Linux-Setup Digest #785, Volume #20 Thu, 8 Mar 01 15:13:10 EST
Contents:
Re: Re: ALSA utils + apps compile problem (with all of them!)
([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Compiling GD on Linux failes test? ("AlanZ")
Hotlanta ("Harold A. Mackey")
Re: X Windows Questions (Michel Bardiaux)
Optimizing Kernel & System for AMD Durons (Lacky)
Re: How to find what's in my Kernel ? (John Beardmore)
Re: Optimally partitioning a new Linux system with 2 drives ("Jason C. Hill")
Re: How to find what's in my Kernel ? (Julian Midgley)
Looking for the program 'activate' (Rick Smith)
Re: How to find what's in my Kernel ? (John Beardmore)
why does it state that the linux can not be found in CDROM ("raymond")
Re: gcc include files (Paul Kimoto)
(Newbie) Storm Network Setup (Learned)
Re: gcc include files (Angry Bob)
Re: sound card not supported (Angry Bob)
Re: Optimizing Kernel & System for AMD Durons (Michael Heiming)
Re: working algorithm of Anaconda in RH Linux?
Re: how to setup DDNS? (Jason Boerner)
Re: Looking for the program 'activate' ("Eric en Jolanda")
Re: Defrag problems with repartioning FAT32 drive for linux ("Eric en Jolanda")
FTP and Telnet daemon problem. HELP... ("Ted Chiang")
mounting problems? ("Glenn Forney")
Re: FTP and Telnet daemon problem. HELP... (Myron Murff)
Re: FTP and Telnet daemon problem. HELP... (Peter Saunders)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Re: ALSA utils + apps compile problem (with all of them!)
Date: 8 Mar 2001 14:21:37 GMT
The libasound library definately exists. My problem appears to be the fact that the
snd_cards() function have been renamed to snd_defaults_card() in the 0.9 and newer
ALSA releases, effectively breaking all other software that supports ALSA. All that I
want is a native X-Windows based mixer for ALSA. The OSS based ones do not show all
the channels for my SB Live!
Thanks for your help anyway!
Jako Grobler
----
> Jako Grobler wrote:
>
> > Hi!
> >
> > I have Mandrake 7.2 running on my machine. The sound card is a SB Live!
> > Platinum. I could not get any sound from the Live Drive when using the OSS
> > drivers, so decided to try out ALSA instead.
> >
> > - The install of ALSA 0.9 beta 1 drivers went fine.
> > - The install of ALSA 0.9 beta 1 lib went fine.
> > - NONE of the utils or apps will compile!
> > Running ./configure for any of the utils/apps gives this:
> >
> > <snip!>
> > checking for ALSA LDFLAGS... -lasound
> > checking for libasound headers version >= 0.1.3... found
> > checking for snd_cards in -lasound... no
> > configure: error: No linkable libasound was found.
> >
>
> it can't find any snd_cards in -lasound BECAUSE there is no linkable
> libasound
>
> It found the headers for libasound but not libasound itself, it seems
>
> try running /sbin/ldconfig and try it again.
>
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From: "AlanZ" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.lang.perl.modules
Subject: Re: Compiling GD on Linux failes test?
Date: Thu, 08 Mar 2001 15:31:21 GMT
My test gave me the same error results.
Has anyone contacted the module owner?
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From: "Harold A. Mackey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Hotlanta
Date: Thu, 8 Mar 2001 10:38:31 -0500
Folks
I need a linux man to set up a cable router for a friend in Atlanta GA.
Anyone in the Atlanta area that wants to make a little cash. They will pay
for a couple of hours of your time. It's legit.
Thanks
Harold Mackey
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From: Michel Bardiaux <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: X Windows Questions
Date: Thu, 08 Mar 2001 16:05:07 GMT
Eric wrote:
>
> > > Second, on my network I have a Windows box - yeah I know - that I would
> > > like to run an XTerm sometimes - make things easier in a cramped space I
> > > call my computer room. The question is how to tranfer an XTerm session or
> > > bring one up on my Windows machine?
> >
> > there are X clients for windows that allow you to open a remote X
> > session, but I don't remember their names.
>
> You will need an X server on windows, not a client. xterm is the client.
>
> Widely used is exceed, but that's not free. I don' recall the names of
> the free
> windows X servers either.
>
http://sources.redhat.com/cygwin/xfree/
Greetings
--
Michel Bardiaux
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Lacky)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Optimizing Kernel & System for AMD Durons
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Thu, 08 Mar 2001 16:10:47 GMT
Are there specific settings that one should switch when compliing a
new kernel for AMD Duron processors? I want to make sure I am getting
the most out of my system so it seems silly to compl;ie it generically
for an i386 processor.
Also, should certain parameters be flagged when compiling programs
under a Duron system? IF so what?
Any links or further information is greatly appreciated!
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From: John Beardmore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: How to find what's in my Kernel ?
Date: Thu, 8 Mar 2001 16:32:54 +0000
In article <%AJp6.274$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Julian
Midgley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes
>In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
>John Beardmore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>In article <Tcsp6.1419$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Julian
>>Midgley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes
>>>I'm not aware of any tools for extracting the config options from a
>>>compiled kernel.
>>
>>Depressing.
>
>There may yet be a solution - most distributions publish the kernel
>source (including .config file) for the kernels they supply - (Debian
>drops them in /boot as 'config-<kernel-version>', for example).
>
>Take a look at the appropriate kernel package for your distribution.
Thanks. There doesn't seem to be anything obvious in RH 6.2.
Cheers, J/.
--
John Beardmore
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From: "Jason C. Hill" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Optimally partitioning a new Linux system with 2 drives
Date: Thu, 08 Mar 2001 12:03:55 -0500
I would suggest you use the 2GB drive to install all of your base
components for linux, then set that drive up to be read only, so that in
case someone were to crack the box, it would be tougher for them to
replace files on a read only system.
Then place everything else on the 45GB drives, any after installed
components as well as any web site type stuff.
-Jason
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Steven Katz) wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm installing Linux on a new system with a 45Gb disk and a
> 2Gb disk. This machine will host a number of large websites,
> provide mail, news, and a bunch of accounts. A real general-
> purpose system. Vmware may be used to run an instance of
> WinNT. How might I partition the drives?
>
> Thanks!
>
>
> Partition hda hdb
> ---- ----
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Subject: Re: How to find what's in my Kernel ?
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Julian Midgley)
Date: Thu, 08 Mar 2001 17:12:36 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
John Beardmore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>Thanks. There doesn't seem to be anything obvious in RH 6.2.
Might be time to roll your own kernel. It's actually quite
straightforward, and a useful (some might say necessary) skill to have.
The Linux Kernel HOWTO explains all...
http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/Kernel-HOWTO.html
All the best,
Julian
--
Julian Midgley
Principal Consultant [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Zeus Technology Ltd http://www.zeus.com
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From: Rick Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Looking for the program 'activate'
Date: Thu, 08 Mar 2001 11:00:44 -0600
Hi.
I noticed a reference in the lilo v 21 UG that mentions the program'
activate'. I have looked on our RH 7.0 machines here and on some places
on the web and cannot find any information on it. If anyone knows where
to find the program or docs, I'd appreciate it. Thanks.
PS. I'm also generally looking for Linux command line programs that can
easily modify the boot byte and hidden bit in the MBR, like Powerquest
pqboot does for DOS.
Rick
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From: John Beardmore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: How to find what's in my Kernel ?
Date: Thu, 8 Mar 2001 17:26:31 +0000
In article <84Pp6.941$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Julian
Midgley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes
>In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
>John Beardmore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>
>>Thanks. There doesn't seem to be anything obvious in RH 6.2.
>
>Might be time to roll your own kernel. It's actually quite
>straightforward, and a useful (some might say necessary) skill to have.
>
>The Linux Kernel HOWTO explains all...
>
>http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/Kernel-HOWTO.html
"1.1 Read this first! (I mean it)"
Written by an experienced man I see !
Many thanks !
Cheers, J/.
--
John Beardmore
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From: "raymond" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: why does it state that the linux can not be found in CDROM
Date: Fri, 9 Mar 2001 01:33:22 +0800
Dear everyone,
This is my first time to install the Linux to my computer which has
window 98 already stored in it .
i boot the computer with the Red hat boot disk, after selecting the
language and keyboard type,
it ask me to choose the media containing the packages for installation. But
after i click "local CDROM", a window pops out and say no linux packages
were found in the cdrom drive....what can i do?
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Paul Kimoto)
Subject: Re: gcc include files
Date: 8 Mar 2001 12:40:05 -0500
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Fabrice Lhomme wrote:
> After a new Redhat 6.0 installation, gcc can't find the include files
> (not in the default /usr/include but in
> /usr/i386-glibc20-linux/include).
Unless you are using gcc as a cross-compiler, or using some similar trick,
you should use the #include files in /usr/include. Install the glibc
development package.
--
Paul Kimoto
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From: Learned <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: (Newbie) Storm Network Setup
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Thu, 08 Mar 2001 11:49:45 -0600
I'm trying to figure out how to get networking up and running
(surprise) on a new installation of Storm. I'm using a 3COM 3C905B
which is showing up in /proc/pci.
I've tried manual setup of the network config during install, and the
network is unreachable.
I've tried DHCP setup after, but I can't get the DHCP client to come
up.
I've tried manual setup after install, and the system hangs right
after entering my IP information to the Network Admin tool. Any
suggestions where I can start looking?
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From: Angry Bob <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: gcc include files
Date: 8 Mar 2001 17:57:03 GMT
What would you like to read? [[EMAIL PROTECTED] or ?*]
this is a Fabrice Lhomme scroll! it says:
> After a new Redhat 6.0 installation, gcc can't find the include files
> (not in the default /usr/include but in
> /usr/i386-glibc20-linux/include).
you mean an _old_ installation.... you should get something more recent
than redhat 6.0.... afterall, it's all free, why settle for second best?
> Where can I give gcc the path to it's headers/libraries ?
type 'export'
look for LD_LIBRARY_PATH
you can also do a 'man gcc' and then type '/lib' to search for lib, and
you might just happen to find your command-line answer around line 74.
--
AngryBob Systems Consultant - http://www.trellisinc.com
I often imagine, with full visuals, what playing nethack
sober would be like.
--sdpcat (from rec.games.roguelike.nethack)
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From: Angry Bob <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: sound card not supported
Date: 8 Mar 2001 18:06:14 GMT
What would you like to read? [[EMAIL PROTECTED] or ?*]
this is a ismas suraya scroll! it says:
> I'm a first time user and I've just installed Red Hat 6.2.
> I've got some problem on sound card which is not supported.
> I'm using Intel 82801AA 82810 AC'97 Audio card.
> Can anyone tell me on how to configure the sound card?
sndconfig or soundconfig to configure your sound.... but if your card is
unsupported then it is unsupported. This is something that people have
done a lot of complaining to intel about.... and just as it seems that
they may be changing their license policy to conform to GPL we find out
that there is a problem with the BSD license.... I don't see too much
intel development occuring until this is cleared up.
--
AngryBob Systems Consultant - http://www.trellisinc.com
I want to know God's thoughts.... the rest are details.
-Albert Einstein
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Date: Thu, 08 Mar 2001 19:10:10 +0100
From: Michael Heiming <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: Optimizing Kernel & System for AMD Durons
Lacky wrote:
> Are there specific settings that one should switch when compliing a
> new kernel for AMD Duron processors? I want to make sure I am getting
> the most out of my system so it seems silly to compl;ie it generically
> for an i386 processor.
>
> Also, should certain parameters be flagged when compiling programs
> under a Duron system? IF so what?
>
> Any links or further information is greatly appreciated!
Hello,
you read the HELP in your prefered config
(menueconfig/xconfig/wathever_you_use),
when it comes to the CPU settings and decide then, which one you should
choose
for your system.
Good luck
Michael Heiming
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Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.development.system
From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: working algorithm of Anaconda in RH Linux?
Date: Thu, 8 Mar 2001 17:48:03 GMT
On Thu, 8 Mar 2001, Brian Lee wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Do you know how RedHat Linux installer, Anaconda run? Is there some
> documents about it on Internet? Thank you and sorry for short English.
I know how RH6.2's anaconda works... Things are a bit different in
RH7.0. It wouldn't be too hard to find out how 7.0's anaconda works
either, but I'm going to wait until RH7.1 comes out before trying to hack
away with it.
Unfortunately there are no solid documentations available on the internet.
You may find bits and pieces of parts of Anaconda, but you won't find
official HOWTO or design specs or even Anaconda developers' scribble.
You really have to read the source code on this one. :)
I might be able to help if you had a specific question (provided that
it's RH6.2 though)
Andrew Park
________________________________________________________________________
CDFlab Systems Administrator www.cdf.utoronto.ca |
GnuPG Signature www.cdf.utoronto.ca/~apark/public_key.txt |
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From: Jason Boerner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.comp.linux,comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.admin,comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.questions,comp.os.linux.redhat
Subject: Re: how to setup DDNS?
Date: Thu, 08 Mar 2001 18:32:17 GMT
I have been using BIND9 and the BETA DDNS stuff for over a year now and it
works great!
I ran into two separate issues that may help you.
1) Pay VERY close attention to the section in the man pages concerning keys.
Even though your not getting involved with DDNS <--> DDNS exchanges I was
unable to get the thing going without setting up the keys.
2) My configuration was a bit complex (4 nic cards with some fancy routing).
The Beta DDNS server worked FANTASTIC on a single NIC. However, when I started
ramping up the configuration I found that it would only work in foreground mode
(I had to log in as root on a Console, stop DDNS and then not allow it to run
as a daemon. If I can ever get a new HD for that box I'll start submitting
bug reports on this behavior).
Good luck...
Dave Addison wrote:
> BIND9 and DHCP3 (still in beta but stable) from www.isc.org will handle
> dynamic DNS without difficulties for Windows clients. I'v ebeen running both
> for 4 months under Redhat 6.2. All the necessary information for
> configuration is in the man pages for the .conf files
>
> tin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> news:3aa0098c$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> > may i know how to setup DDNS in my office bind server?
> > I using RH 7.0
> >
> > i want to update my win2k and win98 client IP
> >
> > i want to dynamic update from my home computer
> >
> > thx
> >
> >
> >
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From: "Eric en Jolanda" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Looking for the program 'activate'
Date: Thu, 8 Mar 2001 19:53:59 +0100
> I noticed a reference in the lilo v 21 UG that mentions the program'
> activate'. I have looked on our RH 7.0 machines here and on some places
> on the web and cannot find any information on it. If anyone knows where
> to find the program or docs, I'd appreciate it. Thanks.
I suppose that you get that tool when you compile lilo from source.
But I'm not sure you'll need it. linux fdisk will activate any partition you
like.
> PS. I'm also generally looking for Linux command line programs that can
> easily modify the boot byte and hidden bit in the MBR, like Powerquest
> pqboot does for DOS.
what do you mean with the boot byte?
You mean change the active partition?
try any of the fdisk's : fdisk, cfdisk, sfdisk
And what do you mean with hidden bit?
There's no such thing.
There is a semi-standard way to hide a windows partition, that's
"logical or" the partition ID with 0x10
But again, any of the fdisk versions can change the type for you.
Eric
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From: "Eric en Jolanda" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Defrag problems with repartioning FAT32 drive for linux
Date: Thu, 8 Mar 2001 19:57:47 +0100
> I'm trying to partition my hard drive (currently a 7 gig Win 98
> partition) to install linux. Even after I run (Windows) Defrag, DiskDrake
> complains that the drive is too fragmented. I understand that this is
> because the swap file remains untouched. But the same problem occurs after
> turning off Virtual Memory . FIPS running off a bootdisk terminates
> abnormally after complaining that it can't run command.com. I looked up
GNU
> Parted but the docs say that the FAT code is the same as DiskDrake. Can
> anyone help? TIA.
You have to defrag that FS first.
Of that I know too little, ask a windows NG.
Then you can use any of the partition splitting tools you mentioned.
There is an alternative, use PowerQuests PartitionMagic.
No need to defrag, run it and resize on the fly.
There's one catch though, it's not a free tool.
Eric
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From: "Ted Chiang" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux.madrake,alt.os.linux.mandrake,comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: FTP and Telnet daemon problem. HELP...
Date: Thu, 8 Mar 2001 12:25:24 -0700
Hi all,
I just installed Mandrake 7.2 on a HP machine. It's wonderful. Much
better than Redhat. Mandrake rocks. But got a few question for you all.
How come on a fresh installed server, the ftp and telnet server don't start
themselves automatically? At first, i thought it was just my computer, but
then I found out that another friend who has 7.2 also doesn't have his ftp
and telnet server start by themselves. I know inetd supposted to take care
of it, but when I connect here are the message I got. Can anyone help?
for ftp:
X:\chiang.chunte>ftp linux-mvectra
Connected to linux-mvectra.L3.com.
Connection closed by remote host.
for telnet
Your telnet connection has been terminated
Obivously, I got connection, but it's not connecting. Any clue?
thanks in advance,
Ted
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From: "Glenn Forney" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: mounting problems?
Date: Thu, 8 Mar 2001 14:57:14 -0500
I'm running Redhat 7.0 on both a local and remote Dell PC. When
trying to use the following mount command:
mount remote:/var/exports/home /testmount
I get the error:
mount: RPC: Unable to receive; errno = Connection refused
As far as I can tell I'm exporting properly but must be missing something.
What do I need to do to perform a mount besides exporting the file system
and making sure the mout point exists?
thanks,
glenn
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Building and Fire Research Laboratory
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From: Myron Murff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux.madrake,alt.os.linux.mandrake,comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: FTP and Telnet daemon problem. HELP...
Date: Thu, 08 Mar 2001 14:07:02 -0800
It could be because these services are very insecure and should require a
conscious decision to activate them.
Myron
Ted Chiang wrote:
> Hi all,
> I just installed Mandrake 7.2 on a HP machine. It's wonderful. Much
> better than Redhat. Mandrake rocks. But got a few question for you all.
> How come on a fresh installed server, the ftp and telnet server don't start
> themselves automatically? At first, i thought it was just my computer, but
> then I found out that another friend who has 7.2 also doesn't have his ftp
> and telnet server start by themselves. I know inetd supposted to take care
> of it, but when I connect here are the message I got. Can anyone help?
>
> for ftp:
>
> X:\chiang.chunte>ftp linux-mvectra
> Connected to linux-mvectra.L3.com.
> Connection closed by remote host.
>
> for telnet
> Your telnet connection has been terminated
>
> Obivously, I got connection, but it's not connecting. Any clue?
>
> thanks in advance,
> Ted
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From: Peter Saunders <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux.madrake,alt.os.linux.mandrake,comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: FTP and Telnet daemon problem. HELP...
Date: 08 Mar 2001 20:02:18 +0000
"Ted Chiang" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> for ftp:
>
> X:\chiang.chunte>ftp linux-mvectra
> Connected to linux-mvectra.L3.com.
> Connection closed by remote host.
>
> for telnet
> Your telnet connection has been terminated
>
> Obivously, I got connection, but it's not connecting. Any clue?
tcpwrappers would be my first susgestion .. Look in the files
/etc/hosts.allow and /etc/hosts.deny , odds are you have something
like 'all: all' in deny.. Just modify that file to suit (or just
delete the entries :) ..)
--
Pete
"Money doesn't make you happy, but money
can buy gizmo's and gizmo's make you happy"
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