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 Posted: Wed Jun 25, 2003 6:20 am Post subject: [slackware] installing older xfree86 over newer |
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Asa Rossoff
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| Posted: Wed Jun 25, 2003 6:20 am Post subject: Re: [slackware] installing older xfree86 over newer |
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"Eef Hartman" <E.J.M.Hartman@math.tudelft.nl> wrote:
| Quote: | In alt.os.linux.slackware Asa Rossoff <asa@lovetour.info> wrote:
* "Extension GLX Missing" error starting some app (in Gnome I think)
Look at _this_ section in your XF86Config file:
Section "Module"
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(several lines skipped)
# This loads the GLX module
Load "glx"
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Thanks. I think I'm taking a vacation from working on my Linux setup until
I get the external modem I ordered in the mail.
I tried your suggestion. Actually, I had to use a 3.3.6 X server with my
video chipset, and the XF86Config generated by 3.3.6's XF86Setup din't even
have a module section. I added the module section from the default 4.3.0
XF86Config, and with a minor change (remove the subsection), 3.3.6 didn't
report any errors reading it. However, still no GL support.
I appreciate your suggestion.
Thanks
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| Posted: Thu Jun 26, 2003 5:19 pm Post subject: Re: Read only filesystem?? |
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On Wed, 25 Jun 2003 at 19:58 GMT, Mike L eloquently wrote:
| Quote: | I had to restore a Redhat 7.0 box from a cpio tape. Now everything I do
informs me it is a "read-only filesystem". Could someone enlighten me as to
how this happened and how I can repair it? I have restored RH 6.2 systems in
this way without encountering this problem....
Does the output of mount say your filesystems are mounted rw or r? |
Example:
/dev/hdb3 on / type xfs (rw)
none on /proc type proc (rw)
usbdevfs on /proc/bus/usb type usbdevfs (rw)
/dev/hdb1 on /boot type xfs (rw)
Note the stuff in parentheses. Seems you might need to remount
the filesystems rw. Something like 'mount -a -o rw' might work.
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Nico Kadel-Garcia
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| Posted: Thu Jun 26, 2003 5:40 pm Post subject: Re: sendmail/fetchmail/procmail/mutt from source |
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not_valid wrote:
| Quote: | It is 38 months now. And I still do not use linux on the
internet as noone has posted any information at all. Well, I telnet in
sometimes, but have you ever tried reading newsgroups on telnet ?
Formatting the replies under vi is also a pain in the a*
I run sendmail 8.93 as an open relay spammers welcome I
suppose.
Installed procmail. The latest. After reading in the docs that
it is infallible, so there is NO need to read the docs, I get "error
64 root does not have a valid shell account ". Google brought 8
suggestions, none of which worked. I made a lot of home directories
world browserable, as per procmail FAQ, and as people keep reminders
of file contents in file names as a reminder, I had to reinstall. Bl*
awful security.
Well ...lets check my invalid shell
echo $SHELL
/bin/bash
am i paranoid or has microsoft bought off most linux developers ?
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You're confused. Note likely sources of trouble.
| Quote: | On Wed, 30 Oct 2002 21:21:36 -0200, not_valid <not@all_valid> wrote:
Hi all,
I have been trying for 30 months to set up a simple
sendmail/fetchmail/procmail/mutt combination, for use on a home dialup
network.
I set up the windows equivalent after reading 5 minutes of
text, resuming, I clicked setup in mailwarrior or pegasus or eudora,
and entered the name of my smtp and pop server, and that was it.
But I don't want to read mail under windows, as I can never
trust the binaries. It is essential that the programs be compiled from
source code. Which was what I thought linux was all about.
I have asked the same question here every 6 months, and have
not had a single helpful answer yet 
My system is completely built from source code, and I had to
reinstall from scratch various times after sendmail/exim/others fsckd
up with my system - a very painful experience , takes about 2 weeks. I
now have a tarred base version of my system on CD, so I just do a
mke2fs from a rescue floppy and untar my system back again .
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You are basically insane, although in a good way. Do not build from
scratch unless you have a *lot* of time on your hands, which you
apparently do.
Did you set /etc/shells to list "/bin/bash" as a valid shell? And try to
stay a bit *behind* the bleeding edge for new packages, and actually
read the docs. Not reading them is not a proof of how cool and smart you
are, it's a proof that you're a silly, silly person.
| Quote: | So here comes my six-monthly question :
Can anyone point me to a sendmail/procmail/fetchmail/mutt
HOWTO, FROM SOURCE CODE !!!! Please do not suggest 1000 page books or
FAQS, or obsolete versions. I just want to do, say, in 8 hours, what
windows took me 5 minutes to do.
Here I go, :wq vim, killing mp3blaster (oK, lets finish
hearing "tears in heaven" first), unmounting filesystems, rebooting,
firing up agent, just to send this message (yes, slrn uses
sendmail).....is linux viable ????
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Sendmail is a non-trivial and rather arcane package. I urge the O'Reilly
book *and the docs*, and starting from a working package and tweaking
from *that* instead of building from scratch. Rebuild the package if you
want, but getting all the potential options to play nice together is
like forging your own motorcycle from iron and aluminum more. You *will*
make mistakes.... |
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Nico Kadel-Garcia
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| Posted: Thu Jun 26, 2003 5:49 pm Post subject: Re: Linux Install From NT |
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Sharninder wrote:
| Quote: | hi,
I have a PC with a fast connection to the net but no floppy disk or a
CDROM drive. This PC has NT 4 server installed. Is there any way i can
install linux on it totally of the network. Loadlin based solutions
don't work because i only have NT on the machine.
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There are ways to install an entire OS from a network site as a system
image, but I don't think you're ready to go there. Can you open the box
and temporarily attach a CD or floppy drive? |
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Nico Kadel-Garcia
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| Posted: Thu Jun 26, 2003 5:50 pm Post subject: Re: where is the dhcp for RH 7.3? |
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Jeff Stevens wrote:
| Quote: | I'd like to switch the dhcp off and go with a static IP for my linux box
(trying to make a dns server) - but I cannot find the script where this
takes place. Can someone point me at the right spot?
Thanks,
Jeff
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linuxconf and netconfig (or netconf) can be used to set this. The actual
files edited are /etc/sysconfig/network and
/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth* |
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Douglas Mayne
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| Posted: Thu Jun 26, 2003 7:50 pm Post subject: Re: dual boot problems: LILO stops at LI |
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On Wed, 25 Jun 2003 08:28:44 -0600, Brian Myers wrote:
| Quote: | I know this is a common problem in setting up dual-boot systems. I've
searched through the newsgroups; apparently the likely cause is some
mismatch in disk geometry. But I've tried messing with those settings in
lilo.conf without succeeding. So here's the relevant information; maybe
one of you can diagnose it better than I.
snip
By default, my lilo.conf came this way:
# Support LBA for large hard disks.
#
lba32
#linear
# Specifies the boot device. This is where Lilo installs its boot
# block. It can be either a partition, or the raw device, in which
# case it installs in the MBR, and will overwrite the current MBR.
#
boot=/dev/hde2
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Brian
The boot loader can be either on the MBR or on a partition BIOS parameter |
block,"BPB."
http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/mini/LILO-2.html#ss2.1
From your lilo.conf, it looks like the loader is on the BPB, and not on
the MBR. I think in this case, you would
1.Fix lilo.conf: boot=/dev/hde
2.Install LILO on the MBR of hde
3.Save that MBR as a file (as I presume you have been doing.)
BTW, I switched to grub as the loader. It works for me as the overall boot
manager.
I recently wrote this:
http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&selm=pan.2003.06.23.08.25.22.246539.1832%40worldnet.att.net
--Douglas Mayne |
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lcoe
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| Posted: Thu Jun 26, 2003 8:11 pm Post subject: Re: sendmail/fetchmail/procmail/mutt from source |
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Nico Kadel-Garcia <nkadel@verizon.net> wrote:
| Quote: | not_valid wrote:
It is 38 months now. And I still do not use linux on the
internet as noone has posted any information at all. Well, I telnet in
sometimes, but have you ever tried reading newsgroups on telnet ?
Formatting the replies under vi is also a pain in the a*
I run sendmail 8.93 as an open relay spammers welcome I
suppose.
Installed procmail. The latest. After reading in the docs that
it is infallible, so there is NO need to read the docs, I get "error
64 root does not have a valid shell account ". Google brought 8
suggestions, none of which worked. I made a lot of home directories
world browserable, as per procmail FAQ, and as people keep reminders
of file contents in file names as a reminder, I had to reinstall. Bl*
awful security.
Well ...lets check my invalid shell
echo $SHELL
/bin/bash
am i paranoid or has microsoft bought off most linux developers ?
You're confused. Note likely sources of trouble.
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shuuuush, do not feed the troll...... --Loren |
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Chris Cox
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| Posted: Thu Jun 26, 2003 8:30 pm Post subject: Re: laptop screen goes black after 1 minute |
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tudor wrote:
| Quote: | hi!
Xset doesen't help, dpms is disabled, apm is also disabled. There were no
settings in BIOS.
System is RH8 kde 3.1 running.
Thanx in advance.
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xset -dpms
Make sure you have any power management stuff disabled
in your BIOS.
Unfortunately, there are many variables here.... |
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Cage
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| Posted: Thu Jun 26, 2003 10:05 pm Post subject: Re: Sound configuration on debian woody... |
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Is there any specific reason for using 2.2.20 kernel. If you use the
2.4bf kernel you will find the module. (Of course this will require
recompiling your kernel or reinstalling. How setup is your system?
Neo wrote:
| Quote: | Hi,
This is the first time I am posting a message on this group.
I have a debian woody installation installed on an athlon xp 2000. I
have not been able to configure the sound on this thing. I tried
installing sndconfig but it says there is no soundcore.o in the module
searchpath. I looked it up in the /lib/modules and it wasnt there. I
have been trying to do this since quite some time now. Can anyone tell
me what I should do??
My kernel version is 2.2.20. How do i get the soundcore.o module? or
if there is any alternative method that I can use to get my sound
working??
-Sumedh Takbhate |
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ArielC
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| Posted: Thu Jun 26, 2003 10:40 pm Post subject: Re: XDMCP from solaris to linux |
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ooh, getting warmer!
The only problem is, that when I run the command you gave me the second
server takes over my root window. I'd like to be able to bring up a
solaris login screen on my redhat machine and still be able to view my
redhat gnome desktop. I'm I asking for cake and eat it too?
Maybe I have to go with vnc, anyone know how well vnc would be able to
handle this? I really don't want to use vnc, I would like to minimize the
number of layers.
Thanks.
-arielc
Ian Northeast wrote:
| Quote: | ArielC wrote:
How do I (remotely) bring up a solaris login screen from my redhat 9 machine?
Basically I want to just be able to open up a gnome-terminal and be able
make an xdmcp connection to a remote solaris machine and launch a cde login
screen on my redhat machine. Or just simply rsh into my solaris machine
and xhost back a solaris welcome screen.
I'm using gdm and redhat 9
Remote machine is solaris 9.
X -query <solaris> -once :1
from the command line should start a second X server with an XDMCP
connection to your Solaris machine. This will be available on
ctrl-alt-F8 unless you've changed the default TTYs.
Regards, Ian |
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Kenneth A Kauffman
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| Posted: Thu Jun 26, 2003 11:27 pm Post subject: Re: Setting vsftpd to only allow local connections... |
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"Sam Nichols" <sizam@inerd.net> wrote in message
news:sizam-6C5DF4.10414926062003@news.stanford.edu...
| Quote: | In article <_llKa.22031$pH3.3939@news2.east.cox.net>,
"Kenneth A Kauffman" <kkauffman@nospam.headfog.com> wrote:
"Sam Nichols" <sizam@inerd.net> wrote in message
news:sizam-B7BB46.10305725062003@news.stanford.edu...
Hello,
I'd like to setup vsftpd to only allow connections from local
processes
such that I could create a ssh tunnel to my server and connected to
the
ftp daemon through the tunnel, but it wouldn't listen to any remotely
accessable port? I see in the docs how to allow access to local
users,
thats not quite what I'm looking for though.
Thanks
Hmm.. what is the ultimate goal? If it is to transfer files securely;
you
can use SFTP, which is installed by default as a subsystem to SSH. Are
you
trying to do FTP over SSL using VSFTP?
ken k
What I want to do is use the FTP protocol securely. The software I use
to edit files (BBEdit) doesn't support sftp, only ftp (port 21) so I
want to tunnel through my local computer to my server at home's FTP port
BUT I don't want any computers to be able to connect to the FTP port
without going through a tunnel.
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use the native SSH port forwarding. you will need to forward ports 20 and
21. this will allow you SSH into your remote machine, then use LOCALHOST
from your client. the SSH port forwarding will then send the requests
through the tunnel. The lock down ports 20-21 on your box using IPTABLES or
your firewall/router. Then the connection can only be made from a valid
user with SSH access and port forwarding enabled.
I can't quite remember, but I think if you wanted to wrap FTP with SSL then
you would need a client that suports that also.
ken k |
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spagi
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| Posted: Fri Jun 27, 2003 1:33 am Post subject: Re: Need a partition program |
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On Thu, 26 Jun 2003 20:20:03 +0000, Megaperson1590 wrote:
| Quote: | Hello, I'm an avid comp user who wants to try out Caldera Linux to see if Linux
is better than Windows but I'm having trouble finding a good partitioning
program. Fips doesn't seem to work and I can't obtain Partition Magic. Your
help would be appreciated.
you can download (and ck  the acronis partition expert utility. |
it can create boot cdrom, so you dont even need the grate windows 95
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Bill Unruh
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| Posted: Fri Jun 27, 2003 1:35 am Post subject: Re: laptop screen goes black after 1 minute |
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Chris Cox <ccox_nopenotthis@airmail.net> writes:
]tudor wrote:
]> hi!
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]> Xset doesen't help, dpms is disabled, apm is also disabled. There were no
]> settings in BIOS.
]> System is RH8 kde 3.1 running.
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]> Thanx in advance.
]xset -dpms
]Make sure you have any power management stuff disabled
]in your BIOS.
]Unfortunately, there are many variables here....
Also check the kde setup. There is a "timer" in there which also kicks
in after a short time. Ie, it is not just the screensaver you have to
worry about but also kde.
What happens when you hit a key. Does it pop back up? |
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Clive Dove
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| Posted: Fri Jun 27, 2003 2:00 am Post subject: Re: Need a partition program |
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Megaperson1590 wrote:
| Quote: | Hello, I'm an avid comp user who wants to try out Caldera Linux to see
if Linux is better than Windows but I'm having trouble finding a good
partitioning program. Fips doesn't seem to work and I can't obtain
Partition Magic. Your help would be appreciated.
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Get Mandrake 9.1 instead.
Its installer will non-destructively shrink windows partitions
(including the ntfs filesystem used by Win2000 and WinXP) to make space
for linux in the size that you specify and will also automatically set
up a dual boot system when it detects the presence of a windows
bootable partition.
You don't need a third party partition program. |
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