Linux-Setup Digest #139, Volume #19 Tue, 11 Jul 00 22:13:09 EDT
Contents:
Re: CRON / CRONTAB Help. ("Adam H.")
Re: junkbuster isn't working ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: CRON / CRONTAB Help. ("Adam H.")
Re: Help! How to partition HD for dual Linux / DOS-Win3.11 system overcoming 8GB
DOS limit (Bob Martin)
Cyrix GX video processor (David Nordstedt)
Problem with IDE and Kernel Booting ("Eric Harrison")
Not finding harddrive during installation ("Tyler Buck")
Re: Help! How to partition HD for dual Linux / DOS-Win3.11 system overcoming 8GB
DOS limit (James Alan Brown)
Re: ES1930 LINUX audio drivers (E J)
Re: Mounting an ATAPI CD-RW (alex)
"text install" from floppy (SuSE 6.4) needed (Greg Newby)
ftape formatting problem (mike)
Re: Please Help W/My Various Problems (lost passwd, x, "LI", and just a couple more)
(Bit Twister)
Re: monitor screen blank after installation (E J)
Re: pppd runs OK(?) but still no connection to Internet ("David ..")
Re: CRON / CRONTAB Help. (Wayne Larmon)
Re: Please Help W/My Various Problems (lost passwd, x, "LI", and just a couple more)
(Bit Twister)
problem when booting up OpenLinux ("Ron TJ HUANG")
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From: "Adam H." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: CRON / CRONTAB Help.
Date: Wed, 12 Jul 2000 09:18:04 +1000
Hi David,
Thanks for your help.
When I ran crontab -e and edited the line, it created
the cron file in /tmp Is it supposed to go here? Should
I be worried about it being deleted?
TIA
Adam
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: junkbuster isn't working
Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2000 23:09:24 GMT
> First of all, try a later version of netscape. 4.5 crashed on me all
> the time. 4.72 seems quite stable, and 4.73 is supposed to be even
> better. (Of course, this won't fix the junkbuster problem, but will
> probably save you other headaches.)
>
> --
> DG
The problem was Netscape Communicator 4.5. For some reason it wasn't
updating the user_prefs(...); entries in the prefs.js file correctly. The
proxy configuration never got installed correctly.
Thanks for your help!
G
Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
Before you buy.
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From: "Adam H." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: CRON / CRONTAB Help.
Date: Wed, 12 Jul 2000 09:26:22 +1000
Hi Olav,
I tried this last night, but I have no record in the /var/log/messages
folder that said that samba restarted.
Have you got any ideas?
TIA
Adam
Olav Fossgaard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> "Adam H." wrote:
>
> > All I want the server to do, is execute 'samba restart' at 4:30am every
> > day. (The linux box will be sitting at a login prompt).
>
> As root add this line to /etc/crontab (without the quotes):
> 30 4 * * * "Command to restart samba"
> See also "man 5 crontab"
>
> Olav
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From: Bob Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: Help! How to partition HD for dual Linux / DOS-Win3.11 system
overcoming 8GB DOS limit
Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2000 23:30:18 +0000
phil ossifer wrote:
>
> Sorry if this is a FAQ. If it is, a pointer would be appreciated (for some
> reason comp.os.linux.answers is empty on my ISP's server (primenet).
>
> I'm going to set up a new system (128MB 700 MHZ Athlon) as a dual DOS/WFW3.11
> and Linux system. It has a 30GB Western Digital hard drive (and a Zip drive).
>
> Though it will eventually become a Linux-only system for quite a while I must
> get work done using the DOS/WFW software I'm familiar with. My current problem
> is the DOS 8GB hard drive barrier. I would like to have DOS programs be able to
> read Linux's files and Linux be able to read the dos data files.
>
It won't make much difference, DOS is not going be able to access the
linux partitions as it does not understand the linux filesystem. Linux
can mount and access DOS filesystems. Just make a partition for DOS and
install it first, then install linux.
--
Bob Martin
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From: David Nordstedt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Cyrix GX video processor
Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2000 19:32:15 -0400
Hi,
I have just installed RH 6.2 on a small embedded PC with a Cyrix GX P233
type chip and the video is on the processor. I believe this falls under
the card type of mediagx. After many different configurations, I can
only get X to come up in 640x480. Anyone else had these problems? I am
using the XFree86 that came with RH 6.2 (3.3.6).
--
David R. Nordstedt
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From: "Eric Harrison" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Problem with IDE and Kernel Booting
Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2000 16:41:01 -0700
I am trying to install redhat 6.2 or caldera eDesktop 2.4 on an AMD k6/2.
Both installs are from bootable cd and hangs while booting the kernel at the
ide portion. i have wd hd's and a creative cd-rw and toshiba cd-rom. I
pipe the hd and cdrom info to the kernel but it still hangs. Any ideas?
Thanks
Eric
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From: "Tyler Buck" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Not finding harddrive during installation
Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2000 16:13:36 -0700
Hello,
This is my first time trying to use/install Linux and I've come up with a
problem that I can't find any previous documentation for. I'm trying to
install RH 6.1 but during installation it gives an error stating that "no
valid devices were found on which to create filesystems". I'm assuming this
means that it can't find my hard drives. My primary hard drive is a 30GB
that has one partition running Win98. A installed a second drive, 2GB, that
is a slave which I'm going to install Linux on. When I installed the second
drive a simply adjusted jumper settings and plugged it into the cable. I
didn't do anything adjustments in the Bios or in windows and it came up fine
when Win98 started. Was there something else I should have done while
installing it to make Linux find it? Or am I not on the right track?
Thanks for reading this post and for any comments.
-Tyler
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From: James Alan Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: Help! How to partition HD for dual Linux / DOS-Win3.11 system overcoming
8GB DOS limit
Date: Wed, 12 Jul 2000 00:30:04 GMT
phil ossifer wrote:
>
>
>
> Sorry if this is a FAQ. If it is, a pointer would be appreciated (for
some
> reason comp.os.linux.answers is empty on my ISP's server (primenet).
>
> I'm going to set up a new system (128MB 700 MHZ Athlon) as a dual
DOS/WFW3.11
> and Linux system. It has a 30GB Western Digital hard drive (and a Zip
drive).
>
> Though it will eventually become a Linux-only system for quite a while I
must
> get work done using the DOS/WFW software I'm familiar with. My current
problem
> is the DOS 8GB hard drive barrier. I would like to have DOS programs be
able to
> read Linux's files and Linux be able to read the dos data files.
>
> I got the WD "cure", but it seems to muck with the MBR and/or do other
things
> that make me feel their solution is likely to interfere with Linux or at
least
> make the DOS partitions unavailable to Linux programs.
>
> I can't be the only one who wants to run Linux and DOS on a large drive.
Anyone
> have a more transparent solution then WD's Data Lifeguard Tools? (I am
quite
> experienced with DOS's way of doing things, but a total newbie to Linux,
so
> please be gentle.) I'm sure that just running Linux with DOS emulation
and
> perhaps some WINE is in my future, but for now I must have a DOS working
system
> while I ease up to speed with Linux. Can anyone suggest a partition
layout for
> the DOS/WFW partitions (at least 8GB) that will let me smoothly add Linux
> partition(s) at a later time while having both systems access each
other's data
> files?
>
> Thanks in advance
> Phil
>
>
>
First thing Phil...
Have you yet got a Linux Destro? if so what version and company is it?
If not then go and get SuSE Linux 6.4 and I will be happy to help you
config a dual booting system using SuSE Linux there is no problem on the
size of your hard drive but unless you use a destro such as SuSE 6.4 its
not so easy to config.
With SuSE Linux you can totally customise your partitions (expert mode via
yast1) and configure dual booting on any size of hard drive. Unfortunately
with other Linux destros its not so easy.
So if you have not got a Linux destro I would suggest you go for SuSE 6.4
and email me for any help you need to set it up.
I will be most happy to help you (Free help as is the Linux way)!
I have built many dual booting systems including the Athlon 600 and it
really works well under Linux.
Regards,
James
http://www.jabcomp.force9.co.uk/
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From: E J <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: linux.redhat.misc,alt.os.linux,linux.redhat.install
Subject: Re: ES1930 LINUX audio drivers
Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2000 17:50:48 -0700
Did you try picking an ESS card with the appropriate irq and io address in
sndconfig and did it make a sound?
Try the following, but backup before attempting:
It looks like you are using the development kernel 2.3.99. When you created
your new kernel, you probably did not create the sound modules. After doing the
make files (take a long break in between :) ),
# su -
# cd /usr/src/linux
# make xconfig # select sound and make modules of all the sound
components especially ESS stuff
# make dep
# make zImage
# make modules
# make modules_install
======= after a long time=============
# reboot
# su -
# sndconfig # see if you can do the autoprobing or select an ESS sound driver.
Eugene Marchand wrote:
> There is no sound at all and sndconfig does not find any sound driver. It is
> complaining that it can't find soundcore.o and that sound card support should
> be compiled as a module. I'm sure I did so I don't understand why soundcore.o
> can't be found.
>
> The messages I see when booting the system are:
>
> Loading sound module (sb) /lib/modules/2.3.99-pre9/sound/sb.o: init_modules:
> Device or resource busy
> /lib/modules/2.3.99-pre9/sound/sb.o: insmod
> /lib/modules/2.3.99-pre9/sound/sb.o failed
> /lib/modules/2.3.99-pre9/sound/sb.o: init_module: Device or resource busy
> /lib/modules/2.3.99-pre9/sound/sb.o: insmod
> /lib/modules/2.3.99-pre9/sound/sb.o failed
> /lib/modules/2.3.99-pre9/sound/sb.o: insmod sb failed
>
> E J wrote:
>
> > Did you try sndconfig? What kind of sound driver did it come up with
> > during auto-probing?
> > Did you try the other ESS drivers such ESS1688, ESS1888, etc to see if they
> > work? Those ESS drivers might work because it could be compatible with
> > your chip.
> > Do you get sound but at wrong speed?
> > Post your results back here.
> >
> > Eugene Marchand wrote:
> >
> > > Hi there,
> > >
> > > I have an IBM PC 300GL model 6563 type 42G. This machine has an on-board
> > > audio device (ESS allegro). I'm trying to have the audio device working
> > > with RedHAT 6.2 but it seems that I'm missing the right drivers.
> > >
> > > Can someone help me out to find the right drivers for this audio device
> > > type ES1930S?
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > >
> > > Eugene Marchand
> > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (alex)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: Mounting an ATAPI CD-RW
Date: Wed, 12 Jul 2000 00:53:36 GMT
On 09 Jul 2000 19:25:29 EDT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dances With Crows)
wrote:
>Edit /etc/conf.modules with your favorite text editor, and find the line
>that says "scsi_hostadapter". Remove that line, and replace it with this
>line:
> alias scsi_hostadapter ide-scsi
>This will force loading of the ide-scsi module whenever a "SCSI" device is
>accessed, which is what you want unless you have a real SCSI bus
>somewhere.
Actually, I have the ide-scsi module loaded in rc.modules. Is there a
reason for doing it in conf.modules? The one reason I can think of is
that the kernel would automatically load/unload the module, but I have
the autoload feature disabled, so would it work?
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From: Greg Newby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux.suse
Subject: "text install" from floppy (SuSE 6.4) needed
Date: 11 Jul 2000 23:24:27 GMT
I am trying to install SuSE 6.4 on an older Intel P90 PC.
It can't boot from the CD-ROM, so I need to use a floppy disk.
The video mode install for YaST1 and YaST2 do not work correctly -
the refresh rate is all wrong, and the screen is completely
un-readable.
So, I'd like to use the text installation mode mentioned in the
SuSE book (the book in the distribution, at:
ftp://metalab.unc.edu/pub/Linux/distributions/suse/6.4/docu/book-en.pdf).
The book specifies to hold down the CNTL key when the "boot: "
prompt appears.
The problem is that there's no "boot: " prompt with the floppy
disk installation! This seems to work only for a bootable
CD-ROM. I've tried all of the disk images in the 6.4 distribution,
and they all get to the same point. The initial splash screen
graphic from SuSE ("have a lot of fun") displays, but right afterwards
the video settings are changed and the screen become unreadable.
- Do you know how to get to "text" installation mode from a boot
floppy disk?
- Is there another way to control the video refresh rate etc. from
the boot floppy disk, when I can't boot from CD?
Thanks for any ideas. I've installed SuSE successfully on other
computers, but this older one is problematic. I've installed
RedHat on it with no troubles, because their "text mode" is accessible
from the boot floppy prompt. (Otherwise, I have the same problem
with their graphical installation.)
-- Greg
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Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: ftape formatting problem
From: mike <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Wed, 12 Jul 2000 01:10:24 GMT
Using the newest ftape and ftape-tools (although I've had this error
before this newest rev), any time I try to format a QIC-80 tape in a
Colorado Jumbo 250 I get right to the very end of formatting (when it's
verifying) and it craps out with:
ftape-io.c (ftape_seek_head_to_track) - track out of bounds.
How can I fix this? Somehow I was able to format another 307ft tape and
have been able to write/read from it just fine. But all I have is the one
tape to use. I've tried more than a few other cartridges but always get
the same thing. Erasing, formatting and verifying go perfectly fine until
the very end (and I retension before starting).
I've tried bulk-erasing, fiddling with various ftape-tool formatting
options, etc., but nothing. I've also tried 'exit' ftape-tools when I hit
the error and killing it but apparently the last thing it does it write
the tape size because if I try to use a tape that's failed this way, ftape
exits stating, 'no space on device'. Kernel is 2.2.5 and I'm using an
FC-20 adapter for which I've compiled the correct parameters and settings
in conf.modules. And like I say, the drive and the one tape I was lucky
enough to get formatted work just fine.
I don't have access to a DOS partition to format the tape(s) with
Colorado's DOS front-end either (I think everything I'd need is bigger
than a floppy also).
Thanks...
Mike
--
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Windows PC: A computer with training wheels you can't remove.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bit Twister)
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.questions,comp.os.linux.redhat
Subject: Re: Please Help W/My Various Problems (lost passwd, x, "LI", and just a
couple more)
Reply-To: This_news_group.invalid
Date: Wed, 12 Jul 2000 01:20:03 GMT
seems the posters forgot to tell you how to change root password
linux 1
at the prompt
passwd root
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From: E J <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: monitor screen blank after installation
Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2000 18:26:23 -0700
Is your login screen graphical or text?
Text: I don't know.
Graphic:
When login go to the failsafe screen.
$ exec startkde
and see if there is any errors when you start KDE.
Look at your xsession errors when login in.
$ cat $HOME/.xsession-errors
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Hello,
> I just completed a Mandrake 7.0 installation. I tried rebooting the
> computer. It loads Linux and then I get a screen that says login.
> When I try to login, the screen goes blank. It never reappears. Any
> reason why it would do this? Computer: dual boot (WIN98/Linux), amd k-
> 6 233 mhz, 160 mb of ram, 10gh hard drive
>
> Thanks.
>
> Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
> Before you buy.
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From: "David .." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: pppd runs OK(?) but still no connection to Internet
Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2000 20:14:20 -0500
Veronica Ancheva Gerassimova wrote:
>
> Hi all,
> My ISP is MSN. A Windows98 connects OK having
> DialUpNetworking|MSN|ServerTypes|TypeOfDialUpServer ==
> PPP:Internet,WindowsNTServer,Windows98.
> I am trying to connect there using Linux (on the box it sais
> Caldera, kernel 2.0.35). After about two weeks I reached a more or less
> stable condition where the pppd runs, I get a dynamic IP address (reported
> by ifconfig), the gateways set properly (reported by route) but still not
> a TCP/IP client working. The differences in the system's behaviour between
> pppd running and not are (pppd running):
> 1. I can ping the IP adreess assigned to me;
> 2. when I ping the remote system (by IP) it just hangs forever
> and after ^C reports 100% packet loss(without pppd running it reports
> after every packet that the remote system is unreachable);
> 3. Whatever I try to do by name (telnet, ftp, ping, ...) just
> hangs forever (without pppd it at least sais that there is no DNS);
> 4. netstat (if I'm not mistaken) with one of it's options reports
> (-i ?) how many packets are sent and received (zeroes in the columns for
> errors) and those numbers increase after I do something (ping to a remote
> machine for example);
> 5. I can ping 127.0.0.1 in both cases.
> All this seems kind of confusing to me. I got the impression that packets
> are going out but nothing comes back or something like this. I haven't
> rebuilt the kernel to support MS CHAP because I am getting dynamic IP
> address from the ISP using PAP (is that possible with MSN?).
> So .... any input is highly appreciated!
>
> Thanks,
> Ivaylo
Did you setup the /etc/resolv.conf file with the correct IP addresses of
the ISP's DNS servers? It should be something like this.
nameserver xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx # primary DNS
nameserver xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx # secondary DNS
You may also need to turn on ip_forwarding with:
echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward
If it works then add the above line to the end of /etc/rc.d/rc.local
unless you are using RedHat 6.2 then you would need to make sure the 2
lines below are in /etc/sysctl.conf
# 0 Disables, 1 Enables packet forwarding
net.ipv4.ip_forward = 1
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From: Wayne Larmon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: CRON / CRONTAB Help.
Date: Wed, 12 Jul 2000 01:31:55 GMT
Olav Fossgaard wrote:
>
> "Adam H." wrote:
>
> > All I want the server to do, is execute 'samba restart' at 4:30am every
> > day. (The linux box will be sitting at a login prompt).
>
> As root add this line to /etc/crontab (without the quotes):
> 30 4 * * * "Command to restart samba"
> See also "man 5 crontab"
Here's a short tutorial I wrote on how to get going with cron:
Using cron to run programs on a schedule
http://www.scrounge.org/linux/cron.html
--
Wayne Larmon
"I depend upon the kindness of wizards."
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bit Twister)
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.questions,comp.os.linux.redhat
Subject: Re: Please Help W/My Various Problems (lost passwd, x, "LI", and just a
couple more)
Reply-To: This_news_group.invalid
Date: Wed, 12 Jul 2000 01:36:41 GMT
for sound configuration
/usr/sbin/sndconfig
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From: "Ron TJ HUANG" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.uu.comp.os.linux.questions,comp.os.linux.development.system,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: problem when booting up OpenLinux
Date: 12 Jul 2000 02:01:22 GMT
Dear all,
I don't know what happened to my Linux box. When I tried to boot it,
an error message was shown, and said:
svc: bad direction 65536, droping request.
Afterwards, kde failed to work.
Can some one tell me what is the cause of the problem, and how to solve it?
Many thanks.
Ron.
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