Linux-Misc Digest #869, Volume #23 Fri, 17 Mar 00 00:13:04 EST
Contents:
Re: Need help defragmenting... (Jehsom)
Re: Monitor (Jehsom)
Re: LINUX VS. MS (Jehsom)
Sound problem (Chris Davis)
newbie problems with app installs (dave31175)
Re: Netfinity boot floppy (bill davidsen)
Re: Copying entire partitions... over the network ? (Kenny McCormack)
Re: Netfinity boot floppy ("Josh")
Re: Learning Linux (Frank Ray Kinser)
Re: setting up my network ("gongtow")
Re: latex2html for linux? (Paul Kimoto)
Re: writting my own man (Paul Kimoto)
One Machine - More than One Linux ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: how do i remap my keyboard (Paul Kimoto)
Re: Help - can't install gcc (Steve)
Re: out of virtual memory (Steve)
Re: Can not find hard drive after half a linux install. (Steve)
Re: Keypad keys broken in Netscape (Steve)
Re: Modem does not initialize (Steve)
Re: Need help defragmenting... (Steve)
Re: Which ISPs support multilink PPP? (Steve)
Re: Monitor (Steve)
Re: newbie problems with app installs (Paul Kimoto)
Re: Detecting /dev/ttyS? (Ryan Emerle)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jehsom)
Subject: Re: Need help defragmenting...
Date: 17 Mar 2000 03:09:38 GMT
Sacgonepro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> is there a better defragmenter that will move these clusters?
Norton Speed Disk. But this is not a linux question.
Moshe
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jehsom)
Subject: Re: Monitor
Date: 17 Mar 2000 03:10:44 GMT
Dances With Crows <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Read The Fine Manual
Don't even make me say it :)
Moshe
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jehsom)
Subject: Re: LINUX VS. MS
Date: 17 Mar 2000 03:11:35 GMT
Alexander K <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> so instead i'll tell you a joke.
> hmm...
> ...
> who am i kidding, i'm just as boring myself.
That was a *great* joke! I laughed out loud! hehe
Moshe
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From: Chris Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Sound problem
Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2000 22:06:49 -0500
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I have a Compaq Presario 1277 with a VIA Technologies (model VT82C686)
sound card. I'm running RH6.1. I'm having no luck getting sound out
of it. I ran sndconfig --noprobe and set the address to 0x220, IRQ 5,
DMA 1 and when it played the sample files, nothing. I went ahead and
answered "yes" to acknowledging that I heard them. I thought, perhaps,
I could get SoundStudio to play a file. It starts up, loads a file, but
no sound.
Anyone experience this and have solution(s)?
Please help!
TIA,
chris
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From: dave31175 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: newbie problems with app installs
Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2000 03:30:32 GMT
I'm brand new to Linux (Mandrake 6.1 with KDE). I have downloaded an app
or two. The install readme files say to run configure, then run make.
Both of those commands return an error msg (something like "command not
recognized" or something....sorry, not on my linux box now). Apparently
I'm missing something??
Also, I realize that the issue of installing linux apps is probably too
large to be answered in a posting such as this. Would anyone be able to
point me to a good website with information for lamers such as me? :)
TIA for any and all help!!
...dg
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (bill davidsen)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,alt.os.linux.slackware
Subject: Re: Netfinity boot floppy
Date: 17 Mar 2000 03:37:58 GMT
In article <alhA4.3277$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Josh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
| Whoa, wait, its saying LILO twice?
Can't tell, maybe it's trying again.
| Could it be that you have it installed to the superblock of the disk AND
| installed to the master boot record?
Remember that this same floppy boots (to the "LILO boot:" stage) on
other machines, so it's unlikely that it's bad in that way. And I
formatted a floppy and installed a fresh filesystem on it before copying
the contents of the Slackware boot floppy and replacing the kernel. Then
I reran lilo agin (v21) and the lilo.conf definitely has /dev/fd0 as the
boot device for the install.
So I'm guessing that it's as okay as it's going to get.
| Perhaps you would like to tell LILO to uninstall itself with a "lilo -R
| <device>".
That would be the /dev/fd0, since there's no partition table.
| If you can get it working, I'd like to hear about it. =)
The only thing I can think of is that there's a problem with machines
with more than 1GB RAM. I don't have a pile of those lying around,
although if I can make this work I may have 15.
I haven't heard of a >1GB bug, but this is the first system I've tried
which had the 2GB support enabled. Still, that's in the kernel, not the
LILO part.
Most distressing!
--
bill davidsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> CTO, TMR Associates, Inc
When taking small children to a carnival, always have them go potty
*before* you let them go on the rides, and let them eat all the junk
food and candy *after*.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Kenny McCormack)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: Copying entire partitions... over the network ?
Date: 16 Mar 2000 21:46:41 -0600
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Rudy Taraschi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Andreas Grosche <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>> how do I copy the *raw* data of an *entire* partition over TCP/IP
>> (i.e. the whole partition such as /dev/hdc6 e.g. to the /dev/hda6 on another
>> computer "at the other end of the network wire",
>
>from the 'tar' manpage on my SGI IRIX 5.3 machine:
>
>> To move hierarchies between machines, use the command
>>
>> cd fromdir; tar cBf - . | rsh remote "(cd todir; tar xBf -)"
>>
>> where remote is the host name of the remote machine.
Of course, then you have to deal with all the bugs in tar (cf earlier
discussion of why tar (*) is not a reliable tool for backups).
(*) At leat GNU tar under Linux - and at least as of when I got bitten by it
a few times and stopped using it (about a year and a half ago).
To answer the original question - use netcat, netcat is all you need.
I've done this trick many a time - it is particularly cool to use it for
cloning DOS/Winxx partitions, booting Linux from Tomsroot (on both source
and target).
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From: "Josh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,alt.os.linux.slackware
Subject: Re: Netfinity boot floppy
Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2000 04:06:49 GMT
D'oh, sorry.
I was under the impression that you were posting the error you got if you
were booting unaided by a floppy. :)
BUT, I can refrence you to a helpful site (or maybe not, it says that you
can't install linux except for redhat 6.1 and imoho, RH6.1 is shovelware).
Here! =)
http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/Software-RAID-HOWTO-4.html#ss4.11 ->
"The latest official lilo distribution (Version 21) doesn't handle RAID
devices, and thus the kernel cannot be loaded at boot-time from a RAID
device. If you use this version, your /boot filesystem will have to reside
on a non-RAID device. A way to ensure that your system boots no matter what
is, to create similar /boot partitions on all drives in your RAID, that way
the BIOS can always load data from eg. the first drive available. This
requires that you do not boot with a failed disk in your system. "
Now, the million doller question would be, is it possible to use bootmagic
or loadlin to somehow bootstrap Linux into going? Or a ramdisk? Since I
don't see a reason many people would be transferring data from/to a
Netfinity box over floppy disk, the solution might be to simply have it boot
off the floppy (a minidistribution like "Trinux" floppy, but I don't have a
link to that!) and then automagically mount the raid and run the rest from
there.
I guess I am not much help then.... :(
Perhaps in the slack install, you can pass the arguments for the raid and
have it go? My strongpoint isn't raid, but I can do lilo. :\
If you want me to mess, you can send me a netfinity as soon as I purchase
those tickets to a nonextradition country.... ;)
--Joshua
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From: Frank Ray Kinser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Learning Linux
Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2000 23:09:02 -0500
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I would definately buy O'Reilly's book: Running Linux for Linux
essentials. I use Caldera OpenLinux and I started by purchasing the book
Caldera Linux Unleashed. It was an excellent book and was detailed in the
areas od server setup. Of course it came with Open Linux 2.3 also.
HTH
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Can someone tell me where to go to learn about Linux/Unix, either
> through books, or on the net(preferably free) even tutorials/courses.
> Would like to understand stand such things as Kernels, how to set up a
> server etc. Have only ever operated in a windows or macintosh
> environment, but would like to try Linux. Please help!!
>
> Thanks - Marc
>
> Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
> Before you buy.
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From: "gongtow" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: setting up my network
Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2000 11:37:01 +0800
I have a ne2000 ISA network card.
I could install it manually by
insmod 8390
insmod ne io=0x300 irq=5
ifconfig eth0 [ip] netmask [mask].....
But I don't want to install it manually every time. I wrote a short script
to
configure it. It is not good enough. Could someone tell me how to make
it auto start up in boot process?
I use RH6.1, I have tried to use netconf. But it cause error message.
Buck Turgidson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:wUfA4.6066$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> I am getting ready to install RH 6.1. Any idea what kernel it has? I
have
> a local store that sells Linksys pretty cheaply, and was going to pick one
> up. Thanks.
>
> Regards from Washington, DC
>
>
> Rod Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> news:ctfA4.3248$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> > [Posted and mailed]
> >
> > In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> > wally <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > > 1) My linux box is unable to detect my network card(linksys 10/100 LAN
> > > card).I have a feeling the non-detection is because the linux drivers
> have
> > > not been installed. Is this right? If it is then how can I install the
> > > drivers?
> >
> > It's hard to be sure without knowing the exact model card you're using,
> > possibly including the revision number, and the kernel you're using. My
> > guess, though, is that you've got an LNE100TX. Recent versions of this
> > card often don't work well with the stock drivers that come with the
> > kernel. This problem has been fixed with kernel 2.2.14, so you can fix
the
> > problem by upgrading your kernel. There are other possible causes of
this
> > problem, but covering them all would be tedious. If upgrading your
kernel
> > doesn't help, try posting more details, including the exact model
number,
> > the kernel version you're using, whether you compiled it yourself or are
> > using a precompiled binary, and perhaps what distribution you're using.
> >
> > > 2) I have just done a server installation on my box and I'm now trying
> to
> > > recompile the KERNEL using the follwing commands:
> > > cd /usr/src/linux
> > > make config
> > > but its coming up with an error message saying : can't target
'config'.
> >
> > I suspect you don't have full kernel sources installed. I recommend you
> > get a complete kernel source tree from any of hundreds or thousands of
> > Linux FTP sites. If you know of no others nearer you, try
> > http://www.kernel.org for some pointers. When you have the kernel
sources,
> > follow these steps:
> >
> > 1) cd /usr/src
> > 2) rm linux
> > 3) mkdir linux-2.2.14
> > 4) ln -s linux-2.2.14 linux
> > 5) tar xvfz ~/linux-2.2.14.tar.gz
> > 6) cd linux
> > 7) make menuconfig
> >
> > You can then configure and make your kernel. Note that you may need to
> > adjust some of these commands; for instance, if you try a development
> > kernel, or if 2.2.15's been released and you try that, you need to
adjust
> > the kernel number. If you're running X, you may prefer "make xconfig" in
> > step 7 rather than "make menuconfig". You'll probably need to be root to
> > do all of this.
> >
> > --
> > Rod Smith, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > http://www.rodsbooks.com
> > Author of books on Linux networking & WordPerfect for Linux
>
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Paul Kimoto)
Subject: Re: latex2html for linux?
Date: 16 Mar 2000 23:20:17 -0500
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Sam Cable wrote:
> I have used latex2html on my UNIX station at work. A very handy
> package. I was thinking there must be a version for linux out there,
> but my web surfing hasn't turned up anything. Anybody know how to get
> latex2html for linux?
Try searching at http:///www.google.com/ .
--
Paul Kimoto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Paul Kimoto)
Subject: Re: writting my own man
Date: 16 Mar 2000 23:23:26 -0500
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
In article <8as48t$jmg$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Davis Eric wrote:
> I met a problem when I tried to write my own man pages. I wanted to
> first test the source files for the man pages before I put them to the
> final places. So, I created a directory called /home/username/man . Then
> I put the source files here. I tried to use the -M option of man in the
> following way
> man -M /home/username/man manfile.location
> But it told me that no manual pages for this manfile.
As far as I can tell, "-M $HOME/man" makes man(1) look in
$HOME/man/man<number>, so perhaps you should move your man
page to $HOME/man/man1/manpage.1, and then run
$ man -M $HOME/man manpage
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Paul Kimoto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: One Machine - More than One Linux
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 17 Mar 2000 04:27:55 GMT
I am a new to linux. Before I try this, I want some advice.
I have on my machine DOS-WIN; OS/2 Warp 4; and Caldera Open Linux 2.2
I have room for another drive and would like to try out SuSE Linux and "hdb"
Is this possible to have two linux distributions on one machine? OS/2's Boot
Manager is waht I now use as OS/2 is my "production software.
Will the install get confused? Any Advice.
Paul
For Email answer remove the "Z" from Zattglobal
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Paul Kimoto)
Subject: Re: how do i remap my keyboard
Date: 16 Mar 2000 23:25:17 -0500
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Chris Nicholson wrote:
> how do i remap my keyboard, im running Redhat 6.1
If you would be satisfied for it to be remapped under X only,
there is a very nice program called xkeycaps(1) that should
help you out. You can learn about it at
http://www.jwz.org/xkeycaps/
--
Paul Kimoto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Steve)
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux.mandrake,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Help - can't install gcc
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 17 Mar 2000 02:42:55 GMT
On Fri, 17 Mar 2000 13:23:06 +1300, Paul Cobley wrote:
>Hi,
>
>I'm trying to install gcc from the Mandrake 6.1 source cd. Only one
>problem - which package do I need ?
>Also, for future reference where do I find info like this in the
>documentation ?
On my distro in /usr/doc/GCC-HOWTO it says:
This document covers how to set up the GNU C compiler and development
libraries under Linux, and gives an overview of compiling, linking,
running and debugging programs under it. Most of the material in it
has been taken from Mitch D'Souza's GCC-FAQ, which it replaces, or the
ELF-HOWTO, which it will eventually largely replace. This is the
first publically released version (despite the version number; that's
an artifact of RCS). Feedback is welcomed.
You can get this document in ASCII form from:
http://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/linux/docs/HOWTO/
Or in HTML form from:
http://ftp.linux.org.uk/~barlow/howto/gcc-howto.html
Hope this helps.
--
Cheers
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Steve)
Subject: Re: out of virtual memory
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 17 Mar 2000 02:43:14 GMT
On Wed, 15 Mar 2000 18:47:07 +0000, kev wrote:
>Hi,
>
>I'm getting this error when I try to use ssh:
>
>ssh: error in loading shared libraries: libcrypt.so.1: cannot map
>zero-fill pages: Cannot allocate memory
>
>Also, the ps command segfaults.
>I suspect gaim (Gnome AIM client) is to blame (I've known it to bring
>whole X sessions down before), but without the ps command I can't find
>the pid of gaim, so can't kill it.
>How else could I find out it's pid?
>
Try
$ killall -9 gaim
This should kill any process running that's called gaim.
--
Cheers
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Steve)
Subject: Re: Can not find hard drive after half a linux install.
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 17 Mar 2000 02:43:11 GMT
On Wed, 15 Mar 2000 23:30:11 GMT, diet wrote:
>Hi,
>
>I was trying to revive an old Win 3.11 Packard Bell by reformatting the
>hard drive and installing linux with some added memory. From 8 to 24
>meg. When installing the Linux 5.2 I had gotten all the files copied, and
>then I received a signal 11 error.
>
>I tried the reinstallation with the increased memory now at 24 meg from 8
>meg, and now it will not find my hard drive at all. I switched cables
>etc, but no luck. What can I try next?
>
Sounds like your only course of action is to put a DOS boot disk in and
do an fdisk /MBR and if this doesn't work I'd try the HD in another
machine just to make sure it's working.
--
Cheers
Steve email mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
%HAV-A-NICEDAY Error not enough coffee 0 pps.
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or http://start.at/zero-pps
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Steve)
Crossposted-To: linux.help,netscape.public.general
Subject: Re: Keypad keys broken in Netscape
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 17 Mar 2000 03:33:51 GMT
On Wed, 15 Mar 2000 17:39:07 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>The one odd-ball thing about my system is that I'm using a genuine
>original IBM AT keyboard, without the newer extra arrow-key pad in
>the middle.
>(And please don't even hint that I change to a new keyboard.
>This is the ONLY design I like. The control key, function
>keys, and arrow keys are all in the "right" places,
>and I like the klanky feel.)
I understand, I've got a keyboard that came with an IBM model 70.
It does have the central arrow keys, and has a klanky 'you know when
you've hit a key' feel to it, wouldn't swap it for anything in the
world.
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Cheers
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Steve)
Subject: Re: Modem does not initialize
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 17 Mar 2000 03:33:57 GMT
On Fri, 17 Mar 2000 01:30:10 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>I just got linux. When i am in the KDE shell, i use Kppp to try to connect
>to the internet. My modem (Sportster 5600 Voice Internal) initializes when
>I use the terminal that runs with Kppp. But, then when I get connected to
>my isp, it disconects. Also, when ever I try to connect using Kppp the
>normal way, my modem starts initializing and does not go on from there.
Sounds like you don't have the correct permissions (I think it's a kppp but).
As root do:
# chmod u+s /usr/sbin/pppd
Then find your kppp executable file:
# which kppp
/usr/sbin or wherever it is
If that doesn't find it:
# find -name kppp -print
Go to the directory where it is located and do:
# chmod u+s kppp
Then login as a normal user and have a go.
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Cheers
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Steve)
Subject: Re: Need help defragmenting...
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 17 Mar 2000 03:33:53 GMT
On 17 Mar 2000 01:11:22 GMT, Sacgonepro wrote:
>i have an old pentium box that i want to convert to linux from win98...
>i used the windows defrag to get all of the data together on the "front" of the
>drive, so that i can use FIPS to create new partition ( i want to dual boot )
>Although i have 629M of free space on my hard drive, FDIS is only giving me the
>option to create a 29M (or smaller) new partition. i believe this is because
>the defragmenter program has not moved all of the data to the "front"... the
>"show detail" option shows me that there are a few clusters towards the back of
>the drive that it "cant move" (it's marked as a white square with red in the
>upper right corner) any ideas, anyone? is there a better defragmenter that
>will move these clusters?
First don't do it, you may very well lose all of your data, back it up to a
second HD or CD or if need be put all the important stuff on flopies, then
start to clear down and move partitions about etc.
After you've backed all the data up make your boot disk that you're going
to use for the Linux install and make a good DOS boot disk with all the
important stuff on it like fdisk, then format the drive and start from
scratch, install linux, it has options for creating the partitions within
the install procedure (it does on my distro at least).
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Steve)
Subject: Re: Which ISPs support multilink PPP?
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 17 Mar 2000 03:34:18 GMT
On Thu, 16 Mar 2000 19:53:59 -0500, Avram Dorfman wrote:
>Does anyone have or know of a list?
>
>I'd appreciate an email if possible!
There's a list of Linux friendly ISPs and info at
http://ispcentral.tucows.com/index/
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Steve)
Subject: Re: Monitor
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 17 Mar 2000 03:34:14 GMT
On Fri, 17 Mar 2000 01:30:12 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>My monitor display is terrible in linux. The pixels are large and i can't
>fit everything on the screen. Where can I change my monitor settings?
You can set the screen resolution in Xfree86. There's a HOWTO called
'XFree86-HOWTO'. I found this in the directory /usr/doc/HOWTO on my
distro.
If you run the configuration without reading about it first it looks
a bit scary in parts, so it may be worth reading the HOWTO carefully
first.
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Steve email mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Paul Kimoto)
Subject: Re: newbie problems with app installs
Date: 16 Mar 2000 23:28:05 -0500
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, dave31175 wrote:
> I'm brand new to Linux (Mandrake 6.1 with KDE). I have downloaded an app
> or two. The install readme files say to run configure, then run make.
> Both of those commands return an error msg (something like "command not
> recognized" or something....sorry, not on my linux box now). Apparently
> I'm missing something??
The configure script (which you should run with "./configure") is
(presumably) included in the source code. You have probably not
installed a development environment. That would include such
packages with names like make, libc development, binutils, and so
forth. You may need a bunch more if you are trying to build
graphical programs.
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Paul Kimoto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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From: Ryan Emerle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Detecting /dev/ttyS?
Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2000 04:30:12 GMT
Well, the problem is Linux 2.3.x is unstable and beta. So, unless you
want to hack the kernel code and fix the problem, stick to 2.2.x until
2.3.x is made stable... It will make a world of difference.
--
Ryan
Young4ert wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> When I booted my computer with Linux-2.2.14 kernel, the kernel detected
> that my system has three tty, i.e. /dev/ttyS{0,1,3}. However, if I
> booted my computer with Linux-2.3.49 kernel, it only detected two tty,
> i.e. /dev/ttyS{0,1}.
>
> Can anyone please explain why the Linux-2.3.x kernel could not detect my
> system's /dev/ttyS2 where the modem is? FYI, I have disable PnP OS in
> the BIOS and my modem is set to PnP. Both 2.2.14 and 2.3.49 kernels
> were configured with PnP capability.
>
> --
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> PS> Remove the "4" from e-mail address to respond.
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