Linux-Setup Digest #297, Volume #19 Tue, 1 Aug 00 19:13:13 EDT
Contents:
Re: Netscape Installation Problems (Matthew Matchura)
Re: Why is Athon 650 slower than P-II/400? (Jonathan)
problem with Sound Blaster (Steve Kleene)
Re: 2 hard drives ("-Devil-")
Re: Repartition Once Linux is up? (Toby Haynes)
Re: fwd: SuSE Linux 7.0 released ("Nik Engel")
Re: fwd: SuSE Linux 7.0 released ("M")
Re: Bad bridge mapping (David Hinds)
How to get /boot and /lib/modules back to original state? (Frank E Harrell Jr)
Linux from scratch ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Partition Problem (Martin Racette)
Re: fwd: SuSE Linux 7.0 released (Paul Seelig)
my SMTP server? (Peter Bismuti)
Text Mode Resolution (Dirk Frieborg)
Re: Please help!! Apache/Linux problem -- will not serve ("Mark Mason")
ed command in an install file but ed not found - what to do please? ("Ian
Turnbui")
Re: Why is Athon 650 slower than P-II/400? (James Knowles)
compatible driver for Techworks LPC3-TX PCMCIA Ethernet 10/100 please? ("Ian
Turnbui")
Re: Why is Athon 650 slower than P-II/400? (James Knowles)
Re: Why is Athon 650 slower than P-II/400? (James Knowles)
Problem creating a boot floppy from 6.0 install program (Ken Kachnowich)
Re: Linux from scratch (Tom Pfeifer)
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From: Matthew Matchura <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: 24hoursupport.helpdesk,alt.os.linux
Subject: Re: Netscape Installation Problems
Date: Tue, 01 Aug 2000 12:11:40 -0700
f_o_z wrote:
>
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> I downloaded the netscape-common 4.74 and the netscape-communicator
> 4.74 RPM packages but can't get them to install. When I run
> Kpackage it gives the error message: Dependency Problem
> netscape-common is needed by netscape-communicator4.61
> glibc2-1mdk, this is when i try installing netscape-common i also
> recieve this message when trying to install netscape-communicator
> thanks for any help!
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You can uninstall NS 4.61 (you will have to override the dependency
checking), including Common, Libs, etc. This will leave you with a
clean system to load the new Netscape on.
The alternative is to not use the RPM version of NS and build NS 4.74
in say the /opt directory. This will essentially leave NS 4.61 alone
and you will have both versions on the system. You have to execute 4.74
from the console, or make an app link on your desktop to use it though.
--
Matt M
>^..^<
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From: Jonathan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: Why is Athon 650 slower than P-II/400?
Date: Tue, 01 Aug 2000 19:22:04 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
James Knowles <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > Athon:
> > > raid5: MMX detected, trying high-speed MMX checksum routines
> > > pII_mmx : 74.676 MB/sec
> > > p5_mmx : 72.771 MB/sec
> > > 8regs : 91.821 MB/sec
> > > 32regs : 37.719 MB/sec
> > > using fastest function: 8regs (91.821 MB/sec)
> >
> > That's strange, my Athlon T-Bird 750 does a bumby 2640 on the p5
> > engine....
>
> Thanks for the numbers. That's good to hear. I'm convinced I've a
> hardware problem at this point. I'm going to start ripping the machine
> apart to try and isolate hardware problems at this point.
>
> --
> A straw poll only shows which way the hot air blows.
>
After a little more digging it appears you are not the only person with
this type of problem on your hardware. This link:
http://x72.deja.com/[ST_rn=ps]/threadmsg_ct.xp?AN=643102307.1&mhitnum=2
is a post recommending the latest BIOS from ASUS. Says it fixed his
problem.
Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
Before you buy.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Steve Kleene)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: problem with Sound Blaster
Date: 1 Aug 2000 15:22:20 -0400
I'm running Red Hat Linux 6.0 and can't get my Sound Blaster PCI128 to work.
I pulled the card, and it says:
Creative Labs Model Number CT4750
Serial No. T4750930018824
Sndconfig says that it finds a PCI sound card of type ES1371. (I gather that
the card is a successor of the Ensoniq 1371.) It sets up the /etc files to
use the es1371 driver. When it tries to play a test sound, I hear nothing.
The sndconfig window goes away, and the shell prompt doesn't come back.
I can interrupt out of it.
If I run lspci, it reports the following:
Multimedia audio controller: Ensoniq ES1371 (rev 07)
Subsystem: Unknown device 1274:8001
A friend of mine has a Sound Blaster working under Red Hat 6.0. lspci tells
him that he has the following:
Multimedia audio controller: Ensoniq ES1371 (rev 06)
Subsystem: Unknown device 1274:1371
i.e. a different revision and device tag.
Note that if I boot off the Windows partition, the sound works. This rules
out a number of stupid user errors (e.g. volume too low, cabling wrong).
I did not see any interrupt conflicts looking at /proc/interrupts.
Does anyone know how to make the card work under Red Hat 6.0? If not, is
there another card that will work reliably with Red Hat 6.0?
Thanks.
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From: "-Devil-" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: 2 hard drives
Date: Tue, 1 Aug 2000 20:42:56 +0100
>>>Hi
(Are you talking about "hard drives" = hard disk or an entire
machine (PC) ? In the first case, you have only one video card
and one connector to plugin the keyboard, so....
In the second case there are a number of switch to connect
multiple machines to one keyboard/video/mouse. From 2 up to
10 machines. Buy which is the best for you.
BTW, this is not a linux question...
Davide)
I mean I would like to put a new hard disk in the machine I
have got (PIII 790)
and I would like one of the disks to run linux and one
windows 98.
How would this work? would I have to start it in the setup
and change it each time?
Cheers for the
help mate
Hugo
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From: Toby Haynes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: linux.redhat.install
Subject: Re: Repartition Once Linux is up?
Date: 01 Aug 2000 15:45:48 -0400
!! "David" == David Stackis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
David> Can I repartition my /home, and /usr once my system is up? I have the
David> following...
David> 6.4GB Hd... /usr = 5GB /root = 500MB /home = 500MB /swap = 127MB
David> Can I repartition /usr to be 4GB, and /home to be 1.5GB?
yes - you can try and use parted - a partition editor. There is a stable
version (1.0.x) if you are totally paranoid about losing stuff, and the latest
version is 1.2.6. The package is available from
http://www.gnu.org/software/parted/
RedHat packages and Debian packages are also available. Check Freshmeat for the
latest releases as well
http://freshmeat.net/appindex/1999/09/19/937790960.html
Cheers,
Toby Haynes
--
Toby Haynes
The views and opinions expressed in this message are my own, and do
not necessarily reflect those of IBM Canada.
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From: "Nik Engel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux.suse,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: fwd: SuSE Linux 7.0 released
Date: Tue, 1 Aug 2000 21:59:09 +0200
Reply-To: "Nik Engel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
There is also said that there will be improved T-dsl support
Can this be possible. Or do they use the old version ?
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
news:8m66jn$ghg$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> ... and it's bad news! They split the distribution in two versions:
> personal (for private, desktop users) and professional (server
> related). They are also more expensive, don't have any major release
> (neither kernel 2.4, KDE 2.0, etc.) because they're too soon. There's
> is no reason to upgrade to 7.0. Wait til kernel 2.4 is released ...
>
>
>
> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> .. wrote:
> > -------------------SuSE Linux 7.0 released----------------------------
> > "...The optimised support for fully automated installation and SuSE's
> > new ALICE tool
> > (Automatic Linux Installation and Configuration Environment), allow
> > efficient configuration management for computer networks..."
> >
> > http://linuxpr.com/releases/2272.html
> > -------------------------------------------------------
> > --
> > - If Vi is God's editor. Then, God must have too much free time on his
> > hands,
> > lives a very boring and unproductive life; so he needs Vi to waste
> his
> > time.
> > Simplicity rules. That's why I use Easy Edit (ee).
> >
>
>
> Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
> Before you buy.
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From: "M" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux.suse,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: fwd: SuSE Linux 7.0 released
Date: Tue, 1 Aug 2000 22:09:49 +0200
i think there will be a front-end for "pppoe"
M
"Nik Engel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> There is also said that there will be improved T-dsl support
> Can this be possible. Or do they use the old version ?
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
> news:8m66jn$ghg$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> > ... and it's bad news! They split the distribution in two versions:
> > personal (for private, desktop users) and professional (server
> > related). They are also more expensive, don't have any major release
> > (neither kernel 2.4, KDE 2.0, etc.) because they're too soon. There's
> > is no reason to upgrade to 7.0. Wait til kernel 2.4 is released ...
> >
> >
> >
> > In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> > .. wrote:
> > > -------------------SuSE Linux 7.0 released----------------------------
> > > "...The optimised support for fully automated installation and SuSE's
> > > new ALICE tool
> > > (Automatic Linux Installation and Configuration Environment), allow
> > > efficient configuration management for computer networks..."
> > >
> > > http://linuxpr.com/releases/2272.html
> > > -------------------------------------------------------
> > > --
> > > - If Vi is God's editor. Then, God must have too much free time on his
> > > hands,
> > > lives a very boring and unproductive life; so he needs Vi to waste
> > his
> > > time.
> > > Simplicity rules. That's why I use Easy Edit (ee).
> > >
> >
> >
> > Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
> > Before you buy.
>
>
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From: David Hinds <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.portable
Subject: Re: Bad bridge mapping
Date: 1 Aug 2000 20:07:28 GMT
In comp.os.linux.portable bill davidsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: It escapes me why the bridge address would be considered okay in
: older versions of the pcmcia package and bad in recent versions. It
: obviously worked in the old version, other than the interrupts. I was
: hoping someone could offer a hint why it thought the address was "bad,"
: or what that really implies, other than "it works fine but the software
: won't use it..."
Sufficiently old drivers didn't detect this as a PCI bridge, so they
effectively defaulted to do_pci_probe=0. This Toshiba bridge is weird
and fails the sanity checks in the newer drivers.
-- Dave
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From: Frank E Harrell Jr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: How to get /boot and /lib/modules back to original state?
Date: Tue, 01 Aug 2000 20:11:02 GMT
I made a mistake in installing Win4Lin (an excellent product to
boot Windows 95/98 from within Linux - see www.trelos.com;
the downside is that Trelos is a small company with overworked
Tech Support), and need to uninstall Win4Lin
in order to do a clean re-install. When I boot with the
win4lin modified kernel I get
"depmod:Can't open /lib/modules/2.2.14-5.0smp/modules.dep
for writing", then other things go wrong such as finding
the network is unreachable. The above directory does not
exist unless "smp" is removed from the name. Fortunately
I can tell LILO to use the default kernel while booting
and all is well. But without the win4lin substitute kernel
in effect I can't complete the installation of Win4Lin.
Win4Lin comes with
shell scripts that do most of the uninstall but these leave
/boot and /lib/modules modified (Win4Lin requires booting
with a modified kernel in order to be able to boot Windows).
What is the best way to get /boot and /lib/modules back to
the way they were right after I originally installed
RedHat 6.2, and to get 2.2.14-5.0/modules.dep called for
instead of 2.2.14-5.0smp/modules.dep? Will lilo rebuild
everthing? Thanks in advance.
--
Frank E Harrell Jr Prof. of Biostatistics & Statistics
Div. of Biostatistics & Epidem. Dept. of Health Evaluation Sciences
U. Virginia School of Medicine http://hesweb1.med.virginia.edu/biostat
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Linux from scratch
Date: Tue, 01 Aug 2000 20:23:46 GMT
What I want to do is install Redhat 6.2 with a
minimal amount of packages so that my system only
has software that I need on it. The thing is I
compile all the software I dowload from the
source and the first time I tried to start on a
virtually empty system I installed gcc but no
compiling of anything worked. Could someone
please refer me to a document on the web that
might help me start from scratch, or give me some
pointers.
Thanks.
Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
Before you buy.
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From: Martin Racette <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Partition Problem
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux.mandrake,comp.os.linux.misc
Date: Tue, 01 Aug 2000 20:34:13 GMT
I have installed Linux Mandrake 7.1, but now I'm having a weird=20
problem with my partition table. I can't resize any partition on that=20=
disk using Partition Magic, and I need to resize some of them for OS/2=20=
Warp and Win98SE, but I can't see any partition.
Partition Magic tell me this error (this is the exact text from=20
PM3.05, and PM 4.0 has the same):
"The logical drive chain is incompatible. DOS, OS/2, Windows 95, and=20=
Windows NT require that logical partitions be chained together in=20
ascending order. This error occurs when one or more of the logical=20
partitions are chained together in the wrong order. Other operating=20
systems may not have this requirement. Some versions of Linux fdisk=20
chain logical partitions together in the order created. This situation=20=
is very dangerous and can cause loss of one or more partitions when=20
using DOS's FDISK."
How can I correct this situation ???
The problem occurred after I have let the Linux installation create=20
it's own partition instead of me using PM or FDISK to create them and=20=
let Linux using them
The HDDs are as follow (al HDD are SCSI):
Disk 0:
Partition: 0 IBM Boot Manager
1 C: (OS/2 HPFS)
2 C: (Win98, FAT32, Hidden)
3 to 6 (Extended, HPFS)
Disk 1:
Partition: 0 Linux Mandrake
1 Linux Swap
2 Linux Home
3 Extended (HPFS)
4 Extended (FAT16)
5 Extended (HPFS)
6 Extended (HPFS)
Disk 2:
ZIP-100 most disk are HPFS
Thank you in advance
Martin
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From: Paul Seelig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux.suse,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: fwd: SuSE Linux 7.0 released
Date: 01 Aug 2000 22:45:23 +0200
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> (neither kernel 2.4, KDE 2.0, etc.) because they're too soon. There's
> is no reason to upgrade to 7.0. Wait til kernel 2.4 is released ...
>
Just imagine: there are users who don't bother about under which
kernel their apps run. It's the apps, stupid! ;-)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Peter Bismuti)
Subject: my SMTP server?
Date: 1 Aug 2000 20:36:58 GMT
I'm trying to install a mail program that is asking for my
SMTP server, how can I find out what it is? Do I just
provide my IP address? or do I need to provide a port number?
Are there any firewall issues? (I am behind one).
Thanks!
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dirk Frieborg)
Subject: Text Mode Resolution
Date: Tue, 01 Aug 2000 16:43:02
Hi All!
Is there any way to have my console set up to 132 columns and/or 43
lines or sth. like that?
--
That's it/95...
... Dirk Frieborg ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
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From: "Mark Mason" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Please help!! Apache/Linux problem -- will not serve
Date: Tue, 1 Aug 2000 16:41:00 -0500
Thanks.
Apache is running.
It will serve pages to itself (Netscape running on the same box as apache).
It will not reply to other boxes when http://192.xxx.xxx.xxx is used as the
URL (this machine is DHCP with no DNS name).
Regards,
Mark
dale hites <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:71Fh5.2843$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Mark,
>
> Have you looked at the access log? Also, the regular log, error_log is set
> this way in httpd.conf should have a message of httpd starting and
stopping.
> If there are no start/stop messages in the log then Apache is not
responding
> because its not running
>
> Dale
>
>
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From: "Ian Turnbui" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: ed command in an install file but ed not found - what to do please?
Date: Tue, 1 Aug 2000 23:39:14 +0100
Folks,
I have an installation file from an old Mandrake 6.0 (I now have 7.0
installed) and in this file for Adobe Acrobat3 is a line with the
ed
command. But it gets an error as it can't find ed.
I tried changing this to vi but then it failed reporting input not
coming from ???
Is there anywhere I can get the ed command or can I do something else??
TIA
Ian Turnbull
0961 931941
mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Web : www.turnbui.freeserve.co.uk
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From: James Knowles <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: Why is Athon 650 slower than P-II/400?
Date: Tue, 01 Aug 2000 16:43:52 -0600
> I'd set the DRAM speed to FAST on the Intel, and left it at SLOW (the default) on
> the AMD...
I'll have to look into this. I've not changed any memory speed settings
as I'm not familiar with the details (been too lazy to learn that
detail; not now).
Thanks for the information.
--
People who reach their potential spend more time asking, "What am I
doing well?" rather than "What am I doing wrong?"
- John C. Maxewll
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From: "Ian Turnbui" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: compatible driver for Techworks LPC3-TX PCMCIA Ethernet 10/100 please?
Date: Tue, 1 Aug 2000 23:52:45 +0100
Folks,
does anyone know of a compatible driver for a
Techworks LPC3-TX PCMCIA Ethernet 10/100
TIA
Ian Turnbull
0961 931941
mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Web : www.turnbui.freeserve.co.uk
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From: James Knowles <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: Why is Athon 650 slower than P-II/400?
Date: Tue, 01 Aug 2000 16:46:06 -0600
> This may be a stupid question, but is the RAM speed the same as the bus
> speed?
When it comes to my limited current knowledge on this topic, I don't
think any question's stupid. As far as I can see, they're the same.
--
A free society is one where it is safe to be unpopular.
- Adlai Stevenson
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From: James Knowles <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: Why is Athon 650 slower than P-II/400?
Date: Tue, 01 Aug 2000 16:46:56 -0600
> is a post recommending the latest BIOS from ASUS. Says it fixed his
> problem.
I should have thought of that. That will be easier than tearing the
machine apart.
Thanks for the heads up!
--
E Pluribus Unix
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From: Ken Kachnowich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Problem creating a boot floppy from 6.0 install program
Date: Tue, 01 Aug 2000 18:31:45 -0400
I have installed RH 6.0 (I think). When I tried to create a boot disk
from the
install program it failed, would never even light up the floppy drive
and then gave
me an error message (which I, of course, did not save).
Is this a known problem? I am using a 6.0 boot.img dated April 1999 on
the mirror.
Any ideas how to get around it (short of lilo)?
Thanks,
Ken
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From: Tom Pfeifer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Linux from scratch
Date: Tue, 01 Aug 2000 23:06:28 GMT
This may be more than you want, but take a look:
http://www.us.linuxfromscratch.org/index2.html
Tom
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> What I want to do is install Redhat 6.2 with a
> minimal amount of packages so that my system only
> has software that I need on it. The thing is I
> compile all the software I dowload from the
> source and the first time I tried to start on a
> virtually empty system I installed gcc but no
> compiling of anything worked. Could someone
> please refer me to a document on the web that
> might help me start from scratch, or give me some
> pointers.
>
> Thanks.
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