Linux-Setup Digest #354, Volume #20 Fri, 5 Jan 01 18:13:13 EST
Contents:
Re: problem with pppd (Bill Unruh)
re:lnx4win ("bbmj")
Hang at LI prompt after RedHat 7 upgrade (Ravi)
Re: RH 6.2 won't boot (gdm problem) ("Robert Morelli")
Terminal Emulator (jbrown)
Re: LILO boots only linux ("troost")
Leafnode unable to connect via Secure Password Authentication ("GranpaK")
Re: Linux Terminal Problem ??? (David)
Re: mounting floppy ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: RH 6.2 won't boot (gdm problem) ("Peter T. Breuer")
Re: mounting floppy ("Peter T. Breuer")
Re: Resizing a Partion (James Richard Tyrer)
Anyone used Partition Magic to increase size of Linux / Partition? ("Shane Baker")
Re: How to trap output logs from xdm, kdm, startx, etc? (James Richard Tyrer)
Re: Modules in RH7 (Linux User)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bill Unruh)
Subject: Re: problem with pppd
Date: 5 Jan 2001 21:58:49 GMT
In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> "Dirk Maat" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
]Hi there,
]I'm experiencing a problem with pppd.
]I used netcfg to create a ppp interface. I provided all the basic
]information according to the ppp-HOWTO.
]But... It doesn't work.
]According to syslog:
]- my computer connects to my provider
]- I log in.
]- pppd starts up
]- there is a disconnection after a few seconds
]Syslog says that I need to provide the remote IP.
]("Could not determine remote IP")
]This is strange. This is what the HOWTO says:
]"(...) you do not need to specify the Remote IP address (the address of the
]PPP interface on the server to which you connect). "
]I found the errormessage that occurs in the ppp-FAQ:
]"This happens with many configurations of the Telebit Netblazer."
] - What is the Telebit Netblazer?! Did I use that? Didn't think so!
]FAQ:
]"Use the local IP address and the remote IP address as a parameter to the
]pppd process."
] In short: The FAQ says I have to provide both local and remote IP but the
]HOWTO says I don't.
]I personally think the FAQ is wrong. How could I provide local IP if it is
]dynamic?!
]Anyway,
]My questions:
]- What IP should I provide? (Which one do I have to ask my provider?)
]- Do I have to provide an IP? Is there some workaround?
Some isps are stupid and have stupidly configured their software ( or the
software is buggy.
Do
192.168.1.1:192.168.1.2
ipcp-accept-local
ipcp-accept-remote
This will send the remote machine suggestions for both addresses but will
accept changes. If they leave you with the 192.168.1.1 then they are really
broken.
(It also will not work).
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From: "bbmj" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: re:lnx4win
Date: Fri, 5 Jan 2001 16:57:40 -0000
I had a similar problem installing mandrake 2000(?). What I found was the
config.sys file trys to load linux as a shell from a menuing system. The
menu load does not seem to work. What I did was rem out all the lines that
mattered on the config.sys file and add the batch file I found in the
lnx4win directory to the autoexec.bat file with dos editor or notepad.exe.
A second and easier way... is to go into windows and add the batch file as a
shortcut from the desktop and launch Linux right for inside of windows.
This is the file you are looking for...
c:\lnx4win\linux.bat
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Ravi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: osu.sys.linux
Subject: Hang at LI prompt after RedHat 7 upgrade
Date: Fri, 5 Jan 2001 17:07:25 -0500
Hello,
I tried to upgrade one of our RedHat 6.2 systems to 7.0 recently and have
come up against a brick wall. The install went fine off the CDs. On reboot,
it hanged (hung?) at the LI prompt. Following the LILO documentation, I
booted using a floppy, and figured that the problem was with the
/boot/boot.b file. So I tried to run LILO after chrooting to the mount
point. The trouble began when it gave me an error saying:
Map segment is too big.
Now, everything in the /boot directory seems to have the right size. The
partition record seems to be ok because I can mount all the partitions with
no problem once I boot from the floppy. Is there anything I overlooked? Any
help would be greatly appreciated. I have slept since this occurred.
As usual, thanks in advance,
Ravi
PS: I cannot go back to 6.2 either because it always hangs at the "Finding
packages to upgrade" step.
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From: "Robert Morelli" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: RH 6.2 won't boot (gdm problem)
Date: Fri, 05 Jan 2001 15:06:07 -0700
In article <1kn56.10523$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Eric en
Jolanda" <[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.
>
> ???
> The system already booted, or else you wouldn't get this far.
Yes, it's already booted in the sense that the kernel is loaded, but
the system is stalled in the midst of the boot up process and as far
as I can tell, unusable. What I failed to mention was that the flashes
and the message recur indefinitely and I couldn't find a way to
interupt them except by C-A-Del.
> This is called a command line interface. It's fun too. You'd better
> learn your way around this stuff or else you'd indeed better quit.
I did indeed call it a command line, but I disagree there's any fun
here! Unfortunately, before I learn my way around Linux, I have
to get it running, which is a sort of catch 22. I'm coming from OS/2,
where I know the command line like the back of my hand. But
under commercial systems like OS/2, knowing the command
line is helpful for controlling the system, but not necessary for
keeping it running.
In any case, I appreciate your honesty. I think I've been mislead
by some of the zealots who try to claim that Linux runs reliably
right out of the box. The reality seems to be, as you say, that
you do need to know your way around the system, and
every now and then get out, turn a crank, give the system a push
from behind, and jump back in before it veers off the road. I can
live with that, if that's what makes it work.
>
> Eric
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From: jbrown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Terminal Emulator
Date: Fri, 05 Jan 2001 14:25:26 -0800
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From: "troost" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: LILO boots only linux
Date: Fri, 05 Jan 2001 22:24:18 GMT
Peter T. Breuer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schreef in berichtnieuws
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> troost <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > Peter T. Breuer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schreef in berichtnieuws
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >> troost <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >> If you want to boot from above the 1024 cyl mark, read the lilo docs
> >> and see what you have to do.
> > I did several times and tryd to understand ...
>
> Then try harder. I'm not responsible for your brain.
> The HOWTO is comprehensible to me, and that's the only stick I have.
> OTOH I doubt if many people have read the lilo docs themselves - too
> long and too much information: useful reference material, but not
> stuff to read.
>
> >>You will have to remove the linear option
> >> (probably) and add lba32 to your lilo.conf
> > As stated in previous postings i have done that
>
> Then the conclusion is that your bios doesn't play. So forget it.
> Do something else.
>
> >>. Then you'll have to hope
> >> that your bios supports that call.
> > bios is award 4.51pg (1998). i checked for upgrades and they only have a
> > windows program for the 4.50
>
> So?
>
> >> But the real answer is: Don't Do That. Make a SMALL boot partition. Put
> >> it somewhere universally accessible.
>
> > How do i make it that small? If it always could be that small then this
>
> What do you mean? You make it that small. That's all. About 8MB should
> be fine. Or just put the kernel image and boot sector
> on a partition that IS already below the 1o24 cyl mark. Then you
> don't need to make a special partition just for it. Or boot using
> laodlin instead.
>
> > problem, which is referred by in every doc would not exists. The
problem, i
>
> There's no problem making it that size. Getting people
> to make it that size is another matter.
>
> > restate, how do u make lilo do the mbr or a disk?
>
> Eh? Please use comprehensible syntax. You can't "do mbr". I suspect
> you mean "put the boot sector on the mbr" I don't know what you mean by
> "do .. a disk". Perhaps this is a two-point error? "disk" for
> "partition" as well?
>
> Why do you care? Lilo always puts the boot sector either in the mbr or
> in a partition, according to whatever you tell it to do in the
> lilo.conf file. Look at it, and alter to taste. Use the man page to
> help you. Hmm .. I suppose one can name any writable device there,
> even a file (i.e. not a device)?
>
> Peter
It has been resolved. thnx for helping.
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From: "GranpaK" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Leafnode unable to connect via Secure Password Authentication
Date: Fri, 5 Jan 2001 17:25:23 -0500
Hi All,
I have a laptop running RedHat v6.2 and leafnode v1.9.17. I have a news
server that I want to access which requires a password and username. I can
connect to the news server with Microsoft Outlook in which I have selected
"Logon using Secure Password Authentication".
My configuration file only has the server, username, password, expire, and
newsgroups lines. When I connect to the server with fetchnews -vvv -n, I
can see it connecting followed by a disconnect. I would assume that the
remote news server is disconnecting me. This probably has to do with the
Secure Password Authentication requirement of the news server. So how do I
configure linux to get in? I am trying to get all of the headers and bodies
of the posts from several newsgroups on the news server to my local
harddrive where I can disconnect my modem and then read and post at my
leisure.
Anyone have any ideas?
--
GranpaK
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
(remove NOSPAM to email me!)
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From: David <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Linux Terminal Problem ???
Date: Fri, 05 Jan 2001 22:27:06 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I am running Red Hat Linux 6.2 (Zoot), kernel version number 2.2.16-3.
>
> The system had been stable for several months. Ran without complaint.
>
> I have the machine setup for text-based login.
>
> I left it on over Christmas and went on a 2 week vacation. When i
> returned, I had no video and so had to reset the machine.
>
> Upon rebooting, I discovered that I was unable to log-on.
>
> The machine boots up properly and prompts me to log-in.
>
> When I enter the username and hit return, the screen refreshes and
> again prompts me for username.
>
> So I am never prompted for the password and therefore can never log-in.
>
> I am at my wit's end. Have tried using Ctrl-M and Ctrl-J [keyed
> equivalents of carriage return and line feed] as well as the Enter
> [numeric keypad] and Return.
>
> Still, I can never get a prompt for the password. THe screen refreshes
> and again asks for the username.
>
> Incidentally, on a related note,I was formerly able to use the Alt-1,
> Alt-2, and Alt-# keystrokes to open new text-based consoles.
>
> However, I can no longer do this, either...
>
> Can someone diagnose these symptoms?
>
> Neither an upgrade install from CD nor a floppy boot disk can rectify
> the problem....
>
> A fresh install is out of the question as I must preserve the data on
> existing user accounts.
>
> Sent via Deja.com
> http://www.deja.com/
Have you tried booting into "linux single" which should give you a root
prompt and access to the system.
--
Confucius say: He who play in root, eventually kill tree.
Registered with the Linux Counter. http://counter.li.org
ID # 123538
Completed more W/U's than 98.982% of seti users. +/- 0.01%
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.development.system,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: mounting floppy
Date: Fri, 05 Jan 2001 22:23:56 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
"Hung P. Tran" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Your tip certainly help.
> Thank you to all who response. I've check the device major/minor
number
> and it seems fine. Nothing is wrong with fstab. Yes, it seems like
Redhat 6.1
> does include the floppy driver. I've checked my /var/log/dmesg and
found
> the following error:
>
> Floppy drive(s): fd0 is 1.44M
> floppy0: Floppy io-port 0x03f0 in use
>
> Anyone has any idea.
>
It seems another device may be using the same I/O port address
as the floppy drive (0x3f0).
Check if this is true in the /proc/ioports file, the device
using the 03f0 port address should be listed in there. Mine
looks like this:
<snip>
03f0-03f5 : floppy
03f6-03f6 : ide0
03f7-03f7 : floppy DIR
<snip>
If there is another device using that I/O port then you must
change its setting so the floppy can use it. If there is not,
then the floppy drive may well have failed on you, have you
been able to test the drive with a boot floppy?
Hope this helps,
Bluster
Sent via Deja.com
http://www.deja.com/
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From: "Peter T. Breuer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: RH 6.2 won't boot (gdm problem)
Date: Fri, 05 Jan 2001 22:45:07 GMT
Robert Morelli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> In article <1kn56.10523$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Eric en
> Jolanda" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Yes, it's already booted in the sense that the kernel is loaded, but
> the system is stalled in the midst of the boot up process and as far
> as I can tell, unusable. What I failed to mention was that the flashes
> and the message recur indefinitely and I couldn't find a way to
> interupt them except by C-A-Del.
Oh, is that ALL. Your gdm is tarting and restarting indefinitely. Boot
in runlevel 3 (or 2, or 1).# and fix it.
> I did indeed call it a command line, but I disagree there's any fun
> here! Unfortunately, before I learn my way around Linux, I have
> to get it running, which is a sort of catch 22. I'm coming from OS/2,
It is running. Just fine. You can log into it from any remote computer
and check. If gdm doesn't run, just turn it off. I fail to see what you
need it for if you're the only user on your machine, which it sounds
like you are.
> where I know the command line like the back of my hand. But
There is nothing to know in the command line. You can't call a language
of about 50-500 words anything other than trivial.
> In any case, I appreciate your honesty. I think I've been mislead
> by some of the zealots who try to claim that Linux runs reliably
It runs just fine. That you stuffed up is not your fault.
> every now and then get out, turn a crank, give the system a push
> from behind, and jump back in before it veers off the road. I can
> live with that, if that's what makes it work.
It's what makes anything work. Or has your car never been in to a
garage?
Peter
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From: "Peter T. Breuer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.development.system,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: mounting floppy
Date: Fri, 5 Jan 2001 23:27:30 +0100
In comp.os.linux.misc Hung P. Tran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Floppy drive(s): fd0 is 1.44M
> floppy0: Floppy io-port 0x03f0 in use
check /proc/ioports.
Peter
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From: James Richard Tyrer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Resizing a Partion
Date: Fri, 05 Jan 2001 22:46:55 GMT
Steven Powell wrote:
> When I started my linux install 9 days ago, I was not sure how much I
> would like it and had intended to keep using my win2k install for most of
> my computing needs. After a week of playing I've changed my mind.
> Originally when I partitioned and installed Debian I put it on a 5 gig
> partion on my second hardrive. What I would like to do is is add the
> other 5 gig on that hardrive into the partition that is currently my
> linux native. Question is there an easy way of doing this? or am I
> basically hosed and need to start over. I'm looking for a way of
> doing this without doing the following:
>
> rename /usr > usr.backup
Actually, that would be: mv /usr /usr.backup
> mount new 5 gig partion to /usr
> and then copy all the info in usr.backup to usr
You do know, don't you :-), that you can copy the whole thing with one
command!
cp -a /usr.backup /usr
I think that is correct. If not, someone please correct my syntax.
> I know I can add space by mounting into the file system. What I would
> like to do is add that 5 gig into the current partition.
Supposedly you might be able to do this (with the RAID module), but it would
not be simple.
JRT
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Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.questions,aus.computers.linux
From: "Shane Baker" <sbakerATpcug.org.au>
Date: Sat, 06 Jan 2001 09:49:17 +1000 (EST)
Reply-To: "Shane Baker" <sbakerATpcug.org.au>
Subject: Anyone used Partition Magic to increase size of Linux / Partition?
Giddy
I'm running out of space, my root partition is the last thing on the drive
and I have heaps of unused space.
I hear conflicting reports on PM and Linux.
Anyone know for certain whether I can extend my root partition with PM 5.01
without buggering everything up?
TIA
Shane Baker
Canberra - Australia's national capital
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sbakerATpcug.org.au - please correct the obvious from my email address if replying
direct
Australian Pets newsgroup - aus.pets <<>> Australian Dogs Page -
http://www.pcug.org.au/~sbaker/dogs.htm
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From: James Richard Tyrer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: How to trap output logs from xdm, kdm, startx, etc?
Date: Fri, 05 Jan 2001 23:04:10 GMT
Jason Bond wrote:
> How does one trap the output from xdm or kdm or startx or startkde? It is
> failing for some reason and without documentation, I am a loss to figure out
> why.
My Xsession file has the following at the start:
# redirect errors to a file in user's home directory if we can
for errfile in "$HOME/.xsession-errors" "${TMPDIR-/tmp}/xses-$USER"
"/tmp/xses-$USER"
do
if ( cp /dev/null "$errfile" 2> /dev/null )
then
chmod 600 "$errfile"
exec > "$errfile" 2>&1
break
fi
done
This would normally redirect the KDE start up messages to
"$HOME/.xsession-errors".
If you don't have it, you could add something like:
echo > ~/.xsession-errors
exec > ~/.xsession-errors 2>&1
Then you also need to be sure that kdm or xdm is being executed.
The last line of "inittab" passes control to something -- probably a script --
to start the process.
You can change this to:
x:5:once:/usr/bin/kdm
{where the number and the path might be different on your system}
and see if that fixes it.
JRT
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From: Linux User <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Modules in RH7
Date: Fri, 5 Jan 2001 15:08:38 -0800
Hello,
dan wrote:
> i don't have rh7.0, but in 6.2, the file is /etc/conf.modules
>
In RH 7.0 it has been renamed. It is now /etc/modules.conf
What modules are you trying to load.
Jim H
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