Linux-Misc Digest #846, Volume #26 Thu, 18 Jan 01 02:13:02 EST
Contents:
SVGA: unable to open /dev/agpgart: No such device (david C.)
Re: writing to ntfs from linux? ("D. Stimits")
Re: scsi emulation problem... ("Mal Whitten")
Re: What to do about win apps when wanting linux stability? (Lincoln Peters)
Re: Linux 2.4 on RH7.0 (Lincoln Peters)
Re: writing to ntfs from linux? (Chris Sorenson)
How to auto-expand threads in Netscape 6 ? (Arctic Storm)
Printing... (Andrew)
Re: linux2.4.0: VFS: can't mount root 03:05 (Vito)
Time to compile a kernel (Eric Ho)
printing (Andrew)
Re: Serial console to Router? (Jani Ravas)
Re: Enter escape charcter in vi or another editor ("Joe (theWordy) Philbrook")
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From: david C. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: SVGA: unable to open /dev/agpgart: No such device
Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2001 04:57:51 GMT
Hi,
I have a Dell optiplex GX110 with a intel i810 graphic chipset, and I
install redhad 6.2 on it, then download the video driver from intel, it
is : xfcom_i810-1.2.3.i386.rpm. I install it, and Xconfigurator seems
able to detect the chipset, but when I startx, it say unable to
open /dev/agpgart, but the "/dev/agpgart" is exists in /dev director
with permission like this: crw-rw-r--
Here is the detail of error mesg:
XFCom_i810 Version 1.0.0 / X Window System
(protocol Version 11, revision 0, vendor release 6300)
Release Date: October 13 1999
If the server is older than 6-12 months, or if your card is
newer
than the above date, look for a newer version before reporting
problems. (see http://support.intel.com)
Operating System: Linux 2.2.5-15 i686 [ELF]
Configured drivers:
SVGA: server for SVGA graphics adaptors (Patchlevel 0):
i810, i810-dc100, i810e, generic
(using VT number 7)
XF86Config: /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/XF86Config
(**) stands for supplied, (--) stands for probed/default values
(**) XKB: keycodes: "xfree86"
(**) XKB: types: "default"
(**) XKB: compat: "default"
(**) XKB: symbols: "us(pc101)"
(**) XKB: geometry: "pc"
(**) XKB: rules: "xfree86"
(**) XKB: model: "pc101"
(**) XKB: layout: "us"
(**) Mouse: type: IMPS/2, device: /dev/mouse, buttons: 5
(**) Mouse: zaxismapping: (-)4 (+)5
(**) SVGA: Graphics device ID: "Intel Corporation|82810E CGC [Chipset
Graphics Controller]"
(**) SVGA: Monitor ID: "COMPAQ V75 Color Monitor"
(--) SVGA: Mode "1024x768" needs hsync freq of 70.24 kHz. Deleted.
(--) SVGA: Mode "1152x864" needs hsync freq of 70.88 kHz. Deleted.
(--) SVGA: Mode "1800X1440" needs hsync freq of 96.15 kHz. Deleted.
(--) SVGA: Mode "1800X1440" needs hsync freq of 104.52 kHz. Deleted.
Warning: The directory "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/TrueType" does not
exist.
Entry deleted from font path.
(**) FontPath set to "unix/:-1"
(--) SVGA: PCI: Intel Unknown chipset (0x7125) rev 3, Memory @
0xf4000000, 0xff000000
(--) SVGA: unable to open /dev/agpgart: No such device
Fatal server error:
Aborting
When reporting a problem related to a server crash, please send
the full server output, not just the last messages
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Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2001 22:30:24 -0700
From: "D. Stimits" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: writing to ntfs from linux?
Gaiko Kyofusho wrote:
>
> I was considering getting w2k (some win apps i just can't
> live w/o ;) but have Linux installed (slackware 7.1) w/
> the default kernel config. I was going to recompile my
> kernel for NTFS support but it has all these warning about
> how "dangerous" it is, i was unsure if it was referring to
> things like permissions on the diff FS or was it referring
> to things like a increased possibility of file corruption?
> If there are corruption issues <it is a home PC so security
> is not an issue> i will stick with fat32. Any input (or
> suggestions) would be greatly appreciated!
>
> thanks,
>
> -Gaiko
>
> Gaikokujin Kyofusho
>
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read ability works great for NTFS. Writing is indeed risky.
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From: "Mal Whitten" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: linux.redhat,linux.redhat.misc,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: scsi emulation problem...
Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2001 16:43:15 +1000
Thanks for that. I think that I have recompiled the kernel scsi modules
correctly. I was really fishing to see if anyone else had experienced
similar problems.
Mal.
"BIANCO ROBERTO" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:945933$8kh$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> check out
>
> www.guug.de:8080/cgi-bin/winni/lsc-orig.pl
>
> to find out what hardware goes with which version of cdrecord and with
> which version of the kernel.
>
>
> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> Ben Bergen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >I am trying to set up scsi emulation on my dell inspiron 5000e with a
> >SONY CD-RW CRX700E. I have compiled in emulation support, scsi support,
> >and scsi generic support. I am running redhat 7.0 with kernel 2.2.18.
> >In my lilo.conf I tell linux to ignore my cdrom as an ide device:
> >append="hdc=ide-scsi". I have moved the cdrom link from /dev/hdc to
> >/dev/scd0. When I run cdrecord -scanbus I get,
> >
> >{root@taiga}->cdrecord -scanbus
> >Cdrecord 1.9 (i686-pc-linux-gnu) Copyright (C) 1995-2000 J�rg Schilling
> >Linux sg driver version: 2.1.39
> >Using libscg version 'schily-0.1'
> >scsibus0:
> > 0,0,0 0) 'SONY ' 'CD-RW CRX700E ' '1.4h' Removable
> >CD-ROM
> > 0,1,0 1) *
> > 0,2,0 2) *
> > 0,3,0 3) *
> > 0,4,0 4) *
> > 0,5,0 5) *
> > 0,6,0 6) *
> > 0,7,0 7) *
> >
> >which seems fine. However, I am unable to mount the cdrom drive. When
> >I try I get,
> >
> >{root@taiga}->mount /cdrom
> >mount: the kernel does not recognize /dev/cdrom as a block device
> > (maybe `insmod driver'?)
> >
> >Am I missing a module? Or have I forgotten something. By the way, the
> >cdrom works fine if I treat it as an ide drive.
>
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Lincoln Peters)
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux
Subject: Re: What to do about win apps when wanting linux stability?
Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2001 05:52:21 GMT
To my knowledge, your best options are Windows NT or Windows 2000.
(aack!)
There are projects to allow Windows software to run within a Linux
system, but so far, all of them are slow and/or don't work for all
Windows applications. VMWare should run any Windows program assuming
your system meets its requirements, but you would still need a copy of
Windows to install within VMWare. I've heard that Win4Lin is similar
and less expensive, but I haven't tried it yet, and can't comment on
it. Wine lets Windows applications run on a Linux system without
using virtual machines, but it doesn't work with all Windows software.
On Sun, 7 Jan 2001 21:12:14 -0500, net name
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>What is the best os to run on a compaq presario laptop P-150 16MB 1.2 GigHD?
>
>Is it possible to run a dialup connection to a server setup for windows
>clients, such as netzero, whereby the connection is successfully made thru a
>regular win95 dun client (not with their bloated adware) using linux and
>some
>type of windows emulator or just plain linux?
>
>Generally is there an os that will give better stability than win95 and
>more logic and yet afford one the capability of running windows apps
>when a linux equivalent cannot be found?
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Lincoln Peters)
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux
Subject: Re: Linux 2.4 on RH7.0
Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2001 05:52:14 GMT
I compiled 2.4 on my RedHat 7.0 system and it works fine. I haven't
tried any features that I don't absolutely need yet, but I'm still
experimenting.
On Fri, 05 Jan 2001 17:03:31 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>Hi,
>
>People who are already using the new kernel on RH7.0, how is it? Is
>RH7.0 really 2.4 ready? Is it worth compiling or should I wait for the
>next official RH or Mandrake version?
>
>Thanks
>
>Wroot
>
>
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From: Chris Sorenson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux.slackware
Subject: Re: writing to ntfs from linux?
Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2001 23:57:16 -0600
Gaiko Kyofusho wrote:
> I was considering getting w2k (some win apps i just can't
> live w/o ;) but have Linux installed (slackware 7.1) w/
> the default kernel config. I was going to recompile my
> kernel for NTFS support but it has all these warning about
> how "dangerous" it is, i was unsure if it was referring to
> things like permissions on the diff FS or was it referring
> to things like a increased possibility of file corruption?
> If there are corruption issues <it is a home PC so security
> is not an issue> i will stick with fat32. Any input (or
> suggestions) would be greatly appreciated!
>
One thing you can do is install Win2K (or NT-4.0) in C: and then create
a couple of logical drives within an extended partition and make those
as FAT16 or FAT32. Then you install all your Windows app's in the
logical drives, and place all your data files and documents there, etc.,
and leave the OS all by itself in C: (the OS in an NTFS partition has no
problem running programs that are installed in a FAT16 or FAT32
partion).
You won't be able to write to the NTFS partition from Linux (no write
support for NTFS in Linux), but you'll be able to read it if you want to
(this is the "dangerous" part). But anyway, there should be no reason
why you'd want to access a partition that has nothing but the Windows OS
in it, and your logical drives in the extended partition would have full
read/write support from the Linux side...
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From: Arctic Storm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: How to auto-expand threads in Netscape 6 ?
Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2001 06:03:38 GMT
How to auto-expand threads in Netscape 6 ?
When I read news, I always sort them by threads, and I always expand all
threads.
In Netscape 6, I do it manually.
Sorting by threads often stay; not always.
However, I must always manually click on "Expand All Threads" under
View->Messages.
Is there a way to automatically expand all threads?
Is there a way to automatically always sort by threads?
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Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2001 16:56:11 +1100
From: Andrew <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Printing...
heya everyone :)
I've only been using linux for about 3 months,
but have been spending a fair bit of time on it. Anyhow, I tried to get
printing working over my network (via samba), but without success. I
have the printer enabled in the bios, and get the following on startup.
Jan 18 15:32:24 none kernel: parport0: PC-style at 0x3bc (0x7bc)
[SPP,ECP,ECPPS2]
Jan 18 15:32:24 none kernel: parport0: detected irq 7; use procfs to
enable interrupt-driven operation.
Jan 18 15:32:24 none kernel: parport0: Printer, HEWLETT-PACKARD DESKJET
600
Jan 18 15:32:24 none kernel: lp0: using parport0 (polling).
I am trying to trouble shoot, and want to know if the trouble is with my
printer setup, or with samba setup, so I was wondering if there is a way
to print a test page in linux?
(I'm running TurboLinux Server 6.0 - Kernel 2.2.13)
Cheers,
Andrew
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Vito)
Subject: Re: linux2.4.0: VFS: can't mount root 03:05
Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2001 06:15:51 GMT
On a dark rainy day somebody wrote:
>Hi,
>
>I recompiled the linux kernel 2.4.0. I made sure I had all the latest
>items from the Documentation/Changes file. I do.
>
>I have RedHat7.0 and am currently using kernel 2.2.16-22.
>
>When I reboot, I cannot exactly remember the message because it is not
>logged anywhere. But it says something like:
>
>Kernel Panic: VFS: cannot mount root filesystem 03:05
>Check to make sure ROOT= is in startup
>
>Or something like that. I've done everything right as far as all the
>latest software I need. I upgraded modutils and tune2fs and then
>recompiled the kernel.
>
>I am using kgcc to recompile the kernel because gcc is version 2.96 in
>RH7.0 and it is advised not to use it.
>
>Has anyone else been able to succesfully use a linux 2.4.0 kernel with
>RedHat7.0?
>
>Could it be some of the options I am setting in xconfig? I have
>minimal options, maybe that is the problem. Do I have to have NFS or
>disk quotas? I have those turned off.
>
>As far as the ext2 fs, I have that set to YES (not as a module).
you must make a ramdisk with mkinitrd like this
mkinitrd /boot/initrd-xxxxxx.img xxxxxxx
(xxxxxx is the kernel version)
then add it to your lilo.conf like this
initrd=/boot/initrd-xxxxxx.img
I hope this will solve your problem
Vito
****************************************
Do NOT underestimate the power of LINUX
Red Hat 7.0 on a Celeron 533/64
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From: Eric Ho <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Time to compile a kernel
Date: 18 Jan 2001 06:18:50 GMT
Hi,
I am still using a K6-2 450 with 128M EDO Ram, running kernel 2.4.0.
It takes me about 9.5 minutes to compile the kernel :(
Could some of you running fast machines (Thunderbird, P-III, P-4)
tell me how long it takes you to compile your kernel ?
By the way, will changing the cpu to K6-2+ 500 or K63+ 450/500
improve the performance a lot ?
Best Regards,
Eric Ho
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Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2001 17:13:33 +1100
From: Andrew <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: printing
heya everyone :)
I've only been using linux for about 3 months,
but have been spending a fair bit of time on it. Anyhow, I tried to get
printing working over my network (via samba), but without success. I
have the printer enabled in the bios, and get the following on startup.
Jan 18 15:32:24 none kernel: parport0: PC-style at 0x3bc (0x7bc)
[SPP,ECP,ECPPS2]
Jan 18 15:32:24 none kernel: parport0: detected irq 7; use procfs to
enable interrupt-driven operation.
Jan 18 15:32:24 none kernel: parport0: Printer, HEWLETT-PACKARD DESKJET
600
Jan 18 15:32:24 none kernel: lp0: using parport0 (polling).
I am trying to trouble shoot, and want to know if the trouble is with my
printer setup, or with samba setup, so I was wondering if there is a way
to print a test page in linux?
running turbolinux server 6.0
Cheers,
Andrew
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From: Jani Ravas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Serial console to Router?
Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2001 07:50:29 +0100
Michael Moon wrote:
> Would anyone be able to let me know (in general) what I need to do to
> setup a serial port so that I can console into a Cisco Router? I have
> setup minicom, but no response. I am using a laptop and trying to setup
> the external serial port (COM1 - ttys0). The configuration I have works
> OK on my windows machine, but I want to get a console session using
> Linux Redhat 6.2 on a laptop.
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
Michael hi.
did you try with
minicom -s
and comm port set to /dev/ttyS0
speed is 9600
and then should work, at least at me with cisco 2500,3600
it works..
jani
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From: "Joe (theWordy) Philbrook" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Enter escape charcter in vi or another editor
Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2001 02:47:22 +0000
Reply-To: "Joe (theWordy) Philbrook" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
On Sat, 13 Jan 2001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Date: Sat, 13 Jan 2001 12:19:32 +0000
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc
> Subject: Re: Enter escape charcter in vi or another editor
>
> "Joe (mvjap3) Philbrook III" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> did eloquently scribble:
> > Did I not say they improved the classic vi with vim...
> > which <if and only if it finds a .vimrc> it will let you move around with
> > the cursor keys without having to esc back to command mode...
>
> Ahhh, but you can't delete previous lines while in insert mode, can you?
> Oh, you can add to them, but you can't overwrite or remove text already
> there. THAT'S what I meant by obscure key combinations.
>
Not quite true with vim... I have noticed that from the console on my linux
box if I want to zap some previously entered text without bothering to
leave insert mode, I need to use the delete key rather than the backspace
key... And that for some reason when I do this at work on their SunOs which
I have to access via telenet from win95 with an emulated vt terminal
provided by Exceed, it wants me to do it the other way around. But either
way there is an obvious character deletion key to use that will work...
For larger deletions it really isn't hard to esc to command mode and use a
more powerful command, My favorites being " v " visual, " V " Visual Line,
& " ^V " Visual Block Which allow me to move the cursor to mark text, mark
whole lines of text, & mark a rectangular block of text, for processing by
several different single key switches... a " y " will yank <copy to buffer> the
highlighted text, a " c " will change the highlighted text to what ever I
type into the reestablished insert mode <like the way many windows programs
replace a section of highlighted text with what ever you type next> Either
an " x " or a " d " will delete the highlighted text <and copy it to the
buffer...>
>
> Ah. Well in joe, the "cheat sheet" is available on screen as you type by
> simply pressing ^K H (toggle help).
>
And in vim the command :help starts a comprehensive builtin help file.
Which by default opens on how to use it, but can be called up for specific
topics... for example the command
:help save
yielded:
-------------------------< S n i p >------------------------
4. Writing and quitting *write-quit* *save-file*
*:w* *:write*
:[range]w[rite][!] Write the specified lines to the current file.
*:w_f* *:write_f*
:[range]w[rite] {file} Write the specified lines to {file}, unless it
already exists and the 'writeany' option is off.
*:w!*
:[range]w[rite]! {file} Write the specified lines to {file}. Overwrite an
existing file.
*:w_a* *:write_a*
:[range]w[rite][!] >> Append the specified lines to the current file.
:[range]w[rite][!] >> {file}
Append the specified lines to {file}. '!' forces the
write even if file does not exist.
-------------------------< S n i p >------------------------
> > To make vim easy for most people I'd recommend at least the following 3
> > lines in that .vimrc file
>
> > <put the next 3 lines in ~/.vimrc>
> > :set ai
> > :set smd
> > :set textwidth=74
>
> I tried that before I posted about the problems with deletion. It made
> navigation easier, but that doesn't help in anything else...
>
> Give me a modeless editor any day.
>
> > The 1st will set autoindent which makes any new lines start with the same
> > cursor position as the 1st non-white character of the line the cursor was
> > just on...
>
> Joe auto-indents on certain file extentions... Like .c.
> (Or you can turn it on with a couple of key presses... simple).
Maybe so, but it's no problem to include some key mapping instructions in
the .vimrc file <providing you can find a key that isn't already used for
a command you find indispensable... so on this linux box I'm using <at
home> I used the verbose format to set a couple of options via the minus or
underscore character...
:map _ :set number nosmartindent textwidth=0
That line sets line numbering on <Which I use mostly to remind me that I
just turned off the automatic indention And the wordwraping right margin.>
when I enter An underscore key in command mode.
:map - :set nonumber smartindent textwidth=74
And that one resets it back to my standard settings when I hit the minus
key...
And Oh yeah, about that command mode. It's not that different from using
the keyboard to access pull down menus in a windows editor with keyboard
shortcuts... Only vim trusts me to remember the sequences rather than hiding
a portion of the screen with the pull down menu...
In a windows product you enter "menu mode" with the alt key and type
significant characters from the menu to execute command or start dialog
box...
In vi / vim you enter "command mode" with escape key and type command character
or character sequence...
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| ^ J(tWdy)P
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