Not parseable as a System.map?
Hi, I am getting the following error messages, bash# ps Warning: /boot/System.map-2.2.5-15 not parseable as a System.map Warning: /boot/System.map not parseable as a System.map USER PID %CPU %MEM VSZ RSS TTY STAT START TIME COMMAND ... when I run top or ps (the message also shows up at boot time). Can anyone tell me what went wrong and do I fix it? Thanks! Best wishes, Chip -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Not parseable as a System.map?
Hi,
On my machine,
bash$ file /boot/System.map-2.2.5-15
/boot/System.map-2.2.5-15: ASCII text
This problem came up after I had to restore my backup install to eradicate some
hacker's backdoor software.
Chip
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On Sun, May 05, 2002 at 01:31:48AM -0400, Fu-Dong Chiou wrote:
Hi,
I am getting the following error messages,
bash# ps
Warning: /boot/System.map-2.2.5-15 not parseable as a System.map
Warning: /boot/System.map not parseable as a System.map
USER PID %CPU %MEM VSZ RSS TTY STAT START TIME COMMAND
...
when I run top or ps (the message also shows up at boot time). Can anyone
tell
me what went wrong and do I fix it? Thanks!
Best wishes,
Chip
On my machine:
$ file /boot/System.map-2.2.20
/boot/System.map-2.2.20: Linux kernel symbol map text
$
One possibility might be that something went wrong when installing a
kernel. Installing the kernel again might solve it. You might want to
take notes of the actual steps you follow in order to install the
kernel so that if the problem will not get solved it will be easier
to find whether it was the problem and if it was, what was the
offending operation.
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Chip
The Shortest DVD Unscrambler (created in March 2001)
#!/usr/bin/perl
# 472-byte qrpff, Keith Winstein and Marc Horowitz [EMAIL PROTECTED]
# MPEG 2 PS VOB file - descrambled output on stdout.
# usage: perl -I k1:k2:k3:k4:k5 qrpff
# where k1..k5 are the title key bytes in least to most-significant order
# The following comments adopted from MIT Technology Review V.104, No.6, P.26
# Title keys can be obtained using VobDec
# (http://www.cs.cmu.edu/afs/cs.cmu.edu/user/dst/www/DeCSS/VobDec/). To
# play a movie whose title key is 0xcd302010fe, do:
# cat file.vob | perl -I 254:16:32:48:205 qrpff | extract_mpeg2 | mpeg2dec -
s''$/=\2048;while(){G=29;R=142;if((@a=unqT=C*,_)[20]48){D=89;_=unqb24,qT,@
b=map{ord qB8,unqb8,qT,[EMAIL
PROTECTED];s/...$/1$/;Q=unqV,qb25,_;H=73;O=$b[4]9
|256|$b[3];Q=Q8^(P=(E=255)(Q12^Q4^Q/8^Q))17,O=O8^(E(F=(S=O147^O)
^S*8^S6))9,_=(map{U=_%16orE^=R^=110(S=(unqT,\xb\ntd\xbz\x14d)[_/16%8]);E
^=(72,@z=(64,72,G^=12*(U-2?0:S17)),H^=_%64?12:0,@z)[_%8]}(16..271))[_]^((D=8
)+=P+(~FE))[EMAIL PROTECTED],@a}';s/[D-HO-U_]/\$$/g;s/q/pack+/g;eval
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Mounting CD-R?
Hi,
I have a quick question. How do I mount all the filesystems if I write
the CD-R multiple (say, 3) times using write session feature under
cd-recording program? Thanks in advance!
Best wishes,
Chip
The Shortest DVD Unscrambler (created in March 2001)
#!/usr/bin/perl
# 472-byte qrpff, Keith Winstein and Marc Horowitz [EMAIL PROTECTED]
# MPEG 2 PS VOB file - descrambled output on stdout.
# usage: perl -I k1:k2:k3:k4:k5 qrpff
# where k1..k5 are the title key bytes in least to most-significant order
# The following comments adopted from MIT Technology Review V.104, No.6, P.26
# Title keys can be obtained using VobDec
# (http://www.cs.cmu.edu/afs/cs.cmu.edu/user/dst/www/DeCSS/VobDec/). To
# play a movie whose title key is 0xcd302010fe, do:
# cat file.vob | perl -I 254:16:32:48:205 qrpff | extract_mpeg2 | mpeg2dec -
s''$/=\2048;while(){G=29;R=142;if((@a=unqT=C*,_)[20]48){D=89;_=unqb24,qT,@
b=map{ord qB8,unqb8,qT,[EMAIL
PROTECTED];s/...$/1$/;Q=unqV,qb25,_;H=73;O=$b[4]9
|256|$b[3];Q=Q8^(P=(E=255)(Q12^Q4^Q/8^Q))17,O=O8^(E(F=(S=O147^O)
^S*8^S6))9,_=(map{U=_%16orE^=R^=110(S=(unqT,\xb\ntd\xbz\x14d)[_/16%8]);E
^=(72,@z=(64,72,G^=12*(U-2?0:S17)),H^=_%64?12:0,@z)[_%8]}(16..271))[_]^((D=8
)+=P+(~FE))[EMAIL PROTECTED],@a}';s/[D-HO-U_]/\$$/g;s/q/pack+/g;eval
How do I install lilo?
HI, I have a quick question. I have a new HD that I used to backup my linux system to part of the drive (the drive also contains NT 4.0). After duplicating the entire HD, I was thinking of making it bootable to linux. Question: how do I install lilo now that the HD is not booting into linux? Can I use Tom's boot disk and run lilo from there? How do I give the command so that it correctly install lilo onto MBR? Thanks! Best wishes, Chip
scp not connecting.
Hi, I have a problem using scp. After installing rp-pppoe to activate my DSL connection, I am having some problem with scp. The following command will not get connected ssh -l account host but the following can ssh -P -l account host Ftp works, but I don't think it's a good idea to use ftp. The following command did not get me anywhere scp -pr [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/dir/file . Would appreciate any help. Thanks! Best wishes, Chip
Fatal X server error.
Hi,
I am having a problem with startx. The error message says:
_FontTransSocketUNIXConnect: Can't connect: errno = 2
failed to set default font path 'unix/:-1'
Fatal server error:
could not open default font 'fixed'
XIO: fatal IO error 104 (Connection reset by peer) on X server :0.0
after 0 requests (0 known processed) with 0 events remaining.
Would appreciate any help. Thanks!
Best wishes,
Chip
The Shortest DVD Unscrambler (created in March 2001)
#!/usr/bin/perl
# 472-byte qrpff, Keith Winstein and Marc Horowitz [EMAIL PROTECTED]
# MPEG 2 PS VOB file - descrambled output on stdout.
# usage: perl -I k1:k2:k3:k4:k5 qrpff
# where k1..k5 are the title key bytes in least to most-significant order
# The following comments adopted from MIT Technology Review V.104, No.6, P.26
# Title keys can be obtained using VobDec
# (http://www.cs.cmu.edu/afs/cs.cmu.edu/user/dst/www/DeCSS/VobDec/). To
# play a movie whose title key is 0xcd302010fe, do:
# cat file.vob | perl -I 254:16:32:48:205 qrpff | extract_mpeg2 | mpeg2dec -
s''$/=\2048;while(){G=29;R=142;if((@a=unqT=C*,_)[20]48){D=89;_=unqb24,qT,@
b=map{ord qB8,unqb8,qT,[EMAIL
PROTECTED];s/...$/1$/;Q=unqV,qb25,_;H=73;O=$b[4]9
|256|$b[3];Q=Q8^(P=(E=255)(Q12^Q4^Q/8^Q))17,O=O8^(E(F=(S=O147^O)
^S*8^S6))9,_=(map{U=_%16orE^=R^=110(S=(unqT,\xb\ntd\xbz\x14d)[_/16%8]);E
^=(72,@z=(64,72,G^=12*(U-2?0:S17)),H^=_%64?12:0,@z)[_%8]}(16..271))[_]^((D=8
)+=P+(~FE))[EMAIL PROTECTED],@a}';s/[D-HO-U_]/\$$/g;s/q/pack+/g;eval
Re: What is Passive mode anyway?
So, may I ask a related question? I am trying to use ssh on a DSL-connected system, and apparently encountered similar problems. That is, rp-ppoe (or firewall) does not allow incoming connection. How do I use ssh? Is there a way to get around this problem using a similar approach such as the passive mode to ftp? Thanks! Best wishes, Chip
SSH and ftp not working.
Hi, I recently installed RP-PPPoE and was able to get connected using my DSL modem. However, I am having a problem. Netscape and telnet works fine, but not ssh (ssh works if it's connecting to localhost, but not the internet) and ftp (although ftp under netscape works fine). Can anyone tell me what might cause this problem? Thanks! Best wishes, Chip
Re: Dual boot, multiple kernels, sytem map problem (was Re: Switching between two file systems.)
I have a desktop at home that has RedHat 7.0 installed RedHat 6.0 transferred (from another HD). After specifying the location of the other kernel image as image=/chopin/boot/vmlinuz I have no problem switching between rh6 and rh7, with no error messages. I thought I should be able to get around this problem using the same logic on this laptop HD, but I have been out of luck so far. Why is it still complaining about a wrong System.map? Chip kmself@ix.netcom.com wrote: I have a problem. I have RedHat on /dev/hd1, and Debian on /dev/hd5 (that I just transferred from another HD). The problem is, when I boot into Debian, the system.map of RedHat is still being used, and I got a lot of warning messages. Is there a way that I get around this problem? Thanks! =20 Post your /etc/lilo.conf file, and possibly, your disk partitioning scheme. =20 =20 Sorry, I should have done that. =20 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~#more /etc/lilo.conf=20 boot=3D/dev/hda map=3D/boot/map ^ Is this the system map you're referring to? If so, I'm not sure I can answer your question -- you're using different kernels for each system. I'm not aware of a way to specify per-stanza boot maps, but then, I haven't really tried. Have you considered an alternative boot method for Debian -- say a boot floppy or lilo floppy? install=3D/boot/boot.b prompt timeout=3D30 message=3D/boot/message linear default=3DRedHat7 =20 image=3D/boot/vmlinuz-2.2.16-22 label=3DRedHat7 read-only root=3D/dev/hda1 =20 image=3D/boot/vmlinuz label=3DDebian read-only root=3D/dev/hda5 =20 Disk /dev/hda: 240 heads, 63 sectors, 662 cylinders Units =3D cylinders of 15120 * 512 bytes =20 Device BootStart EndBlocks Id System /dev/hda1 * 1 271 2048728+ 83 Linux /dev/hda2 272 661 29484005 Extended /dev/hda5 * 272 542 2048728+ 83 Linux /dev/hda6 543 650816448+ 83 Linux /dev/hda7 651 661 83128+ 82 Linux swap =20 =20 Chip =20 --=20 Karsten M. Self kmself@ix.netcom.comhttp://kmself.home.netcom.com/ What part of Gestalt don't you understand? There is no K5 cabal http://gestalt-system.sourceforge.net/ http://www.kuro5hin.org
Re: Switching between two file systems.
Sorry, I should have done that. [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~#more /etc/lilo.conf boot=/dev/hda map=/boot/map install=/boot/boot.b prompt timeout=30 message=/boot/message linear default=RedHat7 image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.2.16-22 label=RedHat7 read-only root=/dev/hda1 image=/boot/vmlinuz label=Debian read-only root=/dev/hda5 Disk /dev/hda: 240 heads, 63 sectors, 662 cylinders Units = cylinders of 15120 * 512 bytes Device BootStart EndBlocks Id System /dev/hda1 * 1 271 2048728+ 83 Linux /dev/hda2 272 661 29484005 Extended /dev/hda5 * 272 542 2048728+ 83 Linux /dev/hda6 543 650816448+ 83 Linux /dev/hda7 651 661 83128+ 82 Linux swap Chip kmself@ix.netcom.com wrote: on Wed, Feb 28, 2001 at 12:03:02PM -0500, Fu-Dong Chiou ([EMAIL PROTECTED] edu) wrote: Hi, =20 I have a problem. I have RedHat on /dev/hd1, and Debian on /dev/hd5 (tha= t I=20 just transferred from another HD). The problem is, when I boot into Debi= an,=20 the system.map of RedHat is still being used, and I got a lot of warning= =20 messages. Is there a way that I get around this problem? Thanks! Post your /etc/lilo.conf file, and possibly, your disk partitioning scheme. --=20 Karsten M. Self kmself@ix.netcom.comhttp://kmself.home.netcom.com/ What part of Gestalt don't you understand? There is no K5 cabal http://gestalt-system.sourceforge.net/ http://www.kuro5hin.org
Switching between two file systems.
Hi, I have a problem. I have RedHat on /dev/hd1, and Debian on /dev/hd5 (that I just transferred from another HD). The problem is, when I boot into Debian, the system.map of RedHat is still being used, and I got a lot of warning messages. Is there a way that I get around this problem? Thanks! Best wishes, Chip
Insecure permission for swap partition.
Hi, I got a warning message saying the swap partition has insecure permission 0660, which should be changed to 0600. I looked at the man page of swapon, but could not find the info to change the permission. How do I change it? Thanks! Best wishes, Chip
Using DSL connection.
Hi, I was wondering if it is possible to use Verizon DSL modem from Linux. I have this modem connected to a 3Com ethernet hub, which connects to 3 machines. Verizon DSL has software for PC and Mac, and both work. Each machine would get its own IP address. Not sure if this should be the case, or Verizon just doesn't block a second (and beyond) machine to get connected at the same time and get an additional IP address. In any case, there is no software provided for Linux. I tried to set up the network configuration the way I did on the PC, but obviously it didn't work out. I was wondering if there is a way to use the DSL connection, or I am stuck with a modem? Thanks! Chip Fu-Dong Chiou wrote: Hi, I got a warning message saying the swap partition has insecure permission 0660, which should be changed to 0600. I looked at the man page of swapon, but could not find the info to change the permission. How do I change it? Thanks! Best wishes, Chip Best wishes, Chip
Re: Insecure permission for swap partition.
Thanks a lot! I didn't know I can chmod a partition as well. That takes care of my problem now. Chip J.H.M. Dassen wrote: On Sun, Feb 18, 2001 at 14:47:01 -0500, Fu-Dong Chiou wrote: I got a warning message saying the swap partition has insecure permission 0660, which should be changed to 0600. I looked at the man page of swapon, but could not find the info to change the permission. How do I change it? Have a look at info file utilities file permissions or do man chmod (chmod 0600 /dev/hda7 [or whatever your swap partition is] should do the trick). HTH, Ray -- UNFAIR Term applied to advantages enjoyed by other people which we tried to cheat them out of and didn't manage. See also DISHONESTY, SNEAKY, UNDERHAND and JUST LUCKY I GUESS. - The Hipcrime Vocab by Chad C. Mulligan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] Best wishes, Chip
Re: Invalid partition table (rescue)
Robin, Thank you so much for the help. I just tried to use the boot disk. After it booted into /dev/hda6, I ran lilo again, and then reboot the machine, and it doesn't complain about the partation table again. Chip Robin Rowe wrote: Chip, I don't know what's wrong, but a typical way to deal with this is to boot using a generic rescue (install) diskette. (Win98 doesn't understand Linux so whatever it may report is suspect.) A Debian install floppy has to work whether your CD will boot or not. When presented the main install menu don't follow the normal sequence, but choose instead to mount your existing swap and ext2 partitions. The first warning that proceeding may lose data on your disk can be ignored, but don't choose to install Linux to a particular partition or then you will lose your data there. Pick partition disk to proceed into cfdisk to check that things are as you want there. You will probably want to quit cfdisk without any changes. Mount your partitions. Then select from the install menu that you want to make Linux bootable and follow the normal sequence for installing LILO. With any luck you are on your way. Total time to put things right is about five minutes, if you have a rescue diskette. It may take longer if you have to create the diskette from the CD. To do that you will need a machine that will boot to MS-DOS or Linux. Extra difficulty if you must boot a win98 box into MS-DOS with no real mode CD-ROM drivers. Copy the boot directory off the CD onto a FAT16 partition in Windows first if you have to go that route. Cheers, Robin - Original Message - From: Fu-Dong Chiou [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Cc: Fu-Dong Chiou [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, February 16, 2001 4:07 PM Subject: Invalid partition table? Hi, I am having a problem booting to a Compaq LTE5200 laptop. It has been runnning linux for almost two years until yesterday when I decided to try to upgrade it using a bootable CD. Since it did not seem to boot from the CD, I thought I might make it happen by modifying /etc/lilo.conf. Here's what I have /dev/hda1 400+M ext2/opt /dev/hda2 1.6+G Extented /dev/hda5 80M swap /dev/hda6 1.6+G ext2/ *bootdisk /dev/hda1 used to have Windows98, but was reformatted to accommondate more linux applications, and is not bootable. (This was done more than one month ago.) But /etc/lilo.conf still has this windows information up until yesterday, so I thought I'd modify it and try to add /dev/hdb and see if that makes CDROM a bootable device. After reboot, the first message displays reads 120 MHz Pentium Processor External Cache: 256K Enabled Invalid partition table I tried to boot from a rootless diskette (floppy module and CDROM module share the same drive bay), and run lilo from there, but there an error message returning that said: # lilo -C /mnt/etc/lilo.conf -b /dev/hda6 -i /mnt/boot.boot.b Ignoring entry 'root' Ignoring entry 'install' First boot sector doesn't have a valid LILO signature The /etc/lilo.conf looks like this: boot = /dev/hda compact timeout = 1 prompt vga = normal read-only map = /boot/map install = /boot/boot.p image = /boot/vmlinuz lable = linux root = /dev/hda6 I am at my wit's end. As far as I can tell, everything looks fine. Mounting /dev/hda6 after booting from tomsrbt diskette shows that evrerything is still there. However, when I use Windows98 bootdisk to boot, and run fdisk from dos prompt, it shows that /dev/hda2 is not a bootable device, and there is no /dev/hda5 or /dev/hda6. I am not sure how the whole thing happened. Would appreciate any suggestion. Thanks! Best wishes, Chip -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] Best wishes, Chip
Invalid partition table?
Hi, I am having a problem booting to a Compaq LTE5200 laptop. It has been runnning linux for almost two years until yesterday when I decided to try to upgrade it using a bootable CD. Since it did not seem to boot from the CD, I thought I might make it happen by modifying /etc/lilo.conf. Here's what I have /dev/hda1 400+M ext2/opt /dev/hda2 1.6+G Extented /dev/hda5 80M swap /dev/hda6 1.6+G ext2/ *bootdisk /dev/hda1 used to have Windows98, but was reformatted to accommondate more linux applications, and is not bootable. (This was done more than one month ago.) But /etc/lilo.conf still has this windows information up until yesterday, so I thought I'd modify it and try to add /dev/hdb and see if that makes CDROM a bootable device. After reboot, the first message displays reads 120 MHz Pentium Processor External Cache: 256K Enabled Invalid partition table I tried to boot from a rootless diskette (floppy module and CDROM module share the same drive bay), and run lilo from there, but there an error message returning that said: # lilo -C /mnt/etc/lilo.conf -b /dev/hda6 -i /mnt/boot.boot.b Ignoring entry 'root' Ignoring entry 'install' First boot sector doesn't have a valid LILO signature The /etc/lilo.conf looks like this: boot = /dev/hda compact timeout = 1 prompt vga = normal read-only map = /boot/map install = /boot/boot.p image = /boot/vmlinuz lable = linux root = /dev/hda6 I am at my wit's end. As far as I can tell, everything looks fine. Mounting /dev/hda6 after booting from tomsrbt diskette shows that evrerything is still there. However, when I use Windows98 bootdisk to boot, and run fdisk from dos prompt, it shows that /dev/hda2 is not a bootable device, and there is no /dev/hda5 or /dev/hda6. I am not sure how the whole thing happened. Would appreciate any suggestion. Thanks! Best wishes, Chip
Cannot read HDDs, help!
Hi, I am having a very bad problem now. I got a multibay carrier to add a second HDD on my Compaq LTE 5200 laptop, so I was trying to back up the filesystem to another HDD. Then, I shutdown the system, and the message said the system has been halted. I then pulled out the multibay carrier (to replace with another HDD), but apparently, there is something funny going on (even though it said the system has halted), the LCD display went crazy. Anyway, that must have been a grave damage, as now I can no longer boot the computer. From BIOS setup, I realize that all HDDs are not being recognized. Even floppy diskettes are not being read. Can any one tell me what has happened? Is it possible to fix this problem? I appreciate any help. Thanks! Best wishes, Chip
PCMCIA CD-ROM -- please help!
Hi, I guess this is an easy question, but can anyone tell me what device it should be to mount a PCMCIA CD-ROM? Thanks! Best wishes, Chip
Where's my PCMCIA CD-ROM?
HI, Can anyone tell me what device it should be for a PCMCIA CD-ROM? I know the card is recognized, but have no idea which device to mount it from. Thanks in advance! Best wishes, Chip
Mounting CD-Rs that have multiple filesystems.
OK, here is what I am trying to do. I have some CD-Rs that are burned partially for two times: the first time an ISO9660 CD-R and the second time Mac HFS. I tested them on Macs and PCs. They will only mount the ISO9660 CD-R on most PC CD-ROMs, but not all. They will also mount the ISO9660 CD-R on all Macs, but I can mount the Mac HFS portion on a Mac using Toast. My question: how can I mount the ISO9660 CD-R on my linux box, avoiding the complaint that it has multiple filesystems, or is it possible? Thanks for any help! Best wishes, Chip
Cannot startx. Please help!
I am reposting the same message. Someone please help! Chip Fu-Dong Chiou wrote: Hi, I tried to install cxterm and xcin, but with no luck. Not only that, I seem to have messed up X windows. Now, I cannot startx. It will give me the following error if I start it from runlevel 3: -FontTransSocketUNIXConnect cannot connect: errorno= 111 Failed to set default font path 'unix/:-1' Fatal server error: could not open default font 'fixed' If I boot to runlevel 5, the (blank) screen will blink every few seconds, then it stops, giving me a screenful of error message that goes like: according to some file, xdm (with a PID #) seems to be running, but was mysteriously murdered. The same message repeats for several times (with different PID), and then it says it has to stop for 5 minutes. Then the whole process repeats again. Can anyone tell me how to fix this problem? I appreciate the help! Thanks! Best wishes, Chip -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null Best wishes, Chip
Fatal Xserver error 111?
Hi, I tried to install cxterm and xcin, but with no luck. Not only that, I seem to have messed up X windows. Now, I cannot startx. It will give me the following error if I start it from runlevel 3: -FontTransSocketUNIXConnect cannot connect: errorno= 111 Failed to set default font path 'unix/:-1' Fatal server error: could not open default font 'fixed' If I boot to runlevel 5, the (blank) screen will blink every few seconds, then it stops, giving me a screenful of error message that goes like: according to some file, xdm (with a PID #) seems to be running, but was mysteriously murdered. The same message repeats for several times (with different PID), and then it says it has to stop for 5 minutes. Then the whole process repeats again. Can anyone tell me how to fix this problem? I appreciate the help! Thanks! Best wishes, Chip
No route to host?
Sorry for this stupid question, but what does it mean by the TCP/IP error message: No route to host (ftp works fine, but telnet and netscape don't)? Thanks! Best wishes, Chip
Cannot login as a user.
Hi, I am setting up my debian at runlevel 5, so that I can startx at boot. However, it only allows root to login. Whenever I login as a user, the login window returns after I login. What did I do wrong? Thanks! Best wishes, Chip
Swapping between floppy and cd-rom module.
Hi, I have a minor problem swapping floppy and cd-rom module on my Compaq LTE 5200. I can only make either /dev/fd0 or /dev/hdb recognized, but not both at the same time. Sometimes, it takes several boots for the transition to take effect. That is, when I switch from one module to the other, there is a period of time when neither is being recognized, and then all of a sudden, after some boots, it is finally recognized. Can someone tell me how to fix this problem? Thanks! Best wishes, Chip
Cannot open cxterm.
Hi, I was trying to open cxterm after installing, but it never came up. I noticed very long time usage of process time of cxterm, but it never seemed to be able to complete. Can anyone tell me what's going on here? Thanks! Chip bash-2.01# cxterm [1] 1481 bash-2.01# ps PID TTY STAT TIME COMMAND 191 1 S0:00 (getty) 552 p0 S0:00 bash 1476 p0 S0:00 xterm -bg black -fg white -j -sb -leftbar 1477 p1 S0:00 bash 1481 p1 S0:01 sh /usr/local/bin//cxterm -name cxterm -name cxterm -name cx 1511 p1 R0:00 ps 1513 p1 S0:00 sh /usr/local/bin//cxterm -name cxterm -name cxterm -name cx 1514 p1 S0:00 sh /usr/local/bin//cxterm -name cxterm -name cxterm -name cx 1515 p1 R0:00 xlsfonts hanzigb16st bash-2.01# ps PID TTY STAT TIME COMMAND 191 1 S0:00 (getty) 552 p0 S0:00 bash 1476 p0 S0:00 xterm -bg black -fg white -j -sb -leftbar 1477 p1 S0:00 bash 1481 p1 R5:50 (cxterm) 2029 S1 S0:00 /usr/sbin/pppd call provider 2175 p0 S0:00 rlogin mail.sas.upenn.edu -l chioufd 2180 p0 S0:00 rlogin mail.sas.upenn.edu -l chioufd 2541 p1 R0:00 ps EOL Best wishes, Chip
How to unmount /?
Hi, I was trying to unmount /, so that I can use defrag to optimize the HD. However, booting from the boot disk, entering single user mode still does not allow me to unmount /. Can anyone tell me what I should do to unmount /? Or, is it possible to unmount /? Thanks! Best wishes, Chip
What are X-WINDOW INCLUDE FILES?
Hi I tried to compile xcin-2.3, but encounter the following error. . . . checking if `#!' works in shell scripts checking for gzip to derive installation directory prefix chose installation directory prefix checking for utmp file. checking for X-window system. YOU DO NOT HAVE THE X-WINDOW INCLUDE FILES IN YOUR SYSTEM CONFIGURATION TERMINATES! Can anyone kindly tell me how and where I can put whatever files I need to complete the compilation? Thanks! Best wishes, Chip
Locale?
HI, After installing xcin, and its dependent packages, I start to get a strange message every time I open an xterm from within an xterm: Warning: locale not supported by C library, locale unchanged This message does not come up if I open an xterm from fvwm2's main menu. Can anyone tell me what the message is about? Thanks! Best wishes, Chip
Re: Locale?
Fu-Dong Chiou wrote: HI, After installing xcin, and its dependent packages, I start to get a strange message every time I open an xterm from within an xterm: Warning: locale not supported by C library, locale unchanged This message does not come up if I open an xterm from fvwm2's main menu. Can anyone tell me what the message is about? Thanks! Best wishes, Chip I am having another message using elm, which I think is related to the above message, in that they should have resulted from the same cause. bash-2.01# elm Elm: Unsupported locale (check $LANG) Elm: ... check also $LC_CTYPE Thanks for any help. Chip -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null Best wishes, Chip
Re: Locale?
I think I locate source of the problem of mine. I installed xcin crxvt and had to add the following to .profile in root: set convert-meta off set output-meta on stty pass8 stty cs8 -istrip export LC_CTYPE=ISO-8859-1 Both are not working due to fonts problem, so what I do is to comment out the last line (and no more complaint now) before I can figure out a way to get xcin to work. Chip Aaron Solochek wrote: This is really perfect timing, becasue I was getting locale messages too... rather than deal with them I restored from a backup, but the messaaages were as follows. Opening Netscape: Netscape: locale `C` not supported. Check you $XNLS settings. (I can't remember the name of the variable, but it started with an X and had a N, L, and S somewhere in the beginning.) Opening gtkicq: locale not supported, setting locale to 'C' And there were others. -Aaron Solochek [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fu-Dong Chiou wrote: Fu-Dong Chiou wrote: HI, After installing xcin, and its dependent packages, I start to get a strange message every time I open an xterm from within an xterm: Warning: locale not supported by C library, locale unchanged This message does not come up if I open an xterm from fvwm2's main menu. Can anyone tell me what the message is about? Thanks! Best wishes, Chip I am having another message using elm, which I think is related to the above message, in that they should have resulted from the same cause. bash-2.01# elm Elm: Unsupported locale (check $LANG) Elm: ... check also $LC_CTYPE Thanks for any help. Chip -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null Best wishes, Chip -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null Best wishes, Chip
Emacs 20.3 fonts.
HI, I am still having problems with mule in emacs 20.3. Supposedly, it should display international fonts; e.g., simplified Chinese fonts are builtin fonts for X windows now. But, still, I cannot have the fonts displayed in emacs. Can anyone tell me how I correct this? Thanks! Best wishes, Chip
Repartition swap?
Hi, Is there a way to repartition the swap space? I think I don't need that much swap, and want to squeeze out some extra partition for filesystem. The whole filesystem is on an extended partition (the primary partition is a DOS system) and I did not create logical drives of it, so the whole HD looks like hda1, hda2 (hda5=filesystem hda6=swap). I don't know if I can do it from DOS, since fdisk will not tell hda5 from hda6). I don't know if I can do it from Linux, since after I delete hda6, and recreate a partition, I cannot seem to create two partitions on the same space. Anyway, am I out of luck? Best wishes, Chip
CD-ROM floppy swap problem.
Hi, I was using a TEAC 4X IDE CD-ROM on a Compaq LTE 5200 notebook without problem to mount it, until I decided to test if I can mount the floppy. So, I swap the module, and found the floppy cannot be mounted. So, I switch back to the CD-ROM, and now I am having a problem mounting the CD-ROM! Earlier, /dev/hdb is where the CD-ROM connects to, now it doesn't seem to be working. Can anyone tell me what's going on here? Is there a way out? Thanks! Best wishes, Chip
CD-ROM and floppy problem update.
Well, I don't know how and why, but I am now able to mount the floppy module on the system. Strange thing is, I can only mount the Debian boot disk as a msdos disk, although I have to mount a Redhat boot disk as ext2 disk. I also note, I can read, write and execute on my DOS partition, just like another filesystem. Is this normal, or I am having some problem with my system? But, again, my CD-ROM is not mountable at this point. Am I stuck here? Best wishes, Chip
fvwm2 preference file?
Hi, Can anyone tell me which file is fvwm2's preference? Thanks! Best wishes, Chip
X fonts.
Hi all, I am having some problem with emacs. Can anyone tell me how to make the Chinese fonts available in X? I have the following fonts in /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc cmex24m.pcf.gz etl14-sisheng.pcf.gz etl16-sisheng.pcf.gz etl24-sisheng.pcf.gz gb16fs.pcf.gz gb16st.pcf.gz gb24st.pcf.gz guobiao16.pcf.gz taipei16.pcf.gz taipei24.pcf.gz but they are not available under fonts menu in Emacs 20.3. I think I should somehow list them in fonts.alias fonts.dir, but not sure how to do it. Would appreciate any help! Thanks in advance! Best wishes, Chip
VT options.
Hi, Can anyone tell me how I can modify the configuration file of xterminal, so that I can set different background color as well as make it scrollable by default without having to use middle button + ctrl to call up VT options and enable the setting every time a new xterm is opened. Thanks! Best wishes, Chip
PS/2 vs Serial mouse.
Hi, I have a question regarding using a Logitech cordless MouseMan Pro PS/2 mouse on a Compaq LTE 5200 notebook. Although it is a PS/2 mouse, I can only hook it up to COM1 to get it to work in X. If I plug it into PS/2 port, the cursor won't move. I assume it's because ttyS0 is taken by COM1 and not PS/2 port. Can anyone tell me if this is the case, and which one is for PS/2, or will the mouse work as a PS/2 mouse? I am using MouseMan as the mouse protocal. Thanks! Best wishes, Chip
X windows manager?
Hi, I finally get an X server to run, but still seem to have a lot to work out. It seems that I am assigned a windows manager (or none at all) that is not so desirable. The xterminal in X has no title bar, so the window cannot be dragged and moved. I tried to copy .xinitrc under the home directory, and tried to assign fvwm95 as the windows manager, but it didn't seem to work. Would appreciate any help. Also, I am using an external monitor for a notebook. Every time I quit from X windows, the monitor will blink every few seconds. Did I do anything wrong to cause this? Lastly, I seem to have a virtual desktop in X. Is there a way to change the setting so that I can fit everything within the full screen? Thanks in advance! Best wishes, Chip
CTRL+ALT+DELETE.
Hi, Where and how can I modify which file so that every time I use the force reboot key-combo, it actually send out the command shutdown -r now? Thanks! Best wishes, Chip
Sound?
Hi, After moving the HD from a broken CTX notebook to a Compaq LTE 5200 notebook, I found that the audio is gone. Can anyone tell me how I can get the sound back to work? Thanks!x Best wishes, Chip
Re: X windows manager?
Thanks for your help. I am now using fvwm as the windows manager. I do have some more questions. 1. Regarding the screen blink. It blinks every 2-3 secs (sometimes longer), forever, unless I reboot. I am not sure if it's normally, since I never have the same problem on other machines. I do notice that there's an error message starting X (host unknown) as well as closing X (don't know what it really mean). 2. Which file should I edit to let fvwm start xclock and xearth etc. for me when X starts? Also, is there a way to add a scrollbar and to reverse the background color of the xterminal by default, so that I don't have to do it manually each time I open an xterminal? Thanks! Chip Andrei Ivanov wrote: Hi, I finally get an X server to run, but still seem to have a lot to work out. It seems that I am assigned a windows manager (or none at all) that is not so desirable. The xterminal in X has no title bar, so the window cannot be dragged and moved. I tried to copy .xinitrc under the home directory, and tried to assign fvwm95 as the windows manager, but it didn't seem to work. Would appreciate any help. Well, depending upon what system you are using: Here is how I have it in hamm. There is a file called window-managers , it's in /etc/X11 Install the desired wm and enter a path to it into that file. That ought to take care of that. Also, I am using an external monitor for a notebook. Every time I quit from X windows, the monitor will blink every few seconds. Did I do anything wrong to cause this? No, it should be ok. Thats X shutting down. Lastly, I seem to have a virtual desktop in X. Is there a way to change the setting so that I can fit everything within the full screen? Thanks in advance! You can turn the virtual desktop off in a number of ways: 1. Run xf86config and turn it off there. When you get to modes section, just change the order to what you want, and answer no to the question whether you want virtual desktop or not. 2. Edit XF86Config directly. Scroll down to Display subsections and comment out the Virtual Dektop lines. Andrei --- Andrei S. Ivanov [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] UIN 12402354 http://members.tripod.com/AnSIv --Little things for Linux. http://www.missouri.edu/~c680789 --Computer languages of the world My work in progress. --- Best wishes, Chip
Change run level.
Hi, I was trying to change runlevel from 2 to 4. I edited /etc/inittab, so that it now has # The default runlevel. id:4:initdefault: However, it does not seem to work. I must have missed something. I noticed I do not seem to have xdm. Don't know if it's the cause. Thanks for any help! Best wishes, Chip
Making a Debian CD?
Hi, I was wondering if any one can tell me if it's possible to make one's own Debian CD. MkLinux has a 648MB CD image file for people to download and make CD of. I don't know if this is the case for Debian. Thanks! Best wishes, Chip
X server problem again.
Hi all, I am having a strange problem running X. As of now, I can run X as root, not as a user. I don't know why, but here's the error message I got. Best wishes, Chip Error message running X as a user hostname: Unknown host _XSERVTransSocketUNIXCreateListener: ...SocketCreateListener() failed _XSERVTransMakeAllCOTSServerListeners: server already running Fatal server error: Cannot establish any listening sockets - Make sure an X server isn't already run ning When reporting a problem related to a server crash, please send the full server output, not just the last messages _X11TransSocketUNIXConnect: Can't connect: errno = 111 giving up. xinit: Connection refused (errno 111): unable to connect to X server xinit: No such process (errno 3): Server error. Message running X as root: hostname: Unknown host XFree86 Version 3.3.2.3 / X Window System (protocol Version 11, revision 0, vendor release 6300) Release Date: July 15 1998 If the server is older than 6-12 months, or if your card is newer than the above date, look for a newer version before reporting problems. (see http://www.XFree86.Org/FAQ) Operating System: Linux 2.0.36 i686 [ELF] Configured drivers: SVGA: server for SVGA graphics adaptors (Patchlevel 0): NV1, STG2000, RIVA128, ET4000, ET4000W32, ET4000W32i, ET4000W32i_rev_b, ET4000W32i_rev_c, ET4000W32p, ET4000W32p_rev_a, ET4000W32p_rev_b, ET4000W32p_rev_c, ET4000W32p_rev_d, ET6000, ET6100, et3000, pvga1, wd90c00, wd90c10, wd90c30, wd90c24, wd90c31, wd90c33, gvga, ati, sis86c201, sis86c202, sis86c205, tvga8200lx, tvga8800cs, tvga8900b, tvga8900c, tvga8900cl, tvga8900d, tvga9000, tvga9000i, tvga9100b, tvga9200cxr, tgui9400cxi, tgui9420, tgui9420dgi, tgui9430dgi, tgui9440agi, cyber9320, tgui9660, tgui9680, tgui9682, tgui9685, cyber9382, cyber9385, cyber9388, cyber9397, cyber9520, 3dimage975, 3dimage985, clgd5420, clgd5422, clgd5424, clgd5426, clgd5428, clgd5429, clgd5430, clgd5434, clgd5436, clgd5446, clgd5480, clgd5462, clgd5464, clgd5465, clgd6205, clgd6215, clgd6225, clgd6235, clgd7541, clgd7542, clgd7543, clgd7548, clgd7555, ncr77c22, ncr77c22e, cpq_avga, mga2064w, mga1064sg, mga2164w, mga2164w AGP, oti067, oti077, oti087, oti037c, al2101, ali2228, ali2301, ali2302, ali2308, ali2401, cl6410, cl6412, cl6420, cl6440, video7, ark1000vl, ark1000pv, ark2000pv, ark2000mt, mx, realtek, AP6422, AT24, AT3D, s3_virge, s3_svga, ct65520, ct65525, ct65530, ct65535, ct65540, ct65545, ct65546, ct65548, ct65550, ct65554, ct6, ct68554, ct64200, ct64300, generic (using VT number 7) XF86Config: /etc/X11/XF86Config (**) stands for supplied, (--) stands for probed/default values (**) XKB: keymap: xfree86(us) (overrides other XKB settings) (**) Mouse: type: MouseMan, device: /dev/mouse, baudrate: 1200 (**) Mouse: buttons: 3 (**) SVGA: Graphics device ID: WD 90C24A-ZZ (**) SVGA: Monitor ID: My Monitor (--) SVGA: Mode 800x600 needs hsync freq of 35.16 kHz. Deleted. (--) SVGA: Mode 1024x768 needs hsync freq of 35.52 kHz. Deleted. (--) SVGA: Mode 640x400 needs hsync freq of 37.86 kHz. Deleted. (--) SVGA: Mode 640x480 needs hsync freq of 36.46 kHz. Deleted. (--) SVGA: Mode 640x480 needs hsync freq of 37.50 kHz. Deleted. (--) SVGA: Mode 800x600 needs hsync freq of 37.88 kHz. Deleted. (--) SVGA: Mode 640x400 needs hsync freq of 43.27 kHz. Deleted. (--) SVGA: Mode 1152x864 needs hsync freq of 43.92 kHz. Deleted. (--) SVGA: Mode 800x600 needs hsync freq of 48.08 kHz. Deleted. (--) SVGA: Mode 1024x768 needs hsync freq of 48.36 kHz. Deleted. (--) SVGA: Mode 640x480 needs hsync freq of 53.01 kHz. Deleted. (--) SVGA: Mode 1152x864 needs hsync freq of 53.51 kHz. Deleted. (--) SVGA: Mode 800x600 needs hsync freq of 55.84 kHz. Deleted. (--) SVGA: Mode 1024x768 needs hsync freq of 56.48 kHz. Deleted. (--) SVGA: Mode 1280x1024 needs hsync freq of 51.02 kHz. Deleted. (--) SVGA: Mode 800x600 needs hsync freq of 64.02 kHz. Deleted. (--) SVGA: Mode 1024x768 needs hsync freq of 62.50 kHz. Deleted. (--) SVGA: Mode 1152x864 needs hsync freq of 62.42 kHz. Deleted. (--) SVGA: Mode 1280x1024 needs hsync freq of 64.25 kHz. Deleted. (--) SVGA: Mode 1024x768 needs hsync freq of 70.24 kHz. Deleted. (--) SVGA: Mode 1152x864 needs hsync freq of 70.88 kHz. Deleted. (--) SVGA: Mode 1280x1024 needs hsync freq of 74.59 kHz. Deleted. (--) SVGA: Mode 1600x1200 needs hsync freq of 75.00 kHz. Deleted. (--) SVGA: Mode 1152x864 needs hsync freq of 76.01 kHz. Deleted. (--) SVGA: Mode 1280x1024 needs hsync freq of 78.86 kHz. Deleted. (--) SVGA: Mode 1024x768 needs hsync freq of 80.21 kHz. Deleted. (--) SVGA: Mode 1280x1024 needs hsync freq of 81.13 kHz. Deleted. (--) SVGA: Mode 1600x1200 needs hsync freq of 87.50 kHz. Deleted. (--) SVGA: Mode 1152x864 needs hsync freq of 89.62 kHz. Deleted. (--) SVGA: Mode 1280x1024 needs hsync freq of 91.15 kHz. Deleted. (--) SVGA: Mode 1600x1200 needs hsync freq of
Netscape 3.
Hi, Can anyone tell me where I can find Netscape 3? I remember older versions of Netscape are stored in an archive, accessible via browsers, but can't remember the URL now. Thanks! Best wishes, Chip
Logitech cordless mouse user?
Hi, I was trying to use a Logitech TrackMan Live! on X windows, but cannot seem to get it work so far. If there were success on this mouse, please tell me what setting I should choose it get it work. If this mouse is not yet supported, I'd like to know if other Logitech cordless mice had any success at all (such as cordless MouseMan Pro). Thanks! Best wishes, Chip
Cannot launch WordPerfect.
Hi, I am having a problem running WordPerfect for Linux. Specifically, it says can't load library libXmp.so.4, which seems to be a symlink to libXmp.so.10. Would appreciate any help. Thanks! Best wishes, Chip
Where is netscape?
Hi, I installed netscape 4.5 base, communicator 4.5 base communicator spellchecker (which requires the previous two installed). But now I cannot find netscape. It seems that everything else is there but netscape. Did I miss anything? I actually remove them and reinstall them again; same thing. Best wishes, Chip
Re: Cannot launch WordPerfect.
But I already installed it. To make sure I did not mess up anything, I remove xlib6 and libc5 and reinstall them again; same result. Chip [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In a message dated 5/21/99 12:04:17 PM Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I am having a problem running WordPerfect for Linux. Specifically, it says can't load library libXmp.so.4, which seems to be a symlink to libXmp.so.10. Would appreciate any help. Thanks! You need the libc5 version of these libraries... -Jay Best wishes, Chip
Cannot launch netscape
Hi all, I downloaded and installed netscape binary, but when I tried to run it, it said 'unknown command. I am positive that /usr/X11R6/bin is in the path in .profile, but still, I tried /usr/X11R6/bin/netscape again. This time it told me there is no such drectory or file, which is obviously not true. I suspect my X windows has some problems. Since I cannot launch WordPerfect either. Also, the prompt shows bash-2.01# instead of just #. And, there is no bar around the x terminal for me to scroll or drag around. I also tried to set fvwm95 as the windows manager, to no sucess so far. Would appreciate any help. Thanks! Best wishes, Chip
Cannot su.
Hi, Can anyone tell me why I get the following message after su to a user from root? Thanks! shell-init: could not get current directory: getcwd: cannot access parent directories. Best wishes, Chip
Re: Pico.
Thanks a lot for the info. Chip Bruce Sass wrote: You can get pine/pico/pilot binary .debs (3.96 and 4.10) from: http://www.ompages.com/debian/pkgs/pine/pine.html [Thanks to Santiago for making the source packages, and to Paul for compiling and making them available.] - Bruce -- On Thu, 6 May 1999, Fu-Dong Chiou wrote: Hi all, I was wondering if anyone can tell me why I cannot find a simple editor pico on my Debian 2.1r2 packages. Thanks a lot! Best wishes, Chip Best wishes, Chip
Re: X server crash.
My real problem is, I called CTX, which is the manufacturer of the notebook, and they honestly told me they didn't know what they put in their notebooks themselves. They even suggest that I open the notebook to try my luck. Does any one know the probability of ruining the display if I take this risk? Thanks! Chip Havoc Pennington wrote: On Wed, 5 May 1999, Fu-Dong Chiou wrote: Thanks for all that responds to my questions. I believe the reason why X server crashes on my system is a minor configuration problem. Here's the error message. I'd appreciate it if anyone can direct me to fix this problem. Thanks in advance! ... Fatal server error: No valid modes found. Just like it says: you have no valid modes. Fortunately for you it's not crashing, just exiting with an informative error message. :-) It could be because you put in the wrong values for your card/monitor (hsync/vsync/etc.) or it could be that you need to add some new modes. Most likely the former. I'm not sure how laptops work here so maybe the debian-laptop people will know. Unfortunately I can't tell you what values to use; it just depends on the card, etc. You're using the 'generic' chipset driver, which means X isn't grokking your hardware, which means even if you get this going it's gonna be pretty slow and low quality. If you can find an appropriate card-specific driver, it may well be able to figure out the hardware better and find a usable mode. If you haven't tried using xf86config, give it a whirl; go through slowly and answer all the questions accurately and it should work. (I missed the start of the thread, so disregard if you already tried that...) Havoc Best wishes, Chip
Mount floppy?
Hi all, I have a newbie question. I was wondering if I can copy defrag onto my boot disk, boot from there, unmount the HD, and do defrag. If this is the case, how can I mount the floppy? Is it mount -t ext2 /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy or mount -t msdos /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy or anything else? Thanks in advance! Best wishes, Chip
X server crash.
set to /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75 dpi/:unscaled,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts /75dpi/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/ (--) VGA16: chipset: generic (--) VGA16: videoram: 256k (using 256k) (**) VGA16: clocks: 28.32 28.32 28.32 28.32 (--) VGA16: Maximum allowed dot-clock: 90.000 MHz (--) VGA16: There is no defined dot-clock matching mode 640x480 (--) VGA16: Removing mode 640x480 from list of valid modes. (--) VGA16: There is no mode definition named 800x600 Fatal server error: No valid modes found. When reporting a problem related to a server crash, please send the full server output, not just the last messages _X11TransSocketUNIXConnect: Can't connect: errno = 111 giving up. xinit: Connection refused (errno 111): unable to connect to X server xinit: No such process (errno 3): Server error. (EOF) Jaroslaw Miszkinis wrote: To log the errors run startx xErrors it will log all of the errors to xErrors On Tue, May 04, 1999 at 02:03:37AM -0400, Fu-Dong Chiou wrote: Hi all, I just installed Debian 2.1 on a DX2 100 MHz labtop. I am encountering two problems after the installation, and would appreciate your help. The first one, I first used a 3Com ethernet/modem combo card to do ftp install, but since I do not have a permanant IP, I am actually using the modem. However, I was unable to make the switch, or don't know how. In any case, now if I use pon, it will dial the #, and after it connects, the ethernet card will intervene to look for IP address. Is there a way to terminate ethernet card? Secondly, my X server crashes when I startx. I used xf86config, and thought everything should be fine, but just can't seem to get X to work. Is there a way to troubleshoot this problem? The error message is several pages, and basically it says it cannot find a mode. Is it possible to log the error message? Thanks! Best wishes, Chip -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Jaroslaw Miszkinis [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.datafx.com.au -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] Best wishes, Chip
Re: X server crash.
Thanks for the info. I did used xf86config, repeatedly, but didn't seem to set up everything correctly. Here's what I think is crucial, but not sure how to do it correctly: 1. hsync in kHz: I choose 31.5: standard VGA, 640x480 @ 60 Hz, as mine is a 640x480 STN LCD capable of 256 colors (although the manual says it can use external VGA monitor of three types (640x480, 31.5kHz; 900x600, 35.5kHz for 256 colors; 1024x768, 35.5kHz for 256 colors). 2. vertical sync range: here's the puzzle. I have no idea what to do. I chose 50-70, 50-90, 50-100, none worked so far. 3. identifier for monitor definition: no clue what to do. 4. vendor name of monitor: CTX, I suppose. 5. model name of monitor: no clue what to do. 6. server: I choose XF86_VGA server. 7. VRAM: 1024K. 8. video card definition: no idea. 9. vendor name of video card: no idea. 10. model name of video card: no idea. 11. clockchip setting: I ran X -probeonly, and got 28.32 28.32 28.32 28.32 The results: no mode found. I am sure it's one or more of the settings that is not set correctly. Would appreciate any help! Thanks! Chip Andrei Ivanov wrote: (--) VGA16: videoram: 256k (using 256k) (**) VGA16: clocks: 28.32 28.32 28.32 28.32 (--) VGA16: Maximum allowed dot-clock: 90.000 MHz (--) VGA16: There is no defined dot-clock matching mode 640x480 (--) VGA16: Removing mode 640x480 from list of valid modes. (--) VGA16: There is no mode definition named 800x600 No modes found means screen modes you specified are not valid for the particular video card+monitor combo. Basically, what you want to do is change the order of modes (in xf86config, when you get to modes screen), so that smallest modes come first. I have more detailed procedure on my page, URL below. Andrew --- Andrei S. Ivanov [EMAIL PROTECTED] UIN 12402354 http://members.tripod.com/AnSIv --Little things for Linux. Best wishes, Chip
Pico.
Hi all, I was wondering if anyone can tell me why I cannot find a simple editor pico on my Debian 2.1r2 packages. Thanks a lot! Best wishes, Chip
Debian 2.1 install help!
Hi all, I just installed Debian 2.1 on a DX2 100 MHz labtop. I am encountering two problems after the installation, and would appreciate your help. The first one, I first used a 3Com ethernet/modem combo card to do ftp install, but since I do not have a permanant IP, I am actually using the modem. However, I was unable to make the switch, or don't know how. In any case, now if I use pon, it will dial the #, and after it connects, the ethernet card will intervene to look for IP address. Is there a way to terminate ethernet card? Secondly, my X server crashes when I startx. I used xf86config, and thought everything should be fine, but just can't seem to get X to work. Is there a way to troubleshoot this problem? The error message is several pages, and basically it says it cannot find a mode. Is it possible to log the error message? Thanks! Best wishes, Chip
