Linux-Setup Digest #779, Volume #20 Wed, 7 Mar 01 15:13:06 EST
Contents:
new yamaha 16x10x40 cd rewriter won't burn cdr/rw with xcdrgtk (dan)
Re: Which Linux for a 486/4MB (Mitch Crane)
Need help for StartX!!! ("Dickens")
Re: RAM Requirements for VMWare ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: RAM Requirements for VMWare ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Relaying email (Kam Bansal)
POP3 connection lag... (Kam Bansal)
Error: Xlib: resource ID allocation space exhausted! (Werner Riebesel)
Novice emacs (Keith O'Connell)
Re: Thirteen Months - Linux still not working (HateMSProviders)
Re: POP3 connection lag... ("Jason C. Hill")
Help: Linux 6.0 install on laptop (Robert)
Re: /mnt/CDROM is busy. cannot umount (=?ISO-8859-1?Q?Rasmus_B=F8g_Hansen?=)
Re: Adaptec AHA2920 SCSI (Markus Kossmann)
X and GNOME fonts too small, and flicker(?) too. (Damon)
Adding WIN98R2 After Linux Install ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: How to copy existing linux installation to another hdd? (Chat Everett)
Re: Should I install rh6.2 or 7.0??? (John Beardmore)
Re: How to find what's in my Kernel ? (John Beardmore)
How to specify a particular virtual console for minicom? (Alex Yung)
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From: dan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: new yamaha 16x10x40 cd rewriter won't burn cdr/rw with xcdrgtk
Date: Wed, 07 Mar 2001 11:03:49 -0600
i just got the latest yamaha cd burner 16x10x40x SCSI,
and i can mount data cd's and rip with grip,
but i can't burn any type of cd at any speed
the machine completely locks up and has to be powered off
has anyone else had any luck with this burner ?
thanks for any help in advance,
dan
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Mitch Crane)
Subject: Re: Which Linux for a 486/4MB
Date: 7 Mar 2001 17:14:32 GMT
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in <Gxkp6.2868$ws2.176357@ord-
read.news.verio.net>:
>Then again, if all you want is a router type of setup for sharing a net
>connection, why not look at some of the single floppy setups, eg. FreeSCO,
>LRP etc. These will work as a nice net sharing setup, and I think some of
>them will even allow a firewall...
I'm rethinking that, now. The machine has 8250 UARTS (which doesn't
surprise me, but I forgot about that issue). Maybe I can find a 16550 card
cheap.
>I had been thinking of setting one up here, but have not gotten around to
>it yet... The nice thing about them is that they do not really need
>any HW resources, and boot and run off of a single floppy...
I have heard of the LRP. I may look into that, thanks.
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From: "Dickens" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Need help for StartX!!!
Date: Tue, 6 Mar 2001 15:24:19 +0800
I just installed RedHat ver 6.1 using 'KDE workstation', but there is
a problem to use 'startx'. The error message follows-
execve failed for /etc/X11/X (errno 2)
-X11TransSocketUnixConnect: Can't connect: errno=111 giving up
xinit: Connection refused (errno 111): Unable to connect to X server
xinit: No such process (errno 3);
I tried to use '..bin/xf86config' to configure it but fail. I
appreciate any idea why it happened. Thanks
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: RAM Requirements for VMWare
Date: Wed, 07 Mar 2001 13:05:53 -0500
Thanks for the feedback. There won't be an SCSI devices on this machine at
this time. I want to run WIN98R2 apps under Linux.
Joris Roefs wrote:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] [[EMAIL PROTECTED]] uttered:
>
> > I've been looking at a new system with 256Mb of RAM and a 1200MHz
> > Athlon. The vendor recommended VMWare over dual booting.
> >
> > Since some of the programs that I run like WPOffice are memory intensive
> > or like TheSky (an astronomical planetarium program) are computation
> > intensive, I was wondering what kind of resources I would need to run
> > them comfortably under VMWare. Or is dual boot still the better way to
> > go for now?
>
> That depends.
> VMWare isn't yet fully compatible with all hardware (SCSI for example isn't
> fully functional with VMWare) so that could become a problem for you.
> But what are you trying to do? Windows with Linux in VMWare or the other
> way around?
>
> VMWare does consume much of your systemresources but this doesn't always
> have to be a problem. I'm running VMWare(Win2K) under Linux (Redhat 7.0,
> kernel 2.4.2) on my 1.1 GhZ Athlon, 256 Mb RAM and it works fine for me.
> Except that I had to buy an IDE CDROM-drive because VMWare messed up with
> the SCSI-drives. But since I already planned to buy that drive, it was no
> extra problem for me.
> Also you should watch it with ACPI-support. VMWare blows this as well.
>
> So, it's up to you.
> Dualboot solves the resourceproblem, but VMWare is MUCH cooler than a
> dualboot, don't you think!
>
> - Joris
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: RAM Requirements for VMWare
Date: Wed, 07 Mar 2001 13:08:46 -0500
Thanks for the info. I'm really hoping that my current WIN98R2 will be the last
WIN I have to use. I wasn't aware of win4lin. I'm hoping to buy a new system
in the next week or so and the vendor has specifically mentioned being able to
install VMWare which is what prompted my question.
Michael Perry wrote:
> On Wed, 7 Mar 2001 15:37:14 +0100, Joris Roefs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >[EMAIL PROTECTED] [[EMAIL PROTECTED]] uttered:
> >
> >> I've been looking at a new system with 256Mb of RAM and a 1200MHz
> >> Athlon. The vendor recommended VMWare over dual booting.
> >>
> >> Since some of the programs that I run like WPOffice are memory intensive
> >> or like TheSky (an astronomical planetarium program) are computation
> >> intensive, I was wondering what kind of resources I would need to run
> >> them comfortably under VMWare. Or is dual boot still the better way to
> >> go for now?
> >
> >That depends.
> >VMWare isn't yet fully compatible with all hardware (SCSI for example isn't
> >fully functional with VMWare) so that could become a problem for you.
> >But what are you trying to do? Windows with Linux in VMWare or the other
> >way around?
> >
> >VMWare does consume much of your systemresources but this doesn't always
> >have to be a problem. I'm running VMWare(Win2K) under Linux (Redhat 7.0,
> >kernel 2.4.2) on my 1.1 GhZ Athlon, 256 Mb RAM and it works fine for me.
> >Except that I had to buy an IDE CDROM-drive because VMWare messed up with
> >the SCSI-drives. But since I already planned to buy that drive, it was no
> >extra problem for me.
> >Also you should watch it with ACPI-support. VMWare blows this as well.
> >
> >So, it's up to you.
> >Dualboot solves the resourceproblem, but VMWare is MUCH cooler than a
> >dualboot, don't you think!
> >
> >- Joris
> >
> >
> >
> Have you considered using win4lin? It will run 98 or 95. Do you need
> NT/W2k? You can run the office apps in win4lin. Im unsure about the
> astronomical program; but you could stop by or drop their support folks an
> email. Win4lin is much easier on resources as a rule. I have a win4lin
> session with office 2000, visio, project on it. My system has 128mb of
> memory on a small dell laptop (Latitude Ls) running debian.
>
> I also run VMware on a Dell Precision Workstation 610 with dual processors
> and 1g of system memory. This system is running redhat 6.2 now. In full
> screen, its kinda hard to tell its VMware.
>
> --
> Michael Perry
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> ------------------
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From: Kam Bansal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Relaying email
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Wed, 07 Mar 2001 09:57:53 -0800
Hi all,
I've got my email all working (sendmail and pop), but I need to know how I
allow people NOT on my network to send email. I looked at the access file, and
added the ip's of machines allowed to relay, but there is no guarantee that
they are on a known ip (DHCP). Can I setup sendmail to work with anyone with a
username and password on my system regardless of the ip??? What would I need to
change?
~Kam (^8*
===============================================
Kam Gambolputty de von Ausfernschplenden-schlitter
crasscrenbon-fried-digger-dingle-dangle-dongle
dungle-burstein-von-knacker-thrasher-apple-banger
horowitz-ticolensic-grander-knotty-spelltinkle
grandlick-grumblemeyer-splterwasser-kurstlich
himbleeisen-bahnwagen-gutenabend-bitte-ein
nurnburger-bratwustle-gerspurten-mitz-weimache
luber-hundsfut-gumberaber-shonendenker-kalbsfleisch
mittler-aucher von Hautkopft of Ulm.
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From: Kam Bansal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: POP3 connection lag...
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Wed, 07 Mar 2001 10:00:43 -0800
Hi all,
I've got my email all working with sendmail and pop3. There seems to be a
problem when I connect to my linux box to check for pop3 mail, there is a lag
time of about 15~20 seconds before any connection is made, once it is made, all
works fine. I cannot see any errors etc. Any thoughts on why there is a lag to
connect???
~Kam (^8*
===============================================
Kam Gambolputty de von Ausfernschplenden-schlitter
crasscrenbon-fried-digger-dingle-dangle-dongle
dungle-burstein-von-knacker-thrasher-apple-banger
horowitz-ticolensic-grander-knotty-spelltinkle
grandlick-grumblemeyer-splterwasser-kurstlich
himbleeisen-bahnwagen-gutenabend-bitte-ein
nurnburger-bratwustle-gerspurten-mitz-weimache
luber-hundsfut-gumberaber-shonendenker-kalbsfleisch
mittler-aucher von Hautkopft of Ulm.
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From: Werner Riebesel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Error: Xlib: resource ID allocation space exhausted!
Date: Wed, 7 Mar 2001 19:03:31 +0100
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hi there!
Since I installed my new Linux SuSE 7.1 (Kernel 2.4.0) I get the following
error report:
Xlib: resource ID allocation space exhausted!
X Error of failed request: BadIDChoice (invalid resource ID chosen for
this connection)
Major opcode of failed request: 45 (X_OpenFont)
Resource id in failed request: 0x10000000
Serial number of failed request: 157
Current serial number in output stream: 158
Does someone know how to get rid of this?
Thanks in advance,
Werner
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From: Keith O'Connell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Novice emacs
Date: Wed, 07 Mar 2001 18:18:33 GMT
Hi,
Can someone tell me the answer to two question about emacs at the most
novice of levels. Both relate to the use of Emacs under X
1: How do I get the delete key to delete the character it is on rather
than the one to the left, in the way it does outside X
2: How can I get the scroll bar on to the right side of the frame
instead of the left? (How do I get rid of it completely for that
matter)
These must be asked lots of times, but I cannot find the answer :-(
Could some one point me, (or even throw me) in the right direction!
--
========================================================================
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Keith O'Connell)
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From: I_like_2B@home (HateMSProviders)
Subject: Re: Thirteen Months - Linux still not working
Date: Wed, 07 Mar 2001 17:18:06 GMT
On 7 Mar 2001 02:35:45 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bill Unruh) wrote:
>Hmm, yes, I would also be frustrated. What are the hor and vert synch
>rates that are listed in the /etc/X11/XF86config file?
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Samsung SyncMaster 3"
HorizSync 31.5,35.2,35.5,37.5,38
VertRefresh 50-90
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "Voodoo 3"
Driver "tdfx"
#VideoRam 16384
# Insert Clocks lines here if appropriate
EndSection
Printout from "startx":
XFree86 Version 4.0.1a / X Window System
(protocol Version 11, revision 0, vendor release 6400)
Release Date: 2 August 2000
If the server is older than 6-12 months, or if your card is
newer
than the above date, look for a newer version before reporting
problems. (see http://www.XFree86.Org/FAQ)
Operating System: Linux 2.2.5-22smp i686 [ELF]
Module Loader present
(==) Log file: "/var/log/XFree86.0.log", Time: Wed Mar 7 09:51:23
2001
(==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/XF86Config"
Parse error on line 311 of section Monitor in file /etc/X11/XF86Config
"31.5" is not a valid keyword in this section.
(EE) Problem parsing the config file
(EE) Error from xf86HandleConfigFile()
Fatal server error:
no screens found
When reporting a problem related to a server crash, please send
the full server output, not just the last messages.
This can be found in the log file "/var/log/XFree86.0.log".
Please reports problems to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>From the monitor database records:
(/usr/X11R6/share/Xconfigurator/MonitorsDB)
Samsung; Samsung SyncMaster 3; 45; 31.5,35.2,35.5,37.5,38; 50-90
I got it working with a 640 vga screen, but that is too big to be
practical.
>ig.com.br lists its DNS addresses as
> 200.225.157.104
> 200.225.157.105
>neither of which are what you listed. So they may well have given you the
>wrong addresses.
Sh%t, fu$%,bl%%dy MS internet providers !!!!!
They gave me the wrong DNS number !!!
That is why I could not connect. Using the numbers Bill Unruh gave me
I have a really fast connection . I was wearing my brain out trying to
find out what was wrong on a machine with nothing wrong with it at
all.
Thank you very much, all of you for the help. Even the flamers
:)
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From: "Jason C. Hill" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: POP3 connection lag...
Date: Wed, 07 Mar 2001 13:20:58 -0500
My first guess would be a DNS issue of some sort. The way to check for
sure would be to find out your IP address, log on to your machine, put
your IP address in the /etc/hosts file, then try to connect again. If
it happens instantly, that's the problem.
-J
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Kam Bansal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I've got my email all working with sendmail and pop3. There seems to be a
> problem when I connect to my linux box to check for pop3 mail, there is a lag
> time of about 15~20 seconds before any connection is made, once it is made,
> all
> works fine. I cannot see any errors etc. Any thoughts on why there is a lag
> to
> connect???
>
> ~Kam (^8*
> ===============================================
> Kam Gambolputty de von Ausfernschplenden-schlitter
> crasscrenbon-fried-digger-dingle-dangle-dongle
> dungle-burstein-von-knacker-thrasher-apple-banger
> horowitz-ticolensic-grander-knotty-spelltinkle
> grandlick-grumblemeyer-splterwasser-kurstlich
> himbleeisen-bahnwagen-gutenabend-bitte-ein
> nurnburger-bratwustle-gerspurten-mitz-weimache
> luber-hundsfut-gumberaber-shonendenker-kalbsfleisch
> mittler-aucher von Hautkopft of Ulm.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Robert)
Subject: Help: Linux 6.0 install on laptop
Date: Wed, 07 Mar 2001 18:33:36 GMT
I purchased a copy of "Red Hat Linux 6.0 - Unleashed" and have been
unable to install this O/S on my laptop even though I've successfully
installed it on my desktop. I've followed all of the possible
installation instructions from the book. Part of the problem is that
I have to use a swappable CD and Floppy drive on my laptop and cannot
use both simultaneously. The instructions in the book indicate that I
can install directly from the CD using the 'linux ks' or 'expert'
commands. Neither of these worked for me.
My system information is:
Current O/S - Win 98
Intel celeron processor
128mb ram
1gb partition set up for Linux
I would appreciate any and all assistance/advice.
Thank you,
Robert Kendall
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From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Rasmus_B=F8g_Hansen?= <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: /mnt/CDROM is busy. cannot umount
Date: Wed, 7 Mar 2001 19:50:58 +0100
On Wed, 7 Mar 2001, Afonso Sam wrote:
> On Wed, 7 Mar 2001 14:36:10 +0100, Rasmus B�g Hansen
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>
> >Find out what processes are using the CD (/sbin/fuser -v /mnt/cdrom) and
> >end/terminate/kill them.
> >
> >Rasmus
> >
> /sbin/fuser... Yes!
> thank you very much.
Eh, actually I meant '/sbin/fuser -vm /mnt/cdrom'. Then you will get to
know about processes using the cd - not just the root dir of the cd...
Rasmus
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From: Markus Kossmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Adaptec AHA2920 SCSI
Date: Wed, 07 Mar 2001 19:02:51 +0100
JP wrote:
>
> I have an adaptec AHA2920 SCSI controller but can't get the Kernel to see
> the hardware
>
> It gets detected in the BIOS OK but I can't get the kernel to see the host
> adaptor at all. I've tried reconfiguring the Kernel (2.2.16-22 in RH 7.0) to
> have the Future Domain scsi modules installed both into the kernel and as
> modules but neither works.
>
> What could I be doing wrong?
>
Did you also try the aix7xxx driver ? AFAIK only a older version of the
AHA2920 uses the Future Domain SCSI chip. But a more current version (
IIRC AHA2920C) uses the aic7xxx SCSI chip.
--
Markus Kossmann
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Damon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: X and GNOME fonts too small, and flicker(?) too.
Date: Wed, 07 Mar 2001 13:53:36 -0500
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hi.
I'm a Linux rookie. I am having trouble figuring out how to
change the way X looks. The fonts and icons are smaller
than the first time I installed, and the screen seems to
flicker ever so slightly..
When I first installed RHL 7.0 (kernel 2.2.16-22), X went in
fine and I had no problems with GNOME. But, I had to
re-install RHL. When I did, I again did a custom
installation. I don't know what I did differently from the
first time.
There was no 4MB option for video memory, so I chose the one
suggested, 16,xxx. (When I used 4096 K, X wouldn't work at
all.)
My horizontal and vertical refresh rates are set as
described in my Dell monitor documentation. My chip is and
Intel 810e, so I chose Intel 810. (It worked out the first
time, right?).
The GNOME desktop controls don't seem to have any way to
address this problem. Or perhaps my Windows experience is
blinding me to the obvious. I have read man pages and parts
of two different books and I still can't find my problem
described, much less corrected.
If you know of the right man page or can suggest on on-line
resources I would be grateful.
In the mean time I'm become very friendly with the bash
interface, which is all to the good.
Thanks,
Damon
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Adding WIN98R2 After Linux Install
Date: Wed, 07 Mar 2001 14:17:41 -0500
I thought someone recently said in passing that it was possible to add
WIN98 after installing Linux. Did I get that right?
How do you do it without WIN trashing the MBR and Linux?
Do you then have to use something like System Commander to get a dual
boot capability?
Thanks.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Chat Everett)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.help
Subject: Re: How to copy existing linux installation to another hdd?
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Wed, 07 Mar 2001 20:00:06 GMT
I have always been real happy with cpio. It preserves all times, modes,
owwnerships, etc.
While in root of source partition:
find . -mount -print | cpio -pdm dest_partition_root_pathname
to copy the entire filesystem from source to dest
I have copied entire multipartitioned linux installs this way.
Don't forget to run lilo to install boot code on the new drive. You'll need to
edit /etc/fstab too.
Chad
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On Fri, 2 Mar 2001 17:53:17 +0100, Peter T. Breuer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>In comp.os.linux.help Dmitri <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> I have a linux system with large amount of soft installed and large
>> amount of users in passwd. Is it a way to copy this system fully to
>> another hdd with the different size without any changes?
>
>yes. Man cp (or scp, or tar ...).
>
>> Thanks for any help,
>
>Read the various HOWTOs if you truly do not know how to use tar!
>I believe the Partitioning-HOWTO tells you how to use it, but
>perhaps my memory fails me in this matter. In any case, a moments work
>with grep in the HOWTOs directory shoudl set you to rights.
>
>Peter
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From: John Beardmore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Should I install rh6.2 or 7.0???
Date: Wed, 7 Mar 2001 20:03:39 +0000
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Mark
Taylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes
>I put the CD in the drive, mounted the CD as user ROOT, and ran the
>install-update script. It updated everthing. Even installed the updated
>RPM package prior to completing the upgrade. If I remember correctly, it..
>
>Checked and updated RPM if necessary
>Checked for installed packages
>Allowed you to see the list
>Wanted a confirmation to do the update
>Checked dependencies
>Updated 100+ packages in a matter of minutes
>
>Simple, even for a newbie of 1 year like me.
But not for one like me !
What's this script actually called ? My disk which was downloaded and
burned to CD-R by my vendor has no install-update script, or indeed any
other obvious script.
Could you email me yours so I can see how it's supposed to be
automated ?
Cheers, J/.
--
John Beardmore
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From: John Beardmore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: How to find what's in my Kernel ?
Date: Wed, 7 Mar 2001 20:04:46 +0000
In article <Tcsp6.1419$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Julian
Midgley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes
>In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
>John Beardmore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>I'm trying to get an ISDN card working on an alpha box. I'm not having
>>a whole lot of joy so I guess my first need is to check that the driver
>>is compiled into the kernel.
>>
>>Is there any way to interrogate the running kernel to find out what's
>>been compiled into it ? Or any log kept of what was compiled into it ?
>
>If you compiled it yourself,
I didn't and I was hoping not to have to !
> have a look at the ".config" file in the
>kernel source tree that you used to compile it (conventionally, this
>will be in /usr/src/linux).
>
>I'm not aware of any tools for extracting the config options from a
>compiled kernel.
Depressing.
Cheers, J/.
--
John Beardmore
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Alex Yung)
Subject: How to specify a particular virtual console for minicom?
Date: 7 Mar 2001 19:58:41 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I would like to startup an individual session of minicom from inittab.
I want it to monitor the console of my headless Sparc. It will be
connecting to the Sparc using null modem cable. How can I specify a
dedicated virtual console for minicom e.g. vt12? Basically, I don't
want to login and start minicom. RTFM is also fine if you can point
me to the proper material. Thanks.
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