Linux-Setup Digest #81, Volume #21 Fri, 20 Apr 01 22:13:09 EDT
Contents:
Re: DHCP and Road Runner blues (Bit Twister)
Re: Cant ftp into machine
Re: lpr broken, instant error message ("Peter T. Breuer")
Re: GA-7ZX Onboard Sound Problem (gman1)
("Glenn Mott")
Re: RAID Problems (don radick)
need driver for ADI Microscan 4v monitor ("Robert Moses")
Re: How to switch graphcal login manger between Gnome/ KDE ? ("Charles Vinson")
Re: swat and samba. (Dave Uhring)
Screen Resolution How do I change it ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
How to reset screen resolution??? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: sound in intel810e AC97 (Dan Smith)
Re: Screen Resolution How do I change it (Dave Uhring)
Re: How to reset screen resolution??? (Bit Twister)
Re: How do I compile using kgcc? (Steve Martin)
Re: What's wrong with this box on a beowulf-type cluster ? ("Bobby D. Bryant")
Cannot play audio CD's (James Hall)
Unable to print to local printer (James Hall)
Re: Screen Resolution How do I change it (Mike Knudsen)
Re: lpr broken, instant error message (Mike Knudsen)
Re: Cannot play audio CD's (David Efflandt)
Re: How to reset screen resolution??? (jinp)
Re: Install password problem (Stanislaw Flatto)
Re: swat and samba. (Jean-David Beyer)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bit Twister)
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.x,alt.linux.redhat,alt.linux,alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.x
Subject: Re: DHCP and Road Runner blues
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2001 22:26:19 GMT
On Fri, 20 Apr 2001 22:04:28 GMT, grooveman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Sorry bit,
>
>I posted the code outside this thread... but it is only a couple threads
>away....
>
>I tried this, and I still get nothing...
>
>BTW: How did you know it was nic-c54-102?
@HOME has no clue about helping you hide from crackers.
They post your ip in the news header.
>Also, doing ls -al /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 simply tells me
>the mode for that file.... unless I am missing something there.... Was that
>a typo, or am I in err?
Auh, there was a malfunction between the keyboard and the chair,
/etc/dhcpc/dhcpcd-eth0.info's date stamp is the last time
dhcpcd obtained the lease.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ()
Subject: Re: Cant ftp into machine
Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2001 22:35:07 GMT
On Fri, 20 Apr 2001 16:15:51 -0500, Chris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I am trying to log in as a regular user. And that user
>is listed in /etc/ftpusers.
>
>I dont even get a login prompt. The connection is
>refused before a prompt is issued.
What version of linux are you using?
Does it use xinetd or inetd?
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From: "Peter T. Breuer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: lpr broken, instant error message
Date: Sat, 21 Apr 2001 00:29:50 +0200
Mike Knudsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Peter T. Breuer"
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>>Presmably because neither /etc/hosts nor NIS nor BIND contains an entry
>>for your hostname.
> OK, I'll look up in my stack of books how to add this stuff. I know NIS is old
> YP.
It's not something you need to look up. You need to edit /etc/hosts and
add an entry for yourself. Something like
123.456.100.234 delally.loop.com delally
>>Yep. That's it, if you don't. lpd needs tcp.
> Good old comp-center mentality. What's the easiest way to check whether my
> kernel has TCP/IP installed and enabled? ISTR that it does, but it's a long
Well, you could try telnetting to localhost.
> time since I built it. And I'm on Slackware, so can't use all those great (?)
> RH GUI utilities.
>>char-major-WHAT?
> Well, all that the bootup messages say is "missing module char-major." But I
They also say WHICH major.
> gather this isn't relevant to lpr or TCP/IP?
It is to lpr. /dev/lp0 is a character device! Printers print
characters.
>>do filter < foo > /dev/lpr0 instead!
> Well DUH on me! After 20 years of UNIX usage I should have checked whether
> those filters were free-standing and could be piped by the user!
That's what "filter" means!
Peter
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From: gman1 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: GA-7ZX Onboard Sound Problem
Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2001 23:30:13 GMT
I have a GA-7ZX1 with the VIA sound chip, and it works just fine under red hat
6.1, and 7.0(I skipped 6.2).... I used the sound config program under
'setup'....
ET1Mac wrote:
> I'm using RH6.2 and have installed it on a GA-7ZX with a Duron 800.
>
> When configuring sound with sndconfig it autodetects Ensoniq:CT5880. But
> when it goes to play the sample sound the system locks up.
>
> /etc/conf.modules has the following inserted: alias sound-slot-0 es1371
>
> Reading other post with similar issues I changed it to the following: alias
> char-major-14 es1371 with no success.
>
> I even tried modprobe with different arguments; es1371, char-major-14
> es1371, es1370 just to see what will happen, but still no success.
>
> Is this a 6.2 issue, would upgrading fix it?
>
> Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>
> v/r
> ET1
>
> System:
> RH 6.2
> AMD Duron 800
> 128 Mem
> 30G H.D.
> Adaptec AIC 7850 Scsi
> CanoScan 300
> HP Printer
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From: "Glenn Mott" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject:
Date: Sat, 21 Apr 2001 09:51:03 +1000
I agree with RB to a point. But I would upload all important data to my ftp
site first and then wipe the drive, run the recovery disk, run partition
magic and then load mandrake.
G
From: "robin barbehenn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: A newbie's question
Date: Friday, 20 April 2001 5:30 AM
Make sure you defrag your windows partition and then use partition
magic. The linux-mandrake install has partition magic in it and you can
change the size of the windows partition and add linux partitions in the
newly made space. This works well!!
RB
> Hi,
> I'm interested in trying Linux under a dual-boot situation with Win98
SE.
> The problem is that I have an OEM version of Win98 SE from Tiny, who made
my
> Pc and they didn't give me the Win98 SE disk, just a rescue CD that
> automatcily reformats and reinstalls Windows. so this means that I can't
> reformat everything and create partions. I would like to know if it is
> possible to create partions in something like partition magic and then
> install Linux into them?
>
> Many Thanks,
>
> Shane
>
>
>
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From: don radick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: RAID Problems
Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2001 23:46:11 GMT
Graham Stewart wrote:
> I'm in a rush to get a development server up which is supposed to have two
> IDE disks which are mirrored using raid1 (mainly we are on a tight budget
> and using a couple of slightly-dodgey 4.3 gig disks we found).
>
> Following the howto's we manage to succuesfully get the raid running except
> that if we either disconnect one disk (or disable it in the bios) the system
> wont boot. It simply displays "LI 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 ....".
>
> Our partitioning scheme involves md0 the boot partition, md1 the root
> parition and md2 the swap partition.
>
> I'm at a loss to find out where the problem is but our lilo.conf files are
> as follows:
>
> /etc/lilo.conf.hda
>
> # lilo.conf for primary master disk
> default=LinuxRaid
> disk=/dev/md1
> bios=0x80
> sectors=63
> heads=15
> cylinders=8912
> partition=/dev/md0
> start=63
> boot=/dev/hda
> map=/boot/map
> install=/boot/boot.b
> image=/boot/bzImage2218
> root=/dev/md1
> read-only
> label=LinuxRaid
>
> /etc/lilo.conf.hdc
>
> # lilo.conf for secondary master disk
> default=LinuxRaid
> disk=/dev/md1
> bios=0x80
> sectors=63
> heads=15
> cylinders=8960
> partition=/dev/md0
> start=63
> boot=/dev/hdc
> image=/boot/bzImage2218
> root=/dev/md1
> read-only
> label=LinuxRaid
>
> We are running the 2.2.18RAID kernel with Lilo 21.7-3
>
> Anyone got any ideas?
> Graham
I'm just about to do this any day (waiting on RH 7.1 disks), but the best
resource I've seen is the January 2001 Sys Admin magazine.
Luckily the article is available free on the net. Try both:
www.samag.com
or
www.sysadminmag.com
There is also a "Boot + Root + Raid" HOWTO on the net.
good luck
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From: "Robert Moses" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: need driver for ADI Microscan 4v monitor
Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2001 18:59:57 -0500
Does any one know where to find a driver for and ADI Microscan 4v?
or else how to determine the CRTs refresh rate for a custom X setup.
--
Robert Moses
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From: "Charles Vinson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: How to switch graphcal login manger between Gnome/ KDE ?
Date: Sat, 21 Apr 2001 00:15:05 GMT
my /etc/sysconfig/desktop file is empty???
--
Chuck Vinson
Dayton OH
"Kwan Lowe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:wb3D6.16497$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Afonso Sam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > By change the the inittab, I know how to switch between the text login
and
> > graphical login.
> > When I chose graphical login, How can I switch the login manager?
>
> > (2) how can I change the grachically login between KDE and GNOME login
> > manager?
>
> Edit the /etc/sysconfig/desktop file. Change it to GNOME or KDE.
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From: Dave Uhring <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: swat and samba.
Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2001 19:20:03 -0500
Mike Petersen wrote:
> Make sure you have smbd and nmbd starting, either manually or on
> bootup (to configure on bootup add script to /etc/inet.d).
>
> Also do the same for apache.
>
> Once you know that both samba and Apache are starting up add this to
> your /etc/services file.
>
> swat 901/tcp
>
> Then add the following to your /etc/inet.conf file
>
> swat stream tcp nowait.400 root /usr/sbin/tcpd
> /usr/sbin/swat
>
> After you do this swat should be back up and running. Note that I
> usually set-up Debian servers from source so this may or may not be
> the correct places for swat configuration.
>
>
> If you need a script to start/stop samba this is the one i use
>
>
> #!/bin/sh
> #
> # Start/stops the Samba daemons (nmbd and smbd).
> #
>
> PATH=/usr/local/samba/:/usr/local/samba/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin
>
> NMBDPID=/usr/local/samba/var/locks/nmbd.pid
> SMBDPID=/usr/local/samba/var/locks/smbd.pid
>
> # See if the daemons are there
> test -x /usr/local/samba/bin/nmbd -a -x /usr/local/samba/bin/smbd ||
> exit 0
>
> case "$1" in
> start)
> echo -n "Starting Samba daemons:"
>
> echo -n " nmbd"
> start-stop-daemon --start --quiet --pidfile $NMBDPID
> --exec /usr/local/samba/bin/nmbd -- -D
>
> echo -n " smbd"
> start-stop-daemon --start --quiet --pidfile $SMBDPID
> --exec /usr/local/samba/bin/smbd -- -D
>
> echo "."
> ;;
> stop)
> echo -n "Stopping Samba daemons:"
>
> echo -n " nmbd"
> start-stop-daemon --stop --quiet --pidfile $NMBDPID
> --exec /usr/local/samba/bin/nmbd -- -D
>
> echo -n " smbd"
> start-stop-daemon --stop --quiet --pidfile $SMBDPID
> --exec /usr/local/samba/bin/smbd -- -D
>
> echo "."
> ;;
> reload)
> echo -n "Reloading /etc/samba/smb.conf (smbd only)"
> start-stop-daemon --stop --signal HUP --pidfile
> /var/samba/smbd.pid --exec /usr/local/samba/bin/smbd -- -D
>
> echo "."
> ;;
> restart|force-reload)
> echo -n "Restarting Samba daemons:"
>
> echo -n " nmbd"
> start-stop-daemon --stop --quiet --pidfile $NMBDPID
> --exec /usr/local/samba/bin/nmbd -- -D
> sleep 2
> start-stop-daemon --start --quiet --pidfile $NMBDPID
> --exec /usr/local/samba/bin/nmbd -- -D
>
> echo -n " smbd"
> start-stop-daemon --stop --quiet --pidfile $SMBDPID
> --exec /usr/local/samba/bin/smbd -- -D
> sleep 2
> start-stop-daemon --start --quiet --pidfile $SMBDPID
> --exec /usr/local/samba/bin/smbd -- -D
>
> echo "."
> ;;
> *)
> echo "Usage: /etc/init.d/samba
> {start|stop|reload|restart|force-reload}"
> exit 1
> ;;
> esac
>
> exit 0
>
>
You forgot
# killall -HUP inetd
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Screen Resolution How do I change it
Date: Sat, 21 Apr 2001 00:29:29 GMT
I'm new at this and have windows & Linux RH 6.1 running on an older
computer. Linux works fine at 1024x768. But I had to replace the
monitor with an oldie that can only do 640x480. As I figured, the
screen is unreadable. From a root prompt what can I run to set things
to 640x480? The only way I know is to re-install, but I hate to,
cause it runs not too bad now.
Thanx.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: How to reset screen resolution???
Date: Sat, 21 Apr 2001 00:30:42 GMT
I'm new at this and have windows & Linux RH 6.1 running on an older
computer. Linux works fine at 1024x768. But I had to replace the
monitor with an oldie that can only do 640x480. As I figured, the
screen is unreadable. From a root prompt what can I run to set things
to 640x480? The only way I know is to re-install, but I hate to,
cause it runs not too bad now.
Thanx.
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From: Dan Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: sound in intel810e AC97
Date: 19 Apr 2001 15:13:24 -0400
I have an intel8x0 soundcard working under ALSA.
The snd-card-intel8x0 module needs to be loaded. Have you done a
'depmod -a'?
Now that you have all the other drivers loaded, you may be able to
load the snd-card-intel8x0 module manually. Try using 'insmod'...
--Dan
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From: Dave Uhring <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Screen Resolution How do I change it
Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2001 19:37:32 -0500
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I'm new at this and have windows & Linux RH 6.1 running on an older
> computer. Linux works fine at 1024x768. But I had to replace the
> monitor with an oldie that can only do 640x480. As I figured, the
> screen is unreadable. From a root prompt what can I run to set things
> to 640x480? The only way I know is to re-install, but I hate to,
> cause it runs not too bad now.
> Thanx.
>
>
Run Xconfigurator or XF86Setup or xf86config.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bit Twister)
Subject: Re: How to reset screen resolution???
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Sat, 21 Apr 2001 00:53:58 GMT
On Sat, 21 Apr 2001 00:30:42 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I'm new at this and have windows & Linux RH 6.1 running on an older
>computer. Linux works fine at 1024x768. But I had to replace the
>monitor with an oldie that can only do 640x480. As I figured, the
>screen is unreadable. From a root prompt what can I run to set things
>to 640x480? The only way I know is to re-install, but I hate to,
>cause it runs not too bad now.
>Thanx.
>
Read the last 4 lines of this post, I'll wait . . . . . . . . .
man XF86Config
ls /etc/X11/XF86Config* for configuration file
remove the 1024x768 from the "modes" lines
--
The warranty and liability expired as you read this message.
If the above breaks your system, it's yours and you keep both pieces.
Practice safe computing. Backup the file before you change it.
Do a, man command_here or cat command_here, before using it.
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From: Steve Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: How do I compile using kgcc?
Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2001 18:00:38 -0400
BetrOffDed wrote:
> It has been remedied for quite some time, in the rawhide packages anyway.
> I've used rawhide's gcc for kernel compiling on a RH7 system for some time
> (it works on my system anyway, but YMMV I suppose). Sorry, I don't
> remember the specific version or whether or not the official gcc update
> (gcc-2.96-69) fixes it.
There is no "official" gcc 2.96 update.
>From the GNU.org GCC website:
"It has come to our attention that some GNU/Linux distributions
are currently shipping with ``GCC 2.96''.
"We would like to point out that GCC 2.96 is not a formal GCC
release nor will there ever be such a release. Rather, GCC 2.96
has been the code-name for our development branch that will
eventually become GCC 3.0."
Red Hat might call the 2.96 release "official", but the GNU
people don't.
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From: "Bobby D. Bryant" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.admin
Subject: Re: What's wrong with this box on a beowulf-type cluster ?
Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2001 19:14:48 +0600
Luigi Cavallo wrote:
> I have a small cluster of 6 AMD boxes, and I run PVM programs on top of
> them. One of the boxes is giving me problems, and I don't know what is
> wrong. The configuration of all the boxes is:
>
> ASUS A7V MB AMD Duron 1000MHz 128 MB RAM
> RH 7.0 Kernel 2.4.3
>
> When I run something on the problematic box, the program simply crashes
> after 15-20 mins, and this is what I found at the end of dmesg.
> ...
> kernel BUG at page_alloc.c:191!
> invalid operand: 0000
I've been having similar problems. I've been updating my kernels with the
-ac* patches from kernel.org, and I haven't had any problem since I
updated to -ac9 a couple of days ago. I think he's up to -ac11 today, but
I haven't updated to that one yet.
You may want to report this to the linux-kernel mailing list. Alan Cox is
trying to track down various problems that people are reporting with
Athlons under 2.4.3, particularly those running on VIA chipsets.
He suggested to me that I should test my memory with memtest86, which can
be obtained at http://reality.sgi.com/cbrady_denver/memtest86/. That
turned out not to be the problem in my case, but you may want to run the
tests anyway.
Finally, if you're compiling your own kernels, specify your boxes as
"i686" rather than "Duron/Athlon/K7" for now. Lots of people are
reporting problems with kernels compiled as Athlons (though Alan is
beginning to suspect that that is also a VIA issue).
Good luck,
Bobby Bryant
Austin, Texas
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Subject: Cannot play audio CD's
From: James Hall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Sat, 21 Apr 2001 01:24:14 GMT
Just installed Redhat 7.1 - with great ease, I might add - however, I am
unable to play an audio CD using KDE's CD player. The CD-ROM drive is a
Sony DVD-ROM IDE drive. I installed 7.1 using CD install and any data CD is
instantly mounted. The audio CD is not mounted (is that normal ?).
Sound card is SBLive! and works fine with all audio types. The CD Player
acts like it is playing the CD, but no audio. The CD-ROM drive light is on
then but it doesn't sound like it is spinning.
Can anybody help this newbie ?
Jamie
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Subject: Unable to print to local printer
From: James Hall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Sat, 21 Apr 2001 01:34:34 GMT
After installing Redhat 7.1, I next went to printer configuration to setup a
local Epson Stylus Color 740 printer. I set the name, driver, and the fact
that it all goes to lp0 and then hit the button to print a test page and ...
NOTHING. Nothing prints, nothing in the print queue. It looks correctly
setup. I even re-booted and retried but nothing prints.
Any help on this ??
Jamie
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Mike Knudsen)
Date: 21 Apr 2001 01:40:25 GMT
Subject: Re: Screen Resolution How do I change it
You should go into /etc/XF86Config with your favorite text editor, and add a #
to comment out the "mode line" (or whatever it's called) for the higher
resolutions that the monitor can't take. You'll see what I mean once you
scroll down to the "Monitors" and "Video" sections. There should be several
for 1024x768 -- comment them all out.
In theory, you should do this by editing the lines that tell what your monitor
is capable of, but X is extrememly sloppy about figuring out acceptable video
modes from given specs -- sometimes way too liberal, and on the same run way
too conservative. Being truthful or subtle with it is not fruitful :-)
Before doing this, while running X, try hitting Ctrl-Alt-+ or - (on the numeric
keypad, not the main keyboard) to cycle thru the other video modes that X has
determined your system can run. You should find the 800x600 or whatever mode
already available.
And you may already know that you can "bail out" back to 80x24 hardware text
screen by hitting Ctrl-Alt-Backspace. This has saved many a monitor from
smoking :-) --Mike K.
Life is a game. Play to enjoy!
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Mike Knudsen)
Date: 21 Apr 2001 01:40:26 GMT
Subject: Re: lpr broken, instant error message
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Peter T. Breuer"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>It's not something you need to look up. You need to edit /etc/hosts and
>add an entry for yourself. Something like
>
> 123.456.100.234 delally.loop.com delally
Well, I already had 127.0.0.1 localhost -- do I need that additional line? And
what numbers should I put in the routing field? Make up something?
>Well, you could try telnetting to localhost.
OK, and see if telnet even exists on my system. ifconfig and route do not.
>It is to lpr. /dev/lp0 is a character device! Printers print
>characters.
OK, I looked again and it's char-major-10-135. I musthave thought that was
just a version number. So char-major is part of the character handling
drivers? Yours is the first I've ever been able to find any mention of it, and
I have a stack of Linux books. Lucky there are still people to ask.
>That's what "filter" means!
Yes, once you realize they are indeed filters, that exist outside of lpr and
aren't just plug-ins or dll's. You can tell I've spent a couple years on the
"wrong" OS, after 20 years of UNIX :-)
Now to see if I can rebuild the kernel without blowing away my entire disk
structre when I un-tar the packages. No I don't have RPM, this is vintage '97
Slackware.
Thanks again, Mike K.
Life is a game. Play to enjoy!
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David Efflandt)
Subject: Re: Cannot play audio CD's
Date: Sat, 21 Apr 2001 01:53:42 +0000 (UTC)
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Sat, 21 Apr 2001 01:24:14 GMT, James Hall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Just installed Redhat 7.1 - with great ease, I might add - however, I am
> unable to play an audio CD using KDE's CD player. The CD-ROM drive is a
> Sony DVD-ROM IDE drive. I installed 7.1 using CD install and any data CD is
> instantly mounted. The audio CD is not mounted (is that normal ?).
Just so you know, you do not 'mount' a music CD. If it works for root,
but not for a normal user, you probably either have to change permission
of the /dev/hd# of your cdrom (which RH might change back for security) or
add your user to the group (disk?) that has permission to read and write
it.
> Sound card is SBLive! and works fine with all audio types. The CD Player
> acts like it is playing the CD, but no audio. The CD-ROM drive light is on
> then but it doesn't sound like it is spinning.
>
> Can anybody help this newbie ?
>
> Jamie
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From: jinp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: How to reset screen resolution???
Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2001 22:11:55 -0400
/usr/X11R6/bin/XF86Setup or /usr/X11R6/bin/Xconfigurator might be what u
want to run.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I'm new at this and have windows & Linux RH 6.1 running on an older
> computer. Linux works fine at 1024x768. But I had to replace the
> monitor with an oldie that can only do 640x480. As I figured, the
> screen is unreadable. From a root prompt what can I run to set things
> to 640x480? The only way I know is to re-install, but I hate to,
> cause it runs not too bad now.
> Thanx.
>
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From: Stanislaw Flatto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Install password problem
Date: Sat, 21 Apr 2001 12:13:16 +1000
mpierce wrote:
> Just rec'v this email from a friend asking for help for this problem
> while trying to install Mandrake7.2:
>
> >Marvin...
> Keyboard just won't
> > accept characters...tells me the passwords don't match.
Hi!
The message IS clear. The keyboard is sending characters but the system cannot
accept them as password, it has something else written there already.
BTW the password characters ARE NOT displayed on screen, not even as stars.
> Any suggestions as to what is causing this?
>
> Marvin
Someone set the initial password during install and cannot recall it now.
Administrative issue, boot from rescue diskette and repair.
Or reinstall taking care to read info from screen before pushing buttons.
Have fun.
Stanislaw.
Slack user from Ulladulla.
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From: Jean-David Beyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: swat and samba.
Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2001 22:06:30 -0400
Mike Petersen wrote:
>
> Make sure you have smbd and nmbd starting, either manually or on
> bootup (to configure on bootup add script to /etc/inet.d).
>
> Also do the same for apache.
>
> Once you know that both samba and Apache are starting up add this to
> your /etc/services file.
>
> swat 901/tcp
>
> Then add the following to your /etc/inet.conf file
>
> swat stream tcp nowait.400 root /usr/sbin/tcpd
> /usr/sbin/swat
>
> After you do this swat should be back up and running. Note that I
> usually set-up Debian servers from source so this may or may not be
> the correct places for swat configuration.
I do not understand this. I have samba running on my machine, but not
Apache. In fact, I did rpm -e apache, or something like that, and it
all still works. Why would you need a web server running to support
swat? Swat sort-of is a web server.
>
> If you need a script to start/stop samba this is the one i use
>
> #!/bin/sh
> #
> # Start/stops the Samba daemons (nmbd and smbd).
> #
>
> PATH=/usr/local/samba/:/usr/local/samba/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin
>
> NMBDPID=/usr/local/samba/var/locks/nmbd.pid
> SMBDPID=/usr/local/samba/var/locks/smbd.pid
>
> # See if the daemons are there
> test -x /usr/local/samba/bin/nmbd -a -x /usr/local/samba/bin/smbd ||
> exit 0
>
> case "$1" in
> start)
> echo -n "Starting Samba daemons:"
>
> echo -n " nmbd"
> start-stop-daemon --start --quiet --pidfile $NMBDPID
> --exec /usr/local/samba/bin/nmbd -- -D
>
> echo -n " smbd"
> start-stop-daemon --start --quiet --pidfile $SMBDPID
> --exec /usr/local/samba/bin/smbd -- -D
>
> echo "."
> ;;
> stop)
> echo -n "Stopping Samba daemons:"
>
> echo -n " nmbd"
> start-stop-daemon --stop --quiet --pidfile $NMBDPID
> --exec /usr/local/samba/bin/nmbd -- -D
>
> echo -n " smbd"
> start-stop-daemon --stop --quiet --pidfile $SMBDPID
> --exec /usr/local/samba/bin/smbd -- -D
>
> echo "."
> ;;
> reload)
> echo -n "Reloading /etc/samba/smb.conf (smbd only)"
> start-stop-daemon --stop --signal HUP --pidfile
> /var/samba/smbd.pid --exec /usr/local/samba/bin/smbd -- -D
>
> echo "."
> ;;
> restart|force-reload)
> echo -n "Restarting Samba daemons:"
>
> echo -n " nmbd"
> start-stop-daemon --stop --quiet --pidfile $NMBDPID
> --exec /usr/local/samba/bin/nmbd -- -D
> sleep 2
> start-stop-daemon --start --quiet --pidfile $NMBDPID
> --exec /usr/local/samba/bin/nmbd -- -D
>
> echo -n " smbd"
> start-stop-daemon --stop --quiet --pidfile $SMBDPID
> --exec /usr/local/samba/bin/smbd -- -D
> sleep 2
> start-stop-daemon --start --quiet --pidfile $SMBDPID
> --exec /usr/local/samba/bin/smbd -- -D
>
> echo "."
> ;;
> *)
> echo "Usage: /etc/init.d/samba
> {start|stop|reload|restart|force-reload}"
> exit 1
> ;;
> esac
>
> exit 0
--
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/( )\ Shrewsbury, New Jersey http://counter.li.org
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