Linux-Misc Digest #58, Volume #25 Thu, 6 Jul 00 18:13:02 EDT
Contents:
Re: Good linux printer (Kevin E Cosgrove)
Who's got the Best Documentation? (scavenger)
Linux and Windows NT, partition magic (Uwe Brauer)
Re: Who's got the Best Documentation? (Vilmos Soti)
Re: Multipls ISPs with Caldera OpenLinux eDesktop 2.4 (bill davidsen)
Linux Kernel 2.2.16 compilation (Karthi Thyagarajan)
Re: Good linux printer (Praedor Tempus)
Imteresting video mode - newbie question ("Justas")
console problems when switching while in X ("Jeremy C. Reed")
Re: Linux and Windows NT, partition magic
Re: Compiling GnuCash 1.4.1 (Shawn Smith)
Re: Web server + cache (moonie;))
I want to give free web hosting and email ("�enol Y�lmaz")
Re: adding SCSI tape drives to red hat installation (Robert Heller)
Re: what changed my /tmp's write permissions? (Neil Zanella)
Re: PPP from ISP (Robie Basak)
Re: lilo and vga=... (Florian E.J. Fruth)
Uncompressing Linux...: crc error! (Fabian Gebhardt)
kppp and modem dialout configuration
Re: Partition Magic & Boot Manager (P.T.Gowadia)
Problem with CD drives driving me mad! ("Ioan Jones")
Re: Uncompressing Linux...: crc error! (Vilmos Soti)
Gnome XWindows Manager (Raydon Gordon)
mkdosfs ?? (Douglas Nichols)
(JOB) Seeking Unix Engineers for Migration/Porting ("Kevin Galloway")
Re: lilo and vga=... (Dances With Crows)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Kevin E Cosgrove)
Subject: Re: Good linux printer
Date: Thu, 06 Jul 2000 19:12:31 GMT
Do any of these Epson's do near the photo-quality work in Linux
that they do in Win9X?
Thanks...
--
Unless otherwise noted, the statements herein reflect my personal
opinions and not those of any organization with which I may be affiliated.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (scavenger)
Subject: Who's got the Best Documentation?
Date: Thu, 06 Jul 2000 19:18:36 GMT
Howdy. Who is the Linux Guru of the published world? I had seen some
posts some time back about who's books to get for overall system setup
etc, but I know I lost those references. What text's does everybody
rely upon or suggest? Who's the Mark Minasi or David James Clark of
the Linux world?
thanks,
scav
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From: Uwe Brauer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Linux and Windows NT, partition magic
Date: 06 Jul 2000 21:05:02 +0000
Hello
Although I have installed Linux several times on a WIN9x machine, I
never tried NT. (I will use SuSe 6.3)
Could somebody please answer me:
1. Does Partition Magic work smoothly? Which version is needed? Does
NT have a 'real' MS-DOS mode, like WIN9x or only a DOS box?
(I presume you need to be Superuser to do it anyhow).
2. For booting. Can lilo be put in the MBR or in the root
partition. Is there also the 1024 cylinder problem for the kernel?
3. Anything else to look at?
Thanks
Uwe Brauer
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Subject: Re: Who's got the Best Documentation?
From: Vilmos Soti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Thu, 06 Jul 2000 19:51:21 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (scavenger) writes:
> Howdy. Who is the Linux Guru of the published world? I had seen some
> posts some time back about who's books to get for overall system setup
> etc, but I know I lost those references. What text's does everybody
> rely upon or suggest? Who's the Mark Minasi or David James Clark of
> the Linux world?
For overall and pretty much distro independent config, get
"Running Linux". It is published by O'Reilly. Usually O'Reilly books
are the best. For TCP/IP, get "TCP/IP Illustrated" by Richard W. Stevens.
Don't forget to check out http://www.linuxdoc.org which has almost
all the documentation you will ever need.
Vilmos
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (bill davidsen)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: Multipls ISPs with Caldera OpenLinux eDesktop 2.4
Date: 6 Jul 2000 19:59:01 GMT
In article <8jlt47$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
| Hi all, Does anyone know how to configure Caldera's kppp ( ksafeppp) for
| mutiple ISPs?
| I installed eDesktp 2.4 and I can't see how to chose connections between
| ISPs without going every single time to the system menu and retyping all DNS
| and access numbers all over again.
One of the reasons I prefer not using "tools" to do simple things. If
you create an entry for an ISP in the /etc/ppp/peers directory, you can
then run "pppd call xxx" where xxx is the filename in the directory.
Since it's all in a system directory you can run pppd from any user (at
least using the permissions I got by default), so that's convenient.
You might need the 'remotename' directive to be suer the right
password is used in /etc/ppp/chap-secrets, other than that it's a
drop-in. I use a bunch of ISPs, connections to clients, etc, and it
works fine for me.
--
bill davidsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> CTO, TMR Associates, Inc
"Doing interesting things with little computers since 1979"(tm)
It doesn't bother me that people make flavored yogurt with fruits. It doesn't
bother me that someone makes caramel broccoli yogurt. It doesn't even bother
me that people buy it to rub on each other's naked bodies.
What DOES bother me is that people buy it to EAT!
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From: Karthi Thyagarajan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Linux Kernel 2.2.16 compilation
Date: Thu, 06 Jul 2000 14:55:16 -0500
Hi
I am currently running kernel version 2.2.14. And, I just downloaded
the linux 2.2.16 kernel and compiled it in the standard way. I copied
the bzImage file to the /boot directory and I also made sure to setup
the new image for loading by loadlin. The kernel does boot up
successfully - however, it complains about unresolved symbols during
startup. Swap doesn't get activated and things in general don't work
the same as they used to with the old kernel.
I created a .config file using the old kernel (2.2.14) and used it to do
a 'menu oldconfig' so the I would only have to provide answers to
options in the new kernel; but things don't work like they used to. My
machine is an 800Mhz PIII running RH6.2. The steps I followed are
listed below:
COMPILATION:
make oldconfig
make clean
make dep
make bzImage
make modules
make modules_install
Everything compiles fine (after a little bit of tweaking - new links...
directories.. etc.)
I copied bzImage to /boot and to the appropriate windows directory to be
used by "loadlin". I don't think "loadlin" is the problem, because the
kernel does load. What I don't understand is why things don't work the
same as they did with the old kernel - since I'm using the old kernel's
.config file. I'm thinking that I'm missing some steps in the module
setup process. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks in advance,
-Karthi.
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From: Praedor Tempus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Good linux printer
Date: Thu, 06 Jul 2000 14:15:55 -0600
Kevin E Cosgrove wrote:
>
> Do any of these Epson's do near the photo-quality work in Linux
> that they do in Win9X?
>
> Thanks...
>
> --
> Unless otherwise noted, the statements herein reflect my personal
> opinions and not those of any organization with which I may be affiliated.
I have an Epson Stylus Color 600 and it works just as well under linux
as
windows for me.
praedor
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From: "Justas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux
Subject: Imteresting video mode - newbie question
Date: Thu, 6 Jul 2000 22:40:39 +0300
I've just finished with installation of RH 6.2, and I've found very
interesting video mode.
Viewing screen is moved to the right, monitor doesn't tell me about refresh
rates in video mode it uses.
Where can I fix this ?
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From: "Jeremy C. Reed" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: console problems when switching while in X
Date: Thu, 6 Jul 2000 13:19:21 -0700
Usually while in X (under Linux), I can change to a different console by
pressing CTRL-ALT-F1. Then I am given a login prompt.
On my Debian Potato system with kernel 2.2.13, running XFree86 3.3.6 and
wdm (display/login manager) 1.19, when I switch consoles, I see on the
screen my previous X screen shown four times (each 25% smaller and
unreadable). I have to press CTRL-ALT-F7 to get back.
(This problem occurs with these window managers: blackbox, fvwm95, and
qvwm. I do not want to use a window manager feature to create a new
console, because I want to be able to login on the other console as a
different user. This system is my mom's and when I visit her home I want
to use her system as myself without closing her current X
session/clients.)
Does anyone have any ideas where the problem is? Or where I can find
further info on solving this?
Thanks,
Jeremy C. Reed
IWBC ISP Services http://www.iwbc.net
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From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Linux and Windows NT, partition magic
Date: Thu, 6 Jul 2000 16:44:54 -0400
Uwe Brauer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Hello
>
> Although I have installed Linux several times on a WIN9x machine, I
> never tried NT. (I will use SuSe 6.3)
>
> Could somebody please answer me:
>
>
> 1. Does Partition Magic work smoothly? Which version is needed? Does
> NT have a 'real' MS-DOS mode, like WIN9x or only a DOS box?
> (I presume you need to be Superuser to do it anyhow).
Version 4 will refuse to work on hdd's bigger than 8 gigs. If you have
<=8gig hdd, you can use 4.0
> 2. For booting. Can lilo be put in the MBR or in the root
> partition. Is there also the 1024 cylinder problem for the kernel?
You could try the following setup:
hda1 /boot ( with lilo installed here )
hda2 ( nt ( 4 or 5 , it doesn't matter.)
And keep lilo out of the mbr .
>
>
> 3. Anything else to look at?
If you do a complete install of win2k that is, prepare an empty partition
and then run the setup from dos , it will trash the ext 2 file system.
but if you put in a minimal nt4 and then upgrade it, it seems to be fine.
The one thing you have to watch out for is to make the partition that nt
boots from, the active until nt's everything is setup. Let nt think it is by
itself , which seems to suit it perfectly.
Then set the /boot as active, boot into linux, and add an entry for nt. I
found it a lot simpler to alter lilo than to go messing around with the
bootsector.dos file for nt's bootloader . So nt's bootloader loads itself,
and nothing else, lilo handles the multibooting of the computer.
> Thanks
>
>
> Uwe Brauer
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From: Shawn Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.development.apps
Subject: Re: Compiling GnuCash 1.4.1
Date: Thu, 6 Jul 2000 15:46:43 -0500
On Sun, 02 Jul 2000, Robert L. Cochran Jr. wrote:
>I am trying to compile gnucash-1.4.1 from a tarball downloaded from
>http://www.gnucash.org on a RedHat 6.2 system running the 2.2.16-3 kernel. (I've
>upgraded the kernel twice since installing this system from the RedHat Deluxe boxed
>set.)
What happened to me was I cd'd to untarred dir of gnucash, ran ./configure,
then make failed, cd'd to src dir of untarred dir of gnucash, and all went well.
--
All the best,
Shawn Smith !UNT Proud!
My Resume http://sites.netscape.net/shawnspad/shawn_smith_resume.htm
My freeware: http://sites.netscape.net/shawnspad
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From: moonie;) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.infosystems.www.servers.unix,comp.unix.admin,linux.redhat,comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.help
Subject: Re: Web server + cache
Date: Thu, 6 Jul 2000 16:46:19 -0400
On Wed, 05 Jul 2000, Ben Chausse wrote:
>Hi,
>
>What will the best between a Xeon 700 with 512 kb of cache and a Xeon
>700 with 2 MB of cache ?
>
>Does cache help a webserver ??? Does it need more than 512 KB ?
>
>Thankx ...
>
>Ben0i
The more cache the better, however the question should be is the difference
worth the money. BTW the architecture of the Athlon allows it to use up to 8MB
of cache each, and up to 16 processors in one system, boy what the future holds.
--
moonie ;)
Registered Linux User #175104
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From: "�enol Y�lmaz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.admin
Subject: I want to give free web hosting and email
Date: Thu, 6 Jul 2000 22:43:52 +0300
I haven't done it before. I want users to open their accounts on web, they
will have an email like [EMAIL PROTECTED] and web page like user.website.com
What shall I do for better performance. Somebody said PHP+MySql shall be
used and somebody said it can be done with Perl. Anyway I will need help, I
can pay you little but I'm not a rich man
Any help, paid or free will be very appreciated.
Thank you.
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From: Robert Heller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: adding SCSI tape drives to red hat installation
Date: Thu, 06 Jul 2000 20:50:34 GMT
Myra Hager <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
In a message on Thu, 06 Jul 2000 15:24:23 GMT, wrote :
MH> I need to add 2 SCSI tape drives to a red hat server. I am used to
MH> the SCO command mkdev tape to view, change, or add scsi tape devices.
MH> I have looked at linuxconf and mknod and neither of these seems to be
MH> what I need. Can someone please point me in the right direction to do
MH> this. Thanks.
# cd /dev
# MAKEDEV st0 st1
Note: normally RedHat is shipped with st0 to st7 already made:
sauron.deepsoft.com% dir ?st?
nst0 nst1 nst2 nst3 nst4 nst5 nst6 nst7
sauron.deepsoft.com% dir st?
st0 st1 st2 st3 st4 st5 st6 st7
sauron.deepsoft.com% mt -f /dev/st0 status
SCSI 2 tape drive:
File number=0, block number=0, partition=0.
Tape block size 0 bytes. Density code 0x0 (default).
Soft error count since last status=0
General status bits on (40050000):
BOT DR_OPEN IM_REP_EN
This is a RH 5.2 system, here is a RH 6.1 box:
klee.cs.umass.edu% dir ?st?
nst0 nst1 nst2 nst3 nst4 nst5 nst6 nst7
klee.cs.umass.edu% dir st?
st0 st1 st2 st3 st4 st5 st6 st7
klee.cs.umass.edu% mt -f /dev/st0 status
SCSI 2 tape drive:
File number=-1, block number=-1, partition=0.
Tape block size 0 bytes. Density code 0x0 (default).
Soft error count since last status=0
General status bits on (50000):
DR_OPEN IM_REP_EN
(The nst? devices are non-rewinding.)
MH>
MH>
MH> Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
MH> Before you buy.
MH>
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http://www.deepsoft.com /\FidoNet: 1:321/153
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From: Neil Zanella <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: what changed my /tmp's write permissions?
Date: Thu, 6 Jul 2000 18:24:26 -0230
> :There must be a redhat script that somehow chmods the permissions of
> :/tmp under certain (still unknown to me) circumstances. I am sure that
> :some of you have had this happen to you as well. Can anyone explain
> :this strange phenomenon? I suspect it has something to do with cron.
>
> Some time ago, Bob Nichols wrote:
>
> It's likely that you are doing it yourself by extracting a tar archive
> into /tmp. If the archive contains an entry for "." then those
> permissions will get applied to the /tmp directory.
>
> Solution: Create a subdirectory of /tmp and extract your archive there.
Hello,
I noticed that this has just happened to me again! Your answer is
the most plausible of all answers I received since I sometimes
log in as root, download a tarball to /usr/local/src, and extract
it under /tmp with the tar -C/tmp -zxvf blah.tar.gz command.
However this time I notice my /tmp directory looks like:
ls -[nzanella@tulip nzanella]$ ls -ld /tmp
drwxrwxr-x 17 nzanella nzanella 12288 Jul 6 14:39 /tmp
[nzanella@tulip nzanella]$
So now I have to do the following as root:
chown root /tmp
chgrp root /tmp
chmod 1777 /tmp
to restore permissions and ownerships to:
drwxrwxrwt 17 root root 12288 Jul 6 14:46 /tmp
How is it possible that an accident occurred to change not
only the permissions but also the ownership of the directory?
I do not use any particular backup/restore tools other than
tar and gzip. Could it be that some buggy script with the setuid
bit changed the permissions and ownerships?
Thanks,
Neil
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Robie Basak)
Subject: Re: PPP from ISP
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 6 Jul 2000 20:56:28 GMT
On Thu, 6 Jul 2000 07:05:17 -0700, Marcm said:
>I got my USR external modem working in Linux Redhat 6.0 with "minicom" and
>now I want to make a connection with my ISP and get an IP address.
>
>I dial the ISP and connect. I get a menu of choices like "Telnet, X28 PAD,
>PPP, enter privileged command mode, etc, etc, Quit". I choose "PPP: Start
>IETF Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP)".
>
>After I choose PPP the ISP responds:
>
>Entering PPP routing mode.
>Async Interface address is unnumbered (Ethernet0)
>Your IP address is 216.66.152.188. MTU is 1500 bytes.
>Header compression will match your system.
>
>(now a bunch of cryptic characters appear here. After about 30 seconds the
>line drops and says NO CARRIER).
>
>
>QUESTION: What is the ISP expecting when I type in PPP, (some sort of
>authentication?). I have already logged in to get to the menu where I chose
>"PPP". What is expected at this point?
You use pppd to dial and connect, and give it a 'chat' script to tell
it how to use your ISP's menu options to get to the ppp point. See the
PPP-HOWTO at http://linuxdoc.org for more information.
Robie.
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From: Florian E.J. Fruth <fejf@gmx*/dev/null*.de>
Subject: Re: lilo and vga=...
Date: Thu, 6 Jul 2000 22:50:53 +0200
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
fejf@gmx*/dev/null*.de says...
> Hello,
> i installed the 2.4.0-test2 kernel with framebuffer support. know i want
> to change the graphic mode (on booting).
> i read the lilo-howto and help -> they say to add vga=ask to the
> lilo.conf should ask me on bootup which vga-mode to use - but it doesn't!
> so is there anybody u know what i've forgot or where to get a vga-mode-
> list to try a vga=xxx perhaps ?
> fejf
ok, now it works - but i don't know why :-|
but it only changes the resolution till the framebufferdevice support is
loaded - so how to tell the framebuffer to keep the resolution ?
fejf
--
the backup of my harddisk only takes the half time it
did yesterday. i started to pipe it to /dev/null
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From: Fabian Gebhardt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Uncompressing Linux...: crc error!
Date: Thu, 06 Jul 2000 23:29:43 +0200
Hello, i've the following problem:
I'm running SuSE Linux 6.1 with the standard 2.2.5 kernel. I downloaded the
2.2.7 sources (RPM-Packages) from the SuSE server and installed them. I built a
new kernel using the new sources.
I changed my /etc/lilo.conf booting the new kernel (It's not the first time I
compile a new kernel. Only the first time I changed the version) and installed
lilo on my HD.
I rebooted.
The following happens:
LILO boot:
Loading SuSE Linux............
Uncompressing Linux...
crc error
-- System halted
And nothing more.
I can load my 2.2.5 kernels without problems. Only the 2.2.7 kernel does not
boot.
What did I wrong. Do I have to change something more?
Please help.
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CU, Fabian Gebhardt
E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
ICQ#: 77948091
Homepage: http://www.ki.tng.de/~gebhardt
Schul-Seite: http://www.ebg.org
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From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: kppp and modem dialout configuration
Date: Thu, 06 Jul 2000 21:30:02 GMT
Hello,
I have a US RObotics 56K fax modem that is recognized differently every time under
kppp (when I use the query modem function). The kppp mini terminal dials out ok by
giving the modem the simple commands ATZ ATDT (some phone number). I cannot get kppp
to connect automatically no matter what I tried. When I try to debug the connection
all I get is a ATZ line and the modem stays idle. Is there any way to fix this problem
by using kppp or do I have to go to manual scripts? (modem is plug and play,
configured on com3 ttyS2).
Thank you for your help.
Alex
--
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From: P.T.Gowadia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Partition Magic & Boot Manager
Date: Thu, 06 Jul 2000 21:30:07 GMT
Dennis wrote:
>
> I read some where that using PM is a good idea where you need to re-size
> a Win partition, but don't use the boot loader that comes with it - use
> Lilo instead. I will be running Win98, WinNT, Linux, and maybe Win2000;
> so a boot manager seems like a good idea. Any comments?
>
>
> Dennis,
I have a somewhat similar configuration,running Win98,Win2k and Red Hat
Linux 6.2.Earlier ,I used Lilo to boot ,but it could not boot
Win2K.Indeed,it did not recognise it.Windows Bootstrap program booted both
but would not load Linux.So,I would boot Linux from a floppy and use
Windows' boot manager. Then I got a trial version of PartitionMagic from a
magazine CD.PartitionMagic won't work,siting Disk geometry errors(BTW,do
you know what error 117 is?).But Bootmagic works very well ,in my
opinion,creating a colourful and really needed GUI interface at
boottime.When the machine boots up,the screen asks me to choose between
Windows and Linux.If I choose Linux,I am placed at the LILO prompt,from
where I can still go to Win98 by typing DOS.If,I choose Windows,the
Windows' boot manager is produced ,from where I can choose between Win98
and Win2K.Note that Bootmagic can not yet boot directly into Win2K.For
more information ,go to Powerquest's website.
P.T.Gowadia
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From: "Ioan Jones" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Problem with CD drives driving me mad!
Date: Thu, 6 Jul 2000 22:38:19 -0000
Hi group, I am having a problem with fstab and the mounting of my CD-ROM and
CD-RW drives. Could someone be kind enough to tell me what I would need to
entere into the fstab file in order for me to mount these devices? They are
both on the Secondary channel, the CD-ROM is the master and the CD-RW is the
slave. I am using Mandrake 7.0. There is nothing wrong with the hardware
because I installed the OS for a start and have not made any changes to
anything. Even the default configuration of fstab did not allow me to mount
the CD-ROMs.
--
Registered Linux user number 182404
The only thing that matters is the force of one's expression
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Subject: Re: Uncompressing Linux...: crc error!
From: Vilmos Soti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Thu, 06 Jul 2000 21:43:25 GMT
Fabian Gebhardt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I rebooted.
>
> The following happens:
>
> LILO boot:
> Loading SuSE Linux............
> Uncompressing Linux...
>
> crc error
>
> -- System halted
Check if the disk where the given kernel is located doesn't have bad blocks.
Try to use
image=/usr/src/linux/.../bzImage
in your lilo.conf. If you still get the same error then the newly
compiled kernel is broken and you might need to recompile her.
Vilmos
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From: Raydon Gordon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Gnome XWindows Manager
Date: Thu, 06 Jul 2000 14:42:47 -0700
Hi,
I have been trying for quite some time to make GNOME my default desktop
app. Currently, whenever I login at the graphical interface login
screen, I am taken to some other generic XWindows desktop (whose name I
cannot remember). I cannot find the file which tells the Windows Manager
which desktop to open by default. Having to click and choose each time
which desktop will start up is very annoying.
Thank you,
Cyberdude
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From: Douglas Nichols <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: mkdosfs ??
Date: Fri, 07 Jul 2000 01:26:01 +0000
I am trying to make a dos (fat) file system on my ext2 filesystem. I
have done the following:
dd if=/dev/zero of=/tmp/foo bs=1024 count=10240
10240+0 records in
10240+0 records out
[root@me]# losetup /dev/loop0 /tmp/foo
[root@me]# mkdosfs /dev/loop0
mkdosfs 0.3b (Yggdrasil), 5th May 1995 for MS-DOS FS
mkdosfs: unable to get drive geometry for '/dev/loop0'
What am I missing to get the mkdosfs to make the fs?
thanks
--
Cheers, dn
Douglas Nichols [EMAIL PROTECTED]
===============================================================
National Wilms Tumor Study Group 206.667.4283
Seattle, WA
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Reply-To: "Kevin Galloway" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
From: "Kevin Galloway" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.unix.aix,comp.unix.solaris,comp.sys.hp.hpux,comp.sys.dec
Subject: (JOB) Seeking Unix Engineers for Migration/Porting
Date: Thu, 6 Jul 2000 23:02:44 +0100
Unix Engineers
============
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experience under AIX, Solaris, HP-UX, Tru64 or Linux.
We need people for Unix to Unix, VMS to Unix and NT to/from Unix
migration/porting projects. The projects are VERY interesting, USA and
Worldwide. The great part of this business is that you get to see all of the
cool technology used on all sorts of systems, across every industry sector.
Unix Migration Assessment Engineers
=============================
We also need some Unix application assessment folks. The aim of this group
is to assess the time/cost/schedule for a migration from one Unix platform
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We have positions that are full-time and contract, based out of Austin TX,
ability to travel is a requirement.
If you are interested in these positions, please forward your resume to
[EMAIL PROTECTED] with 'Unix Migration Engineer' or 'Unix Migration
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dances With Crows)
Subject: Re: lilo and vga=...
Date: 06 Jul 2000 18:09:28 EDT
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On Thu, 6 Jul 2000 22:50:53 +0200, Florian E.J. Fruth
<<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>>
shouted forth into the ether:
>ok, now it works - but i don't know why :-|
>but it only changes the resolution till the framebufferdevice support is
>loaded - so how to tell the framebuffer to keep the resolution ?
/usr/src/linux/Documentation/fb/vesafb.txt
| 640x480 800x600 1024x768 1280x1024
----+-------------------------------------
256 | 0x301 0x303 0x305 0x307
32k | 0x310 0x313 0x316 0x319
64k | 0x311 0x314 0x317 0x31A
16M | 0x312 0x315 0x318 0x31B
To enable one of those modes you have to specify "vga=ask" in the
lilo.conf file and rerun LILO. Then you can type in the descired
mode at the "vga=ask" prompt. For example if you like to use
1024x768x256 colors you have to say "0x305" at this prompt.
This is from 2.4.0.2-test. Keep in mind that 2.4, despite its even
number, is still in heavy development and things may be severely br0ken no
matter what you do. This works very nicely in 2.2.x--I have my machines
booting with vga=0x303 in /etc/lilo.conf....
--
Matt G / Dances With Crows /\ "Man could not stare too long at the face
\----[this space for rent]-----/ \ of the Computer or her children and still
\There is no Darkness in Eternity \ remain as Man." --David Zindell "So did
But only Light too dim for us to see\ they become Gods, or Usenetters?" --/me
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