Linux-Setup Digest #735, Volume #20 Fri, 2 Mar 01 03:13:07 EST
Contents:
Re: Something to chew on.. (Mike Sabin)
Tape backup (Fred Mulharin)
Re: Xfree 4.0.1, matrox g400, dri, xf86config (Bruce Forsberg)
Re: Netscape6 crashes like crazy under RH7 (Bruce Forsberg)
Re: Hard Drive problem (RH6.0 and SuSE 6.4) ("Cjv")
Re: Cannot log in directly as root ("Cjv")
Installing Gnome Beta 1.4 (...)
Re: XF86Setup: mouse is not responding ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Something to chew on.. ("Oh, Oh, Ouch....")
Re: http loopback taking 14 minutes (Robert Herzog)
Re: Something to chew on.. (Luke Vogel)
I can't install JDK (Sooyoung Sung)
Boot problem ("Karl W. Schaefer")
console font ("Ron Nicholls")
firewall and services on it ("Darren and Marla Welson")
Drivers for SB PCI128 (Karthik)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Mike Sabin)
Crossposted-To:
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Subject: Re: Something to chew on..
Date: 2 Mar 2001 05:14:31 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
DAMN straight! Testify!
On Thu, 1 Mar 2001 18:35:02 -0500, Masha Ku'Inanna wrote:
>I have never had to wrestle with a UNIX system because of simple problems.
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From: Fred Mulharin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Tape backup
Date: Fri, 02 Mar 2001 00:15:33 -0500
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I am building a small file server on an IBM PC for a Graphics business
which would like backup support. I will be building this with Redhat
7.0.
I would appreciate some advice on the choice for a tape drive to be used
for Backup. The budget is tight (Of course).
I would like to schedule nightly backups of their data. they currently
have about 1.5 gigs of graphics being stored on windows machines with no
way to back them up. The Linux server will be running Samba, and I plan
to have all of their data stored on the Linux box.
Thanks
--
Fred Mulharin
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Date: Thu, 01 Mar 2001 21:30:21 -0800
From: Bruce Forsberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Xfree 4.0.1, matrox g400, dri, xf86config
Henrik Farre wrote:
I am not too clear on what you are asking. For GLX and DRI I think
you need to be running XFree 4.X. According to your log you are
running 3.X. Check to see that
/var/X11R6/bin/X
that this is linked to the correct X server. On mine it is linked
to
/usr/X11R6/bin/XFree86
Also make sure that your config file is called:
XF86Config-4
> I have installed RH7.0, and got som problems with X:
> I have the all X .rpms installed (I think so) v. 4.0.1 , the SVGA server
> v. 3.3.6 (Is there a newer one?, I can not find it), a 2.4.2 kernel with
> Matrox surport and DRI suport, and finaly the Matrox drivers, and
> installed them as stated in the Readme.
>
> Now on to my real problem:
>
> My XF86Config:
>
> ...[cut]
> ModulePath "/usr/X11R6/lib/modules"
> EndSection
>
> Section "Module"
> Load "glx"
> Load "dri"
> EndSection
> ...[cut]
>
> My Xserver log:
>
> XFree86 Version 3.3.6 / X Window System
> (protocol Version 11, revision 0, vendor release 6300)
> Release Date: January 8 2000
> ...[cut]
>
> XF86Config: /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/XF86Config
> (**) stands for supplied, (--) stands for probed/default values
> glx: Unknown error loading module
> dri: Unknown error loading module
> ...[cut]
>
> Xlib: extension "XINERAMA" missing on display ":0.0".
> ...[cut]
>
> I hope the "XFree86 Version 3.3.6 /" is the SVGA version?
> And why don't the modules load?
> And the last bit: If I use the XF86Config.eg (the one from 4.0.1) and
> modify it, X don't open.
>
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Date: Thu, 01 Mar 2001 21:33:35 -0800
From: Bruce Forsberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Netscape6 crashes like crazy under RH7
Paul Folbrecht wrote:
>
> Anyone else have this problem? Maybe it's due to those buggy unpatched
> glibc libs. That's what I'm hoping anyway.
It doesnt work on SUSE either. I live in a rural area and only have
access
to 28.8 phone lines. It took hours to download and all for nothing. It
looks
like it is written in Java. Java, write once crash everywhere.
Bruce Forsberg
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From: "Cjv" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Hard Drive problem (RH6.0 and SuSE 6.4)
Date: Thu, 1 Mar 2001 20:07:40 -0800
what is the output of:
cfdisk ?
what happens when you mount -t auto /dev/hda1 /tmp/whateveryouwant ?
"HYLU" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> I installed a double booting system with RH6.0 (2GB) and Windows NT4.0 (
10GB),
> it worked fine. Trouble started after I uninstalled NT. The 10 GB of where
NT
> was is gone. My computer now can only recongnize 2GB.
> 1. How can I get the missing 10GB back?
> 2. Is there a way like command 'fdisk' of RH in SuSE so I can format my
HD as
> a whole brand new?
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From: "Cjv" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Cannot log in directly as root
Date: Thu, 1 Mar 2001 20:11:10 -0800
Can you try a different window manager? e.g. startx kde
"John Dubchak" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Hi,
>
> I have a Red Hat 6.2 System (stand alone) and when I try to attempt to
> login to X, for instance from a fresh reboot, I'm prevented from doing
> so. The screen goes blank for a second and then returns with the log in
> dialog.
>
> I am able to "su" to root after logging in as another user, but from an
> X-term session I cannot run linuxconf. This makes me think that my
> setup is messed up.
>
> Thanks, in advance, for any suggestions or assistance,
> John
>
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Subject: Installing Gnome Beta 1.4
Date: 2 Mar 2001 05:13:12 GMT
I am having problems installing the Gnome Beta 1.4
Is there any info on how to do it right?
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks
Collage
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: XF86Setup: mouse is not responding
Date: Fri, 02 Mar 2001 00:57:03 -0800
Michael Heiming wrote:
>
> check where /dev/mouse points to:
>
> ls -al /dev/mouse
> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Feb 20 23:45 /dev/mouse -> /dev/ttyS0
> (on my machine, which uses a serial trackball)
>
> crw-rw-r-- 1 root root 10, 1 Mar 11 2000 /dev/psaux
> (Should be the PS/2 device)
>
> Check that gpm is not running, as it doesn't work on all machines, if you run gpm
> and
> mouse support in X at the same time.
>
> Check the mouse section in XF86Config.
>
> Good luck
>
> Michael Heiming
/dev/mouse did not exist, but I added it on. gpm was running but I did not disable
it. It is working now. Thank you.
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From: "Oh, Oh, Ouch...." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
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Subject: Re: Something to chew on..
Date: Fri, 02 Mar 2001 06:33:25 GMT
Welcome to the world of Microsoft.
And 2000 is the stable one!!
Yogi
"Masha Ku'Inanna" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:97mm6l$uu2$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> So, under Windows 2000 Pro, i was merrily surfing along with 256M RAM, and
> ICQ, AIM and Outlook Expres, and Livejournal's client running in the
> background..
>
> Went to start Musicmatch Jukebox, and things started to act odd..so, i
> closed MM. Things were still acting odd. CTRL-ALT-DELETE, brought up the
> "taskmanager" and found t he PID for Windows Explorer was using 95-100%
CPU
> time.
>
> Time to kill it.
>
> Clicked "Kill Process."
>
> "Action denied."
>
> What the fuck?..
>
> Clicked it again.
>
> "Action denied."
>
> Grr..
>
> Logged out of my non-admin user account, and tried as Administrator.
>
> "Action denied."
>
> Grr!!!..
>
> Logged back into the non-admin account. Still had the same processes in
the
> background. Still frozen at 95-100% CPU time.
>
> Now, I assume that Windows will refuse to let one disable things and turn
> off things, to maintain system stability. But when you have a runaway
> process like that, you've got to try to kill it, and restart it again,
> right? I mean, under the UNIX world, I can always hit a keystroke, log
into
> another console, and ps all i like to find the runaway process, and kill
it
> by process id, log back out, and carry on my merry day, right?
>
> I mean, rebooting is a sign of surrender, isn't it? When you've exhausted
> everything you can think of, you reboot.
>
> So, in so many words, I have an operating system that tells me "No,
asshole,
> you cannot do that because *I* know that if you disable that I will lock
up,
> crash, or grow unstable." Even though I realize the implications, and also
> realized that it had already grown unstable, and found out what was
burning
> up CPU time.
>
> Even though it was already unstable? I could not go in and try to remove
> what was causing the problem, because my OS said it would not allow me to
do
> it?
>
> At least with UNIX, there never is a question to whether or not your
> computer will flat out refuse to do something that you tell it, as root.
It
> can question, but it will not refuse, to the best of my knowledge. It does
> not assume to know more about what you need to do than you know. If you
tell
> it to do something boneheaded, by gosh, it will do exactly that.
>
> I have never had to wrestle with a UNIX system because of simple problems.
I
> have never had to wonder if my computer will deny me access to something
> because it felt it should not do such a thing. My only worry was because I
> do not know UNIX enough, that I will type the wrong command and toast
root.
> Or /usr/sbin. or /usr anything. But that is because the fault would lie
> squarely on my shoulders if something stupid were to happen.
>
> So, I rebooted.
>
> Uptime for Win2k Pro -- three hours.
>
> -------------------------------------------------------
> Adrian Feliciano
> (859) 245-0537
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> ***
> Do What thou wilt shall be the whole of the law
> Love is the law, love under will
> -Aleister Crowley
>
> Harm None
> -Wiccan Law
>
> As above, so below
> -Hermetic Philosophy
> -------------------------------------------------------
>
>
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From: Robert Herzog <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.development.system,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: http loopback taking 14 minutes
Date: Fri, 02 Mar 2001 06:28:21 GMT
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[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> 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...
Do you realise that addresses like 172.16.0.xx are for _private_
networks, typically _not_ forwarded by routers. See Net-HOWTO �5.1.2.
No surptise that DNS servers don't answer...
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From: Luke Vogel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
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Subject: Re: Something to chew on..
Date: Fri, 02 Mar 2001 16:28:06 +1000
Masha Ku'Inanna wrote:
> Uptime for Win2k Pro -- three hours.
Uptime for linux:
4:34pm up 82 days, 6:04, 1 user, load average: 0.00, 0.00, 0.00
:)
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From: Sooyoung Sung <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: I can't install JDK
Date: Fri, 2 Mar 2001 01:44:01 -0500
hi. I just installed Redhat Linux 7.0 and I'm trying to install JDK 1.1.8
glibc2.
Whenever I try to execute "javac", I get the following core dump.
Please help me to figure out what's wrong. Thanks a lot!
[ssung@VORANGE ssung]$ javac
SIGSEGV 11* segmentation violation
stackbase=(nil), stackpointer=(nil)
Full thread dump:
NULL (TID:0x403dc0b0, sys_thread_t:0x80a4748, state:R) prio=5 *current
threa
d*
java.lang.System.nullInputStream(System.java)
java.lang.System.<clinit>(System.java)
java.lang.String.getChars(String.java)
java.lang.StringBuffer.append(StringBuffer.java)
java.lang.StringBuffer.<init>(StringBuffer.java)
java.lang.Thread.<init>(Thread.java)
Monitor Cache Dump:
java.lang.Class@1077788760/1079889040: owner NULL (0x80a4748, 1 entry)
java.lang.StringBuffer@1077789032/1079888928: owner NULL (0x80a4748, 1
entry
)
Registered Monitor Dump:
Thread queue lock: <unowned>
Name and type hash table lock: <unowned>
String intern lock: <unowned>
JNI pinning lock: <unowned>
JNI global reference lock: <unowned>
BinClass lock: <unowned>
Class loading lock: <unowned>
Java stack lock: <unowned>
Code rewrite lock: <unowned>
Heap lock: <unowned>
Has finalization queue lock: <unowned>
Finalize me queue lock: <unowned>
Dynamic loading lock: owner NULL (0x80a4748, 1 entry)
Monitor IO lock: <unowned>
Child death monitor: <unowned>
Event monitor: <unowned>
I/O monitor: <unowned>
Alarm monitor: <unowned>
Monitor registry: owner NULL (0x80a4748, 1 entry)
Thread Alarm Q:
/usr/local/jdk118_v3/bin/i686/green_threads/javac: line 13: 3369 Aborted
(core dumped) `dirname $0`/${progname} $RUNTIME_ARGS -ms8m
$RUNTIME_AR
GS sun.tools.javac.Main $APP_ARGS
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| Sooyoung Sung |
| Second-Year Computer Science Student |
| Carnegie Mellon University |
| |
| Email : [EMAIL PROTECTED] |
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| Home : (412)901-3390 |
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From: "Karl W. Schaefer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Boot problem
Date: Fri, 2 Mar 2001 02:13:01 -0500
Ever see this???
I found that if I booted from my floppy, all was well - only difference was
the RAM specification. Upon removal, all was fine. Puzzle is, why does it
fail now and didn't before?
Uncompressing Linux... Ok, booting the kernel.
Linux version 2.2.16-22 ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) (gcc version
egcs-2.91.66
1990314/Linux (egcs-1.1.2 release)) #1 Tue Aug 22 16:16:55 EDT 2000
Detected 550022kHz processor.
Console: colour VGA+ 80x25
Calibrating delay loop... 1097.73 BogoMIPS
Memory: 257596k/262144k available (1048k kernel code, 412k reserved, 3024k
data,
64k init, 0k bigmem)
general protection fault: 0000
CPU: 0
EIP 0010:[<c01212df>]
EFLAGS: 00010286
eax: 0000009f ebx: cffff0d8 ecx: ffffffff edx: c0505000
esi: 00000028 edi: ffffffff ebp: cfffffe0 esp: c0235f40
ds: 0018 es:0018 ss: 0018
Process swapper (pid: 0, process nr: 0, stackpage=c0235000)
Stack: c021cb40 00000282 ffffffff 00000212 00000001 00000015 00000020
00000000
c01214db c021cb40 00000015 00000000 00000020 00000000 00000000
c0120a14
c021cb40 00000015 00000000 0009b800 00000000 00000000 00000066
c0239c8a
Call Trace: [<c01214db>] [<c0120a14>] [<c01da9a0>] [<c01dc47e>]
[<c01060000>] {<c
0106000>] [<c0100175>]
Code: 89 07 8b 4c 24 10 8b 09 89 4c 24 10 83 ee 01 73 b8 c7 01 00
Kernel panic: Attempted to kill the idle task!
In swapper task - not syncing
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the underscores, and then you'll reach me :-)
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From: "Ron Nicholls" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: console font
Date: Fri, 2 Mar 2001 18:34:50 +1100
Where do RH7 & Mandrake store their console fonts and which
conf file is responsable for invoking it.
I would like to migrate mandrake's much more readable
font to RH.
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Regards
RonN
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From: "Darren and Marla Welson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
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Subject: firewall and services on it
Date: Fri, 02 Mar 2001 07:30:21 GMT
I have a tight Linux firewall guarding a small LAN that is also running a
web server. I am running IPMASQ on the firewall and have all email,
newsgroups, and web access routed through the firewall to the requests of
the LAN. How do I modify the IPMASQ to allow for services ON the firewall
box, like a web server (web server requests go to the firewall box instead
of the internal LAN)? I know how to use IPMASQ, but I cannot figure out how
to stop packets at the firewall.
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From: Karthik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Drivers for SB PCI128
Date: Fri, 02 Mar 2001 09:44:52 +0200
Hi All,
1. i have installed a new Sound Blaster PCI 128, and i am now in the
lookout for the drivers for the same. i run a RH 7.0 P166 machine.
2. i also have a zip100 which i manage to boot every time i run as root,
after
loading the diffent modules. Can i write some script which gets executed
everytime i boot the machine. How!
Thankx all in advance
karthik
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