Linux-Setup Digest #152, Volume #21 Wed, 2 May 01 17:13:14 EDT
Contents:
XWindows loading on startup ("O'Banion")
linuxconf do not have linux8x16 font and ppp0 give eror mesage 1. HELP :( ("Djino")
Re: X and RH 6.2 on laptop, cyberblade driver/1024x768 (=?ISO-8859-1?Q?I=F1aki?=
Quesada)
kernel: attempt to access beyond end of device (Jon Tegner)
Re: Not able to connect to internet ("Peter T. Breuer")
Re: Kernel 2.4.4 compile error - lex: command not found ("Peter T. Breuer")
Re: lucent modem (Mike)
Re: kernel: attempt to access beyond end of device
(=?ISO-8859-1?Q?Rasmus_B=F8g_Hansen?=)
Networking Problem ("Kevin from Hamilton")
Re: mkinitrd (Kwan Lowe)
Re: Abiword 7.14 and RedHat 7 (Thomas Corriher)
Statically linking with libnss (Bernie Boudet)
Re: AIX Green screen font on Linux (Craig Kelley)
Re: Easy to run Ethernet/Modem combo PCMCIA (Grant Edwards)
Re: DHCP and Road Runner blues (Dave Uhring)
Re: File System going bad (Kevin)
Whuuuuuuuuuuh? ("Bumpy")
Strange bash problem in RH7 (David)
Re: Strange bash problem in RH7 (Vilmos Soti)
Re: Strange bash problem in RH7 (=?ISO-8859-1?Q?Rasmus_B=F8g_Hansen?=)
Re: Whuuuuuuuuuuh? (Dave Uhring)
BestLinux 2000 - Gfx Card not supported?? ("Michael H. T�rving")
Re: Linux Lexmark 3200 Printing (Dave Uhring)
Re: Mandrake 8.0 (i586.rpm files) on AMD Athlon machine (Dave Uhring)
Re: Linux Mouse Problem (Dave Uhring)
Re: AIX Green screen font on Linux (Juergen Sauer)
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From: "O'Banion" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: XWindows loading on startup
Date: Wed, 02 May 2001 18:28:33 GMT
I'm new to the whole linux world, and I installed XWindows and Gnome during
the initial install. I am running Debian 2.2. The problem that I am having
is that XWindows loads automatically on boot. I've been trying to figure
out how to keep it from loading, but haven't figured it out. Can anybody
point me in the right direction?
Thanks
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From: "Djino" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: linuxconf do not have linux8x16 font and ppp0 give eror mesage 1. HELP :(
Date: Wed, 2 May 2001 19:11:16 -0700
Linux conf do not want to save my settings.But I'v have file in my ../Fonts
I nead help what script do I have to edit .
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From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?I=F1aki?= Quesada <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.x
Subject: Re: X and RH 6.2 on laptop, cyberblade driver/1024x768
Date: Wed, 2 May 2001 20:28:58 +0200
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I have the same card in my laptop. I use frame buffer and the XFree86 as
the Xserver. It works fine at 800x600 16bpp.
You have to use the "trident" driver. Don't forget to start your computer
with the option:
vga=788
bye
Joe Phabeetz wrote:
> X-posted to find help.
> Sorry about using Win box to post - NMC (not my computer).
> network is sneakernet (until I get the PCMCIA ethernet card going)
>
> Hello Everybody!
>
> I have a KDS Valiant 6480 laptop and a copy of RH6.2. The laptop is
> supposed to do (and did under WinME) 16.7 million colors at 1024x768. I
> would be happy with X running at 800x600 @ 8bpp, elated at 1024x768 @
> 16bpp.
>
> Vid card is claimed to be a Trident Cyberblade. The Wme driver was a
> Trident Cyberblade A1i AGP with 8MB video shared from RAM (128MB).
> Startx messages identify the chipset as TGUI 9420DGI and TGUI9430DGI.
> This confuses me.
>
> XF86Setup, Xconfigurator and setup selected XF_SVGA as the Xserver. I
> can't get it to run at even 640x480 8bpp. If I choose XF_VGA16 as the
> server, I get a really junk screen at 640x480 8bpp, but it does function
> properly (like using a microscope to read a billboard).
>
> .......................
> TIA,
>
> Joe
>
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From: Jon Tegner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: kernel: attempt to access beyond end of device
Date: Wed, 02 May 2001 18:42:40 GMT
Get the following in messages (and forced to manual fsck when
rebooting):
kernel: attempt to access beyond end of device
kernel: 03:07: rw=0, want=901626272, limit=14337981
kernel: EXT2-fs error (device ide0(3,7)): ext2_readdir: directory
#244865 contains a hole at offset 1885667328
What does this mean, and what can I do to prevent it from happening
again?
Just upgraded to R.H 7.1 (from 6.2), and haven't seen this before.
Kernel is 2.4.2-2.
Thanks,
/jon
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From: "Peter T. Breuer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Not able to connect to internet
Date: Wed, 2 May 2001 20:32:18 +0200
arava phani kumar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I newly switched to linux.I want to learn about linux.I wanted to connect
> internet through linux.I am able to dial to my ISP using PPP but Iam not
> able to connect to any host
I am not configured DNS, am I?
If you can ping by IP number, but not by hostname, that is the
diagnosis. if you can do neither, then you do not have a default route
through ppp. Either way, learn to provide data, please! (Not tales
of your impressions of what your think you dreamed you may or may not
be able to do ....). We need the output from /sbin/ifconfig and
/sbin/route.
Peter
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From: "Peter T. Breuer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Kernel 2.4.4 compile error - lex: command not found
Date: Wed, 2 May 2001 20:29:20 +0200
Markus Kossmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Nader wrote:
>> I patched the 2.4.2 source code with patch-2.4.3 and patch-2.4.4. After
>> make clean, mrproper, dep, etc., the make bzImage fails:
>>
>> make -C aicasm
>> make[5]: Entering directory
>> `/usr/src/linux-2.4.4/drivers/scsi/aic7xxx/aicasm'
>> /bin/sh: lex: command not found
>>
>> How do I correct this? Do I need to install lex? I do have flex
Install lex (flex) for a start.
> Get the patch for the current version of the aic7xxx driver from
> http://people.FreeBSD.org/~gibbs/linux/, apply it and _don't_ enable
> CONFIG_AIC7XXX_BUILD_FIRMWARE when configuring it .
Why not? I have it enabled on my 6.1.5 and 6.1.8. How did this comment
creep in here anyways ... it doesn't seem to relate to the subject.
Oh well.
Peter
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From: Mike <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: lucent modem
Date: Wed, 2 May 2001 20:50:40 +0200
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I have a thinkpad i1400 with the lucent winmodem and SuSe 7.0. It works
fine. I think you need to provide some more info on how you installed the
modem and which version of the driver you use, to enable others to help you
Mike
Declan McMullen wrote:
> Hello,
> I have an ibm thinkpad i1200 and unfortunately the modem that came with
> it
> is a windmodem
> I have mandrake 7.1 installed and hate having to boot into windows to go
> online.
> I've searched the web and saw some patches for other lucent modems for
> linux
> however i read that the driver i had found did not support the modem in
> my
> thinkpad.
> It's a long shot but has anyone gotten the modem in the thinkpad to work
> under mandrake??
> Regards
> Declan
>
>
> --
> ------------------------------------------------------------
> http://www.redbrick.dcu.ie/~skyhawk
>
>
>
>
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From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Rasmus_B=F8g_Hansen?= <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: kernel: attempt to access beyond end of device
Date: Wed, 2 May 2001 21:05:39 +0200
On Wed, 2 May 2001, Jon Tegner wrote:
> kernel: attempt to access beyond end of device
> kernel: 03:07: rw=0, want=901626272, limit=14337981
> kernel: EXT2-fs error (device ide0(3,7)): ext2_readdir: directory
> #244865 contains a hole at offset 1885667328
>
> What does this mean, and what can I do to prevent it from happening
> again?
This is an error on your file system. Do a 'touch /forcefsck' and reboot
- that should solve the problem for now.
> Just upgraded to R.H 7.1 (from 6.2), and haven't seen this before.
> Kernel is 2.4.2-2.
I think there was some errors in 2.4.2, which could lead to filesystem
errors. You could upgrade to 2.4.4 manually.
If you do not want to do it manually (ie. downloading kernel source,
configuring, compiling and installing the new kernel), you can wait
patiently. RedHat has announced, that they will soon release a
bugfix kernel (due to a firewall issue).
Rasmus
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-- [ Rasmus 'M�ffe' B�g Hansen ] --------------------------------------
Beware of bugs in the above code;
I have only proved it correct, not tried it.
- Donald Knuth
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From: "Kevin from Hamilton" <ac.ocitapmys@kytrehod>
Subject: Networking Problem
Date: Wed, 2 May 2001 15:06:53 -0400
Unfortunately I will not be able to paste all the info, into this message.
I am running Debian potato. My ISP is with Sympatico HSE.
I have read through many How-to's and I am still stuck... a little nudge in
the right direction would be perfect.
I had a DSL router before and everything was perfect.. my linux machine was
on the net in seconds flat. Since then I have got rid of the router because
I want my linux machine to be the gateway to the internet.
I have been editing way too many files and I am sure I have screwed things
up. Unfortunately I can not get that machine back on the internet to do a
re-install so I have to work with what I have. A bunch of floppies and do a
re-install.. or work with what I have and just fix it up some. I vote for
the later solution.
The desired outcome would be.
Internal network (Localhost gives out DHCP address's)
-------------------------------------------------------
localhost 192.168.1.1
range 192.168.1.10 192.168.1.20
broadcast 192.168.1.255
subnetmask 255.255.255.0
gateway 192.168.1.1
Sympatico's network is (PPPoE)
---------------------------------
DNS1 = 204.101.251.1
DNS2 = 204.101.251.2
Sympatico IP's look like
-------------------------
64.x.x.x
I also want to be able to have a local domain called... (HOME)
and I want to be able to connect to my machine from outside, using
something like (CJB.NET)
If I type 'netstat -r' or 'route -n' I get nothing, by that I mean, I just
get the title line.
If I type 'ifconfig -a' I get back eth0, eth1, lo, ppp0, and tunl0.
Like I said, I am not sure what I am doing wrong but at this point I can't
even get my linux machine to network internally or on the internet. Can
someone please help me. I already followed the How-to for PPPoE for debian.
What I am looking for is what should my route tables look for and
specifically which files should I be editing. Thanks in advance to all who
respond.
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From: Kwan Lowe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: mkinitrd
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux.mandrake
Date: Wed, 02 May 2001 19:16:07 GMT
In comp.os.linux.setup Kastor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hello,
> I am running Mandrake 8 and I have compiled my own kernel 2.4.4, but I
> have a problem with mkinitrd.
> Because my root is on a reiserfs partition, I have compiled reiserfs in
> the kernel (not as module), but now mkinitrd complains that it can't
> find the module for reiserfs! I can run mkinitrd successfully if I
> compile reiserfs as module, but then my system won't boot! Can I do
> without initrd???
HOw are you building the initrd? If you built reiserfs as a module, did you
specify with=xxxxx for the Reiser module?
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Thomas Corriher)
Subject: Re: Abiword 7.14 and RedHat 7
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], abuse@[127.0.0.1]
Date: Wed, 02 May 2001 19:25:58 GMT
On Fri, 27 Apr 2001 01:16:40 GMT, HateLinux <2b@home> wrote:
> PS, what is the linux/KDE equivalent to windows's printscreen
> or shift-printscreen (capture screen and capture active window,
> respectively ? I use this a lot in windows, would like to do
> the same in linux)
ksnapshot works great for screen-shots in X
--
From the desk of Thomas Corriher
The real email address is:
tcorriher at earthlink.
net
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From: Bernie Boudet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.development.system,comp.os.linux.embedded
Subject: Statically linking with libnss
Date: Wed, 02 May 2001 20:39:02 +0100
Hi,
I'm trying to put together a mini linux distro for an embedded system.
I've got a working system with a cut down linux 2.2.18 and busybox
statically linked against the glibc 2.1.3 resident on my development
box (Debian stable). I can ping the embedded system from the Debian
box on the same network.
The problem is in getting any network apps, which invariably require
nss, to work. I've read the glibc FAQ, and the info libc section on
nss, but I am still completely stumped by this after a whole day of
hacking. Any pointers to what could be wrong will be greatly
appreciated.
To investigate the problem, I'm using test-netdb from the glibc-2.2.2
distribution. I've tried two approaches, without success:
1. Statically link against the libc on the Debian box, and cp -a
/lib/libnss* to the target:
~/glibc-2.2.2/nss$ gcc -s -static test-netdb.c -o test-netdb
test-netdb returns NULL for every test except the first two:
gethostbyname("127.0.0.1") and gethostbyname("10.1234").
2. Build glibc-2.2.2 and statically link test-netdb against this and
the nss libraries:
~/glibc-2.2.2/nss$ gcc -s -static test-netdb.c -o test-netdb \
-I../ ../libc.a ./libnss_files.a ../resolv/libnss_dns.a \
../resolv/libresolv.a
test-netdb exits to the command line without printing anything.
AFAICT, it is dying inside the first call to gethostbyname().
Here are the contents of /lib, and relevant files in /etc on the
embedded system:
/lib:
libnss_compat-2.1.3.so libnss_dns.so.2 libnss_nis-2.1.3.so
libnss_compat.so.2 libnss_files-2.1.3.so libnss_nis.so.2
libnss_db-2.1.3.so libnss_files.so.2 libnss_nisplus-2.1.3.so
libnss_db.so.2 libnss_hesiod-2.1.3.so libnss_nisplus.so.2
libnss_dns-2.1.3.so libnss_hesiod.so.2
==========================================================================
# /etc/nsswitch.conf
#
# Example configuration of GNU Name Service Switch functionality.
# If you have the `glibc-doc' and `info' packages installed, try:
# `info libc "Name Service Switch"' for information about this file.
passwd: compat
group: compat
shadow: compat
hosts: files dns
networks: files
protocols: db files
services: db files
ethers: db files
rpc: db files
netgroup: nis
==========================================================================
# /etc/resolv.conf
nameserver 127.0.0.1
==========================================================================
# /etc/host.conf
order hosts,bind
multi on
==========================================================================
#
# hosts This file describes a number of hostname-to-address
# mappings for the TCP/IP subsystem. It is mostly
# used at boot time, when no name servers are running.
# On small systems, this file can be used instead of a
# "named" name server. Just add the names, addresses
# and any aliases to this file...
#
127.0.0.1 localhost
# End of hosts.
==========================================================================
#
# protocols This file describes the various protocols that are
# available from the TCP/IP subsystem. It should be
# consulted instead of using the numbers in the ARPA
# include files, or, worse, just guessing them.
#
ip 0 IP # internet protocol, pseudo protocol number
icmp 1 ICMP # internet control message protocol
igmp 2 IGMP # internet group multicast protocol
ggp 3 GGP # gateway-gateway protocol
tcp 6 TCP # transmission control protocol
pup 12 PUP # PARC universal packet protocol
udp 17 UDP # user datagram protocol
idp 22 IDP # WhatsThis?
raw 255 RAW # RAW IP interface
# End.
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From: Craig Kelley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: AIX Green screen font on Linux
Date: 02 May 2001 13:48:13 -0600
Norman Levin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Anybody know what directory and what file, AIX uses to load the 'green
> screen font'. It is nice and clear and I want to see if I can move it to
> my linux system.
That'd be nice, and while you're at it could you get my IBM 20"
monochrome monitor to work on an x86 box too? ;-)
--
It won't be long before the CPU is a card in a slot on your ATX videoboard
Craig Kelley -- [EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.isu.edu/~kellcrai finger [EMAIL PROTECTED] for PGP block
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Grant Edwards)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.portable,comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: Easy to run Ethernet/Modem combo PCMCIA
Date: Wed, 02 May 2001 20:02:04 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Matt McDragon wrote:
>get Linksys PCMLM56! I am happy with it, and fast! either RH
>6.0, 6.2, or recently MDK 8.0
I've never gotten the modem in mine to work reliably (RH6.2 on
an Inspiron 5000). Once I dial in and establish a PPP
connection, everything works well downloading, but if I try to
upload a large file (>40K or so) the modem just seems to lock
up. CD light stays on, but Tx and Rx lights stop flashing.
I tried all sorts of initialization strings to no avail.
--
Grant Edwards grante Yow! INSIDE, I have the
at same personality disorder
visi.com as LUCY RICARDO!!
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From: Dave Uhring <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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
Date: Wed, 2 May 2001 15:13:47 -0500
Michael wrote:
> Here's some food for thought:
>
> Use a static ipaddress & free it from the dhcp server.
>
> http://www.monkey.org/~dugsong/dhcpfree.c
>
> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "grooveman"
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>
>> Hello.
>> I am running Redhat 6.2, and I am tying to use it with Mediaone (Now
>> ATT) Road Runner service in the Detroit Metro area. My problem is that
>> my machine would not lease from the DHCP server. Of course, the
>> customer support was useless in this issue: "we don't support
>> Line-ucks".
>> I have researched this thoroughly, and have seen many people with the
>> same or similar issue, but every single one failed to document clearly
>> how they overcame this problem (if they did at all). I dropped pump all
>> together. I have the version that comes stock with RH 6.2. (0.7.8-1).
>> I downloaded the latest version of DHCPCD version 1.3.20-p10. I have
>> gotten that to work -- but it only works about 10 percent of the time.
>> 90% of the time (or so) it fails. The README for this utility is not
>> helpful at all. The howto I found was even worse. When modifying the
>> script of ifup an ifdown, it not only had the script wrong, but it said
>> to remove an "if" statement without touching the fi. I am no scripting
>> whiz, but I know you can't break conditionals like that without trashing
>> the script.
>> I modified ifup and ifdown, basically by replacing the pump commands
>> with their dhcpcd equivalents. Then, I wrote a script that loops the
>> ifup until it gets a lease. I put the script at the end of rc.local,
>> rather than having eth0 come up at init level 3. The net result is that
>> it runs through everything fine, and at the very last stage, tries to
>> bring up eth0 until it is successful. It take about 10 times plus or
>> minus.
>> (SIGH........)
>> What can I do to get this to work?
>> I really appreciate any help I can get. Thanks!
>> Chris
>>
>
Read the man page dhcpcd(8) especially WRT the -h hostname option. IIRC
your ISP gave you a client number (hostname) and you have to use it to get
your IP address via DHCP.
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Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Kevin)
Subject: Re: File System going bad
Date: Wed, 02 May 2001 19:35:42 GMT
When I had the same problem it turned out to be a dying hard
drive. I confirmed this by downloading the vendor's disk
diagnostic software which reported that I had media errors and
should seek service.
You might be able to look for files in your .../lost+found
directories; that's where [e2]fsck puts files that it can't
reattach to the file system correctly. The filenames would be
numbers, corresponding to the inode numbers that they used to
have. If you have files in those directories (one per file
system) then I'd say it's even more likely that your disk is
dying.
As far as current backups go, you probably should restore from
tapes known to be created before the trouble started, presuming
that this is the fault of a dying disk.
G'luck....
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Every couple of weeks, I do a fsck and e2fsck, and it
> comes back with illegal inodes, invalid DTime values,
> and a host of other problems.
>
> I repeatedly run e2fsck and fsck to repair the system.
> When it's back up, everything is great for a while.
> (i.e. I can re-check the FS, and have no problems)
> But after a few weeks, it's bad again.
> I keep my backups current, but I'm still nervous.
--
Unless otherwise noted, the statements herein reflect my personal
opinions and not those of any organization with which I may be affiliated.
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From: "Bumpy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Whuuuuuuuuuuh?
Date: Wed, 2 May 2001 21:08:44 +0100
I just installed mandrake on a twin boot with win98
and when I goto login and password it says incorrect?
I know they're ok though, can anyone suggest how to
get round it?
total newbie.
--
Whaur's yer wully Shakespeare noo?
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From: David <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.linux.redhat,comp.os.linux
Subject: Strange bash problem in RH7
Date: Wed, 02 May 2001 15:21:50 -0500
Hi,
I installed RH7 on my computer from a CD that came with a book, and
created a user account besides root.
Then, I found a strange problem while I was logging in as the user:
The user account should be able to "shutdown", but when I type the
command, bash can't find it.
Moreover, even when I issue "su" and try -as root- to "shutdown", bash
won't find it. The "setup" command presents the same problem.
I tried changing shell, but it didn't help.
If I log in as root, then there is no problem.
The strange thing is that I had RH7 installed before from a different CD
(I don't have it anymore) and this problem didn't occurr.
Can someone help me to fix it?
Thanks,
David
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Crossposted-To: alt.linux.redhat,comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: Strange bash problem in RH7
From: Vilmos Soti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Wed, 02 May 2001 20:28:39 GMT
David <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I installed RH7 on my computer from a CD that came with a book, and
> created a user account besides root.
>
> Then, I found a strange problem while I was logging in as the user:
>
> The user account should be able to "shutdown", but when I type the
> command, bash can't find it.
>
> Moreover, even when I issue "su" and try -as root- to "shutdown", bash
> won't find it. The "setup" command presents the same problem.
The user and root has different path. When you do a "su" then you merely
change your id but the environment (path for example) is the same.
Try a "su -" to change the environment. man su, and look for the --login
stuff.
Vilmos
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From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Rasmus_B=F8g_Hansen?= <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.linux.redhat,comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: Strange bash problem in RH7
Date: Wed, 2 May 2001 22:29:27 +0200
On Wed, 2 May 2001, David wrote:
> The user account should be able to "shutdown", but when I type the
> command, bash can't find it.
Just use reboot or halt (depending on what you want).
Besides shutdown is in /sbin, which is normally not in a users path
(only root's).
Rasmus
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Because I don't want to force you to follow my philosophy, even though
it happens to be the only possible correct philosophy.
-- Ted Lemon
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From: Dave Uhring <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Whuuuuuuuuuuh?
Date: Wed, 2 May 2001 15:29:42 -0500
Bumpy wrote:
> I just installed mandrake on a twin boot with win98
> and when I goto login and password it says incorrect?
> I know they're ok though, can anyone suggest how to
> get round it?
>
> total newbie.
>
> --
> Whaur's yer wully Shakespeare noo?
>
>
>
Boot single user and run "passwd root" or boot from an install CD, break
out of the install, cd /mnt/etc and edit shadow and shadow- to remove
root's password.
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From: "Michael H. T�rving" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: BestLinux 2000 - Gfx Card not supported??
Date: Wed, 2 May 2001 22:47:49 +0200
Hi.
I have problems installing or rather choosing a gfx card driver that matches
the gfx card that i have.
The list of supported gfx cards does not include the one that i have which
is ATI Radeon, 64MB DDR, AGP, Video in/out
with the following specs :
Bus type : AGP 2x/4x
Graphic processor : 183 Mhz ATI RADEON GPU
Pixel Fill Rate : 586 Mpix/sec
Ram type : 183 MHz 64 MB DDR SDRAM
RAMDAC : 350 MHz
Texel Fill Rate : 1,1 Gtex/sec
Connectiontype : VGA DB15, TV-out, Video-in
Triangles : 30 millioner/sec
It does however include a lot of other drivers for ATI cards so if anybody
out there have any ideers as to what other driver that I might be able to
install instead to get it working please let me know.
Best Regards
Michael H. T.
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From: Dave Uhring <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Linux Lexmark 3200 Printing
Date: Wed, 2 May 2001 15:52:24 -0500
Nils Holland wrote:
> Hi folks,
>
> I've been trying to get a Lexmark 3200 to work under SuSE Linux 7.1
> without success. I know that someone has developed a driver for that
> GDI-printer, however, SuSE Linux since version 7.0 also includes a Lexmark
> 3200 driver (probably even the same?), so I thought I'd use that one.
>
> So far, so good. I set everything up to use the lex3200 driver included
> with SuSE 7.1, and when I try to print right now, I get - well - nothing.
> The printer doesn't even move!
>
> Connecting a different printer while still using the lex3200 driver worked
> so far that the other printer printed garbage. That means that at least
> the computer sends the print data, the Lexmark printer just doesn't seem
> to react to it.
>
> So, if anybody's ever used the lex3200 driver included in SuSE Linux, I'd
> be happy to hear about some sucess stories. Additionally, if someone is
> successfully using the lxm3200 driver that can be downloaded from the
> Internet, I'd also like to hear about it.
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Nils
>
http://www.linuxprinting.org/show_printer.cgi?recnum=70912
Found it by going to www.linuxdoc.org -> HOWTOs -> HTML alphabetical index
-> Printing - HOWTO.
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From: Dave Uhring <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Mandrake 8.0 (i586.rpm files) on AMD Athlon machine
Date: Wed, 2 May 2001 15:54:34 -0500
Ben wrote:
> I have downloaded the iso images for Mandrake 8 which are all
> pre-compiled for i586 machines. These are fine on my PIIIs but I am
> thinking of buying an Athlon-based machine. Does anyone have any
> experience of this distribution on such machines or does anyone know any
> reason why the Mandrake distrubution will or will not work on one?
>
> I'd rather not get into the bussiness of building the binaries myself.
>
> Ben.
>
It worked on Athlon t-bird 850 on MSI K7T Pro 2A mobo. Kept crashing X
under StarOffice, so I installed RedHat-7.1.
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From: Dave Uhring <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Linux Mouse Problem
Date: Wed, 2 May 2001 16:03:28 -0500
DaFrEQ wrote:
> Hey all,
>
> When installing Linux, Mandrake or RedHat, I am able to configure my USB
> mouse during the pre-install process and it works just fine. However, once
> the install is complete, and it re-boots, I have no mouse whatsoever.
> This is the same as when I use a standard PS/2 mouse.
>
> Help / Thanx
>
>
>
You are going to have to tell the world what kind of USB/PS2 mouse you have
if you want any help getting it configured. Posting the appropriate
section from your XF86Config file will do you some good, too.
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From: Juergen Sauer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: AIX Green screen font on Linux
Date: 2 May 2001 19:51:55 GMT
Norman Levin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb
am Wed, 02 May 2001 07:41:03 -0500 in comp.os.linux.setup:
> Anybody know what directory and what file, AIX uses to load the 'green
> screen font'. It is nice and clear and I want to see if I can move it to
> my linux system.
It's about 10 years ago, since I worked on AIX, since then,
Linux looks better. The Screen Font was Rom16.pcf, if I remember right,
then you could use it as X11 Font.
mfg Jojo
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