Linux-Setup Digest #659, Volume #20 Mon, 19 Feb 01 00:13:16 EST
Contents:
Re: connect, but unable to browse (Clifford Kite)
Re: Logs telnetd & ftpd (Dean Thompson)
Re: USB 4 port adapter ("Gene Heskett")
Re: scanner ("Gene Heskett")
Re: Problem for newbie (Mark Bratcher)
Re: Lost Win98 when Installing RH7 (Allodoxaphobia)
Re: Lost Win98 when Installing RH7 (Glitch)
Re: file systems with errors at boot (Glitch)
Re: default route ("Dave")
Re: trouble installing RH 7 (chexmeex)
Re: kernel 2.4.1 slow boot (Mikhail Veygman)
Trouble w/screen modes in xf86 4.0.2... (prSpectiv2)
Problem for installinn RedHat on HP omnibook 900B ("John Lo")
Problem about install RedHat v6.1 on notebook ("John Lo")
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From: Clifford Kite <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: connect, but unable to browse
Date: Sun, 18 Feb 2001 18:55:33 -0600
Dave <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I appreciate your concern. However I find it very frustrating when
> I ask one question and get a totally unrelated answer. I seem to
> get unrelated answers more often than I get my questions answered.
> For instance: How do I tell if my modem is an ISA or a PCI? Answer:
> you dont, go buy an external modem. Real helpful! See what I mean?
Wrong question, the box will tell you that much. The question should be
whether a modem requires a software driver and uses the CPU for work that
a real modem does itself. If the box says Winmodem or HSP the answer
is that it does require a driver. There are also other varieties of
the Winmodem.
One place to check is
http://www.o2.net/~gromitkc/winmodem.html
If you want to learn how to set up and debug PPP in Linux then this is
a good URL:
"http://www.theory.physics.ubc.ca/ppp-linux.html
and much better than the PPP-HOWTO. If you choose to use one of the
many frontends (wvdial, diald, kppp, ect.) to pppd then you limit
yourself to responses from people that also use the frontend.
--
Clifford Kite <kite@inet%port.com> Not a guru. (tm)
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From: Dean Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: redhat.general,comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: Logs telnetd & ftpd
Date: Mon, 19 Feb 2001 13:26:35 +1100
Hi Jeff,
> I am trying to find the connection logs for telnetd and ftpd. I have
> read the man for syslog, telnetd, and ftpd and I have not seen any
> reference to the logs. Are there such logs, or do I have to write some
> script for this?
With the version of Linux that I have, these sorts of connections are logged
in a number of different log files. /var/log/messages holds information such
as when a SSH key was generated and when a user logs. I also think that this
log holds information for ftp connections as well. I also have a log called
/var/log/secure which holds information on who is making connections to the
box.
You just have to ensure that you have syslogd loaded and that it is running.
I hope this information at least helps you track down your problem, although
by the sounds of it, it doesn't sound like you are getting successful logins
on your ftp daemon, so you may have to look at your /var/log/secure to see
what the IP address is and work from there.
See ya
Dean Thompson
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Date: 18 Feb 2001 21:10:57 -0500
From: "Gene Heskett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: USB 4 port adapter
Gene Heskett sends Greetings to Six ;
> Do these work in linux? The type you plug in a USB port to give you
> 4 ports.
Some limited USB support has been backported to the 2.2.x kernels, but
the real support is in the 2.4.x kernels, ISTR having seen that option
in my wanderings through a 'make xconfig'.
Cheers, Gene
--
Gene Heskett, CET, UHK |Amiga A2k Zeus040, Linux @ 500mhz
email gene underscore heskett at iolinc dot net
#Amiga based X10 home automation program EZHome, see at:#
<http://www.thirdwave.net/~jimlucia/amigahomeauto>
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is � 2001 by Gene Heskett, all rights reserved.
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Date: 18 Feb 2001 21:14:8 -0500
From: "Gene Heskett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: scanner
Gene Heskett sends Greetings to rutrox ;
> I recently purchased a scanner and a friend installed it
> incorrectly. How do I uninstall it so that it can be reinstalled
> correctly?
This isn't enough info. We need to know what scanner, what interface
and what soft to drive it the friend installed. Even then I'm not gonna
be much help, but there should be some here who can help you if you give
enough info.
Cheers, Gene
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Gene Heskett, CET, UHK |Amiga A2k Zeus040, Linux @ 500mhz
email gene underscore heskett at iolinc dot net
#Amiga based X10 home automation program EZHome, see at:#
<http://www.thirdwave.net/~jimlucia/amigahomeauto>
This messages reply content, but not any previously quoted material,
is � 2001 by Gene Heskett, all rights reserved.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Mark Bratcher)
Subject: Re: Problem for newbie
Date: Mon, 19 Feb 2001 03:35:40 GMT
In article <96pne2$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Brian wrote:
>Thanks for the reply - the printer was connected to the computer when
>Mandrake installed. Then I went to Hardrake and the printer tab at the top.
>I also looked up in my Linux book and found how to talk to the printer
>through the terminal window. That's about all I've done I guess.
>Brian
>
At any point did you have to tell it what kind of printer to assume
it is, or did it figure that out itself? If the latter, are you sure
it figured out the right thing?
--
Mark Bratcher
To reply direct, remove both underscores (_) from my email name
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Escape from Microsoft's proprietary tentacles: use Linux!
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Allodoxaphobia)
Subject: Re: Lost Win98 when Installing RH7
Date: 19 Feb 2001 03:55:40 GMT
On Sun, 18 Feb 2001 18:10:33 -0500, Paul Chapman scribbled:
>I recently installed RedHat 7 on a Dell desktop that was running Windows
>98. The install went well except that now Windows 98 refuses to boot no
>matter what I do.
And , the problem is -- what? <G>
Jonesy
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Date: Sun, 18 Feb 2001 23:26:14 -0500
From: Glitch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Lost Win98 when Installing RH7
Paul Chapman wrote:
>
> I recently installed RedHat 7 on a Dell desktop that was running Windows
> 98. The install went well except that now Windows 98 refuses to boot no
> matter what I do. I have read all the how-to's I can find. Lilo looks
> ok (it is in the mbr).
>
> I tested it after partitioning and before installing linux (and lilo)
> and Win98 worked fine then. It stopped working after the linux install.
>
> I tried removing it (lilo - u) as well as copying the boot.0300 file
> back to hda. Nothing makes any difference.
>
> I can't even use the old win98 rescue and boot diskettes to get it
> going. It just hangs with a blinking curserl. Some advice on the list
> seems to indicate that lilo is dangerous on the mbr but it is too late
> for that now.
>
> Any advice would be appreciated.
> Thanks, Paul
reinstall windows and see what happens...if it goes well then boot with
a linux rescue disk in order to get back to a linux command prompt, then
rerun LILO. If it windows doesn't boot again after that then you know
for sure there is a problem with LILO.
Most likely it was just coincidence. I've never had a problem with
Windows that was caused by LILO, that I didn't cause myself
(misconfigured lilo.conf)
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Date: Sun, 18 Feb 2001 23:27:55 -0500
From: Glitch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: file systems with errors at boot
buy a new hard drive, say goodbye to the old one
Francois Taiani wrote:
>
> Hi everybody,
>
> I've just installed linux (Debian 2.2) on my old PC, and I'm
> experciencing some serious hard disk problems at booting. I get the
> following error message at the end of the boot sequence:
>
> ---8<---
> checking root file system...
> Parallelizing fsck version 1.18 (11-Nov-1999)
> /dev/hdb3 contains a file system with errors. Check forced.
> Inode 1009985 has imagic flag set
>
> /dev/hdb3 UNEXPECTED INCONSISTENCY
> RUN fsck MANUALLY (i.e. without -a or -p options)
> To remount it read-write
>
> # mount -n -o remount,rw /
>
> CONTROL-D will exit from the shell and REBOOT the system.
> Give root password for maintenance (or type Control-D for normal
> startup):_
> ---8<---
>
> My computer has also win95 installed on its first disk (/dev/hda), and
> linux on its second (/dev/hdb). hdb contains a root partition, a swap
> one, a normal 'user' one (/dev/hdb3 should be the user one), and a
> FAT-16 partition which is shared with win95.
>
> Has anybody already have such a problem ? Could it be that win95
> corrupts the hdb3 partition of the linux disk (to which is normally has
> no access, but it has access to the last FAT partition of hdb).
>
> I've already tried to reinstall the whole linux system, without
> improvement, and running fsck manually only makes things worse (after a
> few times, even /proc is not found any more).
>
> Thanks in advance for any help (I'm at my wit's end.)
>
> Cheers
>
> Francois
>
> --
> Francois Taiani Laboratoire d'Analyse et
> Ph.D. Student d'Architecture des Systemes
> Dependable Computing Group http://www.laas.fr/~ftaiani
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From: "Dave" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.networking,alt.comp.linux.isp,alt.os.linux.dial-up,comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.questions,linux.dev.newbie,linux.redhat.ppp
Subject: Re: default route
Date: Mon, 19 Feb 2001 04:28:08 GMT
Thank you so much. That seemed to solve most of the problem. I can now use
netscape to get to most sites. Although I still have a problem getting to
some, the same ones that I am not able to ping.
In my resolv.cong file I had:
domain www.earthlink.net
nameserver 207.217.120.83
nameserver 207.217.77.82
After making the change you suggested, I was able to ping the default
gateway, but nothing else. I removed 'www' from domain, and was able to ping
more sites. I removed the whole 'domain' line, and was able to ping even
more. I have tried to ping yahoo, netscape, excite, earthlink, myakoo. I was
able to do so with yahoo and earthlink. In netscape I was able to pull up
yahoo, earthlink, myakoo, but not the others. Got any ideas about how to fix
that? It is also very slow, about 250 bytes/second.
In minicom the configuration is set to 38400 8N1. I tried to change it to
57600, but was unable to dial out when I did this. Also when I start pppd,
it is with pppd -d -detach /dev/cua0 38400. If I change that call to
pppd...57600 without changing minicom, will it do any good? How do I change
minicom to 57600?
Thanks again,
Dave
> Dave,
> I know this might be too simple of a fix but it worked for me just add
> the line defaultroute under lock in the /etc/ppp/options file and save.
See
> if this works. I was having the same prob with kppp and I think this has
> fixed the problem.
>
> Ben Thompson
>
>
> Dave <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> news:xwYj6.401$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> > Three hours, a couple of dozen man pages, and several HOWTO's later I
> think
> > I have figured out what is wrong. I am following the insructions from
the
> > PPP-HOWTO. (This may get a little long,sorry) I am logged in as root.
> Redhat
> > 5.2. Minicom. Kernel 2.0.36.
> >
> > Open minicom and establish a connection, login, then quit without
> resetting
> > the modem...ok.
> > At prompt type: pppd -d -detach /dev/cua0 38400 &...ppp connection is
> > established...ok.
> > At prompt type: ifconfig...this shows the PPP interface...I wont write
all
> > that it says here, but it looks just like the example with a different
ip
> > address...it also says UP and RUNNING...ok.
> > At prompt type: route -n...it says I should see at least 3 interfaces
here
> > that look like this:
> >
> > Destination Gateway Genmask Flags MSS
> > Window Use Iface
> > 10.144.153.3 * 255.255.255.255 UH
> 1500
> > 0 1 ppp0
> > 127.0.0.0 * 255.0.0.0
U
> > 3584 0 11 lo
> > 10.0.0.0 * 255.0.0.0
> U
> > 1500 0 35 eth0
> > default 10.144.153.3 *
UG
> > 1500 0 5 ppp0
> >
> > Mine looks like the above (with a different ip address), but I dont have
> the
> > default entry or the eth0 entry. Just the first two lines. According to
> the
> > HOWTO if you dont have both ppp0 interfaces, then this is a problem.
> > "In particular if your syslog shows a message telling you your pppd is
not
> > replacing an existing default route, then you have a default route
> pointing
> > at your Ethernet interface - which MUST be replaced by a specific
network
> > route: YOU CAN ONLY HAVE ONE DEFAULT ROUTE!!!
> >
> > You will need to explore your system initialization files to find out
> where
> > this default route is being set up (it will use a route add
> > default...command). Change this command to something like route add
> net...."
> > That is an exact quote.
> >
> > The instructions continue, the way they are set up is: Step 1. Work?
Step
> 2.
> > Work? Step 3. etc.
> > So when I reached a point where one step failed I didnt expect the
> remaining
> > steps to work, and they didnt. If I understand it correctly I need to
fix
> > this problem before I can continue to the next step. So my question is
how
> > do I set up that default route? I looked for a syslog but cant find
that.
> I
> > did find /var/log/dmesg and /var/log/messages, but no reference is made
to
> a
> > default route. In afterstep there is Network Configuration, when that is
> > opened I find that the routing tab is not filled out. But I dont know if
> > that is what I am looking for or not.
> >
> > I think that the Default Route is the root of my problem.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Dave
> >
> > ps. Lots of people have told me to use ttyS* instead of cua* as cua* is
> > obsolete. I have tried and it doesnt work on my system. Perhaps it is
> > obsolete, but keep in mind I am using an older distribution.
> >
> >
> >
>
>
>
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From: chexmeex <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: trouble installing RH 7
Date: Mon, 19 Feb 2001 04:30:10 -0000
I had similar problems 2 years ago. We need info on you system, as nobody
has the same one. Are you using multiple hard disks? Can you get a boot:
prompt before LILO starts the system? Does the word LILO have all four
letters to it (ex:LIL or LI)? If you have a boot: prompt, try typing:
linux single root=/dev/hdXX initrd= (Replace the XX in /dev/hdXX with
the appropriate letter and number for your root partition.) <from redhat
v5 manual, pg:180> Then try accessing " pico /etc/lilo.conf " (read the
howto's/man pages) Make sure LILO is booting the correct drive on your
system! If you figure this out, then save it and run " /SBIN/LILO "
After that runs, see if it gives any errors! If not, type reboot and try
to start the system the correct way. Email me with config info
and /etc/lilo.conf file and any errors, maybe I can help.
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
bernieb wrote:
>
> I can't get red hat 7 to install properly. I think it's because the
> kernel resides (or will reside) beyond the 1023rd cylinder. The
packages
> install, but then I get a strange error regarding how my disk is greater
> than 1024 cylinders during the post install configuration step. The
> actual error message can not be read entirely, as it get cut off the
> screen, and eventually disappears. The setup seems to continue as
usual,
> but then when it reboots, I find that LILO did not install as it
should.
> When I try to boot from the floppy created with the install, I get a OS
> can not be found error message. Can anyone help me in getting LILO to
> install properly?
>
> --
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Date: Sun, 18 Feb 2001 23:46:32 +0000
From: Mikhail Veygman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: kernel 2.4.1 slow boot
none wrote:
>
> I have tried to upgrade my system to the newest kernel and it compiles
> fine but boot is really SLOW (minutes long even). I think it may be
> because I have a VIA686A (kt7-raid) chipset and in pre11 auto dma was
> disabled for VIA chips. I guess a little hdparm would fix this? Or is it
> time to edit code or a special option on compile? Thanks for any help.
You're right in assuming that...
I have had the same problem with 2.4.1 on the same board... I had to
compile in the VIA 82CXXX IDE driver I think that was the problem
because now the system is blazing fast.
Karlson
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From: prSpectiv2 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Trouble w/screen modes in xf86 4.0.2...
Date: Sun, 18 Feb 2001 23:39:42 -0500
I've just recently installed redhat 6.0 (came back from Mandrake 7.2)
and am having trouble with my X Server. The version on the redhat cd
didn't support my Voodoo3 3k, so I downloaded the xf86 4.0.2 tars and
installed them. Used xfree86 -configure like the directions said to.
Everything seems to be working (even DRI) when I start it up, but the
only vidmode it will run is 640x480@8bpp. When I try to switch modes
(ctrl +/-) nothing happens. The man says all vesa 2.0 modes should be
automatically set up to work, but when I comment out 8bpp it says "found
vid modes, but none compatible" or something similar and won't start.
Won't accept commandline options either. my xf86setup is old, so is
xconfigurator and the other utils. been round to some other newsgroups
and couldn't find anything to help. Anyone have any ideas/similar
problems?
- - running redhat linux 6.0, xfree86 4.0.2 w/tdfx driver, kernel 2.2.x
- k6/2 300, v3 3000 agp
PS - Does anyone know if that internal digital video-in on a v3 can
actually be used for something?
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From: "John Lo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Problem for installinn RedHat on HP omnibook 900B
Date: Mon, 19 Feb 2001 12:37:57 +0800
I tried to install RedHat 6.1 on my HP omnibook 900B, but the setting of
video is incorrect always.
I hope I can use 1024x768 with 60Hz since it works fine in Windows2000.
My video card is ATI RAGE P/M Mobility AGP 2X, it seems that the refresh
freq. is incorrect
when I tried to execute startx.
Could some body can tell me how to fix it. Thanks
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From: "John Lo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Problem about install RedHat v6.1 on notebook
Date: Mon, 19 Feb 2001 13:13:49 +0800
I tried to install RedHat v6.1 on my HP omnibook 900B, but the video setting
is incorrect always.
I hope that I can use 1024x768 60Hz mode since it works fine in Windows2000.
I video card is ATI RAGE P/M Mobility AGP 2X. It seems that the refresh
frequency is incorrect
when I tried to open X with startx. Could anyone tell me how to fix this
problem? Thanks
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