Linux-Setup Digest #402, Volume #20 Thu, 11 Jan 01 19:13:08 EST
Contents:
Re: print 2 pages in a single sheet (Massimo G Morin)
Re: nfs problem ("Chip Piller")
Redhat 7.0 boot image not working on ThinkPad 1161-41M (Matthew Kwan)
Re: Help with modem (etc.) in SuSe 7.0 (please!) (Van der Ivor)
Ooops - how do I restore corect keyboard map in X (suse7)? (Van der Ivor)
Apache and DNS config? (Ed)
Re: hwclock always set to UTC (David)
Re: Ooops - how do I restore corect keyboard map in X (suse7)? ("Nicolas Rinaudo")
Re: Kde2 does not start after XFree4.0 installation (Ravi)
Re: Apache and DNS config? ("Nicolas Rinaudo")
Re: Don't use usr/src/linux w/2.4?? (David)
Re: Ooops - how do I restore corect keyboard map in X (suse7)? (drumvudu)
Re: Upgrade of Hardware and software (David)
Re: Kernel 2.4 on RH7 (=?iso-8859-1?Q?Rasmus_B=F8g_Hansen?=)
Re: slow inet connection (David)
Re: Redhat 7.0 boot image not working on ThinkPad 1161-41M (David)
Re: Ooops - how do I restore corect keyboard map in X (suse7)? (Van der Ivor)
Re: Ooops - how do I restore corect keyboard map in X (suse7)? (Van der Ivor)
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Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2001 17:02:13 -0500
From: Massimo G Morin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: print 2 pages in a single sheet
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You are The Man!
everywhere I need a print on lp1 (my printer) the command I use
mpage -Plp1 -2
(e.g. netscape, acroread etc....)
and that does the trick!
Thank you so much
Max
Chip Piller wrote:
> Hi,
> I made a backup of my /etc/printcap and then opened printtool and changed
> my number of pages per output page from one to four. I then checked and saw
> that the new /etc/printcap file had not changed. The printtool help button
> mentions something about a fast printing option, I don't know if this will
> help. It also mentions that it uses mpage to set the number of pages,
> which does not seem to be working from within printtool. I also tried to
> add mpage to the ghostscript options line but this did not work.
>
> The mpage command does work on it's own however. For example, "man mpage |
> mpage > /home/my_name/mpage.ps" will create a postscript file with default
> four pages per output page. Then "gv /home/my_name/mpage.ps" will pop it up
> in a display.
> So you should be able to do what you want by doing something like "lpr <
> mpage file_name"
>
> Hope this helps,
> Chip
>
> "Massimo G Morin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> 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
> `"""""`` ```
--
."""-.
/ _.\ 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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You are The Man!
<br>everywhere I need a print on lp1 (my printer) the command I use
<br>mpage -Plp1 -2
<br>(e.g. netscape, acroread etc....)
<br>and that does the trick!
<p>Thank you so much
<p>Max
<p>Chip Piller wrote:
<blockquote TYPE=CITE>Hi,
<br> I made a backup of my /etc/printcap and then opened printtool
and changed
<br>my number of pages per output page from one to four. I then checked
and saw
<br>that the new /etc/printcap file had not changed. The printtool
help button
<br>mentions something about a fast printing option, I don't know if this
will
<br>help. It also mentions that it uses mpage to set
the number of pages,
<br>which does not seem to be working from within printtool. I also
tried to
<br>add mpage to the ghostscript options line but this did not work.
<p>The mpage command does work on it's own however. For example,
"man mpage |
<br>mpage > /home/my_name/mpage.ps" will create a postscript file with
default
<br>four pages per output page. Then "gv /home/my_name/mpage.ps"
will pop it up
<br>in a display.
<br>So you should be able to do what you want by doing something like "lpr
<
<br>mpage file_name"
<p>Hope this helps,
<br>Chip
<p>"Massimo G Morin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
<br><a href="news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]</a>...
<br>Hi
<br>I have installed RH 6.2.
<br>I configured a network printer and I would like to print 2 pages
into a
<br>single sheet. Even if I set the option in the control panel (printer
set
<br>up), this does not want to work. It always print one page in one page!!!!
<br>The printer is a HP Laserjet 4050N
<br>I select HP Laserjet 4/5/6, Postscript printer and HP Laserjet without
<br>success.
<br>Below the printcap (all of them are set to prin 2 in 1)
<br>So far I had no problem printing but I'm getting tired of wasting paper
<br>(after all, all of us love the Amazon forest ;) ).
<br>Anybody can help?
<br>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.
<p>##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:
<p>--
<br> ."""-.
<br> /
_.\
Massimo Morin
<br> | /
_,! Software Engineer
<br> \ \
.""`\
Master in Science of Transportation Candidate
<br> '. '. /
<p> .-""-._`;-\__)_/ Aeronautics
& Astronautics Department
<br> /
( Massachusetts Institute of
Technology
<br> | / _ , \\_ _
Room 35-220 Flowers Corner
<br> \ '..___\'--\_____\\ Off: (617) 253 0993
Home: (617) 484 2999 Cell:
<br>(617) 512 0203
<br> `"""""`` ```</blockquote>
<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: "Chip Piller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: nfs problem
Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2001 17:07:30 -0500
Hi,.
Are you unable to start the nfs server and export the directory on your
redhat server?
Or are you unable to do an nfs mount of the directory from the remote
machine 192.168.1.20?
It sounds like you may need to change your exports file to:
/usr/netstation 192.168.1.20(rw,no_root_squash)
On my Redhat 7.0 system I configure the /etc/exports file, similar to the
above. Then as root I start portmap with command "/etc/rc.d/init.d/portmap
start" and this is OK. Then I start nfs with command "/etc/rc.d/init.d/nfs
start" and this is OK.
>From the remote machine I am then able to mount the filesystem.
Hope this helps,
Chip
"Dave Roberge (news)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:7Sk76.14897$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Hi, I try to install NFS server on RH 7.0 but even if I follow the
officials
> Redhat instructions, I get this error : permission denied when I try to
> mount the filesystem.
>
> My exports file is:
> /usr/netstation 192.168.1.20(rw)
>
> Even if I exported this file and started deamons portmap, rpc.mountd and
> rpc.nfsd, nothing works.
>
> Someone could help me?
>
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Matthew Kwan)
Subject: Redhat 7.0 boot image not working on ThinkPad 1161-41M
Date: 12 Jan 2001 09:56:30 +1100
I'm trying to get Redhat 7.0 installed on a ThinkPad i1200 1161-41M
and it's refusing to boot from the CD.
The helpful message is BOOT FAILED.
Next attempt was to use RAWRITE to install boot.img on a floppy and use
this to boot. Again, BOOT FAILED. I tried copying a few other images onto
floppy (eg pcmcia.img and bootnet.img) but same result. The BOOT FAILED
message appears in less than a second, so it's finding something it
doesn't like fairly early on.
I checked a few other things;
- The same problem occurs with the Redhat 6.2 CD, so it's not uniquely
a 7.0 thing.
- The boot.img floppy happily boots on my desktop, so it's not a problem
with the disk itself.
- The ThinkPad boots fine from an MS-DOS floppy and from an old SlackWare
LILO boot disk, so it's something about the Redhat boot image itself.
So, how should I go about installing Redhat on this laptop (dual-boot
with Windows ME)? Is there any other way to kick off the installation
process apart from booting?
I need a fairly quick turnaround on this, so if anyone has any advice
could they please send it by e-mail as well, since that's a fair bit
faster than our news feed.
Thanks.
mkwan
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From: Van der Ivor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Help with modem (etc.) in SuSe 7.0 (please!)
Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2001 23:05:02 +0000
Van der Ivor wrote:
>Glitch wrote:
>>
>>> Also I have an internal ISA Modulartech(nologies) v90 modem and I cannot
>>> get it to work. Yast2 will not pick it up. I followed these instructions
>>> on the install for isa/pnp modems:
>>>
>>> pnpdump -c > /etc/isapnp.conf
>>> isapnp /etc/isapnp.conf
>>>
>>> then setserial /dev/modem irq 3 port 0x2F8
>>
>>
>>is the modem PnP? if not why are u using pnpdump? What settings does
>>the modem use in Windows (if u have windows on the same machine)?
>>
>
>Good question. The modem was bundled with the PC so it's guess work
>basically. A similar modem is in the http://www.o2.net/~gromitkc/winmode
>m.html, but it says it is PnP but has no jumpers - but mine has so I'm
>wondering if it isn't PnP. Also the chipset (rockwell) is a R6771-22
>whereas mine is R6761-22. If that makes the slightest bit of difference,
>I have no idea.
>
>The modem is set up in Win98 on irq3 0x2F8.
I've got the modem working now, but I seem to have fucked up the X
server or something, the graphics and keyboard mapping are all fucked.
Can't enter my root to change anything :(
Van der Ivor
--
'666 is no longer alone
He's getting out the marrow in the backbone
And the seven trumpets blowing sweet rock and roll
Gonna blow right down inside your soul'
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From: Van der Ivor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Ooops - how do I restore corect keyboard map in X (suse7)?
Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2001 23:10:20 +0000
Ho hum. I just managed to get Suse and KDE up and running with my modem
and printer. Then I changed the desktop rez using Sax2, the setup
utility for graphics in KDE/Suse. Then when I restarted it was in a
stupidly low resolution and the keyboard mapping was screwed...I can't
type in my root password :( How do I restore the proper settings and
stop linux from loading X/KDE?
Thanks
Van der Ivor
--
'666 is no longer alone
He's getting out the marrow in the backbone
And the seven trumpets blowing sweet rock and roll
Gonna blow right down inside your soul'
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From: Ed <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Apache and DNS config?
Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2001 23:30:03 -0000
I have installed Red Hat 6.2 and used Linuxconf or netconf to setup Apache
and DNS. When I run nslookup the DNS listing works. The apache server will
not start. It is giving me multiple errors in the httpd.conf file. How can
I fix this?
--
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http://www.help.com/
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From: David <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: hwclock always set to UTC
Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2001 23:31:48 GMT
FEEB wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> If I do
> 'hwclock --debug'
> on any of my 30 RedHat systems in both Canada and Europe,
> I get the UTC epoch time, with the EDT or any other time stamp.
>
> e.g.
>
> 'Thu Jan 11 21:03:07 EST 2001'
>
> So, the stamp conforms to the local time (EST), but the time value is
> always UDT, contrary to what the stamp says.
>
> What should I do to change the time to actually be EST?
To check to see if this could be the problem:
cat /etc/sysconfig/clock
This will show you the clock file. If this could be causing the problem
it will probably look like the one shown.
ZONE="US/Central"
UTC=true
ARC=false
It should look similar to this with the correct country and timezone in
the first line. The second line tells Linux to assume the BIOS clock is
set to the UTC or GMT timezone. If this is what yours looks like then
you should change the UTC line to correct it as shown below.
vi /etc/sysconfig/clock
UTC=false
Be sure to save the change when done then reset the correct time.
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From: "Nicolas Rinaudo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Ooops - how do I restore corect keyboard map in X (suse7)?
Date: Fri, 12 Jan 2001 00:31:28 +0100
First, never EVER use sax. Freaking nightmare. Always does things behind
your back.
For the keyboard and resolution, everything is in the /etc/X11/XF86Config
file. There's a keyboard section
where you should be able to modify your key mapping back to "us", and a
video device section where you should be able to modify your default
resolution.
I have no idea how to restore the old desktop manager under Suse. Probably
in a script file under /etc/X11, but I have no idea which one(if it helps,
it's called prefdm under redhat).
Of course, you need to be able to log in to do that. Assuming lilo expects
you to type in 'linux' to boot, type
'linux single'. This will boot without loading X, among other things.
Hope it helps
Kueller
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From: Ravi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Kde2 does not start after XFree4.0 installation
Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2001 18:35:36 -0500
Hi,
KDM requires xdm to function. However, xdm is now a separate rpm. Once
you install xdm, everything should work right. In case you already have xdm
set up, make sure that when you call the ?dm from prefdm (which is called
from init [/etc/inittab]) has the right path - your .login, etc are not run
prior to calling prefdm.
Hope that helps,
Ravi
Julien Verchere wrote:
>
>
> Hello,
>
> I installed XFree4.0 on my Mandrake 7.2. Everything works well except that
> now my kde does not start when I log using kdm. It just open a terminal
> without windows manager and I am forced to type 'startkde' to launch kde.
> But worst, in my terminal that I use in Kde, the script file
> '.bash_profile' and '.bashrc' are not automaticaly executed when I log. So
> I do not have my alias any more.
> What did I do wrong ? Does I need to add something in .xsession ?
>
> Thank you.
>
> Julien
>
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From: "Nicolas Rinaudo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Apache and DNS config?
Date: Fri, 12 Jan 2001 00:35:28 +0100
I don't mean to sound stupid, but maybe you should just edit your httpd.conf
by hand? It's really well commented, so you should be able to spot errors
easily. My guess is that your apache host name is in conflict with your DNS
settings. Too tired to try and guess what the exact problem is, but look
into that.
Kueller
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From: David <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Don't use usr/src/linux w/2.4??
Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2001 23:43:11 GMT
BrianDP wrote:
>
> I hope I don't sound too dim here, but what exactly does this mean? I've
> seen references in other posts where people are still using this directory.
>
> In the past when using 2.2, every time I upgraded the kernel, I would unpack
> the source from /usr/src and it would create a 2.2.xx directory. I would
> then 'ln -s linux /usr/src/linux-2.2.17' to this new directory, and go about
> my install. Is this totally bad practice? What should I do from now on?
>
> I did as the instructions say, I untarred it into a different directory,
> /root and the tar file created a /root/linux/.... directory with the
> source. I tried to install it from /root/linux, but that didnt' work
> either.
Any time you unpack a tar file it is always recommended to do it in an
empty directory. On occasion you may unpack one that will not include a
directory to unpack into and will scatter all of the files through the
directory it was unpacked into. If you have a bunch of files in the
directory then they will be mixed in with the ones packaged in the tar
file. It can cause a big headache.
> I've updated all the packages it asks for, e2fcs, PPP, modutils, binutils,
> etc, and verified that the rest were of sufficent release.
>
> What seems odd about this to me, is that I've been using a test version of
> the kernel (2.4.0-test11) for almost a month without one little problem!
> The install of that kernel went off without a hitch!
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From: drumvudu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Ooops - how do I restore corect keyboard map in X (suse7)?
Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2001 23:43:39 GMT
Van you can use your boot floppy to get in and remap the keys, if no
floppy you can try passing a message to the kernal through LILO: type in
what you want to boot, then 2such as: "linux 2" at the lilo prompt.Might
do the trick.
On Thu, 11 Jan 2001, Van der Ivor wrote:
>
>
> Ho hum. I just managed to get Suse and KDE up and running with my modem
> and printer. Then I changed the desktop rez using Sax2, the setup
> utility for graphics in KDE/Suse. Then when I restarted it was in a
> stupidly low resolution and the keyboard mapping was screwed...I can't
> type in my root password :( How do I restore the proper settings and
> stop linux from loading X/KDE?
>
>
> Thanks
>
>
> Van der Ivor
>
> --
>
> '666 is no longer alone
> He's getting out the marrow in the backbone
> And the seven trumpets blowing sweet rock and roll
> Gonna blow right down inside your soul'
>
>
>
"Nothing astonishes men so much as common sense and
plain dealing"...Ralph Waldo Emerson
"It takes a wonderful brain and exquisite senses to produce a few
stupid ideas"...George Santayana
Confucious say "If you play in root,
eventually you will kill tree"...anonymous
SuSE 7.0 2.2.16
Linux: t h e c h o i c e o f a
G N U g e n e r a t i o n . . .
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From: David <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Upgrade of Hardware and software
Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2001 17:48:19 -0600
Randy Johnson wrote:
>
>
> Is there a way that I can make a seamless link between the files
> on /home and /workgroup? Could I have modified /home to make it
> larger without losing the files already there?
You could use a program named "parted" which can be found at the links
below.
http://linux.davecentral.com/5532_fileman.html
http://www.linuxburg.net/conhtml/preview/31280.html
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From: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Rasmus_B=F8g_Hansen?= <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: redhat.general
Subject: Re: Kernel 2.4 on RH7
Date: Fri, 12 Jan 2001 00:50:09 +0100
On 11 Jan 2001, Timothy Murphy wrote:
> NDQ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> >I just compiled 2.4 on RH7. Update firstly your packages (see
> >Documentation/Changes).
> >Use "kgcc" instead of "gcc" (see redhat.com).
>
> As a matter of interest, is kgcc better than egcs?
> I used the latter, and it seems to work OK.
> [I was reluctant to use kgcc, as I didn't know what it was, exactly]
egcs and kgcc is actually the same thing.
> There are a couple of other things I don't understand about the world:
>
> 1. Why on earth did RH send out a distribution with kernel sources that wouldn't
>ompile?
They didn't. They sent out a distribution with a C compiler, that could
not compile the kernel. The kgcc solution is what I would call a hack - I
would really have preferred 2.95.2; the latest stable gcc, which I
installed myself.
> 2. Why do people want to compile the RH version of the kernel, anyway?
> Given that you want to compile a kernel, why not use the most recent?
Well, the redhat kernel has some features, the vanilla kernel does not
(like raid). But on a new installation, the first thing I do, is to
install a stable gcc (if the installed one is not) and then cpmpile a
custom kernel downloaded from kernel.org.
Rasmus B�g Hansen
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From: David <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: slow inet connection
Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2001 17:51:06 -0600
Sven Heinecke wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> I switched from SuSE to Mandrake. Since that my internet connection
> seems to be slowed down (newsserver, Netsacpe, downloads). The only
> difference seems to be that I used wwwoffle with SuSE. But can this
> speed up the connection?? How can I check / change the bitrate of my
> serial device?
If your using a modem connection it can be due to a wrong initialization
string for the modem.
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From: David <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Redhat 7.0 boot image not working on ThinkPad 1161-41M
Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2001 23:58:59 GMT
Matthew Kwan wrote:
>
> I'm trying to get Redhat 7.0 installed on a ThinkPad i1200 1161-41M
> and it's refusing to boot from the CD.
>
> The helpful message is BOOT FAILED.
>
> Next attempt was to use RAWRITE to install boot.img on a floppy and use
> this to boot. Again, BOOT FAILED. I tried copying a few other images onto
> floppy (eg pcmcia.img and bootnet.img) but same result. The BOOT FAILED
> message appears in less than a second, so it's finding something it
> doesn't like fairly early on.
>
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>
> So, how should I go about installing Redhat on this laptop (dual-boot
> with Windows ME)? Is there any other way to kick off the installation
> process apart from booting?
Does the system BIOS have a virus protection in it? If it does then
disable it until you get done with the install.
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From: Van der Ivor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Ooops - how do I restore corect keyboard map in X (suse7)?
Date: Fri, 12 Jan 2001 00:05:31 +0000
Nicolas Rinaudo wrote:
>First, never EVER use sax. Freaking nightmare. Always does things behind
>your back.
>
>For the keyboard and resolution, everything is in the /etc/X11/XF86Config
>file. There's a keyboard section
>where you should be able to modify your key mapping back to "us", and a
>video device section where you should be able to modify your default
>resolution.
>I have no idea how to restore the old desktop manager under Suse. Probably
>in a script file under /etc/X11, but I have no idea which one(if it helps,
>it's called prefdm under redhat).
>Of course, you need to be able to log in to do that. Assuming lilo expects
>you to type in 'linux' to boot, type
>'linux single'. This will boot without loading X, among other things.
Thanks. I did a quick scan of the Suse support site and sure enough Sax2
buggers up your keyboard map, a 'bug' no less. Great. Anyway I did the
'linux single' at boot and it worked. I followed the instructions on the
website to go to /etc/X11/XF86Config and edit the keyboard mapping. It
looked ok, but there was another file X86Config.saxsave - and guess
what. All the graphics settings were 640*480 and the keyboard was set to
german! Er, what??? I never touched any keyboard settings. Anyway I
tried to edit it but I got a 'read only file system' error. I was logged
in as root, I'm a bit rusty with the old chmod commands, what do I do to
edit this file?
Thanks muchly,
Van der Ivor
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'666 is no longer alone
He's getting out the marrow in the backbone
And the seven trumpets blowing sweet rock and roll
Gonna blow right down inside your soul'
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From: Van der Ivor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Ooops - how do I restore corect keyboard map in X (suse7)?
Date: Fri, 12 Jan 2001 00:07:29 +0000
drumvudu wrote:
>Van you can use your boot floppy to get in and remap the keys, if no
>floppy you can try passing a message to the kernal through LILO: type in
>what you want to boot, then 2such as: "linux 2" at the lilo prompt.Might
>do the trick.
Thanks. The 'linux single' did the trick. Now I'm getting a 'read only
filesystem' error when I try to edit the file, how do I use chmod or
whatever to change this? Apologies for the lack of any knowledge
whatsoever ;)
Thanks,
Cheers,
and such,
Van der Ivor
--
'666 is no longer alone
He's getting out the marrow in the backbone
And the seven trumpets blowing sweet rock and roll
Gonna blow right down inside your soul'
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