Linux-Misc Digest #91, Volume #25 Sun, 9 Jul 00 20:13:04 EDT
Contents:
Re: kudzu,pcmcia and sound (Hamid Misnan)
Re: Help network card problems (William R. Mattil)
Re: Looking for the X Servers... (Jianxin Xiong)
Re: Mounting an ATAPI CD-RW (Anilkumar Karanam)
Re: sis 6326 (William Adderholdt)
Re: DNS (Andrew Purugganan)
Re: No Carrier - 3Com ISDN TA (David Coulson)
Re: CHILD_MAX: can't limit the number of processes per real UID ("Ross Crawford")
Re: Mounting an ATAPI CD-RW (Dances With Crows)
Re: Looking for the X Servers... (Scott Weber)
I/O flushing on small files ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Dealing with power failures and building a new computer (David Steuber)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Hamid Misnan)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.portable,comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: kudzu,pcmcia and sound
Date: 8 Jul 2000 17:02:32 GMT
On 7 Jul 2000 23:51:51 GMT, Edward A. Falk wrote:
>In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
>David Efflandt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>On Fri, 7 Jul 2000, Darren Christie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>
>>What kind of hardware are you adding inside of a laptop? Kudzu is not
>>going to pay any attention to pcmcia.
>
>Kudzu recognized & configured my modem on first boot, but now I see
>no reason to leave it turned on.
>
>What's the "proper" way to disable an rc script? I usually rename
>the file from "S99xxx" to "s99xxx", but I don't know if there's
>a better way.
>
>Also, am I the only one who thinks that "kudzu" is a stupid name
>for a piece of system software? I prefer names that *mean* something,
>rather than having to read the source just to figure out WTF this
>does.
As root, run 'ntsysv' and you can unselect it from running again. This will work
with RH and I guess Mandrake too.
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|AMD-RH6.2 & iMac Bondi Blue & PalmVx & eTrex | [EMAIL PROTECTED] |
- ...and that is how we know the Earth to be banana-shaped.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (William R. Mattil)
Subject: Re: Help network card problems
Date: Sun, 9 Jul 2000 14:41:04 -0500
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
In article <Sn3a5.19$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
fathum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Help i have been trying to get linux to see my network cards
>but i havent been successfull
>i have tried to add them to lilo
>move them around in the computer (diffent slots)
>but they will not come up i anyone has a suggestion please feel free.
>thankx
>PS I am also trying to figure out how to get a linux server to let me see my
>computers
>at my office throught network neiborhood from a win95 computer
>(if that made any sence) if so what would be the way to do that
This probably because your version won't support parameters passed via lilo
unless ....... UNLESS support is compiled into the kernel. Try installing
the driver as a module.
/etc/conf.modules
man insmod will provide some details
here is my conf.modules:
alias scsi_hostadapter BusLogic
alias eth0 3c503
yours will most likely be different. :^) Otherwise you can compile a new
kernel with support for your NIC then pass parameters via LILO.
BTW a search on dejanews would have turned up at least 50 similar
postings. Not too mention that this question should have been posted to
comp.os.linux.networking ...
Regards
Bill
--
William R. Mattil | Fred Astaire wasn't so great.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] | Ginger had to do it all backwards
(972) 399-4106 | and... in high heels.
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From: Jianxin Xiong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.x
Subject: Re: Looking for the X Servers...
Date: Sun, 09 Jul 2000 17:46:34 -0500
It seems that youve already got the X server, so no need to build one.
The reason why you got "no such file or directory" is not the server
binary didn't exist, but the required libaries could not be found. You
need the glibc2.1 libraries, which are not included in Slackware 3.5.
You'll have to install these libraries or stick with the X servers from
Slackware 3.5 (at least XF86_VGA16 should work).
Scott Weber wrote:
> I'm tring to get XWindow working, but I've run into
> some problems. I've all ready searched the archives, so
> I'm getting desperate enough to post my question.
>
> Slackware 3.5, gcc 2.90... I've never ran
> XWindows on it. I've haven't ran it since the
> 1.2.17 kernel! (Yea, it's old. It's just a
> file server/ firewall/ web server, test box...)
>
> The original install didn't recognise my AGP card,
> so I downloaded the new source, and re-built
> everything.
>
> Except, after doing the make install, my XF86_SVGA
> file had the same old date on it, as did SuperProbe,
> and a bunch of others. I can't figure out why only
> some of the 'x...' files were installed.
>
> I downloaded the newer lib 2.1 and lib 2.0 binaries
> XF86_SVGA and XF86_S3, and tried to run either of them,
> but it says "no such file or directory" now
> (yea, I backed up the old ones). I assume
> they are not compatible. Yea, they were from the
> linux x86 dir on the Xfree site.
>
> I did find a newer SuperProbe burried in the
> source tree, and copied it to the XR11 location,
> and it properly detected my video card.
>
> So where can I find/build the XF86_S3 server?
> How come the make file didn't appear to build ANY
> servers?
>
> Please! Any assistance would be appreciated!
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
--
O - O
(`Q`)
'
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From: Anilkumar Karanam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Mounting an ATAPI CD-RW
Date: Sun, 09 Jul 2000 17:01:12 -0400
I have a problem regarding this too.
everything works fine as long as I do " insmod ide-scsi" when I am root.
I am able write CDs etc. but I am not able to have this ide-scsi module
loaded automatically.
I am using Mandrake 7.1 and GRUB is my boot loader,
I have specified hdd=ide-scsi in GRUB config file. but I am not really sure
how to handle the /etc/conf.modules file
I would prefer to have a solution where I don't have to recompile my kernel
right now,
Any suggestions are appreciated ,,
Thanks
Anil
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> In comp.os.linux.hardware Gareth Howell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > I've managed to get my IDE ATAPI CD-RW working .. well, sortof.
> > I followed the HOW-TO (recompiled kernel with generic SCSI support etc
> > etc), and I'm
> > now able to burn CD's to my heart's content.
>
> You can burn with only SCSI support and the generic SCSI driver (and maybe
> the vendor extensions). On the other hand, to read from it (mount it) you
> will need SCSI-CD-ROM support too.
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Reply-To: William Adderholdt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: sis 6326
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (William Adderholdt)
Date: Sun, 09 Jul 2000 22:53:57 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Peter R. Schmitt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Greetings, gang. Got a little problem here. Perhaps someone has some
> experience in this arena.
> I finally seduced a buddy of mine to take the plunge and install
> Slack 7 on his formerly Windominated system that I helped him build.
> He's got an amd k6-2 300 on an asus somethingorother motherboard with
> (and here's the kicker) an SIS 6326 agp 3d pro video card.
[snip]
> Does anyone who reads and writes _english_ have this card working with
> a non-pcchips motherboard, and what gyrations were required?
> I don't want to cheat him of experience. I just want to drop a few
> hints. His symptoms seem to be that X comes up, but when he invokes a
> menu of any kind, he can't see the menu text. I think he may not have
> his RAM size right in his XF86Config file, but since I haven't seen it,
> I can't be sure. I sent him on over to slackware support, who sent him
> to the same exact page (info for SIS users) at xfree86.org that I did.
> Ideas, guys?
> Pete.
Can't see the menu text, you say? Does the text just look like a bunch of
black blocks? If so, I had a similar problem with my SiS 5597/5598
video card. Looking at the README.SiS in the XFree86 documentation, it
says:
This driver was primarily written for the SiS86c201. It also
works on the 202, 205 and 5597/5598 chips. Support for 6326,
530 and 620 has been added since.
It's the same driver, so it might be the same problem. I've seen this
text-rendering problem on XFree86 3.3.4 and after, though I haven't tried
the new 4.0 version yet. The only solution I have found is to go back
to using XFree86 3.3.3.x, which I got off of my Slackware 4.0 disk.
William Adderholdt
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Andrew Purugganan)
Subject: Re: DNS
Date: 9 Jul 2000 22:13:30 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
[ I recently got a DSL connection to the Internet (woo hoo!!!) and
[ immediately after the guy left after installing it on my Win98 box, I
[ pulled it and put it on my Linux Box (was RedHat, now's Mandrake 7.1). I
[ got IP Masquerading up and running fine and I can do all the net stuff
[ from any of the four machines connected to the Linux machine. The only
[ problem I've run into is with DNS. I had DNS working fine before the DSL
[ stuff. I can ping the Linux machine via its IP address, but not via its
[ name. Same with all the other machines on the network. This is keeping
[ Samba from running correctly. My question is this. Is there a clear-cut
[ guide to setting this up in plain elglish? The ADSL connection is on
[ ETH0 and the internal connection is ETH1. Any help would be greatly
[ appreciated.
normally the file /etc/hosts should have the (internal) IP, the FQDN
fully qualified domain name and the short name equivalent of each.
--
jazz annandy AT dc DOT seflin DOT org
Registered linux user no. 164098
Doesn't it bother you, that we have to search for intelligent life
--- OUT THERE??
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From: David Coulson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: uk.comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: No Carrier - 3Com ISDN TA
Date: Mon, 10 Jul 2000 00:20:39 +0100
Paul Martin wrote:
> Just a thought: you may need to tell your card (using AT commands) that
> you're talking to an ESTI (NET5, EuroISDN) type of exchange, and that
> you're wanting to call out with a particular protocol type (eg. X.75).
Hrm, I thought the Uk used NET3? At least, that's what my Cisco router thinks
we're using, and it works okay.
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From: "Ross Crawford" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.development.system,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: CHILD_MAX: can't limit the number of processes per real UID
Date: Mon, 10 Jul 2000 07:54:20 +1000
Olivier ROBERT <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Dear usenet readers!
>
> I need to limit the maximum number of processes per real user id on
> my server, I thought it had to be done by modifying
> /usr/include/linux/limits.h, and changing the following line:
>
> #define CHILD_MAX 999 /* no limit :-) */
>
> to this one:
>
> #define CHILD_MAX 64 /* limited now! :p */
>
> and then recompiling the kernel...
> That's what I did, I installed it, LILOed it, and rebooted the
> machine, but a getconf CHILD_MAX still returns a value of 999! I suppose
> there's something to do I didn't do, but what?
> I have a 2.2.16 kernel (with a Slackware distribution)...
>
Did you make clean before recompiling?
ROSCO
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dances With Crows)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Mounting an ATAPI CD-RW
Date: 09 Jul 2000 19:25:29 EDT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Sun, 09 Jul 2000 17:01:12 -0400, Anilkumar Karanam
<<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> shouted forth into the ether:
>everything works fine as long as I do " insmod ide-scsi" when I am root.
>I am able write CDs etc. but I am not able to have this ide-scsi module
>loaded automatically.
>I have specified hdd=ide-scsi in GRUB config file. but I am not really sure
>how to handle the /etc/conf.modules file
Edit /etc/conf.modules with your favorite text editor, and find the line
that says "scsi_hostadapter". Remove that line, and replace it with this
line:
alias scsi_hostadapter ide-scsi
This will force loading of the ide-scsi module whenever a "SCSI" device is
accessed, which is what you want unless you have a real SCSI bus
somewhere.
Information of the conf.modules file can be found by doing "man
conf.modules", naturally.
--
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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From: Scott Weber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.x
Subject: Re: Looking for the X Servers...
Date: Sun, 09 Jul 2000 23:44:52 GMT
Seems logical...
Where can I get the glibc2.1 files? I'd rather upgrade.
The older servers don't recognise my VGA card, and go into
320X200 mode (ugh!).
This still doesn't explain why the three files of source code
(45meg+!!) have not actually built a new XF86_... server. Anywhere.
(remember, the older one has the old date on it, circa 1998)
-Scotty
Jianxin Xiong wrote:
>
> It seems that youve already got the X server, so no need to build one.
> The reason why you got "no such file or directory" is not the server
> binary didn't exist, but the required libaries could not be found. You
> need the glibc2.1 libraries, which are not included in Slackware 3.5.
> You'll have to install these libraries or stick with the X servers from
> Slackware 3.5 (at least XF86_VGA16 should work).
>
> Scott Weber wrote:
>
> > I'm tring to get XWindow working, but I've run into
> > some problems. I've all ready searched the archives, so
> > I'm getting desperate enough to post my question.
> >
> > Slackware 3.5, gcc 2.90... I've never ran
> > XWindows on it. I've haven't ran it since the
> > 1.2.17 kernel! (Yea, it's old. It's just a
> > file server/ firewall/ web server, test box...)
> >
> > The original install didn't recognise my AGP card,
> > so I downloaded the new source, and re-built
> > everything.
> >
> > Except, after doing the make install, my XF86_SVGA
> > file had the same old date on it, as did SuperProbe,
> > and a bunch of others. I can't figure out why only
> > some of the 'x...' files were installed.
> >
> > I downloaded the newer lib 2.1 and lib 2.0 binaries
> > XF86_SVGA and XF86_S3, and tried to run either of them,
> > but it says "no such file or directory" now
> > (yea, I backed up the old ones). I assume
> > they are not compatible. Yea, they were from the
> > linux x86 dir on the Xfree site.
> >
> > I did find a newer SuperProbe burried in the
> > source tree, and copied it to the XR11 location,
> > and it properly detected my video card.
> >
> > So where can I find/build the XF86_S3 server?
> > How come the make file didn't appear to build ANY
> > servers?
> >
> > Please! Any assistance would be appreciated!
> >
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> --
> O - O
> (`Q`)
> '
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: I/O flushing on small files
Date: Sun, 09 Jul 2000 23:38:46 GMT
I have a problem with programs not seeing data in files, and I wonder if
anyone might have the best solution (I have a workaround, but it doesn't
make much sense).
Take, for example the following scenario (sourcecode included)...
A program is constantly writing to the same position in a file (of
length 40 bytes).
A server is constantly reading from the same position in the same file.
Even though the client is flushing after every write, the server does
not see the updated data.
However, if the server itself flushes after the read, it does.
It doesn't make sense. Any ideas?
Notes: if the buffersize is changed to be over 4K, then the problem
disappears (which seems to make some kind of sense as it looks like a
buffering problem).
Compiler:
Reading specs from /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i386-redhat-linux/egcs-2.91.66/specs
gcc version egcs-2.91.66 19990314/Linux (egcs-1.1.2 release)
Linux Redhat 6.2.
Client Sourcecode...
// cc -o client client.c
#include <stdio.h>
main()
{
FILE *fd;
#define SZ 40
char str[SZ];
int counter = 0;
fd = fopen("FLUSH_TEST", "w+b");
if (fd == NULL) exit(2);
bzero(str, SZ);
while (1) {
sprintf(str, "Counter: %ld", counter++);
(void)fseek(fd, 0L, SEEK_SET);
fwrite(str, sizeof(char), SZ, fd);
fflush(fd);
printf("Client: %s\n", str);
sleep(1);
}
}
Server sourcecode:
// cc -o server server.c
#include <stdio.h>
main()
{
FILE *fd;
#define SZ 40
char str[SZ];
fd = fopen("FLUSH_TEST", "w+b");
if (fd == NULL) exit(2);
bzero(str, SZ);
while (1) {
(void)fseek(fd, 0L, SEEK_SET);
fread(str, sizeof(char), SZ, fd);
// Putting in this flush is my workaround. WHY??
// fflush(fd);
printf("Server: %s\n", str);
sleep(1);
}
}
Many regards,
Ian Collins.
Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
Before you buy.
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Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Dealing with power failures and building a new computer
From: David Steuber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Sun, 09 Jul 2000 23:59:58 GMT
I want to build a computer that will run Linux and do low volume
webserving. It will need to be able to deal gracefully with power
failures.
Some UPSs can connect to the computer in some way to tell the computer
to shutdown when the UPS is getting low. Can they bring the computer
back up again? If so, what Are the top three brands and models I
should be looking at? I only need about 20 minutes worth of backup
power for an ATX based system. No monitor will be on.
Also, can anyone recomend the best brand and source for a Linux
compatible motherboard? I only need a single CPU, 128MB of RAM should
be enough, CPU should be at least as good as a PII 300. If networking
and video can be included on the board, that will be fine. The
machine will be a server, so cheapest possible video and a good 100BT
NIC is desired. I know SCSI is prefered for servers, but I know I can
get away with an IDE drive and IDE CD-ROM. It doesn't take much to
service a fraction of a T1. And IDE is a lot cheaper.
I would like to put the whole works in a compact ATX case with
adequate power supply that is reliable.
If there are inexpensive complete systems that can match the quality
and price of something I build from parts, I would like to know about
them. I am looking for a sub $1000 system. This will not be a
mission critical box that requires hot swapping the motherboard or
anything along those lines. A desktop PC type system will handle the
load just fine.
Administration will be over LAN or SSH once the machine is configured,
so I would like something that won't complain about a missing keyboard
when it powers up.
Think low volume, inexpensive web server with lots of disk space and
reasonable memory + CPU and you have a picture of what I am looking
for.
Thanks.
PS. If you don't like cross-posting, I follow comp.os.linux.misc.
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