Linux-Setup Digest #278, Volume #21 Mon, 21 May 01 19:13:11 EDT
Contents:
Re: How to determine if I am running libc.so.5 (Joel Comeaux)
appear "LI" after installing Linux (jim)
Re: What is logging me out of consoles while running X ? (Mike Castle)
Re: Who to install a .gz.tar file? (James Knott)
Re: How do I know if I have TCP Wrappers installed (Michael Heiming)
Re: backup + repartitioning ("rloc")
Re: SAMBA mysteriously stopped working - something about being a master browser
("rloc")
Re: appear "LI" after installing Linux ("Henrik Farre")
Dual boot installation ("Karl R. Kevala")
quick modem question (Wai Bun Cheung)
Re: error on compiling qt-2.3.0 (Dave Uhring)
update via the web (Hajo Drescher)
Re: Linux software installation problems ("Darren LS")
[ipchains and pppoe] Configuration problem ("Chris Phillips")
Need a little help with installing Netatalk: DES Makefile entry (Mark Johnson)
Re: Raid A0 patch with Kernel 2.2.17 and ReiserFS ("Cristov")
Re: update via the web (H.Bruijn)
Yamaha OPL3-SAx probs (Jones E. Versichoran)
Re: appear "LI" after installing Linux (Dale L)
Re: Compiling Kernel. I use loadlin. Anything special needed? (Dale L)
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From: Joel Comeaux <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: How to determine if I am running libc.so.5
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Mon, 21 May 2001 15:28:06 -0500
Mark Johnson wrote:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Mark Johnson) wrote in <90A89D1D6markjohnsononfiberco@
> 24.28.95.190>:
>
>>Stupid question: how do I determine if I am running libc.so.5?
>>
>>I am trying to install netatalk and it says I should check to see if I'm
>>running this...
>>
>>thanks for your help...
>>
>>
>
> I did a 'find -name libc*' and found /lib/libc.so.6 so i'm guessing that
> would mean that I'm NOT running libc.so.5 - would that be an accurate
> guess?
>
'ldconfig -v' command should give you all the info that you need.
Joel C.
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From: jim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: appear "LI" after installing Linux
Date: Mon, 21 May 2001 20:30:06 -0000
I am a new person to linux. After I install the red hat 6.2 in my
computer which already installed Windows ME, the hard disk cannot boot.
After displaying the hardware info in the screen, two letter "LI" appears.
And then nothing happens. I cannot enter linux and window ME now. Please
give some advice to save my computer. Thanks.
--
Posted via CNET Help.com
http://www.help.com/
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Mike Castle)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.questions
Subject: Re: What is logging me out of consoles while running X ?
Date: Mon, 21 May 2001 13:47:24 -0700
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
martin rogers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>David Efflandt wrote:
>and can return to that console anytime with CTRL ALT Fx and back with
>CTRL ALT
>F7 (or F5 in my case :) ) but eventually, upon a CTRL ALT Fx, I will find
>that I have
>to log in again on that console, X is unaffected. Happens all the time.
What shell are you running?
At least tcsh has the autologout shell variable. Perhaps other login
shells have similar.
And there are daemons that check for idleness and send kill -HUP. And
suspicious looking daemons (like timeoutd or something)?
mrc
--
Mike Castle Life is like a clock: You can work constantly
[EMAIL PROTECTED] and be right all the time, or not work at all
www.netcom.com/~dalgoda/ and be right at least twice a day. -- mrc
We are all of us living in the shadow of Manhattan. -- Watchmen
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From: James Knott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
linux.redhat.misc,comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.redhat
Subject: Re: Who to install a .gz.tar file?
Date: Mon, 21 May 2001 20:57:15 GMT
Edward Rosten wrote:
>
> > Mladen Gogala wrote:
> >>
> >> Voila! Mkisofs is installed into /usr/local/bin. Make sure that you do
> >> not burn copyrighted music to your CDs as it is bad for your soul and
> >> for the recording industry profits.
> >
> > FWIW, Canadians can now legally copy copyrighted music, for their own
> > use.
> > The copyright owners get reimbersed through a levy the government
> > slapped
> > on blank CDs, audio cassettes etc.
>
> That's appauling. People should not have to pay a levy for backups and
> people should not pay a levy on data CDs.
I agree. And since I'm not the type to copy copyright material, I get
charged for someone else's copying.
That's government for you, though I understand it's far worse over in
Germany, with taxes on things like photo copiers, fax machines,
computers that can do multimedia etc.
I wonder how much of that money actually gets to the artists? It
reminds me of the "tire tax" placed on new tires sold in Ontario. This
tax was supposed to pay for proper disposal of used tires. It's been in
place for over 10 years, but as far as I can tell, not a nickle of it
has been spent on proper tire disposal. Then there are the gas taxes
and licence fees, that far exceed what the government spends on roads.
Yet they claim we have to have toll roads, because the government
doesn't have the money to pay for them. This after telling us for years
that we had higher gas taxes, because we didn't have road tolls.
--
Replies sent via e-mail to this address will be promptly ignored.
To reply, replace everything to the left of "@" with "james.knott".
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Date: Mon, 21 May 2001 23:03:22 +0200
From: Michael Heiming <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: How do I know if I have TCP Wrappers installed
Mark Johnson wrote:
>
> Another stupid question: how do I determine if I have TCP Wrappers
> installed. I did a find -name tcpd.h and didn't find anything.
"which tcpd" (as root)
check your inetd.conf/xinetd.conf for services that are started
and protected from tcpd.
Michael Heiming
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From: "rloc" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: backup + repartitioning
Date: 21 May 2001 23:02:15 +0200
Alexander Martinez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in article
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>
> I hate reinstalling, but I have to make some alterations like creating a
> minimum of 400Meg of swap for Oracle8 db server and one partition for
oracle
> to live on.
>
> I tried to repartition /dev/hda, but after deleting /dev/hda1 and
creating a
> new partition, the rest of free space is marked as unusable and I don't
want
> to waste over 20gigs of disk space... so i _must_ reinstall and need a
way to
> backup and restore my system with minimum work and cost. You know a way
of
> doing this?
>
> Greetings
> Alex
>
>
I haven't done this (yet) but PartitionMagic may be the answer. Trouble is
it isn't free though.
Regards
Rob
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From: "rloc" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: SAMBA mysteriously stopped working - something about being a master
browser
Date: 21 May 2001 23:21:27 +0200
Kenny McCormack <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in article
<9e9tm8$2uk$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
> I have a typical Linux server, Windows clients, SAMBA setup, that works
just
> fine (I did very little configuration - it just worked out of the box).
>
> On 5/5, one particular link - between a Windows machine called "pccity"
and
> the Linux server (NEWGUY) stopped working. Basically, NEWGUY no longer
> shows up in PCCITY's network neighborhood. I'm assuming that something
> screwy happened on the Windows machine - and I'd like some advise on
> what to look for on the Windows machine. Note that my other Linux box
> does still show up in PCCITY's Network Neighborhood. Note that NEWGUY
> is accessible via SAMBA from the other Linux box - so we know that it
> is still running there.
>
> The only clue I have is that the following messages show up in log.nmb:
>
> process_local_master_announce: Server PCCITY at IP 192.168.0.10 is
> announcing itself as a local master browser for workgroup MYGROUP and we
> think we are master. Forcing election.
>
> 2001/05/20 22:01:46 ***** Samba name server NEWGUY has stopped being a
> local master browser for workgroup MYGROUP on subnet 127.0.0.1 *****
>
>
> 2001/05/20 22:02:03 ***** Samba name server NEWGUY is now a local
master
> browser for workgroup MYGROUP on subnet 127.0.0.1 *****
>
>
> What is this local master browser stuff?
>
Try this:
At the Win box pccity go Control Panel - Network- File & Printer Sharing
and double click that entry. Then Disable <Browse Master> and selct No for
<LM Announce>.
This seemed to work for me.
Regards
Rob
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From: "Henrik Farre" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: appear "LI" after installing Linux
Date: Mon, 21 May 2001 23:52:04 -0400
I artikel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, skrev "jim"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> I am a new person to linux. After I install the red hat 6.2 in my
> computer which already installed Windows ME, the hard disk cannot boot.
> After displaying the hardware info in the screen, two letter "LI"
> appears. And then nothing happens. I cannot enter linux and window ME
> now. Please give some advice to save my computer. Thanks.
Try to boot from the cd, enter: linux rescue look at /etc/lilo.conf and
report back.
If u need to boot windows me, boot from a win boot floppy and enter:
fdisk /mbr
This will remove lilo from your mbr.
--
Mvh. / Kind regards
Henrik Farre ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Webpage: http://Welcome.to/Webbench
-If I where God, I would recompile the penguin with --enable-flying.
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From: "Karl R. Kevala" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Dual boot installation
Date: Mon, 21 May 2001 17:50:48 -0500
Help!
I have a dual processor machine with SCSI harddrive running Windows 2000
(there is no data presently on the machine that needs saving). I need to
make the machine dual boot so that I can run either linux or Windows.
I reinstalled windows 2000, and partitioned the disk in two. On the first
partition, it is formatted NTFS and I have installed windows. The other
partition was left unformatted and I planned to install linux 6.2 onto it (I
need to use 6.2 for my application).
Anyway, the mini howto for dual installation of windows and linux has left
me clueless.
Can anyone give me guidance or point me in a direction on how I can install
linux on the other partition so that I will be able to dual boot? From what
I understand, I can't just do a normal install of linux because I will not
be able to install LILO in the normal way.
--
Karl Kevala
Faculty Research Assistant
University of Maryland
Department of Chemical Engineering
College Park, MD 20742-2111
Phone: (301) 405-5575
Fax: (301) 314-9126
e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Wai Bun Cheung <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: quick modem question
Date: Mon, 21 May 2001 18:17:06 -0400
Is a "Conexant SoftK56 PCI Modem" considered a winModem??
Mandrake Linux 7.2 registers a modem but it doesn't respond (it is always
busy)
Thanks in advance
Wai Bun Cheung
Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta Georgia, 30332
Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Dave Uhring <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc,alt.os.linux
Subject: Re: error on compiling qt-2.3.0
Date: Mon, 21 May 2001 17:22:17 -0500
Goophy wrote:
> you're right
> it works if i turn off the xft feature...
> but I want to use it.
> which libraries and which version do i need to compile it?
>
Check the mail archives at www.trolltech.com. You have to edit a header
file and move an #ENDIF statement.
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From: Hajo Drescher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: update via the web
Date: Mon, 21 May 2001 18:23:04 -0400
Hi,
I wondered whether there is a HOWTO or similar about
how to update a distribution via the web. So far I have done it only
with the bootable CD-ROM. Put it in, reboot, and then I follow the
options to update from Redhat 7.0 to 7.1 for example.
I have fast internet access, so how do I proceed to do
the same thing without the CD-ROM?
thanx in advance,
hajo
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From: "Darren LS" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: linux.redhat.install
Subject: Re: Linux software installation problems
Date: Mon, 21 May 2001 23:15:47 +0100
holcomb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
>
> Darren LS wrote:
> >
> >
> > Hi I am having problems installing just about anything on my linux box.
> >
> > I have redhat 5.2 Linux and I have has problems trying to upgrade its
> > existing packages anyone required for me to do a build on the kernel or
> > bluefish html editor. Two such packages are the latest versions of gcc
> and
> > tck. I followed the instructions for tck and did an install as it said
> in
> > the instructions and everything seemed to go ok but when I tried to
> install
> > bluefish it said I was using my old version so where had it put the new
> > version and why had it not overwritten the old version with it? I
> figured it
> > was something to do with this usr/local directory which was not present
> on
> > my Linux system before hand so later when I tried to install the later
> > version of gcc only forcing the base dir to /usr as opposed to
> /usr/local I
> > did a full compile then a 'make install' and it threw an error that a
> > certain i586 directory below /usr/lib was not present so where had it
> put
> > everything?
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Yours going insane
> > Darren
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
> While I certainly agree with the claim that, unlike Windows, with Linux
> you are not forced to upgrade to the latest version all the time, there
> have been significant advances in Linux since RedHat 5.2. RedHat 7.1,
> SUSE 7.1 or Mandrake 8.0 are just 3 of the choices you have. With these
> distributions, the incompatibilities between all packages are worked out.
> You can download them for free or buy a packaged version for around $30.
> If $30 is more than you want to spend, and your internet connection makes
> downloading impractical, you can buy a CD of your favorite distribution
> from a site like www.linuxcentral.com for around $4 plus shipping. It
> works out to about $9 total. Its ok to do manual upgrading for small
> stuff or just because you want to get a better understanding of things,
> but a lot of time can be saved with a distribution especially when you
> are comming from 5.2. JH
thanks JH.
I do plan on upgrading sooner rather than later and the price at linux
central was good but the shipping overseas cost would make it more expensive
than to buy it locally.
Thanks anyway
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From: "Chris Phillips" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [ipchains and pppoe] Configuration problem
Date: Mon, 21 May 2001 18:30:47 -0400
I recently set up my Linux box to be a firewall / router for our internet
traffic. I am running Red Hat Linux v7.1, Kernel 2.4.2-2, and running the
PPPoE client to get access to the internet. I added the following lines to
a script to setup IP Masquerading:
/sbin/ipchains -P forward DENY
/sbin/ipchains -A forward -i ppp0 -j MASQ
echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward
This works fine for things like e-mail, http, and nntp, but I am having
problems with other programs. Most importantly, I can't get VPN clients on
internal workstations to connect to their respective hosts any more. Does
anyone know what changes I need to make through either ipchains or the
pppoe.conf files to get VPN clients to work?
Thanks in advance,
Chris Phillips
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Subject: Need a little help with installing Netatalk: DES Makefile entry
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Mark Johnson)
Date: Mon, 21 May 2001 22:20:24 GMT
I am trying to follow the instructions one
www.anders.com/projects/netatalk. When he says:
Install a DES library if you don't already have one and are planning on
useing encrypted passwords. (If not, comment the DES line out of the
Makefile and skip this step.)
I'm not sure what Makefile file he is refering to since there are several
and i'm not sure what line. I don't see any in the CFLAG or such, and i
don't see where or how the ${DESDIR} entry is getting set.
DESDIR is commented out in the Makefile in the top level directory. I'm
using the installation given in the instructions. I'm running Mandrake
7.2.
Any suggestions?
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From: "Cristov" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.development.system
Subject: Re: Raid A0 patch with Kernel 2.2.17 and ReiserFS
Date: Mon, 21 May 2001 14:37:03 -0700
No offense but I would have rather of got responses for my question... not
some other thread that really didn't have any insight into what was asked.
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:tQGM6.870$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> I'll add another question to the thread. 2 of the developers I work with
say
> that reiserFS should be used for development because it is more robust
then
> ext2 and in the embedded system we are developed, the power frequently is
> removed from the target system running Linux. As a consequence of the fact
> that power can be removed at any time, there is no graceful shutdown of
this
> system. I am told by one of the developers that reiserFS will be the new
> default file system in the next release of Linux. I wonder what some of
the
> developers here have to say about reiserFS and its reliability in a
> situation where power can and will be removed frequently from an embedded
> system.
>
> "Cristov" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> news:9duai2$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> > Does the Raid A0 patch for the 2.2.17 kernel fix whether or not ReiserFS
> > will work with Raid5?
> >
> > Chris
> >
> >
> >
>
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (H.Bruijn)
Subject: Re: update via the web
Date: 21 May 2001 23:00:56 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Mon, 21 May 2001 18:23:04 -0400, Hajo Drescher allegedly wrote:
> Hi,
> I wondered whether there is a HOWTO or similar about
> how to update a distribution via the web. So far I have done it only
> with the bootable CD-ROM. Put it in, reboot, and then I follow the
> options to update from Redhat 7.0 to 7.1 for example.
> I have fast internet access, so how do I proceed to do
> the same thing without the CD-ROM?
It used to be: boot from the floppy, instead of installing from cd,
install via ftp or nfs,type in the site, and off you go.
--
If a trainstation is the place where trains stop, what is a workstation?
========================================================================
Herman Bruijn website: http://HermanBruijn.com
The Netherlands
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From: Jones E. Versichoran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Yamaha OPL3-SAx probs
Date: Tue, 22 May 2001 00:57:18 +0200
Hi all,
I have a Toshiba Satellite with a Yamaha OPL3-SAx chip. I used to run
RedHat 7.0 and sound worked just fine... I upgraded to RedHat 7.1 to be rid
of USB problems, it's terrific now except that my sound has stopped
working! I had performed a fresh install (due to very tight disk space
limitations), so I went to run sndconfig to reconfigure sound. It didn't
detect via PnP, so I selected it, and entered all the correct settings
(same as my Lose98 partition, same as my previous RH 7.0 install). I got
this error that said "error accessing /dev/audio". What could that be?
I also noticed some "can't find module sound-slot-0" errors, likewise
sound-services-{some number}. I'm not why these modules aren't present or
if it matters.
Any help on this problem would be very sincerely appreciated!
--
Jones E. Versichoran
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dale L)
Subject: Re: appear "LI" after installing Linux
Date: Mon, 21 May 2001 23:00:00 GMT
jim,
I may not understand exactly what you've done and what you know so
please don't be insulted...
If I DO understand, you've put redhat right on top of the ME
partition. You can't do this unless you go through some tricky steps
to run a special file system.
I guess the big question is... did you make a partition for redhat and
install it there? If not, you may be at a point where you're going to
have to flatten the hard disk and start over with both OS's. This
would include making sure there are partitions for ME and partitions
for redhat. Then you'd have to reinstall both.
Sorry, I'm sure this isn't what you wanted to hear.
DLL
On Mon, 21 May 2001 20:30:06 -0000, jim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I am a new person to linux. After I install the red hat 6.2 in my
>computer which already installed Windows ME, the hard disk cannot boot.
>After displaying the hardware info in the screen, two letter "LI" appears.
>And then nothing happens. I cannot enter linux and window ME now. Please
>give some advice to save my computer. Thanks.
>
>--
>Posted via CNET Help.com
>http://www.help.com/
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dale L)
Subject: Re: Compiling Kernel. I use loadlin. Anything special needed?
Date: Mon, 21 May 2001 22:59:59 GMT
Well !@#$#!
And I was already getting short on hair to begin with.
Any suggestions? I was trying to get around the i810 AGP problem with
kernels before 2.4. I figured, being such a genius, that I'd just
compile 2.4.4 since it had the i810 stuff already figured out. Any
chance you have i810 on your motherboard and have gotten a resolution
better than VGA16? (cough, cough)
DLL
On 21 May 2001 13:02:44 -0600, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jonathan A.)
wrote:
>On Mon, 21 May 2001 10:24:33 GMT, Dale L <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>appears to have said:
>
>>Short info:
>>========
>>"root fs not found" error messages are coming up when kernel 2.4.4
>>tries to load. I'm guessing it may be because I'm using loadlin to
>>load it. (Also, using WinLinux with USMDOS.)
>
>Booting with UMSDOS as root apparently isn't working yet with 2.4.
>I tore a few hairs out over this one myself a couple of months ago.
>
>See <http://linux.voyager.hr/umsdos/>
>
>--
>Don't just hit reply. Email address is broken. Thank
>your friendly neighborhood spammer. Email replies to:
>user: jnthn domain: pinehurst<dot>net
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