Linux-Setup Digest #404, Volume #20 Fri, 12 Jan 01 01:13:07 EST
Contents:
help required for X windows ("Garry Reid")
Can FIPS partition a 16GB hard disk running Windows2000 Pro (NTFS)? (Florence)
Stupid problem-- need to run insmod manually... (Paul Marquardt)
Re: 2.4 boot w/scsi issue on RH6.2 (mark kennett)
Re: Redhat 7.0 boot image not working on ThinkPad 1161-41M (Matthew Kwan)
Re: Does anybody really know what time it is? (Peter B. Steiger)
Re: Netscape 6 plugins!!:-( (Laurence John Oliver)
Re: SuSE 6.4 - services not starting at boot (Blackberry)
Re: Stupid problem-- need to run insmod manually... (Graham Wilson)
Re: modem in mandrake (David Efflandt)
Re: ATI RADEON DOES *NOT* WORK WITH LINUX ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Netscape 6 plugins!!:-( (E J)
Re: pppd daemon/eth0 interface (David Efflandt)
Re: SuSE 6.4 - services not starting at boot (drumvudu)
Re: sendmail (David Efflandt)
Re: Netscape 6 plugins!!:-( (Hal Burgiss)
Please help ("Mario Dima")
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From: "Garry Reid" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.help
Subject: help required for X windows
Date: Fri, 12 Jan 2001 14:28:39 +1100
I have just installed Linux madrake 7.2 on my PC. when i try to switch
to the KDE desktop GUI form the command line i get the error message:
execve failed for /etc/Xll/X (errno2)
giving up
X init Connection refused(errno111):unable to connect toX server
X init No such process(errno3): server error.
could somebody help me out here, I am a complete newbie to LINUX
thanks Garry Reid
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From: Florence <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Can FIPS partition a 16GB hard disk running Windows2000 Pro (NTFS)?
Date: Fri, 12 Jan 2001 03:30:09 -0000
Hi all,
Currently I have one partition on my hard disk (16GB, NTFS, Windows 2000
Pro,laptop). Now I plan to install Red Hat 7.0 on the same disk. Has
anybody done partition like this situation using FIPS?
Thank you very much!
Florence
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From: Paul Marquardt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Stupid problem-- need to run insmod manually...
Date: Fri, 12 Jan 2001 03:53:20 GMT
Hi,
I'm usually pretty good about reading documentation, but I can't
seem to find a straight answer on this problem. I just upgraded to
kernel 2.4.0. I needed support for a SB Live! sound card and had some
other issues that 2.4 addresses. The kernel built OK and I booted to the
new kernel. My only issue is that it did not automatically load the
modules for my network card (3c59x.o) and sound card (emu10k1). They
both worked fine after I loaded them manually with 'insmod'. My question
is-- how do I get Linux to automatically load the necessary modules on
bootup. I'd like to avoid compiling them into the kernel. Any help would
be appreciated.
Thanks,
Paul
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From: mark kennett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: 2.4 boot w/scsi issue on RH6.2
Date: Fri, 12 Jan 2001 04:07:33 GMT
David wrote:
> 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%
I compiled the aic7xxx support into the kernel and it works like a charm. I had
tried this a couple days ago without success, that was before I updated the
modutils package. Then I got into this whole mkinitrd issue that slowed me up.
As for the loopback I did not select anything different then the way it was set
when I downloaded the source. I looked around with xconfig for the section with
loopback and didn't see it right off the bat. If you let me know what section
it's in I will check on it for you. Thanks
Mark
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Matthew Kwan)
Subject: Re: Redhat 7.0 boot image not working on ThinkPad 1161-41M
Date: 12 Jan 2001 15:09:44 +1100
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Matthew Kwan) writes:
>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.
OK, I figured out a way around this. Boot from a DOS floppy. It's
an old version of DOS so it doesn't recognise the hard drive or
CD-ROM. So install FIPS, LOADLIN, VMLINUZ, and INITRD.IMG on a floppy
and execute them from DOS.
New problem: Redhat formats the disk and commences installing packages
(using anaconda?), and the installer crashes every single time. In a
different place every time. And I then have to start from scratch.
Is there any way to get to a Linux command-line prompt without going
through the Redhat install process? Once I reach that point I can
bypass the Redhat installer and then I don't have to start from scratch
each time something crashes.
Again, please send me a reply by e-mail as well, since it's faster than
waiting for a newsfeed.
Thanks.
mkwan
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Peter B. Steiger)
Subject: Re: Does anybody really know what time it is?
Date: Fri, 12 Jan 2001 04:47:58 GMT
On 11 Jan 2001 18:02:37 GMT, Bill Unruh sez:
>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.
Oh! Obviously I'm lacking even a basic understanding of how
[ insert favorite NTP server ] and my RTC and my system time
are supposed to relate to one another. The way I thought it
was supposed to work was, some amazingly accurate NTP
server tells my hardware clock what the correct time is; then
my hardware clock - allegedly accurate with the finest Korean
engineering - tells the OS what time it is.
I'm going to forget everything I thought I knew about time
configuration and go back and re-read the NTP HOWTO from
scratch. If you have any other suggestions of FAQs or HOWTO
guides or whatever that I should read, let me know!
Peter B. Steiger
Cheyenne, WY
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Date: Fri, 12 Jan 2001 13:11:47 +0800
From: Laurence John Oliver <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.questions,comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: Netscape 6 plugins!!:-(
Hi all,
Really need some help here...
Had Netscape 4.76 installed on my Tosh laptop running RH6.2 - just
upgraded to Netscape 6 and although I did the *full* download/install -
it has *supposedly* set up Java, realplayer, etc, etc. - but none of
these is now working/will kick in when its supposed to (i.e. when I hit
a webpage that needs java supported, audio supported, whatever...)
I've just tried downloading/reinstalling realplayer 8 from scratch -
Netscape 6 still doesn't know it exists - and I'm presently trying to
download/reinstall Java 2 - even though its already installed - in the
hope that stupid old Netscape 6 will figure out its there after that...
ANY help/info would be much appreciated...
John.
PS Please reply to my email address...
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From: Blackberry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: SuSE 6.4 - services not starting at boot
Date: 11 Jan 2001 16:38:38 -0800
On 3 Jan 2001 03:55:28 GMT, <[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
>SuSE 6.4 uses YAST as it's configuration utility. Are you using YAST to
>configure your machine?
I've checked YAST and YAST2. Where do you set up the things that will start on
system boot? I couldn't find it anywhere.
====================
"It's enough to make you wonder sometimes if you're on the right planet."
-- Frankie Goes to Hollywood
Brian -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- remove "NOSPAM"
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From: Graham Wilson <graham01~[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Stupid problem-- need to run insmod manually...
Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2001 21:20:03 -0800
Paul Marquardt wrote:
>
> Hi,
> I'm usually pretty good about reading documentation, but I can't
> seem to find a straight answer on this problem. I just upgraded to
> kernel 2.4.0. I needed support for a SB Live! sound card and had some
> other issues that 2.4 addresses. The kernel built OK and I booted to the
> new kernel. My only issue is that it did not automatically load the
> modules for my network card (3c59x.o) and sound card (emu10k1). They
> both worked fine after I loaded them manually with 'insmod'. My question
> is-- how do I get Linux to automatically load the necessary modules on
> bootup. I'd like to avoid compiling them into the kernel. Any help would
> be appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Paul
On the Debian system, you just put an entry in /etc/modules. I got SB
Live to work by inserting "emu10k1" as the last entry in the file. I
guess something similar would work for the network module. HTH. G.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David Efflandt)
Subject: Re: modem in mandrake
Date: Fri, 12 Jan 2001 05:32:55 +0000 (UTC)
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Thu, 11 Jan 2001 16:59:37 -0500, Hoo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>My internal modem is not recognized by harddrake.
>It is an internal modem v.90 supra express 56K ISA at com1 3f8 irq4
>I used isapnp to activate the device:
>1. pppdump > isapnp.conf
>2. vi isapnp.conf .... (ACT Y) etc.etc. OK
>3. isapnp isapnp.conf ... OK
>4. setserial /dev/ttyS0 uart 16550A ... OK
>5. start ppp0 ... boom doesn't work. FAIL
>no dail tone and no dailing.
>menu open to kill the command etc. etc.
>
>OS: Linux Mandrake 7.2
>Please help..
>Thanks,
>Keng
Assuming that you are uncommenting the proper lines in isapnp.conf to set
the port and irq and that none of your motherboard serial ports is on
Com1, how are you starting pppd? Are you using Kppp, or did you use
linuxconf (or netcfg in X) to set it up?
If you set up minicom to using /dev/ttyS0 can it initialize the modem and
get any response to AT commands?
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: alt.comp.periphs.videocards.ati
Subject: Re: ATI RADEON DOES *NOT* WORK WITH LINUX
Date: Fri, 12 Jan 2001 05:33:48 GMT
Are you really *the* Linus Torvalds? Wow!
Anyway, it doesn't work with 4.0.2 either. They claim to, but their
-configure program is *ed up. On one of the sites, there is a list of
things to be included in the future 4.0.2a, and it mentions ATI cards
and fixed -configure option. Untill then, unless you are a Linux guru
(which *you* really are) and can write a 86 config file by hand, you
have not option but to wait....
Regards,
In article <93d7pt$439$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Linus Torvalds) wrote:
> In article <93bvkf$4fu$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> >Please take note that ATI Radeon still doesn't work with the Linux
OS. I
> >have tried the latest XFree86 and it still goes south after the
install.
> >I am using Mandrake 7.2.
>
> It actually works fine, but you need to have XFree86-4.0.2.
>
> Which is recent enough that no vendor has done a release with it yet.
> Expect mandrake 7.3, RH 7.1 and SuSE 7.1 all to ship with it working
> off-the-CD.
>
> In the meantime I suspect that you need to install in text-mode and
get
> the 4.0.2 tree by hand. Inconenient, I agree.
>
> Linus
>
>
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From: E J <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.questions,comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: Netscape 6 plugins!!:-(
Date: Fri, 12 Jan 2001 05:42:35 GMT
Copy your plugins from Netscape 4.72 (i.e. /opt/netscape/plugins) into
Netscape 6.0 (/usr/local/netscape/plugins)
A majority of the plugins work, (plugger, flash, etc).
I found that realplayer plugin does not work.
Here is how to configure to get 3/4 of realplayer to work:
Netscape 6 does not ship with any predefined helper applications (i.e.,
mime types). You must manually
configure Netscape 6 to recognize RealMedia files (.ra, .rm, .rv, .ram,
.rpm).
After you manually configure Netscape, RealPlayer will start and play the
file when you click a RealMedia
link on a web page.
To manually configure Netscape 6 to recognize RealMedia files:
1. Start Netscape 6.
2. Click the Edit menu and choose Preferences.
3. Select the "Helper Applications" category.
4. Click New Type.
In the New Type dialog box, enter the following:
Description of type: RealPlayer File
File extension: .ra, .rm, .ram
MIME type: audio/x-pn-realaudio
5. Click Choose and locate realplay (in my system,
/usr/local/RealPlayer8/realplay).
6. Click OK.
Repeat steps 4-6 for each of the following file types:
Description of Type: RealAudio File
Extension: .ra, .ram
MIME Type: audio/vnd.rn-realaudio
Description of Type: RealVideo File
Extension: .rv
MIME Type: video/vnd.rn-realvideo
Description of Type: RealMedia File
Extension: .rm
MIME Type: application/vnd.rn-realmedia
THE FOLLOWING DOES NOT WORK!!!!
Description of Type: RealAudio File
Extension: .rpm
MIME Type: audio/x-pn-realaudio-plugin
7. Close Netscape and restart Windows.
8. Start Netscape.
9. Click the Edit menu and choose Preferences.
10. Select the "Helper Applications" category.
11. Click "audio/x-pn-realaudio" in the File types window.
12. Click Edit.
13. Click to clear the "Ask me before opening downloaded files of this
type" check box.
14. Click OK.
Repeat steps 11-14 for each of the file types below:
audio/vnd.rn-realaudio (RealAudio File)
video/vnd.rn-realvideo (RealVideo File)
application/vnd.rn-realmedia (RealMedia
File)
THE FOLLOWING DOES NOT WORK!!!
audio/x-pn-realaudio-plugin (RealAudio File)
Laurence John Oliver wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Really need some help here...
>
> Had Netscape 4.76 installed on my Tosh laptop running RH6.2 - just
> upgraded to Netscape 6 and although I did the *full* download/install -
> it has *supposedly* set up Java, realplayer, etc, etc. - but none of
> these is now working/will kick in when its supposed to (i.e. when I hit
> a webpage that needs java supported, audio supported, whatever...)
>
> I've just tried downloading/reinstalling realplayer 8 from scratch -
> Netscape 6 still doesn't know it exists - and I'm presently trying to
> download/reinstall Java 2 - even though its already installed - in the
> hope that stupid old Netscape 6 will figure out its there after that...
>
> ANY help/info would be much appreciated...
>
> John.
>
> PS Please reply to my email address...
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David Efflandt)
Subject: Re: pppd daemon/eth0 interface
Date: Fri, 12 Jan 2001 05:43:06 +0000 (UTC)
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Wed, 10 Jan 2001, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I have my pppd configured and my ethernet card is working.But,I get the
>message pppd daemon has died unexpectedly if I have the eth0 interface
>running also.If I disable the ethernet interface and use pppd I will
>connect with my modem to my ISP without the pppd died error message.Is
>it configuration ?I need an idea of what it could be.
Make sure that you do NOT have a default (UG) route to your LAN. That
would interfere with pppd's defaultroute. You might have to put noauth in
your /etc/ppp/options if /var/log/messages says anything about the peer
failing to authenticate itself or that it is not authorized to use its IP.
But it sounds more like you have some sort of irq conflict between your
modem and network card (nic). See what irq 'ifconfig' says your nic is
using. If it is 3 or 4 it might be the same irq your modem uses (which
ttyS# is it?).
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From: drumvudu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: SuSE 6.4 - services not starting at boot
Date: Fri, 12 Jan 2001 05:44:11 GMT
On 11 Jan 2001, Blackberry wrote:
ANYONE THAT QUOTES FRANKIE GOES TO HOLLYWOOD IS ALRIGHT W/ME!!!!!!!!!!>
> --------------------
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> -- Frankie Goes to Hollywood
> Brian -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- remove "NOSPAM"
>
>
"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: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David Efflandt)
Subject: Re: sendmail
Date: Fri, 12 Jan 2001 05:46:46 +0000 (UTC)
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Wed, 10 Jan 2001 11:33:10 +0200, Zayin Krige <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I would like to add a sendmail rule to sendmail.cf, but i'm no good at
>sendmail ;)
>
>if a message's "To :" line contains more than one recipient, that message
>must be recreated for each recipient, with only one recipient on the "To :"
>line
>
>how would I do this?
Not sure, but I wonder if using Bcc: instead of To: in your e-mail client
would help, since that sends a blind carbon copy to each recipient that
does not show who else it was sent to.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Hal Burgiss)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.questions,comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: Netscape 6 plugins!!:-(
Reply-To: Hal Burgiss <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: 12 Jan 2001 00:50:12 -0500
On Fri, 12 Jan 2001 05:42:35 GMT, E J <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I didn't ask the question, but thanks for a detailed answer ;)
[...]
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From: "Mario Dima" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux.slackware,comp.os.linux.help
Subject: Please help
Date: Fri, 12 Jan 2001 06:08:54 GMT
hi all, sorry for this posting, I am sure it has been posted before, and
will be again.
I am a complete newbie to Linux, however recently I decided to learn it. I
am a software developer (senior student), and like all good java developers
I strive to make my software platform independent .. and so forth.
I want to use Linux as a test/development platform.. However, I seem unable
to find the required documentation to install a web browser, and to start
one..
All help with this matter is much appreciated.
TIA Mario
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