Linux-Misc Digest #786, Volume #27 Sun, 6 May 01 11:13:03 EDT
Contents:
Re: Loading modules (nordi)
Re: Visual file comparision tool ? (Thomas Thyberg)
Re: kernel panic every night ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: TeraTerm line draw characters (Gregory Laprade)
i can't change channels in xawtv! ("Eric Geordi")
Grub: hide extended partition (Stefan Bach)
Re: not enough RAM during RH 7.1 install (Dave Uhring)
Re: Real Player configuration (Dave Uhring)
Re: swap space size on RH 7.1 (Francis Litterio)
Re: time adjustment (Richard Laskey)
Re: Loading modules (Dave Uhring)
Re: Soundblaster 16 PCI setup (Dave Uhring)
Re: DHCP and Road Runner blues ("william crowell")
Re: clear bootflag of /dev/hda2 (2nd try) (Frank Ranner)
Re: Where to find program libraries (Dave Uhring)
Re: linux (Dave Uhring)
Re: [OT] Oracle Installation (Dave Uhring)
Re: Failed to setup FTP Server in RedHat 7.1 (Stephen Johnson)
question about mail (Bob Chan)
Re: mandrake installation ("eric geordi")
Re: mandrake installation (David Efflandt)
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From: nordi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.help
Subject: Re: Loading modules
Date: Sun, 6 May 2001 12:01:59 +0200
Scott wrote:
> Using Slackware 7.1, kernel 2.2.16:
Using SuSE 7.0, but I hope at least the kernel works the same way *g*
> When I do a kernel rebuild, and 'make modules' the modules
> are compiled, but not moved to /lib/modules/2.2.16/...
> Do I have to move them manually?
After 'make modules' try 'make modules_install', that should install the
modules.
>
> kerneld is specified as needed to load and unload modules. But
> the only place it appears is in rc.modules, and it's commented
> out.
According to my manual, "kerneld" is obsolete since kernel 2.2 and has been
replaced with the kernel module loader "kmod", which calls "modprobe" when
needed. That's probably the reason why it was commented out.
nordi
--
Failure is not an option. It comes bundled with your Microsoft product.
-- Ferenc Mantfeld
Visit http://private.addcom.de/nordi
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From: Thomas Thyberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Visual file comparision tool ?
Date: 6 May 2001 12:03:03 +0200
Martin Vonwald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> Hi all!
> I need some file comparision tool (for text files; display all
> added/changed lines) like WinMerge - preferable for KDE or at least plain X.
>
> Any recommendations? Thanks in advance,
Ediff in emacs is what I use.
M-x ediff-buffers (for example)
--
//TT
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: kernel panic every night
Date: 6 May 2001 10:24:23 GMT
On Sat, 05 May 2001 05:22:53 GMT, Cevat Ustun <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I have a machine here that freezes almost every other night.
> Usually I don't know what went wrong (and I cannot telnet to it ) however
> once I caught it displaying a kernel panic message. (It's running
> kernel 2.2.14-5.0). I've heard that memory problems can cause this
> but the bootup memory test does its thing without problems and I don't
> know of any other way to test the memory. Any ideas?
I had a setup that 'crashed' at night, when the HD powered down and
'stuck' at the lower temperature. The next day, the first attempted
HD access gave a problem. HD needed to be replaced.
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From: Gregory Laprade <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.terminals
Subject: Re: TeraTerm line draw characters
Date: Sun, 06 May 2001 04:55:11 -0700
That is Tera Term Pro version 2.3...
Gregory Laprade wrote:
>
> When I install TeraTerm on a WinNT 4 or a Win2k box, it works fine. The
> line draw chars (like the boxes around "mc" in Linux, or the box around
> the name of the node you are telneting in to on VMS) appear correctly.
> BUT when I reboot the computer these chars stop being displayed properly
> (they turn in to little boxes or boxes with Xs in the middle of them).
>
> I've verified this on several different hosts. Does anyone have a
> solution to this problem?
>
> --
> G
> composed with Mozilla on Debian Linux...Live free...use Linux!
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From: "Eric Geordi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: i can't change channels in xawtv!
Date: Sun, 6 May 2001 07:12:05 -0500
I installed mandrake 8 and it installed xawtv with it, but I'm having a
problem changing channels. The first time I loaded it, it started looking
for channels. But when I change a channel, only the number changes. Does
anyone know what's going on here ? Also, I'm not getting any sound. Any help
would be appreciated.
Eric
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From: Stefan Bach <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,alt.os.linux.suse
Subject: Grub: hide extended partition
Date: Sun, 06 May 2001 15:15:29 +0200
Hi,
I'd like to hide some FAT32 partitions in the extended partiton whith
GRUB, so my Win2k install can't see Windows 98.
I have to IDE HDs installed and when I type
hide (hd1,
in the GRUB console and press TAB, it lists me the partitions 0-2 which
are for Linux, then the partitions 4-6 which are two NTFS and one FAT32
partition.
When I now try to execute
hide (hd1,5) [the FAT32 partition]
I get an error, saying the partition wasn't found.
But I think the naming of the partiton is correct, why won't it work
then?
(With hide (hd1,3) I can hide the complete extended partition, that
works fine, but I just wan't to hide one partition in the extended.)
Regards,
Stefan Bach
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From: Dave Uhring <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: not enough RAM during RH 7.1 install
Date: Sun, 6 May 2001 08:22:07 -0500
Waldermar wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm trying to set up RedHat 7.1 on a 486x16M machine.
> Guess what - 7.1 wants more RAM (32???) and fails to install.
> I know, memory is cheap, etc., but the question is can I make
> it work with 16? Anyone bypassed it somehow?
>
> Thanks for any info,
>
>
> --V.
>
Some OS's require more RAM for the install than they do when they actually
run. Maybe you can borrow some memory just to do the install.
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From: Dave Uhring <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.help
Subject: Re: Real Player configuration
Date: Sun, 6 May 2001 08:26:47 -0500
Scott wrote:
> I've got Slackware 7.12, 2.2.16, and SB PCI 16 card.
> It's all working. I believe it's good enough.
>
> Real Player 8 had trouble playing as anyone but root. I
> chmod 666 the audio, mixer, dsp, sound, etc... Now it plays
> as the regular user.
>
> But, then I had to set it to http ONLY for all the protocols.
> Why?
>
> I tried running the autoconfig feature in it's preferences, and
> it fails, saying it can't contact a server.
>
> But I can browser the whole world with netscape just fine.
> I've run real player on my MS Windows box behind the same firewall.
> It's definitely NOT a network issue, or an issue with networking
> on this specific linux box.
>
> It's working for now, using HTTP, but I'd prefer to have it
> running correctly.
>
> Can anyone give me any ideas about this? Any help is
> appreciated.
>
> -Scott Weber
>
>
cd into the RealPlayer8 directory (/usr/local/RealPlayer8). Then execute
the mimeinstall.sh and pluginstall.sh scripts both as root and as user.
Kill then restart netscape and your file associations will be fixed.
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From: Francis Litterio <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: swap space size on RH 7.1
Date: Sun, 6 May 2001 13:25:57 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dave Brown) writes:
> I was trying
> to find out what's different in the 2.4 kernel that would require such
> swap space as the RedHat installer to do things unusual.
See:
http://kt.zork.net/kernel-traffic/kt20010126_104.html#2
for details.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Richard Laskey)
Subject: Re: time adjustment
Date: 6 May 2001 09:30:48 -0500
* wroot <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> Hi,
>
> I've heard that there are time servers or something that a UNIX system
> can connect to to adjust its clock. Is it true and is it possible to
> do it under Linux?
Yep, you are looking for NTP. Just run ntpdate $(ntp_server) as root.
I use bitsy.mit.edu as a server, and it works every time. Of course,
you need to get the ntp tools for your distro before you can run the
command. For slackware, the package is xntp.tgz, though it shouldn't
be too tough to find the one for you.
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From: Dave Uhring <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.help
Subject: Re: Loading modules
Date: Sun, 6 May 2001 08:36:39 -0500
Scott wrote:
> Using Slackware 7.1, kernel 2.2.16:
>
> When I rebuilt the kernel with drivers as modules, they didn't load.
> I'm trying to trace the boot flow to see how they are loaded, and
> can't quite figure it out. It looks like it's called from rc.S.
>
> I added modules to /etc/rc.d/modules.rc but that didn't seem to do it.
> Can anyone explain this, or point me to something besides the howto?
>
> When I do a kernel rebuild, and 'make modules' the modules
> are compiled, but not moved to /lib/modules/2.2.16/...
> Do I have to move them manually?
> 'make bzlilo' installs the kernel for me, am I just too spoiled by this?
>
> As an example, I added sound support to my kernel. Was it even
> nessesary to rebuild? Could I have just loaded sound.o and
> es1371.o? I couldn't figure out where to get those to load.
> (lsmod didn't show them as loaded)
>
> kerneld is specified as needed to load and unload modules. But
> the only place it appears is in rc.modules, and it's commented
> out.
>
> I'm a little lost on modules. If I knew at least one place to
> start, I could slowly start to learn this. But none of the
> stuff I can find starts out that simple. It all seems to assume
> a lot further understanding than where I'm starting from.
>
> Thanks for any help.
> -Scott Weber
>
>
Slackware doesn't start up like RedHat, SuSE, Mandrake, et al. In
/etc/rc.d/rc.local insert the following
modprobe es1371
and any other modules which Slack is not installing. There are a bunch of
other modules which Slack does install and which you don't need. To stop
some things from starting on boot take the executable bit away from the
files. chmod -x XXXXX.rc. And there are others which you can find with
grep.
When you build your kernel, use the following
# make clean
# make dep
# make bzImage
# make modules
# make modules_install
# cp System.map /boot/System.map
# cp arch/i386/boot/bzImage /boot/vmlinuz
Now edit /etc/lilo.conf and in the part for image=/vmlinuz, change
label=linux to label=old. Then add the following
image=/boot/vmlinuz
root=/dev/hdX where X refers to the partition where / is
label=linux
read-only
Now execute /sbin/lilo and when you reboot, your new kernel will come up.
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From: Dave Uhring <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.help
Subject: Re: Soundblaster 16 PCI setup
Date: Sun, 6 May 2001 08:38:50 -0500
Scott wrote:
> DOH! I forgot to specify my version:
> Linux 2.2.16, Slackware 7.1, on a P333
>
> Scott wrote:
>>
>> Ok, I've been searching, and have gotten close with my SB 16 card.
>>
>> Here are some questions I'm hoping someone can answer:
>>
>> I rebuilt the kernel with ensoniq 1371 loaded. I DO get sound,
>> but it's kinda staticy
>>
>> However, 'cat /dev/sndstat' gives me Device not found.
>> It was there when I had tried building the kernel with SB16 support.
>> But now it's not there...
>> Is this correct? Or does it mean something is wrong?
>> (this drove me crazy rebuilding, re-booting, over and over again,
>> thinking I didn't have sound, as it was my test. Then I
>> 'cat sound.au >/dev/audio' and it WORKS!)
>>
>> I'm also trying to figure out modules, but haven't gotten the
>> hang of it yet. See my other thread.
>>
>> -Scott Weber
>
>
Make sure that the large chip on your soundcard says ens1371 or ens1373 on
it. Creative has been playing games with what they call a Soundblaster 16
PCI.
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From: "william crowell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.x,alt.linux.redhat,alt.linux,alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.x
Subject: Re: DHCP and Road Runner blues
Date: Sun, 06 May 2001 13:23:51 GMT
roadrunner uses dhcp. you need to modify the ethernet adapter for dhcp and
this should fix the problem. sometimes there is also a modem error with the
motorola modems that were originally supplied by the cable companies. the
newer toshiba modems work better. still, be sure you're running dhcp on the
ethernet adapter.
also, you must not connect the modem via a hub. it must be connected
DIRECTLY to your nic.
furthermore, why buy more ethernet addresses? put a second nic in your
machine and use ip masquerade. set up a hub on the second nic and make the
ip address on the second nic the default gateway for the lan. make the rr
nic the default gateway for your linux box. you can run a zillion computers
on the lan side through the linux box. note that this violates the
acceptable use policy.
i implement this (with the knowlege of rr) to use the ipchains firewall. my
company provides 7/24 customer service and i have an isdn link to my NOC. i
use the linux box as a firewall for the home lan while enjoying high-speed
access for the windows workstation when i'm surfing.
bill
"." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:qiWI6.135104$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "James Tonsager"
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> I had an awful time setting this up with Roadrunner. I had it working
> for a few months and all of a sudden I could no longer use the Linux
> machine with Roadrunner.. I tried everything and finally called
> Roadrunner and asked them if anything had changed.. It had. Roadrunner
> in my area blocks you from obtaining more than one ip address at a time.
> I purchased a second ip address and reset the modem by unplugging it from
> the wall for two minutes and everything works again. I had not read
> anywhere that the modem had to be reset.
>
> Gary
>
>
>
> >> > Hello.
> >> > I am running Redhat 6.2, and I am tying to use it with Mediaone (Now
> >> > ATT) Road Runner service in the Detroit Metro area. My problem is
> >> > that my machine would not lease from the DHCP server. Of course, the
> >> > customer support was useless in this issue: "we don't support
> >> > Line-ucks".
> >> > I have researched this thoroughly, and have seen many people with the
> >> > same or similar issue, but every single one failed to document
> >> > clearly how they overcame this problem (if they did at all). I
> >> > dropped pump all together. I have the version that comes stock with
> >> > RH 6.2. (0.7.8-1). I downloaded the latest version of DHCPCD version
> >> > 1.3.20-p10. I have gotten that to work -- but it only works about 10
> >> > percent of the time. 90% of the time (or so) it fails. The README
> >> > for this utility is not helpful at all. The howto I found was even
> >> > worse. When modifying the script of ifup an ifdown, it not only had
> >> > the script wrong, but it said to remove an "if" statement without
> >> > touching the fi. I am no scripting whiz, but I know you can't break
> >> > conditionals like that without trashing the script.
> >> > I modified ifup and ifdown, basically by replacing the pump commands
> >> > with their dhcpcd equivalents. Then, I wrote a script that loops the
> >> > ifup until it gets a lease. I put the script at the end of rc.local,
> >> > rather than having eth0 come up at init level 3. The net result is
> >> > that it runs through everything fine, and at the very last stage,
> >> > tries to bring up eth0 until it is successful. It take about 10
> >> > times plus or minus.
> >> > (SIGH........)
> >> > What can I do to get this to work?
> >> > I really appreciate any help I can get. Thanks! Chris
> >> >
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From: Frank Ranner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: clear bootflag of /dev/hda2 (2nd try)
Date: Sun, 06 May 2001 23:42:57 +1000
peter pilsl wrote:
>
> sorry for bothering you again, but this is really important to me:
>
> I need a tool that disables the bootflag of my /dev/hda2 at every boot.
> (This partition is a suspend2disk-partition of my laptop and I cant
> suspend again, if this flag is set.)
>
> Using fdisk this is very easy: fdisk /dev/hda2 : press a, press 2, press w
> ...
>
> But I want to automate this process and dont know anything about
> partitiontables, so I cant write such a tool on my own. Writing a wrapper
> round fdisk is not the best solution, cause if something goes wrong ..
>
sfdisk is a tool that will do what you want.
man sfdisk
regards, Frank Ranner
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From: Dave Uhring <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Where to find program libraries
Date: Sun, 6 May 2001 08:44:15 -0500
Peter Herrington wrote:
> Hi
> When I install or rather,attempt to install various programs onto my
> Redhat 7 system,the most often occurance is
> that it stops and says there is a dependency problem and names some
> files.
> The last program I tried(WILLOW)I would REALLY like to get working,but
> again missing files.
> The name of 1 was libX.os.v
> I have not been able to find it.
> Can someone please direct me to a site where I will be able to find this
> file and others like it.
>
> Thanx/pete
>
>
http://rpmfind.net
Get rpmfind.
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From: Dave Uhring <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: linux
Date: Sun, 6 May 2001 08:48:12 -0500
darkntrue wrote:
> Hello,
> I would like to know if there is any place on the internet where i can
> practice linux commands without downloading the software redhat?
>
> --
> Posted via CNET Help.com
> http://www.help.com/
>
This one runs under Windoze and is only 1/4 as much a download as RedHat:
http://www.phatlinux.com/
Haven't tried it myself, don't have any Windoze to run it under.
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From: Dave Uhring <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: [OT] Oracle Installation
Date: Sun, 6 May 2001 08:51:28 -0500
J Hayward wrote:
> Hello,
>
> This doesn't include that old a version, but it might help you out.
>
> http://jordan.fortwayne.com/oracle/
>
> Regards,
> Jim H
>
>
> powerpro wrote:
>
>> Can any one of you tell me how to install oracle 8.1.4 on Redhat 7.1. If
>> it is a OT here, please apolize me.
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>>
>
>
Thanks for that URL. He links to HJ Lu's page at kernel.org where the fix
for systems running glibc-2.2.2 is discussed and made available.
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From: Stephen Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Failed to setup FTP Server in RedHat 7.1
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Sun, 6 May 2001 09:17:47 -0500
Eric Chow wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I installed RedHat Linux 7.1, but when I tried to use ftp in other
> PC(which in the same LAN). It always show "Login failed". The messages as
> following :
>
> C:\>ftp 192.168.0.1
> Connected to 192.168.0.1.
> 220 ns.ericjoey.com FTP server (Version wu-2.6.1-16) ready.
> User (192.168.0.1:(none)): eric
> 331 Password required for eric.
> Password:
> 530 Login incorrect.
> Login failed.
> ftp>
>
>
> I don't know what caused this. When I use RedHat 6.2, I just installed
> everything, and it can use as a FTP server. But in RedHat 7.1, it can't.
> Is there any config to to that ? Would you please to teach me what should
> I do ?
>
> Best regards,
> Eric
>
>
I encountered the same problem. RH changed to xinetd (which I gave up on)
and just installed SuSE.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bob Chan)
Subject: question about mail
Date: 7 May 2001 00:28:31 +1000
when i use mutt i can get it to send mail but it doesn't seem to recieve
any mail. does this mean that my sendmail isn't configured properly?
can sendmail actually receive messages too, as opposed to sending them?
thanks,
Bob
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From: "eric geordi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: mandrake installation
Date: Sun, 06 May 2001 09:41:31 -0500
If you have the 7.2 disk made from the .iso image, you can just boot from
that.
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "rick1027"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> i have a mandrake 7.2 disk and i need to make a floppy disk to boot
> from..everytime i go to make a flopy it tells me their isnt enough space
> on it..i was wondering if i could install linux mandrake using a windows
> 98 start up disk..or if someone casn tell me how to make a boot up disk
>
> --
> Posted via CNET Help.com
> http://www.help.com/
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David Efflandt)
Subject: Re: mandrake installation
Date: Sun, 6 May 2001 14:51:37 +0000 (UTC)
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Sun, 06 May 2001, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> i have a mandrake 7.2 disk and i need to make a floppy disk to boot
> from..everytime i go to make a flopy it tells me their isnt enough space
> on it..i was wondering if i could install linux mandrake using a windows
> 98 start up disk..or if someone casn tell me how to make a boot up disk
First make sure that the floppy is DOS/Win formatted (format a: /u) with
NO bad sectors. The floppy boot image is written sequentially (no file
system), so it will not work if there are any bad sectors.
You aren't trying to 'copy' the image to the floopy are you? You have to
boot to DOS using the 98 start up disk and then use rawrite to write the
image to the floppy. Once you have a Linux system installed it will be
easier to cp an image to /dev/fd0 using Linux.
Otherwise if you booted with the 98 startup disk, there may be a dosutil
dir with an autoboot.bat in it, but I am not sure if that works anymore
unless they fixed it (it did NOT work in Mandrake 7.0). Mandrake 7.0 was
also a bit strange in that booting the CD itself did not work. You either
had to deactivate booting the CD it CMOS setup, or had to quickly insert
the CD at the boot: prompt during floppy image boot, because the CD had to
already be in the drive when the kernel was loaded.
--
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