Linux-Setup Digest #400, Volume #20 Thu, 11 Jan 01 13:13:09 EST
Contents:
Re: Line editor in bash ("Kurt R. Rahlfs")
print 2 pages in a single sheet (Massimo G Morin)
Re: Mandrake 7.2 does not shut down properly (Cubic Meter)
video and mouse questions w/Caldera OpenLinux 2.2 eDesktop (Rob Weaver)
Re: 2.4 boot w/scsi issue on RH6.2 (David)
Re: LILO only gettting to L (Stephane Rouberol)
Re: Ethernet card setup ("teknoid")
Re: Help with modem (etc.) in SuSe 7.0 (please!) ("teknoid")
Re: startx doesn't start X ("teknoid")
Problem getting PMagic 5.0 to apply changes for disk partition....
([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Problem getting PMagic 5.0 to apply changes to partition ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: startx doesn't start X (H.Bruijn)
Re: video and mouse questions w/Caldera OpenLinux 2.2 eDesktop (H.Bruijn)
btw ("Dietrich Duke")
HELP ("Dietrich Duke")
Re: How To Screen Grab - prntscrn in linux?? (drumvudu)
Re: Does anybody really know what time it is? (Bill Unruh)
Re: May have removed something unknowingly (drumvudu)
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From: "Kurt R. Rahlfs" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Line editor in bash
Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2001 10:10:59 -0600
Eric Wertman wrote:
> All-
>
> Could anyone tell me how to make vi the default line editor in bash?
> set -o vi works great on the command line, but no matter where I put it
> (be it /etc/profile, /etc/bashrc, or any of the config files in the user
> home directory .bashrc, etc.. ) I can't make it take effect
> automatically. There must be something simple that I am missing, but I
> can't figure out what. Any help greatly appreciated. thanks!
>
> Eric Wertman
I set the following three variables to /bin/vi (actually I use emacs)
because different shells like different variables and use them for various
purposes. These three have covered all the bases that I have come across.
set -a #automatiacally exports variables as they are set
EDITOR=vi
FCEDIT=$EDITOR
VISUAL=$EDITOR
set +a #stops automatically exporting variables
VISUAL seems to be the variable that sh and ksh use. FCEDIT is the editor
that is used when editing a block of previous commands to be executed
enmass.
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Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2001 11:17:07 -0500
From: Massimo G Morin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: print 2 pages in a single sheet
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Hi
I have installed RH 6.2.
I configured a network printer and I would like to print 2 pages into a
single sheet. Even if I set the option in the control panel (printer set
up), this does not want to work. It always print one page in one
page!!!!
The printer is a HP Laserjet 4050N
I select HP Laserjet 4/5/6, Postscript printer and HP Laserjet without
success.
Below the printcap (all of them are set to prin 2 in 1)
So far I had no problem printing but I'm getting tired of wasting
paper (after all, all of us love the Amazon forest ;) ).
Anybody can help?
Max
========
# /etc/printcap
#
# Please don't edit this file directly unless you know what you are
doing!
# Be warned that the control-panel printtool requires a very strict
format!
# Look at the printcap(5) man page for more info.
#
# This file can be edited with the printtool in the control-panel.
##PRINTTOOL3## REMOTE ljet4 300x300 letter {} LaserJet4 Default {}
lp:\
:sd=/var/spool/lpd/lp:\
:mx#0:\
:sh:\
:rm=pods.mit.edu:\
:rp=raw:\
:if=/var/spool/lpd/lp/filter:
##PRINTTOOL3## REMOTE POSTSCRIPT 300x300 letter {} PostScript Default {}
lp2:\
:sd=/var/spool/lpd/lp2:\
:mx#0:\
:sh:\
:rm=pods.mit.edu:\
:rp=raw:\
:if=/var/spool/lpd/lp2/filter:
##PRINTTOOL3## REMOTE laserjet 300x300 letter {} LaserJet Default {}
lp0:\
:sd=/var/spool/lpd/lp0:\
:mx#0:\
:rm=pods.mit.edu:\
:rp=raw:\
:if=/var/spool/lpd/lp0/filter:
--
."""-.
/ _.\ Massimo Morin
| / _,! Software Engineer
\ \ .""`\ Master in Science of Transportation Candidate
'. '. / /.(
.-""-._`;-\__)_/ Aeronautics & Astronautics Department
/ ( Massachusetts Institute of Technology
| / _ , \\_ _ Room 35-220 Flowers Corner
\ '..___\'--\_____\\ Off: (617) 253 0993 Home: (617) 484 2999 Cell: (617) 512
0203
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Hi
<br>I have installed RH 6.2.
<br>I configured a network printer and I would like to print 2 pages
into a single sheet. Even if I set the option in the control panel (printer
set up), this does not want to work. It always print one page in one page!!!!
<p>The printer is a HP Laserjet 4050N
<br>I select HP Laserjet 4/5/6, Postscript printer and HP Laserjet without
success.
<p>Below the printcap (all of them are set to prin 2 in 1)
<p>So far I had no problem printing but I'm getting tired of wasting paper (after
all, all of us love the Amazon forest ;) ).
<br>Anybody can help?
<p>Max
<br>--------
<br># /etc/printcap
<br>#
<br># Please don't edit this file directly unless you know what you are
doing!
<br># Be warned that the control-panel printtool requires a very strict
format!
<br># Look at the printcap(5) man page for more info.
<br>#
<br># This file can be edited with the printtool in the control-panel.
<br>
<br>##PRINTTOOL3## REMOTE ljet4 300x300 letter {} LaserJet4 Default {}
<br>lp:\
<br> :sd=/var/spool/lpd/lp:\
<br> :mx#0:\
<br> :sh:\
<br> :rm=pods.mit.edu:\
<br> :rp=raw:\
<br> :if=/var/spool/lpd/lp/filter:
<br>##PRINTTOOL3## REMOTE POSTSCRIPT 300x300 letter {} PostScript Default
{}
<br>lp2:\
<br> :sd=/var/spool/lpd/lp2:\
<br> :mx#0:\
<br> :sh:\
<br> :rm=pods.mit.edu:\
<br> :rp=raw:\
<br> :if=/var/spool/lpd/lp2/filter:
<br>##PRINTTOOL3## REMOTE laserjet 300x300 letter {} LaserJet Default {}
<br>lp0:\
<br> :sd=/var/spool/lpd/lp0:\
<br> :mx#0:\
<br> :rm=pods.mit.edu:\
<br> :rp=raw:\
<br> :if=/var/spool/lpd/lp0/filter:
<br>
<pre>--
."""-.
/
_.\
Massimo Morin
| /
_,! Software Engineer
\ \
.""`\ Master in Science of Transportation Candidate
'. '. /
/.(
.-""-._`;-\__)_/ Aeronautics &
Astronautics Department
/
( Massachusetts Institute of Technology
| / _ , \\_ _ Room
35-220 Flowers Corner
\ '..___\'--\_____\\ Off: (617) 253 0993 Home: (617)
484 2999 Cell: (617) 512 0203
`"""""`` ```</pre>
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From: Cubic Meter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux.mandrake,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: Mandrake 7.2 does not shut down properly
Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2001 11:26:53 -0500
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Mawgrath wrote:
> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Chris Menzel
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes
> >Since upgrading to Mandrake 7.2, shutdown is not able to shutdown. When
> >"shutdown -r (or -h) now" is issued, the system reports that various
> >processes are being shut down until I reach the message "No more
> >processes
> >this runlevel". At that point the system hangs. It is not dead; a
> >Ctrl-Atl-Del, for example, generates disk activity. But it will not
> >continue. I have to hit the reset button to reboot. This is a
> >particular pain because the disks don't get unmounted, and so I have to
> >wait the 5 or 6 minutes or so for fsck to do its thing.
> >
> >The problem appears to be independent of the kernel. The problem began
> >with the 2.2.17 kernel that comes with Mandrake 7.2, but remained after I
> >upgraded to the 2.4.0-ac6 kernel.
> >
> >Any ideas or suggestion would be appreciated.
>
> On my system restart has always worked and shutdown has never worked.
> With 7.0 and 7.1 it used to give a core dump.
> With 7.2 it gives a screenful of error messages.
> I restart into Win98 and shutdown from there.
Mine is just the opposite. Shutdown works, but it hangs on restart.
Strange, huh?
Cubic Meter
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From: Rob Weaver <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: video and mouse questions w/Caldera OpenLinux 2.2 eDesktop
Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2001 11:29:17 -0500
Greetings;
New linux user here with two questions:
1: what can I do about my KDE desktop being larger than my monitor
display area (I have to scroll the desktop left/right/up/down to see all
of it) , and
2: my mouse (scroll-wheel mouse set up as default 2 button with
3-button emulation) arrow on the screen will not travel to the bottom of
the screen and the arrow appears to be displaced by about an inch
vertical from the place that it's active.
I chose the defaults on install, and aside from these two rather
perplexing issues, Linux appears to be working (which means I can boot,
log in, and log out)
The computer is a Gateway 500 MHZ P-3 with 128 Meg RAM and 6.4GB WD hdd.
I haven't tried to use any applications yet - I think I ought to get the
basic configuration right before venturing afield.
All the best,
Rob Weaver
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From: David <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: 2.4 boot w/scsi issue on RH6.2
Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2001 16:30:19 GMT
mark kennett wrote:
>
>
> Yes I did execute mkinitrd in the /boot dir. I have not compiled the aic7xxx
> module into the kernel. Is there anything special that you have to do like a
> file where you identify your scsi card, besides "modules.conf" that is. Or
> do you just check off the yes box, compile and when it boots it finds the
> card and supports it! I don't mind recompiling to get the card working if
> that is what it takes. Thanks
>
> mark
I compile it into the kernel and remove the line in /etc/modules.conf
that refers to it since there will not be a module to load or look for,
it doesn't need to be told to look for it. It will be a part of the
kernel.
One other question about "mkinitrd".
Did you configure the kernel to include "loopback" support either as a
module or compiled in? Shouldn't matter which way you do it.
--
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 98.992% of seti users. +/- 0.01%
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From: Stephane Rouberol <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: LILO only gettting to L
Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2001 17:37:29 +0100
Moses wrote:
>
> Redhat 7.1
>
> LILO halts on L
>
> Suggestions, have seen it get to LI before on other systems, this is a new
> one to me.
>
> Moses
From
http://sdb.suse.de/sdb/en/html/kgw_lilo_errmsg.html
L error
The first stage boot loader has been loaded and started, but it can't
load the
second stage boot loader. The two-digit error codes indicate the type of
problem. This condition usually indicates a media failure or a geometry
mismatch.
cheers
Stephane Rouberol
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From: "teknoid" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Ethernet card setup
Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2001 16:38:32 GMT
The NetGear 310TX worked right out of the box for me in SUsE (6.2) and
Mandrake(7.0 & up) with no problems. Uses the Tulip driver and was detected
by both versions.
"Julio" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:93kimb$prp$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Is there a card that anyone can recommend?
> "Gene Heskett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> > Gene Heskett sends Greetings to Kevin Davis�;
> >
> > KD> I've got a Linksys LNE100TX Ethernet card that I am trying to set
> > KD> up. The card seems to show up in the Networking Control Panel
> > KD> applet as eth0 but I can't seem to get it to start with dhcp. I
> > KD> am of the understanding that the "tulip" driver needs to be
> > KD> associated with the device but I can't figure out where to go to
> > KD> to set this up. Any help is appreciated. I'm running Redhat 6.1
> >
> > KD> Thanks
> > KD> ---------------------------------------
> > KD> What could possibly go wrong?
> >
> > KD> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (remove the z's from my address)
> >
> > That card is being a PITA, and so is linksys, they stick all those linux
> > stickers on the friggin box, so you pay your money. On opening it, you
> > find a disclaimer that there is absolutely NO linux support offered by
> > them. IMNSHO, thats false advertizing worthy of a suit.
> >
> > That said, it appears that Donald Becker, [EMAIL PROTECTED], may have a
> > fix that I haven't had a chance to try yet, and the message from him
> > advising me what to do it 30 miles away on my office machine. But
> > basicly, you get the latest netdrivers src rpm from
> > ftp.scyld.com/pub/network/ IIRC, and build that. The resultant drivers
> > apparently can handle both the linksys and netgear fa311's according to
> > what preliminary reading I've done, but my memory could be faulty too.
> >
> > 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 � 2000 by Gene Heskett, all rights reserved.
> > --
> >
>
>
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From: "teknoid" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Help with modem (etc.) in SuSe 7.0 (please!)
Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2001 16:43:39 GMT
"Van der Ivor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
>
>
>
> Hello,
>
> I just installed SUSE 7.0 onto my PII running it with LILO on a
> win98 system. For some reason YAST2 the installer couldn't partition my
> drive properly, it always insisted I had much less drive space than I
> did, even after I removed about a Gb of stuff. Anyway I tried Yast1 to
> partition it but it only made a partition of 540mb and then aborted.
> Finally I used FIPS to partition it myself. However now I have a 540mb
> partition when I desperately need drive space. What util can I use to
> remove this extra partition?
Try partition magic. It costs $30 but it will do the job.
<snip>
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From: "teknoid" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: startx doesn't start X
Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2001 17:07:05 GMT
"Bill Unruh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:93fp7m$j5h$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> "Robert Lock" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> >typing "df" returns
>
> > Available use mounted on
>
> >/dev/hda1 0 100%
did you check for a core file?
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Problem getting PMagic 5.0 to apply changes for disk partition....
Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2001 17:18:47 GMT
Hi all,
Trying to get a 30GB disk partitioned (already has win 98) using
PartitionMagic 5.0 but when I try to apply changes and the machine
boots into DOS mode to do the work - it shows it starting the tasks
but crashes after about 30 seconds - doesn't do any harm just asks
whether I want to stay in DOS or return to Windows - returning to
Windows works fine ....
Tried re-installing PMagic 5.0 and various combos of re-sizing to see
if it would take but same every time.....crash after 30 secs.....
Any help/advice greatly appreciated ....
Thanks !
John
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Problem getting PMagic 5.0 to apply changes to partition
Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2001 17:25:00 GMT
Hi all,
Trying to get a 30GB disk partitioned (already has win 98) using
PartitionMagic 5.0 but when I try to apply changes and the machine
boots into DOS mode to do the work - it shows it starting the tasks
but crashes after about 30 seconds - doesn't do any harm just asks
whether I want to stay in DOS or return to Windows - returning to
Windows works fine ....
Tried re-installing PMagic 5.0 and various combos of re-sizing to see
if it would take but same every time.....crash after 30 secs.....
Any help/advice greatly appreciated ....
Thanks !
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (H.Bruijn)
Subject: Re: startx doesn't start X
Date: 11 Jan 2001 17:44:52 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Thu, 11 Jan 2001 17:07:05 GMT, teknoid allegedly wrote:
>
>> >typing "df" returns
>> > Available use mounted on
>> >/dev/hda1 0 100%
>
>did you check for a core file?
When partitions are full check :
/tmp users can dump all kinds of stuff there
/var/log certain configuartions log everything which can grow out of
hand quickly try "du -sh /var/*"
and remove fi all compressed (*.gz) log files. Don't remove avtive log
files, as that can hang your system.
Now some newer linux users work way too often as root and it may be
usefull to clean /root up as well. ~/,netscape/cache directories tend to
grow out of hand as well.
--
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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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (H.Bruijn)
Subject: Re: video and mouse questions w/Caldera OpenLinux 2.2 eDesktop
Date: 11 Jan 2001 17:54:30 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Thu, 11 Jan 2001 11:29:17 -0500, Rob Weaver allegedly wrote:
>Greetings;
>
>New linux user here with two questions:
>
>1: what can I do about my KDE desktop being larger than my monitor
>display area (I have to scroll the desktop left/right/up/down to see all
>of it) , and
Edit the file /etc/X11/XF86Config somewhere there will be sections which
look like :
Subsection "Display"
Depth 16
Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" "640x400"
ViewPort 0 0
Virtual "1600x1200"
EndSubsection
This is the section where the settings for your display at a colordepth
of 16 bit are set. In my case the default mode is "1024x768" the other
modes are tried succesivele when the default mode doesn't work. Now I
like my desktop to be larger then my display so I have a Virtual desktop
of "1600x1200". In your case simply comment out the virtual line and
then your desktop will always be the size of your physical display.
Subsection "Display"
Depth 16
Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" "640x400"
ViewPort 0 0
# Virtual "1600x1200"
EndSubsection
>2: my mouse (scroll-wheel mouse set up as default 2 button with
>3-button emulation) arrow on the screen will not travel to the bottom of
>the screen and the arrow appears to be displaced by about an inch
>vertical from the place that it's active.
Looks like you chose the wrong mouse type.
--
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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From: "Dietrich Duke" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: btw
Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2001 12:53:51 -0500
This version is RH 7
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From: "Dietrich Duke" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: HELP
Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2001 12:54:04 -0500
Hello, after using Linux as a server for so long, and never using X, I feel
at a loss on this.
My install goes ok, up to the point that X starts. At that point, the task
bar looks fine, but everything else is jumbled. On the top right, is the
bottom left of my task bar (in 1024x768) or the right side (in 800x600).
When I try to move a window, the whole screen jumbles up
Any ideas on this? Please let me know via email.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (remove nospam.)
Thank you
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From: drumvudu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: How To Screen Grab - prntscrn in linux??
Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2001 17:55:34 GMT
Also Snapshot..look under graphics
On Thu, 11 Jan 2001, Eric wrote:
> noel mcloughlin wrote:
> >
> > What app will grab a Screen Shot in Linux?
> >
> > I have'nt found anything on Sourceforge, Freshmeat or IceWalkers.
> >
>
> xv, gimp and probably several others
>
> Eric
>
4:19am up 39 min, 3 users, load average: 0.02, 0.04, 0.01
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bill Unruh)
Subject: Re: Does anybody really know what time it is?
Date: 11 Jan 2001 18:02:37 GMT
In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Peter B.
Steiger) writes:
]Maybe I'm reading the wrong FAQs, maybe I'm not understanding
]what I read... but I'm lost on the whole NTP thing.
]My goal is to have my Linux (RH 7.0) box connect periodically
]to an NTP server and adjust the local time to whatever NTP
]tells me. To that end, I installed chrony although I gather there
]are other utilities which do the same thing.
]As far as I can tell, chronyd is indeed polling the NTP and
]making minor changes as needed to /dev/rtc... but when
]I query the system date/time, it bears no relation whatsoever
]to the RTC.
]Obviously I'm missing a step. What program or command
]do I need to add so that the system date & time match up
]with what the RTC contains?
Why in the world would you want it to match your RTC? You RTC could be
way way out. You want your system time to match the time standard the
rest of the world uses. That is what chrony tries to do. If you system
time is too far off the world's time, it will take a long time to bring
it on track unless you go into chronyc and ask it to makestep.
Also under Linux you should run your RTC on UTC. (Universal Time Clock--
which used to be Grenwich Mean Time).That way Linux can take care of
daylight savings etc for you. If your hardware clock is on local time,
then you have to do the daylight savings alterations.
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From: drumvudu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: May have removed something unknowingly
Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2001 18:09:36 GMT
Goto rpmfind.com search glibconfig.h...Have alot of fun...
On 4 Jan 2001, 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.
>
> Mike
>
>
12:12pm up 8:32, 2 users, load average: 0.00, 0.00, 0.00
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