Linux-Setup Digest #440, Volume #20 Wed, 17 Jan 01 11:13:04 EST
Contents:
Re: IMAP server (Mike Dowling)
Re: RH6.2 install from FTP ("mattd")
Re: RPM and Tarball Etiquette ("ne...")
Need to reinstall windowsME ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: rpm database in db3 format? (-ljl-)
error compiling the kernel (Maxxe)
Re: kickstart etc. (Todd Sargent)
Need help for network RHL 7 kickstart (Todd Sargent)
Re: Netscape slow (John Peach)
where to install kernel sources (Hans Mielke)
xhost problem ("magnus eriksson")
Re: Problems Getting Kernel to Work ("Kurt R. Rahlfs")
Compaq Armada 4160T. Problems with Display. (Virginia N��ez Sanz)
installing slackware (the voigtstr)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Mike Dowling)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: IMAP server
Date: 17 Jan 2001 13:11:19 GMT
On Wed, 17 Jan 2001 09:15:29 +0100, NDQ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Hi,
>Could you tell me HOW TO install an IMAP server on RH Linux please.
Find the imap daemon of your choice (we use the Washington University
imap daemon), down load the sources, follow the INSTALL instructions,
edit /etc/inetd accodingly if imapd is not to run all the time, and
Bob's your uncle.
Well, not quite depending on what you want. It is advisable to have an
sasl authentification, and sendmail will have to understand that. We
use the cyrus sasl libraries. Obtain sources, compile and install.
Then download sendmail-8.11.2 sources, look at the README files in the
various directories, especially in the sendmail subdirectory, and follow
the instructions there to compile sendmail with sasl.
Cheers,
Mike
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From: "mattd" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: RH6.2 install from FTP
Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2001 13:13:05 GMT
I've done it loads of times... haven't encountered any problems as of yet.
have you considered an NFS install?
Matt
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> Has anyone used this?
> Is there anything I need to look out for?
>
> Thanks.
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From: "ne..." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: RPM and Tarball Etiquette
Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2001 13:14:13 GMT
On Jan 16, 2001 at 16:25, Derek eloquently wrote:
>I find that I have RPM's and Tarballs spread over several directories.
>Is there a commonly accepted location for keeping all your downloaded
>files or do you just download to /tmp and rm everything when you are
>done?
This is something you decide. I setup two directories in my
$HOME dir for that. After installing, I move them to their
corresponding install directories. I guess this is an admin
policy that you make up as you go along.
>Also, if you download an RPM and install it to your system, is there a
>way to include it in Gnome RPM or Mandrake update , so the system will
>check for it?
I'm a Redhatter and don't use Gnome RPM. RPM uses a database
and this should warn you if you are trying to upgrade an rpm
that you already have a newer version of.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Need to reinstall windowsME
Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2001 13:40:02 GMT
Need to reinstall windowsME
I have Redhat 7.0 and WindowsME running on one computer. I has told that
I have to reinstall windowsME tonight. Can someone please tell me all
the steps I have to take to save my redhat 7.0??
Also what steps am I going to have to do after installed WindowsME
again?
Please email me at [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: -ljl- <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: rpm database in db3 format?
Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2001 13:45:57 GMT
In article <93niv0$nb8$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Peter Bismuti) wrote:
> I'm getting this message:
>
> cannot open Packages index using db3 - Permission denied (13)
>
> --> The rpm database cannot be opened in db3 format.
> If you have just upgraded the rpm package you need to convert
> your database to db3 format by running "rpm --rebuilddb" as root.
>
> error: cannot open Packages database in /var/lib/rpm
>
> I have run "rpm --rebuilddb" and it does not solve the problem. Can
anyone
> explain what is going on and how to fix it??
Well, rpm version 4 is out and it's not compatable with rpm 3 because
it uses dbm3. Unfortunately people are creating RPMs with version 4
and not telling anyone. Best of all the source for RPM 4 is packaged
with RPM 4, which can _not_ be installed on a system using RPM 3.
Go figure.
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From: Maxxe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: error compiling the kernel
Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2001 15:36:11 +0100
Hi folks!
I just installed RH7 on my pc and tryed to reconfigure my kernel. After
menuconfiguring (i also tryed xconfig), make dep and make clean this is
the last lines of the make zImage:
===== cut =====
gcc -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -O2 -fomit-frame-pointer -o
scripts/split-include
scripts/split-include.c
scripts/split-include include/linux/autoconf.h include/config
kgcc -D__KERNEL__ -I/usr/src/linux/include -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -O2
-fomit-frame-pointer -fno-strict-aliasing -pipe -fno-strength-reduce -
m486
-malign-loops=2 -malign-jumps=2 -malign-functions=2 -DCPU=686 -c -o
init/main.o init/main.ckgcc -D__KERNEL__ -I/usr/src/linux/include -Wall
-Wstrict-prototypes -O2 -fomit-frame-pointer -fno-strict-aliasing -pipe
-fno-strength-reduce -m486 -malign-loops=2 -malign-jumps=2
-malign-functions=2 -DCPU=686 -DUTS_MACHINE='"i386"' -c -o
init/version.o
init/version.c
make -C kernel
make[1]: Entering directory /usr/src/linux-2.2.16/kernel'
make all_targets
make[2]: Entering directory /usr/src/linux-2.2.16/kernel'
kgcc -D__KERNEL__ -I/usr/src/linux/include -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -O2
-fomit-frame-pointer -fno-strict-aliasing -pipe -fno-strength-reduce -
m486
-malign-loops=2 -malign-jumps=2 -malign-functions=2 -DCPU=686
-DEXPORT_SYMTAB -c signal.c
In file included from /usr/src/linux/include/linux/modversions.h:50,
from /usr/src/linux/include/linux/module.h:19,
from signal.c:10:
/usr/src/linux/include/linux/modules/i386_ksyms.ver:6: warning:
cpu_data'
redefined
/usr/src/linux/include/asm/processor.h:96: warning: this is the location
of
the
previous definition
/usr/src/linux/include/linux/modules/i386_ksyms.ver:28: warning:
smp_num_cpus'
redefined
/usr/src/linux/include/linux/smp.h:77: warning: this is the location of
the
previous definition
/usr/src/linux/include/linux/modules/i386_ksyms.ver:118: warning:
smp_call_function' redefined
/usr/src/linux/include/linux/smp.h:83: warning: this is the location of
the
previous definition
In file included from /usr/src/linux/include/linux/interrupt.h:51,
from ksyms.c:21:
/usr/src/linux/include/asm/hardirq.h:23: warning:
synchronize_irq' redefined
/usr/src/linux/include/linux/modules/i386_ksyms.ver:138: warning: this
is
the location of the previous definition
In file included from /usr/src/linux/include/linux/interrupt.h:52,
from ksyms.c:21:
/usr/src/linux/include/asm/softirq.h:75: warning:
synchronize_bh' redefined
/usr/src/linux/include/linux/modules/i386_ksyms.ver:142: warning: this
is
the location of the previous definition
/usr/src/linux/include/linux/kernel_stat.h: In function kstat_irqs':
In file included from ksyms.c:17:
/usr/src/linux/include/linux/kernel_stat.h:47: smp_num_cpus' undeclared
(first
use in this function)
/usr/src/linux/include/linux/kernel_stat.h:47: (Each undeclared
identifier
is reported only once
/usr/src/linux/include/linux/kernel_stat.h:47: for each function it
appears
in.)make[2]: *** [ksyms.o] Error 1
make[2]: Leaving directory /usr/src/linux-2.2.16/kernel'
make[1]: *** [first_rule] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory /usr/src/linux-2.2.16/kernel'
make: *** [_dir_kernel] Error 2
===== cut =====
Any1 could figure out what this error stands for?
I haven't touched the source files from kernel 2.2.16 that comes with
the Red Hat 7 distribution.
I have a Atloh Thunderbird K7 processor so i boot the sistem passing
this arguments to lilo: x86_serial_nr=1
Thanks in advance.
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From: Todd Sargent <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: kickstart etc.
Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2001 09:37:44 -0500
Tom,
Red Hat has fairly complete instructions for performing a kickstart installation in
the Official Red Hat Linux Reference Guide, Appendix F. It explains how to setup
your kickstart configuration (ks.cfg) file, install it on a floppy, and make the
packages you want available for installation. The documentation focuses entirely
on starting the install from a floppy, so if you want to do it from the PROM/BIOS
level you're going to have to do a bit more research. And if you can find out how,
please let me know!
Tom Peters wrote:
> Red Hat offers the opportunity to quickly install their distribution
> with the CD, and a boot floppy that contains a file (ks.cfg) with list
> of pre-selected packages to install, in addition to some other install
> specifics. I could find no information, except what is in the Install
> Manual (in print and on their website), and that leaves many questions
> unanswered:
>
> 1) You are supposed to create a ks.cfg on your current configured system
> (that works), and put that on a boot floppy, which is mentioned to be in
> MS-DOS format. Now the boot floppy you get during the installation is a
> kernel and some files on an ext2fs, which tries to mount the root
> partition on your hard disk. Using the command "mkbootdsk" (or
> whatever) generates a very similar floppy. Of course neither of these
> kickstart an installation.
> I now assume that I need to extract an installation boot floppy image
> from the installation CD, which happens to be MS-DOS, put ks.cfg on it,
> and use that.
> - Is that the proper procedure? (If so, RH really messes up with having
> two very different kind of boot floppies and not be specific which one
> they are talking about).
>
> 2) So what is that kickstart mechanism anyway? You have to trigger it
> as a kernel option. Alan Cox wrote it about 2 years ago.
> - Is it a standard Linux kernel feature,
> - or is it specific for the Red Hat Linux installation kernels?
> - If RH-specific, how can you build your own kernel with KS support?
>
> 3) Mandrake apparently uses a different mechanism: the ks.cfg file is
> empty, and they have some other script, which actually seems to use more
> data, matched to their install program.
> - How does their clone-installation mechanism work?
>
> Thanx for any information,
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From: Todd Sargent <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Need help for network RHL 7 kickstart
Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2001 09:53:11 -0500
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My company is in the business of building Beowulf clusters. We have
been trying, with no success, to perform kickstart installations of new
nodes without using a floppy disk. The mother boards we are using are
Intel LAN server boards that are capable of booting from the network
using bootp and tftp. I have been looking for some kind of
documentation which explains this, but no luck. As you can imagine, the
ability to install an OS without a floppy would be a great tool when you
are trying to install 128 nodes in a cluster. It is especially
frustrating for me personally considering my background as a Solaris
admin who used JumpStart as a matter of practice. JumpStart allows you
to start a network based install from the PROM level.
If anyone out there knows of how to start a RHL 7.0 kickstart without a
boot floppy I would be most greatful if you could give me some guidance.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Peach)
Subject: Re: Netscape slow
Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2001 15:00:55 GMT
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From: Hans Mielke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: where to install kernel sources
Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2001 16:20:04 +0100
Hi!
I am upgrading my system from a 2.2.16 kernel to 2.4.0.
Question: May I install the sources in /usr/src/linux or not?
This is what I have done up to now, and this is what is suggested in the
kernel howto, for instance. (More exactly, I set a link from where ever
the kernel is to /usr/src/linux.)
BUT: I cite from the file linux-2.4.0/README:
> - If you install the full sources, put the kernel tarball in a
> directory where you have permissions (eg. your home directory) and
> unpack it:
>
> gzip -cd linux-2.4.XX.tar.gz | tar xvf -
>
> Replace "XX" with the version number of the latest kernel.
>
> Do NOT use the /usr/src/linux area! This area has a (usually
> incomplete) set of kernel headers that are used by the library header
> files. They should match the library, and not get messed up by
> whatever the kernel-du-jour happens to be.
On the other hand, ppp-2.4.0 and cdrwtools 1.10 seem to expect the
actual kernel sources under /usr/src/linux.
Seems kind of contradictory to me.
I would appreciate any suggestions.
Hans
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From: "magnus eriksson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: xhost problem
Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2001 16:13:40 +0100
Hi
I have a problem i want to run applications on a server (running digital
unix os) and display it on my linux machine.(running Redhat 7.0)
therefore i use xhost + command to allow the server to display on my
computer.
when a i then log into the digital server with telnet the keyboard
configuration changes, for example the "enter" key becomes e and all other
keys are different then before.
if i turn down the terminalwindow and open up another the problem is still
there.
The only thing i can do is to restart the Xserver to make the problem
disappear.
If i have xhost set to - and login to the system with telnet and then opens
up a new terminal window and there do the xhost + command it works, so i
have to be logged in to the system before i do the xhost command.
I want it to work withot doing this way.
I have another machine running best linux2000 and then it works.
Has anyone seen the same problem, Does anyone know how i can solve this
problem.?
I would really like to know what the problem can be.
Grateful for all answers / Magnus
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From: "Kurt R. Rahlfs" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Problems Getting Kernel to Work
Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2001 09:30:24 -0600
Mike Harris wrote:
> I decided to try and build a new kernel for my SUSE 7 linux system. I made
> sure that I backed up the original kernel so that I could fall back to a
> working system. I setup the new kernel using "menuconfig" I changed very
> little but just removed some functions that I didn't use like "raid". I
> built the new kernel following the instructions in the SUSE manual, but when
> I boot it I get errors saying that there are "unresolved modules for the
> sound card drivers (es1371)". I'm sure that I compiled and installed the
> modules. Has anyone got any idea what I've done wrong? Also when I revert
> to the old kernel it still comes up with the same error.
>
> Thanks for any help22
If you are building kernel 2.4.0 and had alsa for the sound before check the
help on the sound section of the "make menuconfig" for the correct name. Alsa
under 2.2.16 was snd_card_cs461x and is now cs46xx under 2.4.0. If this is
your case just change /etc/modules.conf by commenting out the line with the old
module name and copying that line (with out the comment character) replacing
the new module name.
Then modprobe the new module name or go to "init 1" then back to "init 3".
Have fun,
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Virginia N��ez Sanz)
Subject: Compaq Armada 4160T. Problems with Display.
Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2001 16:06:58 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hi!
I am using a COMPAQ ARMADA 4160T landtop with RED HAT 6.0 and XFREE
3.3.3.1.
In 640x480 and 16 bits of color, all is fine but in 800x600 and 16 or
8 bits of color there is a problem.
Even in this last configuration the display is correct but there is a
strange problem that I had never seen:
Some graphical parts like windows pieces, fonts,... are shown with a
red shadow, like 3Dimages without the 3Dglasses, like out of focus...
horrible!
The XF86Config file is the same in other very similar lantops and the
video is a Cirrus Logic 7548 (probed fine) with a TFT Panel.
Can anybody help me?
Thanks
Saludines
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From: the voigtstr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: installing slackware
Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2001 15:45:49 GMT
Can slackware reside completely in a partion above 8 gig?
or does it still have to have at least the kernel below the
2 gig limit?
cheers
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