Linux-Setup Digest #2, Volume #21 Fri, 6 Apr 01 16:13:12 EDT
Contents:
Re: LFS (Linux From Scratch) (mib)
Re: magic partition on linux ? ("H. van Niekerk")
Re: ICQ in Linux (Chiefy)
Silly Question (BM)
Wont Start !!! ("psypher")
Re: NEWBIE: where are display resolutions?? (Peter Shankey)
Re: K7V133A & RH7.0 (Tom Roberts)
Req. feedback on what Vid Card is recomended for Vid captures and high end 3d
graphics use.--------Thank you!-------------------------------- (non)
Re: Help needed with upgrading RH using RPMs. ("ne...")
Re: "to many files are open"?? (Peter Shankey)
inactivity timer for telnet Redhat 6.2 (Peter Shankey)
Re: help with tomsrtbt ("ne...")
Re: Silly Question ("ne...")
How to install 3 OSes? ("Horward")
Re: Time server setup ("Michael Faurot")
HP Colorado Streamer / FC 20 Controller (Thomas =?iso-8859-1?Q?Hageb=F6ke?=)
Re: openldap-2.0.7-14 : Where are ldapadd and ldif2ldbm? (Frederic Faure)
Re: How to install 3 OSes? (machinm)
lpd stopped working error = 'connection refused' (Stephen W Boyd)
Re: FYI on Power Failure induced crashes (in Linux) (Rob Windgassen)
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From: mib <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: LFS (Linux From Scratch)
Crossposted-To: linux.redhat.install,linux.redhat.misc
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Fri, 6 Apr 2001 18:53:34 +0200
> I am thinking of making my own linux system, is it worth the trouble. I
> checked out the documents from http://www.linuxfromscratch.com/
>
> Thanks
In my opinion LFS is a great way fo gaining experience in setting up
a Linux system. If you read the book you will know which software is needed
for a certain purpose and what it depends upon.
If you write your own bootscripts you are really in complete control of
your system.
It is also a nice way to get into scripting, since it is not that
interesting to just copy the instructions of the book to the command line.
With an LFS based system there no need anymore to complain about any
distribution. Anything that does not work is your own fault ;-)
The LFS system is just a starting point. The concept is extremely
extensible.
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From: "H. van Niekerk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: redhat.config,redhat.general
Subject: Re: magic partition on linux ?
Date: Fri, 06 Apr 2001 19:39:22 +0200
Hi,
I can't help you with that. Sorry.
Good luck
Huub
alfred hammerfield wrote:
> hi
> is there a utility on linux that permit to redistrubut disk partitions
> like partition-magic on Win NT4 ?
> my system: redhat 6.2 kernel 2.2.14-5
> help!
> thanks.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Chiefy)
Subject: Re: ICQ in Linux
Date: 6 Apr 2001 17:42:12 GMT
06 Apr 2001 06:20 UTC, Garfield did say to the dudes:
> I have downloaded the ICQ2000b, but the setup file can not run under
> L�nux(redhat).
You're going to have trouble running that one on a RedHat box :-).
Having mentioned MICQ, it would seem that LICQ, as mentioned elsewhere
in the thread, is the most popular of the Linux ICQ clients. The good
news is that it appears to be available in a RH package, ready to roll.
> And can you use MICQ with the others who use ICQ?
Of course, though it's very basic.
--
Chiefy. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
"To get something done, a committee should consist of no more than
three people, two of whom are absent."
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From: BM <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Silly Question
Date: Fri, 06 Apr 2001 17:46:12 GMT
Hi !
I cant find the command line to show how much space is "left" on the
HD/partitions, just used.
Could someone please enlighten me.
thanks!
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From: "psypher" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Wont Start !!!
Date: Fri, 6 Apr 2001 18:47:42 +0100
I have just finished installing Redhat 7 from linux format cover disk..
everything seemed to go fine..
After the installation it asked for a disk to make a boot disk, i assumed
this would be how i start redhat up..
I leave the floppy disk in the drive but it seems to ignore it, I have a
redhat.img file of 1.92gig and a redhat swap file ..
How do i boot into redhat now its on my system ? Can someone tell me how to
make a floppy that will kick redhat in ?
I would really appreciate any help. I was jumping for joy when the
installation went okay.. thought it would just be a matter of re booting
:o(((((
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From: Peter Shankey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: NEWBIE: where are display resolutions??
Date: Fri, 06 Apr 2001 18:12:37 GMT
type setup
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Original Message <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
On 4/6/01, 7:45:52 AM, "=3D Acetic =3D" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrot=
e=20
regarding NEWBIE: where are display resolutions??:
> I just installed RH Linux 7.0 and have only ever used Corel Linux befo=
re=20
and
> that was ages ago.
> All the icons are soooo huge!!! And I can't even see the entire box t=
hat
> will be drawn when you click on an icon. I have to move the box acros=
s,
> above, etc to see it all.
> My question: Where is the stupid display resolutions thing (ie 800x60=
0,
> 1024x768, etc)?? I can't stand this largeness.
> I'm too much a windows user :o(
> Also, I couldn't get it to multiboot with Win2k either.....
> I had Win2k beforehand, had my C drive a 100meg FAT16 drive for the bo=
ot
> thingies. But I couldn't tell the linux installer to set it as /boot =
(cause
> it wasn't Linux Native). So I got rid of that partition, set it all u=
p=20
and
> now i don't have win2k bootup files no more. oh well.
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From: Tom Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.comp.hardware.amd.thunderbird,comp.os.linux.hardware,linux.redhat.install
Subject: Re: K7V133A & RH7.0
Date: Fri, 06 Apr 2001 13:06:57 -0500
Konstantinos Agouros wrote:
> In <2Qsy6.118698$[EMAIL PROTECTED]> "Jeffrey Yu"
><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> >Hi, just want to find out if anyone has installed RH7.0 on an ASUS K7V133A
> >mboard, and would like to know of your opinion of such a combination.
> >Thanks in advance.
> Yes, it works. If You want ATA100, You will need to build Your own kernel.
I thought that Promise chip was a RAID controller.
I just connected my drives to the IDE controller, used "hdparm -d 1 /dev/hda"
and got 32 MByte/sec (hdparm -Tt /dev/hda). This is an ATA-100 7200 RPM drive;
I also got a significant increase in performance and "feel". Will the Promise
interface do significantly better than that? Is it worth the hassle?
I just built a system with this motherboard and RH 7.0. Other than hassles
unrelated to the motherboard (video card, sound card, network interface card),
everything went quite smoothly.
HINT: the CPU clockrate is doubled to get the rate of the front-side
bus. So set it to 100 for a 200 MHz FSB.
Actually my motherboard model is A7V133.
Tom Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: non <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Req. feedback on what Vid Card is recomended for Vid captures and high end 3d
graphics use.--------Thank you!--------------------------------
Date: Fri, 06 Apr 2001 18:22:59 GMT
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From: "ne..." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Help needed with upgrading RH using RPMs.
Date: Fri, 06 Apr 2001 18:24:22 GMT
On Apr 6, 2001 at 12:35, hoffmyster eloquently wrote:
[...]
>Plan B is now in order. I want to try and install all the packages
>I can manually. Before you start rolling your eyes maybe some of you
>Linux gurus can empathize with me on this. I just feel this will teach
>me far more about Linux than purchasing the CDs and pressing enter and
>watching it go. Besides from my experience with the attempted HD
>install, I'm not gaurenteed that the CD install will go smoothly after
>purchasing 7.0. I have most of the software that will come on the CDs
>anyway. I don't have the instimage directory tree that the CDs will
>have and I don't have a CD burner nor plan to get one.
You're gonna need patience, loadsa hair to pull out
and something for the headaches.
>Well, there are the whys and what fors that I know some of you would be
>questioning me on.
>
>I hoping there will be some of you, at least, that will understand my
>reasoning and let me in on some of their experience.
>
>Here is an attempt to describe to you what I am encountering.
>
>In the beginning I was always getting this error message "major numbers
><= 3 not supported by this version of RPM" when trying to install any
>package even if the package was named 0.8.0 or 2.2.2 which was curious.
>Well, I went and got "rpm-4.0.2-5x.i386.rpm" and it installed. I also
>got "db3-3.1.17-4.5x.i386.rpm" to load. So for all intents and purposes
>I think the old RPM is gone. I have found a few packages that have
>loaded unincumbered now.
What I think you get is "major numbers >= 3 not supported by
this version of RPM". Or at least that's what it should say.
This message is a bit cryptic. What it is trying to say is
that the package was put together with rpm >3.0.5-9. The
rpm on your system is less than version. Therefore you need
to get version 3.0.5-9 from rpmfind.net and upgrade rpm. Then
use this to upgrade to version 4.0.2.
>My current problem is dependcies. Most of the packages I am trying to
>load are saying that this needs this and that needs that. There is a
>common thread among practically all of the ones I've tried.
>libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.1.3) or libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.2)or libdb.so.2 or
>libdb.so.3 or libdb.so.3(GLIBC_2.0) is needed by such and such. I run
>"rpm -qa | grep glibc" and was getting 2.1.2 I believe it was. Anyway,
>I tried installing the latest glibc 2.2-12 and 40 or indepencies popped
>up. I then tried 2.1.95. Same thing. I then tried 2.1.3. Low and
>behold it installed. I went back and tried 2.1.95 again and it failed.
>I try installing the gcc packages and they fail. Mostly because of the
>files I mentioned before.
If you try to upgrade one rpm at a time, you will get this error/
warning message. This is 'cause you libc is the wrong version. So
you need to upgrade that and it's dependencies.
>Does anyone here understand my problem and can you shed any light on
>where I need to go with this? It seems like these independencies are
>forming a vicious circle. I install something one thing needs but that
>becomes too new for something else, it seems. Could these packages be
>reporting false information that should be ignored?
In order: yes, no. I would try the following. Place all the
rpms you want to install in one directory. Those you think
you do not need place in another directory. Then execute the
following:
rpm -Uvh *rpm > update.log
This will give a log of what was upgraded and if it fails,
where it fails. If anything is needed from the rpms you
saved, move the rpm over and repeat. This should hopefully
work. Then before you reboot, make sure you change /etc/inittab
to boot to command line AND make sure lilo.conf matches
what is in /boot.
Hope I was coherent enuf..
--
Registered Linux User # 125653 (http://counter.li.org)
vaxism /vak'sizm/ n.
A piece of code that exhibits
vaxocentrism in critical areas. Compare PC-ism,
unixism.
2:05pm up 20 days, 14:05, 8 users, load average: 0.00, 0.00, 0.00
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From: Peter Shankey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: "to many files are open"??
Date: Fri, 06 Apr 2001 18:14:09 GMT
What does that do???
> Try "echo 4069 > /proc/sys/fs/file-max" (assuming kernel 2.4.3, else
> you may have to search around in /proc). You do *not* have to recompil=
e
> the kernel for this.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Original Message <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
On 4/3/01, 1:55:59 AM, "michael.fengler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote regarding=
=20
Re: "to many files are open"??:
> On Thu, 29 Mar 2001, Glitch wrote:
> >Carsten Bliessen wrote:
> >
> >> Hi together,
> >>
> >> have a problem with an debian system. I=B4ve installed it with mini=
mum
> >> config and set an Samba on it.
> >>
> >> Everything is working well. But if I copy many files over the netwo=
rk,
> >> after some hours the System hang and the windows clients couldnt wr=
ite
> >> or read anything and on the console i can=B4t execute anything. Onl=
y
> >> Ctrl alt and del. restarts the computer.
> >>
> >> The system say : to many files are open.
> >>
> >> Do anybody have an idea about that ?
> >>
> >> THX
> >> Carsten Bliessen
> >
> >there is a limit on the number of files that can be open on the syste=
m.
> >I believe the limit is set in ulimits.h(or maybe ulimit.h). AFter u
> >change the limit u have to recompile your kernel.
> - mike
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From: Peter Shankey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: inactivity timer for telnet Redhat 6.2
Date: Fri, 06 Apr 2001 18:18:59 GMT
How do you turn it off? What is the file?
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Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc
From: "ne..." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: help with tomsrtbt
Date: Fri, 06 Apr 2001 18:29:22 GMT
On Apr 6, 2001 at 10:59, Robert Davis eloquently wrote:
>I have a older computer at home and it doesnt work with tomsrtbt.
>It boots to the point where it is testing the nic card and then locks up.
>I believe it says something like 3c574 ... donald becker ....
>I have an old nic card. ne2000 compatible, isa, not pnp.
>How do I turn off the nic card detection?
Remove the olde card. I haven't used tomsrtbt so
I can't really say, but removing the nic should work.
>How do I detect it correctly?
The ne2000, you'll need the port and irq it uses and
pass that at the boot prompt to use it. But remember
tomsrtbt's kernel has to have support for it.
>Where is the correct place to post questions like this?
c.o.l.setup is. I've neva been to c.o.l.misc.
[...]
--
Registered Linux User # 125653 (http://counter.li.org)
Those who claim the dead never return to life haven't ever been around
here at quitting time.
2:22pm up 20 days, 14:21, 8 users, load average: 0.00, 0.00, 0.00
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From: "ne..." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Silly Question
Date: Fri, 06 Apr 2001 18:32:44 GMT
On Apr 6, 2001 at 17:46, BM eloquently wrote:
>Hi !
>I cant find the command line to show how much space is "left" on the
>HD/partitions, just used.
man df
--
Registered Linux User # 125653 (http://counter.li.org)
Frohike: So, Mulder, where's your little partner?
Mulder: She wouldn't come. She's afraid of her love for you.
"The X-Files: Blood"
2:28pm up 20 days, 14:28, 8 users, load average: 0.00, 0.00, 0.00
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From: "Horward" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: How to install 3 OSes?
Date: Sat, 7 Apr 2001 02:35:39 +0800
Dear all,
I have a 20G harddisk drive, which has win98 and win2000 professional
installed. Now I want to use 10G disk space to install Red Hat Linux, but
for some reasons, I can not give up the win98 and win2000 combination. So
far, how can I configure in order to archive 3 OS coexists in the same
system? Besides, I would like to know does Linux support 20G harddisk drive,
as I've encountered some problems during installation.
Thanks & Regards.
Ho.
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From: "Michael Faurot" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: Time server setup
Date: 6 Apr 2001 17:35:03 GMT
In comp.os.linux.hardware Helmut Haefner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: Why do you want to use GPS. Also in the USA there are time-signals on
: AM, and I think you can buy a RC-clock with a serial or parallel port
: in the USA too. Here in Germany it costs ~20 U$ but this model will
: work only in Germany and the included software only works for Windows.
: I think any solution using GPS will cost a lot of more.
Anyone know of an inexpensive ($100 or less) device that has a serial
or ethernet interface that ntpd can talk to? Doesn't matter whether
it's GPS, WWV, etc as long as ntpd knows how to talk to it.
--
==============================================================================
Michael | mfaurot | He hath eaten me out of house and home.
Faurot | atww.net | -- William Shakespeare, "Henry IV"
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From: Thomas =?iso-8859-1?Q?Hageb=F6ke?= <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: HP Colorado Streamer / FC 20 Controller
Date: Fri, 06 Apr 2001 21:12:58 +0200
Hello folks,
I have an old P1 computer equipped with a HP Colorado 1000 Travan floppy
streamer.
That streamer is connected to a FC 20 controller (for compression
purposes).
The distribution I use is SuSE 7.1 (kernel 2.4)
Background:
with kernel 2.0.xx, I used ftape as a module - the streamer worked
perfectly.
Then, with kernel 2.2.13 (SuSE 6.3), I suddenly had to compile streamer
support into the kernel
and use zftape/compressor support. And BTW: the module-version didn't
work any more.
Now I installed SuSE 7.1 with kernel 2.4 which has a pre-compiled module
support for the
ftape and zftape interfaces. But none of them actually do work. I always
get the response
/dev/ftape: No such device
The same applies for zftape.
My aim is getting that streamer working (of course) with
zftape/compressor support.
An if possible - somehow - by using a module which is loaded on demand.
The streamer/controller settings are the defaults:
FC 20: I/O 210-217
DMA 3
IRQ 9
Colorado: I/O 180-187
This configuration works perfectly under windows - and it did with
previous kernel versions
(as described).
Please help me with 2.4.
Best regards,
Thomas
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Thomas Hageb=F6ke (mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.hageboeke.de=
)
Linux-powered! - Future is beyond Microsoft!
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Frederic Faure)
Subject: Re: openldap-2.0.7-14 : Where are ldapadd and ldif2ldbm?
Date: Fri, 06 Apr 2001 19:22:06 GMT
On 4 Apr 2001 19:58:51 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Chiefy) wrote:
>'ldif2ldbm' is part of the 'openldap-utils' package, and 'ldapadd' is
>part of the 'openldap-clients' package.
Thx!
FF.
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From: machinm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: How to install 3 OSes?
Date: Fri, 06 Apr 2001 19:36:58 GMT
Horward wrote:
>
> Dear all,
>
> I have a 20G harddisk drive, which has win98 and win2000 professional
> installed. Now I want to use 10G disk space to install Red Hat Linux, but
> for some reasons, I can not give up the win98 and win2000 combination. So
> far, how can I configure in order to archive 3 OS coexists in the same
> system? Besides, I would like to know does Linux support 20G harddisk drive,
> as I've encountered some problems during installation.
>
> Thanks & Regards.
> Ho.
Try partion magic, has the tools for Boot magic included.
LILO may also do it, but not sure how it handles multiple boots.
Basicly. its very easy, just install Partion magic, then set-up boot
magic wizard(win 98), then create your paritions for the linux install,
you need two, one is your linux swap file, the other is gona be your
root, you can even create another one for your /opt or /usr partions. PM
can even format the partions for Linux.
10gigs should be fine. if you do a full install of all the software
bundled in with red-hat, it will eat-up like 5 gigs.
The only thing to consider is your hardware video card supported by your
linux distrbution or will you need to get Xfree86 update.
Also, do you have cable or adsl, fixed IP or dynamic.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Stephen W Boyd)
Subject: lpd stopped working error = 'connection refused'
Date: Fri, 06 Apr 2001 19:24:19 GMT
I have an SuSE system. I had a number successfully installed and
working. All of a sudden the spooling has quit.
Here is what I have found out so far.
lpd is running
lpq returns the error 'unknown printer lp'
lpc start all returns the error 'Could not connect to daemon:
Connection refused'.
You stop and restart lpd all day long with no effect.
There are no errors is syslog.
/dev/printer is a link to a non-existent file.
I suspect that the latter is my problem. From looking at another,
working, system I discover that /dev/printer should be a special file
with permissions srw-------. A named socket I think.
Is this the likely source of my problem? If so how do I fix it?
If not, where do I look next?
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From: Rob Windgassen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: FYI on Power Failure induced crashes (in Linux)
Date: Thu, 5 Apr 2001 22:19:30 +0200
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,alt.os.linux.caldera
On Thu, 05 Apr 2001, Arthur Sowers wrote:
>On 5 Apr 2001, Craig Kelley wrote:
>
>> Arthur Sowers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>>
>> [snip]
>>
>> > ntsysv <cr>
>> >
>> > and it brought back the whole list of services that it controls complete
>> > with "check" marks or blank spaces for all of the services that are
>> > accessible. I just un-Xed all the services that were part of the default
>> > install except the log, printer, and one other (can't remember) services
>> > and closed the window. Then graceful shutdown & reboot, and sure enough, I
>> > can now turn off the power switch, turn it back on 20-30 sec later, and it
>> > all boots up just fine (it does do a filecheck that takes maybe a minute
>> > or so, but still ends up with a complete bootup). Even with StarOffice
>> > runing, a power off and turn back on still boots up fine and can launch SO
>> > fine, and it works fine, and it all collapses back upon exit from the
>> > application and does graceful shutdowns without problems.
>>
>> You *don't* want to do this.
>
>I'd like to hear from more people about this.
Still the answer is that you don't _want_ to do this.
The only thing that may be useful is limiting (just limiting, no more) the risk
of losing data when an unintended powerdown occurs.
To achieve this I prefer to distribute data in some meaningful way over
partitions to make sure that incomplete flusing of changed data does not
corrupt the base operating system. Therefore make sure that at least
- swap is a separate partition
- you have a separate /tmp partition
- you have a separate /home partition. And be sure to make regular backup of
this data.
Still you should always try to shutdown the machine properly.
[and like someone else also told: you are posting to a whole lot of
newsgroups....]
--
Rob Windgassen
If a man has talent and cannot use it, he has failed.
-- Thomas Wolfe
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