Linux-Setup Digest #109, Volume #19 Sat, 8 Jul 00 02:13:05 EDT
Contents:
Redhat eth0 boot problem (Todd Johnston)
"Modem Busy" Problem (Whigdon2)
Re: Display not getting set (Intel 810 chipset problem ?) (Niann Shiang)
Re: Access to Windows Printers (Niann Shiang)
Special characters and qwerty keyboard (Don Grafton)
Re: SUSE 6.3 (or *.4?) --ran out of input data :-( ("Rucsandra M. Corbeanu")
Re: SUSE 6.3 (or *.4?) --ran out of input data :-( (Ioannis Thavoris)
Kernel panic??? help! ("EC932")
Re: Installing Linux on old 386 (B'ichela)
Re: Helix GNOME update kills pager! ("David ..")
Re: How do I set the system time? ("David ..")
Re: Installing Linux on old 386 (Edward Lee)
Re: named no starting on boot? ("David ..")
Re: How do I set the system time? (Hal Burgiss)
Re: How do I set the system time? (Michael Nadler)
Booting windows from second drive ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
OpenLinux and DHCP cable modem ("Savachie")
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From: Todd Johnston <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Redhat eth0 boot problem
Date: Sat, 08 Jul 2000 03:25:19 GMT
I has installed a Redhat 6.2 Gnome workstation on a dual boot win98
system. When I boot up, the NIC (3com 900B) fails. I've tried DCHP and
it doesn't work at all. After trying many things, I have some up with
this. I set up everything manually with netconfig and
linuxconfigurator. Now, I have to insmod 3c59x, ifup eth0, and enable
eth0 in xwindows after every boot to get it to work. Without doing
this, I just get delaying initialization of eth0 and ifconfig doesn't
even show eth0. Any ideas on how to make Linux setup the card on boot.
Eth0 is set to activate on boot, but fails now.
Thanks
Todd
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Whigdon2)
Subject: "Modem Busy" Problem
Date: 08 Jul 2000 03:44:43 GMT
Dear Gentle-Listener,
I recently installed RedHat 6.2 as a KDE workstation. No matter what I try
(and I admit, my choices are necessarily limited), I cannot get the modem to
dial (even). The applications (pppd, minicom, term, etc.. ) think that it "is
busy". It is a USR Sportster modem, and it worked with RedHat Version 5.2, so
it is not a winmodem.
There are no "locks" in /var/lock/ or anywhere else that I can see. There are
no pppd processes running (to my untrained eye). The modem is apparently being
found, it is just "busy".
I'm still new to this (though I have spend the last day and a half, at least,
on this problem!). Any help/suggestions would be appreciated.
Thanks,
Bill
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From: Niann Shiang <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Display not getting set (Intel 810 chipset problem ?)
Date: Fri, 07 Jul 2000 23:36:03 -0400
Intel 810 chipset works fine with Mandrake 6.1 and Suse 6.3& later and should
work with RH6.1 and later. You need to get the kernel patch, or driver whatever
you want to call from Intel web site and follow install instruction line by
line. It is not a trivial task, but it does work. And you should set up your X
window first with vga16 since it always work. Although the resolution is not
great, at least you have something to start with
yoyo wrote:
> Hi
> I have an HP PC with Intel 810 chipset and a monitor whose vertical /
> horizontal frequencies I can only guess at (ie. until someone tells me a way
> to figure that out - 'cos the vendor doesn't respond)
>
> During Linux installation (Redhat) - it tried to configure the monitor but
> failed.
>
> I tried to manually configure it through Xf86 file.
> At the moment, running startx display letters in huge fonts and a part of
> the actual display is visible on the screen.
>
> I tried changing the resolution but it does not help
> Then in the X 11 docs file - there is a statement which says that 810
> chipset is by default not supported by the kernel - though it can be turned
> on - method to switch it on is not explained .
>
> If anyone has experienced similar problem and found a solution for this -
> can it be shared
>
> Thanks
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From: Niann Shiang <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Access to Windows Printers
Date: Fri, 07 Jul 2000 23:45:25 -0400
Printing from Linux is such a pain. You need to install Ghostscript driver
and others. Network printing is even worse. However, the following route
works amazingly well. Try VMWare to emulate Win95, Win98, even NT or Win
2000 under Linux and set up network printing exactly in the same way as you
have done with Window machines.
Steve Farber/BCSi wrote:
> I am a relative newcomer to Linux (not quite a newbie), but I am stymied
> by my need to access my printers under Windows.
>
> I have a Linux box running samba to which my LaserJet 6L is attached.
> The printer is shared and useful to my Windows98 machine. My Windows98
> machine has an HP820 Cse inkjet. My Linux workstation is a Caldera 2.4
> machine with no printers of its own.
>
> What must I do to access my Windows printers? I have tried to access
> them, but know very little about printers/queues. Can someone help me
> to straighten this out? Should I just go buy a dedicated print server?
> Would a print server make any of this any easier?
>
> Many thanks in advance.
>
> Steve
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Date: Fri, 07 Jul 2000 21:00:44 -0700
From: Don Grafton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Special characters and qwerty keyboard
Hi,
I am fairly new to the Linux world and have just recently come
across some unusual keyboard responses. Namely, several special
characters: the tilde' (~), the right single quote (`), the left single
quote ('), the upper carat (^), and the double quote (") all require a
double-click to insert into any text. At first I thought it was just a
quirk with the Netscape Message center application, but soon found it
was consistant in all of my editors and with the Star Office apllication
as well.
By any chance is there a simple cure for this problem that I have
overlooked in the process of setting up this system?? I am using the
S.u.S.E. 6.2 distribution and have selected the standard US 104 key
keyboard during the setup.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks
Don Grafton
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From: "Rucsandra M. Corbeanu" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: SUSE 6.3 (or *.4?) --ran out of input data :-(
Date: Fri, 07 Jul 2000 22:37:59 -0500
Hi JM
Your advice worked :-) It was indeed a lilo problem because of the kernel
modification. After searching all the HOW TO's and all my Linux references I
was sure that this was the problem. I took advandage of the SUSE 6.3 resque
disk that gives the option to run the rest of Linux from an existent root
partition.
Fortunately(?) I had somewhere written down the partition table, so I didn't
have to check all the possible compinations :-)
Thank you for your responses.
-Io
JM wrote:
> It could be that the install modified your kernel. When the kernel is
> modified, lilo needs to be re-run before rebooting. I believe you can boot
> up with the install cdrom and at the boot prompt type "linux root=/dev/hda0"
> (or whatever partition your linux is in). Then run just type "lilo" to
> re-run lilo and your problem should be corrected. There is a post in this
> newsgroup I think that talks about updating the kernel then forgetting to
> run lilo with the same procedure listed. Hope this helps, John
>
> "Ioannis Thavoris" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> > I was trying to install my sound card (sb awe 64) and the appropriate
> > module (snd-card-sbawe.o) was missing since I hadn't installed it at the
> > first instalation. I decided to search the suse ftp site and I found the
> > module to be part of the k_deflt.rpm, k_eide, ... etc packages in the
> > directory ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/current/suse/images/ .
> >
> > So, what I did, I downloaded the k_deflt.rpm package and I ran it as
> > root (using the kpackage) and just "upgrate" it !!!!!! ;-( .
> > (Notice that k_deflt.rpm is from the 6.4 distribution while I have 6.3).
> > Still I couldn't install the card with yast2: the module was missing.
> > Then I though this maybe is due to the version incompatibility and I
> > found the same module in the alsa.rpm package at
> > ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/6.3/suse/snd1/ , ran it again as root
> > and I "succeeded " !!!
> >
> > ... or I though I did, because when I rebooted my PC I was faced
> > with the message
> >
> > ran out of input data
> > -- system halded
> >
> > That wasn't a plain kernel panic; that was worse than a dissaster. I
> > believe it should be easy? to recover my system but I have no certain
> > and safe idea how. Since I haven't made a backup for two months now, I
> > cannot take the risk to experiment again (Why I didn't think this
> > before ????????).
> > Let me know what I can do
> >
> > Regards
> > -Io
> >
> >
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From: Ioannis Thavoris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: SUSE 6.3 (or *.4?) --ran out of input data :-(
Date: Fri, 07 Jul 2000 22:49:12 -0500
-Correction
Someone used the Netscape in between , and changed the name to "Rucsandra M.
Corbeanu" in the identity properties menu of the browser.
This is what happend when people have to share resources with Windowz users.
Thanks God my little Linux works fine again!
My apologies
-Ioannis Thavoris
> Hi JM
>
> Your advice worked :-) It was indeed a lilo problem because of the kernel
> modification. After searching all the HOW TO's and all my Linux references I
> was sure that this was the problem. I took advandage of the SUSE 6.3 resque
> disk that gives the option to run the rest of Linux from an existent root
> partition.
> Fortunately(?) I had somewhere written down the partition table, so I didn't
> have to check all the possible compinations :-)
>
> Thank you for your responses.
>
> -Io
>
> JM wrote:
>
> > It could be that the install modified your kernel. When the kernel is
> > modified, lilo needs to be re-run before rebooting. I believe you can boot
> > up with the install cdrom and at the boot prompt type "linux root=/dev/hda0"
> > (or whatever partition your linux is in). Then run just type "lilo" to
> > re-run lilo and your problem should be corrected. There is a post in this
> > newsgroup I think that talks about updating the kernel then forgetting to
> > run lilo with the same procedure listed. Hope this helps, John
> >
> > "Ioannis Thavoris" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> > news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> > > I was trying to install my sound card (sb awe 64) and the appropriate
> > > module (snd-card-sbawe.o) was missing since I hadn't installed it at the
> > > first instalation. I decided to search the suse ftp site and I found the
> > > module to be part of the k_deflt.rpm, k_eide, ... etc packages in the
> > > directory ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/current/suse/images/ .
> > >
> > > So, what I did, I downloaded the k_deflt.rpm package and I ran it as
> > > root (using the kpackage) and just "upgrate" it !!!!!! ;-( .
> > > (Notice that k_deflt.rpm is from the 6.4 distribution while I have 6.3).
> > > Still I couldn't install the card with yast2: the module was missing.
> > > Then I though this maybe is due to the version incompatibility and I
> > > found the same module in the alsa.rpm package at
> > > ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/6.3/suse/snd1/ , ran it again as root
> > > and I "succeeded " !!!
> > >
> > > ... or I though I did, because when I rebooted my PC I was faced
> > > with the message
> > >
> > > ran out of input data
> > > -- system halded
> > >
> > > That wasn't a plain kernel panic; that was worse than a dissaster. I
> > > believe it should be easy? to recover my system but I have no certain
> > > and safe idea how. Since I haven't made a backup for two months now, I
> > > cannot take the risk to experiment again (Why I didn't think this
> > > before ????????).
> > > Let me know what I can do
> > >
> > > Regards
> > > -Io
> > >
> > >
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From: "EC932" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Kernel panic??? help!
Date: Sat, 08 Jul 2000 04:27:33 GMT
I've install Mandrake, on my system, and i chosed the option of linux for
windows. It installed completly, but when it tries to boot up, after a
minute of booting up this MSG comes up:
" request_module[block-major-7]: Root fs not mounted
VFS: Cannot open root device 07:07
Kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 07:07 "
And right before i boot up my system from start i get an error saying
" There is an error in your CONFIG.SYS file on line 4
press any key to continue.... "
Now would that be in the C:\confiq.sys or in the linux directory????
Thank you for your time.
EC932
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (B'ichela)
Subject: Re: Installing Linux on old 386
Date: Sat, 8 Jul 2000 00:20:24 -0400
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On 07 Jul 2000 05:43:39 GMT, BJW7TOAEM <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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!
In a simple nutshell. you got a 4MB ram system with a 200MB
IDE hd right? I will make the logical assumption you have a IDE
Cdrom (any speed) right?
First boost the ram. say get at LEAST 16MB ram on it if
possible. if you are using 1Meg by 9 bit 30pin Simms (likely). and
your machine only holds 4 of them (possibly). replace all four with
4meg by 9 simms for 16mb (better) or go to jameco
http://www.jameco.com and grab those nice 16mb by 9 bit 30 pin simms
for I think it is $100 for four, for a nice juicy 64mb of ram (now I
don't know if a 386 can USE 64mb of ram though. You may only need TWO
for 32M ram. I am thinking of stuffing four of those beasties in my
486DX2/66mhz Vesa Local bus box for 64mb! might want to go 128MB with
8 of those suckers! I may upgrade someday to a 486DX4/66 for better
speed and some new Scsi hard drives (when Welfare pays better, likely
when hell freezes over, I am disabled).
Now for the MP3s, I don't play them, I play 8tracks! they
sound better (although the 8track is not plugged into the computer).
>From what I DO know. you need a BIGGER HD! But then you may run into
the Bigger HD Bios Limitation (possibly 520MB for yours). May I
recommend SCSI now before you need ulcer medications? I blieve that
Sound blasters used to come with built in SCSI support on limited
models. grab one of those (you could use the IDE to boot the system
with). that way you get 16bit sound and built in Scsi support in one
slot!
--
B'ichela
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From: "David .." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Helix GNOME update kills pager!
Date: Fri, 07 Jul 2000 23:35:34 -0500
Chris Stump wrote:
>
> Greetings,
>
> I recently installed the helix distribution of GNOME on my Red Hat linux
> 6.2 machine. Everything was fine until last night when I used the
> update agent. I used the program to download and install a few packages
> for my system (I couldn't tell you which ones, I don't exactly remember)
> and then all of a sudden, afterwards, my GNOME pager (a.k.a. desk guide)
> no longer pages. Basically, there is no longer a grid on the pager that
> allows me to page through desktops. There is just one desktop, and when
> I check the properties box, I can't seem to find anything to correct
> this problem. I read the GNOME user's guide too, but I still can't
> find anything that helps--the option to have one desktop showing in the
> properties box isn't checked. I don't get it, could you please help
> me? Any advice is much appreciated =)
>
> Thank you for your time and in advance to all who reply.
Use the gnome configuration tool and then choose "workspaces" then edit
the "Number of colums and rows in each virtual workspace" and set it to
colums and rows you want.
--
Registered with the Linux Counter. http://counter.li.org
ID # 123538
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From: "David .." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: How do I set the system time?
Date: Fri, 07 Jul 2000 23:44:35 -0500
George wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> In my hundreds of dollars of Linux books, I can't figure out how to set
> the system time. Can somebody help? I use Redhat 6.1.
If you are running X then you can use "timetool" as root.
--
Registered with the Linux Counter. http://counter.li.org
ID # 123538
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From: Edward Lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Installing Linux on old 386
Date: Fri, 07 Jul 2000 21:53:01 -0700
B'ichela wrote:
> >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
Yes, you are dreaming. You need a 486 dx100+ to play half-frequency mono sound, a
pentium 120+ to play full stereo.
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From: "David .." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.admin,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.questions
Subject: Re: named no starting on boot?
Date: Fri, 07 Jul 2000 23:53:58 -0500
Devon Harding wrote:
>
> How can I get named to start on boot up on RHL62?
>
> Thanks,
>
> -Devon
As root use "/usr/sbin/setup" choose "system services" place an asterisk
next to the service you want to start at boot time.
--
Registered with the Linux Counter. http://counter.li.org
ID # 123538
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Hal Burgiss)
Subject: Re: How do I set the system time?
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Sat, 08 Jul 2000 05:07:34 GMT
On Fri, 07 Jul 2000 21:01:17 GMT, George <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Hi all,
>
>In my hundreds of dollars of Linux books, I can't figure out how to set
>the system time. Can somebody help? I use Redhat 6.1.
[hal@feenix hal]$ apropos clock
adjtimex (2) - tune kernel clock
alarm (2) - set an alarm clock for delivery of a signal
clock [hwclock] (8) - query and set the hardware clock (RTC)
setclock (8) - sets the hardware clock from the system clock
t3d (1) - clock using flying balls to display the time
[edited list]
See man clock. man date too.
## set system clock from time server ...
/usr/bin/rdate -s $SERVER
## set hardware clock from our new system time ...
/sbin/hwclock --systohc
--
Hal B
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From: Michael Nadler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: How do I set the system time?
Date: Fri, 07 Jul 2000 22:16:23 -0700
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"David .." wrote:
> George wrote:
> >
> > Hi all,
> >
> > In my hundreds of dollars of Linux books, I can't figure out how to set
> > the system time. Can somebody help? I use Redhat 6.1.
>
> If you are running X then you can use "timetool" as root.
>
> --
> Registered with the Linux Counter. http://counter.li.org
> ID # 123538
After things get settled, and you really want your system time to be
*exact*, try downloading and then running xntpd, the NTP (Network Time
Protocol) daemon. This daemon will keep your system time synchronized with
a world-wide time standard.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Booting windows from second drive
Date: Sat, 08 Jul 2000 05:12:58 GMT
I have 2 hard disks, wd 10.2Gb and 6.4Bb, I would like to have Linux
installed on the IDE Primary Master and Windows on the Secondary Master
and be able to boot to windows from the LILO promt.
My Current configuration is as follows:
/dev/hda WD 10.2Gb Drive Linux
/dev/hdb Iomega Zip 250 Internal
/dev/hdc WD 6.4Gb Drive windows
/dev/hdd 40x ATAPI CD-ROM Drive
If it is necessary I can rearange these Drives, I think that it has
something to do wilth the bios = option and telling LILO to swap what it
sees as Primary and Secondary Master.
Thanks in advance
John
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From: "Savachie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: OpenLinux and DHCP cable modem
Date: Sat, 08 Jul 2000 05:56:44 GMT
Can anyone help me or direct me towards a answer, I don't know how to set it
up.
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