Linux-Setup Digest #211, Volume #21 Sat, 12 May 01 04:13:11 EDT
Contents:
Ximian GNOME - CTRL key no longer selects items ("Flacco")
Re: no xdm/kdm after upgrade to 4.0.2? (Gregory Davis)
Re: PCMCIA / PS2 IRQ12 Conflict (2.4 kernel) ("clark tompsett")
Cisco emulator for practice? ("Harison Phinizy")
Re: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Steve Martin)
Re: Linux Rh 7.1 on a k6/200 (Dave Uhring)
PPP sharing with Kernel 2.4.3 ? ("Eric Chow")
Re: compiling kernel .... ("Tou")
Re: no xdm/kdm after upgrade to 4.0.2? (Gregory Davis)
Re: anyone have solution install RH7.1 on 16M RAM (J Sloan)
Quite Interesting thought, Can it Possible... ("v.nagasrinivas")
Re: Linux Rh 7.1 on a k6/200 (E J)
Re: Serious problem with the serial port (Nader)
Re: HELP! Kamakazi Shell Script Whacks System To Death! /etc/rc.d/rc.sysinit
function ("Brian Wildasinn")
Re: ...dup2: Bad file descriptor [FAILED] .../dev/null: Read-only file system
("Brian Wildasinn")
RealPlayer cannot open audio device... ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: printtool (Christian Rose)
SOLVED:Re: Shutdown for non root users ("Harald Schneider")
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From: "Flacco" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Ximian GNOME - CTRL key no longer selects items
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc
Date: Sat, 12 May 2001 00:49:52 GMT
Since upgrading to GNOME 1.4, using the CTRL key when clicking on items
in lists no longer selects individual items. For example, if I want to
select a few messages in Evolution, I click on one item, then CTRL-Click on
subsequent items to select them. But now the additional items do not get
selected.
Is there some way I can fix this?
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From: Gregory Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: no xdm/kdm after upgrade to 4.0.2?
Date: Fri, 11 May 2001 21:06:13 -0400
> Did you upgrade with the tarbals from XFree86.org.
>
> If so, did you save the "/etc/X11" directory like it said to.
>
> If so, just restore the directory: "/etc/X11/xdm"
>
> If you installed a binary, or possibly any how, Init needs to call KDM.
>
> It is the file: "/etc/inittab" that configures this. The last line should
> refer either to KDM or a script:
>
> x:5:once:/usr/bin/kdm
> x:5:once:/etc/X11/Xstart
>
> If it refers to a script and you didn't write it. Check there. Or,
> change it to refer to KDM and see if it works.
>
> KDM calls two scripts:
>
> /etc/X11/xdm/Xsetup_0
> /etc/X11/xdm/Xsession
>
> The first as root needs to bring up the login.
> The second as user needs to start KDE.
>
> JRT
I did the upgrade with the XFree86 binary distrobution (I did not build
from source). I did that by first going from 3.3.6 to 4.0.2 and then to
4.0.3 as recommended. I also tried the directory replace and that didn't
work. If I just plain and simple call KDM from the command line as root,
that should start it up but that doesn't even work. I am going to try to
rebuild the kdebase package from source (I did do kde 2.1.1 from source).
Greg
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From: "clark tompsett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.portable,comp.os.linux.hardware,alt.os.linux
Subject: Re: PCMCIA / PS2 IRQ12 Conflict (2.4 kernel)
Date: Fri, 11 May 2001 19:12:11 -0600
I have posted a bug report with Redhat. I have a Winbook XL also. The
problem appears to be bios related. The 2.4.2 kernel used Yenta for the
socket driver and it looks at the bios and claims irq12. The only
solution I have at present is to install RH7.1 and replace the kernel and
pcmcia back to 2.2.19. I don't know if this will be solved.
Clark
In article <9dffj7$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "David Hawkins"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'd like some suggestions as to the cause and fix of a problem I am
> having with Linux 2.4 freezing up on me. My system is
>
> - Winbook XL
> - Red Hat 7.1 (2.4.2-2 kernel)
>
> The mouse is a PS/2 device (the Winbook has a keyboard 'nipple' and
> touchpad), and this is what Win95 sees it as. When installing RH, it
> didn't recognize the mouse, so I used the text install. On first boot,
> the mouse was recognized by the hardware detection and assigned as a
> generic ps/2 mouse. The first time I booted into X, the system froze.
>
> Booting next time and staying in text mode, I tried gpm and mev, the
> laptop froze both times. (/dev/mouse -> /dev/psaux so thats ok)
>
> Looking under /proc/interrupts I see that the PS/2 interrupt is being
> shared with the TI PCI1131 PCMCIA cardbus controller. Several documents
> indicate the the PS/2 must use IRQ12, so the 1131 IRQ may need to be
> changed. However, looking at /etc/pcmcia/config.opts lists IRQ12 as
> being excluded - so how come the controller claimed it? (perhaps the
> exclude only applies to devices in the PCMCIA slots...?). Under Win95
> the 1131 uses IRQ15.
>
> Thinking that maybe the interrupts from the TI1131 were the cause of the
> problem I performed:
>
> /etc/init.d/pcmcia stop
>
> This removed PCMCIA services and /proc/interrupts shows only the PS/2
> mouse on IRQ12. However, booting into X still freezes and so does mev.
> Actually, I just ran mev (with PCMCIA services off), and could type
> text, however, as soon as I touched the mouse, the system freezes.
>
> This system has had RH 6.2 working fine in the past, and booting into
> Win95 shows all is well there.
>
> dmesg and /var/log/messages don't contain any interesting info on why
> the system may be crashing. Although there is the comment that the
> serial driver is 5.02 and that SHARE_IRQ is enabled.
>
> I deleted /etc/sysconfig/mouse and ran mouseconfig ... and receved a
> segmentation fault while probing for the mouse, and then the system was
> frozen. Hmmm, is there a bug here? (or perhaps the missing file is the
> cause of that) I had to run 'mouseconfig --noprobe' to regenerate the
> /etc/sysconfig/mouse file. I selected the Generic PS/2 mouse, as that
> looked to be the only correct one. I did try the Microsoft Intellimouse
> (PS/2), however when the system was booted, I no longer had use of the
> keyboard and had to use the boot CD to rescue the system.
>
> Anyway, some suggestions would be helpful. If no one can think of a
> cause for this problem, then I'll have a look at compiling a newer
> version of the kernel.
>
> Please HELP!
>
> Regards,
> Dave Hawkins
> Caltech
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>
>
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From: "Harison Phinizy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Cisco emulator for practice?
Date: Sat, 12 May 2001 01:11:35 GMT
Is it possible to emulate a Cisco router on a Linux box to practice router
config?
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From: Steve Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Fri, 11 May 2001 17:32:00 -0400
Sparkzz wrote:
>
> you done gud
> .
> .
> ....Ken
Yeah, sorry about that. I had a problem with my ISP all of
a sudden not wanting to allow me to send email; this was
supposed to be a test simply back to my incoming email box,
but Murphy made me hit the "newsgroup" button rather than
the "email" button (blast him!).
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From: Dave Uhring <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Linux Rh 7.1 on a k6/200
Date: Fri, 11 May 2001 21:04:23 -0500
Pietro Belotti wrote:
> Hi there,
>
> I have a small laboratory whose weakest machine is a K6/200, with 64MB,
> I'd like to use it as a terminal for use with the other workstations,
> three 1Ghz AMDs with 256 MB.
> All of them have Linux RH7.1, but it seems a bit too heavy for this
> older one (the boot takes hours before anaconda is run.) Do you
> agree? Any suggestion which older RH version? Should it have Freebsd
> instead? (Or should I dispose of it?...)
>
> Thanks
> Pietro
>
>
>
Strip down the processes which are started on boot. If you are running
anaconda, you probably have a half-dozen other servers going, too. Use the
kde tool ksysv to prune your startup. The machine is quite capable
although not in the class as your others.
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From: "Eric Chow" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: PPP sharing with Kernel 2.4.3 ?
Date: Sat, 12 May 2001 10:20:56 +0800
Hello,
How can I share the PPP 56K dialup connection within RedHat7.1 ?
I use RedHat 7.1 Linux box to dialup to ISP, and there is another
PC(Windows) in the same LAN to share this PPP connection ? How can do this ?
I know the IP MASQ, but don't know how to setup? I tried to read the man
page but and tried to set it, but failed. Would you please to teach me how
to setup that and give me a simple script ?
My simple LAN structure as following :
ISP
|
| (56K Modem)
====================
| RedHat 7.1 |
| Kernel 2.4.3 |
|____________|
| eth0
192.168.0.1
|
__|____
HUB
_______
|
|
====================
| Windows 98 |
=====================
192.168.0.2
I just want my Windows 98 can use any port for IN/OUT through the LinuxBox
when the LinuxBox connect to ISP ?
Please give me a script to do that in Kernel 2.4.3 ?
Best regards,
Eric
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From: "Tou" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: compiling kernel ....
Date: Sat, 12 May 2001 10:30:20 +0800
"Steve Martin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Pun Kuan Tou wrote:
> >
> > when I recompile my custom kernel,
> > it have many warnig...
> > like the following...
> > /tmp/ccp3pr09.s: Assembler messages:
> > /tmp/ccp3pr09.s:109: Warning: using `%eax' instead of `%ax' due to `l'
suffix
> > /tmp/ccp3pr09.s:110: Warning: using `%eax' instead of `%ax' due to `l'
suffix
> > but I success to compile...
> > is that any problem??
>
> Which distribution of Linux are you using, and what version compiler?
debian potato 2.2r3 with gcc 2.95 compiler
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From: Gregory Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.x,comp.windows.x.kde
Subject: Re: no xdm/kdm after upgrade to 4.0.2?
Date: Sat, 12 May 2001 00:02:58 -0400
I did a rebuild of the kdebase package as I had built KDE 2.1.1 from
source. This fixed the problem. Thank you to the guy in
comp.os.linux.setup, though.
Greg
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From: J Sloan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.comp.linux,comp.os.linux.admin,comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.questions,comp.os.linux.redhat,comp.os.linux.security
Subject: Re: anyone have solution install RH7.1 on 16M RAM
Date: Sat, 12 May 2001 04:06:06 GMT
Gary Chan wrote:
> What ? can linux do this? I mean install at one computer and move the HDD to
> another computer, without any hardware problem??
>
In most cases, yes - the only exception is if you
for instance compiled the kernel explicitly for
Pentium III, then tried to boot from a 486 - it
would fail.
But distros like Red Hat ship with a standard
kernel that works on any CPU, so a standard
install done on one system can be moved to
another without problem.
I was surprised to find out how badly microsoft
windows screws up when you try this, I guess I
have been spoiled by Linux.
cu
jjs
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ("v.nagasrinivas")
Subject: Quite Interesting thought, Can it Possible...
Date: Sat, 12 May 2001 04:33:02 +0000 (UTC)
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From: E J <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Linux Rh 7.1 on a k6/200
Date: Sat, 12 May 2001 04:44:52 GMT
I am running RH7.0 on my Winchip 240 machine with 72MB. It works fine. I
will upgrade this machine
to RH7.1 once I archived all my data for a clean install of RH7.1,
Only computing intensive applications such as multimedia (i.e. watching a
movie on VCD) is unacceptable.
Pietro Belotti wrote:
> Hi there,
>
> I have a small laboratory whose weakest machine is a K6/200, with 64MB,
> I'd like to use it as a terminal for use with the other workstations,
> three 1Ghz AMDs with 256 MB.
> All of them have Linux RH7.1, but it seems a bit too heavy for this
> older one (the boot takes hours before anaconda is run.) Do you
> agree? Any suggestion which older RH version? Should it have Freebsd
> instead? (Or should I dispose of it?...)
>
> Thanks
> Pietro
>
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From: Nader <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Serious problem with the serial port
Date: Fri, 11 May 2001 23:12:07 -0700
The fix I referred to was that I upgraded to the 2.4 kernel, but did not
upgrade alll of the companion files. These other upgrades are listed in the
README or INSTALLATION notes for the 2.4 kernel. You can still compile a
working kernel without them, but you may have undesirable results. I tried to
save some downloads and compiles, but it affected my modem.
I don't see your modem list under /proc/pci nor do I see the serial driver
listed under /proc/interrupts. Is the modem a PCI modem?
If your /dev/modem points to /dev/ttyS0, then you need to use the setserial
command to set the port and IRQ numbers on /dev/ttyS0 to match your modem.
I can see this on my /proc/pci, but I don't see it on yours. For example, my
/proc/pci shows my modem on 0x800 and IRQ 10. I used setserial to match
those. Your setserial settings look like the boot up defaults.
"Frank St�ckl" wrote:
> "Nader" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in: news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> > I've had a very similar problem that once turned out to be fixed by a
> serial
> > driver update and kernel upgrade and the second time was due to utility
> files
> > needed along with the new 2.4 kernel. It sounds like you may have already
> > determined that is not the problem, but here are some questions to help us
> all
> > try to help you:
> >
> > 1. For the working and non-working installations: what kernel version?
> What
> > is the serial driver version "dmesg | grep Serial"? What is the wvdial
> > version?
> > 2. What is in "cat /proc/pci"?
> > 3. What is in "cat /proc/interrupts"?
> > 4. What kind of modem is it? PCI? Winmodem? Linmodem?
> > 5. What are the serial port settings "setserial -ag /dev/ttyS*"?
> > 6. Which port is wvdial using? /dev/ttyS0? /dev/modem?
> >
> >
>
> But you said you were able to fix this problem with a kernel upgrade and
> some
> utilty files needed along with the new 2.4 kernel. This sounds interesting
> and
> this might actually solve my problem. I am sure that the problem is not the
> kernel driver but the utility files might help.
> What were those files and where did you get the hint and/or the files from?
> I would be really grateful if you could tell me
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From: "Brian Wildasinn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.unix.shell
Subject: Re: HELP! Kamakazi Shell Script Whacks System To Death! /etc/rc.d/rc.sysinit
function
Date: Fri, 11 May 2001 22:47:04 -0700
"Bill Marcum" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Try adding the recommended line to /etc/fstab, if it isn't already there.
Did that already.
> If the above fails, perhaps you could change the
> action "Mounting /proc filesystem" mount yada yada
> to a naked "mount" command.
Please an example of a naked "mount" command for mounting /proc in a read
only file system.
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From: "Brian Wildasinn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: ...dup2: Bad file descriptor [FAILED] .../dev/null: Read-only file system
Date: Fri, 11 May 2001 22:54:01 -0700
What I have found is that the action() function in
/etc/rc.d/init.d/functions is behaving correctly by not allowing the system
to continue due to the "failure" flags being tripped due to problems of the
fsck scripts saying that the problems were encountered with the filesystem.
But, an unmounted, read-only filesystem should allow fsck, since that is
precisely the right way to use fsck.
Any help is appreciated as I'm not found of the says, "Physican, heal
thyself".
Brian Wildasinn
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RealPlayer cannot open audio device...
Date: Sat, 12 May 2001 06:42:43 GMT
"Cannot open the audio device. Another application may be using it."
So says RealPlayer. RealPlayer does identify the file and its contents, and
is able to display comment info from the file, etc.
The sound card itself checks out OK, and I can play CD's, MP3, etc. no problem.
I would appreciate any suggestions as to what I should look for.
Linux version 2.4.2-2 from RedHat 7.1.2.96-79
VIA Technologies IAC97 Audio Controller
RealPlayer version 8.0.3.412
Thanks, Jeff
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From: Christian Rose <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: printtool
Date: Sat, 12 May 2001 08:58:50 +0200
"Kenny@BUI" wrote:
> whenever we make a change to the printer setup in the gui printtool the
> changes are not taking effect. when we go back in everything changes back to
> what it was.
You are not mentioning what distribution and what version. If it is Red
Hat Linux 7.1, you should probably try printconf instead of printtool.
Christian
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From: "Harald Schneider" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: SOLVED:Re: Shutdown for non root users
Date: Sat, 12 May 2001 09:18:47 +0200
> Have you tried changing the permissions of /sbin/halt to a+x ?
No, it's OK - sudo does good work. Thanks!
Harald
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