Linux-Setup Digest #543, Volume #20 Wed, 31 Jan 01 09:13:06 EST
Contents:
Re: Inetd ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Boot Manager Question in Caldera Openlinux (Eric)
Re: Adding dual boot to Win2K setup ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: CD-R/RW setup-what am I doing wrong? ("Jason Byrne")
Re: monitor won't power off after screensaver timeout? (Nevin Wong)
Re: Errors In Partition Table (Svend Olaf Mikkelsen)
Re: Partitioning the hard disk for setup ("Duane Healing")
cannot umount /usr ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: cannot umount /usr (Alexander Roalter)
Re: ftpd ("Mike Greenwood")
Re: kernel Q: "maximal mount count reached, forcing fsck" --set/detected ("ne...")
Re: RPM supports only package rev <= 3 ("ne...")
How to set default Desktop to KDE or GNOME (HockeyChief1)
Re: linux & Btinternet ("Mike Greenwood")
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Inetd
Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2001 11:02:23 GMT
Hi,
Check that your /etc/hosts.deny file is empty (sometimes, you can have
ALL:ALL EXCEPT localhost:DENY, remove it.) and launch again inetd.
(Note that a root login will probably doesn't work under kde untill your
/etc/securetty file contains /dev/pts/[Nb of your tty], so try a user
login via telnet).
julien
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Diether De Praetere <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi there,
>
> Somebody installed a RH6.2 on a system here, but apparently didn't
> configure the inetd-stuff. ==> a telnet session from another host
> doesn't work: "Unable to connect to remote host: Connection refused"
>
> I checked the inetd.conf file and that's OK.
>
> But can somebody tell me what the default RH configuration file is.
> Maybe the inetd-parameter is switched of over there. (I know it is the
> /etc/rc.config in the Suse distr.)
>
> But even if I start up inetd manually, a telnet doe not work...
>
> If it is something else, maybe you know...
>
> Thx,
> Diether
>
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From: Eric <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Boot Manager Question in Caldera Openlinux
Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2001 12:11:02 +0100
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Kris wrote:
>
> Hello all-
>
> I have a small query as to how GRUB works exactly. I've
> searched support.calderasystems.com but haven't quite gotten the
> information I need. Basically, I have found another box to use for my
> caldera linux box, so I am trying to uninstall GRUB and use it as a
> single-boot machine for windows. Can anyone perhaps tell me the
> easiest way to save the data on my hard drive windows partition as
> well as the linux partition? Currently, the linux partition is master
> while the windows partition is slave. So if I sys my C and D: drives
> in windows, then remove the linux hard drive (master) and configure
> the windows drive as the master, then fdisk /mbr, will this work?
>
> Is it possible to merely just "Uninstall" GRUB, then boot to
> my windows partition normally? Any help on this would be GREATLY
> appreciated. I REALLY don't want to have to format this windows
> partition and lose all my information, but I am really tired of the
> dual-boot and so I've dedicated another machine for the linux
> partition. Any help anywhere?? Thank you so much!
>
fdisk -l /dev/hd[a-d]
and post the result here.
I don't quite get what you want/how you have your system setup.
If you post those results, I may be able to help you.
(I'm not very familiar with grub, but post the grub config file too)
Eric
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Adding dual boot to Win2K setup
Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2001 11:38:31 GMT
Thanks much! That is about as step-by-step as it gets.. :)
Ed
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dama) wrote:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in <9572t8$hq6$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>
> >All,
> >
> >I realize that this subject has been covered, but I none of the
> >threads give a step-by-step on how to handle my situation. I have a
> >Win2K system that has 2 hds.
>
> Try this page
>
> http://www.littlewhitedog.com/reviews_other_00011.asp
>
> It shows how to dual boot w2k and linux. Works for me. YMMV
>
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From: "Jason Byrne" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: CD-R/RW setup-what am I doing wrong?
Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2001 04:31:56 -0800
Alan Claunch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:3a76cd77$0$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
>
> 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?
You might want to go back through your kernel configuration via 'make
menuconfig' (or however you prefer)... and check if the 'probe all LUNS'
option in the SCSI-related stuff is on - I'm pretty sure I figured out *not*
probing all LUN's was the key to getting things working on my system.
I posted a reply to a similar problem a while back on one of the Slackware
forums at
http://www.slackware.com/forum/read.php?f=2&i=75624&t=75335
with details of my kernel configuration with regard to the SCSI choices,
etc...
- Jason
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From: Nevin Wong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: monitor won't power off after screensaver timeout?
Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2001 20:45:15 +0800
Hi
I've tried both methods, and the monitor still won't power off! What
should I do now??
Yours,
Nev
"ne..." wrote:
>
> 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: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Svend Olaf Mikkelsen)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc,microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion
Subject: Re: Errors In Partition Table
Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2001 12:59:46 GMT
"Werner Fangmeier" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Appreciate your help, Svend Olaf. I think, I understand a little bit more
>now :-).
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
>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*"?
Yes.
>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 ?
I did not check the calculations, but it seems as you got the idea.
>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 ?
Guess so.
>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" ?
You see the "NB" in the BS (Boot Sector) field. This field indicates
if the partition table information matches the boot sector
information. For an ext2 partition this is the information in the
superblock. According to the superblock the partition probably is a
little smaller. You can see this if you do a Findpart search.
>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.
On possibility would be to write the partition table to a file using
Linux sfdisk, and then write the file back. If you do this, you must
make sure the ID (type) of the extended partition is 0F afterwards,
and if it is not, you must change it. The Linux fdisk t command can be
used.
Powerquest ptedit and my Editpart can be used in a Windows DOS box. If
you have only one PC this has the advantage compared to pure DOS that
you can access the internet until reboot, even if you damage the
partition tables. In such a situation programs that are known to crash
Windows of cause should not be used.
Editpart really is an experts tool. One thing you have to know is that
the relative entry in links to next extended partition table is
calculated relative to the beginning of the entire extended partition.
Other relative entries are calculated relative to current partition
table.
If you want you can make a batch file without running it, and let me
evaluate it.
Newer versions of Partition Magic is said to be able to correct
partition tables, but I do not know if it is something that can be
recommended.
Remember that unless you want to use a program that complains, there
is no reason to do anything.
--
Svend Olaf
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From: "Duane Healing" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Partitioning the hard disk for setup
Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2001 05:00:52 +0800
FYI, the 128MB swap partition limit has been a thing of the past for a
while now.
I find the 2xRAM rule rather useless. My guideline is to imagine how much
memory I could imagine the machine using given the tasks it will be
running. For example if I'm going to be doing large format high-resolution
image editing then I'll aim for at least half a gig, but for more modest
typical desktop uses somewhere between 128 and 256MB is probably
sufficent. Then I subtract the amount of physical RAM in the machine from
that target and create an appropriately sized swap partition. Then
observe the behavior of the system. If it consistently goes deep into swap doing
everyday tasks then that's a machine I would consider first for a RAM
upgrade. If it never uses swap at all or only a tiny fraction, then you
know you didn't need that much and maybe can even reallocate that
partition to something else.
--
-Duane
-DNAware SoftLabs
CIA intelligence reports that in article
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
> size of the swap partition is generally twice the amount of physical RAM
> with a maximum of 128 MB. But it depends a lot on what you'll be doing.
> Some applications will hardly cause the use of swap, but editing images
> of a 100 MB will eat swap space.
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: cannot umount /usr
Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2001 13:03:46 GMT
i'm trying to convert my filesystems and i need to umount /usr
so that i can format it. it usually gives /usr is busy message
and i can usually umount /usr after killing many unneeded demons.
on this particular system i cannot umount /usr after killing off
unneeded demons. it keeps saying /usr is busy. does anyone have any
idea on how i can umount /usr. only root is loginned btw.
thanks in advance
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From: Alexander Roalter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: cannot umount /usr
Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2001 14:16:50 +0100
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> i'm trying to convert my filesystems and i need to umount /usr
> so that i can format it. it usually gives /usr is busy message
> and i can usually umount /usr after killing many unneeded demons.
> on this particular system i cannot umount /usr after killing off
> unneeded demons. it keeps saying /usr is busy. does anyone have any
> idea on how i can umount /usr. only root is loginned btw.
>
> thanks in advance
>
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try a "init S".
This should work well due all services (most of them) are shut down.
--
MfG
Ro-ee
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From: "Mike Greenwood" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: ftpd
Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2001 13:16:15 -0000
Hi,
Have you checked your /etc/hosts.allow and /etc/hosts.deny? On my Redhat
system they look similar to...
/etc/hosts.deny
ALL: ALL
/etc/hosts.allow
in.telnetd: <ip range to allow>
in.ftpd: <ip range to allow>
This setup denys all connections except telnet and ftp from <ip range to
allow> e.g. 10.0.0/24.
The above is all from memory, so sorry for any mistakes.
man hosts.allow would be a good read aswell.
Hope this helps
Mike
"Zayin Krige" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:955qo4$cmm$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> yeah ftpd is installed and running...
> If I do a "ps x" I can see in.ftps -l -a running
>
> --
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> "Marvin (Georg Ortmanns)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> > Zayin Krige wrote:
> >
> > > i have 4 linux box in my office, and i can telnet to them ping them,
> > > smbmount them, etc,etc, I just cant ftp them
> > > I get a "connected to 192.168.0.60" and then it just sits there doing
> > > nothing"
> >
> > - Check if ftp daemon is installed.
> >
> > - Check /etc/inetd.config for a line like this
> > ftp stream tcp nowait root /usr/sbin/tcpd wu.ftpd
> > -a -l -L
> >
> > - read "man ftpd" for access permissions
> >
> >
> > --
> > Regards
> >
> > Georg Ortmanns (Marvin) eMail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > To get my PGP key send mail with subject "Send PGP key"
> >
> >
> >
>
>
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Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.help
From: "ne..." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: kernel Q: "maximal mount count reached, forcing fsck" --set/detected
Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2001 13:19:43 GMT
On Jan 31, 2001 at 15:05, Ajay Dudani [T] eloquently wrote:
>>
>> With a large drive like the one ou have, you might
>> consider using ext3 instead of ext2. This should also
>> reduce fsck times.
>
>don't u think reiserfs wud be better choice that ext3
The reason I suggested ext3 was due to the fact that nothing
has to be reformated. All you do is create the journal, change
/etc/fstab and remount I believe. This is not a put down of
reiserfs, which I also use, just another alternative to consider.
The only downside to ext3 is that I don't think 2.4.x kernels
are supported as yet. I stand to be corrected on this tho.
--
Registered Linux User # 125653 (http://counter.li.org)
Caution: Keep out of reach of children.
8:15am up 20 days, 11:13, 2 users, load average: 0.00, 0.00, 0.00
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From: "ne..." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: RPM supports only package rev <= 3
Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2001 13:27:29 GMT
On Jan 30, 2001 at 23:00, Vlar Schreidlocke eloquently wrote:
>I have a similar problem. I went to Redhat's Errata Page and there is
>no entry corresponding to the info you posted below.
You are right. It has disappeared. The entry does exist for
RH5.2 & 6.2 tho.
>On Sun, 21 Jan 2001 16:32:38 GMT, "ne..." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>Aktually, he really needs to go to RH's errata page and check out
>>the RH 6.1 entry for 09-AUG-2000.
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Registered Linux User # 125653 (http://counter.li.org)
Mencken and Nathan's Ninth Law of The Average American:
The quality of a champagne is judged by the amount of noise the
cork makes when it is popped.
8:23am up 20 days, 11:22, 2 users, load average: 0.00, 0.00, 0.00
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (HockeyChief1)
Date: 31 Jan 2001 14:03:30 GMT
Subject: How to set default Desktop to KDE or GNOME
Hi I was wondering, which file do you edit to change the default desktop? I
have Redhat 7 and the current desktop is gnome but I want to change to kde.
Thanks!
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From: "Mike Greenwood" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: linux & Btinternet
Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2001 13:58:24 -0000
Hi Andy,
Yes, sounds familiar.
You need to tell linux the ip address of a DNS server. This address can be
obtained from either your ISPs homepage or by giving their tech support a
ring.
When you connect with M$ windows, the DNS server is set automatically when
you dial in. Not so in linux.
Once you know a valid DNS address, you need to edit the file
/etc/resolv.conf and add a line that looks like...
nameserver 10.20.30.40
where 10.20.30.40 is the given address. Once this is done, dial the
internet and see what you can see.
If you're not dual booting to M$ and you can't surf the web at all, you can
use the following DNS as a TEMPORARY measure to let you find out the
addresses for your ISP DNS.
207.69.188.185
(this address is from DNS & BIND by Albitz and Liu, published by O'Reilly)
Hope this helps
Happy surfing
Mike
"andy.deano" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:954n64$oup$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Hi all
>
> I`m quite knew to linux (i`m running m7.2)and are having problems
connecting
> to the internet. I recently signed up for bt surf together. I Linux i
have
> has far as i can tell configured kppp correctly as it will connect to
> btinternet, but as soon as i run netscape or mail client it comes back
with
> no route host or carn`t find server. Any help would be much appreciated
>
> Thanxs
> Andy
>
>
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