Linux-Misc Digest #486, Volume #26 Thu, 7 Dec 00 09:13:01 EST
Contents:
Re: Can and Can't Boot from RH 6.2 CD-ROM (DualIP)
help !! A error message !! I do not know how to slove , thanks !! ("kitty")
Re: help !! A error message !! I do not know how to slove , thanks !! (Eric)
Static and Dynamic Compile (Bell)
Re: amd k6 - signal 11 (Olle Viksten)
realvideo and linux firewall and squid (fuchs gerhard)
verify surface (Lodo Nicolino)
Re: verify surface (jabba)
Re: Another Sendmail Question (Jean-David Beyer)
Re: getting back Gnome Panel (Jean-David Beyer)
Re: New To Linux - Distributions ("MCGWIER ROBERT")
Re: amd k6 - signal 11 (Alexei Kichkine)
Re: Windows emulator... (Joshua Baker-LePain)
OpenSSL Installation ("Flej Ling")
Re: Scaling images ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Does anyone know!?!?! ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Disaster recovery info (Svend Olaf Mikkelsen)
Re: ATI All-In-Wonder + RH7 ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Can and Can't Boot from RH 6.2 CD-ROM (Lee Allen)
BOOT TIME PROBLEM (Arregui Rementeria Miguel)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (DualIP)
Subject: Re: Can and Can't Boot from RH 6.2 CD-ROM
Date: Thu, 07 Dec 2000 09:14:07 GMT
On Wed, 06 Dec 2000 21:53:58 -0800, Wayne Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>I've successfully been able to boot from my RH 6.2 CD-ROM and get into rescue mode on
>one computer
>that contains DOS, NT 4.0 and Linux. On the other computer, which contains NT 4.0
>only, no such
>luck. On the second computer, I've tried boot up parameters for CD-ROM as first
>choice, and second
>choice disabled for boot, but it just goes right for the hard disk every time. Any
>ideas what I'm up
>against? Very odd. I'm pretty sure if I use first choice as a floppy, it will try to
>boot from a
>floppy. Very odd. Yes, the CD-ROM is in when I try the boot.
Check BIOS setup to set 1st bootable device.
Only newer (couple of years) BIOSes support boot from CDROM
DualIP
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From: "kitty" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: help !! A error message !! I do not know how to slove , thanks !!
Date: Thu, 7 Dec 2000 14:58:40 +0800
HELLO
I HAVE A QUESTION.
MY LINUX(MAIL-SERVER) TO APPEAR : "Unable to load
interpreter".
WHAT IS THIS ERROR-MESSAGE ? HOW TO SOLVE IT THAT I DO'T KNOW ?
SO IF ANYONE COULD HELP PLEASE COULD YOU E-MAIL ME AT
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
THANKYOU VERY MUCH FOR ALL YOUR HELP!!!
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From: Eric <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: help !! A error message !! I do not know how to slove , thanks !!
Date: Thu, 07 Dec 2000 10:33:19 +0100
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
kitty wrote:
>
> HELLO
> I HAVE A QUESTION.
> MY LINUX(MAIL-SERVER) TO APPEAR : "Unable to load
> interpreter".
> WHAT IS THIS ERROR-MESSAGE ? HOW TO SOLVE IT THAT I DO'T KNOW ?
> SO IF ANYONE COULD HELP PLEASE COULD YOU E-MAIL ME AT
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> THANKYOU VERY MUCH FOR ALL YOUR HELP!!!
Seen this message before.
I believe it was answered?
And as I said then: DON'T SHOUT.
Eric
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From: Bell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Static and Dynamic Compile
Date: Thu, 7 Dec 2000 09:37:53 -0000
This has _got_ to be easy :)
But just not for me :(
I can't find how to compile something statically against one library
and dynamically against the other libraries.
Any help much appreciated
Bell
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Olle Viksten)
Subject: Re: amd k6 - signal 11
Date: Thu, 07 Dec 2000 09:43:39 GMT
On Thu, 07 Dec 2000 06:52:57 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>Well, my old machine has an amdk6 -233 and I get signal 11 when doing
>cpu intensive ops (compiling gcc). I look at the signall 11 faq/page.
>My cpu doesn't match the serial number. I yanked out the memory one at
>a time and it still signals 11. So I figure it must be cpu.
>However, I can't find any place that sells the k6-233 (which is the max
>the Motherboard can handle).
> Any ideas?
> Kurt
Have you checked the cpu fan? I had a similar problem and it t�rned out
to be an overheated CPU. One way to check this is to put a freezer clamp
(the kind used for cooling beer on a picnic) beside the CPU and start
heavy compiling. If the problem goes away it probably is a cooling
problem.
Don't forget to take out the freezer clamp, moisture inside a computer
is likely to cause more problems. :-)
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From: fuchs gerhard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: realvideo and linux firewall and squid
Date: Thu, 07 Dec 2000 11:24:31 +0100
hi!
we are behind a ipchains firewall. and one of our new problems to solve
is the following:
realplayer works on my machine - but for me all ports are open. i
configured realplayer to use only http traffic and to use our proxy.
on my maschine the streaming works.
on the other maschines the realplayer can not connect to the streaming
target. the configuration of the real player ist the same. the other
clients can only use port 3128.
question: how should i configure the firewall (or realplayer) , so that
normal clients can use the streaming??
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From: Lodo Nicolino <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: verify surface
Date: Thu, 07 Dec 2000 10:33:54 GMT
Hi a am Nico.
I would like to ask if there is an utility for to check the hard disk
surface.
Something like the "badtrk" in ScoUnix.
I have got a red-hat 6.2
Thanks in advance.
Nico
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From: jabba <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: verify surface
Date: Thu, 07 Dec 2000 15:17:01 +0300
Lodo Nicolino wrote:
>
> Hi a am Nico.
> I would like to ask if there is an utility for to check the hard disk
> surface.
> Something like the "badtrk" in ScoUnix.
> I have got a red-hat 6.2
> Thanks in advance.
> Nico
See manpage on fsck (e2fsck).
Ja
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From: Jean-David Beyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.mail.sendmail,comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Another Sendmail Question
Date: Thu, 07 Dec 2000 05:50:34 -0500
"Peter T. Breuer" wrote:
>
> In comp.os.linux.misc Lamar Thomas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > "Peter T. Breuer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> > news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> >> In comp.os.linux.misc Lamar Thomas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >> > re-formatted two more times with the same results. Sendmail loads fine with
> >> > no errors [OK]. It just will not receive e-mail. Any ideas? Thanks for any
> >>
> >> Configure it. It needs at least to know your host name and domainname
> >> as well as to BE RUNNING. If you do not understand what those two words
> >> mean, I strongly suggest you ask yourself before you ask me!
> >>
> > I know what a host name and domain name are, but WHERE do I configure them
> > in RH Linux 6.2 and what is the syntax? I used the "Linuxconf" utility to
>
> That's between you and RH 6.2. I presume it comes with a setup tool!
For the record, it does, but you may wish to be a little careful with
it. It runs on top of X. If you are root and type control-panel into
an xterm, you will get a button bar. Select the button for Networking
and you will get a dialog box to set up all the networking. The
default tab should be "NAMES". The top line should be filled in with
your host name and the second line should have your domain name.
IIRC, the main trouble you will get if you change either of these is
that X will soon drop dead because it is still running with the old
names (although you should be able to commit the change of host name
or domain name). So be ready to restart X because nothing on your
desktop will work.
As Peter suggests, it is better to do these at the command line level
(i.e., logout of X entirely) to avoid this problem by editing
/etc/HOSTNAME (probably useless) and /etc/sysconfig/network to look
something like mine:
valinux:root[/etc/sysconfig]# cat network
NETWORKING=yes
FORWARD_IPV4=no
HOSTNAME=valinux
DOMAINNAME=localdomain
GATEWAY=
GATEWAYDEV=
valinux:root[/etc/sysconfig]#
(If I do hosthame -f, I get: "valinux.localdomain".)
> If you want to do it by hand, edit /etc/HOSTNAME and /etc/hosts. Then
> run hostname `cat /etc/HOSTNAME`. And if RH don't use that file, use
> whatever one they do use ... something under /etc/sysconfig/ probably.
>
> > set the host name and domain name for the system. Is there some place that
>
> That's all you have to do. Mind you, RH gets this wrong by default as
> far as I have seen, adding them as aliases for localhost and leaving
> them that way when you later add a NIC.
>
> > I need to set it for sendmail?
>
> In sendmail's configuration file. But if the system hostname and
> domainname is setup correctly, it won't be necessary. So what does
> "hostname -f" tell you?
>
> Is sendmail RUNNING? Type "pstree" and look.
>
> Peter
--
.~. Jean-David Beyer Registered Linux User 85642.
/V\ Registered Machine 73926.
/( )\ Shrewsbury, New Jersey
^^-^^ 5:40am up 2 days, 14:29, 3 users, load average: 2.08, 2.09, 2.06
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From: Jean-David Beyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: getting back Gnome Panel
Date: Thu, 07 Dec 2000 06:05:09 -0500
webqueen, queen of the web wrote:
>
> I installed enlightenment and lost the Gnome menu at the bottom of the
> screen. Its called the panel I think?
Right.
> Can someone advise me how to get
> it back?
>
> Also, I used the Gnome Menu editor and added items to the User Menu, yet
> they don't show up? Is there a trick?
I forget how to get that problem, but it drove me crazy.
The way not to do it is to somehow get a start button and press
Panel->Create New Panel, because it will last only until you log out
and then disappear. I tried that first, though I do not recall how I
got that far.
Center-Click on desktop. Select Gnome Apps->Help System.
Select GNOME USER'S GUIDE and examine 11.) Resetting the GNOME
session.
I discovered this by hit and miss techniques when in a panic. There
are a few more details to deal with that I cannot remember, but that
will be a start.
Good luck.
--
.~. Jean-David Beyer Registered Linux User 85642.
/V\ Registered Machine 73926.
/( )\ Shrewsbury, New Jersey
^^-^^ 5:50am up 2 days, 14:39, 3 users, load average: 2.01, 2.04, 2.04
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From: "MCGWIER ROBERT" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: New To Linux - Distributions
Date: Thu, 07 Dec 2000 11:20:31 GMT
This smells remarkably like a collection of remarks
instead of questions.
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:90h7n7$pun$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> In article <ybiT5.13365$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> "Mike" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Hi everyone,
> >
> > I am thinking about downloading and installing Linux for the first
> time. I
> > am very familiar with Windows/DOS environments but from what I have
> > heard/seen of Linux so far I have a feeling I am going to be pretty
> lost,
> > but I think I would like to try it any way.
> >
> > I have found huge lists of Linux Distributions, and I am not sure
> which one
> > to get. Bascially I use my computer for Windows based games (such as
> Red
> > Alert 1/2, Quake 3, Unreal Tournament, C&C Tiberian Sun, and a few
> other
> > DirectX and OpenGL based games) and the only application I use
> heavily is
> > Microsoft Office 2000. Can I run these things in a particular Linux
> > distribtion, if so which one?
> >
> > I have an Athlon 700, 256 RAM, Geforce 2 GTS system as well.
> >
> > Can any one recommend a distribution for me? Prefereably one that is
> > novice-medium level of "difficulty" too...
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> > Mike
> >
> I'm not sure how large your hard drive is, but you could try a dual
> boot. That way you could keep Windoze on your computer and put Linux
> on at the same time. Linux doesn't usually take more than 3 gigs with
> some room to spare. If you could get Partition Magic it is possible to
> put aside some area on you HD just for Linux and install it there.
> That way if you decided later that you didn't like Linux, you could
> delete that partition and reclaim it as FAT32. I would recommend a few
> things first:
> 1. make sure that all you hardware is supported by the distro you pick
> 2. get it on CD, do not download from the internet. Downloading a
> linux distro from the web takes forever.
> 3. read the manuals and study for a while before doing the install.
> 4. back up your HD.
>
>
>
> Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
> Before you buy.
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From: Alexei Kichkine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: amd k6 - signal 11
Date: 07 Dec 2000 15:57:45 +0500
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Olle Viksten) writes:
> On Thu, 07 Dec 2000 06:52:57 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> >Well, my old machine has an amdk6 -233 and I get signal 11 when doing
> >cpu intensive ops (compiling gcc). I look at the signall 11 faq/page.
> >My cpu doesn't match the serial number. I yanked out the memory one at
> >a time and it still signals 11. So I figure it must be cpu.
> >However, I can't find any place that sells the k6-233 (which is the max
> >the Motherboard can handle).
> > Any ideas?
> > Kurt
>
> Have you checked the cpu fan? I had a similar problem and it t�rned out
> to be an overheated CPU. One way to check this is to put a freezer clamp
> (the kind used for cooling beer on a picnic) beside the CPU and start
> heavy compiling. If the problem goes away it probably is a cooling
> problem.
There is special FAQ about combination of Sig11 and GCC.
http://sunsite.doc.ic.ac.uk/packages/Linux/sunsite.unc-mirror/docs/faqs/GCC-SIG11-FAQ
--
Best regards, Alexei Kichkine
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From: Joshua Baker-LePain <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Windows emulator...
Date: 7 Dec 2000 13:30:03 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I need Windows for the following tasks:
> -Compile C++ OpenGL programs
> -Optionnal: Run these OpenGL programs (with acceleration if possible)
That second one is fairly unlikely to happen.
> -Use explorer (set up with ethernet)
You mean IE? Ick.
> I know only of VMWare that could do this job, but it's pretty fucked up (it
> fucked my LAN...)
We use VMware here and like it very much. How exactly did it fuck your
LAN? As a first guess, if you set it up for bridged networking, you'd
better give the virtual machine a unique IP address...
Note that VMware won't let you run accelerated GL apps.
--
Joshua Baker-LePain
Department of Biomedical Engineering
Duke University
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From: "Flej Ling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: OpenSSL Installation
Date: Thu, 7 Dec 2000 05:32:36 -0800
When installing OpenSSL you have the option of creating shared libraries.
The INSTALL file says that if your system knows what is needed to build
shared libraries they are not currently created by default, but giving the
option "shared" will get them created. The "shared" option is described as
"In addition to the usual static libraries, create shared libraries on
platforms where it's supported".
QUESTIONS: What are shared libraries? Why might I want them (instead of
static libraries)? Why does it create both when you specify "shared", (ie:
rather than just shared libraries)?
Thanks,
Flej Ling
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Scaling images
Date: Thu, 7 Dec 2000 13:10:25 +0000
Aulne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> did eloquently scribble:
> Thanks guys. This is exactly what I needed... and it was all along on my PC
> without me knowing it! Is there somewhere a detailed list (i.e. with a good
> description of what a package can do) of every package included in say, Red
> Hat or SuSE or Mandrake distributions?
A usefull command is apropos.
This scans though a man database and lists all packages that refer to a
certain keyword.
"apropos images" for example comes up with a long list of programs and
routines that manipulate images, for example, with a brief description of
what the program/routine does.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Does anyone know!?!?!
Date: Thu, 7 Dec 2000 13:17:21 +0000
[EMAIL PROTECTED] did eloquently scribble:
> Hello,
> I am trying to run the talk command but I get the message that
> the connection is refused. I changed the disable = yes to no for the
> talk file in the /etc/xinet.d/talk but still get the error. Am I
> missing some other config file? I could not find any usefull
> documention on the configuration of this. Any help would be much
> appreciated. Thanks in advance.
Connection refused means there's no talk daemon running on your machine.
talkd is normally wrapped in inetd, so you need to edit /etc/inetd.conf and
remove the hash from the beginnning of the line containing in.talkd, save
the file and restart inetd.
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|Andrew Halliwell BSc(hons)| I can SMELL!!! KRYTEN!!! Unpack Rachel and |
| in | get out the puncture repair kit!" |
| Computer Science | Arnold Judas Rimmer- Red Dwarf |
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Svend Olaf Mikkelsen)
Subject: Re: Disaster recovery info
Date: Thu, 07 Dec 2000 13:56:55 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Neil Montgomery) wrote:
>My computer at home dual boots Windows95 (family members think they
>need MSOffice) and GNU/Linux. Windows95 has been behaving very badly
>of late, so I decided to reinstall it. I was somewhat aware that doing
>so would probably affect the ability for the two operating systems to
>cooperate, so I made what I believed were the necessary preparations
>to do the reinstall.
>
>What I did not do is record the details of the partition table, which
>is unfortunate, since the Windows95 reinstallation helpfully removed
>it for me.
>
>I am somewhat resigned to the fact that I may have to start the Linux
>side over again from scratch, unless there is anyone who can point me
>to resources that might help me recover from this problem.
>
>All I can do at the moment is, using a floppy and CD provided with my
>SuSE 6.1 distribution, run Linux in a "rescue mode".
>
>What I can't do, of course, is mount any of the old filesystems, since
>they no longer exist.
>
>I would imagine that the data on the hard drive is still there. I
>would like to see if there is any damage recovery I can undertake,
>just as much to learn how as anything else.
>
>\begin{humility} Although I realize my preparations for any kind of
>disaster were woefully inadequate \end{humility}, \begin{rant} my
>utter disdain for that oozing, smelly, pus-like growth masquerading as
>an operating system cannot be expressed strongly enough! \end{rant}
>
>Regards,
>Neil Montgomery
>[EMAIL PROTECTED]
You can get Findpart at http://inet.uni2.dk/~svolaf/utilities.htm
do
findpart all +fat fp.txt
and post the content from fp.txt.
--
Svend Olaf
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: ATI All-In-Wonder + RH7
Date: Thu, 07 Dec 2000 13:59:49 GMT
webqueen, queen of the web <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Finally an O/S release with drivers for this card! I couldn't even find
> it in SuSe.
> Now that I selected ATI All-in-Wonder drivers, does this mean I can
> watch TV now somehow? Does anyone know how to turn on the TV ap?
Yep... Check out:
http://cvs.core.binghamton.edu/~insomnia/gatos/
If you have XFree86 4.0.1 you might even be able to use the Xv
extension to get pretty high quality TV (and eventually Video4Linux
support) for the card. There's info on that, as well, at the URL I
provided.
Adam
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Lee Allen)
Subject: Re: Can and Can't Boot from RH 6.2 CD-ROM
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Thu, 07 Dec 2000 14:00:31 GMT
On Thu, 07 Dec 2000 09:14:07 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
(DualIP) wrote:
>On Wed, 06 Dec 2000 21:53:58 -0800, Wayne Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>wrote:
>
>>I've successfully been able to boot from my RH 6.2 CD-ROM and get into rescue mode
>on one computer
>>that contains DOS, NT 4.0 and Linux. On the other computer, which contains NT 4.0
>only, no such
>>luck. On the second computer, I've tried boot up parameters for CD-ROM as first
>choice, and second
>>choice disabled for boot, but it just goes right for the hard disk every time. Any
>ideas what I'm up
>>against? Very odd. I'm pretty sure if I use first choice as a floppy, it will try to
>boot from a
>>floppy. Very odd. Yes, the CD-ROM is in when I try the boot.
>
>Check BIOS setup to set 1st bootable device.
>Only newer (couple of years) BIOSes support boot from CDROM
Like *he* said.
If you can't get it to boot from the CD, use the RedHat boot floppy --
it does the same thing. I always do it with the CD in the drive, but
now that I think of it, I don't think it even references the CD.
-Lee Allen
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From: Arregui Rementeria Miguel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: BOOT TIME PROBLEM
Date: Thu, 7 Dec 2000 14:02:01 +0100
Hi comunity,
I have just installed a Linux in my Pentium II. This time
the whole HDD i have given to our favourite operating system.
When i installed it i decided for the lilo not to have a prompt
and to start booting with a timeout of 0 centiseconds. The install went
smooth and i configured sound modem and mail without trouble. But now
at random, when i switch the computer on i get some seriour problems.
I will describe what the scoop is about: The BIOS checks for RAM and
verifyes the 128 MBytes i have in the motherboard splited in two dimms.
Then it recognices all peripherals and gives to me a report. At this
time the BIOS should look for a bootable device, ... should, but
apparently it doesn't. It just waits, waits and waits... and i get
frustrated, frustrated and frustrated until i switch the computer off
and on again. Maybe in one of my restarts and after the first 10 secs of
frustration lilo appears and starts booting linux.
I am beginning to suspect weird things, such as that the install process
has screwed up my BIOS by means of a bug in the local time settings or
something worse.... what can i do other than trying to update my
BIOS??, any ideas??, please send me whatever idea or info you can think
off before i kill my motherboard with an overdose of switching.
Cluse:
ps/2 mouse
external modem at COM1 in DOS
ZIP100 unit in the parallel port.
S3 Virge 4 megs. GX2; ( in the AGP)
sound blaster 16 compatible ALS
Thanks a lot for your help.
I cannot tell you the BIOS version, because since last succesful boot i
would not dare switching off my linux box, but my mtherboard is:
ATX LX6 MS-6117
Miguel Arregui
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