Linux-Setup Digest #888, Volume #20 Thu, 22 Mar 01 13:13:05 EST
Contents:
Re: SuSe Linux 7.2 or Redhat??? (Shane Davenport)
Re: beginner: vfat mount problem after kernel 2.4.2 compilation ("Eric")
Help : Kernel 2.4- Compile, Lilo fine but, hang at boot (Low Han Ming)
Re: Setting up Linux gateway withd Diald ("James E. Bradley")
Re: Best E-mail Client? (Carlos D. Garza)
Re: Opera 5 on Suse 6.0, Kernel 2.0.36, KDE 1.0 - failed dependencies (Rod Smith)
Re: Help : Kernel 2.4- Compile, Lilo fine but, hang at boot ("Davide Bianchi")
Re: Reading and writing to a serial port ("gkiffney")
Re: Telnet and vi (Marc)
Re: Telnet and vi (Marc)
Limiting concurrent users (Marc)
Re: halt in /sbin/init ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: halt in /sbin/init ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
SCSI AHA1505 problem ("Leo McManus, Root DSP Consultant")
Re: Linux <scream>Frustration!</scream> (Laura Goodwin)
linux + sony AIT Streamer ("thomas")
Setting System Clock(s)? (Graeme Rae)
Print to remote printer on Win using Samba (Carlos Novo)
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From: Shane Davenport <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: SuSe Linux 7.2 or Redhat???
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.questions
Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2001 09:38:20 -0500
TD wrote:
> I'm considering purchasing a retail version of Linux. Is there a
> preferred
> or recommended version of this software? Comp USA has Mandrake, SuSe,
> Redhat.
>
> Thanks for your help.
>
> TD
>
>
>
> --
> Sandy Valley Ranch ~ Your Western Adventure
> www.sandyvalleyranch.com
>
>
Go with SuSE. I have used Mandrake, Redhat, and SuSE. In my opinion SuSE
is the better of the three.
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From: "Eric" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: beginner: vfat mount problem after kernel 2.4.2 compilation
Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2001 15:41:03 +0100
> No, this looks fine too. I found similar problems in forums on the web but
no
> general solution to this problem.
>
> I downloaded the 2.4.0 kernel and this one can mount the vfat disks
without
> problems. I build this kernel with the same settings as the 2.4.2 kernel.
>
You have read the changes documentation that comes with the new kernel?
I'm out of any further ideas, but perhaps it's in there.
(you should eg. upgrade modutils IIRC)
Eric
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From: Low Han Ming <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Help : Kernel 2.4- Compile, Lilo fine but, hang at boot
Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2001 23:04:56 +0800
Hi,
I've recompiled my kernel 2.4 without problem.
However, after moving the bzImage to my /boot as vmlinuz-2.4.0 and
configuring and running lilo.
I manage to have lilo giving me the option to boot
linux
linux-2.4
win
my linux and win is working fine
but when I select to boot from my newly compiled kernel
Loading linux-2.4........
Uncompressing Linux......Ok, booting the kernel
But it just hang there after that.
Have I had all the files in the /boot as necessary.
How about the boot, module, system.map files? What are their uses?
Sorry that I'm new to this.
Greatly appreciate any advice.
Thanks for any advice.
Cheers.
Han Ming
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From: "James E. Bradley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Setting up Linux gateway withd Diald
Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2001 09:19:09 -0600
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> I am trying to setup a gateway to the internet using linux. I
> currently have two Linux servers running. One serves as a mail and
> DNS server and the other as a firewall and internet gateway. they are
> attached to a Novell 4.11 network using tcp/ip. I currently have this
> setup working with RedHat 6.2.
>
> I am trying to gateway/firewall to RedHat 7 using Diald version
> 0.99.1 release 2. I can not seem to get this new server to connect to
> the internet. ...
Is there a specific need to use diald? the ppp daemon now supports
demand dialing, which works well. Prior to putting an old 486 back in
service as the gateway with Coyote Linux, I was using the demand dial
features of pppd. I just hated knocking my kids off-line every time I
wanted to try a new distribution, which was why I put the 486 back to
work.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Carlos D. Garza)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: Best E-mail Client?
Date: 22 Mar 2001 14:58:19 GMT
I don't care much for Java either but how is it a security risk?
You probably correct and I'm not argueing. How is Java a
security risk?
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Steve Withers wrote:
>I agree. You know that and I know that....but 'they' don't know that. I
>have to deal with 'they'.
>
>I've done the push-back thing before....and it isolates you eventually
>from some people you need to be able to communicate readily with. If I
>am going to argue with people at all, it is NOT going to be about this.
>:-)
>
>HTML is reasonably consistent for paragraphing, lists and graphics
>inclusion and placement.....which is what I mainly get from some
>people.....I'm not sure they even know how to turn it off. I don't have
>the time to teach them all...
>
>Thanks for your advice....
>
>--
> Regards,
>
> Steve Withers
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Registered Linux user #24688
> http://counter.li.org
>
> "First, they ignore you. Then they
> laugh at you. Then they fight you.
> Then you win." Mahatma Ghandi
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Rod Smith)
Subject: Re: Opera 5 on Suse 6.0, Kernel 2.0.36, KDE 1.0 - failed dependencies
Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2001 15:05:43 -0000
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[Posted and mailed]
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
"Timo Feickert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Hello world!
>
> I want to install the Opera5 browser on my Suse Linux 6.0 box (Kernel
> 2.0.36).
> Unfortunately, rpm -i <package> --test gives me:
>
> failed dependencies:
> libjpeg.so.62 is needed by opera-5.0b6-20010212.017.1
> libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.0) is needed by opera-5.0b6-20010212.017.1
[etc.]
The various GLIBC messages might or might not be a problem. Opera5 has
clearly been compiled to use glibc, which all modern distributions use.
SuSE 6.0 is getting a bit elderly, but I don't think it's old enough
that it uses the older libc5. I could be wrong, though. If I'm right,
these errors are spurious -- Red Hat uses a different naming scheme for
its glibc packages than do many other distributions, so you'll see
spurious GLIBC errors when trying to install Red Hat packages. You can
overcome this problem by including the --nodeps parameter to rpm. If
your version of libc really is incompatible, the program simply won't
run.
I notice that there's another dependency problem, though -- libjpeg. You
may need to install or upgrade this package before it'll work.
On the whole, you may want to consider upgrading to a more recent
version of SuSE. The latest (7.1, IIRC) includes a 2.4.x kernel, which
supports a lot more hardware than the old 2.0.36 kernel you're using
now.
--
Rod Smith, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.rodsbooks.com
Author of books on Linux & multi-OS configuration
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From: "Davide Bianchi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Help : Kernel 2.4- Compile, Lilo fine but, hang at boot
Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2001 10:04:54 -0800
"Low Han Ming" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> but when I select to boot from my newly compiled kernel
> Loading linux-2.4........
> Uncompressing Linux......Ok, booting the kernel
> But it just hang there after that.
I had the same problem and then realized that the problem was
in the CPU type I choosed during compilation. Be sure to have
selected the right CPU type, if unsure use a lower/generic-type
(i586 instead of Pentium 2).
Davide
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From: "gkiffney" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Reading and writing to a serial port
Date: Wed, 21 Mar 2001 13:34:48 -0500
You should have minicom installed on most distributions. Minicom is a
simple dialout terminal program but you don't need a modem to use it.
Configure it to use the port you've hooked the Cisco to, at the speed(s) and
setups that Cisco suggests. You should turn off all the dialing ATxxx
commands for this configuration, and you'll need to set flow control, etc
however the Cisco docs say to set them. You might need a null modem adapter
stuck onto the serial cable; again, check Cisco's docs - they're like $3
from Radio Shack.
"Kenneth Stephen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Hi,
>
> I've got access to a Cisco switch that I can play around with, and
> there is a serial port output on the box which is for console output. My
> Linux box does have a serial port, but I havent got a clue as to what I
> should do to hook up the switch to my Linux box so that I can use Linux
> as the console for the switch. How can I solve this?
>
> Thanks,
> Kenneth
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From: Marc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Telnet and vi
Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2001 10:45:52 -0500
Thank you for all your help, everyone.
Marc wrote:
> How can I get a terminal session (e.g. telnet) to my linux box and have
> utilities such as vi work well ? Currently, I can
> telnet, but cannot remotely use vi or other text utilities. Any
> help/suggestions are appreciated. Also, if I want to use ssh
> from a windows machine to my Linux box, what is recommended.
>
> Thanks
>
> Marc
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From: Marc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Telnet and vi
Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2001 10:47:44 -0500
Thank you. I am using Tera Term Pro and ttsh. It's free and seems to work
very well. The issue does seem to be the
terminal type.
Marc
David Efflandt wrote:
> On Wed, 21 Mar 2001 08:20:04 -0500, Marc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >How can I get a terminal session (e.g. telnet) to my linux box and have
> >utilities such as vi work well ? Currently, I can
> >telnet, but cannot remotely use vi or other text utilities. Any
> >help/suggestions are appreciated. Also, if I want to use ssh
> >from a windows machine to my Linux box, what is recommended.
>
> Besides the other suggestions about checking TERM after you login, note
> that it is case sensitive. So 'vt100' may work, but 'VT100' would not be
> recognized (a common problem with Windows clients). Also Win clients
> often have settings about whether you want certain keys to be Windows
> keys, or terminal keys.
>
> I have had good results with Putty for ssh to Linux and Solaris, but I had
> to use the related utility to create an RSA key for Putty, since with no
> docs I did not know how to use my Linux generated key. My desktop just
> has ssh1, but SuSE 7.1 on my laptop came with OpenSSH.
>
> --
> David Efflandt [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.de-srv.com/
> http://www.autox.chicago.il.us/ http://www.berniesfloral.net/
> http://cgi-help.virtualave.net/ http://hammer.prohosting.com/~cgi-wiz/
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From: Marc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Limiting concurrent users
Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2001 10:51:10 -0500
Hello again,
Another issue I can't seem to find an answer for:
Is there a way to limit concurrent users to a directory (in this case a
mounted CDROM). The issue
is that we have a license for only one concurrent user at a time to read
the CD, so I would like to limit it.
In NT you can limit concurrent connections to a share. Is there a way
to do this in Linux? We are using
Samba to make the CD available to windows work stations.
Thank you again.
Marc
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: halt in /sbin/init
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,alt.uu.comp.os.linux.questions
Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2001 16:12:31 GMT
look at /etc/inittab
In alt.os.linux Tai-Lin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I installed linux to a 486PC with a flash disk manually.
> When I booted up this computer, the booting process halted after mounted
> the root file system. I traced into the kernel source code, and I am
> pretty sure that the kernel launched /sbin/init correctly.
> However, the /sbin/init stuck halfway and didn't put any message
> on my screen.
> Does anyone know what sequence the /sbin/init would execute after the
> kernel is loaded and how could I trace the init to find where the process
> stuck?
> I copied /etc/inittab and /etc/rc.d from other computer. Is there any
> thing that I should modify? What else should I copy to boot up my system?
--
The ideas and text of my post belong solely to me and are copyright of for and by me
#!/usr/bin/perl
$a="\<b isfg\=\"nbjmup";
$b="\:\/\/udq\@cmvfnppo";
$c="\.nzjq\.psh\"\>tfoe\<\/b\>";
$d="$a"."$b"."$c";
$d =~ y/b-z/a-z/;
print "$d\n";
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: halt in /sbin/init
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,alt.uu.comp.os.linux.questions
Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2001 16:18:16 GMT
sorry for the incomplete followup ..
systems init by following certain lines in /etc/inittab depending on the runlevel
is everything that is in /etc/inittab and /etc/rc.d on your system ?
you mentioned flash disk .. I'm just wondering if there was enough
space for everything needed to be installed.
In alt.os.linux Tai-Lin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I installed linux to a 486PC with a flash disk manually.
> When I booted up this computer, the booting process halted after mounted
> the root file system. I traced into the kernel source code, and I am
> pretty sure that the kernel launched /sbin/init correctly.
> However, the /sbin/init stuck halfway and didn't put any message
> on my screen.
> Does anyone know what sequence the /sbin/init would execute after the
> kernel is loaded and how could I trace the init to find where the process
> stuck?
> I copied /etc/inittab and /etc/rc.d from other computer. Is there any
> thing that I should modify? What else should I copy to boot up my system?
--
The ideas and text of my post belong solely to me and are copyright of for and by me
#!/usr/bin/perl
$a="\<b isfg\=\"nbjmup";
$b="\:\/\/udq\@cmvfnppo";
$c="\.nzjq\.psh\"\>tfoe\<\/b\>";
$d="$a"."$b"."$c";
$d =~ y/b-z/a-z/;
print "$d\n";
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From: "Leo McManus, Root DSP Consultant" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: SCSI AHA1505 problem
Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2001 17:12:46 +0100
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Have a new scanner ,Agfa 1236, and it comes with an ISA AHA1505 SCSI
Controller. Have ran the DOS program and set it's IRQ to 10 DMA to 7 and
Jumpered for address 0x340.
Doing a cat on my /procs interrupts 'directory' I see that there are 2
interrupts on 10, my sound and my ethernet card.
If I do the pnpdump I find my SCSI controller, but if I do an insmod
aha152x aha152x=0x340,10,7,0 then it reports that it cannot install/find
the module and this may be due to incorrect options.
Does this card require I move the interrupt to another which is not
shared or is there somethng else I have overlooked.?
Leo
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From: Laura Goodwin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt
Subject: Re: Linux <scream>Frustration!</scream>
Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2001 11:46:34 -0500
Thumper wrote:
> Making the switch to an entirely different type of OS is a daunting task.
> Yes people have become coddled with MS stuff. But more and more people are
> seeing that there is an alternative out there, and are genuinely trying to
> make the switch. But with answers like the above, and even scarier, things
> like "You're going to have to recompile the kernel", people just bag it and
> go back what they know. To those of us that have done it, a kernel recompile
> is no big deal.
In case you are wondering, I installed Mandrake 7.2 this morning and
this time I have a coherent display. So my immediate problem is now
solved. To all who politely volunteered *useful* advice and
encouragement, thank you. :)
I created a boot floppy and reset my default boot to WinME first thing
this morning. These are the only things I know how to do via Linux. I'm
a rank newbie to Linux. I now have to compile a newer kernel, and
compiling doesn't frighten me, but to date my experiences with
post-compile configuration have been very unhappy. But I realize it's a
learning process and blunder on.
I am highly motivated to learn Linux. But I don't think I've been
coddled by Windows. I wrestled Windows into submission by force of
will. I had to learn Windows, now I plan to learn Linux.
It's not too much to expect an OS to simply work if you are willing to
give it a try. One big reason Windows dominates is because you can
throw any hodgepodge of hardware together into a cheap case and fire it
up, and Windows is very likely to recognize and be able to use
everything without too much fuss. Toying with new OSs and tweaking
their 'puters is not pleasurable for most people, and there is nothing
wrong with that.
There is also nothing wrong with being a newbie and asking for help.
Maybe some people would rather do everything without humbling themselves
to their fellow man and asking for assistance, but the average person
with a normal, healthy ego has no problem with such things. Asking for
help is not the same as donning a sign that says "kick me!", FWIW.
Humans are an interdependent species: we are designed by nature to need
each other. There should be no shame in it. It's natural and normal to
ask for help, and to offer help. People who think otherwise stand far
outside the norm, and not in a good way.
If you don't have the patience for newbies, don't parlay with them,
fellas. That's good advice from me to you.
Laura Goodwin
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From: "thomas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: linux + sony AIT Streamer
Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2001 17:51:17 +0100
I use Suse Linux 7.1 (kernel 2.2.18) and a sony AIT-Streamer with dump
I cannot activate the internal compression; The Streamer can store 35G and
up to 70G with compression
It always stores exact 35GB
Knows anybody how i can use the compression??
thanks
Thomas
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From: Graeme Rae <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Setting System Clock(s)?
Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2001 09:33:05 -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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From: Carlos Novo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Print to remote printer on Win using Samba
Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2001 19:00:14 +0000
My problem is:
I need to print to a printer on Win machine. I've uses Printtool for
configuring spool and it prints ASCII text quite well, but I can't print
Postcript ... it just print all "postcript" code as is ...
I'm using Debian Potato 2.2.
Is there any one who knows what can I do ?
Thanx.
--
Carlos Novo
Dpto. Inform�tica
I.C. & Asociados
Tfno.: 954 404323
There is no way to Linux. Linux is the way !!
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