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Posted: 08 Feb 2004 01:23 AM PST

>> hi all 

I expected to find it somewhere under the /usr/src so I did a
find /usr/src -name version.h to try to locate it. from what I
understand version.h is one of the files the driver-source needs.
nothing.
I also looked in /usr/src/redhat/SOURCES and found nothing that seemed
to be kernel-sources.

As I said I found it strange that GnoRPM think it's not installed (I
checked on my laptop on which I know I have that package to see where
it was located)
 

I did a lspci and it said "network-card unkown interface" or similar


regards
Daniel

How can I auto mount usb key when I plug it ?

Posted: 07 Feb 2004 01:36 PM PST

 

Yes I found /etc/hotplug/hotplug.agent.
But how am I supposed to modify the script ?
Must I find out where the action for an usb key is made and call my own
script on plug and unplug ?

I mean, I don't want to break the whole thing :)

thx for you input though

where do I install openoffice 1.1 on knoppix 3.3?

Posted: 06 Feb 2004 09:01 PM PST

walterbyrd a écrit:
 
I do not know any specific about knoppix but:

1) The setup of OOO asks you where *you* want it to install. I suggest
/usr/local/some-sub-dir/ or /opt/some-sub-dir/ ; depending on your
partition scheme.

2) It is better to use ./setup -net if you want OOO to be readily available
for everybody in a multi-user environment.

3) The doc that comes with the package(?) is well written and explains the
install process.


Bonne chance!
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How to move personal config/home dir to another computer?

Posted: 06 Feb 2004 08:51 AM PST

Horus Alkebulan wrote: 
sure you can do that. Login as root, create a user for yourself, get
those config files here. But make sure you chage the owner and group of
the newly transfered config files. That what I do all the time I install
GNU/Linux afresh.

GVK

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Suggestions wanted for simple File Server linux variant..

Posted: 06 Feb 2004 05:57 AM PST

"Frank Perdue" <com> wrote in message news:<c006gk$8ou$panix.com>... 

I'm assuming you're pretty new to Linux, so I would suggest you go
with Redhat or SuSE or Debian simply because of their availability and
wide use. These also may be easier to "sell" to others if you have to
get other(s) to OK the distro. Other distros fine too.

I wouldn't purchase any Linux distro till I was familiar with it and
understood just what I was purchasing. To get started go with a
downloadable version or buy a Cheapbytes cd:
http://www.cheapbytes.com/
Code/configuration wise you won't notice a difference with the pricier
fair.

I would not recommend a "headless" server till you are comfortable
with Linux and your distro in _your_ network environment. Trying to
do all your setup (OS and users) -- not to mention installation --
remotely with an OS you're not familiar with will add more confusion
than it's worth. All you need is a cheap (used/spare) video setup and
a keyboard. What will you do if the file server goes down? If the
network goes down? If your laptop goes bonkers? It's just not worth
it and may be necessary anyway after a power outage crash. Considered
an UPS?

Later, after you're comfortable with your basic setup, you might want
to try something like Webmin to do remote administration:
http://www.webmin.com/
Ultimately, you'll want to learn to telnet (or SSH) into the server
just in case.

You'll also need to decide just how you want to provide remote file
access to users. You'll need something that both the Win and Mac
clients can easily reach and that Linux supports (and that you can
administer without too many headaches).

Looking at some distro manuals and Linux howtos should help out before
you dive in with sleeves rolled up. Check these links (which I had
handy):
https://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/linux/
http://www.tldp.org/docs.html
Google for other distros also to get some basic sense of what's
available.

Also consider that whatever you go with has a way of growing into
adding a web server, a mail server, a print server, etc., as Linux
makes a fine platform for all these (and many more) services that will
run nicely on older, cheap hardware. Pick a distro with an eye to the
future.

As a last check you might want to Google your hardware together with
specific distros or just Linux. Eg., you might search with:
LSI SATA raid Linux
or
LSI SATA raid Redhat
or
LSI SATA raid SuSE sendmail <- up to 10 words

You get the picture. Use Google to search NGs the same way. You can
learn quite a lot this way and get practice providing your "own"
support rather than paying. It may be all you need.

hth,
prg
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Display Corrpution/SaX2 configuration

Posted: 06 Feb 2004 04:20 AM PST

Ruari Callow wrote: 

IMHO, this was worth hashing out in front of the wider audience. Laptops
are ever more popular, and there's precious few sites specializing in
their unique issues. That is, precious few sites easy to find. Your
question strikes me as proper use of the NG, so I'll defend it. About
the only way it could be more useful is if you had done all the work,
wrote it up in summary and then posted that. Tall order, if you ask me,
and I happen to be a writer of just such articles (see ofb =dot= biz).


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AMD 64 bit processing and SUSE 9.0 (Kernel 2.4.21) - compatibility query

Posted: 06 Feb 2004 01:45 AM PST

David Brook wrote:
 

Take a look at this url:
http://www.mushkin.com/epages/Mushkin.storefront/4023799d00d11858273fc0a801020617/UserTemplate/27

It might give you some useful information


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Linux Triple Boot

Posted: 05 Feb 2004 02:58 PM PST

Mitesh wrote:
 

For hardware, if your computer is standard: put both drive pins to
"Cable Select". Then plug the 120GB to the far end on the cable (i think
it might be blue???). Then plug the 20GB drive in the 2nd position
(between the 120GB and the motherboard). Set boot order in the bios to
the 120GB drive.

This is my _opinion_, and I _personally_ recommend installing the
following way.

1. Create 80GB with XP Installer, install XP.

2. Install RH9. This requires MINIMUM 2 partitions, a root "/" partition
and a swap partition. Create both, do the recommended swap size
(depending on your RAM).

*** Its good to have a separate partition to store data. Create a 3rd
/home partition if you want. Make it big >20GB. You won't need more than
10-15GB for a full install of RH9 with enough room for just about
everything conceivable.

*** Install GRUB boot loader to the 1rst sector of the Redhat boot
partition. NOT on the MBR. Use bootpart to create an entry in the XP
boot loader (already in windows) to boot redhat:
http://www.winimage.com/bootpart.htm

3. Install Suse on the second drive. Use its recommended partition
scheme. Even though suse can use the swap partition on the first disk,
it may want a separate swap on the 2nd disk.

Also install grub to the first sector of the (suse) boot partition. You
will need a 2nd entry in the XP boot loader to boot suse. Use bootpart
again.

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However, if you dont want to use the xp boot loader, you must install
grub to the MBR for RH9. Then, for Suse you will need a separate entry
in grub to point to the second disk. The good thing about using the xp
boot loader is it doesnt affect xp booting in any way. From experience
locking yourself out of booting XP is much more frustrating than locking
yourself out of linux (since its easily fixable).

Whatever you do, always install windows first! Also try to keep all
windows partitions (ntfs, fat, etc) before linux partitions (ext,
reiser, etc) when installing on the *same* drive. This has caused me
some pain in the past.

Hope this helps, good luck.

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2G memory not recognized

Posted: 05 Feb 2004 09:19 AM PST

Davide Bianchi <net> wrote in message news:<bvu1du$10u0l7$news.uni-berlin.de>... 

I was under the immpresion that redhat kernels support mem >= 2G,
and on a different server which is i686 that is fine. Is high mem
configure only in the i586 kernels?

[sorry, that should have gone to a redhat list]

Thanks

How to remove Red Hat Network Alert Icon permanently from the panel?

Posted: 05 Feb 2004 05:53 AM PST

joensuu.fi wrote:
 

Well, the obvious question is:
Did you save the settings?

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xmms-infopipe problem

Posted: 04 Feb 2004 09:55 PM PST

Dave Abbott wrote: 

I got xmms 1.2.9 and xmms-devel-1.2.9
Things run smoothly now. Thanks for your time.

GVK

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PCMCIA.IMG for LiveCDs?

Posted: 04 Feb 2004 08:23 PM PST

On Thu, 05 Feb 2004 22:16:55 GMT, Les Denham <com> wrote:
 

Thanks,

Have already tried that with PCLinuxOS LiveCD and Mandrake 9.1
pcmcia.img. It doesn't work. I guess the image file has to be matched
to the distribution exactly, or the install is aborted with a "wrong
version" error.



Achim



axethetax

Problem with ext3 filesystem on Redhat 7.3

Posted: 04 Feb 2004 01:45 AM PST

com (P Gentry) writes: 

Note that the size you see with 'ls -l' shows only the end-of-file
pointer. ls -ls will show the number of blocks actually allocated
to the file. It is perfectly legal albeit unusual to have a file which shows
an EOF of 282GB on a 9GB drive, if most of the file is empty.

scott