Linux-Setup Digest #308, Volume #20 Sat, 30 Dec 00 01:13:10 EST
Contents:
Re: Setting locale failed ("Nikola")
Re: Help on ftp and telnet problem ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
sawfish theme install (ruess)
Re: install from a partition. ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Slack 7.1 'install.iso' ("Paul Morris")
rh 6.2 install - kernel panic ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Video problems in RH 7.0 install ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
gotmail..more ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: SCSI Zip drive in RH 6.2 $@#!? (John Thomas)
Re: Default Mdk 7.2 fstab file needed... (Guy Parry)
Re: Even with big book, RH linux fails to run coherently,,,,,,,,,,,,, :-( (David M.
Cook)
Kernel Compiling question
Re: Newbie hardware compatability question ("Julio")
Re: modem (Glitch)
Problem with SiS630 (integrated) sound card (Raymond Li)
Re: What is Python and Kt (RH6.2)???? ("weberd")
New Mandrake installation hangs on booting ("Peter Lawrance")
Re: Kernel Compiling question (E J)
how to change X settings? ("Steve in Phx")
Re: how to change X settings? (Bit Twister)
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From: "Nikola" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.misc,linux.redhat.misc
Subject: Re: Setting locale failed
Date: Sat, 30 Dec 2000 01:32:12 +0100
Yes Chris, but I again have that message when I try to use Perl in XWin.
Chris Albert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Nikola wrote:
>
> > Yes, you are all rigth, I don't have them on system.
> >
> > Which packages I have to install?
> >
> > It is Linux Red Hat 6.2, kernel 2.2.16.
>
> Nikola,
>
> You dont need to install anything.
> You have perl, and you just want to
> get rid of an annoying error message
> due to some lack of configuration information.
>
> Try doing the following at the command prompt
>
> export LC_ALL=C
>
> and now run perl and see if the errors continue.
>
> Like I said before, you might want to read the perllocale man page.
>
> Good luck
>
> Chris
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Help on ftp and telnet problem
Date: Sat, 30 Dec 2000 00:42:56 GMT
Chris,
192.168.0.8 is the ip address of the RedHat server.
My Win2K laptop is 192.168.0.33 and my telnet and ftp connections use ip
address. So no DNS is involved unless RedHat does a inverse DNS lookup.
Roger
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Chan Chung Hang Christopher
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Is 192.168.0.8 the Ip of the server or Windows 2000 machine?
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> > Chris,
> >
> > Yes, my /etc/hosts looks like this:
> >
> > 127.0.0.1 localhost localhost.localdomain
> > 192.168.0.8 gemini.xyz.com
> >
> > It still takes very long to get the telnet login prompt. FTP connection
> > refused by RedHat.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Roger
> >
> > In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> > Chan Chung Hang Christopher
> > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > have you set the hostname properly in the server's /etc/hosts file?
> > >
> > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > >
> > > > Hi,
> > > >
> > > > I installed RedHat 7.0 workstation and installed xinetd, wu-ftpd and
> > > > telnetd.
> > > >
> > > > I connect my Win2K PC on the same LAN and try to telnet and ftp to
> > the
> > > > RedHat server. It takes very long (over 2 minutes) to have a telnet
> > > > login screen coming back from RedHat. For ftp, it does not ask me
> > for
> > > > and username/password and connected refused.
> > > >
> > > > I setup my hostname and doman name properly. The ftpaccess file is
> > > > default.
> > > >
> > > > However, if I use the telnet and ftp clients on the RedHat, it works
> > > > quick.
> > > >
> > > > Any clue?
> > > >
> > > > Regards,
> > > > Roger Luk
> > > >
> > > > Sent via Deja.com
> > > > http://www.deja.com/
> > >
> > >
> >
> > Sent via Deja.com
> > http://www.deja.com/
>
>
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From: ruess <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: sawfish theme install
Date: Fri, 29 Dec 2000 17:51:43 -0800
Hi there,
I'm having quite a trying time installing a simple theme into Sawfish
(on Gnome- Mandrake). Basically, I've downloaded a .tar.gz file, and
copied it into /usr/share/sawfish/themes, and removed the numbers from
the filename.
Nevertheless, when I go to Gnomes Control Center, I can only find
"default" listed. And when I try to add another using the "Install new
theme" and select my tar.gz file, it does absolutely nothing!
I can't figure out whether or not I'm correct in using Gnomes Control
Center to select the theme??
If anyone could offer some assistance with the problem, I'd be most
grateful!!
Thank you!
kevin marshall
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: install from a partition.
Date: Sat, 30 Dec 2000 02:08:39 GMT
Hi,
I think there is a special program to copy the base system onto a FAT
partition in raw format - you can't just copy them across. Have a look
around for a program called rawrite methinks....I know that is what you
have to do with floppies on DOS so it should be similar....
--ibs.
In article <92j4ni$4nn$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I know you can do this type of installation. I'm just not sure of the
> specifics.
>
> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> SivaramaKrishnan Nageswaran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > This is a multi-part message in MIME format.
> > --------------B86FECD0E22A2A9FCC3F5525
> > Content-Type: multipart/alternative;
> > boundary="------------033DADE72BC1E772DE2E03AF"
> >
> > --------------033DADE72BC1E772DE2E03AF
> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
> > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
> >
> > I don't think that you can do such type of installations. You can
try
> > either from the net by ftp or through CD.
> >
> > Regards
> > Siva
> >
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > I am attempting to install Red Hat 7.2 from FAT partition on an NT
> box.
> > > The files were downloaded to the D:\RedHat directory. I want to
> > > actually overwrite the NT so there are no space problems.
> > >
> > > My problem is that when I boot with the Linux boot disk and type
in
> the
> > > location of the RedHat directory, I get a message saying that the
> files
> > > can't be found. I've double-checked everything; could the fact
that
> > > they are in a DOS partition be preventing the Linux boot disk from
> > > finding them? If not that, I'm stumped and the Red Hat
installation
> > > guide has very little to say about partition-based installs.
> > >
> > > Please let me know,
> > > Mike Cooper
> > >
> > > Sent via Deja.com
> > > http://www.deja.com/
> >
> > --
> > SivaramaKrishnan Nageswaran
> > Lucent Technologies
> > Bell Labs Innocations
> > Tel Dir:- (091)(080)5052490
> >
> > --------------033DADE72BC1E772DE2E03AF
> > Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii
> > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
> >
> > <!doctype html public "-//w3c//dtd html 4.0 transitional//en">
> > <html>
> > I don't think that you can do such type of installations. You can
try
> either
> > from the net by ftp or through CD.
> > <p>Regards
> > <br>Siva
> > <br>
> > <p>[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > <blockquote TYPE=CITE>Hi,
> > <p>I am attempting to install Red Hat 7.2 from FAT partition on an
NT
> box.
> > <br>The files were downloaded to the D:\RedHat directory. I
want
> > to
> > <br>actually overwrite the NT so there are no space problems.
> > <p>My problem is that when I boot with the Linux boot disk and type
in
> > the
> > <br>location of the RedHat directory, I get a message saying that
the
> files
> > <br>can't be found. I've double-checked everything; could the
> fact
> > that
> > <br>they are in a DOS partition be preventing the Linux boot disk
from
> > <br>finding them? If not that, I'm stumped and the Red Hat
> installation
> > <br>guide has very little to say about partition-based installs.
> > <p>Please let me know,
> > <br>Mike Cooper
> > <p>Sent via Deja.com
> > <br><a
> href="http://www.deja.com/">http://www.deja.com/</a></blockquote>
> >
> > <pre>--
> > SivaramaKrishnan Nageswaran
> > Lucent Technologies
> > Bell Labs Innocations
> > Tel Dir:- (091)(080)5052490</pre>
> > </html>
> >
> > --------------033DADE72BC1E772DE2E03AF--
> >
> > --------------B86FECD0E22A2A9FCC3F5525
> > Content-Type: text/x-vcard; charset=us-ascii;
> > name="nsiva.vcf"
> > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
> > Content-Description: Card for SivaramaKrishnan Nageswaran
> > Content-Disposition: attachment;
> > filename="nsiva.vcf"
> >
> > begin:vcard
> > n:Nageswaran;Sivarama Krishnan
> > tel;work:00 (91) (080) 505 2490
> > x-mozilla-html:FALSE
> > org:Lucent Technologies, Bell Labs Innovations;GSM OMC - CCC
> > version:2.1
> > email;internet:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > title:Software Engineer
> > adr;quoted-printable:;;Golf View Campus=0D=0AWind Tunnel
> Road=0D=0AMurgesh Palya;Bangalore;Karnataka;560017;India
> > x-mozilla-cpt:;-30240
> > fn:Sivarama Krishnan Nageswaran
> > end:vcard
> >
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> >
> >
>
> Sent via Deja.com
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>
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From: "Paul Morris" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux
Subject: Re: Slack 7.1 'install.iso'
Date: Sat, 30 Dec 2000 02:28:35 -0000
Iv`e never had any probs burning the Slackware ISO`s using Nero .
"Bill" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:vf036.39605$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> I've burned alot of them, but not with Nero. I use
> http://www.fireburner.com/ and never had a problem
> "Sean Tuttle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> news:HUV26.200560$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> > Yeah has anybody successfully downloaded and burned the install.iso file
> off
> > of ftp.slackware.com and had it be bootable? I've tried twice using
nero
> > and it won't boot. I was wondering if anyone knows why. Any help would
> be
> > appreciated. I don't think there should be anything difficult about it.
> > thanks.
> >
> >
>
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: rh 6.2 install - kernel panic
Date: Sat, 30 Dec 2000 02:26:28 GMT
I'm trying to install red hat 6.2 on an old 486.
I installed a trinity works overdrive cpu based
on the AMD 5x86 chip. The board speed is 33 and
the cpu speed is 133. The cd-rom is non-bootable
so I need to use boot disks. However, I can't
even get the installation started because so
after the boot process starts on the boot disk I
receive the following message:
-CPU: AMD Am5x86-WT stepping 04
-Kernel panic: Kernel compiled for Pentium+,
requires TSC
-In swapper task - not syncing
I don't know what this means. If anyone has any
ideas I would be very appreciative. Thanks.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Video problems in RH 7.0 install
Date: Sat, 30 Dec 2000 02:28:01 GMT
I tried to install RH 7.0 in my machine, described below, and when the
X screen with the "red hat" appears the display is misconfigured
without condition to continue. What's happenned?
Machine
- AMD Duron 700 MHz
- 128 MB RAM
- Motherboard ASUS A7V
- HD Quantum Fireball Plus LM 15 GB (3 Gb for Linux) with Win2K
installed in the first and second partition
- video adapter Trident 3DImage 975 with 4 MB
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: gotmail..more
Date: Sat, 30 Dec 2000 02:42:58 GMT
I have downloaded gotmail and i have the following questions:
1)Does it download attachments?.
2)I am linux newbie. How do i setup my linux box to use this
software?. (if explained step by step in newbie language, it is
appreciated). I've installed Perl in /usr/bin directory.
J
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From: John Thomas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: SCSI Zip drive in RH 6.2 $@#!?
Date: Fri, 29 Dec 2000 21:03:28 -0600
Michael Perry wrote:
> I would have expected to see the adaptec card being loaded by the system
> when it booted as a module. On a redhat system I have had, my adaptec 2940
> uw card had the modules loaded by the kernel module loader when it "sensed"
> there was a need for it or something called a device that required those
> drivers.
>
> Does your system see the card when it boots? In other words, does the
> aha152x card have a bios on it? I used to use one for a scanner and zip
> drive awhile ago but I don't recall if the card has a bios or not. If the
> card is seen by the system but not by linux, there could be an irq issue or
> perhaps you have set two devices to the same irq. Do you by chance have
> another isa card in the system which uses the same irq? Try looking at the
> output of /proc/interrupts.
...
> I would also do some detective work to see if the card is seen by linux at
> all by cruising through the /proc file system. Especially places like:
>
> /proc/scsi
> /proc/interrupts
>
No two devices have the same IRQ. The scsi adapator is not detected at boot.
On my system, there is nothing in /proc/scsi. Does this mean there is some scsi
module which is not loaded? I appreciate your advice.
JT
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Guy Parry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Default Mdk 7.2 fstab file needed...
Date: Sat, 30 Dec 2000 14:24:22 +1100
On 28 Dec 2000 02:30:06 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (mpulliam)
wrote:
>here's mine:
>
>
>As far as being "default," I dunno. I somehow ended
>up with a /dev/hda1 and a /dev/hda5 & 6 after some
>partitioning adventures. Other people probably
>have quite different partitions. At least the
>general format above is as generated by Mdk 7.2
>and you can go from there.
>
>HTH,
>Mary P.
Thanks! I was particularly after the cd and zip settings :)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David M. Cook)
Subject: Re: Even with big book, RH linux fails to run coherently,,,,,,,,,,,,, :-(
Date: 30 Dec 2000 03:46:27 GMT
On Sat, 30 Dec 2000 00:29:40 +0000, Dick Bowyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Followed instructions to the letter to install RHppp dialer but once i
>choose isp, just get error message.
What ISP are you choosing? There are only two choices, "AT&T Global Net",
and everybody else.
What kind of modem do you have (brand and model number)? Is the modem
dialing? What ISP?
What problems are you having with the printer?
Dave Cook
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From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Kernel Compiling question
Date: 30 Dec 2000 03:55:29 GMT
I have a question about the kernel headers. I understand what they are but can I
build my own
from the linux source? And if so how do I go about doing that?
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From: "Julio" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: linux.redhat.install,alt.os.linux
Subject: Re: Newbie hardware compatability question
Date: Fri, 29 Dec 2000 23:08:33 -0500
Sis 530 - have not seen that specific set listed in the various hardware
compatibility charts. Actually after studying up on this at the bookstore
for a while today, I think I'm just gonna go for it. There are even some
"winmodem" driver/adapters for the various chipsets listed on
www.linmodem.org .
"Bill Unruh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:92it5a$8oq$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> In <92idlm$kso$[EMAIL PROTECTED]> "Julio" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
writes:
>
> ]After messing with Windooze for years, want to get up to speed on 'nix.
> ]Picked up a book about installing and configuring RH that has a CD
distrib
> ]of RH 6.0. Have an older machine i wanted to put it on but when I look up
> ]the compatibilities, looks like I'm out. Box has a "WinModem" (generic
v.90
> ]Windows modem) and the video adapter is on-board, "AGP." Looks like I
could
> ]just have Linux in text mode without a modem. If I replace the modem,
would
> ]adding a video accel type card allow me to use XFree?
>
>
> It will probably work with the onboard video. AGP is a type of video
> bus-- all modern cards are AGP. What is the chiptype of the onboard
> video?
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Date: Fri, 29 Dec 2000 23:40:43 -0500
From: Glitch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: modem
Bob Martin wrote:
>
> Glitch wrote:
> >
> > Anyone want to tell me why when I give Linux the same settings as I gave
> > it last time for my modem in conjunction with the setserial command
> > Linux doesn't see my modem this time even though last time it worked
> > first try?
> >
> > I got my modem to use COM3 now instead of COM5 and its irq is 12 and it
> > uses port 0xa000. I give setserial those parameters to any and all com
> > ports and i get no response from them. Why the hell shouldn't I get a
> > response from COm3?
> >
> > anyone want to shed some light on this subject which should have been
> > fixed 30 minutes ago when I first started working on it?
> >
> > thanks
>
> Unless you have a fairly old box, your ps/2 mouse is using IRQ 12. Did
> you move jumpers on the modem to configure it as COM3 ?
i dont use a ps2 mouse but i take it the irq could still be used by the
ps2 port?
I dont think there are jumpers on the modem to do that. I havent had to
configure the modem that way to change its settings. A program that gets
put into the Control Panel in Windows came with it that lets me choose
what COM port the modem uses. It was on COM5 and I changed it to Com3.
WHen I orginally had Linux on this computer the modem used irq 9 and i
had no trouble using it after i configured it in linux using setserial
but it isnt that easy this time. The only thing i can think of is what
u suggested which never crossed my mind that the ps2 mouse was using the
same irq, or could be. I use a serial mouse so i dont know if the irq
for the ps2 port still comes into play or not.
i'll look into it in the meantime.
thanks
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From: Raymond Li <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Problem with SiS630 (integrated) sound card
Date: Sat, 30 Dec 2000 12:36:00 +0800
Hello,
I have posted question asking about the setting of X windows with my
SiS630 based notebook. Now I am tackling with the sound card.
Following the instruction at
http://www.in.tum.de/~clemens/ipc-topnote-h.html, I have made the X
worked. But I also followed the instruction on setting up sound and failed.
If I compile the "(Trident) SiS 7018 PCI Audio" into the kernel
(2.2.18, Red Hat 7), then the booting will report that Trident is found
but it can't allocate irq 0. How could I specify the irq when the sound
support is compiled into kernel? I tired to specify it as "options
trident irq=11 io=0x310" in /etc/modules.conf, but it doesn't work.
If I make the "(Trident) SiS 7018 PCI Audio" support as module, then
itwon't be loaded automatically, even adding the line |alias
char-major-14 trident" to /etc/modules.conf. And "modprobe trident"
will load it as unused, where /dev/dsp and /dev/sndstat still can't be "cat"
Thanks for your attention!
Yours,
Raymond
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From: "weberd" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: What is Python and Kt (RH6.2)????
Date: Sat, 30 Dec 2000 05:13:36 GMT
You can install the python rpm from the RH 6.2 disk. The rpms are located
under the redhat/RPMS directory. Simply find the rpm's you want to install
and then (as root) type rpm -Uvh [rpm name]. I don't have my 6.2 disk
handy, but it should work something like:
mount /dev/cdrom
cd /mnt/cdrom/redhat/RPMS <- probably wrong!
dir python*
......
su -c "rpm -Uvh python......"
su -c "rpm -Uvh Kt....."
I'm hoping that the Kt library is named something like that, or it may be
inside another package. It's harder to locate if it's inside another
package - the best way is to look at the 6.2 manual in the section that
describes all the packages. You could also try grep'ing the RPMS directory
for Kt, but you could get a lot of hits.
HTH
"Bo Berglund" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> I get an error message when I try to start netcfg on my newly
> installed RedHat 6.2 machine.
> The error message complains about Python and Kt and I have no clue as
> to what that is.
> How can I find out???
>
> My Linux box needs ethernet configuration (IP address etc) but netcfg
> won't start.
>
> During install I unchecked a bunch of seemingly unnecessary
> applications (who needs all this stuff anyway) and I may have
> accidentally unchecked some important part of networking.
> How can I get what is needed back short of reinstalling Linux?
>
>
> Bo Berglund
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: "Peter Lawrance" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: New Mandrake installation hangs on booting
Date: Sat, 30 Dec 2000 16:10:26 +1030
I am taking my first look at Linux. Using the CDs from The Linux Pocketbook
3rd Edition, but I have a problem booting it.
I installed Mandrake Linux 7.2 on top of my Win98 2nd Edition (FAT32). First
I ran Windows Defrag. I tried to split the partition using FIPS but it kept
telling me the last cylinder was not empty. I ran Defrag again, then FIPS,
with the same result.
I then used the Mandrake install CDs and opted to install Linux in a Windows
directory (have I understood correctly what it was doing?) because FIPS
couldn't split the Windows partition.
Now when I reboot the machine, I get the GRUB bootloader first. Selecting
Windows runs Win98 OK with no problems so far as I can see. However, if I
select Linux or Failsafe it hangs halfway through the system checks etc.
when screeds of console text fill the screen.
The last line displayed when it hangs is:
Code: f2 ae f7 d1 49 89 cb 39 f3 7c 21 89 f6 83 c4 fc 56 55 46 8b
The cursor is on the screen flashing under this line but everything is
locked up. The hdd light is not on and there is no response to mouse or
keyboard, not even Ctrl-Alt-Del. The only way out is the Reset button.
Other significant-looking lines on the screen when it hangs are:
SIS5513: not 100% native mode: will probe irqs later
and:
Unable to handle kernel paging request at virtual address c4000000
Any advice or assistance would be greatly appreciated.
Sincerely
Peter Lawrance
POSability Software
Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
PO Box 3353 Mount Gambier SA 5290
Australia
Bite off more than you can chew - then chew like hell!
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From: E J <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Kernel Compiling question
Date: Sat, 30 Dec 2000 05:36:51 GMT
Yes, you can.
# vi linux_source.c
/* part of linux_source.c */
#include your_kernel_header.h
# vi your_kernel_header.h # usually definiition are put here.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I have a question about the kernel headers. I understand what they are but can I
>build my own
> from the linux source? And if so how do I go about doing that?
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Reply-To: "Steve in Phx" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
From: "Steve in Phx" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.redhat,comp.os.linux.x
Subject: how to change X settings?
Date: Sat, 30 Dec 2000 05:58:24 GMT
I'm having trouble. I installed Redhat 6.2 on my P100 machine and am having
trouble with the X windows system. I'm running KDE.
The problem I'm having is that with my current monitor limitation of
640X480, I can't see the bottom of any of my windows! If I open up
linuxconf or netconf or KDE Control Center or anything else, I can't even
get to the buttons on the bottom of the screen because the screens are so
huge. They move off the page to the right also, but at least I can move the
page left and right to find the button to click on. I'm sure that there has
to be a way to change this, right?
SOMEONE PLEASE HELP!
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bit Twister)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.redhat,comp.os.linux.x
Subject: Re: how to change X settings?
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Sat, 30 Dec 2000 06:06:31 GMT
The only way I got mine to work was to pick a generic monitor
that was close to my monitor. Used Xconfigurator to get the resolution
I wanted. Then used vidtune to get the picture to fit the screen.
At the root prompt
/usr/X11R6/bin/Xconfigurator
On Sat, 30 Dec 2000 05:58:24 GMT, Steve in Phx
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I'm having trouble. I installed Redhat 6.2 on my P100 machine and am having
>trouble with the X windows system. I'm running KDE.
>The problem I'm having is that with my current monitor limitation of
>640X480, I can't see the bottom of any of my windows! If I open up
>linuxconf or netconf or KDE Control Center or anything else, I can't even
>get to the buttons on the bottom of the screen because the screens are so
>huge. They move off the page to the right also, but at least I can move the
>page left and right to find the button to click on. I'm sure that there has
>to be a way to change this, right?
>
>SOMEONE PLEASE HELP!
>
>
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