From: wonge@fraser.sfu.ca (Edmund Wong)
Subject: Help Needed for Linux.   
Organization: Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, B.C., Canada
Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1992 06:33:53 GMT


   I have a few questions to ask about Linux.  Here goes.

   1) What procedures do I need to go through in order to make my
      linux system 'available' for remote log-ins?

   2) When a non-root user logs on and does a 'elm' command, the system
      says "You have no password entry!" and throws the non-root user(me)
      to the system prompt.  What is the problem?

   3) Where can I get the extra man-pages for the 'w' command..?

   4) (related to 3).  When a non-root user does a 'w' command, the system
      gives the user a '/dev/kmem: Permission denied' message.  Why and
      how do I get rid of it and allow the user to use the 'w' command.
     
   5) (related to 'w' command).  When a root user does a 'w' command,
      it gives the normal list of users on, and the necessary headings,
      but it does not display what each user is really doing. ie.

      User       tty       login@   idle   JCPU    PCPU   what
      root       tty1      10:05pm  
      wonge      tty2      10:11pm   

      It doesn't show anything in the JCPU, PCPU and what columns.
      Why?

   6) Also, when I do a 'w' command(as the root user), I also get
      THREE extra LOGIN devices. What are they for?

      i.e.
           User      tty     login@   idle   JCPU   PCPU    what
           root      tty1    10:05pm   
           LOGIN     tty4    10:04pm   10
           LOGIN     tty3    10:04pm   10
           wonge     tty2    10:11pm
         * LOGIN     tty6    21Jan804647days
         * LOGIN     tty5    21Jan804647days
         * LOGIN     ttyp1   16Nov9289days

       The LOGINs with the *'s are the EXTRA devices that I'm not sure
       of.  When I do a ALT-F6 for example, I only get a blank screen.
       What  are these extra LOGIN's for?
  
   7) I've installed the base system and X11 as well as the compilers
      to /dev/hda2.  How do I install the TeX package from my
      3 1/2 floppy?  Whenever I do a 'sysinstall -series t' it
      ALWAYS reads from my A: drive.  I want it to install from my
      B drive.  I also have tried the 'sysinstall -instdev /dev/fd1'
      command(if that's how I use it) and it still doesn't work, in
      fact, it only displays the same help screen for 'sysinstall'.

   8) I can't seem to get the X11 to work.  When I do a 'startx' 
      command, the following screen appears:-

      Creating TCP socket: Invalid argument
      XFree86 Version 1.0Ya / X Window System
      (protocol Version 11, revision 0, vendor release 5000)
      Configured drivers:
          VGA256 (256 colour SVGA);
              et4000, et3000, pvga1, gvga, ati, tvga8900
      VGA256: et4000 (mem: 0k numclocks: 16)
      VGA256:   clocks: 25 28 36 27 30 33 20 24 50 57 72 45 60 65 40 47
      VGA256: Too little memory for virtual resolution


              *** None of the configured devices was detected.***




      Fatal server error:
      no screens found
      giving up.
      xinit:  Invalid argument (errno 22): unable to connect to X server
      xinit:  No such process (errno 3): Server error.

   /root#

    Can someone please tell me what I need to do for the following setup?

    I have a Trident 8900 card(?), with 512k,  a CTX SVGA monitor
    for a 486/33 clone with 8megs of ram.

  ** 
   I hope someone out there can help me with the above questions..

 
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