Linux-Setup Digest #719, Volume #20 Tue, 27 Feb 01 15:13:14 EST
Contents:
Problem with krnl 2.4.2 and audio (Randy Streator)
Re: 12 minutes to load sendmail??? ("ERix")
Re: help with configuring xdm on RedHat 7 (Doug Curtis)
Network card goes to sleep... (Eamon M.)
Re: linux changes active partition (H Dziardziel)
Re: Sound Blaster 16 only works as root ("Ahmad Al-rasheedan")
[Fwd: HELP: Different in Workstation and server set up] ("K. Jeya")
Tape config problems ("Phips")
Re: 3com NIC Card (Russ Housley)
Re: partition a 20G HD for Linux and Windows (H Dziardziel)
Re: RH 7.0: is it stable and easy to install? (H Dziardziel)
Re: linux on a notebook (H Dziardziel)
Re: Mouse wheel doesn't scroll X windows' (Uwe Malzahn)
Re: Need a laptop with multiple network configurations? (Mike Perry)
Re: Samba 2.0.7/RH7.0 and W2K ("J.Smith")
Re: gligc upgrade on RH 6.2? (Divya A Sundaram {QDIVYA1})
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From: Randy Streator <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Problem with krnl 2.4.2 and audio
Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2001 11:39:04 -0500
Has anyone encountered a problem with the 2.4.* kernels and
interference with the sound card?
My configuration:
RH7 with kernel 2.4.2
Athlon 1000 768M
Matrox G400 AGP 32M
Sound Blaster PCI128
I did have the sound working properly with an earlier 2.4 kernel but now
when ever I try to play sound (be it 'cat something.au > /dev/audio' or
through Real Player) I get what sounds like static interference almost
as if two programs are accessing the sound card at once. Any thoughts?
Thanks,
Randy
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From: "ERix" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: 12 minutes to load sendmail???
Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2001 09:45:55 -0800
Wow, problem solved! That was awesome! I tried Villly's method first,
because I learned of it first. But maybe the second one works too. Mr.
Davis suggested in an independent e-mail that I do this:
"
Try a hostname linuxp100.lillysoftware.com
I seem to remember it needed a dotted name.
"
Villy's method was:
"
Change the /etc/hosts to:
127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost
192.168.1.9 Emachine Emachine.localdomain
"
This method worked. I am not sure why Install doesn't take care of this on
its own. Anyway, now sendmail loads in exactly .2 seconds.
Thanks all!!!!!!!
Erix
Eric Van Buskirk wrote:
"Villy Kruse" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> On Tue, 27 Feb 2001 00:12:17 -0800, ERix <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> >MY HOST FILE HAS ALWAYS LOOKED LIKE THIS:
> >"
> >127.00.0.1 localhost.localdomain
> >192.168.1.9 Emachine
> >"
> >
> >THE SAME APPLIES TO MY SYSCONFIG FILE:
> >"
> >NETWORKING=yes
> >FORWWARD_IPV4=false
> >HOSTNAME=Emachine
> >DOMAINNAME=www.erix.com
> >GATEWAY=192.168.1.1
> >GATEWAYDEV=eth0
> >"
>
> Change the /etc/hosts to:
>
> 127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost
> 192.168.1.9 Emachine Emachine.localdomain
>
>
> Sendmail is loking into /etc/hosts for the name Emachine and to see if
> it can find another name with a dot in it on the same line. Not finding
> any it will wait very patiently for DNS to give the real FQDN host name.
>
>
> Villy
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From: Doug Curtis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: help with configuring xdm on RedHat 7
Date: 27 Feb 2001 10:55:12 -0600
I am alos having the same problem and would like a solution.
Thanks,
Doug
On 26 Feb 2001 11:48:35 GMT, Hung Ngoc Lai <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Hi everyone,
>
>I am running RH 7 with kernel 2.4.2 on an Intel box
>(233MHz/128MB RAM). I would like to connect
>to this box with X-Win32 from a Microsoft
>Windows. However, nothing seems to be working
>for me. Here is what I did:
>
>- from the Linux box:
>1) edit the the /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xdm/Xaccess file
>to allow access from anywhere,
>2) start (or restart) xdm,
>
>-from Microsoft windows (98/NT):
>1) Launch X-win32 application (using XDMCP)
>
>Nothing work. I have the same identical RedHat
>linux 6.1 box running 2.2.18 and it works there. Are
>there any differences between 6.1 and 7.0 that I
>should be aware of. If anyone know how to fix this
>problem, please help me. I am really desperated for
>a solution.
>
>Many Thanks.
>David
>[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Eamon M. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Network card goes to sleep...
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.networking
Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2001 16:58:25 GMT
I recently installed linux onto my machine and have managed to get a system
going that meets my ever need (wohoo!)... however i've noticed one small
problem which is rather annoying since i often need to access my computer
from school or from work. Not to mention i host my own DNS names, and a few
others for friends, as well as websites and i'm planning on setting up a
email server to play with.
Here goes...
If i leave my box logged into X all day long (no locked screen, licq
running) it will stay online and i can access it everywhere.
If i leave my box with a locked screen in X all day long (with licq
running) it will still stay online and i can access it everywhere.
If i leave it in at the consol in any state once the screen goes blank my
network card goes to sleep iad my box will not respond to ANY external
requests until i force an outgoing request first.
I'm running Slackware 7.1 with the 2.4.2 kernel (has this problem under the
2.2.16 as well) I'm hoping it's just a configuration error on my part, but
so far most of the settings are installation defaults. I've incountered
this problem with both a 3Com 3C509B PCI and a Intel EtherExpress Pro PCI
network card.
If anyone could offer any help that would be much appreciated.
If you could also cc: any replies to me via email at
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Thanx.
--
Eamon M.
www.egm.ca
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (H Dziardziel)
Subject: Re: linux changes active partition
Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2001 17:16:19 GMT
On Wed, 21 Feb 2001 10:52:54 -0500, "David Craige"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>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? here is my setup:
>
>Drive 0 (hda1) 6.4GB Fat-32
>Drive 1 (hdb1) 2.0GB Fat-32
> (hdb2) 7.0GB ext2
> 11.0GB free space
>
>
>
Are you sure lilo.conf points dos/win to hda1 not hdb1? dos
will only boot from hda.
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From: "Ahmad Al-rasheedan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Sound Blaster 16 only works as root
Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2001 20:05:44 +0300
In article <977tu3$h8s$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Eric Ho"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi, I have just reinstalled Slackware 7.1, everything is mostly ok, but
> my sound blaster 16 card only works as root. There must be some simple
> way to fix it ..... please help guys. I am using 2.2.18 kernel.
>
> Thanks very much.
>
> Best Regards, Eric Ho
>
>
Check permissions of /dev/dsp, /dev/audio, etc.
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From: "K. Jeya" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [Fwd: HELP: Different in Workstation and server set up]
Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2001 12:31:44 -0500
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Subject: HELP: Different in Workstation and server set up
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Hi,
I installed Mandrake7.2 as workstation:
In this set up I was unable to run sndconfig, But, I had HADWARE update
icon under the DrakConf utility.
To use the sndconfig, I reinstalled as a server. sndconfig worked and
got the sound card worked. But now I dont see the hardware update. I
still have problems with setting up my Ethernet card and an AOPEN F56
modem.
Any help please.
Thanks,
Jey.
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From: "Phips" <phips@*NOSPAM*probably.co.uk>
Crossposted-To: linux.redhat.install,linux.redhat.misc,redhat.config
Subject: Tape config problems
Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2001 17:37:02 -0000
Hi,
I'm having problems getting a SCSI HP C1533A to work in my RedHat 6.2
setup.
As soon as I try to write a tar archive to the tape, I get...
[root@pointless log]# tar cvf /dev/nst0 messages
messages
tar: /dev/nst0: Warning: Cannot close: Input/output error
Everything looks OK to me, config wise (but then it would, as I haven't
got a clue). Here's all the info I can gleen...
[root@pointless log]# cat /etc/stinit.def
# A compressing DAT (DDS-1-DC or DDS-2)
manufacturer=HP model = "C1533A" {
scsi2logical=1 can-bsr can-partitions auto-lock
mode1 blocksize=0 compression=1
mode2 blocksize=1024 compression=1
mode3 blocksize=0 compression=0
mode4 blocksize = 1024 compression=0 }
[root@pointless log]# stinit -v
stinit, processing tape 0
The manufacturer is 'HP', product is 'C1533A', and revision 'A612'.
stinit, processing tape 1
Device '/dev/nst1' not found by kernel.
Initialized 1 tape devices.
[root@pointless log]# mt -f /dev/st0 tell
At block 0.
[root@pointless log]# mt -f /dev/st0 status
SCSI 2 tape drive:
File number=0, block number=0, partition=0.
Tape block size 0 bytes. Density code 0x24 (DDS-2).
Soft error count since last status=0
General status bits on (41010000):
BOT ONLINE IM_REP_EN
[root@pointless log]# cat /proc/scsi/scsi
Attached devices:
Host: scsi0 Channel: 00 Id: 02 Lun: 00
Vendor: HP Model: C1533A Rev: A612
Type: Sequential-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02
I only created the stinit.def file today, after searching around newsgroups
for ideas as to what I'm missing. It didn't make a lot of [any!] difference.
Anybody got any ideas as to what I could be missing/doing wrong
here?
Many thanks,
--Phips
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Russ Housley)
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.networking,corelsupport.linux.corellinux,corelsupport.linux.networking
Subject: Re: 3com NIC Card
Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2001 17:45:17 GMT
Rob:
I just got a 3com 3c509b-tpo working in my Linux (Red Hat 7.0).
You need to go to the 3com web site and dowload the latest Windows
drivers. That download includes some utilities that are run from DOS.
The one you need is called 3c5x9cfg.exe. Boot from a DOS diskette,
and use this utility to configure the card. I used auto-config, and
it selected a reasonable IRQ, I/O address, and so on.
Once you get the card configured, you need to add 3c509 to the
/etc/modules.conf.
Russ
On Mon, 26 Feb 2001 21:19:25 GMT, "r" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Just wondering if someone can tell me how to install a network card using
>the corel linux os. The card is a 3com 3c509b-tpo. Just directions to
>installing any card would be great.
>
>Thanks
>Rob
>
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (H Dziardziel)
Subject: Re: partition a 20G HD for Linux and Windows
Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2001 17:49:07 GMT
On Mon, 26 Feb 2001 21:06:14 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Afonso Sam)
wrote:
>On Mon, 26 Feb 2001 05:51:33 +1100, Stanislaw Flatto
><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>
>>In this way you keep each OS on its own primary and extended partitions
>>and both happy.
>>Try to use FDISK.EXE to create the DOS partitions and fdisk for Linux
>>parts. (It can be done with fdisk but some times it hickups, so few more
>>floppy bootings save a lot later).
>no, unhappy.
>I made a Primary DOS partiton of 2G, then
>By using the RH6.2 install CD(fdisk), I made two linux
>partions, 64M for /boot, and 8G for linux extended
>parition(for linux paritions ), then, I went back to windows'
>FDISK.EXE, made the DOS extended partition(10G).
>
>so, insequence, I have a DOS partition (2G),a linux partition(64M),
>a linux exteneded parition(8G), and finally a DOS exteneded
>partition(10G),
>
>It seems ok to Windows98 to access the logical drive in the DOS
>exteneded partition(10G). But problem occurs when installing RH6.2,
>The fdisk promtp the error of two extended partitions found on the ard
>drive. DOS ext.(10G-type f) and Linux ext. (8G-type 85).
>
>so, what is the problem?
>
>Afonso Sam
>
There can only be one extended partition. If a linux it will be
invisible to dos. If dos both linux and dos can use it. If you
try and force the linux fdisk and install program to use two
extended partitions all kinds of confusion and installation errors
will result, and not every fdisk will let you try to do this too
as you seem to have found.
Also if you can try to use a third party partitioning program in
these multi o/s setups but if not possible only each o/s fdisk
for each o/s partition. Unavoidably dos for the extended but
each o/s for each logical in it. And be consistent with the
fdisk distrobution/versions. They differ.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (H Dziardziel)
Subject: Re: RH 7.0: is it stable and easy to install?
Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2001 17:57:18 GMT
On Mon, 26 Feb 2001 07:48:29 GMT, "Peter Cheung"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Hi all,
>
>I have RH6.1 installed on a P133 with 64mb and it's running fine, but I am
>wondering
>if I should attempt the RH7.0 install. Can anyone give some
>advantages/disadvantages
>of going RH7.0? I have heard that there are many problems with it. Are there
>any
>gotchas that one should be aware of before attempting? I am relatively new
>to Linux,
>so I am no expert by any means.
>
>Thanks
>
>Peter Cheung
>[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>
No problems on my install on a laptop which is always a good test.
Just read the readme/install files first just in case something
applies to your system. Be careful about the intitial choice as the
normal will wipe out the entire disk and obtusely it insists on a swap
partition even tho you may not want one (plenty of ram).
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (H Dziardziel)
Subject: Re: linux on a notebook
Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2001 18:07:48 GMT
On Tue, 27 Feb 2001 10:31:45 +0100, "Ove Hvam Andersen"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Hi All
>I'm planning to install Linux on my HP Omnibook xe2, with a Xircom realport
>Cardbus ethernet an modem card.
>Are there a prefered ver/distribution that works best on a notebook ?
>Are there things I should be aware off ?
>
>MVH
>Ove Hvam Andersen
>
>
You will need the latest pcmcia version with the tulip driver and it
may be very flakey still apparently. The modem works so far on mine
but I have not verified the ethernet yet. Anyway in general the card
looks nice with the leds and the realport is great but speeds stink.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Uwe Malzahn)
Subject: Re: Mouse wheel doesn't scroll X windows'
Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2001 18:56:08 +0100
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Larry Richardson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> What has to be changed to make Linux use input from a mouse wheel, in
> particular to move scrollbars?
Add the following to your /etc/X11/XF86Config
Device "/dev/psaux"
Protocol "IMPS/2"
ZAxisMapping 4 5
Buttons 3
Depending on your Window Manager/Desktop Environment you might have to start
imwheel. See the documentation of imwheel for details on how to configure
and start automatically.
Cheers,
Uwe
--
"Software ist wie Sex: es ist besser, wenn es kostenlos ist!"
Linus Torwalds
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Mike Perry)
Subject: Re: Need a laptop with multiple network configurations?
Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2001 19:00:31 -0000
On Tue, 27 Feb 2001 15:07:37 GMT, Julian Midgley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
>Mike Perry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>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 are using a pcmcia network card, the standard pcmcia package
>already provides a method of doing this for you. You can configure
>multiple network schemes in /etc/pcmcia/network.opts, and then use:
>
>cardctl scheme <configname>
>
>to switch between them.
>
This is quite true. My problem is that my laptop has a integrated 3com
network card. You can also use append lines in lilo to switch on different
schemes at boot time. In this way, if you have one pcmcia setup for at work
with dhcp, you can load a scheme file at boot which loads that information
and if you have a wireless card or need a second (or third and on)
configuration, you can load additional schemes. Definitely the switching
using cardctl is handy!
I had some problems getting SuSE 7.1 to support schemes using the latest
pcmcia-cs though. I completely replaced the pcmcia sources using the
tarball archives and could not reliably get scheme support at boot. I could
easily switch though when using cardctl.
--
Michael Perry
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: "J.Smith" <[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 20:45:22 +0100
>
> 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
>
What ?
Why not enable the encrypted password option on the samba server? Which
actually is the best solution security-wise. Why would anyone want to enable
clear text passwords???? Bad, BAD, BAAADDD solution.....
Shame on you for offering that as a 'solution'
;)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Divya A Sundaram {QDIVYA1})
Subject: Re: gligc upgrade on RH 6.2?
Date: 27 Feb 2001 19:33:19 GMT
Well,
I wanted to upgrade my RH 6.2 system to the latest kernel
and that requires the newer GLIBC.
I don't want RH 7 because ClearCase v4.1 runs only on RH6.2.
So, is there any documentation that a relative newbie to
LINUX can follow to upgrade their RH 6.2 to the latest
kernels, and bring GLIBC along with it?
Regards
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Peter B. Steiger wrote:
>On Fri, 23 Feb 2001 22:32:40 +0100, Michal Fikejs sez:
>>I tried to install a package glibc-2.2.i386.rpm from Rawhide but it
>>needs glibc > 2.1.3. RH 6.2 uses just that version (2.1.3).
>>
>>Any hints what I should do? Or just keep using glibc-2.1.3?
>
>Ahoj, Michal. In the US, we have a proverb that answers
>your question: "If it ain't broke, don't fix it".
>
>In other words, unless you have an urgent need to upgrade
>glibc, you are better off using the version that is required by
>the compiler.
>
>If you have a package that requires a different version of
>glibc than the one used by the kernel, try to find an older
>version of that package that uses the older library... or
>install the source and see if you can recompile that
>package to use the older library.
>
>I have shed many tears on my keyboard not following
>my own advice, which resulted in breaking the kernel
>by trying to force it to use an incompatible library. Oh,
>the pain!
>
>
>Peter B. Steiger
>Cheyenne, WY
>----
>If you reply by email, send it to pbs at com dot
>canada (or vice-versa). All advertisements will be
>returned to your postmaster, eh!
--
Divya Sundaram ----------------------------- CONDITUR IN PETRA
We don't need more strength, or greater opportunity. What we
need is to use what we have. - BASIL S. WALSH
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