Linux-Setup Digest #335, Volume #19 Sun, 6 Aug 00 15:13:09 EDT
Contents:
Re: Modem doesn't work (and it's not a WinModem) (Rob Clark)
Re: Help with multi-OS/multiboot ("Chris L.")
Re: Modem doesn't work (and it's not a WinModem) (David Rysdam)
Re: Newbie - Parition Sizes ("Dirk T. Verbeek")
colors in X (David Punsalan)
Re: Kingston EtheRx VP 10/100 ethernet with RH 6.2 problem? (Frank Schaefer)
Phat Linux 3.2 Doen't Boot! ("Ben Davis")
Newbie - fetchmail "SMTP connect to local host failed" ("JR")
X-Windows Freezing ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Dual Boot Problems (David Snead)
Re: Default root for WinLinux 2000 ? (DW)
New to Linux- how do I install Theme Manager ? (DW)
Re: how to remove linux and install win2000 instead (DW)
Re: WinLinux 2000 on a ThnikPad 390 ? (DW)
Re: ??amount of swap space in relation to memory (Vid Strpic)
Re: reclaiming the master boot record? (Staffan Emren)
Re: Getting a Boot Floppy ("Terry Smerling")
Accessing a "Stranded" Linux Installation ("Terry Smerling")
Re: Hardware test program wanted (Staffan Emren)
Re: Getting a Boot Floppy ("Jan Rigter")
DPMS in X (Nicolas Rinaudo)
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Crossposted-To: alt.linux,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: Modem doesn't work (and it's not a WinModem)
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Rob Clark)
Date: Sun, 06 Aug 2000 16:37:11 GMT
In article <3ufj5.14550$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Kristofor Wiklund <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>> I've just installed Slackware 7.0 on my new computer. I have found
>that
>>>my modem does not respond under Linux, but it does under Windows. As I
>have
>Its a PnP ISA card and uses /dev/ttyS1 (COM2 under windows)
>>Did you use the Slackware setup program to point /dev/modem at your modem?
>Yes.
Be sure that you are using isapnptools to configure your modem.
(see the Modem-HOWTO at http://linuxdoc.org/HOWTO if this is news to you
:)
Okay, assuming you know about isapnptools, how does your isapnp.conf look?
e.g.:
# Card 2: (serial identifier 9e 97 59 8f 97 30 00 44 0e)
# Vendor Id CRD0030, Serial Number 2539229079, checksum 0x9E.
# Version 1.0, Vendor version 0.0
# ANSI string -->Cardinal 336 Internal<--
#
# Logical device id CRD0030
# Device support I/O range check register
# Device supports vendor reserved register @ 0x3e
#
# Edit the entries below to uncomment out the configuration required.
# Note that only the first value of any range is given, this may be
# changed if required
# Don't forget to uncomment the activate (ACT Y) when happy
(CONFIGURE CRD0030/2539229079 (LD 0
# Start dependent functions: priority acceptable
# Fixed IO base address 0x02e8
# Number of IO addresses required: 8
(IO 0 (SIZE 8) (BASE 0x02f8) (CHECK))
# IRQ 3, 4, 5, 7, 9, 10, 11 or 15.
# High true, level sensitive interrupt
(INT 0 (IRQ 3 (MODE +L)))
# End dependent functions
(NAME "CRD0030/2539229079[0]{Cardinal 336 Internal}")
(ACT Y)
))
# End tag... Checksum 0x00 (OK)
# Returns all cards to the "Wait for Key" state
(WAITFORKEY)
----
Now,
'isapnp /etc/isapnp.conf'
-and then-
'setserial /dev/modem uart 16550A'
--
Rob Clark, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: "Chris L." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux.mandrake,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage
Subject: Re: Help with multi-OS/multiboot
Date: Sun, 6 Aug 2000 11:59:12 -0500
Or just use VMWare and boot them all at the same time if you have the
memory.
Chris L.
Joe Lystad <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:8mj3rq$mie$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Hi All,
> Thought I'd reply to this post.
> I'm using Win98 NT 4 Sp6 Win2k Sp1, RedHat linux 6.2. Never gotten Win98
to
> work properly.
> Your goal of saving a little hd space is ok, but must be balanced with
other
> goals you might not think of during installation time.
> Namely, how easy is it going to be to get the system up and running if
> something fails? or how easy will it be to find files? or back up the
> system. I've found having numerous partitions and hd's, that I long for 1
> big long continuous drive space again.
> Hd's nowadays are too inexpensive to justify saving a few 100mb here and
> there. Anyhow, I have a system similar to this.
> My experiences is this: create a small boot format 20-50mb for dos6.22 to
> start. This will be your boot partition fat16. Ask yourself, do you
really
> need nt4 and w2k? Unless there is a substantial reason for this, then
have
> just one (I never even use nt4 much anymore).
> For that matter, do you think you'll need 98?
> One thing to think about is that if things go wrong, they really go wrong.
> And 2) backing up so many partitions,hd's isn't all that easy (Ghost is
> better than Drive Image Pro), still not easy. 3) finding files is more of
a
> pain 4) many progs don't like sharing a common hd space that much between
> OS's 5) this is a big one, installing all this software takes time, it's a
> pain in the ass to configure and make work 5 different os's.
> My computer is an old P Pro 200 dual with adaptec 3940UW built in. 3 scsi
> hd's. all these os's. some drivers work for some things, etc. I really
> find myself only using 2000 mainly and sometimes linux. that's it.
>
> My advice: simplify, simplify. You'll be glad you did down the road.
> Reduce the amount of os's and partitions and drives. Spend the extra time
> you'd save troubleshooting os's with your kids, wife, take a walk.
They'll
> appreciate it. If you're a techie and are experimenting and are curious,
by
> all means, install everything.
>
>
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David Rysdam)
Crossposted-To: alt.linux,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: Modem doesn't work (and it's not a WinModem)
Date: 6 Aug 2000 15:49:38 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
What doesn't the modem respond to? Have you tried using minicom?
On Sun, 06 Aug 2000, Kristofor Wiklund <long email snipped> wrote:
>>> I've just installed Slackware 7.0 on my new computer. I have found
>that
>>>my modem does not respond under Linux, but it does under Windows. As I
>have
>>>stated it is not a WinModem. It is 3Com 56K modem that I have used on my
>>>old computer. On my old computer the modem worked fine under Linux and
>>>Windows. Any ideas what the problem could be?
>>
>>No, we need some hints.
>>
>>ISA or PCI?
>>Jumpers or PnP?
>>/dev/ttyS? IRQ?
>
>Its a PnP ISA card and uses /dev/ttyS1 (COM2 under windows)
>
>>
>>Did you use the Slackware setup program to point /dev/modem at your modem?
>>
>
>Yes.
>
>
>
--
My public encryption key is available from www.keyserver.net
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From: "Dirk T. Verbeek" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Newbie - Parition Sizes
Date: Sun, 6 Aug 2000 18:59:39 +0200
"Julio C. Rincon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> I am about to setup my partitions but I am having trouble figuring out
> the recommeded sizes for each partition. Some websites seem to be out
> of date and only talk about small harddrives, while other sites talk
> about total usage. This is what I have so far:
>
> Partitions:
> Swap 128MB (this is my current pc memory)
> root (/) 150MB (I've seen recommendation of 100-200MB)
> /home ?
> /var ?
> /usr 850MB
> /usr/local ?
> /boot 16MB
>
> I am setting aside 2GB of space on my harddrive for the Red Hat Linux
> distribution.
> I haven't been able to find much info on /home, /var or /usr/local
> sizes. Most Install docs & books that I've looked at don't mention how
> Linux configures the /home, /var or /usr/local partitions.
>
> Any help is appreciated!
>
> Julio.
>
Allthough I don't dismiss the security issues I am the only user of my
computer and after a lot of experimentation in the past weeks ( and 2-3
years ago) I've settled on just 2 partitions.
One swap because it is a of a pre-defined size (usually 2x memory) and a
single ex2fs for the rest.
It is by far the the most flexible when you are still not perfectly sure
what you're going to use Linux for.
Regards,
Dirk
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From: David Punsalan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.x
Subject: colors in X
Date: Sun, 6 Aug 2000 11:42:00 -0500
Hi,
I was wondering - where can I find a all the colors that I can specify in
startup X scripts or .*rc files (e.g. .xinitrc) ?
Thanks,
David
UT Austin - Department of Chemical Engineering
Tel: (512) 471-4789 Fax: (413) 215-9854
Office: CPE 3.428
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From: Frank Schaefer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: Kingston EtheRx VP 10/100 ethernet with RH 6.2 problem?
Date: Sun, 06 Aug 2000 17:26:24 GMT
William Lee wrote:
> I can't seem to get my Kingston EtheRx VP 10/100 ethnet card to work
> with my RH 6.2 distribution. It seems like the autoprobe doesn't work
> too well when the machine first started up. I tried running the network
> script in the /etc/rc.d/... directory (I forgot exactly) and run the
> "S10network start" (or something like that) and it seems like it fails
> to recognize my eth0. What can be wrong?
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Will
>
> PS: the kingston card is the one that comes with PacBell ADSL modem, it
> used to work in RH 6.0 but not in 6.2. Is the tulip.o any difference?
This NIC is based on a tulip chipset? All the Kingston NICs I've known
were based upon an NE2000 chipset.
If it IS a tulip chipset, here's some things you need to know of the
chipset. It's a chipset that's reproduced on dozens of standalone and
onboard NICs, and on each different model, it's slightly different and may
have its own quirks. Honestly, it's a half-decent stock chipset at best.
The kernel driver(s) for this chipset are messy. There are no less than
three drivers for this chipset, none of which are guaranteed to work. My
advice would be to try each one separately, in turn, compiling the driver
code directly into the kernel (NOT as a module). If you're new to
compiling the kernel, check the Kernel HOWTO at http://www.linuxdoc.org/;
it's easier than you might think.
I've seen problems with tulip cards using DHCP under RedHat 6.x; you should
also try setting the interface to a static IP (although your ADSL ISP may
not allow it).
If all this fails, you could try getting a cheepo (relatively speaking)
3com ISA 10baseT card and seeing if it does any better. If you're
connecting it direct to an external ADSL modem, there's probably no real
point to having 100baseTX; DSL can't even saturate 10baseT bandwidth. You
might want to check your ADSL modem's documentation also to make sure it
will run fine in that kind of setup.
Best of luck,
Kelledin Tane, the Dreaming Minstrel
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From: "Ben Davis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Phat Linux 3.2 Doen't Boot!
Date: Sun, 6 Aug 2000 18:25:47 +0100
when I boot phat Linux from windows all that happens is that my computer
goes to a black screen and a cursor and stops responding. if I execute
Linux.bat in dos it only goes as far as "uncompressing Linux, ok, booting
the kernel" and then it hangs. How can I sort this problem out?
I have a Pentium III with 128mb of ram running Win98se
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From: "JR" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Newbie - fetchmail "SMTP connect to local host failed"
Date: Sun, 06 Aug 2000 19:33:44 +0100
It took me a while to get fetchmail working, but there is another problem now.
After setting up .fetchmailrc everything went smooth.
Logging in, no problem. Finding mail, no problem.
Getting it back, no way. Error SMTP connect to local host failed.
And I can't find it in the man pages.
Am I supposed to set up some sort of a mail server?
Something missing in the .fetchmailrc?
Also using Kmail, and that is working ok.
SuSE 6.4 with KDE.
Help much appreciated.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.x
Subject: X-Windows Freezing
Date: Sun, 06 Aug 2000 17:33:54 GMT
Hello.
I have been out of the Linux loop for quite some time. Just this
past week I attempted to create a Debian 2.1 machine ( I
believe it is with kernel 2.0.36 or 2.0.38 ( R3 or R4 of Debian ) ).
The hardware is a DEC PC5000 32MB RAM 3.2GB HDD, Matrox Mystique
integrated
video and an integrated DEC 21142/21143 Ethernet controller. I had
a relatively painless install ( things have changed
a bit since I last installed old Slackware ), but two problems
have emerged. They seem to be related, but I am not certain.
1) After starting X, when I attempt to access non-local Web pages (
through links in the Debian HTML docs ) the machine freezes. The HDD
light goes
solid and the only thing that recovers the box is a hard reset.
2) The non-local address for the NIC is not binding ( 192.168.0.1
). I checked ifconfig and it shows no listing for eth0. I tried to
force usage of the
'tulip' module in /etc/conf.modules, but that didn't help either.
I saw in passing a posting that mentioned PNP settings in the BIOS
may be a culprit but I cannot get to the machine until next week ( and
stuff like
this drives me bonkers until I know ).
Can anyone provide any insight here ? Can I correct this
with a kernel patch or patch for the 'tulip' loadable module ?
Regards,
James.
Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
Before you buy.
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From: David Snead <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Dual Boot Problems
Date: Sun, 06 Aug 2000 13:42:51 -0400
Using Mandrake Linux 7.0 on /dev/hda and Windows 98 on /dev/hdc, XFree
86 4.0
I just added 64 MB of RAM on my computer, which Linux did not
recognize. I went into LILO to add the line "append MEM=192MB", and I
got the new memory support I wanted. The problem is now I can't boot
into windows. When LILO receives the command to boot from windows it
just says "Loading Windows 98..." and freezes from this point. Below
I'm including my lilo.conf for help in diagnosing this problem. I've
changed the table from /dev/hdc to /dev/hda and that did not help. The
Machine does boot to windows when the Linux Hard drive is phscially
removed from the computer.
============================================
This file has been generated by KLILO
boot=/dev/hda
read-only
prompt
timeout=100
vga=normal
default=windows
message=/boot/message
image=/boot/vmlinuz
root=/dev/hda6
label=linux
append="mem=192M"
image=/boot/vmlinuz-smp
root=/dev/hda6
label=linux-smp
append="mem=192M"
other=/dev/hdc1
label=windows
table=/dev/hdc
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From: DW <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Default root for WinLinux 2000 ?
Date: Sun, 06 Aug 2000 14:02:10 -0400
When I stopped to think, I remembered what I had set as ROOT. What
did U think of WinLinux ?
DW
On Sun, 06 Aug 2000 02:43:47 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> DW <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> Just installed WinLinux and I don't know what the root pass is.
>> Anyone help ?
>>
>> DW
>> Thanks In Advance
>>
>> DW
>> (Invalid Mail Address so please don't try to send
>> to it!!)
>>
>
>I'm pretty sure you should have setup during the install... its been a
>while since I did winlinux, but I'm almost certain.
>
>
>Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
>Before you buy.
Thanks In Advance
DW
(Invalid Mail Address so please don't try to send
to it!!)
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From: DW <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: New to Linux- how do I install Theme Manager ?
Date: Sun, 06 Aug 2000 14:03:09 -0400
ALL in the subject...
Thanks
DW
Thanks In Advance
DW
(Invalid Mail Address so please don't try to send
to it!!)
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From: DW <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: how to remove linux and install win2000 instead
Date: Sun, 06 Aug 2000 14:16:16 -0400
Why would U want to ?
On Thu, 3 Aug 2000 11:50:57 +0100, "pascal" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q247/8/04.ASP?LN=EN-US&SD=g
>n&FR=0
>the krosoft method.
>It's funny. They have a very good sence of humour
>
Thanks In Advance
DW
(Invalid Mail Address so please don't try to send
to it!!)
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From: DW <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: WinLinux 2000 on a ThnikPad 390 ?
Date: Sun, 06 Aug 2000 14:18:35 -0400
Disregard (if U haven't already!) I tried a different video driver
and it now wroks...
On Fri, 04 Aug 2000 16:49:16 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>Has anyone been successful setting up WinLinux 2000 on a ThinkPad 390
>?
>
>It installs fine but when I try to run it, it gets as far as "starting
>K Environment" and goes no further!
Thanks In Advance
DW
(Invalid Mail Address so please don't try to send
to it!!)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Vid Strpic)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.powerpc,comp.unix.admin
Subject: Re: ??amount of swap space in relation to memory
Date: 6 Aug 2000 17:34:45 GMT
de savant said unto us in comp.unix.admin :
>"!!Tonnere de Brest" wrote:
>> 87 Rot@ns1 /home/httpd/html#uname -a
>> Linux ns1 2.2.13-4mdk #1 Tue Sep 7 18:23:11 CEST 1999 i686 unknown
>>
>> 6:12pm up 3 days, 21:15, 2 users, load average: 0.01, 0.01, 0.00
>> 56 processes: 55 sleeping, 1 running, 0 zombie, 0 stopped
>> CPU states: 0.0% user, 0.9% system, 0.0% nice, 99.0% idle
>> Mem: 63156K av, 61564K used, 1592K free, 358832K shrd, 2012K buff
>> Swap: 104384K av, 12808K used, 91576K free 13592K cached
>>
>> as you can see, the machine is running out of memory. I am planning to add 128
You call THAT 'running out of memory'? Sheesh.
Linux lorien 2.2.16 #1 Mon Jul 10 20:38:17 CEST 2000 i586 unknown
7:27pm up 23:23, 16 users, load average: 0.13, 0.09, 0.09
148 processes: 147 sleeping, 1 running, 0 zombie, 0 stopped
CPU states: 5.6% user, 1.8% system, 1.0% nice, 40.4% idle
Mem: 128260K av, 125472K used, 2788K free, 57964K shrd, 2656K buff
Swap: 367840K av, 37284K used, 330556K free 33028K cached
... and I just had a power outage yesterday. Most usual practice is ~80
Mb of swap used. On my personal workstation @home, of course. Almost
all of that eaten by that hungry pig, netscape :(
>> megabytes of memory. Do I have to increase the size of the swap space? Also is
>> there a simple command that would give me the amount of memory and swap on the
>> machine?
>I seem to remember a limit to the size of a usable swap space. You can make multiple
>swap
>partitions though.
2 Gb under Linux 2.2.0 and later, in one partition. You can have 16 of
them, though.
>I like to keep the swap equal to the RAM I have installed. It's RISC.
>It looks like you have 64Mb RAM and about 100Mb swap. Good luck!
Well, it all depends, which applications need how much memory, and how
often.
lorien:~# vmstat 1 2
procs memory swap io system cpu
r b w swpd free buff cache si so bi bo in cs us sy id
2 0 0 37400 3336 2648 33120 1 1 22 14 169 229 7 2 91
1 0 0 37400 3204 2648 33248 0 0 129 0 242 1060 6 8 85
You see, swapping is almost null. If 'si' and 'so' columns start to
grow, then you are out of memory and need to buy more.
--
)) Vid Strpic, also known as Martin. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
(( (I don't speak for my employer, just for myself.)
C|~~|
`--' UNIX fundamentalist - and an average chauvinistic male.
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From: Staffan Emren <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: reclaiming the master boot record?
Date: Sun, 06 Aug 2000 20:28:18 +0200
Peter Bismuti wrote:
>
> I accidently wrote over the master boot record, I can still boot but
> only from a floppy. How can I place lilo back in the MBR?
>
> Thanks
You simply run /sbin/lilo as root, and a new lilo bootblock will be
written to your harddrive. You were lucky though, most people accidently
removing the MBR block, also removes all their partition info, which
makes it much harder (although not entirely impossible).
Best regards
Staffan Emren
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From: "Terry Smerling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Getting a Boot Floppy
Date: Sun, 06 Aug 2000 18:35:14 GMT
Thank you for the lengthy reply. I like to think I am fairly handy
with computers: I've been hacking for over ten years. Nonetheless, I am new
to image files and, needless to say, new to Linux. I downloaded a floppy
boot image but have no idea how to convert into a floppy. What utility do I
use? I do not have the DOS utility RAWRITE on my system. Any further tips
would be greatly appreciated.
"Valentin Guillen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Terry,
>
> Every distribution I've seen has what you need on the installation CD.
>
> First, there are several types of boot diskettes. One way is to take
> your DOS boot diskette, copy from the CD the loadlin.exe file and the
> correct image file, and boot your machine with it. That would cause dos
> to boot, and then at an a: prompt, you would invoke the loadlin.
> Another way is to boot into your linux and use the command another
> poster has listed. Yet another way is to use the DOS utility called
> rawrite to take the correct image file and create a linux bootable
> diskette.
>
> Another way to boot into linux from dos or windows is to run the
> loadlin.exe from the hard drive while in dos or windows.
>
> Most of these utilities I've mentioned are found on your install CD
> somewhere, (often in /dosutils /images /disks) or at some other
> location. If you use a Multi-CD distribution, check your documentation
> for the location of the utilities. Many distros, like SuSE, include
> more utilities like fips for dynamic partitioning/resizing DOS
> networking client software, m$windoz Xclients, bootlin and loadlin, and
> much more.
>
> All of these have documentation on their use and syntax, readmes, etc.
> Most distros also have a readme file in the rood directory of the
> install cd, telling where to find everything on the CD.
>
> Regards,
> Valentin Guillen
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From: "Terry Smerling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Accessing a "Stranded" Linux Installation
Date: Sun, 06 Aug 2000 18:42:23 GMT
Although I am pretty handy with MS operating systems, I am a complete
newbie when it comes to Linux.
I have Corel Linux installed on the primary partition of my second
drive, but it is stranded there because I deactivated LILO. I was hoping
there was some way of creating a boot floppy that would allow me to boot to
my Linus installation. Can this be done? If so, how? Any suggestions
would be greatly appreciated.
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From: Staffan Emren <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Hardware test program wanted
Date: Sun, 06 Aug 2000 20:40:39 +0200
Mikkel Kaastrup wrote:
>
> Hardware test program wanted....
> Is there anyone out there who's got a good hardware test program that I
> could buy/borrow/get?
> I'm having problems installing Red Hat Linux 6.2, from the messages of
> the installation program it seems there are flaws in the graphics card,
> but I'm not certain.
> The graphics card is a Diamond Viper V770 with Riva TNT2 chipset and
> should be compatible with Xfree 4.0.
> I also have problems running certain programs under Win98 and would
> dearly like to
> find out precisely what the reason is - I've worked a lot on it and
> bought new motherboard and graphics card etc - it helped a little but
> not enough.
> So....I need a test program to find out EXACTLY what's wrong and where.
> Can anyone out there help me?
>
> Yours,
>
> Mikkel Kaastrup - [EMAIL PROTECTED]
First of all, I assume you are not overclocking? Diamond graphics cards
are extremely picky about correct clocking on the PCI or AGP bus. If you
have already changed graphics card, and that didn't help, I would guess
you have some kind of memory problem. Try to run without cover, and see
if the problem goes away. If so, you will have to do something about the
(lack of) airflow in your computer.
If you have access to Windows NT 4 you can also try to install that, and
see where you get the "Blue Screen Of Death". During basic install,
service pack install, graphics drivers install? If nothing else, NT is
at least good for verifying that the hardware is in working order. :-)
Best regards
Staffan Emren
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From: "Jan Rigter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Getting a Boot Floppy
Date: Sun, 06 Aug 2000 20:43:20 +0100
In article <Cdij5.5226$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Terry Smerling"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>
> Thank you for the lengthy reply. I like to think I am fairly
> handy
> with computers: I've been hacking for over ten years. Nonetheless, I am
> new to image files and, needless to say, new to Linux. I downloaded a
> floppy boot image but have no idea how to convert into a floppy. What
> utility do I use? I do not have the DOS utility RAWRITE on my system.
> Any further tips would be greatly appreciated.
>
>
You can find rawrite at ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386
There should be a directory called dosutils or something like that.
Rawrite is in there.
Doc also. Easy to use.
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From: Nicolas Rinaudo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: DPMS in X
Date: Sun, 06 Aug 2000 20:55:52 +0200
Does anybody know how to set X to run DPMS? I've tried xset dpms <value>
<value> <value>, and modifying my XF86Config file with Option
"power_saver" for the devices and StandbyTime <value> for the screens,
but either it doesn't work or it crashes x... Anybody succeded in that?
Nicolas Rinaudo
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You can send mail to the entire list (and comp.os.linux.setup) via:
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Linux may be obtained via one of these FTP sites:
ftp.funet.fi pub/Linux
tsx-11.mit.edu pub/linux
sunsite.unc.edu pub/Linux
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