Linux-Setup Digest #455, Volume #20 Fri, 19 Jan 01 19:13:08 EST
Contents:
Re: IDE-Scsi Drive - how to mount (Jim McDonald)
instrumentation displays (question) (Steve Allen)
Trouble during boot session (Dag Kvammen)
Re: Why no real-support for ext2fs by DriveImage et al. ?
([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Why can't I login as root in my 2.4.0 kernel??? (Mike E.)
Why do I get auto-logged-out of my telnet session? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
migrating users from one linux box to another ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Window larger than physical screen ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Win2000 pro & Linux dual boot (Dave Fry)
Re: eth0 interface not found (=?ISO-8859-1?Q?Rasmus_B=F8g_Hansen?=)
iso image files not found during installation! ("futurewei")
Re: Wierd display problem with Mandrake 7.2 ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: RH version stability (ozetechnology)
Re: Write permissions (MC Stay in Skool)
Re: Why do I get auto-logged-out of my telnet session? (Tom Allender)
iso file not working ("futurewei")
Re: 2.4 kernel 2.4 ppp cannot connect (Michael Heiming)
Can I use RAID 0 for HPT370? ("Jason Ng")
Re: PPD for HP DeskJet 890c (atalk) (James Richard Tyrer)
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From: Jim McDonald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: IDE-Scsi Drive - how to mount
Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2001 10:08:18 -0800
Helmut Jarausch wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I'm trying to setup my system (kernel 2.4.0, glibc 2.2.1) to be able to
> do both;
> mounting a CD and burning one.
> For the latter (for using cdrecord) I have disabled the normal IDE
> recognition
> of my IDE-ATAPI CD drives by using the kernel command line
> append="hdb=ide-scsi hdd=ide-scsi"
>
> This seems to work and cdrecord -scanbus find this. And the bootlog
> confirms this,
> and the /proc filesystem, as well.
> But now I have problems to mount such a device.
> All /dev/scd? are rejected by mount.
> Do I have to create a new device file (and how, knowing the information
> of
> cdrecord -scanbus)
>
> Many thanks for a hint,
>
Why do you think it should be /dev/scd?
Look further in your bootlog for a line like: "Detected scsi CD-ROM sr0
at scsi0, channel 0, id 0, lun 0"
and use the device listed.
--
Jim McDonald
htttp://www.stanford.edu/~mcduck
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comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.security,comp.os.linux.x
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Steve Allen)
Subject: instrumentation displays (question)
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2001 18:23:54 GMT
Hi.
This is a question that is the reverse of the usual -- how do I *decrease*
the XWindow security?
I have a half-dozen machines with RH6.2/GNOME installed, and set to boot
to an XWindow login. A separate system runs a program that is to put a
display up on these machines.
What I want is to have the display be presented on the RH systems without
having to log in to them. What do I need to do to accomplish this? In
the same vein, what is the best way to turn off the screensaver for these
systems? (While the app is running would be best, but an all-the-time
shutoff would be acceptable; we can just turn the displays off.)
Thanks,
~Steve
--
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http://www.eskimo.com/~wormey/
Contrary to popular belief, Unix is user friendly.
It just happens to be selective about who it makes friends with.
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From: Dag Kvammen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Trouble during boot session
Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2001 20:01:33 +0100
I have a dual boot system with Win98 and Mandrake 7.2 and everything
worked fine for a short while, but now I experience a strange beavour
from Linux.
When I come to the login prompt (text version) I login as root, but am
not able to write in the complete password, only a couple of the
letters before the monitor turns black. Thereafter a new window appear
with the header Self Diagnosis telling me to 'check S/cable' wich
S/cable? I have never seen this message before or again, maybe it
appeared once a couple of months ago, before I installed Linux.
I have a rather old GoldStar #1727 and it has been turning green
during Windows session but not when running Linux.
I would belive that this Self Diagnosis tool is beeing run by the
monitir driver. Am I right? What can I do to manage to reach the
Aurora login session?
Any good ideas?
Dag
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Why no real-support for ext2fs by DriveImage et al. ?
Date: 19 Jan 2001 19:21:44 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Frederic Faure <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Out of curiosity, could someone explain to me why cloning software
> like Powerquest DriveImage or Symantec Ghost do not officially support
> cloning Linux partitions, and especially are unable to perform
> so-called "smart sector copying" by only duplicating sectors that
> actually contain data?
Why would anybody bother with such weak hacks if you have 'cp -al'
and 'rsync' if you are doing that over a network? Relax! You have
now a real OS with real tools on it.
--mj
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From: Mike E. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.development.system,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.secutity
Subject: Re: Why can't I login as root in my 2.4.0 kernel???
Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2001 19:39:41 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
David Vidal Rodriguez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi there! (and excuse my bad English!)
>
> My Linux is an hybrid of SuSE 6.2 and 6.4...
>
> I've installed the 2.4.0 kernel with devfs support and solved almost
all
> the problems I've encountered by now. But the really big thing is
still
> there: I can't start a login session as root! I always have to enter
as
> a normal user and then use the su-command. However, I by giving the
"-b"
> kernel option I can login; thus I **think** it could have something to
> do with PAM, /etc/securetty and the new /dev structure.
>
> The only things I've changed were, as said, the kernel, the /dev and
the
> start scripts so that they point to the right devices. Could somebody
> point me to the right direction in finding a solution for this
> (embarrasing) problem?
>
> Thanks in advance,
> --
>
========================================================================
> David Vidal R. ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
> http://dvr.ismad.com
> "Ein Computer ohne Windows ist wie ein Fisch ohne Fahrrad."
>
>
/etc/securetty lists the terminals that root CAN login at. After making
sure at least one is listed there, go to your PAM configuration if you
still cannot login as root at that terminal. Of course, after finding
the problem you may decide to change it back because not logging in as
root and su'ing over when needed is not a bad way of doing things. In
fact, it is pretty good. Or maybe even use sudo instead.
Mike
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: linux.redhat,comp.os.linux.misc,alt.linux
Subject: Why do I get auto-logged-out of my telnet session?
Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2001 20:58:38 GMT
I'm running RedHat 6.2 on a PIII-700. Whenever I telnet OR ssh into
that box, then leave the sessions idle for some amount of time (maybe
1.5 - 2 hours), I get auto-logged-out.
Actually, maybe that's not quite it. When I return to the ssh/telnet
window, it doesn't say that I've lost my connection... at least not
yet. But as soon as I begin to type something, it immediately gives me
a "Connection lost" message.
I thought maybe it was a feature of my telnet/ssh client (Tera Term
Pro), but I get the same result with other clients. So it seems to be
server-side.
Next I thought maybe there was some shell setting that was doing it.
But my login shell is tcsh - a version I compiled WITHOUT the auto-
logout feature. (i.e. "echo $version" does NOT show the two
character "al" option, which would indicate auto-logout support). To
be safe, I even "set autologout = 600" (i.e. 10 hours) - but that made
no difference. So I don't think it's tcsh-related.
What else could it be? And how can I disable it, or at least stretch
the inactivity time to something much more suitable to me?
Thanks to anyone who can help.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: migrating users from one linux box to another
Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2001 21:23:18 GMT
hello all,
i was wondering how to migrate users from one linux server to another?
thanks for all of your help!
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Window larger than physical screen
Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2001 21:22:38 +0000
|I have recently installed Debian Linux (vere 2.2) with Xwindows running
WindowMaker. Certain program windows (menus etc.) appear larger
than the screen so certain parts arn't viewable
(only part of the window can be seen). I have read the
HOWTO's, min's and FAQ's, they told me to look in my XF86Config
file for video modes that are larger than my screen, none found
only 640x480 that my monitor is set to, also they said to look
for a line stating 'Virtual' for virtual screens, there is no such
line in my Config file. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Some
more deatils about Software/hardware config:
Monitor: VGA (Ast)
Graphics card: S3Virge (GX/DX)
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From: Dave Fry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Win2000 pro & Linux dual boot
Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2001 21:30:07 -0000
If you dont mind putting a small linux partition on you win2k partition
you could put the /boot partition on your win2k partition which is about
16MBs you could then put the rest of the partitions
(ie: /, /usr, /home, ...) on the 6 gig Hard Drive. Using this
configuration you can configure Lilo to boot to both.
Dave Fry
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Zayin Krige wrote:
>
>
> What boot loader is recomended for a windows 2000 proffesional / Linux
> (redhat / mandrake) dual boot.
>
> I have win2000 running on a 40gb striped harddisk, and will run linux of
a
> 6gb standalone disk. What boot managers will support this configuration?
>
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From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Rasmus_B=F8g_Hansen?= <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: eth0 interface not found
Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2001 22:46:19 +0100
On Fri, 19 Jan 2001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Hello,
> I have just recently installed Red Hat 7.0. The problem is that I
> can't get a network connection. I'm using a new Linksys card that
> never had any problems when using RH 6.3 but now it is not being
> detected. If I try to use netconf and enable dhcp, i get a "network
> device missing" error message. In my RH6.3 book it says to install
> additional network interfaces I have to edit /sbin/lilo.conf and add a
> line similar to this: append="ether=0,0,eth0"
> (sorry, not near book to remember exact command). When I try to reload
> this config script I get an invalid syntax error where this line is, so
> i'm infering that something has changed since 6.3. Granted, I'm not a
> Linux Wiz yet and that is why I'm asking for help.
> thanks for you time.
First of all, I guess 6.3 is either a misunderstanding or a typo -
RedHat never made a 6.3 - they went from 6.2 to 7.0...
Whatever...
Try linuxconf. It never failed me. Start it up. Go to
"Config"->"Networking"->"Client Tasks"->"Basic Host Information".
Now set your hostname in "hostname + domain" - but leave out the domain
(don't know why the linuxconf people made it so, but it messes up
with dhcp). So if your box is called "foo.bar.com", just put "foo" in
the line.
Set 'X' in Enabled for adaptor 1, choose 'dhcp'.
Now go to 'Net device' and choose 'eth0'.
Then you go to 'Kernel module'. Now you have to know _exactly_ what
module, your card uses. Do you remember from the earlier installation
perhaps? Choose it.
Exit linuxconf.
Choose to activate the changes. Now, if it does not work, run
'/etc/init.d/network restart'.
Hope this helps.
Rasmus B�g Hansen
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From: "futurewei" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: iso image files not found during installation!
Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2001 15:48:33 -0600
Hi,
I try to install RedHat linux 7.0 on my system. When I select the cdrom
that contains the CD, an error message, "no image file found on the cdrom".
I download the iso images from a mirror site and burned it on 2 CDs.
Do I have to extract the file or what ?
Thanks,
Futureman
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux.mandrake,comp.os.linux.x
Subject: Re: Wierd display problem with Mandrake 7.2
Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2001 22:01:21 GMT
I'm running into the same screen problem. It's an LG LCD monitor on a
Sager 6650 Laptop. Even using xvidtune was no help. IT COULDN'T
ADJUST FAR ENOUGH to fix the problem. Does anybody know where to get
freq. setting for the LG LCD monitors? I have no idea which model LCD
monitor it is. This is VERY frustrating!!
- D.
In article <fJH26.1759$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Don Hinds) wrote:
> There is a new released Linux kernel this month with a lot of fixes,
I saw
> quite a few graphics ones in the list.
>
> Don
>
> >Hi,
> >I'd originally tried Linux with Red Hat 6.0, and had some problems
with the
> >X config trying to swap the horizontal and vertical sync rates for
my
> >monitor, resulting in a display that only took up about 3/4 of the
width of
> >the screen and was slightly larger than the height of my screen. In
setting
> >those sync rates myself, the problem went away.
> >
> >I've recently replaced the old Linux with Mandrake 7.2, and am
having the
> >same problems with the display. However, I cannot get into the
section
> >where I had previously set the rates myself in Red Hat. I'm
currently using
> >an LG Studioworks 55V monitor and a 3D Blaster Savage4 Video Card
with
> 4Mb
> >memory. In speaking with LG, I've added the following line to the
MonitorDB
> >config file for the monitor:
> >LG StudioWorks 55V; 65; 30.0-54.0; 50.0-120.0
> >and using Xconfigurator set this as my monitor, but I still have the
> >strange shaped display. I'm in 800x600 mode (although it appears to
be
> >actually displaying 600x800 as a size), and the screen is capable of
sizes
> >up to 1024x768.
> >
> >I'm getting *really* frustrated with the screen being "squished" -
can
> >anyone point me in a direction to try to fix the display so that it
uses
> >the screen properly?
> >
> >Thankyou!
> >Dawnmist
> >--
> >remove nospam. to reply
>
>
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From: ozetechnology <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: RH version stability
Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2001 22:19:07 GMT
I have used RH6.2 ever since it came out with zero problems of any kind.
Heard all sorts of problems with RH7 so avoided it, which seems to have been
a very good move as several friends went for it and have no end of trouble
even with all the patches. For me there is no reason for me to update to 7.
With my 6.2 install I first updated to 2.2.18 kernel (from the source
tarball) for security reasons, and now am testing 2.4 (also from source)
In short.
7.0 Not good.
6.2 rock solid.
6.1 never seen it, I went from 5.2 to 6.2.
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In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Stevenson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I am always loathe to install a n.0 version of *any*thing.
> I currently have RH 6.1 installed.
> The version of the application I need is supported at RH 6.2, but not
> yet, pronbably soon, RH 7.0.
> I am having a hard time finding a "RH 6.2 Deluxe" box at the local
> stores.
> I'm probably just blind, but I couldn't find a version
> support/retirement matrix anywhere on redhat's website.
> Is there backward compatability between 6.1& 6.2 & 7.0?
> How stable is RH 7.0?
>
>
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From: MC Stay in Skool <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Write permissions
Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2001 22:58:52 GMT
In article
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
=?ISO-8859-1?Q?Rasmus_B=F8g_Hansen?= <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> On Sun, 14 Jan 2001, Rajiv Srinivasa wrote:
>
> > > > > > When I log onto my SuSE 7.0 box as user, I have read but not
write
> > > > > > ("access denied") permissions on the other mounted
partitions. The only
> > > > > > write permissions I have are my user and /tmp directories.
However, when
> > > > >
> > > > > What partition types is it? msdos or vfat? ext2?
> > > >
> > > > It doesn't matter what type (vfat/ext2) - I do not have write
permission other
> > > > than /home/'user' and /tmp directories.
> > >
> > > Who owns the files/directories? What does your /etc/fstab look
like
> > > (what mount options do you use)?
> >
> > The directories are owned by root.
> > My mount options are: rw,auto,exec,user
>
> Hmm.. What filesystem do you use? What does an ls -l show in a dir
with
> unwritable files? Could the disk be marked as 'read-only'?
>
> Rasmus B�g Hansen
>
>
I believe you should be able to get around the read-only problem with
the umask option set to 000. I just added this today and now I have
writable files/directories. Problem though-- whatever files/directories
I create in /music will have the userid and groupid set to root (if root
mounted the filesystem). I'd like to see user "foo" have a file created
in /music to have ownership of that file...Any insight on that is
appreciated.
/dev/hdc5 /music vfat
nosuid,auto,user,exec,rw,umask=000 0 0
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From: Tom Allender <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: linux.redhat,comp.os.linux.misc,alt.linux
Subject: Re: Why do I get auto-logged-out of my telnet session?
Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2001 23:09:02 +0000
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> I'm running RedHat 6.2 on a PIII-700. Whenever I telnet OR ssh into
> that box, then leave the sessions idle for some amount of time (maybe
> 1.5 - 2 hours), I get auto-logged-out.
If you are telneting/ssh-ing from a windows box then check out PuTTY.
http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/download.html
You can set it to send null packets at minute or more intervals in order
to keep a connection alive.
Tom.
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From: "futurewei" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: iso file not working
Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2001 17:31:15 -0600
Hi,
is the iso file have to be extract?
thanks for any help!
futurewei
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Date: Sat, 20 Jan 2001 00:31:16 +0100
From: Michael Heiming <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: 2.4 kernel 2.4 ppp cannot connect
duke n maria wrote:
> i upgraded to 2.4kernel and ppp
> i can only connect the interent while in root my users cannot
> dialup goes through process thenb ppp daemon dies unexpectadly
> error code 2
> any help???????
> thanks in advance for any advice
Hello,
just an idea, are your permission on /dev/ttyS? setup that users can
read/write to it,
asuming you have everything updated mentioned in Documentation/Changes.
Good luck
Michael Heiming
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From: "Jason Ng" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.misc,linux.redhat.install
Subject: Can I use RAID 0 for HPT370?
Date: Sat, 20 Jan 2001 08:02:10 +0800
Hi,
I would like to know if I can use RAID 0 for my machine in Linux.
My controller is HPT370. When I boot Linux Mandrake 7.2 from CD ROM, it does
detect my chipset but it fails to detect my Windows 2000 partition which is
using RAID 0.
Can anyone kindly help me solve the problem?
Thanks.
Regards,
Jason
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From: James Richard Tyrer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: PPD for HP DeskJet 890c (atalk)
Date: Sat, 20 Jan 2001 00:03:12 GMT
James Richard Tyrer wrote:
>
>
> Apparently I got it from Corel:
>
> ftp://ftp.corel.com/pub/linux/Graphics9/updates/rpm/libaps-1.0-1568.0.i386.rpm
>
> JRT
Further research indicates that new versions of KDESupport also include this.
Why? is a good question.
Perhaps you also upgraded to KDE2?
JRT
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