Linux-Setup Digest #15

2001-04-09 Thread Digestifier

Linux-Setup Digest #15, Volume #21Mon, 9 Apr 01 03:13:07 EDT

Contents:
  CVS on RH7 (maher)
  installing rh7.0, can't get beyond "/sbin/loader"? ("Matt Greer")
  Re: What's with mksmbpasswd? ("Richard A. Bilonick")
  Re: tape drive not seen - how add? (David)
  Re: X on an IBM Thinkpad 365 (oldish) laptop (None)
  Re: X on an IBM Thinkpad 365 (oldish) laptop ("Jerry Cashman")
  eepro100 under 2.4.0 ("Christopher Stump")
  Re: Kernel 2.4.1 and StarOffice ("rolf minder")
  Re: my linux story (Nader)
  Remote Tape Devices  ("Dr. David N. Haney")
  debian X windows question ("Rory Miller")
  Re: Remote Tape Devices (Michael Heiming)
  netscape 6 (Dan)
  Re: Help with Dual Boot Win98 and Mandrake 8.0b3 on A7V ("Eric")
  Re: Remote Tape Devices ("Dr. David N. Haney")
  Re: kernel upgrade - yikes!! - SOLVED ("ekkis")



From: maher [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: CVS on RH7
Date: Mon, 09 Apr 2001 10:23:47 +0500

hi there,

I got a problem to configure CVS under RH7.Seems that RH7 use xinetd
whereas the previous/older redhat use /etc/inetd.conf .Quite confusing
to translate these messages into xinetd :

In the /etc/inetd.conf,I need to add this 

cvspserver stream tcp nowait root /usr/local/bin/cvs cvs \
   --allow-root=/usr/local/newrepos pserver

But in xinetd ? How do i translate them into xinetd format?

need your help and expertise :)

thanks in advance

maher

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From: "Matt Greer" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: installing rh7.0, can't get beyond "/sbin/loader"?
Date: Sun, 8 Apr 2001 21:27:06 -0500

Hello,

I'm trying to install redhat 7.0 for i386, which I downloaded from redhat's
ftp site and burned to two cd's.

When I boot the machine with the cd in place, everything appears to be fine.
I hit enter to select graphic install, and it proceeds to load a kernel,
detect some hardware, do quite a bit of stuff, then hang at "starting
/sbin/loader" It will stay here as long as I let it, hitting keys does
nothing. I have to power down then back up (can't reboot).

I've tried booting from a floppy made from the img's on the cd. I've also
downloaded and reburned the cd a couple times. All have the same problem.

Anyone else ever experience this, and any idea how to get around it (short
of going with another distro)?

Also, what is the second disc for? I'd hate to get around this problem and
hit another similar problem on disc two halfway through the install.


Thanks,

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Matt
http://www.classicgaming.com/neotokens



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From: "Richard A. Bilonick" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc,linux.redhat.misc,linux.samba
Subject: Re: What's with mksmbpasswd?
Date: Mon, 09 Apr 2001 02:31:14 GMT

Try

smbclient -LN pdcserver

if you know your pdc server netbios name.

You can also use smbmount and umount to mount and unmount shares:

smbmount //service/share /mnt/whatever -U username

umount /mnt/whatever

(I don't recall if it is -U or username - check the man file.)

Rick Bilonick

Hiawatha Bray wrote:

 Thanks for the help.  That worked.  But now I've got new problems.

 First, how do I get my Windows box to see the files on my Linux machine?
 When I go to Network Neighborhood, I see the Linux computer, but when I
 click on the Icon for it, I get an Action Cancelled window.  When I run net
 view in a DOS window, I get an Error 53 saying the computer can't find the
 machine.  But when I do a generic net view command, to show all the boxes
 connected, the Linux box pops right up.  I don 't get this.  Do I need to
 set up shares for the Linux drives?  If so, how?

 My other question:  How do I see the Windows shares on the Linux box?
 What's the Linux equivalent of Network Neighborhood?  Thanks.

 "Linux" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message
 news:JOWz6.48$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
  Hi,
 
  Have you tryed:-
  smbpasswd -a username
 
  This is how I add new users ;-)
  I still have not worked out how to delete them once they leave ;-(
 
  Have fun
 
  Mark
  Hiawatha Bray [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message
  news:9anub5$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
   I finally installed the Samba server RPM, so mksmbpasswd is on my
  computer.
   But it won't run.  I don't get it
  
   At least smbpasswd is running now.  But I just can't get it to accept a
  new
   password.  Is there some other way to achieve this?  Thanks.
  
  
  
 
 

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From: David [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: tape drive not seen - how add?
Date: Mon, 09 Apr 2001 02:59:12 GMT

Jared Hecker wrote:
 
 I've just acquired a DLT tape drive (Asic DS9400D - very cool).  To
 accomodate it I added a SCSI controller to my Mandrake 7.2 box.
 
 While Mandrake sees the contr

Linux-Setup Digest #15

2000-11-11 Thread Digestifier

Linux-Setup Digest #15, Volume #20   Sat, 11 Nov 00 10:13:07 EST

Contents:
  Re: Memory reported wrong by Linux (Jean-Dominique Delyon)
  Re: If I switch to Mandrake 7.2, will I take a hit? (DivJx)
  Newbie question re: custom MIME types ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
  Re: If I switch to Mandrake 7.2, will I take a hit? (a l t e r i t y)
  Re: Lilo boot option not working (Carl Waring)
  help! Mandrake 7.2 setup hang ("Jeepster")
  Re: reduce memory usage in Linux (DualIP)
  Re: If I switch to Mandrake 7.2, will I take a hit? (DivJx)
  Re: If I switch to Mandrake 7.2, will I take a hit? ("PistolGrip")
  Re: Lilo boot option not working (=?iso-8859-1?Q?Rasmus_B=F8g_Hansen?=)
  Re: Lilo boot option not working ("FREDRIK LINDSTRÖM")
  Re: If I switch to Mandrake 7.2, will I take a hit? (Nat)
  Re: reduce memory usage in Linux ("ne...")
  Re: If I switch to Mandrake 7.2, will I take a hit? (Alex McCreath)
  Boot into X-Windows Question (UM)
  Mindbender for the experts: DTC3181E in PNP mode. ("Tim v. Wegberg")
  Re: Was: can't ... REMOUNT; now: making boot ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
  Connect Tech Intellicon-8 ISA Drivers?!?!?! (Douglas E. Mitton)



From: Jean-Dominique Delyon [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: Memory reported wrong by Linux
Date: Sat, 11 Nov 2000 09:30:17 -

This problem is reported on the RedHat web site for the i810 Intel 
chipset. Refer to http://www.redhat.com/support/docs/tips/i810.html.

Jean-Dominique

Vivek Gupta wrote:
 
 Hi, 
 I am using 
 * Redhat 6.2
 * Kernel 2.2.17
 * AMD Athlon
 * MS-6195 Motherboard.
 * Sis6326 AGP card
 * Kingston 128MB PC133Mhz RAM
 
 When I boot my system. The BIOS shows the correct memory. When I see
 the memory using top or cat /proc/meminfo then, it shows only 64 MB RAM.
 I don't know why it shows so less memory
 
 Please help,
 
 Vivek
 
 


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From: DivJx [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux.mandrake,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: If I switch to Mandrake 7.2, will I take a hit?
Date: Sat, 11 Nov 2000 09:42:29 GMT

If you are planning to run X I would recommend 128Mb of ram I plugged 64 
Megs in the machine and it was slow IMO then I put another 64MB of ram 
and it greatly improved, I suggest u get some more ram..

In article 8uj10h$1vpbh$[EMAIL PROTECTED], 
[EMAIL PROTECTED] says...
 I run an AMD K6-2 400 with 60MB RAM, and 4MB shared RAM. With so little
 resources, is it worth my while switching, as I've read that X-window app.s,
 and window managers can be resource hogs. Is my system's performnce likely
 to improve, suffer, or remain unchanged after a switch from Win98SE to MDK
 7.2?
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Newbie question re: custom MIME types
Date: Sat, 11 Nov 2000 04:54:37 +0500

 Can anyone point me to a walk-through that'll allow me to set up custom
Mime types?  I'm looking, specifically for MP3 support under RH 6.2.  

 I understand the Mime Types configuration, but the program used for the
files is not in the list fo pre-defined applications.  Is there a
(newbie) way to add apps?

 It seems that it does not have support for thins pre-configured so
:)

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From: a l t e r i t y [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux.mandrake,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: If I switch to Mandrake 7.2, will I take a hit?
Date: Sat, 11 Nov 2000 21:03:29 +1100
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]


Well I have been playing around with 7.2 for a few days now on a
macine similar to yours, and I think it is a shit distribution,
probably the worst I have used in 5 years of playing with Linux. I
have had no end of problems.

"nemo" [EMAIL PROTECTED]:

I run an AMD K6-2 400 with 60MB RAM, and 4MB shared RAM. With so little
resources, is it worth my while switching, as I've read that X-window app.s,
and window managers can be resource hogs. Is my system's performnce likely
to improve, suffer, or remain unchanged after a switch from Win98SE to MDK
7.2?








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alterity
canberra: the penetralia of australia

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From: Carl Waring [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Lilo boot option not working
Date: Sat, 11 Nov 2000 10:08:44 +

My Red Hat drive is on the secondary IDE controller set to slave.  I
installed the secondary drive
after I had set up the primary drive with NT. Both drives are larger than
1024 cylinders.  I'm not too sure what
I would do with 'lba32', I attach my lilo.conf file for your perusal.

boot = /dev/hdb1
timeout = 50
linear
prompt
default = dos
vga = normal
read-only
map=/boot/map
install=/boot/boot.b
image = /boot/vmlinuz-2.2.14-6.1.1
label = linux
root = /dev/hdb8
other = /dev/hda1
label = dos
table =/dev/hda

cw


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