Linux-Setup Digest #365, Volume #19 Thu, 10 Aug 00 03:13:10 EDT
Contents:
Re: errno=111 X dead in the water. (Ignacio Valdes)
Re: Kernel 2.2.16 not working with ATAPI IDE CDRoms (Lawrence Houston)
Re: ppp setup question (Hoang Thinh)
Re: FWD: Red Hat's CFO abandoning ship. (blowfish)
ISDN 128K modem ("David ..")
Re: ??amount of swap space in relation to memory (Tyler Mitchell)
Simple question about CD-Writing for Linux (Jimi Aleshin)
Simple question about CD-Writing for Linux (Jimi Aleshin)
Re: lilo/hard drive (James Bilitski)
Re: HP OpenMail newbie needs help with setup ("djmiller")
kernel panic - yes or no Question ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: SVGATextMode (Dirk Frieborg)
Problems with XDM...? (David Carney)
CallBack ("Micky")
Simple question about CD-Writing for Linux (Jimi Aleshin)
Re: lilo/hard drive ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Problems w/ yamaha CRW6416SZ (Harris L. Gilliam)
Re: Linux on AMD (blowfish)
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From: Ignacio Valdes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: errno=111 X dead in the water.
Date: Wed, 09 Aug 2000 22:53:14 -0500
Was getting low on disk space was the problem. -- IV
Ignacio Valdes wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> I'm dead in the water running RedHat 6.2 X Windows. I get the following
> message when I try to bring the GUI up at the command line:
>
> _FontTransSocket unix connect:
> can't connect: errno=111
> Failed to set Default font path 'unix/: -1'
> Fatal server error cannot open default font 'fixed'
>
> I've hunted around and the best info I've seen is that 'your settings
> are wrong'. But no info about how to set them right. I've tried
> Xconfigurator without success. This has previously been working for
> months and I've made no change that I can think of to make this happen.
> However, in the past I've had to enter startx several times to get a GUI
> because it would say something like 'can't establish listening socket'
> or somesuch. Now I can't get in at all.
>
> -- IV
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From: Lawrence Houston <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Kernel 2.2.16 not working with ATAPI IDE CDRoms
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.misc
Date: Thu, 10 Aug 2000 04:41:41 GMT
In comp.os.linux.misc Jose Manuel Benitez Sanchez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: After getting Linux 2.2.16 compiled and running, I've detected that
: the driver for ATAPI CDROM drives isn't working properly. Actually,
: it's doing really bad.
: At boot time, they are properly recognized and no error or warning
: message is produced. However, when the cdrom tray is ejected and close,
: the kernels yields a lot of error messages like the following:
: -----------------
: ATAPI device hdb:
: Unknown Error Type: No sense data -- (Sense key=0x00)
: No additional sense information -- (asc=0x00, ascq=0x00)
: The failed "Prevent/Allow Medium Removal" packet command was:
: "1e 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 "
: -----------------
: It doesn't matter wether a CDRom is in the tray or not. The sequence of
: error messages always takes place. This is just the beginning. When
: forcing the mount of a cdrom, either through gitmount or direct mount
: commands, the system simple gets frozen. There is no way to recover it:
: neither keyboard, mouse, network or serial ports respond.
: I've checked this problem in a number of different machines, Pentium,
: PII, and PIII, equipped with different ATAPI CDROM drives : (e.g.
: hdb: BCD 24XM CD-ROM, ATAPI CDROM drive
: hdb: ACER CD-767E/O, ATAPI CDROM drive
NOT sure if our problems are related, but when my Red Hat 6.2 System runs
2.2.16 (tried -3, -8 & -12) I have problems accessing ATAPI CD-ROM
Drives from Guest OSs within a Virtual Machine (VMware 2.0.1/2.0.2)!
>From within the Guest OS Data CDs detect as Audio CDs and are unreadable,
then after existing the VM the same Data CD can NO longer be mounted
natively from Linux (when they could before the attempted access from within
the VM)?? The failed native linux accesses generate the following errors:
kernel: attempt to access beyond end of device
kernel: 16:00: rw=0, want=33, limit=0
kernel: dev 16:00 blksize=1024 blocknr=32 sector=64 size=1024 count=1
kernel: isofs_read_super: bread failed, dev=16:00, iso_blknum=16, block=32
Rebooting (or running 2.2.14) seems to be the only way to again be able
to mount Data CDs. Unfortunately I still do NOT know if the problem
lies with 2.2.16 or VMware's access of the 2.2.16 ATAPI Driver?
I tried two different CD-ROM Drives in the same PII System, so I do
NOT believe it is a "problem" with the physical drives themselves!
Todate I have NOT received any replies to my posts on the VMware Newsgroups,
hence I do NOT know if I am alone with this "problem"? Bothersome that any
application should be able to adversely the functioning of the ATAPI Driver
and that sequence of operations is determinant!!! Especially curious since
2.2.16 is expected to be used in the upcoming Red Hat 7.0, so hopefully
this can be resolved!!!
--
Lawrence Houston - ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
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Subject: Re: ppp setup question
From: Hoang Thinh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 10 Aug 2000 14:58:43 +1000
Jimmy Navarro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>I use another Red Hat 6.2 clone. I didn't do any scripting but simply
>configure PPP as PAP (no scripting) like a Windows 95. It werks!I
>suggest try first PAP and if it doesn't work then try the hard way --
>script...
I used the same step as you..but when I connected to my ISP, I can't
browse anywhere nor telnet to anywhere...:(
Please help..
Thinh
--
Nguyen Thai Hoang Thinh
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From: blowfish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: ..
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc,gnu.misc.discuss
Subject: Re: FWD: Red Hat's CFO abandoning ship.
Date: Wed, 09 Aug 2000 22:00:35 -0700
John Hasler wrote:
>
> blowfish writes:
> > So. You're hired hand for Debian.
>
> No. Debian hires no one.
>
> > Or unofficial hired hand (or coder, if you prefer.) No?
>
> No.
A payola?
If not.
How come nobody ever even give me $25.00 for not doing anything!?
Anyway. You have sold your code for profit. But just won't admit it.
Because you know the whole idea of GNU-GPL, FSF and profit takings are
contradictory to one another. So, you have to keep finding, making
excuses for yourself to deny the true. Correct?
> --
> John Hasler
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Dancing Horse Hill
> Elmwood, Wisconsin
--
- Alex / blowfish.- Just an average, whimpy, non-geek American computer
user.
(Have Fun with geek's culture: Part-1.)
--
- If Vi is God's editor. Then, God must have too much free time on his
hands,
lives a very dull and unproductive life; so he needs Vi to waste his
time.
But Vi was still too fast. So God created EMACS on the 8th day - which
takes
Eight Months to load, And Counting Still...
- The UN-GEEK CODE:(?What is a
geek?)-#!?+++??++++|$????+++++?????+++!!!!???+++---
geek + vi | ~/emacs
==>ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz!!!!!!!!!!.......:P~
newbies + Windoz | C:\LOOKOUT
EXPRESS==>_the_horrors_the_horrrrrrrroOOOOORRRRRRRRRSSSSsssss!!! :-|
- My SAS (Sing-A-Song) Fingerprint -v.i007.bond: Doe1(-a deer, a female
deer.) RaY2(- a drop of golden sun.)
Me3(- A name, I call myself.) FAr4(- A long, long way to run.) Sew5(-A
needle pulling thread.)
lA6(-A note to follow sew.) TeA7(-A drink with jam and bread.) That
will bring us back to DOe-oh-oh-oh...
(c)Copyrighted by Alex / blowfish. 2000.
------------------------------
From: "David .." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: ISDN 128K modem
Date: Wed, 09 Aug 2000 23:55:22 -0500
Looking for recommendations for a good stable 128K ISDN modem internal
or external to use with linux. Will be used to give internet access to
24 users systems.
Thanks.
--
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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Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.powerpc,comp.unix.admin
Subject: Re: ??amount of swap space in relation to memory
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Tyler Mitchell)
Date: Thu, 10 Aug 2000 05:30:07 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Vid Strpic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>Linux lorien 2.2.16 #1 Mon Jul 10 20:38:17 CEST 2000 i586 unknown
Heh, VERY cool. =) I named one of the first Linux boxes I ever set up
"lorien".
>--
> )) 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.
--
Tyler Mitchell
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From: Jimi Aleshin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
linux.apps.cdwrite,comp.os.linux.questions,comp.os.linux.redhat,comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Simple question about CD-Writing for Linux
Date: Thu, 10 Aug 2000 05:40:23 GMT
Hi,
I have Red Hat Linux 6.1 with the 2.2.12-20 kernel. And I just
installed a Hewlett Packard CD-Writer 9310i. It works in Windows and it
suggests with it being set to the "Cable Select" jumper. I'm just
wondering if Linux works with Cable Select? Or do I have to put the
jumper on Slave or Master? My CD-Reader which came with the computer is
Master I think (probably). So does that mean I put the CD-Burner on the
Slave jumper? And also if I have Plug and Play enabled on Linux will it
autodetect the CD-Writer? If not, is there any other way?
Please tell me anything on making it work, thanks.
------------------------------
From: Jimi Aleshin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
linux.apps.cdwrite,comp.os.linux.questions,comp.os.linux.redhat,comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Simple question about CD-Writing for Linux
Date: Thu, 10 Aug 2000 05:45:45 GMT
Hi,
I have Red Hat Linux 6.1 with the 2.2.12-20 kernel. And I just
installed a Hewlett Packard CD-Writer 9310i. It works in Windows and it
suggests with it being set to the "Cable Select" jumper. I'm just
wondering if Linux works with Cable Select? Or do I have to put the
jumper on Slave or Master? My CD-Reader which came with the computer is
Master I think (probably). So does that mean I put the CD-Burner on the
Slave jumper? And also if I have Plug and Play enabled on Linux will it
autodetect the CD-Writer? If not, is there any other way?
Please tell me anything on making it work, thanks.
------------------------------
From: James Bilitski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: lilo/hard drive
Date: Thu, 10 Aug 2000 02:05:10 -0700
This is a gateway 7210 server.
THe drive might be screwed up now. It wont even boot from the a: drive when the scsi
hd is
connected. I unplug the scsi drive and it boots to a:.
Must be a screwed up drive????
Marko wrote:
> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, James Bilitski
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > What is the best tool for wiping out everything on a hard drive? I
> > can't seem to get rid of Lilo. My previous installation had 2 options
> > when booting "linux" and "linux-up" which stood for upgraded linux. I
> > have tried windows Fdisk, fdisk /mbr, IBM's wipe, IBM's zap (which
> > supposedly zero writes boot sector) PQs magict. I have tried all of
> > these. None seem to work. When I install linux it still always has
> > those two boot options when you press tab, "linux" and "linux-up".
> > Neither of these will even boot the machine. They try to mount /hdc
> > where in my case it won't work as I have a scsi drive /sda. Please help.
> >
>
> fdisk /mbr should do the trick
> Reinstalling windows also overwrite the boot sector
> I dont see why it doesnt disapear on your computer, i know some compaq machines
> has like 2 meg partition on the HD and uses it as some kinda bios stuff, I dunno
>exactly how
> it works, its totally fucked up, i knew a friend who had problem with lilo and his
>compaq
>
> --
>
> I never make a mistake, I thought I did once but I was wrong
> ,------------------------------------------------------------,
> | Name: Marko Kjellgren ----- URL: http://marko.home.dhs.org |
> | Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------- Voicemail: 0472-562345 |
> `------------------------------------------------------------'
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<><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>
James A. Bilitski http://www.pitt.edu/~bilitski
Assistant Professor of Computer Science
University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown
214 Blackington Hall
Johnstown, PA 15904
Office Phone: 814-269-2926
------------------------------
From: "djmiller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.redhat,linux.dev.config
Subject: Re: HP OpenMail newbie needs help with setup
Date: Thu, 10 Aug 2000 06:14:05 GMT
It won't let me post; it's not accepting my username and password. Is this
a different one than the one I got to download the thing?
"richi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:8ms1aq$tj9$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> You could also try askign your question on the OpenMail public forum.
>
> It's at http://www.ice.hp.com/HyperNews/A8_ExtAll/get/ompub.html
>
>
> Regards,
> richi.
> --
> Richi Jennings <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.openmail.com/
> Team OpenMail
> Hewlett-Packard Company
> OpenMail: Business messaging/collaboration for the next E. E-Services.
>
>
> Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
> Before you buy.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: kernel panic - yes or no Question
Date: Thu, 10 Aug 2000 06:08:57 GMT
The question is - if you copy a kernel from one disk to another, say hdb
to hda do you have to reconfigure and recompile it?
I have the 2.2.14-5 kernel installed on hdb1. Recently I repartitioned
hda to include several partitions where I intend on setting up another
"instance" of linux. I've set up the filesystem, installed the
sysvinit package as well as bash, reconfigured and installed lilo copied
the fstab file over and updated it and created an inittab file. I
believe that I have everything needed to get the machine to boot to the
new partition. (both bash and sysvinit were statically compiled. the
libraries should be available) When it does boot I get a kernel panic
no init found try passing init= option to kernel. Lilo's pointing to
the correct partition. fstab is set up correctly, although i believe it
is used after INIT starts up. I have tried several variations in the
inittab file. bash is in its proper place. init is in its proper
place. the only thing that I think could be wrong is that compiled in
the kernel somewhere is a pointer that is pointing home looking for
inittab where it used to be on hdbX.
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Before you buy.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dirk Frieborg)
Subject: Re: SVGATextMode
Date: Wed, 09 Aug 2000 22:30:28
> Nah! I tried to get SVGATextMode to work with my Diamond Stealth
> S540. Finally gave up and used the framebuffer device that's probably
> compiled in your kernel already. For my card I used the
> CONFIG_FB_VESA driver [...]
Thanks for your advice! ,-)
I gave it a try, but I can put it in a pipe and smoke it.
Wonderful 60 Hz or less refresh %-I or those ugly black scanlines
through crumbly letters.
--
That's it/95...
... Dirk Frieborg ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Interested in kerosene lanterns by Petromax[R], Geniol[R], AIDA[R]
and Aladdin[R]?
-> www.petroleumstarklicht.de
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From: David Carney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Problems with XDM...?
Date: Thu, 10 Aug 2000 01:58:53 -0400
Has anyone ever had any problems with XDM? I just installed Linux
(Debian) on my system and when I enter my user name and password in XDM it
pauses (briefly), my screen flickers, and the XDM login screen comes up
again. If I go to another terminal, login, kill my XDM process, and run
startx everything works fine...
Any help would be appreciated.
../Dave
====================
David Carney
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: "Micky" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: CallBack
Date: Thu, 10 Aug 2000 08:33:05 +0200
It is possible to have a callbox on a Linux Box? Like a RAS on NT?
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From: Jimi Aleshin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.misc,linux.apps.cdwrite,comp.os.linux.questions,comp.os.linux.redhat,comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Simple question about CD-Writing for Linux
Date: Thu, 10 Aug 2000 06:34:49 GMT
Hi,
I have Red Hat Linux 6.1 with the 2.2.12-20 kernel. And I just
installed a Hewlett Packard CD-Writer 9310i. It works in Windows and it
suggests with it being set to the "Cable Select" jumper. I'm just
wondering if Linux works with Cable Select? Or do I have to put the
jumper on Slave or Master? My CD-Reader which came with the computer is
Master I think (probably). So does that mean I put the CD-Burner on the
Slave jumper? And also if I have Plug and Play enabled on Linux will it
autodetect the CD-Writer? If not, is there any other way?
Please tell me anything on making it work, thanks.
------------------------------
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: lilo/hard drive
Date: Thu, 10 Aug 2000 06:29:30 GMT
I had a problem like this once. Lilo did not want to die. It resisted
every attempt I made to erase it from hda mbr. Pissed off and desperate
I used fdisk to make a copy of another mbr from another harddrive that i
wasn't using at the time and wrote that copy to the mbr of the disk that
LILO had assimilated. My effort effectively got rid of LILO. I
repartitioned the disk, formatted it and all was fine. Don't know if
this could have any adverse, lasting effects on a drive or not (at the
time i didn't care i just wanted to get LILO erased) but it worked for
me.
Also, Win9X is really good about cleaning up the mbr on the disk that
your installing it on. You might reinstall or just install Windows to
the disk. It thinks there are no other operating systems and kind of
bogarts the mbr.
Of course you could just edit /etc/lilo.conf if you still have linux on
your system to reflect the new digs of your kernel or the partition
where windows is then do a lilo -v
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
James Bilitski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> What is the best tool for wiping out everything on a hard drive? I
> can't seem to get rid of Lilo. My previous installation had 2 options
> when booting "linux" and "linux-up" which stood for upgraded linux. I
> have tried windows Fdisk, fdisk /mbr, IBM's wipe, IBM's zap (which
> supposedly zero writes boot sector) PQs magict. I have tried all of
> these. None seem to work. When I install linux it still always has
> those two boot options when you press tab, "linux" and "linux-up".
> Neither of these will even boot the machine. They try to mount /hdc
> where in my case it won't work as I have a scsi drive /sda.
> Please help.
>
>
Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
Before you buy.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Harris L. Gilliam)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Problems w/ yamaha CRW6416SZ
Date: 10 Aug 2000 02:45:15 -0400
I'm running the 2.2.16 kernel and I have an Iwill SIDE-2935UW SCSI
card connected to the Yamaha internally and an AIWA 4mm DAT
externally. The problem is that wherever I have the CDRW drive and
any other external device connected my system hangs shortly after
trying to access the CDRW drive. The other device works fine but the
CDRW never responds. The system hangs so I have to power cycle it and
the Yamaha drive error light blinks.
I have the termination as follows:
SCSI card off
CDRW on
4mm DAT on
Things are connected thusly:
external internal
AIWA 4mm DAT <--------> SCSI card <--------> Yamaha CDRW
Any help or pointers on how to get this to work is greatly
appreciated.
---Harris
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From: blowfish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: ..
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: Linux on AMD
Date: Thu, 10 Aug 2000 00:01:27 -0700
"Clifton T. Sharp Jr." wrote:
>
> shook wrote:
> > I am thinking of setting up Linux on an AMD machine. Did you have any
> > problem with the install or after the install?
>
> 1. I changed from a P200 to a K6-3 400 on my old machine. Not a single
> problem, lots of extra speed.
> 2. I took the hard drive over to my new (as of last November) Athlon 600.
> No problems, lots of extra speed. Compiled at least two kernel upgrades
> over the time, no problems, lots of speed.
>
> Problems with AMD:
>
> 1. You'll sit tilted to the right. That's from the thickness of all that
> extra money in the wallet in your left hip pocket.
> 2. You won't be sending an Intel unique CPU identifier to anyone who has
> the hack and asks for it.
> 3. You'll just have to put up with the extra speed. Poor you.
>
SuSE 6.4 have default K6-3DNow optimisation as well.
> --
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--
- Alex / blowfish.- Just an average, whimpy, non-geek American computer
user.
(Have Fun with geek's culture: Part-1.)
--
- If Vi is God's editor. Then, God must have too much free time on his
hands,
lives a very dull and unproductive life; so he needs Vi to waste his
time.
But Vi was still too fast. So God created EMACS on the 8th day - which
takes
Eight Months to load, And Counting Still...
- The UN-GEEK CODE:(?What is a
geek?)-#!?+++??++++|$????+++++?????+++!!!!???+++---
geek + vi | ~/emacs
==>ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz!!!!!!!!!!.......:P~
newbies + Windoz | C:\LOOKOUT
EXPRESS==>_the_horrors_the_horrrrrrrroOOOOORRRRRRRRRSSSSsssss!!! :-|
- My SAS (Sing-A-Song) Fingerprint -v.i007.bond: Doe1(-a deer, a female
deer.) RaY2(- a drop of golden sun.)
Me3(- A name, I call myself.) FAr4(- A long, long way to run.) Sew5(-A
needle pulling thread.)
lA6(-A note to follow sew.) TeA7(-A drink with jam and bread.) That
will bring us back to DOe-oh-oh-oh...
(c)Copyrighted by Alex / blowfish. 2000.
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