Linux-Setup Digest #113, Volume #21 Thu, 26 Apr 01 07:13:07 EDT
Contents:
Re: kernel-2.4.3 net troubles (Dean Thompson)
Re: USB Support (Stuart Williams)
Mandrake 8.0 Update (Ken Koch)
What is programs in new RedHat 7.1? ("�����p�l")
Re: how to tell what app/process is accessing the net. (Steven)
Re: openGL and Mandrake 8 ("Simon Brown")
Re: How to use vim to edit two file at the same time?? (hushui)
Q: GUI XFree configurator for XFree 4.n ("t i g s")
Q: Good web sites for linux docs and software please... ("t i g s")
Re: Q: Good web sites for linux docs and software please... ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Laptop mouse problem ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
A bug with Netscape (root)
Dual boot RedHat 7.0 and Windows 2000 ("Julien Petiot")
RH 7.1 werkstation, telnet xdmcp etc. ("Gerrit Polder")
Re: Q: Good web sites for linux docs and software please... (Faux_Pseudo)
Need help on 2 O/S Systems (WinME and Redhat 7) (John Kay)
Re: Dual boot RedHat 7.0 and Windows 2000 ("Sandro Leopardi")
Linux without swap ("Julien Petiot")
Re: Linux without swap ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Linux without swap ("Peet Grobler")
Re: Linux without swap (Paul Colquhoun)
Re: Q: Good web sites for linux docs and software please... ("Matthew van de Werken")
comparing window managers for xwin ("Mike")
Problem with HP Colorado 20GB ATAPI internal (Raffael Herzog)
RAID Configuration (Maarten Verheijen)
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From: Dean Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.questions
Subject: Re: kernel-2.4.3 net troubles
Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2001 13:11:37 +1000
Hi Tim,
> Is "ipchains" still available in 2.4.*? Dave Uhring, who posted a response
> to my original post says no. In any case, what is the new firewalling
> protocol for 2.4.* kernels and where can I get information concerning how
> to configure it?
Yes, ipchains is still available under Linux 2.4. The only thing to remember
is that you need to load a module to enable it. Once the module is loaded it
works like it normally does. With the introduction of Linux 2.4 comes a more
improved packet filtering mechanism. It is known as iptables which is the
more popular ip packet filtering approach in the new kernel. You can find out
some more information at the following address:
http://netfilter.samba.org/unreliable-guides/packet-filtering-HOWTO/index.html
If you are going to get into the NAT business, you will want to take a look at
this URL as well:
http://obrien.freeshell.org/files/howto/NAT-HOWTO.html
See ya
Dean Thompson
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From: Stuart Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: USB Support
Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2001 22:40:12 -0400
Jeffrey Robbins wrote:
> I just downloaded SuSE 7.1 and I am going to install it this weekend. I
> am
> wondering if I am going to be able to use a USB mouse with this new
> kernel.
> I have been using an old PS/2 that needs to be retired, I am eying one
> of
> those new optical mice from Logitech. I am just concerned with the USB
> support of the new kernel. Is it useable or is it still really buggy?
> The
> USB drivers that you can compile into the older kernels was buggy at
> best.
I had aUSB mouse working quite well when I was using it. I was just trying
it thou. It wasnt a fancy mouse but it was USB. I think you will be ok,
but make sure you have the auto hardware finder(i think it is called kuzo)
enable when you reboot.
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From: Ken Koch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Mandrake 8.0 Update
Crossposted-To:
alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.questions
Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2001 03:49:06 GMT
Just updated Mandrake 7.2 to 8.0, and having some troubles.
After fighting with getting Linux actually on my system for 2 days, I
updated it with 8.0. During the update, about 85% through, it was erroring
out like there was no tomarrow. I figured that maybe, I could at least get
into linux, and install the rest from inside it.
And it did work. I was able to get in fine, looked about. It didn't seem as
though anything was wrong, but there is. When I go to Control Center->Look
N Feel->Font Manager, I get an error that says,
libstdc++-libc6.1-2.so.3:cannot load shared object file: No such file or
directory. I look for libc6 on my system, and I can't find it.
So I try to install it, and I'm just guessing on this, that it is included
within either GLibC or libstdc++ distribution. But everytime I try to
install these two rpm's, the manager says they're already installed.
I've even tried the command line rpm --force --install [rpm name] and each
tiime I try it seems to install, but the error keeps coming up. I even
thought I should reboot, which I did, and no luck.
Also, I thought maybe, I should uninstall the libstdc++ and when I tried,
it said it wasn't installed, even though when I try to do the install, it
says its installed.
What the heck is going on. What can I do, besides reinstalling everything?
Thanks
Ken
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From: "�����p�l" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: What is programs in new RedHat 7.1?
Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2001 10:50:27 +0800
I install the RedHat 7.1 !
But use bind and apache config.
It often can't start !
Is it something wrong with RedHat 7.1!!
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From: Steven <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: how to tell what app/process is accessing the net.
Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2001 05:49:24 GMT
lsof -i
On Wed, 25 Apr 2001 19:06:55 +0100, "daggins" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>What is the best way to find out if my unix box is opening a connection and
>what process/application did it ?
>
>m@
>
>
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From: "Simon Brown" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: openGL and Mandrake 8
Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2001 16:05:26 +1000
You haven't mentioned if you've set the driver name in your XF86config-4
file. Setting 'glx' is right, but check under the 'drivers' section. If it
says the driver is 'nv', change it to 'nvidia', and things should come good.
Simon
"Troy Jesse" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:L7LF6.4283$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Hi All,
>
> I have been trying to install nvidia drivers and openGL in my new install
of
> Mandrake 8. I used X Free 86 4.0.3, which is supposed to support hardware
> acceleration. I try to install the openGL drivers from Nvidia, but it
says
> it needs the Nvidia kernel drivers, so I install those, then install the
> nvidia_glx drivers. I change my xf86config-4 file to have load "glx" in
the
> modules section, but there seems to be no support for openGL.
>
> I have read all over the internet, used directions for redhat 7.1 and
> mandrake 7.2 (these are all I have found), and essentially my X server
just
> crashes, and I have to start from scratch (I am still learning to use vim
> also).
>
> I would really like to use Linux more, and want to learn, so any help is
> very appreciated.
>
> Troy
>
>
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From: hushui <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: How to use vim to edit two file at the same time??
Date: 26 Apr 2001 06:05:38 GMT
Thank you all
Peter T. Breuer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Duane Healing <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> If you open two (or more) files at once "e.g. vim file1 file2", you can
>> then page through them forward and backwards with :n and :N respectively.
> sigh ...
> vim -o file1 file2
> and no paging necessary.
> Peter
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From: "t i g s" <tigs@[spam.me.not]zip.com.au>
Crossposted-To: aus.computers.linux,comp.os.linux.x,linux.redhat.install
Subject: Q: GUI XFree configurator for XFree 4.n
Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2001 16:29:20 +1000
I was wondering if anyone knows of a good GUI X configurator for XFree 4
that also handles multihead and xinerama? I know I can just edit the config
file, but has someone come up with a nice GUI tool to help do this?
I am running Red Hat 7.1
Thanks! :)
t i g s
tigs@[spam.me.not]zip.com.au
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From: "t i g s" <tigs@[spam.me.not]zip.com.au>
Crossposted-To:
alt.comp.linux,aus.computers.linux,comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.help,linux.redhat.install,linux.redhat.misc
Subject: Q: Good web sites for linux docs and software please...
Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2001 16:32:45 +1000
I am after some good web sites for general Linux stuff, especially HOWTOs,
message boards and current software.
I have been very disappointed with some of the sites I have looked at so
far, even linux.org and RedHat's own documentation site seems to refer to
kernels and XFree versions that are way out of date now.
Where is all the good current up-to-date stuff?
Thanks anyone :)
t i g s
tigs@[spam.me.not].zip.com.au
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To:
alt.comp.linux,aus.computers.linux,comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.help,linux.redhat.install,linux.redhat.misc
Subject: Re: Q: Good web sites for linux docs and software please...
Date: 26 Apr 2001 06:55:37 GMT
In comp.os.linux.setup t i g s <tigs@[spam.me.not]zip.com.au> wrote:
> I am after some good web sites for general Linux stuff, especially HOWTOs,
> message boards and current software.
The 'master' site is www.linuxdoc.org.
Davide
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: alt.linux.redhat,comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: Laptop mouse problem
Date: 26 Apr 2001 06:57:47 GMT
David <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I have a Compaq 1688 laptop with Red Hat 7.0
Check on www.linux-laptop.net if there are special issues
for your specific laptop.
Davide
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From: root <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: A bug with Netscape
Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2001 11:08:35 +0400
Hi.
I found a bug with Netscape Communicator 4.7 under Mandrake (don`t know,
may be under Linux at all). Is goes such way: i use a koi8-r encodinhg
with my loadkeys routine, LC_ALL=en, ENG=ru. There no probs with that in
any apps under gnome and other DM. But Netscape don`t accept russian
letters (in edit boxes and other controls, but show them in browser) when
i launch it under gnome (or any DM). But when i exit and save session with
opened Netscape, later, when i`m log in, it works as it have to. But if i
close it and open again, the bug apeear again.
What is the problem? Is there any way to fix it?
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From: "Julien Petiot" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Dual boot RedHat 7.0 and Windows 2000
Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2001 09:23:34 +0200
I have a laptop with Windows 2000 running on an NTFS 5 partition, I would
like to install RedHat 7.0 on that laptop, will the installation of LILO
allow me to boot onto Windows 2000?
Thanks,
Julien
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From: "Gerrit Polder" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: RH 7.1 werkstation, telnet xdmcp etc.
Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2001 09:40:59 +0200
I installed RH 7.1 werkstation, I like to give it some servertasks such as
the telnet daemon, xdmcp, samba etc.
How can I turn these on?
linuxconf was'nt installed by default, I have installed it by hand, but how
can I install the X (gnome) version of it.
thanks,
Gerrit.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Faux_Pseudo)
Subject: Re: Q: Good web sites for linux docs and software please...
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2001 08:14:51 GMT
freshmeat.net
is one of my favorits.
--(Once apon a time, in comp.os.linux.setup,)--
--(t i g s said it like only they can.)--
> I am after some good web sites for general Linux stuff, especially HOWTOs,
> message boards and current software.
>
> I have been very disappointed with some of the sites I have looked at so
> far, even linux.org and RedHat's own documentation site seems to refer to
> kernels and XFree versions that are way out of date now.
>
> Where is all the good current up-to-date stuff?
>
> Thanks anyone :)
> t i g s
> tigs@[spam.me.not].zip.com.au
>
>
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--([EMAIL PROTECTED]:45_/home/faux)-- cat .sig
GUI's are for slackers. ibpconf.sh 6.1 on freshmeat.net
The easiest way to customize the command line. By Faux_Pseudo
It's a damn poor mind that can only think of one way to spell a word.
- Andrew Jackson
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From: John Kay <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Need help on 2 O/S Systems (WinME and Redhat 7)
Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2001 08:30:13 -0000
Hi, I am John. I need help on how to create a multiboot / dual boot system.
I currently have 2 HDD, one 13 GB (mainly for linux) and 20 GB for WinME.
I have no problems installing WinME (my main O/S), but I need help on
installing redhat. After I have installed it on the other smaller HDD (13
GB), what do I need to do? How do I create a startup screen to choose
between WinME and Redhat during startup? I need to know how do I choose
the O/S I want each time i reboot my PC. Your help is appreciated. Thanx.
--
Posted via CNET Help.com
http://www.help.com/
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From: "Sandro Leopardi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Dual boot RedHat 7.0 and Windows 2000
Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2001 10:06:11 +0200
Yes,
Lilo will not recognize your windows partition on install, you just have to
add it manually (during install) and will have no prob installing it to the
MBR.
regards,
Sandro
"Julien Petiot" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:9c8i8j$9sn$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> I have a laptop with Windows 2000 running on an NTFS 5 partition, I would
> like to install RedHat 7.0 on that laptop, will the installation of LILO
> allow me to boot onto Windows 2000?
>
> Thanks,
> Julien
>
>
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From: "Julien Petiot" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Linux without swap
Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2001 10:53:49 +0200
I am installing RedHat 7.0 in dual boot with Windows 2000. I can create only
one primary partition and both the native partition and the swap partition
require a primary partition, is it possible to install and run RedHat 7.0
without a swap?
Thanks,
Julien
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Linux without swap
Date: 26 Apr 2001 09:05:41 GMT
Julien Petiot <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> require a primary partition, is it possible to install and run RedHat 7.0
> without a swap?
If you have enough memory I think it's not a problem. I did with
RH 6.2 (I had only 1 Gb of hard disk, but 256 Mb of ram...).
Davide
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From: "Peet Grobler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Linux without swap
Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2001 11:15:54 +0200
Julien Petiot wrote in message <9c8nhr$dl6$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>I am installing RedHat 7.0 in dual boot with Windows 2000. I can create
only
>one primary partition and both the native partition and the swap partition
>require a primary partition, is it possible to install and run RedHat 7.0
>without a swap?
>
You can run it without a swap, depending on the amount of memory that you
have, and the amount of applications you want to run on it.
You can always, after installing, create a swap file, using the 'mkswap',
'swapon' command, and use that for swap memory. This is not generally
recommended (because it's fairly slower than a partition), though if you've
got a lot of memory, or if you're running only a few apps, this might be the
way to go for the few times that you do want to run large apps.
Speaking only for myself,
Peet
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Paul Colquhoun)
Subject: Re: Linux without swap
Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2001 09:40:05 GMT
On Thu, 26 Apr 2001 10:53:49 +0200, Julien Petiot <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
|I am installing RedHat 7.0 in dual boot with Windows 2000. I can create only
|one primary partition and both the native partition and the swap partition
|require a primary partition, is it possible to install and run RedHat 7.0
|without a swap?
It depend on how much RAM you have. Also, the new 2.4 kernels need more
swap that the 2.2 kernels do, so you may have troubles if you upgrade.
Swap does not require a primary partition, and will live happily in an
extended partition.
I'm fairly sure I have setup my office computer to boot linux with the
root filesystem on an extended partition as well (but I'm at home and
cannot check). That computer boots linux from the WinNT boot menu. Look
for a program called "bootpart" that makes this easy.
--
Reverend Paul Colquhoun, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Universal Life Church http://andor.dropbear.id.au/~paulcol
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a leather-clad, New Zealand woman.
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From: "Matthew van de Werken" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Q: Good web sites for linux docs and software please...
Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2001 19:52:28 +1000
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:9c8gp6$cabaq$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> In comp.os.linux.setup t i g s <tigs@[spam.me.not]zip.com.au> wrote:
> > I am after some good web sites for general Linux stuff, especially
HOWTOs,
> > message boards and current software.
>
> The 'master' site is www.linuxdoc.org.
>
> Davide
Or the Australian Mirror:
http://mirror.aarnet.edu.au/LDP/
Cheers,
MvdW
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From: "Mike" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: comparing window managers for xwin
Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2001 04:54:09 -0500
Is there a comprehensive comparison list out there for the various window
managers of Xwin? I tried out KDE & Gnome with my Mandrake 8 installation,
but they were both far too slow/bloated for my P133 40MB ram machine. I'd
like my wind. mang. to look nice and use themes, but it should run quickly
too!
Some various one's I've heard of: gnome, kde, afterstep, blackbox, sawfish,
xfce, window maker, litestep, fvwm, fvwm2, cde, enlightenment, icewm...
So far I'm looking at trying xfce next, but if you have opinions on these
lemme know, thanks!
Mike
Linux semi-newbie
UM - Rolla/Columbia
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From: Raffael Herzog <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Problem with HP Colorado 20GB ATAPI internal
Date: 26 Apr 2001 12:16:46 +0200
I'm trying to get a Colorado 20GB ATAPI to work with Linux... There's
no way to use it I know of if you use it as an IDE tape (ide-tape.o),
but I seemed to get it working using ide-scsi, until the following
error occurred:
Apr 26 03:00:01 montuno kernel: st0: Error with sense data: Info \
fld=0x8000, Current st09:00: sense key Key=9
Any ideas what this means or how to get the drive working with Linux?
I'm using SuSE 7.0 with kernel 2.2.16.
--
(o_ Raffael Herzog
//\ [EMAIL PROTECTED]
V_/_
May the penguin be with you!
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Maarten Verheijen)
Subject: RAID Configuration
Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2001 11:01:58 GMT
Dear readers,
This newbie has a question about the use of RAID. Next week I'll have
to install a new samba/apache/mysql/php-machine in our office.
This machine will should be a 24/7-production system.
It will have te following hardware:
Dual 1 Ghz Pentium motherboard with scsi onboard
2x 1 Ghz Pentiums
2x 37,5 Gb scsi-disks
1 Gb ecc RAM
Must be enough to handle quite a load ;)
The question I have is:
I want to put the two scsi-disk in a mirroring RAID, so If one hardisk
fails the system still functions. Does the use of the RAID accomplish
this?
Do have to install everything first on one drive and make the
RAID afterwards.
I'd like to use Slackware because I'm most used to this distribution!
Thanx in advance,
Maarten Verheijen
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