Linux-Setup Digest #105, Volume #21 Tue, 24 Apr 01 20:13:13 EDT
Contents:
Re: kppp problems... (Stuart Williams)
What is better: xfree or xfs font render? (Henrik Farre)
Re: NNTP server (Vilmos Soti)
Re: installing icons on desktop ("kg4bia")
Red Hat 7.0, kickstart, NFS, and text mode install (Mark Brader)
Re: LINUX on Compaq Deskpro XL (Trevor Hemsley)
Oh crap how do I do this? ("ronin")
Re: Oh crap how do I do this? (Kwan Lowe)
Re: Red Hat 7.0, kickstart, NFS, and text mode install (Kwan Lowe)
Re: SMP Question (=?ISO-8859-1?Q?Rasmus_B=F8g_Hansen?=)
Re: kppp problems... (Bill Unruh)
Re: Red Hat 7.0, kickstart, NFS, and text mode install (Mark Brader)
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From: Stuart Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.questions
Subject: Re: kppp problems...
Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2001 16:18:41 -0400
"Karim R. Sobhi" wrote:
> i'm trying to connect my Linux Mandrake 7.1 to the internet through my
> modem. the modem is compatible and when i query it it works fine. when i run
> kppp, on the other hand, i get this on the log file:
>
> Apr 24 21:52:38 Edgar pppd[927]: pppd 2.3.11 started by root, uid 0
> Apr 24 21:52:38 Edgar pppd[927]: Using interface ppp0
> Apr 24 21:52:38 Edgar pppd[927]: Connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/ttyS1
> Apr 24 21:52:46 Edgar pppd[927]: Peer is not authorized to use remote
> address 217.52.7.110
> Apr 24 21:52:46 Edgar pppd[927]: Connection terminated.
> Apr 24 21:52:46 Edgar pppd[927]: Connect time 0.2 minutes.
> Apr 24 21:52:46 Edgar pppd[927]: Sent 380 bytes, received 407 bytes.
> Apr 24 21:52:46 Edgar pppd[927]: Exit.
>
> i'm sure the username and password are correct so i don't know where the
> problem is. any ideas?
>
> karim
ok i dont know if this will work but you can try it. use modemtool to make
your modem /dev/modem then connect using /dev/modem I did this last
time I used a modem(been a long time). hit alt-F2 in kde and type modemtool
.
Stuart
PS i think mandrake has modemtool i know redhat does GOOD LUCK!!
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From: Henrik Farre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: What is better: xfree or xfs font render?
Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2001 23:33:05 -0400
Yello
I use Xfree86 4.0.3 and xfs.
Now as I under stand X is able to render fonts by it self (be that
tt,speedo, type1...)
So why do I need xfs? Any reason to keep it?
--
Mvh. / Kind regards
Henrik Farre
Webpage: http://Welcome.to/Webbench
-If I where God, I would recompile the penguin with --enable-flying.
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Subject: Re: NNTP server
From: Vilmos Soti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2001 21:33:16 GMT
"Peter T. Breuer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>> My ISP is telling me that I must set up a newsgroup server locally and they
>> will feed me whatever newsgroups I decide to take. My question is do I have
>
> And no, you don't need them to "feed" you groups. Leafnode can "pull"
> from anywhere.
Suck.
Vilmos
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From: "kg4bia" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: installing icons on desktop
Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2001 21:40:58 GMT
Sorry for not including that info. I'm running KDE in Cladera. As far as
Window Manager, I don't think I know of hand. Thanks.
--
Mark Goods, MCP A+
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (night)
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (day)
http://home.nc.rr.com/kg4bia
"Duane Healing" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:HMbF6.192$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> The answer to this is entirely dependant on what desktop/window manager
> combination you're running. Are you running Gnome or KDE? Or neither? What
> window manager? Until those questions can be answered, no suggestions will
> be helpful.
>
> --
> -Duane
> -DNAware SoftLabs
>
> In article <_06F6.2498$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "kg4bia"
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>
>
> > Hi All,
> > I am a Linux newbie trying to work through some problems. This one has
> > me beat. How do you install icons on the desktop such as, an icon that
> > represents my hard drive so that I can "click" on it to display the
> > contents of the hard drive? Thanks in advance. -- Mark Goods, MCP A+
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > http://home.nc.rr.com/kg4bia
> >
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Mark Brader)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.redhat
Subject: Red Hat 7.0, kickstart, NFS, and text mode install
Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2001 22:03:02 +0000 (UTC)
We are trying to use Kickstart to install Red Hat Linux 7.0 over NFS,
with the install process running in text mode only. We can't make
it work.
The reason we need to be text mode is that the target machine, "albert",
has a video board which 7.0 does not support. The monitor works in text
mode, but crashes with "sync out of range" if X tries to start up. So
we need to do the install, then add the proper driver afterwards into
/usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers.
We have been able to Kickstart from a ks.cfg file on a floppy, with the
packages being read from Red Hat's CD-ROM. But we want to do it over
the network so we can update packages as we choose.
We have a working machine (named "ex") which is configured as an NFS
server and a DHCP server. It's running mostly Red Hat Linux 7.0,
with a 2.2.18 kernel. On "ex", for most attempts /etc/dhcpd.conf
has contained:
default-lease-time 900;
max-lease-time 7200;
option subnet-mask 255.255.255.0;
option broadcast-address 192.168.0.255;
option routers 192.168.0.10;
option domain-name-servers 192.168.0.10;
option domain-name "zzzz";
filename "/etc/kickstart/kickstart";
subnet 192.168.0.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 {
range 192.168.0.210 192.168.0.253;
}
(The domain name is not really zzzz, here and below.) We also tried
wrapping "host kickstart { ... }" around the "filename" command.
The /etc/exports file on "ex" reads:
/etc/kickstart 192.168.0.0/255.255.255.0(ro,insecure,all_squash)
/aux 192.168.0.0/255.255.255.0(ro,insecure,all_squash)
If we connect a laptop to the same local Ethernet that we're trying to
do this over, it successfully obtains an IP address using DHCP, which
makes an entry in /var/log/messages on "ex". We can also NFS-mount
files on the laptop. So we know "ex" is working as an NFS and DHCP server.
/etc/kickstart/kickstart on "ex" is what I believe to be a valid
kickstart configuration file. I include the first part of this file.
### Language Specification
lang en_US
### Network Configuration
network --hostname albert.zzzz --bootproto static --ip 192.168.0.100 --netmask
255.255.255.0 --gateway 192.168.0.10 --nameserver 192.168.0.10
### Source File Location
# cdrom
nfs --server 192.168.0.10 --dir /aux
### Ethernet Device Configuration
The last entry is blank because the network card is PCI. I also tried
symlinking this file to 192.168.0.N-kickstart for all 256 possible
values of N.
We also tried "network --hostname albert.zzzz --bootproto dhcp" for the
Network Configuration line. No difference. We also tried without the
keyword "--dir" on the "nfs" line, as some of the documentation shows it
that way. No difference.
In /aux/RedHat on "ex" are, currently, the files from the Red Hat CD-ROMs.
On "albert", we put in the Red Hat installer boot floppy and no CD-ROM.
At the boot prompt, type "linux ks". Result: the fact that we asked for
Kickstart is ignored. Nothing is written in /var/log/messages on "ex"
to suggest that a DHCP connection was made. The install process starts
asking questions in text mode and then wants the CD-ROM mounted.
If we mount the CD-ROM, or if we do the above with the CD-ROM mounted in
the first place, it apparently tries to start a graphical install, and
the monitor now shuts down with with "sync out of range".
We also tried taking the working ks.cfg file from when we did a Kickstart
install from the floppy, and just changing the "cdrom" line to "nfs...
as above. We then did "linux ksfloppy" at the boot prompt or used an
edited syslinux.cfg on the floppy to get the equivalent effect. In this
case the ks.cfg file is read from the floppy, and a look at the alternate
virtual terminal with Alt-F3 shows that the module for the Ethernet card
is then being loaded -- but then it fails in the same way, apparently
trying to take the monitor into graphical mode.
And again, nothing is written in /var/log/messages on "ex" to suggest that
a DHCP connection was made.
It is possible that I have described something wrongly [just to make it
harder for you :-)] as we tried enough other things to create the
possibility of confusion.
It's not absolutely essential that we get Kickstart working over the
network, but it would be a significant convenience. Does anyone have
any ideas as to what is going wrong, or how to find out what is?
--
Mark Brader "A moment's thought would have shown him,
Toronto but a moment is a long time and thought
[EMAIL PROTECTED] is a painful process." -- A. E. Housman
My text in this article is in the public domain.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Trevor Hemsley)
Crossposted-To: de.comp.os.unix.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: LINUX on Compaq Deskpro XL
Date: 24 Apr 2001 22:03:06 GMT
On Tue, 24 Apr 2001 13:43:07, Ioan Alexandre Romoscanu
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Did anyone install Linux (SUSE 6.x for instance) on a Compaq Deskpro XL?
> This PC has a QVision graphic card, and it is officially not supported.
> I wonder if it still works.
At least some of the QVision cards were rebadged Matrox Millennium
cards. What does lspci report as the video chipset?
--
Trevor Hemsley, Brighton, UK.
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: "ronin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Oh crap how do I do this?
Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2001 17:26:28 -0500
Ok here is my problem, I have had some weird activity on my little network
at home here, IM running Linux redhat 7.0 and I want to find out if some one
is playing around in my system so I installed sniff 3.2 and it installed
just fine but now it wants me to set environment variables , well here is
what it say's
" Before you can start SNiFF+. you must set environment variable SNIFF_DIR
to your installationdirectory. We recommend to add the following commands to
your $home/.bashrc (if you use bash)
####### SNiFF+ environment
export SNIFF_DIR=/optsniff-3.2
export PATH=$SNIFF_DIR/bin:$PATH
Ok so how do I do this and where is it done?
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From: Kwan Lowe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Oh crap how do I do this?
Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2001 22:39:30 GMT
ronin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Ok here is my problem, I have had some weird activity on my little network
> at home here, IM running Linux redhat 7.0 and I want to find out if some one
> is playing around in my system so I installed sniff 3.2 and it installed
> just fine but now it wants me to set environment variables , well here is
> what it say's
> " Before you can start SNiFF+. you must set environment variable SNIFF_DIR
> to your installationdirectory. We recommend to add the following commands to
> your $home/.bashrc (if you use bash)
> ####### SNiFF+ environment
> export SNIFF_DIR=/optsniff-3.2
> export PATH=$SNIFF_DIR/bin:$PATH
> Ok so how do I do this and where is it done?
Use your favorite editor to edit the file. E.g.:
> cd (takes you to your home directory)
> pico .bashrc (edits the file using the DOS Edit-like pico)
Make your changes, save, then exit.
Then, rerun the file by either logging out and logging back in or:
> . ./.bashrc
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From: Kwan Lowe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Red Hat 7.0, kickstart, NFS, and text mode install
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.redhat
Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2001 22:54:37 GMT
Mark Brader <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> We are trying to use Kickstart to install Red Hat Linux 7.0 over NFS,
> with the install process running in text mode only. We can't make
> it work.
Anything preventing you from using the http install option? :)
> The reason we need to be text mode is that the target machine, "albert",
> has a video board which 7.0 does not support. The monitor works in text
> mode, but crashes with "sync out of range" if X tries to start up. So
> we need to do the install, then add the proper driver afterwards into
> /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers.
Hmmm... I'd thought that Kickstart allowed you to set this up too...
> /etc/kickstart 192.168.0.0/255.255.255.0(ro,insecure,all_squash)
> /aux 192.168.0.0/255.255.255.0(ro,insecure,all_squash)
Maybe you can try specifying the netmask in x.x.x.x/24 format instead.
Or, as *.zzzzz instead. NFS can be picky about hostnames.
> It is possible that I have described something wrongly [just to make it
> harder for you :-)] as we tried enough other things to create the
> possibility of confusion.
Can you grab error messages from the other consoles (ALT F-keys).
> It's not absolutely essential that we get Kickstart working over the
> network, but it would be a significant convenience. Does anyone have
> any ideas as to what is going wrong, or how to find out what is?
> --
> Mark Brader "A moment's thought would have shown him,
> Toronto but a moment is a long time and thought
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] is a painful process." -- A. E. Housman
> My text in this article is in the public domain.
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From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Rasmus_B=F8g_Hansen?= <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: SMP Question
Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2001 01:15:54 +0200
On Mon, 23 Apr 2001, Jeff wrote:
> If this is not the correct newsgroup, please forgive:
>
> I'm trying to setup a RH 7.1 box with two pentium III 1 Gig processors and
> 1.5 Gig Ram. I've installed two partitions, one that works and one that
> doesn't. The one that works is running RH 7.1 however using the BOOT
> kernel, while the partition that doesn't work is attempting to a compiled
> kernel with:
> i. SMP flag set;
> ii. RTC (Real Time Clock) flag set;
> iii. MTRR (Memory Type Range Register) flag set; and
> iv. No Advance Power Management flag set
>
> As per the HOWTO.
>
> And yet I get the following boot sequences messages prior to the "crash"
>
> CPU1: Intel Pentium III (Coppermine) stepping 06
> CPU1 has booted.
> Total of 2 processors activated (4010.80 BogoMIPS).
> Before bogocount - setting activated=1.
> Boot done.
> ENABLING IO_APIC IRQs
> ...changing IO-APIC physical APIC ID to 2 ... ok.
> Synchronizing Arb IDs
> ..TIMER: vector=49 pin1=2 pin2=0
>
> ... And then nothing.
>
> Any insight into how I can get this partition working would be greatfully
> accepted.
>
> It might be best to reply to my email as well as posting here, so that I
> see your response.
try to boot with the noapic parameter ('linux noapic' at LILO prompt).
If I have understood correctly (I've never used SMP), this unfortunately
means, you will not be ablt to use SMP :(
On the linux-kernel mailing list I vaguely remember to have read
something about most SMP/APIC problems arise from bad motherboard/BIOS
implementations. Have you tried to flash your BIOS?
Rasmus
--
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bill Unruh)
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.questions
Subject: Re: kppp problems...
Date: 24 Apr 2001 23:35:46 GMT
In <3ae5ec8c.0@news> "Karim R. Sobhi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
]Apr 24 21:52:46 Edgar pppd[927]: Peer is not authorized to use remote
]address 217.52.7.110
] i'm sure the username and password are correct so i don't know where the
]problem is. any ideas?
Yes. You have an ethernet card with a default route defined on it.
Place
route del default
at the end of the rc.local file
(in /etc/rc.d on redhat/mandrake)
If this is a remote machine logging in to your machine, you fogot to
put the fourth entry into your {pap,chap}-secrets file.
username * password *
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Mark Brader)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.redhat
Subject: Re: Red Hat 7.0, kickstart, NFS, and text mode install
Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2001 23:41:30 +0000 (UTC)
I (Mark Brader) wrote:
> > We are trying to use Kickstart to install Red Hat Linux 7.0 over NFS,
> > with the install process running in text mode only. We can't make
> > it work.
> ...
> > The reason we need to be text mode is that the target machine, "albert",
> > has a video board which 7.0 does not support. The monitor works in text
> > mode, but crashes with "sync out of range" if X tries to start up. So
> > we need to do the install, then add the proper driver afterwards into
> > /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers.
Kwan Lowe writes:
> Hmmm... I'd thought that Kickstart allowed you to set this up too...
Well, there's something about drivers in the documentation, but not
what you'd call well explained. In any case we'd rather not have X
running at all at this point.
> > /etc/kickstart 192.168.0.0/255.255.255.0(ro,insecure,all_squash)
> > /aux 192.168.0.0/255.255.255.0(ro,insecure,all_squash)
>
> Maybe you can try specifying the netmask in x.x.x.x/24 format instead.
> Or, as *.zzzzz instead. NFS can be picky about hostnames.
I'll try that next, but I doubt it's the problem, as we can NFS-mount
stuff on the laptop (or for that matter on the system now installed on
"albert", which we want to replace).
> > It is possible that I have described something wrongly [just to make it
> > harder for you :-)] as we tried enough other things to create the
> > possibility of confusion.
>
> Can you grab error messages from the other consoles (ALT F-keys).
Well, in the case where
| On "albert", we put in the Red Hat installer boot floppy and no CD-ROM.
| At the boot prompt, type "linux ks". Result: the fact that we asked for
| Kickstart is ignored. Nothing is written in /var/log/messages on "ex"
| to suggest that a DHCP connection was made. The install process starts
| asking questions in text mode and then wants the CD-ROM mounted.
if I do Alt-F3 at the point where it starts asking questions (showing
that the Kickstart didn't work), I see:
* probing for ide floppies
* no ide floppy devices found
* probing for usb controllers
* found USB controller usb-uhci
* going to insmod usbcore.o (path is NULL)
* going to insmod usb-uhci.o (path is NULL)
* going to insmod input.o (path is NULL)
* going to insmod hid.o (path is NULL)
* going to insmod keybdev.o (path is NULL)
* looking for video cards requiring agpgart module
* found video card controller unknown
* probing buses
* finished bus probing
* found suggestion of agpgart
* found suggestion of usb-uhci
* found suggestion of usb-uhci
* found nothing
* trying to mount device hdc
Where hdc is the CD-ROM. And Alt-F4 says:
<4> hda: hda1 hda2 hda3 < hda5 hda6 hda7 hda8 hda9 >
<5>RAMDISK: Compressed image found at block 0
<4>EXT2-fs warning: checktime reached, running e2fsck is recommended
<4>VFS: Mounted root (ext2 filesystem)
<6>usb.c: registered new device driver usbdevfs
<6>usb.c: registered new device driver hub
[Now about 15 more lines about USB]
<6>cdrom: open failed
I see nothing helpful there.
Thanks for trying.
--
Mark Brader "Also, be sure to include your signature TWICE in
Toronto each article. That way you're sure people will
[EMAIL PROTECTED] read it." -- "Emily Postnews" (Brad Templeton)
My text in this article is in the public domain.
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