Linux-Setup Digest #937, Volume #20 Wed, 28 Mar 01 22:13:06 EST
Contents:
Re: RH7 install on 30GB drive (Dustin)
RH7.* -- downgrading to gcc/g++ 2.95.3 (Carlos Moreno)
Re: How to set up Linux like this ... ??? (Stanislaw Flatto)
Re: Recommended PCI Modem? (Dustin)
Re: Dual Boot w/W2K ("Rob Naidich")
Re: RedHat7.0 w/ Iomega Zip (Robert Singleton)
Gnome/X Config Problems (Greg Schmitt)
LPD not working... Help (Tim Watkins)
Re: LPD not working... Help (Tim Watkins)
Re: Can't get sound working in 2.4.2 (Mladen Gavrilovic)
sound problem: /dev/sequencer not found (Mladen Gavrilovic)
Need help for installing RedHat 7 via FTP ("Chau Chee Yang")
Re: RH7.* -- downgrading to gcc/g++ 2.95.3 ("Jacob Williams")
Re: RH7.* -- downgrading to gcc/g++ 2.95.3 (Mladen Gavrilovic)
Re: Plextor CDRW (E J)
X - NumLock On/Off Revisited ("Christopher W. Aiken")
can't print, shared libraries eror
Re: help in sendmail (J Sloan)
GUI problems ("Sfw")
XEmacs locale problem ("Robert Morelli")
Re: Need Help! Serial Local Printer Setup (Craig Kelley)
Re: LPD not working... Help (Craig Kelley)
Re: NTP HowTo (Dustin)
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From: Dustin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: RH7 install on 30GB drive
Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2001 17:18:52 -0600
Thank you for responding.
Partition table as follows:
Disk /dev/hda: 16 heads, 63 sectors, 58168 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 1008 * 512 bytes
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/hda1 * 1 21 10552+ 83 Linux
/dev/hda2 22 58168 29306088 5 Extended
/dev/hda5 22 6263 3145936+ 83 Linux
/dev/hda6 6264 6771 256000+ 82 Linux swap
/dev/hda7 6772 23416 8389048+ 83 Linux
/dev/hda8 23417 58168 17514976+ 83 Linux
hda1=/boot, hda5=/, hda7=/usr, hda8=/home
I have data on hda8 that I need to keep. I could probably find a
way to get it onto another drive if I need to. I was hoping to
reformat hda5 and hda7 so that I would be starting clean. I will
try a text install, but I think that failed as well. I will let
you know what happens.
Dustin
Tried the text install again. I get a message from fdisk that
the partition table is corrupt. Skip disk. Next step is to choose
fdisk or disk druid (right back where I started). fdisk sees the
partition table as above. Disk Druid will not access the drive.
I backed out and went thru the upgrade option. This process
found the files and dependencies but I stopped before installing.
I am not comfortable upgrading MDK 7.0 to RH 7.0.
Eric wrote:
>
> > 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: Carlos Moreno <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.development.apps
Subject: RH7.* -- downgrading to gcc/g++ 2.95.3
Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2001 18:23:42 -0500
The chicken or the egg?? (or chasing my own tail??)
I'm wondering what would be the correct procedure to downgrade
from gcc/g++ 2.96 to the latest *official* release, 2.95.3
If I download the source and have to compile it, then I feel
like I'm using the broken compiler (and of course it's broken,
otherwise I wouldn't be downgrading) to generate the executable
code of the new compiler... What is then my hope that this
new compiler will produce correct code? :-(
I tried uninstalling first 2.96 (rpm --erase gcc, gcc-c++, etc.),
and use kgcc instead, but kept running into trouble (configure
would complain that it doesn't have a suitable compiler -- I
defined the environment variable CC=kgcc, and I even created
an alias: alias gcc='kgcc' -- configure would still complain
that the available compiler was not able to generate executable
code)
So, what is the right solution? Or am I not really chasing
my own tail if I use gcc 2.96 to compile gcc 2.95.3 ??
(Am I making any sense here?? :-))
Thanks for any comments!
Carlos
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From: Stanislaw Flatto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: How to set up Linux like this ... ???
Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2001 09:49:30 +1000
JR wrote:
> I would like to be able to "install" Linux (Slackware) by just copying
> the required system files to C:\LINUX on my FAT-32 HDD (currently
> running Windows ME) and boot Linux from a LILO boot diskette.
>
> i.e. I do not want to dual boot, or do a proper install to HDD which
> results in a linux HDD boot sector.
>
> Can this be done and if so how?
> thanks
>
> JR
Slackware distribution usually includes ZipSlack and BigSlack.
Both are in Zip format to be unzipped on FAT file systems.
Zip is an apetiser, Big is full distro.
Both are running slower because they use the umsdos translation of file
systems but for the curious they are a fine keyhole to peek to the wonders
of Linux.
Welcome to Linux-land.
Have fun.
Stanislaw.
Slack user from Ulladulla.
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From: Dustin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Recommended PCI Modem?
Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2001 17:41:57 -0600
I recommend going to www.linmodems.org. You will get all the
information you need there to make the best choice of winmodems.
Was there last night and saw some pci modems in the list which
were real modems. Good resource. Check it out.
Dustin
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> Hello!
>
> Is there a recommended internal PCI card Modem that works well with linux?
> If so, please let me know the model and manufacturer.
>
> Thanks in advance!
> -jf-
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From: "Rob Naidich" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Dual Boot w/W2K
Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2001 18:53:43 -0500
How do install Linux and not overwrite the bootloader? Sorry, I am a
newbie.
Rob
"Phil Edwards" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:99t6im$7b4$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
>
> Rob Naidich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > I have a Dell Inspiron 7500 laptop and I am trying to set it up to
dual-boot
> > Linux and Windows 2000 Pro. I fdisk'd the entire HD (12GB) and
separated it
> > into 2 partitions. I installed Windows 2000 on the second partion and
then
> > installed Linux (v.6.2) on the first partition. W2K worked fine before
the
> > Linux install but after the Linux install, I did the only options I had
at
> > the LILO boot was Linux. Can anyone help me with what I am doing wrong?
>
> Sounds like you blew away the W2K bootloader and replaced it with LILO.
Bad.
>
> The Windows bootloader can boot both Lose2K and Linux. You must use
> it instead of LILO. (Actually, I think you don't /have/ to, but it's
> dangerous and silly not to.)
>
>
> > What do I have to do to get the boot loader to see the W2K install?
>
> Read the W2K+Linux howtos on linuxdoc. Actually, the one that I found
most
> useful was the mini-howto for NT+Linux, since W2K is just "NT 5.0" as far
> as this procedure is concerned. I boot both Lose2K and Linux all the
time.
>
> Basically, what you should have done was (going from memory):
>
> 1) Install W2K. Let it do the booting. It's very picky. Go figure.
> 2) Install Linux. Do not overwrite the bootloader. Install the
> bootsector on one of the partitions instead of the main drive
thingy.
> Make a boot floppy; you will need to use the boot floppy to get to
> Linux until this is all finished.
> 3) Extract the 512-byte bootsector to a file; copy the file to a
floppy.
> 4) Boot Lose2K. Copy the bootsector file to the windows partition;
> now you have two bootsectors sitting side by side, one per OS.
Edit
> the boot.ini file as described by the howto.
> 5) The next time you boot, the Windows bootloader menu thingy will
> pop up; the choices depend on the text you used in the boot.ini.
On
> my machine, they are
>
> - Windows 2000 Professional
> - Linux 2001 Sortof Professional
>
> with the default after 30 seconds going to Linux.
>
> Once you choose Linux, then you'll get to the regular boot prompts,
because
> the bootsector file that you copied across will know how to look at the
> Linux partitions.
>
> I'm probably leaving something out due to lack of sleep.
>
>
> Luck++;
> Phil
>
> --
> pedwards at disaster dot jaj dot com | pme at sources dot redhat dot com
> devphil at several other less interesting addresses in various dot domains
> The gods do not protect fools. Fools are protected by more capable fools.
>
>
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From: Robert Singleton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: RedHat7.0 w/ Iomega Zip
Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2001 18:22:43 -0700
Davide Bianchi wrote:
[snip]
> Have you tryed to use /dev/sdc4 instead of /dev/sdc ?
>
What is so magical about partition 4? Why not use /dev/sdc1?
In any event, I used fdisk to explicitly partitioned the disk
to /dev/sdc4, and I then used mkfs to create an ext2 filesystem
on this device. This did not work, i.e. I could not mount the
disk on both machines (only on the machine on which I formatted
the disk).
I performed the following experiment:
====================================
The Iomega disks come from the factory partitioned as /dev/sdc4
(or /dev/hda4 etc.) and formatted with the FAT32 filesystem.
I can mount such a disk on both machines, but it requires different
mount commands:
[valis#] mount -t auto /dev/sdc /mnt/zip250
[ubic #] mount -t auto /dev/sdc4 /mnt/zip250
On valis I don't need to specify partition 4, while on ubic
I do. This must mean that the machines are configured slightly
differently. Upon booting, the device /dev/hda is associated
with the zip drive. I have two internal SCSI hard drives,
so loading the ide-scsi module turns the zipdrive into /dev/sdc.
The bios options on each machine are the same, as are the
/etc/fstab files (although this is probably not relevant at
the moment). Do you have any suggestions on how I can discover
the differences between valis and ubic?
--
Robert Singleton office: (505)-667-5382
Los Alamos National Laboratory email : [EMAIL PROTECTED]
P.O. Box 1663, MSB285
Los Alamos, NM 87545
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Subject: Gnome/X Config Problems
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Greg Schmitt)
Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2001 00:32:53 GMT
Hello,
I just got Rethad 7.0 up on my HP pavilion n5270. X and gnome are
more or less configured and the video mode is okay. My problem is
that the virtual screen is much larger than the physical screen. I
have tried the Virtual Xdim and Ydim settings in my X config file
to no avail. My version of X is 4.0.3 and gnome is straight from
the Redhat 7.0 disks. If there were a way to automatically scroll
around the virtual desktop with the mouse that would be cool, or if
the virtual screen could match the physical screen that would be better.
Thanks for any help!
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From: Tim Watkins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: LPD not working... Help
Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2001 00:43:07 GMT
Hey all,
I'm having trouble with LPD and LPR. It's not starting/working. I was playing around
with the qt libraries,
adding and removing, so on and so forth. The end result is LPD/LPR no longer works.
Here's
the error message I get when trying to print
lpr: error while loading shared libraries: lpr: undefined symbol: stat
When trying to start the daemon LPD, I get this message:
Starting lpd: /usr/sbin/lpd: error while loading shared libraries: /usr/sbin/lpd:
undefined
symbol: stat
Any ideas what's going on? Obviously it's having trouble with 'stat', but I know not
what
this is, or where to find it...
Thanks for you input,
Tim in
Lowell, MA
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From: Tim Watkins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: LPD not working... Help
Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2001 00:44:40 GMT
Forgot to mention:
System is RH 7.0, have updated everything that has been recommended, and even
reinstalled the LPRng and filesystem RPMS to no avail.
Regards,
Tim
In article <vyvw6.12595$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Tim Watkins
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hey all,
>
> I'm having trouble with LPD and LPR. It's not starting/working. I was
> playing around with the qt libraries, adding and removing, so on and so
> forth. The end result is LPD/LPR no longer works. Here's the error
> message I get when trying to print
>
> lpr: error while loading shared libraries: lpr: undefined symbol: stat
>
> When trying to start the daemon LPD, I get this message:
>
> Starting lpd: /usr/sbin/lpd: error while loading shared libraries:
> /usr/sbin/lpd: undefined symbol: stat
>
> Any ideas what's going on? Obviously it's having trouble with 'stat',
> but I know not what this is, or where to find it...
>
> Thanks for you input,
>
> Tim in Lowell, MA
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From: Mladen Gavrilovic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Can't get sound working in 2.4.2
Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2001 01:13:17 GMT
> I have on-board sound with my Intel OR840 motherboard which uses the
> AD1881 IC. My kernel configuration for the sound is:
>
> Include "Sound card support"
> Module "Intel ICH (i8xx) audio support
Well, can you start the module manually with insmod or the like?
Mladen
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From: Mladen Gavrilovic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: sound problem: /dev/sequencer not found
Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2001 01:20:33 GMT
Hi all, I recently compiled kernel 2.4.1 with sound and the opl3 midi
driver (soundblaster 16 card). Everything seems to be working OK with
playing wavs, mp3s, etc, but I can't get midi to work.
If I try "xplaymidi filename.mid" I get "/dev/sequencer: no such device
or address". How do I fix this? The append line I'm passing in
lilo.conf is:
append = "sb=0x220,5,1,5 opl3=0x388"
Relevant kernel output (at boot):
<snip>
Soundblaster audio driver Copyright (C) by Hannu Savolainen 1993-1996
sb: No ISAPnP cards found, trying standard ones...
<snip>
Que pasa?
Mladen
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From: "Chau Chee Yang" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Need help for installing RedHat 7 via FTP
Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2001 09:29:26 +0800
Reply-To: "Chau Chee Yang" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Hi,
Even if I use bootnet.img, I still have problem. Here is my situation:
I have a RedHat 7 installed on a PC "A". Currently I need to setup another
RedHat PC "B" via FTP. I copy all files in RedHat CD files into PC "A".
And then I make a bootnet.img to floppy disk, and use this disk to book up
in PC "B". I then choose FTP to installation method. The installation is
running fine and it can retrieve a file "base/netstg1.img" from PC "A" 's
FTP server. After receiving this file, the screen prompt "Loading
/mnt/runtime ramdisk..." and the installation process stuck there. What's
wrong with the FTP installation? I have tried HTTP method as well and I got
the same situation.
Please help. Thank you.
--
--
Best Regards,
Chau Chee Yang
BCE Software Sdn. Bhd. ---> www.bce.com.my
Phone: 03-3372 5717 Fax: 03-3372 5719
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From: "Jacob Williams" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.development.apps
Subject: Re: RH7.* -- downgrading to gcc/g++ 2.95.3
Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2001 11:36:47 +1000
why dont you track down an RPM install of a compiler and forcefully install
that, then install the latest official release using the older compiler ?
"Carlos Moreno" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
>
> The chicken or the egg?? (or chasing my own tail??)
>
> I'm wondering what would be the correct procedure to downgrade
> from gcc/g++ 2.96 to the latest *official* release, 2.95.3
>
> If I download the source and have to compile it, then I feel
> like I'm using the broken compiler (and of course it's broken,
> otherwise I wouldn't be downgrading) to generate the executable
> code of the new compiler... What is then my hope that this
> new compiler will produce correct code? :-(
>
> I tried uninstalling first 2.96 (rpm --erase gcc, gcc-c++, etc.),
> and use kgcc instead, but kept running into trouble (configure
> would complain that it doesn't have a suitable compiler -- I
> defined the environment variable CC=kgcc, and I even created
> an alias: alias gcc='kgcc' -- configure would still complain
> that the available compiler was not able to generate executable
> code)
>
> So, what is the right solution? Or am I not really chasing
> my own tail if I use gcc 2.96 to compile gcc 2.95.3 ??
>
> (Am I making any sense here?? :-))
>
> Thanks for any comments!
>
> Carlos
> --
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From: Mladen Gavrilovic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.development.apps
Subject: Re: RH7.* -- downgrading to gcc/g++ 2.95.3
Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2001 01:37:02 GMT
Carlos Moreno wrote:
>
> The chicken or the egg?? (or chasing my own tail??)
>
> I'm wondering what would be the correct procedure to downgrade
> from gcc/g++ 2.96 to the latest *official* release, 2.95.3
>
Red Hat has a new version of the compiler available on its errata site.
Just download it, install with rpm -Uvh, and you're set.
Mladen
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From: E J <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Plextor CDRW
Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2001 02:01:07 GMT
SCSI termination problem?
Try turning the termination OFF and get a SCSI termination block and plug it
on the end of the SCSI chain.
Remove any SCSI termination on your Hard Disk.
"Dominic T. Cheng" wrote:
> Hello-
>
> I am running RH6.2 (kernel 2.2.18) and am trying to install an external
> SCSI Plextor Plexwriter 12/4/32. I have only one other SCSI device (sda).
> For the CDRW: termination ON, SCSI ID=4, connected to my SCSI card via
> 68male HD - 50male HD cable.
>
> My problem:
>
> When I boot up with the drive on, it hangs. My BIOS recognizes the CDRW
> just fine but during the boot process, it prints in the upper left corner
> "PRESS A KEY TO REBOOT". When I do (and the drive is still on) it gets
> stuck in the same place.
>
> When I boot up with the drive off, it boots up just fine but consequently,
> my machine does not recognize the drive. 'cdrecord -scanbus' only returns
> my hard drive.
>
> I've tried other SCSI IDs but no dice.
>
> Any suggestions? Feel free to respond via email.
>
> thanks
> dominic
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: "Christopher W. Aiken" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,alt.os.linux.suse,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: X - NumLock On/Off Revisited
Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2001 21:29:54 -0500
X - NumLock On/Off Revisited
There have been so many Linux users that have complained
that the "NumLock" is turned off when they start their X
server, and others who say it should be left off that I
thought a quick "NumLock" refresher is due. This is info
that I have collected over the past year from news groups
and email lists.
There are two basic ways, that I know of, to turn on the
"NumLock" when X is started. Both of these methods work
on my SuSE 7.1 system. Note that although they work, the
"NumLock" light does NOT light up. The keys work, the
light does not. I personally don't care if the light does
not light up as long as the keys work.
Method 1.
Check to see if you have a .Xmodmap file in your home
directory. If you do then add the following to the end
of the file. If you don't have the .Xmodmap file, then
create one with the following. Once this is done just
restart your X server.
keycode 79=7
keycode 80=8
keycode 81=9
keycode 83=4
keycode 84=5
keycode 85=6
keycode 86=plus
keycode 87=1
keycode 88=2
keycode 89=3
keycode 90=0
keycode 91=period
Method 2.
Look for the file ".../xkb/types/basic". This file is usually
located in /etc/X11 or in /usr/X11R6/lib/X11 Use the "locate"
command to find it. It's location is dependant on the flavor
of Linux that you are running. Once you have found this file,
use you favorite editor (as root) and look for the section of
code that looks like this:
type "KEYPAD" {
modifiers = Shift+NumLock;
map[None] = Level2;
map[Shift] = Level1;
map[NumLock] = Level1;
map[Shift+NumLock] = Level2;
level_name[Level2] = "Base";
level_name[Level1] = "Number";
};
Now change all the "Level1" to "Level2" and "Level2" to "Level1".
That is just switch them around. Once this is done, just restart
your X server.
One of these methods should work for you.
Hope this helps. Hope this finally lays to rest the NumLock
problems when starting X.
--
Christopher W. Aiken
Scenery Hill, Pa, USA
chris at cwaiken dot com
www.cwaiken.com
SuSE 7.1 Professional Linux
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ()
Subject: can't print, shared libraries eror
Date: 29 Mar 2001 02:40:42 GMT
I managed to print from RedHat 7.0 on an HP laserjet. Last night, I think I bombled
the printing system so I can't print anymore. Error is:
when I run lpq -D5:
2001-03-29-10:39:29 [1128] Initialize: starting with open fd's
lpq: error while loading shared libraries: lpq: undefined symbol: fstat
please help. Thanks.
Jojo
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From: J Sloan <[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: Thu, 29 Mar 2001 02:47:20 GMT
Findo wrote:
> 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?
e.g.
"dig abc.com any"
(preferably from another internet location)
and check for indication of the desired configuration.
jjs
>
> "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: "Sfw" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: GUI problems
Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2001 10:50:31 +0800
If I have already installed RH7.0 and the GUI and mouse hangs after typing
"startx" what should I do to reconfigure my video card manually through the
console? Let's say I don't want to re-install all over again. Also if this
is not a video card problem, what could possibly be the next thing to
consider?
Upon booting up with a boot disk, the system check shows that every thing is
"OK", but I still can't get it to work as one small window (gnome hints?)
opens in the lower right hand corner of my screen and that's all.
Also if I press "ctrl-esc" I can get the start menu and can make selections,
only upon hitting "enter" nothing happens.
Could someone please teach me some command words to try out so that I can
experiment with it?
Thanks.
Sam
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From: "Robert Morelli" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: XEmacs locale problem
Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2001 19:49:22 -0700
I'm having a problem running XEmacs 21.1 under Red Hat 6.2 with GNOME 1.2.
When I start XEmacs from a command prompt with, say
[robert]$ xemacs textfile.txt
there is no problem. However, if I start XEmacs from GNOME's
Midnight Commander file manager, I always get the error message:
(1) (xim-xlib/warning) Can't set locale.
Using C locale instead.
My $LANG environment variable is set to en_us. Beyond that, I don't
know anything about what XEmacs would be looking for here.
All help appreciated,
Robert Morelli
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From: Craig Kelley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Need Help! Serial Local Printer Setup
Date: 28 Mar 2001 19:51:10 -0700
"jf" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Hello All,
>
> I have been getting beaten up while trying to set up my Linux box (RH 6.2EE)
> to run a serial printer. I've tried online resources (www.linuxprinting.org,
> www.linuxdoc.org ), using 'printool', Webmin, and even a third-party
> application: LPPlus. I can use all of these resources successfully for
> setting up remote printing w/IP addresses (even ones using HP JetDirect
> boxes), and local parallel printing as well. However, I just cannot get a
> local serial printer to function correctly!
>
> 1)The printer has both serial and parallel connectivity (I've tested the
> parallel locally...it functions fine), but I'm unable to get the serial
> local config to work.
Be sure that the printer is setup to use serial. Many printers that
have multiple ports will only listen to one at any given time.
> 2)The local printer I'm working with needs to be able to be used as a serial
> local printer because it serves as a test device for an upcoming migration
> project (during which a larger serial line printer will be connected locally
> to the linux box)...so, even though I can get it to work via parallel, that
> does me no good for the future.
>
> 3)I have 2 identical local printers that I've made sure function correctly,
> so I'm pretty sure the parallel/serial cards in each work okay (I'm favoring
> the odds in this assumption that at least one of the two serial cards are
> functioning as advertised.).
>
> 4)I checked the BIOS and it shows the COM1/COM2 serial ports enabled.
>
> 5)I did 'setserial -g /dev/ttyS0' to confirm that my COM1 was alive.
>
> 6)With printool I've tried just about everything: anyone have a sample
> printool edit entry for a serial printer handy?
>
> 7)I've even tried 'cat /whatever_file > /dev/ttyS0' and nothing happens.
>
> This is really frustrating! Can anyone help a brother out?
I'd create the /etc/printcap entry by hand; but first you should be
able to cat to the serial port. If that doesn't work setting up the
printer never will. Look into the manual to see what baud rate and
such you need, and then setup the serial port with stty(1) so that it
matches what the printer is expecting. I've done this before (we had
a 386 with 4MB of RAM running RedHat 4.2 as a print server with three
printers: 2 parallel and 1 serial), but the machine has been retired.
--
It won't be long before the CPU is a card in a slot on your ATX videoboard
Craig Kelley -- [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Craig Kelley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: LPD not working... Help
Date: 28 Mar 2001 19:52:36 -0700
Tim Watkins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Hey all,
>
> I'm having trouble with LPD and LPR. It's not starting/working. I was playing
>around with the qt libraries,
> adding and removing, so on and so forth. The end result is LPD/LPR no longer works.
> Here's
> the error message I get when trying to print
>
> lpr: error while loading shared libraries: lpr: undefined symbol: stat
Do a ldd to find out what libraries it uses:
ldd `which lpr`
Then run ldconfig to see if the library is installed:
ldconfig -v | less
Install any missing libraries
--
It won't be long before the CPU is a card in a slot on your ATX videoboard
Craig Kelley -- [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Dustin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,linux.redhat,redhat.kernel.general
Subject: Re: NTP HowTo
Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2001 20:52:39 -0600
http://www.eecis.udel.edu/~ntp/
http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/docs/HOWTO/mini/Clock
SS wrote:
>
> Ok.. I got a really silly question. I'm trying to setup my Linux box to
> automatically synth with one of those atomic clock. But I'm not able to
> find any HowTo doc on this subject.
>
> Can someone tell me how I can setup this automatic time synth? Let say, the
> system will check the time every hour or 15 minutes...
>
> Thanx
>
> Sam
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