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Hostname

by Michael Long

Thanks for the help with realaudio. Now it is working fine. My next question concerns how the hostname is published. When I look at the DHCP clients table provided by my router software the windoze boxes have published their hostname correctly but my linux box has published an incorrrect name. When I look at /etc/HOSTNAME the name is 'zeus' however then name that shows up in the clients table is '80'. What am I missing? thx, --mike

May 20, 2001

Re: Wlug digest, Vol 1 #64 - 2 msgs

by Jim Stith

compaq deskpro - the sequel; i have a viewsonic e771 monitor connected to the deskpro. i checked viewsonic's specs and found horizontal range 30-70khz vertical range 50-120hz both are what rh 70 installs and it does find the 771 although it is called e771-2 by rh. video card is a matrox mellinnium g200(generic) which is correct. i am using 16 bit 800x600. the pop sound is more like the monitor shutting off than any sort of safety device. the reason i want to install graphics is that i want to use webmin for configuration of samba apache etc. i am assuming that graphics has to be installed to use webmin. any other suggestions based on the info. above would be appreciated. thanks jim s. wlug-request(a)mail.wlug.org wrote: > > Message: 1 > To: wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > Subject: Re: [Wlug] compaq deskpro > From: Josh Huber <huber(a)alum.wpi.edu> > Date: 17 May 2001 15:00:50 -0400 > Reply-To: wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > > Jim Stith <stith2(a)earthlink.net> writes: > > [snip] > > In addition to what other people are saying, I have to ask -- why > would you want to install X on a server? > > Save disk space, save memory, and keep things simple. If the console > works, just use it. :) > > -- > Josh Huber > > --__--__-- > > Message: 2 > Date: Fri, 18 May 2001 07:30:32 -0400 > From: doug waud <douglas.waud(a)umassmed.edu> > To: wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > Subject: Re: [Wlug] compaq deskpro > Reply-To: wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > > Hi > > > everything loads fine but when the system tries to go into x and give me > > a login screen, the monitor makes a poping sound and the screen goes > > blank. > > As several responses have indicated already, you are probably driving > the monitor at the wrong frequency. This can be very dangerous (you > can cook a monitor this way) but perhaps not in your case since that > "popping sound" is probably the monitor being new enough to cut itself > off when mistreated. > > In any case, what you have to do is find out the allowable hsync and > vsync > frequencies of the monitor. Since the computer is second hand (I assume) > you may not have the manual. In that case, look on the monitor for some > sort of manufacturer/model number and feed that into google. With luck > and a bit of poking around you should be able to find a spec sheet or > table and get the hsync and vsync frequencies (I found Compaq was not > too shabby when faced with the same issue with my daughter's computer > and a Linux install). Once you have those values, you can tell the > install program what to use (I don't use Red Hat, so I can't give you > chapter and verse here; XF86Config is more generic but a tad cryptic. > If you have to go the latter route, feel free to touch base with me > (probably directly to save traffic to the whole group) and we can, > if necessary, walk through the various steps in XF86Config. > > Incidentally, I vaguely remember that my daughter's Compaq (a Presario) > had a bastard video chip which confused SuSE 6.3 but which 7.0 was > able to deal with. I suspect your box is old enough that this will > not be a problem. > > Finally, Compaq is good about providing manuals. I went into google > and entered compaq deskpro and got to the Compaq site > > which, in turn, had a link to a downloadable pdf manual. > > I suspect you may have to be a bit more specific as to model of > compaq deskpro but you should be able to get the equivalent for > your particular box. Ditto for monitor. This way you can give > the install program hints as to both the video chip and the > sync frequencies. > > Hope this helps a little. > > > i have been going through the faq's and the only thing i have found out > > is that compaq did some strange things around the mbr. > > I don't think this is anywhere near the mbr. > > doug > > PS I agree with John Huber's point that X is unnecessary (and perhaps > even in the way) on a server. However, I can also understand why you > might > want to get X going simply because, like Mount Everest, it's there :-) > > -- > Douglas R Waud > 17 Lantern Lane, Shrewsbury, MA, 01545-2006 > http://www.ummed.edu/pub/d/drw/ >

May 20, 2001

Partition

by colin＠localhost.localdomain

Thanks for the feedback. Resized the WinFAT32 partition successfully (lost no data). Linux partitions expanded (required reformatting that did wipe data.) System appears to remain stable. Colin

May 19, 2001

Re: [Wlug] RealPlayer and Linksys

by Chuck Homic

On Sat, May 19, 2001 at 03:55:15PM -0400, Michael Long wrote: > If I download an *.ra file to disk I am able to open that file and play it > using realplayer. Right... I'm being stupid. The LD_PRELOAD bit was about sound output, not anything about the network. Okay, I'm going to go back to being useless. :) -Chuck

May 19, 2001

Re: [Wlug] RealPlayer and Linksys

by Michael Long

If I download an *.ra file to disk I am able to open that file and play it using realplayer. On Saturday 19 May 2001 15:08, Chuck Homic wrote: > On Sat, May 19, 2001 at 02:36:54PM -0400, Michael Long wrote: > > Realaudio only connects through the router successfully on my windoze > > box. On the linux box I have installed it successfully but cannot get get > > it to connect through the router. > > Are you able to get RA to work under Linux *without* going through the > router? The last RA for Linux I installed had some problems which > required an LD_PRELOAD to replace the open() syscall. Pretty hacky stuff. > So first, I'd confirm that the problem is the router and not Real Player > itself. > > -Chuck > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug

May 19, 2001

Re: [Wlug] RealPlayer and Linksys

by Chuck Homic

On Sat, May 19, 2001 at 02:36:54PM -0400, Michael Long wrote: > Realaudio only connects through the router successfully on my windoze > box. On the linux box I have installed it successfully but cannot get get it > to connect through the router. Are you able to get RA to work under Linux *without* going through the router? The last RA for Linux I installed had some problems which required an LD_PRELOAD to replace the open() syscall. Pretty hacky stuff. So first, I'd confirm that the problem is the router and not Real Player itself. -Chuck

May 19, 2001

RealPlayer and Linksys

by Michael Long

I have configured several boxes at home behind a Linksys router #BEFSR81. Both my windoze and linux boxes are able to connect through the router however Realaudio only connects through the router successfully on my windoze box. On the linux box I have installed it successfully but cannot get get it to connect through the router. What should I be looking at in order to solve this? I tried looking at preferences and tried Auto-Configure to no avail. Unfortunately I do not know what RTSP or PNA is or how to use it. Any help will be greatly appreciated. thx, mike

May 19, 2001

Re: [Wlug] Shifting partitions

by Charles R. Anderson

On Fri, 18 May 2001, Brad Noyes wrote: brad> resize partitions. It only runs on windows, but has the brad> ability to manipulate ext2 filesystems. Hope this helps, Partition Magic can be run directly from it's own boot disk as well, which is useful if you don't have Windows installed.

May 19, 2001

Re: [Wlug] Shifting partitions?

by Brad Noyes

Hi, I'm too clear on what you are looking for, so i'm guessing that you want to resize/move a partition. In that case, you may be interested in looking at gnu-parted. A free program that can resize/move partitions. It has a rough interface from what i remember, but it got the job done for me. If you are looking for an easy to use solution there is partition magic, which is a commercial product, that can resize partitions. It only runs on windows, but has the ability to manipulate ext2 filesystems. Hope this helps, On Friday 18 May 2001 12:58, gwlt(a)ma.ultranet.com wrote: > A fast question: > Anyone have experience with the stability of and general > wisdom of shifting the Linux partition on a hard drive on > a dual boot machine? I am trying to upgrade to a newer > kernel and am presented with not enough memory on the > Linux side of the drive. > Encountered error message: > <<An error occurred. Tour system has not enough space > left for installation or upgrade (366821583>188726600)>> > If the endeavor is too risky I can sacrifice the current > Linux install, wipe the partition and install from > scratch. (That does undermine the whole benefit of > purchasing the proprietary upgrade package though.) > Thanks. > Colin ---------------------------------------- Content-Type: application/rtf; charset="iso-8859-1"; name="Attachment: 1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64 Content-Description: filename="text1.rtf" ----------------------------------------

May 19, 2001

Shifting partitions?

by gwlt＠ma.ultranet.com

A fast question: Anyone have experience with the stability of and general wisdom of shifting the Linux partition on a hard drive on a dual boot machine? I am trying to upgrade to a newer kernel and am presented with not enough memory on the Linux side of the drive. Encountered error message: <<An error occurred. Tour system has not enough space left for installation or upgrade (366821583>188726600)>> If the endeavor is too risky I can sacrifice the current Linux install, wipe the partition and install from scratch. (That does undermine the whole benefit of purchasing the proprietary upgrade package though.) Thanks. Colin

May 18, 2001