Linux-Setup Digest #53, Volume #20 Thu, 16 Nov 00 22:13:08 EST
Contents:
Which "conf." for setting up Local-Server of "Laser5 6.0" ("snowman")
Good distribution for setup on legacy system? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Problem setting up NIS Slave Server ("Joe Decker")
Scanfile utility ?
Re: Boot into X-Windows Question (Dave Barnett)
Small network - do I need DNS? (Rich Young)
Re: Static IP Nightmare (A transfinite number of monkeys)
Installed Debian base from floppies, now *stuck* (DTi4565459)
soundblaster Awe64 Gold (res0457k)
Re: Scanfile utility ? (Vilmos Soti)
CRASH! (FMRCYouth)
New Install & No Network Connectivity ("Jayre")
linux install on p166 ("Jason Umbarger")
4 IDE interfaces ("Xiaoqin Qiu")
mai, 2 users and dsl (Fred Caldwell)
Re: Old School ("ascii7")
Re: Problems w/ D-link dfe-550tx and Redhat 7 (Matthew Haley)
Re: Static IP Nightmare (Jonathan Voigt)
Re: Mounting a scsi tape drive (Mark Post)
Re: Good distribution for setup on legacy system? (Mark Post)
Re: Small network - do I need DNS? (Mark Post)
Re: Problems w/ D-link dfe-550tx and Redhat 7 (Roy Pfaltzgraff III)
Re: USRobotics PCI 56K Modem (5610-rev1) with COM5 in Windows (Michael V. Ferranti)
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From: "snowman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Which "conf." for setting up Local-Server of "Laser5 6.0"
Date: Fri, 17 Nov 2000 05:14:34 +0900
Which "conf." for setting up Local-Server of "Laser5 6.0"
Help for "beginner-user".
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Good distribution for setup on legacy system?
Date: Thu, 16 Nov 2000 20:21:25 GMT
My machine is an older slower box (Pentium 100 Mhz, 64MB Ram, 1.5gig HD
space) and I'm wanting to install a newer distribution.
Does anyone have any suggestions on which one might be easiest on the
old hardware? I have RedHat 7 but that really doesn't do me much good
on the default 'workstation' setup. Could I perhaps use that
distribution but pick certain packages only? If so, which ones would
be necessary?
My goal is to play around with the latest desktop stuff in GNOME, so I
would at least one the GNOME environment and Sawfish.
Blake
Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
Before you buy.
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From: "Joe Decker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Problem setting up NIS Slave Server
Date: Thu, 16 Nov 2000 16:42:23 -0500
Hello,
I'm having trouble setting up an NIS slave server. When I run 'ypinit -s
master' I get the following error:
"Can't enumerate maps from master. Please check that it is running."
Any help would be appreciated!
Thanks in advance,
Joe Decker
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Subject: Scanfile utility ?
Date: Thu, 16 Nov 2000 16:55:58 -0500
From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
For Linux, is there a utility (not grep) that will
scan a partition (say the root, /) for a string of
characters?
I wish for a utility that presents a screen with
fields for specifying: Examples
Partition(s) /
Subset of partition *.txt
String to search for secnews.netscape.com
and an output box showing all the files and
occurances of the string.
Being new to Linux, I have no idea if such a utility
exists. Is there one like this?
g.
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From: Dave Barnett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Boot into X-Windows Question
Date: Thu, 16 Nov 2000 16:49:33 -0600
Easy enough.
1. su -
-- enter root password
2. cd /etc
3. cp inittab inittab.save
4. edit inittab with favorite editor (vi inittab)
5. look for a line line "initdefault:3:"
6. change the "3" above to "5". Change *NOTHING* else.
7. Save the file.
The next time you boot, you should automatically get an X login screen.
Cheers,
Dave
--
Dave Barnett System Software Engineer x1434
"Why do we call them morons when they obviously have *less* on the
ball?"
- David Jenkins
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Rich Young )
Subject: Small network - do I need DNS?
Date: Thu, 16 Nov 2000 23:27:33 GMT
I've set up a small home network using RedHat ver 6. I can telnet, ftp
and get web pages from the Linux server from a Windows client. All
fairly easy to setup with the how-to's and man files.
However, I have to use the IP address, not the machine name to get
into the web server.
Do I need DNS to do this? I've been reading the how-to's and it is
obviouly a complicated subject. I don't know if I need this complexity
on such a small network.
I did set up the hosts file with the name and address -
192.168.1.1 localhost.localname linuxcomp
Is it a problem that the name localhost~ (the default on set up)
doesn't have a com or net top domain name? Do I need to change my
local machine name?
If I do need to get into DNS, is there a book or online guide that
anyone would recommend for a Linux newbie. I have a fair amount of
knowledge (A+ certifide) on Windows stuff.
Thanks
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (A transfinite number of monkeys)
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.questions,comp.os.linux.redhat,comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: Static IP Nightmare
Date: Thu, 16 Nov 2000 23:35:00 GMT
On Thu, 16 Nov 2000 11:21:21 GMT, Nate Fitch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: I am trying to configure my 3Com 3C905B-TX NIC card to connect to my
: cable provider (@Home) I am about to pull my hair out because I've tried
: DHCP and static to no avail. It could be any number of things with DHCP, so
: I scrapped it and I'm trying to go static. I cannot for the life of me
: figure out where I am going wrong. I have a Windows box (not surprsing) and
: I used winipfg to get the following values:
:
: Host name: CC661256-B.pinev1.home.com
: DNS Servers: 24.8.119.17, 24.8.119.15
: Node Type: Broadcast
: IP Address: 24.181.137.185
: Sub. Mask: 255.255.255.0
: Default Gateway: 14.181.137.185
Well, that's your problem right there. Set your default gateway properly.
My $$ is on 24.181.137.1 for your gateway.
--
Jason Costomiris <>< | Technologist, geek, human.
jcostom {at} jasons {dot} org | http://www.jasons.org/
Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum viditur.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (DTi4565459)
Date: 16 Nov 2000 23:57:04 GMT
Subject: Installed Debian base from floppies, now *stuck*
cdrom is an EXP PCMCIA external CDROM. I think the
install found it, as light came on, and CDROM responds to buttons
to open and close tray.
Can't figure out how to "direct apt to CDROM drive as the
source for packages." Help will be much appreciated.
TIA,
dave
http://www.columbia.edu/~mdt1/
(1 = one, not little L; and don't forget the trailing / )
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From: res0457k <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: soundblaster Awe64 Gold
Date: Fri, 17 Nov 2000 00:41:17 GMT
Any one point me to information on setting up a soundblaster Awe64 on
Mandrake 7.2....would appreciate the info..please reply to email...I
would hate to miss out because of oversight in a newsgroup, will check
the newsgroups also, of course...Thanks
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Subject: Re: Scanfile utility ?
From: Vilmos Soti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Fri, 17 Nov 2000 00:50:51 GMT
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> For Linux, is there a utility (not grep) that will
> scan a partition (say the root, /) for a string of
> characters?
>
> I wish for a utility that presents a screen with
> fields for specifying: Examples
> Partition(s) /
> Subset of partition *.txt
> String to search for secnews.netscape.com
>
> and an output box showing all the files and
> occurances of the string.
I think you still have to use grep. What do you mean under partition?
Under /, many other partitions are mounted. Would you like to exclude
them? Anyways, the solutions would be to find all the files which you
want to search, say *.txt, and grep them.
find / -mount -name \*.txt -exec grep -l secnews.netscape.com {} \;
I didn't check this command, but something like this would accomplish
your requirements.
Vilmos
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (FMRCYouth)
Date: 17 Nov 2000 01:12:00 GMT
Subject: CRASH!
Help - I attempted to install LinuxOne on my computer and the installation
crashed about 90% through. Now nothing works, not linux, not windows, not
nothing! Help!
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From: "Jayre" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: New Install & No Network Connectivity
Date: Fri, 17 Nov 2000 01:27:44 GMT
Thanks for reading...
I've just completed an install of RH7 on my notebook and can't talk to my
network (Win 2000). As I'm a newbie to Linux I'm stuck.
Text-based install was used and there were no prompts for DHCP, IP, Mask,
etc.
As far as I'm aware there should be a NETWORK option available in CONTROL
but there is none. I've run lsmod, dmesg, ifconfig. Between them I can see
that my Netgear FA410TX card is configured ok as an NE2000 using irq3,
0x300. The adapter pings ok.
I do not know where to go to enter network configurations to get this up.
ANY help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks!
John
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From: "Jason Umbarger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: linux install on p166
Date: Fri, 17 Nov 2000 01:30:19 GMT
i am attempting to install linux on an acer pentium 166 with 80MB ram, a 30
GB harddisk, IBM 33.6 Mwave modem, some type of integrated video card...
i'm having a lot of trouble... each distribution i attempt to install locks
up at one point or another (i've tried redhat 6.2, corel 2d ed., and
icepack). i also tried turbolinux server 6.0 lite which displayed L1
repeatedly on my screen or just once in the upper left corner, depending on
which installation attempt we're talking about... i've repartitioned,
reformatted, cleaned out the first sector (or whatever you call it where
LILO is installed), etc. more times than i can count, so i don't think
that's the problem.
can i run linux on this machine or is it just somehow not compatible with
that os? if there is some compatibility problem, how can i remedy it? if
linux won't work on this machine -- is there some other operating system
that will which is fairly accessible to a newbie but also more stable than
win95?
thanks for your help!
jason
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From: "Xiaoqin Qiu" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: 4 IDE interfaces
Date: 17 Nov 2000 01:31:43 GMT
Hi everyone,
We have a PC using Atari 8-bit mother board with 4 IDE interfaces and 2
CPUs on the board. Then we installed linux 2.2.14-5.0smp on this machine.
But when we boot the machine, we can only see 2 IDE interfaces (ide0 and
ide1) recognized by Linux.
Anyone has any idea about this problem?
Thank you very much!
Xiaoqin
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From: Fred Caldwell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: mai, 2 users and dsl
Date: Thu, 16 Nov 2000 21:05:42 -0500
Well guys I need some help. I now have a dsl setup but I cannot seem to decide
on how to do e-mail. I would love to have fetchmail run in daemon mode and then
notify me if I have new mail however my wife and I have separate e-mail
addresses and separate user log-in (ie two distinct users with separate
mail files and desktops.)
What is the best or even a solution?
Should I just set -up a married user and then poll for separate alias in the
mail file or what ?
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From: "ascii7" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.comp.hardware,alt.linux,alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: Old School
Date: Fri, 17 Nov 2000 02:20:43 GMT
Use Debian. It is better than redhat.
"Fireman (Nuclear Field) Gilt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> I just got a new (old) computer; it looks like what they normally used
> in offices about 4-5 years ago, it's pretty nice. My question is would
> it be possible to install Linux on that bad boy. It has 2 processors; I
> don't know if that means anything or not... I've installed Linux on
> many-a-PC, but not a former windows NT machine.
>
> Also, what would be a good distribution? I wanted one with a lot of
> packages, and one that'd help me accomplish my main goal here: squeezing
> every penny out of "unlimited use." SuSE is pretty cool but I don't like
> the script-based startup. Slackware is probably my favorite, but I
> always have problems with the libraries. I'm kind of iffy about Redhat
> because........ it's gay-yyyyy......
>
> but I can change. Any advice would be appreciated,
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Matthew Haley)
Crossposted-To: linux.help,comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: Problems w/ D-link dfe-550tx and Redhat 7
Date: Fri, 17 Nov 2000 02:28:30 -0000
On Thu, 16 Nov 2000 10:19:33 -0700,
Roy Pfaltzgraff III <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I am trying to get my D-link dfe550-tx to work on a Redhat 7.0 server.
>D-link says that the card is Linux compatible, but when I try to compile
>the module for the card that they provided it spews about 30 lines of
>error messages. I was wondering if anybody has gotten it to work, if so
>what am I doing wrong. I am thinking that I might be missing a library
>or something like that. If you want to see the error messages let me
>know.
RedHat 7.0 should already have the required module:
insmod via-rhine
--
+--------------------------------------------------------------+
+ 7:28pm up 19:49, 2 users, load average: 0.90, 0.61, 0.85 +
+--------------------------------------------------------------+
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From: Jonathan Voigt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.questions,comp.os.linux.redhat,comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: Static IP Nightmare
Date: Fri, 17 Nov 2000 02:42:37 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Are you switching back and forth between computers & using a motorola cablemodem?
> I had a connection problem when I did that. The arp tables would not clear on the
> cablemodem.
> Basicly the cablemodem would only talk to the first computer it talked to.
>
> Solution: Power cycle the cablemodem, this clears the arp table and away you go.
>
> Jordan wrote:
>
> > In RedHat 7.0 the hostname should be CC661256-B and the domain should be
> > pinev1.home.com, not the entire thing as the hostname as in Windows.
> >
> > Jordan
> >
> > Nate Fitch wrote:
> > >
> > > I am trying to configure my 3Com 3C905B-TX NIC card to connect to my
> > > cable provider (@Home) I am about to pull my hair out because I've tried
> > > DHCP and static to no avail. It could be any number of things with DHCP, so
> > > I scrapped it and I'm trying to go static. I cannot for the life of me
> > > figure out where I am going wrong. I have a Windows box (not surprsing) and
> > > I used winipfg to get the following values:
> > >
> > > Host name: CC661256-B.pinev1.home.com
> > > DNS Servers: 24.8.119.17, 24.8.119.15
> > > Node Type: Broadcast
> > > IP Address: 24.181.137.185
> > > Sub. Mask: 255.255.255.0
> > > Default Gateway: 14.181.137.185
> > > DHCP Server: 24.2.1.70
> > >
> > > In Linux (Red Hat 7.0), I have set the following values using Network
> > > Configurator:
> > >
> > > Hostname: CC661256-B.pinev1.home.com
> > > Domain: home.com
> > > Nameservers: 24.8.119.17, 24.8.119.15
> > > Hosts:
> > > 127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost
> > > 24.181.137.185 CC661256-B.pinev1.home.com CC661256-B
> > > Interfaces:
> > > lo 127.0.0.1 - proto(none) - atboot(yes) - active(active)
> > > eth0 24.181.137.185 - proto(none) - atboot(yes) - active(active)
> > > Routing:
> > > Default Gateway: 24.181.137.1
> > > Default Gateway Device: eth0
> > > Interface: eth0 - Network Address: 24.181.137.185 - Netmask:
> > > 255.255.255.0 - Gateway: 24.181.137.185
> > >
> > > That is it, all of my information. I am using the correct kernel module
> > > for my NIC card as well (3c59x.o) It could be something as silly as my DNS,
> > > I have no idea. I've ran netstat and I am getting data, but that is about
> > > it. Are there any files I need to edit that aren't taken care of Network
> > > Configurator or LinuxConf? I am admittedly a Linux newbie, but I am really
> > > clueless here. I've read FAQs and tried to figure this out myself, but
> > > maybe it is all just a bit over my head. Bless anyone that actually takes
> > > the time to read and decipher this long mess.
> > >
> > > -Nate Fitch
If that does not work - try using a different dhcp client - sometimes it works with
@home with only pump / and sometimes with dhcpcd...
Try using one or the other from the command line and see what happens :
pump -h CC661256-B -i eth0
or
dhcpcd -h CC661256-B -i eth0
--
Jonathan Voigt
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
www.voicomm.com - Linux/Unix Resources
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Mark Post)
Subject: Re: Mounting a scsi tape drive
Date: Fri, 17 Nov 2000 02:58:06 GMT
On Thu, 16 Nov 2000 19:40:23 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>Greetings,
> I was wondering how to mount a tape drive onto a linux box. I am
>running RH7 and the tape drive is an external scsi tape drive connected
>to a PCI scsi card.
My understanding is that tape drives are considered byte/character devices,
not block devices, and therefore cannot be mounted.
Mark Post
Postmodern Consulting
Information Technology and Systems Management Consulting
To send me email, replace 'nospam' with 'home'.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Mark Post)
Subject: Re: Good distribution for setup on legacy system?
Date: Fri, 17 Nov 2000 03:01:15 GMT
On Thu, 16 Nov 2000 20:21:25 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>My machine is an older slower box (Pentium 100 Mhz, 64MB Ram, 1.5gig HD
>space) and I'm wanting to install a newer distribution.
>Does anyone have any suggestions on which one might be easiest on the
>old hardware? I have RedHat 7 but that really doesn't do me much good
>on the default 'workstation' setup.
At work, I have an old Pentium 90, 64MB RAM, 2GB of disk space spread over 4
drives, running Slackware 7.1. Works great for me as a web/ftp/Samba
server.
-snip-
>My goal is to play around with the latest desktop stuff in GNOME, so I
>would at least one the GNOME environment and Sawfish.
Ah, now you're getting into some problems (sort of). X on a P100 is going
to be relatively sloooowwww. Not horribly, but not any where near being
snappy, either. I can stand it on my P100, but I don't do it very often.
I'm mainly a ssh/command-line interface kind of guy on that box.
Mark Post
Postmodern Consulting
Information Technology and Systems Management Consulting
To send me email, replace 'nospam' with 'home'.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Mark Post)
Subject: Re: Small network - do I need DNS?
Date: Fri, 17 Nov 2000 03:03:45 GMT
On Thu, 16 Nov 2000 23:27:33 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Rich Young ) wrote:
>I've set up a small home network using RedHat ver 6. I can telnet, ftp
>and get web pages from the Linux server from a Windows client. All
>fairly easy to setup with the how-to's and man files.
> However, I have to use the IP address, not the machine name to get
>into the web server.
>Do I need DNS to do this? I've been reading the how-to's and it is
>obviouly a complicated subject. I don't know if I need this complexity
>on such a small network.
There is no 'need' as long as you're happy manually maintaining all the
hosts files on all the systems. If you ever get unhappy about the amount of
effort entailed, then DNS would be where you want to go (and it will make a
nice learning experience for you).
>I did set up the hosts file with the name and address -
>192.168.1.1 localhost.localname linuxcomp
>Is it a problem that the name localhost~ (the default on set up)
>doesn't have a com or net top domain name? Do I need to change my
>local machine name?
No and no.
Mark Post
Postmodern Consulting
Information Technology and Systems Management Consulting
To send me email, replace 'nospam' with 'home'.
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From: Roy Pfaltzgraff III <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: linux.help,comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: Problems w/ D-link dfe-550tx and Redhat 7
Date: Thu, 16 Nov 2000 20:12:37 -0700
Matthew Haley wrote:
>
> On Thu, 16 Nov 2000 10:19:33 -0700,
> Roy Pfaltzgraff III <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >I am trying to get my D-link dfe550-tx to work on a Redhat 7.0 server.
> >D-link says that the card is Linux compatible, but when I try to compile
> >the module for the card that they provided it spews about 30 lines of
> >error messages. I was wondering if anybody has gotten it to work, if so
> >what am I doing wrong. I am thinking that I might be missing a library
> >or something like that. If you want to see the error messages let me
> >know.
>
> RedHat 7.0 should already have the required module:
>
> insmod via-rhine
>
> --
> +--------------------------------------------------------------+
> + 7:28pm up 19:49, 2 users, load average: 0.90, 0.61, 0.85 +
> +--------------------------------------------------------------+
I tried that already that module works for other D-link cards but not
this one. This card has the sundance chip on it so I need that module.
Roy
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From: Michael V. Ferranti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: USRobotics PCI 56K Modem (5610-rev1) with COM5 in Windows
Date: Fri, 17 Nov 2000 03:05:12 +0000
And "Jon Tilson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> spoke thusly:
>Forgive me for jumping on this thread but I have a similar problem with a
>Hayes ISA bus modem which is on /dev/ttyS2 or COM3....It too takes ages to
>respond to commands and pppd/chat times out before the ISP connection
>finishes.
Is your mouse is sharing the same IRQ? I've had problems doing that
since day one...slow modem response, carrier drops from moving the mouse,
crashing Windows <grins>, etc.
-- Michael V. Ferranti [blades&inreach*com]
Warning: The Surgeon General has deemed that excessive displays of warning
labels and public service announcements produce stress and shortens lives.
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