Linux-Setup Digest #459, Volume #21 Sun, 17 Jun 01 11:13:15 EDT
Contents:
Re: connect to localhost ("Keith Pursglove")
Re: How do I upgrade to X 4.1.0? (Ransom)
Re: Mouse problem SuSe 7.1 ("Peter T. Breuer")
Re: kernel 2.4.5 won't boot (Dragan Colak)
Re: c++ IDE like Microsoft's Visual C++, is there one (John Beardmore)
Re: kernel panic (David Griffith)
Re: any Iomega ZIP USB users? (Jerry Kreps)
help solve this ("Song")
Re: Problems using RH 7.1 with SiS 630 Graphics Card (Jesper Petersen)
Re: Mouse problem SuSe 7.1 (Joel Comeaux)
KDE - how to show all files including those with a . ie .bash history etc ("MFC L
driver")
Re: KDE - how to show all files including those with a . ie .bash history etc (Dave
Uhring)
Re: US Robotics 56k Fax Win Int + RedHat 7.1 ... HELP !!! (Rev. Cyohtee)
Mandrake 8.0 quota problem (Michal Dobaczewski)
Re: c++ IDE like Microsoft's Visual C++, is there one (Huub)
Re: c++ IDE like Microsoft's Visual C++, is there one
([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Mandrake 8.0 keeps freezing and rpmDrake problem, please help! (Yu Di)
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From: "Keith Pursglove" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: connect to localhost
Date: Sun, 17 Jun 2001 04:16:43 +0100
cheers
this worked a treat!
and with this success decided to setup X - Windows to have a higher
resolution. This also worked this time !
--Keith
"Michael Heiming" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Keith Pursglove wrote:
> >
> > yes, that doesn't work either?
> >
> > cheers
> >
> > Keith
> >
> > "Phil Standen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> > news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> > > try http://127.0.0.1/
> > >
> > > --
> > > Phil
> > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > http://www.philstanden.8m.com
> > > I still blame Tony Blair.
>
> Try:
>
> 'ifconfig lo 127.0.0.1 netmask 255.0.0.0 up'
> followed by:
> 'route add -net 127.0.0.0 netmask 255.0.0.0 dev lo'
>
> You should add those lines to the first script that gets executed from
> init during startup. With my distro (SuSE) this is:
>
> /etc/rc.d/boot
>
> Check the docs of your distro how this script is called.
>
> Good luck
>
> Michael Heiming
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From: Ransom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: How do I upgrade to X 4.1.0?
Date: Sun, 17 Jun 2001 13:39:26 +0200
On Saturday 16 June 2001 05:30 Chris wrote:
> I currently have Red Hat 7.0 installed ... and I downloaded X
> 4.1.0 from www.xfree86.org (one of their FTP mirrors) ... so, can
> somebody explain what I do now? I copied all the files onto a
> temp. directory ... all I know is that I need to do is exit X and
> type:
>
> sh Xinstall.sh
>
> But ... how do I quit X? It keeps coming back, and ... how do I
> get everything back again? If I upgrade to XFree86 4.1.0 from my
> current Red Hat 7.0 installation ... will it cause my graphical
> login and GNOME to go away? Somebody explain everything to me
> please! :-)
>
> --
> Posted via CNET Help.com
> http://www.help.com/
>
You really want to do it? Probably you should wait until rpms for
4.1.0 are available. Well, on the other hand, if you screw it, you
can always re-install your rpms.
You have a graphical login, so your default runlevel is 5.
1) Exit your desktop . Now you should see your
graphical login screen.
2) Press CTRL-ALT-F2, that should give you a console.
3) Login as root and type 'telinit 3' (without quotes) to switch to
runlevel 3.If the graphical login appears, kill it with
CTRL-ALT-BSPC, probably you have to do it twice. You should now
have a root console.
4) Change to the dir containing the installation files.
5) Read carefully the instructions in 'Install'. You have to decide
if you want to do an automatic or manual installation. In any case
you should back up your /etc/X11 and /usr/X11R6. If you do an
automatic update make sure that you answer all question concerning
your configuration files with 'n'.
6) After finishing re-boot your system and cross your fingers.
Another way would be:
Move your existing installation out of the way with 'mv /etc/X11
/etc/X11_old' and 'mv /usr/X11R6 /usr/X11R6_old'
Run 'sh Xinstall.sh' to do a complete fresh install.
Configure x with xf86config.
Copy the old config files from gdm to your new installation.
This way you get a clean installation, but you may have problems
configuring your graphical login.
HTH,
Ransom
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From: "Peter T. Breuer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Mouse problem SuSe 7.1
Date: Sun, 17 Jun 2001 13:31:28 +0200
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Dave Uhring <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> The mouse is a Dell mouse made by Logitech, and the relevant section (I
This is not enough info. Where is it plugged into? PS2 port or the USB
port (or the serial port - unlikely)? What version of X are you running?
> think) is as follows
> Section "InputDevice"
> Driver , "mouse"
^^^ comma is wrong
> Identifier , "Mouse[1]"
^^^ comma is wrong
> Option , "Device" , "/dev/psaux"
^^^ comma is wrong
> Option , "Emulate3Buttons" , "on"
> Option , "Name" , "Autodetected"
> Option , "Protocal" , "ps/2"
^^^^^^^^^^ "Protocol" is wrongly spelled.
> Option , "Vendor" , "AutoDetected"
> EndSection
The above looks sheer rubbish to me. Possibly a badly misremembered or
poorly transcribed (NEVER interpret, always include) X version 4
XF86Config-4 section.
For an X 3.3.6 you would need something like the following.
Section "Pointer"
Device "/dev/mouse"
#Protocol "MouseManPlusPS/2" # for ps/2 wheel mouse
#Protocol "IMPS/2" # for ps/2 wheel mouse
Protocol "PS/2" # for ps/2 mouse
#Buttons 3
#ZAxisMapping 4 5
EndDection
For X version 4, yes, something along your lines, but correctly
and carefully written.
> Mark Scudder
> Senior Photographer
> Cambridge University Library
Ask the guys at the comlab.
Peter
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From: Dragan Colak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: kernel 2.4.5 won't boot
Date: Sun, 17 Jun 2001 14:07:32 +0200
> I'm running SuSE 7.0 with my kernel successfully updated to 2.4.2.
> Since 2.4.3 I've got a strange problem.
> I d'loaded 2.4.3 and compiled and installed it.
> When booting I get an error from e2fsck telling me, that the superblock
> of my root fs is corrupted.
> I thought i wait up to next release and give it a try.
> With 2.4.5 I get the same problem.
Have you updated all necessary packages to the minimum required
versions? If not read ./Documentation/Changes in the source tree
of your linux kernel.
HTH
Dragan
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From: John Beardmore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: c++ IDE like Microsoft's Visual C++, is there one
Date: Sun, 17 Jun 2001 13:12:16 +0100
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, aflinsch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
writes
>Dan Christensen wrote:
>> take a look at ww.kdevelop.org it not Visual C++ but close i think.
>
>Also vdkbuilder -- http://vdkbuilder.sourceforge.net
Do any of these things have good debugging environments ?
Cheers, J/.
--
John Beardmore
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From: David Griffith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.questions,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.redhat
Subject: Re: kernel panic
Date: Sun, 17 Jun 2001 13:24:23 +0100
mike wrote:
> I tried to install kernel 2.4.2 It went fine till I rebooted. The at
> the lilo prompt I pressed tab and typed in the name of my new kernel,
> then I got this error "Root fs not mounted
> cannot open root device "301" or 03:01
> Please append a correct "root=" boot option
> Kernel panic vfs: unable to mount root file system on 03:01
>
> First of all what is a kernel panic and second how do I fix this.
> When I edited lilo I assumed that the root partition would be the same
> one as my other kernel. Thanks Mikey
1st) Is /dev/hda1 normally / ?
That is what 0301 means (look at /dev/hda1 with ls -l, it has
major num 3, minor num 1)
2nd) What filesystem do you have on / ? ext2?, reiserfs?, umsdos?
You must compile in the relevant fs in the kernel. If its
ext2 (guessing here) then
ext2 support must be built in to the kernel, NOT as a module.
You've probably not included enough to mount the rootfs, therfore
the kernel has 'panicked'.
A kernel panic is when something goes awfully wrong. Think of it as the
equivalent of a BSOD from windows.
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From: Jerry Kreps <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: any Iomega ZIP USB users?
Date: Sun, 17 Jun 2001 07:48:31 -0500
Ray wrote:
> hi
>
> i'm considering buying an external Iomega Zip 100 USB drive to use
> with my laptop (toshiba sat pro 4340) which has an Intel 82371AB
> PIIX4 USB controller and running linux 2.4.3.
>
> i've looked at
> http://www.linux-usb.org (this list the mass storage drv in the
> kernel as experimental?)
> http://www.qbik.ch/usb/devices
> http://www.iomega.com/software/linuxtools.html
>
> and they seem to indicate that the Iomega zip 100 USB does work,
> although there is mixed reports about the drivers that are availbel
> for this device - the kernel ubs_storage.o and the iomega provided
> utils (for 2.4.0pre).
>
> also, i have heard/read somewhere that different versions of the
> zip100 use different protocols, and wondered if this would be a
> problem when using the kernel driver (which i would prefer to use)
>
> if anyone could give me any hints on their current working
> configurations; part numbers from the devices/kernel output would
> also be useful.
>
> thanks for any info
> ray
>
> ps - could ppl CC me on replies - thanks again...
>
My own experience with USB is that it doesn't work very well yet. It
hogs CPU resources. I have one box with a ZIP100 and another with a
Zip100. Both are parallel port devices. If I were to purchase
another Zip drive I would make in a SCSI device. In fact, I would
make all my peripherals and HDs SCSI.
JMO...
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From: "Song" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: help solve this
Date: Sun, 17 Jun 2001 22:54:25 +1000
Hi,
I am having trouble configuring my printer (HP LJ 5L), I have always used
the printtool, but
this time I just wanted to see how it can be done manually. I have read the
print-HOWTO but
could not find a solution to my problem.
This printer works fine under Windows so it is not a cable/printer problem.
"cat error > /dev/lp0" gives: (where error is a text file)
nothing
"lpr -Plp0 error" gives:
lpr: unable to print file: The requested resource was not found on this
server.
I am running Mandrake 7.2 (kernel version 2.2.17, i586)
"cat /etc/printcap" gives:
##PRINTTOOL3## LOCAL ljet4 300x300 letter {} LaserJet4 Default {}
lp0:\
:sd=/var/spool/lpd/lp0:\
:mx#0:\
:sh:\
:lp=/dev/lp0:\
:if=/var/spool/lpd/lp0/filter:
"ps -aux|grep lpd" gives:
root 9993 0.0 0.4 1148 532 ? S Jun02 0:00 lpd
"lsmod" gives:
parport_probe 3536 0 (autoclean)
parport_pc 7568 1 (autoclean)
lp 5552 0 (autoclean)
parport 7744 1 (autoclean) [parport_probe parport_pc lp]
"dmesg | grep par" gives:
parport0: PC-style at 0x378 [SPP]
parport_probe: succeeded
parport0: Printer, Hewlett-Packard HP LaserJet 5L
lp0: using parport0 (polling).
"rpm -qa|grep filter" gives:
rhs-printfilters-1.76-3mdk
"ls /var/spool/lpd/lp0/" gives:
filter* general.cfg* lock postscript.cfg* textonly.cfg*
"cat /etc/modules.conf|grep par" gives:
alias parport_lowlevel parport_pc
pre-install plip modprobe parport_pc ; echo 7 > /proc/parport/0/irq
Thanks.
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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: Sun, 17 Jun 2001 13:07:46 +0200
> " Fatal server error:
> open_framebuffer: failed to open /dev/fb0 (no such device)
>
> XIO: fatal IO error 104 (connection reset by peer) on X server ":0.0"
Sounds like you need an experts opinion on that one...
>Thanks a lot for all your help. Wish me luck.
Good luck ;-) It's for sure I won't buy a computer with a SiS graphics card
again!
Jesper
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Joel Comeaux)
Subject: Re: Mouse problem SuSe 7.1
Date: 17 Jun 2001 06:47:37 -0700
> Section "InputDevice"
> Driver , "mouse"
> Identifier , "Mouse[1]"
> Option , "Device" , "/dev/psaux"
> Option , "Emulate3Buttons" , "on"
> Option , "Name" , "Autodetected"
> Option , "Protocal" , "ps/2"
> Option , "Vendor" , "AutoDetected"
> EndSection
>
> Thanks in advance,
Hi Mark,
I'll give it a try; You weren't very descriptive on you mouse
type...but the plain vanilla will normally work in my cases (in my
experience). Well, do you vi, or do you emacs? I'm assuming that you
are, as you say, a *complete* newcomer. I emacs, so I'll proceed with
emacsese instructions.
Starting from the command prompt...
$>emacs /etc/XF86Config
This will open the text configuration file for all your X stuff (man,
I feel like I'm totally insulting your intelligence...forgive if so).
Next, use either your "page down" or arrow keys to get to the mouse
section of the file. Comment out all the extra junk that we really
don't need by simply adding a "#" to the beginning of the line. The
lines I'd comment out would be:
#Option , "Name" , "Autodetected"
#Option , "Vendor" , "AutoDetected"
Since I know that you don't need those. Use your arrow keys again,
and the backspace or delete key to change the "on" to "off" in the
Emulate Three Buttons line. While your at it, if the file really says
"Protocal" instead of "Protocol", you'll need to correct it...but I
assume that was a typo. That may be all that we need. Save the file
by pressing the control key and the "x" key together, and then the
control key and the "s" key together...you should see "Wrote file
/etc/XF86Config" at the bottom of the screen. Then close emacs by
pressing the control key and the "x" key together, and then the
control key and the "c" key together.
Now, let's try it out. At the command prompt, type:
$>startx
Is your mouse working now? If not, use emacs to edit the file again.
Next, I'd try changing the "/dev/psaux" to
"/dev/mouse"....save...close emacs...try "startx" once more. Still
not working? Is your mouse a "wheel mouse"? If so, you may want to
change the "ps/2" to "IMPS/2"...however, as I said previously...if you
mouse is actually a ps/2, then it should work. Now, if you mouse is
USB, let me know and we'll go from there.
My gut feeling is the "/dev/psaux" should be "/dev/mouse".
Hope I didn't over simplify (insult you intelligence)....I'm just way
bored today I guess.
Let us here how it turned out.
Joel Comeaux
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From: "MFC L driver" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: KDE - how to show all files including those with a . ie .bash history etc
Date: Sun, 17 Jun 2001 15:08:04 +0100
--
Ian Turnbull
07961 931941
mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Web : www.turnbui.freeserve.co.uk
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From: Dave Uhring <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: KDE - how to show all files including those with a . ie .bash history etc
Date: Sun, 17 Jun 2001 08:55:35 -0500
MFC L driver wrote:
>
>
> --
>
> Ian Turnbull
> 07961 931941
> mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Web : www.turnbui.freeserve.co.uk
>
>
>
>
# ls -a
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From: Rev. Cyohtee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: US Robotics 56k Fax Win Int + RedHat 7.1 ... HELP !!!
Date: Sun, 17 Jun 2001 09:02:53 -0500
Out of the ether [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Rahul) rose up and issued forth:
>Thanks Clive for your reply.
>
>Hummm ...
>
>So there is "no" way that I can make use of my current modem to talk
>with RedHat 7.1 ? I need to purchase a new modem for this ? In that
>case, can anyone please advise for selecting "good" modem for homepc?
>
>My homepc configuration :
>1. OS1 : Windows 2000
>2. OS2 : RedHat 7.1
>3. Machine : Dell Workstation 400.
>
>Thanks in advance,
>Rahul.
>
Well, while it is not a cheap modem, my personal recomendation is an
external USR/3Com Courrier V.everything modem. They are workhorses,
work with every OS I have tried (and I have tried a lot) and work
virtually forever. The ISPs I have worked at swore by them for their
dialup pools, and if a business like an ISP that depends on modems
working for keeping customers will only use a $250 modem, then that
works for me as well. Have been using mine for a couple of years now
with no problems, and way better connection speeds than I was getting
with the cheapo internal modems I was using before that kept dyining
on me.
--
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alive." - Prince Humperdinck "The Princess Bride"
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From: Michal Dobaczewski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Mandrake 8.0 quota problem
Date: Sun, 17 Jun 2001 16:13:22 +0200
Hi,
I recently installed the Mandrake 8.0 on one of our computers here, and I
can't figure out how to setup quota. I am by no means an expert, but I had
some experience with earlier systems (i.e. Mdk 6.1, RedHat 6.2 ) and never
run into this kind of problem:
when I run quotacheck it scans the filesystem but doesn't produce the
aquota.* (nor quota.* ) files. No errors whatsoever. I run quotacheck as
root, the filesystem is mounted with usrquota. Basicaly I do everything
just as I would do with earlier versions, on which it works fine.
So, what's different in Mdk 8.0?
Thanx,
Michal.
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From: Huub <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: c++ IDE like Microsoft's Visual C++, is there one
Date: Sun, 17 Jun 2001 16:41:04 +0200
Or get Borland Kylix which is actually Delphi for Linux but C++Builder
for Linux seems to be on its way..
Huub
John Beardmore wrote:
> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, aflinsch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> writes
> >Dan Christensen wrote:
>
> >> take a look at ww.kdevelop.org it not Visual C++ but close i think.
> >
> >Also vdkbuilder -- http://vdkbuilder.sourceforge.net
>
> Do any of these things have good debugging environments ?
>
> Cheers, J/.
> --
> John Beardmore
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: c++ IDE like Microsoft's Visual C++, is there one
Date: Sun, 17 Jun 2001 16:52:09 +0200
John Beardmore wrote:
>
> > In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, aflinsch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > writes
> > >Dan Christensen wrote:
> >
> > >> take a look at ww.kdevelop.org it not Visual C++ but close i think.
> > >
> > >Also vdkbuilder -- http://vdkbuilder.sourceforge.net
> >
> > Do any of these things have good debugging environments ?
Also have a look at Code Crusader! It doesn't look like Visual C++, but
then, who wants that?? I find working with Code Crusader much more
intuitive. Also it has a really nice debugger (Code Medic) coming with
it. Also it can do more than just C++.
Volker
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Yu Di)
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux.mandrake
Subject: Re: Mandrake 8.0 keeps freezing and rpmDrake problem, please help!
Date: 17 Jun 2001 08:08:02 -0700
Hi, thanks for your suggestions. I have identified my problem as a DMA
problem, and I am about to post another message with the details,
thanks!
Stephe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:<ybgW6.7037$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
> Yu Di wrote:
>
> > Hi, I have installed Mandrake 8.0 on my machine (PII350, 288M memory).
> > And ever since I began to install, I have been encountering innumerous
> > system freezes, and I could hardly use rpmDrake to install anything.
> >
> > It took me about 12-15 attempts before I actually installed the
> > system. In other attempts, either the installation halts during the
> > copying of package, or the system freezes when I tried to log in.
> >
>
> No idea if this is your problem but I've had bad burned disks do this (mine
> was a redhat 7.0 install on a laptop). try reburning from the downloaded
> iso image (or download and burn if you have store bought ones) and see if
> that works. I know 8.0 can work as I've been using this one for a while and
> besides a few bugs here and there (bad cannon 8200 drivers for cups was the
> main one I've had), it works fine!
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