Linux-Setup Digest #763, Volume #20 Tue, 6 Mar 01 04:13:09 EST
Contents:
Re: Modem problems (Nader)
Whatever happened to ipmasqadm module? (Hung Ngoc Lai)
Linux & HP "windows" Printer ("N.Heckman")
what is mean? ("shin")
Re: Thirteen Months - Linux still not working (H.Bruijn)
Re: how to auto start a console app ("Michael Makuch")
vga + mono display? (Greg Trounson)
Re: How To Remove Linux? (Ralph Miguel Hansen)
Re: HELP ME!: How can I enable ALSA MIDI synth sound? (for SB AWE64 & GUS
soundcards) ("Pavan")
Re: Linux book ("*harmonix*")
Re: Missing bzImage ("Eric")
Re: Thirteen Months - Linux still not working (Bill Unruh)
Re: Thirteen Months - Linux still not working (Bill Unruh)
how to disable PC Speaker? ("Pavan")
devfs on Suse 7.1 ("Jan Hackel")
Re: Gurus: How to configure Monitor? -- Newbie (Lew Pitcher)
Re: devfs on Suse 7.1 ("Peter T. Breuer")
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From: Nader <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Modem problems
Date: Mon, 05 Mar 2001 21:12:32 -0800
and what kernel version are you using?
"Peter T. Breuer" wrote:
> Matthew Borkowski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Sadly, I no longer have Windows installed, so I cannot get most of the
> > information you mentioned. The system was bought as a department store
> > clearence price and I have no documentation on the modem. All I know is
> > that it is an internal modem and I believe it is made by Aztech, but I
> > cannot be sure.
>
> You can be absolutely sure. Look at it. Look at /proc/pci. Look at the
> output from pnpdump.
>
> Peter
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From: Hung Ngoc Lai <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Whatever happened to ipmasqadm module?
Date: 6 Mar 2001 01:18:28 GMT
Hi everyone,
I am running RedHat 7.0 with the new kernel 2.4.2. This is
box is being used to connect an entire small network to the
Internet. Everything is working great (NAT, Firewall, mail,
etc...) except one thing. Since I am running the new kernel
2.4.2, I am using iptable (netfilter) instead of ipchains in
version 2.2.
I have a web server which is seating in a DMZ (the linux
box has 3 interfaces, one for Internal 172.16.1.0/24, one for
external 199.0.216.222/30, and the other one for DMZ
192.168.1.1/24) behind the firewall (linux) that needs to
accessible by users on the Internet. When I was running
kernel 2.2.18, I use the module ipmasqadm to forward web
traffic that hit the firewall to the web server in the DMZ.
Now that I am running kernel 2.4.2, I no lonoger see the
module ipmasqadm in the /sbin/ directory. Whatever
happened to this module? Furthermore, the linux firewall
is no longer delivering web traffic to the web server in the
DMZ. I would like to have this problem resolved. At
worst, I have to downgrade the kernel to 2.2.18 but I really
the new kernel 2.4.2. Is ipmasqadm is now part of the
new kernel 2.4.2? If it is, what is the command to put
it in my rc.firewall script? Please help.
Many thanks.
David
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: "N.Heckman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Linux & HP "windows" Printer
Date: Mon, 05 Mar 2001 21:29:19 -0800
I have installed RedHat Linux 6.2 and finally have it
working OK. My problem is that I have a HP
inkjet printer for Windows,Mod 820Cxi,which
works fine in windows. It will not work in Linux
which is what the books I have indicate.
To be sure I have no problems with my Linux
setup I borrowed a regular HP printer,Mod 970,
and it works fine, which tells me the books are
correct.
My question is, has some one found a work aroung
for a windows HP printer using Linux short of buying
a new printer?
Thanks,
Nelson
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From: "shin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: what is mean?
Date: Tue, 6 Mar 2001 13:44:34 +0900
==================TCP rapper content=======================
Access Time :month march 5 20:24:02 KST 2001
Client host address :127.0.0.1
Client information :127.0.0.1
The daemon process name :N
Client host name)or IP) :127.0.0.1
Client host name :paranoid
The daemon process id :3488
Server information :[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Client user name :nobody
================================
Access client finger information
================================
/usr/bin/finger -l @$h 2> /dev/null/n/
======================================================
what is this mean?
running self process or hacking?
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (H.Bruijn)
Subject: Re: Thirteen Months - Linux still not working
Date: 6 Mar 2001 05:35:14 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Tue, 06 Mar 2001 03:16:29 GMT, HateLinux allegedly wrote:
>On Sun, 04 Mar 2001 21:42:19 GMT, I_like_2B@home (HateLinux) wrote:
>
>Thanks for the suggestions, although most were of the type: read man
>pages. I am trying to avoid that to the maximum, and evaluate the
>viability of linux as a desktop OS. 90% of common users certainly
>would NOT read the man pages.
Thats why linux (and any other true multi user OS'es) makes the
distinction between the system administrator and users. Root is supposed
to install software, configure it, and set things up so that users can
simply use it. Root configures dial on demand, and subsequently any user
automagically goes online when he or she wants to read their mail or
browse the web, and has no need to know anything about DNS, ppp, type of
modem, the name of the ISP, IRQ's, interupts or whatever. And what is
even better, they can't even change those settings, so the fact that
users run every mail attachment they get, can't destroy the system.
Now that you've taken the role of root, you also taken a certain amount
of responsibility. You have taken control, and that requires a certain
amount of extra knowledge, you need to know exactly what needs to be
done, and therefor you need to read manuals. Everything has its price.
Otherwise use windows, where you relinquish a lot of control over the
system for a certain increase in ease-of-use. For me the trade-off is
in favour of linux, but if you don't want to learn more to get things
done, the balance may tilt in the direction of windows. No harm done. In
the end a computer is a tool, and as long as it gets the job done, who
cares how you get it done.
--
If a trainstation is the place where trains stop, what is a workstation?
========================================================================
Herman Bruijn mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
The Netherlands website: http://hermanbruijn.com
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From: "Michael Makuch" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.os.linux,alt.os.linux.redhat,comp.os.linux.development.apps,comp.os.linux.embedded,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.questions,linux.dev.apps,linux.dev.config,linux.redhat,linux.redhat.misc,redhat.config
Subject: Re: how to auto start a console app
Date: Mon, 5 Mar 2001 23:52:08 -0600
open works great. Thanks.
Mike
"Victor Wagner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:97qcki$g66$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> In comp.os.linux.development.apps Michael Makuch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> : I have a linux box dedicated to playing mp3's. I wrote my own app using
perl
> : and a number of public domain libraries. It's not an X application. It
just
> : uses ncurses. I'm running RedHat 7.
>
> : I want my app to automatically startup on the console tty1 after bootup.
I
> : tried adjusting /etc/inittab to run my app instead of mingetty. This
appears
> : to work at first but there are odd problems that arise in this
>
> It's just becouse some terminal initialization, which is typically
> done by getty is neccessary to run curses program.
>
> You have to find other way to initilaze terminal for your app.
>
> Look into manpage for open(1) command. It is what you need.
>
>
>
> --
> if (instr(buf,sys_errlist[errno])) /* you don't see this */
> -- Larry Wall in eval.c from the perl source code
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From: Greg Trounson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: vga + mono display?
Date: Tue, 06 Mar 2001 19:07:15 +1300
(Apologies if this appears twice, the message had 'expired' on my server
:)
I am trying to get an MDA video adapter on my system working under Linux
alongside a 3dfx voodoo3 pci card. I'm not too concerned with X on the
mono screen, I'd just like to be able to map, say, console 2 to the mono
screen, while
running X on the colour screen.
The kernel (2.4.1) has been compiled with the dual-head option enabled,
and the kernel indeed detects it with messages such as
mdacon: MDA adapter found
Console:Reassigning consoles 13-16 to MDA-2
However I've not been able to actually put anything on the screen yet
(simply echoing a string to console 13 doesn't seem to do it :). One
thing I did notice is that the mda screen goes totally black when Linux
detects it (ie without the blinking cursor), so it could be a mode
issue? How does one access the mda device, is it listed under /dev?
I have tried the framebuffer utility set, but the problem seems to be at
a lower level than framebuffers.
any help would be much appreciated,
TIA,
Greg Trounson
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Ralph Miguel Hansen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: How To Remove Linux?
Date: Tue, 6 Mar 2001 07:23:13 +0100
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
pityguy wrote:
> I have both Windows 98SE and RedHat Linux 6.1 in my system. Now, I want to
> remove Linux and leave only Windows in my system. In other word, I want my
> system returns to the state before I installed Linux. A friend of mine
> told me to use Windows version of FDISK by typing the following at DOS
> prompt:
>
> FDISK/MBR
>
> As I know, one system has only one MBR. So, if I delete the MBR, can I get
> my PC to boot into Windows?
>
> Any help is appreciated.
>
> Thank You.
>
When typing fdisk /mbr, M$-OS'es write their stuff into the MBR,
overwriting everything include lilo. Your friend gave you the right advice.
Cheers
Ralph Miguel Hansen
Using S.u.S.E. 5.3 and SuSE 7.0
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From: "Pavan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
linux.dev.sound,linux.debian.user,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.music.midi
Subject: Re: HELP ME!: How can I enable ALSA MIDI synth sound? (for SB AWE64 & GUS
soundcards)
Date: Tue, 6 Mar 2001 12:00:30 +0530
try running
# modinfo -p snd-card-sbawe
This gives the parameters the module takes. I could enable the
synth device passing parameters to the snd-card-ymfpci. But still
no midi is playing.
-Pavan
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From: "*harmonix*" <# rm -fr / *@ death is defeat.org>
Subject: Re: Linux book
Date: Tue, 6 Mar 2001 06:34:23 -0000
David <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Javier wrote:
> >
> > Could anybody recommend a good book to begin understanding Linux and how
it
> > works?
Running Linux -- O'Reilly
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From: "Eric" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Missing bzImage
Date: Tue, 6 Mar 2001 08:30:11 +0100
take a look in
/usr/src/linux/arch/i386/boot/
PS. locate reads a database, that you must update before newly created
files can be found : try updatedb
Eric
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bill Unruh)
Subject: Re: Thirteen Months - Linux still not working
Date: 6 Mar 2001 07:34:57 GMT
In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> I_like_2B@home (HateLinux) writes:
]On Sun, 04 Mar 2001 21:42:19 GMT, I_like_2B@home (HateLinux) wrote:
]Thanks for the suggestions, although most were of the type: read man
]pages. I am trying to avoid that to the maximum, and evaluate the
]viability of linux as a desktop OS. 90% of common users certainly
]would NOT read the man pages.
Is this like "I am trying to see how my computer works if I do not plug
it in since most users would now plug theirs in?" How about you figuring
out how it works first and then worrying about your users. Most users
using Windows get it already installed will all of the drivers installed
and working. If users had to install Windows themselves, most would get
nowhere.
Also Most ISPs set themselves up specially to make sure Windows works,
going sofar as to give away software for the users to use to set up
thier systems. They do not for Linux.
]>does NOT work
]>video card (voodoo3dfx w/16Mb mem)
]>What brand and model? I am sure there must be something that supports it,
]>because my Monster 3D (voodoo1 8 MB) add on card has worked for
]>years. Although, my regular video is ancient S3 Trio64.
] 3DFX Voodoo 3000 PCI with 16Mb (3dfx Interactive, Inc.) Red
]hat installed the video card, using my Samsung 500b monitor.Gnome
]worked, although it gave a GPF (you use a different name) every time I
]used it. So I switched to KDE. Which worked. The monitor burnt out ,
]so while it is at the menders, I am using an old Samsung Syncmaster 3.
]I realized I would have to redo my XF86Config, but nothing I try under
]xf86config, Xconfigurator, or xcfg(cant remember exact name) works. It
]always says "no valid screen modes" or something along these lines.The
]values for video card and monitor come from the programs database,
]except for in xf86config, where I have to enter it manually.
Uh, this means that you have entered values for hor and vert sync which
are not valid.
]>modem (USR 2977 PCI NOT winmodem (dials, negotiates, sets up ppp but
]>no internet connection)
]>Probably something simple that could be determined from /var/log/messages.
] nothing there
]>If you gets as far as you say it does. If it says the peer is not
]>authorized to use that IP you just need 'noauth' (without quotes) in
]>/etc/ppp/options.
]>Otherwise you either have a routing problem (do you have a LAN?)
]> no, did have, took it out
]>or forgotto put nameservers in /etc/resolv.conf (see 'man resolver').
][root@localhost /root]# wvdial mine
]--> WvDial: Internet dialer version 1.41
]--> Initializing modem.
]--> Sending: ATZ
]ATZ
]OK
]--> Sending: ATM1L1
]ATM1L1
]OK
]--> Modem initialized.
]--> Sending: ATDP 021,14421-XXXX
]--> Waiting for carrier.
]ATDP 021,14421-XXXX
]CONNECT 49333/ARQ/V90/LAPM/V42BIS
]~[7f]}#@!}!} } }$}-o~
]--> Carrier detected. Waiting for prompt.
]~[7f]}#@!}!}"} }9}"}&} }*} } }#}%B#}%}%}&7ME}1}'}"}(}"R})~
]--> PPP negotiation detected.
]--> Starting pppd at Mon Mar 5 22:30:54 2001
]Caught signal #2! Attempting to exit gracefully...
]--> Disconnecting at Mon Mar 5 22:36:46 2001
What is the problem? You were connected for 6 min. What were you trying
during that time?
][root@localhost /root]#
]While ppp active :
][root@localhost /root]# fetchmail pop.mine.com
]fetchmail: couldn't find canonical DNS name of pop.mine.com
][root@localhost /root]#
]cat /etc/resolv.conf
]domain mine.com (false name)
]nameserver 200.192.55.100 (this is my real DNS server according
]to my provider)
Why do you give us a false address? It is hard to help when we are given
false information.
The address is some group in Brazil the DNS addresses I get are
143.108.23.2 200.255.253.234 200.19.119.99
I get no response from 200.192.55.100 .
So your problem is NOT with your modem, NOT with ppp, but possibly with
your DNS server.
]Comments ????
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bill Unruh)
Subject: Re: Thirteen Months - Linux still not working
Date: 6 Mar 2001 07:40:34 GMT
In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> I_like_2B@home (HateLinux) writes:
]>www.theory.physics.ubc.ca/ppp-linux.html
]>for step by step instructions.
] I read that a year ago, but I suppose I can read it again. I
]set up my modem, set up my dialer, set up my DNS, as you can see from
]my other post, I get ppp, but cannot connect any program to the
]internet.
Well that page would have shown you that your problem IS DNS related.
ppp works.
You could try putting
usepeerdns
as an option to pppd and looking in /etc/ppp/resolv.conf to see if some
addresses are reported, and then put them into your /etc/resolv.conf.
] It is possible that my provider gave me an invalid DNS server
]name. They were quite clear that they are NOT linux-friendly. Are
]there any public DNS servers I can try ?
]>
]>The video card is something controlled by XFree.
]>Look at
]>
]>http://www.xfree.org/4.0.2/Status2.html#2
]>for the writeup on the 3dfx-- supported both in 3.3.6 and 4.0
] All the config programs just say "no possible screen modes",
X has a huge bunch of modes defined, with values for the hor
and vert sync for each mode. If you report your monitor as not
supporting any of these modes, X can do nothing. Ie, you have
misreported the hor and vert fruencies.
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From: "Pavan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: how to disable PC Speaker?
Date: Tue, 6 Mar 2001 13:18:04 +0530
Hi,
The subject says it all. Is it possible to disable the PC Speaker
in the console? Gnome, etc. allow to do it. But how can I change
the properties/disable the PC Speaker at the console?
-Pavan
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From: "Jan Hackel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: devfs on Suse 7.1
Date: Tue, 6 Mar 2001 08:59:59 +0100
I wanted to play a little with devfs, but came about some problems: The
scripts that came with Suse 7.1 seem to be outdated. Both
/etc/init.d/boot.devfs and the patch installed to
/usr/share/doc/packages/devfsd try to access to a file below /sbin/init.d
(which since 7.1 no more exists). Seems they simply shipped the script of an
older distribution without adaption...
Furthermore the patch for the boot script fails in 2 of 3 points.
My question are:
- Are there working patches for Suse 7.1 somewhere?
- Will it work if simply to patch the boot script by myself as the patch
should, or is there a way to force patch to do its job and is it
save?
- Has someone of you experiences with devfs under Suse, he/she likes to
share? _I_ really would apprechiate to hear (actually read) such...
CU, Jan
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From: Lew Pitcher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Gurus: How to configure Monitor? -- Newbie
Date: Mon, 05 Mar 2001 22:16:37 -0500
Jawahir Koul wrote:
>
> How to configure monitor?
Look for the little knobs/buttons at the front/bottom of the monitor
(may be hidden behind a drop-off panel). Manipulate these for
brightness, contrast, horizontal placement, horizontal size, vertical
placement, vertical size, pincushion, and trapazoid.
Oh, you meant how do you configure a monitor for use in X.
Hmmm... It depends on the monitor.
What monitor do you have? What version of X do you have? What have you
done so far? What distribution do you use, and what tools come in that
distribution?
A little more information would be helpfull.
--
Lew Pitcher
Master Codewright and JOAT-in-training
Registered Linux User #112576
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From: "Peter T. Breuer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: devfs on Suse 7.1
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc
Date: Tue, 06 Mar 2001 08:16:37 GMT
In comp.os.linux.misc Jan Hackel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I wanted to play a little with devfs, but came about some problems: The
> scripts that came with Suse 7.1 seem to be outdated. Both
> /etc/init.d/boot.devfs and the patch installed to
You don't need any patches. Just
mount -t devfs none /dev
(and run for cover)
> - Are there working patches for Suse 7.1 somewhere?
Possibly, but you don't care, since all you want to do is try it to see
what it's like.
Peter
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