Linux-Setup Digest #836, Volume #20 Thu, 15 Mar 01 15:13:09 EST
Contents:
Re: Can you bypass the logon procedure with Linux? ("Eric en Jolanda")
Re: Can anyone help me with Lilo please ? ("Eric en Jolanda")
Re: Can you bypass the logon procedure with Linux? (Bill Unruh)
Re: Can you bypass the logon procedure with Linux? (Bill Unruh)
red hat + win98 ("Christian Winkler")
Re: Need help with LILO, I think. ("Eric en Jolanda")
Re: Netscape + javascript (E J)
Re: In need of assistance ("Eric en Jolanda")
Re: Kernel 2.4.2 problems - Modules / Debian (Paul Kimoto)
Re: dual boot-startup disk-linux+win98 ("Eric en Jolanda")
Re: red hat + win98 ("Eric en Jolanda")
Re: uninstall (Adam Hulcoop)
Re: Burning iso files for RH7 (Adam Hulcoop)
Re: Simple Question (newbie) (Paul Kimoto)
Re: Linux and Windoze GDI printers?? (andrew)
Re: vncserver prob (Dave Barnett)
Linux upgraden ... Tips f�r Anf�nger?
Re: Can you bypass the logon procedure with Linux? (Clark Kent)
Re: Linux upgraden ... Tips f�r Anf�nger? ("Eric en Jolanda")
SOS, No Modem, com4. (Albert Schwartz)
Re: X and MS Intellimouse problem (mouse won't move from center) (B. L. Jilek)
Re: Can you bypass the logon procedure with Linux? (Vilmos Soti)
Disk Access ("RumbleFish")
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From: "Eric en Jolanda" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Can you bypass the logon procedure with Linux?
Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2001 19:18:35 +0100
> I don't want to have to log on because I don't even want to have a
> keyboard and monitor on the system.
Then please be more precise next time.
Ignore what I said before, if you have no keyboard, there's no need to log
in.
programs can run perfectly without anyone logged in.
> At the current time I have a Jukebox program which runs on Win98. Once
> I had the system all set up with 10,000 mp3 files loaded on it, I
> removed the keyboard and monitor and tucked the computer away beneath
> a cabinet out of sight. The only thing visible is a small numeric
> keypad which plugs into a serial port. When I want to listen to music,
> I just flip a wall switch and wait until I hear the "ready" sound.
> When I hear it, I key in my selections on the numeric keypad. It works
> exactly like the old Seeburg Jukebox that it replaced. When I am thru
> listening to music, I select *** on the keypad and wait for a few
> seconds while Win98 shuts down. Then I flip off the wall switch until
> the next time.
>
> When I wrote my Jukebox program, I wanted to use Linux, but I could
> not figure out how to bypass the log-on procedure, so I went with
> Win98.
you shouldn't even want to bypass it.
In this case it is irrelevant.
start the program through rc.local (depends on your distro)
No user is required here.
> I have a couple of other uses in mind such as:
>
> 1. A burglar alarm system
> 2. A WebCam System that could be controlled over the internet
> by my fiancee who lives on the other side of the
> AtlanticOcean.
>
> I would love to use Linux, but if I cannot completely remove the
> keyboard and monitor then I will just have to stay with Win98.
There's no need for both.
> That is why I need to bypass the logon procedure if I am going to use
> Linux.
>
No you don't.
You need to understand *NIX a bit better.
Eric
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From: "Eric en Jolanda" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Can anyone help me with Lilo please ?
Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2001 19:24:48 +0100
> > 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
Wrong partition ID.
Ever noticed that annoying, non-existing D: drive in windows?
Change the type into 0x85 and it is gone.
(Change it, whether D: was there or not, it is wrong this way!)
> > /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:-
It is the only drive?
> > # 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.
Why on earth do you think you should remap drives here?
Remove that stuff, this is what is preventing windows to boot.
And you don't need the table= line either.
Even if you would need it, it would be wrong, it must be hde,
not hde1 in that case.
> >
> Please read again on mapping drives /dev/hde IS NOT hex 0x81.
>
And it is not needed here.
Eric
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bill Unruh)
Subject: Re: Can you bypass the logon procedure with Linux?
Date: 15 Mar 2001 18:26:42 GMT
In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Clark Kent)
writes:
]I have an old 486 computer that I would like to load Linux on to just
]for the learning experience.
]However I don't want to have to log onto my own computer with a
]username and password. I want to just turn on the machine and have it
]boot up and run. I would prefer not to even use a GUI, but to run it
]from a command-line text-mode.
Why not log on. If you connect this to the net in any way whatsoever,
then not having passwords is a disaster. And it is not that hard to log
in.
If you want to learn Linux, one of the things precisely to learn is the
security in place on the system, which includes multi users and logging
in.
]Is it even possible to bypass the log-on procedure with Linux? If so,
]which distro would be best to try?
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bill Unruh)
Subject: Re: Can you bypass the logon procedure with Linux?
Date: 15 Mar 2001 18:33:00 GMT
In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Clark Kent)
writes:
]On Thu, 15 Mar 2001 12:14:55 +0100, "Eric" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
]I don't want to have to log on because I don't even want to have a
]keyboard and monitor on the system.
]At the current time I have a Jukebox program which runs on Win98. Once
]I had the system all set up with 10,000 mp3 files loaded on it, I
]removed the keyboard and monitor and tucked the computer away beneath
]a cabinet out of sight. The only thing visible is a small numeric
]keypad which plugs into a serial port. When I want to listen to music,
]I just flip a wall switch and wait until I hear the "ready" sound.
]When I hear it, I key in my selections on the numeric keypad. It works
]exactly like the old Seeburg Jukebox that it replaced. When I am thru
]listening to music, I select *** on the keypad and wait for a few
]seconds while Win98 shuts down. Then I flip off the wall switch until
]the next time.
Find. Just write a daemon to listen at the serial port for the input an
play the appropriate tune. Or shut it down. No need to log on. The
daemon will run ( with whatever permission you want to give it) with no
need for anyone to log on.
( a daemon is just a program which is always running and sits there
waiting for certain things to happen to take action on.)
Note that you can really strip down your Linux for this since most of
the daemons which it runs do things you do not need.
Leave usernames, passwords on the system in case you want to log on to
do something else (like update the program).
]When I wrote my Jukebox program, I wanted to use Linux, but I could
]not figure out how to bypass the log-on procedure, so I went with
]Win98.
]I have a couple of other uses in mind such as:
] 1. A burglar alarm system
] 2. A WebCam System that could be controlled over the internet
] by my fiancee who lives on the other side of the
] AtlanticOcean.
]I would love to use Linux, but if I cannot completely remove the
]keyboard and monitor then I will just have to stay with Win98.
Sure you can.
]That is why I need to bypass the logon procedure if I am going to use
]Linux.
No. No need. The daemons are started up by root and boot time, and run
and do whatever they were programmed to do. No need to log on at all,
and thus no need to evade the logon procedure.
]Thanks for the input,
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From: "Christian Winkler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: red hat + win98
Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2001 19:32:57 +0100
hi
gibt es einen guide mit dem man red hat und win 98 gleichzeitig installieren
kann?
ich habe es schon mehrmals versucht und jedesmal kommt die gleiche
fehlermeldung.
danke
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From: "Eric en Jolanda" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Need help with LILO, I think.
Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2001 19:41:30 +0100
> > > There are various reasons why I use LOADLIN, but the main two are, I
> > > never worry about LILO getting cloberred by Microsoft in multi-os
> > > scenarios,
> >
> > Same here, don't put LILO in the MBR if you are afraid of this.
> >
> > > and running re-compiled kernels becomes a simple drop-in and
> > > go task (if it don't work just rename the old kernel and start
again...
> >
> > Yeah, it's reaaaaaaaaaaaaaally difficult with LILO , Not.
> >
> > Eric
>
> Yeah and I don't know how to type 'make zlilo' either... Duhhh
> It's just an alternative to LILO.. and a quick count of postings to this
gruop
> alone should convince most open minded individuals that the 'LILO Help?
> articles far outnumber almost every other problem on linux systems. I
ain't
> seen any 'HELP loadlin ones yet..... ;-))
>
I know very well what it is.
But I have a setup where I cannot do without LILO
To boot win2k ;-) I need LILO.
I must use the map-drive, or a third party bootloader.
Try that with loadlin.
And a lot of questions here can be taken back to the fact that
hardly anyone even bothers to start with reading documentation.
And what if windows get's clobbered?
If you use loadlin, you cannot boot linux anymore either.
You get just as much problems with loadlin as with lilo
(and doesn't loadlin require an other linux loader to make
the bootcode? What do you use? lilo?)
Eric
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From: E J <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Netscape + javascript
Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2001 18:34:27 GMT
Netscape 6 & 6.01 does support java-script. I went to websites that need
java-scripts.
"Thomas G." wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have a SuSe 7.1 system and hit the web with netscape.
> But I discovered that the netscape 6 that was included in the package
> doesn't support Java-Script. Am I wrong in this or should I download a
> plugin from netscape's site?
>
> Thomas
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From: "Eric en Jolanda" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: In need of assistance
Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2001 19:58:46 +0100
> After installing all the packages intended for a standard
> Installation, when its launching orchecking all services
> when it gets to the KDE start it hangs then gives me this
> Error Code.
> INIT: id "gu" respawning too fast disable 5 minutes
> It just repeats its self every 5 minutes.
>
So you where done installing?
And now you reboot and this occurs?
Check /etc/inittab and see what gu is supposed to do.
I would suspect a wrong X configuration is causing this,
so try not ot boot in graphical mode, and start X manually.
(startx) The error messages you get now are more informative.
You can get in non-X mode by supplying the correct runlevel
as a bootoption.
Instead of entering "linux" at the lilo prompt, enter "linux 3"
(This is redhat numbering, calder might have different
runlevels defined)
Eric
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Paul Kimoto)
Subject: Re: Kernel 2.4.2 problems - Modules / Debian
Date: 15 Mar 2001 14:03:02 -0500
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Paul Kimoto wrote:
> It might be safer to use the packages available through
> http://www.fs.tum.de/~bunk/kernel-24.html
... or from Wichert Akkerman at VALinux; see
http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-0103/msg01125.html
--
Paul Kimoto
This message was originally posted on Usenet in plain text. Any images,
hyperlinks, or the like shown here have been added without my consent,
and may be a violation of international copyright law.
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From: "Eric en Jolanda" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: dual boot-startup disk-linux+win98
Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2001 20:01:52 +0100
> I just installed RH 7 on my system.I placed it on 3 partitions as the
> instructions read (root,boot,swap), and I have Win98 on another partition.
> Before that I had installed RH on the same partition as Win98 and it took
> a linux start up disk to boot. That disk included lilo which asked me what
> OS i wanted to load although the only existing option was linux.(-That is,
> if i wanted to boot Win98 i didn't place the disk in the drive.)
> Now that i have them on different partitions it still takes the linux
> start up disk to get this OS started.
> In RH's installation manual there's a screen concidering lilo which i
> never saw! I installed RH, no questions asked about lilo!
You may need to do an expert install, I'm not sure though.
(I always choose expert install, not because I am one, but
because I like to be in control)
> This screen asks
> whether to put lilo on MBR or not,what the default boot would be etc.
> Now what am i supposed to do? It takes quite some time to boot linux from
> the start up disk so i'd really rather not do that all the time.
> I tried editing lilo.conf but nothing happens.
Just editing is not enough.
You must run `/sbin/lilo -v` afterwards for the changes to take effect.
Eric
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From: "Eric en Jolanda" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: red hat + win98
Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2001 20:06:19 +0100
This an english newsgroup, so don't post in german please.
<translation>
> Is there a guide for installing RH linux and windows simultaneously?
> I have already tried many times, and always get the same error.
<end translation>
> gibt es einen guide mit dem man red hat und win 98 gleichzeitig
installieren
> kann?
Gleichzeitig installieren?
Nein installiere zuerst windows, danach linux ;-)
> ich habe es schon mehrmals versucht und jedesmal kommt die gleiche
> fehlermeldung.
Welche fehler?
Eric
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From: Adam Hulcoop <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: uninstall
Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2001 18:49:23 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> Your Name <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > How to uninstall a Linux ?
>
> Linux fdisk to remove the partitions, and fdisk /mbr to
> remove lilo from the mbr (or lilo -u before remove the
> partitions), the re-partition the disk and install
> whatever you want.
>
or how about rm -Rf / :)
> Davide
--
Adam Hulcoop
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From: Adam Hulcoop <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Burning iso files for RH7
Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2001 19:05:45 GMT
John Beardmore wrote:
>
> I've just downloaded the ISO falls for RH7.
>
> What do I need to do to burn the CDs under Windows using CdrWin or Nero
> ?
In Nero, when you open the program, a wizard will run automatically.
Just click cancel here, and then go to the File menu and choose Burn
Image. It will ask you to choose the .ING file, so instead look for
All Files (*.*). choose the iso you want to burn. Then nero will ask
you about image burning options, he default settings are fine for
these isos. That should do. I usually finalize CD before i click the
Burn button, but you probly dont have to do this.
adam
>
> Cheers, J/.
> --
> John Beardmore
--
Adam Hulcoop
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Paul Kimoto)
Subject: Re: Simple Question (newbie)
Date: 15 Mar 2001 14:08:29 -0500
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, David wrote:
> find / -type f \( -name "filename" \) -exec grep "text to find" {} \;
You don't need \( or \) here.
Also, this will run grep once per found file. This could be tiresome if
there are a lot of files, e.g., if you don't know the filename and have
to search all files. In this case it is better to do something like
$ find / -type f -print | xargs grep "text to find" /dev/null
--
Paul Kimoto
This message was originally posted on Usenet in plain text. Any images,
hyperlinks, or the like shown here have been added without my consent,
and may be a violation of international copyright law.
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From: andrew <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Linux and Windoze GDI printers??
Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2001 18:29:01 +0000
Well, here's the response I got from Canon UK when I asked about Linux
drivers for the LBP-800 model. Please take this as a warning and avoid
Canon printers as they obviously don't care about the Linux community!
--- start of Cannon reply ---
Thank you for your recent enquiry regarding your Canon LBP-800 Laser
printer.
Please be advised that we have no immediate plans to write printer
drivers for the above printer to work with the Linux system, as these
printers were designed to work with Windows Operating Systems only as
was its predecessor, the LBP 660.
We thank you for your comments and welcome any feedback from our
customers, your comments will be passed to our Marketing Department for
future reference.
We hope this information has been of use to you. Should you require any
further technical assistance, please contact us on the number below,
quoting your Customer number at all times.
Regards
Davina Griffiths
Customer Support Officer
Tel No: 08705 143 723
Fax No: 08705 143 340
--- end of Canon reply ---
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, andrew <andrew@gi0
nwg.freeserve.co.uk> writes
>
>Hi all,
>
>Linux newbie alert with a printing problem :-(
>
>I have a Canon LBP-800 laser printer that is listed as non-compatible
>with Linux because Canon in their wisdom will not release drivers for
>it, or release the protocol used so others can write drivers.
>
>Unfortunately I got it before I started playing with Linux, otherwise I
>would never have bought it. When are Canon going to wake up and see
>that people want to use other OSs than M$ Windoze......
>
>So, I've been thinking about how to make this work and I'm wondering if
>the idea I have come up with is even feasible. Basically, the idea is
>to connect the printer to a second computer (a Windoze based laptop) and
>print over the network to it. I'm guessing to do that I will still need
>a Linux driver, but is it possible to somehow send the print job to the
>Windoze print spool (maybe in PCL format, though I'm assuming the
>printer can deal with PCL) and utilize the Windoze driver for printing
>from the Windoze machine? Is this even possible to do? The laptop is
>running Win98SE and the desktop has Mandrake 7.2 with the 2.4 kernel
>installed and, I think, CUPS 1.1.4.
>
>If all else fails I will have to connect my old Canon BJC-200 inkjet
>back up, but obviously I'd prefer to use the laser...... Canon, are you
>listening?????
>
>Andrew
Andrew
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From: Dave Barnett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: vncserver prob
Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2001 13:15:57 -0600
You mean other than the error messages?
MR_EPOD wrote:
<snip>
> 15/03/01 09:19:36 Desktop name 'X' (mandrake.linux.net.au:2)
<snip>
> 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'
<snip>
> xsetroot: unable to open display 'mandrake.linux.net.au:2'
<snip>
> xterm Xt error: Can't open display: mandrake.linux.net.au:2
You should do a man xhost, and read up on xhost.
By default, X has host access enabled, which means that only hosts you
specify can use your X session. The best way to resolve this is to do
xhost + <hostname> on a machine by machine basis. "xhost +" by itself
works, but is the wrong way to do.
To see what hosts can access, simply type "xhost".
HTH.
Dave
--
Dave Barnett System Software Engineer x2784
Smile. It makes people wonder what you're up to.
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From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Linux upgraden ... Tips f�r Anf�nger?
Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2001 20:27:38 +0100
Liebe Leute,
Ist es naiv, von Suse 6.0 (Linux-Kernel 2.0.??, xfree86 3.3.xx, KDE 1.0)
sich "hochzudownloaden" auf Kenel 2.4, xfree86 4.0.2 (vor allem wg. neuem
Grafiktreiber) und KDE 2.1? Langfristik w�rde ich n�mlich gerne auf die
Distributionen verzichten.
Frage zwei, da Einsteiger und "zu Fu�" unterwegs:
Wir erfahre ich, welche "lib" die richtige f�r mich ist (auf dem
xfree86-FTP-Server ..)?
Verzeichnis Linux-ix86-glibc21
Verzeichnis Linux-ix86-glibc22
Verzeichnis Linux-ix86-libc5
Frage drei: Gibt es EIN zu empfehlendes Handbuch f�r all diese Fragen?
Ich bin froh �ber jeglichen Rat!
Marco Paschotta
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Clark Kent)
Subject: Re: Can you bypass the logon procedure with Linux?
Reply-To: -
Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2001 19:19:44 GMT
On 15 Mar 2001 18:26:42 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bill Unruh) wrote:
>Why not log on. If you connect this to the net in any way whatsoever,
>then not having passwords is a disaster. And it is not that hard to log
>in.
>If you want to learn Linux, one of the things precisely to learn is the
>security in place on the system, which includes multi users and logging
>in.
===
I am not really concerned about security and passwords on the internet
because I have absolutely nothing of any value on my computers plus I
regularly do image backups onto a 40gig hard drive which is in a
removable drawer setting on a shelf. If someone did hack into my
system, they would quickly leave after finding nothing whatsoever of
interest.
Thanks to those who responded. I now have a few promising ideas that I
will certainly investigate.
Clark
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From: "Eric en Jolanda" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Linux upgraden ... Tips f�r Anf�nger?
Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2001 20:33:44 +0100
What is this?
Is the german linux site forwarding everything?
This is an english NG, post in english if you want respons.
> Ist es naiv, von Suse 6.0 (Linux-Kernel 2.0.??, xfree86 3.3.xx, KDE 1.0)
Was that a 2.0 kernel?
> sich "hochzudownloaden" auf Kenel 2.4, xfree86 4.0.2 (vor allem wg. neuem
> Grafiktreiber) und KDE 2.1? Langfristik w�rde ich n�mlich gerne auf die
> Distributionen verzichten.
I would get a CD, unless you have a highbandwidth connection.
> Frage zwei, da Einsteiger und "zu Fu�" unterwegs:
> Wir erfahre ich, welche "lib" die richtige f�r mich ist (auf dem
> xfree86-FTP-Server ..)?
> Verzeichnis Linux-ix86-glibc21
> Verzeichnis Linux-ix86-glibc22
> Verzeichnis Linux-ix86-libc5
I'd get the glibc22 stuff.
But then you must have glibc on your system.
> Frage drei: Gibt es EIN zu empfehlendes Handbuch f�r all diese Fragen?
the book that comes with the SuSE distribution?
Eric
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From: Albert Schwartz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: SOS, No Modem, com4.
Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2001 14:42:37 -0500
My modem is set on com4. Comp. is Pent111, Win98 + Linux Caldero
USR Sportster, 56k (no Winmodem).
Installed Caldero couple days ago. Had Mandrake 7.1 before.
Linux will not find Modem. Msg, Modem busy, or sorry cannot open.
I have tried KDE, dev/modem, and tty 0 to 3. No good.on any. Tho I
think the setting for com 4 should be tty3.
Win98 works fine, linux also works fine except for modem.
Used OS\2 but want to change to Linux.
I need to keep com port 4. Others in use.
Linux finds modem on a Pent1 with the same modem, but com port 2 is
used.
What do I need to get Linux to recognize Com4???
Help much appreciated.
It took me 84 years to get this dumb.
Albert, Wa3fib.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (B. L. Jilek)
Subject: Re: X and MS Intellimouse problem (mouse won't move from center)
Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2001 14:08:05 -0500
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Thu, 15 Mar 2001 04:30:40 GMT, Dave <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Craig,
>I don't know why I did this, but after seeing references to it, I went and
>killed gpm and that freed up the mouse on X! I think the mouse and gpm had a
>conflict on ttyS0. gpm is supposed to provide mouse-like capability at the
>console, right, but I got nothing there either.
>
>Should I try to reassign gpm or mouse to ttyS1, or something like that?
>Thanks for your help,
>Dave
>
Make sure your /etc/X11/XF86Config or /etc/XF86Config 'pointer' section
reads like this.
The device can be /dev/psaux if you don't have /dev/mouse.
Section "Pointer"
Protocol "IMPS/2"
Device "/dev/mouse"
Resolution 100
Buttons 3
ZAxisMapping 4 5
EndSection
Your gpm start options should be like this. Some distros set
up gpm to use repeating and the mouse to use /dev/gpmdata but
I've never got this to work using the intellimouse.
gpm -m /dev/mouse -t imps2
I've got this configureation running on a Slackware X3.3.6,
SuSE X4.0.2 and Debian X3.3.6 with no problems.
If your running X4.0.2 then the pointer section will be slightly
different than the one above. But it's easy enough to figure out.
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Subject: Re: Can you bypass the logon procedure with Linux?
From: Vilmos Soti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2001 20:09:10 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Clark Kent) writes:
> I am not really concerned about security and passwords on the internet
> because I have absolutely nothing of any value on my computers plus I
> regularly do image backups onto a 40gig hard drive which is in a
> removable drawer setting on a shelf. If someone did hack into my
> system, they would quickly leave after finding nothing whatsoever of
> interest.
And what happens if someone uses your machine as a springboard to
attack other machines on the net?
Vilmos
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From: "RumbleFish" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Disk Access
Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2001 15:05:00 -0500
I have Redhat 7.0 installed on my machine. When everything is up and
running without any problems, the disk gets accessed about every 3sec. This
takes place for the whole time that I am running linux. I tried to find out
which process it causing this but when I run top other processes take
precedent.
Does anyone know what process will try to access the disk every 3sec all the
while linux is running?
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