Linux-Setup Digest #371, Volume #20 Sun, 7 Jan 01 23:13:09 EST
Contents:
Re: Need Ethernet Help ("Leon Bourassa")
Re: modem probs: (Steven Leuty)
Re: Help: suck; 400 file exists writing symlinking article file -- throttling (Nick
Andrew)
Re: Need Ethernet Help (Ken Johnson)
Re: LinkSys ethernet card problem ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Need Ethernet Help ("Steve Cox")
Dual boot problem?? ("enness")
ipchains firewall help ("Greg Gailer")
Printing woes ("Greg Gailer")
Re: Linux Terminal Problem ??? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Do I have to change my graphic card? (E J)
Re: DOSEMU (Michael V. Ferranti)
Re: Step-by step to install Linux RH7 and Win98. (gataway)
Re: Install RH 6.2 over FTP ("Jan Geertsma")
Re: LinkSys ethernet card problem (Michael Korman)
Re: Advice Needed - Partitioning New HD For Linux (Glitch)
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From: "Leon Bourassa" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.admin,comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.questions
Subject: Re: Need Ethernet Help
Date: Mon, 08 Jan 2001 02:09:46 GMT
First of all, are you sure your using a telephone cable?? If so, try using a
standard ETHERNET cable, most likely you will want a crossover cable if you
are connecting two machines directly.
Leon Bourassa
Network Admin
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> hi
>
> i'm trying to connect 2 computers via ethernet cards. i have no
> experience with setting up ethernets whatsoever so please excuse me if i
> ask any dumb questions ;)
>
> i have an intel etherexpress 100 and a 3com etherlink III. Following the
> instructions in the Ethernet HOWTO, i've set up both cards. The
> etherexpress uses a strange io range however. it uses the range
> c8000000-c800001f. i'm not sure if this is correct. other values for
> this card (from /proc/pci) are io=0xe800, irq=9. everything seems fine
> with the etherlink card (io=0x300 irq=10). i have both drivers compiled
> into the kernel.
>
> (note: i have a sound blaster awe64 on one machine. when i remove this
> card, the etherexpress automatically uses irq 10, but even then, nothing
> works)
>
> i then use ifconfig and route as follows:
> (for the moment, i'm just using any ip addresses to test the system and
> i'm not using DNS. i place the entries in /etc/hosts)
>
> for machine 1 (etherexpress):
> ifconfig eth0 197.3.2.1 netmask 255.255.255.0 up
> route -net 197.3.2.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 eth0
>
> for machine 2 (etherlink):
> ifconfig eth0 197.3.2.2 netmask 255.255.255.0 up
> route -net 197.3.2.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 eth0
>
> both cards are connected directly to each other using a standard
> telephone cable.
>
> after doing this, i use one machine to ping the other, but it doesnt
> work. i've tried passing parameters to the drivers at boot time (eg.
> ether=9,0x300,eth0) but it doesnt seem to make a difference.
>
> below, i've included the output when loading the drivers for these
> cards.
>
> if anyone can help, please do so. i've tried everything i can think of
> and i'm getting nowhere fast.
>
> thanks
> ali
>
>
> etherlink:
> eth0: 3c509 at 0x300 tag 1, BNC port, address 00 20 af 35 54 6f, IRQ
> 10.
> 3c509.c:1.16 (2.2) 2/3/98 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> etherexpress:
> eepro100.c:v1.09j-t 9/29/99 Donald Becker
> http://cesdis.gsfc.nasa.gov/linux/drivers/eepro100.html
> eepro100.c: $Revision: 1.20.2.10 $ 2000/05/31 Modified by Andrey V.
> Savochkin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> and others
> eth0: Intel PCI EtherExpress Pro100 82557, 00:A0:C9:C5:B8:69, IRQ 9.
> Board assembly 668081-004, Physical connectors present: RJ45
> Primary interface chip i82555 PHY #1.
> General self-test: passed.
> Serial sub-system self-test: passed.
> Internal registers self-test: passed.
> ROM checksum self-test: passed (0x3c15c8f1).
> Receiver lock-up workaround activated.
>
>
>
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From: Steven Leuty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: modem probs:
Date: Sun, 07 Jan 2001 20:07:35 -0600
please email me if any one has an answer.
steverl
Steven Leuty wrote:
> I've just installed RH 7.0. I bought a new modem (US Robotics
> Performance Pro 56K) It says that it supports Linux but only kernel
> version 2.4. How can I get my blasted modem to run when it can't be
> detected. btw: my modem is listed as com 5 in win me.
> thanks.
> steverl
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Nick Andrew)
Crossposted-To: alt.linux,alt.os.linux,aus.computers.linux
Subject: Re: Help: suck; 400 file exists writing symlinking article file -- throttling
Date: 8 Jan 2001 13:14:35 +1100
goble@gtech (David. E. Goble) writes:
>I am running redhat 6.2. I have a problem with suck.
>Reason: 400 File exists writing symlinking article file -- throttling
Server error. Server is throttled.
Nick.
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From: Ken Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.admin,comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.questions
Subject: Re: Need Ethernet Help
Date: Mon, 08 Jan 2001 02:02:26 GMT
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.questions
Subject: Re: LinkSys ethernet card problem
Date: Mon, 08 Jan 2001 02:28:27 GMT
I've got the tulip driver from source forge:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/tulip
The 1.1.0 driver seems to work fine for me in both 2.3 and 2.4.0
//V
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Stacy Slocum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I have just installed Redhat 7.0 and it will not recognize my Linksys
> Ethernet card. lspci -v shows that it is there but I can't get insmod
> to load tulip.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> TIA,
>
> Stacy
>
>
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From: "Steve Cox" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Need Ethernet Help
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.admin,comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.questions
Date: Mon, 08 Jan 2001 02:46:16 +0000
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> hi
> both cards are connected directly to each other using a standard
> telephone cable.
>
Hi,
Everyone else has mentioned that you need a hub or cross-over ethernet
cable. Just to explain..
Network units are connected in a star topology - with a hub or switch in
the centre. These ethernet cables can be refered to as 10baseT, twisted
pair ethernet, CAT5 or CAT4 or RJ45 - each referes to different standards
(wire, plug etc.) but are often referred to as the same thing.
Now, buying a hub to just connect 2 cards is a waste so you can use a
crossover ethernet cable. This has had the cores rewired to simulate the
connections made withing a 2 port hub - make sure you use one of these
rather than a regular twisted pair.
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From: "enness" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Dual boot problem??
Date: Mon, 08 Jan 2001 02:49:11 GMT
Hi,
I have LM 7.2 installed along with Win95. My windows does not recognize
Linux partition and is reporting the C drive size wrong ( probably C: + hda7
of linux?). Still everything was fine until something happened. I am not
sure if it was due to the Defrag I ran on C drive.
But when I started Linux it said /dev/hda7 not clean and forced a check.
Check ran for a long time with report of wrong inode, size errors on Blocks
etc.. etc. and finally Dropping me to shell. I ran 'e2fsck -b 8193 /hda7'
and finally hda7 came clean.
But now now when I start Linux it hangs while booting while stating
"/etc/rc.d/xyz.. and /usr/xyz.. not a valid file....". Booting in safemode
hangs stating "INIT: Id 'x' respawing too quickly, holding(?) for 5
minutes".
So in essence I am not able to get into the system at all. While
reinstalling is not a big problem as I dont have any data in the system, I
want to know why it happened and avoid it happenning again.
Thanks & Any help is appreciated
Sri
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From: "Greg Gailer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: ipchains firewall help
Date: Mon, 08 Jan 2001 14:04:25 +1100
Greetings
I am tring to set up a basic firewall for my Mandrake linux system. I
have set the default chains to be: output ACCEPT, Forward ACCEPT and
input DENY. I have set input on the localhost to ACCEPT and input on the
ethernet card to ACCEPT and have created new chains called ppp-in and
ppp-out. I want to provide a firewall only for the PPP chains. I do not
want to provide any servers to the outside. I want to be able to share a
directory for Napster and just run the normal client software and block
anything else. I just use a normal dial-up connection to the net. If
anyone can help it would be much appreciated.
Greg
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From: "Greg Gailer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Printing woes
Date: Mon, 08 Jan 2001 14:04:26 +1100
Greeting all
Why do some distributions insist on allowing only one type of printing
system in their linux version? I use Mandrake Linux for my workstation
and RedHat Linux for my server. Mandrake uses the CUPS printing system
which works fine for a locally connected printer and also works fine for
a printer connected to a remote computer, but try as I might (for two
months) it will not work with one of those small printer server boxes!!
I tried to remove CUPS but Mandrake had dependancies in a whole host of
other programs that relied on CUPS. I eventually removed all of them,
downloaded the source code for all of them (as well as LPRNG printing
software) compiled them all, setup LPRNG and tried it all out. LPRNG
works perfectly on my system and now after about 2 1/2 months I can use
my printer. CUPS would seem to be not quite complete as yet and until
they have their network printing sorted out, I certainly won't be using
it again (no matter how involved it is to do otherwise). My RedHat system
comes with LPRNG although it installs LPD by default, so I had no
problems with it at all.
If anybody is also having problems with CUPS, try LPRNG it's great.
Greg
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Linux Terminal Problem ???
Date: Mon, 08 Jan 2001 02:58:16 GMT
I will look into this...
I believe the re-install I performed was an "upgrade" without
installation of any new "packages", as you described, but I was not
given an opportunity to specify new passwords.
However, I may have overlooked this in my haste.
Am I better off moving my user data to an ancillary drive, and
then re-formatting, re-partitioning, re-installating, etc. ?
Did the intruder exploit a defect in [Red Hat] Linux, or was I simply
too lax?
I also have TurboLinux 6.0.4 and could presumbably convert, to avoid
repetitions of this incident.
Siva
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> One way to get your system back is to do a base install.
>
> Load the linux installer and do not select any packages.
> Be sure to not select to format your partitions.
> If you format your partitions then you lose all your data.
>
> Give new passwords to the installer, and it should do a base install,
> filesystem only.
>
> This should get you running.
>
> I have done this kind of install several times.
>
> Jeff Moore
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> > Thanks for the tip...
> >
> > Booting linux single did help; I now have root access to the machine
> > without limited device operation.
> >
> > However, I noticed that a program called hunt1-5 has been installed
in
> > the /root directory. I took a look at its README file, and the
program
> > seems to be designed to usurp internet.
> >
> > How and why was my machine targeted? I have been using mainly for my
> > own user and programming needs [i.e, in workstation mode], and did
not
> > even configure remote FTP or Telnet access.
> >
> > I have not had too much time to investigate, but all the user data
> > seems to be intact...
> >
> > The only files that "seem" to have been changed [only took a cursory
> > look] are /etc/shadow, /etc/passwd, and /etc/ftpusers.
> >
> > However, the changes are minor at best and do not account for my
> > inability to even get a password prompt.
> >
> > --Siva
> >
> > >
> > > It sure sounds like the box has been rootkited, and the first
thing
> > they
> > > change is login to keep you out. I hope you have backups of the
user=
>
> > > data, you might need to format and re-install to get everything
thats=
>
> > > been changed.
> > >
> > > But first, try booting by entering 'linux single' at the boot
prompt.=
>
> > > This might get you in enough to check things out. Compare the
login
> > > you've got with a known good one of the same vendor, version
number o=
> n
> > > another machine. Get familiar with lsattr and chattr as the
rootkite=
> r
> > > will often set the i bit on the files he changed so they can't be
> > > changed back. Don't trust your ls utils, any of them until you've
> > > replaced them with known good ones. Look in the /var tree, and
in th=
> e
> > > /dev tree for suspicious files and/or directories, one favorite
trick=
>
> > is
> > > to stick their stuff in a directory named ..
> > >
> > > There's lots more of course. Maybe it can be fixed. And maybe it
> > > can't. Needless to say, get it off the net until your are ready
to g=
> o
> > > to redhat and download and install *all* the updates from their
errat=
> a
> > > directory. Nothing older than bind-8.2.2p7 is safe, shut anon
ftp of=
> f
> > > and have a port closing party of anything you don't absolutely
need.
> > >
> > > Then goto www.psionic.com and get portsentry, its been very good
to
> > me,
> > > my office machines /etc/hosts.deny looks like the LA phonebook!
> > >
> > > Cheers, Gene
> > > --
> > > Gene Heskett, CET, UHK |Amiga A2k Zeus040, Linux @ 600mhz
> > > email gene underscore heskett at iolinc dot net
> > > #Amiga based X10 home automation program EZHome, see at:#
> > > # <http://www.thirdwave.net/~jimlucia/amigahomeauto> #
> > > ISP's please take note: My spam control policy is explicit!
> > > #Any Class C address# involved in spamming me is added to my
killfile=
>
> > > never to be seen again. Message will be automaticly deleted
without
> > dl.
> > > This messages reply content, but not any previously quoted
material,
> > > is =A9 2000 by Gene Heskett, all rights reserved.
> > > --
> > >
> > >
> >
> > Sent via Deja.com
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>
>
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From: E J <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Do I have to change my graphic card?
Date: Mon, 08 Jan 2001 03:10:53 GMT
http://www.linux.org/docs/ldp/howto/3Dfx-HOWTO.html
Fr�re Orph�e wrote:
> I don't have a linux driver for my Jazz Multimedia 3dfx card, this
> company doesn't seem to exist on internet, any help ?
>
> --
> Lex legis
> Organisation pour un monde plus optionnel
>
> En ce moment
> Orph�e - Johanne
> http://www.491.org/projets/mmm/rphee-jo
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From: Michael V. Ferranti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: DOSEMU
Date: Mon, 08 Jan 2001 03:29:42 +0000
And Harry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> spoke thusly:
>I tried to get this going on my laptop, but it won't compile. It
>complains about a missing file "version.h" which should be in
version.h should be part of the kernel headers. You'll need to install
at least that much of the kernel source-code.
-- Michael V. Ferranti [blades&inreach*com]
Linux Counter Reg.ID# 177869 http://counter.li.org GNUke The Planet!
Sign The Linux Driver Petition: www.libralinux.com/petition.english.html
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Date: Mon, 08 Jan 2001 11:42:17 +0800
From: gataway <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: Step-by step to install Linux RH7 and Win98.
But if i want to install more OS like win2000, winNT, can i still use lilo?
ID wrote:
> 1= install win98
> 2= install partitionmagic.. but do NOT install bootmagic.
> 3=resize your existing partition with partitionmagic to create ampty space
> for linux. (min. 600mb. 2+GB is good idea)
> do NOT need to create a partition, just an empty space for linux.
>
> than try to install RH7-linux, follow on-screen instructions, you don't need
> a boot manager, linux has its own bootmanager called "lilo" that will take
> care of your win98 too.
>
> good luck
> ismet
>
> "gataway" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> > I'm going to setup a new system with two ATA 100 harddisk, one for win
> > 98 the other for Linux RH7.I'm planning to have BootMAgic and Partition
> > Magic install .
> > So which OS do i install first? And what partition is needed for noth
> > win98SE and Linux? Can i have and exmaple of how much space for each
> > partition? I will
> > Install most of the application and games on win98SE ,as for linux i am
> > a newbie still
> > need to explore more about it.Kindly give me a senerio on what to do.
> >
> >
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From: "Jan Geertsma" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking,redhat.general,redhat.config
Subject: Re: Install RH 6.2 over FTP
Date: Sun, 07 Jan 2001 15:55:48 GMT
"Douglas M. Pervine" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> 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!
Well, or buy a new cheap ne2000 compatible clone, I've used both lots of
3com and ne2k's and both need a little love and affection to get them to
work. but 3com's aren't available for $20 or less. Never seen a mac-less
ne2000,
Jan
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From: Michael Korman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: LinkSys ethernet card problem
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.questions
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Mon, 08 Jan 2001 04:01:07 GMT
Stacy Slocum wrote:
> I have just installed Redhat 7.0 and it will not recognize my Linksys
> Ethernet card. lspci -v shows that it is there but I can't get insmod
> to load tulip.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> TIA,
>
>
> Stacy
>
Have you tried recompling the driver? I had to do that on a few distros
with Linksys cards. Haven't tried Red Hat, though.
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Date: Sun, 07 Jan 2001 23:08:05 -0500
From: Glitch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: Advice Needed - Partitioning New HD For Linux
>
> So, the question of the day is: Besides the two partitions that'll be
> created when I install Linux (Root & Swap), should I partition the drive any
> more, or just go with the full 46 GB? With Windows, it made sense to create
> more partitions due to defragmentation & performance issues (...I have 3 on
> my 13.5 GB); but from what I've been reading it looks like Linux avoids a
> lot of those problems. Though I try to read as much as I can before asking
> questions, I'm sure you'll be hearing more from me as this project
> progresses. :) Any input is appreciated....
I make a /, /boot, and a swap partition. Other people make those 3 along
with a /home and maybe a /opt for where most of your programs may be
stored.
It's up to you but I'm happy with /, /boot, and swap but giving yourself
more eases a reinstallation process as you only need to reinstall some
partitions.
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