Linux-Setup Digest #419, Volume #20 Sun, 14 Jan 01 12:13:13 EST
Contents:
Re: newbie X question (Graham Wilson)
Re: application for installation? (Graham Wilson)
Adaptec 29160 + Asus (Stefan Pitz)
Help me to get rid of LILO completely without deleting all partitions (Lennart)
Re: Help me to get rid of LILO completely without deleting all partitions (Chiefy)
Re: Help me to get rid of LILO completely without deleting all (David)
USB Keyboard, 3Com Network Card and the new 2.4.0 kernel. ("Robert B. Gamble")
Re: newbie X question ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Master Boot Record Problem?
Re: USB Keyboard, 3Com Network Card and the new 2.4.0 kernel. ("S. G. Student")
Dual-OS, Xfree screen is off.. need to adjust everytime. - help help. (John Smith)
Re: 2.4 kernel messages (=?ISO-8859-1?Q?Rasmus_B=F8g_Hansen?=)
Re: IDE CD-RW vs ATAPI Zip drive (John Foster)
co-located server + web interface ("jsmit simpelnet.nl")
SoundBlaster Live! on Corel Linux 1.2 (Houng)
Re: samba + ipmasquerading ("Martin Cooper")
Re: samba + ipmasquerading ("Martin Cooper")
Relay Mail Host with Qmail?? ("�j��")
Where can I find libqt-mt? (Doug M)
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From: Graham Wilson <graham01~[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: newbie X question
Date: Sun, 14 Jan 2001 02:45:13 -0800
Randy Chang wrote:
>
> Okay, I realize that this is probably a stupid question, but how do you
> exit out of the X server? I'm using Storm Linux (Debian-based) with
> XFree86 3.3.6. The reason I ask is because this version doesn't have
> immediate 3D support for my TNT2. The documentation for the Nvidia 3.3.6
> drivers say to exit out of the X server before running the Nvidia install
> script.
>
> P.S. - could you please CC to the email below, since I don't hop onto this
> newsgroup that often? Thanks!
<ctl> <alt> <F1> - <ctl> <alt> <F6> will get you six console login
shells. G.
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From: Graham Wilson <graham01~[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: application for installation?
Date: Sun, 14 Jan 2001 02:47:22 -0800
xiaoguang wang wrote:
>
> Need to write a installation software for a new application. Do you know any
> free code that I can refer to?
>
> Thanks
Debian also has an equivalent set of instructions. Go to the Debian
website and look into the maintainer's docs. G.
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From: Stefan Pitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Adaptec 29160 + Asus
Date: Sun, 14 Jan 2001 12:01:43 +0100
hello folks,
as far as I understood the adaptec 29160 works fine with linux.
But I run into trouble as I tried to install SuSE Linux 7.0 on
a new System (Board ASUS CUSL + ADaptec 29160).
The System only recognizes the contoller, when parity checking in the
SCSI-setup is diabled ?!?. But when I then tried to write down the
partition tables the system dies with timeout when trying to reset the
bus.
The same thing happens earlier when parity checking is enabled in the
SCSI bios :-(
some ideas ?
stefan
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From: Lennart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.comp.linux,alt.linux,alt.os.linux,alt.os.linux.suse,comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Help me to get rid of LILO completely without deleting all partitions
Date: Sun, 14 Jan 2001 12:34:17 +0100
I tried to install Suse 6.2 on my AThlon TB but it failed. Now I'm stuck
with LI when I boot. I want to completely uninstall LILO but this seems
impossible. I tried FDISK /MBR, SYS C:, and tried the Win2000 recovery
console but the problem keeps returning. The strange thing is that
sometimes my pc boots normally (into win98/2k with NO trace of LILO), and
then the next time it hangs at LI again.
I understand that one solution is to delete all my partitions and start
all over but I don't want that. I just want to uninstall LILO without
using my data. I can't use my SUSE installation cdrom because every time
I get a general protection error while booting the kernel when I boot
from the cdrom, so I can't access the linux partition manager or LILO
configuration.
Is there any way to get rid of LILO without sacrificing my data? Fdisk
(DOS) or FIXMBR (win2k) doesn't work, and as the linux cd aborts with an
error, I havent installed linux yet and I cant access the linux partition
manager. Are there any other tools available?
Please help !
Lennart
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Chiefy)
Subject: Re: Help me to get rid of LILO completely without deleting all partitions
Date: 14 Jan 2001 12:21:40 GMT
14 Jan 2001 11:34 UTC, Lennart typed:
>I tried to install Suse 6.2 on my AThlon TB but it failed. Now I'm stuck
>with LI when I boot. I want to completely uninstall LILO but this seems
>impossible. I tried FDISK /MBR, SYS C:, and tried the Win2000 recovery
Have you tried booting from a clean DOS system floppy disk and typing
'fdisk /mbr' followed by 'sys a: c:'. That always does the trick here.
--
Chiefy. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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From: David <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Help me to get rid of LILO completely without deleting all
Date: Sun, 14 Jan 2001 12:34:36 GMT
Chiefy wrote:
>
> 14 Jan 2001 11:34 UTC, Lennart typed:
> >I tried to install Suse 6.2 on my AThlon TB but it failed. Now I'm stuck
> >with LI when I boot. I want to completely uninstall LILO but this seems
> >impossible. I tried FDISK /MBR, SYS C:, and tried the Win2000 recovery
>
> Have you tried booting from a clean DOS system floppy disk and typing
> 'fdisk /mbr' followed by 'sys a: c:'. That always does the trick here.
>
> --
> Chiefy. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Boot into linux and run "lilo -u" you may need to use a windoz bootdisk
to boot with and run "fdisk /MBR"
--
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Completed more W/U's than 99.002% of seti users. +/- 0.01%
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From: "Robert B. Gamble" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: USB Keyboard, 3Com Network Card and the new 2.4.0 kernel.
Date: Sun, 14 Jan 2001 13:07:24 GMT
I am trying to upgrade the kernel on my Redhat Linux 7.0 system. I am
having trouble getting it to work because I have not found a way to
simply upgrade it while keeping all the same settings currently setup
with 2.2.16-20.
Is there a way to use the make config and have it default to all the
current setting of my running kernel? The two problems I am having are
with my USB keyboard and my 3Com network card.
Both work fine with my current kernel, but when I compile the new
kernel, I cant seem to find the magic setting to keep them working.
Without either (USB Keyboard, or 3Com network card) I have no way of
shutting down aside from the power switch.
Please provide instructions as to how to solve stated problems. Thank
you,
--
Robert B. Gamble
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: newbie X question
Date: Sun, 14 Jan 2001 13:44:07 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Randy Chang <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Okay, I realize that this is probably a stupid question, but how do
you
> exit out of the X server? I'm using Storm Linux (Debian-based) with
> XFree86 3.3.6. The reason I ask is because this version doesn't have
> immediate 3D support for my TNT2. The documentation for the Nvidia
3.3.6
> drivers say to exit out of the X server before running the Nvidia
install
> script.
If your default runlevel is 5 (boots full network, w/X11) you will
need to change to runlevel 3 (boots full network, text console login
only). To change to runlevel 3:
1 - save work in all open X11 programs
2 - press <CTRL><ALT><F2> to go to a text login console
3 - login as root
4 - run the "init 3" command to switch runlevels e.g.
# init 3
That will shut down the Xserver so you can run the Nvidia install,
When the install is done return to runlevel 5 with the "init 5" command:
# init 5
Hope this helps!
Bluster
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From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Master Boot Record Problem?
Date: Sun, 14 Jan 2001 14:30:06 -0000
I installed Corel Linux on D drive into a partition set aside for that
purpose. However, it seems Linux wants to take over the boot process and
always boot to D drive, which was ok when I still had Corel Linux
installed. But, now I have uninstalled Linux and attempted to wipe out
the created partitions for it on D drive. Although Linux is no longer on
D drive and the partitions for it have seemingly been erased, without the
use of a boot manager (Boot Magic), the computer will still seems to want
to boot to D drive where I get a black screen with (I believe) a "Li"
or "lilo" or at least something at the very top. Of course, nothing is
going to happen because there is nothing or very nearly nothing there to
open. Some part of a partition may still exist on D drive that may
contain some little bit of info or maybe not but I do have to assume that
if I can get my Master Boot Record to simply go back to choosing C drive
as the bootable drive, then I can uninstall the boot manager and let the
friendly people at Partition Magic fix D drive so that all the last
vestiges of Linux are removed. My question is not one about D drive but
how I can get the computer to simply boot to C drive as it did before I
installed Linux. Somebody smart - please help!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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From: "S. G. Student" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: USB Keyboard, 3Com Network Card and the new 2.4.0 kernel.
Date: Sun, 14 Jan 2001 14:35:56 GMT
"Robert B. Gamble" wrote:
>
> I am trying to upgrade the kernel on my Redhat Linux 7.0 system. I am
> having trouble getting it to work because I have not found a way to
> simply upgrade it while keeping all the same settings currently setup
> with 2.2.16-20.
>
> Is there a way to use the make config and have it default to all the
> current setting of my running kernel? The two problems I am having are
> with my USB keyboard and my 3Com network card.
>
> Both work fine with my current kernel, but when I compile the new
> kernel, I cant seem to find the magic setting to keep them working.
> Without either (USB Keyboard, or 3Com network card) I have no way of
> shutting down aside from the power switch.
>
> Please provide instructions as to how to solve stated problems. Thank
> you,
>
> --
> Robert B. Gamble
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
if you saved your old .config copy it to the source tree and then do a
make oldconfig. This will present you with only the new choices for the
new kernel. The sourceforge site points to some pretty good usb
documentation.
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From: John Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Dual-OS, Xfree screen is off.. need to adjust everytime. - help help.
Crossposted-To:
alt.os.linux.mandrake,comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.x
Date: Sun, 14 Jan 2001 23:41:57 +0800
Hi there,
I have both Windows and Linux and have been using a while quite ok.
Recently I upgrade to Mandrake7.2 which comes with XFree4.01.
I get everything working and TNT2 recognise working ok. However, the screen
for XFree is slightly off. Previously using Xfree3.36 is perfectly ok and I
know in Xfree3.36, I could use XF86Setup to 'softset' the screen after
configuring the X-server. (Was it call vidtune? the utility).
XFree4.01 does seems to have a utility like this.. so, I have to manually
set the digital monitor on my control when using different OS.
Any solve?
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From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Rasmus_B=F8g_Hansen?= <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: 2.4 kernel messages
Date: Sun, 14 Jan 2001 17:15:26 +0100
On Sat, 13 Jan 2001, Christopher C. Stump wrote:
> Thanks for the reply!
>
> As for devpts....previously I had gone back into the kernel to recompile it
> with support for devpts. However, under the filesystems menu (xconfig) I
> can't find any option related to devpts. Seriously, I scoured that area and
> couldn't find anything. Where would the support for devpts be?
You have to compile in support for unix98 pty's too (in character
devices) to get devpts.
Rasmus B�g Hansen
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From: John Foster <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: IDE CD-RW vs ATAPI Zip drive
Date: Sun, 14 Jan 2001 16:14:32 +0000
Andrew Walker wrote:
>
> E J wrote:
>
> > Give it up :) Put in the scsi emulation back in.
> > Put the ignore statement to ignore both your zip disk (hdb) and cd-rw drive
> > (hd?).
> > You should be able to access your Zip DOS disk with the following command.
> > # mount /dev/sda4 /mnt/zip -t vfat # just guess that your zip drive is at
> > sda
> >
> > John Foster wrote:
> >
> > [ tale of woe snipped ]
>
> I've got both working (ZIP 100 + IDE CD-RW using SCSI emulation) without
> modules (everything compiled in kernel), and with a "hdc=ide-scsi" line in my
> lilo.conf. Works great! Let me know if you need the kernel compile config I've
> used (2.2.13).
>
> Andrew.
Thanks, folks - that's got me seemingly very close, but I must still be
missing something. Following Andrew's suggestion and with E J's
supporting comment I've tried the SCSI emulation mode, and now I can
indeed type
mount -t msdos /dev/sda4 /mnt/zip
(it's an msdos disc I'm trying it with). The green light on the Zip
drive then flashes briefly, but mount says:
"wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/sda4,
or too many mounted file systems"
On the other hand, if I repeat the experiment with a Mac-formatted disc
inserted, mount then gives me a message about it not being a block
device. (I didn't expect the Mac disc to work, but the different
messages imply that it's at least getting as far as looking at the disc
surface).
Again, if I undo the changes, I can read the DOS disc fine with
mount -t msdos /dev/hdb /mnt/zip
so I'm also confident the disc itself isn't at fault.
The Zip is hdb, and the CD-RW is hdd. In lilo.conf under the Linux image
I have:
append="hdb=ide-scsi hdd=ide-scsi"
and yes, I did run /sbin/lilo afterwards.
In conf.modules I have added:
alias scsi_hostadapter ide-scsi
In /etc/rc.d/rc.local I have added
/sbin/modprobe ide-scsi
If I run cdrecord -scanbus the non-empty output is:
[root@jsjf john]# cdrecord -scanbus
Cdrecord 1.8 (i686-pc-linux-gnu) Copyright (C) 1995-2000 J�rg Schilling
Using libscg version 'schily-0.1'
scsibus0:
0,0,0 0) 'IOMEGA ' 'ZIP 100 ' '14.A' Removable Disk
cdrecord: Warning: controller returns wrong size for CD capabilities
page.
0,1,0 1) 'LG ' 'CD-RW CED-8042B ' '1.05' Removable CD-ROM
(cdrecord gives various warnings about the CD-RW at different stages,
but it still burns the discs OK).
I must be doing something silly here, but I can't see what :-(
I'm reluctant to start compiling modules into the kernel at this stage,
on the grounds that I don't want to introduce extra changes if I don't
have to, but would that be likely to make a difference?
John
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From: "jsmit simpelnet.nl" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: co-located server + web interface
Date: Sun, 14 Jan 2001 16:04:00 +0100
I am considering about setting up my own web server co-located.
Is there software like cobalt (raq version) available ? Is it also possible
with webmin.
How to check the security of the server. Are there websites toc check it ?
Please five me some information
Thanks
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From: Houng <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: SoundBlaster Live! on Corel Linux 1.2
Date: Sun, 14 Jan 2001 16:30:03 -0000
Hello, I've installed Corel Linux 1.2 and it is supposed to support
soundblaster live cards, but my sound isnt working.
I tried to "make depend" in my emu10k1 directory but it says
"Please run make depend in your kernel source tree modversions.h is
missing"
however I ran "make depend" in the /usr/src/linux directory
I have no idea how to fix this please help!
Thank you.
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From: "Martin Cooper" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: samba + ipmasquerading
Date: Sun, 14 Jan 2001 16:27:12 -0000
Hi,
I use the following settings for samba where 172.16.0.1 is the IPaddress
of eth0 which goes to my internal network. Note that this setup makes samba
work as a login authentication server, and for it to work you will need to
setup encrypted passwords and a share called netlogon. This works well and
prevents samba being available outside my network.
# Global parameters
[global]
workgroup = STARSHIP
netbios name = ENTERPRISE
server string = Samba Server on Enterprise
interfaces = 172.16.0.1 127.0.0.1
encrypt passwords = Yes
update encrypted = Yes
map to guest = Bad Password
passwd chat = *new*password* %n+AFw-n *new*password* %n+AFw-n *changed*
username map = /etc/samba.d/usermap
max log size = 50
load printers = No
logon script = %U.bat
logon path =
logon home =
domain logons = Yes
preferred master = Yes
domain master = Yes
wins support = Yes
remote announce = 172.16.255.255/WORKGROUP
guest ok = Yes
printing = lprng
mangling char =
To enable masquarading, use the following rules :-
ipchains -P input ALLOW
ipchains -P output ALLOW
ipchains -P forward DENY
ipchains -A forward -j MASQ -s 192.168.0.0/24 -d 0.0.0.0/0
now you need to enable forwarding in the kernel with the following command
:-
echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward
This will get things working, but is insecure as it lets everything in and
out. You should now read through the firewall howto available on
www.linuxdocs.org.
Martin
"SeB" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:93pvk9$4hl$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
>
> Hi !
>
> I want to set up a linux box with 2 NICs : one for the cable-modem and one
> for the internal network
>
> This box will run ip-masquerade and i want only the internal network to
> have access to a samba server on this box.
>
> What rules do you recommend for ip-masq and what for the section
interfaces
> in [global] of the smb.conf file, assuming my cable modem is on eth0 and
my
> internal network is 192.168.0.0/24 on eth1 (the ip of this box is
> 192.168.0.1)
>
> Thanks !
>
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From: "Martin Cooper" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: samba + ipmasquerading
Date: Sun, 14 Jan 2001 16:27:12 -0000
Hi,
I use the following settings for samba where 172.16.0.1 is the IPaddress
of eth0 which goes to my internal network. Note that this setup makes samba
work as a login authentication server, and for it to work you will need to
setup encrypted passwords and a share called netlogon. This works well and
prevents samba being available outside my network.
# Global parameters
[global]
workgroup = STARSHIP
netbios name = ENTERPRISE
server string = Samba Server on Enterprise
interfaces = 172.16.0.1 127.0.0.1
encrypt passwords = Yes
update encrypted = Yes
map to guest = Bad Password
passwd chat = *new*password* %n+AFw-n *new*password* %n+AFw-n *changed*
username map = /etc/samba.d/usermap
max log size = 50
load printers = No
logon script = %U.bat
logon path =
logon home =
domain logons = Yes
preferred master = Yes
domain master = Yes
wins support = Yes
remote announce = 172.16.255.255/WORKGROUP
guest ok = Yes
printing = lprng
mangling char =
To enable masquarading, use the following rules :-
ipchains -P input ALLOW
ipchains -P output ALLOW
ipchains -P forward DENY
ipchains -A forward -j MASQ -s 192.168.0.0/24 -d 0.0.0.0/0
now you need to enable forwarding in the kernel with the following command
:-
echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward
This will get things working, but is insecure as it lets everything in and
out. You should now read through the firewall howto available on
www.linuxdocs.org.
Martin
"SeB" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:93pvk9$4hl$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
>
> Hi !
>
> I want to set up a linux box with 2 NICs : one for the cable-modem and one
> for the internal network
>
> This box will run ip-masquerade and i want only the internal network to
> have access to a samba server on this box.
>
> What rules do you recommend for ip-masq and what for the section
interfaces
> in [global] of the smb.conf file, assuming my cable modem is on eth0 and
my
> internal network is 192.168.0.0/24 on eth1 (the ip of this box is
> 192.168.0.1)
>
> Thanks !
>
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From: "�j��" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.admin,comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Relay Mail Host with Qmail??
Date: Mon, 15 Jan 2001 00:55:13 +0800
Dear All,
I have 1 qmail+vpopmail server which is hosting mail for 3 virtual
domains. If it down, then I will lost all incoming mails during the
downtimes. So, I would like to setting up an Email server which act as a
temporary storage spaces for our incoming mail once the server down or need
to perform maintainance.
So, anyone with that experience ??
Rgds,
Dino.M
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From: Doug M <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Where can I find libqt-mt?
Date: Sun, 14 Jan 2001 12:02:00 -0500
I'm trying to compile KWinTV 0.8.5. I installed the latest QT (qt-
2.2.2-2), but KWinTV's makefile wants to link with libqt-mt, which is
not included in the QT rpm. Anyone know what I need to install to get
this library?
Thanks.
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