Linux-Setup Digest #366, Volume #20 Sun, 7 Jan 01 10:13:04 EST
Contents:
Re: DOSEMU (Harry)
Re: Bash Command not found (repo @NOSPAMbeginnerslinux.org)
Samba not started at SuSE 7.0 boot (Kristoffer Adcock)
USB conferencing cameras under Linux? (Kristoffer Adcock)
How to override automatic "log on to network" upon ... ("Lord GOBLIN")
Re: Anyone used Partition Magic to increase size of Linux / Partition? (mirek)
Say it ain't so... ("Norm")
Re: at daemon fails to startup ("Ted Troccola")
mkbootdisk doesn't make bootable floppy ("Ted Troccola")
Re: help: getting modem to work (David Simpson)
Re: Hardware openions, and or comments (hurcans)
Re: Remote printing problem (Ollie Acheson)
Re: Install RH 6.2 over FTP (Douglas M. Pervine)
Re: USB conferencing cameras under Linux? (olgnuby)
Re: Mandrake 7.2 Install on Secondary IDE ("DenisRobidoux")
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From: Harry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.slackware
Subject: Re: DOSEMU
Date: Sun, 07 Jan 2001 13:27:45 +0000
On Sun, 7 Jan 2001 12:15:16 +0100, Martin Bock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>Harry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>On Sat, 6 Jan 2001 11:32:21 +0000, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>wrote:
>>
>>>Harry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>>> I thought I'd have a play with this on my slackware laptop, but it
>>>> won't compile properly - complains about a missing file "version.h"
>
>[Snip]
>
>>>I have Slackware 7.1 from the Walnut Creek CDROM set. "version.h"
>>>lives in /usr/src/linux/include/linux.
>>
>>
>>Nope, I have slack 7.1 with the latest (at least up until last
>>wednesday) kernel, and there'e no "version.h" anywhere in the unpacked
>>linux-2.2.18 file. The dosemu documentation says this is one of the
>>most common problems people have, but don't follow that up by telling
>>you what to do about it. Is this a bug in the kernel release?
>>
>>Thanks,
>>
>>Harry
>>
>>
>>(Linux - an obstacle at every turn...)
>
>Hello Harry,
>
>after compilation of a kernel from the sources the missing file
>'version.h' will be in the proper place.
>
>Same thing with compilation of 'lilo' and missing 'autoconf.h'.
>
>(Corrected F'up to colm)
>
>HTH
Helps tremendously Martin, thank you.
After a kernel build I'd been making "mrproper" thinking this would be
a nice state to leave the source tree in, but looking at the Makefile
I see that this deletes "version.h".
I conclude from this then that:
a) "make clean" is the happiest state to leave the kernel source tree
in after a kernel build
and
b) it's necessary for the source tree to be present in this state
before a lot of programs can be compiled, or is it only necessary for
/usr/src/linux/include/linux to be present - which is linked back to
/usr/include/linux? (my head's spinning)
Forgive me, I'm quite new to all this.
Thanks again
Harry
(Corrected F'up to colm) ???
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From: repo @NOSPAMbeginnerslinux.org
Subject: Re: Bash Command not found
Date: Sun, 07 Jan 2001 14:50:21 +0100
at Saturday, January 6, 2001 12:55 AM, "Roger Hawley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I am running Redhat 7 when I try sndconfig, xconfigurator, or linuxconf I
> get Bash Command not found. I am extremely new to this OS.
>
>
Roger
In Linux the commands for systemmanagment etc. are located in
/sbin or /usr/sbin
So do a
whereis sndconfig
then type the whole path to the command
--
Good Luck
Repo
RedHat Linux release 7.0 Kernel 2.216-22
http://beginnerslinux.org http://beginnerslinux.saxen.net
2:47pm up 6 days, 1:36, 3 users, load average: 0.36, 0.47, 0.55
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From: Kristoffer Adcock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Samba not started at SuSE 7.0 boot
Date: Sun, 7 Jan 2001 13:50:04 +0000
Hiya!
I've got a x86 box running SuSE 7.0, and I'm using it to share out the
drive on both netatalk and Samba, so that I can copy files between MacOS
and Windows. However, Samba doesn't automatically start when I turn the
machine on. I have to pull up a terminal, and type something like :
cd /etc/rc.d/init.d/
./smb restart
It seemed to stop working when I was halfway through installing netatalk
manually, before I noticed that it had been pre-installed. Anyone got
any ideas as to what I've done? Or failing that, where should I put the
above lines so that I can fudge Samba to start automatically?
Cheers,
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/------------------------www.adcock.demon.co.uk-----------------------\
| Kristoffer Adcock, Normanton, Derby, UK, Planet Earth |
| "Fighting the ceaseless battle against literacy and good taste" |
| with RISCOS, BeOS 5 Pro, MacOS 9, Linux, PalmOS and (sadly) Windows |
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From: Kristoffer Adcock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: USB conferencing cameras under Linux?
Date: Sun, 7 Jan 2001 14:03:46 +0000
Hiya!
I've got SuSE 7.0 running as an Intranet server out of the way in a box-
room at the back of my house. I also have a pair of rats living in a
cage in there, and quite a nice view out of the back window. Purely as a
waste of time, I fancied buying a cheap conferencing-camera, and setting
it up as a webcam showing either the rats, or the view outside. How good
is USB stuff under Linux at the moment? Are there any daemons knocking
about for this kind of thing? I was hoping for something along the lines
of a daemon which would grab an image every 30 seconds or so, and then
write it as a GIF to somewhere in my htdocs directory (so that it could
be accessed from Apache).
Cheers,
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/------------------------www.adcock.demon.co.uk-----------------------\
| Kristoffer Adcock, Normanton, Derby, UK, Planet Earth |
| "Fighting the ceaseless battle against literacy and good taste" |
| with RISCOS, BeOS 5 Pro, MacOS 9, Linux, PalmOS and (sadly) Windows |
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From: "Lord GOBLIN" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: How to override automatic "log on to network" upon ...
Date: Sun, 7 Jan 2001 13:03:33 +0100
After successful connecting to my ISP?
I have to to this cause my ISP doesn't allow "log on to network".
This option exists in Windows 95&98. Where can I find it in RedHat 6.1
distribution's gppp program?
With regards, I :->
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Date: Mon, 08 Jan 2001 01:16:17 +1100
From: mirek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.questions,aus.computers.linux
Subject: Re: Anyone used Partition Magic to increase size of Linux / Partition?
I'm using PM 5.0 and resized the root partitions of Red Hat and SuSE a couple of times
each with no problems.
However, I can't say whether it would always work or not.
Regards,
Mirek
Shane Baker wrote:
> 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
> _____________________________
> 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: "Norm" <norm@>
Subject: Say it ain't so...
Date: Sun, 7 Jan 2001 09:20:48 -0500
Tell me it ain't so. Just got Samba running. RH 7 install. I just had to
add users to the samba passwd list in order to prevent getting "Can't make
IPC$ Connection supply password" sort of message.
I got this fix off the samba docs.
Someone tell me that I won't have to do this for all 700 students?! There
is no way to let samba see that the user name and passwd that the Win98
client used is the same as in the passwd file and let them in?
Thanks for any thoughts on this
--
Thank you,
Norm
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From: "Ted Troccola" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: at daemon fails to startup
Date: Sun, 07 Jan 2001 14:24:34 GMT
Dan's suggestion about file permissions got me peeking around. There were
some permission issues. Mostly, in the 'world' level.
So, I recopied the filesystems, this time... using --same-permissions in tar
and things worked fine.
Thanks for your help...
Ted
"Ted Troccola" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:J1P56.925$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> I recently duplicated a working Red Hat 6.1 system.
>
> I duplicated the entire filesystem on a second hard drive in the same box
> ( so no hardware changed ), updated the fstab to point to new partitions
and
> tried to boot to the new root partition ( using LILO: linux root=/dev/hda7
> where hda7 is my new root partition)
>
> I see everything start correctly, except for the "at daemon". This fails
on
> the new system, but works fine on the old.
>
> Any ideas why?
>
> Thanks!
>
>
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From: "Ted Troccola" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: mkbootdisk doesn't make bootable floppy
Date: Sun, 07 Jan 2001 14:36:27 GMT
I have a RH 6.1 working system on my slave drive. I duplicated it on my
master drive, in an effort to free up the slave drive so it could be used in
another machine.
I just finished verifying that everything works as expected. It was quite
painless actually.
However, I am having a problem making a working boot floppy for my new
system.
I used 'mkbootdisk --device /dev/fd0 2.2.14-1.5.0', which happens to be the
note I had written on the boot floppy that works for the slave drive.
I am able to get into it the new system by using an old boot floppy and
typing 'linux root=/dev/hda7' ( where /dev/hda7 is my new root partition ).
Any ideas on how to make this boot floppy work?
Does the lilo.conf settings have anything to do with the 'mkbootdisk'
command? I don't see the relation, but it does boot with LILO so I figured
I'd ask.
Thanks,
Ted
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From: David Simpson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,aus.computers.linux
Subject: Re: help: getting modem to work
Date: Mon, 08 Jan 2001 01:14:28 +1030
On Sat, 6 Jan 2001 08:22:12 -0600, Robert Grizzard
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>David. E. Goble <goble@gtech> wrote:
>> Hi All;
>
>> Iam running RedHat 6.2. Iam trying to follow the how-to to connect to
>> the internet.
>
>> My modem is on com3 (/dev/ttyS2), but it seems not to work.
>
>> Here is what I have;
>
>[snip]
>
>> /usr/sbin/pppd /dev/ttyS2 57600 debug user username connect
>> "/usr/sbin/chat -v '' AT OK ATDT85534300 CONNECT '\d\c'"
>
>
>> Jan 6 18:29:15 gtech pppd[798]: pppd 2.3.11 started by root, uid 0
>> Jan 6 18:29:16 gtech chat[799]: send (AT^M)
>> Jan 6 18:29:16 gtech chat[799]: expect (OK)
>> Jan 6 18:29:35 gtech chat[799]: ^M
>> Jan 6 18:30:01 gtech chat[799]: alarm
>
>Your serial port may not be set up correctly since pppd is timing out
>waiting for an "OK" from your modem. When you run "cat /proc/interrupts"
>do you see the IRQ for your modem? Do you see your modem when you run
>"cat /proc/ioports"?
>
>Another thing that has bitten me in the past: Does your modem actually
>return "OK" or does it return "Ok" (or possibly "ok")?
>
What port is your mouse attached to? If it is on Com1 then your modem
should be on either Com2 (/dev/stty1) or Com4 (/dev/stty3) to avoid
interrupt conflicts.
Regards
David Simpson
Delete .spam.free before replying.
Old age and treachery beat youth and skill every time.
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From: hurcans <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.hardawe,comp.sys.ibm.hardware,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.misc,comp.sys.ibm.pc-hardware,comp.sys.ibm-pc.hardware,comp.sys.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: Hardware openions, and or comments
Date: Sun, 07 Jan 2001 14:50:34 GMT
Consider buying used IBM Refurbished with dual Cpu of Large Cache on Chip
Recent Manufacture and Using SMP Install of WIN NT TWO THOUSAND and LINUX
recent Version.. Reason, Good Support and Warranty from IBM, However I am
Not Sure if Warranty would be available Worldwide as Well as is available here
in U.S. However, Less Expense and More Certain Results with Excellent Upgrades
and More Sure SOLUTIONS to Problems in Bios and availability of Bios Upgrades
Worldwide by Internet. More Consistent Probable WORKAROUNDS on any Support of
LINUX with IBM PRODUCTS WITH INTEL CHIPS both SINGLE and DUAL CPU BOARDS.
Jonathan Paul wrote:
> sounds nice but does linux support all of that really?
>
> "joe crouse" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> > yes it is it does 1, 0 and 1+0
> >
> > William Fong wrote:
> >
> > > I'd stay away from the RAID setup. It's not a 'true' RAID. Do you
> really
> > > need it? You only listed one hard drive.
> > >
> > > Nice setup though!
> > >
> > > --
> > >
> > > ______________________________
> > > William Fong - www.digitaldev.com
> > >
> > > "Antonio" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> > > news:wMkU5.25608$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> > > > I want to by a new box, to dual boot linux and win 2000. Will do games
> and
> > > > possibly a server in the future. I have $2000 US.
> > > > Any and all comments will be appreciated.
> > > >
> > > > AMD Athlon Socket A 1100 Thunderbird - Retail Box $385.00,
> > > > 256MB 32X72 PC133 ECC (Lifetime Warranty) $212.00,
> > > > ABIT KT7-RAID AMD Socket A $150.75,
> > > > Ricoh CD-RW 6X4X24 + 4X DVD Int IDE - Retail Box $221.00,
> > > > SoundBlaster Live Value $55.25,
> > > > 3COM Fast Etherlink 3C905C w/Remote Wakeup $44.25,
> > > > Windows 2000 OEM Professional $132.75,
> > > > IBM 46.1GB Deskstar75GXP 7200RPM Ultra ATA/66+ 2MB $173.00,
> > > > ASUS AGP-V7700 64MB Pure GeForce2 GTS - Retail Box $328.25,
> > > > Enlight EN-72370X3A 300W HPS-300-101 AMD APPROVED $62.00,
> > > > Install CPU/Memory - Set Mainboard Jumpers $7.50,
> > > > Assemble Parts/Load Software/Burn-In $45.00
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> >
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Ollie Acheson)
Subject: Re: Remote printing problem
Date: 7 Jan 2001 14:16:36 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Thanks. That did the trick. I hadn't been able to find any syntax for the
hosts.lpd, so I made it look like hosts.allow. When I switched it to a simple
list of host names like you said, (and restarted lpd) the queue on the FROM
machine popped right into TO and printed without a hitch.
Where is the layout of this file documented? I couldn't find it in man lpd or
man printcap or the Printing-HOWTO.
Thanks again,
Ollie
In article <938h5o$u69$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, ljb wrote:
>[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>>I am trying to print from one linux box to a printer on another linux box and
>>am failing.
>>
>>I set up an entry in the printcap file for the FROM machine per the
>>Printing-HOWTO.
>>
>>I then put the name of the FROM machine into the file hosts.lpd on the TO
>>machine.
>>
>>When I print on the FROM machine (pr filename | lpr), I get an entry into the
>>queue on the from machine, but it goes nowhere.
>>
>>lpq on the FROM machine gives:
>>..................
>>FROMMACHINENAME: waiting for queue to be enabled on TOMACHINENAME
>>list of entries in local quese
>>TOMACHINENAME: lpd: : Your host does not have line printer access
>>..................
>>
>>which, to my feeble way of thinking, means the TO machine lpd is rejecting
>>access from the FROM machine.
>>
>>What am I missing? How do I get this seemingly simple process to work?
>
>To me this means you didn't get the /etc/hosts.lpd on the server ("TO")
>right. You must put the "primary" hostname of the "FROM" machine there -
>neither IP address, nor wildcards, nor aliases will work. If you are using
>DNS this means you use the FQDN of FROM (from.domain.top). If you are not
>using DNS, this means you use the very first hostname for FROM's IP address
>as found in TO's /etc/hosts file.
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|---------------------------|
| Ollie Acheson |
| Morristown, NJ |
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From: Douglas M. Pervine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking,redhat.general,redhat.config
Subject: Re: Install RH 6.2 over FTP
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Sun, 07 Jan 2001 14:53:32 GMT
I have found that the 'NE-2000' compatible cards are very old and don't have a
MAC assigned to them.. They mostly work on the broadcast method.. Look for
a good 3COM card.. I've been using various 3COM cards for years and love them
a lot.. Never a problem with Linux.. I started with RH5.2 and now running
RH6.2. Good Luck!
V/R
Douglas M. Pevine
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: olgnuby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: USB conferencing cameras under Linux?
Date: Sun, 07 Jan 2001 15:02:21 GMT
I've been able to get a USB Logitech Quickcam Express to give me a video
stream using some really alpha stuff that Georg Archer is working on and
developing. it can be found at the following link:
http://www10.informatik.tu-muenchen.de/~acher/quickcam/quickcam_doc.html
And capture it with a little X video grab utility, but as far as
anything else, I'm lost as a ball in the weeds.
I know people use WebCams with Linux. There are a number of them up
around the web.
The video4linux home page is:
http://roadrunner.swansea.uk.linux.org/v4l.shtml
And will get you started in the right direction to research it all out.
It's really been a motivator for me to dig in and start learning c++ and
some other amenable languages in order do something about it myself, but
I'm a long way from that point yet.
The only thing I've ever been able to get out of my Intel PC cam is for
Linux to recognize it as a pointing device. ;-( Seeing eye mouse I
guess. Kernel panics when the cat walks into the room if I leave the
privacy shield open.
The video and USB drivers are in the kernel package as far as I know
going back to 2. something with a patch, and the 2.3 versions on up to
the current 2.4.0 for the IBM "C-It", the Kodak DC-2xx series and the
CPiA(which I'm totally unfamiliar with)
I've got a Kodak DC-2300 that has a USB memory card reader that I'd like
to be able to use under Linux also, but.... I ain't there yet.
But, I remember a point in time when I was told, that damned parallel
port Mustek ain't never gonna work in Linux, but I kept looking and one
day about two years ago I stumbled across a guy named Jeff who had made
one work and I've been reaping the benefits of his labor every since.
;-)
Best wishes and best luck.
Charlie
Kristoffer Adcock wrote:
>
> Hiya!
>
> I've got SuSE 7.0 running as an Intranet server out of the way in a box-
> room at the back of my house. I also have a pair of rats living in a
> cage in there, and quite a nice view out of the back window.
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From: "DenisRobidoux" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Mandrake 7.2 Install on Secondary IDE
Date: Sun, 07 Jan 2001 15:03:19 GMT
hello.!
One easy way I found to dual boot is to use XOSL(eXtended Operating System
Loader)www.xosl.org that is install under windows. Very easy to conf and
easy to use.
salut
denis
MagicDust <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:JzR56.12735$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> I am a first-time *nix user. I've never used anything other than DOS and
> Win32 on a system i own. (Just thought I'd start the post with that.)
>
> #1) I have two hard drives. One 30gb (c:\) with WinME and a formatted 5
gig
> drive as secondary. I am downloading Mandrake 7.2(iso) right now and i
plan
> to install it on the 5gig and use a dual boot setup. I want to keep my C:
> drive entirely windows based and have nothing on it that has to do with
the
> other linux drive. Will Mandrake 7.2 give me the option of booting to
linux
> ONLY when i have a boot disk in? I want my machine to go to windows when
> there is no disk. I looked through some of the other posts but none of the
> questions were exactly what i was looking for.
>
> #2) if i were to install mandrake7.2 on a system that had only a single
hard
> drive that was blank (nothing on the system) how would i go abut setting
up
> my system to recognize my CD Drive? Would I simply use the same drivers as
i
> would if i were installing windows?
>
> Thanks Everyone!
>
>
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