Linux-Setup Digest #388, Volume #21 Wed, 6 Jun 01 23:13:08 EDT
Contents:
Re: changing the time?? ("Peter T. Breuer")
Re: RH7.1 and SoundBlaster Live! ("Peter T. Breuer")
Re: imap vs imaps? (ivo welch)
Re: not able to start lilo after reinstalling windows ("David Dorward")
Network card problems in Mandrake 8.0 (Mike Hoover)
integrated xircom modem not detected on Red hat 7.1 ("Ronald")
Re: floppy controller in SCSI host--what is the device called? (Steve Martin)
Module problem (Alan Claunch)
Re: floppy controller in SCSI host--what is the device called? ("ridz")
Re: changing the time?? (hoffy)
New Server: Hardware under Linux (Robert Ullman)
Printing on Novell printer - apsfilter | nprint ? (Pascal)
Re: Network card problems in Mandrake 8.0 ("Politdeveloper")
Re: Error when installed rh71. Help please? ("Mirror")
Re: cannot connect to the Internet ("Chee Lee")
Re: Module problem (Scott R.)
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From: "Peter T. Breuer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: changing the time??
Date: Thu, 7 Jun 2001 01:02:28 +0200
hoffy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> time zone I selected. I am using GNOME and in the "task bar" (is it
> still called that in Linux?) it is giving me the wrong time. Does
> anyone know how you change that? I feel stupid asking this but when you
man date
(please use the MANUAL when you have questions like this ... man -k time
would have given you a ton of pointers, and man -k time | grep -w set
would have trimmed it sown to a finite number)
> select properties on the clock it just gives you the option of 12 hour
> or 24 hour display of time. Obviously this is no help when the time is
Obviously you don't change the time on your system by changing the
clock which shows it ... mind you, I like the idea! You could extend
it to all kinds of things. The trouble is that you0d at least have to
be root to do so, as it would affect every user on your system, not
just you.
> wrong in the first place. I don't know of any Linux command to change
> the time. Am I missing something here? How many hoops do I have to
> jump through just to change the freaking time??
Zero.
> Feeling very stupid/vunerable/ignorant/embarressed/pissed!!
But why? To the first few, that is. Have a look at www.linuxnewbie.org.
Peter
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From: "Peter T. Breuer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: RH7.1 and SoundBlaster Live!
Date: Thu, 7 Jun 2001 01:04:30 +0200
In comp.os.linux.setup Randy Pratt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I have been unable to get sound out of the SoundBlaster Live! card.
You need a driver for it. Go get one from creative's web page, and
compile it, and load it ...
(it's called the emu10k and even comes with the 2.4.* kernels).
Peter
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (ivo welch)
Subject: Re: imap vs imaps?
Date: 6 Jun 2001 16:20:15 -0700
ivo welch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
> mandrake 8, standard imap-2000: how do I enable imaps? I have imaps
> enabled in xinetd.d/imaps, and the xinetd server is telling me that it
> is "readjusting imaps" on xinetd startup, but my netscape navigator
> client refuses to connect when ssl security is checked.
>
> this all works fine when I use imap and no security. of course, I would
> rather not transmit passwords in the clear...
>
> /iaw
Good news and bad news. I got to first base:
First, one needs to create some SSL certificates. The best description was in
http://www.octaldream.com/~scottm/talks/ssl/opensslca.html
Second, one needs to put it so that imaps can find the right information (which is
indicated by an error message in /var/log/syslog). This is best described in:
http://diamond.rug.ac.be/imap_SSL/index.shtml
(Basically, this requires pasting the certificate and private key into
/usr/share/ssl/certs/imapsd.pem .) This will at least inducate Netscape Navigator
to now wait forever, and the previous error in the syslog to be no longer
there.
Third, one needs to do something I do not know yet. This seems like an awful
lot of work, given that all I want to do is avoid transmission of passwords
in the clear.
/iaw
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From: "David Dorward" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.admin
Subject: Re: not able to start lilo after reinstalling windows
Date: Thu, 07 Jun 2001 00:32:03 +0100
(Followup set)
It seems that on Wed, 06 Jun 2001 08:31:15 +0100, someone claiming to be
"gopirg" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> typed this:
> hi, guys
>
> i had to format my windows and had to reinstall it .with reinstalling
> gone is my LILO which is in MBR now with out my boot floppy(linux) i am
> not able to enter linux i want to write lilo into mbr how will i do it
> and i don,t have RH 6.2 which i my version of linux
Get an emergancy disk, most distro boot cds / floppies will work, to get
in to linux then run the "lilo" command after logging in as root.
--
David Dorward http://david.us-lot.org/
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] (Mike Hoover)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux,alt.os.linux.mandrake,alt.os.linux
Subject: Network card problems in Mandrake 8.0
Date: 6 Jun 2001 16:36:30 -0700
I have mandrake 8.0 installed on an IBM Thinkpad. I also have a
Netgear FA410TX PCMCIA netcard. This card is successfully detected
by mandrake. I'm currently trying to get @Home to work with this
card. I have tried multiple configurations with ip's, DNS's, etc.
The major problem is that when I plug in the ethernet cable from the
cable modem into the network card, the Link/Act light does not go on
(this light should turn on if an ethernet network is detected). Also,
whenever the card is in the laptop and I try to shutdown, Mandrake
hangs on the step "shutting down pcmcia". The only solution is to
power down manually. If I don't put the netcard in, then shutdown
proceeds without any problems. Does anyone have any solution to
either of the two questions I asked? Thanks for any help.
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: "Ronald" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.portable
Subject: integrated xircom modem not detected on Red hat 7.1
Date: Thu, 7 Jun 2001 01:11:19 +0100
Hi,
Has anybody have successfully installed red hat 7.1 on Toshiba Satellite
2800-400 laptop??? I setup my machine as dual boot on Windows ME and Linux,
(the windows ME has two partition C and D, and the Linux is also on a
separate partition.
After the installation, Modem is not detected on the Linux OS. Anybody out
there have some tips and tricks how can I make it running.
Thanks.
- Ronald
"Kwan Lowe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:_1rT6.2365$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> In comp.os.linux.setup Dan Kimberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > I've been trying to install recent versions of Mandrake and RedHat on
> > this laptop (a brand new Toshiba Satellite Pro 4600 with the latest
> > firmware, v2.40), but I haven't been able to find an installation CD the
> > machine likes. When I try to boot from any of the installation CDs, I
> > get the dreaded "Media Test Failure: Check Cable" message. These same
> > CDs boot fine on many other machines (mostly Dell desktop boxes), and I
> > can read them if I boot into windows, so I don't suspect the CDs. And
> > this machine seems happy booting from other CDs (the recovery CDs that
> > came with it anyway), so I know the machine is trying to do its part. I
> > suspect I could just use the boot floppy image and proceed that way, or
> > maybe do a net install. But this is going to come up again, so it would
> > be good to know if there's a fix, or if others have had the same
> > problem. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks,
>
> The first question would be: are you burning your own installation CDs?
> Next, are you using official distributions or GPLed versions?
>
> If you are burning your own, try checking how you create the image. It's
> possible that you can read the CD fine, but that it's not bootable. Can
you boot
> the CD on another PC?
>
>
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From: Steve Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,comp.periphs.scsi
Subject: Re: floppy controller in SCSI host--what is the device called?
Date: Wed, 06 Jun 2001 20:12:13 -0400
Brian Schwarz wrote:
> You only get one floppy drive controller - if you have one on your
> motherboard and one on your SCSI controller, one of them must be disabled.
Strictly speaking, I don't think this is true. According to
/usr/src/linux/Documentation/floppy.txt, you can have a second
floppy disk controller and can do so by specifying a command-
line option when booting the kernel:
" floppy=<address>,two_fdc
Tells the floppy driver that you have two floppy controllers.
The second floppy controller is assumed to be at <address>.
This option is not needed if the second controller is at address
0x370, and if you use the 'cmos' option."
...
" floppy=<drive>,<type>,cmos
Sets the CMOS type of <drive> to <type>. This is mandatory if
you have more than two floppy drives (only two can be
described in the physical CMOS), or if your BIOS uses
non-standard CMOS types. The CMOS types are:
0 - Use the value of the physical CMOS
1 - 5 1/4 DD
2 - 5 1/4 HD
3 - 3 1/2 DD
4 - 3 1/2 HD
5 - 3 1/2 ED
6 - 3 1/2 ED
16 - unknown or not installed"
It would seem from this that you could use both floppy controllers if
you provided the correct base I/O address per the above. I've never done
this, so I can't say for sure, but it looks like something to try.
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From: Alan Claunch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Module problem
Date: Wed, 6 Jun 2001 20:35:13 -0400
I have been trying to compile kernel 2.4.5 but have been having problems.
"Make modules" errors out if you have the "buzz" module (buz.o)configured
in (part of video); I took that out and still had problems-apparently some
other module references that one. Next I took out the entire section "linux
video". Everything compiles but there are now no sound drivers (actually
there are a few but there is no /lib/modules <version>/misc directory where
the emu10k1, snd-mixer, snd-pcm, etc modules are supposed to be). Any
suggestions??
Alan Claunch
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From: "ridz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.linux,alt.os.linux,comp.periphs.scsi
Subject: Re: floppy controller in SCSI host--what is the device called?
Date: Thu, 7 Jun 2001 08:34:11 +0800
Reply-To: "ridz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
"drw" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> I am running Red Hat Linux 6.2, P133MHz, 64MB RAM. I have an Adaptec
> AHA-1542CF with a floppy controller but do not know how to address the
> floppy controller to mount the floppy drive. What is the device called?
>
> Is there a way to boot from this as if it were controlled by the
motherboard
> much like what is controlled in the BIOS?
It depends - if you are using ONLY the SCSI's floppy controller, then the
device is /dev/fd0. If you are using ONLY the motherboard's floppy
controller, the device is also /dev/fd0. If you are using BOTH (i.e., you
have also enabled the SCSI controller's floppy jumper) then most likely the
motherboard's floppy is /dev/fd0 and the SCSI's floppy is /dev/fd1. I
suggest you take a look in the /etc/fstab file to determine this. Hope this
help.
--
Regards,
Ridzwan Abdullah
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From: hoffy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: changing the time??
Date: Wed, 06 Jun 2001 20:37:07 -0500
OK, I did the man thing (I didn't even know man had switches and arguments
and stuff). I know, I know. man man, right? And I did the grep thing. The
list consisted of 10 or so commands, 9 of which apparently are not installed
on my system.
I did "man date". You talk about criptic!! All I want to do is change the
time!!! FOR PETE's SAKE!!! The only thing man helped me with is to do "info
date". So I went there. Less criptic but why do I have to read a manual to
change the time?
OK, I read this damn thing. It still is not giving me an intuitive way of
just changing the time. Jezzzz, evidently Windows has brain-washed me. Now
Linux is turning my brain to mush. I want my brain back. You do have to
have an IQ greater than 100 to play around with Linux.
So after 20 minutes of reading I conclude that since how my minutes are good
but my hours are off, I'll try " date --set='+5 hours' ". Viola!! It
worked!! I need a beer.
Linux has reduced me to a proud child who just learned to ride his bike all
because I successfully changed the time on my system. Now if it will just
stay that way after I reboot. I dread the thought.
P.S. Thanks for the heads up with the man | grep thing and linuxnewbie.com.
I'll be all over that site.
hoffy
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From: Robert Ullman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: New Server: Hardware under Linux
Date: Wed, 06 Jun 2001 19:50:51 -0500
Hi.
I'm building a server. After doing some research, I've decided
(for now) on the server hardware. I'd like to know if the hardware is
adequate
and if Linux will support it reasonably well. Below, I list what I've
chosen
for now, what we'll run on server, then some questions.
Hardware:
- ASUS A7M266 motherboard.
- AMD Athlon 1.3GHz 384kb cache, socket A, T-BIRD 266MHz.
- Adaptec 3200S RAID controller PCI to U160 w/32MB SDRAM 80MIPS 64bit.
Adaptec 64MB ECC SO-DIMM for the RAID controller.
Adaptec battery backup for 3200S RAID.
- Two Seagate Cheetah hard drives: 18.4GB, Ultra 160 SCSI, 10K RPM,
3.5LP.
- Toshiba 40X SCSI CD-ROM (XM-6401B).
- EtherPower II 10/100 PCI network card.
- Viewsonic Q71-5 Optiquest monitor: 17in/16.0v, 27mm, 1280X1024, 87Hz.
- MATROX Millenium G200 AGP 8 MB video card.
- Two 256 MB PC2100 DDR SDRAM ECC.
- Seagate Scorpion DAT drive (DDS-3).
- UPS- Probably Tripp Lite Smart Online 1000 (SU1000RT2U) with battery
pack.
(or Invensys Fortress or possibly Patriot II)
What we'll run:
- Debian GNU/Linux 2.2r3.
- RAID 1.
- Our ssl server will be running a modperl application with
reads and writes to db. We're most concerned about stability and
reliablity of hardware (and software!)-- especially during peak periods.
Of course, we'd like it to run reasonably fast as well.
Questions:
- Will the hardware I've chosen run well under Debian Linux?
- Does linux (and Debian) support Tripp Lite UPS? What packages--
genpower? upsd? powstatd? Or is Fortress of Patriot II better supported
under linux (and debian)?
I'd appreciate any help. Thanks.
Robert
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Pascal)
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux.suse
Subject: Printing on Novell printer - apsfilter | nprint ?
Date: 6 Jun 2001 17:56:37 -0700
I want to print on a Novell print server using suse linux 7.0. I have
installed ncpfs, and sending a file to the printer with nprint works.
However, if I understood the documentation correctly, I have now to
change or write a new apsfilter that does the format conversion (to
postscript) and then sends the generated data to the printer with
"nprint".
How do I do that? I have now an apsfilter installed named
PS_300dpi-a4-auto-mono-300 PS_300dpi-a4-auto-mono-300,
but this is just a symlink to ../apsfilter.
Thanks for any help
Pascal
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From: "Politdeveloper" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux,alt.os.linux.mandrake,alt.os.linux
Subject: Re: Network card problems in Mandrake 8.0
Date: Thu, 07 Jun 2001 01:14:28 GMT
You are lucky to even have it installed. Seems all the cd's im my area are
bad adn cannot get anything installed
Drake-now i know why this OS is so cheap
"Mike Hoover" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> I have mandrake 8.0 installed on an IBM Thinkpad. I also have a
> Netgear FA410TX PCMCIA netcard. This card is successfully detected
> by mandrake. I'm currently trying to get @Home to work with this
> card. I have tried multiple configurations with ip's, DNS's, etc.
> The major problem is that when I plug in the ethernet cable from the
> cable modem into the network card, the Link/Act light does not go on
> (this light should turn on if an ethernet network is detected). Also,
> whenever the card is in the laptop and I try to shutdown, Mandrake
> hangs on the step "shutting down pcmcia". The only solution is to
> power down manually. If I don't put the netcard in, then shutdown
> proceeds without any problems. Does anyone have any solution to
> either of the two questions I asked? Thanks for any help.
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: "Mirror" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Error when installed rh71. Help please?
Date: Thu, 7 Jun 2001 09:17:14 +0800
Reboot linux with floppy.Then edit lilo.conf file, find a line which write
linear or lba, please replace it with lba32.
Reinstall lilo.
"Quantum" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:xUQS6.29386$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Guys..
>
> I get the following install error when tryin to create a /boot partition
in
> druid.
>
> boot partition > 1024 cylinders
>
> and it fails to create the boot partition???
>
> As a side note a had 2 partitions created a 20gb partition on c: with
win2k
> on and a 6gb partition on d: with just data.. Both of these partitions are
> fat32..
>
> I then have 4 gb left for the install of rh7.1 but I cant seem to get this
> onto the system...
>
> PS I'm a linux newbie...
>
> Thanks in advance...
>
>
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From: "Chee Lee" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: cannot connect to the Internet
Date: Thu, 07 Jun 2001 02:13:00 GMT
Thanks for all your help. It's working now.
CL.
ThomasWM <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Hello I dunno alot about this but however maybe this will help you out.
>
> /etc/sysconfig/network
> #should look something like this
> NETWORKING=yes
> FORWARD_IPV4=yes
> HOSTNAME=hostname.domain.com
> DOMAINNAME=domainname.com
> GATEWAY=###.###.###.###
> GATEWAYDEV=eth0
>
>
> #/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0
> DEVICE=eth0
> IPADDR=###.###.###.###
> NETMASK=###.###.###.###
> NETWORK###.###.###.###
> BROADCAST=###.###.###.###
> ONBOOT=yes
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From: Scott R. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Module problem
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Thu, 07 Jun 2001 02:42:34 GMT
This is probably a dumb question, but did you do a "make modules_install"
after "make modules"?
Alan Claunch wrote:
>
> I have been trying to compile kernel 2.4.5 but have been having problems.
> "Make modules" errors out if you have the "buzz" module (buz.o)configured
> in (part of video); I took that out and still had problems-apparently some
> other module references that one. Next I took out the entire section
> "linux video". Everything compiles but there are now no sound drivers
> (actually there are a few but there is no /lib/modules <version>/misc
> directory where the emu10k1, snd-mixer, snd-pcm, etc modules are supposed
> to be). Any suggestions??
>
> Alan Claunch
>
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