Linux-Setup Digest #76
Linux-Setup Digest #76, Volume #21 Thu, 19 Apr 01 22:13:11 EDT
Contents:
Re: DHCP and Road Runner blues (Bit Twister)
Re: lpr broken, instant error message ("Peter T. Breuer")
Re: token ring & RH ("Peter T. Breuer")
Re: Sound on AC97-card (Dave Uhring)
Re: DHCP and Road Runner blues (Bit Twister)
Re: Linux clients can't ftp through linksys router (God_Of_Pain)
Re: Linux clients can't ftp through linksys router (God_Of_Pain)
Re: FTP problem with RH 6.2, 7.0 (God_Of_Pain)
Re: could not open default font 'fixed' (John Thompson)
Re: DVD (Peter Petersen)
Re: Sound on AC97-card (Peter Petersen)
Re: linuxes won't boot on HDDs! (Paul)
Linux Hanging on Formatting Swap Disk During Installation... ("Nik")
Hanging on Formatting Swap Disk ("NGZ")
Re: GA-7ZX Onboard Sound Problem (chronos)
How do I change Screen Resolution in Gnome or KDE ("John G")
Move Kernel Module (Scott Peshak)
RAID Problems ("Graham Stewart")
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bit Twister)
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.x,alt.linux.redhat,alt.linux,alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.x
Subject: Re: DHCP and Road Runner blues
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2001 23:10:33 GMT
On Thu, 19 Apr 2001 22:04:27 GMT, grooveman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Hello.
>
>I am running Redhat 6.2, and I am tying to use it with Mediaone (Now
>ATT) Road Runner service in the Detroit Metro area.
>
You could try
mkdir /etc/dhcpc
xedit /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0
add
DHCP_HOSTNAME="nic-c54-102"
and set
BOOTPROTO="dhcp"
ONBOOT="yes"
/etc/rc.d/init.d/network restart to try changes, results in
tail -100 /var/log/messages
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If the above breaks your system, it's yours and you keep both pieces.
Practice safe computing. Backup the file before you change it.
Do a, man command_here or cat command_here, before using it.
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From: "Peter T. Breuer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: lpr broken, instant error message
Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2001 00:56:11 +0200
Mike Knudsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Does anyone care to guess why lpr exits instantly with error message
> "Can't get official name for local machine" or something to that effect?
Presmably because neither /etc/hosts nor NIS nor BIND contains an entry
for your hostname.
> The error seems bogus, as hostname and uname both return the machine name.
> Could it be that I don't have TCP/IP installed (not sure if I do or not)?
Yep. That's it, if you don't. lpd needs tcp.
> Could it relate to missing module "char-major?"
char-major-WHAT?
> Long ago I fixed my /dev/lp1 to have write permission, so I can just cat files
> directly to the printer (an HP DeskJet 500, wonderful workhorse for PCL3). But
> this hack is denying me all those great filters in lpr. TIA, Mike K.
do filter < foo > /dev/lpr0 instead!
Peter
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From: "Peter T. Breuer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: token ring & RH
Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2001 00:53:29 +0200
Dr. Nick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I am a newbie and I don't understand the FM at
> http://www.linuxtr.net/newhowto/Token-Ring-6.html#ss6.2
I haven't read it. Well, now I have. Thanks for the URL. I had version
4. You supplied version 6. One more for my collection.
> Linux people seem to write as if everyone is already an expert user. I
I don't think so. In my experience most people seem to write as though
they are idiots. So you can see how accurate my (and your)
generalizations are.
> think that sucks. I am trying to configure a pcmcia token ring card. That
I think that doesn't "suck", since it ain't so. I also think that
anyone who writes "that sucks" has had a lobotomy or is trying to piss
people off, or is trying to pretend to be a dumb american teenager with a
ponytail.
> Web site states to "edit /etc/sysconfig/network and
> /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-tr0 by hand as would be appropriate."
> What the F does this mean? "As appropriate" for what? I simply have an
It means what it says. As appropriate for you of course. As in "fill in
the passport application form as appropriate".
> 8228, which is ultimately connected to a Cisco 2501. WHAT IS WORSE is that
Well, I suggest that you edit ifcfg-tr0 and fill it full of all the
releavant details about your network then! Are you really running a
redhat based distro, btw? Those are the only ones I know that use the
ifcfg-blah scrip
Linux-Setup Digest #76
Linux-Setup Digest #76, Volume #20 Mon, 20 Nov 00 10:13:06 EST
Contents:
Re: disgusted with passwd, PAM and Redhat (Wayne Pollock)
Re: Failed dependencies -Why? (Eric)
Re: x windows prob (Eric)
Re: Drive removal and Lilo (Eric)
Re: Win98 AND Linux Mandrake (Eric)
newbie question: help with gcc & apache (William Groh)
Re: Failed dependencies -Why? (Nils Vogels)
Re: /dev/modem (Harry)
Re: Which Linux to try? ("Martin Schmidt")
Re: Kernel Compilation Errors (was Re: "Warning: Pasting would not give a valid
pre-processing token") (Bernhard Mogens Ege)
Re: How Do I Make Vi My Command History Editor (Villy Kruse)
Re: How Do I Make Vi My Command History Editor (Villy Kruse)
Re: Q: Daylight saving adjustment automatically ? (Villy Kruse)
Re: A Little Help with Installing Linux From Scratch and not from one of the
distributors (Cristian)
old modules not found (Carsten Huettl)
Re: Help with Ran Out of Input Data Error (pbh)
Re: MP3 decoder-encoder (Frank Elsner)
Re: RH 6.2 and eMachines (staplesj)
Re: Triple boot with NT in second drive (Rod Smith)
Re: Which Linux to try? (Rod Smith)
I get this error when I try to install RH6.2 ("Tint")
Re: fax server on linux for windows clients (James Knott)
Lilo fills my screen with 00's ("Cameron Fraser")
Re: How Do I Make Vi My Command History Editor (Colin Watson)
From: Wayne Pollock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: disgusted with passwd, PAM and Redhat
Date: Sun, 19 Nov 2000 18:55:59 -0500
I've had the same problem, and I too hate Red Hat for making easy
things convoluted without any reason. I used to just edit /etc/passwd
(or /etc/shadow) and delete the password. Then one day I tried
the command "usermod" and "useradd" and these allow you to set null
passwords even when passwd refuses to.
-Wayne Pollock
Eric wrote:
>
> Eric wrote:
> >
> > LinuxTest wrote:
> > >
> > > Redhat is so convoluted, I just wish I could go back to Slackware, but
> > > it's too late now. Why can't we go back to the easy way of doing things
> > > like editing /etc/passwd and removing the encrypted string to allow a
> > > null password for a user.
> > >
> > > I am trying to set up my standalone Linux box to have no password for my
> > >
> > > main non-root account. My main non-root account (xxx) is now ocking me
> > > out. I have this in my /etc/passwd:
> > >
> > > xxx::500:100:xxx fullname:/home/adi:/bin/bash
> > >
> > > I didn't manually edit the file to get it like this. I did a 'passwd -d
> > > xxx' as root as I thought that would allow me to have a null password
> > > for xxx. This doesn't work, and I now can't login as xxx at all. I have
> > > not altered any of my PAM files in /etc/pam.d, and I have no /etc/shadow
> > > file. I am using RH6.0.
> >
>
> Okay, I just had to try this too.
>
> `passwd -d username` worked for me.
>
> The passwords entry in /etc/shadow was cleared, and I could login to
> that account without problems.
>
> Restoring it worked without a problem too: `passwd username` did teh
> trick (As expected)
>
> Oh yeah, I'm running RH6.2 instead, and do have shadow passwords
> enabled.
>
> Eric
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From: Eric <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux
Subject: Re: Failed dependencies -Why?
Date: Mon, 20 Nov 2000 09:19:46 +0100
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Robert Stia wrote:
>
> Hello to all
>
> Hope somebody can explain this to me.
>
> I am trying to install gtk+-1.2.8 The install of that file requires
> the installation of glib-1.2.8 before gtk+ will install. I did that,
> installing glib in /usr/local/libWhen I try to rpm the gtk+ file I
> get a "failed dependencies - gtk+-1.2.8-0_helix_1_i386.rpm requires
> glib >= 1.2.8" This isn't a different file is it?
>
> glib-1.2.8 was a tarball, gtk+ is an rpm. That shouldn't make any
> diference, right? I also tried installing glib in different places and
> then removing it thinking that the rpm had to find it in a special
> place. That did not work. According to the glib Install sheet all of
> the necessary items are in place? Why can't the gtk+rpm find it?
Make sure /usr/local/lib is searched!
take a look at /etc/ld.so.conf and add /usr/local/lib to that file.
Now run ldconfig
That should do the trick for you.
Eric
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From: Eric <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: x windows prob
Date: Mon, 20 Nov 2000 09:22:12 +0100
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sam wro
Linux-Setup Digest #76
Linux-Setup Digest #76, Volume #19Tue, 4 Jul 00 20:13:12 EDT
Contents:
Re: How to make a pc to a router ? (Jonathan Voigt)
I am a newbie and I need help. ("Phillip Oliven")
Xhost configuration (Rick Shumway)
Re: HP 8100i CDRW not working (UPDATE) (NYCeyes)
Re: Runlevel ? (Homer Jay)
Getting a working libg++ on Linux (Nick Kew)
Re: Mandrake 7.1 ("Lucas Sonad")
Re: Bad Xit (MDLamberts)
Re: I am a newbie and I need help. (Bit Twister)
From: Jonathan Voigt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking,linux.help,comp.unix.admin
Subject: Re: How to make a pc to a router ?
Date: Tue, 04 Jul 2000 23:21:31 GMT
Peter wrote:
>
> Hi
>
> I have three computers, using Linux as operative system. I want to connect
> all of my computer to gather and make one of these computers as a router to
> my little network.
>
> I could send and receive data from each computers. But I dont know how to
> make one of them be a router? Should I use some special software to make it
> to be a router. Or I could configure Linux to be a router ?
>
> I would be very happy if you could give me some tips about router and how to
> make a router the software I should use or ...
>
> Thanks allot Peter
You shouldn't need any softare...
check : www.linuxhq.com
they have a resource section with howtos oon how to setup linux as a
router.
or :
www.google.com/linux
search there for router/firewall/gateway
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From: "Phillip Oliven" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: I am a newbie and I need help.
Date: Tue, 4 Jul 2000 18:13:51 -0500
I just recently bought another computer just so I could install Linux and
play around with it. I bought a copy of "Linux for Dummies" so I would have
the operating system and something to help walk me through its operation. I
have RedHat Linux V5.2 installed but my video card is an onboard
CyrixGraphic Adapter on board the MediaGX 133 motherboard. The book says to
install a newer version of Xfree86 but doesn't tell me how. My main computer
which is running Win98SE is the only one that I can get on the Internet as
the other has a WinModem which isn't supported in Linux. Is it possible to
download Xfree86 onto a floppy and have Linux read the disk even though it
is DOS? I would appreciate the help quite a bit but I would really
appreciate a text file or a url where I could DOWNLOAD a manual or something
so I could find this information for myself. I have found a couple of online
manuals but that doesn't do me much good considering the two computers are
at opposite ends of the house. Any Linux newsletters or really good
homepages for beginners would be a tremendous help also.
Thanks
in advance
Phillip
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From: Rick Shumway <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Xhost configuration
Date: Tue, 04 Jul 2000 16:26:49 -0700
In trying to get a couple of games running, I ran across the necessity
of allowing access to xhost in order to run the games. On my system, it
evidently defaults to allow no access, and I have to type xhost + to
allow it before the game (xkobo) will run.
According to the man page and help, I should be able to access xhost by
typing "xhost +hostname". When I do this, however, and type "xhost
+godfrey" (which is the hostname assigned to my computer), xhost tells
me it is an invalid hostname and refuses to accept it. It will however
accept "xhost +localhost".
Also, the man page indicates in FILES: that there should be X*.hosts
file(s) in my /etc folder. Since I have no such files, perhaps that is
the reason xhost will not accept godfrey as a valid hostname. I can find
no information on the format or content of the file(s). Does anyone know
what should be there and how to make it available to xhost?
Rick
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From: NYCeyes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.questions,comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.help
Subject: Re: HP 8100i CDRW not working (UPDATE)
Date: Tue, 04 Jul 2000 23:26:30 GMT
Hello All:
Thank you collectively for your replies!!!
At the end of this letter is what my configuration
looks like right now. Have a look please and see if
anything pops out at you. If you need more information
let me know. Sorry for the verbose email and posting,
but I can only help my cause by giving as much info
as I can.
TIA,
Milton
First, a couple of things to note.
(1)
As far as kernel support goes, I did a "make menuconfig"
and under the "Block Devices" menu
