Linux-Misc Digest #842, Volume #26 Wed, 17 Jan 01 16:13:04 EST
Contents:
looking for a2ps utility for HPII printer (John D Prokopek)
Re: rpm database in db3 format? ("ne...")
Re: How to tell which version of Linux (Lew Pitcher)
why can't i find any good GUI file managers? ("Anurodh Pokharel")
Re: XFree86 crashing monitor and mouse on Gateway Performace w/ EV700? (Bob Gamble)
Re: Serial Number (Henning Eiben)
Recovery from Win98 crash, Linux saves!. Need some advise (mike)
Re: Red Hat Linux 7.1 ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: why can't i find any good GUI file managers? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: another lilo problem (Leonard Evens)
Re: why can't i find any good GUI file managers? (Roger Blake)
Re: removing strange dir ~ (Andres Soolo)
Re: Automatic script to check bad blocks?! (Michael Heiming)
Re: Automatic script to check bad blocks?! (Bob Tennent)
open-source Visio app? ("buddy_holly")
help with setting up printer (richard noel fell)
Re: Linus Torvalds is dead?!?! (Floyd Davidson)
Re: Linux IDE RAID Cards (Gary)
Re: redhat7.0 and D-link DFE538TX (Gilles Turgeon)
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From: John D Prokopek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: looking for a2ps utility for HPII printer
Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2001 13:17:44 -0500
does anyone know of an a2ps print utility that work with an HPII
compatible printer?
thanks, I appreciate the help
--
John D. Prokopek
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
"The bus came by and I got on
thats when it all began ...."
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Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
From: "ne..." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: rpm database in db3 format?
Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2001 18:14:32 GMT
On Jan 17, 2001 at 13:45, -ljl- eloquently wrote:
>In article <93niv0$nb8$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Peter Bismuti) wrote:
>> I'm getting this message:
>>
>> cannot open Packages index using db3 - Permission denied (13)
>>
>> --> The rpm database cannot be opened in db3 format.
>> If you have just upgraded the rpm package you need to convert
>> your database to db3 format by running "rpm --rebuilddb" as root.
>>
>> error: cannot open Packages database in /var/lib/rpm
>>
>> I have run "rpm --rebuilddb" and it does not solve the problem. Can
>anyone
>> explain what is going on and how to fix it??
>
>Well, rpm version 4 is out and it's not compatable with rpm 3 because
>it uses dbm3. Unfortunately people are creating RPMs with version 4
>and not telling anyone. Best of all the source for RPM 4 is packaged
>with RPM 4, which can _not_ be installed on a system using RPM 3.
>Go figure.
I guess you have never visited Rethat's errata page.
Well a quick visit will reveal that rpm 3.0.5 will
do what you need. I've even included the url below.
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHEA-2000-051-01.html
--
Registered Linux User # 125653 (http://counter.li.org)
CONGRATULATIONS! Now should I make thinly veiled comments about
DIGNITY, self-esteem and finding TRUE FUN in your RIGHT VENTRICLE??
1:08pm up 6 days, 16:06, 9 users, load average: 0.01, 0.05, 0.18
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Lew Pitcher)
Subject: Re: How to tell which version of Linux
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2001 18:17:29 GMT
On Wed, 17 Jan 2001 17:13:36 -0000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Christopher
W. Aiken) wrote:
>Is there any command that can be run to determine which
>"flavor" of Linux is on a machine?
>
>I'm looking for something that will tell me if it has
>Slack, RH, SuSE, MD, Caldera, Storm, etc. installed. "uname"
>gives kernel version etc. and does not give the information
>I need.
There is no common way to determine which Linux distribution an
arbitrary system was built to. For every such scheme there will be at
least one distribution (even if it is my DIY linux distro) that does
not conform. In any case, such a scheme would have a difficult time
accomodating a "base distro plus custom changes" system (i.e.
Slackware 7.1, without X, with Apache, with the kernel upgraded to
2.4.0 does not equal "Slackware 7.1 distribution").
However, there are some places you can look for clues to which distro
was used as a base:
/etc sometimes carries a text file with the distro name (i.e.
/etc/slackware-version)
/etc/issue and/or /etc/issue.net sometines carries a distribution
identifier.
/etc/rc.d/rc.S (for Slackware) carries logic to init the /etc/issue
value
even the hostname and network name can indicate (by implication) which
distro (i.e. Slackware uses "darkstar" as it's hostname).
Lew Pitcher
Information Technology Consultant
Toronto Dominion Bank Financial Group
([EMAIL PROTECTED])
(Opinions expressed are my own, not my employer's.)
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From: "Anurodh Pokharel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: why can't i find any good GUI file managers?
Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2001 13:43:02 -0500
i use linux with window maker as the primary OS on my system.
But for some reason, i cant find any file managers that i could use with
eas for ordinary stuff that you day to day. i dunno it might just be me
but i toyed around with stuff on
freshmeat and a search in google but nothing is fast nor easy to use.
there are so many but often it happens to be either slow or just very
user unfriendly. I hate to say it but i am beginning to appreciate that
old win95 explorer more and more right now. But that can't be true
there's gotta be something out there.
My system is PII 266 with 32 MB RAM. I use Linux with only the stuff i
need and want becaue it is fast and the general trend with everything is
that the linux counter part is
faster and more reliable than that on windows
and i'd really hate to go back to that monster.
Can someone point me in the right direction on this..
thanks
-Anurodh
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Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2001 11:47:41 -0700
From: Bob Gamble <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.x,comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: XFree86 crashing monitor and mouse on Gateway Performace w/ EV700?
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
>
> > Hello,
> >
> > I am currently attempting to set up Linux on a Gateway
> ...<snip>...
> >
> > Recently, I was running XFree86 while under a heavy CPU load
> > and in the middle of a large download, and running irqtune so that
> > the modem would get higher priority in the IRQ listing. I attempted
> > to switch virtual terminals from X to a text console, as I've done many
> > times before without incident, when the monitor popped up a box
> > like it's configuration screen - except this time, it was complaining
> > that I had sent it a bad frequency (15 horizontal, approximately,
> > if I recall correctly) and it gave 20 seconds until it suspended itself.
> ...<snip>...
> > It is now working correctly. However, the pressing questions
> ...<snip>...
>
> I had a problem with intermittent failures of X-Windows. It turned out
> the CPU fan was failing and it was a long time before I discovered that
> that was the problem. You might want to take the skin off and have
> a look while the system is running.
>
> ---replace "ragwind.localdomain" with "rahul" to get my email address
Lets keep in touch on this. I had the same problem with a Gateway VX900, and
I thought it was just my setup. Apparently, these monitors are doing
something different, because you are the only other person I've seen in a
year to post about the same type of problem as mine. I don't have these
issues now, but once I start using some sort of power management, I'll
probably see the same thing occur. Feel free to email me for more info.
Bob
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From: Henning Eiben <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Serial Number
Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2001 18:47:38 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
fred smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> : how can I read the serial number of a storage device (eg. CD-ROM)
(the
> : number you get when you do something like "dir" in Windows/DOS)?
>
> If by "serial number" you mean the "volume ID", I've got a little C
> program that does it. I'll append it's source below. (Note that to use
> this program, the CD should NOT be mounted.) Compile it with:
Well I checked it ... and I get the name of the disk, but not this
serial number ... well, is there any other way to uniq identify a cdrom?
--
Henning Eiben
Application Engineer busitec GmbH
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From: mike <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Recovery from Win98 crash, Linux saves!. Need some advise
Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2001 19:12:05 GMT
Hi,
my girlfriend had Win98 on her Dell c:\ drive and I added a d:\
drive.
On part of it, I installed Redhat Linux 6.1. I had setup a DOS batchfile
on the c:\ drive to execute loadlin and boot to Linux.
Yesterday, I tried a trick to shorten the time to boot to Linux.
Instead
of going to Win98 and shutting down into DOS to boot Linux,
while the system was booting, I hit "control-F5", which on my Win95
machine, jumps the system into DOS without booting Windows.
What happened was a glitch that crashed her Win98 system. Upon
boot, the Win98 system said, " missing operating system" or "no
operating system". I did an fdisk /mbr to no avail. I was going to
do a "sys c:" from a Win98 boot floppy, but decided to wait and
study the system.
In DOS, I looked at the c:\ directory structure and found that
basically everything was intact except the the "C:\WINDOWS"
directory was missing !!!!.
I was able to boot into Linux from a boot floppy and mounted
the c:\ drive.
Low and behold, there in the bright light of the cathode ray tube
of the computer's monitors display was: "THE C:\WINDOWS"
DIRECTORY.!!!!.
Somehow Linux can see and access this directory, but WINDOWS 98
can't see its own directory. The Windows 98 directory is , litterally,
invisible to Windows.
How can this be?
I was thinking, if all else fails, to copy the c:\windows directory
to the d:\drive and then recreate a c:\windows directory and copy back
the contents.
Any ideas at restoring the Win98 system so I don't get crashed, by
my girlfriend. :-) ???
Thanks
Mike
P.S. My girlfriend needed a doctors number from her Word address file
on theWin98 drive.
I went into Linux and then Wordperfect and opened her Word
address book. I called the doctor for her and the day was saved.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Red Hat Linux 7.1
Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2001 19:27:12 GMT
I hope you are right. I went to a CompUSA which carried a $30 boxed
basic RedHat 7. We buy one copy to nod to RedHat to keep up the <insert
your opinion here> work. $30 spent on RedHat is a $60+ plus loss for
M$. The ole kernel rpm upgrade would justify my faith...
Jhary-a-Conel
www.multiverse.org
In article <Qet86.51189$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
"Thorin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Robert Spangler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> news:93snmg$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> > What would interest me more is if RH is going to add the 2.4 kernel
to the
> > 7.x or wait until 8.x?
> >
>
> RedHat is supposedly testing the 2.4 Kernel for relase as we speak. I
can
> only assume if they are going to release it (RPM'ed) as an upgrade
that the
> plan would be to utilize it in 7.x.
>
> Just speculating...
>
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: why can't i find any good GUI file managers?
Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2001 19:27:43 GMT
In article <944p8c$ko0$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
"Anurodh Pokharel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> i use linux with window maker as the primary OS on my system.
> But for some reason, i cant find any file managers that i could use
with
> eas for ordinary stuff that you day to day. i dunno it might just be
me
> but i toyed around with stuff on
> freshmeat and a search in google but nothing is fast nor easy to use.
> there are so many but often it happens to be either slow or just very
> user unfriendly...
If the available programs don't fill your needs, perhaps
you should write your own? You sound like you have
a fairly good idea of what you want to do.
Laura Halliday VE7LDH "Que les nuages soient notre
Grid: CN89mg pied a terre..." - Hospital/Shafte
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From: Leonard Evens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: another lilo problem
Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2001 13:23:52 -0600
Jan Vandesompele wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> I have a pc system with a 12Gb harddrive in it. I installed my Redhat distro
> (7) at the end of my harddrive. I create a boot disk so I can boot my linux.
> However I want to install lilo so that i don't need that annoying bootdisk
> anymore. When I tried to install lilo (by executing /etc/lilo) I get the
> error:
> Added linux
> Warning: device 0x0307 exceeds 1024 cylinder limit
> Fatal: sector 17045028 too large for linear mode (try 'lba32' instead)
>
> Lilo is not installed however. What do they mean with lba32? Is this the
> harddisk mode you can set in most bios'es?
> I can set it in mine however (it's a crappy Dell computer).
> Someone suggested to create a small partition at the beginning of my
> harddisk so that linux can boot from that. But how do I do that?
> I create a linux native partition of let's say 100mb and then?
>
> Hopefully someone can help me out...
>
> Jan Vandesompele
Older versions of lilo required that the partition containing the
kernel be entirely below cylinder 1024. The latest version of lilo
does not require this, but you need a line in /etc/lilo.conf of the
form lba32. If there is a line of the form linear, that should be
removed and replaced by the lba32 line.
Since you don't say which version of Linux you have and which
version of lilo, it is not clear whether or not your version of
lilo supports booting from beyond cylinder 1023.
--
Leonard Evens [EMAIL PROTECTED] 847-491-5537
Dept. of Mathematics, Northwestern Univ., Evanston, IL 60208
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Roger Blake)
Subject: Re: why can't i find any good GUI file managers?
Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2001 19:51:33 GMT
On Wed, 17 Jan 2001 13:43:02 -0500, Anurodh Pokharel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>But for some reason, i cant find any file managers that i could use with
>eas for ordinary stuff that you day to day. i dunno it might just be me
Maybe because using the command line is faster and better for most things?
--
Roger Blake
(remove second "g" and second "m" from address for email)
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From: Andres Soolo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: removing strange dir ~
Date: 17 Jan 2001 19:53:55 GMT
Bit Twister <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Any time I'am worried about how rm will parse the wildcards
> I will do a ls instead of rm to see what is selected.
Note that it works only because rm doesn't parse wildcards at all. :-)
--
Andres Soolo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
One of the lessons of history is that nothing is often a good thing to
do and always a clever thing to say.
-- Will Durant
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Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2001 20:52:22 +0100
From: Michael Heiming <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Automatic script to check bad blocks?!
Xavier ROCHE wrote:
> Hi,
>
> This script if supposed to switch to runlevel 1, umount all filesystems,
> check for bad blocks / repair automatically, and remount everything.
> The problem is that runlevel 1 don't seem to work very well here, how
> can the script waits for level 1, and then run e2fsck?
>
> Any idea would be nice, as I didn't find the way to easily check
> automatically all disks for bad blocks on Linux
>
> #!/bin/sh
>
> # Filesystem badblocks test
> # - Umount all filesystems
> # - Check filesystems & bad blocks on all fs
> # - Remount all filesystems
>
> # Check all necessary binaries..
> if test ! -x /sbin/runlevel; then echo "/sbin/runlevel not found"; exit;
> fi
> if test ! -x /sbin/init; then echo "/sbin/init not found"; exit; fi
> if test ! -x /usr/bin/cut; then echo "/usr/bin/cut not found"; exit; fi
> if test ! -x /bin/df; then echo "/bin/df not found"; exit; fi
> if test ! -x /bin/grep; then echo "/bin/grep not found"; exit; fi
> if test ! -x /bin/sed; then echo "/bin/sed not found"; exit; fi
> if test ! -x /bin/umount; then echo "/bin/umount not found"; exit; fi
> if test ! -x /sbin/e2fsck; then echo "/sbin/e2fsck not found"; exit; fi
> if test ! -x /bin/mount; then echo "/bin/mount not found"; exit; fi
> if test ! -x /sbin/init; then echo "/sbin/init not found"; exit; fi
> echo "Filesystem badblocks test ..";
>
> # Test if we run in runlevel 2
> if test `/sbin/runlevel|cut -c3-4` = 2; then
>
> # Switch to init 1
> echo "Switching to runlevel 1 .."
> /sbin/init 1
>
> # Test if we are now in runlevel 1
> if test `/sbin/runlevel|/usr/bin/cut -c3-4` = 1; then
>
> # Catch drives
> DRIVES=`/bin/df -k|/bin/grep -E '^/dev/'|/bin/sed -e
> 's/\(\/dev\/[a-z,0-9]*\).*/\1/'`
>
> # Umount everything (/ is now read-only)
> echo "Umounting filesystems .."
> /bin/umount -r -a
>
> echo "Checking filesystems .."
> for i in $DRIVES; do
> echo "Checking $i .."
> /sbin/e2fsck -f -p -c "$i"
> done
>
> # Remount
> echo "Remounting root filesystem .."
> /bin/mount -o remount,rw /
> echo "Remounting filesystems .."
> /bin/mount -a
>
> else
> echo "Error: unable to change current runlevel (to 1) "
> fi
>
> # Switch to init 2
> echo "Switching to runlevel 2 .."
> /sbin/init 2
>
> echo "Done!"
>
> else
> echo "Error: bad current runlevel (!= 2) "
> fi
Hello,
I would like to know why you made a script for this?
You could measure how long it takes to reach runlevel 1 and try:
sleep - delay for a specified amount of time
Good luck
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bob Tennent)
Subject: Re: Automatic script to check bad blocks?!
Date: 17 Jan 2001 19:51:11 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Wed, 17 Jan 2001 18:19:58 +0100, Xavier ROCHE wrote:
>
>This script if supposed to switch to runlevel 1, umount all filesystems,
>check for bad blocks / repair automatically, and remount everything.
>The problem is that runlevel 1 don't seem to work very well here, how
>can the script waits for level 1, and then run e2fsck?
>
>Any idea would be nice, as I didn't find the way to easily check
>automatically all disks for bad blocks on Linux
Have you considered doing it from a boot/rescue disk?
Bob T.
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From: "buddy_holly" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.visio,comp.os.linux.development.apps,linux.redhat.misc
Subject: open-source Visio app?
Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2001 11:33:07 -0900
Is there anything like Visio that runs on Linux?
thanks in advance to any help
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From: richard noel fell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: linux.redhat.install
Subject: help with setting up printer
Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2001 16:42:25 -0500
I have upgraded to redhat 7.0 and am installing a hp laser jet 1100
printer. All seems to go well via printtool. I have chosen the hp
laserjet 4/5/6 filters and test pages print quite nicely, as happens if
I choose the other laser jet filters. However, I cannot get the printer
to print ps pages from, say, ghostviewl, or for that matter, a web page
from Netscape. Only garbage is printed.
I have looked at linuxprinting.org and there it says the 1100 works
perfectly which indicates to me that I may need a new driver. However,
when clicking on the link for the 1100 driver, one gets a warning about
an absent url page.
Has anyone gotten this printer to work and if so how should I ammend
my system so that I can get things working properly.
Thanks very much for any help.
Dick Fell
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From: Floyd Davidson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Linus Torvalds is dead?!?!
Date: 17 Jan 2001 11:17:14 -0900
John Hasler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Floyd Davidson writes:
>> But can you trust a dead man to tell the truth?
>
>Good point. Also, notice that the message wasn't signed. Suspicious, all
>this coming right after the release of 2.4.
Its a dead issue though.
--
Floyd L. Davidson <http://www.ptialaska.net/~floyd>
Ukpeagvik (Barrow, Alaska) [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Gary <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Re: Linux IDE RAID Cards
Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2001 00:45:19 -0500
Chris Lopeman wrote:
>
> Thank you for the link. But I am really looking for
> actually experience with these products not the
> manufacture's propaganda.
I work in a test/development lab for IDE RAID controllers,
and your statement may have some merit when it is regarding
marketing types, but hardware people like myself have
individually more experience in the area than most of the
population at large combined. Granted it may be narrow in
scope,
but that would be no different than any user.
Discounting information BECAUSE it's from the manufacturer
is unfair, short sighted, and not even a little bit self
serving... IMO that is.
So, here I am as a qualified user to answer your question
> Can anyone recommend a good raid IDE controller for Linux.
You really don't want to hear the possible solutions,
apparently
you think an anonymous post is somehow more credible which
by the
way can also be a manufacturer "Shill" responding, no?
At any rate,
My opinion on IDE RAID is that it's a good economical safety
net
that can save your bacon if your drive goes belly up
regardless
WHO makes it.
Some things it (at least ours) doesn't do:
1. Eliminate the need for backup.
Viruses, and file deletions happen on BOTH drives, so backup
is
still needed, like it or not.
2. Absolve the user of common sense deployment. Having a UPS
is a good example of a sensible deployment plan.
3. Give you 25 meters of cable length. IDE is NOT SCSI,
never
was, and likely will not be either.
4. Make a perfect fit to every possible installation
scenario.
For example, with our RaidCase II you lose your slave drive
on
your primary controller. IDE isn't particularly rich in
ports, and
it's a BIG pill to swallow. If you need hot swap however
(which also
gives you the ability to backup while the machine is hot)
you have
to make a decision and possibly get a new system board with
4 IDE ports
to accommodate this Achilles heel.
We know that native software support is a big issue for
Linux users,
message received.
We are currently working on LINUX (in alpha) and Macintosh
(in Beta)
support software. Will it perform to your needs? I don't
know. At
first blush it (the LINUX APP) won't be as fully featured as
our
Win32 applet, but your options are so few now, there's
little risk
considering the cost versus the benefit.
Some things you CAN have (at least with our products) using
IDE RAID
1. Hot Swap.
2. Background rebuild
3. Native O/S support
4. Remote monitoring
5 External warning enabled (for relays and lights/sirens)
6. No device drivers
Do you think we'll have a hard time finding people to sign
up
to test our BETA LINUX app? I hope not :-)
Regards,
Gary
ARCO Computer Products
RAID Test LAB
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From: Gilles Turgeon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: redhat7.0 and D-link DFE538TX
Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2001 21:09:11 GMT
Washington Zhang wrote:
> Hi, everyone, i am a coplete newbie for Linux and encounter problem when i
> configure my ethernet card. I cannot connnect to the net using RH7.0, which
> i downloaded from redhat.com recently, and my card is D-Link DFE-538TX
> Adapter. During the istallation, it did not ruquire my to cofigure network
> setting( i think it cannot recognize the card). When it boots, i notice
> there is a line show that check "eth0" is failed, after logging on as root,
> i run # ifconfig, what i fget is justs "lo", no inoformation about "eth0". I
> try to configure it by myself, unfortunately, when i run # ifconfig eh0
> ......, no matter what i input, it tells me that "the device does not exit".
> I also try to do it using "netcfg" in GNOME, ha, i can set my IP address at
> eth0 and netmask and so on, but there is no information about eth0 when i
> check with "ifconfig", and i get the same message that check eth0 failed at
> boot.
> According to a mailing list, the latest driver for D-Link DFE538TX is
> rtl8139.o, and it is available in RH kernel, so what can i do now?
> Thanks and regards!
> BTW: My pc is dual system: RH7.0 and Windows2000 and the Ethernet card work
> well under windows2000
I suppose that you have the 2.2.16-22 Kernel with come with Red Hat 7.0.
Place your DFE538TX drivers disquette in the floppy drive and copy the "Linux"
directory somewhere. I suppose you are root, so /root is a good place.
Enter in /root/linux and do "make". This compile the rtl8139.c to rtl8139.o.
Now enter "insmod rtl8139.o" and follow the rest or the "Readme.txt"
instructions. This will install the drivers in the appropriate directory.
I has exactely the same problems some day ago. And I fix it like this. But, I
has also a other problem, the 2.2.16 kernel don't see my PCI modem. The 2.4
Kernel see it ... but the rtl8139.o file was not usable. And I can't recompile
this file without error. Si if someone answer you about this Kernel and the
compilation of this file, please forward me the message...
Gilles.
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