Linux-Setup Digest #655, Volume #20 Sun, 18 Feb 01 12:13:09 EST
Contents:
pb with make (JM)
Re: corel linux install problem ("Gene Heskett")
Re: Simple fax program (Eric Ho)
Re: [Q] newbie about TELNET into LINUX problem? (Dean Thompson)
Re: Trouble with cron ("ne...")
Re: USB and SuSe 7.0 (Mike Perry)
Red Hat 7.0, Mgetty & Dialin ("Ken Rambler")
Re: Ipchains firewall, how-to allow windows games and programs ?????
(=?iso-8859-1?Q?Ra=FAl?= (Ridiculum))
Re: Strategy for networking on notebook? (Mike Perry)
Suse 7.0 + Geforce 2 MX + slow openGL ("Paul B")
Newbie XF86Config question for RH4.x ("Jai-Jae St")
Re: Linux booted in read only mode - How to recover ? (Tomas Honzak)
Re: Mandrake 7.2 Install fails to reboot ("Perry Keller")
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From: JM <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: pb with make
Date: Sun, 18 Feb 2001 13:04:39 +0100
Hi,
I updated my Red Hat to RH7.
I am now trying to install latex2html, but when I type make install, I
get the message
bash: make: command not found
Note that before i updated the system, I had done a installation using
the make command and it had worked fine.
How can I figure out what's going on and fix it so that i can install my
latex2html??
thanks for your help (note that i am not very familiar with linux
configuration and the system itself).
JM
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Date: 18 Feb 2001 7:14:4 -0500
From: "Gene Heskett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: corel linux install problem
Gene Heskett sends Greetings to Dave ;
> I have just recently downloaded CorelLinux. I have been trying out
> numerous distributions to find one I like. So far I have installed
> RedHat, and Debian sucessfully. My problem is after I reboot the
> machine it hits LILO and displays "LI". I have looked on Corel's
> site and it said something about installing the bootable portion
> under 1024 cylinder on my harddrive. To add problems to the mix I
> have a dual processor motherboard with only one processor. Now I
> don't think the problem is that, but the fact that the installation
> does not give me enough installtion options. I have two SCSI 2 Gig
> harddrives. I tell Corel to auto-partition and take over the
> harddrive and it only gives me the option of making partitions on
> one drive. I have tried to manually partition, but every time I
> enter in the size of the partition it resets the partition to the
> maxsize, which means I can't install the root directory under the
> 1024 cylinder. Is even trying this distribution worth all this
> trouble? I really thought that this was supposed to be the easiest
> distribution. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
> -dave
Do you have the option of using fdisk instead of disk druid? I had
similar problems when installing RH7.0 and had to bounce back and forth
between the two utils until I had it right. Its been a while now, but
ISTR that I had to partition the drives with fdisk, and name them with
druid or some such similar scenario.
Unforch, the use of the corel distro means you will probably have an
orphaned distro as corel is making noises about getting out of the
linux business. They're denying that the microsoft rescue money has
anything to do with that of course. And pigs fly too.
I think I'd try another distro, one thats going to be around a year from
now.
Cheers, Gene
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From: Eric Ho <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Simple fax program
Date: 18 Feb 2001 13:41:36 GMT
I am still trying to get efax to work. I can send fax, no problem at all,
but I can't receive fax by simply using the "fax" script. I had success
with "efax -or -d /dev/ttyS1 reply". Anyway, I am still playing with it.
I am using a USR Courier V.Everything external modem, so if anyone is
using the same modem with efax, please email me your "fax" script.
Best Regards,
Eric Ho
Edwin Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Think that xfax would work beautifully for you. It uses the efax module and
> is very easy to configure. I have it working in Slackware40.
> ...Edwin
> On 11 Feb 2001 17:39:37 GMT, Eric Ho <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>Hi,
>>
>>I am looking for a fax program that can simply send/receive faxes.
>>I have looked at Hylafax, but it seems to be an overkill.
>>Could someone suggest other packages that is EASY to configure
>>and use ?
>>I am running Slackware if that matters.
>>
>>Thanks a million.
>>
>>Best Regards,
>>Eric Ho
>>
>>
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From: Dean Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: [Q] newbie about TELNET into LINUX problem?
Date: Mon, 19 Feb 2001 00:39:29 +1100
Hi!,
> %telnet 192.9.204.201
> Trying 192.9.204.201...
> Connected to 192.9.204.201.
> Escape character is '^]'.
>
> User Access Verification
>
> Password:
> Password:
> Password:
> % Bad passwords
> Connection closed by foreign host.
This is strange, because the only system that I know of that responds to a
telnet request like this (especially with the banner "User Access
Verification") is a CISCO router. Are you sure that your Linux box isn't
sharing the same IP address as a router on your network.
>
> No matter which password I type, it make NO difference and their has NO
> userID for me to type. Sometime the following screen will come out(don't
> know why) and I can login without problem:
>
> Red Hat Linux release 6.1 (Cartman)
> Kernel 2.2.12-20 on an i686
> login:
>
> Their also have another problem. If I lucky "telnet" into this server > and did
>not touch this "telnet" session for 5 minutes, it will automatic
> disconnect. Does their has way to fix?
Sounds to me like you are using an already existing IP address on the
network. You might like to contact your Domain Name Server or network
engineer to ensure that you are using the correct IP address. As for the
logout it could quite possibly be as a result of sharing the same IP address.
Failing that, it might be a shell issue. I know that with the "tcsh" you can
issue a command like: unset autologout or unset auto-logout which stops the
automatic idle time logout from activating.
See ya
Dean Thompson
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From: "ne..." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Trouble with cron
Date: Sun, 18 Feb 2001 14:25:03 GMT
On Feb 17, 2001 at 00:45, Doug Curtis eloquently wrote:
>On Fri, 16 Feb 2001 18:38:16 GMT, "ne..." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>>On Feb 16, 2001 at 11:35, Barton Milburn eloquently wrote:
>>
>>>Doug
>>>
>>>Try removing the "," between the 0 and 30.
>>>Try a space or tab instead of ",".
>>What he has is correct. man 5 crontab for further
>>details.
>>
>>>> I am running RH7 with 2.2.18 kernel. I am trying to run webalizer at
>>>> the top and hlafway through the hour. Here is what is in my crontab:
>>>>
>>>> 0,30 * * * * /usr/local/bin/webalizer
>>>>
>>>> It doesn't seem to be running though. If I manually run webalizer, it
>>>> works fine. I have been running this on another RH7 machine and cron
>>>> has been working fine.
>>>>
>>>> Is there something I should be looking for? (and yes, crond is
>>>> running)
>>Look into who has permission to run the program and this is the
>>user's cron entry.
>
>
>The permission is set to 755 with user and group root owning it.
Does the user using webalizer have permission to read the httpd
logs?
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Mike Perry)
Subject: Re: USB and SuSe 7.0
Date: Sun, 18 Feb 2001 14:47:02 -0000
On Mon, 12 Feb 2001 07:55:32 -0500, Alan Claunch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Richard Whittington wrote:
>
>> I am new to the linux world and need help. I am operating a AMD 750 on a
>> Gigabyte mother board with 320 meg of ram. So far I have tried Red Hat
>> 7.0,
>> had net work and Modem problems, Mandrake 7.2, net work and modem
>> problems, and now SuSe 7.0 that took my network and Modem on first set up
>> and they
>> work great. Now the problem is that on both Red Hat and Mandrake my USB
>> worked fine but on SuSe it doesn't. It says it is loading everything and
>> then says that it may be turned off in the Bios and to try to turn it on
>> their. I contacted SuSe and they said that it was strange but they had no
>> clue.
>>
>>
>If you have the standard kernel 2.2.16 there is minimal USB support- the
>USB mouse may work but that's all. Either patch your kernel or just rebuild
>version 2.4.0 and enable USB support. You can get all your other devices
>working.
> Good Luck
> Alan
>
Or you can go to the 2.2.18 kernel if you don't want to do the 2.4 thing.
You may have other upgrades to get the system ready for 2.4. With 2.2.18,
you get pretty good usb support and you will not need to do other upgrades
like to modutils.
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From: "Ken Rambler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.os.linux.dial-up,comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.redhat,de.alt.comm.mgetty,linux.redhat.install
Subject: Red Hat 7.0, Mgetty & Dialin
Date: Sun, 18 Feb 2001 15:01:35 GMT
I'm looking for help setting up a Linux box, running Red Hat 7.0 to allow a
dial up account to use when away. The box is connected to the net on a
static IP, a modem is connected through a serial port for incoming calls.
Mgetty with AutoPPP to a serial modem looks like a solution, but getting
this to work on RH version 7.0 is not easy.
Does anyone have a successful HowTO on this subject?
Thanks in advance!
- Ken -
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Subject: Re: Ipchains firewall, how-to allow windows games and programs ?????
Date: Sun, 18 Feb 2001 13:03:29 +0000
El Tue, 13 Feb 2001 16:54:53 GMT, Noticias Terra escribi�:
>work fine in my windows pc's but the big problem is with games a programs
>that need portforwarding, like Delta Force, Netmeeting,
>and MSN Messeger (live voice comunication).
>Also help would be very apreciated with MSN Messenger voice chat option
>(only works chat messages), and Netmeeting (people can se my webcam and my
>voice but i can't see anything due to ipchains).
There is a special module for Netmeeting. I don't remmember de name
(it's somethig like ip_masq_h323), but it's sure that it exist.
In the case of the games, it occurs the same. It exists modules for
Quake, for example.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Mike Perry)
Subject: Re: Strategy for networking on notebook?
Date: Sun, 18 Feb 2001 15:13:08 -0000
On Sat, 17 Feb 2001 09:17:15 +0100, Georg Schwarz
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Has someone already developed a strategy (and respective implementation)
>for network configuration on notebooks? (I'm using RH 7.0, butr this
>shouldn't matter much).
>Currently the machine on startup initializes the built-in ethernet
>(which should always work since it's fixed, i.e. not PCMCIA) and runs
>DHCP on it to obtain an IP and DNS information. If the notebook is not
>connected to ethernet ("on the road") this fails after some long timeout
>(about a minute or so, which is of course annoying in such
>circumstances).
>What better solutions are there?
>
>- is it possible to detect, before going through the DHCP query, whther
>there's an active link (i.e. cable connected to a hub or similar) on the
>ethernet port, and if not abort configuring eth0?
>
>- or should I simply try to dramatically reduce DHCP query timeout? (I
>assume that is possible)
>
>- since in a LAN one is ofter forced to use an http proxy (due to
>firewalling) my next question is how to best configure that information
>(does Netscape, for example, support $http_proxy?). Is it usually done
>via DHCP?
>Or should I try to set up a table with the respective information for
>often-visited LANs and try to identify the current LAN via the
>information provided in /etc/resolv.conf?
>A similar situation applies to printers and ntp servers.
>
>Solutions like Mobile IP or any other sort of tunneling, which would
>require active support on the "remote end" are not feasable right now
>(for me that is).
>
>If there's a FAQ on hat issue (configuring a UNIX environment for a
>mobile computer) I'd appreciate pointers to it. Thanks.
>
>--
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> [EMAIL PROTECTED] +49 178 4727364
Been down the same road as you. I have a Dell Latitude Ls which I use in
many settings including at work as part of a regular dhcp managed network.
My problem at work is that for some reason with the integrated 3com 59x
chipset (vortex/boomerang), SuSE 7.1 will hang hard on trying to setup the
interface to the point of not continuing the booting sequence. I never saw
this before with Debian 2.2r1. I also use this system with a wavelan
wireless card at home and on the road either using ppp or highspeed internet
in hotels. The only part that stings me now is starting the laptop with
eth0 enabled and no wired connection present. So what I did is to write a
little "bootnet" script which I run after booting. By default, I start the
laptop with no network setup in YAST for eth0. When I get to work, I run
the script which basically does a /sbin/dhcpcd and then prints out the
results of ifconfig to satisfy me that I got a wired ethernet address from
the dhcp server. I participate on a linux network at work, BTW.
Now at home, the wavelan card uses pcmcia services so I just let it rip
using the default "scheme" and I get an eth0 up with the network settings
for wireless.
On the road, if I connect using highspeed hotel access, I still want dhcpcd
so I run my script and if I use a modem (blech), I use wvdial to initiate a
ppp session with earthlink.
I have seen some apps at freshmeat which will do some or all of this using
scripts. My approach works pretty reliably and I get no hesitation at boot
time. It does mean I run a little script after my system comes up. There
are some good mobile guides out there and some pointers to multiple network
configurations on laptops. Since I cannot get past the booting stage often,
I just use my little script which starts dhcpcd whenever I need it.
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Reply-To: "Paul B" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
From: "Paul B" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Suse 7.0 + Geforce 2 MX + slow openGL
Date: Sun, 18 Feb 2001 15:08:04 -0000
Hercules Prophet 2 Geforce 2 MX
PIII 650
Abit BF6 Mobo
256mb ram
Suse 7.00 with Xfree 402
I have installed Xfree4.0.2 and followed Suses recommendations for
installing the Geforce 2 Mx and Quake 3 runs but very very slow, I have
looked for other libGLs etc as instructed but don't have any others!! also
have removed Mesa etc
Please as a newbie i'd like some help :) as iv'e been trying to get this
going for weeks now :-(
but to no avail
Cheers
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From: "Jai-Jae St" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Newbie XF86Config question for RH4.x
Date: Sun, 18 Feb 2001 15:43:13 -0000
I have a copy of RH4 and I am trying to install it on a newish PC. The
problem is that I can only get the graphics going in a VGA compessed mode.
Is it possible to configure the XF86Config file so that even if I am not
using my NVidia TNT 32M to its full potential at least I can get SVGA on it
or am I on a road to nowhere with this one and I need to get a later version
of RH?
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From: Tomas Honzak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Linux booted in read only mode - How to recover ?
Date: Sun, 18 Feb 2001 16:54:28 +0100
PT wrote:
> Hi All,
> Can anyone explain how to recover linux after it booted into read only
> mode ?
>
> A reboot just comes back the same way , running fsck comes up with
> some message about Parallelizing whatever that means.
>
> This happened after trying to install some application.
>
> Peter
Looks like you have some troble on your disk fsck doesn't want to fix
automatically and therefore puts you into read-only mode so that you can
run fsck and correct the problem safely. Try to run fsck /dev/hdXY in
this ro-mode.
TH
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From: "Perry Keller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Mandrake 7.2 Install fails to reboot
Date: Sun, 18 Feb 2001 09:10:22 -0700
Well, I tried a fews BIOS settings changes in an attempt to
"un ATA" my system, but no luck fixing the reboot problem.
I wonder if using SCSI disks (off a PCI SCSI controller)
will help?
> (However, the reboot suggests that the kernel itself did load,
> and rebooted).
Just before the actual reboot I see several messages announcing that
various filesystems are being unmounted. I believe these are the ones
built during the installation, so it seems that there was a kernel loaded
during the install process. However, the CDROM was bootable, so
maybe it loaded a kernel itself?
Perry
Here's the rundown on my hardware setup:
SuperMicro 370DLE motherboard
- AMIBIOS V07.00.xx
- Build date = 10/21/00
- BIOS ID = 3DL1021
- 800Mhz PIII CPU, 133Mhz system bus
- 128M registered PC133 DIMM
- ServerWorks ServerSet III LE chipset
- 2 64 bit PCI-66Mhz slots
- 3 32 bit PCI-33Mhz slots
- MagicVideo 3D-EP PCI graphics card
- 2 ATA66 connectors
- Primary IDE slot:
Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 60 20.4Gb 7200RPM ATA100 disk
Model 5T020H2 (16383cyl, 16hd, 63sectors)
Jumpers set to be master device
ATA cable (got same error using the IDE cable)
- Secondary IDE slot (master):
Creative Labs 52x CDROM
Jumpers set to be master device
IDE cable
- 1 ISA slot (empty)
- Vanilla 3.5" floppy
Some BIOS settings (all the factory defaults except where noted):
- System BIOS cacheable = enabled
- Onboard SCSI = Enabled (even though the 370DLE has no SCSI ports)
(I retried with this disabled, no change in behavior)
- Plug & Play OS = No (Bios configures all devices)
- Allocate IRQ to PCI VGA = Yes
- ACPI Aware O/S = Yes
- Power Management = Enabled
- Hard Disk Power Down Mode = Disabled
- Primary Master IDE settings:
- LBA Mode = Supported
- Block Mode = 16 sectors (BIOS will multiblock xfers with disk)
- PIO Mode = 4
- Async DMA = MultiWord DMA-2
- Ultra DMA = Ultra DMA-1
- S.M.A.R.T = Supported
- 32 Bit data transfer = Enabled
- IRQ1 = Monitor (I presume for auto power-up)
- Boot Device Priority (I changed these from the defaults)
- 1st = Floppy
- 2nd = ATAPI CDROM
- 3rd = Hard Drive
- 4th = Intel UNDI, PXE-2.
I retried the installation after disabling the onboard SCSI
(which dosen't exist on this motherboard) and turning off
LBA, Block Mode and Multiword DMA xfer. I still got the
same result.
"Peter T. Breuer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
> Perry Keller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > I completed the normal installation procedure that comes
> > up when I boot from the CD that comes in the Mandrake 7.2 box.
>
> How? You have an ata100 controller and they are not supported by
> the install kernels! Give your hardware details and layout.
>
> > screen and then the text "stage1 stage2 failed line 127"
> > on the screen. The system then reboots itself and
>
> Looks like the boot loader fails to load the kernel. Not surprising if
> the bios can't handle calls to load from beyond cylinder 1023 or to
> load from anywhere but the first disk.
>
> (However, the reboot suggests that the kernel itself did load,
> and rebooted).
>
> > I am using a SuperMicro 370DLE and a Maxtor 20Gb ATA100
> > disk. I get the same behavior with an IBM 40Gb disk. Installing
>
> Not surprising.
>
> > using lnx4win failed because of an unspecified error creating the
> > loopback file.
>
> Presumably the same reason. No support for your controller?
>
> > I feel like I've hit the end of the road here. Can anyone offer a
> > suggestion?
>
> List hardware and layout.
>
>
> Peter
"Peter T. Breuer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Perry Keller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > I completed the normal installation procedure that comes
> > up when I boot from the CD that comes in the Mandrake 7.2 box.
>
> How? You have an ata100 controller and they are not supported by
> the install kernels! Give your hardware details and layout.
>
> > screen and then the text "stage1 stage2 failed line 127"
> > on the screen. The system then reboots itself and
>
> Looks like the boot loader fails to load the kernel. Not surprising if
> the bios can't handle calls to load from beyond cylinder 1023 or to
> load from anywhere but the first disk.
>
> (However, the reboot suggests that the kernel itself did load,
> and rebooted).
>
> > I am using a SuperMicro 370DLE and a Maxtor 20Gb ATA100
> > disk. I get the same behavior with an IBM 40Gb disk. Installing
>
> Not surprising.
>
> > using lnx4win failed because of an unspecified error creating the
> > loopback file.
>
> Presumably the same reason. No support for your controller?
>
> > I feel like I've hit the end of the road here. Can anyone offer a
> > suggestion?
>
> List hardware and layout.
>
>
> Peter
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