Linux-Setup Digest #717, Volume #20 Tue, 27 Feb 01 09:13:08 EST
Contents:
Re: How to install multiple distros (Anita Lewis)
Re: Adding apps to panel menu in Gnome (RH7) (Jonatan Nilsson)
Interpret printer error message? ("James")
Re: make modules_install in 2.4.2 (Roman Fietze)
Re: Linux partitioning question (Jean-David Beyer)
Re: Fork a compile into the background ? (Steve Martin)
Re: Samba 2.0.7/RH7.0 and W2K
Re: Samba 2.0.7/RH7.0 and W2K (Dean Thompson)
Re: Info on getting Qwest DSL working (Mike Perry)
Re: Install linux on laptop with broken floppy? ("David Craige")
Re: help with SOffice please ("David Craige")
Re: linux changes active partition ("David Craige")
Re: linux networking (Mike Perry)
Need a laptop with multiple network configurations? (Mike Perry)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Anita Lewis)
Crossposted-To: linux.debian.user
Subject: Re: How to install multiple distros
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2001 11:20:59 GMT
On Mon, 26 Feb 2001 20:05:26 -0500, Mark L. Kahnt wrote:
>
>I presumed that, yes, you were putting everything other than /home in
>one partition. Offhand, I'd guess that /home, /opt, /tmp, /usr/src and
>/usr/local are probably the only things that can certainly be safely
>shared, although /var/spool might also be safe if the same mta and news
>servers and such similar packages are running under the different
>distributions. I'm honestly not sure if /boot could be shared, but I
>wouldn't dare to think of sharing /etc, /lib, /bin, /sbin, /usr/bin,
>/usr/sbin, /usr/lib, or /usr/X11R6 between distributions.
I don't share /boot during the install, but after the install, I copy the
kernel to a separate /boot partition and use that partition in running lilo.
The reason is simply habit, because when I first started all this, I had to
be sure the kernel was below 1023 when booting with LILO. Now it doesn't
matter, but I'm still keeping all the kernels in one /boot partition. But I
have never risked using that partition mounted as /boot when I do the
installation. It concerns me that something might get overwritten. I
change the name of the kernel when I copy it to the separate /boot partition
and tag a bit of the distro name on the end of it. I have 11 kernels in
there right now; so you can imagine how confusing it would be if I didn't
label them. I only have 3 linux distros installed, but I've gone through
several along the way and just never have taken the old kernels out.
Anita
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From: Jonatan Nilsson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Adding apps to panel menu in Gnome (RH7)
Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2001 12:19:04 +0100
Most of the Gnome menu is system wide and isn't defined in your home
directory. The easiest way to change the menu, asuming you have root
access, is to as root run the Gnome Menu Editor (gmenu from the
terminal).
If you want more control, you can edit the directorys containing the
"shortcuts". These are at different places in the system, depending on
which part of the menu you want to edit.
For example, the "Programs" part of the menu is usually defined in
/usr/share/gnome/apps. Hope this helps a bit.
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From: "James" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Interpret printer error message?
Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2001 06:23:28 -0500
Had Redhat 7 installed and was able to print without problems using my HP
Deskjet 820Cse. Had to reformat the hard drive and reinstall RH7. When
I use the printtool now to try to print the test Postscript test page I get the
following error message:
Error printing test page to queue lp
Error reason: Status Information:
Sending job `root@localhost+460' to lp@localhost
connecting to `localhost', attempt 1
connected to `localhost'
requesting printer lp@localhost
job `root@localhost+460 transfer to lp@localhost failed
error `NONZERO RFC1179 ERROR CODE FROM SERVER' with ack `ACK_FAIL'
sending str `^BLP' to lp@localhost
error msg: `lp: no spool queue'
What do I need to do to get my printer working again?
Thanks
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From: Roman Fietze <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: make modules_install in 2.4.2
Date: 27 Feb 2001 10:58:40 +0100
"inon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I have kernel-2.4.2 sources that compiled successfully with a symbolic link
> "ln -s /usr/src/linux/include/asm /usr/include/linux." After compiling and
> installing 2.4.2 kernel, 'make modules_install' failed. So, I downloaded
> modutils-2.4.2 which is giving me problems.
On my systems (SuSE 6.3, SuSE 7.0) /usr/include/linux is a link to
../src/linux/include/linux/ (which results in
/usr/src/linux/include/linux/ and *not* /usr/src/linux/include/asm/.
Roman
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Roman Fietze (Mail Code 6) [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Heidelberg Digital Finishing GmbH, Germany DDF-T SWEC ESW
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From: Jean-David Beyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: Linux partitioning question
Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2001 07:22:05 -0500
"Greg H." wrote (in part):
>
> In comp.os.linux.hardware Peter T. Breuer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > (ignorance is NOT a good reason for doing something ..=)
>
> > If you don't know, then plainly you should go and find out. Check the
> > HOWTO.
>
> Unless you actually take the time to perform backups and carry out true
> administrative measures regarding your box and several partitions, then it's
> all for naught. I am willing to bet that less than half of those who actually
> feel compelled to use any of the partitioning schemes described in the HOWTO
> never back up anything except their personal user files. If you're going to
> apply the concepts of the Partitioning HOWTO, then make damn sure you take
> heed of the Backup HOWTO and the SAG so you truly understand why you're
> doing what you're doing and if you really, truly need it.
>
This reminds me of a saying I used to repeat at my former employer's
(it did not ingratiate me with the management): We haven't time to
stop for gas, we are late already!
If you do not have time to perform backups, you will have to make much
more time to recover lost files without the backups. While hardware
and (some) software is more reliable than in the past, my experience
in the computing business since about 1954 has made me very conscious
of the problems of data (including program) loss, and I do backups
every day. If you do not care how your storage is partitioned, and
cannot find the time to do backups (how much time could it take if
cron does it while you are asleep), why do you care about anything?
Why have a computer at all?
--
.~. Jean-David Beyer Registered Linux User 85642.
/V\ Registered Machine 73926.
/( )\ Shrewsbury, New Jersey http://counter.li.org
^^-^^ 7:15am up 15:14, 3 users, load average: 1.13, 1.08, 1.13
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From: Steve Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Fork a compile into the background ?
Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2001 07:27:39 -0500
Christopher H wrote:
> My question is, Is there anyway to fork the "./configure, make, make
> install" commands into the background ? So when I log off the box the jobs
> won't be terminated.
There's probably no way to fork the "configure" step, since it's
interactive, but try this for the rest:
nohup make bzlilo modules modules_install >& /dev/null &
This incantation is similar to what we use where I work
to start daemon processes in the background on startup.
Hope this helps.
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From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.os.linux,alt.uu.comp.os.linux.questions,comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.admin,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.networking,comp.protocols.smb
Subject: Re: Samba 2.0.7/RH7.0 and W2K
Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2001 12:37:34 GMT
Im running Win2k and I have samba on my solaris machine. Couple quesitons:
1. Did you enable Plain text passwords in windows 2k? (similar to the way
you would do it in windows 98). In windows 2k you have to open the regeistry
editor
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\lanmanworkstation\param
eters
Then add or edit a value named enableplantextpassword of type REG_DWORD.
Double click on this new value and set it to 1 with Radix type Hex
2. Is it necessary to have different host names and IP's on your single
dual boot machine? each time you turn the computer on it has to register
with the network. Usually this operates smoothly but there are times when it
goes awry. This is why i would suggest using the same hostname and ip
addresses on each OS in the dual boot.
3. Hard kill (pkill smbd and pkill nmbd) and restart samba (or reboot your
samba machine :)
"Meron Lavie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:967soa$h0l$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> 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: Dean Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.os.linux,alt.uu.comp.os.linux.questions,comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.admin,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.networking,comp.protocols.smb
Subject: Re: Samba 2.0.7/RH7.0 and W2K
Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2001 00:17:25 +1100
Hi!,
> Im running Win2k and I have samba on my solaris machine. Couple quesitons:
>
> 1. Did you enable Plain text passwords in windows 2k? (similar to the way
> you would do it in windows 98).
I have to say that instead of setting the passwords for clear text on each of
the clients, I just enable the encrypted password option on the samba server.
This means that you don't have to visit each SAMBA client. I know this
approach works under Win98/WinNT/Win2000/WinME.
> 2. Is it necessary to have different host names and IP's on your single
> dual boot machine? each time you turn the computer on it has to register
> with the network. Usually this operates smoothly but there are times when
> it goes awry. This is why i would suggest using the same hostname and ip
> addresses on each OS in the dual boot.
Providing that the various operating systems are not running together through
the use of a virtual machine like "VMWARE", you should be able to get away
with the same IP address and the same hostname. Normally, you only have to
use different names and numbers if you are going to have both the O/S's up at
the same time.
> 3. Hard kill (pkill smbd and pkill nmbd) and restart samba (or reboot your
> samba machine :)
To do a hard kill of Samba 2.0.7 I would recommend using the samba script
which is installed in the runlevel of the system. You should be able to do
the following:
/etc/rc.d/init.d/samba start ---> Start the SAMBA daemon
/etc/rc.d/init.d/samba restart -> Restart the SAMBA daemon
/etc/rc.d/init.d/samba stop ----> Stop the SAMBA daemon
I also like the SWAT interface which allows me to do some remote
administration of the site including adding/deleting shares and
starting/restarting both the smbd (SAMBA daemon) and the nmbd (NetBIOS name
server daemon).
I hope this goes some way to answering your questions.
See ya
Dean Thompson
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Mike Perry)
Subject: Re: Info on getting Qwest DSL working
Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2001 13:47:14 -0000
On Mon, 26 Feb 2001 11:36:43 -0700, Ben
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Dear Group,
> I have an Intel pro/dsl 2100 internal modem with my qwest dsl setup. Of
>course, setup was a breeze on windoze, but I want this to work with my
>RedHat 7.0 system.
> I realize that Intel doesn't support Linux, and a winmodem is about
>useless under Linux, but maybe someone has been able to get this to work.
>If that is the case, please post information on where to go to find that
>info. I've been unsuccessful in that endeavor.
> If I am off-topic, please tell me what group to address this question
>to.
>
>Thanks in advance,
>Ben R.
>
>
I don't know that there is a driver for that particular modem. What I have
heard is that Linux has no support for internal pci modems of the dsl
flavor. There is a usb driver for a usb dsl modem in the works. My dsl
uses a alcatel at home modem which is really just an ethernet device. These
work quite well under linux. Don't need pppoe or pptp or anything.
--
Michael Perry
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: "David Craige" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Install linux on laptop with broken floppy?
Date: Fri, 23 Feb 2001 13:21:28 -0500
Is the Cd ROM bootable?
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:973pak$ndk$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Hello,
>
> I bought a laptop that had Windows NT 3.51 installed on it. Now I
> realize the floppy drive is broken. I can download files under WinNT with
> the modem.
>
> I'm out of luck, aren't I, because the NT boot loader wants a
> valid bootsector and I can't really provide one. Loadlin won't work. Is
> there any way I can do this? I was hoping I could somehow boot a linux
> kernel and mount a ramdisk, then nfs mount with a NIC to my desktop to do
> the install.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Todd
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From: "David Craige" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: help with SOffice please
Date: Fri, 23 Feb 2001 13:33:58 -0500
I downloaded the linux version of StarOffice in windows then accessed the
vfat mount. I coppied the file over to the ext2 partition. In file
manager, I double clicked the bin file (after I chmod 777) installed fine
Good program for free!! Office2000 is still better (more functional).
StarOffice seems to have poorer perfomance (relative to Office2000). I
wonder is this because it doesn't suck up all the resources like M$ft
products like to do.
"Brian" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:971ff3$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Hi: downloaded so-5_2-ga-bin-linux-en.bin from www.sun.com and set to
> installing.
> chmod 777 so-5_2-ga-bin-linux-en.bin
> Became root, went to Desktop, typed so-5_2-ga-bin-linux-en.bin: bad
command.
> Three or four times, still 'bad command'. Went back into KDE (I have
> Mandrake 7.2) opened Konqeror clicked on the file, nothing happens. So
just
> as I was giving up sudden frantic hard disk activity starts. Lasts for TWO
> hours with everything else frozen, no mouse, no console, no screen
refresh,
> just mad hard disk working away. Two hours later hd stops, screen never
> recovers, go into console mode, reboot and now it won't start KDE. Gets to
> the prompt, I enter and if I say 'startx' (which I didn't used to have to
> do, straight to KDE) I get this error:
> XKEYBOARD reports - error: bad length in Symbols
> Output file /var/tmp/server-0.xkm removed.
> Couldn't load XKE keymap
> FontFrameSocked UNIX connect
> Can't connect errno: 111
> Failed to set default font path 'unix /i -1'
> Couldn't open default font "fixed"
> I'm too new to have a clue. It seems to have put lots of new directories
> called Office here and there in the file system, but I can't figure out
> what's wrong and how to fix it. Help please.
> Brian
>
>
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From: "David Craige" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: linux changes active partition
Date: Fri, 23 Feb 2001 13:35:50 -0500
believe. it's true.
"Eric" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:972dp6$iel$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> > when I boot to linux and then exit and boot to Win98 I get a filesystem
> not
> > found error ( I have a separate FAT-32 data partiton) I have to start
> > Windows 98 with the boot disk and use Fdisk to set the partion to active
> > again. When I restart Windows 98 I have no problem. Is lilo
overwriting
> my
> > active partition information?
>
> Not on it's own
> You claim that each boot to linux, alters the partitiontable?
> I cannot believe that.
>
> Eric
>
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Mike Perry)
Subject: Re: linux networking
Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2001 13:55:07 -0000
On Tue, 27 Feb 2001 07:07:26 GMT, rccwill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I am currently making the transition from windows to linux. I currently
>have one computer that has 2 network cards. One is from my cable modem and
>the other is to my switch for my home network. is there a way to configure
>linux to see the two nics and configure the second one with the home network
>ip that is needed. also is there a program for linux to run a proxy server
>such as analogX?
>
>
Well, you need to find out what kind of nic cards they are to simplify
things a bit. If you try something like SuSE or redhat 6.2, they will
probably find the nics. Its nice to know if they are pci or isa though for
configuration/setup reasons. You then configure two interfaces. Lets say
eth0 points to the cable modem setup. You assign it an IP or run dhcp or
whatever based on the ISP instructions you were given. On the second nic
you want to create a private network which is only visible behind your
firewall box. I advise using 192.168.x.x addresses because those are the
ones I know the best. Now give your second interface an IP of 192.168.0.1
with a netmask of 255.255.255.0. Plug a cat 5 cable from the second nic to
a hub. Now when you setup other machines that you want to share the cable,
give each a unique 192.168.x.x address and tell them that the default route
is 192.168.0.1.
Of course, this is not all there is to it. You are gonna have to learn
about the ways that the 2.2 kernel does IP management chores. Get a
comfortable chair and reach out to one of the howto sites. This will take a
little longer than you anticipate or perhaps somewhat shorter.
--
Michael Perry
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Mike Perry)
Subject: Need a laptop with multiple network configurations?
Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2001 13:59:11 -0000
Hi all-
I take a laptop pretty much to every possible type of network setting. At
work, its dhcp managed; at home it could be wired ethernet or wireless. On
the road, its dialup ppp or fast ethernet in the room. What used to get me
down was the constant fiddling with networking to strike a happy balance.
Enter this little program called Netenv at netenv.sourceforge.net. There
are debian and rpm packages and tarballs. You get a menu of options plus
the ability add new ones. The scripts behind it require only a minimum of
setup.
If you need to travel with a laptop and cross multiple types of networks,
check it out!
--
Michael Perry
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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