Problems mounting second hardisk, partition
I've had this problem since I started fooling around with linux about four months ago and never fixed. Since then I've added gnu c/c++, fvwm and network card (thanks to the debian users group). Samba is hopefully on the way, but back to this nagging problem I have. I can't seem to mount hdb2... I don't know why, but the following is the information on my second hard drive: hdb1 primary linux swap 150.4 hdb2 bootprimary linux175.47 I tried to use the following command to mount it: mount -t ext2 /dev/hdb2 disk2 The Hdb2 partition is set as linux extended and I tried to change that...cfdisk won't let me do it!! Anybody know the answer...ANYBODY? :)
Re: Problems mounting second hardisk, partition
Initialize? Nope. Never thought of that! I guess my boot partition (/dev/hda1)was automatically initialized when I loaded linux. And yes the disk2 mount point exists. I will try that! thank you! - Original Message - From: Martin Fluch [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Wendell Buckner [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: Debian Users Group debian-user@lists.debian.org; recipient list not shown: ; Sent: Sunday, October 31, 1999 5:57 AM Subject: Re: Problems mounting second hardisk, partition On Sun, 31 Oct 1999, Wendell Buckner wrote: I've had this problem since I started fooling around with linux about four months ago and never fixed. Since then I've added gnu c/c++, fvwm and network card (thanks to the debian users group). Samba is hopefully on the way, but back to this nagging problem I have. I can't seem to mount hdb2... I don't know why, but the following is the information on my second hard drive: hdb1primarylinux swap150.4 hdb2boot primarylinux175.47 I tried to use the following command to mount it: mount -t ext2 /dev/hdb2 disk2 The Hdb2 partition is set as linux extended and I tried to change that...cfdisk won't let me do it!! Anybody know the answer...ANYBODY? :) Have you initalized the partition using mke2fs? And doese the mountingpoint disk2 exist? Martin -- For public PGP-key: finger [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null
network card problems
I have a DE-220PCT ISA network card which is in a 486 PC. And my goal is to eventually have this P.C. as a client on my NT network. I am completly new to this and don't really know what I'm doing. I have the network HOWTO (generic network configuration information) but i'ts not helping! I ran diagnostics on the network card and it appears to be o.k. I ran the following command and got the following error: ifconfig eth0 192.168.0.0.1 netmask 255.255.255.0 up eth0:Unknown interface. SIOCSIFADDR:Operation not supported by device eth0:Unknown interface. SIOCSIFNETMASK:Operation not supported by device Please don't tell me that the network module isn't compiled into kernel! (I haven't messed around with compiling the kernel, it scares me!) Somebody please help me... -Wxb1
Re: network card problems
Thanks Phil and Hubert for responding! I've loaded the module (ne.o) and ran the ifconfig command with success (with your help)! Can either one of you guys or anybody else in debian land tell me what HOWTO document I can use to help me with my next step(s)... i.e. should I ping my address? I've tried it already and it fails. -Wxb1 - Original Message - From: Phil Brutsche [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Wendell Buckner [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: Debian Users Group debian-user@lists.debian.org Sent: Wednesday, October 06, 1999 6:47 PM Subject: Re: network card problems A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far way, someone said... I have a DE-220PCT ISA network card which is in a 486 PC. And my goal is to eventually have this P.C. as a client on my NT network. I am completly new to this and don't really know what I'm doing. I have the network HOWTO (generic network configuration information) but i'ts not helping! I ran diagnostics on the network card and it appears to be o.k. I ran the following command and got the following error: ifconfig eth0 192.168.0.0.1 netmask 255.255.255.0 up eth0:Unknown interface. SIOCSIFADDR:Operation not supported by device eth0:Unknown interface. SIOCSIFNETMASK:Operation not supported by device Please don't tell me that the network module isn't compiled into kernel! (I haven't messed around with compiling the kernel, it scares me!) FYI: According to the kernel source, the DE-220PCT is an ISA NE2000-compatible card. First: The network module isn't compiled into the kernel (sorry). Are you using the stock Debian kernel? If so, you should have the driver ready for use. The first thing you need to do is see what modules you currently have loaded. Running 'lsmod' will tell you that. For example, this is what I get when I run 'lsmod': Module Size Used by tulip 27132 1 af_packet 5836 1 (autoclean) es1371 23904 0 soundcore 2372 4 [es1371] sd_mod 15964 2 (autoclean) sym53c8xx 46880 2 (autoclean) scsi_mod 50800 2 (autoclean) [sd_mod sym53c8xx] It shows the modules for my ethernet card, needed logic for my DHCP client, lowlevel and support drivers for my sound card, and drivers for my SCSI card. If the module 'ne' (the driver for ISA NE2000 and compatible cards) isn't shown, load it, like this: modprobe ne Now, if you run 'lsmod', the module should show up. The 'ifconfig' command should then work. Second: You didn't quite get the 'ifconfig' command right. It should be: ifconfig eth0 192.168.0.1 netmask 255.255.255.0 up (one too many zeroes) -- -- Phil Brutsche [EMAIL PROTECTED] There are two things that are infinite; Human stupidity and the universe. And I'm not sure about the universe. - Albert Einstein -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null
Fw: network card problems
(Re:network card problems) Thanks Phil and Hubert for responding! I've loaded the module (ne.o) and ran the ifconfig command with success (with your help)! Can either one of you guys or anybody else in debian land tell me what HOWTO document I can use to help me with my next step(s)... i.e. should I ping my address? I've tried it already and it fails. -Wxb1 This is a resend, cause I didn't get a response from this message. I'm sending it again. Please respond :)
Why can't I run my program
I was playing around with GNU C before I getting ready to load GNU C++, and decided to write a simple c program (The standard hello world app). I was doing this to make sure that GNU C was working properly. I compiled the application as follows: gcc -v hello.c -o hello I thought this would be a simple process but it seems I am missing something trivial. I attempt to run the program after compiling and bash says: bash :hello :command not found HUH? I know there is a simple explaination for this, but I can't seem to find it. I do a ls -l to check rights and everthing seems o.k. The file also appears to be an executable. I've even tried to run it as the supervsr (su) as well but no dice. Any ideas? -Wxb1
Re: Why can't I run my program (how do i set ./ on the path permanently)
Thanks for responding to message: Stephan Hachinger Seth R Arnold Alvin Oga Ben Collins I indeed needed to type ./hello! I knew it was simple! Now, another stupid question for you... How do I add ./ to my path on startup? Also, what is the EASIEST way to find the answers to my question before bothering you guys? I'd like to save my hard questions for you guys(the list) instead of bothering you with simple ones that I should be able to handle myself. My options are the (1) man pages, (2) existing unix books I have and (3) the net. I don't want to buy any more books yet, so I'm hoping the ones I have will suffice for now. Please give me some hints on searching for the answers to this information myself. Thank you! This list has been excellent resource in helping me set up my debian linux box! -Wxb1 -Original Message- From: Stephan Hachinger [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Wendell Buckner [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: Debian User debian-user@lists.debian.org Date: Monday, September 06, 1999 3:16 AM Subject: Re: Why can't I run my program - Original Message - From: Wendell Buckner To: Debian Users Group Sent: Monday, September 06, 1999 6:13 AM Subject: Why can't I run my program I was playing around with GNU C before I getting ready to load GNU C++, and decided to write a simple c program (The standard hello world app). I was doing this to make sure that GNU C was working properly. I compiled the application as follows: gcc -v hello.c -o hello I thought this would be a simple process but it seems I am missing something trivial. I attempt to run the program after compiling and bash says: bash :hello :command not found HUH? I know there is a simple explaination for this, but I can't seem to find it. I do a ls -l to check rights and everthing seems o.k. The file also appears to be an executable. I've even tried to run it as the supervsr (su) as well but no dice. Any ideas? -Wxb1 Are you sure you have typed ./hello to run it?? Hope this helps, Stephan Hachinger -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null
Re: No Mouse, No X Windows(SOLVED)
Thank you for your input, LeeE and everybody else who responded. I actually fixed this problem this past Sunday! After calming down (I was totally frustrated) and rereading the responses, concerning this matter, on Sunday, I was able to figure it out! As the my linux box was booting, I saw it connect the ttyS0 serial port (light bulb). DUH!!!(WHY DIDN'T I THINK OF THIS 12 HOURS AGO!) So I set my mouse to that device and all was right with the world for a little while. Wxb1 -Original Message- From: Lee Elliott [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: debian-user@lists.debian.org debian-user@lists.debian.org Date: Monday, August 16, 1999 2:06 PM Subject: Re: No Mouse, No X Windows Hello Ed, On 16-Aug-99, you wrote: EC Wendell Buckner wrote: EC EC Well the graphically interface is nice(I've been dealing with just EC console up to now), but it's not solving my problem (thanks EC anyway). I go through the configuration process, save it and it EC tells me that my server is now running. It then exits me to the EC console prompt. I run startx and it it gives me the same EC error(/dev/mouse, no such file or directory). I look in the /dev EC for a mouse file or directory and it is not there!! I will check to EC make sure that the serial port is working by booting it with a dos EC floppy and mouse.com. EC EC EC /dev/mouse is usually a symbolic link to your mouse device which EC is usually /dev/ttyS0 (for a standard serial mouse). I seem to EC remember someone saying that symlink is not a good idea to have EC (or was it /dev/modem?). Anyway, check /etc/X11/XF86Config and EC look for a 'pointer' section. The pointer section will have a EC 'device' line; make sure its your mouse device, ie. device EC /dev/ttyS0. The xf86config program will ask you for this info, EC IIRC, so alternatively you could try running 'xf86config'; its not EC the same as 'XF86Setup'. EC EC I suspect the sym link, or lack of it is the problem. I've just put Debian on an Amiga and had to create a link from /dev/amigamouse to /dev/mouse. Try 'ls /dev/*mouse*' to see if any likely ones already exist. Regards, LeeE -- http://www.spatial.freeserve.co.uk -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null
No Mouse, No X Windows
I'm almost there... Almost running x windows... But x-windows drops out from initializing giving me an error indicating that there is no mouse. And sure enough the file it was looking for, /dev/mouse, is not there! I've been looking for some way to create or install a mouse. I must be looking in the wrong places (HOWTO's aren't helping). I just want to install a standard microsoft mouse. I know this is easy, but I can't seem to find information on this, maybe makedev can do this? ARGH!!! Help...Please?!! -WXB1
Re: No Mouse, No X Windows
Well the graphically interface is nice(I've been dealing with just console up to now), but it's not solving my problem (thanks anyway). I go through the configuration process, save it and it tells me that my server is now running. It then exits me to the console prompt. I run startx and it it gives me the same error(/dev/mouse, no such file or directory). I look in the /dev for a mouse file or directory and it is not there!! I will check to make sure that the serial port is working by booting it with a dos floppy and mouse.com. -Wxb1 -Original Message- From: John Carline [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Wendell Buckner [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: Debian Users Group debian-user@lists.debian.org Date: Sunday, August 15, 1999 11:25 AM Subject: Re: No Mouse, No X Windows Wendell Buckner wrote: I'm almost there... Almost running x windows... But x-windows drops out from initializing giving me an error indicating that there is no mouse. And sure enough the file it was looking for, /dev/mouse, is not there! I've been looking for some way to create or install a mouse. I must be looking in the wrong places (HOWTO's aren't helping). I just want to install a standard microsoft mouse. I know this is easy, but I can't seem to find information on this, maybe makedev can do this? ARGH!!! Help...Please?!! -WXB1 Have you tried to setup Xwindows with the command XF86Setup? The standard microsoft serial mouse should be the first thing you select and apply. Then the keyboard, card, monitor etc. John -- Powered by the Penguin -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null
X windows (linux) video screen corruption
My Linux pc now boots and tries to startx immediately. I believe it is attempting to 'probe' my video card and when it does this it corrupts the video screen. It also aborts starting x leaving the screen corrupted. I can see from key presses that it's dropped to the console, but I still cannot make out the characters on the screen. 1) How can I keep the system from (starting x)? (boot disk maybe?) 2) Why is this probing of the ramdac causing my screen corruption (I'm using an ati vgawonder video card)? I've spent all the time I can on it right now, but I'm hoping some can suggest some things that I can do to get my system going again! By the way, I've only gotten this far due to this mailing list! I'm learning a lot from the just reading the mail and special thanks to those who have responded to my e-mails (pleas of help). I don't get respond immediately unfortunately so thanks for your help! Shawn Shaleh Perry (responded to x windows question) Brandon Robinson (responded to x windows question) Gareth (responded to zip disk question) Brian Zervis (responded to zip disk question) Bren Cranston (responded to zip disk question) Nate (responded to zip disk question) Mark Wright (responded to zip disk question) Jeff Beley (responded to zip disk question) David Wright (responded to zip disk/insmod question) The
Insmod ppa errors
When I use Insmod ppa (to connect my zip 100 iomega drive via parrallel port), I get the following error: ver 1.42 probing port 03bc probing port 0278 0 hosts /lib/modules/2.0.36./scsi/ppa.0 device or resource busy Does any one have any ideas about this one? By the way, I tested the zip drive and dos mode on the p.c. in question and it worked as expected. Again any help or ideas are greatly appreciated. -Wxb1
What package contains insmod
I'm trying to connect my iomega zip 100 to my linux box and the ZIP-HOW-TO I found on zip drives says that I should do a insmod ppa before I attempt to compile the kernel. I guess the module necesary to attach the zip drive may already be compiled into my kernel? And this instruction might help me determine that? I contacted this list before and got some great suggestions, can some one help me again? I did do a search on insmod which didn't return any matches. I also downloaded a kernel utility package called modutils_2_1_121-18.deb. Is this the right package (which contains insmod)? Thanks for helping a NEWBIE :) Wxb1
iomega zip disk (100)
Has anyone out there attempted to use a iomega zip disk with linux? I see from the invformation on the debian website that it can be done. Has anyone run into problems trying to do this? If so, please let me know, cause I plan on attaching one to my Linux P.C. soon and I'd like it to go a smooth as possible! I'm primarily doing this so I can put some of X -windows deb's on them(zip disks). Some of the files are to big for a floppy and zip disk would be an ideal(available) medium that I can use. Thanks, Wxb1
WHERE IN THE WORLD IS X-WINDOWS? (I'M SO CONFUSED!)
Thank you everyone for your help with x-windows. I haven't gotten a chance to apply your suggestions today, but I will attempt to load x tommorrow. Thanks Again. Wxb1
WHERE IN THE WORLD IS X-WINDOWS? (I'M SO CONFUSED!)
I hate to be a novice Linux/Unix user but I can't help what I am! Someone...please tell me WHAT PACKAGE CONTAINS X WINDOWS!!! I have the following packages (I thought one of these might be X): dfm_0_9_1-4.debexplorer_0_72-2_1.debexplorer-icons-kde_0_72-2_1.debexplorer-icons-ms_0_72-2_1.debexplorer-icons-orig_0_72-2_1.debmetro-motif-bin_2_0-2.debmetro-motif-demobin_2_0-2.debmetro-motif-demosrc_2_0-2.debmetro-motif-devel_2_0-2.debmetro-motif-lib_2_0-2.debx11iraf_1_1-2.deb Thank You!! Wxb1
