Linux-Setup Digest #204, Volume #19 Thu, 20 Jul 00 04:13:11 EDT
Contents:
MOSIX for clustering in Linux (Wong Chi Chung)
Re: LINUX BOOT PROBLEMS/INSTALL (Mary P)
Re: RPM query problem ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Simple question on Kernel Recompiling (Roger Atkinson)
Re: Can't get modem detected ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Remote installation of Mandrake 7.1 (Thaddeus L Olczyk)
Re: Remote installation of Mandrake 7.1 (E J)
Re: Remote installation of Mandrake 7.1 (E J)
Route Problem ("Micky")
Re: Remote installation of Mandrake 7.1 (E J)
environment var's in linux ("Linda Houston")
Re: NFS configuration in rc.d changed for Redhat 6.2? ("Ben Brown")
Re: POP-3 ("Ben Brown")
Windows manager RedHat 6.2 ? ("Ed Bras")
Re: capture screen output during booting (Kevin Lacquement)
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From: Wong Chi Chung <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: MOSIX for clustering in Linux
Date: 20 Jul 2000 04:37:07 GMT
Hi all
I try using MOSIX for clustering
ftp://ftp.cs.huji.ac.il/users/mosix/MOSIX-0.97.7.tar.gz
ref : http://www.mosix.org/
After install it in 3 RedHat, I can use it's monitor software
to see each PC's load, however, I can't see it do any load
balancing, or share memory work when one PC is very busy.
I try to find out the config files and admin tools, but can't
get any idea.
Pls give a help if any one know about it, thx a lot.
--
Yours,
Wong Chi Chung
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Mary P)
Subject: Re: LINUX BOOT PROBLEMS/INSTALL
Date: 20 Jul 2000 04:43:45 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Wed, 19 Jul 2000 22:30:05 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I have never used linux before.
>. . . I want to use a version that supports RPM's so I
>had redhat 5.2, Mandrake; 6.0, 6.1 and 7.0 so I figured i would use the
>newest version of mandrake 7 well I installed it and then i went to set up
>lilo no matter what i did where i installled it it would not go . . .
>. . . If someone could
>help me i would really appreciate it! Thanx in advance~Tyler
Tyler, post the details of your hardware and then the details of
just what went wrong at what point in Mandrake 7 so people can give
you more specific help. Details details details!
MP
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important gods."
--Arthur C. Clarke
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: RPM query problem
Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2000 05:25:45 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
"Lonni J. Friedman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> >
> > when i type this command "rpm -qa", have received following error
> > message:
> >
> > usr/lib/rpm/rpmq: error while loading Shared libraries: libbz2.so.0:
> > cannot not open shared object file: No such file or directory
> >
> > my RPM version is 4.0
>
> A better question is what did you do? RPM doesn't get broken on its
> own. Do you have bz2 installed?
>
i get the rpm 4.0 from (ftp://ftp.rpm.org/pub/rpm/test/) and
i upgraded more rpm rawhide package form
(ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/rawhide/) and use
"rpm -Uvh --nodeps --replacepkgs <filename>.rpm"
i installed bzip2, but may be i'm not correct to upgrade the rawhide rpm
packages.
i think no methods can fix it.......(exception: re-install)
Best Regards,
Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
Before you buy.
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From: Roger Atkinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.redhat,comp.os.linux.help,linux.redhat.install
Subject: Re: Simple question on Kernel Recompiling
Date: Wed, 19 Jul 2000 22:40:30 -0700
As near as I can tell you are doing all the right things and this is way
over my head. With all of the info you have here I would suggest that
you post something similar to linux.dev.kernel as they are going after
final test of the 2.4.0-test kernel now and someone there will probably
have the experience you need to get it working. At the very least
perhaps you might even spark an interest in one of the maintainers to
help debug a problem. Sorry I can't be more help and good luck. BTW I
was just looking at linux.dev.kernel and I don't see any articles that
pertain to your problem but that dosen't mean there isn't one. After all
you are trying to build the next generation kernel.
HTH, Roger A.
BTW Thanks for all the detail. I'm one the very beginnings of setting up
my own Fire Wall and possible Linux Router at work so all of this is a
big help in things to be aware of.
Jason wrote:
>
> I think it may have solved one of the anomolies I was getting, namely the "every
> third compile seems to work better than the others" phenomenon I was experiencing.
> So here's my compile process now...
>
> rm -rf the /lib/modules/KernelToCompileDirectory
> make mrproper
> make menuconfig (cuz I'm a textual junkie)
> make dep
> make bzlilo
> make modules
> make modules_install
> cp bzImage to /boot/vmlinuz
> lilo
> shutdown -r now
>
> Note the following: I have my stable kernel hidden as vmlinuz.working (not to mention
> it's a 2.3.XX), and LILO refers to it as "safety", so I don't have to worry about
> being destructive with either my sources, modules, or vmlinuz. Like I said, it takes
> care of MOST of my problems (but the modules.dep file doesn't exist until the second
> reboot). However, my problem remains. Here's what it does, followed by what I've
> found out (since I've just recompiled 7 times from scratch many different ways):
>
> What it does:
> Bringing up interface eth0 insmod: /lib/modules/2.4.0-test4/net/smc-ultra.o: insmod
> eth0 failed
> Delaying eth1 initialization.
>
> What's in the modules.dep file (just the one relevant line):
> /lib/modules/2.4.0-test4/net/smc-ultra.o: /lib/modules/2.4.0-test4/net/8390.o
>
> What I've found out:
> When you have 2 eth cards, the kernel will only load 1 card, the other will be
> forgotten. Also, invariably, the card you want as eth1 will load as eth0 from the
> kernel. The only choice is to load both as modules. On top of that, you MUST
> specify the drivers for each, and the IRQ for at least one, or at least one card
> (usually both) will balk on boot.
>
> PNP doesn't matter... I have a smc-ultra.o card and a tulip.o card. When both are
> compiled in the kernel, the smc card is recognized as PNP, but only the tulip card is
> loaded. It is also loaded as eth0, and I want it to be eth1.
>
> So there's my problem, and more info than you probably needed. If I compile both
> drivers into the kernel, one loads. As modules, none load (though under all
> circumstances it detects the SMC card as a PNP device). I can also, under all
> circumstances, simply reboot to my "safety" in lilo, and the devices work fine... so
> I don't believe it's a config problem... unless there's something in the changes file
> I didn't understand (read: skipped over) about dualing ethernet cards. Any help from
> you or the rest of the Linux community would bring tears of joy to my eyes. Thanks
> all.
>
> A very red-eyed,
> Jason
>
> Roger Atkinson wrote:
>
> > Not knowing (you didn't post them) what commands you have entered to
> > make your new kernel makes it hard to help. So, I'll just try to explain
> > what I do to see if this helps.
> >
> > After installing RedHat and the Source in /usr/src/linux (which is
> > usually a link to the kernel version you are building) I decide whether
> > I want to replace the existing kernel or make a new test kernel. I
> > usually do the later and after testing it satisfactorily I set it up to
> > be the primary boot kernel later. If I am making a new test kernel I
> > edit the .Makefile and add something like ".1" or "-1" which will make a
> > kernel that will install next to the kernel I currently boot. I then
> > execute the following as root from the /usr/src/linux dir:
> >
> > 1) make mrproper <---gets rid of everything not needed including the
> > old config file.
> > 2) cd into the configs dir and cp the base config file for my machine
> > into /usr/src/linux/.config (cd back into /usr/src/linux when done).
> > 3) make xconfig <---since the config file has all the default Red Hat
> > config all I need to do is modify the configuration for my SCSI and
> > ethernet which I usually put into the kernel instead of making them
> > modules. NOTE - I do not have a dual eth machine so I don't know if you
> > should build in two different eth drivers but i don't see why not.
> >
> > After you close and save off the new config file, you must:
> >
> > 4) make dep <---make the dependencies.
> > 5) make clean <--- I'm not sure if this is required but it always works
> > for me.
> > 6) make zImage or bzImage <---usually a bzImage as the default Red Hat
> > config makes a large kernel.
> > 7) make modules <------ must be run since the default Red Hat config
> > contains lots of modules which I use like the sound driver, zip ppa
> > driver, etc.
> > 8) make modules_install <----- here is where it gets interesting.
> > Notice above I modified the .Makefile. This will cause a new directory
> > and modules set to be put into /lib/modules/<kernel version>. If you
> > don't change the Version number you are making (in the .Makefile) then
> > you *must* move the old modules out of the way before you do the "make
> > modules_install" or it will look as if it is doing what you want but it
> > will, in fact, not install anything. This is the default behaviour and
> > the probable cause of all your module problems. In other words your
> > modules do not match your kernel and they must.
> > 9) If everything builds OK IE: good exit code, I then edit the
> > /etc/lilo.conf file to have an entry for the new kernel I am going to
> > install. This is usually vmlinuz-<version> for me. YMMV. To keep it easy
> > to remember I usually make sure that the .Makefile is one version more
> > than what is currently being booted in /etc/lilo.conf. This makes sure
> > I don't make typo mistakes.
> > 10) make install <--- this will scan through the last build directories
> > verifying that everything got made, install the new kernel into the
> > /boot dir and run /sbin/lilo for you making sure that everything is
> > ready for the next reboot.
> > 11) reboot and at the lilo prompt, enter the tag name (what you labeled
> > your new kernel in /etc/lilo.conf) of the new kernel. I usually use
> > linux_new until I have tested that all is well and then later install it
> > as the default Linux kernel to boot.
> >
> > I hope this helps you and others as I have seen a lot of posts about
> > kernel building and I want to try to help if I can. BTW Every thing I
> > have listed above is mentioned in either HowTos or the kernel readme
> > that Linus keeps up to date and it should all be required reading before
> > anyone starts to build there own new kernel.
> >
> > Ciao, Roger A.
> >
> > Jason wrote:
> > >
> > > Hello...
> > >
> > > I tried that, and unfortunately it did the same thing. I moved the modules.dep
> > > to oldmodules.olddep so it couldn't find it, and "touch"ed a new modules.dep
> > > file. I got the same number of the following error that I got even before I
> > > wiped out the modules.dep file (this is guessing, because I don't know how to
> > > copy the bootup errors to a file yet):
> > >
> > > depmod: *** Unresolved symbols in /path/goes/here/somemodulename.o
> > >
> > > ...and I get that for tulip.o, and a couple other net drivers. Any ideas?
> > >
> > > --Jason
> > >
> > --snip rest of article----
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Can't get modem detected
Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2000 00:42:05 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
"Andrew E. Schulman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>> It's not a major brand modem (Jaton, 56k) and
it's in an ISA slot.
> Go to http://www.o2.net/~gromitkc/winmodem.html
to see if you have a
> winmodem.
It's most definitly NOT a WinModem. Take it out
of PNP mode and set it to fixed irg/io values. I
use COM3 and IRQ 7. Works great.
Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
Before you buy.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Thaddeus L Olczyk)
Subject: Remote installation of Mandrake 7.1
Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2000 06:44:33 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I've got a computer which has no CDROM.
I would like to install Mandrake 7.1 on it.
I've got another computer which is running
Mandrake 7.0.
I don't want to remove a cdrom and move it ( only to later put it back
).
Is there anyway I can install Mandrake 7.1 over a network?
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From: E J <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Remote installation of Mandrake 7.1
Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2000 00:01:41 -0700
Yes.
Create a network boot disk using Dos using Mandrake 7.1 (you can
alternatively get the files you want off the net)
cd /dosutil
rawrite
../images/network.img
a:
Reboot with the Mandrake 7.1 network
Select your network card and find the Mandrake download ftp or http site
and away she goes.
Thaddeus L Olczyk wrote:
> I've got a computer which has no CDROM.
> I would like to install Mandrake 7.1 on it.
> I've got another computer which is running
> Mandrake 7.0.
> I don't want to remove a cdrom and move it ( only to later put it back
> ).
> Is there anyway I can install Mandrake 7.1 over a network?
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From: E J <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Remote installation of Mandrake 7.1
Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2000 00:01:59 -0700
Yes.
Create a network boot disk using Dos using Mandrake 7.1 (you can
alternatively get the files you want off the net)
cd /dosutil
rawrite
../images/network.img
a:
Reboot with the Mandrake 7.1 network
Select your network card and find the Mandrake download ftp or http site
and away she goes.
Thaddeus L Olczyk wrote:
> I've got a computer which has no CDROM.
> I would like to install Mandrake 7.1 on it.
> I've got another computer which is running
> Mandrake 7.0.
> I don't want to remove a cdrom and move it ( only to later put it back
> ).
> Is there anyway I can install Mandrake 7.1 over a network?
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From: "Micky" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Route Problem
Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2000 09:04:30 +0200
On my Linux Server I have two Network Card.
That one connected to the route it have more of one IP address.
I'm not able to decided wich IP use for the default route.
Because Linux take the first address on the route list.
Herebelow is the output of route.
X.X.X.120 * 255.255.255.255 UH 0 0 0 eth1
X.X.X.121 * 255.255.255.255 UH 0 0 0 eth1
10.11.5.2 * 255.255.255.255 UH 0 0 0 eth0
X.X.X.116 * 255.255.255.255 UH 0 0 0 eth1
10.11.5.3 * 255.255.255.255 UH 0 0 0 eth0
X.X.X.117 * 255.255.255.255 UH 0 0 0 eth1
X.X.X.118 * 255.255.255.255 UH 0 0 0 eth1
X.X.X.119 * 255.255.255.255 UH 0 0 0 eth1
X.X.X115 * 255.255.255.255 UH 0 0 0 eth1
10.11.0.0 * 255.255.0.0 U 0 0 0 eth0
127.0.0.0 * 255.0.0.0 U 0 0 0 lo
default X.X.X.115 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 eth1
Every time the default route is IP X.X.X.120.
You can help me.
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From: E J <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Remote installation of Mandrake 7.1
Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2000 00:02:19 -0700
Yes.
Create a network boot disk using Dos using Mandrake 7.1 (you can
alternatively get the files you want off the net)
cd /dosutil
rawrite
../images/network.img
a:
Reboot with the Mandrake 7.1 network
Select your network card and find the Mandrake download ftp or http site
and away she goes.
Thaddeus L Olczyk wrote:
> I've got a computer which has no CDROM.
> I would like to install Mandrake 7.1 on it.
> I've got another computer which is running
> Mandrake 7.0.
> I don't want to remove a cdrom and move it ( only to later put it back
> ).
> Is there anyway I can install Mandrake 7.1 over a network?
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From: "Linda Houston" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: environment var's in linux
Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2000 17:25:30 +1000
can anyone tell me how to define a global environtment variable in linux,
specifically a directory for RHIDE so i can read info files from inside it
Kalin
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From: "Ben Brown" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: NFS configuration in rc.d changed for Redhat 6.2?
Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2000 08:22:33 +0100
use ntsysv to switch on/off services
Ben Brown
Ethan Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Dear fellow Linux users--
>
> I recently upgraded from Redhat 6.0 to Redhat 6.2 and noticed that my
> NFS stopped working from boot. It would work, however, when i ran
> /etc/rc.d/init.d/nfs stop
> /etc/rc.d/init.d/nfs start.
>
> I compared the old configuration and found that in rc3.d (my bootup
> runlevel) the link name was something like S60nfs (link to
> ../init.d/nfs), but in the 6.2 configuration it was something like K25nfs.
>
> Looking in /etc/rc.d/rc I saw that the "K" scripts get run before the
> "S" scripts--the "K" scripts are also referred to as "Kill
> scripts"--so my feeling is that the init.d/nfs script commands like
> rpc.portmap, rpc.mountd, etc. are being run before some other key
> services necessary for NFS are available. Experimenting and replacing
> the link K25nfs with S60nfs seems to make NFS work fine after boot.
>
> My questions are: (1) has anyone else run into this? (2) Does your 6.2
> configuration look like mine? and (3) can you see any downside to my
> fix of just renaming the link to S60nfs in the rc.d/rcN.d directories?
>
> Thank you very much for your opinions and advice.
>
>
> --
> --Ethan Brown
> --Science Applications International Corp.
> --Monitoring Systems Operation ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
> --10260 Campus Point Drive, M/S X-2
> --San Diego, CA 92121
> --(858) 826-2676
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From: "Ben Brown" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: POP-3
Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2000 08:20:57 +0100
make sure there is something in the /etc/hosts.allow:
ALL: 192.168.0.
or check /var/log/messages or /var/log/secure for useful messages, i.e. a
reason why the connection was refused.
Ben Brown
Michael <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Hi all,
>
> I have installed Redhat Linux 6.1 and I want to use it as a web server
> (which is currently only connected to my local network and has some
> access to the Internet).
> Now, I would like to get the POP-3 service up and running.
> What I did:
>
> I activated the 3 lines in /etc/inetd.conf and HUPped the inetd.
> When I use a telnet session to the server at port 110 it connects but
> disconnects after 3 seconds (not showing anything; so I don't see
> anything like POP-3 ready or something).
> When I use the command prompt on the Redhat Linux 6.1 computer and type
> 'telnet localhost 110' I get the following:
>
> Trying 127.0.0.1...
> Connected to localhost.localdomain.
> Escape character is '^]'.
>
> and then something like 'Connection failed'
>
> Has anyone got any idea of how I can get the POP-3 server up and
> running?
>
> Thanks in advance for your help.
>
> Best Regards,
> Michael
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From: "Ed Bras" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Windows manager RedHat 6.2 ?
Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2000 09:46:44 +0200
How can I change the window focus to be "move over" instead of "clicking on
it" ??
With my laptop (Linux RH 6.2. workstation installed) I did that through the
Control center of gnome-> window manager and then running the "Run
configuration tool for Elightenment" that is the active one.
However, with my server (Linux RH 6.2. server installed), this button for
"Run configuration tool for Elightenment" is disables, such that I am not
able to change the acitvde window selection !!
Please tell me what to do about that ?
BTtw: I am running xdm on the server and gdm on the laptop.
Regards,
Ed Bras
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From: Kevin Lacquement <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.x,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: capture screen output during booting
Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2000 08:04:16 GMT
WesRight wrote:
<SNIP>
> When the bootup is complete and you're sitting at the login prompt, hit
> the right <shift> and <pg-up> or <pg-down>. It must be the right shift
> key and then page-up or down will scroll all the way back to the beginning
> of the boot process.
>
I don't know if it's just my computer (Toshiba 300CDS laptop), but both
shifts work for me.
Cheers,
Kevin
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