Linux-Setup Digest #829, Volume #20 Wed, 14 Mar 01 18:13:14 EST
Contents:
Re: Installed RH 7 in english when its starts its all Japanese !!! (Ian Howard)
Print Both Sides ("Richard King")
vncserver prob ("MR_EPOD")
Re: FDISK Problems (Craig Kelley)
Re: Redhat kernel configuration (Craig Kelley)
Re: FDISK Problems (Tim Pailthorpe)
Date and Time inconsistencies (Graeme Rae)
Re: vncserver prob (Michael Heiming)
Re: Goin Shoppin ("Robert J. Hansen")
Re: Print Both Sides (John Sage)
Re: Can anyone help me with Lilo please ? (Stanislaw Flatto)
Re: Linux Virgin (Dean Thompson)
Re: MASTER / SLAVE SETUP (Dean Thompson)
Re: Kernel 2.4.2 problems - Modules / Debian (Frank Preut)
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From: Ian Howard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: redhat.general
Subject: Re: Installed RH 7 in english when its starts its all Japanese !!!
Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2001 22:08:56 +0000
Chris wrote:
> Could someone help please cause my Japanese is a bit behind !!!!!!!!
>
> how can I configure gnome to start in english ??
You downloaded the ISO ending ...j (j=Japanese)
Oops
Ian
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From: "Richard King" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Print Both Sides
Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2001 15:11:15 -0700
Does anyone know how to print both sides of the paper using RH7?
Thank you in advance,
Rick
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From: "MR_EPOD" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: vncserver prob
Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2001 22:28:58 GMT
when i try to connect to my vncserver i just get a grey screen with a x
on it. y wont it work???
thanx
MR_EPOD
15/03/01 09:19:36 TridiaVNC release 1.4.0
15/03/01 09:19:36 VNC protocol version 3.3
15/03/01 09:19:36 Copyright (C) 2000 Tridia Corporation.
15/03/01 09:19:36 All Rights Reserved.
15/03/01 09:19:36 Copyright (C) 1999 AT&T Laboratories Cambridge.
15/03/01 09:19:36 All Rights Reserved.
15/03/01 09:19:36 See http://www.TridiaVNC.com/ for information on TridiaVNC
15/03/01 09:19:36 Desktop name 'X' (mandrake.linux.net.au:2)
15/03/01 09:19:36 Protocol version supported 3.3
15/03/01 09:19:36 Listening for VNC connections on TCP port 5902
15/03/01 09:19:45 Got connection from client 127.0.0.1
15/03/01 09:19:45 Protocol version 3.3
xrdb: Connection refused
xrdb: Can't open display 'mandrake.linux.net.au:2'
15/03/01 09:19:48 Pixel format for client 127.0.0.1:
15/03/01 09:19:48 32 bpp, depth 24, little endian
15/03/01 09:19:48 true colour: max r 255 g 255 b 255, shift r 16 g 8 b 0
15/03/01 09:19:48 Using raw encoding for client 127.0.0.1
xsetroot: unable to open display 'mandrake.linux.net.au:2'
15/03/01 09:19:52 Client 127.0.0.1 gone
15/03/01 09:19:52 Statistics:
15/03/01 09:19:52 key events received 0, pointer events 273
15/03/01 09:19:52 framebuffer updates 261, rectangles 698, bytes 3614420
15/03/01 09:19:52 raw rectangles 698, bytes 3614420
15/03/01 09:19:52 raw user time 0, sys time 0
15/03/01 09:19:52 raw bytes equivalent 3614420, compression ratio 1.000000
xterm Xt error: Can't open display: mandrake.linux.net.au:2
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From: Craig Kelley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: FDISK Problems
Date: 14 Mar 2001 15:21:55 -0700
"Steve Ward" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Can someone tell me just how to get my partitions in the correct format in
> order to dual-boot LINUX and WIN2000. I have been experimenting with MS
> FDISK and the LINUX version and cannot get it right after a week of trying.
>
> Details are
>
> 30 GB IDE HD
>
> I want to have 1/2 committed to each OS.
>
> I think I will be fine with LILO or the NT Loader, have done ton's of
> research so that will not be a problem. Only problem I am having is getting
> my Partitions set right.
fdisk is just used to make partitions -- you don't need it for dual
booting (other than having something to dual boot, I suppose).
Use DOS FDISK (runs when NTSetup runs) to create your NTFS
partition(s); leave blank (unallocated) space on the drive. Proceed
to install NT normally.
Use Linux fdisk (runs when your distribution's installation is
running) to fill in the blank space you left above, and then install
Linux. Lilo will be installed last (by your distribution's
installation program); be sure it has 2 options: one for linux and
another for NT.
--
It won't be long before the CPU is a card in a slot on your ATX videoboard
Craig Kelley -- [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Craig Kelley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Redhat kernel configuration
Date: 14 Mar 2001 15:22:24 -0700
timpa@!SPAMketech.co.uk (Tim Pailthorpe) writes:
> Does anyone know if the default kernel with Redhat 6.2 has shared
> memory enabled by default ?
Yes it does.
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It won't be long before the CPU is a card in a slot on your ATX videoboard
Craig Kelley -- [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: timpa@!SPAMketech.co.uk (Tim Pailthorpe)
Subject: Re: FDISK Problems
Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2001 22:25:12 GMT
Is lilo installed on the MBR ?
Mine works ; here is the setup
as you can see my Win98 partition is active, but lilo will still boot
linux. I think you might like to try making Win active and try that.
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/hda1 * 1 312 2358688+ b Win95 FAT32
/dev/hda2 313 489 1338120 5 Extended
/dev/hda3 490 776 2169720 83 Linux
/dev/hda5 313 489 1338088+ b Win95 FAT32
boot = /dev/hda
vga = normal
read-only
linear
prompt
timeout = 30
#message = /boot/message
other = /dev/hda1
label = win
image = /boot/vmlinuz
label = linux
root = /dev/hda3
initrd = /boot/initrd
On Wed, 14 Mar 2001 14:56:44 -0600, "Steve Ward" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>Can someone tell me just how to get my partitions in the correct format in
>order to dual-boot LINUX and WIN2000. I have been experimenting with MS
>FDISK and the LINUX version and cannot get it right after a week of trying.
>
>Details are
>
>30 GB IDE HD
>
>I want to have 1/2 committed to each OS.
>
>I think I will be fine with LILO or the NT Loader, have done ton's of
>research so that will not be a problem. Only problem I am having is getting
>my Partitions set right.
>
>Thanks a bunch,
>
>Steve
>
>
>
>
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From: Graeme Rae <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Date and Time inconsistencies
Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2001 14:37:57 -0800
Problem - however I set the system clock, the date command returns the
correct time, but creating files etc have the wrong time stamp.
E.G.
[root@hal TEMP]# ls
[root@hal TEMP]# rdate time.nist.gov
[time.nist.gov] Wed Mar 14 14:23:30 2001
[root@hal TEMP]# rdate -s time.nist.gov
[root@hal TEMP]# date
Wed Mar 14 14:24:44 PST 2001
[root@hal TEMP]# touch testfile.txt
[root@hal TEMP]# ls -l
total 0
-rw-rw-r-- 1 root root 0 Mar 14 22:24 testfile.txt
I've tried using Linuxconf too with the following settings:
timezone (America/Los_Angeles)
CMOS [ ] Universal Format (GMT) (unchecked)
Netserver time.nist.gov
What's this all about? Can someone pleeeeeeze help!
Thanks!
Graeme
PS : System:
Linux orac 2.2.14-5.0smp #1 SMP Tue Mar 7 21:01:40 EST 2000 i686 unknown
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Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2001 23:36:43 +0100
From: Michael Heiming <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: vncserver prob
MR_EPOD wrote:
>
> when i try to connect to my vncserver i just get a grey screen with a x
> on it. y wont it work???
>
> thanx
> MR_EPOD
>
> 15/03/01 09:19:36 TridiaVNC release 1.4.0
> 15/03/01 09:19:36 VNC protocol version 3.3
> 15/03/01 09:19:36 Copyright (C) 2000 Tridia Corporation.
> 15/03/01 09:19:36 All Rights Reserved.
> 15/03/01 09:19:36 Copyright (C) 1999 AT&T Laboratories Cambridge.
> 15/03/01 09:19:36 All Rights Reserved.
> 15/03/01 09:19:36 See http://www.TridiaVNC.com/ for information on TridiaVNC
> 15/03/01 09:19:36 Desktop name 'X' (mandrake.linux.net.au:2)
> 15/03/01 09:19:36 Protocol version supported 3.3
> 15/03/01 09:19:36 Listening for VNC connections on TCP port 5902
>
> 15/03/01 09:19:45 Got connection from client 127.0.0.1
Looks for me as if you would try to connect from localhost to localhost,
I wonder what you want to achive?
Michael Heiming
> 15/03/01 09:19:45 Protocol version 3.3
> xrdb: Connection refused
> xrdb: Can't open display 'mandrake.linux.net.au:2'
> 15/03/01 09:19:48 Pixel format for client 127.0.0.1:
> 15/03/01 09:19:48 32 bpp, depth 24, little endian
> 15/03/01 09:19:48 true colour: max r 255 g 255 b 255, shift r 16 g 8 b 0
> 15/03/01 09:19:48 Using raw encoding for client 127.0.0.1
> xsetroot: unable to open display 'mandrake.linux.net.au:2'
> 15/03/01 09:19:52 Client 127.0.0.1 gone
> 15/03/01 09:19:52 Statistics:
> 15/03/01 09:19:52 key events received 0, pointer events 273
> 15/03/01 09:19:52 framebuffer updates 261, rectangles 698, bytes 3614420
> 15/03/01 09:19:52 raw rectangles 698, bytes 3614420
> 15/03/01 09:19:52 raw user time 0, sys time 0
> 15/03/01 09:19:52 raw bytes equivalent 3614420, compression ratio 1.000000
> xterm Xt error: Can't open display: mandrake.linux.net.au:2
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From: "Robert J. Hansen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.questions,comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: Goin Shoppin
Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2001 22:39:36 GMT
> What I'm not so sure of is what components will be best
> suited to run Linux so I wanted to open it up to the Linux
> community for recommendations.
If you want room to grow, I'd recommend getting a dual-processor mobo. They
cost a little more, but the expandability can't be beat. Today you can get
a 1 GHz Pentium III and have a nice, fast box. In three years you can add
another 1 GHz Pentium III and have a nice, fast box. Linux has pretty good
SMP facilities; take advantage of them.
Second: go with name-brand parts for the fewest troubles. Don't buy some
el-cheapo $10 made-in-Bangladesh 10/100 Ethernet card; plunk down the $50
and buy a nice 3Com instead. Don't buy hard drives from Dr. Fred Mbogo's
Computer Parts and Professional Dry Cleaning Service; go for Maxtor, Western
Digital, Seagate.
Third: go with industry standards whenever possible. I bought a Voodoo3 for
my box, even though other 3D accelerators are out there which have better
performance, because the Voodoo3 is pretty close to an industry standard
(just about everybody supports it). Never had a problem with it. Go for
Riva TNT2, the GeForce, the Voodoo3. Don't go for anything that's too new
and bleeding-edge; odds are, Linux won't have the support for it that you
want.
Don't bother with SCSI. I'll probably get flamed mercilessly for this, but
UltraDMA/100 is soon coming to Linux, and if there's any significant
difference performancewise between UDMA/100 and most SCSI cards, I haven't
been able to see it.
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From: John Sage <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Print Both Sides
Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2001 22:41:56 GMT
Not to be too much of a smart-ass, but print one side, turn the paper
over, and print the other side?
Seriously, are you talking about a duplex-mode printer?
If you want some help, you may find it helpful to offer the world some
more details than you have...
- John
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FinchHaven, Vashon Island, WA, USA
http://www.finchhaven.com/
mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
And remember: it's spelled l-i-n-u-x, but it's pronounced "Linux"
Richard King wrote:
> Does anyone know how to print both sides of the paper using RH7?
>
> Thank you in advance,
>
> Rick
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Stanislaw Flatto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Can anyone help me with Lilo please ?
Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2001 09:55:28 +1100
Andy Collinson wrote:
> Im using LilO 21.6 with SuSe 7 kernal 2-2-16 and windows 98SE. Lilo is
> installed to my /boot partition. Lilo will happily start linux, but not
> windows, I get the message "disk I/O error" please insert disk and reboot,
> if selecting to boot windows. I can use a floppy disk to boot windows, and
> from windows fdisk the active partition has been set to the windows
> partition and non-dos partition, still could not load windows.
> Here is my partition table:-
>
> Disk /dev/hde: 255 heads, 63 sectors, 3737 cylinders
> Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 bytes
>
> Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
> /dev/hde1 1 1868 15004678+ c Win95 FAT32 (LBA)
> /dev/hde2 * 1869 1870 16065 83 Linux
> /dev/hde3 1871 3737 14996677+ 5 Extended
> /dev/hde5 1871 1903 265041 82 Linux swap
> /dev/hde6 1904 2668 6144831 83 Linux
> /dev/hde7 2669 3051 3076416 83 Linux
> /dev/hde8 3052 3313 2104483+ 83 Linux
> /dev/hde9 3314 3737 3405748+ 83 Linux
>
> Hard drive is on a RAID controller, (master device, 2nd controller, hence
> /dev/hde) and here is lilo.conf:-
>
> # LILO configuration file
> # Start LILO global Section
> # If you want to prevent console users to boot with init=/bin/bash,
> # restrict usage of boot params by setting a passwd and using the option
> # restricted.
> #password=bootpwd
> #restricted
> initrd=/boot/initrd
> boot=/dev/hde
> #compact # faster, but won't work on all systems.
> lba32
> vga=normal
> message=/boot/message
> read-only
> prompt
> timeout=30
> # End LILO global Section
> #
> image = /boot/vmlinuz
> root = /dev/hde6
> label = linux
>
> #
> image = /boot/vmlinuz.suse
> root = /dev/hde6
> label = suse
>
> #
> other = /dev/hde1
> label = windows
> map-drive = 0x80
> to = 0x81
> map-drive = 0x81
> to = 0x80
> table = /dev/hde1
>
> I changed the very last line from table=/dev/hde to table =/dev/hde1
> Thanks in advance to anyone who can help.
> Regards,
> Andy Collinson
>
> Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Web: http://www.mitedu.freeserve.co.uk/
Please read again on mapping drives /dev/hde IS NOT hex 0x81.
Have fun.
Stanislaw.
Slack user from Ulladulla.
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From: Dean Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: Linux Virgin
Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2001 09:47:26 +1100
Hi Keith,
> I am a novice to this O/S. I'd like to talk about what I want to do, what I
> have to do it with, and solicit advice on how to get there.
>
> I want to set up a Linux box to be (not sure if I have the right
> terminology):
>
> a proxy server, and
> a router to act as a internet server
>
> I have Roadrunner internet service to my house. I want to use the Linux box
> to take in from the cable modem , and then go out to an Ethernet hub, so
> all the PCs/Macs in the house can have simultaneous internet access.
>
> I have an old Pentium, 100MHZ, 16 meg RAM, 240 meg HD, with CDROM. It has
> Windows 95 now, but I intend to use all of the HD for Linux - I do not need
> Windows on this box.
>
> I have the Caldera Linux circa 1998.
>
> My first question - is what I want to do - doable?
The good news is that what you want to do is doable and quite practical. You
are also correct when you say that you want two network cards. It will just
make the job a whole lot easier. I would recommend putting the two network
cards into the machine and then install Linux. This should simplify the
matter for you as when linux is installing, it should (hopefully, depending on
the type of cards that you have) install the appropriate driver and allow you
to configure them.
You may also want to read the IPCHAINS-HOWTO, NET-HOWTO and
Mini-Networking-HOWTO all located at: http://www.linuxdoc.org to get an
appreciation of the questions that you will be asked when it comes to you
having to configure the network section of your machine.
See ya & Good Luck
Dean Thompson
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| Dean Thompson | E-mail - [EMAIL PROTECTED] |
| Bach. Computing (Hons) | ICQ - 45191180 |
| PhD Student | Office - <Off-Campus> |
| School Comp.Sci & Soft.Eng | Phone - +61 3 9903 2787 (Gen. Office) |
| MONASH (Caulfield Campus) | Fax - +61 3 9903 1077 |
| Melbourne, Australia | |
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From: Dean Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: MASTER / SLAVE SETUP
Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2001 09:57:38 +1100
Hi Steven,
> Can one setup a MASTER/SLAVE1/SLAVE2/.../SLAVE(N) scenerio with Linux
> boxes ie.
>
> Master box has a static ip address of 192.168.1.200 and slaves are
> running with what ever IP addresses they get from a DHCP server. The
> MASTER goes down and SLAVE1 takes over the IP Address 192.168.1.200
> and starts accepting requests from the network. In the event that the
> MASTER is down and SLAVE1 goes down then SLAVE2 Takes over. The
> process should continue untill all SLAVES have been exhausted. Once
> the master comes BACK up it should take back over control
> as the MASTER.
You may want to take a look at the LVS system which is available for Linux.
You can find the URL at: http://www.linuxvirtualserver.org. This provides
more load balancing between machines in a cluster but it does explain the
principles behind fall over systems as well. You might be able to adapt some
of the package to do what you want.
See ya
Dean Thompson
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+____________________________+____________________________________________+
| Dean Thompson | E-mail - [EMAIL PROTECTED] |
| Bach. Computing (Hons) | ICQ - 45191180 |
| PhD Student | Office - <Off-Campus> |
| School Comp.Sci & Soft.Eng | Phone - +61 3 9903 2787 (Gen. Office) |
| MONASH (Caulfield Campus) | Fax - +61 3 9903 1077 |
| Melbourne, Australia | |
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Frank Preut)
Subject: Re: Kernel 2.4.2 problems - Modules / Debian
Date: 15 Mar 2001 01:06:29 +0100
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
In article <tXAr6.5031$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Michael Young wrote:
>Hi all,
>
>Can someone walk me through updating my modutils package on my Debian
>system?
>
>I've upgraded my kernel as I needed to rebuild it to support my soundcard.
>It looks like the directory structure of /lib/modules/ differs from what my
>old kernel was and old modutils is expecting to see.
>
>I can't find anything new with dselect & will need some help working with
>the files I found at
>http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/kernel/modutils/v2.4/ being new at
>this.
>
>Let me know what other info. you need & thanks in advance.
>
>Michael
hello michael,
you may want to go to the debian website and search the mailing
list archives for an answer.. i am 100% sure that someone has packaged
the latest modutils for potato systems (you need the latest version to
build a 2.4.x kernel)..
hth,
frank.
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