Linux-Setup Digest #544, Volume #20 Wed, 31 Jan 01 12:13:08 EST
Contents:
Re: Newbee : AGP VGA Problem ("Mike Greenwood")
Routing and remote workstation. ("Andrew Higgs")
Re: mandrake linksys lne100tx (KF4RRN)
Re: How to set default Desktop to KDE or GNOME ("Chip Piller")
Re: Startx and KDE/Gnome enviroment (aflinsch)
Glut+Nvidia (Julien Verchere)
How to move users, groups and mails? ("Georgy Goshin")
Re: CD-R/RW setup-what am I doing wrong? (aflinsch)
Building flat binary kernel image ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: printer issues (Marc Ulrich)
Re: cannot umount /usr (Matt Haley)
help - new 2.4.0 Kernel hangs Just before Init (Patrick F Harris)
Re: Routing and remote workstation. (Michael Heiming)
Re: help - new 2.4.0 Kernel hangs Just before Init ("S. Umar")
Lilo after the first 8.0 GB ("Tom")
Obtaining news from IIS server running NTCR protocol ("GranpaK")
Re: Boot Manager Question in Caldera Openlinux (Kris)
Re: LILO only says "LI" at boot ("S. Umar")
Half-way there. (Marc Ulrich)
two questions on nmb and iBCS. ("Kenny@BUI")
Console messages ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
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From: "Mike Greenwood" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Newbee : AGP VGA Problem
Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2001 14:12:00 -0000
Hi,
I use a creative TNT2 M64 agp card under Redhat 6.1, and it can't detect
that either.
What I did was to run Xconfigurator, specifying an unlisted card and using
the generic SVGA driver. This lets me run 1024x768 at 75 Hz. Not bad for
2D work, but of course there's no 3D support.
Cheers
Mike
"Loh, Kuam Hong (Michael)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:955ajf$k3t$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Hi,
>
> I am new to the linux system and trying to setup using Redhat 6.1
> The setup goes well, but the OS cannot detect my
>
> VANTA LT 8Mb AGP VGA card
>
> and is giving default resolution of 640X480. At this resolution, running
> X is a little frustrating. I have tried running Xconfigurator and
xf86config
> utility program and I think I have corrupted my XF86Config file - where
> xwindow would not start.
>
> Kindly help if anybody have any solution or recomendations
>
> rgds
> loh
>
>
>
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From: "Andrew Higgs" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux.slackware,alt.os.linux.dial-up,comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Routing and remote workstation.
Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2001 16:37:29 +0200
Hi all,
I have setup up a dial in server so that I can work (eventually) from
anywahere. The dial in side is easy. I can not seem to figure out a way to
see the rest of the network. All I see is the machine I am dialing into. I
need to see the rest of the network.
How can I do this? Can I use ipchains to forward ports to other
machines(this would be somewhat limitin, however)?
Any assistance would be appreciated.
Kind regards
Andrew Higgs
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From: KF4RRN <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: mandrake linksys lne100tx
Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2001 14:32:33 GMT
Gene, did you try installing the RPM file instead? I am not running
mandrake 7.2 but when I was running 7.0 that was the only way we were
able to get the LNE100TX recognized and to our surprise the card turned
out to be a pretty good performer. I don't know what kernel 7.2 is
using but the driver info page says that if it is higher than 2.2 the
driver would not work. http://www.scyld.com/network/updates.html
Let me know what you find out. I am getting ready to reinstall linux
when my new motherboard arrives and more than likely it would be
Mandrake 7.2/LNE100TX combo.
Good luck,
Carlos.
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
"Gene Heskett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >>mike wrote:
> >>>
> >>> I 'm trying to install linksys lne100tx nic on mandrake 7.2 linux
>
> Unforch, although 2 of us double checked each other many times, and
built
> it for 3 different kernels, the end result was the same, an error list
> from depmod, and pretty much the same list from insmod/modprobe.
>
> In other words, it appears we must not have used the right breed of
> goats for our sacrifices. Put card in winderz box, works. linksys
> really should change their name to linksucks. They put all those
> stickers on the box to make us linux folks buy it, but when the
> shrinkwrap is opened, it VERY PLAINLY STATES that there is absolutely
NO
> linux support available from them.
>
> Our suppliers are being told that as far as NIC's are concerned, there
> will be no more linksys cards purchased until they decide to play the
> game by the rules. Like truthfull labels on their boxes.
>
> Cheers, Gene
> --
> Gene Heskett, CET, UHK |Amiga A2k Zeus040, Linux @ 600mhz
> email gene underscore heskett at iolinc dot net
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From: "Chip Piller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: How to set default Desktop to KDE or GNOME
Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2001 09:42:29 -0500
The easy way to do this is to use the "switchdesk" tool. In X windows just
type switchdesk at the command line in a terminal window and you should get
a popup window allowing you to select a new desktop. This tool is also
available from the Gnome desktop menus Programs -> System -> Desktop
Switching Tool.
On my RH7.0 system the actual file that gets changed is ".Xclients-default"
in my home directory.
Chip
"HockeyChief1" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> 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: aflinsch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux.mandrake,comp.os.linux.x
Subject: Re: Startx and KDE/Gnome enviroment
Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2001 09:53:55 -0600
Linuz wrote:
>
> Hi...
>
> To start Gnome, type in .xinitrc in your home directory of this :
>
> exec /usr/bin/gnome-session
>
> or to start KDE,
>
> exec startkde (or whatever the file startkde resides)
>
> If to no avail, find where those two files reside.
>
> Hope this helps :-)
>
> JeremyD. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> news:9lMd6.128$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> > Newbie question: I want to start my pc and login to the command prompt.
> > Then be able to start X into KDE or Gnome. However, when I startx, it
> > starts into Enligtenment (which I don't want). It does this for my other
> > user acct's. But not for root, which goes directly into KDE. What file(s)
> > for my user acct's do I need to change to do this? BTW, this is on
> Mandrake
> > 7.2, w/ X v4.0. Thanks in advance!
> >
> > Jeremy
> >
This works on Mandrake 7.2 (not sure about other distros)
startx ???
where ??? is one of the environments returned by
/usr/sbin/chksession -l
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From: Julien Verchere <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Glut+Nvidia
Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2001 16:19:48 +0100
Hello,
I have a Mandrake 7.2 and I have just install Xfree4.0 and the Nvidia
drivers for my TNT. The openGL acceleration works well but when I try to
launch some programs using glut37, I have the following error:
GLUT: Fatal Error in <my program name>: visual with necessary capabilities
not found.
I try to recompile glut but I have the same results... Can someone help me ?
Thanks by advance.
Julien
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From: "Georgy Goshin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: How to move users, groups and mails?
Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2001 17:32:22 +0200
Hello,
I've need to move user-accounts, group database to new computer, is it
possible to do this without knowing each user password? The new server is
just installed. And also one: can I simple copy a mailbox files from
/var/spool/mail from one server to another if uid's are the same?
Thanks in advance,
--
George Goshin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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From: aflinsch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: CD-R/RW setup-what am I doing wrong?
Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2001 10:28:32 -0600
Alan Claunch wrote:
>
> 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
do the same as you did for your cdrw, then your dvd will be recognized
by xcdroast.
example, if your cdrw is hdc & your dvd is hdd, change your append
line to read
hdc=ide-scsi hdd=ide-scsi
> 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?
>
Remember to change symlinks in /dev for cdrom and cdrw to the new
correct scsi devices. Right now /dev/cdrom points to /dev/hdc, you
need to make it point to /dev/scd0
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Building flat binary kernel image
Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2001 15:36:59 GMT
Hi,
I'm trying to setup the linux kernel sources (2.4.0) to produce a
flashable binary image (for a 386EX target). I can't get the makefiles
correct to create me a flat binary image that I can download into a
flashprom.
Anyone having experiences on this. ?
Eric
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From: Marc Ulrich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: printer issues
Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2001 10:40:46 -0500
Yes! This did it! Thanks!
Marc
> Look in /etc/conf.modules and be sure this line is there, then try to
> configure it again.
>
> alias parport_lowlevel parport_pc
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Matt Haley)
Subject: Re: cannot umount /usr
Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2001 15:52:10 -0000
On Wed, 31 Jan 2001 13:03:46 GMT,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] <[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.
lsof | grep usr
will tell you what programs are using what files on /usr.
--
Matt Haley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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From: Patrick F Harris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: help - new 2.4.0 Kernel hangs Just before Init
Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2001 09:43:44 -0600
I am running RedHat 7.0 with the 2.4.0-26 kernel and all is well, but
I want to add and IDE CD Burner.
System configuration - Note this may have nothing to do with the
problem
PCchips MB with TXpro III chipset (Looks like a Via 82c586)
AMD K6-2/400
ATI Rage Pro PCI
Advansys SCSI controller with HP DAT Tape
Two IDE Hard Drives on IDE 0 - hda, hdb
One IDE ATAPI CDROM on IDE - hdc
One STD floppy
NE2000 clone - PCI
ESS solo1 audio - PCI
I am trying to compile the latest 2.4.0 stable (Jan 4 2001) and add
SCSI emulation for my cd burner.
Using make menuconfig
I have set the processor to K6
I have set SCSI emulation as built in, IDE
I have built into the kernel, NE2000, Ess solo, AdvanceSys SCSI
IDE CDROM is built as a module
Insalled all the latest support stuff -
util-linux-2.10s.tar.gz
util 2.4.2
etc
My old kernel and boot process still work good, after all the the
utility upgrades !
I compiled and and installed the new kernel
My new kernel boot up looks good until a message that to the best of
my recollection is - Freeing unused kernel memory 220k - then the
system hangs.
I Assuming it can't find 'init', but I don't know what to do next.
I Can still boot the old kernel and the system runs OK
What should I do next ????
Thanks in advance
Patrick
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From: Michael Heiming <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: Routing and remote workstation.
Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2001 18:18:45 +0100
Andrew Higgs wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I have setup up a dial in server so that I can work (eventually) from
> anywahere. The dial in side is easy. I can not seem to figure out a way to
> see the rest of the network. All I see is the machine I am dialing into. I
> need to see the rest of the network.
>
> How can I do this? Can I use ipchains to forward ports to other
> machines(this would be somewhat limitin, however)?
>
> Any assistance would be appreciated.
>
> Kind regards
> Andrew Higgs
Hello,
sounds like VPN you are looking for:
http://www.freeSwan.org/
Good luck
Michael Heiming
Sysadmin
--
Confucius say: He who play in root, eventually kill tree.
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From: "S. Umar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: help - new 2.4.0 Kernel hangs Just before Init
Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2001 10:18:53 -0600
Did you make a new initrd image for the new kernel and included in your
lilo.conf?
--
Prof. S. Umar
Dept. of Physics & Astronomy
Vanderbilt University
Nashville, TN 37235
Tel : (615) 322-2459
Fax : (615) 343-7263
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://compsci.cas.vanderbilt.edu/~umar/resu.htm
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From: "Tom" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Lilo after the first 8.0 GB
Date: Thu, 1 Feb 2001 00:17:14 +0800
Reply-To: "Tom" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
I have a windows2000 machine, the C: and D: take my hard disk the first 8.0
GB. I want to install my RH7.0 lilo after the first 8.0 GB, in this case,
can it be bootable from hard disk? I remember I read a message many days
ago, telling us that if Lilo is installed after the first 8.0 GB of hard
disk it will have trouble to boot from hard disk. Is it true?
Any information? Thanks.
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From: "GranpaK" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Obtaining news from IIS server running NTCR protocol
Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2001 11:24:52 -0500
Hi,
Is there any program/setup combination under linux to access news from a
news server, apparently on a Windows IIS Server, which requires a WindowsNT
Challenge/Response password protocol? This is equivalent to the selection
of "Log in using Secure Password Authentication" under Microsoft Outlook
Express.
--
GranpaK
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
(remove NOSPAM to email me!)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Kris)
Subject: Re: Boot Manager Question in Caldera Openlinux
Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2001 15:31:32 GMT
Eric-
Output from fdisk -l /dev/hd[a-d]:
Disk /dev/hda: 255 heads, 63 sectors, 1021 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 bytes
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/hda1 * 1 1021 8201151 b Win95 FAT32
Disk /dev/hdb: 255 heads, 63 sectors, 2116 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 bytes
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/hdb1 * 1 800 6425968+ 83 Linux
/dev/hdb2 801 831 249007+ 82 Linux swap
/dev/hdb3 832 2116 10321762+ c Win95 FAT32 (LBA)
As you can see - a bit of a strange setup. I've got my 8.4 gig HD
(/dev/hda) strictly mounted windows and my 17.4 gig HD (/dev/hdb)
divided into linux and another windows partition. On my windows2000
box, the /dev/hda1 is C: and the /dev/hdb3 is D:. Basically, what I
am trying to do is completely take out the 17.4 gig HD (/dev/hdb) and
just use only the 8.4 gig HD in this computer (/dev/hda). However,
since GRUB is installed, I'm afraid that if I fdisk /mbr and then try
to boot to /dev/hda1, it is going to lock up, and I'll lose all my
data. Does this help at all? Can you see what I am trying to get at?
Additional files you wanted:
/boot/grub/device.map:
(fd0) /dev/fd0
(hd0) /dev/hda
(hd1) /dev/hdb
/boot/grub/menu.lst
#
# /boot/grub/menu.lst - generated by Lizard
#
# options
timeout = 5
splashscreen = (hd1,0)/boot/message.col24
default = 0
title = Linux
root = (hd1,0)
kernel = /boot/vmlinuz-pc97-2.2.14-modular vga=274 noapic nosmp
debug=2 root=/dev/hdb1
title = Windows
chainloader = (hd0,0)+1
Thanks for all of your help. I look forward to seeing a reply!
Kris
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>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: "S. Umar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: LILO only says "LI" at boot
Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2001 10:23:23 -0600
When you see just LI it means the boot record is not in sync with the
kernel
e.g. you did not run "lilo -v" after you changed something with the
kernel
(of course after fixing lilo.conf file). These are my notes for getting
out of
this.
LILO RESCUE:
When the system is rebooted prematurely after an upgrade (forgetting to
do lilo -v) the boot hangs at the LILO prompt (L, LI, LIL, etc).
1. Reboot from RedHat 6.2 CD
2. Chooese "linux rescue" option to get to a ramdisk prompt. You are
now at a system created in the ram with very limited capabilities.
3. Have a copy of your "df" output to know what partitions are what
filesystems.
Below replace disk devices with ones corresponding to your system:
4. mkdir /boot
5. mount /dev/hda1 /boot - /dev/hda1 is the /boot filesystem on
the system disk
6. mkdir /s2
7. mount /dev/hda9 /s2 - /dev/hda9 is / filesystem on disk
8. cp /s2/etc/lilo.conf /etc
9. cd /dev
10. ln -s /s2/dev/hda hda - link the device file for entire disk
to /dev directory (to trick
lilo.conf)
11. ln -s /s2/dev/hda9 hda9 - ditto
12. /s2/sbin/lilo -v
NOTE: Steps 8, 10, and 11 are done so that device file names in
lilo.conf
remain as they are, which they
should.
--
Prof. S. Umar
Dept. of Physics & Astronomy
Vanderbilt University
Nashville, TN 37235
Tel : (615) 322-2459
Fax : (615) 343-7263
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://compsci.cas.vanderbilt.edu/~umar/resu.htm
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From: Marc Ulrich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Half-way there.
Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2001 11:29:04 -0500
Now I have another problem -- the printer will only spit out blank
pages. The printtool detected the printer, I selected the LaserJet 4
driver from the "filter" options (I am using a LaserJet 1100 & the
Laserjet4 drivers are supposed to work for it). The printer is getting
data as its light blinks and it spits out paper, but there is nothing on
it. In one instance of fooling around, I got it to give me one line of
text, but nothing more.
What am I doing wrong?
Marc
> Look in /etc/conf.modules and be sure this line is there, then try to
> configure it again.
>
> alias parport_lowlevel parport_pc
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From: "Kenny@BUI" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: two questions on nmb and iBCS.
Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2001 11:54:21 -0500
hello guys,
i really could use your help on this.
1. sometimes when the server starts nmb fails and does not start. where do i
start it?
and why does it start sometimes.
2. also iCBS does not start automatically. where can i start it?
i usually type insmod iCBS.
thank you,
kenny.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Console messages
Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2001 16:54:00 GMT
Hi!
I have configure syslogd and klogd
to have all kernel messages on a file,
and not in the screen console.
But, I continue to have messages displayed
at both place: in a file but the same content
display on the screen console (for exemple, when
I do a "raidstop /dev/md0" or "raidstart /dev/md0").
What to do to not have those messages on the
screen console?
Thank you for your help.
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