Linux-Misc Digest #558, Volume #24 Mon, 22 May 00 11:13:04 EDT
Contents:
Re: assigning IRQs? (Robert Herzog)
Re: Calendar? (William Burrow)
Re: how to enter a bug report against linux? (Matthias Warkus)
Re: Problem Slackware 7.0 : NFS, bash (Herve Gautier)
RE: Linux emulator ("Javier Intriago")
Re: strange binaries support (Herve Gautier)
different Linux systems on the same PC (Uwe Brauer)
Re: Question about LILO (Matt)
Re: Help with Finger information (Matt)
Multiple OS's for software testing (Dennis)
Re: RE:distro-related supermount? problem ("Peter T. Breuer")
Re: Slackware or Debian (William Burrow)
What kernel in Debian/GNU 2.1? ("Ruben Haugan")
Re: arch ... (Tim Haynes)
Re: Multiple OS's for software testing (NDQ)
Re: Help with Finger information (Tim Haynes)
redhat 6.2 (TomC)
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From: Robert Herzog <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: assigning IRQs?
Date: Mon, 22 May 2000 13:53:32 +0200
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Janet wrote:
> Vladimir Florinski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > Janet wrote:
> > >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > My video card and ethernet card are using the same IRQ (11, according to
> > > cat /proc/interrupts). At any rate, the network dies rather frequently,
> > > and the video has some issues as well, so I'm guessing that the shared IRQ
> > > is the problem. Is there any way to convince one of them to use a
> > > different IRQ? I looked in my BIOS, but the only IRQ options are to have
> > > them set automatically or to set them all manually.
> > >
> > > Janet
> >
> > Use setpci to change interrupts for either card.
> > --
> >
> >
> > Vladimir
>
> OK, so I just want to make sure I understand setpci. lspci -v -n returns
>
> 00:09.0 Class 0200: 11ad:0002 (rev 20)
> Subsystem: 2646:f002
> Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 11
> I/O ports at e800
> Memory at eb001000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable)
>
> 01:05.0 Class 0300: 10de:0101 (rev 10)
> Subsystem: 107d:2822
> Flags: bus master, 66Mhz, medium devsel, latency 248, IRQ 11
> Memory at e8000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable)
> Memory at e0000000 (32-bit, prefetchable)
> Capabilities: [60] Power Management version 1
> Capabilities: [44] AGP version 2.0
>
> The first is the ethernet card, and the second is the video card. So, if
> I wanted to change the IRQ of the video card to, say, 10, could I do
>
> setpci -d 10de:0101 interrupt_line=0a
>
> Would I need to change any other parameters? Oh, and do I need to do this
> before the video drivers are loaded? Also, is it OK to pick any free IRQ?
> (Sorry, I know nothing about hardware.)
>
> Thanks,
> Janet
I did'nt know the existence of setpci. Seems useful...
But I see that the I/O ports of both cards are at e800 (mentioned I/O for the net
card and memory for the vga). And this is also to be changed if at all possible. I
would even try to change this first, rather than the IRQ...
But does setpci allow to change this ? (It could be the parameters IO_BASE or
MEMORY_BASE)
Probably the author could assit you here : [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Robert
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (William Burrow)
Subject: Re: Calendar?
Date: 22 May 2000 14:08:00 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Sun, 21 May 2000 11:57:00 -0800,
David E. Fox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> Which calendar program comes with SunOS or BSD?
>
>IIRC, there was a calendar (time-planning, not monthly) utility that
>came with BSD. I saw it in the old 386bsd. I was never able to get it
It still seems to be available on the *BSDs.
>xcal is what I use, that's pretty OK, but of course it's an X application, not
>a text-based one.
For graphical calendars, Zope has a calendar plug-in that seems to be
quite sophisticated. Of course, there are other web-based calendars
available by the dozen.
--
William Burrow -- New Brunswick, Canada o
Copyright 2000 William Burrow ~ /\
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Matthias Warkus)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Re: how to enter a bug report against linux?
Date: Mon, 22 May 2000 15:44:40 +0200
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
It was the 22 May 2000 03:26:53 -0700...
...and steve@howdy <steve@howdy> wrote:
> I think there should be one place to report bugs for linux. The
> way it is now seem confusing. How do people enter bug reports
> against other OS's such as windows? (not a window user so I do
> not know).
If you find a bug in the Linux *kernel*, the canonical way is to
submit it to the responsible maintainer. If no one is listed as the
maintainer of the respective feature in the MAINTAINERS file, the bug
is to be report to Linus Torvalds directly. Instructions how to do this
can be found in /usr/src/linux/README.
To get a better bugfix faster, in /usr/src/linux/README and in
/usr/src/linux/Documentation/BUG-HUNTING, you can find instructions
how to track kernel bugs down.
mawa
--
Life: it's been hit or miss since I lost the manual.
-- Michael Bonnell
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From: Herve Gautier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Problem Slackware 7.0 : NFS, bash
Date: Mon, 22 May 2000 16:17:51 +0200
Ok. I have not the time to send the NFS problem description today,
so I will do it the week.
Thank you &
Please Wait...
--
GAUTIER Herve (R.V)
professional email : [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: "Javier Intriago" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: RE: Linux emulator
Date: Mon, 22 May 2000 14:17:49 GMT
I've heard of a software called Bochs, that can emulate a virtual machine to
run linux on windows and other os. Who has used it succesfully?
j.
DeAnn Iwan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> escribi� en el mensaje de noticias
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Also, you can install linux using UMSDOS (unix in microsoft DOS)
> mode--meaning using FAT16 (and maybe FAT32?) to install linux. If you
> do this, you do not have to repartition your drive (linux works in a DOS
> partition without interfering with DOS stuff there). The downside is it
> is less efficient than when using its own file system. But if you just
> want to have linux around occasionally, this can work fine. Slackware
> has an option to install in this mode...and I'm sure some of the other
> major vendors do, too. Note, you still have to boot into linux if you
> do this; you cannot run Linux in a "window" in Win98 with this method.
>
> Andrew Williams wrote:
> >
> > I think VMware has a product that goes the other way as well.
> >
> > Javier Intriago wrote:
> >
> > > There is a way to run Linux on Windows 98?, like VMware and win4lin
does to
> > > run Windows on Linux.
> > >
> > > I have to do work on Windows 98 but I would like to run Linux at the
same
> > > time.
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > >
> > > J.I.
> >
> > --
> > Mielipiteet omiani - Opinions personal, facts suspect, especially on my
> > http://home.germany.net/101-69082/samba.html
> > Simple Samba Solutions web page. ICQ 1722461
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From: Herve Gautier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: strange binaries support
Date: Mon, 22 May 2000 16:19:34 +0200
Steve wrote:
>
> On Fri, 12 May 2000 17:08:50 +0200, Herve Gautier wrote:
> >
> >I read somewhere that we can run strange binaries executables like SCO or BSD
> >If someone have a clue, it's welcome...
> >thank
>
> Put them in a directory that's in your path, and make them
> executable chmod +x thefile_name and run the file.
>
> You'd probably get better and more efficient binaries if you
> d/l the source and build your own binaries.
>
There is nothing to do in the kernel (modules to compil,...) ?
--
GAUTIER Herve (R.V)
professional email : [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Uwe Brauer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: different Linux systems on the same PC
Date: 22 May 2000 15:39:11 +0000
Hello
For some reasons I would like to have 2 different Linux system on the
same PC with 2 disks, say 2 versions of SuSe one with lib5c one with
glib2.
The way I planned to do it, was
1. to tell lilo about the two kernels:
linux1 /dev/hda2
linux2 /dev/hdc2
2. Before booting the other linux, I have to change the mount table.
A. If linux1 should be booted:
/dev/hda2 /
/dev/hda3 /usr
/dev/hda3 /home
/dev/hdc2 /root2
/dev/hdc3 /usr2
/dev/hdc3 /home2
A. If linux1 should be booted:
/dev/hda2 /root2
/dev/hda3 /usr2
/dev/hda3 /home2
/dev/hdc2 /
/dev/hdc3 /usr
/dev/hdc3 /home
However this looks quite cumbersome, but I don't see a way to make it
more comfortable. Anybody has an idea how to do this without all the
time to edit the mount table.
Thanks in advance
Uwe Brauer
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From: Matt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Question about LILO
Date: Mon, 22 May 2000 16:20:44 +0100
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[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> In my lilo.conf file there are a few lines I don't understand...
>
> map-drive=0x80
> to=0x81
> map-drive=0x81
> to=0x80
>
This is remapping your secondary drive to your primary, and vice versa.
Basically, LILO is capturing the INT 13 and swapping your drives. This
is useful for OS's that you are installing on the second disk, but wish
for the OS to believe they are on the first disk.
If your Linux install was on your primary slave, to access it without
the remap, it would be /dev/hdbx and with the remap it would be
/dev/hdax
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[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
<blockquote TYPE=CITE>Hi all,
<p>In my lilo.conf file there are a few lines I don't understand...
<p>map-drive=0x80
<br> to=0x81
<br>map-drive=0x81
<br> to=0x80
<br> </blockquote>
This is remapping your secondary drive to your primary, and vice versa.
<br>Basically, LILO is capturing the INT 13 and swapping your drives.
This is useful for OS's that you are installing on the second disk, but
wish for the OS to believe they are on the first disk.
<p>If your Linux install was on your primary slave, to access it without
the remap, it would be <b><u>/dev/hdb</u></b>x and with the remap
it would be <b><u>/dev/hda</u></b>x
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From: Matt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Help with Finger information
Date: Mon, 22 May 2000 16:21:45 +0100
Dave Glover wrote:
> How do I change the plan under finger. It has been a long time since I did
> this. How would I change the plan so when someone fingers me it gives them
> a message instead of 'no plan'
~/.plan
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From: Dennis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Multiple OS's for software testing
Date: Mon, 22 May 2000 10:26:04 -0400
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I'm writhing code that is intended to run under Win(Any) and eventually
Linux. My question is if anyone has ever set up a computer that has all
of the following OS's on them, or if it is a bad idea? DOS 6.x for some
old legacy code, Win95, Win98, WinNT 4, Win2000, and Linux. I know that
is a lot of OS's, but we will use Partition Magic to set up partitions
and control booting. Thanks for any helpful information.
Dennis,
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From: "Peter T. Breuer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: RE:distro-related supermount? problem
Date: 22 May 2000 14:24:58 GMT
MrJack <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
:> MrJack <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
:> : I discovered that apparently one must NOT try to specifically
:> : declare an /etc partition, or else the system will hang solidly
:> : after declaring it can't find inittab or any other initialization
:> <snip>
:> Well, it sure would be hard to read /etc/fstab without /etc mounted!
:> The usual is to have /etc on /. You _can_ do it as a separate mount,
:> but it'll take a little work and preparation and I don't think you're
:> at super-unix-guru level yet! So don't try.
: I've seen that people run out of space on their /etc, and came close once
: myself, so I wanted a real big partition.
It probably ran out of space because something else on / used it up.
The usual suspect is /var/log/*, and the usual remedy (preventative
medicine) is to mount /var on its own partition, and to point /tmp at
/var/tmp as a symlink.
You can also move /etc/mstab over to /var, with some effort involving
the code of mount. With a couple more hacks like that, you can then
mount / readonly.
: little, but improving) that I could declare an /etc partition during
: partitioning, make it nice and big, and the install would take it from
: there. In fact, it seemed to work just fine till the initial reboot.
;.) I suppose it tried to look up which partitions it should mount
using /etc/fstab.
: BTW, I also asked about Supermount and its failure to work under a lot of
: Mandrake install setups. How about that one? And the hang apparently
I don't use supermount myself. Never have. I understand that it's a
polling preemptive mounter. I use demand driven mounters such as
automount. If you have both running, I can imagine the difficulties it
would cause.
Peter
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (William Burrow)
Subject: Re: Slackware or Debian
Date: 22 May 2000 14:38:29 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Mon, 22 May 2000 01:28:27 -0400,
Sean <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Ruben Haugan wrote:
>> So... I need some help on this one. Can someone who uses Debian or Slackware
>> tell me a little about the benefits and the problems - simply pros and
>> cons - of these distributions?
>
>Well, I learned on Slackware (v3.0 ... iirc). I think the main advantage
>of Slackware is that it forces you to learn more about your Linux system
>than other distros do. When you want to install software, you pretty
>much have to compile it, etc. Of course this eventually leads to
>Slackware's main disadvantage IMO. Eventually I tired of compiling
What he said. This is the way to go if you are still keen about setting
up and configuring most of the packages on your system. Keeping things
up to date is a snap: just go out and get the new package and
everything it depends on, compile and install. You are in control.
Once you tire of keeping track of this mess, move over to Debian.
>advantage of Debian is apt-get .. which is a program that allows for
>installation of Debian packages over the internet, including upgrades
>and whatnot. If you want some more info about Debian, check out
The only disadvantage of Debian is that for the few key packages you
really want to keep on the bleeding edge, you have to do the work
yourself. Otherwise, the system stays magically up to date in most
respects, simplifying the administration.
At this time, I believe that Debian is the superior distro out there.
MHO and for some definition of superior.
--
William Burrow -- New Brunswick, Canada o
Copyright 2000 William Burrow ~ /\
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From: "Ruben Haugan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: What kernel in Debian/GNU 2.1?
Date: Mon, 22 May 2000 16:53:26 +0200
Hey!
I have heard that the kernel included in Debian/GNU Linux version 2.1, is
the old 2.0.x kernel. Anyone who knows if this is correct?
-phad
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Tim Haynes)
Subject: Re: arch ...
Date: 22 May 2000 15:46:44 +0100
Reply-To: "Tim Haynes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
"Robert L." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> after installing a kernel source, there's some directory i think i can
> remove.
> I'm on a i386 ( i686 ) and i don't think i need any other ( mips, sparc,
> alpha, etc... ).
> Can i simply erase those directory in the arch directory?
Always used to work for me, although I never bother these days...
~Tim
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From: NDQ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Multiple OS's for software testing
Date: Mon, 22 May 2000 16:48:19 -0400
Reply-To: NDQ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Dennis wrote:
>
> I'm writhing code that is intended to run under Win(Any) and eventually
> Linux. My question is if anyone has ever set up a computer that has all
> of the following OS's on them, or if it is a bad idea? DOS 6.x for some
> old legacy code, Win95, Win98, WinNT 4, Win2000, and Linux. I know that
I add : BeOS & FreeBSD !
"Tout est possible !"
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Tim Haynes)
Subject: Re: Help with Finger information
Date: 22 May 2000 15:45:07 +0100
Reply-To: "Tim Haynes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
"Dave Glover" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> How do I change the plan under finger. It has been a long time since I
> did this. How would I change the plan so when someone fingers me it
> gives them a message instead of 'no plan'
echo hello peasant >> ~/.plan ; chmod 644 ~/.plan
~Tim
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From: TomC <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: redhat 6.2
Date: Mon, 22 May 2000 22:59:22 +0800
Hi, is the redhat 6.2 enterprise version available as it comes with
oracle 8i?
Thanks
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