Linux-Setup Digest #395, Volume #21 Thu, 7 Jun 01 22:13:12 EDT
Contents:
Re: Oracle 8i and RedHat 7.1 (Craig Kelley)
Re: MBR-relinquish control back to Windows (Craig Kelley)
Re: kernel 2.4.5: create_module: Operation not permitted (Emilio)
Re: kernel 2.4.5: create_module: Operation not permitted (Emilio)
Re: kernel 2.4.5: create_module: Operation not permitted ("Peter T. Breuer")
Re: Printing on Novell printer - apsfilter | nprint ? (Dave Uhring)
Re: New Server: Hardware under Linux (John-Paul Stewart)
Re: What to install for a laptop? (3FE)
named configuration (Jeevan Patil)
Re: New Server: Hardware under Linux (Juergen Sauer)
Re: NIS problems (Dean Thompson)
Re: monitor resalution (DVHandorf)
Bell Sympatico DSL ("mkb")
PPP chat script not working... (Nirmal Vuppuluri)
Re: Newbie: Browser checkboxes not working? (Les Hartzman)
Re: rc.local file. (Steve Martin)
Re: Screen resolution (Steve Martin)
Re: named configuration (Steve Martin)
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From: Craig Kelley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Oracle 8i and RedHat 7.1
Date: 07 Jun 2001 16:15:18 -0600
"Lau Kwong Pun" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I have tried to install Oracle 8i Enterprise Edition release 2 version 8.16
> for Linux into Linux RedHat 7.1, but the system do nothing after it display
> the following message:
>
> "Initializing Java Virtual Machine from
> ../stage/Components/oracle.swd.jre/1.1.8/1/DataFiles/Expanded/linux.bin.jre.
> Please wait"
>
> Is anyone successfully install such version of Oracle 8i into RedHat 7.1?
> Please give me advise! Thanks!
http://technet.oracle.com:89/ubb/Forum7/HTML/200166.html
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From: Craig Kelley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: MBR-relinquish control back to Windows
Date: 07 Jun 2001 16:18:11 -0600
"Ed F. de Guzman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I have a multiboot WS that has WinNT, Win2000 and Linux running on it
> (Love Linux but needs the Windows environment :-( )
>
> LILO has taken over the boot sector (MBR).
>
> What is the cleanest way of relinquishing control back to Windows?
>
> There is NO FAT partition only NTFS and ext2fs.
Unfortunately, unless you made a backup copy of your MBR, you may need
to run DOS'
FDISK.EXE /mbr
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From: Emilio <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: kernel 2.4.5: create_module: Operation not permitted
Date: Thu, 07 Jun 2001 22:29:42 GMT
"Peter T. Breuer" wrote:
>
>
> Interesting. Don't you have the right aliases in /etc/modules.conf
> for it? And isn't it /dev/scd0, not /dev/sr0? I'd imagine either the
> names or the aliases or the majors have changed. Try it with something
> you know hasn't changed, like floppy!
>
I don't think it depends on modules.conf: actually root and normal users
share the same modules.conf and root is able to use all devices with no
problem at all.
> Well, so? You changed the kernel. You have to change modutils to go
> with it. You did, did you not?
Yes, I upgraded to the version specified in Documentation/Changes
> Are you running devfs?
No
> Did you enable kmod?
Yes
> What are the kernel messages you receive?
When I try to mount a cdrom I get no kernel message at all on the
console, the only message (on the shell) is from mount itself saying
that /dev/sr0 is unknown.
> and why are you trying to access a scsi disk? Do you HAVE a scsi disk?
> Show me it on the /proc/scsi printout. Are you perhaps relying on a
> scsi emulation that is no longer needed?
>
No longer needed? Try to ask cdrecord to burn a cd on a non-scsi burner!
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From: Emilio <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: kernel 2.4.5: create_module: Operation not permitted
Date: Thu, 07 Jun 2001 22:31:38 GMT
Craig Kelley wrote:
> You need to compile your kernel with module auto-loading support.
You mean kernel module loader (kmod)?
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From: "Peter T. Breuer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: kernel 2.4.5: create_module: Operation not permitted
Date: Fri, 8 Jun 2001 01:08:42 +0200
In comp.os.linux.setup Emilio <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> "Peter T. Breuer" wrote:
>> Interesting. Don't you have the right aliases in /etc/modules.conf
>> for it? And isn't it /dev/scd0, not /dev/sr0? I'd imagine either the
>> names or the aliases or the majors have changed. Try it with something
>> you know hasn't changed, like floppy!
>>
> I don't think it depends on modules.conf: actually root and normal users
Nevertheless, thinking it does not make it so. You must check. Use
something that you can see (with modprobe -c) is aliased correctly.
> share the same modules.conf and root is able to use all devices with no
> problem at all.
I don't believe you. Whilst adm capabilities can be distinguished (more
than just raw issuperuser) in recent kernels, you'd have had to go to
considerable lengths to activate capability support, and so you'd
certainly know about it. I can certainly tell you that modprobe and kmod
and modules.conf works fine for all human beings here on my 2..4*
kernels.
>> Well, so? You changed the kernel. You have to change modutils to go
>> with it. You did, did you not?
> Yes, I upgraded to the version specified in Documentation/Changes
OK
>> Are you running devfs?
> No
Try it (and be prepared to reboot :-).
>> Did you enable kmod?
> Yes
OK.
>> What are the kernel messages you receive?
> When I try to mount a cdrom I get no kernel message at all on the
> console, the only message (on the shell) is from mount itself saying
> that /dev/sr0 is unknown.
I believe it is /dev/scd0, not sr0.
Try it with floppy.
>> and why are you trying to access a scsi disk? Do you HAVE a scsi disk?
>> Show me it on the /proc/scsi printout. Are you perhaps relying on a
>> scsi emulation that is no longer needed?
>>
> No longer needed? Try to ask cdrecord to burn a cd on a non-scsi burner!
So, you ARE using a scsi emulation on an IIIDE cdrw?
Do your tests of kmod/modprobe/modules.conf using something that you
know you have the right referent for. E.g /dev/audio or /dev/fd0.
Peter
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From: Dave Uhring <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux.suse
Subject: Re: Printing on Novell printer - apsfilter | nprint ?
Date: Thu, 7 Jun 2001 18:33:25 -0500
Pascal wrote:
> 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
>
apsfilter does not have built-in support for printing to a Novell printer,
but...
Try setting it up to print to a Windows | NT (samba) printer and then
modify /etc/apsfilter/apsfilterrc and /etc/apsfilter/lp/apsfilterrc to get
the nprint command executed. If that fails, you can try to modify the
actual filter in <base_dir>/apsfilter/bin/apsfilter.
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From: John-Paul Stewart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: New Server: Hardware under Linux
Date: Thu, 07 Jun 2001 19:21:32 -0400
Robert Ullman wrote:
>
> Byron,
>
> Thanks for your input. I do have a question.
> Why is raid/caching pretty pointless if we're
> only going to use two drives?
>
> For our application, we cannot afford to lose
> data, and we cannot afford to be down for long
> if a disk crashes. I thought RAID 1, using only
> 2 disks, would be what we need to do.
> What would u recommend?
>
> Robert
I'd do software RAID in your case. I couldn't justify the
extra cost for a fancy raid card when the Linux kernel's
software RAID ought to do just fine in a two-disk RAID-1
situation.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (3FE)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.help,linux.redhat.install
Subject: Re: What to install for a laptop?
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Thu, 07 Jun 2001 23:50:23 GMT
On Mon, 28 May 2001 15:06:59 GMT, LRW <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> Need some advice from experienced people.
> I have an icky 486DX-66 with 16MB RAM and 2GB HD 640x480 laptop.
> I have RedHat 5.0, RH 6.2, and RH 7.1 and Mandrake 6.0.
> What would be a better package for this thing? Latest and greatest, like
> with Windows, is not always a good idea. So I'm leaning toward RH 6.2. But
Personally, I'd go with Mandrake.
> if I can't get Xwindows to run anyway, the is there any problem with using
> RH 7.1?
That would be my second choice.
> Speaking of Xwindows, think any desktop will work? I know Gnome and KDE are
> right out (darn it), but what about one of the lesser memory intensive
I liked fvwm (not fvwm2) and wm2.
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Jeevan Patil <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: named configuration
Date: Thu, 07 Jun 2001 17:04:03 -0700
Hello,
I installed named on redhat from the available rpm.
I wanted to do this for my product.
When anyone tries to do ANY query for a lookup with my named, I want to
return it my IP address no matter what they try to look up. Can you
please tell me if this has to be done via my /etc/hosts file & write "no
forwarding" in named.conf ?
Please help; or at least give a hint.
Regards,
Jeevan.
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From: Juergen Sauer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: New Server: Hardware under Linux
Date: Thu, 7 Jun 2001 21:08:50 +0000 (UTC)
Robert Ullman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb
am Wed, 06 Jun 2001 19:50:51 -0500 in comp.os.linux.misc:
> Hi.
[...]
> 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.
We stay away from Adaptec Hardware. Adaptec does not support Linux directly
very well. Waranty is badly given. (as we know and tried in Germany).
That's why we prefer ICP-vortex Raid controllers,
because they give complete support and waranty for Linux. For trouble
shooting the ICP Support phones back within a few minutes.
(Checked on builing a 4.8 TeraByte Array, the support came back after
30 minutes, patch for the problem after 2 hours, via eMail.)
Price is equal. ICP perfoms IMHO much better support.
The addiditonal RAID control utilities are for ICP in Linux also.
ICP was the first company with all-around Linux support and waranty.
[...]
mfG
Jojo
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From: Dean Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: NIS problems
Date: Fri, 08 Jun 2001 10:43:05 +1000
Hi Pietro,
> I've been trying to install NIS on a small lab (4 computers). I've read
> Stern's book (I know, it is a bit obsolete) and T. Kukuk's howto, but
> that annoying "YPBINDPROC_DOMAIN: Domain not bound" msg keeps appearing.
> Here's what I did by following Kukuk's Howto, I hope some of you find
> the mistake (assume fausto is the server and cesare is a client, and
> they are located at 131.175.122.54 and .52 respectively):
[...]
> [cesare ~] ypbind -d
> parsing config file
> Trying entry: ypserver 131.175.122.44
> parsed ypserver 131.175.122.44
> add_server() domain: orlab, host: 131.175.122.44, nobroadcast, slot: 0
> [Welcome to ypbind-mt, version 1.7]
>
> ping host '131.175.122.44', domain 'orlab'
> host '131.175.122.44' doesn't answer.
> Pinging all active server.
> ping host '131.175.122.44', domain 'orlab'
> host '131.175.122.44' doesn't answer.
Okay, doesn't the above suggest that there might be a network problem in
place. Can you ping the host: "131.175.122.44" from the command line. It
would appear that something is blocking the ping request to your server host.
It is either the result of your client not being configured correctly for the
network or network communication problems, or a firewall which seems to be
blocking incoming/outgoing requests on the client or server for pings.
Check to make sure that both machines are able to ping one another.
See ya
Dean Thompson
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (DVHandorf)
Date: 08 Jun 2001 00:44:08 GMT
Subject: Re: monitor resalution
Michael Heiming wrote:
> If it doesn't work, shutdown X and start the configuration
>tool that came with your distro, don't know about RH, SuSE uses
>sax/sax2,
>check the docs that came with your distro.
RH uses xconfig(very basic), or XF86Config(not sure on the case of the c, it
may be uppercase or lowercase. One is a file, the other is a program.)
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From: "mkb" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Bell Sympatico DSL
Date: Thu, 7 Jun 2001 20:39:41 -0500
Hi,
Having some trouble with conflicting advice on the
setup of this. I love to hear from anyone successful
setting this up!
Mike.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Nirmal Vuppuluri)
Subject: PPP chat script not working...
Date: 7 Jun 2001 18:25:56 -0700
Hi,
I'm new to Linux and I'm trying to set my box up to use PPP. I have read
all the appropriate man pages as well as the HOWTO pages. However, I have
been unsuccessful. Here are the details:
My chat script looks like this:
#!/bin/sh
exec chat -v \
'ABORT' 'BUSY' \
'ABORT' 'ERROR' \
'ABORT' 'NO CARRIER' \
'ABORT' 'NO DIALTONE' \
'ABORT' 'Invalid Login' \
'ABORT' 'Login incorrect' \
'' 'ATZ' \
TIMEOUT 30 \
'OK' 'ATDT3016013254' \
'CONNECT' '' \
'Username: ' '<my user name>' \
'Password: ' '<my password>' \
'' 'ppp negotiate'
The command I issue to run pppd is as follows:
/usr/sbin/pppd name vuppun debug modem crtscts /dev/ttyS0 115200 asyncmap A0000
kdebug 0.0.0.0:0.0.0.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 noipdefault defaultroute
connect <my-chat-script>
However, I get the message "Connect script failed".
The syslog in /var/log/messages is as follows:
Jun 7 20:33:34 localhost pppd[1606]: pppd 2.3.11 started by root, uid 0
Jun 7 20:33:34 localhost pppd[1606]: Using interface ppp0
Jun 7 20:33:34 localhost pppd[1606]: local IP address 10.64.64.64
Jun 7 20:33:34 localhost pppd[1606]: remote IP address 10.112.112.112
Jun 7 20:33:41 localhost pppd[1606]: Starting link
Jun 7 20:33:42 localhost chat[1608]: abort on (BUSY)
Jun 7 20:33:42 localhost chat[1608]: abort on (ERROR)
Jun 7 20:33:42 localhost chat[1608]: abort on (NO CARRIER)
Jun 7 20:33:42 localhost chat[1608]: abort on (NO DIALTONE)
Jun 7 20:33:43 localhost chat[1608]: abort on (Invalid Login)
Jun 7 20:33:43 localhost chat[1608]: abort on (Login incorrect)
Jun 7 20:33:43 localhost chat[1608]: send (ATZ^M)
Jun 7 20:33:43 localhost chat[1608]: timeout set to 30 seconds
Jun 7 20:33:43 localhost chat[1608]: expect (OK)
Jun 7 20:33:43 localhost chat[1608]: ATZ^M^M
Jun 7 20:33:43 localhost chat[1608]: OK
Jun 7 20:33:43 localhost chat[1608]: -- got it
Jun 7 20:33:43 localhost chat[1608]: send (ATDT3016013254^M)
Jun 7 20:33:43 localhost chat[1608]: expect (CONNECT)
Jun 7 20:33:43 localhost chat[1608]: ^M
Jun 7 20:34:13 localhost chat[1608]: alarm
Jun 7 20:34:13 localhost chat[1608]: Failed
Jun 7 20:34:13 localhost pppd[1606]: Connect script failed
Jun 7 20:38:52 localhost pppd[1606]: Terminating on signal 2.
Jun 7 20:38:52 localhost pppd[1606]: Exit.
I ran Minicom and the dialogue is as follows:
AT S7=45 S0=0 L1 V1 X4 &c1 E1 Q0
OK
atdt3016013254
CONNECT 38400
Cb-dialin:: Clarksburg MD (3640)
=== UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS PROHIBITED ===
User Access Verification
Username:
Password:
CB_DialIn_3640>
Can anybody tell me what's going on? I don't know what the "alarm" in the
syslog means. With minicom, it atleast connects. When I run pppd, it does not
even connect. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks a lot,
Nirmal.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Les Hartzman)
Subject: Re: Newbie: Browser checkboxes not working?
Date: 7 Jun 2001 18:45:33 -0700
I actually hadn't checked that. I'm used to the default behavior in the Windows
world of everything being enabled and then having to turn things off! Thanks
for the idea. I'll check on it.
Les
"Duane Healing" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:<WzET6.64$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
> I've never had a problem with this and I use yahoo's email too. I'm using
> mozilla, but have also used Netscape. Is javascript enabled? I think it's
> necessary for this. Sorry I don't have any better suggestions.
>
> --
> -Duane
> -DNAware SoftLabs
>
> In a feverish moment of semi-lucidity, "Les Hartzman"
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> flailed at the keyboard thusly:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I've just recently downloaded and installed SuSE 7.1. I'm having a
> > weird problem when I'm in my Yahoo email account.
> >
> > If I select the checkboxes next to the messages that I want to delete or
> > move and hit the "Delete" button, nothing happens. Its like the browser
> > isn't even recognizing the state of the boxes, even though they display
> > the little check mark.
> >
> > If I go into one of the message and hit "Delete", it works.
> >
> > I haven't currently found any other sites I frequent to test out the
> > 'checkbox' theory elsewhere. Has anyone else seen this type of
> > behavior?
> >
> > I've replicated this behavior with Konqueror, Communicator 4.77, and
> > Netscape 6.0.
> >
> > All help appreciated.
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> > Les
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From: Steve Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: rc.local file.
Date: Thu, 07 Jun 2001 21:56:03 -0400
serafim wrote:
> Quite common is to add your own module loading commands just befor the
> end
> of rc.local.
You might also put your desired module loading commands into a file
called "rc.modules"; this file is executed (if present) by rc.sysinit.
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From: Steve Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Screen resolution
Date: Thu, 07 Jun 2001 21:59:48 -0400
Mike wrote:
>
> I'm running RH7.1 and GNOME. I changed sceen resolution from 1024X768
> to 640X480. What happend is the desk top image explored, doesn't fit
> in screen. When I move the mouse cursor to the boarder of screen, the
> image shifting, other parts are showing, just like it gets scroll
> bars. I don't like this scrolling things. For the resolution of
> 1024X768, it's O.K., everything fits in. Can someone give a hand.
What you're describing sounds like a virtual desktop.
Look at your XF86Config file down where the "Screen" Section
is. Under each "Display" subsection, you'll probably see
some modes listed along with a line that says "Virtual"
and a couple of numbers. This is the line that gives you
your virtual desktop. Delete that line, restart X, and see if the
problem clears up.
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From: Steve Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: named configuration
Date: Thu, 07 Jun 2001 22:03:10 -0400
Jeevan Patil wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> I installed named on redhat from the available rpm.
> I wanted to do this for my product.
>
> When anyone tries to do ANY query for a lookup with my named, I want to
> return it my IP address no matter what they try to look up. Can you
> please tell me if this has to be done via my /etc/hosts file & write "no
>
> forwarding" in named.conf ?
> Please help; or at least give a hint.
You can't do this with /etc/hosts, it's designed to give a one-to-one
lookup. You'd have to put every conceivable domain name in the file
and match it to your local IP address. Kind of a tall order.
Actually, I don't think you can do it with named, either, as there are
also one-to-one correspondences in the config tables in a DNS server,
at least for the zone for which that server is authoritative.
It might be simpler if you were to write your own name server program
and just
have it return a pre-defined IP address for all queries.
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