[99212] in RedHat Linux List
Re: New User: Two Questions
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Deryk Barker)
Thu Nov 12 21:35:16 1998
Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1998 18:34:46 -0800
From: Deryk Barker <dbarker@camosun.bc.ca>
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In-Reply-To: <4.1.19981112150208.009357c0@cnmailsvr.nmsu.edu>; from Kent R. Frazier on Thu, Nov 12, 1998 at 03:10:49PM -0700
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Thus spake Kent R. Frazier (kfrazier@NMSU.Edu):
> Over the last two weeks I have installed RedHat Linux 5.1 and all the
> updates. When I tried to start Xwindows today all I got was a gray screen
> and an "X" for my mouse cursor. I ran Xconfigurator again, but nothing
> changed. Any ideas would be appreciated.
I am presuming that you typed startx ...
Have you a window manager configured in your .xinitrc? X by itself
isn't enough, you nedd to run a wm on top.
There are zillions to choose from, but if you are running, for
example, fvwm, then the last line of your .xinitrc should be
exec fvwm
>
> #2. I am dual-booting RH Linux and Win95 on a stand alone machine with only
> a modem dailup to the internet. My question is: What services do I need to
> start when Linux boots? Right now my system seem to hang when starting
> sendmail and smp. When I installed Linux, I installed "everything" because
> I wasn't sure what I needed and what I didn't. Suggestions as to what
> isn't need would be helpful. I'm willing to even do a complete reinstall
> with only the needed packages if someone would be willing to give me some
> guidance off list.
Ah, the sendmail hang.
I *think* (it's been a while and somebody please correct this if it is
off base)) that this is caused by having your hostname (sorry
HOSTNAME) in /etc/sysconfig/network set to the FQDN of your system
and a blank DOMAINNAME, as in
HOSTNAME=fred.dom.ain.org
DOMAINNAME=
If this is the case on your system then I think the sendmail hang goes
away when you chage the above to read:
HOSTNAME=fred
DOMAINNAME=dom.ain.org
That's how it is on my system and sendmail doesn't hang when I
startup.
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