Linux-Setup Digest #654, Volume #20 Sun, 18 Feb 01 07:13:09 EST
Contents:
Where are glibc-2.1.1 binaries? (Christopher Balz)
Re: Linux newbie<HELP!>: dual boot problem(Linux/win98) freeze at "L"( as in LILO)!
("Eric en Jolanda")
Re: How to install LICQ? I got many dependency error. (Adam Schuetze)
Re: Boot problem?? (Jim)
Re: Where are glibc-2.1.1 binaries? (Michael Heiming)
Re: lilo w/ mutible hard drives (Markus Kossmann)
Re: Firewalling config help (Manfred Bartz)
Re: KDE won't start (2000Q4) (Keith Walter)
Re: Why can't I telnet to my machine (James Rose)
Re: Entry-level newbie question--which distribution? ("John G")
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From: Christopher Balz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Where are glibc-2.1.1 binaries?
Date: Sun, 18 Feb 2001 00:12:04 -0800
My goal is to upgrade from glibc-2.0.7 to
glibc-2.1.1 (kernel 2.2.6). The reason for this
goal is so I can
install StarOffice, which demands glibc-2.1.1
(despite what it says in the packaging). It looks
as if I may need to upgrade my gcc as well.
If I could find the file ending in '.a' (as in
glibc.a; the static version) and the one with "so"
in it (as in glibc.so.2.1; the image), and if that
were indeed all I needed (as it says in the older
books - but maybe things have changed), then I am
good to go I believe for upgrading to glibc2.1.1.
I understand about not copying over my old lib's
(including the X libs) with the new libs (I
upgraded from libc5 to 2.0.7 a year ago).
But I can't for the life of me find these two
files on the ftp sites I've looked at. Seems like
the old sites now just have old stuff in them. I
did get the source of glibc2.1.1 from
ftp.debian.org but would need to compile this. I
am running gcc version 2.7.2.3 on a Pentium II
(Slackware 4.0 with the glibc upgrade to 2.0.7 as
mentioned).
$ gcc -v
Reading specs from
/usr/lib/gcc-lib/i486-linux/2.7.2.3/specs
gcc version 2.7.2.3
Seems that I don't have the right version of gcc
installed (see output below), so hence my question
about where to find the binaries for the "recent
version of gcc" that the INSTALL file recommends.
I did get the entire source of gcc-2.95.2. When I
try to build gcc-2.95.2, the HOWTO says that
I have to get the CC environment variable pointing
to a working compiler, but it does not say how to
find the path (I assume the value of the
CC environment variable is a file path) to the
working compiler.
Here is the output from an attempted build of
glibc2.1.1:
dynamic7:/usr/local/lib/glibc-2.1.1/build#
../configure --prefix=/usr/local/lib
--enable-add-ons --host="i686-pc-linux-gnu"
loading cache ./config.cache
checking host system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu
checking sysdep dirs... sysdeps/i386/elf
sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/i386/i686
sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/i386
sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux sysdeps/gnu
sysdeps/unix/common sysdeps/unix/mman
sysdeps/unix/inet sysdeps/unix/sysv/i386
sysdeps/unix/sysv sysdeps/unix/i386 sysdeps/unix
sysdeps/posix sysdeps/i386/i686 sysdeps/i386/i486
sysdeps/libm-i387/i686 sysdeps/i386/fpu
sysdeps/libm-i387 sysdeps/i386 sysdeps/wordsize-32
sysdeps/ieee754 sysdeps/libm-ieee754
sysdeps/generic/elf sysdeps/generic
checking for a BSD compatible install...
/usr/bin/ginstall -c
checking whether ln -s works... yes
checking build system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu
checking for gcc... gcc
checking version of gcc... 2.7.2.3, bad
checking for make... make
checking version of make... 3.76.1, ok
checking for msgfmt... msgfmt
checking version of msgfmt... 0.10.35, ok
checking for makeinfo... makeinfo
checking version of makeinfo... 1.68, ok
configure: error:
*** Some critical program is missing or too old.
*** Check the INSTALL file for required versions.
dynamic7:/usr/local/lib/glibc-2.1.1/build#
If anyone has any suggestion of how I may do this
in the most simple way possible (although
enjoyable, I do have other things I'd like to do
lately than compile source code for my linux box),
I would be most appreciative and thankful, and you
may call on me for astral blessings.
Thanks in advance,
Chris Balz.
--
". . . / This Cabinet is formd of Gold / And Pearl & Crystal shining bright
And within it opens into a World / . . .
Another England there I saw / Another London with its Tower
Another Thames & other Hills / And another pleasant Surrey Bower
. . ." - from The Crystal Cabinet, a poem by William Blake.
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From: "Eric en Jolanda" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Linux newbie<HELP!>: dual boot problem(Linux/win98) freeze at "L"( as in
LILO)!
Date: Sun, 18 Feb 2001 08:33:50 +0100
> So setting C: drive(win98) to be PRIMARY_MASTER(wich it is), and LINUX
> DRIVE(now: SEC, slave) to PRIMARY_SLAVE should do it?(hopefully)
> do I need to do anything to the C: drive?
No changes to the C: drive, but you will have to change some things in
linux.
Perhaps the easiest for you is to reinstall linux, when you shuffled the
drives.
> 2) put /boot on hda
>
> how do I do this? Remember, I am no expert computing....
1) repartition with something like PartitionMagic
2) mount the C: drive from linux ( `mount /dev/hda1 /mnt/windows`)
put a directory on the windows mount called "linux_boot"
`mkdir /mnt/windows/linux_boot`
`cp -a /boot /mnt/windows/linux_boot`
`mv /boot /old_boot`
`ln -s /mnt/windows/linux_boot /boot`
`/sbin/lilo -v`
Eric
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Adam Schuetze)
Crossposted-To:
alt.linux,alt.os.linux,alt.os.linux.mandrake,comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.questions
Subject: Re: How to install LICQ? I got many dependency error.
Date: 18 Feb 2001 08:34:55 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
You know, honestly, you should look into gtkicq. It is a lot
more stable than licq, and generally less of a pain in the ass
to compile.
--
Adam Schuetze, Mechanical Engineering Technologist
Mechanical Engineering Student, University of Victoria
Cellular: 250.882.3938 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Visit my website at www.adam-schuetze.org
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From: Jim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Boot problem??
Date: Sun, 18 Feb 2001 08:43:23 +0000
On Sat, 17 Feb 2001 18:43:37 -0600, Noble Pepper
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Jim wrote:
>
>> I am using Mandrake 7.2 and it seems to work well. I can shutdown or
>> reboot into Windows and then back again and everything works fine.I
>> can boot up and shut down several times and then apparently without
>> doing anything different Mandrake will not boot.
>> I get the following message
>> "unable to open initial console
>> kernel panic: no init found
>> try passing init = option to kernel"
>>
>> I have ended up reinstalling Mandrake 3 times because I could not
>> fathom out what to do
>> It has happened again.
>> Any suggestions please (nice ones)
>>
>> Many thanks
>>
>> Jim
>>
>Sounds to me like flaky memory or disk. I am assuming you are either using
><ctrl><alt><delete> or shutdown -r now, if not then you are trashing the
>disk because the buffers aren't getting written to disk.
Thanks Noble,
I am shutting down using the Mandrake logout/shutdown process and not
via the console.
When I have reinstalled each time I have checked for bad blocks and
the disk seems fine.
Jim
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Date: Sun, 18 Feb 2001 09:55:05 +0100
From: Michael Heiming <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Where are glibc-2.1.1 binaries?
Christopher Balz wrote:
> My goal is to upgrade from glibc-2.0.7 to
> glibc-2.1.1 (kernel 2.2.6). The reason for this
> goal is so I can
> install StarOffice, which demands glibc-2.1.1
> (despite what it says in the packaging). It looks
>
> as if I may need to upgrade my gcc as well.
>
> If I could find the file ending in '.a' (as in
> glibc.a; the static version) and the one with "so"
>
> in it (as in glibc.so.2.1; the image), and if that
>
> were indeed all I needed (as it says in the older
> books - but maybe things have changed), then I am
> good to go I believe for upgrading to glibc2.1.1.
> I understand about not copying over my old lib's
> (including the X libs) with the new libs (I
> upgraded from libc5 to 2.0.7 a year ago).
>
> But I can't for the life of me find these two
> files on the ftp sites I've looked at. Seems like
>
> the old sites now just have old stuff in them. I
> did get the source of glibc2.1.1 from
> ftp.debian.org but would need to compile this. I
> am running gcc version 2.7.2.3 on a Pentium II
> (Slackware 4.0 with the glibc upgrade to 2.0.7 as
> mentioned).
>
> $ gcc -v
> Reading specs from
> /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i486-linux/2.7.2.3/specs
> gcc version 2.7.2.3
>
> Seems that I don't have the right version of gcc
> installed (see output below), so hence my question
>
> about where to find the binaries for the "recent
> version of gcc" that the INSTALL file recommends.
> I did get the entire source of gcc-2.95.2. When I
>
> try to build gcc-2.95.2, the HOWTO says that
> I have to get the CC environment variable pointing
>
> to a working compiler, but it does not say how to
> find the path (I assume the value of the
> CC environment variable is a file path) to the
> working compiler.
>
> Here is the output from an attempted build of
> glibc2.1.1:
>
> dynamic7:/usr/local/lib/glibc-2.1.1/build#
> ../configure --prefix=/usr/local/lib
> --enable-add-ons --host="i686-pc-linux-gnu"
> loading cache ./config.cache
> checking host system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu
> checking sysdep dirs... sysdeps/i386/elf
> sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/i386/i686
> sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/i386
> sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux sysdeps/gnu
> sysdeps/unix/common sysdeps/unix/mman
> sysdeps/unix/inet sysdeps/unix/sysv/i386
> sysdeps/unix/sysv sysdeps/unix/i386 sysdeps/unix
> sysdeps/posix sysdeps/i386/i686 sysdeps/i386/i486
> sysdeps/libm-i387/i686 sysdeps/i386/fpu
> sysdeps/libm-i387 sysdeps/i386 sysdeps/wordsize-32
>
> sysdeps/ieee754 sysdeps/libm-ieee754
> sysdeps/generic/elf sysdeps/generic
> checking for a BSD compatible install...
> /usr/bin/ginstall -c
> checking whether ln -s works... yes
> checking build system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu
> checking for gcc... gcc
> checking version of gcc... 2.7.2.3, bad
> checking for make... make
> checking version of make... 3.76.1, ok
> checking for msgfmt... msgfmt
> checking version of msgfmt... 0.10.35, ok
> checking for makeinfo... makeinfo
> checking version of makeinfo... 1.68, ok
> configure: error:
> *** Some critical program is missing or too old.
> *** Check the INSTALL file for required versions.
> dynamic7:/usr/local/lib/glibc-2.1.1/build#
>
> If anyone has any suggestion of how I may do this
> in the most simple way possible (although
> enjoyable, I do have other things I'd like to do
> lately than compile source code for my linux box),
>
> I would be most appreciative and thankful, and you
>
> may call on me for astral blessings.
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Chris Balz.
>
> --
>
> ". . . / This Cabinet is formd of Gold / And Pearl & Crystal shining bright
> And within it opens into a World / . . .
> Another England there I saw / Another London with its Tower
> Another Thames & other Hills / And another pleasant Surrey Bower
> . . ." - from The Crystal Cabinet, a poem by William Blake.
Hello,
I would suggest getting a new distro, backup the stuff you & your system needs
and
start from scratch, this will save you lots of trouble...
Good luck
Michael Heiming
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From: Markus Kossmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: lilo w/ mutible hard drives
Date: Sun, 18 Feb 2001 10:02:11 +0100
Scott Pigman wrote:
[...]
> when i installed Red hat 6.1, the installation didn't see anything connected
> to the new controller card that came w/ my new drive. i supposedly
> installed lilo, and created a boot disk. however, when i boot the computer
> it goes directly to windows off the new drive, without stopping at the lilo
> prompt. and when i try to boot from floppy, it hangs up (i tried twice to
> create a boot floppy - 2 different disks - and they both failed).
[...]
Well, probably your problem is that the controler card isn't recognized
by Linux.
And your BIOS is setup to boot from the new disk.
Did you allready try the recipe described in the Ultra-DMA Mini-Howto to
get the controller recognized :
[...]
If we can access the console with the installation disk, we can
also
use "cat /proc/pci" to display the Promise interface settings:
RAID bus interface: Promise Technology Unknown device (rev
1).
Vendor id=105a. Device id=4d33.
Medium devsel. IRQ 12. Master Capable. Latency=32.
I/O at 0xe000. (a)
I/O at 0xd804. (b)
I/O at 0xd400. (c)
I/O at 0xd004. (d)
I/O at 0xc800. (e)
and pass "ide2=a,b+2 ide3=c,d+2" as a command line parameter to
the kernel.
[...]
If you're booting directly from your new disk, this disk has become the
first BIOS disk ( with number 0x80). However lilo expects that the old
disk hanging on your onboard controler is the first BIOS disk. So you
have to add something like
disk=/dev/hde
bios=0x80
disk=/dev/hda
bios=0x81
to lilo.conf and reinstall lilo to get things right with lilo.
--
Markus Kossmann
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Crossposted-To: comp.security.firewalls,comp.os.linux.security
Subject: Re: Firewalling config help
From: Manfred Bartz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Sun, 18 Feb 2001 10:29:09 GMT
"Keith Cifone" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Internet
> |
> |
> Switch___________________________
> | |
> | ftp access only |
> | (in and out) |
> | |
> | eth0 |
> new firewall for internal
> linux firewall network
> | eth1
> |
> NETWORK HUB
> |
> | Ftp access only
> | (in and out)
> |
> | eth0
> new linux
> ftp server
> | eth1
> |
> | to internal network
> | ftp access (in and out)
> | telnet in only
>
> On the firewall: With the software doing the configuration they told
> me that the nic card attached to the switch is set to 1.1.1.1 which
> they said disables the card, and an static ip from our ISP is set to
> the nic card which is connectted to the hub.
>
> On the ftp server is an IP address which is from our ISP and be
> accessed from the internet
>
> I looked at bridging, ipchains etc and it feels that I am running in
> circles can anyone point me in the right direction.
It would be better (and easier to answer) if you asked more specific
questions along with what you have tried so far and where you got stuck.
You need to enable ip forwarding:
echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward
and in your firewall add rules to allow packets to pass through the
appropriate interfaces. This applies to the ftp server as well if
it uses ipchains (would be a good idea).
INO the shown config does not provide good security. Why protect
the public ftp server which might get compromised anyway through an
exploit in the server code? Once the ftp server is cracked your
internal network is wide open to packet sniffing etc...
I'd suggest to put the ftp server with its own set of ipchains rules
on the insecure side of the firewall and use the firewall to protect
your soft insides. Also, instead of telnet you should consider using
ssh. srp-telnet is ok too if you disable fallback to unsecure
operation. You also need to implement some form of intrusion
detection.
Cheers
--
Manfred
===============================================================
ipchainsLogAnalyzer, NetCalc, whois at: <http://logi.cc/linux/>
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Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.powerpc
Subject: Re: KDE won't start (2000Q4)
From: Keith Walter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Sun, 18 Feb 2001 10:32:51 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Olivier Robert
wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I can't get KDE to start.
> KDE aplications work well under Gnome, but I don't want to use Gnome.
>
> I have no clue how to do it. I've allready modified my Xclients file,
> but it doesn't help :(
>
> Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
>
Log out to a text screen and type 'switchdesk KDE' without the quotes
and then start X again.
Keith Walter
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (James Rose)
Subject: Re: Why can't I telnet to my machine
Date: Sun, 18 Feb 2001 10:46:37 GMT
>telnet: Unable to connect to remote host: Connection refused
>There is no problem with the network as I am able to connect to other
>machines from this machine
This sounds like telnet is not enabled.
Run: netstat --listening --ip
and look for a line like this:
tcp 0 0 *:telnet *:* LISTEN
If that line exists then the telnet daemon is running and the problem
is elsewhere, however I noticed that someone recommended against using
telnet and I second that comment.
Look for a ssh client (One is included with RH7.0, and the source can
be downloaded from many places, i.e. search for ssh or secure shell
and compile the source)
<rambling>
I know of many people who felt their box was secure and the attack
came after a user's password was sniffed from another completely
different network as they logged into his machine. Then all that was
needed was a script to gain root. Almost anyone could do it. And I
know what kind of people are out there trying to do just this, many of
them are my friends.
</rambling>
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From: "John G" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Entry-level newbie question--which distribution?
Date: Sun, 18 Feb 2001 22:42:41 +1100
Scott, Since no one else seems to have replied to you, I will. I'm unlikely
to be able to help much as I'm in a similar situation to you, jsut
installing Linux to experiment at this stage.
I did come across a useful little book though - The Linux Pocket book 3rd
edition which comes with Redhat 7.0 and Mandrake 7.2 CD's and lots of info
on how to partition and install. It was with the computer books at my
newsagent.
My hardware isn't quite as up to date as yours. I bought an old HP E40
netserver with a Pentium Pro200 , 4G and 2G SCSI HD's, a CDROM and a tape
drive. I don't plan to install Windows at all.
Good luck, I 'd be interested to hear how you go.
John Gill
Scott Gardner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> I'm contemplating installing Linux on my computer, and have some very
> basic questions. I'll understand if no one wants to reply here, but
> if you could at least point me to a very basic FAQ regarding Linux,
> I'd be very appreciative.
>
> Here's my system
> Abit BE6-II motherboard with Pentium III/600MHz and 128Mb of RAM
>
> Two IBM 75GXP 45Gb EIDE hard drives with a Promise Fastrak 100 RAID
> controller.
>
> Kenwood 72X CD-ROM drive
>
> HP 9100i internal EIDE CD-RW drive
>
> Diamond Viper II video card (Savage 2000 chipset)
>
> Diamond Monster Sound MX 400 Sound card
>
> Okdata Okipage 6e LED page printer
>
> Epson Photo Stylus 875DCS color inkjet printer
>
> Linksys LNE100TX Ethernet card
>
> SupraMax PCI 56k modem
>
> MS Intellimouse explorer (optical wheelmouse)
>
> Pacific Image Electronics scanner with a proprietary ISA SCSI card.
>
> Generic 17" monitor and speakers
>
> The hard drives are currently partitioned as one 90Gb drive in a RAID
> 0 configuration on the Promise controller with Win ME as the operating
> system. I know I'll probably have to slick the hard drives to install
> Linux, especially if I do a dual-boot setup, and that's no problem.
>
> Here are my questions:
> 1) Does any of my hardware look like it will cause a compatibility
> problem with Linux? I'm looking for experiences people have had with
> any of these parts, either positive or negative.
>
> 2) Is there a particular distribution of Linux that is better-suited
> for me? I know that Promise has Linux drivers for RH 6.2/7.0. Does
> that mean that I'm limited to one of these distributions if I want to
> use my raid controller, or will those same drivers work with other
> Linux distributions?
>
> 3) I currently have two computers on a home LAN, and changing the OS
> on the other computer (wife's laptop) is out of the question. We also
> use MS Internet Connection Sharing with my computer being the host.
> I'm assuming that this means I'll have to do a dual-boot setup to keep
> WinME on my system so she can connect to the internet through my
> computer. Do any of the distributions come with a dual/multi-boot
> program, or do I have to buy/download that separately?
>
>
> Thanks so much for any help. My bachelor's degree is in computer
> science & engineering, so I have a fair grasp of the *concept* of
> Linux, but my only experience with Unix has been as a user, not as a
> superuser. If there are two distributions that would suit my needs,
> and one of them is a little more user-friendly, but possible not as
> pwerful/secure, please suggest the more user-friendly one. Once I get
> into the swing of things, I'll re-evaluate my situation and consider
> switching. I'm wanting to install Linux mostly to play around with it
> and see what software is out there.
>
> Scott Gardner
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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