Linux-Setup Digest #101, Volume #19 Fri, 7 Jul 00 04:13:10 EDT
Contents:
Adding a line above the text prompt (David. E. Goble)
Re: how can i make xwindows see my mouse? (Brad Tarver)
Re: fetchmail logging problem ("Steve Cowles")
Re: The Big Dogs and the Tech Shitzus. ("Brian")
Installing Linux on old 386 (BJW7TOAEM)
Re: software development for linux: (E J)
Re: Adding a line above the text prompt (Faux_Pseudo)
Re: Adding a line above the text prompt (kiran)
Re: Network Printers on an HP jet Direct Box ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Installing Linux on old 386 ("Lonni J. Friedman")
Re: printcap (kiran)
Re: junkbuster isn't working ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Adding a line above the text prompt ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: accidentally deleted ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Some simple questions from an old timer. ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Can't access my /dev/hda1 partition (Dietrich Timm)
Re: SVGALIB & SIS 6326 ("Emmanuel DENIMAL")
X locked on login (Marco Manzan)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David. E. Goble)
Subject: Adding a line above the text prompt
Date: Fri, 07 Jul 2000 04:21:46 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hi all;
Is it possible to add a line of text (perhaps using different colours)
above the text consoles prompt?
Something like;
Pc 486 Dx 2/66 - Redhat 6.2 (Wed 5 July 2000 1:20am)
[degoble@gtech degoble]$
--Regards : David. E. Goble
goble[AT]kin.net.au
http://www-mugc.cc.monash.edu.au/~degob1/goble
Po Box 648 Kingscote Kangaroo Island South Australia 5223
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From: Brad Tarver <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: how can i make xwindows see my mouse?
Date: Thu, 6 Jul 2000 23:43:21 -0500
if you are using redhat or slackware, there is a tool called mouseconfig.
windows - linux equivalent
com1 = /dev/cua0 (pre 2.2 kernel)
com1 = /dev/ttyS0 (2.2.x and up)
com2 = /dev/cua1
com2 = /dev/ttyS1
com3 = /dev/cua2
com3 = /dev/ttyS2
com4 = /dev/cua3
com4 = /dev/ttyS3
after you get you mouse setup thru the shell util, install the vga16 x
server and XF86Setup. run XF86Setup from the command line and you get a
GUI util to configure everything.
On Fri, 9 Jun 2000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
| hi friends
|
| times are tough. it is the fourth time i've gone to install linux and
| the third machine i've done it on.
|
| and i've finally got xwindows running!
|
| but...
|
| my mouse isn't recognized. maybe i've set it to the wrong port (equiv
| to COM1 in windows).
|
| can anyone explain how i would go about changing the configuration for
| my mouse from the shell?
|
| thanks.
|
|
|
| Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
| Before you buy.
|
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From: "Steve Cowles" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: fetchmail logging problem
Date: Fri, 07 Jul 2000 05:07:13 GMT
"Christoph Dresbach" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:8k2q58$1ue$12$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> hi all,
> ich have a big problem with fetchmail. i start fetchmail for several users
> in our lan with cron every 10 minutes (10,20,30,40,50 * * * *
> fetchmail --syslog -a). the problem is that fetchmail sends every user a
> message about what�s doing. how can i say that fetchmail only sends his
> log-files to root or better to a file eg /var/log/fetchmail.user. i try
> fetchmail --file /var/log/fetchmail.user, but it doesn�t work.
> anybody can help me?
> thanks in advance
> christoph
>
>
Hmm... I run fetchmail in a similar fashion without its status showing up as
an e-mail. e.g. crontab. The --syslog should do the trick. Also, I hope this
was a type-o... I show to re-direct output to a file is --logfile
NOT --file. There is also a --silent option. Check: man fetchmail.
Standard crontab operation will e-mail any output (stdout,stderr) to the
MAILTO parameter. By default, it is mailed to the user that invoked the
crontab. You can always change where MAILTO points.
My crontab file (the one for my account, not roots) is as follows:
[scowles@voyager scowles]$ crontab -l
SHELL=/bin/bash
PATH=/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin
MAILTO=scowles
HOME=/home/scowles
0,10,20,30,40,50 * * * * /usr/bin/fetchmail
Use crontab -e to edit your own crontab file.
My .fetchmailrc file (for my account) is as follows:
[scowles@voyager scowles]$ cat .fetchmailrc
set syslog
set postmaster "scowles"
set bouncemail
set properties ""
poll mail.mydomain.com with proto POP3 timeout 60
user "swcowles" there with password "mypass" is scowles here
==================================
If all else fails... you can always call fetchmail with shell re-direction.
Although, you will never know if there is a problem.
10,20,30,40,50 * * * * /usr/bin/fetchmail >/dev/null 2>&1
The above will call fetchamil and re-direct standard-out and standard-error
to the bit bucket. You can always change the /dev/null to a valid filename.
Steve Cowles
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From: "Brian" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: The Big Dogs and the Tech Shitzus.
Date: Fri, 07 Jul 2000 05:23:22 GMT
Hey C.J.:
C.J. wrote in message <3964d807$0$8310$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>In article <6TW85.81871$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Brian"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>Seems you be happy with Redhat - works for me!
>I've been pretty satisfied in general, but I'm considering
>looking around a little at other distros.. maybe revisit
>Slackware.
I have been using Slackware for over 6 years - guess that makes me a loyal
user. I have tried Redhat (OK), Debian (Excellent) and a number of the
derivatives (Redhat - Caldera, Debian - Corel) and prefer Corel for the
excellent desktop and GUI apps.
>I getting a little irritated with the
>"Microsoft-ish" practice of deciding what settings I want
>when I upgrade versions of RPMs or of RedHat.
Been there. Done that. Got the T-Shirt.
>My last update
>was a patched Apache which murdered my web server by changing
>the httpd.conf in a way that broke it. Unlike Windows,
>however, it did leave a backup copy of the config
>which I was able to compare to find what it had changed.
I prefer upgrading by hand - I live for tarballs! In the end it is very
quick compared to even a couple minutes of trouble-shooting!
>Hehe.. The first PC I actually owned was a Timex Sinclair
>ZX81. It was a single-unit with a membrane keyboard that
>used your TV for a video display and a tape recorder for
>storage. It had a wopping 2k RAM but I eventually got the
>upgrade to 16k. I later upgraded to a Comodore 64 and
>wondered how programs could realistically take up more
>than 64k of RAM.
I still have a couple Sinclair/Timexs around - they are actually becoming
collectable if you have the manuals, box and memory modules. I skipped the
C64 (my kids got one) and went for the classic IBM PC (64K memory on board).
This puppy has builtin BASIC interpreter, cassette tape mass storage
(really - for BASIC), came with a 320K full-height floppy disc ($300 extra)
later upgraded to 360K.
>>There are many utilities, services and facilities under Linux that have no
>>equal on any Windows OS - they just require something of a learning
process.
>Agreed. There are already things that *I* can do with Linux that simply
are
>not available with Windows or are too dificult to implement. For the
non-tech
>users I deal with (mostly family), short of multimedia support the
>windows-or-linux issue is a toss-up. Unfortunately, the few things they
can't
>do on Linux (like make free long distance phone calls) are important enough
>that they won't switch yet.
Agreed. sigh...
>Speaking of free/cheap long-distance calling, when is even one of these
>services going to support Linux? Several mention "some day" supporting
Mac,
>or that Mac support is in the works, but none cover Linux except how to
enable
>Windows clients to work through a IP-MASQ server.
?
Doesn't Dialpad.com run on the browser in a java virtual machine? Will it
not run on Netscape?
At any rate, I always have a couple nodes that dual-boot into W98 for just
such occasions.
Best regards,
Brian
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (BJW7TOAEM)
Subject: Installing Linux on old 386
Date: 07 Jul 2000 05:43:39 GMT
I have an old 386 40 MHz computer, it has a CDROM drive, floppy and a 200 MB
hard drive, it has 640 K memory and 3300 K extended memory. I would like to
install Linux and be able to use it as a mp3 player so I don't drain the system
resources of my main computer to listen to mp3s. I can't seem to get a recent
Linux distribution to be able to install on it, it says during booting up that
it runs out of memory. What are my options, am I living in a dream world
thinking that this old machine will be able to serve up mp3s? What distribution
should I use? How do I install Linux without running out of memory? Thanks for
the input!
John H.
Twinkling Of An Eye Ministries Web Site
http://members.aol.com/BJW7TOAEM/index.html
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From: E J <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: software development for linux:
Date: Thu, 06 Jul 2000 22:56:04 -0700
Have you tried KDevelop?
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Does anyone know of a software development package for linux similar to
> Borland's Turbo C/C++.
> This package has an editor, header files, libraries etc. all in in
> place.
> Thanks for any help.
> Bob
>
> Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
> Before you buy.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Faux_Pseudo)
Subject: Re: Adding a line above the text prompt
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Fri, 07 Jul 2000 06:00:50 GMT
--(In comp.os.linux.setup)--
--(David. E. Goble said it like only they can)--
<Hi all;
<
<Is it possible to add a line of text (perhaps using different colours)
<above the text consoles prompt?
<
<Something like;
<
<Pc 486 Dx 2/66 - Redhat 6.2 (Wed 5 July 2000 1:20am)
<[degoble@gtech degoble]$
well you can edit your $PS1 by hand and add all of that stuff
there is no bash escapes to find out the distrobution so you would have
to write a basic script to handle that
if you want to know to add this kind of stuff to the prompt read the
BASH-Prompt-HOWTO avaliable at one of the faq sites
or if you installed the howto's on your sys do this to find it
find /usr/doc -print | grep Prompt
and that will find it for you
if you just want to mess with the prompt and not actually think about
the processes involved try the interactive Bash prompt config script i wrote
you can find it at freshmeat.net or at
http://home.att.net/~p.gregerson/mainpg.html it will not do the
Pc 486 Dx 2/66 and it wont do Redhat 6.2 but it will do the rest
for you. and you can edit the resulting ~.bprc file and add things
to give you those
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From: kiran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Adding a line above the text prompt
Date: Fri, 7 Jul 2000 12:10:04 +0530
On Fri, 07 Jul 2000, David. E. Goble wrote:
>Hi all;
>
>Is it possible to add a line of text (perhaps using different colours)
>above the text consoles prompt?
>
>Something like;
>
>Pc 486 Dx 2/66 - Redhat 6.2 (Wed 5 July 2000 1:20am)
>[degoble@gtech degoble]$
>
>
>--Regards : David. E. Goble
> goble[AT]kin.net.au
> http://www-mugc.cc.monash.edu.au/~degob1/goble
> Po Box 648 Kingscote Kangaroo Island South Australia 5223
PS1="\\033[1;31mBLAH BLAH BLAH... (\t) \\033[0;39m \n [\u@\h \W] $ " should
do it for u....check out the Bash-Prompt-HOWTO & the man page for bash for
details....
HTH
Kiran
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Network Printers on an HP jet Direct Box
Date: Fri, 07 Jul 2000 06:48:16 GMT
Hi,
I have RedHat 6.2 installed and I have connected to a
HP LaserJet 4 printer. I get exactly the same problem as you do. I
get two copies for every printout.
The workaround for now is to use "lprng" instead of "lpr". But I
hope you do let us know here, if you are able to solve your problem. It
will be most helpful.
thanks and regards
Ashok
In article <8k2c1f$5f$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
"Bruce Acomb" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hello everyone,
>
> I am running Caldera Open Linux e-Server 2.3 in a production
environment, &
> I am having trouble printing from network printers on a Jet-Direct
box.
> I've got 2 HP Laser Jets (one's a 4000N, the other a 4Plus) on one
> Jet-Direct box, & 3 Okidata 390 printers on another Jet-Direct box.
I've
> created the printers using both COAS and the Lisa utility. No matter
how I
> seem to edit the /etc/printcap entry, whenever I print to any of these
> printers, it only prints the last page of the document. Below are the
> entries from my /etc/printcap file. FR3 is the HP LaserJet 4000, FR5
is the
> HP LaserJet 4Plus (both on the same Jet-Direct box), and FR1 is one of
the
> Okidatas on a different Jet-Direct box. I've edited these entries
many
> times, and the result is the same; I only get the last page to print
out.
> Also, whenever I send different jobs to the same printer, the first
job will
> print out twice, while the second job won't print at all. I have to
stop &
> start the LPD daemon several times between print jobs for the 2nd job
to
> print out. It seems as if the first print job is cached somewhere, so
that
> when you print the next job, it just reprints the first job from
wherever
> it's cached.
> fr3:\
> :[EMAIL PROTECTED]:\
> :lp=131.222.30.3%9100:\
> :br#576600:\
> :rm=131.222.30.200:\
> :rp=text2:\
> :sd=/var/spool/lpd/fr3:\
> :mx#0:\
> :sh:\
> :if=/var/spool/lpd/fr3/filter:
> fr5:\
> :[EMAIL PROTECTED]:\
> :lp=131.222.30.200%9100:\
> :br#57600:\
> :rm=131.222.30.200:\
> :rp=text1:\
> :sd=/var/spool/lpd/fr5:\
> :mx#0:\
> :sh:\
> :if=/var/spool/lpd/fr5/filter:
> fr1:\
> :lp=131.222.30.198:\
> :br#57600:\
> :rm=131.222.30.198:\
> :rp=fr1:\
> :sd=/var/spool/lpd/fr1:\
> :mx#0:\
> :sh:\
> :if=/var/spool/lpd/fr1/printfilter:\
> :[EMAIL PROTECTED]:
>
> I've got a case open with Caldera tech support, but so far they
haven't been
> able to solve the problem. I can print to these printers without a
problem
> from my main Unix production server (System V - MP-RAS 3.02). As I've
said
> before, all I'm sending over is text. There's got to be a way for
Linux to
> handle this kind of problem, without resorting to 3rd party
> applications/packages.
>
> Any & all help is appreciated. I'm testing the feasibility of
migrating our
> main Unix server to Linux; we need to be able to print to these
printers.
>
> Thanks in advance for your help.
>
> Bruce Acomb
> Database Administrator
> Newton Manufacturing Company
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Phone: 515-791-4115
> Fax: 515-792-6261
>
>
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Before you buy.
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From: "Lonni J. Friedman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Installing Linux on old 386
Date: Fri, 07 Jul 2000 02:49:25 -0400
BJW7TOAEM wrote:
>
> I have an old 386 40 MHz computer, it has a CDROM drive, floppy and a 200 MB
> hard drive, it has 640 K memory and 3300 K extended memory. I would like to
> install Linux and be able to use it as a mp3 player so I don't drain the system
> resources of my main computer to listen to mp3s. I can't seem to get a recent
> Linux distribution to be able to install on it, it says during booting up that
> it runs out of memory. What are my options, am I living in a dream world
> thinking that this old machine will be able to serve up mp3s? What distribution
> should I use? How do I install Linux without running out of memory? Thanks for
> the input!
You're out of luck because:
1) Linux requires at least 4MB of RAM
2) You can't play MP3's in real time on anything less than a very fast
486
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From: kiran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: printcap
Date: Fri, 7 Jul 2000 12:38:34 +0530
On Fri, 07 Jul 2000, sylvain hutchison wrote:
>Hello all,
>
>I am trying to add a new printer, all I want to do is add the remote
>queue and the remote server and I should be ok, but I don't know what to
>write exactly in printcap. I've got the names but I don't know how to
>add them to printcap, can anyone help me out?? Thanks.
>Sly.
Try RedHat's printtool. It has a GUI frontend and adds entries to your
printcap. You might already have it if u have installed Redhat. I think it
should work with other distro's as well (u can get it from
www.rpmfind.net or redhat sites). You could also check up man pages for
printcap and "Printing-HOWTO" in ur /usr/doc/HOWTO/ directory (if uve
installed HOWTO s) to manually edit printcap.
HTH
Kiran
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: junkbuster isn't working
Date: Thu, 6 Jul 2000 23:24:06 -0700
On or about Thu, 06 Jul 2000 13:29:01 -0700, D G
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> scrivened:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>>
>> Greetings!
>>
>> I installed junkbuster for Linux but it isn't working. The program is
>> installed in my local
>> $HOME/bin directory along with the .ini files. My browser is properly
>> configured to talk to the
>> proxy over port 8000. This is the same configuration I have in my
>> Windoze machine. junkbuster
>> starts correctly from .bash_profile. Yet, even though the browser has
> I think this is a bad idea unless you somehow check for currently
> running processes. Otherwise, every time you open a new shell,
> bash_profile will start another junkbuster listening at the same port.
Yes it's a bad idea. No, junkbuster won't start on each shell session.
It will start on each *login* session, assuming a normal console (or
telnet/ssh) login. Many X display managers *don't* source the login
scripts (.*profile), and may not execute it. This could be the problem
here -- I didn't read the post carefully enough the first time myself.
Junkbuster should *not* be launched from .bashrc (which is re-read on
each shell initiation) or .bash_profile, or related scripts. It belongs
under /etc/rc.d/inet.d (or /etc/inet.d under non-broken SysV startup
scripts such as Debian).
--
Karsten M. Self <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.netcom.com/~kmself
Evangelist, Opensales, Inc. http://www.opensales.org
What part of "Gestalt" don't you understand? Debian GNU/Linux rocks!
http://gestalt-system.sourceforge.net/ K5: http://www.kuro5hin.org
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Adding a line above the text prompt
Date: Thu, 6 Jul 2000 23:38:45 -0700
On or about Fri, 07 Jul 2000 04:21:46 GMT, David. E. Goble <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
scrivened:
> Hi all;
> Is it possible to add a line of text (perhaps using different colours)
> above the text consoles prompt?
> Something like;
> Pc 486 Dx 2/66 - Redhat 6.2 (Wed 5 July 2000 1:20am)
> [degoble@gtech degoble]$
Yes:
PS1="Line one of prompt
Line two of prompt $"
For more interesting examples, see the Bash-Prompt-HOWTO.
For my own prompts, I show the userid in reverse video if root. Helps
avoid mistakes <g>.
--
Karsten M. Self <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.netcom.com/~kmself
Evangelist, Opensales, Inc. http://www.opensales.org
What part of "Gestalt" don't you understand? Debian GNU/Linux rocks!
http://gestalt-system.sourceforge.net/ K5: http://www.kuro5hin.org
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: accidentally deleted
Date: Thu, 6 Jul 2000 23:45:33 -0700
On or about Thu, 06 Jul 2000 00:30:04 GMT, Hima Parimisetty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
scrivened:
> Hi all,
> I have accidentally deleted "/init" and "/lib" directories.Is there any
> way i can restore them and get the computer to boot.I don't want to
> re-install linux(unless it's the last option).please help me.
You *do* have a recent backup, right? This is what they're for.
Lose and learn... If nothing else, it's good to have /etc, /home, and
/usr/local backed up, as well as parts of /var. If you've partitioned
your boot partition (/bin /boot /dev /etc /initrd /lib /root /sbin)
seperately from all else, it should be small (< 100 MB, preferably <
50 MB), and you can park a spare copy (or two) on disk someplace.
I'd suggest going the reinstall route, it's going to be the cleanest way
to recover. /lib should have nothing in it *not* part of the
installation. However, not much will run without it <g>. You should
be able to salvage your installed packages list from your local RPM or
Debian package list and recycle this in your installation.
What is /init? This isn't part of the standard Linux filesystem (FSB),
AFAIK, unless it's specific to your distro.
--
Karsten M. Self <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.netcom.com/~kmself
Evangelist, Opensales, Inc. http://www.opensales.org
What part of "Gestalt" don't you understand? Debian GNU/Linux rocks!
http://gestalt-system.sourceforge.net/ K5: http://www.kuro5hin.org
GPG fingerprint: F932 8B25 5FDD 2528 D595 DC61 3847 889F 55F2 B9B0
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Some simple questions from an old timer.
Date: Thu, 6 Jul 2000 23:52:29 -0700
On or about Wed, 05 Jul 2000 20:50:07 +0100, Keith G. Robertson-Turner
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> scrivened:
> Hi,
> Actually I'm 33 ( does that make me old ? )
Well, compared to me, yeah (32).
> Oh well, anyway ...
> 1) ... I've been rumaging around looking for support for OnStream DI30
> ( ide ) tape drives. I know they're supported but I'm hoping I won't need
> to recompile the kernel to achive this. Please tell me RH6.2 already
> supports this drive, whats the mount point ? Oh and some decent backup
> software ? Yes I've been to onstream.com.
So get over it and build yerself a new kernel already, it's easy, it's
good for you, it puts hair on your chest (if that's where you leave it
after tearing it out of your scalp <g>). Really, kernel builds are no
big deal.
> 2) ... I'd love the new XFree86 v4 package so I can use OpenGL with my
> Nvidia TNT2 card. I d/loaded the bin's and "sh" the setup and everthing
> seemed fine. Big problem - it wiped out Gnome, KDE and the whole
> desktop.
Haven't installed XF86v4 yet, but this strikes me as odd.
Are your Gnome, KDE, etc., packages still installed? What happens when
you query the appropriate RPMs:
$ rpm -qil <packagename>
...should give you status, description, and a list of contents.
More likely than not you've wiped out a user config file somehow -- or
I've got no idea what I'm talking about....
> I thought I'd have an absolute nightmare setting RH up
> but Christ this thing *rocks*.
Hey, just wait til you try Debian.... <g>
Happy Linuxing.
> Keith ( Homer ) Robertson-Turner
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
--
Karsten M. Self <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.netcom.com/~kmself
Evangelist, Opensales, Inc. http://www.opensales.org
What part of "Gestalt" don't you understand? Debian GNU/Linux rocks!
http://gestalt-system.sourceforge.net/ K5: http://www.kuro5hin.org
GPG fingerprint: F932 8B25 5FDD 2528 D595 DC61 3847 889F 55F2 B9B0
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From: Dietrich Timm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Can't access my /dev/hda1 partition
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware,linux.redhat.install,linux.redhat.misc
Date: Fri, 7 Jul 2000 14:44:53 +1000
On Tue, 04 Jul 2000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>I've been running a intel p3 box with windows and mandrake linux 7.0
>side by side for a month or two now. It was missing the development
>tools so I reinserted the CD and did an upgrade. But when that was done
>and the computer rebooted, I couldn't find windows in my LILO boot. So
>i went into my lilo.conf file and found out that it wasn't listed there.
>So i typed in other = /dev/hda1 and all the other junk that goes along
>with it. Saved the buffer. Then I typed in lilo and I got this error:
>"first sector of /dev/hda1 doesn't have a valid boot signature". Then
>if I click on my disk 0 icon on my desktop (an alias to the windows
>drive) it says: "WARNING - mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad
>superblock on /dev/hda1 or too many mounted file systems". I did an
>fdisk and the partution shows up under /dev/hda1. Now, when I do fdisk
>is: The number of cylinders for this disk is set to 3328. There is
>nothing wrong with that, but this is larger than 1024, and could in
>certain setups cause problems with:
>1) software that runs at boot time (e.g., LILO)
>2) booting and partitioning software from other OSs
> (e.g., DOS FDISK, OS/2 FDISK)
>
>Next, I tried using my windows 98 boot disk and when I went into C:> and
>did a "dir" it said couldn't read media type on drive c (or something
>very similar to that). Did a fdisk /MBR, and restarted and now said
>"Missing Operating System." So I rebuilt the linux master boot record
>and I was at least able to once again go into linux which is what I am
>using now. I'm not trying to bombard you with all my problems, but
>hopefully the more info I give the easier it will be for someone to help
>me with this problem. I really need access to my windows partition, and
>if anyone can help me once again see my windows files....if even just to
>be able to back them up on CD's or Jazz disks or whatever, please please
>please lend a helping hand. I apprecaite your time with this lengthy
>letter and can't wait to hear from someone;)
>
>Thanks again!
>Stu
>
>
>Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
>Before you buy.
Hi Stu,
Had something similar happen to me caused by accepting the default
bootup instead of using expert mode. I was lucky that I have Norton's 2000 and
Partition Mgic 5 installed. The only thing that was visible on C:\ after doing
fdisk /mbr and using win98 bootdisk was Rescue which fixed the partition table
and all was well again. Screwed up partition table again this time on purpose
and used Boot Magic rescue floppy and that did the repairs also. Hope you have
one or the other of those utilities else you might be in a little bit of bother,
Regards
Dietrich
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From: "Emmanuel DENIMAL" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: SVGALIB & SIS 6326
Date: Fri, 07 Jul 2000 07:44:06 GMT
Tank you !
Matan Ziv-Av a �crit dans le message ...
>On Thu, 06 Jul 2000 12:28:50 GMT, Emmanuel DENIMAL
><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>> How to setup the vgalib for use it with a SIS 6326 8Mo graphic card ???
>> thanks !
>
>Please try svgalib 1.4.1 or newer. It has a SiS driver.
>
>--
>Matan Ziv-Av. [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
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From: Marco Manzan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.admin
Subject: X locked on login
Date: Fri, 7 Jul 2000 09:59:25 +0200
Hi
I started a session on a HP Kayak XU but now the computer is locked, I can
connect normally via net on it, but I can't use it directly. I'm using Red Hat
5.2 with kde 1.1.2 and kdm the following is the message in
/var/log/messages.
May I unlock the machine without rebooting ?
thanks in advance
Jul 7 09:11:46 fthp5 PAM_pwdb[9748]: (kde) session opened for user marco by
(uid=0) Jul 7 09:11:57 fthp5 kdm[535]: Server for display :0 terminated
unexpectedly: 2816 Jul 7 09:11:57 fthp5 kernel: Unable to handle kernel NULL
pointer dereference at virtual address 00000000 Jul 7 09:11:57 fthp5 kernel:
current->tss.cr3 = 0fdda000, `r3 = 0fdda000 Jul 7 09:11:57 fthp5 kernel: *pde
= 00000000 Jul 7 09:11:57 fthp5 kernel: Oops: 0002
Jul 7 09:11:57 fthp5 kernel: CPU: 0
Jul 7 09:11:57 fthp5 kernel: EIP: 0010:[<c01ab5a6>]
Jul 7 09:11:57 fthp5 kernel: EFLAGS: 00013282
Jul 7 09:11:57 fthp5 kernel: eax: cc845020 ebx: 00000001 ecx: 00000009 edx:
00000001
Jul 7 09:11:57 fthp5 kernel: esi: cc845020 edi: 00000000 ebp: 00000000 esp:
ceec9ee4
Jul 7 09:11:57 fthp5 kernel: ds: 0018 es: 0018 ss: 0018
Jul 7 09:11:57 fthp5 kernel: Process X (pid: 5891, process nr: 42, stackpage=ceec9000)
Jul 7 09:11:57 fthp5 kernel: Stack: ceec8000 ceec9f14 cc845000 00000000 c0110a6e
cc845000 ceec9f2c 31eebe53
Jul 7 09:11:57 fthp5 kernel: ceec8000 c01b000b 00003216 00000000 ceec9f40
c0110985 ceec9f2c c7461000
Jul 7 09:11:57 fthp5 kernel: ceec9f6c 00000010 00000000 c020dcb8 31eebe53
ceec8000 c011057c 00000000
Jul 7 09:11:57 fthp5 kernel: Call Trace: [<c0110a6e>] [<c01b000b>] [<c0110985>]
[<c011057c>] [<c012f754>] [<c012faed>] [<c0107b00>]
Jul 7 09:11:57 fthp5 kernel: Code: f3 a5 a1 04 73 26 c0 8b 74 24 10 39 86 c8 00 00 00
74 5b 8b
Jul 7 09:11:57 fthp5 PAM_pwdb[9748]: (kde) session closed for user marco
Jul 7 09:11:59 fthp5 kdm[535]: server unexpectedly died
Jul 7 09:12:14 fthp5 kdm[535]: Server for display :0 can't be started, session
disabled
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