Linux-Setup Digest #860, Volume #20 Mon, 19 Mar 01 09:13:09 EST
Contents:
Re: Lilo Floppy Question ("Eric")
Central User Database ("Gerschwin")
Re: locale not supported, XNLSPATH not set, netscape (Rejo Zenger)
Re: Samba/ Squid disk access question. ("John Smith")
NFS's ports (Assinovski Lev)
How to mount ntfs 2000 in rw mode? ("Evgueni Ivanov")
Re: How to mount ntfs 2000 in rw mode? ("Eric")
Re: Central User Database (Joerg Ettrich)
Re: Central User Database (Joerg Ettrich)
Re: Central User Database (Joerg Ettrich)
Re: USB Printer not working! Help! (Ron Gage)
Re: Installing Linux on a old 486 (Nils Holland)
Re: How to mount ntfs 2000 in rw mode? ("Evgueni Ivanov")
Re: GUI Xconfigurator? ("ne...")
Re: How to mount ntfs 2000 in rw mode? ("Eric")
Creativ SB 128 pci? (Peter Hoffmann)
Re: Central User Database ("Gerschwin")
Re: Should I install rh6.2 or 7.0??? ("John Pfaff")
unknown service ("M.C.Byng")
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From: "Eric" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Lilo Floppy Question
Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2001 12:10:20 +0100
> Cool.....worked on one system, but having a problem on another. When
> I run the lilo command to update lilo on the floppy I am getting an
> error:
>
> Warning: device 0x0302 exceeds 1024 cylinder limit
> Fatal: geo_comp_addr: Cylinder number is too big (2237 > 1023)
>
So?
It does exceed that limit, doesn't it?
(0x0302 = hda2)
It means that it may be unable to boot.
(depending on both your LILO version and your BIOS)
What version of lilo do you have?
(PS. why do you want to boot from a bootfloppy in the first case)
Eric
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From: "Gerschwin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Central User Database
Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2001 11:23:51 -0000
Reply-To: "Gerschwin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Hi
Can anyone point me in the right direction for a how-to or article on how to
setup a Linux machine to look to a central server for it's login details -
in other words I want to have a set of user details that only needs to be
updated on one machine.
I'm sure I've read about this elsewhere but can't find anywhere which has
anything of any use.
Any help would be appreciated......
Cheers
--
:�) Gerschwin
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Rejo Zenger)
Subject: Re: locale not supported, XNLSPATH not set, netscape
Date: 19 Mar 2001 11:52:27 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
++ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; Sven Mascheck:
> ++ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; Sven Mascheck:
>>>> $ netscape
>>>> netscape: locale `en_US' not supported by Xlib; trying `C'.
>>>> netscape: locale `C' not supported either.
>>>> Perhaps the $XNLSPATH environment variable is not set
>>>> correctly?
>>> What happens if you unset XNLSPATH?
>> Same thing.
>
>Do you have set LOCPATH?
No:
$ echo $LOCPATH
$
>Are you calling the binary or a wrapper (which sets variables)?
I have tried both, both give the same error:
$ netscape
netscape: locale `en_US' not supported by Xlib; trying `C'.
netscape: locale `C' not supported either.
Perhaps the $XNLSPATH environment variable is not set correctly?
Bus error
$ /usr/bin/X11/netscape
netscape: locale `en_US' not supported by Xlib; trying `C'.
netscape: locale `C' not supported either.
Perhaps the $XNLSPATH environment variable is not set correctly?
Bus error
$
>Does anything like that happen with any other program than Netscape and
>SO?
No, i rarely use these kinds of applications. Prefer the commandline. :)
>See your version of environ(5) [manpage in section 5] about
>other possible "non standard" Environmentvariables influencing
>this national language supprt stuff.
Too bad:
$ man 5 environ
No manual entry for environ in section 5
$
I will try to find this manpage somewhere online...
>Otherwise i guess you have set some standard variables in your
>environment (LANG, LC_CTYPE, perhaps even LC_ALL, perhaps other LC_*)
>and netscape is stumbling over something...
$ echo $LANG
en_US
$ echo $LC_CTYPE
$ echo $LC_ALL
$
I guess this looks normal? When i change $LANG i get the same error
(except for the fact that it is no longer looking for en_US):
$ netscape
netscape: locale `C' not supported.
Perhaps the $XNLSPATH environment variable is not set correctly?
Bus error
$
>Which locale categories have you set? locale(1).
How do i find out about this? I have almost no knowledge about these
kind of things. This is one of the areas of my SuSE installation where i
did not do things myself. This should be like out of the box. [SuSE 7.0]
>Which categories do you really want to set and with what
>value [see URL] (perhaps only LC_CTYPE?). Start netscape with a
>minimum (no locale at all for debuging)
I will now first look for this website. If i find out something
relevant, i'll let you know.
>The "locale `C' not supported either" is very suspicious.
>Perhaps your locale installation is broken (glibc upgrade
>in the past?).
I ran SuSE 6.x before, upgraded to 7.0 and this must be the point where
netscape did no longer start. I don't use netscape that often, so i
cannot recall the exact moment.
Thanks a lot for your time,
-R.
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= Rejo Zenger [EMAIL PROTECTED]
= http://www.sisterray.nl PGP: see headers
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From: "John Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Samba/ Squid disk access question.
Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2001 12:53:58 +0100
> I wouldn't assume squid to samba be responsible for this "spontaneous"
disk
> access,
> may be these are just some things like updatedb running from cron, check
your
> /etc/crontab.
>
Well, cron doesn't run on my box because it causes disk access. The only
time when the harddisk spins up is when my ISP decides to kick me off his
cable once in a while.
My machine doesnt get very warm especially when the harddisk is off!
I would like to run the following services;
- Bind (OK)
- SMB (Not ok)
- Squid (Not ok)
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From: Assinovski Lev <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.questions,comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.admin
Subject: NFS's ports
Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2001 15:31:48 +0300
Hello folks!
I need to know what the ports must be opened
for NFS server on RedHat 6.2.
We have a big intranet and close unnecessary ports.
If we open just 111 (portmapper) and 2049 (nfsd) mount on the client
side
complains: rpc - unable to receive.
When we open everything - works fine.
The problem is every time you restart nfs
rpc.mountd get another port for listening.
I was wondering if somebody could advise what the ports
(or port range for rpc.mountd) must be opened.
Sincerely,
Lev
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From: "Evgueni Ivanov" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: How to mount ntfs 2000 in rw mode?
Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2001 13:30:15 +0100
Hello All,
I hawe a problem with mounting ntfs 2000 in read-write mode.
When I'm doing
mount -t ntfs /dev/hdax /mnt/xx
- the answer is:
Warning! NTFS volume version is Win2k+: Mounting resd-only.
Thanks for help
Iwaldi
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From: "Eric" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: How to mount ntfs 2000 in rw mode?
Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2001 13:46:11 +0100
> I hawe a problem with mounting ntfs 2000 in read-write mode.
> When I'm doing
> mount -t ntfs /dev/hdax /mnt/xx
> - the answer is:
> Warning! NTFS volume version is Win2k+: Mounting resd-only.
>
That's a good thing.
NTFS support is not optimal yet. You can read from NTFS,
but writing is very experimental. Unless you plan to work on
ntfs support, use it in read-only mode. The documentation is very
clear on this subject.
Eric
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From: Joerg Ettrich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Central User Database
Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2001 13:23:07 +0100
Try the LDP (Linux Documentation Project)! I think you should get it
elsewhere in the net at several LINUX sites or maybe the open books
at o'reilly. Well, at least, if you are using a sufficient distribution
there should be some book's on the installation CD's (e.g. SuSe).
At all these places look for information on NIS & NFS! (it's a bit
to much to write it down here)
regards,
Joerg
Gerschwin schrieb:
>
> Hi
>
> Can anyone point me in the right direction for a how-to or article on how to
> setup a Linux machine to look to a central server for it's login details -
> in other words I want to have a set of user details that only needs to be
> updated on one machine.
> I'm sure I've read about this elsewhere but can't find anywhere which has
> anything of any use.
>
> Any help would be appreciated......
>
> Cheers
>
> --
> :�) Gerschwin
> --
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From: Joerg Ettrich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Central User Database
Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2001 13:23:12 +0100
Try the LDP (Linux Documentation Project)! I think you should get it
elsewhere in the net at several LINUX sites or maybe the open books
at o'reilly. Well, at least, if you are using a sufficient distribution
there should be some book's on the installation CD's (e.g. SuSe).
At all these places look for information on NIS & NFS! (it's a bit
to much to write it down here)
regards,
Joerg
Gerschwin schrieb:
>
> Hi
>
> Can anyone point me in the right direction for a how-to or article on how to
> setup a Linux machine to look to a central server for it's login details -
> in other words I want to have a set of user details that only needs to be
> updated on one machine.
> I'm sure I've read about this elsewhere but can't find anywhere which has
> anything of any use.
>
> Any help would be appreciated......
>
> Cheers
>
> --
> :�) Gerschwin
> --
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From: Joerg Ettrich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Central User Database
Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2001 13:22:54 +0100
Try the LDP (Linux Documentation Project)! I think you should get it
elsewhere in the net at several LINUX sites or maybe the open books
at o'reilly. Well, at least, if you are using a sufficient distribution
there should be some book's on the installation CD's (e.g. SuSe).
At all these places look for information on NIS & NFS! (it's a bit
to much to write it down here)
regards,
Joerg
Gerschwin schrieb:
>
> Hi
>
> Can anyone point me in the right direction for a how-to or article on how to
> setup a Linux machine to look to a central server for it's login details -
> in other words I want to have a set of user details that only needs to be
> updated on one machine.
> I'm sure I've read about this elsewhere but can't find anywhere which has
> anything of any use.
>
> Any help would be appreciated......
>
> Cheers
>
> --
> :�) Gerschwin
> --
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From: Ron Gage <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: USB Printer not working! Help!
Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2001 07:50:53 -0500
Dave:
On Sun, 18 Mar 2001 17:29:09 -0800, "Stealth Dave"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I can't get my new Epson 875DCS USB printer to work. I'm using Progeny
>Linux (Debian based) with a 2.4.2 kernel. The kernel *is* compiled with
>proper USB support. Using usbview, the printer is showing up as an
>available device. Following the instructions at linuxnewbie.org, I
>created a node in the /dev/usb folder for the printer (lp0). I was able
>to set up the printer in printtool, but I can't get anything to print.
>I've tried sending data directly to the device using 'cat file.txt >
>/dev/usb/lp0' with no affect. When trying to add a printer using kups,
>it tells me that it can't find any devices. I've searched through all
>the documentation that I can find online and nothing seems to help. If I
>had to guess, I'd say that the node I created isn't pointing to the
>printer, but I can't find any documentation on the /dev folder (which
>seems to me to be a serious omission in Linux documentation, but maybe
>I'm just not looking in the right place). I even tried making a node at
>/dev/usblp0 (i.e., not in the /dev/usb folder), but again, nothing. The
>printer works fine in Windows ME, so I know it's not defective. Any help
>with this problem would be greatly appreciated.
I don't know for certain if this will help (I don't have an Epson),
but there is a reference to a "string" that must be sent to an Epson
printer via USB in order to get the printer to talk USB.
Check out this link for more information (and a possible solution):
http://www.linux-usb.org/FAQ.html#sh3
Ron Gage - Saginaw, MI
([EMAIL PROTECTED])
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From: Nils Holland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Installing Linux on a old 486
Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2001 13:58:12 +0100
Angry Bob <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> <chuckle> I'd be suprised that he got past the kernel loading portion
> of the boot-up. I wouldn't even have expected for the install to have
> gotten to a partitioning thing.... but if it did, I would _definatley_
> expect it to crash there....
Of course, that's one way to see it. But since I'm always rather
optimistic, I thought that if it didn't already crash during kernel
bootup, it shouldn't crash when creating the partitions, either. ;-) I'd
probably expect it to behave really strange once the software packages are
actually being installed or once the system is really running.
Anyway, I'd still but up some kind of emergency system (at least SuSE
Linux allows you to launch such a thing in the main install menu) and try
using fdisk and mke2fs by hand. If it doesn't work, then he really needs
to get something else (like the Linux versions you suggested) for his 486
machines.
Greetings,
Nils
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From: "Evgueni Ivanov" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: How to mount ntfs 2000 in rw mode?
Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2001 14:25:32 +0100
I had no problems using ntfs on NT4, but I have upgrated to win2k.
I have cvs files on my ntfs pertition and I would like to use the same files
from Linux.
That is the main reason why I need ntfs in read-write.
I'm runing 2.4.2 with full support of ntfs.
So it is possible to get write mode ... I hope.
Iwaldi
"Eric" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:994v2j$hsm$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> > I hawe a problem with mounting ntfs 2000 in read-write mode.
> > When I'm doing
> > mount -t ntfs /dev/hdax /mnt/xx
> > - the answer is:
> > Warning! NTFS volume version is Win2k+: Mounting resd-only.
> >
>
> That's a good thing.
> NTFS support is not optimal yet. You can read from NTFS,
> but writing is very experimental. Unless you plan to work on
> ntfs support, use it in read-only mode. The documentation is very
> clear on this subject.
>
> Eric
>
>
>
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From: "ne..." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: GUI Xconfigurator?
Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2001 13:34:27 GMT
On Mar 18, 2001 at 20:15, David T. Wilson eloquently wrote:
>I am looking for the command to start a GUI X configurator. I am using
>redhat 7, Xfree86 4.x, and the gnome desktop.
xf86cfg
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When the going gets tough, the tough go shopping.
8:31am up 2 days, 9:30, 9 users, load average: 0.00, 0.01, 0.00
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From: "Eric" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: How to mount ntfs 2000 in rw mode?
Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2001 14:36:04 +0100
> I had no problems using ntfs on NT4, but I have upgrated to win2k.
> I have cvs files on my ntfs pertition and I would like to use the same
files
> from Linux.
You already used it on NTFS4?
Even that was playing with fire.
win2k's NTFS (NTFS5) is different from NTFS4
Don't try. Put the stuff on a FAT partition.
PS. you can use the files, you just shouldn't attempt to write to them
Eric
> That is the main reason why I need ntfs in read-write.
> I'm runing 2.4.2 with full support of ntfs.
> So it is possible to get write mode ... I hope.
>
> Iwaldi
>
> "Eric" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> news:994v2j$hsm$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> > > I hawe a problem with mounting ntfs 2000 in read-write mode.
> > > When I'm doing
> > > mount -t ntfs /dev/hdax /mnt/xx
> > > - the answer is:
> > > Warning! NTFS volume version is Win2k+: Mounting resd-only.
> > >
> >
> > That's a good thing.
> > NTFS support is not optimal yet. You can read from NTFS,
> > but writing is very experimental. Unless you plan to work on
> > ntfs support, use it in read-only mode. The documentation is very
> > clear on this subject.
> >
> > Eric
> >
> >
> >
>
>
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Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2001 14:37:27 +0100
From: Peter Hoffmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Creativ SB 128 pci?
I got a new Computer with a SB 128 pci sound device. Yast, the SuSE
config-prog detect it corectly, and install the snd-ens1371 module. At
startup the alsa soundsystem complains: Can't find "card 1" unable to
load module ....
"># lspci" list the card as ens5xxx device.
Is the a driver or a workaround?
Thanks Peter
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From: "Gerschwin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Central User Database
Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2001 13:09:51 -0000
Reply-To: "Gerschwin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
thanks - I thought about NFS and NIS but how do I specify where to look for
the passw database?
--
:�) Gerschwin
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"Joerg Ettrich" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Try the LDP (Linux Documentation Project)! I think you should get it
> elsewhere in the net at several LINUX sites or maybe the open books
> at o'reilly. Well, at least, if you are using a sufficient distribution
> there should be some book's on the installation CD's (e.g. SuSe).
>
> At all these places look for information on NIS & NFS! (it's a bit
> to much to write it down here)
>
> regards,
>
> Joerg
>
> Gerschwin schrieb:
> >
> > Hi
> >
> > Can anyone point me in the right direction for a how-to or article on
how to
> > setup a Linux machine to look to a central server for it's login
details -
> > in other words I want to have a set of user details that only needs to
be
> > updated on one machine.
> > I'm sure I've read about this elsewhere but can't find anywhere which
has
> > anything of any use.
> >
> > Any help would be appreciated......
> >
> > Cheers
> >
> > --
> > :�) Gerschwin
> > --
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From: "John Pfaff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Should I install rh6.2 or 7.0???
Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2001 08:46:10 -0500
I did see an upgrade iso (named, appropriately enough, upgrade.iso), but it
wasn't very large (a few hundred kB).
ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat-7.0/upgrade/iso/upgrade.iso
You can also find more information in
ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/redhat-7.0/upgrade/i386/en/README
Hope this is what you're looking for.
--
John Pfaff - KA3RVE
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http://counter.li.org
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"Steve Martin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> John Beardmore wrote:
>
> > >You can download it from Red Hat (ftp.redhat.com) and probably the
mirrors.
> > >Look around and you should be able to find the .iso image.
> >
> > No, I can't see any isos of upgrade disks at all, just loads of rpms
> > e.g. ftp://priority.redhat.com/updatres/6.2/alpha/.
>
> Try
>
> ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/redhat-6.2/iso/
>
> for Red Hat 6.2, or
>
> ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/redhat-7.0/iso/
>
> for Red Hat 7.0. These are the full installs, which
> have an option to upgrade an existing system when you
> start them.
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From: "M.C.Byng" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: unknown service
Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2001 13:56:31 +0000
I'm trying to run the daemon 'timed' in RedHat 7.0, but get the message
:
unknown service 'timed/udp'
when trying to start it.
Could someone please tell me what else I need to run / edit
Thanks
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