Linux-Setup Digest #956, Volume #20 Sat, 31 Mar 01 02:13:10 EST
Contents:
Re: RedHat krb5 update (Chris Coyle)
421 error in ftp ("Kerry Farrell")
Re: undelete testing (Chris Coyle)
Re: truetype support with xfree86 4.0
Print Command? (Sonero)
NT machine ping-able by name but not same machine under linux :( (Tony)
Re: RH 7 Install Help!!! (rahul)
Re: Need Help to Remove Linux and Merge Partitions (Cory Phillips)
Re: ADSL (from a tech in DSL support) ("NINboy")
Re: NIS Problems (Shreyas)
Re: Why people are doing that? (Sync)
Re: connect, but unable to browse (Bill & Avis)
Re: ReiserFS for / (Sync)
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From: Chris Coyle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: RedHat krb5 update
Date: Sat, 31 Mar 2001 00:09:41 -0500
Tim Watkins wrote:
>
> Hey all,
>
> Did anyone else running RedHat 7 have a problem after upgrading their krb5 libs
> package?
>
> After I upgraded the package, my LPD/LPR stopped working. I had to uninstall
> the new package and reinstall the old package to get everything working again.
> Just wanted to know if anyone else is having the same problem....
>
> Thanks,
>
> Tim
Tim,
Nope. My lpr is still working OK.
Something odd happened to my pppd,
but I restarted it and then it was OK too.
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From: "Kerry Farrell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: 421 error in ftp
Date: Sat, 31 Mar 2001 05:13:08 GMT
i just installed redhat 6.2. i am a total newbie.
when trying to use ftp to connect to localhost or trying to connect from
another machine, i get:
"421 Service not available, remote server has closed connection"
i read somewhere that it has to do with passwords and PAM, etc. but i don't
know enough about it to fix it.
help.....
thanks
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From: Chris Coyle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: undelete testing
Date: Sat, 31 Mar 2001 00:17:39 -0500
SolarisCert wrote:
>
> I am implementing undelete testing according to ext2 undelete howto.
> But it seems that the testing fails, here are the steps I took:
>
> 1) echo > "testing" > /boot/testing
That looks weird. Are you really trying to use output redirection twice
in the same command? I just tried it. I'm a little surprised the bash
didn't complain, but I ended up with an empty file called ./testing
and a file called /boot/testing containing a single line-feed.
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From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: truetype support with xfree86 4.0
Date: Sat, 31 Mar 2001 05:30:12 -0000
Tigerman wrote:
>
>
> I'm using Suse 7.1 and xfree 4.0. Truetype support is supposed to be built
> in. I've read the font deugly how to. I've searched google and the
> newsgroups.
>
> I can't get it to work.
>
> If I add the truetype path to Xconfig x will no longer start. If I use xset
> +fp truetype path it gives me an error.
>
> Has anybody encountered this and fixed it?
>
>
>
Tigerman,
I'm using Suse 7.1 also and it took me awhile but
I finally got my TrueType Fonts to work in XFree86 4.0. I posted
this to someone else here who also is trying to make TrueType
work in XFree86 4.0 I hope this will help you out also:
There is a great step by step doc at http://www.xfree86.org/4.0.2/fonts2.html#6.
Basically:
1. Copy your TrueType Fonts into a directory
2. Copy the program ttmkfdir into that directory and run it
to create your fonts.scale file (There's a link at that
doc that points to where you can get ttmkfdir if you don't
have it already).
3. Run the command: mkfontdir -e /usr/X11R6/lib/font/encodings
to create fonts.dir and encodings.dir. (You may have
to substitute /usr/X11R6/lib/font with the path to the
file "encodings" if it's not located there).
4. Finally, add the new directory to your list of font directories
either by using your xset fp+ command or adding it to your
XF86Config file.
This is just a summary; that doc does a great job of walking you
through it.
Dave
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From: Sonero <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Print Command?
Date: Fri, 30 Mar 2001 21:48:57 -0800
I am trying to use the 'print' command in a script in Redhat Linux
7.0. I don't find the command 'print' or a 'man' page on it.
I want to confirm that Linux uses the 'echo' command instead of 'print'?
Thank you,
Jorge M.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Tony)
Subject: NT machine ping-able by name but not same machine under linux :(
Date: Sat, 31 Mar 2001 06:14:35 GMT
I can ping by name to an NT machine but not to the SAME machine (dual
boot) when booted under linux. The numerical address works fine in all
cases though.
Perhaps linux is not identifying itself to be the same machine as the
NT machine even though they run the same hardware, but how to get it
to do that?
A more general question, where is it decided what each machine in a
LAN is to be named?
Thanks,
-Tony
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From: rahul <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: RH 7 Install Help!!!
Date: Sat, 31 Mar 2001 11:48:55 +0530
Thanks for the help...
I tried to use anaconda updates disk..... Installer fails again with similar
error..
any ideas what needs to be done???
Regards /// Rahul
Craig Kelley wrote:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > I am trying to install RH 7 from HDD using a boot floppy. the installer
> > crashes giving error in Anaconda.... something like this..
>
> [snip anaconda trace]
>
> You need to download the updated installer disks from your favorite
> redhat mirror.
>
> --
> 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: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Cory Phillips)
Subject: Re: Need Help to Remove Linux and Merge Partitions
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 30 Mar 2001 18:13:00 -0600
Thanks for the help Eric. Thats why I consult the experts on this news
group.
Cory
On Fri, 30 Mar 2001 08:54:32 +0200, Eric <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> My question is, is there software, other than Partition Magic, which can
>> merge all the Linux partitions (/, /boot, /proc, /home, etc.) to a single
>
>Why would you want to merge them?
>Just delete them
>
>> Windows partition? Or at lease make the drive have only one partition so
>> I can reformat it for Windows 98?
>
>partitionmagic would be way overkill for this.
>Just delete all the partitions on that disc, with fdisk.
>After that's done, create one big new partition.
>
>> Right now, if I just configure the drive as a slave, Windows can't see it
>> even though the drive is listed in the BIOS.
>
>Sure it can, it just doesn't know the partitions.
>Use fdisk to clear thedisk
>
>Eric
>
>
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Cory Phillips
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From: "NINboy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
ahn.tech.linux,alt.os.linux.mandrake,bellsouth.net.support.adsl,bellsouth.net.support.linux
Subject: Re: ADSL (from a tech in DSL support)
Date: Sat, 31 Mar 2001 01:20:12 -0500
i found a post about this at www.linuxnewbie.org its on page two of the
hardware discussions.
if you don't know how to comile a kernal (like me) its best to go get a
dsl/cable router from you local computer shop/office supply store.
"rat grendel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> there are a few variables you need to take into effect here:
> 1) what kind of modem do you have?
> 2) do you use pppoe, pppoa, or static routing?
> 3) what version of rp-pppoe do you run?
>
> here's a bit more detail, and how i've gotten several people running, even
> though we don't technically support linux at all
>
> 1) modem: you need to know your dsl modem's internal IP, if it has one at
> all. this is important if you run a pier-to-pier network(well, it was for
> myself at home, and for a few others i've spoken to, but not everyone, you
> know, YMMV)
> 2) is you are using pppoe, then read on. if not, i can't help you, cause
> that's all i know how to do
> 3) if you are using rp-pppoe, then read on. first and foremost, make sure
> you installed the pppoe daemon. next, if you are using the version that
> came installed with 7.2, then stop. run: rpm -e rp-pppoe .get rid of
that
> shitty version. then, go to www.roaringpenguin.com and get the most
recent
> version of the rpm, but DO NOT install it yet. now, run netconf, and get
> rid of the IP and all the info for your nic, but don't worry, we'll put it
> back in a minute. run "ifconfig eth0 down" and then "ifconfig etho up"
and
> then "ifconfig". if your IP is still shown, you might just wanna go ahead
> and reboot. anyway, make sure you have no active network connections.
then
> install the new rp-pppoe rpm. run adsl-setup, and then try to connect.
> after that, put your IP back in and it should work. anyway, this is not
> guaranteed, but i've gotten a LOT of people up with this, myself included.
>
> .me.
>
> "News Mail" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> news:6uDw6.2219$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> > Help!!!
> >
> > We just got this ADSL and set up Linux Mandrake 7.2 but we can't get it
> > connected. I did the "adsl-setup". Then "adsl-start" and get a
"time-out"
> > message. We are not sure but we may have an IRQ problem. What command
can
> we
> > use to see the list of IRQs?
> >
> >
> > meesh32
> >
> >
>
>
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From: Shreyas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: NIS Problems
Date: Sat, 31 Mar 2001 06:30:07 -0000
Your NIS client is unable to find the appropriate home directory (you need
root permissions to create it). I had this problem too until i created the
proper home directories with the correct ownership and permissions. And oh
yea, while we're on the subject, do you know how to control the users that
are "served" from the NIS server. In other words, can you control the users
that are shown on the KDM screen?
shreyas
Gerschwin wrote:
>
>
> Hi I've installed a NIS server(Caldera 2.4 - both server and client)
which
> seems to be running ok and supplying a client with users and passwords
BUT
> when I login it appears to accept the login and password and the screen
> clears as if to boot into KDE but it then returns to the login. A failed
> login never gets by the box so I assume it recognises the user/passwd ok.
> Oh and Root login is ok on the local box but other users aren't.
>
> Any ideas what the problem might be?
>
> --
> :) Gerschwin
> --
>
>
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From: Sync <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Why people are doing that?
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Sat, 31 Mar 2001 06:46:38 GMT
Just to clear some things up....
Some hardware configurations may take hours to set up for one reason or an
other. This is also true in Windows. Yes, this is less likely in windows
than linux but it happens. (I do this $#it daily)
For me, I installed linux right out of the box and worked without any
fiddling. I tried Caldera, Redhat, Mandrake, Suse and even Corel.
Everything worked flawlessly.
How?
The hardware "I picked out" was very specific, not this garbage from these
some superstores that advertize great deals on computers. There is not such
thing as a great deal on a computer only cheap components. There is not
alot of margin in selling computers so they just sell more, cheaper
computer resulting in alot of crapy parts. Do you relly think that someone
is going to take a paycut or take a loss for you. Be a smart consumer and
research the components, ask friends or your neighmourhood geek.
It doesn't have to be expensive just make sure it's a good standard.
IBM does the same thing (with their new "linux ertified" machines), they
are just moving away from proprietary things and sticking with the
standards and it all works. You can do the same thing.
Anyway, this would go for all OS's.
Be smart, it's your money, your investment.
Sync
Ferdinand Badescu wrote:
> "B.R. Ivy" wrote:
>
>> I use Linux for the same reason people climb mountains; because it is
>> fun, and it is a challenge. Most people don't have the time, patience, or
>> the intellectual resources to understand Linux. It is called Win-"doze"
>> for a
>> reason. I use both OS's but I prefer Linux.
>
> This is a long shot, and it can't be covered just in a few email lines.
> But I'll try to explain my point of view as well as I can.
>
> If all the device manufacturers would also make device drivers for Linux,
> not
> only for Windows, for their devices, one wouldn't spend 5 or more hours
> to make that piece of hardware working. But many of them (the
> manufacturers) follow your same question: why bother with Linux, when
> it's Windows on the market?
>
> But the question is not why do people spend time making things work in
> Linux, but
>
> Why do more and more people like Linux, and switch from Windows ?
>
> You will understand why when you will understand that there is a
> fundamental difference between Windows and Linux: that between competition
> and cooperation, or between freedom of choice and monopoly. There are many
> other differences between the two OSs. I will pinpoint the facts:
>
> 1. In our Linux community we help each other, rather than jumping at each
> other's throat.
> 2. Linux is open source, meaning you can take the source code, and if you
> know programming you can change it without being sued. Try to do this in
> the Windows environment !
> 3. When someone finds a fix to a problem, or creates a program, (s)he
> posts it on the 'net and everyone can benefit from her/his work, not only
> "registered customers".
> 4. Linux is free of charge (I don't have to pay Gates taxes). How much
> does Windows (any flavor) cost ? Also, about 90 % of the Linux
> applications are free of charge. About 10 % are commercial applications,
> meaning that you have to pay for it. Even so, the Linux version costs
> about 1/2 price that of the Windows version.
> 5. Linux is rock solid. I have two Linux boxes, and one of them is on for
> about 6 months by now, acting as both a server and a workstation. (I will
> probably have to turn it off to change the CPU fan, because it started
> rattling :-) How long does a Windows program (or Windows itself, for that
> matter) work without crashing ?
> 6. I have never had to deal with viruses and other "delights" that Windows
> industry is so full of.
> 7. Linux is completely configurable. You can even attach your computer to
> a coffee maker through a serial port, and brew coffee (I'm not kidding,
> it's just that you need to know a little electronics and some free time to
> do it) 8. Linux does not require as many resources as Windows to work.
> Try, for example to make Windows 95/98/NT/2000 work on 16 or 32 MB RAM, or
> on a 486 machine, or on a 1 GB hardisk, and see with how many resources
> you are left for your actual programs.
> 9. With the risk of copying B.R. Ivy, I think that indeed Linux is fun,
> challenging, and REWARDING if you have the time, patience or the
> intellectual resources to understand it.
>
> As for your question about recreating the wheel: the Unix environment was
> in the computing industry a long time BEFORE Bill Gates "borrowed" the GUI
> idea from Macintosh.
>
> If you read Linux's history, you will see that people have had enough with
> surrogate OS and monopoly, and Yes! I believe that Linux is here to stay
> grow, and eventually replace Windows.
>
> This is my humble opinion about Linux. I have used Windows since the 3.0
> version. I gave a try to Linux 2-3 years ago (I used Red Hat 5.2 on a AMD
> K6 machine), switched to it immediately, and never regretted. I am sorry
> if I hurt Windows fans feelings, I didn't mean to. There are just facts
> that I gathered over a (almost) three-year period.
>
> Ferdi.
>
>>
>> "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?
>> >
>> >
>> >
>
> --
> ********************************************
> Ferdinand Badescu
> Dept. of Physics & Astronomy, U.C. Irvine
> Irvine, CA 92697
> Tel: 949-824-8094
> Fax: 949-824-2174
> email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>
>
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From: Bill & Avis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: connect, but unable to browse
Date: Sat, 31 Mar 2001 01:50:47 -0500
Clifford's answer is good as far as it went ... but the way to determine if a
modem is ISA or PCI is to look at the edge connector. All ISA & PCI's are
internal. If the edge connectors are nearly 1/8 inch wide, it is ISA. If only
about 1/16th of an inch, PCI. If ISA, check for jumper pins. If you find
them, there is a good chance the device works under Linux. If not, you will
have to do more research in order to establish whether it will work or not.
You might want to check out the Linux Documentation Project or try typing
"Linux Hardware" into a search engine query box (my personal favorite is
www.google.com ... YMMV). If PCI, there is some help for you even in 5.2 ...
I know because that is where I came in at ... but you will have to do some
serious investigating. You might want to read "man setserial" ... that is
PART of what turned the trick for me.
Bill
(If your modem is jumpered, set the jumpers (trial and error) to an open irq
and then type "setserial /dev/ttyS(0-3 as appropriate ... com 1 in Windows is
ttyS0 in Linux) irq n (where "n" is the irq you set the modem jumper for.)"
For example:
setserial /dev/ttyS0 irq 3
in the /etc/rc.d/rc.local file. IIRC you will need to be root (prompt looks
like #). Use any text program you want ... such as VI or EMACS.
If not jumpered, "pnpdump" is your friend.
Let us know how things work out, eh?
Clifford Kite wrote:
> Dave <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > I appreciate your concern. However I find it very frustrating when
> > I ask one question and get a totally unrelated answer. I seem to
> > get unrelated answers more often than I get my questions answered.
>
> > For instance: How do I tell if my modem is an ISA or a PCI? Answer:
> > you dont, go buy an external modem. Real helpful! See what I mean?
>
> Wrong question, the box will tell you that much. The question should be
> whether a modem requires a software driver and uses the CPU for work that
> a real modem does itself. If the box says Winmodem or HSP the answer
> is that it does require a driver. There are also other varieties of
> the Winmodem.
>
> One place to check is
>
> http://www.o2.net/~gromitkc/winmodem.html
>
> If you want to learn how to set up and debug PPP in Linux then this is
> a good URL:
>
> "http://www.theory.physics.ubc.ca/ppp-linux.html
>
> and much better than the PPP-HOWTO. If you choose to use one of the
> many frontends (wvdial, diald, kppp, ect.) to pppd then you limit
> yourself to responses from people that also use the frontend.
>
> --
> Clifford Kite <kite@inet%port.com> Not a guru. (tm)
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From: Sync <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: ReiserFS for /
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.admin,comp.os.linux.questions
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Sat, 31 Mar 2001 06:53:06 GMT
I have it on all my partitions and went through some rough testing even
pulled the plug while running processes. No losses and no problems. I
haven't seen any problems yet. Been testing for almost a month.
Sync
Blue System wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm planning to install Linux and have all partitions as type Reiser.
> However, I'm not sure if making / as ReiserFS is good decision. Any
> input will be greatly appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Val
>
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