Linux-Misc Digest #675, Volume #25 Tue, 5 Sep 00 17:13:02 EDT
Contents:
Re: fsck errors on start up - signal 11 (Leonard Evens)
Re: lilo error: kernel too big (Leonard Evens)
ppp0 module-load failure ("R, U & T")
Re: Linux can't find USR PCI hardware modem ("vpiercy")
Re: Caching files from CD---problem when playing MP3s on CD (Rick Ellis)
Re: what's up with Sun? ("Ez-Aton")
Re: Red Hat server repeatedly crashing (Simon Burns)
Re: installing suse 6.4 (James Campbell Andrew)
tcsh core dumps with libc.so.6 (Georg Schwarz)
Re: Tcpdump, monitoring! (-ljl-)
Re: Mount Solaris from Linux (Francis Fan)
Re: installing SVGA server package (Graham Brereton)
Talk problem in linux ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Solved: was hlelp - ldconfig isn't updating my shared library cache ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Winmodems and Linux, a fix ? anyone? ("Gregory D. Horne")
Linux on Evergreen? ("Murray Alexander")
Re: Problems compiling kernel (M. Buchenrieder)
Re: Graphical LILO? ("Gareth Williams")
Re: so what do I do with my spare CPU cycles? (David Steuber)
Re: Is linux compatible with the "Asus K7V" Motherboard? (Jonathan)
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From: Leonard Evens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: fsck errors on start up - signal 11
Date: Tue, 05 Sep 2000 13:42:38 -0500
Ken Siersma wrote:
>
> Hello,
> Have a RedHat 6.1 box which finds errors while checking the root
> partition. So I run fsck manually on the root partition, and it prompts
> me to fix the following:
>
> Free blocks count wrong ...
> Free inodes count wrong ...
> Directories count wrong ...
>
> I answer y to each to fix the errors, but I still get the following
> error when fsck ends:
>
> /dev/hda4: 118531/876096 files (1.0% non-contiguous), 1030058/1750140
> blocks
> warning fsck.ext2 for device exited with signal 11.
>
> The user of this machine says that he shutdown the machine normally. Is
> this error unrecoverable? Or do you need more information???
> Thanks,
> Ken
In the cases I encountered something like this, it turned out there
was a hardware problem with the hard drive.
--
Leonard Evens [EMAIL PROTECTED] 847-491-5537
Dept. of Mathematics, Northwestern Univ., Evanston, IL 60208
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From: Leonard Evens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: lilo error: kernel too big
Date: Tue, 05 Sep 2000 13:34:00 -0500
Dave Brown wrote:
>
> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> Villy Kruse wrote:
> >On Mon, 04 Sep 2000 19:42:28 -0500, Leonard Evens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >...
> >>root partition is. Moreover, all the system needs for
> >>booting is the address of the beginning of the kernel. That tells
> >>the system where the rest of the kernel is to allow further booting.
> >
> >Actualy it is much more simpel. The lilo program creates a file called
> >/boot/map, and this file contains a list of sector addresses for each
> >sector of each file it neads to load. Thus, lilo needs no knowlege
> >of file system type partition boundaries, or root file system address.
> >The lilo boot sector then contains the sector address of /boot/map so
> >it can be loaded into memory.
>
> So that supports my suspicion that the map file is the culprit. Now,
> question is, if lilo creates it, and it works from one partition,
> what is the problem creating a proper map file so that the same two
> kernels can be located when using the lilo in the other partition.
>
> --
> Dave Brown Austin, TX
Having got it wrong the first time, maybe I should shut up, but let
me give it one more try. Checking my system, I find that /boot/map
is dated Aug 27 at 11:00 but /etc/lilo.conf is dated Aug. 27
at 11:26. Because of my configuration, I skipped running lilo
during my upgrade which was done on that date, and I ran it later.
That explains the time gap. But it also suggests that /boot/map
was constructed when the lilo package was installed, and it was
not modified when /sbin/lilo was run. So if you want to be able
to boot one Linux from the lilo of another, the question is
whether /sbin/lilo can determine from the information given it
by /etc/lilo.conf the absolute address of the other Linux's
/boot/map. It seems plausible it should be able to do that,
but I await further enlightenment from someone who really knows.
--
Leonard Evens [EMAIL PROTECTED] 847-491-5537
Dept. of Mathematics, Northwestern Univ., Evanston, IL 60208
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From: "R, U & T" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: ppp0 module-load failure
Date: Tue, 05 Sep 2000 21:26:41 +0200
pppd wont start. Entry in /var/log/messages: modprobe: Can't locate
module ppp0.
In conf.modules (modules.conf) there are two aliases: ppp0->ppp and
ppp1->ppp.
So I looked for a ppp.o but not found anywhere.
Whats wrong?
Please Help
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From: "vpiercy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Linux can't find USR PCI hardware modem
Date: Tue, 5 Sep 2000 14:30:15 -0500
Thanks for the info! You are right about the 1051. I have tried 1050 (with
no success) and that should be the one I use if the modem will otherwise
work.
Pete Zaitcev <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> > setserial /dev/ttyS1 irq 9 port 0x1051 autoconfig
>
> Why is it not 0x1050 ?
>
> > Serial driver version 4.27 with MANY-PORTS MULTIPORT SHARE_IRQ enabled
>
> I think Ted did a new serial.c with PCI option for latest 2.2.x,
> try to investigate that. It may remove a need for setserial.
>
> --Pete
Will I have to reconfigure the kernel for that?
I think I have a motherboard that won't allow Linux to configure the PCI
modem correctly (Intel "Seattle"
SE440BX for Pentium II). Anyone hear of problems with this board?
When I type
cat /proc/pci
I find the same irq and port that Windows uses (successfully) with my
3-COM/USR controller-based PCI modem (model 3CP5610A). I try to use those
same values in a setserial command to initialize the modem but nothing
happens. Linux just returns a prompt.
I have come up with some diagnostic data. I seem to have two serial ports
but the PCI modem as serial port isn't registering with Linux. Why? The
00:0e.0 address that lspci lists for the modem looks strange. Is it o.k. or
not? Maybe someone can help me deduce what these Linux messages mean.
[root@localhost rc.d]# setserial -g /dev/ttyS*
/dev/ttyS0, UART: 16550A, Port: 0x03f8, IRQ: 4
/dev/ttyS1, UART: 16550A, Port: 0x02f8, IRQ: 3
/dev/ttyS2, UART: unknown, Port: 0x03e8, IRQ: 4
/dev/ttyS3, UART: unknown, Port: 0x02e8, IRQ: 3
[root@localhost rc.d]# lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 440BX/ZX - 82443BX/ZX Host bridge
(rev 02)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 440BX/ZX - 82443BX/ZX AGP bridge (rev
02)
00:07.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82371AB PIIX4 ISA (rev 02)
00:07.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82371AB PIIX4 IDE (rev 01)
00:07.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82371AB PIIX4 USB (rev 01)
00:07.3 Bridge: Intel Corporation 82371AB PIIX4 ACPI (rev 02)
00:0e.0 Serial controller: US Robotics/3Com 56K FaxModem Model 5610 (rev 01)
00:10.0 Multimedia audio controller: Creative Labs SB Live! EMU10000 (rev
07)
00:10.1 Input device controller: Creative Labs SB Live! (rev 07)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation Riva TNT 128 (rev 04)
[root@localhost rc.d]# wvdialconf pppvan
Scanning your serial ports for a modem.
Port Scan<*1>: Ignoring ttyS0 because /dev/mouse is a link to it.
ttyS1<*1>: ATQ0 V1 E1 -- ATQ0 V1 E1 -- ATQ0 V1 E1 -- nothing.
Port Scan<*1>: S2 S3
Sorry, no modem was detected! Is it in use by another program?
Did you configure it properly with setserial?
Please read the FAQ at http://www.worldvisions.ca/wvdial/
If you still have problems, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
----
Thanks!
Van
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Bloomington, Indiana
USA
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Rick Ellis)
Subject: Re: Caching files from CD---problem when playing MP3s on CD
Date: 5 Sep 2000 19:40:12 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Bruce Stephens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>The irritation is that (it seems) the CDROM is intermittently active
>just about all the time.
Why do you care about that?
--
http://www.fnet.net/~ellis/photo/linux.html
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From: "Ez-Aton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: what's up with Sun?
Date: Tue, 5 Sep 2000 22:51:36 +0200
Well, the first models of the IA-64 are on beta/alpha testings, as well as
M$ systems for them, so it will not be long, I believe.
Sun is better then Pee-Cee. It's a fact, but:
a) Part of the Sparc/Sparc ultra machines today include IDE drives, and ATI
video card, which reduces their price, but also decrease their performance.
b) Sparc, whatever Sparc you can think off, is yet very expensive. I'm
talking about Ultra and Netra, where their price can exceed the 10K$, 20K$
or even the 30K$, depands upon their configuration.
Both Intel and AMD should stick to the home-office computers, and leave the
servers to the real tough computers, since they will never reach the Sun
stability and power.
My oppinion.
Ez.
"Christopher Browne" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:1%Xr5.330387$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Centuries ago, Nostradamus foresaw a time when David Steuber would say:
> >[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Rasputin) writes:
> >
> >' One important difference between Sun and M$ is that Sun make hardware.
> >' They have less to lose in a world where software if Free.
> >
> >But they have a lot to loose where hardware becomes a commodity.
> >However, I think Sun, SGI, et al, can beat Intel for bang for the buck
> >if they continue to make servers that can beat large clusters of IA32
> >machines in terms of raw performance.
> >
> >Also, not all servers are doling out web pages.
> >
> >AMD and Intel are heading upmarket, and they have a lot of money and
> >a huge legacy hardware base to get them there.
>
> I _suppose_ that I2O _arguably_ represents the way for Intel to head
> "upmarket" by introducing functionality traditionally associated with
> mainframes to "Pee-Cee" hardware.
>
> It's "arguable" because it doesn't seem to have taken the world by
> storm.
>
> --> "Pee Cee hardware" is associated with being "cheap;" that
> generally leads to things like using enormous but slow IDE drives,
> and trying to share RAM with the video board.
>
> --> Drivers are needed, and the purported merit of I2O was that it
> would make for "portable, tuned" device drivers.
>
> Unfortunately, NDAs discourage participation amongst the free
> software community, and the "deaths" of so many Unixes in the wake
> of the oncoming IA-64 "train wreck" has not led to there being a
> "juggernaut" of I2O drivers demolishing all alternatives.
>
> There's a _potential_ for Intel to do very well on this, but it looks
> like they've squandered a whole lot of potential.
>
> Maybe there is a vast IA-64 juggernaut about to hit us; with the
> reports of upcoming "Pentium 4's" with _HUGE_ heat sinks and of IA-64
> boxes with immense heating capabilities, this does not appear to bode
> very well.
>
> It just doesn't look like Intel has stuff that is as readily scaled
> for Heavy Duty Processing as the stuff that Sun sells.
> --
> (concatenate 'string "cbbrowne" "@" "ntlug.org")
> <http://www.hex.net/~cbbrowne/lsf.html>
> Perhaps there should be a new 'quantum' datatype; you would be able to
> take its address or value, but not both simultaneously.
> -- Michael Shields
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Simon Burns)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.security
Subject: Re: Red Hat server repeatedly crashing
Date: Tue, 05 Sep 2000 19:59:52 GMT
On Tue, 05 Sep 2000 16:58:39 GMT, The Darkener <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>I second that. Check the fans, blow the inside out with compressed air if
>the dust is so thick inside it acts and insulation. Seems heat/hardware
>related to me if it happens all of the sudden, multiple times with no kernel
>logs.
Thanks -- I shall be doing exactly that sort of thing later this week
(got the air-can on the desk here ;-) I found out what it is, and it
*is* related to memory and, in particular, HTML::Mason.
Mason was installed Wednesday last week. No problems. Towards the end
of the week, we started testing a new site (which uses a MySQL
backend) - still no problems. On Monday, we told some other people
about the site and it pushed the server over the edge. Mason does seem
to commit plenty of shared memory: disabling it (until I can get to
the system with a fistful of RAM) has cured the problem. At least, it
hasn't died for over 8 hours when it previously died after 4.
Thanks again for all the advice.
--
simon@japh. | Ignore the address in the header.
freeserve.co.uk | Use this one instead.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (James Campbell Andrew)
Subject: Re: installing suse 6.4
Date: Tue, 5 Sep 2000 20:52:38 +0100
Danny Wingate <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Jim, thanks again, your answer worked well but after everything was
> installed I wound up with an invalid partition. I e-mailed
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] and await their reply. Any suggestions? Thanks again,
> Danny
Only the usual things really - make your /boot partition small (50Mb
ish), make sure it's within the first 1024 cylinders of your HD (newer
versions of LILO overcome this), start with a SMALL install - no X
windows, no KDE, just the bare essentials. Once that's working you can
build on it. Out of curiosity, what spec is the machine?
Jim
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[EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Georg Schwarz)
Subject: tcsh core dumps with libc.so.6
Date: Tue, 5 Sep 2000 21:59:50 +0200
On a RedHat 5.2 system I've upgraded libc.so.6
(glibc-2.0.7-29.2.i386.rpm). Now I found that /bin/tcsh crashes
(regardless whether I take RedHat's rpm or whether I directly compile it
from the generic sources):
...
open("/lib/libc.so.6", O_RDONLY) = 3
mmap(0, 4096, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE, 3, 0) = 0x40016000
munmap(0x40016000, 4096) = 0
mmap(0, 686572, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE, 3, 0) = 0x4004a000
mprotect(0x400df000, 76268, PROT_NONE) = 0
mmap(0x400df000, 28672, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED, 3,
0x94000) = 0x400df000
mmap(0x400e6000, 47596, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE,
MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x400e6000
close(3) = 0
munmap(0x4000b000, 14499) = 0
personality(PER_LINUX) = 0
getpid() = 758
brk(0) = 0x8097cc0
brk(0x8098000) = 0x8098000
brk(0x8098800) = 0x8098800
brk(0x8099000) = 0x8099000
brk(0x8099800) = 0x8099800
--- SIGSEGV (Segmentation fault) ---
+++ killed by SIGSEGV +++
If I set LD_LIBRARY_PATH to point to a copy of the old libc.so.6 (which
has security problems) it works fine.
Any idea what that could be and what I could do about it?
--
Georg Schwarz [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Institut f�r Theoretische Physik +49 30 314-24254, FAX -21130
Technische Universit�t Berlin http://home.pages.de/~schwarz/
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From: -ljl- <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Tcpdump, monitoring!
Date: Tue, 05 Sep 2000 19:52:39 GMT
In article <EBur5.4941$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
"Kaj" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I use Tcpdump today but do not realy know howto use it.
> Could anyone tell me how i should do to monitor a pc's intenet
traffic?
> Maybe give me a example script or someting.
A BRIEF GUIDE TO SETTING UP A NETWORK MONITORING PROCESS USING
TCPDUMP (see):
http://hepunx.rl.ac.uk/ppncg/tcpdump_doc.html
--
Louis-ljl-{ Louis J. LaBash, Jr. }
Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
Before you buy.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Francis Fan)
Subject: Re: Mount Solaris from Linux
Date: 5 Sep 2000 20:05:35 GMT
Actually, Linux does mount subdirectory, at least in Solaris 2.5
and 7. So I think it could be Solairs 2.6 problem.
The other problem is even I could mount /export/home on /test
I still could not ls the /test. It shows nothing.
--Francis
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Raymond Doetjes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>It is probably exported as /export/home and not /export/home/jlu Linux does'nt
>mount subditr entries
>Solaris does (nice feature but still don't know why).
>
>Raymond
>
>Francis Fan wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I was trying to mount a Solaris 2.6 subdirectory, /export/home/jlu
>> from a RedHat 6.1. And /export/home/jlu is a subdirectory of filesystem
>> /export/home. The problem is I have no problem mounting /export/home
>> but just couldn't mount /export/home/jlu. I got this error when try
>> to mount it,
>>
>> # mount berlin:/export/home/jlu /home
>> mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on berlin:/export/home/jlu,
>> or too many mounted file systems
>>
>> The strange thing is I have no problem doing it in Solaris 2.5 and 7.
>>
>> Does anyone saw this problem before? Please give me a help.
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> --Francis
>
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From: Graham Brereton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.x,comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.help
Subject: Re: installing SVGA server package
Date: Tue, 05 Sep 2000 20:59:47 +0100
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> I downloaded XFree86-svga-3.3.6-20.i386.rpm from Redhat website under
> win98. Then I copied the file to a floppy. After switching to
> Redhat6.0, I copied the file from the floppy to a dir.
>
> Then I typed 'rpm -i vh < filename >' and tried other options for -i ,
> but it all reported an error message saying " can't install < filename
> >, .....".
does it say "already installed" "failed dependancies" or what???
try "rpm -Uvh <filename>" (upgrade - if it's already installed)
> Well, I can only use the Internet on win98 at the moment,since I really
> make the ppp configuration right, so my only choice is to download the
> files under win98 and copy them onto floppy, then access the floppy in
> Redhat6.0.
linux can read from fat32 (vfat) drives...
> Does the installation failure has anything to do with the use of floppy
> drive?
>
> Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
> Before you buy.
--
Don't get my sympathy hanging out the 15th floor...
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Talk problem in linux
Date: Tue, 05 Sep 2000 20:01:15 GMT
Hi,
In trying to use "talk" on my Mandrake 7.0 system I got an error
message that said: "[Error or read from talk daemon:Connection refused
(111)]". Can anyone explain to me what that error is and how it can be
fixed?
Thanks in advance,
dhill
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Solved: was hlelp - ldconfig isn't updating my shared library cache
Date: Tue, 05 Sep 2000 20:19:12 GMT
It was a permission problem on /usr/local/lib. Setting the
permissions to rw-rw-rw- solved the problem.
much thanks,
jeff
___________________________________________________________________
This seems strange. I'm wondering if the directories themselves don't
give permissions to people to access them. Check the permissions of
/lib/ and /usr/lib/ and compare them to /usr/local/lib/, via:
ld -ald /usr/local/lib/ (and so on)
They should have read and execute for all users...the same is true for
the parent directories of /usr/local/lib/, so you must also check this
on /usr/local/ (we know /usr/ is fine because /usr/lib/ works).
If you change any permissions, as root, rerun ldconfig. Check for any
failure messages, and run ldconfig with the "-v" option (verbose) so
it
tells you what is going on. You might even want to make sure the libs
themselves are readable and executable by all; cd to /usr/local/lib/
and
do:
chmod ugo+rx lib*.so*
To change /usr/local/lib/, cd to /usr/local/lib/, and do (including
the
period):
chmod ugo+rx .
Do the same in /usr/local/:
chmod ugo+rx .
You'll get a warning that symbolic links weren't changed (they can't
be
changed) if any exist, but it won't hurt.
On Tue, 05 Sep 2000 12:36:37 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>Help,
>
>This question is related to a post i made earlier regarding a shared
>library problem with Nessus. That post and a reply are below. Redhat
>6.2, kernel 2.2.14, running on a sun sparc classic.
>
>The question i have is
>
>(1) libnessus.so.1 does exist in /usr/local/lib
>
>-but-
>
>(2) when i run ldconfig -p, none of the libraries in /usr/local/lib
>are showing up, even though /usr/local/lib is in the ld.so.conf file
>and i ran ldconfig (i even rebooted for good measure ;-) ). The
>output of ldconfig - p shows libraries in all the other directories
>listed in ld.so.conf (the only modification i made to the ld.so.conf
>was to add /usr/local/lib; otherwise it has the default directorys
>listed).
>
>Does anyone have any thoughts on what might be wrong given that
>/usr/local/lib isn't getting into the shared lib cache even though
>/usr/local/lib is in ld.so.conf?
>
>Could I create links in /usr/lib to point to the relevant files in
>/usr/local/lib? I really don't understand links that well and am not
>sure if this would work, but am not sure what else to do.
>
>thx in advance,
>jeff
>
><----- original post to comp.os.linux.security below ----->
>n article <39b4219a.6243693@news>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>> Redhat 6.2, Kernel 2.2.14, running on a sun sparc classic. I downloaded the
>> Nessus tarball files from nessus.org. I (a) read the install directions,
>> readme files, and the faq, (b) I made sure that
>> /usr/local/lib is included in my ld.so.conf fil and I ran ldconf, (c)
>> that /usr/local/bin appears in my path statement, and (d) I followed the
>> order the programs needs to be compiled in. I noticed no problems when I was
>> compiling, and it all seemed to work fine.
>>
>> However, when I try to execute nessus to add a user, get help, or try to
>> execute anything related to nessus, I get the following error message:
>>
>> #nessus: error in loading shared libraries: libnessus.so.1: cannot
>> open shared object file: No such file or directory
>>
>> Any help would be most appreciated. Thx in advance, jeff
>>
>
>>>Shared lib problem. the ldconfig you ran refreshed the shared lib cache, but
>>>program requires the libnessus.so.1 file to be available but isn't.
>
>>>Check to see if the libnessus.so.1 file is in /lib /usr/lib/ /usr/local/lib, I'm
>>>guessing it should be in the latter.
>
>>>ldconfig -p will display what is in the cache.
>
>>>The default paths are /lib /usr/lib. The /usr/local/lib gets added to ld.so.conf
>>>so that the dynamic linker knows where else to look. The ldconfig then
>>>rebuilds the cache.
>
>>>karl.
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From: "Gregory D. Horne" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Winmodems and Linux, a fix ? anyone?
Date: Tue, 05 Sep 2000 15:05:56 -0500
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sorry, Somerton but a few winmodems do work with Linux although they generally
require special configuration parameters. PCI modems are notorious for being
neutered in this manner.
SOMERTON KENNEDY wrote:
> winmodems dont work with linux sorrry
>
> Robert Clement wrote:
> >
> > Can anyone get a winmodem to work with Linux? Does anyone know of such a
> > thing?
> >
> > --
> > -----------------------------------------------------
> > Click here for Free Video!!
> > http://www.gohip.com/free_video/
--
Gregory D. Horne L I N U X .~.
Systems Analyst The Choice /V\
of a GNU /( )\
Generation ^^-^^
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From: "Murray Alexander" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Linux on Evergreen?
Date: Tue, 05 Sep 2000 20:27:11 GMT
I've put a new motherboard, floppy drive, and floppy drive cable into my
Linux box. Originally, it wouldn't boot from a floppy, but would boot from
the hard drive. The new board has an Evergreen processor (tried 4x33MHz and
3x40MHz). It won't boot from a floppy, but will boot from a MS-DOS formatted
hard drive.
When booting from my original hard drive (which is auto-detected correctly,
BTW), I get the 1st two chars of the "LILO" boot message, then it beeps, and
then it freezes. Gotta press Reset or cycle power.
Ideas, anyone? This is an old version of Linux, kernel is probably 1.x.x.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (M. Buchenrieder)
Subject: Re: Problems compiling kernel
Date: Tue, 5 Sep 2000 13:46:52 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
>On Tue, 05 Sep 2000 09:05:28 GMT, SockDogs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
[...]
>>In /usr/src/linux-2.2.14 I type �make xconfig� and add the AppleTalk
>>option to the kernel save and exit. I then type;
>>make dep
[...]
>do you have a link /usr/src/linux --> /usr/src/linux-2.2.14 ?
>You should have
>one. All the makefiles assume the source tree in /usr/src/linux
Irrelevant. As long as he uses the "make" command in the correct
directory, this doesn't make a significant difference. He'd get
a "file not found" or "nothing to be done for..." error.
And please adjust your line length.
[...]
>>and then a file called zImage appears in /usr/src/linux/arch/i386/boot/.
>I don't know what zImage is.
It's a zImage, but in the older format.
>I use bzImage, that works. You can make bzImage
>right after the make clean, instead of just make.
>>I copied this file to /boot where the existing kernel is and then
>>edited the /etc/lilo.conf file to the new kernel;
>>
>...
[...]
... and of course you missed to rerun "/sbin/lilo", which means
that your bootloader still points to the older image.
Michael
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From: "Gareth Williams" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Graphical LILO?
Date: Tue, 05 Sep 2000 21:42:46 +0000
"Dheera Venkatraman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> spake unto the multitude, saying:
> Hi, Is there any (free) graphical alternative to the 'LILO Boot:' thing?
> Nothing that I really need... but graphical would be nice :)
What? A graphical display which you'll only see for a few fleeting
seconds? Blimey, some people are just born aesthetes. I suppose
you could try PowerQuest Boot Magic, though...
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All the best, GH Williams.
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Crossposted-To: comp.society.futures,sci.astro.amateur
Subject: Re: so what do I do with my spare CPU cycles?
From: David Steuber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Tue, 05 Sep 2000 21:00:02 GMT
John Ridley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
' How much money could I save if I bought a car that could only go 60
' MPH, because that's all the faster I need to go?
You would pay extra for the cruise control or speed governor as most
cars doing 60mph on level ground, no wind, are using less than 10hp to
do it. You need more power than that to have safe acceleration
capability though.
Personally, I can't get enough CPU cycles. I have ways of burning
them up. Same goes for storage space. I fill it.
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NRA Member | of the NRA?" --- HUAC, 2004
Happiness is a SAAB Gripen <http://www.gripen.saab.se/> in the
garage, an FN-FAL in the safe, and an HK P7M8 on the hip.
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From: Jonathan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Is linux compatible with the "Asus K7V" Motherboard?
Date: Tue, 05 Sep 2000 20:54:09 GMT
In article <8oso8h$adt$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> The Asus K7V Motherboard uses the VIA KX133tm Chipset. Does anyone
know
> whether this chipset will support the installation of linux. Thanks.
> Joel.
>
> Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
> Before you buy.
>
Looks like a green light. Check this site for specs:
http://lhd.datapower.com/db/dispproduct.php3?DISP?975
Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
Before you buy.
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