Linux-Setup Digest #420, Volume #19 Thu, 17 Aug 00 20:13:07 EDT
Contents:
Lockups with RH6.2 on a Compaq Proliant 1500 (shane)
thanks a lot ("NLintag")
Re: *.run? (Colin Watson)
Re: DAEMON FAILS (Colin Watson)
XFree86 on Redhat 6.0 ("John Cope")
Rats! Duron with Gigabyte GA-7ZM not booting. (Ignacio Valdes)
Re: *.run? (James Alan Brown)
Re: Duron: Disabling CPUID Serial number... general protection fault: 0000
([EMAIL PROTECTED])
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From: shane <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Lockups with RH6.2 on a Compaq Proliant 1500
Date: 17 Aug 2000 17:50:07 -0500
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I put Redhat 6.2 on a Compaq Proliant 1500 (Dual P133, 64MB ram,
SCSI, but no raid array).
The install was OK. (redhat install: custom)
I followed along the lines of
http://www.geocities.com/rlcomp_1999/linux.html
Here are my problems that I have encountered:
Redhat doesn't recognize the ram in the machine,
so now that's a lilo option on boot. No biggie.
Intermittent lockups. This is driving me crazy. The machine acts
like the TCPIP is locked - from the outside of the box, no ping
response, no samba activity, nothing.
But login to the console, and everything looks good - no errors,
no errors in any of the logs. Just no tcpip.
/etc/rc.d/init.d/network restart
acts like it's restarting it, and it may be, but
it does not change - no tcpip. if I do a /sbin/route
the machine can take up to 20 minutes to show the route
table... sometimes a few packets are sent from the
machine... and then back to the same 'lockup' mode.
I upgraded the machine's kernel to 2.2.16-3. I did NOT
apply any of the other redhat Errata yet.
I've tried both 16-3 and stock in single and dual processor
modes. The hangup still remains.
I've found that a large disk activity will create
the hangup. (ie put an mp3 on a share, and play it
off an NT4 workstation, and it's guaranteed that by 75%
into the song the tcpip connection will blow chunks to this
compaq proliant.)
Any suggestions? Please post them or email them or both.
Misc info attached below:
# cat /proc/interrupts
CPU0
0: 78427 XT-PIC timer
1: 2 XT-PIC keyboard
2: 0 XT-PIC cascade
5: 812 XT-PIC ncr53c8xx
8: 1 XT-PIC rtc
9: 8548 XT-PIC TLAN
10: 2012 XT-PIC ncr53c8xx
12: 0 XT-PIC PS/2 Mouse
13: 0 XT-PIC fpu
NMI: 0
# cat /proc/version
Linux version 2.2.16-3 ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) (gcc version
egcs-2.91.66 19990314/Linux (egcs-1.1.2 release)) #1 Mon Jun 19
18:10:14 EDT 2000
# cat /proc/meminfo
total: used: free: shared: buffers: cached:
Mem: 64479232 29818880 34660352 10412032 4075520 17494016
Swap: 270258176 0 270258176
MemTotal: 62968 kB
MemFree: 33848 kB
MemShared: 10168 kB
Buffers: 3980 kB
Cached: 17084 kB
BigTotal: 0 kB
BigFree: 0 kB
SwapTotal: 263924 kB
SwapFree: 263924 kB
bootup:
6536 KB Detected
Compaq System Bios E12 (08/17/1998)
Processors running at 133 MHz
Processor 2 initialized
then lilo comes up and starts everyting
Aug 8 11:10:10 proliant syslogd 1.3-3: restart.
Aug 8 11:10:10 proliant syslog: syslogd startup succeeded
Aug 8 11:10:10 proliant syslog: klogd startup succeeded
Aug 8 11:10:10 proliant kernel: klogd 1.3-3, log source = /proc/kmsg
started.
Aug 8 11:10:10 proliant kernel: Inspecting /boot/System.map-2.2.16-3
Aug 8 11:10:11 proliant kernel: Loaded 7423 symbols from
/boot/System.map-2.2.16-3.
Aug 8 11:10:11 proliant kernel: Symbols match kernel version 2.2.16.
Aug 8 11:10:11 proliant kernel: Loaded 105 symbols from 5 modules.
Aug 8 11:10:11 proliant kernel: Linux version 2.2.16-3
([EMAIL PROTECTED]) (
gcc version egcs-2.91.66 19990314/Linux (egcs-1.1.2 release)) #1 Mon
Jun 19 18:10:14 ED
T 2000
Aug 8 11:10:11 proliant kernel: Detected 133616 kHz processor.
Aug 8 11:10:11 proliant kernel: Console: colour VGA+ 80x25
Aug 8 11:10:11 proliant kernel: Calibrating delay loop... 266.24
BogoMIPS
Aug 8 11:10:11 proliant kernel: Memory: 62504k/65536k available
(1100k kernel code, 41
6k reserved, 1052k data, 64k init, 0k bigmem)
Aug 8 11:10:11 proliant kernel: Dentry hash table entries: 262144
(order 9, 2048k)
Aug 8 11:10:11 proliant kernel: Buffer cache hash table entries:
65536 (order 6, 256k)
Aug 8 11:10:11 proliant kernel: Page cache hash table entries: 16384
(order 4, 64k)
Aug 8 11:10:11 proliant kernel: VFS: Diskquotas version dquot_6.4.0
initialized
Aug 8 11:10:11 proliant kernel: CPU: Intel Pentium 75 - 200 stepping
0c
Aug 8 11:10:11 proliant kernel: Checking 386/387 coupling... OK, FPU
using exception 1
6 error reporting.
Aug 8 11:10:11 proliant kernel: Checking 'hlt' instruction... OK.
Aug 8 11:10:11 proliant kernel: Checking for popad bug... OK.
Aug 8 11:10:11 proliant kernel: Intel Pentium with F0 0F bug -
workaround enabled.
Aug 8 11:10:11 proliant kernel: POSIX conformance testing by UNIFIX
Aug 8 11:10:11 proliant kernel: PCI: PCI BIOS revision 2.10 entry at
0xf005e
Aug 8 11:10:11 proliant kernel: PCI: Using configuration type 1
Aug 8 11:09:53 proliant rc.sysinit: Mounting proc filesystem
succeeded
Aug 8 11:09:53 proliant sysctl: net.ipv4.ip_forward = 0
Aug 8 11:09:53 proliant sysctl: net.ipv4.conf.all.rp_filter = 1
Aug 8 11:09:53 proliant sysctl: net.ipv4.ip_always_defrag = 0
Aug 8 11:09:53 proliant sysctl: kernel.sysrq = 0
Aug 8 11:09:53 proliant rc.sysinit: Configuring kernel parameters
succeeded
Aug 8 11:09:53 proliant date: Sun Aug 8 11:09:52 EDT 1999
Aug 8 11:09:53 proliant rc.sysinit: Setting clock : Sun Aug 8
11:09:52 EDT 1999 succe
eded
Aug 8 11:09:53 proliant rc.sysinit: Loading default keymap succeeded
Aug 8 11:09:53 proliant rc.sysinit: Activating swap partitions
succeeded
Aug 8 11:09:53 proliant rc.sysinit: Setting hostname proliant
succeeded
Aug 8 11:09:53 proliant fsck: /dev/sda2: clean, 34535/249344 files,
165596/497705 bloc
ks
Aug 8 11:09:53 proliant rc.sysinit: Checking root filesystem
succeeded
Aug 8 11:09:53 proliant rc.sysinit: Remounting root filesystem in
read-write mode succ
eeded
Aug 8 11:10:00 proliant rc.sysinit: Finding module dependencies
succeeded
Aug 8 11:10:01 proliant fsck: /dev/sdb1: clean, 63/524288 files,
16521/1047234 blocks
Aug 8 11:10:01 proliant fsck: /dev/sde2: clean, 25/523264 files,
27422/1046233 blocks
Aug 8 11:10:01 proliant fsck: /dev/sdc1: clean, 11/519168 files,
16309/1038200 blocks
Aug 8 11:10:01 proliant fsck: /dev/sdd2: clean, 124/224000 files,
8134/447330 blocks
Aug 8 11:10:01 proliant fsck: /dev/sda1: clean, 40/15616 files,
13859/62434 blocks
Aug 8 11:10:01 proliant rc.sysinit: Checking filesystems succeeded
Aug 8 11:10:04 proliant rc.sysinit: Mounting local filesystems
succeeded
Aug 8 11:10:04 proliant rc.sysinit: Turning on user and group quotas
for local filesys
tems succeeded
Aug 8 11:10:04 proliant rc.sysinit: Enabling swap space succeeded
Aug 8 11:10:05 proliant init: Entering runlevel: 3
Aug 8 11:10:06 proliant sysctl: net.ipv4.ip_forward = 0
Aug 8 11:10:06 proliant sysctl: net.ipv4.conf.all.rp_filter = 1
Aug 8 11:10:06 proliant sysctl: net.ipv4.ip_always_defrag = 0
Aug 8 11:10:06 proliant sysctl: kernel.sysrq = 0
Aug 8 11:10:06 proliant network: Setting network parameters succeeded
Aug 8 11:10:07 proliant network: Bringing up interface lo succeeded
Aug 8 11:10:08 proliant network: Bringing up interface eth0 succeeded
Aug 8 11:10:08 proliant portmap: portmap startup succeeded
Aug 8 11:10:08 proliant nfslock: rpc.lockd startup succeeded
Aug 8 11:10:08 proliant nfslock: rpc.statd startup succeeded
Aug 8 11:10:09 proliant random: Initializing random number generator
succeeded
Aug 8 11:10:09 proliant netfs: Mounting other filesystems succeeded
Aug 8 11:10:11 proliant kernel: PCI: Probing PCI hardware
Aug 8 11:10:12 proliant kernel: PCI: 00:00 [0e11/4000/000600] has
unknown header type
ff, ignoring.
Aug 8 11:10:12 proliant kernel: PCI: 00:01 [0e11/4000/000600] has
unknown header type
ff, ignoring.
Aug 8 11:10:12 proliant kernel: PCI: 00:02 [0e11/4000/000600] has
unknown header type
ff, ignoring.
Aug 8 11:10:13 proliant kernel: PCI: 00:03 [0e11/4000/000600] has
unknown header type
ff, ignoring.
Aug 8 11:10:13 proliant kernel: PCI: 00:04 [0e11/4000/000600] has
unknown header type
ff, ignoring.
Aug 8 11:10:13 proliant kernel: PCI: 00:05 [0e11/4000/000600] has
unknown header type
ff, ignoring.
Aug 8 11:10:13 proliant kernel: PCI: 00:06 [0e11/4000/000600] has
unknown header type
ff, ignoring.
Aug 8 11:10:13 proliant kernel: PCI: 00:07 [0e11/4000/000600] has
unknown header type
ff, ignoring.
Aug 8 11:10:13 proliant kernel: PCI: Device 00:78 not found by BIOS
Aug 8 11:10:13 proliant kernel: Linux NET4.0 for Linux 2.2
Aug 8 11:10:13 proliant kernel: Based upon Swansea University
Computer Society NET3.03
9
Aug 8 11:10:13 proliant kernel: NET4: Unix domain sockets 1.0 for
Linux NET4.0.
Aug 8 11:10:13 proliant kernel: NET4: Linux TCP/IP 1.0 for NET4.0
Aug 8 11:10:13 proliant kernel: IP Protocols: ICMP, UDP, TCP, IGMP
Aug 8 11:10:13 proliant kernel: TCP: Hash tables configured (ehash
65536 bhash 65536)
Aug 8 11:10:13 proliant kernel: Initializing RT netlink socket
Aug 8 11:10:13 proliant kernel: Starting kswapd v 1.5
Aug 8 11:10:13 proliant kernel: Detected PS/2 Mouse Port.
Aug 8 11:10:13 proliant kernel: Serial driver version 4.27 with
MANY_PORTS MULTIPORT S
HARE_IRQ enabled
Aug 8 11:10:13 proliant kernel: ttyS00 at 0x03f8 (irq = 4) is a
16550A
Aug 8 11:10:13 proliant kernel: ttyS01 at 0x02f8 (irq = 3) is a
16550A
Aug 8 11:10:13 proliant kernel: pty: 256 Unix98 ptys configured
Aug 8 11:10:13 proliant kernel: apm: BIOS not found.
Aug 8 11:10:13 proliant kernel: Real Time Clock Driver v1.09
Aug 8 11:10:13 proliant kernel: RAM disk driver initialized: 16 RAM
disks of 4096K si
ze
Aug 8 11:10:13 proliant kernel: Floppy drive(s): fd0 is 1.44M
Aug 8 11:10:13 proliant kernel: FDC 0 is a National Semiconductor
PC87306
Aug 8 11:10:13 proliant kernel: md driver 0.90.0 MAX_MD_DEVS=256,
MAX_REAL=12
Aug 8 11:10:13 proliant kernel: raid5: measuring checksumming speed
Aug 8 11:10:13 proliant kernel: 8regs : 138.303 MB/sec
Aug 8 11:10:13 proliant kernel: 32regs : 101.727 MB/sec
Aug 8 11:10:13 proliant kernel: using fastest function: 8regs
(138.303 MB/sec)
Aug 8 11:10:13 proliant kernel: scsi : 0 hosts.
Aug 8 11:10:13 proliant kernel: scsi : detected total.
Aug 8 11:10:13 proliant kernel: md.c: sizeof(mdp_super_t) = 4096
Aug 8 11:10:13 proliant kernel: Partition check:
Aug 8 11:10:14 proliant kernel: RAMDISK: Compressed image found at
block 0
Aug 8 11:10:14 proliant kernel: autodetecting RAID arrays
Aug 8 11:10:14 proliant kernel: autorun ...
Aug 8 11:10:14 proliant kernel: ... autorun DONE.
Aug 8 11:10:14 proliant kernel: VFS: Mounted root (ext2 filesystem).
Aug 8 11:10:14 proliant kernel: ncr53c8xx: at PCI bus 0, device 10,
function 0
Aug 8 11:10:14 proliant kernel: ncr53c8xx: 53c825 detected
Aug 8 11:10:14 proliant kernel: ncr53c8xx: at PCI bus 0, device 14,
function 0
Aug 8 11:10:14 proliant kernel: ncr53c8xx: 53c825 detected
Aug 8 11:10:14 proliant kernel: ncr53c825-0: rev=0x02,
base=0x4400000, io_port=0x7200,
irq=10
Aug 8 11:10:14 proliant kernel: ncr53c825-0: ID 7, Fast-10, Parity
Checking
Aug 8 11:10:14 proliant kernel: ncr53c825-0: restart (scsi reset).
Aug 8 11:10:14 proliant kernel: ncr53c825-1: rev=0x02,
base=0x4200000, io_port=0x7000,
irq=5
Aug 8 11:10:14 proliant kernel: ncr53c825-1: ID 7, Fast-10, Parity
Checking
Aug 8 11:10:14 proliant kernel: ncr53c825-1: restart (scsi reset).
Aug 8 11:10:14 proliant kernel: scsi0 : ncr53c8xx - version 3.2a-2
Aug 8 11:10:14 proliant kernel: scsi1 : ncr53c8xx - version 3.2a-2
Aug 8 11:10:14 proliant kernel: scsi : 2 hosts.
Aug 8 11:10:14 proliant kernel: ncr53c825-0-<0,*>: FAST-10 SCSI 10.0
MB/s (100 ns, off
set 8)
Aug 8 11:10:14 proliant kernel: Vendor: COMPAQ Model: ST32550N
Rev: 6316
Aug 8 11:10:14 proliant kernel: Type: Direct-Access
ANSI SCSI
revision: 02
Aug 8 11:10:14 proliant kernel: Detected scsi disk sda at scsi0,
channel 0, id 0, lun
0
Aug 8 11:10:14 proliant kernel: ncr53c825-0-<1,*>: FAST-10 WIDE SCSI
20.0 MB/s (100 ns
, offset 8)
Aug 8 11:10:14 proliant kernel: Vendor: COMPAQ Model: ST34371WC
Rev: 0684
Aug 8 11:10:14 proliant kernel: Type: Direct-Access
ANSI SCSI
revision: 02
Aug 8 11:10:14 proliant kernel: Detected scsi disk sdb at scsi0,
channel 0, id 1, lun
0
Aug 8 11:10:14 proliant kernel: Vendor: COMPAQ Model: CD-ROM
CR-503BCQ Rev: 1.1i
Aug 8 11:10:14 proliant kernel: Type: CD-ROM
ANSI SCSI
revision: 02
Aug 8 11:10:14 proliant kernel: Detected scsi CD-ROM sr0 at scsi0,
channel 0, id 5, lu
n 0
Aug 8 11:10:14 proliant kernel: Vendor: ARCHIVE Model: 4326XX
27871-XXX Rev: 0322
Aug 8 11:10:14 proliant kernel: Type: Sequential-Access
ANSI SCSI
revision: 02
Aug 8 11:10:14 proliant kernel: ncr53c825-0-<0,0>: tagged command
queue depth set to 8
Aug 8 11:10:14 proliant kernel: ncr53c825-0-<1,0>: tagged command
queue depth set to 8
Aug 8 11:10:14 proliant kernel: ncr53c825-1-<0,*>: FAST-10 SCSI 10.0
MB/s (100 ns, off
set 8)
Aug 8 11:10:14 proliant kernel: Vendor: COMPAQ Model: ST34371N
Rev: 0388
Aug 8 11:10:14 proliant kernel: Type: Direct-Access
ANSI SCSI
revision: 02
Aug 8 11:10:14 proliant kernel: Detected scsi disk sdc at scsi1,
channel 0, id 0, lun
0
Aug 8 11:10:14 proliant kernel: ncr53c825-1-<1,*>: FAST-10 SCSI 10.0
MB/s (100 ns, off
set 8)
Aug 8 11:10:14 proliant kernel: Vendor: COMPAQ Model: ST32550N
Rev: 6314
Aug 8 11:10:14 proliant kernel: Type: Direct-Access
ANSI SCSI
revision: 02
Aug 8 11:10:14 proliant kernel: Detected scsi disk sdd at scsi1,
channel 0, id 1, lun
0
Aug 8 11:10:14 proliant kernel: ncr53c825-1-<2,*>: FAST-10 WIDE SCSI
20.0 MB/s (100 ns
, offset 8)
Aug 8 11:10:14 proliant kernel: Vendor: COMPAQ Model: ST34371WC
Rev: 0684
Aug 8 11:10:15 proliant kernel: Type: Direct-Access
ANSI SCSI
revision: 02
Aug 8 11:10:15 proliant kernel: Detected scsi disk sde at scsi1,
channel 0, id 2, lun
0
Aug 8 11:10:15 proliant kernel: ncr53c825-1-<0,0>: tagged command
queue depth set to 8
Aug 8 11:10:15 proliant kernel: ncr53c825-1-<1,0>: tagged command
queue depth set to 8
Aug 8 11:10:15 proliant kernel: ncr53c825-1-<2,0>: tagged command
queue depth set to 8
Aug 8 11:10:15 proliant kernel: ncr53c825-0-<5,*>: device did not
report SYNC.
Aug 8 11:10:15 proliant kernel: Uniform CD-ROM driver Revision: 3.10
Aug 8 11:10:15 proliant kernel: SCSI device sda: hdwr sector= 512
bytes. Sectors= 4110
000 [2006 MB] [2.0 GB]
Aug 8 11:10:15 proliant kernel: sda: sda1 sda2
Aug 8 11:10:15 proliant kernel: SCSI device sdb: hdwr sector= 512
bytes. Sectors= 8386
000 [4094 MB] [4.1 GB]
Aug 8 11:10:15 proliant kernel: sdb: sdb1
Aug 8 11:10:15 proliant kernel: SCSI device sdc: hdwr sector= 512
bytes. Sectors= 8386
000 [4094 MB] [4.1 GB]
Aug 8 11:10:15 proliant kernel: sdc: sdc1 sdc3
Aug 8 11:10:15 proliant kernel: SCSI device sdd: hdwr sector= 512
bytes. Sectors= 4110
000 [2006 MB] [2.0 GB]
Aug 8 11:10:15 proliant kernel: sdd: sdd1 sdd2
Aug 8 11:10:15 proliant kernel: SCSI device sde: hdwr sector= 512
bytes. Sectors= 8386
000 [4094 MB] [4.1 GB]
Aug 8 11:10:15 proliant kernel: sde: sde1 sde2
Aug 8 11:10:15 proliant kernel: autodetecting RAID arrays
Aug 8 11:10:15 proliant kernel: autorun ...
Aug 8 11:10:15 proliant kernel: ... autorun DONE.
Aug 8 11:10:15 proliant kernel: VFS: Mounted root (ext2 filesystem)
readonly.
Aug 8 11:10:15 proliant kernel: change_root: old root has d_count=1
Aug 8 11:10:15 proliant kernel: Trying to unmount old root ... okay
Aug 8 11:10:15 proliant kernel: Freeing unused kernel memory: 64k
freed
Aug 8 11:10:15 proliant kernel: Adding Swap: 263924k swap-space
(priority -1)
Aug 8 11:10:15 proliant kernel: st: bufsize 32768, wrt 30720, max
buffers 5, s/g segs
16.
Aug 8 11:10:15 proliant kernel: Detected scsi tape st0 at scsi0,
channel 0, id 6, lun
0
Aug 8 11:10:15 proliant kernel: TLAN driver, v1.2, (C) 1997-8
Caldera, Inc.
Aug 8 11:10:15 proliant kernel: TLAN: eth0 irq= 9 io=7140, Compaq
NetFlex-3/P, Rev. 1
6
Aug 8 11:10:15 proliant kernel: TLAN: eth0: Link forced.
Aug 8 11:10:11 proliant identd: identd startup succeeded
Aug 8 11:10:15 proliant atd: atd startup succeeded
Aug 8 11:10:16 proliant crond: crond startup succeeded
Aug 8 11:10:16 proliant rc: Starting pcmcia succeeded
Aug 8 11:10:17 proliant inet: inetd startup succeeded
Aug 8 11:10:17 proliant keytable: Loading keymap:
Aug 8 11:10:17 proliant keytable: Loading
/usr/lib/kbd/keymaps/i386/qwerty/us.kmap.gz
Aug 8 11:10:17 proliant keytable: Loading system font:
Aug 8 11:10:17 proliant rc: Starting keytable succeeded
Aug 8 11:10:18 proliant gpm: gpm startup succeeded
Aug 8 11:10:18 proliant linuxconf: execvp: Permission denied
Aug 8 11:10:18 proliant rc: Starting linuxconf failed
Aug 8 11:11:42 proliant PAM_pwdb[546]: (login) session opened for
user...
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From: "NLintag" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: thanks a lot
Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2000 15:56:34 -0700
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Colin Watson)
Subject: Re: *.run?
Date: 17 Aug 2000 22:41:37 GMT
dA FlaVa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>how do i install a *.run file? perplexing...thanks
Typically, you run it: './foo.run', probably as root. It's not a
particularly standard extension on Linux, though, so if you're curious
then look at the file with an editor or pager and see if it looks like a
script (likely with its first line beginning with '#!'). If it does,
then run it to start the installation.
--
Colin Watson [[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
"Everyone, please welcome our new friend Stef. He's here with us
because he thinks he's a penguin." - http://www.userfriendly.org/
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Colin Watson)
Subject: Re: DAEMON FAILS
Date: 17 Aug 2000 22:45:43 GMT
ADE AJAYI <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>WHEN MY LINUX IS BOOTING OR LOADING WHEN IT GETS TO THE POINT DAEMON IT
>RAEDS "FAILED". ALSO WHEN MOUNTING NFS IT ALSO READS FAILED.
>
>WHAT COULD BE WRONG AND HOW CAN IT BE CORRECTED.
TURN OFF YOUR CAPS LOCK KEY FIRST; IT'S NEXT TO THE A.
Most of these daemons usually log to the syslog, so, depending on your
distribution (which it's generally useful to mention - I assume it's
something like Red Hat because of the 'FAILED' messages), you should
look somewhere like /var/log/messages for details of the problem. My
guess is either that your networking has also failed to start properly
or that the relevant configuration files are screwed up.
--
Colin Watson [[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
"Ah, young webmaster ... Java leads to Shockwave. Shockwave leads to
RealAudio, and RealAudio leads to suffering." - Peter da Silva, ASR
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From: "John Cope" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: XFree86 on Redhat 6.0
Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2000 16:13:36 -0700
I have just installed Redhat 6.0 on a pentium box and have a small, yet
annoying problem. When I startx there is an apostrophe ( ' ) inserted
wherever my cursor is placed. The insertion is at a regular time interval,
as if there is a sense byte being sent that corresponds to that character.
I am not sure if it is the configuration of my mouse (a microsoft
intellimouse w/ wheel in middle) or my keyboard (microsoft natural). In the
XFree86Config file I have changed the protocol to "PS2" instead of the
original "IMPS2" and changed the gpm:
gpm -t ps2 -m /dev/psaux
Can anyone help?
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From: Ignacio Valdes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Rats! Duron with Gigabyte GA-7ZM not booting.
Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2000 18:02:10 -0500
Hello all, I have a brand new AMD Duron with a Gigabyte GA-7ZM
motherboard that I'm trying to boot RedHat 6.2 on. It installs fine,
but when it is time to run it the first time, it gives me a 'Disabling
CPUID serial...general protection fault: 000' So far no luck with
Gigabyte. Possibly I need to enable CPUID serial number checking, but
that function doesn't exist in the CMOS and I talked to Gigabyte and
they said they don't have that function. Rats, what do I do next?
-- IV
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From: James Alan Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: *.run?
Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2000 23:29:36 GMT
dA FlaVa wrote:
>
> how do i install a *.run file? perplexing...thanks
>
sh "filename".run
or if you have logged in as root click on it in KDE
Regards,
James
--
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http://www.help.com/
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Duron: Disabling CPUID Serial number... general protection fault: 0000
Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2000 23:40:39 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Ignacio Valdes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I have a Gigabyte GA-7ZM with a AMD Duron 600Mhz and Quantum 18.2 HDD.
> After I create the boot disk and Red Hat Linux 6.2 reboots I get the
> following error
> and cannot go any further:
>
> Disabling CPUID Serial number... general protection fault:
0000
> CPU: 0
> EIP: 0010:[<c02340fs>]
> EFLAGS: 00010282
> eax: 00000020 ebx: 07c2d454 ecx: 00000119 edx:
00000001
>
> esi: 00098800 edi: c0106000 ebp: 00000c00 esp:
c0233fc8
>
> ds: 0018 es: 0028 ss: 0018
> Process swapper (pid: 0, process nr: 0, stackpage-c0233000)
> Stack: c0106000 c02344e2 c02143a0 c01d7d0b c02143a0 c0234c7b
> 07c2d454
> 07c2d454
> 07c2d454 c03b2bac c7fe0000 00000000 c0214460
> c0100175
> Call Trace: [<c0106000>] [<c01d7d0b>] [<c0100175>]
> Code: 0f 32 0d 00 00 20 00 0f 30 68 21 78 1d c0 e8 27 fd ed ff
> 83
> Kernel panic: Attempted to kill the idle task!
> In swapper task - not syncing
>
> What can I do?
>
> -- IV
>
> You've surely figured this out by now, but the problem is
that the process that disables the CPUID instructioin on
the INTEL platform core-dumps the AMD platform. The only
Linux that attempts to disable the CPUID by default is
Red Hat 6.2. All other Red Hat versions, and apparently
all other distributions work fine.
What I did was create a kernel that did not disable the
CPUID on another box, put it on a floppy by
# dd if=bzimage of=/dev/fd0 bs=<whatever_the_size_is> count=1
then booted the Athlon in rescue mode from the CD,
mounted the hard disk with (in my case)
# mkdir /root
# mount /dev/hda5 /root
did a chroot to /root
# chroot /root
mounted the boot partition
# mkdir /boot
# mount /dev/hda1 /boot
copied the image into the boot directory
# dd if=/dev/fd0 of=bzimage bs=<whatever_that_size_was> count=1
then added that image to /etc/lilo.conf, reran lilo, and booted
to that kernel.
A pain, but it worked.
Good luck with your Athlon.
thad
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