Linux-Setup Digest #175, Volume #21 Sun, 6 May 01 13:13:24 EDT
Contents:
Re: Real Player configuration (Dave Uhring)
Re: Loading modules (Dave Uhring)
Re: Soundblaster 16 PCI setup (Dave Uhring)
Re: DHCP and Road Runner blues ("william crowell")
Re: Dial-in to a mail server... (Ninja IX)
Re: SuSe 7.0 - login problems (Brian O'Halloran)
Re: not enough RAM during RH 7.1 install ("ne...")
Boot partition too big - Installation problem ("Logika")
Re: Redhat 7.1 + kde desktop (Dave Uhring)
bastian FW/Masquerade (Trevor)
Re: bastian FW/Masquerade (Trevor)
growable disk partitions (Rohit Grover)
Re: Boot partition too big - Installation problem (Dave Uhring)
Re: Dial-in to a mail server... (Dave Uhring)
Re: USB harddisk - how to get more out of it (David Efflandt)
Re: Installing windows and linux (Simon Lemieux)
Re: Apache ?? (David Efflandt)
Re: Soundblaster 16 PCI setup (Scott)
Re: Xterm exits.. (Norman Levin)
Re: Boot partition too big - Installation problem ("Glitch")
Re: Real Player configuration (Scott)
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From: Dave Uhring <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.help
Subject: Re: Real Player configuration
Date: Sun, 6 May 2001 08:26:47 -0500
Scott wrote:
> I've got Slackware 7.12, 2.2.16, and SB PCI 16 card.
> It's all working. I believe it's good enough.
>
> Real Player 8 had trouble playing as anyone but root. I
> chmod 666 the audio, mixer, dsp, sound, etc... Now it plays
> as the regular user.
>
> But, then I had to set it to http ONLY for all the protocols.
> Why?
>
> I tried running the autoconfig feature in it's preferences, and
> it fails, saying it can't contact a server.
>
> But I can browser the whole world with netscape just fine.
> I've run real player on my MS Windows box behind the same firewall.
> It's definitely NOT a network issue, or an issue with networking
> on this specific linux box.
>
> It's working for now, using HTTP, but I'd prefer to have it
> running correctly.
>
> Can anyone give me any ideas about this? Any help is
> appreciated.
>
> -Scott Weber
>
>
cd into the RealPlayer8 directory (/usr/local/RealPlayer8). Then execute
the mimeinstall.sh and pluginstall.sh scripts both as root and as user.
Kill then restart netscape and your file associations will be fixed.
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From: Dave Uhring <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.help
Subject: Re: Loading modules
Date: Sun, 6 May 2001 08:36:39 -0500
Scott wrote:
> Using Slackware 7.1, kernel 2.2.16:
>
> When I rebuilt the kernel with drivers as modules, they didn't load.
> I'm trying to trace the boot flow to see how they are loaded, and
> can't quite figure it out. It looks like it's called from rc.S.
>
> I added modules to /etc/rc.d/modules.rc but that didn't seem to do it.
> Can anyone explain this, or point me to something besides the howto?
>
> When I do a kernel rebuild, and 'make modules' the modules
> are compiled, but not moved to /lib/modules/2.2.16/...
> Do I have to move them manually?
> 'make bzlilo' installs the kernel for me, am I just too spoiled by this?
>
> As an example, I added sound support to my kernel. Was it even
> nessesary to rebuild? Could I have just loaded sound.o and
> es1371.o? I couldn't figure out where to get those to load.
> (lsmod didn't show them as loaded)
>
> kerneld is specified as needed to load and unload modules. But
> the only place it appears is in rc.modules, and it's commented
> out.
>
> I'm a little lost on modules. If I knew at least one place to
> start, I could slowly start to learn this. But none of the
> stuff I can find starts out that simple. It all seems to assume
> a lot further understanding than where I'm starting from.
>
> Thanks for any help.
> -Scott Weber
>
>
Slackware doesn't start up like RedHat, SuSE, Mandrake, et al. In
/etc/rc.d/rc.local insert the following
modprobe es1371
and any other modules which Slack is not installing. There are a bunch of
other modules which Slack does install and which you don't need. To stop
some things from starting on boot take the executable bit away from the
files. chmod -x XXXXX.rc. And there are others which you can find with
grep.
When you build your kernel, use the following
# make clean
# make dep
# make bzImage
# make modules
# make modules_install
# cp System.map /boot/System.map
# cp arch/i386/boot/bzImage /boot/vmlinuz
Now edit /etc/lilo.conf and in the part for image=/vmlinuz, change
label=linux to label=old. Then add the following
image=/boot/vmlinuz
root=/dev/hdX where X refers to the partition where / is
label=linux
read-only
Now execute /sbin/lilo and when you reboot, your new kernel will come up.
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From: Dave Uhring <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.help
Subject: Re: Soundblaster 16 PCI setup
Date: Sun, 6 May 2001 08:38:50 -0500
Scott wrote:
> DOH! I forgot to specify my version:
> Linux 2.2.16, Slackware 7.1, on a P333
>
> Scott wrote:
>>
>> Ok, I've been searching, and have gotten close with my SB 16 card.
>>
>> Here are some questions I'm hoping someone can answer:
>>
>> I rebuilt the kernel with ensoniq 1371 loaded. I DO get sound,
>> but it's kinda staticy
>>
>> However, 'cat /dev/sndstat' gives me Device not found.
>> It was there when I had tried building the kernel with SB16 support.
>> But now it's not there...
>> Is this correct? Or does it mean something is wrong?
>> (this drove me crazy rebuilding, re-booting, over and over again,
>> thinking I didn't have sound, as it was my test. Then I
>> 'cat sound.au >/dev/audio' and it WORKS!)
>>
>> I'm also trying to figure out modules, but haven't gotten the
>> hang of it yet. See my other thread.
>>
>> -Scott Weber
>
>
Make sure that the large chip on your soundcard says ens1371 or ens1373 on
it. Creative has been playing games with what they call a Soundblaster 16
PCI.
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From: "william crowell" <[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: Sun, 06 May 2001 13:23:51 GMT
roadrunner uses dhcp. you need to modify the ethernet adapter for dhcp and
this should fix the problem. sometimes there is also a modem error with the
motorola modems that were originally supplied by the cable companies. the
newer toshiba modems work better. still, be sure you're running dhcp on the
ethernet adapter.
also, you must not connect the modem via a hub. it must be connected
DIRECTLY to your nic.
furthermore, why buy more ethernet addresses? put a second nic in your
machine and use ip masquerade. set up a hub on the second nic and make the
ip address on the second nic the default gateway for the lan. make the rr
nic the default gateway for your linux box. you can run a zillion computers
on the lan side through the linux box. note that this violates the
acceptable use policy.
i implement this (with the knowlege of rr) to use the ipchains firewall. my
company provides 7/24 customer service and i have an isdn link to my NOC. i
use the linux box as a firewall for the home lan while enjoying high-speed
access for the windows workstation when i'm surfing.
bill
"." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:qiWI6.135104$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "James Tonsager"
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> I had an awful time setting this up with Roadrunner. I had it working
> for a few months and all of a sudden I could no longer use the Linux
> machine with Roadrunner.. I tried everything and finally called
> Roadrunner and asked them if anything had changed.. It had. Roadrunner
> in my area blocks you from obtaining more than one ip address at a time.
> I purchased a second ip address and reset the modem by unplugging it from
> the wall for two minutes and everything works again. I had not read
> anywhere that the modem had to be reset.
>
> Gary
>
>
>
> >> > 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
> >> >
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From: Ninja IX <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Dial-in to a mail server...
Date: Sun, 06 May 2001 13:46:17 GMT
Alan Lythaby wrote:
> I am trying to set up a dial in mail server using sendmail.
So, why not trying to setup a Wap mail server ?
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From: Brian O'Halloran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.help
Subject: Re: SuSe 7.0 - login problems
Date: Sun, 06 May 2001 14:51:49 +0100
Thanks for the reply - don't think that's the problem, as the server
runs linux as well. I think it may be a problem with permissions, but
I'm not sure..
Brian
> Glitch wrote:
> > I could be wrong here but i believe the username for Samba has to be the
> > same as the username for the account on the computer u are trying to access.
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From: "ne..." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: not enough RAM during RH 7.1 install
Date: Sun, 06 May 2001 13:55:51 GMT
On May 6, 2001 at 07:36, Waldermar eloquently wrote:
>Hi,
>
>I'm trying to set up RedHat 7.1 on a 486x16M machine.
>Guess what - 7.1 wants more RAM (32???) and fails to install.
>I know, memory is cheap, etc., but the question is can I make
>it work with 16? Anyone bypassed it somehow?
Try a text install.
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From: "Logika" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Boot partition too big - Installation problem
Date: Sun, 6 May 2001 16:00:31 +0200
Good day
I am trying to install Linux on a system which has windows 98 second edition
already on it as a second operating system.
It has a 10 Gb hard disk which has been partitioned as follows:
c:\ 1 Gb FAT 32
d:\ 8 Gb FAT 32
Linux unformatted:\ 1 gb
When I try to install Linux on the 1 Gb I set asside for it, it does not
want to, saying that the boot partition is too big.
What can I do?
Please help.
Regards
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From: Dave Uhring <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Redhat 7.1 + kde desktop
Date: Sun, 6 May 2001 09:04:48 -0500
John Smith wrote:
> Under "look & feel" there are only ~ 5 fonts listed as options to be used
> within KDE. How can I include extra fonts ? I hate the standard fonts >:|
>
> Thanks,
> J
>
>
That's strange, I have 28 of them. From XF86Config (not RH factory style)
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/local"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/mozilla-fonts"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi"
The x fontserver produces some really fuzzy fonts, so I turn it off and
catalog the fonts in XF86Config.
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From: Trevor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.security,comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: bastian FW/Masquerade
Date: Sun, 06 May 2001 09:28:33 -0600
O.K. - so I've searched several archives, hit a few books (including
'Linux
Firewalls' and gone through the various HOWTO's. Nobody really
discusses
what I'm trying to do, and it seams like it should be a common thing.
Here's the scoop:
I'm trying to setup a bastian firewall that masquerades my LAN, but
still gives access to a web server. The LAN only consists of 3
windoze boxes which need to be masq'd and the web server needs to
keep the PUBLIC IP address. -Setup looks somethin' like this:
__________
| Masq'd IP's |
/--------------
_______ ________ _____/
INTERNET---| DSL rtr |---| Firewall |------| Hub |
--------- ---------- ------\
\__________
| Webserver |
===========
The concept seams easy enough but I have a few Questions
1) Do I need a third NIC on the firewall to segregate the web server
and take it off the hub?
or,
2) Can I just take care of it by forwarding packets destined to the
public IP address while still masquerading packets from the LAN?
-How do I set up the ipchains? (yes, still on the 2.2.16 kernel)
3) I'm having a hard time conceptualizing the gateways. Do I need to
set the gateway for the LAN and web server to point to eth1
(internal)
and then set the eth1 gateway to point to eth0 (external) ??
Any help would sure be appreciated. (and please don't tell me what a
dumbass I am for not knowing this stuff, I'm still a bit of a newbie,
but
I AM trying to do my homework first. ;-)
Thanks!
~ Trevor ~
-Oh! One other thing - if I ?route add? a default gateway on the
firewall to point to the DSL gateway (designated by the phone co.) -
takes almost 5 minutes to return the full kernel routing table. -Why
the major delay? ...hmmmm... curious :-p
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From: Trevor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.security,comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: bastian FW/Masquerade
Date: Sun, 06 May 2001 09:58:04 -0600
That diagram should look more like this:
--Masq'd IP's
INTERNET--DSL rtr--Firewall--Hub <
--Web Server
(sorry, just noticed how crappy it looked when I checked in)
~ Trevor
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From: Rohit Grover <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: growable disk partitions
Date: 06 May 2001 09:06:11 -0700
Hello,
I have a 20GB hard disk on my computer. I have installed Redhat 7.0 on
it. During the installation, I had used 'disk druid' to create
partitions. The following is the partition table of my disk.
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/hda1 * 1 17 136521 83 Linux
/dev/hda2 18 2480 19784047+ 5 Extended
/dev/hda5 18 801 6297448+ 83 Linux
/dev/hda6 802 1324 4200966 83 Linux
/dev/hda7 1325 1357 265041 82 Linux swap
/dev/hda8 1358 1374 136521 83 Linux
/dev/hda9 1375 1391 136521 83 Linux
/dev/hda10 1392 1400 72261 83 Linux
At the time of installation, I had opted for /dev/hda5 to be
growable. This explains a large /dev/hda2 primary partition on my
disk.
Now, I'd like to create another primary partition out of the unused
space on my disk. I need this to install FreeBSD. Unfortunately,
/dev/hda2 won't let me do so.
Can somebody suggest a way to reclaim the unused space to allow
creation of a new primary partition?
thanks,
Rohit Grover.
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From: Dave Uhring <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Boot partition too big - Installation problem
Date: Sun, 6 May 2001 11:08:26 -0500
Logika wrote:
> Good day
>
> I am trying to install Linux on a system which has windows 98 second
> edition already on it as a second operating system.
>
> It has a 10 Gb hard disk which has been partitioned as follows:
>
> c:\ 1 Gb FAT 32
> d:\ 8 Gb FAT 32
> Linux unformatted:\ 1 gb
>
> When I try to install Linux on the 1 Gb I set asside for it, it does not
> want to, saying that the boot partition is too big.
>
> What can I do?
>
> Please help.
>
> Regards
If you consider an operating system which uses 90% of your hard drive to be
a 'second' operating system......
Use Partition Magic and shrink your d:\ to 5-6 GB. You are not going to
get much of a taste of Linux if you try to install it in only 1 GB.
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From: Dave Uhring <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Dial-in to a mail server...
Date: Sun, 6 May 2001 11:09:54 -0500
Alan Lythaby wrote:
> Hello all!
>
> I am trying to set up a dial in mail server using sendmail.
>
> Mail works fine around the LAN.
>
> I can retreive mail using POP3 on the dial-in link with no problem.
>
> I can't send using the dial-in link!
>
> I am using a Psion 5 via a mobile phone.
>
> If I telnet to port 25 (SMTP port), I can send mail by typing sendmail
> commands, but the Psion will not send from its EMail program.
>
> I CAN send using SMTP to my ISP though!
>
> I am now confused!
>
> Does anyone have any suggestions as to where to look?
>
> Or... is there a program that can sniff both TX and RX of a serial port,
> so that I can see what is going on?
>
> Thanks for any advice!
>
> Alan.
>
http://www.hserus.net/sendmail.html
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David Efflandt)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: USB harddisk - how to get more out of it
Date: Sun, 6 May 2001 16:13:13 +0000 (UTC)
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Thu, 03 May 2001, William Wong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I am using kernel 2.4.3 and I have attached a USB-IDE harddisk to my
> thinkpad 600.
> Right now, the current status is
> Upon booting up
> cat /proc/scsi/sci gives the following
> Attached devices:
> Host : scsi0 Channel : 00 Id: 00 Lun:00
> Vendor :Quantum Mdoel: Sirocco1700A
> Type : Direct Access ANSI SCIS revision :02
> cat /proc/scsi/usb-storage-0/0 gives
> Host scsi0: usb-storage
> Vendor : Anchor Chips, Inc.?Firmare Fra
> Product: Firmware Frameworks....
> Serial Number:None
> Protoclol :8020i
> Transoport: Control/Bulk
> GUID :04e60001000000000....
>
> I also do a "mount -t usbdevfs /dev/usbdevfs /mnt/usbhd"
> and when I "cd" to /mnt/usbhd
> I got
> "001" as a directory and 2 files, "devices" and "drivers"
> and under directory "001", there are 2 files "001" and "002".
That is NOT what you normally do with usbdevfs.
Start with http://www.linux-usb.org/ follow the various links, read the
faq about "Why doesn't /proc/bus/usb exist?", and see
http://www.linux-usb.org/USB-guide/x498.html
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From: Simon Lemieux <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Installing windows and linux
Date: Sun, 06 May 2001 16:13:31 GMT
> Your patition table looks fine, type "b" has always worked for
> me with Win98.
Ok thanks, that's exactly the type I set... Anyway, I was wondering maybe the
other times I tried and failed, I might have forgot the boot flag for hda1... I
remember once, it was not even the first partition... etc...
Thanks,
Simon
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David Efflandt)
Subject: Re: Apache ??
Date: Sun, 6 May 2001 16:25:42 +0000 (UTC)
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Sat, 5 May 2001, Christopher Hill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Thanks, but I'm looking to get a live feed...
So like he said, you need a running web server on your Win box.
Then see the apache docs for mod_proxy including ProxyPass.
> Christopher
> "Michael Heiming" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
>> Christopher Hill wrote:
>> >
>> > Is it possible to have an Apache 1.3 Webserver with a link that somehow
>> > points to another (Windows) box on a private internal network? I have a
>> > Webcam on that PC and would like to add it to the Webpage w/o actually
>> > connecting the cam to the Linux server...I figure I need some sort of
>> > proxy directive in the httpd.conf file.
>>
>> You're M$ box would need to run a web server and has to be reachable
>> from the Linux box.
>>
>> However, most web cam sw that comes with web cams, allows to upload
>> periodically pictures via ftp, setting up a ftp server on your Linux
>> box should be no problem.
>>
>> Setting up a ftp user for this on your Linux machine would be the
>> easiest way to
>> get it running.
>>
>> Good luck
>>
>> Michael Heiming
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From: Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: Soundblaster 16 PCI setup
Date: Sun, 06 May 2001 11:47:50 -0500
Yes, I'm sure it is.
When I built the kerenel for 1370, it didn't work at all
When I built it for 1371, it said it was detected.
-Scott
Dave Uhring wrote:
>
> Scott wrote:
>
> > DOH! I forgot to specify my version:
> > Linux 2.2.16, Slackware 7.1, on a P333
> >
> > Scott wrote:
> >>
> >> Ok, I've been searching, and have gotten close with my SB 16 card.
> >>
> >> Here are some questions I'm hoping someone can answer:
> >>
> >> I rebuilt the kernel with ensoniq 1371 loaded. I DO get sound,
> >> but it's kinda staticy
> >>
> >> However, 'cat /dev/sndstat' gives me Device not found.
> >> It was there when I had tried building the kernel with SB16 support.
> >> But now it's not there...
> >> Is this correct? Or does it mean something is wrong?
> >> (this drove me crazy rebuilding, re-booting, over and over again,
> >> thinking I didn't have sound, as it was my test. Then I
> >> 'cat sound.au >/dev/audio' and it WORKS!)
> >>
> >> I'm also trying to figure out modules, but haven't gotten the
> >> hang of it yet. See my other thread.
> >>
> >> -Scott Weber
> >
> >
>
> Make sure that the large chip on your soundcard says ens1371 or ens1373 on
> it. Creative has been playing games with what they call a Soundblaster 16
> PCI.
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Date: Sun, 06 May 2001 09:49:11 -0500
From: Norman Levin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.x
Subject: Re: Xterm exits..
John Hagen wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> I'm trying to run a program in an xterm that outputs lines of text and
> then exits. When this happens, the xterm goes away as well. I'd like to
> be able to read the output and then kill the xterm window at my
> pleasure.
>
> For example, if you type at the command line,
>
> $ xterm -e fortune
>
> or
>
> $ xterm -e fortune &
>
> An xterm window appears for a tenth of a second with (presumably :)
> output from fortune in it, then it exits.
>
> I've tried paging with less, thinking that the terminal would be held by
> less and that the xterm process would not exit until after the less
> process exited,
>
> $ xterm -e fortune | less &
>
> but this gives the same result. Using less in combination with the
> command would be ideal, probably, because when I hit "q" in less, the
> xterm would go away as well.
>
> I also tried
>
> $ xterm -e "fortune &"
> $ xterm -e "fortune | less &"
>
> But I only get a new xterm that has the error message:
>
> xterm: Can't execvp fortune &
>
> How can I get xterm to do what I want??
>
maybe with a shell script that has a sleep at the end, like
fortune
sleep 600
or try (I haven't)
xterm -e '(fortune ; sleep 600 )'
that's single quotes so the paren's and commands get to xterm to execute.
--
Norman Levin
VM/Dynamics, Inc - Specializing in VM, AIX and Linux Education
Office 817 421-0123 Mobile 817 919-8781 Fax 214-722-1779
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From: "Glitch" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Boot partition too big - Installation problem
Date: Sun, 06 May 2001 13:05:03 -0400
In article <9d3li7$p7t$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Logika"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Good day
>
> I am trying to install Linux on a system which has windows 98 second
> edition already on it as a second operating system.
>
> It has a 10 Gb hard disk which has been partitioned as follows:
>
> c:\ 1 Gb FAT 32
> d:\ 8 Gb FAT 32
> Linux unformatted:\ 1 gb
>
> When I try to install Linux on the 1 Gb I set asside for it, it does not
> want to, saying that the boot partition is too big.
>
> What can I do?
>
The other responder did not answe your question in a way to solve the
problem so i'll do it.
LILO needs to have a /boot partition under the 1024th cylinder, this
translates to about 8 gigs. If you don't do this LILO can't boot your
kernel images. The eror message you are getting isn't very helpful b/c
even if you make the partition 1 cylinder in size and make it beyond 1024
cylinders you still get the 'boot partition too big' message when it
isn't the size of it, its the location that is hte problem.
You will need to make the /boot partition closer to the beginning of the
drive or install linux, download a newer verison of LILO, boot with a
rescule disk for linux, and install the new LILO. Versions beyond 21.3 i
believe can access kernel images anywhere on a drive.
By the way, i've answered this sort of problem 3 times in 2 days. Try
doing searches next time instead of posting an often posted question.
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From: Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: Real Player configuration
Date: Sun, 06 May 2001 11:59:41 -0500
Hmmm. You may have missed the point. I think those scripts
did run. The associations appear to be there, in netscape.
I'm just wondering why the auto-configure feature can't
find a server, and the only whay to get it to work
is to setup real player to use only HTTP protocol.
I figured it should work on install, and I shouldn't
have to mess with the preferences.
-Scott
Dave Uhring wrote:
>
> Scott wrote:
>
> > I've got Slackware 7.12, 2.2.16, and SB PCI 16 card.
> > It's all working. I believe it's good enough.
> >
> > Real Player 8 had trouble playing as anyone but root. I
> > chmod 666 the audio, mixer, dsp, sound, etc... Now it plays
> > as the regular user.
> >
> > But, then I had to set it to http ONLY for all the protocols.
> > Why?
> >
> > I tried running the autoconfig feature in it's preferences, and
> > it fails, saying it can't contact a server.
> >
> > But I can browser the whole world with netscape just fine.
> > I've run real player on my MS Windows box behind the same firewall.
> > It's definitely NOT a network issue, or an issue with networking
> > on this specific linux box.
> >
> > It's working for now, using HTTP, but I'd prefer to have it
> > running correctly.
> >
> > Can anyone give me any ideas about this? Any help is
> > appreciated.
> >
> > -Scott Weber
> >
> >
>
> cd into the RealPlayer8 directory (/usr/local/RealPlayer8). Then execute
> the mimeinstall.sh and pluginstall.sh scripts both as root and as user.
> Kill then restart netscape and your file associations will be fixed.
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