Linux-Setup Digest #756, Volume #20 Mon, 5 Mar 01 07:13:08 EST
Contents:
Re: file colours (Joris Roefs)
Re: Linux partitioning question (Alberto BARSELLA)
Re: Gurus: How to configure Monitor? -- Newbie (Stanislaw Flatto)
Re: Help needed- can't update glibc on RH7 (Joris Roefs)
Re: Changing video setup (Joris Roefs)
Re: Netscape6 crashes like crazy under RH7 (John Thompson)
Compiling 2.4.2 kernel on RH7 with compiled modules ("Jan Kov��")
Re: newbie questions ("Ari")
setserial faq ? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Help needed- can't update glibc on RH7 ("Pavan")
help:Could not determine local IP address (David. E. Goble)
Re: Mail Advice (Peter Nunn)
Re: help:Could not determine local IP address (Dean Thompson)
Re: Mail Advice (Peter Nunn)
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From: Joris Roefs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: file colours
Date: Mon, 5 Mar 2001 11:12:18 +0100
harry weston wrote:
> RTFM but can't find. Please can someone tell me the significance of the
> file and sub.dir colours in red hat 7. using console. Thank you.
Don't really understand your question, but I'll give it a shot.
The significance of using colours in the dirlistings, is that it's easier
to see the difference between the filetypes (dirs, links, binaries, etc).
There is no other point in using coloured dirlistings, as far as I know.
You can achieve those listings by using 'ls --color=tty' or something like
that (i.e. color=always also works).
Hope this answers (part of) your question..
Regards,
- Joris.
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From: Alberto BARSELLA <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: Linux partitioning question
Date: 05 Mar 2001 11:02:57 +0100
"Cjv" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> "Tim Moore" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
>
> > # go to single user mode
> > init 1
[good sequence snipped]
If you use a separate / partition, make sure that it contains a
/var/tmp directory (which will disappear when /var is mounted). This
way if you find yourself forced to boot with only / mounted, the
programs which need to use /tmp will work instead of complaining about
a non-existent directory.
Bye,
Alberto
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From: Stanislaw Flatto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Gurus: How to configure Monitor? -- Newbie
Date: Mon, 05 Mar 2001 21:27:32 +1100
Jawahir Koul wrote:
> How to configure monitor?
By the seriousnes of the question, the best tools would be a chisel and
2kg hammer.
Have fun.
Stanislaw.
Slack user from Ulladulla.
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From: Joris Roefs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Help needed- can't update glibc on RH7
Date: Mon, 5 Mar 2001 11:16:55 +0100
Paul Folbrecht wrote:
> Have installed RH7 recently and finally got to updating glibc. Since
> I'm on a P3 I grabbed glibc-2.2-12.i686.rpm. When I run rpm -Uvh
> OR rpm -Fvh on it, I get this error:
>
> error: failed dependencies:
> glibc-common = 2.2 is needed by glibc-2.2-12
> /usr/bin/getent is needed by stunnel-3.8-4
>
> This surprised me because on Red Hat's site the only file listed as
> needed for i686 was the one I grabbed. Anyway, I went back and got
> glibc-common-2.2-12.i386.rpm and tried to install it. Running rpm -ivh
> or rpm iUvh gives me:
>
> error: failed dependencies:
> glibc < 2.2-12 conflicts with glibc-common-2.2.12.
>
It's a bit dangerous, but if you'd use the --nodeps option, you should be
able to install the glibc-common RPM. With that option RPM will ignore any
dependencie-problems.
Thus:
first 'rpm -Uvh --nodeps glibc-common-2.2-12.i386.rpm',
second 'rpm -Uvh glibc-2.2-12.i686.rpm'
Maybe, if you finished upgrading the glibc-libraries, you have to install a
newer version of stunnel, if available.
Good luck!!
- Joris
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From: Joris Roefs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Changing video setup
Date: Mon, 5 Mar 2001 11:20:04 +0100
Matthew Borkowski wrote:
> I have just finished install Linux (BestLinux) but when the graphical
> Linux (the KDE) runs, I get the error 'no screens found'. I know what
> this error means, but I do not know, however, how to change the video
> setup I choose during the install program. This is probably a simple
> question, but this is the first time I ever used Linux, and I only know
> how to a few things when running in just text mode.
Try typing 'Xconfigurator' at your terminal.
Regards,
- Joris
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From: John Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Netscape6 crashes like crazy under RH7
Date: Sun, 04 Mar 2001 20:27:47 -0600
Paul Folbrecht wrote:
> Mozilla is just a browser, correct? I'm mainly looking for an email
> reader.
Mozilla (at least the v0.8 2001021503 build) has the newsreader
and mail components. The browser seems a bit more stable than NS
v6, the email is usable but I don't like the news reader. There
doesn't seem to be any straigtforward way of going to the next
message. The is no "Next" button or keypress in the article
window, and while the main Newsgroups window has a "Next" button
and keypress, these merely move the highlight bar to the next
message without opening it in the article window. Maybe there's
an easier way, but it does seem intuitive to me.
--
-John ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
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From: "Jan Kov��" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Compiling 2.4.2 kernel on RH7 with compiled modules
Date: Mon, 5 Mar 2001 11:52:50 +0100
Hello.
I am using Raid adapter, that is supported only in Redhat 6.2 and 7.0. The
drivers are supplied compiled for this OS. There are these files there:
modinfo, modules.cgz, modules.dep, pcitable, rhdd-6.1, readme.txt
I wanted to compile the kernel 2.4.2. There is not source code for this raid
adapter in the new kernel. So I have send an e-mail to Promise hotline to
get the source code for the adapeter. The answer was:
"We do not offer the driver source code as it is proprietary to promise
technology."
So is there any possibility to compile the new kernel and have the raid
adapter working?
I am talking about Promise Fasttrack100. It is an ATA100 Raid adapter.
Thanks for help.
Jan Kovar
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: "Ari" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: aus.computers.linux
Subject: Re: newbie questions
Date: Mon, 5 Mar 2001 18:50:53 +0800
Have you tried the mandrake cdrom boot/install on another computer? If
you're using the mandrake 7.2 bootable installation cdrom from the linux
pocketbook then I'd say that's the problem. I've had the same trouble.
The Mandrake 7.2 installation cdrom was produced even more poorly than the
otehr cdroms in the pocketbook set this time around. I think they've
learned their lesson, and will do better next time, but until then you have
to contact the company and have them send you out another cdrom.
Ari
"Alex Zaslavsky" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:OvFo6.62692$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> sorry
>
> i forgot to mention
>
> it is a ide cd writer set to slave on the primary controler and the HDD is
a
> 20gb seagate
>
> "omitted" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> > >a) when booting from the cd-rom it shows that it is capable of seeing
the
> > >fdd, it hangs for a second then boots the hdd. The Bios is set to boot
> off
> > >cdrom (the cd rom is a Sony 928e CD WRITER)
> >
> > have you been able to boot from other cdroms? perhaps your cdrom (or
scsi
> > card) does not support this?
> >
> > >b) when booting from dos and using autorun I get a read error from the
> linux
> > >cd (tried the cd on another system worked without any problems).
> >
> > without the specific error, it's near impossible for anyone to fix this.
> >
> > >2. When Installing mandrake 7.2 it will not mount the cd rom when
running
> > >install or when using linux.
> >
> > what exact command are you trying, and what are the errors encountered?
> > is it scsi/ide? if scsi do you know the channel/id/lun? if ide then
> > do you know which controller it's on, and if it's master or slave?
> >
> > try to be more specific...
> >
> > m.
> > --
> > ._ ._ ._ ._
> > _.-._)`\_.-._)`\_.-._)`\_.-._)`\_.-._
> >
>
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: setserial faq ?
Date: 05 Mar 2001 11:59:50 +0100
Does anyone know about a 'setserial' FAQ ? Most documents I've found
(modem, serial howto's) don't speak a lot of the init.d/serial
configuration method...
Any source of information welcome !
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From: "Pavan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Help needed- can't update glibc on RH7
Date: Mon, 5 Mar 2001 17:04:15 +0530
Thus:
> first 'rpm -Uvh --nodeps glibc-common-2.2-12.i386.rpm',
> second 'rpm -Uvh glibc-2.2-12.i686.rpm'
>
Better to do
# rpm -Uvh glibc-common-2.2-12.i386.rpm glibc-2.2-12.i686.rpm
I did this & did not have any problems or conflicts.
-Pavan
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From: goble@gtech (David. E. Goble)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.networking,alt.linux
Subject: help:Could not determine local IP address
Date: Mon, 05 Mar 2001 11:38:14 GMT
Reply-To: goble@gtech
Hi all;
This is pissing me off! I can dialin and login, but the connection
disconnects almost straight away. The log file informs me that;
"Could not determine local IP address"
############ hosts #########
127.0.0.1 gtech localhost.localdomain localhost
192.168.0.25 rgtech
############ options.srv #######
auth
-detach
login
asyncmap 0
:192.168.0.25
debug
modem
crtscts
proxyarp
############### pap-secrets ############
user1 * "" *
user2 * "" *
############ /var/log/ppp ##############
Feb 24 14:50:27 gtech pppd[773]: Using interface ppp0
Feb 24 14:50:27 gtech pppd[773]: Connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/ttyS2
Feb 24 14:50:27 gtech pppd[773]: sent [LCP ConfReq id=0x1 <asyncmap
0x0> <auth pap> <magic 0x59fa483e> <pcomp> <accomp>]
Feb 24 14:50:27 gtech pppd[773]: rcvd [LCP ConfAck id=0x1 <asyncmap
0x0> <auth pap> <magic 0x59fa483e> <pcomp> <accomp>]
Feb 24 14:50:29 gtech pppd[773]: rcvd [LCP ConfReq id=0x5 <asyncmap
0xa0000> <magic 0xe3b07> <pcomp> <accomp>]
Feb 24 14:50:29 gtech pppd[773]: sent [LCP ConfAck id=0x5 <asyncmap
0xa0000> <magic 0xe3b07> <pcomp> <accomp>]
Feb 24 14:50:29 gtech pppd[773]: rcvd [PAP AuthReq id=0x1 user="user1"
password=<hidden>]
Feb 24 14:50:30 gtech pppd[773]: user user1 logged in
Feb 24 14:50:33 gtech pppd[773]: Could not determine local IP address
Feb 24 14:50:33 gtech pppd[773]: Connection terminated.
Feb 24 14:50:33 gtech pppd[773]: Connect time 0.1 minutes.
Feb 24 14:50:33 gtech pppd[773]: Sent 454 bytes, received 415 bytes.
Feb 24 14:50:33 gtech pppd[773]: Exit.
I would really like to get this working :> so if anyone can shed some
light on any solutions please help, thanks.
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From: Peter Nunn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Mail Advice
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Mon, 05 Mar 2001 22:42:48 +1100
Thanks for the advice folks.
I've almost got it working I think.
I have sendmail working fine internally (atleast for one account,
haven't tried the others yet) and fetchmail is working fine (I think),
but (isn't there always a but), when I try and send outside my net I
get the dreaded
"your envelope sender domain must exist"
I think I have my masquerading setup OK, but here is the mc file
anyway.
See anything obvious??
Thanks.
Peter
divert(-1)
include(`/usr/lib/sendmail-cf/m4/cf.m4')
define(`confDEF_USER_ID',``8:12'')
VERSIONID(`slowey.pncomputing.com nodns')
Cwslowey.pncomputing.com localhost
OSTYPE(`linux')
undefine(`UUCP_RELAY')
undefine(`BITNET_RELAY')
FEATURE(always_add_domain)
FEATURE(use_cw_file)
FEATURE(nocanonify)
define(`confAUTO_REBUILD')
define(`confTO_QUEUEWARN', `')
FEATURE(relay_hosts_only)
define(`confCW_FILE', `-o /etc/mail/sendmail.cw')
FEATURE(`virtusertable', `hash -o /etc/mail/virtusertable.db')
FEATURE(`genericstable', `hash -o /etc/mail/genericstable.db')
define(`confCON_EXPENSIVE', `True')
define(SMTP_MAILER_FLAGS, e)
FEATURE(access_db, `hash -o /etc/mail/access.db')
GENERICS_DOMAIN_FILE(`/etc/mail/genericsdomain')
FEATURE(redirect)
MASQUERADE_AS(`iprimus.com.au')
MASQUERADE_DOMAIN(`slowey.pncomputing.com')
FEATURE(masquerade_entire_domain)
FEATURE(masquerade_envelope)
FEATURE(`local_procmail',`/usr/bin/procmail')
MAILER(local)
MAILER(smtp)
MAILER(procmail)
define(RELAY_HOST, smtp:smtp.iprimus.com.au)
define(SMART_HOST, smtp:smtp.iprimus.com.au)
#define(SMART_HOST, `mail.iprimus.com.au')dnl
define(RELAY_MAILER, TCP)
FEATURE(`accept_unresolvable_domains')
now, my isp account is [EMAIL PROTECTED], my registered domain
(which is just bounced to the above address) is
[EMAIL PROTECTED] so I guess thats a confusion.
Thanks heaps folks...
Peter
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (H.Bruijn) wrote:
>On Sat, 03 Mar 2001 16:05:11 +1100, Peter Nunn allegedly wrote:
>>Hi there,
>>
>>I'm fairly new at this Linux stuff and am after some advice.
>>
>>I have a small network setup that uses my Linux box as the net gateway
>>and file server and am considering making it a mail server as well.
>>
>>I have some (limited) experience with Exchange and would like to get
>>the Linux box to do something similar.
>>
>>I have several 2K machines networked to it and will be reading the
>>mail on those (atleast at the moment) so want the Linux box to get,
>>store and pass on the mail.
>>
>>Everything is currently working fine with the 2K box's connecting
>>directly to the ISP through the Linux box, so I guess I am looking for
>>some comments as to whether you all think its worth doing or not.
>>
>>If it is worth the effort, can I setup sendmail, fetchmail and imap to
>>do what I want to do??
>
>Why try to fix it, if it ain't broken?
>
>It is not all that difficult to accomplish though. But it will take some
>time, some reading, and possibly some tinkering to get everything
>working as you want it. I think sendmail and IMAP on linux (or *BSD) is
>quite a lot more stable then exchange, and can generally handle a lot
>more mail. But if you use, and are dependant on, exchange's central
>addressbook, its advanced scheduling, or joined agenda's, or whatever
>they're called, then a linux based solution may not exactly be what you
>look for.
>But, exchange is for from cheap, with those license costs for each
>client. Sendmail, or qmail, or postfix for that matter, is free.
>Independant of the number of users. Most linux distributions have
>precompiled packages for those MTA's and it will most likely be a
>question of simply installing that package, follow the instructions (as
>to what domainname to use and such) and you're up and rolling. Create
>accounts for all users, possibly configure fetchmail to retrieve mail
>from other mailboxes and deliver it to the one on the local mail-server.
>IMAP also comes in a simply to install package.
>IMHO IMAP is prefered to POP as that will allow users to store mail on
>the server, and access those stored messages not only from their own
>workstation, but from any computer that can connect to the mailserver.
>Second having the mail stored on a single server allows for easier, and
>more consistent back-ups as well.
Peter Nunn
DownUnder
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From: Dean Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.networking,alt.linux
Subject: Re: help:Could not determine local IP address
Date: Mon, 05 Mar 2001 22:46:58 +1100
Hi!,
> This is pissing me off! I can dialin and login, but the connection
> disconnects almost straight away. The log file informs me that;
>
> "Could not determine local IP address"
Can I ask a silly question. I noticed that in your options.srv file you
specify a IP address of 192.168.0.25. Is this the address you wish to
allocate to your own local machine, because if you are dialing a ISP, then
surely it would be giving you the IP address rather than you specifiying it.
If you were specifying it, I would have though that it would have been a
number not in the class C range.
See ya
Dean Thompson
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From: Peter Nunn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Mail Advice
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Mon, 05 Mar 2001 22:45:47 +1100
Hi herman,
thanks for the input.
can you tell me more about the difference between imap and pop.
I like the idea of leaving the mail on the server, but how do I set,
say, M$ outlook to use imap rather than pop (I now, may not know, but
its worth an ask).
Also, if I do use IMAP and delete the message on my client, does it
get deleted on the server (I get lots of mail messages every day and
so don't want to keep the majority of them).
Ta
Peter
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (H.Bruijn) wrote:
>On Sat, 03 Mar 2001 16:05:11 +1100, Peter Nunn allegedly wrote:
>>Hi there,
>>
>>I'm fairly new at this Linux stuff and am after some advice.
>>
>>I have a small network setup that uses my Linux box as the net gateway
>>and file server and am considering making it a mail server as well.
>>
>>I have some (limited) experience with Exchange and would like to get
>>the Linux box to do something similar.
>>
>>I have several 2K machines networked to it and will be reading the
>>mail on those (atleast at the moment) so want the Linux box to get,
>>store and pass on the mail.
>>
>>Everything is currently working fine with the 2K box's connecting
>>directly to the ISP through the Linux box, so I guess I am looking for
>>some comments as to whether you all think its worth doing or not.
>>
>>If it is worth the effort, can I setup sendmail, fetchmail and imap to
>>do what I want to do??
>
>Why try to fix it, if it ain't broken?
>
>It is not all that difficult to accomplish though. But it will take some
>time, some reading, and possibly some tinkering to get everything
>working as you want it. I think sendmail and IMAP on linux (or *BSD) is
>quite a lot more stable then exchange, and can generally handle a lot
>more mail. But if you use, and are dependant on, exchange's central
>addressbook, its advanced scheduling, or joined agenda's, or whatever
>they're called, then a linux based solution may not exactly be what you
>look for.
>But, exchange is for from cheap, with those license costs for each
>client. Sendmail, or qmail, or postfix for that matter, is free.
>Independant of the number of users. Most linux distributions have
>precompiled packages for those MTA's and it will most likely be a
>question of simply installing that package, follow the instructions (as
>to what domainname to use and such) and you're up and rolling. Create
>accounts for all users, possibly configure fetchmail to retrieve mail
>from other mailboxes and deliver it to the one on the local mail-server.
>IMAP also comes in a simply to install package.
>IMHO IMAP is prefered to POP as that will allow users to store mail on
>the server, and access those stored messages not only from their own
>workstation, but from any computer that can connect to the mailserver.
>Second having the mail stored on a single server allows for easier, and
>more consistent back-ups as well.
Peter Nunn
DownUnder
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