From: probreak@matt.ksu.ksu.edu (James Michael Chacon)
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: Help Needed for Linux.
Date: 21 Dec 1992 18:07:17 -0600
Organization: Kansas State University
NNTP-Posting-Host: matt.ksu.ksu.edu

wonge@fraser.sfu.ca (Edmund Wong) writes:


>   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?

In the FAQ there is a section on how to do this with getty. Also you can
download the getty_ps package from tsx-11.mit.edu in the /pub/linux/sources/..
(somewhere in there).

>   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?

Don't know here, haven't installed elm yet. (Need another line for my uucp 
feed :-)

>   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.

As root, issue the following command. 

chown root.mem /bin/w; chmod 2755 /bin/w. (If that's where w is on your system
of course. otherwise change the path accordingly).

>     
>   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?

Sounds like you need to recompile the ps package as mine shows up fine.
You can get that from tsx-11.mit.edu in the /pub/linux/sources/sbin I believe.

>   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?

Check /etc/inittab and see if its spawning getty's on those devices. That
may be the default as an example.

>  
>   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
>    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..
>-- 
>InterNet: wonge@fraser.sfu.ca  |  "Fail not; Learn Not.

From what I see, X thinks you have an et4000 chipset on your card and so
it can't figure out how to work with your trident. In /usr/X386/lib/X11
there is a file named Xconfig. In the vga256 and vga2 sections add the 
following line:


chipset tvga8900

And see if that works now. Your card has to be an 8900c or it won't work.
There isn't any planned work on the 8800 or 8900b cards either, sorry.

James

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