Linux-Misc Digest #647, Volume #25 Sat, 2 Sep 00 14:13:01 EDT
Contents:
Getting my Soundblaster16 installed in Redhat 6.1 (mike)
Installing and Using My Microtek E3 Scanner in Linux (mike)
Re: newbie: linuxserver ftp connection problems (Gerald Kof)
Re: Netscape is the best web brower for Linux? Where is the alternative? (Kyle
Parfrey)
Unable to retrieve the second stage ramdisk (Mandrake 7 User)
Pblm with Installing linux ... ("Cameleons")
Re: Getting my Soundblaster16 installed in Redhat 6.1 ("Peter T. Breuer")
Re: Getting my Soundblaster16 installed in Redhat 6.1 (mike)
PPPd dies and ram not all found. (Kyle Parfrey)
Re: Improve X performance, how? (Todd Knarr)
Re: Installing Mandrake on top of Caldera ? (Lyndon)
Re: Lilo broken??? (Lyndon)
timestamp problems (Tony)
Re: Installing and Using My Microtek E3 Scanner in Linux (Leonard Evens)
Re: network connection speed command ("Lonni J. Friedman")
Re: summarize disk usage (John-Paul Stewart)
sony Vios...requesting info (prasanth Mudundi)
UID issue (500)
Re: Finding your clock speed (Jean-David Beyer-valinux)
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From: mike <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Getting my Soundblaster16 installed in Redhat 6.1
Date: Sat, 02 Sep 2000 09:36:42 -0400
Hi,
I have a Soundblaster 16 or some variation. I had spoken to
a technical person at Redhat when I first bought the distribution.
The problem was that my card was not recognized automatically
by the system and the technician gave me some lines to type
in in the conf.modules file and also the file called something
like isapnp.conf. The sound card worked perfectly after that.
The issue now is that I had to reinstall my system because
of a crash and can't find the info that he gave me on
installing the card.
My card works perfectly in Windows 95 installed as a
Soundblaster 16.
Help will be much appreciated. I usually save all my
config files on floppys and write down important info,
but I slipped up on that one.
Thanks
Mike
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From: mike <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Installing and Using My Microtek E3 Scanner in Linux
Date: Sat, 02 Sep 2000 09:40:03 -0400
Hi,
I inherited a Microtek E3 scanner with an Adaptec AVA-1502 E
scsi interface card. The big question is, is there any way to
install and use it in Linux and if so, what are the details.
Thanks
Mike
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Gerald Kof)
Subject: Re: newbie: linuxserver ftp connection problems
Date: Sat, 02 Sep 2000 14:16:25 GMT
Never mind, i found another post and solved the problem, thanks
In article <8oot1n$jsu$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Gerald) wrote:
>Could somebody help me please?
>
>I just installed linux redhat 6.1 on a 486-80 and want to configure it as a
>webserver (installed the apache, wu-ftpd and anon-ftp rpm's)
>
>Accessing the linuxserver from a w2000 workstation using HTTP poses no
>problems at all but when I try to connect using FTP, there seems to be a
>period of inactivity (about one minute) between the request and response from
>the server. After this period everything seems ok and the connection works
>normally.
>
>What's causing this? Are there any faqs around how to correctly setup a
>linuxwebserver+nt workstation?
>
>Thanks, best regards
>
>Gerald Kof
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From: Kyle Parfrey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Netscape is the best web brower for Linux? Where is the alternative?
Date: Sat, 02 Sep 2000 14:27:43 GMT
Netscape is INCREDIBLY unstable on caldera too. I have heard that something
called Amaya is really fast and can be got from the W3 consortium page. Check
out www.gnulinux.com's browser reviews.
Ykle
On Fri, 01 Sep 2000, Marcus Urban wrote:
>In article <8om8p6$kv8$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Gareth Williams"
>
>> The latest version of Netscape (no, not 6.0 beta/aka Mozilla), i.e. 4.75
>> hasn't caused me any problems at all yet. I've left Java disabled just
>> in case, but who needs Java all the time? I suggest if you want a good
>> graphical browser with all the features upgrade to Netscape 4.75.
>
>Every version of Netscape I've tried, even 4.74 and 4.75 has serious problems
>with Java. In fact, it crashes about every 5-10 minutes when running some
>chat room applets. By constrast, if a bit of detective work, I was able to run
>the applet in question directly through the jdk appletviewer, and the applet
>never crashes, even when running for a day or two.
>
>Until Mozilla (NS 6.0) gets Java working (or KDE2 is available), Linux does not
>have a reliable Java-enabled web browser.
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From: Mandrake 7 User <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.help
Subject: Unable to retrieve the second stage ramdisk
Date: Sat, 02 Sep 2000 14:17:33 GMT
i want to install redhat or mandrake on my laptop.
i hooked up my laptop to the ethernet network and want
to do a pcmcia
install. i use the mandrake 7.1 pcmcia boot floppy, (
same as the redhat floppy), the startup image
comes up, i choose "HTTP" as install media, i choose
"DHCP" as IP, enter
the download site and directory, and that's as far as
i get. the
program writes "Retrieving base/mdkinst_stage2.gz..."
(on redhat that is called inst_stg2.gz or so), and after 15
minutes (!) it finally decides that it does not work:
"Unable to
retrieve the second stage ramdisk: Failed to connect
to server".
the same problem occurs when choosing "FTP" instead of
"HTTP" and
choosing an ftp server instead of an http server. in
fact, the same
problem (and the same 15 minute wait!) occurs when i
type a wrong ftp
directory. the network seems to be working though:
when i mistype the
server name, i get an error message within seconds.
any ideas?
Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
Before you buy.
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From: "Cameleons" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Pblm with Installing linux ...
Date: Sat, 2 Sep 2000 16:28:50 +0200
hello;
i download linux mandrake 7.0.2 and i try to install it by using lnx4win .
i install it without any pblm but after the box where the question is : " do
you want to reboot under linux" a pblm appears.
i'm in a same session as dos where the linux system check my devices and an
error comes out :
"VFS : Cannot open root device 08:01
kernel panic : VFS : unable to mount root fs on 08:01 "
what's the pblm ?
I'm a new user under linux and i prefer to test it without partition my hard
drive.
thks for the answer
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From: "Peter T. Breuer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Getting my Soundblaster16 installed in Redhat 6.1
Date: 2 Sep 2000 14:42:04 GMT
mike <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: I have a Soundblaster 16 or some variation. I had spoken to
No you probably don't. Read the Sound HOWTO to be disabused. If you
really have a SB16, well and good, you're home and dry.
: by the system and the technician gave me some lines to type
: in in the conf.modules file and also the file called something
: like isapnp.conf. The sound card worked perfectly after that.
Read the Sound-HOWTO and the PNP-HOWTO. The lines in conf.modules
will be the standard alias and options for an sb, as determined
by the choices you made in isapnp.conf.
: The issue now is that I had to reinstall my system because
: of a crash and can't find the info that he gave me on
: installing the card.
He made it up. Read the PNP-HOWTO.
: My card works perfectly in Windows 95 installed as a
: Soundblaster 16.
That just tells us it has a windows driver that emulates an SB16.
All you need to do is run pnpdump and edit the result (if that!).
It's a 1,2,3.
Peter
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From: mike <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Getting my Soundblaster16 installed in Redhat 6.1
Date: Sat, 02 Sep 2000 11:08:55 -0400
Hi Peter, and All,
I have tried pnpdump and read PnP HOWTO and
Sound HOWTO, and haven't, so far, found a solution. I will
continue to try.
Thanks
Mike
P.S. The config programs don't see or find the correct info
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From: Kyle Parfrey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: PPPd dies and ram not all found.
Date: Sat, 02 Sep 2000 15:21:47 GMT
Hi there ,
I am using mdk 7.1 with a US Robotics 56k modem. whenever I try to dial in with
kppp or gnome ppp "pppd dies unexpectedly" . Annoying. I didn't fill out the
dns field or hostname for the provider, I didn't have to do this in caldera.
Could this have caused it? If so is there a sort of "generic" ip for use in
kppp, because I didn't need a special ip for kppp in caldera.
Also MDK has only recognised 64mb of my 256mb ram. In the installation when it
asked me what my ram was (found 64mb) I had entered 256 . If I install again
how can I get all my ram to work??
Because of these two problems I've had to reinstall caldera , but if anyone
knows how to stop my pppdaemon from dying and how to find all my ram I'll
happily reinstall mandrake (caldera ==bad news).
Thanks all,
Kyle
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From: Todd Knarr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Improve X performance, how?
Date: 2 Sep 2000 15:48:13 GMT
In comp.os.linux.misc <3Exr5.93$[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Matt O'Toole
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> now I'm running original Pentiums in the 150-200 Mhz range. I have enough
> system RAM. Video cards are ATI Mach 64 with 2-4 MB, or similar. Would
> better video cards help, or do I need faster CPUs? BTW, this is for plain
> old 2D stuff, no 3D or games.
My guess would be that a video card upgrade would help. I got very good
performance on a P-133 with an S3 968-based card ( Diamond Stealth VRAM
card, to be exact ). The ATI cards don't have a good rep for speed, from
what I've heard, and the newest cards that tout 3D performance have
sacrificed 2D performance somewhat to get it ( although with all the
general improvements you probably will still see an improvement from
them ). I'd look for this in a video card:
1. Good 2D chipset. The S3 chips are particularly well-supported on Linux,
but cards using them are kind of hard to find these days. If you can't
find an S3-based card, try the newer generations of video cards.
2. VRAM on the video card. The DRAM-based cards are a _lot_ slower when
it comes to drawing because of the extra wait states needed with the
slower memory chips.
3. AGP or PCI interface. If you can't find a 2D card, a good modern 3D
one in an AGP slot should provide a considerable improvement over the
ATI. Go with PCI only for things like the S3 cards that don't come in
AGP versions.
4. As much memory on the card as possible. The X server can use the extra
memory to store things like font bitmaps and image pixmaps, so that it
can do an on-card bitblit instead of having to transfer images across
the system bus when drawing things.
--
If it's a hobby for me and a job for you, why are you doing such a shoddy
job of it?
-- Linus Torvalds
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From: Lyndon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.linux,alt.os.linux,alt.os.linux.mandrake,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Installing Mandrake on top of Caldera ?
Date: Sat, 02 Sep 2000 09:11:34 -0700
If you have space (a spare partition) on your HD, then use this for your
Linux-Mandrake. You do not have to move any of your Caldera partitions.
Otherwise, you're looking at a lot of work.
Please write if you have any more questions.
Hope this helps.
Have a nice day.
Martin Racette wrote:
>
> Hi guys,
>
> I would like to know if it is possible to install Mandrake 7.1 without
> erasing Caldera, I mean replacing the OS but not losing all the
> information was already written to disk
>
> I don't have any possiblity to move my /home directory to any other
> part of the disk(s)
>
> Thank you in advance
>
> Merci a l'avance
>
> Martin
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From: Lyndon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,alt.os.linux.mandrake
Subject: Re: Lilo broken???
Date: Sat, 02 Sep 2000 09:17:30 -0700
Reinstalling Windows will get rid of that "li"
JoAnn Elliott wrote:
>
> I was reading the new group.
> What program is this? I had installed linux on my laptop and then decided to
> restore my laptop from CD and now the lilo get to just up to the
> line...."li..." and I removed the whold linux off and now was trying to
> reinstall windows. Even did a fdisk and reformat and still the partial lilo
> on reboot. I need to restore the MBR and get that thing off, please help me
> as I have worked several hours on this project already.
>
> please respond to me personally as well as the group.
>
> JoAnn Elliott
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Tony <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: timestamp problems
Date: Sat, 02 Sep 2000 16:05:45 GMT
Running Linux Redhat 6.2 Kernel 2.2.16-3, P-III 700MHZ 256MB RAM:
When I create a file (pico for example) or when I run "touch filename"
the timestamp of the file is exactly 7 hours in advance (GMT). However
all other system clocks seem to be correct. When I run "date" the date
and time returned is correct. I have run timetool, linuxconf, checked
the CMOS's date/time and all those are correct.
This problem occurs if I FTP a file to the computer or any manipulation
of a file where a timestamp would be initiated. Because of this
timestamp problem, many programs won't work correctly. For example:
When Linux RedHat starts up it runs "/etc/rc.d/inet.d/syslogd". This
startup script uses "touch" to create a file at:
/var/lock/subsys/syslog
But because the timestamp of this touch is different than the time of
the machine, this startup says it failed. However syslogd is running and
all log message timestamps show the "correct" date/time. Other problems
are also caused by this. For example:
If I edit a file with my programmer's editor it always says that the
time of the file I am trying to save is newer on the computer than the
time I am now trying to save and asks if I want to overwrite. These are
just some of the annoying problems this has caused.
I have not done any updating of my system (kernel etc) for over a month.
Everything worked just fine and then one day it didn't.
Any ideas?
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Before you buy.
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From: Leonard Evens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Installing and Using My Microtek E3 Scanner in Linux
Date: Sat, 02 Sep 2000 11:16:30 -0500
mike wrote:
>
> Hi,
> I inherited a Microtek E3 scanner with an Adaptec AVA-1502 E
> scsi interface card. The big question is, is there any way to
> install and use it in Linux and if so, what are the details.
>
> Thanks
>
> Mike
Try
www.mostang.com/sane
--
Leonard Evens [EMAIL PROTECTED] 847-491-5537
Dept. of Mathematics, Northwestern Univ., Evanston, IL 60208
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From: "Lonni J. Friedman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: network connection speed command
Date: Sat, 02 Sep 2000 03:23:47 -0400
ping doesn't show connection speeds. all it displays is how long it
takes to send a packet of data a particular host, and receive a
response. no where in the output is a display of the speed in k/s or
b/s
Chris wrote:
>
> Er, ping perhaps?
>
> Chris
>
> Joseph Cooley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> > Hello,
> >
> > I was wondering if anyone knows of a good command to find the speed at
> > which a linux box is connected to the network. (i.e. 10 Mb/s or 100
> > Mb/s, etc.)
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From: John-Paul Stewart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: summarize disk usage
Date: Sat, 02 Sep 2000 17:05:27 GMT
Arlan Lucas de Souza wrote:
> >
> > Maybe the second one is not picking up hidden directories?? (directories
> > that start with a . (dot) )
>
> I don't think so. The difference between the two du's command output is
> 17M and my hidden files sum only 76k as you could see:
> 1.0k .kde
> 1.0k .netscape
Those two are directories (at least on my system). The .gnome* entries are also
likely directories too (I don't use gnome so I'm not sure). The listing doesn't
seem to have counted the contents of these directories, just the directories
themselves. Odd....
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From: prasanth Mudundi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: sony Vios...requesting info
Date: Sat, 02 Sep 2000 13:07:34 -0400
planning on buying a sony PCG-F590K VAIO NOTEBOOK
can i install linux and has anybody done it.
I prefer SUSE. But if i have to i am willing to
try other Linux versions.
please let me know.
cheers and thanks for youe time
prasanth Mudundi
pmudundi at gis.net
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Date: Sat, 02 Sep 2000 12:11:42 -0500
From: 500 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: UID issue
I have recently been working with NFS and Samba and had an
interesting thing happen on the server. I am not sure if this is the
cause or not, but it happened at about this time. The system no longer
recognizes the user accounts by there names. For instance, the shell is
set up to have the username in the prompt. Well, now instead of the
username, it says "I have no name!" Also, long directory listings only
give the UID in the owner field, not the username. How do I fix this?
Will
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From: Jean-David Beyer-valinux <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Finding your clock speed
Date: Sat, 02 Sep 2000 14:06:28 -0400
"Peter T. Breuer" wrote:
> Jean-David Beyer-valinux <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> :> Uh, yes it is. What [bogomips] isn't is actual processor speed. But it
> :> is a true reflection of it. For a pentium classic, for example, it is
> :> 0.4 times the cpu clock on a correctly working cpu.
>
> : On my machine (two "550MHz" Pentium IIIs), I get:
>
> : Aug 8 16:27:20 valinux kernel: Detected 551266690 Hz processor.
> : Aug 8 16:27:20 valinux kernel: Calibrating delay loop... 550.50
> : BogoMIPS
>
> A PPro has a 1-1 ratio between bogomips and clock (and a Pmmx has
> a 2-1 ratio).
>
> : Aug 8 16:27:20 valinux kernel: Total of 2 processors activated
> : (1101.00 BogoMIPS).
>
> : So what do you mean when you ask (as I recognize you did not) what my
> : CPU speed is? The BogoMIPS are pretty close to the nominal and measured
> : CPU speeds. But do you want to know the combned speeds? Or the speed of
>
> Yes, well, the number of processors is obviously useful to know :-).
>
> : words, what do you intend to use the resulting number for?
>
> Friend-impressing, I guess. Pmmx's are pretty good for that. Lots of
> bogons. I rather imagine that an athlon should be too, but that's just
> me guessing wildly from what I know of the architecture. It must do
> noops real fast!
>
> Peter
Not just NO-OPs! Anything that you can get the program and data to fit into
the L1 cache should go like blazes. ;-)
But in realistic applications, where it is not even in the L2, where are you
? Waiting for your main memory, of course, that the IO devices are
contending for as well.
Back when I was writing optimizers for a company that designed its own CPU
chips, I pleaded with them to use their chip area for more Instruction and
data cache, and not a bunch of seldom or never used op-codes. They seldom
listened. Sigh! While you may have heard of the company, I bet you did not
know they made CPU chips.
--
.~. Jean-David Beyer Registered Linux User 85642.
/V\ Registered Machine 73926.
/( )\ Shrewsbury, New Jersey
^^-^^ 2:00pm up 24 days, 21:28, 4 users, load average: 2.37, 2.35, 2.28
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