Linux-Setup Digest #331, Volume #20 Wed, 3 Jan 01 01:13:05 EST
Contents:
Re: SuSE 6.4 - services not starting at boot
SuSE Linux hangs while booting - fix found (Nick Bishop)
different domain in one server? ("Jason L")
Re: web based email
Re: SuSE and login screen
Cable Internet Anyone? (Edwin Johnson)
Re: Question: Disabling CPUID serial number...general protection fault
([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Running Linux in RAM ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
HP scanner, on USB port with Suse 7 ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: different domain in one server? (H.Bruijn)
Re: SuSE and login screen ("John G. Sandell")
video mode setup ("Julio")
Mount FAT32 vol in read/write for non-root users? ("Lloyd Llewellyn")
Re: VMWare - It's GOOD! (Steve Withers)
Re: New Redhat install issues?? (SivaramaKrishnan Nageswaran)
Re: LILO remove (SivaramaKrishnan Nageswaran)
Re: LILO dual-boot problem (SivaramaKrishnan Nageswaran)
Compiling Kernels on RH 7.0? (Steve Withers)
Re: New Redhat install issues?? (Steve Withers)
Re: video mode setup (olgnuby)
Re: Mount FAT32 vol in read/write for non-root users? (moonie;))
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From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: SuSE 6.4 - services not starting at boot
Date: 3 Jan 2001 03:55:28 GMT
SuSE 6.4 uses YAST as it's configuration utility. Are you using YAST to configure your
machine?
-- Gene Wiggins
-- [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Blackberry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Sun, 24 Dec 2000 08:40:27 GMT, David wrote:
>>
>>I don't use Suse am am not familiar with what Suse uses.
>>
>>man setup
>>man tksysv
>>man ntsysv
> Uh, well, thanks anyway. Of those, only "man setup" exists on my system, and
> that only tells me about some kernel function call. What should it be telling
> me?
> --------------------
> "It's enough to make you wonder sometimes if you're on the right planet."
> -- Frankie Goes to Hollywood
> Brian -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- remove "NOSPAM"
-- Gene Wiggins
-- [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Nick Bishop <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: SuSE Linux hangs while booting - fix found
Date: Wed, 03 Jan 2001 03:46:21 GMT
The fix for the problem described below amounts to logging in as root
and
mv /dev/rtc /dev/rtc.something
You'll have to use a rescue system disk and mount the hard disk's root
partition on (something like) /mnt, then you say
mv /mnt/dev/rtc /mnt/dev/rtc.something
Nick
On 20 Oct 2000 I posted this message:
> PROBLEM
> -------
> I am installing SuSE 6.4 linux onto a Gateway computer. If I boot
> from the LILO floppy, the computer hangs on
> "Setting up the CMOS clock"
> in the boot sequence.
> Anyone got any answers?
> There's a lot of information below - when replying, cut out everything
> except what you want to focus on. Reply to the newsgroup.
> PRIOR ACTIVITY
> --------------
> I was installing SuSE 6.4 linux and I got as far as installing the
> packages, writing the LILO boot disk, and after
> answering the dialog box advising of a reboot, the system hung. After
> waiting five minutes, I press CTRL-ALT-DEL
> and the system cold-booted. That's when I used the floppy and got the
> error.
[SNIP!]
A fix was emailed to me by Oliver Beckmann:
> The readme from hwclock says that it
> will work with or without /dev/rtc
> and when I strace hwclock it hangs at
> opening /dev/rtc. so i moved
> /dev/rtc to /dev/rtc.something.
> Now hwclock works.
> The /proc/interrupt file says the rtc doesn't
> make any interrupts. But /dev/rtc blocks reading
> until an interrupt arrives (see kernel sources).
> I think thats the problem.
--
Nick Bishop
=====
REAL! A newsgroup called alt.os.windows95.crash.crash.crash
-oOo-
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From: "Jason L" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: different domain in one server?
Date: Wed, 3 Jan 2001 12:05:41 +0800
Hi,
I am using Redhat Linux 7.0. I just wonder is it possible to put different
domain in one server and each domain has their own ip address? If so, how
to do it?
Also, I saw some server can setup a user address as
"http://user1.company.com, http://user2.company.com, ...". How can I do it?
Thanks.
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From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: web based email
Date: 3 Jan 2001 04:05:57 GMT
Don't know how much you want to spend, but Corporate Web
Mail (CWMAIL) is a jewel.
-- Gene Wiggins
-- [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Mike Fissel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I'm looking for info on web based email using redhat linux. Any info would
> be greatly appreciated.
> Mike Fissel :{)>
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From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: SuSE and login screen
Date: 3 Jan 2001 04:07:59 GMT
I am not using 7.0, rather 6.4. Try using YAST to see if you
can set KWM as the default login manager.
-- Gene Wiggins
-- [EMAIL PROTECTED]
John G. Sandell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> SuSE 6.4 had login screen with choice of users, window managers, and a
> shutdown option.
> Installed SuSE 7.0 and kde2 -
> No longer have the same choices - now only a login screen that allows
> user name and password.
> Tried to trace through all the config files... can't find the solution.
> Any suggestions?
> John Sandell
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Edwin Johnson)
Subject: Cable Internet Anyone?
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 3 Jan 2001 04:14:45 GMT
Is anyone using a cable internet access? We have available Road Runner which
is contracted by Time Warner. It looks from their web site they are only
supporting Win(ugg!) and Mac stuff. Thanks for any information on this.
...Edwin
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Crossposted-To:
alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.asus,comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.redhat,linux.redhat.install,linux.redhat.misc
Subject: Re: Question: Disabling CPUID serial number...general protection fault
Date: Tue, 02 Jan 2001 19:43:51 -0800
http://www.redhat.com/support/docs/tips/ThunderBird-Duron.html
Ray McCormack wrote:
> I have a new Asus A7V (KT133 chipset) Socket A motherboard with AMD
> Thunderbird 750 Mhz that seems to install Redhat 6.2 just fine. Upon reboot
> and entering thru LILO the following error occurs:
>
> Disabling CPUID serial number...general protection fault 0000 -> crash !!!
>
> I looked through the BIOS and there does not seem to be any flags to shut
> CPU identity off. I have also heard that if I set the env var
> X86_SERIAL_NR=1 that should fix it. How does one do that from the LILO
> prompt ?
>
> Any help would be greatly appreciated ....
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.portable
Subject: Re: Running Linux in RAM
Date: Wed, 03 Jan 2001 04:29:08 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I have a Linux machine in an industrial setting. The machine needs to
> be able to withstand any type of power interruption by rebooting
itself
> without any user interaction.
>
> I checked out ReiserFS, but it seems that it still might require some
> intervention, and it's really not the right solution to my problem.
What do you mean by it might require some intervention? I have a few
boxes running all ReiserFS partitions (Mandrake 7.1) in a steel mill. I
tested it serveral times by killing power while it was untaring a big
(20meg) tar files making hundreds of small files. It always came up by
itself in a matter of seconds. The boxes are now in the field (steel
mill) and have no monitor/keyboard connected. They have lost power a
couple of times and have always come up by themselves no problem.
>
> I really want to run all of the kernel bits in RAM, and have the HDD
> mounted read only for all of the support software. The computer does
> not need to save any information permanently to the hard disk. It
just
> needs to support multiuser mode.
Yes, you can mount read only -- that would work fine. If you need a
writeable partition (for example /tmp) just use a ramdisk for it.
Example sequence in script file:
mke2fs /dev/ram0
mount /dev/ram0 /tmp
>
> Is there some way to make an image, copy it to ramdisk, then launch
> from ramdisk?
Yes, but why would you want to do that when you can work of a read only
mounted drive? The kernel would be completely in RAM, no need to load
it from a ramdisk for that.
Anyway, how much software (in MegaBytes) do you actually need on the
disk? You might be better of just using flash (DiskOnChip or IDE flash
module) and avoiding moving parts.
I have a good amount of experience with these systems. Try to explain
the system in detail and maybee I can help you find an optimal solution.
Fran
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: HP scanner, on USB port with Suse 7
Date: Wed, 03 Jan 2001 04:42:46 GMT
The kernel version is 2.2.16 and USB support is loaded at boot with
"device not recognized" message. Scanner is an HP 5200c. The backend appers to
be where it is supposed to be. Sane will not detect it though. Any help is
appreciated.
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
thanks in advance
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (H.Bruijn)
Subject: Re: different domain in one server?
Date: 3 Jan 2001 04:44:43 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Wed, 3 Jan 2001 12:05:41 +0800, Jason L allegedly wrote:
>Hi,
>
>I am using Redhat Linux 7.0. I just wonder is it possible to put different
>domain in one server and each domain has their own ip address? If so, how
>to do it?
Build your next kernel with CONFIG_IP_ALIAS=y (or a module) and
configure the network devices as:
ifconfig eth0 192.168.2.1 netmask 255.255.0.0 broadcast 192.168.255.255
ifconfig eth0:1 192.168.2.2 netmask 255.255.0.0 broadcast 192.168.255.255
ifconfig eth0:2 192.168.2.3 netmask 255.255.0.0 broadcast 192.168.255.255
But I don't think you'lll find this a usefull setup for hosting multiple
websites.
>Also, I saw some server can setup a user address as
>"http://user1.company.com, http://user2.company.com, ...". How can I do it?
You can make a single linux box have multiple ip-adresses for multiple
domains with little problems. But since ip-adresses are an increasingly
rare commodity, you don't need to waste them on such things as
webservers.
Just make sure that the DNS records of user1.company.com,
user2.company.com etc. all point to your webserver:
user2.company.com IN A 192.168.2.3
user3.company.com IN A 192.168.2.3
user4.company.com IN A 192.168.2.3
Then use apache VirtualHosts to direct the requests to different
Directories, making it look like each user has its own dedicated
webserver. edit httpd.conf and add the following entries:
<VirtualHost user2.company.com>
ServerAdmin [EMAIL PROTECTED]
DocumentRoot /home/user2/website
ServerName user2.company.com
CustomLog /home/user2/weblogs/http_acces.log full
ErrorLog /home/user2/weblogs/http_error.log
</VirtualHost>
<VirtualHost user3.company.com>
ServerAdmin [EMAIL PROTECTED]
DocumentRoot /home/user3/website
ServerName user3.company.com
CustomLog /home/user3/weblogs/http_acces.log full
ErrorLog /home/user3/weblogs/http_error.log
</VirtualHost>
Now anyone pointing their browser to http://user2.company.com will find
in his browser the content published in /home/user2/website, while the
server log sare maintained in /home/user2/weblogs/ so the user can
generate his own web statistics.
This allows easily (depending on the total amount of traffic) hundreds
of different websites on a single server, without the need to acquire
hunderds of ip-adresses.
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The Netherlands website: http://hermanbruijn.com
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From: "John G. Sandell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: SuSE and login screen
Date: Wed, 03 Jan 2001 04:55:28 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> I am not using 7.0, rather 6.4. Try using YAST to see if you
> can set KWM as the default login manager.
>
> -- Gene Wiggins
> -- [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> John G. Sandell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > SuSE 6.4 had login screen with choice of users, window managers, and a
> > shutdown option.
>
> > Installed SuSE 7.0 and kde2 -
>
> > No longer have the same choices - now only a login screen that allows
> > user name and password.
>
> > Tried to trace through all the config files... can't find the solution.
>
> > Any suggestions?
>
> > John Sandell
Did the susewm thing, also yast,several times. Somewhere there's a
config setting that isn't getting fixed by yast or susewm.
Thanks.
John Sandell
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From: "Julio" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,alt.os.linux.suse
Subject: video mode setup
Date: Wed, 3 Jan 2001 00:27:58 -0500
I got Suse 7 up and running. XFree looks fine in 1024x768 on my EMC SA-770
(manufactured by ProView -their generic knock off) 17" but I cannot tweak
the 800x600 and 640x480 mode lines. Anybody got some good modelines for this
particular monitor. I've tried everything I could understand in the XFree
VideoTiming HowTo but admittedly that was limited. The graphics card is ASUS
SiS 530, an onboard chipset that is supported in the XFree 4 that comes with
Suse 7.
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From: "Lloyd Llewellyn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Mount FAT32 vol in read/write for non-root users?
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.misc
Date: Wed, 03 Jan 2001 05:22:59 GMT
How can I mount a FAT32 volume so that non-root accounts can read and
write to it?
root can read/write, but non-root can only read. I'm using this in fstab:
/dev/sdb1 /mnt/remv vfat user,rw
Thanks for your help.
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From: Steve Withers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: VMWare - It's GOOD!
Date: Wed, 03 Jan 2001 18:27:23 +1300
Eggert Ehmke wrote:
> On Wed, 03 Jan 2001 02:56:51 +1300, Steve Withers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> wrote:
>
> ...
> >I have 5.5GB in Win98SE and 5.5 GB in RH 7.0....plus the swap partition.
> ...
> >I followed the install instructions for creating the virtual
> >machine.....including a 2GB virtual disk within my /home/steve/VM
> ...
> What about the Win98SE native installation ? Can you boot that too from
> within VMWare ?
No. It looks like the Win95/98 system needs to be installed into VMware's
Virtual Machine.
> If not, how do you share files between the native
> installation and the VM ?
You mount the native Windows system to a mount point on your Linux
system....then the VM sees it through a Samba private (virtual network) that
exists ONLY betwen the VM and your Linux system. on mysystem, the Linux host
name is Dell and the VM's host name is "vmware" (not very imaginative
yesterday). Once I added netbeui to the protocol stack in the VM, when I open
Network neighbourhood on any Windows system on my network, I can see the vmware
host and all it's resources. The VM can see all the other systems.....including
the host Linux system (though I had to search as below). I now have printing all
set up. I set up the Linux printing first.....made sure that worked...then set
up the VM's printing in Windows as you normally would. I'm not sure I really
needed to set up the printing in Linux forst...it just seemed like a good
idea.
To see dell (my linux host), I have to search (start -> search in WinME / find
in Win98)....but this is because I have not modified the workgroup name from the
default "workgroup". This may be in the VM's "windows.cfg" file...but I have not
looked. I can read files from dell - only from the root directory. I can't map
to a subdirectory (where my original windows is a mount piont called
"/win".....but I just can't write to them. I started messing with the
permissions and seem to have screwed it up as now I can see the directory that
the old windows system is in, but none of the files.....so I put that down as my
fault.
I can read / write to any other network drive....so I have been moving files i
want to modify off to other systems. I have a 100MB LAN with 6 PCs on it, so
performance has so far not been an issue.
I had been hoping to just write to the vfat volume at /win, but it doesn't look
at this point as though I can. I'll try deleting the mount point and recreating
it....that should fix it so I can at least browse it again. .
> I have heard there is something like a special hardware-profile for this
> purpose.
Not sure what you mean by this.....it is all done through the network.
> Just being curious... want to setup
> VMWare too.
It wasn't too hard.....but it helps to understand a bit about the main concepts
involved in Windows, samba and IP networking and configuration. If you know
enough, this is easy. If you are finding it a real struggle....then you need to
learn a bit more....and you now have the perfect opportunity. :-)
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Regards,
Steve Withers
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From: SivaramaKrishnan Nageswaran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: New Redhat install issues??
Date: Wed, 03 Jan 2001 10:56:23 +0530
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Hi
I think while installing you wouldn't have given the option for writing the
LILO into the MBR. Do a Linux upgrade and provide the option.
Regards
Siva
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>
> New Redhat install issues??
>
> I am setting on a new computer with on 20GB hard drive. I used the
> first 10GB for windows ME and now I am trying to use the other 10GB for
> redhat 7.0.
>
> I install redhat and I dont get any errors but after reboot the
> computer. the computer goes right into windowsME. If I use the book
> disk that linux loads fine??? why is LILO not loading off the MBR??
>
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From: SivaramaKrishnan Nageswaran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: LILO remove
Date: Wed, 03 Jan 2001 11:06:15 +0530
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Hi
Boot thro Windows boot disk and give fdisk /mbr as the command. I am not sure
of the command. Plse do cross check with this. I am sure that you need to use
fdisk command with some options to get back to the original status. If I can get
the correct options I will mail that.
Regards
Siva
Stephan wrote:
>
> I installed Corel Linux Deluxe on my Laptop running MS Windows ME in a dual boot
>partition and then removed it and formatted the partition, but I cannot get rid of
>the start up option screen that lets me select what Operating System I want to load?
>
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From: SivaramaKrishnan Nageswaran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: LILO dual-boot problem
Date: Wed, 03 Jan 2001 10:59:33 +0530
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Hi
Are you getting the LILO prompt or you are taken directly to windows when the
system starts up without the Linux boot disk.
Regards
Siva
Aaron Ginn wrote:
>
> I have a problem with LILO that I hope someone can help me with.
>
> I installed Mandrake 7.2 on my dad's computer yesterday so he now has
> a nice dual-boot Win98/Linux box. Unfortunately, we can't get Linux
> to boot from the hard disk. The problem is that when the LILO prompt
> comes up with Windows and Linux selections, the up/down arrow keys
> don't work. As such, I can't select from the LILO menu, and the box
> boots into the Default OS. Luckily, I created a boot disk, so we have
> to boot Linux via floppy right now, but I want to fix this problem.
>
> I don't know why the keyboard is non-functional at the LILO prompt.
> The keyboard works fine once he's booted into Linux or Windows. He
> has a USB keyboard.
>
> We also have another problem in that when he boots into Linux, and
> then boots into Windows, the display is hosed and Windows boots into
> safe mode. If he then exits out and reboots into Windows, the box
> boots fine. I don't have a clue how to fix this.
>
> Has anyone encountered similar problems to these or know how to fix
> them?
>
> Thanks,
> Aaron
>
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From: Steve Withers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Compiling Kernels on RH 7.0?
Date: Wed, 03 Jan 2001 18:39:32 +1300
I want to upgrade my kernel from 2.2.16-22 kernel provided by RH 7.0 to
the new, stable, 2.2.18 in order to fix an annoying problem with access
to data CDs from within a VMware windows environement......about half
the time it treats them like audio CDs.
I have heard that RH 7.0 uses later gcc C++ libraries than the kernel
(2.96-? vs 2.72...or something ilke that) was designed to be compiled
on..........and the linuxhq.com web site asks for feedback on people's
experiences, acknowledging many distributions now have later versions of
the development environment. .
Has anyone been bold and done it anyway? Was the kernel compile
straightforward as in the kernel install docs? Or messy? Did the
compiled kernel work properly?
I have time for straight forward.....but no time for messy. Been using
linux since 0.99......I have seen too much messy and it has grown WAY
old for me. I buy boxed sets of proven linux software and just USE it.
Mostly. :-)
A little messy can be fun.....just not the 3am, system down kind. I'm
too old.
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Steve Withers
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From: Steve Withers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: New Redhat install issues??
Date: Wed, 03 Jan 2001 18:46:57 +1300
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> New Redhat install issues??
>
> I am setting on a new computer with on 20GB hard drive. I used the
> first 10GB for windows ME and now I am trying to use the other 10GB for
> redhat 7.0.
>
> I install redhat and I dont get any errors but after reboot the
> computer. the computer goes right into windowsME. If I use the book
> disk that linux loads fine??? why is LILO not loading off the MBR??
>
Your disk is too big.
I had this same problem. So I bought Partition Magic 6.0, re-jigged the
partitions (5.5GB each from 9 and 3) and installed Boot Magic to the MBR. I
then hoped to have the LILO install into the Linux native partition -
instead of the MBR - and boot RH 7.0 that way. But RH 7.0 never gave me the
option.....
Bugger me if RH 7.0's LILO didn't wipe out the Boot Magic, install into the
MBR and it now works anyway!!!
I get the RH blue bitmap with "linux" and "dos" as the options...and they
both work. Though I have to be sure to power the laptop off between boots
as Linux seems to set up some of the hardware so that Win98SE crashes on
boot until I cycle the power on the PC. Then it works fine.
So I can't explain *exactly* how it happened, but it certainly got around
the problem you are describing.....which I also had.
I know that if you have the chance, the best way to get around the problem
is to create a 20-40MB /boot partition for your linux system up near the
front of the disk (keep the BIOS happy) and then install the rest into
another partition or partitions. Most distrubutions let you specify what
goes where ("/" vs "/usr" vs "/bin"...etc....).
--
Regards,
Steve Withers
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From: olgnuby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,alt.os.linux.suse
Subject: Re: video mode setup
Date: Wed, 03 Jan 2001 05:50:30 GMT
Julio, I'm using a 720 which may or may not be the same, I damn near
pulled my hair out trying to do what you seem to be doing. I have an STB
velocity 128 video card that I use with it. Under Win98 and also under
several flavors of Linux, RH 6.1, Deb Potato, Mdk 7.2 and COL 2.3 I
would have good resolution in one setting but everything else seemed
screwed and I was afraid messing with the controls on my monitor would
screw up the settings that were okay, but evidently not so. The monitor
is VESA DDC and I guess my video card is also.
Anyway how it works for me, is to just use what ever config utility I
want under Linux, I prefer the xf86config, and put in my own horizontal
and vertical frequency ranges, which in my case are 30-70KHz and
70-120Hz and let the xf86config set up the XF86Config mode lines. Then I
just adjust the controls on the front of the monitor for each resolution
I want to use and somehow the monitor and video card communicate and it
always comes up with the right settings when I switch resolutions.
What indication I was getting at first, I would have good display in one
resolution and the others would be scrunched or stretched etc. That's
where I was hesitant about changing the monitor controls, because I
expected my doing so would screw up the others, but it doesn't. I use
the Win Power Tools, with the quick-res application in Windows, and once
I've adjusted the monitor, I switch back and forth between 640x480,
1025x768, 1280x1024 and it always comes back in exactly like I adjusted
it originally. Same under Linux with the ctl alt + or - with the varying
resolutions I choose.
Hope I've made sense. I got the monitor through Circuit City at a little
over two hundred dollars with a seventy dollar rebate on it, so I can't
complain about the price and now that I figured out what I was just
trying to explain, I haven't got any complaint about the service. Good
luck.
Charlie
Julio wrote:
>
> I got Suse 7 up and running. XFree looks fine in 1024x768 on my EMC SA-770
> (manufactured by ProView -their generic knock off) 17" but I cannot tweak
> the 800x600 and 640x480 mode lines.
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From: moonie;) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: Mount FAT32 vol in read/write for non-root users?
Date: Wed, 3 Jan 2001 01:00:38 -0500
On Wed, 03 Jan 2001, Lloyd Llewellyn wrote:
>How can I mount a FAT32 volume so that non-root accounts can read and
>write to it?
>
>root can read/write, but non-root can only read. I'm using this in fstab:
>
> /dev/sdb1 /mnt/remv vfat user,rw
>
>
>Thanks for your help.
Just figured this out last night, here is mine:
/dev/hda1 /windows vfat user,exec,conv=binary,rw,umask=000 0 0
The part that is relevent is the umask=000, that does the magic.
--
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