Linux-Setup Digest #77, Volume #21 Fri, 20 Apr 01 03:13:09 EDT
Contents:
Re: command for formatting hard disk? ("Crystal Luo")
Re: --MARK-- (Juergen Pfann)
Re: Where is ip_masq_pptp in 2.2.19? ("Scott Simpson")
Cant ftp into machine (Chris)
Re: Install RH7.0 in an Athlon Box ("Johnny Li(Li Guang-lei 1575623)")
Re: command for formatting hard disk? ("Peter T. Breuer")
Re: cant find modules after 2.4.3 compile/reboot (David Efflandt)
Re: Corrupted Profile (with vi cheatsheet) (Stephane)
Re: How to log serial input / output? (Stephane)
PPP at the command can't be put in the background? (Tony)
Re: token ring & RH ("Nick Riviera")
Re: Cant ftp into machine (Michael Heiming)
Re: PPP at the command can't be put in the background? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Move Kernel Module ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Hanging on Formatting Swap Disk ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: How do I change Screen Resolution in Gnome or KDE ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
ESS SOLO1 and GNOME ("Alessandro Becatti")
Re: redhat 7.1 install problems (Keith + Maria Wheeler)
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From: "Crystal Luo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: command for formatting hard disk?
Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2001 10:07:57 +0800
Hi, thank you guys for being helpful.
Being a linux beginner, I sometimes get stuck when I know I have to do
something but don't know the exact command to do it. So another question. Is
there anyway that I can have a reference to all the shell commands, like in
this case, to find out that the command for 'formatting' is 'mkfs'?
Crystal
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From: Juergen Pfann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: --MARK--
Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2001 04:48:28 +0200
Mark Swope wrote:
>
> I just installed Slackware 7.0 on a PC (named "Alpha") -
> I've noticed in /var/log/messages
> that entries appear every 20 minutes that look like:
> <snip>
> Apr 29 09:12:00 Alpha -- MARK --
> Apr 29 09:32:00 Alpha -- MARK --
> Apr 29 09:52:00 Alpha -- MARK --
> <snip>
>
> Can anyone tell me what's causing these entries or where else to look?
> (this is really causing my messages log to fill up...)
>
If there's no more entries in your logfile than these, you might
as well turn off your box ;-)).
SCNR - but seriously : these are only timestamps to indicate
that at least syslogd is alive, and to keep the logfile's
continuity. 20 min. is the default interval for this facility.
Juergen
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From: "Scott Simpson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Where is ip_masq_pptp in 2.2.19?
Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2001 03:27:12 GMT
Actually what I did was download the 2.2.19 kernel from ftp.kernel.org. I
didn't realize that RedHat had added the VPN patch as an add on. They don't
seem to have 2.2.19 out on their site yet for RedHat 6.2. Thanks for your
help.
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From: Chris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Cant ftp into machine
Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2001 22:35:52 -0500
Hi I cant ftp into my machine. I get
a connection refused. Could someone
run through what is required to ftp?
It shows ftp listening when I do netstat -vat.
[root@hemlock /etc]# netstat -vat
Active Internet connections (servers and established)
Proto Recv-Q Send-Q Local Address Foreign Address State
tcp 0 0 hemlock:ssh cactus:3444 ESTABLISHED
tcp 0 0 *:www *:* LISTEN
tcp 0 0 *:smtp *:* LISTEN
tcp 0 0 *:auth *:* LISTEN
tcp 0 0 *:login *:* LISTEN
tcp 0 0 *:shell *:* LISTEN
tcp 0 0 *:ssh *:* LISTEN
tcp 0 0 *:telnet *:* LISTEN
tcp 0 0 *:ftp *:* LISTEN
-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
In my hosts.allow I have:
in.ftpd: 192.168.1.
-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
in inetd.conf I have:
ftp stream tcp nowait root /usr/sbin/tcpd in.ftpd -l -a
what else do I need to do?
Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.
Chris
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From: "Johnny Li(Li Guang-lei 1575623)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.x
Subject: Re: Install RH7.0 in an Athlon Box
Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2001 12:28:06 +0800
I have download the two RPMs from the website of NVIDIA. and also I have
downloaded the install README.
Thanks very much for you help.
KW wrote:
>
> If you can get them, download the NVIDIA SOURCE RPMS and rebuild those
> and install, then follow nvidias instructions for manually configuring
> xconfig files.
>
> rpm --rebuild nvidia-kernel-0.97-src.rpm (or whatever the name is)
> same with the GLX file... then install the rpm from the
> /usr/src/redhat/rpms or similar folder where they are placed after
> rebuild...
>
> rpm -ivh /usr/src/rpms/nvidia-kernel-0.97-blah.rpm
> dittio for GLX
>
> You may want to go through on a generic driver and make sure the monitor
> is set correctly first, then you shouldn't have to configure that part
> anyway...
:
: If you can't find the files, lower the spam shields and email me and I'll
: e-mail you those files with a link to the nvidia instrucions for building
: and configuring the packages..
:
:In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Unknown"
: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
:
:: I have a computer with Athlon 700MHz,128M Kingmax PC133 SDRAM,Geforce
:: MX,KT133A motherboard.... I installed RH7.0 ,and all run very well when
:: I use command line mode.
::
:: But when I try to use Xwindow( Run level 5), I can't enter X window and
:: the screen began to flicker.
::
:: I try to install the driver for my Geforce MX,but every time I tried I
:: will get an error.Even manually configuring it will also fail. I use
:: Xconfigurator. Is it a fault of Xconfigurator?
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From: "Peter T. Breuer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: command for formatting hard disk?
Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2001 06:24:18 +0200
Crystal Luo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> there anyway that I can have a reference to all the shell commands, like in
> this case, to find out that the command for 'formatting' is 'mkfs'?
man -k format
Peter
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David Efflandt)
Subject: Re: cant find modules after 2.4.3 compile/reboot
Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2001 04:50:01 +0000 (UTC)
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Thu, 19 Apr 2001, Tom von Schwerdtner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Firstly, I have compiled ~10 kernels in the past few months, and most of
> them have worked :-), but I dont know what I'm doing wrong here...
>
> I got the 2.4.3 tar.bz from kernel.org, and did the usual:
>
> make menuconfig # loaded my 2.4.2 config and reviewed it, changing a
> # few things
Did you just review your 2.4.2 settings or actually cp the .config to the
new kernel (which might or might not work if config changed)?
> make dep
> make bzImage
> make modules
> make modules_install
> make install # after some lilo.conf editing...
Check 'uname -a'. One thing that tripped me up is that the default
location for vmlinuz and System.map with a generic kernel is / and you
want it is boot. So you are likely still running your old kernel. See if
they are in / and mv them to /boot and rerun lilo. Then edit your kernel
Makefile to uncomment the /boot location.
> one note, I read the README for the first time in a while and noticed it
> said *not* to put the source in /usr/src which I had *always* done
> before...and had done this time...so I moved it to /usr/kernel instead...
SuSE 7.1 still had its kernel sources in /usr/src so that is what I used
and it works fine.
> anyway, I compiled and wahtnot....rebooted the new kernel...and I get a
> bunch of "cant find module" errors, and even some missing devices!
> (namely eth0)
Hmm, there never was a /dev/eth0. Were you able to use eth0 with your old
kernel before (which module)?
> so...what the hell am I doing wrong? Im not supposed to select /dev fs
> type am I? I dont think I had before (tis not the norm?).....how do I
> update the modules so they can be found by modprobe?
Wrong kernel doesn't work with right modules.
--
David Efflandt (Reply-To is valid) http://www.de-srv.com/
http://www.autox.chicago.il.us/ http://www.berniesfloral.net/
http://cgi-help.virtualave.net/ http://hammer.prohosting.com/~cgi-wiz/
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Stephane)
Subject: Re: Corrupted Profile (with vi cheatsheet)
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2001 23:12:41 +0200
Le Wed, 18 Apr 2001 15:30:13 -0400, Joe (mvjap3) Philbrook III A ecrit:
>
>Yeah but if he is using classic vi, then he just might need a little bit
>more...
man vi
is you friend.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Stephane)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: How to log serial input / output?
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2001 23:27:24 +0200
Le Wed, 11 Apr 2001 15:37:54 +0300, Yoram Leviant1 A ecrit:
>Hi ,
>
>I've set up a modem connected to /dev/ttyS1 on one of my Linux boxes.
>This is intended for one specific customer that can only access through
>dial-in.
>I need to be able to log or see all input and output activity when the
>line is connected. I.e. have an echo of anything that he sees.
>Is it possible? How?
You can use a sniffer (sniffit for exemple). You have to be root on the
linux boxe to use it.
Stephane TOUGARD
>
>Many Thanks
>
>Yoram Leviant
>
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Tony)
Subject: PPP at the command can't be put in the background?
Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2001 05:14:30 GMT
How does one start ppp on the command line without the terminal being
compromised. I normally call ppp on the command line as follows:
pppd call my-isp
but when I do this the terminal is in use until the ppp session
is broken. The alternative to append a "&" at the end works
works somewhat but I still get output to the screen:
# Serial connection established.
Using interface ppp0
Connect: ppp0 <--> /device/modem
...
Is there a way to start ppp and have out of one's hair completely.
Thanks,
-Tony
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From: "Nick Riviera" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: token ring & RH
Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2001 22:22:36 -0800
I think that your comment about the ponytail sucks. Moreover, "piss" is not
the pinnacle of colloquial elegance. :)
"Peter T. Breuer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Dr. Nick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > I am a newbie and I don't understand the FM at
> > http://www.linuxtr.net/newhowto/Token-Ring-6.html#ss6.2
>
> I haven't read it. Well, now I have. Thanks for the URL. I had version
> 4. You supplied version 6. One more for my collection.
>
> > Linux people seem to write as if everyone is already an expert user. I
>
> I don't think so. In my experience most people seem to write as though
> they are idiots. So you can see how accurate my (and your)
> generalizations are.
>
> > think that sucks. I am trying to configure a pcmcia token ring card.
That
>
> I think that doesn't "suck", since it ain't so. I also think that
> anyone who writes "that sucks" has had a lobotomy or is trying to piss
> people off, or is trying to pretend to be a dumb american teenager with a
> ponytail.
>
> > Web site states to "edit /etc/sysconfig/network and
> > /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-tr0 by hand as would be
appropriate."
>
> > What the F does this mean? "As appropriate" for what? I simply have an
>
> It means what it says. As appropriate for you of course. As in "fill in
> the passport application form as appropriate".
>
> > 8228, which is ultimately connected to a Cisco 2501. WHAT IS WORSE is
that
>
> Well, I suggest that you edit ifcfg-tr0 and fill it full of all the
> releavant details about your network then! Are you really running a
> redhat based distro, btw? Those are the only ones I know that use the
> ifcfg-blah scripts. If you're running slackware you can go edit
> something else! If you are running RH, then you should go to the
> section of the Token Ring howto that deals with RH:
>
> The RedHat distribution of Linux has a wonderful Xwindows control
> panel for configuring modules and devices. If you have added a token
> ring adapter to a standard RedHat installation, there should already
> be token ring support compiled in as a module. Try too:
> modprobe ibmtr .........
>
>
> > when I issue the command 'find /| grep ifcfg-tr0' I do not show that I
have
> > this file.
>
> Good. That proves that nobody has hacked your box then!
>
> > Would someone please read the page at the aforementioned URL and see if
you
> > could give me some guidance?
>
> How can we? You alone know what you want to put in there! I presume
> it's like the other cfg files in that directory, except with different
> values of NETWORK=, NETMASK=, and so on, as appropriate for your
> network! The only killer is that I haven't the faintest idea what
> token ring based network addresses and masks look like, so perhaps you
> could tell me :-). Then I can tell you to write them in that file.
>
> Where do token rings exist?
>
> > FYI, Linux reports that my PCMCIA module starts correctly
>
> Nice. So you DON'T have to fill out the ifcfg-tr0 form. Instead you'll
> be editing the pcmcia network.opts file, I think! Look in /etc/pcmcia
> for whatever you want done when the token ring card is insrted or
> removed. Are there really supported pcmcia token ring cards? Oh wow.
>
>
> Peter
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Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2001 08:31:56 +0200
From: Michael Heiming <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Cant ftp into machine
Chris wrote:
>
> Hi I cant ftp into my machine. I get
> a connection refused. Could someone
> run through what is required to ftp?
>
> It shows ftp listening when I do netstat -vat.
>
> [root@hemlock /etc]# netstat -vat
> Active Internet connections (servers and established)
> Proto Recv-Q Send-Q Local Address Foreign Address State
> tcp 0 0 hemlock:ssh cactus:3444 ESTABLISHED
> tcp 0 0 *:www *:* LISTEN
> tcp 0 0 *:smtp *:* LISTEN
> tcp 0 0 *:auth *:* LISTEN
> tcp 0 0 *:login *:* LISTEN
> tcp 0 0 *:shell *:* LISTEN
> tcp 0 0 *:ssh *:* LISTEN
> tcp 0 0 *:telnet *:* LISTEN
> tcp 0 0 *:ftp *:* LISTEN
>
> -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
> In my hosts.allow I have:
> in.ftpd: 192.168.1.
> -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
> in inetd.conf I have:
> ftp stream tcp nowait root /usr/sbin/tcpd in.ftpd -l -a
>
> what else do I need to do?
> Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Chris
Do you try to login as root?
Disabled for security reasons on most distros per default.
Edit /etc/ftpusers to enable.
Anyway, use scp as root.
Michael Heiming
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: PPP at the command can't be put in the background?
Date: 20 Apr 2001 06:30:49 GMT
Tony <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> How does one start ppp on the command line without the terminal being
> compromised.
You can use one virtual terminal for ppp an another one for your
other things, so you don't have to see the messages, another
way is make a script that call pppd redirecting all the messages
into a log file using > logfile 2> logfile. The '2>' means
to redirect also the error messages.
Davide
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Move Kernel Module
Date: 20 Apr 2001 06:32:34 GMT
Scott Peshak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Can i compile a kernel module on one machine and then load it on
> another machine?
Yes, but remember to 'fix' the root directory in the
kernel using rdev before moving to the other machine.
Davide
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Hanging on Formatting Swap Disk
Date: 20 Apr 2001 06:40:42 GMT
NGZ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Now the most bizarre things happen--the system simple hangs at the
> point when reformatting for Linux swap space on /hda5.
/dev/hda5 is the first 'logical' partition in an extended partition. But
what you mean for 'reformatting' ? The swap partition doesn't need to
be formatted.
Try *not* create any swap partition for your system, maybe adding one
later is the solution (use mkswap and swapon).
I had something similar sometime ago, and finally I discovered that was
a problem with the 1024 cylinder...
Davide
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: How do I change Screen Resolution in Gnome or KDE
Date: 20 Apr 2001 06:34:08 GMT
John G <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Any help changing to 800x600 would be appreciated. Please be very specific
> as I am a new user, running RH 7.0 on a HP E40 Netserver (Pentium pro
> 200MHz.
Usually using CTRL/ALT/+ and CTRL/ALT/- you can increase or decrease
the resolution, however, if your configuration does not allow other
resolutions, these functions are useless.
Check your configuration in the XF86Config file and eventually
edit it.
See also the XFree86-HOWTO.
Davide
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From: "Alessandro Becatti" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: ESS SOLO1 and GNOME
Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2001 08:32:34 +0200
Hallo world ! sorry for my english...
I've compiled the new kernel 2.4.2 with the support for the soundcard
ess-solo1 (my notebook is IBM 390x), and at the beginning the card played
good (my sistem, with SUSE 7.0, at the beginning is with X without windows
manager). Then I've installed the new version of Gnome, and now the card
play very slowly (as a 45 spin LP played at 16 spin !!). I've recompiled
kernel, I've compiled also the new version of kernel (2.4.3) but the card
play slowly also without Gnome !!
Why ?
Thanks a lot
Alessandro
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From: Keith + Maria Wheeler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.harware,linux.redhat.install
Subject: Re: redhat 7.1 install problems
Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2001 23:53:27 -0700
Kirk,
7.1 should natively recognize your ATA66 controller now. Skip the boot entry
and let it come up on it's own. Then see where you are.
KW
"Kirk R. Wythers" wrote:
> I'm trying to upgrade a dual boot system from redhat 7.0 to 7.1. I'm
> booting from the install cd. I have a ultra 66 controller so at the boot
> prompt I type linux ide2=0x1090 so the redhat can find the ide drive.
> The installer starts booting up to the following, where it stalls:
>
> hde: 58633344 sectors (30020 MB) w/1900KiB Cache, CHS=58168/16/63,
> UDMA(66)
> hdd: No disk in drive
> dhh: 244736kb, 239/64/32 CHS, 4096 kBps, 512 sector size 2941 rpm
> Partition check:
> hde:
>
> at this point the whole process comes to a screeching halt.... any ideas
> as to what is going on?
>
> Kirk
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