Linux-Setup Digest #913, Volume #20 Mon, 26 Mar 01 03:13:14 EST
Contents:
How can I set up pop3 daemon on RedHat 7? (Tau Kim)
RealPLayer 8.0.1 for RedHat version 6.1? ("T.L.")
Re: Linux router ("Vinay Jamwal")
Re: mouse + video card with RH 7.0 and gnome help (Michael Perry)
Re: Diskless installs, single floppy firewall/ip masq ? and rr cable modem. (Andreas
Schweitzer)
Re: problems configuring X with diamond viper 2 videocard (Michael Perry)
Re: Use a printer connected to WinNT LAN ("Buzz Lightyear")
Re: uname -r gives incorrect kernel version ("Mike Ruskai")
Re: uname -r gives incorrect kernel version ("Mike Ruskai")
Newbie Configure Network Card? ("The R")
Re: Advice Needed - Partitioning New HD For Linux ("Peter S. Saly")
Re: iptables under 2.4.2 (Nick Traxler)
Re: uname -r gives incorrect kernel version ("Eric")
Re: Advice Needed - Partitioning New HD For Linux (Nick Traxler)
Install info ("Marco Mangiante")
mouse problems ("Sfw")
Re: Are unused blocks BAD blocks? ("Eric")
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Tau Kim)
Subject: How can I set up pop3 daemon on RedHat 7?
Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2001 04:29:38 GMT
How can I set up pop3 daemon on RedHat 7?
I used to install imapxxx.rpm on RedHat 6.2 and then pop3d was
automatically set up. But after I upgraded to 7, this doesn't work.
Then, I tried to get pop3d rpms but, I couldn't. What should I get?
Where can I get it? (I tried several ftps, like ftp.redhat.com, blah
blah blah..... T.T)
Pls help.
ps. I would relly appreciate if you reply me via e-mail..
ps. And another problem is I used to use qpopper on Solaris7 sparc
version. But I changed the server to Intel based Soalris8 and I can't
find the pkg of qpopper of solaris8 intel. ... T.T
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From: "T.L." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: RealPLayer 8.0.1 for RedHat version 6.1?
Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2001 04:42:49 GMT
Folks,
Has anyone tried the RealPlayer (version 8.0.1) for RedHat 6.1?
I uninstalled the previous version (RealPlayer 7.0.4) after getting
a message indicating that it had expired. Here is what I did during my
RPM install for version 8.0.1:
a) Command Issued:
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rpm -i rp8.linux20.libc6.i386.cs1.rpm
b) Message generated during rpm install:
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package RealPlayer-8.0-1 is for a different architecture
Has anyone had that problem? Comments/Suggestions/etc.
would be appreciated...
Regards,
Tony L.
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From: "Vinay Jamwal" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: Linux router
Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2001 10:14:33 +0530
I had just a look around the thread....
The general convention I feel is the slot position
they are in...On that basis the order of their names are given....
Am i correct???
Vinay
"L" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> I think the card names are determined by the order the modules are
loaded...
> e.g. the first module loaded and first card initialized is eth0
>
> There is some truth to the last statement. Sometimes two identical cards
can
> confuse the system, but the only time I have experienced this is under
windows.
> I kinda doubt you've have that problem with Linux, but it's something to
be
> aware of
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Michael Perry)
Subject: Re: mouse + video card with RH 7.0 and gnome help
Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2001 04:52:33 -0000
On Sat, 24 Mar 2001 21:43:17 -0800, c <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I have RH 7.0 with a serial mouse and a Creative Blaster video card (A
>Nvidia Riva TNT 2 card model 64) and GNOME and I am having these 2
>problems:
>1. I cannot get the mouse to do anything. I boot straight into GNOME,
>please help, what do I need to do and how do I do it?
>
>2. The mouse pointer is a 1 inch square white block. I choose the Riva
>TNT 2 driver during installation. What/how do I fix this?
>
Try setting up the video card manually and change to booting to console for
awhile. After you get that working, you may want to upgrade to X4.0.2 or at
first try just getting the X which ships with redhat working correctly. I
would try to setup the card manually using the xf86config program.
--
Michael Perry
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Andreas Schweitzer)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.portable,comp.os.linux.hardware,alt.linux
Subject: Re: Diskless installs, single floppy firewall/ip masq ? and rr cable modem.
Date: 26 Mar 2001 04:53:50 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, peter wrote:
>I'm trying to setup a single floppy firewall/proxy/ip masq. on a 486
>with two NE2000 network cards.
>
>What the best/easiest way to go ? I have roadrunner cable modem. So I
>need DHCP...
_Completely_ unbiased ... ;-)
http://www.zelow.no/floppyfw/
>I lost the link to a web site that had every tiny install out there,
>does anyone have the link ?
Shameless plug :
http://dilbert.physast.uga.edu/~andy/minilinux.html
>I've tried the LRP, but the ne2000.img keep returning a disk error
>when I tried to rawrite...is there a special way I have to "format"
>the floppy ?
If you have 1.44MB images, you only need to do a standard
format and rawrite.exe should work.
If the images are bigger then you need special formatting
programs (or can DOS do that ???), e.g. from simtel.net.
You may also need a special version of rawrite.
Andreas
--
Andreas Schweitzer
http://dilbert.physast.uga.edu/~andy/
This post is brought to you by VIM, slrn and FreeBSD
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Michael Perry)
Subject: Re: problems configuring X with diamond viper 2 videocard
Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2001 04:56:56 -0000
On Sun, 25 Mar 2001 01:17:07 +0100, Stefan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Help!!
>
>I am installing X-server on a pc with a diamond viper 2 videocard,
>after starting my screen looks good. At least until all windows
>are loaded. Now when I move a window, my screen becomes one big mess!
>
>Can anyone who setup this card before send me his XF86Config file or
>tell me what went wrong?
>
>I tried to manually add the card, but the S3 Savage2000 is not in the
>list so I chose the one from the Stealth III. The refresh rates are
>manually entered acoording to the specifications of the manufacturer.
>
>Thanxx
>
>Stefan
>
Get the drivers from:
http://www.probo.com/timr/savage40.html
This should help out a bit.
--
Michael Perry
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: "Buzz Lightyear" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Use a printer connected to WinNT LAN
Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2001 05:34:03 GMT
If I am not wrong it's Smbclient. www.samba.org.
"Crystal Luo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:99mdbn$934$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Dear all,
>
> I have installed Redhat Linux 7.0 on my PC, which is connected to a
Windows
> NT based LAN. How should I configure the system to make use of a shared
> printer on this network? Thank you very much.
>
> br,
> Crystal
>
>
>
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From: "Mike Ruskai" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: "Mike Ruskai" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: uname -r gives incorrect kernel version
Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2001 05:36:36 GMT
On Sun, 25 Mar 2001 22:02:07 +0000 (UTC), David Efflandt wrote:
>On Sun, 25 Mar 2001, Mike Ruskai <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>To install Slackware 7.1, I had to boot from the Slackware 7.0 scsinet.s
>>disk, because the aic7xxx driver compiled into the 7.1 version is broken.
>>
>>Now I've recompiled the kernel (after putting the old aic7xxx sources in,
>>of course), but uname -r returns the incorrect kernel version, which
>>screws up some of the startup scripts. It's saying 2.2.13, when the
>>kernel is in fact 2.2.16.
>
>Maybe you made the same mistake I did and vmlinuz ended up in / instead of
>/boot. Check the kernel Makefile to see where it puts things when you
>'make install'. You may need to uncomment this line:
>
>#INSTALL_PATH=/boot
I don't see how that's a mistake. That's where the install process puts
the kernel, and that's where I put the newly compiled one.
I'm not having trouble booting from it. It's the only kernel on the
system, so it's obviously booting from that one.
The problem is that even though the version string inside the kernel is
2.2.16, the reporting mechanisms are incorrectly giving 2.2.13.
--
- Mike
Remove 'spambegone.net' and reverse to send e-mail.
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From: "Mike Ruskai" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: "Mike Ruskai" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: uname -r gives incorrect kernel version
Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2001 05:42:58 GMT
On Sun, 25 Mar 2001 21:03:26 +0200, Peter T. Breuer wrote:
>Mike Ruskai <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> To install Slackware 7.1, I had to boot from the Slackware 7.0 scsinet.s
>> disk, because the aic7xxx driver compiled into the 7.1 version is broken.
>
>> Now I've recompiled the kernel (after putting the old aic7xxx sources in,
>> of course), but uname -r returns the incorrect kernel version, which
>> screws up some of the startup scripts. It's saying 2.2.13, when the
>> kernel is in fact 2.2.16.
>
>Then you did it wrong.
Did what wrong? I did this:
make dep
make menuconfig
make bzImage
make modules
make modules_install
I copied the new kernel to the root, and got rid of the old one (which I
can always get off a floppy if I need to).
>> Where does this program get the version from? It's definitely not from
>
>From the kernel.
The kernel has 2.2.16 as the only version string in it. It's the only
kernel anywhere on the system. The reported version did not come from
there, unless it was constructed from binary integers.
>> the kernel itself. I've seen references to System.map when searching for
>
>It most certainly is!
Where? As I said, the version string of the booted kernel is 2.2.16.
> cat /proc/sys/kernel/version
That just gives a date string, not the version. The date string does not
match the file creation date of the kernel in use.
/proc/sys/kernel/osrelease is what shows 2.2.13, but that's not an
explanation of anything.
>> an answer, so I copied the one from /usr/src/linux-2.2.16, but that
>> changed nothing.
>
>> How do I fix this?
>
>By fixing your bodged kernel compile. Do it again.
Changing what, so it's no longer bodged? Or do you simply have no clue
what the problem is, and felt like being a rude wanker anyway?
--
- Mike
Remove 'spambegone.net' and reverse to send e-mail.
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From: "The R" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.uu.comp.os.linux.questions,comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.questions,comp.os.linux.redhat,linux.redhat.install
Subject: Newbie Configure Network Card?
Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2001 05:54:47 GMT
Where do I go to configure the network card and TCP/IP on RH Linux 7.0
running either KDE or GNOME desktop?
I have a network card installed and I'm not sure if Linux has found it, if
not how do I install it? (I have linux drivers)
Ps. the card is a linxus card..
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From: "Peter S. Saly" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Advice Needed - Partitioning New HD For Linux
Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2001 00:56:41 -0600
"Peter S. Saly" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
>
> "John Sage" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> > Peter S. Saly wrote:
> >
> > > Also where can I read up on a logical explanation of the meaning of
> > > partitions such as
> > > /
> > > /boot
> > > /build
> > > /usr
> > > /home
> > > /opt
> > > /src
> > >
> > At the very least, a root /, a /boot, a /usr, a /home, a /tmp, a /var, a
> swap..
> >
> > I dunno: it becomes a religious issue..
>
>
> There is an issue of time available to get into Linux deeply...
> Other things are of higher priority and greater interest..
>
> Thank you for the suggested partition list
> What about relative or absolute suggested sizes for let's say 10 gig
> total space ?
>
>
Is there anyone interested in taking a whack at suggesting relative sizes
for the above partitions out of a maximum of 10 gigs, with some explanation
as to why ??
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From: Nick Traxler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: iptables under 2.4.2
Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2001 02:19:19 -0500
Actually, just saying:
iptables -t nat -A POSTROUTING -o eth0 -j MASQUERADE
did it.
(and echo 1 to the ip_forward process)
--
Nick Traxler
Computer Science, Purdue University
http://www.cs.purdue.edu/people/traxlend
"The two most common things in the Universe are Hydrogen and Stupidity."
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From: "Eric" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: uname -r gives incorrect kernel version
Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2001 09:37:55 +0200
> I don't see how that's a mistake. That's where the install process puts
> the kernel, and that's where I put the newly compiled one.
the point was, you're probably *not* using the new kernel.
Stop argueing and check this first.
> I'm not having trouble booting from it. It's the only kernel on the
> system, so it's obviously booting from that one.
maybe to you.
Not so obvious from here.
> The problem is that even though the version string inside the kernel is
> 2.2.16, the reporting mechanisms are incorrectly giving 2.2.13.
>
really?
cat /etc/lilo.conf
what is the image you booted?
check with
`strings [image_you_think_you_booted]|grep "2\.2"`
if it is really what you expect.
If this is so, did you rerun /sbin/lilo?
Eric
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From: Nick Traxler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Advice Needed - Partitioning New HD For Linux
Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2001 02:31:40 -0500
> Is there anyone interested in taking a whack at suggesting relative sizes
> for the above partitions out of a maximum of 10 gigs, with some explanation
> as to why ??
I have:
4 gig for /
5 gig for /home
5 gig for /opt
10 gig for /usr
16 MB for /boot
250 MB for /tmp
250 MB for /var
double physical RAM for swap
(This is on a 30GB Barracuda, you can figure the proportions.)
On further reflection, some of these sizes could be changed for me.
I use the /opt quite a lot, for mp3's and file storage, so it should be
bigger. /home could probably be knocked down to 2 or 3 gig, since I'm
the only user. Also, for a lot of RAM, you don't necessarily need double
the swap space. I have 192 MB, and I hardly ever see the system dip into
the swap space. (At least according to gkrellm.)
/src doesn't really seem necessary to me. I build applications in /tmp,
and kernel source goes in /usr/src.
The basic idea is that you should be capable of mounting /, /boot, and
/usr as read-only.
--
Nick Traxler
Computer Science, Purdue University
http://www.cs.purdue.edu/people/traxlend
"The two most common things in the Universe are Hydrogen and Stupidity."
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From: "Marco Mangiante" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Install info
Date: Sat, 24 Mar 2001 13:25:26 +0100
Hi, I am very newbies for Linux and I have this little problem: i try to
install linux with Redhat 6.2 that I found on magazine's cd, but receive
this little error "An error as occured-no valid devices were found on which
to create new filesystems. Please check your hardware for the cause of this
problem". I think I receive this error because I have a mainboard (ABIT KT7A
KT133) with the HPT370 controller! There is a simple solution? I try to
install also the OpenLinux 2.3 distro from Caldera but I see, after the
loading of two files, a black screen!!!!! I read that maybe the kernel 2.4
have the support for hpt370!!! Can I install manually the kernel and then
other packages? There is a guide in Internet or a friend that can help me?
Thanks
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From: "Sfw" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: mouse problems
Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2001 15:56:28 +0800
I have installed and re-installed RH7.0 many times, but can't get it to
work. After typing "startx" I get to the GUI and then can't move around at
all because the mouse cursor is frozen stiff. I have tried selecting
different options for mouse during the installation process, but the result
is the same.
I am using USB mouse, two buttons with a scroll wheel.
Please tell me what else I can do.
Thanks.
Sam
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From: "Eric" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Are unused blocks BAD blocks?
Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2001 10:01:46 +0200
> > > mke2fs -v -b 1024 -i 1024 /dev/hdd9
> > >
> > > And this reported
> > >
> > > Script started on Sat Mar 24 06:31:24 2001
> > > mke2fs 1.18, 11-Nov-1999 for EXT2 FS 0.5b, 95/08/09
> > >
> > > warning: 884 blocks unused.
>
> > Unused blocks are blocks which are not part of a partition and are not
bad
> > just not used. Try ajusting the size of an adjacent partition to
reclaim
> > them.
> > Hope that helps if not ask again and I'll try to say something more
useful.
>
> Thanks, it is welcome consolation, but I don't get it.
never mind.
It's just nothing serious.
I suppose it has to do with the explicit flags you use.
(-b -i) It probably doesn't exactly match the partition size.
(divide the blocks reported by mke2fs and cfdisk(sectors), and you'll see
that hdd7 matches better that hdd9)
Use e2fsck to check hdd9 if you want to know for sure if the FS is ok.
But I wouldn't bother. There's just some unused space in hdd9 that couldn't
be used by mke2fs to incorporate in the FS. Not because the blocks are bad,
but because FS must be module N blocks in size.
(PS. you should not try to reclaim this space in another partition.)
> The only adjacent partition is hdd8-swap which was created
> before hdd9 which in turn was created to include all remaining
> disk space.
>
> When I invoked mke2fs against hdd9 it was to make a fs
> on a complete, whole and healthy partition.
So why worry.
I stripped your post, and left only the numbers you need to check for
yourself
why it reports these blocks missing:
Eric
> =============================================================
> HDD7 badblock check (full-write) NEGATIVE
> HDD7 MADE...
>
> mke2fs 1.18, 11-Nov-1999 for EXT2 FS 0.5b, 95/08/09
> Filesystem label=
> OS type: Linux
> Block size=1024 (log=0)
> Fragment size=1024 (log=0)
> 5144576 inodes, 5140768 blocks
> =============================================================
> HDD9 badblock check (full-write) NEGATIVE
> HDD7 MADE...
>
> Script started on Sat Mar 24 06:31:24 2001
> mke2fs 1.18, 11-Nov-1999 for EXT2 FS 0.5b, 95/08/09
> warning: 884 blocks unused.
>
> Filesystem label=
> OS type: Linux
> Block size=1024 (log=0)
> Fragment size=1024 (log=0)
> 21405696 inodes, 21405697 blocks
> CFDISK TABLE OUTPUT
> Partition Table for /dev/hdd
>
> ---Starting--- ----Ending---- Start Number of
> # Flags Head Sect Cyl ID Head Sect Cyl Sector Sectors
> -- ----- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- -------- ---------
> 1 0x00 1 1 0 0x05 254 63 1023 63 60018777
> 2 0x00 0 0 0 0x00 0 0 0 0 0
> 3 0x00 0 0 0 0x00 0 0 0 0 0
> 4 0x00 0 0 0 0x00 0 0 0 0 0
> 5 0x80 2 1 0 0x07 254 63 60 63 979839
> 6 0x00 1 1 61 0x07 254 63 360 63 4819437
> 7 0x80 1 1 361 0x83 254 63 1000 63 10281537
> 8 0x00 1 1 1001 0x82 254 63 1023 63 1124487
> 9 0x00 254 63 1023 0x83 254 63 1023 63 42813162
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