Linux-Setup Digest #273, Volume #19 Sat, 29 Jul 00 20:13:07 EDT
Contents:
Abit BX-133 RAID: impressions (Vincent Fox)
Re: Cannoy detect network card on Redhat 6.2 ("David ..")
Re: Getting rid of a linux partition. (Stanislaw Flatto)
Re: Please help me evaluate this hardware's compatability with Linux (Stanislaw
Flatto)
Re: Linux is NOT Red Hat. (Re: Linux 6.2 onto a sun IPC....??) ("Jason Byrne")
Re: Gnome or KDE ("D. C. & M. V. Sessions")
Re: How to remove LILO (Tony Tremblay)
Re: Gnome or KDE ("D. C. & M. V. Sessions")
Re: rpm crashes my machine (Elliot Williams)
Re: PCMCIA NIC and 2.4 Kernel ("Thomas Garsiot")
Routing-- What have I done wrong? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: StarOffice dumps cores (E J)
Re: VCD/DVD Player and Question about the cdrom (E J)
Terminal window to ttyS0 (spagnet)
Monitors ("Karen Cheer")
Re: new modem - aaaaack!!! (asage)
Re: problem with netscape ("Mark Thomas")
Open GL ("Robp2001")
Re: 7.1 Mandrake installation problems (bootloader) ("D�f")
Re: new modem - aaaaack!!! (asage)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Vincent Fox)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Abit BX-133 RAID: impressions
Date: 29 Jul 2000 20:08:08 GMT
I got one of the Abit BX-133 RAID motherboards and have
started playing with it. I am very favorably impressed
with it in NT and 2000.
I put an IBM 20 gig 75GXP as master on one ATA-100 channel
and an identical drive on the other. Went into the BIOS and
declared them as a single 40 gig RAID 0 array. I noted in the
HP370 BIOS that it labelled the second drive as "Hidden". Hmmm.
More on that later. Booted from a Windows CD and at the appropriate
point hit S to install the drivers for the ATA-100 channels
(you have to repeat this twice) and then proceeded to install Windows.
Works wonderfully well for that environment. I ran the SiSoft Sandra
standard disk tests and it was giving me well over 50 megs/sec read.
Not too shabby.
This also seems to be an excellent board in general. The power
couple has finally been moved to the top of the board. There's
a small LED on the lower right to let you know power is connected
in case you open the case and start working on it without realizing
that it may be off but power is still connected. There's plenty of
room around the Socket for a big fat heatsink. Although I have to
note that the Golden Orb I have on there now is probably coming
off and putting in a stock unit, since it makes noise like a jet engine.
I need some quieter cooling for sanity reasons. Lots of little things
are there that address the relatively minor complaints we all had
with older Abit boards. Stability, perfect. I've been running a
PIII-650 FCPGA (stock is 6.5x100) at 6.5x133 and it's been rock solid
under torture tests even overclocked. About the only thing I can
think of that would keep this from being my definition of a perfect
BX motherboard is that it needs another Socket like the BP6 :-)
I then tried to load RedHat 6.2. It found a single 20 gig drive.
It didn't find 2 20's or one 40. So obviously there's some
WinRAID aspect to the way there are doing RAID. It must not all
be occurring in the hardware, but be partially dependent on device
drivers. I really prefer Linux. I may build a few of these boxes as
Windows units for the coworkers, but I want to use Linux. I'm hoping
that someone can point me to some Linux HPT370 RAID support. Eventually
I want to be able to build a small server with a pair of large drives
doing RAID 1 (mirroring). So if one drive fails I'm still okay.
I want to be able to have the boot partitions and everything on
this one big drive, not have a boot drive on the ATA-33 that is
something I also have to primarily depend on backup tapes for.
I'll do backup tapes, but I hate depending on them as the
one and only line of defense against disk failure. Too many
times I've found bad tapes when I go to restore something.
An elegant and simple mirroring setup with tape as the second
line of defense and not tape as the first is what I want.
Is there a smart and simple way to get where I want to go?
It seems the Windows world has Linux beat here for simplicity.
If my one big drive in the RAID 1 config fails under 2000 I just
reboot and replace the drive and tell it in BIOS to redo the mirror
disk. I'm struggling to see how I can do something similar with
Linux even if it's software RAID that doesn't amount to being
several times more complex.
--
"Who needs horror movies when we have Microsoft"?
-- Christine Comaford, PC Week, 27/9/95
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From: "David .." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Cannoy detect network card on Redhat 6.2
Date: Sat, 29 Jul 2000 15:10:42 -0500
"Denis L. Menezes" wrote:
>
> Hello friends.
>
> I have installed Redhat 6.2. But my 3Com network card is not seen. Can
> anybody advise me how I can add this to the hardware?
Is there a line in /etc/conf.modules that tells the system which module
to use?
alias eth0 module
where module would be 3c59x, 3c90x, etc...
--
Confucius say: He who play in root, eventually kill tree.
Registered with the Linux Counter. http://counter.li.org
ID # 123538
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From: Stanislaw Flatto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: free.uk.tv.gormenghast
Subject: Re: Getting rid of a linux partition.
Date: Sun, 30 Jul 2000 06:30:22 +0000
Neil Horlock wrote:
[snip]
All the steps that are included in the other post can be done with DOS booting
diskette (ver 6.2 OK)
with FDISK.EXE and FORMAT.COM on it. (Well the format will be FAT16)
The command from A:\> prompt is "fdisk /mbr" (no quotes)
Linux partitions show in FDISK as NON-DOS.
When someone is going Windows we cannot greet "Have fun..."
See ya.
--
Stanislaw on Slak 7.1
Registered on Linux counter No.162760.
Even put Ulladulla on their database.
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From: Stanislaw Flatto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: Please help me evaluate this hardware's compatability with Linux
Date: Sun, 30 Jul 2000 06:47:45 +0000
phil ossifer wrote:
> On Sun, 16 Jul 2000 14:08:34 -0400, kSniNe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I thought I made it clear: real-world time constraints make that impractical.
> I _want_ to run Linux.
In "real world" you crawl, then get up and stumble, then walk and then run.
And no amount of cash can change it.
Welcome into real world!!!
--
Stanislaw on Slak 7.1
Registered on Linux counter No.162760.
Even put Ulladulla on their database.
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From: "Jason Byrne" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Linux is NOT Red Hat. (Re: Linux 6.2 onto a sun IPC....??)
Date: Sat, 29 Jul 2000 14:18:28 -0700
> Linux is *NOT* Red hat.
>
> There is NO Linux 6.2.
>
> Only Bugs Hat 6.2
>
> - blowfish.
I agree... ;-) Bugs Hat... BugHat, etc...
I do have some encouragement to offer though - since I have BugHat 6.1
(sparc) installed on a Sun Sparc 10... and I've also installed the same on a
Sparc LX without problems.
word to the wise... BugHat is *notorious* for miscellaneous crashes like
this - not sure if you need to blame it on a bad CD or some other random
bug - but I recommend setting up another machine as an FTP or NFS server...
and copying the BugHat tree over (to the appropriate directory on the
server) and do an FTP/NFS install.
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From: "D. C. & M. V. Sessions" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.x,comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: Gnome or KDE
Date: Sat, 29 Jul 2000 14:16:44 -0700
OSguy wrote:
>
> Pig wrote:
>
> > Hi All:
> >
> > I am a newbie of Linux and using the SUSE linux 6.3.
> > I've tried different GUIs.
> > I think the Gnome and KDE are the best.
> > So, which one is better? Pls. suggest.
>
> Do you know that you can have 2 accounts, 1 running Gnome, and the other
> running KDE? (I run Gnome on 1 account, Motif on another account, KDE
> on a 3rd account, and Afterstep on a 4th account....because I can.) Set
> the accounts up, try both Desktops, and decide which you like.
Or for that matter use a login manager that allows you to have
one login but pick the desktop at login time (the KDE login mgr.
does that quite nicely, even if you're using Gnome.)
--
| Bogus as it might seem, people, this really is a deliverable |
| e-mail address. Of course, there isn't REALLY a lumber cartel. |
| There isn't really a tooth fairy, but whois toothfairy.com works. |
+----------- D. C. & M. V. Sessions <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ----------+
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From: Tony Tremblay <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: How to remove LILO
Date: Sat, 29 Jul 2000 21:19:06 GMT
I'm back already!
I just couldn't stand Windows anymore. I've reinstalled it on thursday
night, spent a full day with it. Never thaught I'd be so traumatized by
going back to this sluggish, crappy, slow and sad looking OS that I once
considered as a good product. When I woke up this morning and that
"@$/#&*@$ of OS crashed three times in five minutes after I tried to
install RASPPPoE...
I just decided to go back NOW to my good ol' Linux...
Now I can breathe, relax and get real good work done. So long the Adobe
apps. I will manage a solution!
Thanks you all for the help!
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From: "D. C. & M. V. Sessions" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.x,comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Re: Gnome or KDE
Date: Sat, 29 Jul 2000 14:25:19 -0700
Christopher Browne wrote:
>
> Centuries ago, Nostradamus foresaw a time when SL News Posting would say:
> >In article <8lqfnk$bli$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> > ishpeck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> >|> Nothing better than strait windowmaker. :)
> >|>
> >
> >Sure there is - straight twm - been using it for 10 years[*] and
> >have no need for all the desktop clutter, sound, moving menus,
> >themes, etc. *tvtwm is available to provide a virtual screen
> >larger than the physical screen for those who need such.
>
> Ah. Wuss.
>
> What you _want_ is wmx, which gets rid of even _more_ of the clutter...
You had ones? All we had was zeros.
--
| Bogus as it might seem, people, this really is a deliverable |
| e-mail address. Of course, there isn't REALLY a lumber cartel. |
| There isn't really a tooth fairy, but whois toothfairy.com works. |
+----------- D. C. & M. V. Sessions <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ----------+
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Elliot Williams)
Subject: Re: rpm crashes my machine
Date: 29 Jul 2000 21:27:24 GMT
: > : Elliot Williams wrote:
: > : > My machine also seems to crash under RPM.
: >
: To which Lonnie responded, perhaps a little skeptically:
: How do you know that the system has crashed?? Have you attempted to
: change to a virtual terminal?
Give me a little benefit of the doubt here, Lonnie. Yes I know what RPM is
and Yes I've tried to change to a virtual terminal and Yes I've tried to
ctrl-alt-del reboot.
Crashed is crashed is crashed. No keyboard response. No mouse movement.
Screen frozen. For >20 min.
Anybody have any good suggestions for programs I can run that might be
diagnostic?
====================================
Elliot Williams ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Economics Department, UCSD
San Diego, CA
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From: "Thomas Garsiot" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.portable
Subject: Re: PCMCIA NIC and 2.4 Kernel
Date: Sat, 29 Jul 2000 21:30:23 GMT
Ok : it seems to be a bug in 2.4.0 test 5 Kernel.
(see message "pcmcia cross dependency bug" by Erik Mouw in fa.linux.kernel)
Thomas
Thomas Garsiot <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message :
pJEg5.60901$[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Hi,
>
> I was using kernel 2.2.16 and pcmcia-cs package with my xircom 2PS NIC.
>
> I recently tried to upgrade to 2.4.0-test5 and tried to use the pcmcia and
> pppoe modules.
>
> the kernel compiled without any problem, as well as the modules.
>
> When I boot, and then do a depmod -a, then modprobe xirc2ps_cs, everything
> seems to work fine.
>
> Then i try to turn the eth0 interface on by a ifconfig eth0 up, but i get
an
> error message saying there's no such interface.
>
> a lsmod returns :
> Module Size Used by
> xirc2ps_cs 11752 0 (unused)
> nls_iso8859-1 2828 1 (autoclean)
> vfat 10476 1 (autoclean)
> fat 30816 0 (autoclean) [vfat]
> nls_cp437 4340 1
>
> I cannot find any pcmcia_core.o, ds.o file in my lib/modules/2.4.0-test5
> folder.
> Have they disappeared from the new pcmcia package (included in the kernel)
?
> Anyway, I assume I don't need them since the xircom modules loads
properly.
>
>
> I'm probably missing something obvious, but I don't know what.
>
> Is there any way of testing the module without an ifconfig ?
>
> Thanks in advance for your help.
>
>
> Cheers,
>
> Thomas
>
>
>
>
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Routing-- What have I done wrong?
Date: Sat, 29 Jul 2000 21:41:22 GMT
I'm trying to set up a router for my cable modem so I can have a
firewall. I am using RH 6.1 kernel 2.2.12 for the router (will upgrade
when/if I get this working), and a win98 box as the protected host.
One NIC is a 3c905C, the other is an Intel e100. Both use linux drivers
provided by the manufacturer.
Computer is a P-100 w/ 16 MB RAM 1 GB disk space.
The IP numbers involved are
198.168.1.2 (protected host)
198.168.1.1 (gateway eth0)
24.15.176.164 (gateway eth1)
24.15.176.1 (outer gateway, ISP)
I have followed all the directions I can find, and everything
****SEEMS**** to be configured correctly. However, while I can ping the
eth0 gateway from the protected host, and even the eth1 gateway from the
protected host, I cannot ping to an outside host. The gateway can ping
out to the world, so it seems to be hooked up correctly.
Tracerts reveal that traffic is getting to the interior gateway but no
farther.
What have I done wrong???
Configuration/screen outputs follow:
IFCONFIG:
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:D0:B7:85:C0:B7
inet addr:192.168.1.1 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:89 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:75 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:100
Interrupt:11 Base address:0xff00 Memory:c181f000-c181f900
eth1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:01:02:37:9E:7F
inet addr:24.15.176.164 Bcast:24.15.176.255
Mask:255.255.255.0
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:17 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:8 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:100
Interrupt:9 Base address:0xfc80
lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:3924 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
==========================
NETWORK file:
NETWORKING="yes"
FORWARD_IPV4="yes"
HOSTNAME="amcg"
GATEWAY="24.15.176.1"
GATEWAYDEV="eth1"
NISDOMAIN=" "
IPX="no"
========================
route -n
Kernel IP routing table
Destination Gateway Genmask Flags MetricUse Iface
192.168.1.1 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.255 UH 0 0 0 eth0
24.15.176.164 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.255 UH 0 0 0 eth1
192.168.1.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 eth0
24.15.176.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 eth1
127.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.0.0.0 U 0 0 0 lo
0.0.0.0 24.15.176.1 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 eth1
================================
(the last line is DEFAULT GATEWAY)
ifcfg-eth0:
DEVICE="eth0"
IPADDR="192.168.1.1"
NETMASK="255.255.255.0"
ONBOOT="yes"
BOOTPROTO="none"
IPXNETNUM_802_2=""
IPXPRIMARY_802_2="no"
IPXACTIVE_802_2="no"
IPXNETNUM_802_3=""
IPXPRIMARY_802_3="no"
IPXACTIVE_802_3="no"
IPXNETNUM_ETHERII=""
IPXPRIMARY_ETHERII="no"
IPXACTIVE_ETHERII="no"
IPXNETNUM_SNAP=""
IPXPRIMARY_SNAP="no"
IPXACTIVE_SNAP="no"
============================
ifcfg-eth1
DEVICE="eth1"
IPADDR="24.15.176.164"
NETMASK="255.255.255.0"
ONBOOT="yes"
BOOTPROTO="none"
IPXNETNUM_802_2=""
IPXPRIMARY_802_2="no"
IPXACTIVE_802_2="no"
IPXNETNUM_802_3=""
IPXPRIMARY_802_3="no"
IPXACTIVE_802_3="no"
IPXNETNUM_ETHERII=""
IPXPRIMARY_ETHERII="no"
IPXACTIVE_ETHERII="no"
IPXNETNUM_SNAP=""
IPXPRIMARY_SNAP="no"
IPXACTIVE_SNAP="no"
=================================
IPCHAINS -L:
Chain input (policy ACCEPT):
Chain forward (policy DENY):
target prot opt source destination ports
MASQ all ------ 192.168.0.0/24 anywhere n/a
Chain output (policy ACCEPT):
Let me know if you need anything else. Thanks in advance for any help
you can give!
Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
Before you buy.
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From: E J <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: StarOffice dumps cores
Date: Sat, 29 Jul 2000 15:03:10 -0700
Did the core come from star office?
$ file core
You could alway run a debugger on the core to find out why it dumped.
$ gdb -c core
OhadBC wrote:
> Hi ! I've just downloaded the one_96Mb_staroffice binary file, and upon
> runnin' it,
> a core is dumped, nothin' else...
> any suggestions ?
> thx, ohad.
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From: E J <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.x,comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: VCD/DVD Player and Question about the cdrom
Date: Sat, 29 Jul 2000 15:15:51 -0700
Pig wrote:
> There are 2 things I need help. Hope you can help me.
>
> Q1
> Could you suggest me a good VCD/DVD player in Linux?
>
There is a HOW-TO for DVD playing
http://helo.org/dvd/howto/DVD-Playing-HOWTO
Right now, it is illegal for you have the DeCSS code to use it to watch
DVD movies on your linux box. Hopefully the courts will come to the
senses and let us watch DVD movies under Linux.
>
> Q2
> When I mount the cdrom by a user account, the directory "/cdrom" still
> belongs to the "root".
> Is it normal?
>
> If "Yes", how the application "mtv" and "mtvp" (they are a kind of vcd
> player) can be used in a user account?
>
> If "No", how can I fix it?
>
> Thanks for your help.
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From: spagnet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Terminal window to ttyS0
Date: Sat, 29 Jul 2000 22:45:10 GMT
I've been reading the Modem HOWTO, the Text-Terminal HOWTO and setserial
man pages, but I'm still missing a point.
How can I open a terminal window (such as xterm) to my ttyS0 (a.k.a.
COM1) serial port to command a device? My question, although it doesn't
pertain to a modem specifically, is very similar to what one would want
to do to issue AT commands to a modem and view the replies on screen.
Seems like I should be able to do this without the need for a Procomm
like terminal application. Will xterm work?
Dave
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From: "Karen Cheer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Monitors
Date: Sun, 30 Jul 2000 11:22:23 +1200
I have A Compaq Mv 500 Montior Could somebody please give me the details i
need to know about it to setup linux as i can't find any at the compaq site
Cheer's
Tristram Cheer
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From: asage <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: new modem - aaaaack!!!
Date: Sat, 29 Jul 2000 19:32:35 -0400
Well that was a great idea ;)
This command verbatim wasn't effective. Finally I expanded it to 'setserial
/dev/ttyS2 port 0x03e8 irq 5 uart 16550A', and was successful in getting online
(in X Window - now I have to get to work on getting the chatscript to work when
I'm in console mode, but that's another story <bg> )
Hope I haven't messed up something else by putting such an explicit command in
the init script... clearly I'm a newbie!
Are you using this modem? 3Com has issued software for it so that its features
can be properly utilized in Linux. I might get that going, if I can get my
soundcard to work, using the new alsa driver. But that's also another story
<vbg>
Thanks again,
Allison Sage
> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >I have just installed a U.S.Robotics 56K Voice Faxmodem, model #
> >00568500 (I had checked at a website (~gromitk?) that it would work).
> [..]
> >The new modem installed properly initially, and I was able to run pppd
> >in the command mode, and in X Window, using Kppp. The next day, when
> >I next fired up Linux and tried to go online, the modem was found to
> >be busy.
>
> Do you have the version of the 5685-00 that is jumperless (requiring that
> you use isapnptools)? If so, did you put something in your init scripts
> to handle that? E.g., in my /etc/rc.d/rc.local, I have:
>
> /sbin/isapnp /etc/isapnp.conf
> setserial /dev/modem uart 16550A
>
> Just an idea,
> Rob Clark, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> http://www.o2.net/~gromitkc/winmodem.html
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From: "Mark Thomas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: problem with netscape
Date: Sat, 29 Jul 2000 19:39:04 -0400
Larry Ebbitt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Fred Yi wrote:
>
> >
> > "Netscape: Error
> > Warning: the following hosts are unknown:
> > home.netscape.com
> > home6.netscape.com
> > internic.net
> >
> > And that's the error. It sounds to mean that netscape thinks i'm
running
> > a server on my computer... Please help me with this. Thanks.
>
> I believe it is trying to tell you that it can't reach a name server. It
> would be the one supplied by your ISP. This address is normally supplied
at
> connect time. I'd talk to your ISP support group and hope they can help.
>
> --
> Larry Ebbitt - Linux + OS/2 - Atlanta
I had the same problem a week ago and it was solved here thanks to
messages that were sent to meThe problem is the Netscape cannot find your
ISP's address. To correct the problem add the following to your /etc/profile
file...
SOCKS_NS=<address of isp server>
export SOCKS_NS
...where "address of isp server' is the Name/Domain Server Adress which was
problably supplied to you when you signed up. logout and login again to set
the parameter.
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From: "Robp2001" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Open GL
Date: Sun, 30 Jul 2000 00:52:33 +0100
Trying 2 use Mesa. Ran `3D Tron as a test` - says isn't installed but mesa
is installed from install (checked with RPM drake). OpenGL also not found
with quake3demo. Using nVidia TNT2 &Voodoo2. I'd apprieciate a quick word of
help :)
--
-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
'Killing one bird with two stones... (well, not everyone's a great shot !)
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From: "D�f" <spamnomore:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux.mandrake
Subject: Re: 7.1 Mandrake installation problems (bootloader)
Date: Sat, 29 Jul 2000 20:06:08 -0700
if you have boot virus protection enabled in your bio try disabling it since
that prevents writing to the boot sector
hope this helps
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From: asage <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: new modem - aaaaack!!!
Date: Sat, 29 Jul 2000 20:05:52 -0400
Gee this is embarrassing...
3Com issued software for a network adapter card in Linux, but as far as I found
out, nothing for modems.
> Well that was a great idea ;)
>
> This command verbatim wasn't effective. Finally I expanded it to 'setserial
> /dev/ttyS2 port 0x03e8 irq 5 uart 16550A', and was successful in getting online
> (in X Window - now I have to get to work on getting the chatscript to work when
> I'm in console mode, but that's another story <bg> )
>
> Hope I haven't messed up something else by putting such an explicit command in
> the init script... clearly I'm a newbie!
>
> Are you using this modem? 3Com has issued software for it so that its features
> can be properly utilized in Linux. I might get that going, if I can get my
> soundcard to work, using the new alsa driver. But that's also another story
> <vbg>
>
> Thanks again,
>
> Allison Sage
>
> > In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > >I have just installed a U.S.Robotics 56K Voice Faxmodem, model #
> > >00568500 (I had checked at a website (~gromitk?) that it would work).
> > [..]
> > >The new modem installed properly initially, and I was able to run pppd
> > >in the command mode, and in X Window, using Kppp. The next day, when
> > >I next fired up Linux and tried to go online, the modem was found to
> > >be busy.
> >
> > Do you have the version of the 5685-00 that is jumperless (requiring that
> > you use isapnptools)? If so, did you put something in your init scripts
> > to handle that? E.g., in my /etc/rc.d/rc.local, I have:
> >
> > /sbin/isapnp /etc/isapnp.conf
> > setserial /dev/modem uart 16550A
> >
> > Just an idea,
> > Rob Clark, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > http://www.o2.net/~gromitkc/winmodem.html
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