Learning Permissions Posted: 21 Feb 2005 01:44 PM PST In comp.os.linux.setup Peter T. Breuer <it.uc3m.es>: [..] Sure, because you don't need to think about them.;-) "Unix file permissions" might be one. Google says: http://www.dartmouth.edu/~rc/help/faq/permissions.html http://www.december.com/unix/tutor/permissions.html Amen, in addition "Rute User's Tutorial and Exposition" should be helpful to the OP: http://www.gnoppix.org/pages/rute/ BTW Sorry, if we don't have "better" questions currently. ;) -- Michael Heiming (X-PGP-Sig > GPG-Key ID: EDD27B94) mail: echo qr | perl -pe 'y/a-z/n-za-m/' #bofh excuse 315: The recent proliferation of Nuclear Testing |
Deploy Suse 9.2 to 300 PCs Posted: 21 Feb 2005 07:35 AM PST <com> wrote in message news:googlegroups.com... Autoyast is useful for this: you can use "YaST2 autoyast" to set up an autoyast configuration file, but you really need to read the documentation on PXE, tftpboot, and autoyast to understand how to set it up. It will be a good day's worth of testing and research, but it can work. |
What relation between "libc.so.6" and symbol version "GLIBC_2.x" ? Posted: 21 Feb 2005 01:36 AM PST In comp.os.linux.setup Bruno <tiscali.be>: [..] Guess all you need is to install some compat-*.rpm packages, presuming you are running some kind of redhat to get your app which is linked against those libs working. -- Michael Heiming (X-PGP-Sig > GPG-Key ID: EDD27B94) mail: echo qr | perl -pe 'y/a-z/n-za-m/' #bofh excuse 90: Budget cuts |
Where to get Suse 9.2 Pro? Posted: 20 Feb 2005 09:50 PM PST Nico Kadel-Garcia wrote: [snip] .... agreed!! -- << http://michaeljtobler.homelinux.com/ >> Vitamin C deficiency is apauling |
Diskette drive 0 seek failure? Posted: 20 Feb 2005 09:26 PM PST Thanks a lot! That link gave me some idea what is going on inside. My situation is that I have two hard disks. The first disk is for winxp. I installed redhat on the second disk. My BIOS does not support boot from the second hard disk. But my \boot partition is on the second disk. Do you think it's that caused problem?? "mjt" <ru> wrote in message news:net... |
Multi boot problem with Mandrake 9.1 and 10.1 Posted: 20 Feb 2005 09:19 PM PST On Mon, 21 Feb 2005 20:39:44 -0600, J. Greer wrote: mkdir /deb mount -t auto /hdb3 /deb then modify lilo.conf to with the /deb on the debian stanza. Example: image=/md10oe/boot/vmlinuz label="md10oe" root=/dev/hdb9 initrd=/md10oe/boot/initrd.img append="devfs=mount acpi=force resume=/dev/hdb1 splash=0" vga=788 read-only |
First Time Posted: 20 Feb 2005 08:39 PM PST com wrote: .... i think you mean, "dip my toes into the Linux waters" ? :)) why, when you can get a new pc with Linux preinstalled starting at $199usd: http://www.walmart.com/catalog/catalog.gsp?cat=86796&path=0%3A3944%3A3951%3A41937 %3A86796 -- << http://michaeljtobler.homelinux.com/ >> Play Rogue, visit exotic locations, meet strange creatures and kill them. |
figuring out HorizSync, and VertRefresh Posted: 20 Feb 2005 08:09 PM PST > That is weird, because once you are out of X, the X configurations have is mode. Thats what I figured too. Its all perfect until I get out of X. Then again, I'm not very proficient with Linux. Rameses |
X11 Posted: 20 Feb 2005 02:11 PM PST It is a fairly big file... but I didn't want to skip anything. Thanks -Cam --------------------------------------------------------------------- Section "ServerFlags" Option "Xinerama" "1" EndSection Section "ServerLayout" Identifier "Default Layout" Screen "Screen0" InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer" InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard" InputDevice "DevInputMice" "AlwaysCore" Screen "Screen1" RightOf "Screen0" EndSection Section "Files" RgbPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/misc/" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi/" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi/" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/Type1/" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/TTF/" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/Speedo/" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/default/" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/local/" ModulePath "/usr/X11R6/lib/modules" EndSection Section "Module" Load "dbe" Load "extmod" Load "fbdevhw" Load "glx" Load "dri" Load "record" Load "freetype" Load "type1" EndSection Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Keyboard0" Driver "keyboard" Option "XkbRules" "xorg" Option "XkbModel" "pc105" Option "XkbLayout" "us" EndSection Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Mouse0" Driver "mouse" Option "Protocol" "PS/2" Option "Device" "/dev/psaux" Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5" Option "Emulate3Buttons" "no" EndSection Section "InputDevice" Identifier "DevInputMice" Driver "mouse" Option "Protocol" "IMPS/2" Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice" Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5" Option "Emulate3Buttons" "no" EndSection Section "Monitor" Identifier "Monitor0" VendorName "Monitor Vendor" ModelName "MultiSync 97" DisplaySize 370 270 HorizSync 31.0-96.0 VertRefresh 55.0-160.0 Option "dpms" EndSection Section "Monitor" Identifier "Monitor1" VendorName "Monitor Vendor" ModelName "Monitor Model" DisplaySize 370 270 # I have played with this setting on both monitors # without any success HorizSync 30-95 VertRefresh 50-160 Option "dpms" EndSection Section "Monitor" Identifier "Monitor2" VendorName "Monitor Vendor" ModelName "Monitor Model" HorizSync 30-95 VertRefresh 50-160 Option "dpms" EndSection Section "Device" Identifier "Videocard0" Driver "ati" BusID "1:0:0" Option "MonitorLayout" "CRT, CRT" Option "CRT2Position" "RightOf" Option "CRT2HSync" "30.0-86.0" Option "CRT2VRefresh" "50.0-120.0" Option "mtrr" "off" # disable DRI mtrr mapper, driver Option "no_accel" "no" Option "no_dri" "no" EndSection Section "Device" Identifier "Videocard1" Driver "ati" BusID "1:0:1" EndSection Section "Screen" Identifier "Screen0" Device "Videocard0" Monitor "Monitor0" DefaultDepth 24 SubSection "Display" Depth 24 Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" EndSubSection EndSection Section "Screen" Identifier "Screen1" Device "Videocard1" Monitor "Monitor1" DefaultDepth 24 Subsection "Display" Depth 24 Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" EndSubsection EndSection Section "DRI" Mode 0666 EndSection com wrote: |
partitions question Posted: 20 Feb 2005 10:53 AM PST "Jim" <com> wrote in news:DQ5Sd.244$ntli.net: Though John did make a point that the swap rule I said is a bit outdated on some systems (my ultra2 almost never swaps with 2Gb of ram), much is personal preference, just like the partitioning. As for Mandrake, it seems you can use either grub or lilo. If you try man grub or man lilo in a terminal like konsole, you should find which you have. If for some backwards reason a bootloader was no installed now would be a good time. http://doc.mandrakelinux.com/MandrakeLinux/100/en/Starter.html/troubleshoot ing-filesystem.html would be a good place to go for mbr (re)installs for either, and the rest of that fine documentation should be a great aid in fine-tuning that setup. |
Newbie problem with WinXP/Suse9.0 dual boot Posted: 20 Feb 2005 10:26 AM PST zalzon wrote: when that happens your proccesser is on it's way out. What proccesser are you using |
Visible right margin for Kwrite or Kate Posted: 20 Feb 2005 03:58 AM PST mjt <ru> wrote: Got it working. I had the "Monospace" font selected, but I found that the right margin marker would appear if I used other fonts. I'm now using "Bitstream Vera Sans Mono" which seems identical in appearance to Monospace, so I presume that Monospace is an alias for that font. Strange. GEdit was happy enough to display its right margin marker when using Monospace. -- Dave Farrance |
2.6.8 kernel/sym53c8xx_2/Symbios 8951U: waste of time? Posted: 19 Feb 2005 07:36 PM PST >Jerry Peters wrote: It turns out to be simpler than I thought; simply typing modinfo sym53c8xx does the job. And the answer is: filename: /lib/modules/2.6.8-24-default/updates/initrd/sym53c8xx.ko license: Dual BSD/GPL version: 2.1.18j 69120A34DB72AA5DDD24834 vermagic: 2.6.8-24-default 586 REGPARM gcc-3.3 supported: yes depends: scsi_transport_spi,scsi_mod alias: pci:v00001000d00000001sv*sd*bc*sc*i* alias: pci:v00001000d00000002sv*sd*bc*sc*i* alias: pci:v00001000d00000003sv*sd*bc*sc*i* alias: pci:v00001000d00000004sv*sd*bc*sc*i* alias: pci:v00001000d00000005sv*sd*bc*sc*i* alias: pci:v00001000d00000006sv*sd*bc*sc*i* alias: pci:v00001000d0000000Asv*sd*bc*sc*i* alias: pci:v00001000d0000000Bsv*sd*bc*sc*i* alias: pci:v00001000d0000000Csv*sd*bc*sc*i* alias: pci:v00001000d0000000Dsv*sd*bc*sc*i* alias: pci:v00001000d0000000Fsv*sd*bc*sc*i* alias: pci:v00001000d00000010sv*sd*bc*sc*i* alias: pci:v00001000d00000012sv*sd*bc*sc*i* alias: pci:v00001000d00000013sv*sd*bc*sc*i* alias: pci:v00001000d00000020sv*sd*bc*sc*i* alias: pci:v00001000d00000021sv*sd*bc*sc*i* alias: pci:v00001000d0000008Fsv*sd*bc*sc*i* and for good measure, the same info for scsi_transport_spi filename: /lib/modules/2.6.8-24-default/updates/initrd/scsi_transport_spi.ko author: Martin Hicks description: SPI Transport Attributes license: GPL vermagic: 2.6.8-24-default 586 REGPARM gcc-3.3 supported: yes depends: scsi_mod Notice the complete absence of any parm: lines in either of them! So, somehow, for some reason, SuSE removed all parameter support from their installation modules for these drivers. It seems the source on the CDs does not match the compiled modules, since the source sure seems to have the capability for some of the documented parameters. So, with SuSE 9.2 and a sym538xx HBA, it either works or it doesn't, and it's a waste of time to try to tune it if it fails. Sure wish they'd MENTIONED that in the installation docs!!! :( :( :( Thanks SuSE for a delightful un-intended tour through the source. :(# Thanks, Jerry, for giving me the key to answer the question, and move on. :) Jim |
How to get ATI card working in fedora? Posted: 19 Feb 2005 03:54 PM PST edu wrote: <snip frustration story> You write how you did various modifications to your X setup and had a recurring result of 'no video'. What does 'no video' mean? Can you provide any error messages? Yours, Laurenz Albe |
Fedora Core 3 install CD won't boot Posted: 19 Feb 2005 08:51 AM PST Thanks folks. My burn speed had been too fast. I don't burn CDs much, but I forget that my 16x burner can't burn 16x disks at 16x...go figure. So I switched to the minimum speed of 4x and everything was swell. |
how to install dual linux Posted: 19 Feb 2005 01:09 AM PST On 19 Feb 2005 01:09:25 -0800, com wrote: Yup! Don't we all. Dual linux sounds great and I would like to know all about it too. Imagine having twice the linux-joy. It's almost so good I am considering divorcing my wife if I find out more about it. But to be serious: Do you want to know about running linux on a dual processor system or dual-booting between linux and windows? -- Rolf Arne Schulze Trans-atlantic weightloss challenge: http://tawlc.net/ |
Please help me get started - easy Newbie help Posted: 18 Feb 2005 04:34 PM PST Thanks for clearing things up a bit, now that I know what "srpms" stands for. I definately won't be doing any customizing until I understand how it works. I'm just a 1st year computer science major trying to learn a few things, so thanks for pointing me in the right direction....and I now have a working copy of Fedora on my computer. =) |
Appropriate Linux for twin CPU pentium-pro machine Posted: 18 Feb 2005 04:14 PM PST Here in comp.os.linux.setup, John Beardmore <demon.co.uk> spake unto us, saying: It certainly should. The PPro is a 686-class chip, basically a PII in a Socket 8 package with a faster cache (runs at base clockspeed) and no support for MMX. -- -Rich Steiner >>>---> http://www.visi.com/~rsteiner >>>---> Smyrna, GA USA OS/2 + eCS + Linux + Win95 + DOS + PC/GEOS + Executor = PC Hobbyist Heaven! WARNING: I've seen FIELDATA FORTRAN V and I know how to use it! The Theorem Theorem: If If, Then Then. |
Unable to download deep files and directories recursively with mget -R command... Posted: 18 Feb 2005 02:05 AM PST In comp.os.linux.setup com wrote: I do not understand this, but it seems unimportant now as you said you have solved your problem. The fact remains that there is a test.tar on the server that you cannot read, but it seems that you are blissfully unaware of it and it does not concern you :^) Cheers, Laurenz Albe |
Fedora or SuSE for centrino laptop Posted: 17 Feb 2005 08:32 AM PST In comp.os.linux.setup Berhane Temelso <gatech.edu>: Dunno, why not install and try out? Never heard about "Centrino", however it looks like my laptop (FSC) comes with it. It runs Debian/RH, both work fine, only tested the built in wlan with Debian, works. Seems to be some of the more crappy wlan devices, needed some strange firmware to get it running. Didn't tried bluetooth so far, irda works and this is all I need. Suse usually works fine on laptops, unless you dislike all the suse specific "features" and the box is powerful enough, regarding speed Debian (with KDE 3) beats the crap out of suse or alike. What about you'd install both at the same time and try out which works better for you? Later you can use the partitions of the one you don't want for other purposes. [..] Good luck -- Michael Heiming (X-PGP-Sig > GPG-Key ID: EDD27B94) mail: echo qr | perl -pe 'y/a-z/n-za-m/' #bofh excuse 175: OS swapped to disk |
Attach a serial modem to a PS/2 port? Posted: 17 Feb 2005 08:02 AM PST weber.edu wrote: I solved the problem by installing a serial port card and an external serial modem. Thanks, all! Anthony |
When is the root password set up? Posted: 17 Feb 2005 07:40 AM PST NoSpamIsAccepted <com> wrote: No, that reformats your partition as an ext2/3 filesystem, a little extreme just to change the password (seeing as it won't do that anyway) The command you want is passwd run as root. just type passwd and it'll prompt you for the new password twice The You won't be, there's no operating system on the floppy disk. all mke2fs does is make an ext2/3 partition. Neither does fdisk. fdisk is the program that creates the partitions that you use mk2fs on to create the filesystems that linux is installed on. Unfortunately I do not have a spare PC for me to try it, passwd |
serial port communication problem with null modem Posted: 17 Feb 2005 06:56 AM PST prakash wrote: .... the serial lines are mis-configured, programmatically -- << http://michaeljtobler.homelinux.com/ >> We can predict everything, except the future. |
Performance issue: compiling kernel taking 5x longer than on comparable systems Posted: 16 Feb 2005 06:43 PM PST On Thu, 17 Feb 2005 10:43:28 -0800, kirktrue wrote: That was just a guess. In the end those benchmarks are for comparing machines within that test. Often you can't even compare benchmark results from two different runs. Look at tomshardware's or anandtech's encoding tests for example, which you can't possibly reproduce since you don't have the file that they encode, plus they seem to be using different files and codec versions for every test. So, a test conducted with a certain CPU will give you different results in a later test, which is why tomshardware runs the benchmarks with older hardware as well to let the reader see the difference with the new settings. You should verify the readings from lm_sensors with what your BIOS reports to check whether you have the correct settings in your sensors.conf, because 62.5C seems way too high for the AMD64 under load with decent cooling. Thermaltake has online installation instructions for their products which you might want to check: http://www.thermaltake.com/support/support.asp I would verify everything in this regard just to be sure to be sure that your CPU doesn't burn. HTH and good luck Andreas |
Certification Programs Posted: 16 Feb 2005 06:31 PM PST Scott wrote: A search on Amazon reveals 7 books - http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/search-handle-url/index%3Dstripbooks%3Arelevance-above%26field-keywords%3Drhce%26search-type%3Dss%26bq%3D1%26store-name%3Dbooks/ The newest seems to be http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0072253657 |