Linux-Hardware Digest #44, Volume #13 Wed, 14 Jun 00 21:13:10 EDT
Contents:
ISA PNP Rockwell modem (James)
Re: Lucent LT winmodem (Tony Curtis)
Re: Mandrake-Update ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
3Com USR 5610 PCI Modem Problems ("web")
ESS 1869 plug and play audiodrive (James)
Re: strange hard drive problem (Stefan Seyfried)
Sound Problems in RedHat 6.2 ("Ben")
Re: Aureal "Vortex" Soundcard Petition (blowfish)
Re: eMachines and other Integrated Systems ("Chris Harshman")
SMP mobo and RAID suggestions needed for VPM cluster. (blowfish)
Re: 3Com USR 5610 PCI Modem Problems (Rob Clark)
Re: Aureal "Vortex" Soundcard Petition (C. C. McPherson)
Help! Does This Mean I Can't Run Linux? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Redhat 6.1 compatibility with Abit ka7 or Asus k7V? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
High resolution KVM switch? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: z-51 (I'm Your Handiman -Online-)
Re: VIA82Cxxx buggy in 2.2.16? (Rod Smith)
Re: Help! Does This Mean I Can't Run Linux? (Rod Smith)
US Robotics pnp modem ("dean25")
Re: eMachines and other Integrated Systems (Smilo Bloomquist)
more gripes about IDE problems (DMA timeouts and lockups) ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Books (Michael V. Ferranti)
Re: Dual boot from scratch... (Michael V. Ferranti)
Re: Caldera eDesktop 2.4 - Modem Problem (Jerry McBride)
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From: James <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: ISA PNP Rockwell modem
Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2000 19:30:19 GMT
Hi,
I have an ISA rockwell chipset modem in Mandrake 7.0, When I login and
load Kppp and click connect the modem initialises and either dials very
slowly or just makes a load of random meaningless noises.
I used to run Corel linux and my modem worked fine but It won't in
Mandrake.
If I try to connect again I get an error message saying;
"Sorry, the modem doesn't respond."
If I then re-login and try to connect the process starts all over again.
What can I do to configure my modem to get It working?
I don't think it's a winmodem because it's ISA.
Any help would be much appreciated.
Sincerely.
JL
My computer;
Cyrix 266
64Mb RAM
Mandrake 7.0
Dual boot with Windows 98.
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From: Tony Curtis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Lucent LT winmodem
Date: 14 Jun 2000 14:44:13 -0500
>> On Wed, 14 Jun 2000 18:30:09 GMT,
>> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
> hello, I have a Lucent chip winmodem. I downloaded the
> driver from linmodems.org, and it worked fine under
> mandrake 7.0, but it will not work under mandrake 7.1.
> I get the following error message
> "insmod: ltmodem: no module by that name found"
> Any ideas as to why it will not work, and how i can get
> it to work under 7.1
Because you put it in /lib/modules/2.2.x/misc and now you
have a different kernel version with the new distribution?
hth
t
--
"Trying is the first step towards failure"
Homer Simpson
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Mandrake-Update
Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2000 20:03:40 GMT
I found that if I set the 'http_proxy' environment variable and then
launched Mandrake-update from the same prompt I set the variable from,
it will use the proxy settings. For example:
bash2.0# export http_proxy=http://proxy.somewhere.com:8080/
bash2.0# Mandrake-update
----++++#####+++++------
Other apps that use this environment varibale in case you are wondering
are ones such as wget, lynx, etc. I think I originally scored the
documentation for this from the squid FAQ.
Anyway, this should do the trick.
Lawrence Mulder
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
In article <8fE15.99$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
"lumien" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> i am running mandrake 7.1 through a proxy server (winproxy) to get to
the
> net. i need to put proxy settings into the madrake-update program in
order
> to get it to connect to the internet to download the updates, but
everytime
> i run the program it fails to find any servers (because it cant
connect to
> the net without the proxy settings) and then it closes the program
without
> giving me a chance to enter the correct proxy settings. has anybody
> experienced this before, is there a fix? possibly a newer rpm/binary?
any
> help would be appreciated.
>
>
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From: "web" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: 3Com USR 5610 PCI Modem Problems
Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2000 20:12:28 GMT
I am an absolute newbie to Linux. Running Mandrake 6.0 (the one that came
with Maximum Linux last fall) in a dual-boot situation on a P233MMX. I've
got just about everything working. A background in IRIX has seemed to help
me some. Linux runs so much faster on this old horse. However, my modem is
giving me problems.
I originally had a winmodem and ditched it after reading the listings at
www.o2.net
On that site they had listed the 3Com 3CP5610 as being "OK" for Linux.
Another entry on the Mandrake FAQ confirmed that, indeed, at least somebody
was able to make this work. No me though....
I think the problem may stem from the fact that in Win95, the modem shows up
at Com5. A check at 3Com confirmed this to be true and that it is not
changeable. (This modem is jumperless) They say that it will show up at
Com4 in other OS's but they don't include Linux in that list of "others."
I'm trying to use kppp and of course can only select com1-4 for my modem.
Has anyone else run into this before? Is the answer right in front of my
eyes? Any help would be appreciated.
Most humbly
web
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From: James <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: ESS 1869 plug and play audiodrive
Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2000 20:30:09 GMT
Hi,
I have an ESS 1869 PNP audiodrive on my computers motherboard, so far I
have been unable to hear sound in linux or play music through my cdrom.
How do I cofigure my motherboards sound chipset?
P.S
The line out from my cdrom first passes through a video capture card,
an MM100PCTV (television card to be correct) and then on to the
motherboard. I am not sure wheather this card is supported in linux and
have not tried to configure it, could this be the problem?
I have tried "sndconfig" but I get an error message at the end saying
some thing about I/O settings, even though I checked them in windows
before, and so know they are correct.
Any help would be much appreciated.
Sincerely.
JL.
My computer;
Cyrix 266
64Mb RAM
Mandrake 7.0
Dual boot with Windows 98.
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From: Stefan Seyfried <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: strange hard drive problem
Date: 14 Jun 2000 21:12:51 +0200
Floris Martens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> hda: status timeout: status=0xd0 {Busy}
> hda: drive not ready for command
> ide0: reset timed-out, status=0xd0
> hdb: status timeout: status=0xd0 {Busy}
> hdb: drive not ready for command
> ide0: reset timed-out, status=0xd0
> end_request: I/O error, dev 3:41 {hdb}, sector 769390
>
> ...and so on (the end_request also happens on hda)
Could be a bad cable. I also had a problem with bad contacts on a
laptop-drive pin-converter.
I would try another IDE cable.
HTH,
Stefan
--
Stefan Seyfried, [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Don't try this!
#!/bin/bash
:(){ :|:&};:
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From: "Ben" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Sound Problems in RedHat 6.2
Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2000 04:49:39 -0400
Hi,
I recently bought Red Hat Linux 6.2. Everything set-up fine, I ran
sndconfig, it detected my sound card (Opti 931) and tried to play back a
sound to test it. It seemed to work although I didn't hear anything
coherent. It also tested the midi without any problems.
After booting into X-Windows, I tried to play a sound file through xmms, it
played jerkily, as if I was running too many things at once, however, I was
only running xmms. - it plays cd-s fine
On another computer I had a simaler problem, except instead of the sound
being jerky, there wasn't any sound except for a click, it sounded like
static.
Does anybody have any idea's regarding these problems, any answers would be
appreciated.
Another option would be for me to get a name brand sound card, would this
make any difference?
Thanks in advance
Ben
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From: blowfish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Aureal "Vortex" Soundcard Petition
Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2000 14:15:27 -0700
Craig McCluskey wrote:
>
> > If you have one of these cards, or you want to promote open hardware
> > specifications, you should sign this petition.
> >
> > The petition can be found here:
> > http://linuxgames.com/petitions/show_full_text.php3?petitionName=Aureal
>
> How about submitting this to comp.os.linux.announce?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Craig
I might be wrong. But isn't it that Aureal has shutted its
door?
Alex
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From: "Chris Harshman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: eMachines and other Integrated Systems
Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2000 14:11:24 -0700
Not to refute your experience, but I have seen hundreds of these machines
brought back (since May 1999) for either dead power supplies, machines that
restarted instead of shutting down, spontaneous shutdowns, or blown modems.
If (as the original poster stated) you're not going to have physical access
to the box, don't run the risk.
Sink the money into a box with redundant hardware: RAID 5, redundant power
supplies, two NICs (since the cable or the NIC could go bad). CPU and RAM
realistically don't fail all that often, but everything with a moving part
or an external interface to the world is subject to forces beyond your
control, and should have a back-up, if the operation of the host is mission
critical in any sense.
Just my $.02
- Chris
"whistler@ twcny.rr.com (Paul E. Larson)" <blahblah> wrote in message
news:CqP15.35106$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Steve Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> >Chris Harshman wrote:
> >
> >> for. Most notably, I have seen a *lot* (considerably higher than what
I
> >> would consider the norm) of these units go belly up after a few weeks /
> >> months with dead power supplies.
> >
> >I have to concur on this. We had four of these boxes sent to us by
> >our corporate office, and I bought a couple more since then. Of
> >those six,
>
> I wil have to say the direct opposite. We have had 4 running as hosts for
> Reachout sessions for just over 1 year. A noisy power supply fan on one of
> them every once in a while was the biggest problem. Until the hard drive
on
> one started going bouncy bouncy at startup, actually I think it is the
same
> PC. Of the 7 we have at work I have replaced the CPU fans on 2 of the 3 in
the
> work areas. Just my take.
>
> Paul
>
> Get rid of the blahs to email me :}
>
>
> http://albums.photopoint.com/j/AlbumIndex?u=67063&a=635208 - 1999 Hancock
Airshow
> http://albums.photopoint.com/j/AlbumIndex?u=67063&a=2618171 - National
Warplane Museum
>
> Limited engagement - Olympic Torch gala in Alice Springs, Australia
> http://albums.photopoint.com/j/AlbumIndex?u=609126&a=6708709
>
>
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From: blowfish <"here,there"@everywhere.org>
Subject: SMP mobo and RAID suggestions needed for VPM cluster.
Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2000 14:30:41 -0700
Hi,
Any good suggestion for a SMP motherboard that is stable for
Linux?
Something more modern than the Asus P2B D series, have two
of those already, with or without ultra-widw SCSI. Need
lots of slots though. Will run with 3 NIC and soundcard,
video and video capture card and MIDI gears.
How good does the software RAID works in Linux with SCSI, or
hardware RAID is still the best way to go? This box is to be
added to an exsisting VPM cluster for image rendering and
animation.
Thanks.
Alex Lam.
* Please cc reply to mydotcom9 @ zdnetonebox .com if
possible
My news server sucks. Thx.
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Subject: Re: 3Com USR 5610 PCI Modem Problems
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Rob Clark)
Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2000 21:09:40 GMT
In article <MGR15.2041$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
web <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I think the problem may stem from the fact that in Win95, the modem shows up
>at Com5. A check at 3Com confirmed this to be true and that it is not
>changeable. (This modem is jumperless) They say that it will show up at
>Com4 in other OS's but they don't include Linux in that list of "others."
Please see the second note in http://www.o2.net/~gromitkc/3cp5610.txt
Using setserial, you can set the modem to be on any "COM port" that you
want, as long as the _physical_ COM port is disabled. For example, if my
motherboard has a built-in COM2, I disable that in the BIOS. Then I use
setserial /dev/ttyS1 irq 10 ....
as in the example.
--Rob Clark, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: C. C. McPherson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Aureal "Vortex" Soundcard Petition
Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2000 17:23:29 -0400
> Craig McCluskey wrote:
> >
> > > If you have one of these cards, or you want to promote open hardware
> > > specifications, you should sign this petition.
> > >
> > > The petition can be found here:
> > > http://linuxgames.com/petitions/show_full_text.php3?petitionName=Aureal
> >
> > How about submitting this to comp.os.linux.announce?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Craig
> I might be wrong. But isn't it that Aureal has shutted its
> door?
>
> Alex
>
They may be close to it, the only aureal web site I can go
to is linux.aureal.com the others www.aureal.com
www.a3d.com will not answer :-(
-Clyde
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Help! Does This Mean I Can't Run Linux?
Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2000 21:18:59 GMT
My video card is not supported by Linux... does this mean I can't run
Linux with this video card?
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Redhat 6.1 compatibility with Abit ka7 or Asus k7V?
Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2000 21:54:52 GMT
> >Has anyone had problems installing Redhat 6.1 on either of the above
> >motherboards?
>
> I've got the Abit KA7 and Redhat 6.2. The only problem I had was
trying to
> install and use the system while the "memory hole" was enabled in the
BIOS.
> This is an option need by some older expansion cards which it turns
out I
> didn't need, but in my ignorance I left it enabled. What a mess:
signal 11's
> and filesystem corruption out the ying-yang! It all stopped when I
disabled
> the memory hole. Stable, fast smooth sailing ever since!
Thanks for your help!
Between the asus and the abit, I like the abit because it has one more
dimm slot. Any other compatibility with abit ka7 for:
- Athlon K7-650
- ASUS k7v or Abit KA-7
- 128Mb - PC 133 w/ ECC
- Matrox Millenium G400 oem - 32MB
- IBM 75GXP UDMA/66 20GB 7,200
I did read something about matrox as a possible issue....I hope it
isn't because that should be a pretty solid card.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: High resolution KVM switch?
Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2000 23:11:19 GMT
Greetings,
I'm looking for a high-quality KVM switch which can handle high monitor
resolutions without degrading the image. I usually run at 1600x1200 @
85Hz, which is beyond the range of all of the units I've found so far.
Many claim to do 1600x1200, but it's usually at a much slower refresh
rate.
If anyone knows of a KVM switch that can run that fast and maintain a
quality image, please let me know.
Thanks,
Brian.
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: I'm Your Handiman -Online- <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: z-51
Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2000 16:31:21 -0700
Eric wrote:
> I'm Your Handiman -Online- wrote:
> >
> > hi anyone..
> >
> > I use a lexmark Z-51..so far only text driver.......anyone out there
> > got a graphics driver working with it and hopefully color ta boot......
> >
> > lexmark doesn't have anything for it yet what i h ave is from linux user
> > just no color/graphics..
> >
> > Thanks
> > lee-
>
> You got a text driver??
> where did you get it from?
> could you please post the url where you found it.
>
> Thanks in advance
>
> Eric
can't recall URL..i'm sending to you direct ( file)
will attempt to find url for others..:-)
lee-
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Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Rod Smith)
Subject: Re: VIA82Cxxx buggy in 2.2.16?
Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2000 23:47:07 GMT
[Posted and mailed]
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Adrian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
[re: The ALSA drivers]
> Well...I've tried it but I don't know how to install...
> Could you give me some hints about it??
Read the instructions. Then read them again. Follow them to the letter.
As I said, the installation can be a bit finicky, but the drivers work
pretty well once installed. If you have a more specific question, ask,
but basic installation instructions do come with the package.
--
Rod Smith, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.rodsbooks.com
Author of books on Linux networking & multi-OS configuration
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Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Rod Smith)
Subject: Re: Help! Does This Mean I Can't Run Linux?
Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2000 23:51:44 GMT
[Posted and mailed]
In article <8i8sre$hfp$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> My video card is not supported by Linux... does this mean I can't run
> Linux with this video card?
In most cases, if your video card is "unsupported" by Linux, then that
means you can run Linux only in text mode -- no X, no GUI programs. Be
sure it really is "unsupported," though. Lack of your specific model on
a "supported" list does *NOT* mean that the board is UNsupported -- it
could be that it's an off brand that's simply too minor to get
mentioned, or that it's a newer but compatible model.
There are also various third-party and updated X drivers. For instance,
SuSE (http://www.suse.com) often makes the latest X servers available
ahead of XFree86 (SuSE is big into writing X servers). There are also at
least two commercial X servers available for Linux, Metro-X
(http://www.metrolink.com) and Accelerated-X (http://www.xig.com). Check
there to see if your board's supported. If it's very new and/or
expensive, buying a commercial X server may be worthwhile. If you're
running some ancient and cheap product, it may be more worthwhile to
upgrade the board.
If you're still confused, post the name and model of your board, and if
you know it, the chipset it uses.
--
Rod Smith, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.rodsbooks.com
Author of books on Linux networking & multi-OS configuration
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From: "dean25" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: US Robotics pnp modem
Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2000 23:54:46 GMT
I have a USR internal pnp 56k modem, bought in mid 98. If an internal modem
acts like another com port is serserial the only utility I need to use?
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Smilo Bloomquist)
Subject: Re: eMachines and other Integrated Systems
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2000 00:26:45 GMT
Just wanted to chime in here. I've had two emachines--both etower 266
models. The first one blew its power supply after only nine months.
Emachines replaced it under warranty, and the replacement blew its
power supply as well. Since the unit was by then out of warranty,
emachines refused to replace the power supply, and referred me to
www.pcfactoryoutlet.com for a new power supply. When I went to the
pcfactoryoutlet web site, lo and behold, the only replacement item
prominently listed for the emachines was a replacement power supply
for $55.
I spoke to a technical support supervisor and asked if this was a
common problem, as my own experience indicated it was. He said that
emachines had a bad batch of power supplies that went into many of
their earlier machines, and that they had tried to replace them.
Unfortunately, they still refused to replace mine.
On top of these problems, I have had numerous problems getting USB
devices to work. Of the several devices I've tried to use on this
machine, only one--a Brother laser printer--has worked somewhat well.
All of the others have either not worked at all, or have worked
unreliably. All of the USB devices I tried with the emachines have
worked well with my two Compaq laptops and Dell laptop.
In a nutshell, I'd recommend you avoid these machines like the plague.
Of all the computers I've ever owned (over a dozen), this is by far
the worst I've ever had. Their quality is highly questionable, as is
their customer support.
Smilo
On Tue, 13 Jun 2000 22:18:06 -0400, Steve Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>Chris Harshman wrote:
>
>> for. Most notably, I have seen a *lot* (considerably higher than what I
>> would consider the norm) of these units go belly up after a few weeks /
>> months with dead power supplies.
>
>I have to concur on this. We had four of these boxes sent to us by
>our corporate office, and I bought a couple more since then. Of
>those six, we have had to send two back to the factory for warranty
>replacement, one for a dead power supply and one for a supply that
>spontaneously shut itself down for no reason whatever (the operator
>could even be across the room when the shutdown occurred). In the
>first case (the spontaneous shutdown), I had to move heaven, earth,
>and half of Georgia before the customer service people would agree
>that there was a problem and would agree to a swap. (They had me try
>to reload the machine from a new restore CD, they had me try different
>drivers, I got to talk to no fewer than six different reps before I
>got satisfaction on that one, and it took two weeks). My luck was a
>little
>better on the second machine (the deader); I called, they had me try two
>little things that I could try immediately on the bench, and they then
>agreed that it was dead and gave me an RMA. I'm not buying any more
>eMachines and am recommending that nobody in our corporation do so.
>
>> > the modem, so that's no problem. But my biggest concern is reliability.
>> > I'm not going to be able to physically get at the machine at all, so it
>> > better not be having hardware trouble!
>
>Steer clear, then. That's my official recommendation.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: more gripes about IDE problems (DMA timeouts and lockups)
Date: 14 Jun 2000 19:53:24 -0400
I'm having similar IDE problems (both lockups and "irq timeout; dma disabled")
that many others are mentioning here.
My system is Asus K7M (Athlon system, AMD751 + VIA82C686A). My base
installation is Redhat 6.2.
I've tried all kinds of things including:
- 2.2.14 and 2.2.15 kernels,
- Andre's IDE patch applied to both kernels,
- IDE "tuning patch" enabled in the kernel options,
The annoying thing is that the system appears to run fine for awhile, but will
suddenly choke with a dma timeout or a hard crash. If I stress the filesystem
(eg., unleash several processes doing recursive traversal of the filesystem)
I can reliably generate DMA errors within a few minutes.
I really hope someone (Andre or otherwise) can fix these problems. Until then
I cannot recommend IDE filesystems for serious Linux users. For now I would
recommend SCSI if you want *hassle free* performance (that's what I use at
work). For home users, turn off DMA unless you know what you're doing!
Sincerely,
Richard
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From: Michael V. Ferranti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Books
Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2000 01:40:26 +0100
Here I was, minding my own business, and wouldn't you know it?
Richard Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> just had to go and say:
>There's a whole load of stuff at linuxdoc.org, but if you're like me
>and want some dead tree to read at bedtime, then you might find "Linux
>- The Complete Reference", by Richard Petersen quite useful.
Ah yes. Nothing like sitting back with some good old former spotted
owl habitat. <grins>
- Michael V. Ferranti [blades&inreach*com]
GNUke The Planet!
The GNUclear Network�
ID# 177869 Registered with the Linux Counter. http://counter.li.org
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From: Michael V. Ferranti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Dual boot from scratch...
Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2000 01:40:27 +0100
Here I was, minding my own business, and wouldn't you know it?
[EMAIL PROTECTED] just had to go and say:
>building a new box...want to make it dual boot Win2000 and Rhat 6.2.
Here's my dual-disk, dual-boot setup:
/etc/lilo.conf:
>boot=/dev/hda
>map=/boot/map
>install=/boot/boot.b
>prompt
>timeout=300
>linear
>default=Linux
>message=/etc/motd-lilo
>
>image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.2.14-5.0
> label=Linux
> password=[CENSORED]
> restricted
> read-only
> root=/dev/hda8
>
>other=/dev/hdc1
> label=Win95
> password=[CENSORED]
> table=/dev/hdc
> map-drive=0x80
> to=0x81
> map-drive=0x81
> to=0x80
Install Linux last, so that lilo can find both operating systems, and
isn't overwritten by Microsoft's installation. The above restricts users
to accept a default linux startup without the passwords. They can't boot
linux in single mode. A message file displays a notice to that effect, and
instructions on how to boot the computer. (My Pop likes playing Mahjongg
when he visits, but he's not into using them otherwise, so I armored the
system a bit.)
- Michael V. Ferranti [blades&inreach*com]
GNUke The Planet!
The GNUclear Network�
ID# 177869 Registered with the Linux Counter. http://counter.li.org
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jerry McBride)
Subject: Re: Caldera eDesktop 2.4 - Modem Problem
Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2000 20:10:44 -0400
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Charles Jeff Keeme <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Modem: USR 33.6 Internal - Fax
>
>My problem is that my modem does not seem to be detected. When using KPPP
>the modem, when initializing, hangs. I have set it to ttyS0 (COM 1,
>although I know my modem is suppose to be on ttys2 (COM 3), but when set
>to COM 3 the modem can not even be detected.
>
>My modem works fine under windows, and I have been an avid linux user for
>the past 3 years, yet I can not understand what the problem could be.
>
>One possible clue as to what the problem is, is that Caldera decided to
>include a hacked up version of KPPP, entitled ksaferppp. This my have
>something to do with the problem.
>
I had similar problems with ksaferppp also. In my case it constantly complained
that the modem was busy...
The fix for me was to visit ftp.calderasystems/pub/updates/earlyaccess and
grab the kdenetwork rpms there. What they do is backlevel ksaferppp to 2.30's
kppp...
Much better in my humble opinion, as it works! ;')
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