Linux-Setup Digest #536, Volume #20 Tue, 30 Jan 01 10:13:08 EST
Contents:
Re: Flash disk / initrd problems *HELP PLEASE!* (Jem)
ATI Radeon Support (Linux Newbie)?? ("Joseph Dadamo")
Re: Is there a word for below novice - need help (Steve Martin)
Re: This crahses linux (Steve Martin)
Re: Root is Invalid!! HELP!! (James Webb)
Connect to a MS SQL-database via Linux (Michael)
Re: gnumeric upgrade problems ("Peter T. Breuer")
Re: monitor won't power off after screensaver timeout? ("ne...")
Re: iptables & 2.4.0 ("Julius Longauer")
Re: Errors In Partition Table ("Werner Fangmeier")
lilo with multiple linux distributions? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Mouse pointer is a blank box (mst)
Hard disk autodetect problem (John English)
CD-R/RW setup-what am I doing wrong? (Alan Claunch)
XOSL + Promise Ultra 100 - OK? (Markus Werle)
what is the best desktop for linux? (dudeonwax)
what is the best desktop for linux? (dudeonwax)
best desktop for linux? (dudeonwax)
best desktop for linux? ("nospamplease" (dudeonwax))
Can't locate loadable object for module Apache::Constants in @INC (Michael Heiming)
Re: Root is Invalid!! HELP!! ("nospamplease" (dudeonwax))
Samba guest share setup? ("Al")
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From: Jem <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.development.apps,comp.os.linux.embedded
Subject: Re: Flash disk / initrd problems *HELP PLEASE!*
Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2001 11:14:40 -0000
In article <Pine.LNX.4.30.0101300840390.716-100000@lfini>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] says...
> On Mon, 29 Jan 2001, Jem wrote:
>
> > Hi Guys,
> >
> > I am just finishing off development of an embedded system but I'm having
> > a bit of a problem with an ATA Flash disk that I'm trying to use.
>
> [snip]
>
> > All sounds relatively easy and, to this end, I did the following:
> >
> > (1) Made up a small kernel image (mkinitrd) and used zcat to unpack it
> > onto a ram disk
> > (2) Edited the /etc/fstab to mount /dev/ram as root file system
> > (3) Edited linuxrc to the following:
> > #!/bin/sash
> > aliasall
> >
> > # This mounts the flash card into /mnt
> > mount -t minix /dev/hdc1 /mnt
> >
> > # This is unnecessary but I'm doing it just to make sure
> > mkfs.minix /dev/ram 2000
> >
> > # Extract the new root file system to the ram disk
> > zcat /mnt/boot/rootfs.img.gz >/dev/ram
> >
> > # Now unmount the flash disk
> > umount /dev/hdc1
> >
> > # Just for testing purposes mount the ram disk and do
> > # a directory listing
> > mount -t minix /dev/ram /mnt
> > ls /mnt
> >
> > # unmount the ram disk (as initrd will re-mount it)
> > umount /dev/ram
> >
> > (4) Copied extra executables / libraries into /bin and /lib as
> > determined using ldd
>
> [snip]
>
> The entire procedure shown above seems to me a little odd. You are
> actually trying to do by means of a script what the boot loader can do
> better.
>
> The usual boot process, in fact, first loads a kernel, then it can
> optionally load a root filesystem possibly into a ram disk. The boot
> device is not mounted in this process, so if you want it available when
> the system is running, you must explicitly mount it (so you can mount it
> readonly or even keep it unmounted for better protection).
>
> You can find a lot of information on the entire process in the
> Bootdisk-HOWTO, which is intended to give direction for booting from
> diskettes, but can be applied to booting from other means, too.
>
> Cheers,
> l.f.
Hi Luca,
I was actually working from Paul Moodys embedded device howto:
http://www.linux-embedded.com/pmhowto.html
What he says is that you need to use initrd to load a root file system
which then expands a larger, say 40MB, ram disk from the flash disk and
continues the boot process.
However, what you are saying does make sense to me... I am going to have
to investigate this further. He (apparently) got everything to work (I
followed his howto step-by-step) but I can't get zcat to work at all and
am wondering how he did it.... And now I'm wondering WHY he did it ;-)
Jeremy
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From: "Joseph Dadamo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: ATI Radeon Support (Linux Newbie)??
Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2001 11:32:49 GMT
i know that there is support for this card in the new 4.x version of
Xfree86, but i have no idea how to download it here in Windows and install
it in Red Hat 7. Could anyone offer some advice on that?
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From: Steve Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Is there a word for below novice - need help
Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2001 12:16:34 GMT
Sam Piper wrote:
> first limitation is a killer ;-) With that said, here's what I need to
> do in the next couple of weeks.
Whew! You're gonna be busy, eh? <grin>
> 1 - I have a purchased distribution of RedHat version 5/Intel. Is it
> worth the effort to install this given all the changes that have taken
> place in the kernel, etc.?
Nah. Go get a newer one. I've never used any "recent" distros other
than Red Hat, but stay away from 7.0 for now, until they get the
kinks out... I'm using 6.2, I think you'll be happy with it.
You can either (a) get really cheap CDs from places like
linuxcentral.com
or cheapbytes.com, or (b) go get a third-party book with a bundled CD.
If you're as new as you say to Linux, I'd *really* recommend (b).
> 2 - The SQL database. Is mySQL available free in the configuration
> that I'm talking about? How is support? How does the web-enabled
> part work?
MySQL comes with RH6.2, don't know about other distros but I suspect
it does. For docs, I'd recommend the O'Reilly book (www.ora.com
or www.amazon.com).
> 3 - Is there a choice about web servers? I know less about Apache
> than I do about Unix... sometimes I feel really ignorant....
AFAIK, there are only really two viable Unix-flavor web servers,
the older one from WWWC and the NCSA/Apache flavor. Apache can be
a little scarey, but it's not too bad to set up; go with Apache.
In particular, if this is gonna be strictly an internal network,
it will be easier to set up as you probably won't have to worry
about firewalls, domain setups, et cetera.
> 4 - I read in the .networking group about a package called SAMBA
Samba is a package that lets Linux/Unix appear on a Windows network
as a Windows machine (i.e. you can share directories and mount them
on Winxx machines like native Windows shares) using NetBIOS over TCP/IP.
For your application (web serving and database), you don't need it,
especially if you're comfortable with FTP.
> back and forth (I've very comfortable with cuteFTP). I figure I could
> just start the ftp service in linux. Is this true?
Sure.
Good luck!
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From: Steve Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: This crahses linux
Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2001 12:17:32 GMT
> > This program brought my linux system down in a hurry:
> > int main
> > {
> > while (1)
> > malloc(9999);
> > }
Reminds me of the old "Doc, It hurts when I do this!" joke.
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From: James Webb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Root is Invalid!! HELP!!
Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2001 12:38:09 GMT
Eric wrote:
>
> James Webb wrote:
> >
> > Hello All :)
> >
> > I am trying to assist a fellow student in the installation of Linux such
> > that he can do his programming from home (as opposed to sitting in a lab
> > with out the aids to over come his disabillites) this student is deaf,
> > and could not get a translator for his comp science course as such has
> > dropped out and is looking to learn C++ from Home.
> >
> > I helped him work his way through an installation of Linux Mandrake 7.2
> > (kernal 2.3?) and all was well, we recieved the Congratulations Linux is
> > installed, and rebooted to start linux and ran into the following
> > problem:
> >
> > We have set it up to run Dual Boot (2 separate hard drives) and
> > encounter the following message "Root is invalid" and are forced to
> > reboot.
> >
>
> Probably set-up LILO to boot from the wrong root partition.
> It's very difficult though, to be precise if you don't supply
> us with the exact error messages, (and the messages just before that.)
>
> Eric
I will try to get the exact error messages.
James
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From: Michael <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Connect to a MS SQL-database via Linux
Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2001 13:29:46 +0100
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hi all,
I want to connect my linux-pc to a Microsoft SQL database. I already
search for information about this but I can't find any.
Can anybody tell me, how I can to this?
Thanks
Michael
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From: "Peter T. Breuer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: gnumeric upgrade problems
Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2001 13:16:20 GMT
SC Patton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> When running the configure script, it says:
> checking for Gnome App libraries (GAL) >= 0.3.0 ... <FAIL> not found
> I don't know what library this is talking about.
Read the configure script (look for the error message) and find out
what test they ran. That'll tell you.
> I can't (or I didn't) find anything called libgal at gnome.org.
> What is this talking about, and where can I download it?
I imagine it's a libgtk or something close, but why imagine?
Peter
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From: "ne..." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: monitor won't power off after screensaver timeout?
Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2001 13:27:22 GMT
On Jan 29, 2001 at 22:00, David eloquently wrote:
>Nevin Wong wrote:
>>
>> Hi
>>
>> I'm running RH7 on an i586, for some reason, my monitor won't power off
>> after the screensaver timout (say, 5 minutes, which I set with GNOME
>> control center). How can I deal with that?
>
>
> man xset
If he's using XFree >=4.0, that won't help. He'll need
an Option "DPMS" in the Monitor section of /etc/X11/XF86Config-4.
--
Registered Linux User # 125653 (http://counter.li.org)
BOFH excuse #180:
ether leak
8:23am up 19 days, 11:21, 3 users, load average: 0.00, 0.00, 0.00
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From: "Julius Longauer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: iptables & 2.4.0
Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2001 14:30:24 +0100
Christopher C. Stump <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Thanks for the reply, but I'm positive I had those options selected during
> kernel compilation...any other ideas?
>
>
> "michael.fengler" wrote:
>
> > On Thu, 25 Jan 2001, Christopher C. Stump wrote:
> >
> > -- snip --
> > >One interesting thing to note is that when I run the 'lsmod' command, I
> > >see no modules loaded that seem to relate to packet filtering. Are
> > >there modules that I need to manually install in order to get iptables
> > >to work? If so, what are they? The error message seems to indicate that
> > >some modules need to be loaded, but I thought the modules made for the
> > >kernel were "loaded on demand" and that I didn't need to do anything.
> >
> > Loadable module support
> > [*] Enable loadable module support
> > [*] Set version information on all module symbols
> > [*] Kernel module loader
> >
AFAIK iptables won't autoload ip_tables by default, because it conflicts
with the compatibility modules. You need to modprobe it explicitly. Perhaps
the following works too (I didn't try it yet):
echo "/sbin/modprobe" > /proc/sys/kernel/modprobe
iptables with the option --modprobe=/sbin/modprobe
Hope this helps
Julius
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From: "Werner Fangmeier" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Errors In Partition Table
Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2001 14:59:32 +0100
Appreciate your help, Svend Olaf. I think, I understand a little bit more
now :-).
If I get you right, the "end cylinder" for line 4 (PCyl=1306, N=2) should
read "2901*" instead of "3392*"? And accordingly, in line 6 (PCyl=2612,
N=2), it should be "3290*" instead of "3392*" (this I meant with "russian
doll" structure as opposed to "chaining", what is what you seem to prefer),
and finally, line 8 (PCyl=2902/N=2) should have an "end cylinder" value of
"3328*" instead of "3392*"?
The "Num" values should be changed "accordingly" - does this mean:
- change (3392-2612+1)*255*63=12,546,765 to (2901-2612+1)*255*63 =
4,658,850, and
- change (3392-2902+1)*255*63=7,887,915 to (3290-2902+1)*255*63 =
6,249,285, and finally
- change (3392-3291+1)*255*63=1,638,630 to (3328-3291+1)*255*63 =
610,470 ?
Moreover, I now see how the "Rel" values of "1" in line 7 and 9 can be
explained (as opposed to "63" in lines 1,3 and 5). There are simply zero
unused sectors following the extended partition table, while others waste 62
sectors on this occasion. OK! This perfectly fits with the changes I
outlined above, since 6,249,285-1=6,249,284 and 610,470-1=610,469.
Am I right up to here ?
But, what I do not yet quite understand, is this:
> The "NB" may be the result of the actual partition space being a little
smaller than according to the partition tables.
> This is as it should be, since "end sector" should be 63.
All "end sectors" ARE 63 (it's the third-to-last column, isn't it?) ?
And how can one compute the amount of "actual partition space" ?
So, what more changes could I apply, especially with respect to the "#" and
"*" notation.?
With what kind of tool could one try to commit the changes to the partition
tables (of course, after backing up all vital data)? PTEDIT from a Win9x
Boot Disk/bootable CD-ROM, or editpart under Linux booted from a floppy or
bootable CD-ROM?
TIA. Werner.
"Svend Olaf Mikkelsen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> "Werner Fangmeier" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >Findpart, version 3.95.
> >Copyright Svend Olaf Mikkelsen, 2001.
> >OS: DOS 7.10 WINDOWS 4.10 Partition tables:
> >Disk: 1 Cylinders: 3722 Heads: 255 Sectors: 63 MB: 29196
> >-PCyl N ID -----Rel -----Num ---MB -Start CHS- --End CHS-- BS CHS
> > 0 1*0C 63 20980827 10244 0 1 1 1305*254 63 OK OK
> > 0 2 0F 20980890 34925310 17053 1306* 0 1 3479*254 63 OK
> > 1306 1 0B 63 20980827 10244 1306* 1 1 2611*254 63 OK OK
> > 1306 2 05 20980890 12546765 6126 2612* 0 1 3392*254 63 OK
> > 2612 1 83 63 4658787 2274 2612# 1 1 2901*254 63 OK OK
> > 2612 2 05 25639740 7887915 3851 2902* 0 1 3392*254 63 OK
> > 2902 1 83 1 6249284 3051 2902# 0 2 3290*254 63 NB OK
> > 2902 2 05 31889025 1638630 800 3291* 0 1 3392*254 63 OK
> > 3291 1 82 1 610469 298 3291# 0 2 3328*254 63 OK
> The partition tables seems OK, although not standard.
> The "end cylinder" for link to next extended partition table (ID 05)
> usually is the same as end cylinder for the following logical
> partition. Example: End cylinder (not the actual entry) in the
> extended partition table cylinder 1306, entry 2, should be 2901. The
> "Num" field should be corrected accordingly.
> The logical partition belonging to an extended partition table usually
> begins at a head 1, sector 1, meaning that there are (sectors-1)
> unused sectors between the partition table and the partition. In your
> tables two partitions begin in the sector following the extended
> partition table.
> The "NB" may be the result of the actual partition space being a
> little smaller than according to the partition tables. This is as it
> should be, since "end sector" should be 63.
> A "*" at the cylinder number indicates that the actual entry is 1023,
> the largest cylinder number that fits in the tables.
> A "#" indicates that the actual CHS entry is 1023/(heads-1)/sector.
> In extended partition tables I prefer CHS entries as (cylinder mod
> 1024)/head/sector.
> In the primary partition table I prefer 1023/(heads-1)/sector for
> cylinders > 1023.
> Svend Olaf
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: lilo with multiple linux distributions?
Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2001 13:54:11 GMT
How to easy install many linux distributions with lilo?
Does this concept with double lilos work?
Partion the hard drive into
/dev/hda1 primary
/dev/hda2 primary
/dev/hda3 primary
/dev/hda4 logical
/dev/hda5 logical
...
Let one distribution be installed under MBR.
Let us say we only take use of /dev/hda1 for root
file system and /dev/hda5 for swap.
Under that distributions /etc/lilo.conf I
could specify:
other=/dev/hda2
label=redhat7
other=/dev/hda3
label=debian
Then I would install redhat under /dev/hda2 and answering
"/dev/hda2" to the question where to install lilo.
And doing the analogy with debian (but with /dev/hda3).
Now hopefully the MBR-lilo would first execute. If I
then specify "redhat7", the lilo under /dev/hda2 would
execute and bring me into the redhat installation.
Ok, I haven't tried this out, because I'm not sure if
this is the correct way to go. I understand that I could
achieve the "multiple linuxdistribution"-thing without
making use of the "other"-attribute in lilo.conf. That is,
to make use of the "image"-attribute, but I'm appeled to
having the distributions more like separate entities.
If this way of using lilo is correct, then I wonder
if this only works if I install the other linuxdistributions
under primary partitions. I think I heard somewhere
that lilo could only be installed under primary
partitions.
regards,
Erik Sj�lund
Stockholm, Sweden
Sent via Deja.com
http://www.deja.com/
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From: mst <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Mouse pointer is a blank box
Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2001 09:05:12 -0500
Malcolm Hudson wrote:
>
> Help! only a beginner... would be nice to see a pointer rather than a
> white square blob...
> A Linux Mandrake 7.0 installation with GA-6VXE mainboard and
> standard(?)
> 2 button A4Tech mouse attached (has round 6 pin interface).
> The mainboard "supports PS/2 mouse. BIOS will auto-detect
> whether it is installed".
>
Let me guess, your motherboard has a SiS540 chipset, right? Actually, I
think there's another SiS chipset affected, but I forget which (SiS630
or such). The problem isn't with your mouse, but with your video card,
it fails to display the default (hardware) cursor correctly, so you have
to edit XF86Config to tell it to use software rendition of the cursor.
Add the following line to your XF86Config file, in the section "Device":
Option "sw_cursor"
So that it looks like this:
Section "Device"
Identifier "SiS 540"
.........
.........
Option "sw_cursor"
EndSection
Don't modify anything else, just add the line above. Should work,
although I haven't tested it first hand.
MST
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From: John English <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Hard disk autodetect problem
Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2001 13:47:21 +0000
This isn't really a Linux problem, but it happened while trying to
repartition to install Linux, so I hope you'll forgive me and with
luck suggest a solution so that I *can* go ahead and install Linux
on the box in question...
I was repartitioning my hard disk (Western Digital AC313000R, 13G-ish)
which was laid out as a pure Windows disk as follows:
Primary:
C: 2G
Extended:
D: 10.5G
I backed up D: and then started repartitioning the extended partition
(using DOS/Win95 FDISK) as 4G (for Linux), 400M (for swap) and the
other 6G (for D:). I got all this in place, then decided to play around
with sizes and deleted the 4G logical drive (FDISK thinks this is D:),
then the 400M logical drive (which is now D:). It says it deletes D:
but still shows D: as 400M and E: as 6G. I delete D: again (big mistake,
I think) and then reboot. It stalls, I kill a bunch of "not responding"
processes, and it eventually reboots. It looks OK, so I go to install
Linux, keeping an eye peeled for incoming missiles from Seattle.
Linux's fdisk decides it doesn't grok /dev/hda, and bails out in disgust.
When I reboot, my BIOS autodetects the drive, but it's only 8G instead
of 13G now. In fact, it's the size of C: plus the 6G-ish I'd chosen
for D:, and the rest has gone. It autodetected it quite happily as 13G
before all this happened; it's not an "old BIOS, big hard disk" problem.
I presume my BIOS autodetect is picking up the size info from the partition
table, and getting it as wrong as DOS (oops, Windows), but how do I get it
back again?
Please!!!
=================================================================
John English | mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Senior Lecturer | http://www.it.bton.ac.uk/staff/je
Dept. of Computing | ** NON-PROFIT CD FOR CS STUDENTS **
University of Brighton | -- see http://burks.bton.ac.uk
=================================================================
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From: Alan Claunch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: CD-R/RW setup-what am I doing wrong?
Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2001 09:18:25 -0500
I have both a DVD-ROM and a CD-R/RW in my system and I'm having no luck
setting them up under SuSE Linux 7.0 (kernel 2.4.0). Both are ATAPI and are
recognized during boot up. With standard ATAPI kernel support I can get
both to be recognized as mountable and can read CDROMs from them but I
cannot get X-CDRoast to recognize my writer. Per SuSE instructions I added
hdc(my writer)=ide-scsi to LILO and <alias scsi_hostadapter ide-scsi> to
/etc/modules.conf. The writer is now recognized by X-CDRoast as the writer
but also as the reader (I want to use my DVD as the reader rather than
using a hard drive buffer). Further, my CD-R/RW is no longer mountable- I
get a "wrong major or minor number" error. cdrecord identifies the writer
as
scsibus0: 0,0,0 0) 'RICOH ' 'CD-R/RW MP7040A ' '1.40' RemovableCD-ROM
but where do I go from there? Do I have to set major/minor numbers and if
so how? I initially set up both drives with SCSI emulation and then NEITHER
of them was mountable. What am I doing wrong?
Thanks,
Alan Claunch
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From: Markus Werle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: XOSL + Promise Ultra 100 - OK?
Date: 30 Jan 2001 15:30:05 +0100
Hi!
Before I install yet another boot-loader:
Has anyone experience with xosl on a system
where a UDMA-100 controller card is installed
in such a way that its disk numbers start with
/dev/hde (5th disk) ?
Or has anyone an idea how to start linux or
(e.g. a win98) on such a disk without linuxrc?
Note that lilo is not appropriate because
the system is *not* on the firts 2 disks.
Markus
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (dudeonwax)
Subject: what is the best desktop for linux?
Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2001 14:40:46 GMT
Hello,
I am using Linux for some time now, and have switched desktops a few
times. KDE and GNOME/enlightenment are used the most by me. And I
can't seem to make up my mind which one I prefer. I find KDE very
good, but very ugly (all that gray, yack!) I find GNOME not as
stable/good as KDE, but it gives you the possibility via gtk+ to
actually define the way the buttons look in the app itself! Very nice
to get yourself a flashy desktop!
I was hoping you could give me the desktop you like best and the
specific reasons for it.
Regards,
Eelco
Suse 6.4
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (dudeonwax)
Subject: what is the best desktop for linux?
Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2001 14:41:56 GMT
Hello,
I am using Linux for some time now, and have switched desktops a few
times. KDE and GNOME/enlightenment are used the most by me. And I
can't seem to make up my mind which one I prefer. I find KDE very
good, but very ugly (all that gray, yack!) I find GNOME not as
stable/good as KDE, but it gives you the possibility via gtk+ to
actually define the way the buttons look in the app itself! Very nice
to get yourself a flashy desktop!
I was hoping you could give me the desktop you like best and the
specific reasons for it.
Regards,
Eelco
Suse 6.4
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (dudeonwax)
Subject: best desktop for linux?
Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2001 14:43:33 GMT
Hello,
I am using Linux for some time now, and have switched desktops a few
times. KDE and GNOME/enlightenment are used the most by me. And I
can't seem to make up my mind which one I prefer. I find KDE very
good, but very ugly (all that gray, yack!) I find GNOME not as
stable/good as KDE, but it gives you the possibility via gtk+ to
actually define the way the buttons look in the app itself! Very nice
to get yourself a flashy desktop!
I was hoping you could give me the desktop you like best and the
specific reasons for it.
Regards,
Eelco
Suse 6.4
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From: "nospamplease" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (dudeonwax)
Subject: best desktop for linux?
Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2001 14:44:57 GMT
Hello,
I am using Linux for some time now, and have switched desktops a few
times. KDE and GNOME/enlightenment are used the most by me. And I
can't seem to make up my mind which one I prefer. I find KDE very
good, but very ugly (all that gray, yack!) I find GNOME not as
stable/good as KDE, but it gives you the possibility via gtk+ to
actually define the way the buttons look in the app itself! Very nice
to get yourself a flashy desktop!
I was hoping you could give me the desktop you like best and the
specific reasons for it.
Regards,
Eelco
Suse 6.4
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From: Michael Heiming <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Can't locate loadable object for module Apache::Constants in @INC
Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2001 17:08:34 +0100
Hello,
I have compiled apache 1.3.14 with openssl-0.9.6/mm-1.1.3 &
mod_ssl-2.7.1-1.3.14 & mod_perl-1.24_01 &
php-3.0.18 & php-4.0.4pl1 (PHP 3&4 with ADABAS support) & zmod_module
(src.apapi.FIN2_3)
using -DEAPI as compiler flag apache complained that I should use it,
compiling everything worked fine but in case of testing:
./httpd -f conf/httpd.conf -t
I get:
[Tue Jan 30 15:39:15 2001] [error] Can't locate loadable object for
module Apache::Constants in @INC (@INC contains:
/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl//i586-linux /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/
/usr/include/apache/modules/perl/ /usr/lib/perl5/5.00503/i586-linux
/usr/lib/perl5/5.00503 /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.005/i586-linux
/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.005 . /export/WWW/apache-1.3.14/
/export/WWW/apache-1.3.14/lib/perl) at
/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.005/i586-linux/mod_perl.pm line 14
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at
/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.005/i586-linux/Apache.pm line 9.
Syntax error on line 718 of /export/WWW/apache-1.3.14/conf/httpd.conf:
Invalid command 'ZModLog', perhaps mis-spelled or defined by a module
not included in the server configuration
Any help what I should/could try to get mod_perl running would be
nice...
Thanks in advance
Michael Heiming
Sysadmin
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From: "nospamplease" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (dudeonwax)
Subject: Re: Root is Invalid!! HELP!!
Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2001 15:01:59 GMT
Hi James,
Do you know that kernel 2.3 is the development version?
If the kernel number 2.x and the x is an odd number (like 1, 3, 5,
etc.) it means you installed the development version. If you aren't a
Linux crack and just want to use it, make sure the x is an even
number, like 2.2.x or the latest 2.4.0 (I know Suse ships this the
12th of february) you can use it, because it is the stable release.
Good luck,
Eelco
On Tue, 30 Jan 2001 12:38:09 GMT, James Webb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>
>
>Eric wrote:
>>
>> James Webb wrote:
>> >
>> > Hello All :)
>> >
>> > I am trying to assist a fellow student in the installation of Linux such
>> > that he can do his programming from home (as opposed to sitting in a lab
>> > with out the aids to over come his disabillites) this student is deaf,
>> > and could not get a translator for his comp science course as such has
>> > dropped out and is looking to learn C++ from Home.
>> >
>> > I helped him work his way through an installation of Linux Mandrake 7.2
>> > (kernal 2.3?) and all was well, we recieved the Congratulations Linux is
>> > installed, and rebooted to start linux and ran into the following
>> > problem:
>> >
>> > We have set it up to run Dual Boot (2 separate hard drives) and
>> > encounter the following message "Root is invalid" and are forced to
>> > reboot.
>> >
>>
>> Probably set-up LILO to boot from the wrong root partition.
>> It's very difficult though, to be precise if you don't supply
>> us with the exact error messages, (and the messages just before that.)
>>
>> Eric
>
> I will try to get the exact error messages.
>James
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From: "Al" <[EMAIL PROTECTED](spam)>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Samba guest share setup?
Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2001 15:01:40 -0000
Hi,
I've got the following samba share in smb.conf that I'd like to be read
accessible to everyone on a windows network without them having to specify a
username and password (that is, a simple "net use"). I tried "guest ok =
true" but I am still prompted for username & password. Any suggestions
anyone?
[nmonitor]
available = 1
comment = share
valid users = admin guest any
create mask = 664
directory mask = 775
path = /home/users
writeable = no
public = yes
guest ok = true
;
Thanks,
Al.
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