOLVED! ("Peter S.")
Re: Need help: X display always opens in 8 bpp mode (Yidao Cai)
Re: Environment variable ("Kurt R. Rahlfs")
Re: winmodem working but... (Stanislaw Flatto)
Working with a small HD and a Jaz Drive ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: shit, i cant install it (Graham Wilson)
Re: Need help: X display always opens in 8 bpp mode ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Upgrading Ghostscript's RPM (Bill Unruh)
Re: Need help: X display always opens in 8 bpp mode (srinivas_vanjari)
Re: Need help: X display always opens in 8 bpp mode (Bill Unruh)
Re: winmodem working but... ("PsYcHo CiRcUs")
Re: which LINUX to choose (John Hasler)
Re: Backup of system (Juergen Heinzl)
Re: Getting cable internet to initialise correctly..... ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
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From: "Peter S." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Please help with LILO mess in Mandrake 7.2
Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2000 21:26:47 GMT
When LILO was in the MBR I had the exact same problem. With any selection of
O.S. LILO did not respond. Here below I posted my lilo.conf and partition
table for Eric who will look at it
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Reply-To: "Jimmy Hendrixx" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
From: "Jimmy Hendrixx" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: XFree86 4.0.2 OUT NOW !!!
Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2000 21:29:41 GMT
Do i need to say more ??
Yes....XFree86 4.0.2 is out http://www.xfree86.org/ !
These are some of the changes:
====================
Enhancements to the 4.0 base release.
Darwin/Mac OS X is now supported and the X server runs on PowerPC.
Mesa updated to the latest stable (3.4) release.
Increased ATI support including: ATI Radeon driver adapter support added;
Multi-head configuration support added; Non-Intel platform support improved.
A driver (i128) for Number Nine chipsets has been added.
A driver (savage) for S3 Savage chipsets has been added.
A driver (siliconmotion) for some Silicon Motion chipsets has been added.
The driver (ark) for Ark Logic chips has been ported to 4.x.
A VESA driver has been added.
Support has been added for Linux/mips platform on some SGI hardware..
Improved DRI support for the ATI, 3Dfx, Intel, Matrox, SiS and Sun chips.
The DRI is now also available on Alpha platforms
Xinerama big endian problems have been fixed.
Render support has been added. This extension to the X protocol, uniquely
XFree86's allows image composition and anti-aliasing text.
Significant enhancements to the Internationalisation support in Xlib
New XKB keyboard definitions have been added and updated for some countries.
New xfs updates, including font path verification, and options.
XTerm enhancements
==============================
I just thought i had to mention it to all of you who are interrested........
...............Jimmy
(a 2 week Linux newbie and already love it ! :-))
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From: Mike Dooley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Mandrake 7.2
Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2000 15:34:28 -0600
This is the exact same problem I've had. Does anyone know why it does
this? I've been successful installing SuSe 6.3, RedHat 5.1 and RedHat
5.2. Mandrake hangs at the repartition point on mine just like
Steve's..... WHY?
Mike
Steve wrote:
> I am new to Linux and I am trying to install Mandrake 7.2 into a
> dual boot with Win98. My problem is this, Mandrake installation
> runs fine until it hits the point of repartitioning the hard drive.
> In gui mode it just hangs there, in text mode it returns a
> "Installation Error - Halting" error. My scenario is that I had a
> 3g harddive partitioned to (2) 1.5G drives. I have Win98 on one and
> wanted Linux on the other.
>
> As a test I did let linux install and remove windows and that went
> great. So, I reformatted and reinstalled windows 98 and now want to
> get back to my dual boot. 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?
>
> thanks!
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From: "Peter S." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Please help with LILO mess in Mandrake 7.2 - PROBLEM SOLVED!
Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2000 21:40:35 GMT
I have found the problem on Mandrake's Support:
===================================
Error scenario: LILO and Grub ignores the enter key with Quebec keymap
When: During boot, after installation
Why: They keymap is incorrect for Quebec keyboards
Solution: Download this new keyboard map and save it in the /boot directory.
If you use LILO, execute /sbin/lilo to recreate the boot sector. Grub reads
the file dynamically, so if you use Grub you do not need to do anything
extra.
========================================================
Isn't that something?
Peter
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From: Yidao Cai <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Need help: X display always opens in 8 bpp mode
Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2000 15:33:05 -0600
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
srinivas_vanjari wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
Can somebody help me to get the 16 bpp mode running. I desperately need
> it for some image displaying programs.
In XF86Config, leave only the section for 16 bpp mode, delete all others.
If you use XF86Config-4, just set the default mode to 16.
cai
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email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: "Kurt R. Rahlfs" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Environment variable
Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2000 15:43:41 -0600
Francesco Rossi wrote:
> Hi,
> How i can set environment variable when the users logging in ?
> Examples MAIL is /var/spool/mail, but for me must become ./Maildir
> How i can do this ?
> Thank
For all users change the files /etc/profile and /etc/bashrc.
For individual users change ~ID/.profile and ~ID/.bashrc. (~ID is the
home directory path for each user ID.)
The command you wan to add is:
export MAIL=$HOME/Maildir
don't use the dot here otherwise when you are in a directory other than
your home directory the mailer will look for mail in the directory you
are currently in.
Kurtrr
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From: Stanislaw Flatto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: winmodem working but...
Date: Thu, 21 Dec 2000 08:57:01 +0000
"������� ���������" wrote:
>
>
> Now it responses to AT commands but it keeps saing "NO DIALTONE".
> Thanks in advance, John
Hi John!
The "NO DIALTONE" means that the modem picks up the line and tries to
listen for the buzz, as we humans do.
It happens that the tone is too quiet or wrong frequency, sometimes the
modem is too fast for the exchange and reports before the exchange made
the line active.
So edit the initialisation string of the modem and if it responds to
Rockwell commands insert X0, it means "do not check, just dial".
If your exchange is slow you may have to give it a waiting period before
dialing, this is done by inserting comma before the number to be dialed.
like this ",12345678". It gives 2 seconds before dialing.
Have fun.
--
Stanislaw
Linux counter No.162760
Slak user from Ulladulla.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Working with a small HD and a Jaz Drive
Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2000 21:39:08 GMT
Linux Guru's:
I have recently installed Linux(Redhat 6.2) on an old machine at work(a
P133mhz w/96mbs of ram upgraded to P400mhz). Unfortunately, this
machine has a pretty small harddrive(only 1.2 GB), so I installed a Jaz
2GB drive. I would like to use this machine for experimentation and
development, so I am therefore badly in need of additional space. The
original hard drive layout obviously put everything on the systems
fixed hard drive(the root directory is 99% full). I plan on installing
the upgraded desktops from Gnome and KDE, in addition to ORACLE, Java,
etc.. I am afraid of the speed that I will encounter if I load all of
these things on the Jaz drive. Being a newbie, I am not exactly sure
how I should proceed. Any help with the following questions will be
appreciated:
1) Does it make any sense to clear room on the fixed hard drive for
stuff that is going to be accessed all of the time like Helix GNOME or
the newest KDE? If so then what should I move(I have included a
summary of my HD at the bottom of this message). In addition, how much
of a hassle will this actually be? Although, I think it would be a good
learning experience I don't want to spend a week and a half doing it.
2) Assuming that it does make sense to move the files that are not used
as much to the jaz drive. What steps do I actually need to take to
move the files then let the system know where to find them?
3) Am I better off just re-installing Linux from scratch and trying to
get the file system set up the way that I want it during the install
routine. I would like to avoid this, however, I am not keen on
spending a week(remember I am a newbie) to just get the files the way
that I would like them. I think there are more important things I can
learn once the system is up.
4) Is there any directory that I can probably do without that would
help me save a lot of space. I am afraid of just deleting stuff since
I plan on experimenting with this machine and don't want to delete
stuff that I will need later. I know this question is kind of broad
(since you don't know what I am likely to experiment with) but any
advice would help.
Exhibit A:
The whole / file system
12k /lost+found
2.4M /boot
739M /usr
0 /proc
13M /var
12k /tmp
112k /dev
2.3M /etc
5.2M /bin
18M /home
20M /lib
23k /mnt
1.0k /opt
163k /root
3.5M /sbin
804M /
Exhibit B:
Here I broke out the /usr directory since it was by far the biggest.
16k /usr/lost+found
58M /usr/X11R6
84M /usr/bin
408k /usr/dict
95M /usr/doc
4.0k /usr/etc
36k /usr/games
13M /usr/include
5.5M /usr/info
241M /usr/lib
80k /usr/local
18M /usr/man
6.7M /usr/sbin
183M /usr/share
7.0M /usr/src
848k /usr/libexec
252k /usr/i386-redhat-linux
3.4M /usr/kerberos
5.4M /usr/i486-linux-libc5
18M /usr/webmin
739M /usr
Thanks-
Rodney
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From: Graham Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: shit, i cant install it
Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2000 15:06:54 -0800
IAmGod wrote:
> i have downloaded Linux redhat (its 7.0 i think) i went threw the
> installation steps.. then i got to the partioning thing.. that's where im
> stuck.. my problem is that windows took all of my disk partioning and now
> there isn't any more memory for Linux.. how do i fix that..
>
> some other questions i hope you can help with
>
> will i lose my files if i erase my win98 partion?
> what is LILO?
>
> well thanks.. i hope you can help..
I read the other posts so far and agree with them. Please go to the Linux
Documentation Project and look at the information there. There are
installation guides and a VERY important and useful set of documents called
HOWTOs. Until you have read and partially digested the relevant
documentation you should not be asking for help on the news groups. G.
(And do yourself a favour - lose the IAmGod monicker)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Need help: X display always opens in 8 bpp mode
Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2000 23:00:33 GMT
> Can somebody help me to get the 16 bpp mode
running. I desperately need
> email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I recently changed from a Trident 9480? card to an
ATI Expert 98. This did wonders for my supported
colors under the Xserver. Now I even have 24-bit
color as an option.
If you still have lots of trouble, this may be the
easiest way out. Good Luck!
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (if I can ever get
sendmail to work again)...
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bill Unruh)
Crossposted-To: linux.redhat.rpm
Subject: Re: Upgrading Ghostscript's RPM
Date: 20 Dec 2000 23:34:40 GMT
In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Mike Gifford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
]I want to install a Ghostscript printer driver for my HP Deskjet 697C
]and have found the definitions for this here:
] http://www.erdw.ethz.ch/~bonk/hp850/hp850.html
]The only problem at the moment is that to install this, the README says
]to:
] to compile with gs5.x, simply add
] DEVICE_DEVS4=cdj850.dev cdj670.dev cdj890.dev cdj1600.dev
] to your makefile.
]Unfortunately, I pulled down a RPM for Ghostscript and so I can't insert
]that line into the makefile.
Well, you can, with a tiny bit more labour.
However, if you do
gs --help
It will list a long list of available devices.
See if those are already there. They are on the gs which comes with
Mandrake 7.1, so you could just try installing its rpm for gs.
(Just go to a Mandrake Mirror and get the gs from the rpm files in that
distribution)
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From: srinivas_vanjari <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Need help: X display always opens in 8 bpp mode
Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2000 23:25:52 GMT
Hi,
I tried this out. This works. I have one more problem. I need to switch
between different bpps to test my display program. I am sure it can be
done, but somehow this time luck is not in my favour. I want to use
startx -- -bpp xx to chose the bits per pixel.
Thanks for your help,
--
regards,
srinivas_vanjari,
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bill Unruh)
Subject: Re: Need help: X display always opens in 8 bpp mode
Date: 20 Dec 2000 23:40:17 GMT
In <91qrqk$c28$[EMAIL PROTECTED]> srinivas_vanjari <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
writes:
]I have a redhat linux installed on my system. When ever I opened X
]server using startx the letters and icons were very very small. I
]thought that this was due to high resolution and used X configurator to
]change the resolutions to 640 x 800 and 1024 X ..... I made sure that i
]gave this in all the four bit lengths (8,16,32 and 24) and now whenever
]I open the X server it always opens in 8 bits per pixel mode. I
]checked this out using xdpyinfo (The only depth available was 8). Then
]i tried to use startx -- -bpp 16. Even that did not work out.
startx -- -bpp 16 >/tmp/X 2>&1
and then when X has started look at the file /tmp/X to see why it did
not start in 16 bit mode.
WE have no idea why your system does not run, since you have given us no
information.
]Can somebody help me to get the 16 bpp mode running. I desperately need
]it for some image displaying programs.
]Is there anyway to change the resolution with out going to
]xconfigurator ?
The resolution yes. Alt-ctrl-+ or atl-ctrl-- will do it. The colour
depth-- no.
You need to use startx -- -bpp ##
where ## is the colour depth
and make sure you have that colour depth defined in the
/etc/X11/XF86Config
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From: "PsYcHo CiRcUs" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: winmodem working but...
Date: Thu, 21 Dec 2000 00:03:37 GMT
Don't you mean x3
"Stanislaw Flatto" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> "������� ���������" wrote:
> >
> >
>
> > Now it responses to AT commands but it keeps saing "NO DIALTONE".
>
> > Thanks in advance, John
>
> Hi John!
> The "NO DIALTONE" means that the modem picks up the line and tries to
> listen for the buzz, as we humans do.
> It happens that the tone is too quiet or wrong frequency, sometimes the
> modem is too fast for the exchange and reports before the exchange made
> the line active.
> So edit the initialisation string of the modem and if it responds to
> Rockwell commands insert X0, it means "do not check, just dial".
> If your exchange is slow you may have to give it a waiting period before
> dialing, this is done by inserting comma before the number to be dialed.
> like this ",12345678". It gives 2 seconds before dialing.
> Have fun.
> --
> Stanislaw
> Linux counter No.162760
> Slak user from Ulladulla.
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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: Wed, 20 Dec 2000 23:13:38 GMT
Hank Barta writes:
> Actually, when I recently installed Debian 2.2, it did not dump me into
> dselect. It used some other tool that allowed be to choose 'tasks' that
> I wanted to do, like C++ programming or Perl developement. Then the first
> time I ran 'dselect', it installed a bunch-o-packages that *it* thought I
> should have.
You should have gone directly from tasksel into dselect.
> 'dselect' to be replaced? Well... When it works, it works well. But when
> I want to override it, it really becomes a pitched battle.
Don't use dselect to install packages once you have finished the initial
install. Use apt-get: 'apt-get install foo' will install the package foo
and all its dependencies. console-apt and aptitude are text UI front-ends
for apt. gnome-apt is a GUI front-end for it.
--
John Hasler
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Hasler)
Dancing Horse Hill
Elmwood, WI
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Juergen Heinzl)
Subject: Re: Backup of system
Date: 21 Dec 2000 00:55:09 GMT
In article <lu306.6962$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Francesco Rossi wrote:
>Hi,
>I must backup my Linux system on another disk that is not mounted but
>mountable.
>I must do an exactly copy of system, expacially partition /boot and /
>What command i can use (dd or other) ?
[-]
If both disks are identical, say same model etc., then you can use
dd like this ...
dd if=/dev/sda of=/dev/sdb
... for instance but make sure not to make a typo .. now make sure
again ;)
If not, than you can do this to exclude certain directories for
instance ...
cd /
find . \( -path './mnt/*' -o -path './proc/*' \) -prune -o -print | \
cpio -pvd /mnt
...
The idea is to mount the second disk on /mnt, perhaps it might
look like this afterwards ...
/mnt/
/mnt/usr/
/mnt/home/
... and to copy all but /proc/* and /mnt/' over while letting
cpio create those directories too.
If you want to be able to boot from that second disk via a
kernel floppy for instance, then you need to edit one or some
some files afterwards but esp. /etc/fstab.
Cheers,
Juergen
--
\ Real name : J�rgen Heinzl \ no flames /
\ EMail Private : [EMAIL PROTECTED] \ send money instead /
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: alt.linux,aus.computers.linux
Subject: Re: Getting cable internet to initialise correctly.....
Date: Thu, 21 Dec 2000 01:08:37 GMT
Are you trying to run dhcpcd before installing the module for your
ethernet card ? Look in the dmesg output.
Matthew McKernan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 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!!!
--
George Durbridge
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