Linux-Setup Digest #732, Volume #20 Thu, 1 Mar 01 22:13:11 EST
Contents:
NIS Problems (Grant Moss - Associate Consulting Project Engineer)
how to add software to RH ("plebe")
Re: dual boot using PartionMagic (neuromante)
http loopback taking 14 minutes ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Sendmail setup (Michael Heiming)
Re: smbol table has incorrect version number ? (Michael Heiming)
Re: NIS Problems (Dean Thompson)
Re: Linux partitioning question ("Greg H.")
Re: http loopback taking 14 minutes ("D. Stimits")
USB graphic tablet ("Davide")
Re: linux video problem (Steve Martin)
Re: http loopback taking 14 minutes (Dean Thompson)
Re: http loopback taking 14 minutes ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Cannot install Suse 7.0 (newbie) ("Tim Cuthbertson")
Re: how to add software to RH (E J)
Anybody out there using a USB harddrive (~20Gb)? (dangerouse)
Re: Partition Scheme for Storm/Debian Linux (Brian S Enyart)
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From: Grant Moss - Associate Consulting Project Engineer
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.security
Subject: NIS Problems
Date: Fri, 02 Mar 2001 11:02:35 +1100
Greetings
I have setup NIS Client on my Redhat 7.0 2.2.16-22 Box it seems to work
fine until the point you want to login as nis user.
I have adjusted my /etc/hosts file to have an entry of
+username::::::/bin/ksh.
The machine can do an ypcat passwd and other things like that.
But when I login as my NIS user it goes back to the login prompt.
I check the /var/log/messages file and the error I get is the
following..
whatever --username[864]: LOGIN on BY username from TOP
whatever --username[865]: setuid () failed
whatever PAM _unix [864]: (system-auth) session closed for user username
I assume this means it can't handle my NIS UID which is above the 64,000
mark.
Can this be fixed by anyway ...
Does a kernel update help ?
GM
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From: "plebe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: how to add software to RH
Date: Thu, 1 Mar 2001 17:19:14 -0800
I am trying to install software off of a free cd I received. It has
Netscape-6 on it. The README for it says to type "./netscape-installer" to
install it. I type that and I get
the following message: "Gtk-warning **: cannot open display: "
Some one suggested that I type in "export DISPLAY=localhost:0.0" to correct
the problem. I did that and then type "./netscape-installer" and I received
the following message:
"Xlib: connection to 'localhost:0:0' refused by server
Xlib: INVALID-MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-key
Gtk-warning **: cannot open display: "
So I guess that didn't work. I am pretty sure that I have X running. Just
to be sure, I entered "startx", and I got:
"Fatal server error:
Server is already active for display 0
If this display is no longer running, remove /tmp/.X0-lock and start again
When reporting a problem related to a server crash, please send the full
server output, not just the last messages
Xlib: connection to 'localhost:0:0' refused by server
Xlib: INVALID-MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-key
giving up
xinit: unable to connect to X server
xinit: No such process (errno 3): Server error."
I am logged in as root, using bash, Red Hat 6.0. Could someone offer some
first aid, or point me in a direction as to how to install software like
this to RedHat?
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From: neuromante <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: dual boot using PartionMagic
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Fri, 02 Mar 2001 00:25:23 GMT
i use bootmagic to boot linux and win98 (for my mum)
it's a good tool, i think the only difference with lilo is the graphical
inteface...
Javier wrote:
> Has anybody ever used PartionMagic? If so, is it any good? Would it be
> better to use BootMagic or Linux's LILO for a dual boot into WIN98 or
> Redhat 7?
>
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.development.system,comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: http loopback taking 14 minutes
Date: Thu, 01 Mar 2001 16:35:19 -0800
I have a java app which calls httpd. Both httpd and my java app are on
the same box, but I address the server with its name, i.e.
http://www.nowhere.com:8080/my.jsp. I can see that "my.jsp" has
finished, by its having written to a log, but may java app, which is
acting as the client, does not get a response for as long as 14 minutes.
What could create the delay? I can ping in 0.1ms, but this http
response...
- Craig
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Date: Fri, 02 Mar 2001 01:06:58 +0100
From: Michael Heiming <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Sendmail setup
#TAN LEK GAN# wrote:
> Hi!
> I did a fresh installation of Mandrake 7.2 to power my web server.
> Sendmail was installed using default config and has no problem sending
> out mails.
>
> However, I have a perl script downloaded from the net (FormMail.pl from
> Matt's cgi scripts), which cannot send out mails. Everything works fine
> and the redirection of webpage was perfect but it simply refused to send
> out mail. I've checked the script config settings and everything is
> fine.
>
> Anybody knows whats going on here and how can I solve this problem?
>
> Thanks in advance!
>
> Victor
Hello,
check /var/log/mail, the first place to look, if you have problems with
your mail.
If those messages don't help you along, try google, ask in
comp.mail.sendmail
don't forget to post those log messages.
Good luck
Michael Heiming
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Date: Fri, 02 Mar 2001 01:16:24 +0100
From: Michael Heiming <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: smbol table has incorrect version number ?
Clinton Carr wrote:
> One of my Linux systems is crashing ever so often with page faults. It
> appears to occur most often with cron jobs are run. I've search the net but
> I didn't see anything that pointed to the cause. However, I do notice the
> following message at boot time.
>
> symbol table has incorrect version number
>
> Why is this and could it be related to the crashes? How do I eliminate this
> message?
>
> Thanks,
sounds as if you have mucked it up, read
man klogd
and copy the System.map file that belongs to your kernel to /boot/System.map.
Michael Heiming
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From: Dean Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.security
Subject: Re: NIS Problems
Date: Fri, 02 Mar 2001 12:02:09 +1100
Hi Grant,
[...]
> I check the /var/log/messages file and the error I get is the
> following..
>
> whatever --username[864]: LOGIN on BY username from TOP
> whatever --username[865]: setuid () failed
> whatever PAM _unix [864]: (system-auth) session closed for user username
>
> I assume this means it can't handle my NIS UID which is above the 64,000
> mark.
You might be stuck here. I just did a bit of digging around in the kernel and
it looks like the uid_t type is defined to be a __uid_t. When you start
seeing the "__" who start thinking it is embedded in one of the system
libraries. I had a quick look through the kernel code as well and it would
appear that it plays it safe by defining everything in terms of uid_t which
means that for a change to take place it would have to be done in a system
library. I am thinking that the chances of success to try and get a UID over
64,000 are very slim.
However, others may have found a way around it.
See ya
Dean Thompson
--
+______________________________+____________________________________________+
| Dean Thompson | E-mail - [EMAIL PROTECTED] |
| Bach. Computing (Hons) | ICQ - 45191180 |
| PhD Student | Office - <Off-Campus> |
| School Comp.Sci & Soft.Eng | Phone - +61 3 9903 2787 (Gen. Office) |
| MONASH (Caulfield Campus) | Fax - +61 3 9903 1077 |
| Melbourne, Australia | |
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From: "Greg H." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Linux partitioning question
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.hardware
Date: Fri, 02 Mar 2001 01:06:07 GMT
In comp.os.linux.setup Peter T. Breuer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> not talking about servers and multi-user (as in humans, not daemons and other
>> processes) systems; I'm concentrating on Joe Linux.
> Oh, puhleez. The average person is not as dumb as the man on the
> clapham omnibus. I hope.
Then here's where we (or I) stop, I suppose. We both have different
perspectives on what's important given the role of the machine.
Just make note that I do agree with what you've been saying. It's just
that I think it's more than needed in _some_ situations. Some posters seem
to be getting the impression that I've thrown the HOWTO's (and ideal) out
the window when I have not.
>> Phew! Have I gone completely OT on this thread or what? I hope I didn't make
>> the poster who started this thread regret it :-)
> His request for an abortion licence was turned down.
Heh :-)
Greg
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Date: Thu, 01 Mar 2001 18:29:00 -0700
From: "D. Stimits" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.development.system,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: http loopback taking 14 minutes
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> I have a java app which calls httpd. Both httpd and my java app are on
> the same box, but I address the server with its name, i.e.
> http://www.nowhere.com:8080/my.jsp. I can see that "my.jsp" has
> finished, by its having written to a log, but may java app, which is
> acting as the client, does not get a response for as long as 14 minutes.
>
> What could create the delay? I can ping in 0.1ms, but this http
> response...
>
> - Craig
Your name lookup is most likely timing out on one DNS server, then going
to the next. The lag is the timeout. You can verify this by using your
numeric/dotted-decimal ip address in place of "www.nowhere.com"...if
dotted-decimal form is fast, then it is your DNS source, whereby the
first one does not know the answer and takes its time getting to the
second source (and then maybe the third). A place to look is
/etc/resolv.conf, and /etc/host.conf. Be sure your /etc/hosts file is
searched first before DNS, and that DNS servers are listed correctly.
That way if "www.nowhere.com" is listed in /etc/hosts, it'll be found
instantly.
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From: "Davide" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: USB graphic tablet
Date: Fri, 02 Mar 2001 01:36:47 GMT
Hi to all,
anyone knows how to setup a USB Wacom Graphic Tablet on a linux mandrake 7.2
system? Is it possible in any way?
Thanks!
Davide
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From: Steve Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: linux video problem
Date: Thu, 01 Mar 2001 21:00:09 -0500
AI Nut wrote:
> This one is really strange. I loaded Suse 6.2 on top of an old
> Slackware installation. Worked fine, lasted long time. Loaded Suse
> 6.3, everything ok. Loaded 6.4 and now, boot proceeds correctly, even
> down to "MachineName login:". Then, within about a second, the screen
> goes from legible text to completely illegible with dots and dashes in
> stairstep effect at the top and bottom 1/4's of the screen and nothing I
> do shows up correctly.
Sounds like maybe X is trying to start up in a mode that your monitor
can't handle. When this wierdness happens, try hitting CTRL-ALT-F1
to see if it gives you a legible text screen back. If so, that's
what's happening.
If you can get a legible login screen, log in and see what the
"initdefault" entry of /etc/inittab says. If it's got a "5" in
it, that's where you're going astray. Edit that entry and change
it back to "3", and your system should boot up in text mode once again.
That'll let you get in and edit your XF86Config file to get rid of
the bad X modes.
Hope this helps.
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From: Dean Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.development.system,comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: http loopback taking 14 minutes
Date: Fri, 02 Mar 2001 13:07:38 +1100
Hi!,
> I have a java app which calls httpd. Both httpd and my java app are on
> the same box, but I address the server with its name, i.e.
> http://www.nowhere.com:8080/my.jsp. I can see that "my.jsp" has
> finished, by its having written to a log, but may java app, which is
> acting as the client, does not get a response for as long as 14 minutes.
>
> What could create the delay? I can ping in 0.1ms, but this http
> response...
Just out of interest, all the domain name server configurations have been
setup. It isn't possible that the delay is caused by "httpd" not knowing
where to go to get a domain name lookup. You might also want to turn off
"reverse domain name lookups" which are used when logging activities to the
log file (if it isn't already turned off).
See ya
Dean Thompson
--
+______________________________+____________________________________________+
| Dean Thompson | E-mail - [EMAIL PROTECTED] |
| Bach. Computing (Hons) | ICQ - 45191180 |
| PhD Student | Office - <Off-Campus> |
| School Comp.Sci & Soft.Eng | Phone - +61 3 9903 2787 (Gen. Office) |
| MONASH (Caulfield Campus) | Fax - +61 3 9903 1077 |
| Melbourne, Australia | |
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.development.system,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: http loopback taking 14 minutes
Date: Thu, 01 Mar 2001 18:09:11 -0800
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> >
> > I have a java app which calls httpd. Both httpd and my java app are on
> > the same box, but I address the server with its name, i.e.
> > http://www.nowhere.com:8080/my.jsp. I can see that "my.jsp" has
> > finished, by its having written to a log, but may java app, which is
> > acting as the client, does not get a response for as long as 14 minutes.
> >
> > What could create the delay? I can ping in 0.1ms, but this http
> > response...
> >
> > - Craig
>
> Your name lookup is most likely timing out on one DNS server, then going
> to the next. The lag is the timeout. You can verify this by using your
> numeric/dotted-decimal ip address in place of "www.nowhere.com"...if
> dotted-decimal form is fast, then it is your DNS source, whereby the
> first one does not know the answer and takes its time getting to the
> second source (and then maybe the third). A place to look is
> /etc/resolv.conf, and /etc/host.conf. Be sure your /etc/hosts file is
> searched first before DNS, and that DNS servers are listed correctly.
> That way if "www.nowhere.com" is listed in /etc/hosts, it'll be found
> instantly.
My host.conf looks like this:
order host,bind
multi on
My resolv.conf, like this:
domain nowhere.com
nameserver 172.16.0.240
nameserver 172.16.0.241
search nowhere.com nowhere.net
and a nslookup returns (very quickly):
# nslookup europa.nowhere.com
Server: ns1.nowhere.com
Address: 172.16.0.240
Non-authoritative answer:
Name: europa.nowhere.com
Address: 172.16.0.42
#
Anything look wrong...
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From: "Tim Cuthbertson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Cannot install Suse 7.0 (newbie)
Date: Thu, 1 Mar 2001 20:14:25 -0600
No, that doesn't work, either.
I am pretty much satisfied that the problems are something to do with
accessing my SCSI disk drives. If I leave the SCSI bios configured the way I
use it in Win98 and BeOS, it gives repeated timeouts. That configuration is
to allow wide sync negotiation on every scsi id except 6, which is a scsi-2
cdrom drive.
I have tried several combinations of wide sync negotiation on or off on
several ID's (0, 7, and 15). 0 is a 9.1 GB UltraWide SCSI drive that I want
to install Linux on. 7 is (I think) the id of the scsi adapter, itself. 15
is the id of a 4.3 GB UltraWide SCSI drive that is my C: drive with Win98SE
installed on it.
One combination caused id 0 to be accessed at 40 mb/sec, but gave repeated
parity errors. Another combination made id 0 sync at 20 mb/sec and gave some
other error, repeatedly. Yet another combination immediately caused very
rapid error messages. However, nothing I tried actually worked.
I give up. This Linux won't install on an otherwise perfectly serviceable
hardware configuration. None of my components are "oddball" and all are
listed as supported in Suse's hardware database.
Tim
"Tim Cuthbertson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:c9Bn6.1906$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Thank you, I will try that.
>
> Tim
>
>
> "Michael Heiming" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> >
> > Hello,
> >
> > boot from CD1 and type:
> >
> > manual
> >
> > at the lilo boot prompt, this way yast1 will be started, now let yast1
> load
> > modules automagically and try to install, the book
> > that came with your distro should explain more, if you don't have it
> handy,
> > it's on the CD too.
> >
> > Good luck
> >
> > Michael Heiming
> >
>
>
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From: E J <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: how to add software to RH
Date: Fri, 02 Mar 2001 02:19:49 GMT
Try this
# xhost + localhost
plebe wrote:
> I am trying to install software off of a free cd I received. It has
> Netscape-6 on it. The README for it says to type "./netscape-installer" to
> install it. I type that and I get
> the following message: "Gtk-warning **: cannot open display: "
> Some one suggested that I type in "export DISPLAY=localhost:0.0" to correct
> the problem. I did that and then type "./netscape-installer" and I received
> the following message:
>
> "Xlib: connection to 'localhost:0:0' refused by server
> Xlib: INVALID-MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-key
>
> Gtk-warning **: cannot open display: "
>
> So I guess that didn't work. I am pretty sure that I have X running. Just
> to be sure, I entered "startx", and I got:
>
> "Fatal server error:
> Server is already active for display 0
> If this display is no longer running, remove /tmp/.X0-lock and start again
> When reporting a problem related to a server crash, please send the full
> server output, not just the last messages
> Xlib: connection to 'localhost:0:0' refused by server
> Xlib: INVALID-MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-key
> giving up
> xinit: unable to connect to X server
> xinit: No such process (errno 3): Server error."
>
> I am logged in as root, using bash, Red Hat 6.0. Could someone offer some
> first aid, or point me in a direction as to how to install software like
> this to RedHat?
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From: dangerouse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Anybody out there using a USB harddrive (~20Gb)?
Date: Thu, 01 Mar 2001 20:11:59 -0700
I've got a Kanguru that I use with a Sony Viao laptop. I'd like to put
linux on it. I've just downloaded 2.4 and will try building a kernel
for it. The 2.2.18 with patches didn't work. Any advise/gotcha's would
be appreciated.
Thanks, Roger
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Brian S Enyart)
Crossposted-To: linux.debian.user
Subject: Re: Partition Scheme for Storm/Debian Linux
Date: Fri, 02 Mar 2001 02:47:29 GMT
On Wed, 28 Feb 2001 00:50:31 GMT, Greg H. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>You don't want to make /etc it's own partition, because your fstab file
>is there. Without it, the system won't know which partitions to mount,
>where to mount them, and how to mount them at boot time. Making it read-only,
>though, is a good idea. Just keep /etc with the / partition.
Duh. That's also where /etc/inittab is...and you don't get very far
without that.
--
Brian Enyart
http://members.iquest.net/~enyart
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