Linux-Setup Digest #300, Volume #21 Fri, 25 May 01 07:13:05 EDT
Contents:
Re: Minimum System Requirement For This Setup ("Peet Grobler")
Re: Why oh why (disk partitioning) ("Peet Grobler")
ESS linmodem driver ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: broken ppp (Joel Comeaux)
File system design (username)
innd not working ("Harry Glinos")
cdrecord/SCSI driver:Newbie question (Serin)
File system design (Mukundan Sudarsan)
Install lan card in redhead 7.0~~~ ("Panasonic")
Re: can't compile qt-2.3.0 with -xft. Why? ("Nils O. Sel�sdal")
Re: Motherboard problem (Choon Peng Chng)
How do I make file creation time same as shown by 'date' command ("Merlin")
lpr did not convert LF->CR/LF ("Eric Chow")
Re: can't compile qt-2.3.0 with -xft. Why? (J�rgen Diez)
Re: How to setup the windows shared printer on my linux Box? ("David Dorward")
Re: how to install licq ("David Dorward")
Re: Minimum System Requirement For This Setup ("David Dorward")
Re: TERMCAP, curses, xterm-xfree86 & ssh woes... (Martin Gregorie)
Re: Connection through (Freesco-)router (Huub)
Re: Connection through (Freesco-)router (Dean Thompson)
Re: cdrecord/SCSI driver:Newbie question (Noble Pepper)
Re: Connection through (Freesco-)router (Huub)
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From: "Peet Grobler" <peetgr at absa.co.za>
Subject: Re: Minimum System Requirement For This Setup
Date: Fri, 25 May 2001 08:17:00 +0200
Should be enough, except I don't know the size of CVS. You can have a very
basic Linux system, with everything you need in under 50MB. (I've done it,
and it was a samba printer server as well).
Depends on the size of your sourcecode, though.
Overdrive wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>Hi ,
>
>I want to run Linux (any distro , preferably Redhat) as a dedicated CVS box
>,
>connectable from a Windoze box (assuming max. 1 connection at any time). I
>do
>not want X or any other software running.
>
>1)Do I need Samba installed ?
>2)Can anyone advise on the minimum realistic hardware requirement in terms
>of
>RAM , Harddisk space and CPU for this simple Linux setup ?
>
>I have an old Intel 386DX 4MB RAM with 80MB of hard disk and thinking of
>making use of it. Would it be enough (ignoring the size of the source code)
>?
>
>Thanks.
>Kean
>
># The truth does not lie #
>
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From: "Peet Grobler" <peetgr at absa.co.za>
Subject: Re: Why oh why (disk partitioning)
Date: Fri, 25 May 2001 08:20:11 +0200
I accidently wiped the entire /bin directory last night. Instead of simply
reading it back from backup, I wiped the entire system, re-partitioned, and
then extracted my backup (which is by now about a week old - nothing much
lost, my source I backup daily). So I've done it now, though I would've
preferred to do it another way. But I have to say, I guess this was the
simplest way of doing it.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message <9ejcso$4nd$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>"Peet Grobler" <peetgr at absa.co.za> writes:
>>Is it possible to re-partition once already installed? Or would I have to
>>make a full backup, then restore to the split partitions? (This is
possible,
>>will waste about 2 CD's, thinking I'd rather go the hard way...)
>
>Myself, I would use a resizing tool such as parted. Some people
>like Partition Magic, but I would rather not use that as a boot
>manager, though it seems to be OK as a resizer.
>
>You can also backup your partitions one by one to somewhere else on
>the disk, then resize them, then restore. Of course, you need to
>plan this carefully in advance.
>
> -- Owen
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: ESS linmodem driver
Date: Fri, 25 May 2001 06:29:52 GMT
I've been trying to get a hold of the linmodem driver for the ES56T
-PI winmodem, but it is no longer residing at ftp.esstech.com for some
reason. If anyone has any experience with this driver or knows where
I can get it, please let me know.
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From: Joel Comeaux <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: broken ppp
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Fri, 25 May 2001 01:59:12 -0500
dekcarc wrote:
> /usr/lib/passwordfd.so: undefined symbol: chap_passwd_hook
Hi kekcarc,
I took a look at the german discussions on suse's site (had to have them
translated), and they mentioned this problem, with the exact error that you
are getting. They said that the solution was:
Deinstallation of the package ppp_ssl from the series second
New installation of the package ppp from the series n
Yeah, not really that clear, but it's translated. So, basically, I guess
#yast
=> find and uninstall package ppp_ssl
=> find and install package ppp
The crux of your problem is the ssl entanglement with normal ppp, I assume.
That's the tree I'd bark up if I were you.
Hope that helped? Some?
Joel C.
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From: username <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: File system design
Date: Thu, 24 May 2001 23:52:52 -0700
Hi guys!
I donno if this is the right place to post this question but where would
i get detailed information on how the file system design goes on Linux.
I would love some information also on how to start writing file system
drivers.
Any pointers in this regard will be greatly appreciated.
Please help.
Thanx a lot
Mukund
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From: "Harry Glinos" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: innd not working
Date: Fri, 25 May 2001 01:59:13 -0500
I'm trying to setup a news server using innd. Currently, it works great a an
inhouse server, but I wan't to host a few newsgroups in alt.* I've added
some peers my innfeed.conf and incoming.conf files. Appearantly, according
to a network monitor that I have, the server isn't making any attempt to
connect with the peer. I'm using innd that comes packaged with RH 7.0. Can
anyone help me out with this one.
Thanks,
Harry
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Serin)
Subject: cdrecord/SCSI driver:Newbie question
Date: 24 May 2001 23:59:57 -0700
Hi there.
I am relatively new to linux, and I am trying to get cdrecord to work.
I am using a Sony IDE CDRW, and Red Hat 7
I have the following dialogue with my computer.
%cdrecord -scanbus
%Cdrecord 1.9 (i686-pc-linux-gnu) Copyright (C) 1995-2000 J�rg Schilling
%cdrecord: No such file or directory. Cannot open SCSI driver.
%cdrecord: For possible targets try 'cdrecord -scanbus'. Make sure you are root.
So, it seems I do not have a SCSI driver. So how do I get/install one.
>From what I have read on the web pages, things seem to say these are
mostly installed. So, given that mine appears not to be, does anyone
have any suggestions as to what to do?
Many thanks
Serin
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From: Mukundan Sudarsan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: File system design
Date: Fri, 25 May 2001 00:04:31 -0700
Hi guys!
I donno if this is the right place to post this question but where would
i get detailed information on how the file system design goes on Linux.
I would love some information also on how to start writing file system
drivers.
Any pointers in this regard will be greatly appreciated.
Please help.
Thanx a lot
Mukund
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From: "Panasonic" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Install lan card in redhead 7.0~~~
Date: Fri, 25 May 2001 15:45:10 +0800
I cannot choose the LAN card model display in (netconf) ,my lan card is 3com
509TB
how can i install it??? other way can do it?
Please Tell me step by step~~~ THX~~~~
THX REPLY x 99999999999~~~~
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From: "Nils O. Sel�sdal" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux
Subject: Re: can't compile qt-2.3.0 with -xft. Why?
Date: Fri, 25 May 2001 09:15:53 +0200
"J�rgen Diez" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> I've no old qt installation on my system.
> i've a symlink /usr/local/qt -> /usr/local/qt-2.3.0
> libqt.so points to /usr/local/qt/lib/libqt.so.2.3.0
> and $QTDIR is also set correctly
I'd say it looks like you havnt installed XFree 4.03 and all its header
files properly..
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From: Choon Peng Chng <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Motherboard problem
Date: Fri, 25 May 2001 08:31:07 -0000
Hi Nicolas,
You're not alone ;)
I know it might be kinda late to send this message but I also have this
problem. In fact, I bought the board in Sept 2000 and had thrown SuSE
6.2/7.0, RH 6.2/7.0, FreeBSD and BeOS 5.0 Personal Edition at it!
Only Win95/98 works. I'm using a Athlon T/B 800MHz CPU.
Of course, VIA drivers are installed under Win95/98.
To my exasperation, my sis's Duron 650 with ASUS A7V works great!
BeOS installs w/o a glitch and so does SuSE 7.0.
Seems like Athlon/AK33 gave big problems (AOpen boards are not under the
recommended motherboard list by AMD).
Processor Emporium reports success with Duron/AK33.
However, I know of someone (J.M. Julian) who managed to get Slackware
installed! I tried but ended in failure.
Keyboard unresponsive once the booting sequence starts till prompt for
Root disk. SuSE: cannot select language or proceed further/ hangs at
hardware probing. (though HDD/CD-ROM correctly detected)
Since Jan 2001, have you made progress?
regards,
Choon-Peng, Chng
Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Nicolas Rinaudo wrote:
>
>
> I have HUGE problems installing linux(tried 3 different distribs) on my
> computer. The kernel always segfaults before the end(usually quite near
the
> beggining actually). This only started when I bought a new motherboard
(AOpen
> AK33), and is really starting to piss me off.
> After a week of all-nighters, I've come to 2 possible reasons:
> - linux doesn't run on AOpen AK33. Anybody care to prove me wrong?
(please?).
> - my motherboard is somehow faulty. What makes me think that is that
when I
> try to flash my bios(to 1.09 when I have 1.06), I have a 'bios not for
this
> motherboard' error message, which means that either the bios on their web
> site is wrong, or that mine's checksum is faulty, and probably other
chunks
> of it.
> Anybody had the same problem, or can think of a good explanation for
those
> symptoms?
> Thanx,
> Nicolas Rinaudo
>
>
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From: "Merlin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: How do I make file creation time same as shown by 'date' command
Date: Fri, 25 May 2001 18:38:47 +1000
There is no way I can make the file creation time show as local time on
Linux RedHat? or is there.
$ date
Fri May 25 01:18:47 PDT 2001
$ touch test.txt
$ ls -l test.txt
-rw-rw-r-- 1 robert robert 0 May 25 08:18 test.txt
$
It works that way on my FreeBSD box fine. Always has done?
$ date
Fri May 25 18:30:03 EST 2001
$ touch test.txt
$ ls -l test.txt
-rw-r--r-- 1 robert robert 55199 May 25 18:30 test.txt
$
What do I have to do to make it work that way on the Linux box?
Thanks
Robert
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From: "Eric Chow" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: lpr did not convert LF->CR/LF
Date: Fri, 25 May 2001 15:13:07 +0800
Hello,
When I use lpr to print a file to a Windows Printer, it could not print the
file line by line.
The printer output seems to print a file into one line.
How to set it as well? How to print a file to printer using lpr command
correctly ?
I just type "lpr myfile.txt".
But the ouput in paper is one line.
Best regards,
Eric
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Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux
Subject: Re: can't compile qt-2.3.0 with -xft. Why?
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (J�rgen Diez)
Date: 25 May 2001 09:47:45 GMT
>I'd say it looks like you havnt installed XFree 4.03 and all its header
>files properly..
I downloaded xfree 4.02 and patched it up to 4.03
the compilation made no errors and the make install work also properly. I
don't know, where there should be my mistake
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From: "David Dorward" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: How to setup the windows shared printer on my linux Box?
Date: Fri, 25 May 2001 11:11:46 +0100
It seems that on Fri, 25 May 2001 06:41:52 +0100, someone claiming to be
"v.nagasrinivas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> typed this:
> Hi ,
>
> My linux box is in Windows 2000 , NT lan network.
> I have a printer on windows 2000, shared . How can use that printer from
> my linux box, How to configure.
Use Samba (the documetation is quite detailed).
--
David Dorward http://www.dorward.co.uk/
The only way to keep your health is to eat what you don't want, drink
what you don't like, and do what you'd rather not. -- Mark Twain
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From: "David Dorward" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: how to install licq
Date: Fri, 25 May 2001 11:12:47 +0100
It seems that on Fri, 25 May 2001 05:41:14 +0100, someone claiming to be
"sentlon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> typed this:
> i have download licq-1.03.tar.gz , but dont know how to install .
> please, help me ~~~
Uncompress it:
tar xvzf licq-1.03.tar.gz
Move in to the directory that was just created:
Probably: cd licq-1.03
Read the documentation:
less README
less INSTALL
--
David Dorward http://www.dorward.co.uk/
The only way to keep your health is to eat what you don't want, drink
what you don't like, and do what you'd rather not. -- Mark Twain
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From: "David Dorward" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Minimum System Requirement For This Setup
Date: Fri, 25 May 2001 11:16:11 +0100
It seems that on Fri, 25 May 2001 03:01:26 +0100, someone claiming to be
"Overdrive" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> typed this:
> Hi ,
>
> I want to run Linux (any distro , preferably Redhat) as a dedicated CVS
> box ,
> connectable from a Windoze box (assuming max. 1 connection at any time).
> I do
> not want X or any other software running.
>
> 1)Do I need Samba installed ?
No. You will need a CVS client though.
> 2)Can anyone advise on the minimum realistic hardware requirement in
> terms of
> RAM , Harddisk space and CPU for this simple Linux setup ?
For my CVS/IRC/http server I am using a P75. 16MB RAM. Harddisk space -
300MB (maybe a little less) for the OS + whatever you need to store the
files in CVS.
> I have an old Intel 386DX 4MB RAM with 80MB of hard disk and thinking of
> making use of it. Would it be enough (ignoring the size of the source
> code) ?
Maybe, but you would need to boost the hard disk space, and you should
probably go with Debian for the distro, its happy squeezing in to small
places ;)
--
David Dorward http://www.dorward.co.uk/
The only way to keep your health is to eat what you don't want, drink
what you don't like, and do what you'd rather not. -- Mark Twain
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Martin Gregorie)
Subject: Re: TERMCAP, curses, xterm-xfree86 & ssh woes...
Date: Fri, 25 May 2001 10:28:36 GMT
On 23 May 2001 21:06:20 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Henrik
Schmiediche) wrote:
>Alternative, how to I get the "xterm-xfree86" term working with
>curses?
>
Add termcap and terminfo entries to your system for xterm-xfree86 that
reference the xterm entries. Look at existing termcap and terminfo
stuff to find out how and/or read the man pages.
Linux gets the TERM setting from telnet and X-servers by asking them
what they are, so you could also try reconfiguring your remote X-term.
--
gregorie | Martin Gregorie
@logica | Logica Ltd
com | +44 020 76379111
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From: Huub <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: redhat.config,comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: Connection through (Freesco-)router
Date: Fri, 25 May 2001 12:28:45 +0200
Hi Dean,
I installed IP Forwarding but: this function should forward my own webserver to
the internet. My own server isn't meant to be forwarded. The only connection I
want is the access to internet through the Freesco-router. I changed the gateway
on the testpc (running RH 6.2) and have now:
interface networkaddress netmask gateway
eth0 DNS-IP 255.255.255.0 hub-connected nic in
router
And it doesn't work...
Huub
Dean Thompson wrote:
> Hi Huub,
>
> > I've setup the router with 2 nic's: the 1st with the ISP-specifications for
> > connection to the modem. This connection works fine, since I can ping the
> > DNS. The 2nd nic has the specifications for my own network and is connected
> > to my hub. Works fine as well, since I can ping the router from every pc in
> > the network.
>
> You might want to take a look at the following URL's as well:
>
> http://www.fromscratch.org.uk/Text_Windows.html
>
> I am not sure whether Freesco still supports the good old text windows these
> days.
>
> See ya
>
> Dean Thompson
>
> --
> +____________________________+____________________________________________+
> | Dean Thompson | E-mail - [EMAIL PROTECTED] |
> | Bach. Computing (Hons) | ICQ - 45191180 |
> | PhD Student | Office - <Off-Campus> |
> | School Comp.Sci & Soft.Eng | Phone - +61 3 9903 2787 (Gen. Office) |
> | MONASH (Caulfield Campus) | Fax - +61 3 9903 1077 |
> | Melbourne, Australia | |
> +----------------------------+--------------------------------------------+
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From: Dean Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: redhat.config,comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: Connection through (Freesco-)router
Date: Fri, 25 May 2001 20:30:58 +1000
Hi!,
> I installed IP Forwarding but: this function should forward my own
> webserver to the internet. My own server isn't meant to be forwarded. The
> only connection I want is the access to internet through the
> Freesco-router. I changed the gateway on the testpc (running RH 6.2) and
> have now:
>
>interface networkaddress netmask gateway
>eth0 DNS-IP 255.255.255.0 hub-connected nic in
>router
Hang a tick, are we doing port redirection here or are we trying to do IP
Masquerading ?
See ya
Dean Thompson
--
+____________________________+____________________________________________+
| Dean Thompson | E-mail - [EMAIL PROTECTED] |
| Bach. Computing (Hons) | ICQ - 45191180 |
| PhD Student | Office - <Off-Campus> |
| School Comp.Sci & Soft.Eng | Phone - +61 3 9903 2787 (Gen. Office) |
| MONASH (Caulfield Campus) | Fax - +61 3 9903 1077 |
| Melbourne, Australia | |
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From: Noble Pepper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: cdrecord/SCSI driver:Newbie question
Date: Fri, 25 May 2001 05:34:09 -0500
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
My guess is that you need at SCSI emulation enabled in your kernel.
Try:
dmesg | grep emulation
You should get something like:
scsi0: SCSI host adapter emulation for IDE ATAPI devices
I'm a source nut so I just recompiled my kernel. To make things more
complex RH7 can't compile a kernel with the "normal" compiler, they have
a "kernel" compiler grrr. If you don't get the above message first try a
"upgrade" from the distro cd and enable anything that looks lke scsi
emulation or cd rw support. If that doesn't work get help with
recompiling your kernel from someone familiar with RH7.
Once your kernel come up with scsi emulation, check to see if you have
the /dev files.
Try:
ls -l /dev/sg*
You should get something like:
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 3 date /dev/sg0 -> sga
crw------ 1 root root 21, 0 date /dev/sga
There will be several links like the first line above and several real
files like the second line above. You could just have a line that looks
like the second line except sg1 at the end instead of sga.
To create the link (as root):
cd /dev
ln -s sga sg0
To create the file (as root):
cd /dev
mknod sga c 21 0
Serin wrote:
> Hi there.
>
> I am relatively new to linux, and I am trying to get cdrecord to work.
> I am using a Sony IDE CDRW, and Red Hat 7
>
> I have the following dialogue with my computer.
>
>
> %cdrecord -scanbus
> %Cdrecord 1.9 (i686-pc-linux-gnu) Copyright (C) 1995-2000 J�rg
> Schilling %cdrecord: No such file or directory. Cannot open SCSI
> driver. %cdrecord: For possible targets try 'cdrecord -scanbus'. Make
> sure you are root.
>
>
>
> So, it seems I do not have a SCSI driver. So how do I get/install one.
> From what I have read on the web pages, things seem to say these are
> mostly installed. So, given that mine appears not to be, does anyone
> have any suggestions as to what to do?
>
> Many thanks
>
> Serin
>
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From: Huub <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: redhat.config,comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: Connection through (Freesco-)router
Date: Fri, 25 May 2001 12:59:14 +0200
Hi Dean,
I have installed NAT/Firewalling, for obvious reason: no intrusion from outside.
When I select IP Forwarding it says: meant to forward your FTP/HTTP server to the
internet (which isn't my intention).
The little scheme I noted below is on the test pc connected to the router. So the
test pc doesn't need firewalling.
Is port-redirection the same as IP-forwarding?
Huub
Dean Thompson wrote:
> Hi!,
>
> > I installed IP Forwarding but: this function should forward my own
> > webserver to the internet. My own server isn't meant to be forwarded. The
> > only connection I want is the access to internet through the
> > Freesco-router. I changed the gateway on the testpc (running RH 6.2) and
> > have now:
> >
> >interface networkaddress netmask gateway
> >eth0 DNS-IP 255.255.255.0 hub-connected nic in
> >router
>
> Hang a tick, are we doing port redirection here or are we trying to do IP
> Masquerading ?
>
> See ya
>
> Dean Thompson
>
> --
> +____________________________+____________________________________________+
> | Dean Thompson | E-mail - [EMAIL PROTECTED] |
> | Bach. Computing (Hons) | ICQ - 45191180 |
> | PhD Student | Office - <Off-Campus> |
> | School Comp.Sci & Soft.Eng | Phone - +61 3 9903 2787 (Gen. Office) |
> | MONASH (Caulfield Campus) | Fax - +61 3 9903 1077 |
> | Melbourne, Australia | |
> +----------------------------+--------------------------------------------+
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