Linux-Setup Digest #869, Volume #20 Tue, 20 Mar 01 06:13:05 EST
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matching 4x desktop areas to virtual screen size ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: CD-ROM and harddisk fighting over DMA ("Eric")
Linux + win98 problem ("Mag")
Re: Linux + win98 problem ("Eric")
Re: LInux Route and Win NT DHCP ? Pls help !!! ("Sander")
Re: Linux in NT/2000 domain ("Eric")
Re: Linux + win98 problem (Stanislaw Flatto)
Re: Why people are doing that? ("Thumper")
Problems with DUMP (Joerg Ettrich)
Re: beginner: vfat mount problem after kernel 2.4.2 compilation ("Eric")
Re: Help with first installation (Stanislaw Flatto)
Re: SCSI Install of RH7.0 - LILO hangs at boot ("Eric")
Re: X Startup Problem (Robert D'Amfino)
Re: httpd.conf trouble (Claudio Bley)
chating on linux 5.2 (niketan sharma)
Re: Why people are doing that? ("Thumper")
Re: 3com NIC problem (H.Bruijn)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: matching 4x desktop areas to virtual screen size
Date: 20 Mar 2001 07:56:21 GMT
Have the problem of getting my desktop areas to match one screen size.
After reading beaucoup Linux posts, man pages on XF86Config, etc. still
don't have an answer to this simple problem.
My screen resolution is fine (1024x768); but selecting a desktop area of
2x2 screen sizes in the Gnome control center results in single desktop
areas being too large for my monitor screen.
TIA for any insights into fixing this; rather annoying problem...
Thanks,
--Rick
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From: "Eric" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: CD-ROM and harddisk fighting over DMA
Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2001 09:52:31 +0100
>
> "old" as in "about a year old", or as in "very old"? ;-)
>
> > IIRC, there is an option in the kernel config you should set to no.
> > I can't remember which one exactly, so may the google be with you :-)
>
> You got me looking in
> /usr/src/linux/Documentation/Configure.help. There seems to be an
> option called CONFIG_IDEDISK_MULTI_MODE, which gives an error like
> this:
>
> hda: set_multmode: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
> hda: set_multmode: error=0x04 { DriveStatusError }
>
> while my errormessage is:
>
> hda: timeout waiting for DMA
> ide_dmaproc: chipset supported ide_dma_timeout func only: 14
> hda: irq timeout: status=0x58 { DriveReady SeekComplete DataRequest }
>
> At first sight, it looks very similar to the error I get, but a closer
> look makes clear it's something else. So before I drown in google, did
> you mean this option, or was it something else?
>
This was the one I meant.
It's indeed another message.
Eric
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From: "Mag" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Linux + win98 problem
Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2001 17:32:58 +0800
Dear all,
I have win98 and redhat 6.2 installed in my PC, using lilo to dual boot.
Now my win98 is down and need to reinstall it. I plan to format the win98
partition and install back this OS (required at work), but I hear from
others that win98 will overwrite the MBR and so the lilo will lost!
What should I do so that lilo is retained while the M$ OS can be install
back?
thanks,
mag
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From: "Eric" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Linux + win98 problem
Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2001 10:46:32 +0100
> I have win98 and redhat 6.2 installed in my PC, using lilo to dual
boot.
> Now my win98 is down and need to reinstall it. I plan to format the win98
> partition and install back this OS (required at work), but I hear from
> others that win98 will overwrite the MBR and so the lilo will lost!
> What should I do so that lilo is retained while the M$ OS can be install
> back?
>
you cannot prevent this.
make a linux bootfloppy, and use that to boot when you're done
installing win98. After that run `/sbin/lilo -v` again, and you can boot
from
HDD again.
Eric
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From: "Sander" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.linux,alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.redhat
Subject: Re: LInux Route and Win NT DHCP ? Pls help !!!
Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2001 09:47:29 GMT
You have difficult problem. What happens is that because your NTserver is on
a different network then the W98 machine, it never receives the DHCP
request. I tried (shortly) to figure out what type broadcast a DHCP is, but
my Linuxbox didn't receive anything at all.
On the following site I found out this:
http://www.dhcp-handbook.com/dhcp_faq.html#hcird
How can I relay DHCP if my router does not support it?
A server on a net(subnet) can relay DHCP or BOOTP for that net. Microsoft
has software to make Windows NT do this.
Good luck
Norbi44 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schreef in berichtnieuws
kzBt6.86971$[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Hi !
>
> I'm doing a project for School and I have to setup 3 computers. One with
> WinNT 4.0 , One with Win98, and one with Linux Redhat 6.2
>
> Redhat is my Route and WinNT is my DNS and DHCP and FTP and So on Server.
>
> This is a setup
> Linux Redhat has 2 NICs
> _______
> | winNT | --------------------------|
> Redhat| ---------------------------------| win 98|
> | Router |
> ip: 124.115.0.2 ip: 124.115.0.1 ip: 192.168.0.1
> ip: 192.168.0.2
>
>
> I have the DHCP server on Win NT.
> and my Problem is that Win 98 can't get the IP form the DHCP which is on
> Win NT.
> when I config the IPs manually every thing works fine.
> on the Linux box I have IP forwarding on but I'm not sure what else I have
> to setup to make that work. If any one has any ideas let me know please
>
>
> thanks you
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: "Eric" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Linux in NT/2000 domain
Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2001 10:52:44 +0100
> In my company, most computers in our domain are NT/2000 hosts.
> And Primary/Backup domain controller are 2000 server.
> All hosts' IP/DNS settings are from DHCP service.
> Now I set up a Linux host in same domain.
> It looks fine while connecting to Internet.
> But it cannot access other machines in local domain except by using
> explicit IP address.
appears that the nameservers are not used.
> Is there any way to solve this problem?
>
Use them :-)
Are the nameservers not on a static IP address?
(that would be easy, put them in your /etc/resolv.conf)
What dhcp client do you use
I use RedHat, which comes with pump, others may use dhcpcd
I never got dhcpcd working (on an NT domain too), pump works
without problems though.
Eric
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From: Stanislaw Flatto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Linux + win98 problem
Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2001 21:08:50 +1100
Mag wrote:
> Dear all,
> I have win98 and redhat 6.2 installed in my PC, using lilo to dual boot.
> Now my win98 is down and need to reinstall it. I plan to format the win98
> partition and install back this OS (required at work), but I hear from
> others that win98 will overwrite the MBR and so the lilo will lost!
> What should I do so that lilo is retained while the M$ OS can be install
> back?
>
> thanks,
> mag
a) Create a Linux booting diskette which will let you to boot Linux after
MS-Glassware install. Note: better check that it works.
Your lilo.conf is configured to your current installation and this won't change.
So, boot Linux from diskette, login as root, and issue this command:
/sbin/lilo -C /etc/lilo.conf (capital C), this will reread the file lilo.conf
and write LILO into mbr.
b) Delete the partition on which Windows are installed and do not create a new
one and do not format. The setup program will find the empty space on disk and
install itself there with formatting.
Windows complains when given a pre-prepared partition saying: There is OS there
- no place for new install.
Have fun.
Stanislaw.
Slack user from Ulladulla.
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From: "Thumper" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Why people are doing that?
Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2001 09:39:43 GMT
"Jay & Shell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Allen wrote:
> >
> > snipped <<
> Windows is NOT a wheel. It was stolen from Apple Inc. And before a war
> starts YES IT WAS !!!
>> snipped<<
Just remember that Jobs stole it first from Xerox's PARC facility...:)
--
Thumper
Kill da munge to reply by email.
Registered Linux user #209449 - Machine registration #97328
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From: Joerg Ettrich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: de.comp.os.unix.linux.misc,comp.unix.admin
Subject: Problems with DUMP
Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2001 10:48:51 +0100
Dear All,
I'm running SUSE 6.3 as Server, with a 50GB software raid drive
as samba file server. I would like to use dump to create some
generic level 0 backups, but as I perform a simple command like
dump -0u /dev/tape /raid/DIRECTORY
the system gets very heavy loaded, i.e. I get no more response
in the shell, even "ls" or "ps" isn't working, and a few seconds
later I hear the disk drive working (very busy!!!) and I can't do
anything. In the shell, were I've started the dump, I've typed
CTRL+C, and I got back to command line atfer about 10 min !!!
I can't believe that dump is using the system that heavy. I've used
dump (better vdump) on a DEC workstation often before, and I never
run in such problems.
Does anyone have an idea ?
Thanx, Joerg
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From: "Eric" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: beginner: vfat mount problem after kernel 2.4.2 compilation
Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2001 11:02:35 +0100
how exactly does it fail?
what error messages do you get?
Eric
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From: Stanislaw Flatto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Help with first installation
Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2001 21:16:25 +1100
Which distribution are you using. Some require 586 and higher.
FYI (For Your Information) I put recent (7.1) distribution of Slackware on
486/66 with 8M ram and 256M h/d. Nooooo X-Windows.
Give us some more info, we are here with helping shoulder.
Have fun
Stanislaw
Slack user from Ulladulla.
"o.swain" wrote:
> Dear Anyone
>
> I am struggling to install my first ever Linux installation!
> The P.C. I am using is an old 486DX 100 with 32Mb of memory and 1.5GB hard
> drive.
> The problem I am getting is that when booting from the boot disk or by using
> autoboot.bat from the dosutils directory the install freezes on:-
>
> RAMDISK: Compressed image found at block 0
>
> This will then go no further!
>
> Anyone help?
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From: "Eric" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: SCSI Install of RH7.0 - LILO hangs at boot
Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2001 11:04:27 +0100
> I've been looking through the RH and other archive sites but have not
> found a good answer to the problem:
>
> Was a Dual boot using boot magic - RH6.2 and Win98
> Machine has an Adaptec 2940UW adapter that used to work just fine.
> Now after the install, I get the "LI" portion of LILO and the thing
> hangs. I've tried both linear mode enabled and not, and no difference.
>
> I've only got 2 scsi hard drives installed currently. When running LILO
> is says: "drive 0x82" may not be accessible. Any ideas??????
Sounds like you have an IDE disks instelled too, right?
show your lilo.conf and the partitiontables
Eric
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Robert D'Amfino)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc,alt.os.linux
Subject: Re: X Startup Problem
Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2001 10:22:28 -0000
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On or about Sun, 18 Mar 2001 19:15:07 -0500
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
....Posted....
>Hi,
>I run Mandrake 7.2 and I am having problems with the X server. The
>system starts up fine, but I don't get the graphical login screen and I
>cannot seem to start X from the console. I've tried typing startx, but
>i get the following message: "Fatal server error: Could not open
>default font 'fixed'".
>Anyone have any ideas as to how I can get the system up and running?
>Thank you very much for your help,
>Kyle Smith
You may need to run 'drakxservices' and choose the xfs option which
is the xfont server, also run 'XFdrake' to setup your monitor and
video card again.
--
unclebob icq 3347043
linux user 0191976
http://counter.li.org
Sure, Bill Gates may have seventy-four billion dollars,
but is he happy? He IS?? SHIT!!! {dennis miller}
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Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.help,linux.redhat
Subject: Re: httpd.conf trouble
From: Claudio Bley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: 20 Mar 2001 11:24:36 +0100
"Mark Bennett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Hi,
> I'm trying to configure the user directories on my apache server so that my
> family can each have their own websites. Right now I am getting a 403,
> access forbidden error when I try to access each users web directory. Each
> users web directory is located in a subdirectory of their home directory
> called www. I've set this using the UserDir directive, and I think I have
> given them the correct permissions using the Directory directive so I don't
> know what I'm doing wrong. I've attached my httpd.conf file to this
> message, if any one could tell me what to try next I would appreciate it.
> Thanks!
>
> -Mark
>
[skipped..]
>
Well, your httpd.conf is okay as far as I can tell. More likely I
suppose your problem is the permission of the real file system:
The www directory of each user needs to be world readable (execution
and read permission for *all* users) and the /home/user/ directory
needs to be world accessible (execution permission)! This is due the
httpd process running as an unpriviliged user with no rights (usually
'nobody').
Thus, you have to change the permission of each directory under /home to
'chmod 711 /home/*' and each www of each user to 'chmod 755 /home/*/www'.
Don't forget to restart apache ('/etc/init.d/httpd restart').
Claudio
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From: niketan sharma <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: chating on linux 5.2
Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2001 10:30:04 -0000
how to install and configure chating on redhat 5.2 server
suggest sites and other help issue
niketan
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From: "Thumper" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Why people are doing that?
Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2001 10:37:16 GMT
Well a good reason in my case, is money. It's a plain and simple fact that
Linux is becoming more and more popular by the day, and more and more
companies are switching to it because it IS a viable alternative to Windows
NT/2000, Solaris, AIX, etc. Put in succint terms, the more I know, the more
marketable I am. Not to mention, since I'm a tech weenie from the first days
of the PC, I LOVE to tinker. Linux with it's open architecture allows me to
get into the guts of the operating system, and let me play to my hearts
content. Can the same be said for Windows of any flavor? That's resounding
HELL NO. If we listen to what Gates, Balmer and the rest of the Redmondnites
say, open source is evil incarnate.
Most of the problems I have encountered so far have consisted of me playing
around too much, and doing stuff I shouldn't have done without reading up on
it first. Usually a $man <subject> is enough to enlighten me. If not I come
here, and to other newsgroups. I take it as a matter of personal pride that
I can boot into 2000, 98, Solaris, and various flavors of Linux on my
machine, and can be just as productive on one platform, as I am another.
The statement concerning the time factor is blatantly wrong as well. On my
Redhat install, from power on, to reboot, AND with every package installed
(over a gig and 1/2 of stuff) was about 20 min. If ANYONE here can load
Windows of any flavor in under 35 minutes (barring a ghost image of course),
then "you da man/woman!!" That's the best I have been able to achieve on
just a base system. No other drivers installed. And I have been this for
more years than I care to admit.
The harware woes you describe are because the peripheral manufacturers have
gotten lazy and have either designed their products in a Windows proprietary
manner ( e.g. Winmodems, InkJets using a Windows proprietary format), or
they just won't get off their ass and write a driver (e.g. Logitech).
Therefore it is left to us to make our own. To me, it provides even more
satisfaction when I can sit down and make something work. A good for
instance is that I just took a driver for another device, and rewrote it to
make my old Aiwa Bolt tape drive work under Windows 2000. I was pleased as
hell that it worked and was even more pleased when I received emails from
others thanking me for taking the time and effort to do it. THAT Allen, is
why we do it.
We're not reinventing the wheel as you so eloquently state. It's called
INNOVATION. Something the Redmondnites have all but destroyed. I happen to
like being able to have my desktop look radically different than anyone
else's. I want to be able put my clock where I want it dammit. I want to
choose to have a taskbar, panel or not if I want. Unless you get a bit
daring and use Litestep or the like under Win, you can't.
Sorry to everyone if this is a trifle long winded. Just kinda felt it needed
saying.
--
Thumper
Kill da munge to reply by email.
Registered Linux user #209449 - Machine registration #97328
"Allen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:9968pp$2b7$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> I can't really understand why people want to
> spend 5 or 10 hours trying to get a device
> working on linux since there is no help whatsoever
> for it, while it only takes half an hour to get it
> working on Windows? Isn't that a great waste of
> personal life as well as social resources? Does it
> really make sense for computer industry to go back
> to squre one and try to recreate a wheel which we
> already have now? Do people really believe that
> an OS which requires all of its users to know how
> to use makefile can go that far? After all, even
> primitive DOS 1.0 doesn't require me to graduate
> with a CS degree first before I start using it?
> If a resource requires so much background knowledge
> before anyone can really use it, then what's the
> difference does it make compares to not having the
> resource at all?
>
> Can someone give some reasonable and inspirational
> answers for the above questions?
>
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (H.Bruijn)
Subject: Re: 3com NIC problem
Date: 20 Mar 2001 11:01:56 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Mon, 19 Mar 2001 22:39:48 +0100, Rene allegedly wrote:
>And the route command gives after 3 MINUTES the output:
>
>Kernel IP routing table
>Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use
>Iface
It tries to do a reverse lookup for the 10.x.x.x ip-numbers and network.
When that times out, only then you get the output in numbers. Either
create in-addr.arpa records for the 10.x.x.x range of ip-numbers on your
local nameserver or do the following.
add a line to /etc/networks with
localnet 10.10.0.0
internal 127.0.0.0
and add names and ip's to /etc/hosts
10.10.10.1 default_gateway default_gateway.localnet
Change the names to suit you.
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The Netherlands website: http://hermanbruijn.com
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