Linux-Setup Digest #961, Volume #20 Sun, 1 Apr 01 07:13:06 EDT
Contents:
Re: printing in star office (Dave Uhring)
Re: ftape latest RPMs (Marc D. Williams)
Re: Help installing from source.?! (E J)
help with .profile ("Bob Comire")
Re: Changing Video Cards In Linux (Hartmann Schaffer)
Re: JAVA programming, system clock etc ("Robert Morelli")
Re: Problems installing SuSe 7.0 with big hard disk ("Glitch")
Re: suse iso ("Glitch")
How to change hd back to Fat 32 ("bh")
Re: suse iso (David)
Re: How to change hd back to Fat 32 (David)
getting linux to recognize NTFS ("John Jamieson")
Re: Dual boot win2000/linux - 1024 matters ("Eric en Jolanda")
Re: getting linux to recognize NTFS ("Eric en Jolanda")
Define the X Desktop for "StartX" command (Bubux)
Re: Display not showing entire diesktop under some resolutions ("BKG")
Booting Windows 2000 with my grub doesn't work (Bubux)
startx ("sw")
Re: startx (Michael Heiming)
RPM Update (Luke Vogel)
Re: Help! Can't boot from floppy (Markku Kolkka)
Re: RH 7.0: kernel upgrade problem !? (Markku Kolkka)
Authentication failure with Slackware 7.1 and OpenSSH ("Mike Ruskai")
Re: Authentication failure with Slackware 7.1 and OpenSSH (Michael Heiming)
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From: Dave Uhring <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.help,alt.os.linux,alt.linux,comp.os.linux.questions
Subject: Re: printing in star office
Date: Sat, 31 Mar 2001 20:41:27 -0600
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> I am using Mandrake 7.2 w/SO 5.2. I have been unsuccessful (so far) in
> getting my printer
> to work. It (epson 777) prints fine from Netscape, etc but not in Star
> Office. I have
> already **tried** to configure the printer as root (as well as setting
> something to lp0,
> my default queue. Any suggestions?
>
> Thanks in advance!
>
> Charlie
Using spadmin, set up your printer as HP Laser Jet 4 Plus. Make that
your default printer.
This assumes, of course, that you have properly configured your print
system to print PostScript out of the default printer.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Marc D. Williams)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.admin
Subject: Re: ftape latest RPMs
Date: Sun, 01 Apr 2001 02:44:02 -0000
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Sun, 18 Mar 2001 05:04:11 GMT, Seetamraju Uday Bhaskar Sarma wrote:
>Hi
>
>Searching Mandrake and Redhat's sites didn't come up with
>ANY RPMs for the latest 4.x series of FTAPE modules.
>
>Is that supposed to mean something?
>Red hat's site mentioned something about a 3.04 version dated 3 yrs ago!
>
I did a search at http://www.tuxfinder.com/ and came across some 4.02
i386 RPMs but they're under libc5 directories.
The source is available, however.
Kind of strange that there aren't any updated RPMs (I don't use
RPMs anyway but still).
Marc
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From: E J <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Help installing from source.?!
Date: Sun, 01 Apr 2001 02:34:02 GMT
Did you read the README file?
Just some sugguestions:
$ ./configure --help # to see what all the options of configure and pick the
correct ones.
$ vi config.log # look at the configuration log file to see there is a
problem.
$ vi some_make_configuration_file.mk # look at the make configure file to
see if it is correct
$ vi makefile # look at the makefile and add your corrections to your
makefile
Jake Burns wrote:
> I have RHat 6.2, just a simple install from the disk. Everytime I try to
> install a program doing the typical:
> $./configure
> $make
> $make install
>
> The configure command seems to work fine, but my make and make install
> commands ALWAYS fail. I can install just about any program from a binary
> release, but there's so much software out there that I'd like to use that
> only comes in source form. I have tried setiathome, xmms, paradise, xmms
> plugins, and more, none have worked. What am I doing wrong?
>
> Thanks
>
> Jake
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From: "Bob Comire" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: help with .profile
Date: Sun, 01 Apr 2001 03:37:13 GMT
Hi, I am running RedHat 7. When I try to override the emacs line editor with
set -o vi it will not work when I login. If I type it on the command line it
will work just fine. If I place it into the .profile then type . .profile it
will work just fine. But if I leave it in the .profile and logout then login
it will not work. How is this set for login?
Thanks
PS - also tried /etc/profile, /etc/bashrc, ~/.profile, ~/.bashrc,
~/.bash_profile
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Hartmann Schaffer)
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,alt.os.linux.mandrake,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: Changing Video Cards In Linux
Date: 31 Mar 2001 22:52:13 -0500
In article <9a5uiv$v4u$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Jeremy Paiz wrote:
>"Patrick F. Clarin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
>news:9a5t8t$2f6r$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
>> How do you change to init 3?
>>
>
>in the file /etc/inittab change
>
> id:5:initdefault:
>
>to
>
> id:3:initdefault:
i guess that works too, but if you want to do it only occasionally, it's
easier to bring up the boot prompt (see lilo configuration) and type
linux 3
(or whatever your imagename for linux is)
hs
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From: "Robert Morelli" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: JAVA programming, system clock etc
Date: Sat, 31 Mar 2001 20:54:52 -0700
In article <99j4ud$n5u$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Thomas G."
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hello fellow Linux users,
>
> Assuming that you are all much more professional than I am, I'd like to
> ask a few questions....
>
> First of all, at my college, the people there have configured emacs in
> such a way that if you are programming a java file or writing an html
> file in it, all the tags get a specific color. Also when you press
> ctrl-x ctrl-e, Emacs automatically starts to compile the program you
> wrote and shows the compiler-error messages in a second lower frame in
> emacs. I figured out they did this by using some scripts. No use asking
> them how to do it. They never have time to explain. Does anybody know
> how to do this?
I'm not sure I understand what you're asking here. I'll assume that
you want to have syntax highlighting and other programming functionality
when editing Java and html files with emacs on your home system. For
Java, there is a very good package called JDE (Java Develpment
Environment). It does syntax highlighting and the compiler-error bit
you mentioned, plus quite a lot more. Check out
http://jde.sunsite.dk/
As for html, I'm not sure what's the best choice. (Maybe the PSGML
package). You should visit the home sites of emacs (or xemacs if you
are using that) to find what packages are available.
> Second, I've updated the aaa_base from the SuSE 7.1 updates, but now my
> system clock gets set 3 1/2 hours off everytime I start Linux. Does
> anybody know how to fix this?
>
> Thanx a lot if you can help me,
>
> Thom.
>
>
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From: "Glitch" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Problems installing SuSe 7.0 with big hard disk
Date: Sun, 01 Apr 2001 00:34:41 -0500
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "TMrshogi"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I've just got SuSe Personal 7.0 and am trying to install it on the last
> 2GB of my 60GB Maxtor HD.
>
> The problems come when it's trying to create the Linux partitions, it
> says it can't create the Swap partition (this is using YasT 2).
>
> I've tried using YasT 1 but my swap partition (which is /dev/hda19 in my
> case) seems to disappear... :(
>
hda19? U do know there *is* a limit as to the # of partitions that can
be on a hard drive right? 16 is the most u can have on the drive. 4
primary partitions with the last one being a logical one, and then 12
extended partitions. Have you reached that limit?
It sounds like you have.
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From: "Glitch" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: suse iso
Date: Sun, 01 Apr 2001 00:37:21 -0500
In article <SZrx6.675$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Tan, Li" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> hi, I am wondering where I can download the newest suse iso image file
>
have you tried the Suse ftp site?
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From: "bh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: How to change hd back to Fat 32
Date: Fri, 30 Mar 2001 22:48:39 -0700
Hello
I have a SCSI hard drive that I want to return to a fat32 partion from Linux
what do I do?
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From: David <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: suse iso
Date: Sun, 01 Apr 2001 06:00:49 GMT
"Tan, Li" wrote:
>
> hi, I am wondering where I can download the newest suse iso image file
>
> thanks
Possibly from www.linuxiso.org
--
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Registered with the Linux Counter. http://counter.li.org
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Completed more W/U's than 99.140% of seti users. +/- 0.01%
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From: David <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: How to change hd back to Fat 32
Date: Sun, 01 Apr 2001 06:03:03 GMT
bh wrote:
>
> Hello
>
> I have a SCSI hard drive that I want to return to a fat32 partion from Linux
> what do I do?
Run: lilo -u
Delete all linux partitions with linux fdisk, and format back to DOS/win
format.
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Registered with the Linux Counter. http://counter.li.org
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Completed more W/U's than 99.140% of seti users. +/- 0.01%
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From: "John Jamieson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: getting linux to recognize NTFS
Date: Sun, 01 Apr 2001 06:05:16 GMT
How do I get Linux to recognize an NTFS partition? I have tried to do
mount /dev/sda1 /win2000 -t ntfs
but I get the message that 'ntfs' is an invalid type.
-john
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From: "Eric en Jolanda" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Dual boot win2000/linux - 1024 matters
Date: Sun, 1 Apr 2001 08:22:02 +0200
> > your linux fdisk could have told you immediately if the 1024th cylinder
> > boundary is crossed.
>
> *** Used Druid, don't recall any messages; only message I ever got like
this
> was from linuxconf trying to mount the VFAT partition. Manual mount worked
> so I ignored it for the moment as I was fighting X at that time. Maybe
> supports your idea about the BIOS.
Even then, after the initial install, you may be unable to boot from HDD.
boot using a bootfloppy, and run `fdisk -l /dev/hda`.
You now get a partitiontable, showing the cylinder boundaries.
> > How much that is in Giga-Bytes, depends on your setup.
> > Calculate it for yourself: (Heads*Sectors-per-track)/2048 is the
boundary
> in GB
>
> *** Haven't been able to find that data - new (work) laptop so I won't
pull
> it to pieces just yet ;-)
No need for that.
Again, the fdisk command will show you these values.
> > The fact is, that the lilo that ships with rh7 is new enough to support
> > booting from beyond cylinder 1024. There is one big catch though. Your
> BIOS
> > must also support this. The only way you can boot from beyond cylinder
> 1024
> > is through the extended interrupt 13 BIOS calls. If your BIOS doesn't
> support
> > them,
> > no bootloader can help you. Therefor it always wise to make /boot below
> > cylinder
> > 1024, no matter what.
>
> *** This is a bit of a worry. This model has only just hit the market -
> you'd think the BIOS would be o.k.
I would agree. I know that almost any desktop PC nowadays has support.
For labtops, I would also expect them to be up to date (these extensions are
several years old now) but I haven't been in the position to try.
Could it be that you made a mistake somewhere?
You said you got nothing when you first tried to boot.
then shifted the /boot and without running /sbin/lilo again,
you now got LI. That's a bit odd already, as lilo knows only the
physical addresses of the bootstuff, so moving them should only make things
worse, never better.
Now you have your system adjusted, I can't see why it failed anymore.
But if you ever try again, run `fdisk -l /dev/hda` and `cat /etc/lilo.conf`
and post
both here if you cannot get it to boot.
Eric
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From: "Eric en Jolanda" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: getting linux to recognize NTFS
Date: Sun, 1 Apr 2001 08:39:39 +0200
> How do I get Linux to recognize an NTFS partition? I have tried to do
>
> mount /dev/sda1 /win2000 -t ntfs
>
> but I get the message that 'ntfs' is an invalid type.
>
load the ntfs.o module?
But don't even think about writing to that partition
Eric
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From: Bubux <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux
Subject: Define the X Desktop for "StartX" command
Date: Sun, 01 Apr 2001 08:56:59 +0000
Hi,
I'm using Linux Mandrake 7.2.
I have installed all the XDesktop environnements (KDE2,KDE1, GNOME,
WINDOWS MANAGER.../...).
When i type "StartX", it runs Gnome !
I would want to start with KDE for this user.
I know that it exists "Destop Swiching". But with this version of Gnome
i didn't find.
Can you give me the name of the program for destop switching ? The
informations about sessions and XWindows desktop are stocked in which
file (.xsession ?).
Thank you !
Bubux
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From: "BKG" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc,linux.redhat.misc
Subject: Re: Display not showing entire diesktop under some resolutions
Date: Sun, 1 Apr 2001 01:03:50 -0600
It is in your XF86config (check spelling) file. There is an option to have
a virtual screen.
I don't like it either. Just change the virtual screen option.
"David J." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:ygUv6.6832$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Hi,
>
> I am running Red Hat Linux 6.2 with Kernel 2.2.16 on a 450 Mhz PIII with
128
> MB, with XFREE86 3.3.6, using a 3dfx Voodoo3 AGP display adapter (my XF86
> Config file is attached).
>
> I am able to cycle through the four display modes using
> <ctrl><alt><numeric+> and <numeric ->.
>
> However, only with the 1600x1200 resolution is the entire desktop visible
at
> one time. Under any other video mode (640x480, 800x600, and 1024x768)
> only a fraction of the desktop is viewable at any given time. Under these
> resolutions, moving the mouse around the upper or side edge of the screen
> changes the section of the desktop that is currently viewed. This happens
> with all the window managers I've tried, including Gnome/Enlightenment and
> KDE.
>
> Is there any way to set my display (like in Windows) such that at all
> resolutions the entire desktop is visible at one time?
>
> Any help would be appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Dave J.
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
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From: Bubux <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Booting Windows 2000 with my grub doesn't work
Date: Sun, 01 Apr 2001 09:03:59 +0000
Hi i have a little problem,
I have Mandrake 7.2 and Windows 2000.
With GRUB i have set up for choosing beetween these 2 OS.
But when i choose Windows 2000 nothing works ! the screen stay blank !
This is my config :
HDA : /hda1 ===== >>> LINUX
/hda5,6,7,8 ==== >>> partitions Ext2 (swap, /usr,/var../...)
HDB : /hdb1 ===== >>> WINDOWS 2000
I have tested with Windows 98 and i have the same problem !
Thank You
Bubux
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From: "sw" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: startx
Date: Sun, 1 Apr 2001 15:18:07 +0800
After typing startx, the desktop comes up and the machine hangs. Any
suggestions please?
Thanks
SW
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Date: Sun, 01 Apr 2001 09:49:03 +0200
From: Michael Heiming <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: startx
sw wrote:
>
> After typing startx, the desktop comes up and the machine hangs. Any
> suggestions please?
Check your home directory for some files like:
.X.err
.xsession-errors
May be they can give a clue what went wrong, if it was possible for
your X server to write some data, if you have a second machine, try
to login with ssh, often you can't do anything on the console
(CTRL-ALT-[F1-Fn] not working), but the kernel is still running fine
and the machine can be accessed remote.
Michael Heiming
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From: Luke Vogel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: RPM Update
Date: Sun, 01 Apr 2001 19:41:47 +1000
I've had a quick look trough this news group and cant find past post on
the subject, so here goes.
I have redhat linux 6.2 on my box, and am finding that a lot of upgrade
packages etc need the later versions of RPM ... usually supplying an
error message about major version numbers <=3.0
I will need to upgrade; ... can anybody point me in the direction of a
good HOWTO with respect to upgrading the package?
I have tried in the past and encountered several errors and ultimately
failed and gave up.
TIA.
--
Regards
Luke
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From: Markku Kolkka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc,linux.redhat.misc
Subject: Re: Help! Can't boot from floppy
Date: 01 Apr 2001 13:16:10 +0300
"Hiawatha Bray" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I downloaded Red Hat 7 as an ISO image and burned it onto CDs. Each CD has
> just one big file on it.
You burned the disks incorrectly. You should have used the "burn from
image" command to create a bootable CD from the ISO image. The exact
way of doing this depends on the burning software you use.
> How do I "open" them so I can install the software? Thanks.
Burn new CDs with the correct command.
--
Markku Kolkka
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Markku Kolkka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: RH 7.0: kernel upgrade problem !?
Date: 01 Apr 2001 13:22:25 +0300
C�dric Pillonel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Another question: when upgrading my kernel, the old one has been
> deleted. I would like to keep the old one and the new one and then to be
> able to choose which one to boot with lilo.
You should "install" the new kernel, not "upgrade". That way the old
kernel is not removed.
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Markku Kolkka
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.security
From: "Mike Ruskai" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: "Mike Ruskai" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Authentication failure with Slackware 7.1 and OpenSSH
Date: Sun, 01 Apr 2001 10:51:15 GMT
The OpenSSH daemon was compiled and installed without error, and runs
without complaint.
However, it is unable to authenticate any users. All I've found so far is
a reference to linking with libcrypt, which was done during the build.
Anyone know what the source of the problem is?
--
- Mike
Remove 'spambegone.net' and reverse to send e-mail.
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Date: Sun, 01 Apr 2001 13:05:05 +0200
From: Michael Heiming <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.security
Subject: Re: Authentication failure with Slackware 7.1 and OpenSSH
Mike Ruskai wrote:
>
> The OpenSSH daemon was compiled and installed without error, and runs
> without complaint.
>
> However, it is unable to authenticate any users. All I've found so far is
> a reference to linking with libcrypt, which was done during the build.
>
> Anyone know what the source of the problem is?
Hello Mike,
hard to tell from your post, try to connect with "ssh -v -v
...your_options",
may be this gives you a clue, if not, post the output, which version
"ssh -V"
you use to connect, version of yout sshd & your sshd_config could be
helpfull.
May be, posting on comp.security.ssh would be better...
Michael Heiming
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