Linux-Setup Digest #463, Volume #21 Mon, 18 Jun 01 05:13:06 EDT
Contents:
losing kb repeat/delay (mike hardy)
Re: 128MB RAM. No swap partition needed? ("Some-One from No-Where")
losing kb repeat/delay (mike hardy)
Re: adsl --- ppp over atm ("Alex Voytov")
Drive Upgrade Problem (Rand Simberg)
Re: why is there no cut/copy option??? (David)
Re: 2.4 Kernel Upgrade Questions (Rand Simberg)
Re: Lilo and kernel to big ("Will Muir")
Re: Redhat 7.1: Whay linuxconf not run on KDE? (Keith Rohrer)
Re: unable to find a file ! (Ian Mortimer)
Re: No reboot (Newbie question) (Michael Perry)
Quiero un Linux ("Javier Fernandez")
Re: VIA Issues roundup (Wes newell)
Re: licq 1.0.3 on RedHat 7.1 (Robert A. Smith)
Re: Upgrading glibc ("Nils O. Sel�sdal")
How can I find containing text in some files??? ("Q.W")
Re: How can I find containing text in some files??? (Robert_L)
usb with Epson 780 printer = hard lockup, filesystem corruption! ("Mark Goldberg")
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Subject: losing kb repeat/delay
From: mike hardy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Mon, 18 Jun 2001 03:22:55 GMT
I have my kb setup via XF*Config for decent repeat/delay rates. The
problem is that sometimes during an X session I lose them and the kb
starts using the slow defaults - can someone tell me how to track down
either what could be causing the reversion or how to get back my settings
w/o exiting X (2.2.5-15, X 3.3)?
Thanks...
Mike
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Reply-To: "Some-One from No-Where" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
From: "Some-One from No-Where" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: 128MB RAM. No swap partition needed?
Date: Sun, 17 Jun 2001 22:24:17 -0500
red hat book says 2x memory up to 128meg... you don't need more than 128 ...
ever.
</charlie>
"c0Y0t3" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:9gjij6$19h1$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
>
> c0Y0t3, a newbie to the Linuxworld:
>
> Having 128MB of RAM, is it worth having no swap?
> All considerations are appretiated TIA
>
>
> c0Y0t3
>
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Subject: losing kb repeat/delay
From: mike hardy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Mon, 18 Jun 2001 03:27:45 GMT
I have my kb set up via XF*Config for decent repeat/delay rates. The
problem is that sometimes during an X session I lose them and the kb
starts using the slow defaults - can someone tell me how to track down
either what could be causing the reversion or how to get back my settings
w/o exiting X (2.2.5-15, X 3.3)? Sometimes the settings come back all by
themselves but usually they don't. 'xset r' doesn't have any affect (if
it's supposed to).
Thanks...
Mike
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Auntie Em: Hate you, hate Kansas; took the dog - Dorothy
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From: "Alex Voytov" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: adsl --- ppp over atm
Date: Sun, 17 Jun 2001 23:29:08 -0400
Just follow by setup instructions. The modem has to activate new kernal
stack by itself.
Alex
"Tim Kuip" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:9gimo9$gde$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> I have a Speedtouch ADSL Ethernet modem from Alcatel.
> I want to run ppp over atm (pppoa) and pptp to my ISP.
> Can I use the standard ppp in the linux kernel (I'm running 2.4.5)?
> I found a site which has a kernelpatch, but only for kernel version 2.4.0.
> Anyone who knows?
> Thanks in advance!
>
> Tim Kuip
>
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Rand Simberg)
Subject: Drive Upgrade Problem
Date: Mon, 18 Jun 2001 04:09:11 GMT
I'm following the HOWTO directions for upgrading drives, and
everything's gone fine so far, until I get to the step where I install
LILO on the new drive.
When I run 'lilo -C /new_drive/etc/lilo.conf', I get a message that
/new_drive/boot/boot.b doesn't exist.
When I 'ls /new_drive/boot/boot.b' immediately following this, it
says that it does exist.
What's going on?
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From: David <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.windows.x.kde
Subject: Re: why is there no cut/copy option???
Date: Mon, 18 Jun 2001 04:13:56 GMT
"Jeff D. Hamann" wrote:
>
> Why is there no cut/copy option in the GNOME terminal window? That's really
> annoying since I want to build a script file using sql statements from MySQL
> and want to be able to paste them into a script file, but don;t want to run
> the entire script each time to find out of the query in question worked
> correctly.
>
> Thanks,
> Jeff.
Highlight the text you want to copy then move to the window you want to
paste it into and center click where you want it.
--
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Completed more W/U's than 99.258% of seti users. +/- 0.01%
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Rand Simberg)
Subject: Re: 2.4 Kernel Upgrade Questions
Date: Mon, 18 Jun 2001 04:22:28 GMT
On Sun, 17 Jun 2001 19:41:03 -0400, in a place far, far away, Steve
Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> made the phosphor on my monitor glow in
such a way as to indicate that:
>> Better than 7.0, or better than 6.2? :-)
>
>Definitely better than 7.0; the jury's still out as to whether it's
>better than 6.2. More tinkering is in order before I can answer
>that one.
>
>Pros:
> 2.4 kernel
Already got it...
> XFree86 4.0-series
Why do I need it?
> upgraded KDE and Gnome
What's the benefit?
> glibc-2.2 (only a "Pro" for those who have software that need it)
Not a problem so far.
>Cons:
> Still has gcc 2.96 as the default GCC, you still have to
> use kgcc for the kernel
That's a big problem. I hate hacking kernel sources.
> Some things have changed, notably some system administration tasks
> have changed slightly and some file locations as well, plus the
> superserver is now xinetd rather than inetd, so the
> things you're used to doing may no longer work as you remember
Sounds like a PITA to me.
> RP3 dialler is a little flakey (although less than it was in RH7.0
>IMHO)
Doesn't matter, since I'm on a LAN.
>Film at 11...
<g>
So, is someone going to tell me why I should upgrade?
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From: "Will Muir" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Lilo and kernel to big
Date: Sun, 17 Jun 2001 22:41:31 -0600
That is what I did also tried make install and make bzdisk. I come out with
a kernel around 530 k big.
<Robert M. Taylor>; Jr. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:u9eX6.19510$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Try make bzImage. This uses different compression and creates a smaller
> kernel image file.
> Will Muir wrote:
>
> > When I compile a new kernel and try to install it with Lilo I get an
error
> > message like "kernel is to big", I thought that this was an old issue
for
> > Lilo. What is causing this and what do I do to fix it? I am running
> > Debian potato which I believe comes with Lilo 2.21 though I am not sure.
> >
> > Thanks in advance
> >
> >
>
> --
> :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
> Bob Taylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> bob@osprey:~
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Keith Rohrer)
Subject: Re: Redhat 7.1: Whay linuxconf not run on KDE?
Date: 18 Jun 2001 05:20:31 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
I.M.Sanders <i'[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>On Thu, 17 May 2001 00:51:59 GMT, "Huy Vu" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>>Hi all,
>>
>>I'm trying Redhat 7.1 and setup KDE as default desktop and reset Firewall
>>level to no FireWall.
>>
>>After startup KDE control-panel, I tried to click on linuxconf icon but not
>>thing come up.
>>
>>Nothing happen in running linuxconf from run command menu or from kconsole
>>terminal.
>>
>>Does someone see this problem before?
>>
>>Thanks in advance for any help.
>>
>>DH
>>
>while in KDE put the cd in and a browser will launch. double click on
>the rpm you want to install, and it will automatically install. This
>may not be the recomended way but it works.
>another newbie here.
While in gnome, the autorun on the Red Hat CD gets me to the graphical
RPM installer too. But there's no reconfiguration tool of any sort.
To change the firewalling, try running firewall-config; I see it in
Gnome's Programs/System menu, but not in the KDE menus.
Keith
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From: Ian Mortimer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: unable to find a file !
Date: 18 Jun 2001 05:22:53 GMT
In comp.os.linux.misc Steve Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Also make sure it's a type of executable that your kernel
> supports. I had an executable I downloaded and tried to run,
> turned out it was built as an a.out and my kernel only had
> support for ELF executables. The error messages I got were
> similar to what you reported.
Another possibility is that it was built on a libc based system
and you're trying to execute it on a glibc based system.
Symptoms would be like this:
> ll lmgrd
-rwx------ 1 root root 223276 Jun 18 15:01 lmgrd
> file lmgrd
lmgrd: ELF 32-bit LSB executable, Intel 80386, version 1, dynamically
linked (uses shared libs), stripped
> ldd lmgrd
/usr/bin/ldd: ./lmgrd: No such file or directory
> ./lmgrd
bash: ./lmgrd: No such file or directory
In that case your options are to get a glibc compatible version
from the vendor or install libc and related tools from an
earlier release of your OS.
For RH 7.x you could install the libc5 and ld.so rpms from
RH 6.2. (I haven't tried that myself but it should work.)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Michael Perry)
Subject: Re: No reboot (Newbie question)
Date: Mon, 18 Jun 2001 05:35:13 -0000
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Mon, 18 Jun 2001 00:14:20 +0100, mews.ntlworld.com
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I have installed Open Linux 2.3 on a second drive 40 gig, I have win98 on my
> primary drive, my intentions are to use Linux on the slave drive by changing
> the bios settings i.e.. by setting the primary drive to not installed and
> then saving and rebooting. Although it appears that the installation went
> fine, the problem is when I issue the reboot command my system goes
> through the process but will not boot up, it has a flickering window with
> what appears to be a mass of 01 racing up the screen, could this be an
> incorrect video setting. I am totally new to all this and wonder if I
> purchase RedHat would that install better.
> Any advice is appreciated
> thanks
> John
>
>
Instead of going through all that bios nonsense, why not just have the
install program build a boot floppy for you or just use lilo to boot windows
also or even system commander? I am betting that by default, linux
installed itself using /dev/hdb and when you turn off /dev/hda (first ide
device and boot the system, that it suddenly finds itself as the first drive
and not the second. I bet if you could look at /etc/lilo.conf you would see
a entry for /dev/hdb. Did you install lilo on the partition's superblock
and not the mbr?
I would settle on a more elegant way of multi-booting which would not be
turning off the bios entry for a drive. These days, one can get dual boot
systems up and running easily using lilo, grub, or system commander.
I would also consider a more recent linux distribution. If you are not
familiar with Linux, check out one of the recent mandrake ones. I don't do
dual-boot systems because I think they are evil. With the price of hardware
these days, I have separate systems which are all networked together at
home.
--
Michael Perry
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From: "Javier Fernandez" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Quiero un Linux
Date: Mon, 18 Jun 2001 02:34:32 -0300
Reply-To: "Javier Fernandez" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Buenas mi pregunta es como consigo alg�n Linux , compre una revista(PC Plus)
que trae el RedHat 6.1, lo que no entiendo es que dice que es una versi�n de
demostraci�n, si esto es as� y no me servir� posterior mente como OS donde
puedo conseguir uno que sea versi�n final.....
Gracias
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From: Wes newell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: VIA Issues roundup
Date: Mon, 18 Jun 2001 06:40:26 GMT
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Michael Perry wrote:
> Hi all-
>
> Been tracking several VIA/southbridge related issues lately for my own
> edification and would like to know if I missed any. So here goes:
>
> VIA IDE/southbridge issues with file system corruption - Perhaps fixed in
> the 2.4.5 series of kernels with the new VIA IDE driver. One continuing
> discussion which is interesting is the amount of tuning one should do with
> hdparm against drives on a VIA/southbridge system.
>
> VIA and SB Live problems - I have an SB Live and have not found any
> problems. Can anyone explain or provide more information as to this one?
> Is it primarily corruption of sound being played back?
>
> VIA and PC133/PC100 memory issues - Seems like the VIA systems have some
> issues with memory. I have PC133 memory and have not seen a problem.
>
> The issue around different drives and perhaps even problems related to
> non-ide issues like with SCSI drives interests me. Does anyone have
> problems with things like CDRW and scsi systems on a VIA chipset that is
> affected? Like a KT133?
>
> From my one *vast* :) experience, the VIA drivers in the 2.4.5 kernel have
> taken care of some issues I have. I am using twin Maxtor ide drives which
> are working very well now. Secondarily, could someone provide the name of a
> sound card which works well in Linux (not an SB Live) that they have used in
> these systems? I have a CD burner in my other KT133 system but I don't burn
> CDs too often so cannot testify how it works as of yet. Since I don't do a
> lot of CD burning, I may just pull the burner out and put it in an older
> system I have.
>
> I'm kind thinking of summing up a lot of this stuff on a simple web page or
> something to help folks out with finding information, patches and fixes, and
> archived discussion links from a lot of different reading I have done on the
> subject lately.
>
> --
> Michael Perry
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> --------------------
Hmmm... I've just installed Linux for the first time (Mandrake 8.0). Using an
Abit KT7-RAID MB with the KT133 chipset. I've mounted both fat and hpfs
partitions and haven't noticed any file corruption yet. I think that's only with
the KT133A chipset with the 686B(?) southbridge that supports ATA100.
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From: Robert A. Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: licq 1.0.3 on RedHat 7.1
Date: Mon, 18 Jun 2001 07:57:41 +0100
Milbertus wrote:
> I just installed Red Hat 7.1 on my system last night, but I'm having some
> problems installing the licq 1.0.3 RPM that I downloaded from
> http://www.licq.com. I made sure to download the RPM made for Red Hat 7.0
> or greater, but when I tried to install the RPM using GnomeRPM, I got an
> error saying that I was missing two libraries: libcrypto.so.0 and
> libssl.so.0. Do you know where I could download these libraries so I can
> run licq?
>
> Thanks in advance,
> milbertus
>
>
>
>
>
I got around this on my system by creating two links to the newer files
that are present in 7.1.
ie.
cd /usr/lib
ln -s libcrypto.so.1 libcrypto.so.0
ln -s libssl.so.1 libssl.so.0
Hope that helps.
Rob Smith
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From: "Nils O. Sel�sdal" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.linux,alt.os.linux,alt.os.linux.mandrake,comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.questions,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: Upgrading glibc
Date: Mon, 18 Jun 2001 09:04:41 +0200
"David Liana" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> I have Mandrake 8.0. I want to upgrade glibc (2.2.2 comes with
> mandrake,installed by rpms, I want to upgrade to 2.2.3 - I just want
to
> learn how to do it)
>
> How can I make this upgrade without mudering my system?
> I want to make it my default C library. Most of the howto's explain
for
> more drastic upgrades.
>
> I have tried upgrading with little sucess.
Well, if it comes in rpm files you do the ordinaery stuff.
rpm -Uvh glibc*
(bear in mind that glibc is a VERY vital part , and if binary
compability of certain things
are broken, your system becomes unuseable. It was ok on my RH 7.1
machine upgrading
from 2.2.2 to 2.2.3 though)
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From: "Q.W" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: How can I find containing text in some files???
Date: Mon, 18 Jun 2001 15:29:29 +0800
Hi,all
I want to search containing text "relay" in some files,How can do it??
Thanks.
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From: Robert_L <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: How can I find containing text in some files???
Date: Mon, 18 Jun 2001 03:57:57 -0400
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Q.W wrote:
> Hi,all
> I want to search containing text "relay" in some files,How can do it??
> Thanks.
>
>
>
>
Hi,
"man grep" for instructions.
example:
grep relay filename1 filename2
or grep relay * #search through all files in the directory
Hope this helps
Robert_L
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From: "Mark Goldberg" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: usb with Epson 780 printer = hard lockup, filesystem corruption!
Date: Mon, 18 Jun 2001 01:20:34 -0700
Subject says it all. I installed the printer. /proc/bus/usb/devices lists
the printer, but when I try to print anything, the computer locks up
hard.
RH Linux 7.1, custom 2.4.4 kernel, Epox 8kta3 MB with Athlon 1200/266 512
MB ram.
My only hints are the following log messages:
Jun 18 00:26:45 radsl-goldber kernel: hub.c: USB new device connect on bus1/2,
assigned device number 2
Jun 18 00:26:45 radsl-goldber kernel: printer.c: usblp0: device node registration
failed
Jun 18 00:26:45 radsl-goldber kernel: printer.c: usblp0: USB Bidirectional printer dev
2 if 0 alt 0
Jun 18 00:26:45 radsl-goldber /etc/hotplug/usb.agent: ... no drivers for USB product
4b8/5/100
Any Ideas how to troubleshoot this? It results in filesystem corruption
in the spool directories, so I am wary of trying it too many times.
The PS/2 mouse also failed to be recognized. I had to connect to serial
port.
Any Ideas? Any suggestions on how to troubleshoot this?
Thanks,
Mark Goldberg
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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