Linux-Setup Digest #623, Volume #20 Tue, 13 Feb 01 10:13:08 EST
Contents:
Re: LILO: Two versions of RH. Two different hardrives. How? (Stanislaw Flatto)
Re: Read man pages (redhat 6.2) (H.Bruijn)
Re: authentication problems... (Keith Rhodes)
Re: Linux from CD ("Lyadov Konstantin")
Re: Can't delete file ("Cameron Kerr")
Re: Is there TrueType fonts or "vector fonts" for linux? (Steve Martin)
Re: Run two identical devices @ same time? (benoit mordelet)
Re: I want to KILL caps lock, not swap it... (Sebastian Schleussner)
Re: I want to KILL caps lock, not swap it... ("Peter T. Breuer")
Booting redhat Linux 6.2 seen as a file from Windows 16-bit partition ("Rony Sarig")
Samba 2.0.7/RH7.0 and W2K ("Meron Lavie")
Re: Can LILO boot windows MBR on /dev/hdb? (Steve Martin)
Printer / CUBS (Eric SIBERT)
alias ? ("Michel DOMINIQUE")
Re: Mounting Windoze partitions from Linux problem. ("Rich Somerfield")
Re: Samba 2.0.7/RH7.0 and W2K (Olivier Clavel)
Bandwith Usage Monitoring? ("Richard Stafford")
How to remove GNOME? (Bill Delphenich)
Re: linux from scratch (DOS, modem & floppies) (DeAnn)
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From: Stanislaw Flatto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: LILO: Two versions of RH. Two different hardrives. How?
Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2001 22:21:00 +1100
Lyndon Bartels wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I want to be able to dual-boot my linux box.. but with a twist.
>
> I want to run it with two versions of RedHat.
>
Simple.
Your first distribution installed (lets call it A) has LILOA in mbr and
boots its kernel by default.
Your second distribution B, usually finds the swap and will use it, should
have its LILOB on the partition, configured to boot kernelB and initialise
the whole distribution.
LILOA should present a menu where you can choose to activate LILOB.
The stanca should look like this:
other=/dev/sdxx #partition where distribution B resides
unsafe # read man lilo and man lilo.conf
LILOB does not need waiting period or menu selections, although a message
saying "Now booting distribution B" may be nice if useless.
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Lyndon
Welcome.
Stanislaw.
Slack user from Ulladulla.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (H.Bruijn)
Subject: Re: Read man pages (redhat 6.2)
Date: 13 Feb 2001 11:22:05 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Tue, 13 Feb 2001 18:26:49 +1300, Cameron Kerr allegedly wrote:
>>> Howto generate man-pages from their source files?
>>
>> nroff -mandoc -Tascii < file
>Or just man ./manfile.somthing
>
>PS. Does anyone know how to format man pages for A4 size paper. groff
>doesn't appear to have any options for this.
Only in a roundabout way, use groff to generate a postscript file of the
page, and then convert the postscript-file to A4. But that doesn't
change the formatting, just the papersize.
pstops -pa4 1:0 file.ps file-a4.ps
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The Netherlands website: http://hermanbruijn.com
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From: Keith Rhodes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: authentication problems...
Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2001 12:13:23 +0100
Thanks to the two people who replied...
I've found how to delete this file:
rm -- --help
the first option -- tells the parser to take the whole following string as
a filename.
For information, gmc is gnome Midnight Commander, a file manager for Gnome.
KR.
Keith Rhodes wrote:
> This problem has recently cropped up... maybe it's been there all the
> time, but I only just noticed it.
> I noticed it because I've unwittingly created some files with stupid
> names...
> Stupid errors like hitting the wrong keys, putting a space in the wrong
> place... I've got files with names like --help that I can't delete! If I
> try rm --help, of course I just get the usage for rm. But I can't find
> the right quotes to protect it...
> rm '--help'
> rm "--help"
> Nothing works! So I tried gmc, but I get:
>
> # gmc
> GnomeUI-WARNING **: While connecting to session manager:
> Authentication Rejected, reason : None of the authentication protocols
> specified are supported and host-based authentication failed.
>
> I remember seeing authentication messages like this from CUPS, too...
> Is this a PAM (pluggable authetication modules) problem?
>
> # rpm -qa | grep pam
> pam-devel-0.72-13.1mdk
> pam-doc-0.72-13.1mdk
> pam-0.72-13.1mdk
>
> KR
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==
I don't like spammers. So take the warning
out of my address before you reply.
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From: "Lyadov Konstantin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: linux.redhat.install
Subject: Re: Linux from CD
Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2001 16:10:28 +0500
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> Hi,
>
> I'm trying to make a cd on which Linux has been installed. I'm still
> thinking how I should do this. Does anyone know this is possible? If yes,
> how should I work on this problem? What are known problems for Linux on
CD?
>
> Greetings,
> Koen
>
> Killed your wife!!!And drinking a botle Vodka!!!
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From: "Cameron Kerr" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Can't delete file
Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2001 00:24:20 +1300
In article <96avih$bi8$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Eric Ho"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am trying to delete a file, but got this error : bash-2.03# rm
> plusnode.gif rm: cannot remove `plusnode.gif': Value too large for
> defined data type bash-2.03#
>
> Can someone tell me how to delete it ?
>
> Best Regards, Eric Ho
My money is on the likely fact that in that directory, you have some
garbage files, possibly called somethine like -something.
What does a "ls -la" tell you?
Try deleting thusly
rm -- plusnode.gif
The -- means (and this is true for practically all GNU programs) that
this is the end of the options.
HIH -- Cameron Kerr
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From: Steve Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Is there TrueType fonts or "vector fonts" for linux?
Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2001 12:29:52 GMT
Eric wrote:
> > > Is there a way to install truetype fonts or similar "vector fonts"
> > Linux comes with two such font sets, "Type 1" (aka Adobe)
> > and "Speedo". These font sets should be in the directories
> > "Type1" and "Speedo" under /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts.
> And you can use the ttf fonts from your windows distribution too.
I had heard or read that somewhere, but I've never seen instructions
on how to set that up, so I didn't include that in my response. Can
you point us to some RTFM material on how that works?
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From: benoit mordelet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Run two identical devices @ same time?
Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2001 13:34:41 +0100
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> On Mon, 12 Feb 2001 23:12:56 GMT, Six <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >Can I run 2 identical devices under linux? Like 2 SB live cards, 2
> >usb radios, etc? Of course, I'd like to control each 1 independent of
> >the other.
>
> Yes. You'll need separate settings for each (addr, irq, dma, etc.)
>
not necessarily separate settings, depending on the device. some devices
are able to share addr and irqs for example.
ben
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From: Sebastian Schleussner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: I want to KILL caps lock, not swap it...
Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2001 13:38:37 +0100
"Peter T. Breuer" wrote:
> Now if you could just explain to me what a "deadkey" is, I would be
> grateful.
A "deadkey" is a key which doesn't directly produce a character on the
terminal, letting the system wait for a second keystroke to complete the
symbol. Examples of deadkeys are ', `, ^ and ~, which (if "deadkeys" is
actually switched on) allow you to write accented vowels (e.g. for
French texts) and the Spanish "n-tilde".
Sebastian Schleussner
University of Stuttgart
Germany
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From: "Peter T. Breuer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: I want to KILL caps lock, not swap it...
Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2001 13:06:19 GMT
Sebastian Schleussner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> "Peter T. Breuer" wrote:
>> Now if you could just explain to me what a "deadkey" is, I would be
>> grateful.
> A "deadkey" is a key which doesn't directly produce a character on the
> terminal, letting the system wait for a second keystroke to complete the
> symbol. Examples of deadkeys are ', `, ^ and ~, which (if "deadkeys" is
> actually switched on) allow you to write accented vowels (e.g. for
> French texts) and the Spanish "n-tilde".
Aha. Thanks. The name would lead one to suppose that it did nothing.
Then I don't want any deadkeys. The effect you describe is best got
from altgr. I'll turn them off pronto.
Thanks again...
Peter
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From: "Rony Sarig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Booting redhat Linux 6.2 seen as a file from Windows 16-bit partition
Date: Sun, 11 Feb 2001 23:20:10 +0200
Who can tell me how to boot redhat Linux 6.2, seen as af file within Windows
16-bit partition, Redhat.img, but NOT from Boot Diskette nor LILO but
probabely from Loadlin ?
What is the syntax if using Loadlin.
Thanks
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From: "Meron Lavie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.networking,comp.protocols.smb
Subject: Samba 2.0.7/RH7.0 and W2K
Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2001 21:32:16 +0200
I have Samba 2.0.7 running on RH7.0.
I have a dual-boot (W2K/WinMe) PC on the same LAN. I gave each OS its own
computer name and IP. Both OS's and the Linux have both IPs and host names
appearing in their HOSTS file.
Both W2K and WinMe can see and access shared directories on the Linux via
Samba wioth no problem (I enabled un-encrypted passwords on both).
However, only the WinMe can succesfully logon to the domain.
I get the following error messages: "Failed due to process number out of
range" or "credentials already exist".
What am I doing wrong?
--
Meron Lavie
www.redmatch.com - World's Largest Hi-Tech Salary Site
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
NOTE: THERE ARE NO NUMBERS IN MY REAL EMAIL ADDRESS HOST NAME: ANTI-SPAM!
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From: Steve Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Can LILO boot windows MBR on /dev/hdb?
Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2001 13:28:28 GMT
Steve Martin wrote:
> Oh... the "map-drive" entries convince Windows that it's booting
> from drive A. Without this, the Windows boot chokes.
^^^
Pardon the brain fade, that should say "drive C". (Got confused
in my own mind between drives and devices...)
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Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2001 14:31:57 +0100
From: Eric SIBERT <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Printer / CUBS
Hi,
I'm trying to install my local printer under Linux (Mandrake 7.2).
Installation is OK but test page never go out. When using Kups, I see
the printer with the test page and a ! on the icone. And I also get the
message "Can't connect to CUBS server!". I suppose, I should start the
CUBS server but I don't know, how to do this. Any idea?
--
Eric SIBERT
http://www.multimania.com/esibert
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From: "Michel DOMINIQUE" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: alias ?
Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2001 13:34:08 GMT
When I enter the alias command at the shell prompt I can see somme denied
aliases (vdir, dir, v,...) whatever the account I use to log in. But I
cannot find where these aliases are defined. Not in the /etc/profile, and no
.bash_* script files defined; After some find ... -exec grep ...., nothing
appears; is it magic or does somebody can give me the location of the file
where those aliases are defined (I want add somme system-wide aliases for
all users).
Michel.
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From: "Rich Somerfield" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Mounting Windoze partitions from Linux problem.
Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2001 13:30:27 -0000
The listing is the same as yours. with the first value being 3 and the
second relating to the value of the device (hence /dev/hda7 -> 7).
I tried mounting as msdos type (no longfilenames I know!), but it said that
was not supported by my kernel, could this be the problem?
I also did a fdisk /dev/hda1 and printed out the the partitions, (sorry not
got the output available yet), it said that the partitions didnt lie on
boundaries, is this a problem?
I will try and provide the extra info soon.
RS.
Duane Healing <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:vN1i6.93$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> This sounds like an interesting problem. Your mount command looks OK.
> What does the output of "ls -l /dev/hda1" look like? Mine looks like:
> brw-rw---- 1 root disk 3, 1 Jul 5 2000 /dev/hda1
> The most important thing is that the major and minor numbers agree with
> what I have here, and since that's what it's complaining about I have to
> wonder.
>
> Also, what does the output of "fdisk -l" look like? Post that here too.
> Provide more info and maybe we can fix this thing.
>
> --
> -Duane
> -DNAware SoftLabs
>
> In article <HeUh6.14626$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Rich
> Somerfield" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > I have installed SuSE 6.4 (2.2.14 kernel). I want to mount my windoze
> > (Win98SE) partitions in linux so i can share files (i also want to have
> > my
> > netscape browsers using the same info / mail boxes (on win/linux), is
> > this possible?).
> >
> > The problem is, is that i keep on getting an error when i try and mount.
> > I am using the following command:
> >
> > mount -t vfat /dev/hda1 /dos_c
> >
> > The error i get is something like "wrong major / minor numbers".
> >
> > I have got a 30GB h/drive. I have 3 win partitions (c - 2gb, d - 10gb,
> > e
> > -
> > 10gb). Linux is 8GB.
> >
> > I have listed the devices (ls -l /dev/hda*) and i can see the values for
> > the major / minor numbers, i just dont know what to do with them.
> >
> > I have scoured the internet for information so this is my last port of
> > call, please help as it has been bugging me for a long time now!
> >
> > Regards Rich
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Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2001 14:49:10 +0100
From: Olivier Clavel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking,comp.protocols.smb
Subject: Re: Samba 2.0.7/RH7.0 and W2K
Meron Lavie wrote:
>
> I have Samba 2.0.7 running on RH7.0.
>
> I have a dual-boot (W2K/WinMe) PC on the same LAN. I gave each OS its own
> computer name and IP. Both OS's and the Linux have both IPs and host names
> appearing in their HOSTS file.
>
> Both W2K and WinMe can see and access shared directories on the Linux via
> Samba wioth no problem (I enabled un-encrypted passwords on both).
>
> However, only the WinMe can succesfully logon to the domain.
>
> I get the following error messages: "Failed due to process number out of
> range" or "credentials already exist".
>
> What am I doing wrong?
Nothing. You just need samba 2.2alpha. 2.0.7 does not support win2k
domain logon.
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From: "Richard Stafford" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Bandwith Usage Monitoring?
Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2001 00:32:34 +1030
I am running an internet cafe using a RedHat 6.2 server with an 1.5M/b ADSL
link.
the client computers have their own public IP addresses.
Is there any way to log the traffic from my server to the client computers
as in how much each computer downloads, etc?
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From: Bill Delphenich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: How to remove GNOME?
Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2001 09:07:19 -0500
I have a RH7 proxy server which is running out of space on its /
partition because I got a bit too conservative when I sized it. However
I have GNOME installed on it, so that is an obvious candidate to remove.
Is there a list of packages to remove somewhere to get GNOME out of
there and free up some disk space? Obviously anything that starts with
gnome-* is going, but what other supporting packages are in there only
to support GNOME?
Thanks for any assistance.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (DeAnn)
Subject: Re: linux from scratch (DOS, modem & floppies)
Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2001 14:32:50 GMT
On 12 Feb 2001 16:20:11 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (DTi4565459)
wrote:
>
>I have looked at the Linux from Scratch virtual book, and find it a little
>confusing for this newbie. Also, have trouble finding some of the rpm's that
>are required. Is there another way? For my own education, I would like to
>start with a minimal linux like CClinux. Then add a terminal (like the old
>Win3.1 terminal) so I can dial to ISP. Then lynx to an ftp site, like Debian.
>And then start to build a system that would include X, KDE, a dial-up
>networking connection, and finally Netscape.
>I know, your first thought is why doesn't the newbie get an easy install CDROM.
> Well, I've done that on some desktops; but I want to do it now on a laptop
>where the ext PCMCIA CDROM keeps crashing the kernel. Thanks in advance for
>clues.
> dave
>
I would suggest starting with the minimal floppy install of
either Slackware or Debian. This will get you a small (10-20 MB)
distribution of basic linux plus some of the most used utilities from
unix. You can then add more features from the parent distribution.
If you have another pc (linux or doswin) that can read a cdrom
distribution, you can copy the image files for the basic distribution
on to ~10 floppies (Debian) or ~20 floppies (Slackware).
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