Linux-Misc Digest #750, Volume #19 Mon, 5 Apr 99 15:13:09 EDT
Contents:
Re: re-dialling in pppd (Walter Strong)
Re: Help! Problems with PPP Conection to Net (Walter Strong)
Re: Does Linux run the processor HLT command? (Matthias Warkus)
Re: 'Doze 98 vs. UNIX multitasking (Johan Kullstam)
Re: Could not setup X-windows in Red Hat 5.2 (Alex Arsenault)
Linux as a data cruncher --- impossible (Harald Kirsch)
Solved Re: RealPlayer 5.0 under RedHat 5.2 -- problems ("Karsten M. Self")
Re: Overclocking was: Help me spend $2,000 on a new Linux-based computer (Andrew)
Baby-sitting Mum and Dad over a telephone line (Mike McEwan)
Re: Overclocking was: Help me spend $2,000 on a new Linux-basedcomputer ("Hugh")
Re: PORTFW, ICQ and IPMASQADM ("Captain Blood")
Re: Need IDE CD-R configuration help! ("James Kosin")
Re: Overclocking was: Help me spend $2,000 on a new Linux-based computer (Greg Yantz)
Re: Inaccessable boot device: HELP! (NT Error, Linuxes fault?) (Barton Wright)
Re: The DHCP Svr Blues! (Simon Tooke)
Re: How to mount primary windows partition from Linux (BerndRausch)
Re: Using Linux instead of NT Server in home environment.... (Jon-o Addleman)
Re: setup questions ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: setup questions (Red Hat Linux User)
Tools for IRQ and IO address ("Jing Duan")
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Walter Strong)
Crossposted-To: tw.bbs.comp.linux
Subject: Re: re-dialling in pppd
Date: 4 Apr 1999 14:46:59 GMT
shu ling ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
: How to write the chat script (or use other ways) used by pppd to
: automatically redial when the line is busy?
To /etc/ppp/options, add:
persist
That should do it.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Walter Strong)
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux.dial-up
Subject: Re: Help! Problems with PPP Conection to Net
Date: 4 Apr 1999 14:43:56 GMT
Bob Wightman ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
: In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Paul Davies
: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes
: >I'm having the following problem with trying to connect to the Internet
: >using Redhat 5.2
: >
: >The PPP connection appears to work OK from looking at /var/log/messages
: >
: >It says:
: >
: >Serial Connection Established
: >Using interface ppp0
: >Connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/modem
: >
: >However, after about 15-20s it hangs up with these messages:
: >
: >LCP: timeout sending Config-Requests
: >Connection Terminated
: >Receive serial link is not 8-bit clean
: >Problem: all had bit 7 set to 0
: >Exit
: Looks like your ISP is wanting login authorisation. Try the following
: line (all as one line)
: /usr/sbin/pppd /dev/ttS1 115200 debug connect "/usr/sbin/chat -v '' ATDT
: 1234567 CONNECT '' ogin <your ISP username> assword <your password>"
: Some of the following will need to be changed, but the general idea is
: above.
: Change ttS1 for your serial port number.
: " 115200 for the Baud rate for your modem if necessary.
: " 1234567 for the number for your ISP.
: " ogin for ame if your ISP asks for your name not Login.
: " <your ISP username> for your username on the remote system.
: " <your password> for your password for that system.
: Got to the following URL (assuming you can use Windows or someone else's
: machine) and download the document, best to print it out.
: http://axion.physics.ubc.ca/ppp-linux.html
: The above routine was taken from this document but there is much more in
: there.
: HTH
: --
: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
: Bob Wightman
The above _should_ work, but does one need to remove /etc/ppp/options first?
The man pages say that pppd looks for ~/.ppp (or is it .ppprc), then etc/ppp/
options, and finally the command line itself. It is unclear whether this
means that cl optins override global options, and I've never tested it.
If the above doesn't work, for whatever reason, alter the chatscript called in
/etc/ppp/options.
After all that, I'd add that script failure isn't the only possibility. /var/log/
syslog will tell you if it's a script failure or not. It will say something like
"script failed". You cold be failing to initiate ppp, even after a smooth login,
the default route may not be set up properly so that even if ppp is initiated,
it's not being handled in a useful way at your end, or... lot's of possibilities.
Try dialing in manually (minicom) and make sure that you've got all the details
of the ppp procedure (some ISPs have you log intoa unix shell from which you
have to give a command to start ppp). Make sure those details are reflected
in your chatscript. If it still fails, post your chatscript and options file.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Matthias Warkus)
Subject: Re: Does Linux run the processor HLT command?
Date: Tue, 6 Apr 1999 11:48:54 +0200
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
It was the Sun, 4 Apr 1999 18:23:06 +0200...
..and Markus Redeker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Matthias Warkus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > Yes, Linux uses the HLT opcode, and yes, your CPU runs cooler with
> > Linux than with (say) Windows.
>
> I never tought that the use of a processor command should change the CPU
> temperature visibly. So what is the secret of the HLT command?
>
> If HLT stands for "halt" and is used to eliminate busy waiting, it could
> have some (small or big?) effect on CPU load, I think. Is this the answer?
HLT essentially switches the CPU off till the next interrupt.
mawa
--
I know a lot less ... than many of the readers ..., so I'm probably
wrong and you shouldn't have read this message at all. Just because
I'm trying to be helpful doesn't mean I know what I'm talking about.
-- Jonathan Kamens
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From: Johan Kullstam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.unix.misc
Subject: Re: 'Doze 98 vs. UNIX multitasking
Date: 05 Apr 1999 09:29:11 -0400
Jean-Luc Lachance <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> The original IBM PC had its CPU clock running at 4.77MHz.
> It was then devided by 4 (1.1925 MHz) and feed to the counter/timer
> to be divided by 65536. QFD
hmm QFD. i know QED. what does the F stand for?
(or this a typo?)
--
johan kullstam
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From: Alex Arsenault <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Could not setup X-windows in Red Hat 5.2
Date: Mon, 05 Apr 1999 10:25:01 -0400
Baskar wrote:
> The VGA chipset in my system is in-built in motherboard, in Xconfigurator
> I tried the VGA Card with PC-Chipsets Motherboard. But it didn't work
> properly and I could not properly install X-windows.
>
> any idea of how to do this.
>
> Baskar.
>
> -----------== Posted via Deja News, The Discussion Network ==----------
> http://www.dejanews.com/ Search, Read, Discuss, or Start Your Own
Maybe you should get XFree 3.3.3 there 's a lot more card listed
www.xfree.org
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From: Harald Kirsch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Linux as a data cruncher --- impossible
Date: 31 Mar 1999 09:02:07 +0200
Situation:
Linux 2.2.5 on a dual PII box with 512 MB Ram and a large disk.
Trying to write data from AIT on other machine over nfs onto this box.
nfs-options: soft,retrans=2,timeo=7
I get nfs-timeouts which means (if I interprete the docs right) that the
dual PII-box cannot answer for more than 1.4 seconds. What is it doing
all that long time.
The network is NOT overloaded.
Harald Kirsch
--
=================================================+==================
Harald Kirsch, [EMAIL PROTECTED], +49 721 6091 369 |
FhG/IITB, Fraunhoferstr.1, 76131 Karlsruhe |
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From: "Karsten M. Self" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Solved Re: RealPlayer 5.0 under RedHat 5.2 -- problems
Date: Mon, 05 Apr 1999 17:44:13 +0000
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
"Karsten M. Self" wrote:
>
> I'm having trouble with rvplayer 5.0.0.35 on a RedHat Linux 5.2 system,
> i686, 2.0.36 kernel. Installed from the RH 5.x RPM at Real.com's site.
The rpm is apparently broken, at least for RH 5.0. I installed the
linux tarball instead. Works fine.
--
Karsten M. Self ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
What part of "Gestalt" don't you understand?
Welchen Teil von "Gestalt" verstehen Sie nicht?
web: http://www.netcom.com/~kmself
SAS/Linux: http://www.netcom.com/~kmself/SAS/SAS4Linux.html
10:03am up 8:07, 2 users, load average: 0.58, 0.73, 0.69
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From: Andrew <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: Overclocking was: Help me spend $2,000 on a new Linux-based computer
Date: Mon, 5 Apr 1999 16:04:52 +0100
One little thing though - the Celeron is clock-locked, so you can't
overclock it :-(
(P-II's aren't though, and I'm not sure about P-III's?)
Andrew
On Sun, 28 Mar 1999, it was written:
> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Jet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >Eugene wrote:
> >>
> >> Here is my dream machine:
> >>
> >> Celeron 366 overclocked to 550
> >
> >OK, this is a stupid question, but how do you overclock a processor? Is
> >it done by setting the jumpers on the motherboard?
> >
> Sometimes, some newer boards have a menu in the BIOS that allows you to set
> the speed of the bus speed and clock rate. One site is
> http://thetechzone.com/overclock.htm and there is at least one overclocking
> newsgroup. What you basically do is set the bus speed and clock rate to
> settings that aren't certified by the manufacturer.
>
> Paul
>
> Get rid of the blahs to email me :}
>
>
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From: Mike McEwan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: uk.comp.os.linux
Subject: Baby-sitting Mum and Dad over a telephone line
Date: 05 Apr 1999 16:14:07 +0100
Hi,
My parents, like many I suppose, are a little wet behind the ears as
regards `computers' and the `Internet'. They've both had brief
dealings with computers before in connection with their jobs, but
things were setup for them for some specific use. The computer was
little more than a glorified ATM machine.
Well, the Internet and electronic mail are now `here' they reckon,
and look as if they're going to stay. With this in view they wish to
get `connected', and have asked me to assist in setting-up a machine
for them. I'm going to cobble something together from my old machine
(Pentium 200 MMX) so that can get a `feel' for cyberspace etc., and
take things further if they want, later.
Well much as I'd like to, I don't think I can supply them with a
Linux box - least, not straight away :-). It'll have to be the Windows
95 that came with my old machine. However, I was thinking I might make
the system dual-boot with a mini Linux partition that somehow I could
use to (after they have booted into it) log into their machine over a
telephone line and essentially baby-sit/look over the Windows 95
stuff, should they have problems. The DOS/windows partition would
obviously be mounted and accessible when booted as Linux.
I was thinking I would use mgetty to be able to log into their
machine, but am still a little stumped by the problem of being able to
check out the Windows 95 stuff by accessing the DOS partition
alone. As some might be aware, windows maintains most of its
config/setup values in a `registry' - this is going to be useless to
work with from the Linux partition without being able to run things
like windows `device manager' etc. Can `Wine' or something assist
here?
Anyone been able to achieve something like this, or can anyone
advise on a solution.
As a side issue. I want to try and test all this out at home before
handing the machine over. In order to do this I thought I would obtain
a `null modem cable'. I'm a little confused/ignorant of what a `null
modem cable' is. Would I still be using PPP over this `null
modem'/serial connection?
--
Regards, Mike.
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Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: Overclocking was: Help me spend $2,000 on a new Linux-basedcomputer
From: "Hugh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: 5 Apr 99 10:57:45 CST
You can't change the multiplier on a Celeron, but you can change the cpu
frequency. They can be overclocked. Seen it done and will do this week.
Hugh
--
Remove NOSPAM from address to reply.
Andrew <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in article
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
> One little thing though - the Celeron is clock-locked, so you can't
> overclock it :-(
>
> (P-II's aren't though, and I'm not sure about P-III's?)
>
>
> Andrew
>
> On Sun, 28 Mar 1999, it was written:
>
> > In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Jet
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > >Eugene wrote:
> > >>
> > >> Here is my dream machine:
> > >>
> > >> Celeron 366 overclocked to 550
> > >
> > >OK, this is a stupid question, but how do you overclock a processor?
Is
> > >it done by setting the jumpers on the motherboard?
> > >
> > Sometimes, some newer boards have a menu in the BIOS that allows you to
set
> > the speed of the bus speed and clock rate. One site is
> > http://thetechzone.com/overclock.htm and there is at least one
overclocking
> > newsgroup. What you basically do is set the bus speed and clock rate to
> > settings that aren't certified by the manufacturer.
> >
> > Paul
> >
> > Get rid of the blahs to email me :}
> >
> >
>
>
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From: "Captain Blood" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.setup,linux.redhat.install,linux.redhat.misc
Subject: Re: PORTFW, ICQ and IPMASQADM
Date: Mon, 5 Apr 1999 11:22:51 -0500
Try this:
ipmasqadm autofw -A -r tcp 2000 2011 -h (address of ICQ client)
then reconfig ICQ to use ports 2000-2011 in firewall mode.
I don't flush the ipmasq or firewall rules when the link goes down. If your
PPP machine only has 2 interfaces (eth0 and ppp0) then it doesn't need
explicit routes.
Capnblud
Grand Master <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:7eadvq$9um$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> I've just built my new Linux box - Redhat 5.2 upgraded to Kernel 2.2.5.
> I'm connecting to the Internet using PPP and masqurading two other
> workstations which are connected via ethernet.
> I've got the IPCHAINS stuff figured out and called from ip-up.local
because
> of the ppp dynamic IP address.
> Now I want to get PORTFW working so ICQ works properly.
>
> Questions:
> What is the command to get PORTFW to pass the port range for ICQ? I
figure
> it must be "ipmasqadm portfw <something>"?
> Can I run this from ip-up.local using a variable for my ppp address in the
> same way that IPCHAINS works?
> How do I flush the PORTFW rules when the link goes down?
>
> Thanks
>
> GM
>
>
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From: "James Kosin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
linux.redhat.misc,comp.os.linux.hardware,linux.redhat.install,comp.os.linux.redhat,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Need IDE CD-R configuration help!
Date: Mon, 05 Apr 1999 16:27:38 GMT
Dear Geert Decorte,
The other way is to specify that it is an IDE_SCSI device by using the
append statement in LILO to set "hd?=ide_scsi"
James Kosin
Geert Decorte <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
| Holden MacRoyn wrote:
|
| > Help! I'm having trouble getting xcdroast to recognize my CD-R as
a CD
| > Writer.
| >
| > Both drives appear in the xcdroast device window but setup will
not
| > allow me to specify wither as read or write devices.
| >
| > I have an IDE Panasonic 7582-CDR, and a normal IDE CD-ROM for
reading. I
| > am running Mandrake Linux 5.3 (RedHat 5.2 with all the latest
drivers
| > updated and tested).
| >
| > From reading the HOWTO for CD-Writing, there is some mention that
Linux
| > has difficulty with IDE CD-R devices and that I have to somehow
trick
| > the kernel into recognizing these devices as Generic SCSI devices.
The
| > cdrecord and xcdroast documentation allude to this but give very
little
| > information in HOWTO do it.
| >
| > If anyone has successfully done this, please point me in the right
| > direction.
| >
| > Thanks - S
|
| Recompile a kernel with scsi emulation. disable ide-atapi support.
I'm
| using a 2.036 kernel but after recompiling I've lost sound. CD
writing
| works perfect. I have to upgrade to 2.2.x kernel
| used pentium 133
| 64 Mb ram
| HP 7100I IDE CDWRITER
|
|
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From: Greg Yantz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: Overclocking was: Help me spend $2,000 on a new Linux-based computer
Date: 05 Apr 1999 14:44:55 -0400
Andrew <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> One little thing though - the Celeron is clock-locked, so you can't
> overclock it :-(
Celerons are multiplier locked. You can easily overclock them by changing
the bus speed.
> > >Eugene wrote:
> > >>
> > >> Here is my dream machine:
> > >>
> > >> Celeron 366 overclocked to 550
Your dream machine is a toaster oven? Running a Celeron at 450 is likely
to work. 500 is unlikely. 550 is not a good idea.
-Greg
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From: Barton Wright <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.admin,comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.questions,comp.os.linux.setup,microsoft.public.windowsnt,microsoft.public.windowsnt.misc,microsoft.public.windowsnt.setup,uk.comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: Inaccessable boot device: HELP! (NT Error, Linuxes fault?)
Date: Mon, 05 Apr 1999 14:31:45 -0400
stuart wrote:
> System Configuration
> IBM 10.1 GB IDE HD
> Paritiion 1: 2047 (ntfs)
> Partition 2: 4095 (ntfs)
> Partition 3: Linux Swap (127MB)
> Partition 4: Linux Native (2047 minus 127MB)
>
> 1) The NT partitions both existsed prior to the Linux install
> and booted from partition 1 (only) with no problem. After
> installing Linux (and it boots fine with lilo), now NT gives
> me an error "Inaccessable boot device". Now obviously nothing
> is wrong with the "boot device" (the IBM HD) if Linux boots.
> What happened, why I am out to lunch with NT?
Depends on how LILO works. If it installs itself as a
primary partition, then the partition numbers have changed.
Let's say your NT boot.ini file formerly said to boot NT from
partition 1. If LILO installed itself as a new partition 1,
then what was formerly partition 1 is now partition 2 (for
example).
The fix is easy to describe, but not so easy to implement
when your NT boot disk is NTFS. The fix is simply to boot
NT from diskette (yes, it is possible) and edit the boot.ini
file to point to the correct partition.
Now, how do you boot NT from diskette? You use System
Commander from http://www.sysinternals.com. It's
tragically expensive, but it's a lifesaver in cases like these.
The Sysinternals site also has another tool that lets you
connect two NT machines with a serial cable, boot the
working NT machine, and access disks on the non-working
NT machine.
Warning: the advice in another response in this thread to use
FDISK /MBR from a DOS diskette -- that advice is very wrong-headed,
and is guaranteed to leave your disk booting only DOS, killing
off both NT and Linux. NT does *not* use the DOS boot loader in
the MBR. It has its own OS loader. NT does *not* depend on any
aspect of DOS in any way.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Simon Tooke)
Subject: Re: The DHCP Svr Blues!
Date: Mon, 05 Apr 1999 17:04:22 GMT
Michael <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi-
> Set up dhcp server on Redhat 5.2.This is a small lab of 8 machines,
> mixed unix/linux/wintel.
> The wintel machines obtain leases - no problem.
> My SuSE linux box tries, but doesn't obtain a lease.
> When the Suse client broadcasts, the server spews.....
> " DHCPDISCOVER from <macaddress> via eth0 "
> " DHCPOFFER on 11.11.11.71 to <macaddress> via eth0 "
> " DHCPDISCOVER from <macaddress> via eth0 "
> " DHCPOFFER on 11.11.11.71 to <macaddress> via eth0 "
> ........continuously.
> So obviously the linux client is broadcasting a DHCP request, the server
>
> is responding, but, for some reason, the lease offer is not being
> noticed, or being rejected by the client. I can't find any log either.
> Now, this client hooks up via DHCP without a problem at work (which is
> running QIP DHCP) so I know the client CAN accept an address.
> dhcpd.conf :
> subnet 11.0.0.0 netmask 255.0.0.0 {
> range 11.11.71 11.11.11.81;
> default-lease-time 600;
> max-lease-time 7200;
> option subnet-mask 255.0.0.0;
> option broadcast-address 11.255.255.255;
> option domain-name "eleven11.net";
> }
Update the version of DHCPCD you're using on SUSE? Maybe try copying
the Redhat guy (/sbin/dhcpcd) over to /tmp and manually run it.
-Simon Tooke
--
Simon Tooke ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
My opinions do not reflect those of my employer.
Work 416-448-3535
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (BerndRausch)
Subject: Re: How to mount primary windows partition from Linux
Date: Mon, 05 Apr 1999 17:54:47 GMT
On Mon, 05 Apr 1999 13:22:03 GMT, Baskar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>My primary partition is windows '95 and extended partition is linux.
>
>How can I mount the windows '95 partition from Linux.
>
>I am able to see only /mnt/cdrom and /mnt/floppy in the mnt directory
>and I am able to mount only the above devices and not my windows
>partition.
>
>Can anybody help me.
>
>Baskar.
>
create a new directory, for example /win, then try
mount -t vfat /dev/hda1 /win. It should work.
bernd
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jon-o Addleman)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Using Linux instead of NT Server in home environment....
Date: Mon, 05 Apr 1999 17:33:47 GMT
Once upon a Sun, 04 Apr 1999 23:29:55 GMT, Richard Pitt
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>On the other hand, Microsoft's source isn't even available to everyone
>at Microsoft, and few if any people there have ever had access to all of
>it at once. It takes them far longer to discover and/or admit to a bug,
>and even longer to issue the patches. More often the patches get put
>into the next release and we have to pay for them!
And interesting case: there's a bug in my version of windows (the very
first commercial release of win95). Basically it amounts to this: you
can't use the "save password" button on dialup networking unless you
have microsoft networks installed (which I never use). This bug
persisted for almost 5 years, through many different versions. It may
even still be in windows 98, though I certainly haven't tried it -
that OS gives me the willies....
Certainly no bug like that has EVER persisted for 5 years in any open
source program, unless no one was using it at all. In that case, it
really doesn't matter...
--
Jon-o Addleman
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.questions
Subject: Re: setup questions
Date: Mon, 05 Apr 1999 13:48:10 -0500
I have just started getting back into my Linux stuff
after a long break. I have a few questions about
current problems and am looking for hints as to
where to look. Thanks in advance.
1) When I first installed Linux, my mouse worked fine.
Now it only works under X. This occured long before
I recompiled the kernel (which I have yet to replace
anyway).
2) When I first installed Linux, my printer would print in
normal portrait mode. Now it prints in landscape mode
and I can't find any options under lpr which control this.
What am I doing wrong.
3) Going through the config howto, I see mention of a
directory /etc/sysconfig. I have seen other mention of
this in these ng's. I don't have one. Do I need to reinstall
the entire package or can I just create this directory and
put the config files in here as I go? Also, where do I get
the information on what config files are necessary in this
directory?
4) I am trying to recompile the kernel and I 2> the
errors to an error file. It complains about dnsdomainname
not being set. As I go through the PPP howto's (and
other stuff for getting hooked to the inet) will I run into
the solution for this or did I miss something more
fundamental along the way?
5) I have kept the old kernel but I am concerned that
if I point to the new kernel (once I get it to compile
w/o errors) and the boot goes wrong, how am I going
to point back to the old kernel to fix it? I can't see my
Linux drive from Windoze and I am currently booting
from floppy anyway.
6) I also have trouble trying to get LILO to boot Windows.
It use to work when my W95 was fat16 but now it doesn't
like it. Isn't there a LILO option/upgrade which allows me
to boot fat32?
By the way, I'm running SuSE 5.2
ASUS 440BX mb with Pentium II @ 400MHz
Logitech Mouseman (PS2)
Epson Action Laser 1000 (which emulates HP LJ2P)
Dual booting with Windows95 (fat32) and Linux on
separate physical drives.
Sorry to repost this but I thought this last bit of info might
be important.
Rick
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From: Red Hat Linux User <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.questions
Subject: Re: setup questions
Date: Mon, 05 Apr 1999 17:58:25 +0000
I only have an answer to 4:
There is a number of files you have to set up in /etc according
to your ISP's servers. It is fully outlined in the
ISPHookup-HOWTO. Everything in that howto worked for
me except the final command to connect, which I figured
out after a bit of manpage reading and trial and error.
Regards,
Mladen
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I have just started getting back into my Linux stuff
> after a long break. I have a few questions about
> current problems and am looking for hints as to
> where to look. Thanks in advance.
>
> 1) When I first installed Linux, my mouse worked fine.
> Now it only works under X. This occured long before
> I recompiled the kernel (which I have yet to replace
> anyway).
>
> 2) When I first installed Linux, my printer would print in
> normal portrait mode. Now it prints in landscape mode
> and I can't find any options under lpr which control this.
> What am I doing wrong.
>
> 3) Going through the config howto, I see mention of a
> directory /etc/sysconfig. I have seen other mention of
> this in these ng's. I don't have one. Do I need to reinstall
> the entire package or can I just create this directory and
> put the config files in here as I go? Also, where do I get
> the information on what config files are necessary in this
> directory?
>
> 4) I am trying to recompile the kernel and I 2> the
> errors to an error file. It complains about dnsdomainname
> not being set. As I go through the PPP howto's (and
> other stuff for getting hooked to the inet) will I run into
> the solution for this or did I miss something more
> fundamental along the way?
>
> 5) I have kept the old kernel but I am concerned that
> if I point to the new kernel (once I get it to compile
> w/o errors) and the boot goes wrong, how am I going
> to point back to the old kernel to fix it? I can't see my
> Linux drive from Windoze and I am currently booting
> from floppy anyway.
>
> Rick
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Crossposted-To:
alt.os.linux.slackware,comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.setup
From: "Jing Duan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Tools for IRQ and IO address
Date: Mon, 5 Apr 1999 17:47:59 GMT
I seems to have IRQ or IO conflict. I wonder if there are any tools similar
to MSD that display the IRQ and IO address in Linux.
Thank you in advance.
Jing Duan
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