Linux-Setup Digest #433, Volume #21 Wed, 13 Jun 01 16:13:09 EDT
Contents:
Re: Problems using RH 7.1 with SiS 630 Graphics Card (Jesper Petersen)
Re: linux ftp, ncftp etc (David Efflandt)
Re: rpms (J Hayward)
Re: PPP HOWTO Fubar (Bill Unruh)
fdformat problem (Peter)
Re: problems with sendmail... (David Efflandt)
crc error (Pianoman)
Re: tool to look at the logs (David Efflandt)
ISP set up under Debian ("Will Muir")
Re: RH 7.1: piece of garbage? (robin barbehenn)
Cannot open master raw device '/dev/rawctl' (No such device) (Sean Marshall)
Re: ISP set up under Debian (Chiefy)
Re: RH 7.1: piece of garbage? (olgnuby)
Re: installing alsa 0.9 (root)
Re: FTP Trouble (Chiefy)
Re: installing alsa 0.9 (olgnuby)
Re: Slackware 7.1: Lilo and X problems (Dave Uhring)
Re: Screen resolution (Peter Mignerey)
Redhat 7.1 / Promise Ultra 66 install problem. ("C")
Re: tool to look at the logs (Jeff Muse)
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From: Jesper Petersen <jesperp**Delete**@nork.auc.dk>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.redhat,comp.os.linux.x,comp.os.linux.questions,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: Problems using RH 7.1 with SiS 630 Graphics Card
Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2001 20:16:09 +0200
>I will try the suggestions later in the day. The problem is I don't have SaX 'coz
>it's RedHat.
My kernel was compiled in Mandrake 8.0 with no problems. I didn't do it my
self, but I think the main isue is to enable framebuffer.
>
>BTW, what are the normal values for the horizontal and vertical frequencies for
>an XGA TFT 14.1 LCD?
I don't really know I just used his configuration file and you might as well
do the same. My screen is also a 14.1" XGA TFT.
Jesper
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David Efflandt)
Subject: Re: linux ftp, ncftp etc
Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2001 18:26:06 +0000 (UTC)
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Thu, 14 Jun 2001, Riyaz Mansoor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> as far as i can tell, passive does not work. i've tried ftp and ncftp. the
> proxy is an http proxy which ncftp does not support.
Yes, but have you edited $HOME/.ncftp/firewall for your firewall-host and
firewall-port, maybe with firewall-type=1? Can Netscape access ftp://
URL's when properly configured for your proxy.
> any other tips?
Get a different ISP. Otherwise you may never be able to telnet or ssh to
an internet host (free shell acct, etc.), or use any other POP3 servers,
or do irc, or use time servers...
> Robert Davies wrote:
>
>> Riyaz Mansoor wrote:
>>
>>> my internet connection only allows me to ftp thru [the settings on] my
>>> proxy. but does the above ftp apps allow this? is there any ftp clients
>>> available that does this? at the moment i have redhat 7.1, does it have
>>> such an ftp client?
>>
>> From man ncftp, they seem to have it covered.
>>
>> FIREWALL AND PROXY CONFIGURATION
>>
>> You may find that your network administrator has placed a firewall
>> between
>> your machine and the Internet, and that you cannot reach external hosts.
>>
>> The answer may be as simple as setting ncftp to use passive mode only,
>> which you can do from a ncftp command prompt like this:
>>
>> set passive on
>>
>> The reason for this is because many firewalls do not allow incoming
>> connections to the site, but do allow users to establish outgoing
>> connections. A passive data connection is established by the client to the
>> server, whereas the default is for the server to establish the connection
>> to the client, which firewalls may object to. Of course, you now may have
>> problems with sites whose primitive FTP servers do not support passive
>> mode.
>>
>> Otherwise, if you know you need to have ncftp communicate directly with a
>> firewall or proxy, you can try editing the separate $HOME/.ncftp/firewall
>> configuration file. This file is created automatically the first time you
>> run the program, and contains all the information you need to get the
>> program to work in this setup.
>>
>> The basics of this process are configuring a firewall (proxy) host to go
>> through, a user account and password for authentication on the firewall,
>> and which type of firewall method to use. You can also setup an exclusion
>> list, so that ncftp does not use the firewall for hosts on the local
>> network.
>>
>
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From: J Hayward <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: rpms
Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2001 11:31:43 -0700
Hi,
Riyaz Mansoor wrote:
>
>
> thanx J
>
> but do i have to install it first to find the default directory? i checked
> the man page for "relocate" and relocate always needs the original path i
> assume. however, i came accrose "prefix" which _seems_ to do the same job
> without supplying the directory. am i right on that?
>
Yes, you can use --prefix also, It works slightly different from
--relocate. --relocate only changes the install location of the files in
the directory you specifiy, ie oldpath. --prefix changes the install
locations of all files in the rpm.
To display a list of files, this will list the full path where they are
installed, in an rpm that hasn't been installed yet use:
rpm -qpl foo.rpm
or to display information about an uninstalled rpm. This will tell you if
the rpm is relocateable also:
rpm -qpi foo.rpm
or you can combine them in the same command:
rpm -qpli foo.rpm
Regards,
Jim H
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bill Unruh)
Crossposted-To: linux.redhat.ppp,comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: PPP HOWTO Fubar
Date: 13 Jun 2001 18:34:57 GMT
In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Felix Miata <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
writes:
]
]I'd like to know where the 38400 comes from. That looks to me like a
]holdover from 9600 modem days. I also had to add noipdefault and user
]username to make it work.
115200 is a better idea. The modem to computer speed ( which is what
this is ) should be at least twice the modem to modem speed to account
for modem compression.
]Besides that, I'd also like to know how to debug ppp-on in a manner that
]works. Mine failed immediately the first many times I tried it. Later I
]managed to get a little farther, evidenced by syslog:
See www.theory.physics.ubc.ca/ppp-linux.html for an intro to debugging (
and setting up) pppd.
]Jun 12 20:32:22 st21s chat[2188]: expect (CONNECT)
]Jun 12 20:32:22 st21s chat[2188]: ^M
]Jun 12 20:32:42 st21s chat[2188]: ATDT277-2110^M^M
]Jun 12 20:32:42 st21s chat[2188]: CONNECT
]Jun 12 20:32:42 st21s chat[2188]: -- got it
]Jun 12 20:32:42 st21s chat[2188]: send (^M)
You forgot to end your chat script with
CONNECT '\d\c'
instead you used
CONNECT ''
which sends an extra carriage return and confuses the far end.
]Jun 12 20:32:42 st21s pppd[2187]: Serial connection established.
]Jun 12 20:32:42 st21s pppd[2187]: Using interface ppp0
]Jun 12 20:32:42 st21s pppd[2187]: Connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/ttyS0
]Jun 12 20:32:43 st21s pppd[2187]: Warning - secret file
]/etc/ppp/pap-secrets has world and/or group access
YOur pap and chap secrets files should be readable ONLY by root
chmod a-rwx /etc/ppp/{chap,pap}-secrets
]Jun 12 20:33:13 st21s pppd[2187]: LCP: timeout sending Config-Requests
The far end got confused and did not negotiate ppp.
]/etc/ppp/options
]noauth
]lock
]name username
user username
]/etc/ppp/ppp-on
This is actually a stupid script, which is included in many ppp
implimentations. It should be taken out and shot.
]#!/bin/sh
]TELEPHONE=277-2110 # The telephone number for the connection
]ACCOUNT=username # The account name for logon (as in 'George Burns')
]PASSWORD=password # The password for this account (and 'Gracie Allen')
]LOCAL_IP=0.0.0.0 # Local IP address if known. Dynamic = 0.0.0.0
]REMOTE_IP=0.0.0.0 # Remote IP address if desired. Normally 0.0.0.0
]NETMASK=255.255.255.0 # The proper netmask if needed
]export TELEPHONE ACCOUNT PASSWORD
]DIALER_SCRIPT=/etc/ppp/ppp-on-dialer
]exec /usr/sbin/pppd debug lock modem crtscts /dev/ttyS0 38400 \
] asyncmap 20A0000 escape FF kdebug 0 \
] noipdefault netmask $NETMASK defaultroute connect $DIALER_SCRIPT
This is stupid.
/usr/sbin/pppd debug lock modem crtscts /dev/ttyS0 115200 noipdefault
defaultroute connect $DIALER_SCRIPT
might be more useful, except that the dialerscript is also not very
good.
It should terminate with
CONNECT '\d\c'
and not all that login junk.
]The HOWTO says to get rid of the line that says:
] $LOCAL_IP:$REMOTE_IP \
]but this line actually says:
] asyncmap 20A0000 escape FF kdebug 0 $LOCAL_IP:$REMOTE_IP \
]so it is unclear whether the language means literally delete the whole
]line, or to delete only $LOCAL_IP:$REMOTE_IP.
It would be best to delete the whole line, since everything on that line
is pretty useless.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Peter)
Subject: fdformat problem
Date: 13 Jun 2001 11:35:08 -0700
I'm trying to format a floppy and I use
fdformat /dev/fd0 and fdformat dev/fd0h1440 and both give me a "device
not configured" error.
So far, I'm totally lost about what causes the problem. I believe that
if there is only one floopy, it would be fd0.
Also, I'm formatting the floppy to use it as a boot disk for another
machine.
I have trouble attempting to use a vfat file system floppy as a system
boot disk for a new system.
thanks
Peter
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David Efflandt)
Subject: Re: problems with sendmail...
Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2001 18:40:23 +0000 (UTC)
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On 13 Jun 2001, Tiago Beltr�o <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi all.... I have a little problem here... please, help me solving it.
> In a server, all the users (except the root, he can send mails
> normally) receive this message while trying to send email:
>
> [Mail not sent: .0.0 Can't create transcript file ./xfd57KdLL03801:
> Permissi]
>
> what is this Transcript file? and it appears that the user can't write
> files on his own directory (see the �./�).
Are you using the real sendmail, or postfix linked to sendmail? I never
could get the default postfix working in Mandrake 7.0. For sendmail the
above files are typically queued in /var/spool/mqueue. Did permission or
ownership change for that dir or sendmail:
drwxr-xr-x 2 root mail 4096 Jun 12 23:39 /var/spool/mqueue/
-rwsr-sr-x 1 root root 329800 Nov 9 1999 /usr/sbin/sendmail
(note the s's for suid, although, this is Mandrake 7.0)
> Things where all right some weeks ago... I don't know what to do....
> The server uses Mandrake 7.2.
>
> bye
>
> --
> Tiago Beltr�o Lacerda
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Pianoman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: crc error
Date: 13 Jun 2001 18:42:27 GMT
The power went out a few nights ago, and I'd left my computer on. When I
restarted my computer, I get:
Loading linux......
Uncompressing Kernel...
crc error --System halt"
It never finished uncompressing the kernel.
(Running RedHat 7.1 on a PIII)
I figured out from asking a few friends that my kernel was messed up for
some reason, so I recompiled it (after saving the old one, just in case).
When I tried restarted my computer after the rompile, I still got the crc
error (yes, I ran lilo before restarting). Then, I decided to just
reinstall RedHat 7.1. I reformatted my partition (I only have
one, for now) during reinstall, and finished the installation. After it
was done, it *still* didn't work. I couldn't figure it out. I tried
recompiling _again_, but that didn't work, either. I tried half-a-dozen
other things. The only thing I could get to work is boot from my
bootdisk and copy the image from the floppy into the /boot folder. This
is how I'm currently booting into Linux.
I also found a pattern in the response from uncompressing the original
kernel that RedHat put on my computer after the reinstall:
First boot: "crc error - System halt"
Second boot: "crc error - System halt"
Third boot: "invalid compressed format (err=1)"
Fourth boot: "crc error - System halt"
Fifth boot: it runs and loads, but something's messed up with the modules.
modprobe couldn't locate anything. I don' know why, though, since I hadn't
changed the location of the modules or anything else after the reinstall
I did this again, just to make sure it wasn't a fluke. It worked the same
way. My bootdisk that was made during installation worked, though! I have
no idea what's going on. As I mentioned earlier, I ended up copying the
vmlinuz kernel image on the floppy to the /boot folder, and then using
that one to boot.
Does anybody have any ideas as to why this might've happened? This is all
the same exact kernel that RedHat installed, so there're no utilities that I
need to upgrade.
In recompiling the kernel, I used:
make mrproper
make xconfig (and loaded one of the saved kernels from RedHat)
make dep
make install (for lilo)
I also tried:
make bzImage (instead of make install, and then manually did lilo and the
copying of the image myself)
make modules
make modules_install (after backing up my old modules)
And yes, I always reran lilo to make sure everything was OK.
If anybody has an idea of what happened, I'd appreciate it if you'd let me
know. Thanks.
--
Nathan Owens
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Georgia Institute of Technology - CS undergrad -Atlanta, GA
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David Efflandt)
Subject: Re: tool to look at the logs
Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2001 18:51:38 +0000 (UTC)
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Wed, 13 Jun 2001, NorbertSchmidt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi there,
> I guess there is a tool that looks at the log files all day long and can
> send me an e-mail when anything important happens.
> I bet there is a tool that can look at eg. the squid logfile and give me
> information on who has been looking on certain URL's etc.
> My standard linux problem: I know these tools exist, but I don't know
> what's there name thus can't find them.....
A true unix geek would roll their own with shell scripts using grep, awk,
sed, etc. For the newbie, Perl is good for parsing text (pattern search)
and lots of other things. You can even simulate a tail for log files so
you can monitor them on the fly (type: perldoc -q tail). Although, it
helps to have a book about Perl, because it may be easier to use an index
to look things up when you don't quite know what you are looking for,
until you get the hang of using perldoc. The O'Reilly books are good.
--
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http://www.autox.chicago.il.us/ http://www.berniesfloral.net/
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From: "Will Muir" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: ISP set up under Debian
Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2001 13:03:59 -0600
This is the first time that I have set up an internet account under
Linux, and I finally got my winmodem working this week. When I try to use
Netscape,Lynx or FTP I cant't seem to connect with the server. I have read
the ISP hookup howto, but the problem is that my provider has a dynamic DNS
and it makes no mention of how to connect to a dynamic DNS my IP address is
also dynamic.
Is there a configuration tool under Debian that I can use to write all these
config scripts and address the above mention problem. Any help in this
matter would be greatly appreciated.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (robin barbehenn)
Subject: Re: RH 7.1: piece of garbage?
Date: 13 Jun 2001 12:13:15 -0700
"ne..." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
> On Jun 12, 2001 at 07:20, JZ eloquently wrote:
>
> >I just installed RH 7.1 in my laptop, looks cool initially. But bad
> >things happen:
> >
> >1. I instaalled FTP package in my laptop, but why 'ftp localhost'
> >doesn't work? Maybe security setting? I couldn't find any related
> >info, neither from RH web site. BTW, the 'firewall-config' from
> >'program->system' has nothing inside.
> >
> >2. Try to use my laptop's interface to install Oracle into another
> >Linux machine. Since Oracle installation requires X, so I do 'xhost +'
> >as root in both machines. But I still get the 'connection refused'
> >error. Of course it works when I try the same thing in another RH6.2
> >laptop.
> >
> >3. DON'T USE RH 7.1!!! RH 7.1 just messed up lots of stuff. Stick with
> >6.2 or slackware, of course you have to apply necessary patches.
> >
> >I just cannot find any docs about RH 7.1. No wonder RHAT drops like a
> >champ, it will be down to under $1.
> ......or maybe you just don't know what to do and
> don't know how to ask politely for help. Then again
> the docs are there and they do detail how to do stuff.
While what you are saying is undoubtedly true, one of the reasons why
linux is not more popular is because when people ask for help,
politely or otherwise, someone always has the same answer---let's say
it altogether now--RTFM!!! Experience level and understanding vary
greatly and not everyone can figure out these howtos. I find most of
them extremely poorly written and very difficult to decipher without
help. This is mostly because they are often way out of date and the
instructions they give no longer work with newer versions of linux.
Someone with years if not decades of experience can fly right through
them. We might get more people to use linux if the first words out of
mouths are not "read this". Most of the time, helping that person to
get started and then referring him to documentation later is more
likely to be successful. If you do not wish to lend the time and
patience to help, then leave it alone.
RB
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From: Sean Marshall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Cannot open master raw device '/dev/rawctl' (No such device)
Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2001 15:17:05 -0400
After upgrading from the standard redhat 7.0 kernel to kernel 2.2.19 I
find I cannot access rawdevices such as hard drives. When I run the raw
-qa command I get the following error message Cannot open master raw
device '/dev/rawctl' (No such device)
I need to be able to access raw SCSI devices because I'm running
sanergy, can anyone help me fix this problem?
Thanks,
Sean Marshall
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Chiefy)
Subject: Re: ISP set up under Debian
Date: 13 Jun 2001 19:23:46 GMT
13 Jun 2001 19:03 UTC, Will Muir typed:
[snip]
> Is there a configuration tool under Debian that I can use to write all these
> config scripts and address the above mention problem. Any help in this
> matter would be greatly appreciated.
Debian has 'pppconfig'. Run as root/su
BTW. Dynamic IP's are not a problem :-)
--
Chiefy. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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From: olgnuby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: RH 7.1: piece of garbage?
Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2001 14:15:20 -0500
robin barbehenn wrote:
> Experience level and understanding vary
> greatly and not everyone can figure out these howtos. I find most of
> them extremely poorly written and very difficult to decipher without
> help. This is mostly because they are often way out of date and the
> instructions they give no longer work with newer versions of linux.
> Someone with years if not decades of experience can fly right through
> them. We might get more people to use linux if the first words out of
> mouths are not "read this". Most of the time, helping that person to
> get started and then referring him to documentation later is more
> likely to be successful. If you do not wish to lend the time and
> patience to help, then leave it alone.
>
> RB
Most coders and programmers I've know in my life time have a difficult
time writing in Human language. They have a hard time making the
transition from machine instructions to ordinary directions I or most
users can readily understand.
I think it's really awesome and commendable on the part of all of them
that what documentation for Linux that is out there even exists. It may
not be really always readily readable, but considering the source, and
open source, it really is a language of the heart.
There are Linux Documentation Projects that are crying for help. ;-)
Charlie
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From: root <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: installing alsa 0.9
Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2001 01:38:11 +0300
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Yeah it stops it. I mean everythign else seems to work fine.. mp3s start
everything fine but for one thing - its muted!! ANd you need to have the
utils installed since thats what amixer comes with.. adn ya need amixer
to unmute the system... so until I get utils installed I cannot get the
thing unmuted....
"R.V. Gronoff" wrote:
>
> "croc" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> a �crit dans le message news:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > ok I think I have correctly installed the drivers and libs but when I go
> > to the utils, I do ./configure and then 'make' and I get loads of
> > 'undefined references' .... any clues anyone?
> >
>
> Does it stop the compiling process ? If not, then everything's fine: your
> compiled driver will only contain the "material" appropriate to your very
> system.
>
> Perhaps this can help:
> http://www.linuxnewbie.org/nhf/intel/hardware/yamaha_alsa.html
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Chiefy)
Subject: Re: FTP Trouble
Date: 13 Jun 2001 19:32:46 GMT
12 Jun 2001 18:02 UTC, Bill Britton typed:
> We are trying to receive a 6gb file via FTP. The download stops at 2
> GTB. Filesystem is ext2. No quotas are set. Any suggestions?
There's a file size limit of 2Gb with ext2 (on a 32 bit box).
--
Chiefy. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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From: olgnuby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: installing alsa 0.9
Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2001 14:33:09 -0500
root wrote:
>
> Yeah it stops it. I mean everythign else seems to work fine.. mp3s start
> everything fine but for one thing - its muted!! ANd you need to have the
> utils installed since thats what amixer comes with.. adn ya need amixer
> to unmute the system... so until I get utils installed I cannot get the
> thing unmuted....
;-)
If your Mandrake system, or for that matter any other system I've ever
used, works the way mine always have done, and your running KDE, etc,
after installing alsa and booting back up or starting alsa, just open up
Start, Multimedia, Sound, Sound Mixer, and click it up out of the
systray and set the volume controls and save settings as default.
Charlie
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From: Dave Uhring <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: Slackware 7.1: Lilo and X problems
Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2001 14:57:10 -0500
Stefano Ghirlanda wrote:
> "Michael Pye" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
>> # lilo
>> Fatal: Kernel /vmlinuz is too big.
>
> This is really weird, especially since bare.i is a small kernel... I
> can just confort you by saying that I am as puzzled as you are.
>
>> $ startx
>> Fatal server error:
>> open_framebuffer: failed to open /dev/fb0 (no such device)
>
> Apparently the X server is configure for using the framebuffer. If the
> error is veridical, than you have to create the /dev/fd0 device:
>
> # mknod -m 660 /dev/fb0 c 29 0
>
> You can also read the documentation in the kernel sources,
> /usr/src/linux/Documentation/fb/*.
>
> If you are unable to configure the framebuffer, you can set up X
> normally to use your video card, jut use xf86config as usual.
>
> Good luck,
>
I have installed Slackware-7.1 several times and never did it get Lilo
right. During the installation you are offered the opportunity to make a
boot flopppy and you should do so, not only with Slack but with any other
distribution. You will have to manually edit /etc/lilo.conf then execute
/sbin/lilo.
Slackware install configures only the framebuffer. You have to configure
your Xserver yourself with xf86config or XF86Setup.
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From: Peter Mignerey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Screen resolution
Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2001 15:58:39 -0400
Steve Martin wrote:
>
> 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.
Look at /etc/X11/XF86Config for Section "Screen" Subsection "Display"
"Modes". I bet both resolutions are listed there. Delete the large one
that you do not want. Then restart the X server with ctrl-alt-backspace.
It appears that X allocates enough memory to hold the largest display
mode and treats the smaller modes as virtual screens.
BTW you can list several resolutions after "Modes" and switch between
them using ctrl-alt-keypad+/- without restarting X. Thanks to this group
for teaching me that trick.
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From: "C" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Redhat 7.1 / Promise Ultra 66 install problem.
Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2001 15:03:33 -0500
Hi,
I'm trying to install RH7.1 on my home machine
(Digital Venturis 6200 with a 333Mhz Pentium Overdrive processor it has 64MB
Ram and a Promise Ultra66 controller (latest bios) and a AC28400R WD disk
which detects correctly on the controller.)
Onboard IDE is used for the CD i boot from, nothing else in the machine, the
display is an onboard Matrox MGA 2MB.
The installation bombs everytime (in both text and gui modes) when the
"installing software" screens come on, (after the software selections &
partitioninings)
I have it dual booted with NT which works fine.
The error message is
pfd:<some number> Xlib: unexpected async reply
on the console
tried all sorts of combinations of partitioning and installation.
Doesn't help.
Would appreciate suggestions/help.
Thanks
Cyrus
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From: Jeff Muse <jmuse@skipthisifyou'renotaspammer.kcnet.com>
Subject: Re: tool to look at the logs
Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2001 13:59:52 -0500
NorbertSchmidt wrote:
> Hi there,
> I guess there is a tool that looks at the log files all day long and can
> send me an e-mail when anything important happens.
> I bet there is a tool that can look at eg. the squid logfile and give me
> information on who has been looking on certain URL's etc.
> My standard linux problem: I know these tools exist, but I don't know
> what's there name thus can't find them.....
>
> I hope you can help me
>
>
> Norbert
I've had good results with logcheck - http://www.psionic.com. While you're
there, download portsentry too - it's a very effective IDS that can
automatically block attackers..
--
There's been a lot of complaints from Microsoft about the viral
nature of the GPL. Funny - they have no problem with allowing
any other virus into their systems.
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