Linux-Setup Digest #262, Volume #20 Thu, 21 Dec 00 02:13:09 EST
Contents:
how do i find WinME back? (Jixian Yao)
Re: path env var not properly set (ljb)
Re: Getting cable internet to initialise correctly..... ("Michael")
Re: Need help: Howto move linux system from one hdd to another. ("Michael")
Re: Need help: X display always opens in 8 bpp mode (John Beardmore)
Re: at home firewall setup ("Conspirator")
Re: Getting cable internet to initialise correctly..... (Mark W. Stroberg)
Re: Gradual Time Sync ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Xserver (Chan Chung Hang Christopher)
Re: GeForce2 MX (Creative) Linux Problem (Chan Chung Hang Christopher)
Re: how do i find WinME back? (Keith)
Re: PLEASE READ THIS ONE ("Patrick Bartek")
Setting up diskless booting linux clients (John Von Essen)
Help please for sendmail with webmail functions (howisit)
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From: Jixian Yao <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: how do i find WinME back?
Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2000 17:36:52 -0800
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hi,
I installed RH linux 6.1 on a Sony PCG-Z505LS notebook, in order to make
X work, I had to
add a line in the lilo.conf, hence needed to re-run lilo, after that
WinMe didn't boot anymore,
I can still see the dos entry at LILO prompt, and it just hangs when
selected. Linux boots fine.
RH Linux 6.1 (kernel 2.2.12-20) does not support USB (the floppy drive
is connected thru USB port).
I tried to unload lilo by lilo -u, it didn't seem to work (lilo still
there, and still boots fine to Linux).
WinME CDs (recovery and the basic) don't boot. If I could somehow
recover windows, I'll
use loadlin to load linux from windows, that seems a safer way to have
to OS on one disk.
Could somebody help me to recover Windows without losing (re-installing)
Linux? (I can't even
create a bood disk to floppy).
Thanks,
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (ljb)
Subject: Re: path env var not properly set
Date: 21 Dec 2000 01:59:41 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>Hi!
>
>I've modified my bash startup file ($HOME/.bash_profile) to include the
>path
>to the JDK as follows:
> PATH=$PATH:$HOME/bin:/usr/java/jdk1.3/bin
>I've modified the system startup file (/etc/profile) as well, to read:
> PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:$PATH:$HOME/bin:/usr/java/jdk1.3/bin
>
>When I reboot the system and type:
> echo $PATH
>or
> which java
>I can't see any changes (no sbin, no jdk1.3) and java is not found. None
>of the
>startup files are loaded. Why? Something is setting my $PATH the wrong
>way (my
>PATH shows some missing kde2 directories...).
>I've tried renaming my .bash_profile to .profile, but no way.
>However, if I type
> . $HOME/.bash_profile
>the new $PATH is loaded.
>
>I wish to know the way to set the $PATH at startup without having to do
>it by
>hand. I want to know which of the thousands files in my hard disk is
>responsible for the $PATH I have.
I assume you are running an X login, like KDE or Gnome... it's a lot harder
than it should be. With a console or telnet login, the files you modified
(either one) should have done it. Most likely your GUI login isn't making
your shells "login shells", so they don't run profiles. Try adding the
path in ~/.bashrc - assuming your login shell really is bash, it will
run this script for non-login interactive shells.
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Reply-To: "Michael" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
From: "Michael" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.linux,aus.computers.linux
Subject: Re: Getting cable internet to initialise correctly.....
Date: Thu, 21 Dec 2000 10:11:46 +1000
"Matthew McKernan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:tBB%5.161476$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> 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!!!
>
It could be the eth0 at the end. It's been a fair while since I've read the
docs, however I thought those options went into /etc/dhcpcd.conf IIRC along
a syntax like "interface eth0", then just use the command /sbin/dhcpcd -h
co1234567-a
^
I thought that was how you specified host, but I could be thinking of pump.
If you still having further problems I'll see how mines setup when I get
home tonight.
-,m
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Reply-To: "Michael" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
From: "Michael" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.linux,linux.redhat.install
Subject: Re: Need help: Howto move linux system from one hdd to another.
Date: Thu, 21 Dec 2000 10:34:49 +1000
"Georgy Goshin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:3a40ddbc$0$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Hello,
>
> I have RedHAT Linux 6.1 server installed and there is a lot of users
> created. Now I would like change the HDD on this server. Please avdive me
a
> method how to move a system to another disk.
>
There is an article on http://www.thelinuxgurus.org/index.html that you
might find useful.
And please don't cross post so rabidly.
-,m
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From: John Beardmore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Need help: X display always opens in 8 bpp mode
Date: Thu, 21 Dec 2000 02:06:31 +0000
In article <91rdmd$sge$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes
>> 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.
Why should this be a problem ? Isn't it the norm these days ?
Cheers, J/.
--
John Beardmore
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Reply-To: "Conspirator" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
From: "Conspirator" <[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: Thu, 21 Dec 2000 03:13:50 GMT
And where else would someone get a 486 unless they're 35 and living in their
mothers house and still a virgin?
"Frederick Artiss" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> 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: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Mark W. Stroberg)
Crossposted-To: alt.linux,aus.computers.linux
Subject: Re: Getting cable internet to initialise correctly.....
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Thu, 21 Dec 2000 05:25:56 GMT
Matthew:
Search for a file called "ifup" on your hard drive. Edit this file,
and replace the call to pump near the bottom of the file with the call
to dhcpcd exactly as it works for you. Your network settings should
configure themselves at bootup then. Let me know if this works.
Mark W. Stroberg
On Tue, 19 Dec 2000 15:46:12 +1100, "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!!!
>
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Gradual Time Sync
Date: Thu, 21 Dec 2000 05:22:24 GMT
Hi !
How would I know that the time diff comes under the category "big jump" or
"small jump". Syr for example, Server A is 1 day behind and Server B is 5 day
ahead of the correct time, and I use ntpd, how much time would they take to
come into sync and how "big/small" would be the jumps...
Ram
In article <91qmip$qbt$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Steve Bellenot) wrote:
> In article <91qjq7$4e3$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> >
> >Hi !
> >
> >I would like to synchronuze time between servers which are already
> >lagging behind...and I want them to be done gradually. If I am going
> >install ntpd and use it during startup, that would mean a sudden change
> >in time of the system , which I fear would create problems for my
> >version controlling system. Also, if the current time on the server is
> >in future and if I do a sync, and if it changed my ver system, I would
> >run into problems. is there any solution for sycing the time gradually
> >( say, 2 secs increase per hr. ) so that the changes are gradual ?
>
> My understanding is that xntpd never makes big adjustments and that
> is partly the reason for ntpdate in many of the init scripts. The
> utility ntpdate will not make `jumps' if the clock is `close' enough
> but will will if the jomp is `big enough' to take a `long time'. On
> my system long time=0.5 second. ntpdate -b is suppose to never take
> big jumps. (This is from a man page on Solaris.)
> --
> http://www.math.fsu.edu/~bellenot
> bellenot <At/> math.fsu.edu
> +1.850.644.7189 (4053fax)
>
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From: Chan Chung Hang Christopher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Xserver
Date: Thu, 21 Dec 2000 13:36:38 +0800
checkout www.xfree86.org and let us know what card you've got
Gurusubramanian wrote:
> hello,
> While installing redhat linux 6.2 on my machine in X mode,
> it complains saying Xstartup failed and proceeds the installation in
> textmode and it was successful. I did a custom class installation.
> Thereon I am not able to have xwindows or gui with my linux.
>
> So from where do I get info on Xserver and from where can I download
> this?
> Cheers
> Guru
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From: Chan Chung Hang Christopher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.comp.linux,alt.comp.periphs.videocards.nvidia,alt.comp.periphs.videocards.nvidia.programming,comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.questions,comp.os.linux.x,linux.redhat,linux.redhat.i
Subject: Re: GeForce2 MX (Creative) Linux Problem
Date: Thu, 21 Dec 2000 13:38:25 +0800
go get the new version (4.0.2)
That's the only one that supports the Geforce 2 series.
Maverick wrote:
> I'm having problems installing my Creative GeForce2 MX under RedHat Linux 7,
> the drivers that came with linux don't recognize my GeForce2 MX, then i
> installed the NVIDIA 0.9-5 drivers, and when i installed them it gave a
> problem with agpgart module, it wont install that module because it couldn't
> find a supportable VIA chipset, then i tried the agp_try_unsupported=1 and
> it installed the agpgart module, and then i was able to install the nvidia
> drivers, but when i start X-WINDOWS it crahes the computer.
>
> My configuration: Intel Pentium III (EB) 667 Mhz, ASUS CUV4X Motherboard
> (VIA chipset), 128 MB RAM (133 Mhz), RedHat Linux 7.0, XFree86 4.0.1.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Keith)
Subject: Re: how do i find WinME back?
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Thu, 21 Dec 2000 06:01:28 GMT
On Wed, 20 Dec 2000 17:36:52 -0800, Jixian Yao
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I installed RH linux 6.1 on a Sony PCG-Z505LS notebook, in order to make
> X work, I had to
> add a line in the lilo.conf, hence needed to re-run lilo, after that
> WinMe didn't boot anymore,
> I can still see the dos entry at LILO prompt, and it just hangs when
> selected. Linux boots fine.
> RH Linux 6.1 (kernel 2.2.12-20) does not support USB (the floppy drive
> is connected thru USB port).
>
> I tried to unload lilo by lilo -u, it didn't seem to work (lilo still
> there, and still boots fine to Linux).
> WinME CDs (recovery and the basic) don't boot. If I could somehow
> recover windows, I'll
> use loadlin to load linux from windows, that seems a safer way to have
> to OS on one disk.
>
> Could somebody help me to recover Windows without losing (re-installing)
> Linux? (I can't even
> create a bood disk to floppy).
>
In dos, you will need to use your Windows/dos Boot floppy, type:
fdisk /mbr
When you installed RH 6.1 you did make a boot floppy right?
On RH CD there is a document and a program in /images called
RAWRITE.*
you can use to create a boot floppy for linux.
Boot up linux and create a new lilo or create a boot floppy
for your system. In some systems the command mkbootdisk is
available. See the Boot Disk How-to for more help. I don't
recommend using loadlin with WinME, but if you must read the
loadlin docs on your CD or the Loadlin How-to.
--
Best Regards,
Keith (Use Reply-to for email)
Where do you discover free software for Windows? Strongsignals DOT COM is a
great place to start: http://Strongsignals.com "Where would Christianity be
if Jesus got eight to fifteen years with time off for good behavior?" NY
State Senator James Donovan, speaking in support of capital punishment.
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From: "Patrick Bartek" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: 20 Dec 2000 19:02:45 +0800
Subject: Re: PLEASE READ THIS ONE
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> i have been downloading the iso for Linux.. i am at 80% now and by the time
> you read this it will probably be done.. (its only 44kbps, so it takes a
> couple days) i need to know if when i install this is it going to mess up my
> windows... I've been reading alot of the posts and alot of the questions are
> how to make a duel boot machine.. cant i just install Linux and edit my
> autoexec.bat so that it will prompt me on the OS i want to use.. i just want
> to be sure im not going to mess up windows when i install Linux... if
> anybody can help me email me back [EMAIL PROTECTED] thanks
If you want to really be safe, get a second hard drive and install
Linux on it. Then during the Linux installation have LILO installed
on a floppy. Change your BIOS boot setting to boot 1st off the
floppy followed by C: Your computer will boot automatically to
Windows, if you don't inset the floppy; and Linux, if you do.
--
Patrick Bartek
NoLife Polymath Group
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From: John Von Essen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.questions,comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.help
Subject: Setting up diskless booting linux clients
Date: Thu, 21 Dec 2000 06:24:29 GMT
Hello,
I am really stuck. I am trying to setup a simple client-server demo,
where the client is diskless and will boot over the network via the
linux server. The client machine has onboard networking and PXE support.
On the server I have setup DHCP properly, and its working. TFTP is
installed and working from the directory /tftpboot. I am using local
IP's for this demo (192.168.x.y, etc).
Now, other than what I said above, I dont know where to go next. If I
try to boot the client, it grabs an IP, then hangs at the TFTP prompt. I
realize that there is a whole bunch of stuff that has to be setup in
/tftpboot, but I have no idea how to do it and cant find any
documention. I really need help on this. If anybody has done this kind
of configuration before, I would really appreciate some help. I am
actually willing to pay for some level of support for this, since I need
to get it done quickly. Thanks in advance.
-john v.e.
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: howisit
Subject: Help please for sendmail with webmail functions
Date: 21 Dec 2000 05:58:16 GMT
Anybody knows where to download a sendmail system with webmail functions? it will be
used on solaris 2.5.1. Thank you.
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