Linux-Setup Digest #344, Volume #20 Thu, 4 Jan 01 17:13:06 EST
Contents:
Re: General Linux Question(s) ("AlphaK7")
RH 6.2 won't boot (gdm problem) (Robert Morelli)
Re: DVD on Redhat 7.0 (Glitch)
Re: General Linux Question(s) ("Steve Shelby")
Wireless LAN ("Vince Ungaro")
Re: RH 6.2 won't boot (gdm problem) (Glitch)
Re: X Window no longer starts (Bernard DEBREIL)
May have removed something unknowingly (Me)
Re: LILO boots only linux ("troost")
Re: no shell or login (Mike Sheehan)
Re: General Linux Question(s) (James Richard Tyrer)
Re: Newbie Request for help on DNS - it's disablement(?) (Bill Unruh)
Re: RedHat 6.1 does not see the hard disks (Bill Unruh)
Re: rsh without passwort (Bill Unruh)
Re: May have removed something unknowingly (H.Bruijn)
Re: RH 6.2 won't boot (gdm problem) (Robert Morelli)
Re: May have removed something unknowingly ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Wireless LAN ("ne...")
Re: RH 6.2 won't boot (gdm problem) ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
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From: "AlphaK7" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: General Linux Question(s)
Date: Thu, 04 Jan 2001 19:19:16 GMT
OK, thanks alot for your posts. I now have a good idea on what steps I need
to take once I transfer this HDD to another machine. I'm not going to do it
yet, but I'm sure I'll be back with more questions once I do. :) Thanks
again.
michael kennedy
"James Richard Tyrer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> AlphaK7 wrote:
>
> > OK, obviously, I'm very new to Linux and the answer I recieve will
effect
> > how I go about installing Linux-
> >
> > Can I install Linux on a 4gb hdd in a 533 Celeron PC and then simply
move
> > the hdd to a different PC (different mobo, cpu, chipset, sound card,
video
> > card, etc... possibly even monitor) when I feel like it?
>
> The sound card and video card will require changes to configuration files.
>
> You will (probably) also run into problems with newer IDE controllers at
some
> point.
>
> > I have a feeling the answer to that is 'no' due to the kernel being
> > optimized for the pc linus was installed on.
>
> Unless you built your own Kernel, there is no optimization done by
> installation.
>
> > My second question is- What steps would someone have to go through to
switch
> > the hdd to another pc? Would I have to recompile the kernel, rerun
setup
> > and have it redetect everything?
>
> You would need to boot to the console and run one of the setup utilities
to
> change the X configuration.
>
> Then when you wanted your sound card to work you would need to reconfigure
it
> with what ever method you used before.
>
> More detailed answers depend on which distro you are using.
>
> JRT
>
>
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Date: Thu, 04 Jan 2001 12:16:39 -0500
From: Robert Morelli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RH 6.2 won't boot (gdm problem)
I have RH 6.2 installed on a SCSI based PII 333. During
the past few boots, the behavior became stranger and
stranger, and now the system won't boot. When the
login screen is supposed to load, I get 4 flashes
of snow on the screen. Then the system reverts to
a command line and outputs the message:
According to /var/run/gdm.pid, gdm was already running (...),
but seems to have been murdered mysteriously.
The only thing that's changed recently is that I put
a new IDE in the machine (which boots off a SCSI drive).
However, I did not format the drive or even try to
get Linux to recognize it.
I get the same result even if I boot from my rescue
floppy.
At this point, my main concern is not restoring the
system to operation, but simply getting access to my
data.
Since this sort of weirdness has been the norm
during my attempts to use Linux, I am currently
undecided whether I have the time to continue attempting
to run this OS.
I'd appreciate any advice on either a) the issue of getting
access to my data, or b) whether it's worth my time to
continue this very long and frustrating quest to get Linux
to work.
Thanks
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Date: Thu, 04 Jan 2001 14:42:15 -0500
From: Glitch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: DVD on Redhat 7.0
"news.volny.cz" wrote:
>
> Hi there,
>
> I have just downloaded the new Livid DVD player package but cannot get it to
> compile properly although al the required libraries and programs are present
> on my system.
>
> The documentation which comes with it doesn't seem to be correct in terms of
> the steps you have to take in order to get it compiled.
>
> Has anybody had similar experiences and if yes, what did you do ?
we wouldn't know since you didnt provide the exact error messages you
are getting. we cant read your mind, or your computer screen from here.
Our telescopes can't compensate for the curvation of the Earth's
surface.
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From: "Steve Shelby" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: General Linux Question(s)
Date: Thu, 4 Jan 2001 13:22:38 -0600
Short answer, sure!
Keep the main linux HDD on the primary IDE channel, you know, master drive
on IDE 1.
Straight switchover from master drive in old pc to master drive in new pc
with nothing silly - no problem.
IF you do an install with a nice new distro that has 'new device'
recognition stuff in it, it will let you change all your sound card and new
stuff the first time it boots up.
Now you CAN get in and recompile the kernal and fine-tune the heck out of it
for just that hardware you have now, and you'll get better system
performance if you run, say PIII tuned kernal instead of the generic i386
kernal. And if you do that and throw it in a Celeron or AMD system it won't
run.
But if you don't go nuts with fine tuning you can transplant drives no
sweat.
Make sure you let it build a 'rescue disk' or whatever they call it now.
Because if something flips out you can manually tell it to boot a different
partition. IE /dev/hdc instead of /dev/hda or whatnot.
"AlphaK7" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:jQY46.60742$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> OK, obviously, I'm very new to Linux and the answer I recieve will effect
> how I go about installing Linux-
>
> Can I install Linux on a 4gb hdd in a 533 Celeron PC and then simply move
> the hdd to a different PC (different mobo, cpu, chipset, sound card, video
> card, etc... possibly even monitor) when I feel like it?
>
> I have a feeling the answer to that is 'no' due to the kernel being
> optimized for the pc linus was installed on.
>
> My second question is- What steps would someone have to go through to
switch
> the hdd to another pc? Would I have to recompile the kernel, rerun setup
> and have it redetect everything?
>
> Thanks alot for your help guys. A little background as to why I'm asking-
> I sell/upgrade PCs to make extra money for college (not too many at a
time,
> but about 2/month) and sometimes I have 600mhz Athlons sitting around for
a
> while while I either find a buyer or wait for them to be able to put up
> enough cash for me to let them have the PC (selling to other poor college
> kids). I'd put the 4gb hdd I'm wanting to put Linux on in my 700 Athlon
I'm
> on right now, but I use SyGate to share my cable connection and I'd have
to
> make sure I can also share internet on my Linux hdd before I can dual
boot.
> I'm wanting to set up a SmoothWall (a Linux firewall/hopefully ic sharing)
> box and that should help, too. Thanks in advance.
>
> Michael Kennedy
> (AlphaK7)
>
>
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From: "Vince Ungaro" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Wireless LAN
Date: Thu, 4 Jan 2001 11:57:07 -0800
Recently my work enable encryption on our wireless lan and now my Caldera
linux (2.2.14) laptop no longer works but all the RH 7 ones still do. I used
the all the same drivers on both OS's. Anyone know and caveats with Caldera
vs. RH 7? Thanks!
Note: The Red Hat laptops did not require any reconfiguring whatsoever.
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Date: Thu, 04 Jan 2001 15:21:16 -0500
From: Glitch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: RH 6.2 won't boot (gdm problem)
Robert Morelli wrote:
>
> I have RH 6.2 installed on a SCSI based PII 333. During
> the past few boots, the behavior became stranger and
> stranger, and now the system won't boot. When the
> login screen is supposed to load, I get 4 flashes
> of snow on the screen. Then the system reverts to
> a command line and outputs the message:
>
> According to /var/run/gdm.pid, gdm was already running (...),
> but seems to have been murdered mysteriously.
>
> The only thing that's changed recently is that I put
> a new IDE in the machine (which boots off a SCSI drive).
> However, I did not format the drive or even try to
> get Linux to recognize it.
>
> I get the same result even if I boot from my rescue
> floppy.
>
> At this point, my main concern is not restoring the
> system to operation, but simply getting access to my
> data.
>
> Since this sort of weirdness has been the norm
> during my attempts to use Linux, I am currently
> undecided whether I have the time to continue attempting
> to run this OS.
>
> I'd appreciate any advice on either a) the issue of getting
> access to my data, or b) whether it's worth my time to
> continue this very long and frustrating quest to get Linux
> to work.
>
> Thanks
do u have a boot floppy/rescue floppy? If u dont u can type at the LILO
prompt: linux single
that will put u to a command prompt, therefore bypassing any problems
gdm may be giving you. U can get your data off the disk and onto another
one or whatever. Once u get to a prompt chek /var/log/messages for any
weird activity. There might be something in there telling u what the
problem is. You may have a bad sector on the drive and gdm is accessing
something on that bad sector(s) and messing up. Or gdm itself is on the
bad sectors and is messing up.
i cant stay whether its worth your time or not. I'd sayit was worth my
time. I havent any any problems that weren't created by myself or my
ISP. I recompiled my kernel and along with downloading a couple programs
i got every device in my system working under linux, including my
portable mp3 player. I have a dvd, cdwriter, scsi controller, ATI video
card, and a tv tuner on the vid card and all work fine in linux which is
mor ethan i can say for how they work in Windows98. For me it was worth
it as i can actually use all my hardware wheere in Windows I can't.
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From: Bernard DEBREIL <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: X Window no longer starts
Date: Thu, 04 Jan 2001 20:21:35 GMT
Glitch wrote:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> >
> > Hi to everyone !
> >
> > On my system (RedHat 6.0), I have defined 5 accounts, including root. I
> > have only one global Xwindow config (with fvwm2), which used to work
> > fine
> > in any of may accounts. For some reason, this no longer works for one of
> > my accounts, and I can't find why. It still works for the other
> > accounts.
> > Fvwm2 does not start, instead I get TWM, which is not of much use. Upon
> > quitting TWM, I can read the following message :
> >
> > =====================================================================
> > /usr/X86R6/bin/RunWM : /home/BD/.FVWM2-errors permission non accord�e.
> >
> > Warning : you selected Fvwm2 as your window manager, but your
> > installation does not appear to be functional. The executable
> > /usr/X86R6/bin/fvwm2
> > was not found on your system.
>
> what about this error above? does fvwm2 exist in that directory? if it
> doesn't then that's your problem. Make sure the permissions are correct
> if the file does indeed exist so that everyone can execute it.
Of course it does exist in that directory. If it didn't, fvwm2 wouldn't start
in any of my other logins either. The attributes of that file
/usr/X86R6/bin/fvwm2 are rwx r-x r-x (mode 100755), that is, it should be
readable and executable by everyone. So, I still can't understand my problem.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Me)
Subject: May have removed something unknowingly
Date: 4 Jan 2001 19:58:40 GMT
I can no longer compile anything that requires glibconfig.h. This started the
minute I uninstalled an rpm that, I thought, was totally independent of all
other packages. Anyway, is this something I can get from an RPM? How do I
know which one to get?
Yes, I have egg on my face. Sometimes I think it looks good there.
Mike
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From: "troost" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: LILO boots only linux
Date: Thu, 04 Jan 2001 20:53:21 GMT
Eric <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schreef in berichtnieuws
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> troost wrote:
> >
> > Eric <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schreef in berichtnieuws
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > > the lilo.log contains this:
> > > > activate /dev/hda5
> > > > 5 : is not a valid partition number (1-4)
> > > > Ignoring entry 'boot'
> > > > warning: device 0x0305 exceeds 1024 cylinder limit
> > > > geo_comp_addr : cylinder is too big (1275 > 1024)
> > > >
> > > > ... (a lot of lines)
> > > >
> > > > device 0x0305 : bios drive 0x80 , 255 heads , 1655 cylinders, 63
> > sectors.
> > > > Partition offset 20482938 sectors
> > > > geo_comp_addr : cylinder is too big (1275 > 1024)
> > > >
> > > > It seems like he cannot reach the windows partition or something.
> > >
> > >
> > > `fdisk -l /dev/hda`
> > >
> > > post the output here if you still don't see the problem.
> > >
> > > Eric
> >
> > Disk /dev/hda: 255 heads, 63 sectors, 1655 cylinders
> > Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 bytes
> >
> > Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
> > /dev/hda1 1 1275 10241406 c Win95 FAT32 (LBA)
> > /dev/hda2 1276 1655 3052350 5 Extended
>
> hda2 should be type 85 in this case (or 0x0F if you want FAT logicals
> inside too)
>
> > /dev/hda5 1276 1278 24066 83 Linux
> > /dev/hda6 1279 1295 136521 82 Linux swap
> > /dev/hda7 1296 1655 2891668+ 83 Linux
> >
> > fdisk under dos reports
> > partition
> > 1 ext dos 23%
> > c: 2 pri dos FAT32 77%
> >
> > KDiskFree says:
> > /dev/hda1 VFAT
> > /dev/hda5 ext2
> > /dev/hda7 ext2
> > and floppy,usb, cdrom,,, partitions
> >
>
> For the rest, you should place LILO in the MBR, and update LILO to a
> version
> of 21.4.3 or higher. boting a kernel from beyond cyl. 1024 is not
> possible without
> these adjustments. (Well, you could use loadlin instead)
>
> Eric
indeed, i upgraded Lilo
added lines in lilo.conf
Lba32
install=/dev/boot-menu.b
menu-title="suse"
now when execting lilo it tells : Added linux* , Added suse, Added windows
Rebooting from floppy -> all has rested the same
No menu, no recognition for suse and windows. Do U have to make a new
floppy? how?
loadlin presents itself as a tool to load linux from dos. i can load linux
but no dos. so it wont ?!?
Maarten
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From: Mike Sheehan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: no shell or login
Date: Thu, 04 Jan 2001 15:23:19 -0600
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Chris
Spil [N3FWR]) wrote:
> On Fri, 08 Dec 2000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> >I believe our server has been hacked. The logs have
> >been cleared, so I can't get any info from them,
> >but we no longer have shell access.
> >
> >I can't login in to the server thru telnet, nor can
> >I login directly from the console. When I type in
> >my username on the console, the name disappears,
> >and I am immediately returned to the Login prompt.
> >It never asks for the password.
>
> Reboot from the console into single user mode (lilo: linux single)
> (or runlevel 1). Hopefully, that still works and will give you a
> superuser shell.. Then take it from there... good luck.
Take what from there?
I have the same problem as the original post. Single user mode does work
but I don't know how to fix the problem. I tried to change passwords for
"root" and "username" but to no avail.
I have no idea how to start debugging this.
Please help. Thanks,
Mike Sheehan
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From: James Richard Tyrer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: General Linux Question(s)
Date: Thu, 04 Jan 2001 21:25:51 GMT
AlphaK7 wrote:
> OK, obviously, I'm very new to Linux and the answer I recieve will effect
> how I go about installing Linux-
>
> Can I install Linux on a 4gb hdd in a 533 Celeron PC and then simply move
> the hdd to a different PC (different mobo, cpu, chipset, sound card, video
> card, etc... possibly even monitor) when I feel like it?
The sound card and video card will require changes to configuration
files.
You will (probably) also run into problems with newer IDE controllers at
some
point.
> I have a feeling the answer to that is 'no' due to the kernel being
> optimized for the pc linus was installed on.
Unless you built your own Kernel, there is no optimization done by
installation.
> My second question is- What steps would someone have to go through to switch
> the hdd to another pc? Would I have to recompile the kernel, rerun setup
> and have it redetect everything?
You would need to boot to the console and run one of the setup utilities
to
change the X configuration.
Then when you wanted your sound card to work you would need to
reconfigure it
with what ever method you used before.
More detailed answers depend on which distro you are using.
JRT
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bill Unruh)
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux.mandrake
Subject: Re: Newbie Request for help on DNS - it's disablement(?)
Date: 4 Jan 2001 21:27:09 GMT
In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Jason Courville <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
]Harry Broom wrote:
]> learn about the Mandrake distribution and this had v7.0 - the
]> difference was startling! Everything now seems to work - except for
]> Internet access (I regret to say that this post is under Win98 but at
]> least using an effective mail and news reader in the form of Forte's
]> Agent - full version and paid for!- & not MS Outlook.)
]>
]> I can connect with my ISP and logged on using Kppp. When I fire up
]> Netscape it just can't find anything. I think this is because DNS by
YOu need your ISPs dns in /etc/resolv.conf
Ask your ISP.
Or put the line
usepeerdns
into /etc/ppp/options
and when you have connected look in the file
/etc/ppp/resolv.conf
If there are numbers there copy them into /etc/resolv.conf and use
them.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bill Unruh)
Subject: Re: RedHat 6.1 does not see the hard disks
Date: 4 Jan 2001 21:32:20 GMT
In <931pbm$347$[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
]Trying to install RedHat 6.1 on my new HP LC2000 system but the
]installation does not see the hard disks. The error message given
]is: "An error has occurred-no valid devices were found on which to
]create new file systems. Please check your hardware for the cause of
]this problem."; thus the installation fails.
]Have a feeling that the divers for these disks do not exist in which
]case I am doomed.
]The BIOS sees them, but not the installation. If it helps the disks
]are: HP 18.2GB 7200 Ultra3 Wide SCSI-3 HS HDD (3 pieces)
]HP 9.1GB 7200 Ultra3 Wide SCSI-3 LVD HDD (1 piece)
They are scsi. They have a standard interface. The question is not
thedrives but your scsi card. You need the scsi card driver. What
card is it? What did you answer when it asked about scsi cards? Is
your card set up to allow booting from the scsi drives(I would
assume so).
You might try a more recent distribution ( eg Mandrake 7.2 or Redhat
7) which may have more drivers.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bill Unruh)
Subject: Re: rsh without passwort
Date: 4 Jan 2001 21:34:51 GMT
In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ThomasWalz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>Hello,
>i have got problems to execute r-commands (rcp, rsh )
>without entering a password.
>I want to access from host perseus ( SuSE Linux 6.4, Kernel
>2.2.14 ) to host atlas ( also SuSE Linux 6.4, Kernel 2.2.14 )
You need to enter the one host name in the .rhosts file on the
other.
Then in pam you must allow the use of rhosts ( you have commented it
out.)
>File /etc/pam.d/rsh on atlas
>-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>#%PAM-1.0
>### auth sufficient /lib/security/pam_rhosts_auth.so
Why did you comment out the use of rhosts?
>auth required /lib/security/pam_rhosts_auth.so
And you do not want it required. You want it sufficient.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (H.Bruijn)
Subject: Re: May have removed something unknowingly
Date: 4 Jan 2001 21:37:25 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On 4 Jan 2001 19:58:40 GMT, Me allegedly wrote:
>I can no longer compile anything that requires glibconfig.h. This started the
>minute I uninstalled an rpm that, I thought, was totally independent of all
>other packages. Anyway, is this something I can get from an RPM? How do I
>know which one to get?
>
>Yes, I have egg on my face. Sometimes I think it looks good there.
Go to http://rpmfind.net and search for the rpm file that contains
glibconfig.h, either download the correct version of siad rpm , or just
install it from your original installation medium.
--
If a trainstation is the place where trains stop, what is a workstation?
========================================================================
Herman Bruijn mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
The Netherlands website: http://hermanbruijn.com
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Date: Thu, 04 Jan 2001 14:36:48 -0500
From: Robert Morelli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: RH 6.2 won't boot (gdm problem)
Glitch wrote:
>
> Robert Morelli wrote:
> >
> > I have RH 6.2 installed on a SCSI based PII 333. During
> > the past few boots, the behavior became stranger and
> > stranger, and now the system won't boot. When the
> > login screen is supposed to load, I get 4 flashes
> > of snow on the screen. Then the system reverts to
> > a command line and outputs the message:
> >
> > According to /var/run/gdm.pid, gdm was already running (...),
> > but seems to have been murdered mysteriously.
> >
> > The only thing that's changed recently is that I put
> > a new IDE in the machine (which boots off a SCSI drive).
> > However, I did not format the drive or even try to
> > get Linux to recognize it.
> >
> > I get the same result even if I boot from my rescue
> > floppy.
> >
> > At this point, my main concern is not restoring the
> > system to operation, but simply getting access to my
> > data.
> >
> > Since this sort of weirdness has been the norm
> > during my attempts to use Linux, I am currently
> > undecided whether I have the time to continue attempting
> > to run this OS.
> >
> > I'd appreciate any advice on either a) the issue of getting
> > access to my data, or b) whether it's worth my time to
> > continue this very long and frustrating quest to get Linux
> > to work.
> >
> > Thanks
>
> do u have a boot floppy/rescue floppy? If u dont u can type at the LILO
> prompt: linux single
>
> that will put u to a command prompt, therefore bypassing any problems
> gdm may be giving you. U can get your data off the disk and onto another
> one or whatever. Once u get to a prompt chek /var/log/messages for any
> weird activity. There might be something in there telling u what the
> problem is. You may have a bad sector on the drive and gdm is accessing
> something on that bad sector(s) and messing up. Or gdm itself is on the
> bad sectors and is messing up.
>
> i cant stay whether its worth your time or not. I'd sayit was worth my
> time. I havent any any problems that weren't created by myself or my
> ISP. I recompiled my kernel and along with downloading a couple programs
> i got every device in my system working under linux, including my
> portable mp3 player. I have a dvd, cdwriter, scsi controller, ATI video
> card, and a tv tuner on the vid card and all work fine in linux which is
> mor ethan i can say for how they work in Windows98. For me it was worth
> it as i can actually use all my hardware wheere in Windows I can't.
So far I've tried 6 distributions on 4 quite different computers. I've
been toying with Linux for about a year and a half on and off, but so
far I haven't established a stable, useful Linux system on any of them.
Currently, I have given up on two of my computers. On the third
I'm having the problem described above. On the fourth (a laptop running
RH 7.0), I'm having another bizarre problem described in another (as yet
unanswered) post in this group. In my experience so far, Linux is by far
the most unreliable system I've ever used, as well as being the most
difficult to use and configure. The software is also generally of the
lowest quality, in many cases seemingly bordering on incompetence.
Believe me, these conclusions were unexpected, unwelcome, and I
was only grudgingly forced to accept them. Nevertheless, for
philosophical reasons I am supporting free software and I will only
give up on Linux if I literally can't get my computers to run it.
I've heard many people claim that Linux is a reliable, modern, powerful
OS, but on closer examination I often find that they have antiquated
standards of software power and reliability. In some cases, they simply
don't know how far Linux is behind Windows and other OSes simply because
they heven't run them recently. Typically, such people are in fact
relying on expert knowlege to maintain their systems and they have learned to
avoid certain kinds of particularly problematic software.
Despite these very negative experiences, I'm still clinging to a slim
hope that my experience has been singular and that things will turn up
if I keep at it long enough.
I have some questions.
1. What distribution are you using?
2. What you say seems to imply that you have a functioning and reliable
Linux system. (Is this a correct assumption?) In order to maintain your
system in this state, do you rely on expert knowlege? In other words,
do you regularly correct problems like the one I have, or do they simply
not arise?
3. Have you used other distributions and if so were they as reliable?
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: May have removed something unknowingly
Date: Thu, 04 Jan 2001 21:31:32 GMT
In article <932klg$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Me) wrote:
> I can no longer compile anything that requires glibconfig.h. This
started the
> minute I uninstalled an rpm that, I thought, was totally independent
of all
> other packages. Anyway, is this something I can get from an RPM? How
do I
> know which one to get?
>
> Yes, I have egg on my face. Sometimes I think it looks good there.
Stuff happens, well on my system...
# find / -name glibconfig.h
/usr/lib/glib/include/glibconfig.h
# rpm -qf /usr/lib/glib/include/glibconfig.h
glib-devel-1.2.6-3
#
So if you reinstall the glib-devel RPM that *should* fix it...
HTH
Bluster
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From: "ne..." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Wireless LAN
Date: Thu, 04 Jan 2001 21:50:37 GMT
On Jan 4, 2001 at 11:57, Vince Ungaro eloquently wrote:
>Recently my work enable encryption on our wireless lan and now my Caldera
>linux (2.2.14) laptop no longer works but all the RH 7 ones still do. I used
>the all the same drivers on both OS's. Anyone know and caveats with Caldera
>vs. RH 7? Thanks!
>
>Note: The Red Hat laptops did not require any reconfiguring whatsoever.
Well you need to find out from your admin what kind of
encryption is in use. Most likey, ssh is in use. Find
out what version and what protocol is being used for
encryption and you have a starting point.
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Registered Linux User # 125653 (http://counter.li.org)
People love high ideals, but they got to be about 33-percent plausible.
-- The Best of Will Rogers
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: RH 6.2 won't boot (gdm problem)
Date: Thu, 04 Jan 2001 21:45:39 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I have RH 6.2 installed on a SCSI based PII 333. During
> the past few boots, the behavior became stranger and
> stranger, and now the system won't boot. When the
> login screen is supposed to load, I get 4 flashes
> of snow on the screen. Then the system reverts to
> a command line and outputs the message:
>
> According to /var/run/gdm.pid, gdm was already running (...),
> but seems to have been murdered mysteriously.
You have to love the linux error msg's :-)
> The only thing that's changed recently is that I put
> a new IDE in the machine (which boots off a SCSI drive).
> However, I did not format the drive or even try to
> get Linux to recognize it.
>
> I get the same result even if I boot from my rescue
> floppy.
>
> At this point, my main concern is not restoring the
> system to operation, but simply getting access to my
> data.
At the lilo "boot:" prompt type:
boot: linux 3
to boot into runlevel 3 (full network, NO GUI).
That will give you a text prompt for login.
Once logged in you can start X11 using the "startx"
command, since that does not use the gdm login program.
Hope this helps!
Bluster24
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