Linux-Misc Digest #903, Volume #20 Sat, 3 Jul 99 06:13:10 EDT
Contents:
problem compiling sources with C++ ("Ryan T. Rhea")
Re: thinkpad 770x modem (Rick Lim)
Re: thinkpad 770x modem ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: System halts at bootup ("Ryan T. Rhea")
Re: first/second/third world (Stefaan A Eeckels)
Can't change channels in WinTV Card (Andy Busch)
Re: How to query SHMMAX, SHMMNI, etc? (kernel source may or may not be avlbl or
current!) ("Leonid Fedotov")
Re: Help Compiling a SMP Kernel w/o 32MB MEM limit ("Leonid Fedotov")
Re: mandrake installation trouble ("Jim_Alvarez")
Re: problem compiling sources with C++ (Frederic L. W. Meunier)
Re: Linux Presentation Software ("Kenvyn Davies")
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From: "Ryan T. Rhea" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: problem compiling sources with C++
Date: Sat, 03 Jul 1999 03:00:06 -0400
I have run into a problem when trying to compile progams with an
OpenLinux distribution. Most of the errors I have gotten from running
'configure' scripts before using 'make'. I have gotten this with
several popular programs. The output from the 'configure' script looks
like this:
loading cache ./config.cache
checking for a BSD compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
checking whether build environment is sane... yes
checking whether make sets ${MAKE}... yes
checking for working aclocal... found
checking for working autoconf... found
checking for working automake... found
checking for working autoheader... found
checking for working makeinfo... found
checking for gcc... gcc
checking whether the C compiler (gcc ) works... yes
checking whether the C compiler (gcc ) is a cross-compiler...
no
checking whether we are using GNU C... yes
checking whether gcc accepts -g... yes
checking how to run the C preprocessor... gcc -E
checking for AIX... no
checking for POSIXized ISC... no
checking for c++... c++
checking whether the C++ compiler (c++ ) works... no
configure: error: installation or configuration problem: C++
compiler
cannot create executables.
A further look at config.log reveals:
configure:1139: checking for c++
configure:1171: checking whether the C++ compiler (c++ )
works
configure:1187: c++ -o conftest conftest.C 1>&5
/usr/i386-linux/bin/ld: cannot open -lstdc++: No such file or
directory
configure: failed program was:
#line 1182 "configure"
#include "confdefs.h"
int main(){return(0);}
I scanned 'configure' to see if there were any hard coded references to
files that were incorrect. No such luck, I guess it is not that easy.
As you can see, I can't even get to the make stage. I have not altered
or updated any of the C++ related files. I am only vaguely familiar
with C++ at all, so any help here is welcome.
Thanks in advance,
Ryan T. Rhea
please send a courtesy copy of any replies to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Rick Lim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: thinkpad 770x modem
Date: 3 Jul 1999 06:45:05 GMT
Ken Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: In article <7licbq$mrm$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Rick Lim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
:>Anyone got any hints as to how to get the modem
:>to work under RH 5.1 ????
: If you mean the internal one, its probably a winmodem. Its a winmodem on the
: 570's and 600's, so I assume its the same on yours, so your out of luck.
Thanks for the replys, now for the next question
com1 works in windows, but isn't detected in linux
anyone know the reason ???
--
The wealth of reality, cannot be seen from your locality.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: thinkpad 770x modem
Date: Sat, 03 Jul 1999 06:38:31 GMT
In article <7licbq$mrm$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Rick Lim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Anyone got any hints as to how to get the modem
> to work under RH 5.1 ????
No one has. It can't currently be done. The 770 series internal modem
is based on IBM's MWave DSP (though it is called ACP in newer models).
The Windows modem driver processes the AT command set and downloads
different chunks of DSP code to the DSP during different stages of the
call. A Linux driver would have to do the same. The IBMer who's
writing the Windows 2000 drivers for the modem discovered Linux a few
months ago and has made noises about Linux drivers, but it will probably
be many more months, if ever, before we see one. My advice: buy a
PCMCIA modem.
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From: "Ryan T. Rhea" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: System halts at bootup
Date: Sat, 03 Jul 1999 03:16:30 -0400
Bart Janssens wrote:
> hello all
>
> I recompiled my kernel, copied /boot/vmlinuz to /boot/vmlinuz-backup and
> copied the newly compiled kernel to /boot/vmlinuz
> When I try to boot the system now, I get an error when loading the kernel:
> no more data to load (or something similar). Then the system is halted.
>
> I rebooted with a bootdisk, and copied /boot/vmlinuz-backup to
> /boot/vmlinuz, but the same message appeared when rebooting. I used the
> bootdisk again, and a ls -l pointed out that the /boot/vmlinuz was actually
> a link to /boot/vmlinuz-2.2.9-19mdk. /boot/vmlinuz-backup was a real file,
> however. I copied my backup to vmlinuz again, but when I reboot with the
> bootdisk the link to vmlinuz-2.2.9-19mdk is there again.
>
> Can anyone help me please? What did I do wrong?
>
> regards,
>
> --
> Bart Janssens
> http://gallery.uunet.be/bartj
First of all, I would suggest a different approach. Add a new boot entry to
/etc/lilo.conf for the new kernel, and then use lilo -v to add it. This will
not only avoid your problem, it will also allow you to boot either kernel - no
bootdisk needed if the new kernel doesn't work.
If you can't do that for whatever reason, just eliminate the link if it is a
symbolic one and copy the real files as you have been.
Hope this helps,
Ryan T. Rhea
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Stefaan A Eeckels)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.ms-windows.advocacy,comp.os.linux.advocacy,gnu.misc.discuss
Subject: Re: first/second/third world
Date: 3 Jul 1999 05:38:03 GMT
In article <7lja66$7r7$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Stephan Schulz) writes:
>
> Not that it matters - Gallileo, Kepler, Newton and Archimedes all did
> not believe in the theory of relativity. Does that make them idiots?
They did not *know* the theory of relativity, and they did not
come up with it. When you don't know something, you can neither
believe it, nor dispute it. It's safe to assume that they would
have had little problem understanding it, had it been known at
the time. Whether their religious convictions would have allowed
them to accept it and its conclusions, is entirely another matter.
--
Stefaan
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Andy Busch)
Subject: Can't change channels in WinTV Card
Date: 3 Jul 1999 06:46:25 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I just bought a Hauppauage WinTV 401 card. I compiled my kernel with the
Hauppaugue option under video4linux. I then downloaded the bttv package and
ran the MAKEDEV script to make the tv devices.
The composite video in works fine, and the TV works fine to a degree. The
image and sound work, but the channel will not change. Using xawtv, I hit
up and down, and the screen flashes briefly and the title bar says the
channel changed, but the image and sound are still the same channel.
sometimes, after a reboot, it locks into a different channel, but I still
cannot change. I read that it isn't good for the tv card to share an IRQ
with the video card (they are both on IRQ 11). So I tried putting the card
into a different PCI slot, to the same result. the card works fine in
Windows.
below are my dmesg, /proc/interrupts and /proc/pci.
please post and email any replies.
Thank you very much.
Andy Busch
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
---start DMESG----
Linux version 2.2.9 ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) (gcc version 2.7.2.3)
#5 Fri Jul 2 04:32:43 /etc/localtime 1999
Detected 300690065 Hz processor.
Console: colour VGA+ 80x25
Calibrating delay loop... 299.83 BogoMIPS
Memory: 63204k/65536k available (992k kernel code, 408k reserved, 892k data,
40k init)
CPU: Intel Pentium II (Klamath) stepping 04
Checking 386/387 coupling... OK, FPU using exception 16 error reporting.
Checking 'hlt' instruction... OK.
POSIX conformance testing by UNIFIX
PCI: PCI BIOS revision 2.10 entry at 0xfb200
PCI: Using configuration type 1
PCI: Probing PCI hardware
Linux NET4.0 for Linux 2.2
Based upon Swansea University Computer Society NET3.039
NET4: Unix domain sockets 1.0 for Linux NET4.0.
NET4: Linux TCP/IP 1.0 for NET4.0
IP Protocols: ICMP, UDP, TCP
Starting kswapd v 1.5
parport0: PC-style at 0x378 [SPP,ECP,ECPEPP,ECPPS2]
parport0: detected irq 7; use procfs to enable interrupt-driven operation.
Detected PS/2 Mouse Port.
Serial driver version 4.27 with no serial options enabled
ttyS00 at 0x03f8 (irq = 4) is a 16550A
ttyS01 at 0x02f8 (irq = 3) is a 16550A
ttyS02 at 0x03e8 (irq = 4) is a 16550A
pty: 256 Unix98 ptys configured
lp0: using parport0 (polling).
Real Time Clock Driver v1.09
Sound initialization started
ESS chip ES1688 detected (kernel 2.0 compatible)
<ESS ES1688 AudioDrive (rev 11) (3.01)> at 0x220 irq 5 dma 1,5
<ESS ES1688> at 0x330 irq 5 dma 0
Sound initialization complete
js: Version 1.2.13 using 300 MHz RDTSC timer.
js0: Logitech ThunderPad Digital at 0x201
i2c: initialized
Linux video capture interface: v1.00
bttv0: Brooktree Bt878 (rev 2) bus: 0, devfn: 72, irq: 11, memory: 0xe8000000.
bttv: 1 Bt8xx card(s) found.
bttv0: Hauppauge eeprom: tuner=Philips FM1236 (2)
bttv0: audio chip: TDA9850
bttv0: NO fader chip: TEA6300
bttv0: model: BT878(Hauppauge new)
PIIX4: IDE controller on PCI bus 00 dev 39
PIIX4: not 100% native mode: will probe irqs later
ide0: BM-DMA at 0xf000-0xf007, BIOS settings: hda:pio, hdb:pio
ide1: BM-DMA at 0xf008-0xf00f, BIOS settings: hdc:pio, hdd:pio
hda: WDC AC36400L, ATA DISK drive
hdb: Memorex CRW-1622, ATAPI CDROM drive
hdd: LTN301, ATAPI CDROM drive
ide2: ports already in use, skipping probe
ide0 at 0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6 on irq 14
ide1 at 0x170-0x177,0x376 on irq 15
hda: WDC AC36400L, 6149MB w/256kB Cache, CHS=784/255/63, UDMA
hdb: ATAPI 6X CD-ROM CD-R/RW drive, 1024kB Cache
Uniform CDROM driver Revision: 2.55
hdd: ATAPI 32X CD-ROM drive, 120kB Cache
Floppy drive(s): fd0 is 1.44M
FDC 0 is a post-1991 82077
PPP: version 2.3.7 (demand dialling)
TCP compression code copyright 1989 Regents of the University of California
PPP line discipline registered.
Partition check:
hda: hda1 hda2 hda3 < hda5 hda6 hda7 hda8 hda9 >
VFS: Mounted root (ext2 filesystem) readonly.
Freeing unused kernel memory: 40k freed
Adding Swap: 128484k swap-space (priority -1)
---end DMESG---
---start /proc/interrupts---
CPU0
0: 163793 XT-PIC timer
1: 6360 XT-PIC keyboard
2: 0 XT-PIC cascade
4: 133589 XT-PIC serial
5: 1 XT-PIC soundblaster
8: 1 XT-PIC rtc
11: 141782 XT-PIC bttv
12: 19306 XT-PIC PS/2 Mouse
13: 1 XT-PIC fpu
14: 5194 XT-PIC ide0
15: 5 XT-PIC ide1
NMI: 0
---end /proc/interrupts---
---start /proc/pci---
PCI devices found:
Bus 0, device 0, function 0:
Host bridge: Intel 440LX - 82443LX PAC Host (rev 3).
Medium devsel. Fast back-to-back capable. Master Capable.
Latency=64.
Prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xe0000000 [0xe0000008].
Bus 0, device 1, function 0:
PCI bridge: Intel 440LX - 82443LX PAC AGP (rev 3).
Medium devsel. Fast back-to-back capable. Master Capable.
Latency=64. Min Gnt=10.
Bus 0, device 7, function 0:
ISA bridge: Intel 82371AB PIIX4 ISA (rev 2).
Medium devsel. Fast back-to-back capable. Master Capable. No bursts.
Bus 0, device 7, function 1:
IDE interface: Intel 82371AB PIIX4 IDE (rev 1).
Medium devsel. Fast back-to-back capable. Master Capable.
Latency=64.
I/O at 0xf000 [0xf001].
Bus 0, device 7, function 2:
USB Controller: Intel 82371AB PIIX4 USB (rev 1).
Medium devsel. Fast back-to-back capable. Master Capable.
Latency=64.
I/O at 0xe000 [0xe001].
Bus 0, device 7, function 3:
Bridge: Intel 82371AB PIIX4 ACPI (rev 2).
Medium devsel. Fast back-to-back capable.
Bus 0, device 9, function 0:
Multimedia video controller: Brooktree Bt878 2nd Contr. (?) (rev 2).
Medium devsel. Fast back-to-back capable. IRQ 11. Master Capable.
Latency=64. Min Gnt=16.Max Lat=40.
Prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xe8000000 [0xe8000008].
Bus 0, device 9, function 1:
Multimedia controller: Brooktree Bt878 (rev 2).
Medium devsel. Fast back-to-back capable. IRQ 11. Master Capable.
Latency=64. Min Gnt=4.Max Lat=255.
Prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xe8001000 [0xe8001008].
Bus 1, device 0, function 0:
Display controller: Texas Instruments TVP4020 Permedia 2 (rev 1).
Medium devsel. Fast back-to-back capable. IRQ 11. Master Capable.
Latency=64. Min Gnt=192.Max Lat=192.
Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xe6000000 [0xe6000000].
Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xe5800000 [0xe5800000].
Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xe5000000 [0xe5000000].
---end /proc/pci---
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From: "Leonid Fedotov" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: How to query SHMMAX, SHMMNI, etc? (kernel source may or may not be avlbl
or current!)
Date: Sat, 03 Jul 1999 08:25:18 GMT
If you have Oracle for linux, there is a utility calle tstshm.
Here is the sample output:
[oracle@c51044-a]$ tstshm
Number of segments gotten by shmget() = 50
Number of segments attached by shmat() = 50
Segments attach at higher addresses
Default shared memory address = 0x40459000
Lowest shared memory address = 0x40459000
Highest shared memory address = 0xbfe59000
Total shared memory range = 2143289344
Total shared memory attached = 104857600
Largest single segment size = 2097152
Segment boundaries (SHMLBA) = 4096 (0x1000)
[oracle@c51044-a]$
Hope this helps..
Sitaram Chamarty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Folks,
>
> My company has been convinced to port its products to Linux (these
> are databases called Unidata and Universe - most of you haven't
> heard of them; don't worry!)
>
> I, as the most ardent Linux evangelist, get asked all kinds of
> questions by the porting team.
>
> Here's one that I need help on: how can we find out
> programatically (C or shell - we dont care) what the current
> kernel has for SHMMAX, SHMMNI, SHMSEG, (etc.).
>
> When our product is installed on a customer's box, we can't be
> sure that they even have the kernel source tree installed, let
> alone that it is "current". So please dont suggest parsing
> /usr/src/linux/include/asm-i386/shmparam.h !
>
> Thanks for any help!
>
> PS: Yes - the brute force method (try to allocate various
> increasing sized chunks to get SHMMAX, and a similar strategy to
> get SHMMNI etc) is there. But I want an intelligent solution.
>
> PPS: I know that /proc/sys/shmmax exists on 2.2.x kernels. Sadly,
> the target is 2.0.36+ kernels (loosely speaking - RH 5.2, NOT RH
> 6.x). So this doesnt help. And even then, it doesn't help for
> SHMMNI and the others.
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From: "Leonid Fedotov" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Help Compiling a SMP Kernel w/o 32MB MEM limit
Date: Sat, 03 Jul 1999 08:28:26 GMT
I can actually allocate about 500Mb for Oracle, without any recompiling.
RH6.0, 2.2.5 kernel
asldjf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:FHdf3.1132$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Hi,
> I need to increase the memory dedicated to sybase ase. I have 1GB of ram
and
> would like to give at least half of it to sybase. So far all I can find
is a
> document saying to change the values of
>
> #define _SHM_IDX_BITS to 19
> #define _SHM_ID_BITS to 5
> in the file .../linux/include/asm/shmparam.h
> and in the file .../linux/include/asm/page.h change the value
>
> #define __PAGE_OFFSET (0xC0000000) to (0x80000000)
> Then give yourself swap space the size of amount of memory you would like
to
> share. Then recompile the kernel.
>
> So after playing with linux for a few years now I have no choice but to
build a
> kernel. I have the lastest source 2.2.10 and seem to have everything
> configured correctly.
> The problem is, the kernel won't boot. lilo returns no problems, and when
I
> reboot I get to uncompressing kernel line and the computer automaticly
reboots.
> What am I missing? Did changing those files cause the problem? Is there
any
> other way around this linux only allowing 32MB of shared memory?
> I can use any help you all may be able to provide. Web pages, etc... All
I
> seem to run into searching the web is the standard kernel HOWTO. Even if
is
> isn't a HOWTO it's based off of the HOWTO :)
> I've already looked at
>
http://www.oconnell.net/cgi-bin/ez_view.pl?20+/var/www/digital-earth/Sybase_
FAQ
> /Q9.25.html+1+ff0000+memory#1b
>
> but it seems to be missing something.
>
> Thanks so much.
> shane
>
> Here is some more data.
>
> 2 400MHz proc
> 1GB 100MHz ram
> Distro = RH6
> All programs are within a month of being current.
> ASUS p2b board
> Lilo
> Kernel = 2.2.10
>
>
>
>
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From: "Jim_Alvarez" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: mandrake installation trouble
Date: Fri, 2 Jul 1999 20:29:56 -0700
I had a problem like that on my P233. I had to go into the BIOS and set the
IDE timing to "FAILSAFE" to get passed it. I don't know if this is the same
problem your having but try it and see if it helps.
henning hummert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> is there any way to influence the kernel configuration during the
> install of mandrake 6.0? when i install mandrake everything works fine
> but when i try to boot the kernel (ver 2.2.5) hangs after/while
> detecting my harddisk. i had the same problem with redhat 6.0 but i
> found a solution with upgrading from 5.2 and not installing lilo at the
> end of the installation {booting with my old 2.2.9 kernel}.
>
> but i cant do this with a complete new installation.
>
> if anybody has an idea it would be really appreciated
>
> h
>
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From: Frederic L. W. Meunier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: problem compiling sources with C++
Date: 3 Jul 1999 07:55:34 GMT
configure:1187: c++ -o conftest conftest.C 1>&5
/usr/i386-linux/bin/ld: cannot open -lstdc++: No such file or
directory
,,,
Here's the problem. Install libstdc++ and libstdc++-devel (they're part of
egcs if you compiled them from the sources). Look at /usr/lib for libstdc++*
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From: "Kenvyn Davies" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.development.apps
Subject: Re: Linux Presentation Software
Date: Sat, 3 Jul 1999 10:04:37 +0100
Thank you for the link, I'll start compiling a new page as soon as possible.
Kenvyn Davies
Allin Cottrell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Kenvyn Davies wrote:
>
> > I'm currently working on a web site (www.ivojo.com) for my business. I
have
> > a hint's and tips page which covers presentation software for Windows
and I
> > would very much like to extend this to cover Linux software...
> >
> > If anyone has any hints, tips etc. or knows of a resource which may be
> > willing to share theirs then please email me of reply to this post.
>
> http://www.ecn.wfu.edu/~cottrell/xdvi
>
> --
> Allin Cottrell
> Department of Economics
> Wake Forest University, NC
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