Re: dual boot install on new XP laptop
Yes you can reinstall XP from the Dell XP-reinstall media on an altered (at least from what came partitioned from Dell originally). There does need to be a Fat32 or NTFS partition available (and an s2d one as well if you're going to use that feature). Bruce rpjday wrote: On Sat, 12 Jan 2002 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Mon, 17 Dec 2001, Adam Getchell wrote: Originally to: All Similar question for an upcoming Dell Inspiron 8100 laptop. It comes with XP already installed. Will I be able to install RH 7.2 on another partition, write grub to the bootsector, and have Grub dual boot XP and 7.2? Or do I need to install Grub/RH 7.2 first? Yes, grub can boot both fine, while installed in the MBR. You are best off installing windows, then linux. I can't help you with resising XP - i just wiped it clean and started over. i'd be interested in hearing just how smoothly the process of setting up that 8100 as a dual boot machine goes. i got an 8100 a few months ago and, yes, it came pre-installed with windows whatever random choice i made, since i had no intention of running windows whatever. the instant i got it, i blasted the windows install and installed red hat, but not before i noticed that, naturally, the pre-installed windows takes up the whole disk, and i suspect it will do the same with yours. this means you can't just add red hat, you have to downsize windows first. and before you think, hey, no problem, i'll just *re-install* windows on a smaller partition, think again. what you will likely get is not a windows install CD, it will be a windows *reinstall* CD -- that is, no original media but a CD that just lets you recover to your original layout. these days, dell (and others, i assume) not shipping original media. they're being totally sleazy and shipping only enough to let you recover if you trash your original install. just for the fun of it, i called dell, pretended to be a real idiot, and asked how, since i installed linux, how do i get back to windows, and feigned outrage as the tech support person tried to tell me that it couldn't be done. eventually, he fessed up and admitted that, yes, that *reinstall* CD could be used to do a fresh install, as long as there was a DOS partition waiting on the disk for it. i'm not at all convinced he knew what he was talking about, and i've never tried it, but if you want to provide some useful info, when you get your 8100, document everything you have to do to get a dual boot system, and let us know. i'm definitely curious. rday p.s. naturally, another option is to downsize the windows partition using something like FIPS or partition magic. in any case, i'd still like to hear how things go. ___ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list -- Bruce Kall Mayo Foundation Rochester, MN e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] phone: (507) 255-4768 ___ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
roaving IP and email
What is the best method to allow access for email (pop) from an account which keeps getting a different IP address from their cable provider(dhcp)? hosts.deny denies everything and the hosts.allow has to be continually updated with the new ip address to allow for email (pop3) access. Is there an easier way to keep the system secure and allow email retrieval? Bruce ___ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
Backups on DVD-RW, DVD+RW etc
Does anyone have any experience on using Pioneer DVR-A03 DVD-R, Panasonic LF-D3111 DVD-RAM/DVD-R Ricoh MP5120 DVD+RW for backups on Linux? Any pointers about interfaces (firewire etc) and software to do backups on DVDs etc would be helpful. Thanks, Bruce -- Bruce Kall Mayo Foundation Rochester, MN e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] phone: (507) 255-4768 ___ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
RH7.1/2.4.2 netscape mail problem
Under RH7.0 all the way back to 4.x I have kept my nsmail directory for netscape mail on my windows partition and set a link in home my dir (on Linux) to it. As of 7.1 and the 2.4.2 kernel, it doesn't work correctly. Netscape can find the nsmail/Inbox etc but does not read it correctly (most of the recipients are listed as blank in the window to select individual messages from) and when I do a 'Compact Disk' or 'Empty Trash' from the netscape file menu, I get a message about not having the correct permissions. I have always mounted /win in fstab with /dev/hda1 /winvfat rw,nosuid,uid=1000,gid=110,dev,exec,auto,user,aynch where 1000 us my user id and 110 is my group id. I have tried everything as far as permissions (all the way to rwxrwxrwx) on everything from /win all the way to /win/nsmail to /win/nsmail/Inbox etc but still get the same error. It I tar up the nsmail dir and put it on my Linux partition everything is just fine. I've tried setting the mail folder directly in the netscape to /win/nsmail in preferences, but that doesn't help as well. The last RH version I had was 7.0 and did an 'upgrade' to 7.1. That's when the problem cropped up. Any suggestions/guesses as to what is happening. I'm running the latest netscape rpm (4.77) and was before I upgraded to 7.1 Thanks, Bruce -- Bruce Kall Mayo Foundation Rochester, MN e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] phone: (507) 255-4768 ___ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
RH7.1 and gcc 2.96
What effect does this have for the gcc-2.96-81 shipped with RH7.1? This note predates RH7.1 by about 6 months. Thanks, Bruce GCC 2.96 October 6th, 2000 It has come to our attention that some GNU/Linux distributions are currently shipping with ``GCC 2.96''. We would like to point out that GCC 2.96 is not a formal GCC release nor will there ever be such a release. Rather, GCC 2.96 has been the code- name for our development branch that will eventually become GCC 3.0. Current snapshots of GCC, and any version labeled 2.96, produce object files that are not compatible with those produced by either GCC 2.95.2 or the forthcoming GCC 3.0. Therefore, programs built with these snapshots will not be compatible with any official GCC release. Actually, C and Fortran code will probably be compatible, but code in other languages, most notably C++ due to incompatibilities in symbol encoding (``mangling''), the standard library and the application binary interface (ABI), is likely to fail in some way. Static linking against C++ libraries may make a binary more portable, at the cost of increasing file size and memory use. To avoid any confusion, we have bumped the version of our current development branch to GCC 2.97. Please note that both GCC 2.96 and 2.97 are development versions; we do not recommend using them for production purposes. Binaries built using any version of GCC 2.96 or 2.97 will not be portable to systems based on one of our regular releases. If you encounter a bug in a compiler labeled 2.96, we suggest you contact whoever supplied the compiler as we can not support 2.96 versions that were not issued by the GCC team. -- Bruce Kall Mayo Foundation Rochester, MN e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] phone: (507) 255-4768 ___ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
forward compatibility?
I understand that there is (some) backward compatibility built into RH versions for cross-compilation to older RH systems. What I'm more interested in is forward- compatibility. So far I have had no problem compiling an application on RH5.X and running it under either RH6.x or RH7.0 (still downloading RH7.1). Likewise I have had no problem compiling under 6.x and running it on RH7.0. I understand the backward compatibility issues (newer versions of glibc etc), but have not really seen a discussion of forward compatibility. So far I have not seen any problems in compiling on older RH versions and running on newer ones. I know under ideal circumstances you want to recompile an application for the newer OS. I'm curious what the 'official' line is as well as what those 'in the trenches' have to say. Bruce -- Bruce Kall Mayo Foundation Rochester, MN e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] phone: (507) 255-4768 ___ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
Re: X11 on redhat - laptop
What keys do you actually use on the laptop keyboard for the +/-? On mine that would be a Shift - or a Shift + and the combination of ctrl - alt - Shift + or strl - alt - Shift + does not change resolutions. Normally I believe the +/- are contained as extra keys on the keyboard (keypad?). Bruce Leonard den Ottolander wrote: Hi Tim, Has anyone gotten the changing resolution via ctrl - alt - +/- to work on a laptop? This depends on your hardware, but yes, this is possible, although not using the default resolution on an LCD/TFT display usually results in a distorted picture. You need multiple modes in the appropriate display section of /etc/X11/XF86Config to be able to switch. If so is there a configuration file somewhere I can define which keys will change resolution? Not that I am aware of, but try man XF86Config. This is mostly for wine to work where so many things require 640x480 Will these programs not work with a higher resolution? Or is your default resolution lower than 640x480? Bye, Leonard. ___ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list -- Bruce Kall Mayo Foundation Rochester, MN e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] phone: (507) 255-4768 ___ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
RH7 and rlogin problem
I've recently installed RH7 on my system. I can ftp and
telnet into the RH7 box but I cannot rlogin. Any
suggestions? (BTW, everything worked when this machine
had RH6 on it .. I did a fresh install not an upgrade).
xinetd is running, chkconfig reports:
xinetd based services:
linuxconf-web: off
wu-ftpd:on
chargen:off
chargen-udp:off
daytime:off
daytime-udp:off
echo: off
echo-udp: off
time: off
time-udp: off
telnet: on
rexec: on
login: on
shell: on
rlogin: on
rsh:on
imap: off
imaps: off
ipop2: off
ipop3: off
pop3s: off
swat: on
My /etc/xinetd.d rlogin file contains:
# default: on
# description: rlogind is the server for the rlogin(1) program. The
server \
# provides a remote login facility with authentication based on \
# privileged port numbers from trusted hosts.
service login
{
socket_type = stream
wait= no
user= root
log_on_success += USERID
log_on_failure += USERID
server = /usr/sbin/in.rlogind
}
My /etc/xinetd.d/rexec file contains:
# description: Rexecd is the server for the rexec(3) routine. The
server \
# provides remote execution facilities with authentication based \
# on user names and passwords.
service exec
{
socket_type = stream
wait= no
user= root
log_on_success += USERID
log_on_failure += USERID
server = /usr/sbin/in.rlogind
disable = no
}
By the way, do I need both rexec and rlogin files in /etc/xinetd.d?
Thanks,
Bruce
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Re: RH7 and rlogin problem
Chuck Mead wrote: Have you upgraded xinetd? It's in the errata. Yes I have. After installing RH7 I did an up2date. I'm running xinetd-2.1.8.9pre11-1.rpm. On Tue, 13 Mar 2001, Bruce Kall spewed into the bitstream: BKI've recently installed RH7 on my system. I can ftp and BKtelnet into the RH7 box but I cannot rlogin. Any BKsuggestions? (BTW, everything worked when this machine BKhad RH6 on it .. I did a fresh install not an upgrade). snip -- Chuck Mead, csm -AT- moongroup.com, Owner, MoonGroup.com (Note: html formatted email sent to me is filtered deleted unread) GnuPG Public Key Available: http://wwwkeys.us.pgp.net ___ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list -- Bruce Kall Mayo Foundation Rochester, MN e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] phone: (507) 255-4768 ___ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
RH7
I just reinstalled by Linux box from the RH7 CD (not an upgrade). Unfortunately I installed it as a 'workstation' rather than a 'server'. I do not want to completely reinstall it and I cannot telnet,ftp etc into it. I have done an up2date. I have installed xinitd, wu-ftp but what other rpm's do I need to set up? When I telnet/ftp into it I get a service not available. Thanks, Bruce -- Bruce Kall Mayo Foundation Rochester, MN e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] phone: (507) 255-4768 ___ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
autofs? in RH7
What did autofs get replaced by in RH7? (I ca't seem to find any autofs rpm). Thanks, Bruce -- Bruce Kall Mayo Foundation Rochester, MN e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] phone: (507) 255-4768 ___ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
automount and filesystem update delays
I am automounting a filesystem from another UNIX box (Solaris 5.6 if it makes a difference). When I write to a file on the Sun box, the file contents and timestamp change immediately. If I do a continual ls -l on the Linux box (RH 6.2) there is a delay of anywhere from 3-15 seconds until the file size and timestamp change. How can I eliminate this delay? (I need to continually re-read the contents and update a display on my Linux box, but the delay is inordinately long) Thanks, Bruce -- Bruce Kall Mayo Foundation Rochester, MN e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] phone: (507) 255-4768 ___ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
Re: [Re: Can't change resolutions]
John Aldrich wrote: On Mon, 11 Dec 2000, Bruce Kall wrote: What is the keyboard sequence to change resolutions when you have selected multiple 'modes' in the Display Subsection? CTRL+ALT+Kpad-Plus. This'll cycle through the configured resolutions. John ___ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list John, Thanks. What do you hit for the plus on a laptop. Bruce -- Bruce Kall Mayo Foundation Rochester, MN e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] phone: (507) 255-4768 ___ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
Re: [Re: Can't change resolutions]
What is the keyboard sequence to change resolutions when you have selected multiple 'modes' in the Display Subsection? Bruce Nitebirdz wrote: On Thu, 7 Dec 2000, Michael Burger wrote: The trick I found was, when running xconfigurator, was to only select one resolution and color depth...the one I wanted. If you select more than one, it will always start at the lowest option. On 7 Dec 00 10:50:22 PST, Steve Medley wrote: According to the "Running Linux" book you should be able to make it work simply by specifying your preferred resolution first in the "/etc/"X11/XF86Config" file. For example, if I prefer 1024x768, it would be: Subsection "Display" Depth 16 Modes "1024x768" "640x480" "800x600" "1280x1024" ViewPort0 0 EndSubsection Only problem is I never saw it work right in Red Hat Linux 6.x, for instance. As far as I can remember, Debian does this in a much better way since there is a "default" line in the same XF86Config file where you can specify your preferred default resolution. -- Nitebirdz -- Thus spake the master programmer: "You can demonstrate a program for a corporate executive, but you can't make him computer literate." ___ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list -- Bruce Kall Mayo Foundation Rochester, MN e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] phone: (507) 255-4768 ___ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
Re: [RHL] Re: KDE 2.0 RPMs for 6.2?
Who has the order the rpm's need to be installed? I get dependency failures and it seems like I'm in an infinite loop. Are there any other packages beside stock 6.2 and qt I need before installing the kde rpms? Bruce Curt Seeliger wrote: 'Bernhard Rosenkraenzer' wrote: Dear Bernhard, Sorry for bugging you about such a trivial thing, but my ISP DNS won't resolve ftp.linux-easy.com!! Odd... It's 193.103.254.20, and I'm root on the DNS, so if anything is wrong, I should be the first to know. ;) What does whois linux-easy.com tell you? Does it point to the correct DNS servers? Addresses occasionally lose resolution on a temporary basis. Also, the whois command doesn't always seem to work through firewalls. I generally use the whois proxy at http://www.geektools.com/cgi-bin/proxy.cgi hth, cur -- Curt Seeliger OAO Corporation, EPA/WED contractor 541/754-4638 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list -- Bruce Kall Mayo Foundation Rochester, MN e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] phone: (507) 255-4768 ___ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
Program startup at login
In RH5.x using fvwm I was able to create logins that would automatically startup an X application without getting a desktop first: by having a .xsession file in the login directory like: xset s off mypgm How do you do this under XDM/KDE? Essentially, I want no window manager, just X and my program. Thanks, Bruce -- Bruce Kall Mayo Foundation Rochester, MN e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] phone: (507) 255-4768 ___ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
Re: Eth0 initialisation ?
Daniel, Did you receive any suggestion to fix this? I too receive this message (and it is normal with a pcmcia ethernet card since the pcmcia system has not been started as of this point). But then the network is not up when the system finishes booting so evidently the 'delay' is never finished. I have to rerun the network startup script (network start) after the system boots and all is fine. Under RH56.2 with 2.2.14 all worked fine. I have upgraded to pcmcia-3.1.20 but this does not fix the problem either. Bruce Daniel Wong wrote: Hi, I just built my kernel 2.2.16 and everthing seems fine at startup other than having the following startup function fail. bring up interface eth0 Delay in eth0 initialisation [Failed] can someone tell me what this error is and how to fix this ? Regards Daniel Wong _..--"""""""""--.._ m _.-"_.-" U N S W "-._"-._ m | |=' ,=' '=. '=| | --|-|--+- Dan Wong -+--|-|-- | |/ Sydney, Australia \| | | | | | == email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] == ___ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list -- ==== Bruce Kall Mayo Foundation Rochester, MN e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] phone: (507) 255-4768 ___ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
Re: Eth0 initialisation ?
Jeff, I tried this but it made things worse by changing the order that the startup scripts run. Right now I am using the original RH6.2 startup order. I've looked for a new initscripts rpm, but there is none. It's 2.2.16 related because 2.2.14 worked fine (I believe it used pcmcia 3.1.8). I originally tried pcmcia 3.1.8 when I upgraded to 2.2.16 but the problem showed up right away. I needed 3.1.20 for some other problem I was having with Adaptec Cardbus scsi cards, but it did not fix the network startup problem. Bruce Jeff Hogg wrote: -Original Message- From: Bruce Kall [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Monday, September 25, 2000 9:38 AM Subject: Re: Eth0 initialisation ? Daniel, Did you receive any suggestion to fix this? I too receive this message (and it is normal with a pcmcia ethernet card since the pcmcia system has not been started as of this point). But then the network is not up when the system finishes booting so evidently the 'delay' is never finished. I have to rerun the network startup script (network start) after the system boots and all is fine. Under RH56.2 with 2.2.14 all worked fine. I have upgraded to pcmcia-3.1.20 but this does not fix the problem either. Just a thought here for you. If one of the system boot up scripts is happening too early, you could edit the time it is executes fairly easily. In /etc/rc.d/rc3.d and probably rc5.d (text mode and graphical mode runlevels) you will find startup scripts that begin with S## and K## where ## represents a two digit number. The K scripts stop the processes and the S scripts start them.. (theres more, but no need for it here) If you want the network script to come up after the pcmcia is started, just change the ## portion of the S script for networks., or lower the pcmcia scripts number. You'll need to write down the numbers currently assigned to them, and give those changes a try. Be careful though, some things may not like having that order messed with. You can change the filenames with the mv command. ie mv S45pcmcia S09pcmciaormv S10network S46network. You could even try having to network scripts, one for those things that need it run earlier, and one for those that need it later. ie cp S10network S46network Hope this helps. Jeff Hogg ___ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list -- Bruce Kall Mayo Foundation Rochester, MN e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] phone: (507) 255-4768 ___ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
dump question
I am backing up my /home to a DAT tape with:
dump 0uadf 327670 /dev/st0 /dev/hda7
When it asks me to say a second tape is ready and I enter
"yes" it says it cannot open /dev/st0:
Change Volumes: Mount volume #2
DUMP: Is the new volume mounted and ready to go?: ("yes" or "no") yes
DUMP: Cannot open output "/dev/st0".
DUMP: Do you want to retry the open?: ("yes" or "no") yes
DUMP: Cannot open output "/dev/st0".
DUMP: Do you want to retry the open?: ("yes" or "no") yes
DUMP: Cannot open output "/dev/st0".
DUMP: Do you want to retry the open?: ("yes" or "no") yes
DUMP: Cannot open output "/dev/st0".
DUMP: Do you want to retry the open?: ("yes" or "no") `
I'm running RH6.2, kernel 2.2.16-3, I have dump-0.4b15-1 installed.
My device is connected through an Adaptec PCMCIA card (tried
PC card and Cardbus versions .. no difference). It worked fine
under RH5.x.
Any suggestions?
Thanks,
Bruce
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Network Startup
I just upgraded from kernel 2.2.14 to 2.2.16 using the RH RPM's under RH6.2. Now I have to rerun the network startup script to get my network runing. Under 2.2.14 it would run the network script and Fail since my network card is a pcmcia card, but would delay the init of eth0 and it would eventually would come up fine. Now the network scipt fails, it delays init of eth0, but the network does not actually come up until I rerun the network script. I do not see any new initscripts, so have anybody else seen this and have a fix? Thanks, Bruce -- Bruce Kall Mayo Foundation Rochester, MN e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] phone: (507) 255-4768 ___ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
Adaptec APA-1480
I am running RH6.2 with the 2.2.16 kernel which includes pcmcia 3.1.8. When I boot my machine or reinsert my Adaptec APA1480 pcmcia card it will not init my card, it says the ports are already in use. Whet do I need to get this to work? Sep 4 19:23:55 my-machine cardmgr[502]: initializing socket 0 Sep 4 19:23:55 my-machine cardmgr[502]: socket 0: Adaptec APA-1480 SCSI Host Adapter Sep 4 19:23:55 my-machine cardmgr[502]: executing: 'insmod /lib/modules/2.2.16-3/pcmcia/cb_enabler.o' Sep 4 19:23:55 my-machine cardmgr[502]: executing: 'insmod /lib/modules/2.2.16-3/pcmcia/apa1480_cb.o' Sep 4 19:23:55 my-machine kernel: cs: cb_config(bus 32) Sep 4 19:23:55 my-machine kernel: fn 0 bar 1: io 0xa00-0xaff Sep 4 19:23:55 my-machine kernel: fn 0 bar 2: mem 0xa003-0xa0030fff Sep 4 19:23:55 my-machine kernel: fn 0 rom: mem 0xa002-0xa002 Sep 4 19:23:55 my-machine kernel: apa1480_attach(bus 32, function 0) Sep 4 19:23:55 my-machine kernel: aic7xxx: Adaptec PCMCIA SCSI controller at PCI 32/0/0 Sep 4 19:23:55 my-machine kernel: aic7xxx: I/O ports already in use, ignoring. Sep 4 19:23:55 my-machine kernel: apa1480_cs: no SCSI devices found Sep 4 19:23:55 my-machine kernel: scsi : 0 hosts. Sep 4 19:23:55 my-machine cardmgr[502]: get dev info on socket 0 failed: No such device -- Bruce Kall Mayo Foundation Rochester, MN e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] phone: (507) 255-4768 ___ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
Re: Root login [OFF TOPIC]
"Michael J. McGillick" wrote: Afternoon: I apologize for this being off-topic. Anyone here know what needs to allow a root login for telnet on a Solaris 2.7 machine? If not, does anyone know of a good mailing list to post Solaris questions too? Thanks. - Mike -- To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" as the Subject. Comment out the line CONSOLE=/dev/console in /etc/default/login Bruce - ==== Bruce Kall Mayo Foundation Rochester, MN e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] phone: (507) 255-4768 -- To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" as the Subject.
Re: Older Redhat versions, where can I buy ?
"Burke, Thomas G." wrote: I have slackwAre going all the way back to 1992 or 3, I have RH 5.2 easily available, but I'm not sure about 4.2... Hell, I'll send whatever you want for postage plus $1 per package, how's that sound? -Original Message- From: Greg Wright [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Sunday, April 30, 2000 10:39 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Older Redhat versions, where can I buy ? Anyone aware of where I may be able to get the older Redhat versions (original boxed) say back to V 4.2 ? Anyone wanting to sell their original boxed versions pre 5.2, if yes, email privately. Regards Greg Wright IT Consultant Sydney Australia -- *** Please trim any replies *** *** Please turn off HTML in your email *** *** Please don't use the list for test messages *** *** Why not read the archives? http://moongroup.com/redhat.phtml *** -- To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" as the Subject. -- To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" as the Subject. Greg, I don't have the box, but I have the 4.2 CD and manuals. Bruce -- ======== Bruce Kall Mayo Foundation Rochester, MN e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] phone: (507) 255-4768 -- To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" as the Subject.
Re: Intel 810
The Intel i810 is supported in XFree 3.3.6 which is out. There are rpms on rawhide or you can get binaries/source from xfree.org. Bruce Neil Hollow wrote: I don't know the answer to your question, but your date is out. NH -- From: Mark Anthony [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Intel 810 Date: Tue, Dec 31, 1996, 10:50 pm hi, i'm just asking if Intel 810 Video Card will be supported on the next version of RedHat? -- To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" as the Subject. -- To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" as the Subject. -- ==== Bruce Kall Mayo Foundation Rochester, MN e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] phone: (507) 255-4768 -- To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" as the Subject.
Re: Redhat on Dell or IBM Laptops?
Helvetiella Longoria wrote: Hi, I am about to make a recommendation on a laptop that has a docking station to our telecommunications/networking group at the university. They want to be able to run RedHat Linux on it as the primary Operating System with WindowsNT as the second OS. We have narrowed it down to two vendors, either Dell or IBM. Does anyone have a recommendation of which of the two is better for running LINUX and network management tools? Besides the manufacturer, could you also advise on a model? Thanks in advance, -- To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" as the Subject. Helvetiella, I've been using Linux on Dell laptops for a couple of years and they work great. Nevertheless, I never was able to get it to work with a modem built in to the Dell docking platform. I use it with a PCMCIA net/modem combo card and all is fine. I've been using the Latitude line, but the Inspirons work as well. Depending on which model is currently shipping (e.g., which graphics chip you get) you'll probably HAVE to get the latest XFree software that will not be on the latest Red Hat 6.1 CD (it just came out at the beginning of this year. (www.xfree.org -- you'll need 3.3.6 to run on the newer ones that have Mobility chips versus the other Dell laptops that use the Neomagic chips -- the XFree that comes on the stock 6.1 CD is probably 3.3.5 and this will work for the neomagic models). Have fun! Bruce - ======== Bruce Kall Mayo Foundation Rochester, MN e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] phone: (507) 255-4768 -- To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" as the Subject.
Re: Parallel Port Zip Question
Jamie Carl wrote: I thought is was 'insmod ppa'.. ? :-) That's what i use anyway and mine worx just fine. ppa is for the 'older' zip drivers and 'imm' is the newer ones(I think the cable says 'autodetect' on them). Bruce Jamie Carl [EMAIL PROTECTED] Voicemail: (02)8587 1178 Fax:(02)9894 4289 Q: If a manager offers his 'professional criticism' and no one is around to hear it, is he still and idiot? -Original Message- From: Edward Marczak [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, 25 January 2000 6:56 AM To: RedHat Subject: Parallel Port Zip Question Fellow Hatters; I just installed a stock RH 6.1 machine, and I'm trying to get the Parallel Zip drive to work. I've been through the 'how-to's, the support section on redhat.com, etc. It *is* plugged in. I thought the stock kernel came compiled for parallel port Zip, no? I've added 'alias scsi_hostadapter ppa' to my /etc/conf.modules. I've tried the ppa module, and now the imm module. My problem? I get this: [root@xxx /root]# insmod imm /lib/modules/2.2.12-20/scsi/imm.o: unresolved symbol parport_register_device_R9b846d61 /lib/modules/2.2.12-20/scsi/imm.o: unresolved symbol parport_release_R93e35225 /lib/modules/2.2.12-20/scsi/imm.o: unresolved symbol parport_claim_R03289313 /lib/modules/2.2.12-20/scsi/imm.o: unresolved symbol parport_unregister_device_Re6842bfb /lib/modules/2.2.12-20/scsi/imm.o: unresolved symbol parport_enumerate_R6a5c148b I've tried 'modprobe' also. Anyone know the solution to this? Tips? Thoughts? Thanks! -- Ed Marczak, The New York Media Group, Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" as the Subject. -- To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" as the Subject. -- ==== Bruce Kall Mayo Foundation Rochester, MN e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] phone: (507) 255-4768 -- To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" as the Subject.
Re: midi (OT)
Everyone, This is off topic, but I've tried Linux sound mailing lists and there is no activity. I've also tried the Sound and Midi for Linux web site, but couldn't seem to find the answer to this. I want to be able to emit a constant sound and vary the pitch (and perhaps turn it on/off) in real time. How would I do this? Any examples? Thanks for any pointers -- Bruce Kall Mayo Foundation Rochester, MN e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] phone: (507) 255-4768 -- To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" as the Subject.
Re: Trying to install 5.2 on an 18gb disk
I just put RH5.0 on a 18GB disk, but I had to get a 2.2.x kernel on it to have fdisk work correctly (the stock RH5.0 comes with 2.0.32). I'm using 2.2.13 and fdisk works fine with my 18GB disk. Essentially, I loaded up 5.0 on the hard drive with partitions up to 1024 cylinders. I then put on 2.2.13 kernel and then created another partition that went to the end of the drive and all is well. Bruce Ryan Caveney wrote: From: Rick Forrester [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: I am having major problems installing 5.2 on an 18GB EIDE disk. I have downloaded and created the latest 5.2 install image (boot.img) from Dec 29, 1998. The system can not seem to see beyond the 1024th cylinder of the disk. Is this just a total lie and can I just do this, or is this a legit limit that can not be crossed?? I've been staring at howtos and screens on this all day, and to be honest, my head is starting to hurt over this. Paul, There are 1024 cylinder issues, but they can be worked around, normally fairly easily. What's your partition structure like? I just installed RH6.0 on a machine with a 2GB disk, the BIOS of which for some unknown reason accepts disk geometries with up to 65535 cylinders but only 16 **heads** -- NT had been running happily on it with 4465 cyl * 15 heads, but Disk Druid set the geometry for me to 523 cyl * 128 heads (which I failed initially to notice), so of course it failed utterly to even fully launch LILO on boot attempts. fdisk, on the other hand, worked like a charm, though I did have to use "expert mode" and the verify command gave strange and incorrect results -- although the partitions had been created properly, expert-level verify was unable to report a 3D address above 1023 cyl so it claimed most of my partitions overlapped or failed to fit inside the extended one. Nonetheless, I rebooted and installed as I had intended, with the disk geometry properly detected and no further problems. My suggestion, therefore, is that the "workaround" you should apply is: use fdisk to set your geometry and partition tables, ignoring verification warnings. :} Of course, please do insure that the partition(s) where LILO and the kernel will live fit completely under the 1024-cylinder ceiling, just in case. Ryan Caveney -- To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" as the Subject. -- ======== Bruce Kall Mayo Foundation Rochester, MN e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] phone: (507) 255-4768 -- To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" as the Subject.
Re: Trying to install 5.2 on an 18gb disk
"Frank C. Brants" wrote: At 03:47 PM 01/06/2000 , Bruce Kall wrote: The easiest thing to do is to create a small /boot partition before cylinder 1024 ... [fcbrants@w2 fcbrants]$ df Filesystem 1k-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on /dev/sda6 404 1365216 2469556 36% / /dev/sda115522 2699 12022 18% /boot [fcbrants@w2 fcbrants]$ cat /etc/redhat-release Red Hat Linux release 6.1 (Cartman) HTH This is probably true, but fdisk under 2.0.32 does not let you create partitions part 1024 (at least for me with RH5) Bruce Franko I just put RH5.0 on a 18GB disk, but I had to get a 2.2.x kernel on it to have fdisk work correctly (the stock RH5.0 comes with 2.0.32). I'm using 2.2.13 and fdisk works fine with my 18GB disk. Essentially, I loaded up 5.0 on the hard drive with partitions up to 1024 cylinders. I then put on 2.2.13 kernel and then created another partition that went to the end of the drive and all is well. Bruce Ryan Caveney wrote: From: Rick Forrester [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: I am having major problems installing 5.2 on an 18GB EIDE disk. I have downloaded and created the latest 5.2 install image (boot.img) from Dec 29, 1998. The system can not seem to see beyond the 1024th cylinder of the disk. Is this just a total lie and can I just do this, or is this a legit limit that can not be crossed?? I've been staring at howtos and screens on this all day, and to be honest, my head is starting to hurt over this. Paul, There are 1024 cylinder issues, but they can be worked around, normally fairly easily. What's your partition structure like? I just installed RH6.0 on a machine with a 2GB disk, the BIOS of which for some unknown reason accepts disk geometries with up to 65535 cylinders but only 16 **heads** -- NT had been running happily on it with 4465 cyl * 15 heads, but Disk Druid set the geometry for me to 523 cyl * 128 heads (which I failed initially to notice), so of course it failed utterly to even fully launch LILO on boot attempts. fdisk, on the other hand, worked like a charm, though I did have to use "expert mode" and the verify command gave strange and incorrect results -- although the partitions had been created properly, expert-level verify was unable to report a 3D address above 1023 cyl so it claimed most of my partitions overlapped or failed to fit inside the extended one. Nonetheless, I rebooted and installed as I had intended, with the disk geometry properly detected and no further problems. My suggestion, therefore, is that the "workaround" you should apply is: use fdisk to set your geometry and partition tables, ignoring verification warnings. :} Of course, please do insure that the partition(s) where LILO and the kernel will live fit completely under the 1024-cylinder ceiling, just in case. Ryan Caveney -- To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" as the Subject. -- ==== Bruce Kall Mayo Foundation Rochester, MN e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] phone: (507) 255-4768 -- To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" as the Subject. Frank C. Brants Netopia, Inc. Systems Engineer franko -at- netopia.com Fax 972-855-6610 Office / Cell 214-769-0354 Text Page http://primeco.textmsg.com/ -- To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" as the Subject. -- ==== Bruce Kall Mayo Foundation Rochester, MN e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] phone: (507) 255-4768 -- To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" as the Subject.
Re: Tape parameters for dump
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I went through this problem a while ago. Turns out that the DAT drives are helical. This means that the *effective* length of the tape is calculated based on the density of a helical stripe on the tape multiplied by the number of stripes that fit on the tape. I think this may only be true for MRS tapes (media regognition system) tapes. There are also tapes that don't have the MRS diagonal marks that do work as well. [What the hell is he talking about?] What he's saying is that the 4 8mm drives work like a VHS VCR. the read write heads *fly* across the tape diagonally instead of along its length (like a cassette, remeber those?) which means that he calculated the *length* of the tape as far as dump is concerned as being the physical length of the tape (90 or 120 meters) times the width of the tape (4 or 8 mm) divided by the width of the tracks --- a cassette records as follows a helical recordslike this so for the same physical length of tape you get more data on the tape. I'm sure that is clear as mud but... I tried -- Ken -- To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" as the Subject. -- ======== Bruce Kall Mayo Foundation Rochester, MN e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] phone: (507) 255-4768 -- To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" as the Subject.
