Linux-Setup Digest #932, Volume #20 Wed, 28 Mar 01 06:13:08 EST
Contents:
Re: RH7 install on 30GB drive ("Eric")
Re: Hosed mbr? ("Eric")
Re: iptables under 2.4.2 (Noah Roberts)
Installation Troubles ("AJ")
Re: NIS Problems ("Gerschwin")
Re: Installing Linux on a old 486 (Gregory Davis)
Re: Modem blues (Ton 't Lam)
Re: How can I set up pop3 daemon on RedHat 7? (Ton 't Lam)
Re: help in sendmail ("Findo")
Re: post dual-boot setup, lilo problem ("Eric")
Re: Unhappy with FTP ("Woon")
Qpopper/Mail problems. ("Greg Hains")
NiC 3C905C ("Pascal MiQUET")
Re: uname -r gives incorrect kernel version (M. Buchenrieder)
Re: What does "eth0 <defunct>" mean? (Henrik Farre)
Re: Win2k, partitioning, and LILO on Sony Z600TEK ("Shane Ginnane")
Re: boot failure ("Ren� Scheibe")
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From: "Eric" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: RH7 install on 30GB drive
Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2001 09:50:47 +0200
> Need some help here. I added a 30GB drive to an old P166. The
> bios does not properly detect the drive and shows it as being
> 8.4GB. I installed Mandrake 7.0 without any problems. I used
> fdisk to partition the drive.
>
> No, I want to install RH7 on this same drive, replacing
> Mandrake. I can boot from the CD fine, start the install
> process, and get thru the first few steps. When Disk Druid tries
> to read the drive it says that the partition table is corrupt and
> skips the drive. When I go back and use fdisk instead, fdisk
> shows the drive with all the partitions as previously
> configured. fdisk gives a warning about the drive having more
> than 1023 cyl. indicating that some versions of LILO have a
> problem w/ this. I am assuming that I will not have this problem
> because Mandrake booted fine and the boot part. is within the
> 1024 limit.
>
> When I continue, after using fdisk, the install returns me to the
> Disk Druid program which, once again, says that the drive has a
> corrupt part. table. How do I force Disk Druid to use this
> drive, bypass the use of Disk Druid, or apply some workaround? I
Damn diskdruid, perhaps you could try a text install?
> sent an email to RH support and have not received any response.
>
Show the partitiontable please.
Eric
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From: "Eric" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Hosed mbr?
Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2001 09:55:57 +0200
> A long, long time ago I did:
>
> ]# mkfs -t ext2 /dev/hda
Oops
You should have partitioned you disk first.
> and didn't worry about whether I hosed the mbr or
> not (I'd had win95 on that drive and wanted desperately
> to get rid of all traces of it once and for all);
not the MBR, just the ability to change a partition table
> I've
> been booting from a floppy ever since and couldn't have
> been happier. The only problem is, now I've got to reinstall
> windows and am thinking that if I did:
>
> a\:> fdisk /mbr
>
> that I'll perhaps hose some of my Linux stuff (something
> that I really don't want to do...I've got / mounted on
> the first partition of hda).
You don't have a partitiontable, nor partitions, after
that mkfs command.
> I'm wondering if I can reinstall windows without getting
> another drive.
If you reinstal linux too.
> What I'd really like to do is install windows on a 500Mb
> partition that's in the middle of a 30Gb drive, but I'm
> not sure if this is possible. (Perhaps I'll just end up
> getting a new hd...)
Now I don't get it anymore.
the mkfs /dev/hda, just formatted the disc as one big partition.
Did you run fdisk afterwards?
show `fdisk -l /dev/hda`
Eric
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Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2001 00:02:44 -0800
From: Noah Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: iptables under 2.4.2
Daryl Fonseca-Holt wrote:
> On Sun, 25 Mar 2001 02:43:35 -0500, Nick Traxler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >But I can't figure
> >out iptables, and I don't really have time right now to pore
> >over the manpage or **try to customize someone's long
> >rc.firewall script.**
[snip over 200 lines of bash code firewall scipt]
Did I miss something here? :P
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From: "AJ" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.linux,comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.redhat
Subject: Installation Troubles
Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2001 08:18:26 GMT
Hi,
I just installed R.H 7 on and old ACER 233MMX and I am getting this error
when it tries to boot.
/etc/X11/prefdm: fexit:command not found
INIT: id "x" respawning too fast: disbled for 5 minutes
Can any of you shed some light on this for me?
Thanks for your help,
AJ
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From: "Gerschwin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.admin,alt.os.linux.caldera
Subject: Re: NIS Problems
Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2001 09:11:41 +0100
Reply-To: "Gerschwin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Thanks for the reply - I had already sussed it by the time I read this!!
--
:�) Gerschwin
--
"Craig Kelley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> "Gerschwin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > Looking at the logs I see that it has trouble mapping home areas!
> > How do I get around this as the home areas don't exist on the client,
and I
> > would prefer them not to!
> > Maybe a default for them all?
>
> on the clients:
>
> cd /home
> rm -rf *
> mount -t nfs your_server:/home /home
>
> (edit /etc/fstab so that it does this on bootup)
>
> Then, all the user's home accounts will live on the server and will be
> served to the clients as needed. Users will be able to login to any
> machine and have their own desktop and files.
>
> Root is a special case, which is why it works for you (the root home
> is usually /root, and that's a good thing -- root shouldn't login over
> NIS)
>
> --
> It won't be long before the CPU is a card in a slot on your ATX videoboard
> Craig Kelley -- [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> http://www.isu.edu/~kellcrai finger [EMAIL PROTECTED] for PGP block
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From: Gregory Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Installing Linux on a old 486
Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2001 14:12:29 -0500
Ivory Bones wrote:
> "Ulf Bengtner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in
> <Kc9t6.477$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>
> I'm a newbie too.
>
> I got an old 486 with 24MB RAM and a 800+ hard disk. I installed RedHat
> 7.0 with few problems, but I did have to omit all but the basic GNOME
> packages to make it fit. After installation, I have about 200Mb left on
> the disk to play with. Some of the packages not originally installed can
> now be added.
>
> The installation most definitely does not require a Pentium class
> processor.
>
> Don
>>I've tried to install Linux on a couple of old 486:s but have not
>>succeded.
>>(I'm a newbie on Linux but worked with software development for 20
>>years).
>>
>>
>
>
Linux will definitely run on a 486, as most distros default to 386
optimizations. Its the other stuff (junk) in the box that will bring Linux
down. Good examples are noname integrated videocards, noname integrated
sound cards, winmodems, small hard drives, and a really old monitor.
People just can't pump out drivers fast enough.
Greg
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From: Ton 't Lam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Modem blues
Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2001 09:03:25 +0200
I had exactly the same. I even returned the modem to the shop.
Later on I read in some URL to remove the ATZ because that
may hang the modem. Thus switch off - on the modem, and use
rp3 or kppp without ATZ to connect.
Regards,
Ton 't Lam
Bill Courtney wrote:
> Aloha kakou,
>
> I am currently trying to get my modem to work with Linux and GNOME. The
> modem is a Zoom V90 PCI Faxmodem, and is advertised as Linux compatible.
>
> In Windows 2000, it shows up as COM3, thus ttyS2 in Linux. In the
> command prompt, the modem works flawlessly using Minicom. However, once
> in GNOME, things go very wrong.
>
> I do a statserial /dev/cua2 and RTS, CTS, and DSR all return as 1 as
> expected (I am using Using Red Hat Linux as a guide). Modemtool shows
> the modem pointing to ttyS2. I look at the SYMLINK of /dev/modem and it
> points to ttyS2. I then go to Internet/Dialup Configuration Tool and set
> up my account. I then go into Debug and I get "Unable to initialize
> modem".
>
> Any ideas?? Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> Mahalo no,
> Bill
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From: Ton 't Lam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: How can I set up pop3 daemon on RedHat 7?
Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2001 09:13:43 +0200
Read xinetd(1M). Check /etc/xinetd.conf and you
see that /etc/inietd.d is included. In that directory
modify ipop3, and have disable=no. Then
# kill -SIGUSR1 <xinetd-pid>
Regards,
Ton 't Lam
Tau Kim wrote:
> 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: "Findo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
aus.computers.linux,comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.admin,comp.os.linux.questions,alt.comp.linux,linux.redhat
Subject: Re: help in sendmail
Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2001 16:58:26 +0800
I have restart the service but I don't know how to test out end- to-end. Can
you tell me how to do so?
"J Sloan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ????? news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Findo wrote:
>
> > Hi, my name is FIndo
> >
> > I have set the DNS server and I don't know what I have done wrong in
> > RedHat7. My DNS is ok but I can't recieve mail from the server but can
> > send the mail out. Please help.
> > The file of the DNS
> > @ IN SOA linux.abc.com. root.abc.com. (
> > 20000082101;
> > 199609206;
> > 28800;
> > 7200;
> > 604800;
> > )
> > IN NS linux.abc.com.
> > ABC IN A 213.185.160.218
> > linux IN A 213.185.160.221
> > IN MX 10 linux.abc.com.
> > shop IN A 213.185.160.221
>
> Does it test out end-to-end?
>
> I mean, if you do dig or nslookup, are there any surprises?
>
> > My server host name is linux and I can use shop.abc.com to go to my web
> > server. But I can't send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Why?
> >
> > The /etc/mail/local-host-names file
> > # local-host-names - include all aliases for your machine here.
> > abc.com
>
> Did you restart sendmail after adding this to local-host-names?
>
> jjs
>
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From: "Eric" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: post dual-boot setup, lilo problem
Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2001 11:25:21 +0200
> i just installed redhat 7 in a dual-boot with ms-winme. i performed a
> custom installation and instructed lilo to install to the mbr. however,
on
> startup my computer still wants to boot windows. of course, with a boot
> disk lilo will run and i can boot linux or windows, but without the boot
> disk i don't see lilo. i checked /etc/lilo.conf, and everything looks
> normal:
>
> boot = /dev/hda
> install = /boot/boot.b
>
> ...
>
> image = /boot/vmlinuz-...
> label = linux
> root = /dev/hda6
> read-only
>
> other = /dev/hda1
> label = windows
> table = /dev/hda
>
>
> my hard disk is partitioned as follows:
>
> [ 28gb windows ][ 16mb /boot ][ 9gb / ][ 512mg <swap> ]
>
>
> this is my first stab at a dual-boot, and i'm very new to linux. but,
after
> browsing faqs and this newsgroup it seems that nothing i have is out of
the
> ordinary. i was under the impression that if i installed lilo to the mbr,
> that i wouldn't need a boot disk. can someone point me in the right
> direction?
>
just rerun `/sbin/lilo -v`
It appearantly hasn't written the bootcode yet.
Eric
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From: "Woon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Unhappy with FTP
Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2001 11:30:58 +0800
Thanks,
The source must be corrupted or something. I tried downloading the rpm file
from redhat again, and this time it works fine.
W
"Craig Kelley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> "Woon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > Greetings,
> >
> > I've been experiencing a really annoying problem eversince I decided to
> > toughen up the security of my ftp site. It used to work perfectly, then
I
> > decided to install the latest wu-ftpd package (wu-ftpd2.6.1). I changed
the
> > default directory from /var/ftp to /home/ftp and created the ftpadmin
user
> > as well. At the moment, any attempts to connect to the ftp server would
> > return something like this:
> >
> > 421 Service not available, remote server has closed connection.
> > Login failed.
> > No control connection for command: No such file or directory.
> >
> > This pops out as soon as I entered the user name.
> >
> > Checking /var/log/messages:
> > Mar 21 12:15:22 xxxx ftpd[2115]: exitting on signal 11: Segmentation
fault.
>
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>
> That means the server unexpectedly crashed; something it should never
> do. You have a bug somewhere; either the package you installed is
> buggy or you downloaded the wrong version for your system. It
> probably (shouldn't) has nothing to do with your configuration files.
>
> [snip configuration files]
>
> --
> It won't be long before the CPU is a card in a slot on your ATX videoboard
> Craig Kelley -- [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> http://www.isu.edu/~kellcrai finger [EMAIL PROTECTED] for PGP block
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Reply-To: "Greg Hains" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
From: "Greg Hains" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Qpopper/Mail problems.
Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2001 19:36:53 +0930
Hi.
(Im a newbie to Linux.)
I have a domain on my Linux box (hainsnet.com). Within this domain are
several mailboxes - two of them being "greg" and "g".
Whilst 'inside' the domain (my local LAN), if I send mail from "greg" to g",
the mail just comes to "greg" - not bouncing back - just as if is
redirected.
If email is sent from outside it works correctly.
I have deleted then recreating the account but the same happens. I have
never purposely set any redirections.
I have not tried sending mail from the console to see what happens as I have
forgotten the key sequence to close the message writing... :)
Please help.
Greg
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From: "Pascal MiQUET" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: NiC 3C905C
Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2001 12:08:55 +0200
It seems that the 3COM 3C905C is not fully supported ..??
Actually I've got a server with two of this NiC. The network is up and
running, and as far as I know, sometimes the network fails down, with no
messages into log files :(
The only things I can do is to ask my customer to restart the machine.
Any idea to solve this trouble ?
Thanks
Pascal MiQUET
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (M. Buchenrieder)
Subject: Re: uname -r gives incorrect kernel version
Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2001 07:12:30 GMT
"Mike Ruskai" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>On Tue, 27 Mar 2001 06:59:54 GMT, M. Buchenrieder wrote:
[...]
>>A bootloader doesn't know zilch about high-level stuff like
>>filesystems etc. It's basically just a piece of assembler code that's
>>supposed to know where the kernel is located on the boot
>>medium - in abolute figures.
>Under OS/2, the boot sector contains enough information to find OS2BOOT,
>which itself contains a miniature file system implementation - enough to
>find all system files, including the kernel, configuration file, and base
>device drivers.
Yes. But that's an unneccessarly complicated approach, and not really worth
the hassle it would cause. After all, ALL that a bootloader does really
need is the location of the kernel to be booted - as the kernel then
knows all the rest, anyway. Remember the KISS principle.
Michael
--
Michael Buchenrieder * [EMAIL PROTECTED] * http://www.muc.de/~mibu
Lumber Cartel Unit #456 (TINLC) & Official Netscum
Note: If you want me to send you email, don't munge your address.
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From: Henrik Farre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: What does "eth0 <defunct>" mean?
Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2001 12:30:26 +0200
Yello
Craig Kelley wrote:
> ps auwxf | less
root 248 0.0 0.3 1676 776 ? S 12:07 0:00
/sbin/pump -i eth0
root 249 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? Z 12:07 0:00 \_ [eth0
<defunct>]
root 250 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? SW 12:07 0:00 \_
[eth0]
> That will show who the parent of that PID is. The parent must either
> reap the child, or die itself (ie, you can kill the parent to get rid
> of it).
I read the man page for pump, searched the logs files i /var/log for
something that mached something like my problem, but the only thing I
could find, is this:
Mar 24 01:54:22 spookcentral ifup: Determining IP information for
eth0...
Mar 24 01:54:22 spookcentral pumpd[259]: starting at (uptime 0 days,
0:00:30) Sat Mar 24 01:54:22 2001
Mar 24 01:54:22 spookcentral ifup: done.
Mar 24 01:54:22 spookcentral network: Bringing up interface eth0:
succeeded
As far as I can tell, there is no problems with my network connection,
should I just ignore the [eth0 <defunct>]??
--
Mvh. / Kind regards
Henrik Farre
Webpage: http://Welcome.to/Webbench
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From: "Shane Ginnane" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Win2k, partitioning, and LILO on Sony Z600TEK
Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2001 21:06:37 +1000
Thanks Eric .. Shane
"Eric" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:99s25q$7ec$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> > Thanks for the suggestions anyway - just as aside note, how do I cut new
> > copies of the boot floppy. Hate just having the one.
>
> cat /dev/fd0 > ./floppy.img
>
> to create a floppy image and
>
> cat ./floppy.img > /dev/fd0
>
> to create a new one.
>
> Eric
>
>
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From: "Ren� Scheibe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: boot failure
Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2001 13:11:43 +0200
I posted much more specific things but then nobody answered.
I compiled kernel 2.4.2 and 2.2.19 and the failure occurse with
both of them.
Kernel is loading fine but when prompting:
"Freeing kernel memory: 46K freed" the machine stops. From
this point on the init-scripts should start but nothing just stopping.
When I put this harddrive with the linux on it into my other PC
(Epox 7KXA, Athlon 600) everything works fine. But connnected
to the board with the Ali M 1487/89 on it - no chance.
I tried to load the specific Ali M14xx driver on boot, it works but
has no effect on starting INIT, which doesn't start.
I really don't know what to do or who to ask.
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