Linux-Setup Digest #436, Volume #19 Sun, 20 Aug 00 15:13:07 EDT
Contents:
Re: Before I install XFree 4.01..... ("Gene Heskett")
Re: Error in Xfree4.0.1 install - Bug in Dynamin Linker (Michael Perry)
For An Easy-To-Setup File/Print Server, Think NetMAX.... ("The Jetman")
Re: Installing Linux on a 40 Gb Maxtor UDMA66 ("The Jetman")
Re: Linux reports 16MB RAM when I have 128MB! (Michael Perry)
Re: PHP3/4 on Apache ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Linux reports 16MB RAM when I have 128MB! ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Install Corel Linux on Toshiba Satellite 2675DVD laptop (Rick Landry)
NEW DOWNLINE CLUB (den aalthen)
Help ADSL with Bell Atlantic New Engaland ("Andy Jacobs")
Need GToaster help ("Gene Heskett")
Re: Linux Bargain at CompUSA! (Colin Watson)
Re: RH 6.1 GNOME mouse ("Kossak")
Problems loading Mandrake Linux ("Stephen Banner")
Re: Login ("Justin Dubs")
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Date: 20 Aug 2000 12:32:33 -0500
From: "Gene Heskett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Before I install XFree 4.01.....
Unrot13 this;
Reply to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Gene Heskett sends Greetings to Michael Perry;
Be aware that its a show-stopper if your video card is a Permedia-2.
Apparently ONLY 3.3.6 works with those cards. I wasted a week trying
the beta redhat that uses it, any attempt to do anything with x results
in a locked machine, with the reset button the only way out.
MP> On Tue, 15 Aug 2000 00:12:54 GMT, Michael Prowell
MP> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>Are there any issues I should know about first?
>>
>>I am running Slackware 7.1
>>Linux 2.2.16
>>libc 6.1
>>KDE 1.1.2
>>XFree86 3.3.6
>>
>>NVidia TNT video card
>>
>>Does the Xinstall.sh script cause any problems?
>>
>>I would like to try out the NVidia GL Drivers but don't want to mess
>>up a system that has taken a bit of effort to get running properly.
>>
>>Thanks.
>>
>>
>>
MP> Here is what I did just this afternoon. I have a redhat 6.2
MP> system which does a few things for me. I have a system with a SiS
MP> card integrated on the board which had some annoying
MP> characteristics under the default Xfree86 that ships with RH. I
MP> downloaded the Xinstall.sh script and ran the test parameter as
MP> it says on the website and then just let it blast with the
MP> binaries it told me I needed. The first time I did not
MP> understand I needed to use the new xf86config utility so
MP> re-installed again. I then ran the updated configuration file,
MP> setup my SiS card, and tried things. I had to monkey (still)
MP> with the XF86Config file but finally got things working quite
MP> well. On the positive side, Xfree86 4.0.1 or whatever seems
MP> quite stable to me here. The fonts and display definitely look
MP> better.
MP> My RedHat system is a play system to me so I just try things on
MP> it for the heck of it.
MP> --
MP> Michael Perry
MP> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
MP> ------------------
Cheers, Gene
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Michael Perry)
Subject: Re: Error in Xfree4.0.1 install - Bug in Dynamin Linker
Date: 20 Aug 2000 16:48:10 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Thu, 17 Aug 2000 20:29:43 GMT, Beetson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Ok, I'm trying to install Xfree86 4.0.1 on my box (kernel 2.2.10, Xfree86
>version 3.3.?). I've run xinstall.sh -check to figure the correct library
>to dl'. It tells me to pick up Linux-ix86-glibc21. So I've downloaded all
>the files not once but twice from that very directory.
>
>
>Problem: When I run the xinstall.sh script I get the following error when
>it tries to run extract...
>
>
>BUG IN DYNAMIC LINKER ld.sl:rtld.c:575:dl_main:Assertion
>
>It then goes on and tries to use extract.exe to do it, but the same error
>occurs. Tells me I may have downloaded the wrong extract utility and to
>double check the which library I've downloaded from (I've triple checked).
>It then stores them both with the extension .bad, and I've been crapped on.
>
>
>Any insights? I can't run Xwindows because it won't recognize my graphics
>card in with Xfree86 3.3.? (I've got a GeForce 256).
>I'm using Win98SE to download the files, then mount the drive in Linux and
>copy the files to the Linux partition. Could the move from FAT32 to ext2fs
>be causing the problem? I'll admit I'm a Linux newbie.
>
>
>Thanks,
>Colin
>
>--
>Posted via CNET Help.com
>http://www.help.com/
I remember seeing both an "extract" and an "extract.exe" file on that page
at their ftp site. Did you just get the extract one? My redhat system was
upgraded successfully from the following files:
-rw-rw-r-- 1 mperry mperry 3744965 Aug 19 09:54 Xbin.tgz
-rw-rw-r-- 1 mperry mperry 277131 Aug 19 09:54 Xdoc.tgz
-rw-rw-r-- 1 mperry mperry 75575 Aug 19 09:55 Xetc.tgz
-rw-rw-r-- 1 mperry mperry 1245538 Aug 19 09:58 Xf100.tgz
-rw-rw-r-- 1 mperry mperry 237540 Aug 19 09:55 Xfenc.tgz
-rw-rw-r-- 1 mperry mperry 3661580 Aug 19 09:55 Xfnts.tgz
-rw-rw-r-- 1 mperry mperry 1517408 Aug 19 09:58 Xfscl.tgz
-rw-rw-r-- 1 mperry mperry 53235 Aug 19 09:58 Xfsrv.tgz
-rw-rw-r-- 1 mperry mperry 25412 Aug 19 09:49 Xinstall.sh
-rw-rw-r-- 1 mperry mperry 410679 Aug 19 09:54 Xlib.tgz
-rw-rw-r-- 1 mperry mperry 692743 Aug 19 09:54 Xman.tgz
-rw-rw-r-- 1 mperry mperry 5487065 Aug 19 09:57 Xmod.tgz
-rw-rw-r-- 1 mperry mperry 939779 Aug 19 09:57 Xprog.tgz
-rw-rw-r-- 1 mperry mperry 544 Aug 19 09:55 Xvar.tgz
-rw-rw-r-- 1 mperry mperry 721357 Aug 19 09:56 Xxserv.tgz
-rwxrwxr-x 2 mperry mperry 317738 Aug 19 09:52 extract
-rwxrwxr-x 2 mperry mperry 317738 Aug 19 09:52 gnu-tar
Does this look like what you have? I also downloaded a few "extra" things I
wanted on this system. I don't remember doing the gnu-tar thing so the
installer must add that as it works.
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Michael Perry
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From: "The Jetman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: For An Easy-To-Setup File/Print Server, Think NetMAX....
Date: Sun, 20 Aug 2000 12:16:57 -0400
Not to start a distro flamewar, but in looking at the NG for
answers to my own probs, I've noticed posts from many who're
having trouble setting up file/print servers under Linux. Take a
look at http://netmax.com/ for a suite of Internet appliances that
make Linux server an absolute breeze to setup and maintain. I've setup
six in the past three months and am thoroughly impressed w/ the
results in real-world, paying situations. Agreed, one may've already
purchased a Linux distro, but if your time and sanity means something
to you, you can bite the bullet and buy something for about 40-90
buks that will make your life easier. Once operational, you administer
the system w/ your web browser and never see the command line, unless
you *want* to.
NetMAX is based on the RedHat distro and one can boot it from its
CD, answer a half-dozen questions, and you're operational in less
than 30 mins ! No mucking w/ .conf files or knowing anything about
Linux itself (altho I *do* consider myself to be a novice-intermediate
Linux hack.) NetMAX has a series of these Linux/Internet appliance
products (altho I can only vouch for the File Server) that might be
what some of you are looking for. I've customized it, to add the
PostgreSQL database server, by d/l'g and installing the RPMs (also
managed from the web browser.) Adding HP's JetDirect printers was also
a piece of cake.
Anyway, take a look as you might like what you see. Their manuals
are also available (for free) in PDF form....Jet
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I never did succeed in making those idiots understand their
own language. - Mark Twain, The Innocent Abroad,1869
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From: "The Jetman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Installing Linux on a 40 Gb Maxtor UDMA66
Date: Sun, 20 Aug 2000 12:05:53 -0400
Ian Nicholls wrote in message ...
>Installing Redhat 6.1 on a 20 GB+ UDMA 66 HDD
>
>Are the any problems setting this up as we have tried numerous times and
>it. Installs fine (!?!) and then when we reboot it says try running E2FSCK
>and will not boot.
>What is E2FSCK and where can I get it?
>
>Hard drives tried
>
>40Gb Maxtor UDMA66
>2x20GB IBM UDMA66
>
>Any ideas welcome as this has to be ready Monday weekend or not!
>
>Cheers Ian
>
>
Ian: Out of curiosity, are you using the IDE cable supplied w/ these
drives ? In case you're using a controller w/ UDMA66 compatibility, then
a UDMA66 cable is a must or else the drive subsystem can be flaky. The
UDMA66 cable has 80 conductors instead of 40 conductors for std IDE
cables, to minimize crosstalk at high speed. HTH....Jet
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In Paris, they simply stared when I spoke to them in French;
I never did succeed in making those idiots understand their
own language. - Mark Twain, The Innocent Abroad,1869
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Michael Perry)
Subject: Re: Linux reports 16MB RAM when I have 128MB!
Date: 20 Aug 2000 16:52:09 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Sun, 20 Aug 2000 23:25:23 +0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Hi everyone
>
>i managed to get debian with 2.0.38 installed on an AMD K6-2 450 with
>128Mb RAM (64MB PC100 DIMM each).
>
>I am running nicely in X and enlightenment now.
>
>However, whenever I check xosview or dmesg I get a report of ONLY 13MB
>RAM! How do I get Linux to recognise all of my DIMM memory?
>
>Hope you can help. Thanks a lot.
>
>
>
>Regards
>Carl Tan
>[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
Need to use an append line in lilo.conf I believe.
Its something like: append='MEM=128MB"
or somesuch. May want to check out the archives on deja for the exact
syntax.
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Michael Perry
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: PHP3/4 on Apache
Date: Sun, 20 Aug 2000 17:06:55 GMT
hi,
try to download the latest 'tar' package from www.php.net
do the following
1. gunzip php*.gz
2. tar -xvf php*.tar
3. cd php* (change the directory to php* created in your current
directory)
3.5 install the source code for apache server also.then only
the 'apxs' script will work.
4. if you need mysql support
./configure --with-mysql --with-apxs=/usr/sbin/apxs
5. make install
6. make
7. libphp4.so will be created in the libs directory
8. check whether libphp4.so is copied to /etc/httpd/modules directory
9. if not do it manually.
10. edit /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf
11. add the line addmodules libphp4.so and the rest.
12. restart apache server by running /etc/rc.d/init.d/httpd restart
13. go to the /etc/httpd/html
14 test this script
<?php
phpinfo();
?>
save it.
15. in your browser type http://localhost/test.php
It will work..
best of luck
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Before you buy.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Linux reports 16MB RAM when I have 128MB!
Date: Sun, 20 Aug 2000 17:14:22 GMT
add this line in your /etc/lilo.conf
/etc/lilo.conf
append="mem=128M"
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options can also be passed to the kernel during booting
boot: linux mem=128M
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Before you buy.
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From: Rick Landry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Install Corel Linux on Toshiba Satellite 2675DVD laptop
Date: Sun, 20 Aug 2000 17:29:32 GMT
I can't do the install. In the past, I have had to attatch my Inteva V71S
desktop monitor to my laptop to get an install of Red Hat, Mandrake, and
SuSE. All worked well after I tweaked my XF86Config file for the laptop
monitor. But Corel doesn't recognize either of my monitors and just
flashes vertical lines across the screens. Do I have to change
resolutions or something else on either monitor so I can proceed with
the "4-step easy install"? I'm a newbie but this is very perplexing. The
initial startup screens for Corel appear correctly on the monitors but as
soon as the graphical install message appears telling me to reboot my
system it's all over but the crying. PLEASE HELP!!!
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From: "Andy Jacobs" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Help ADSL with Bell Atlantic New Engaland
Date: Sun, 20 Aug 2000 18:13:19 GMT
Has anyone done this.
I so far have everything hooked up but it looks like im not getting out.
Maybe im contacting the wrong ip i'm not sure.
I have gotten the RP ppoe server running was able to start it and it does
not fail. it looks like it gets an IP for the BA server... At least it
looks like the domain 141.154...
Sorry if this has already been posted
Andy
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Date: 20 Aug 2000 14:14:33 -0500
From: "Gene Heskett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Need GToaster help
Hi folks;
It appears I have a newbie problem, I can't seem to burn a readable
CDR/W disk, I've tried to make the same one about 4 times now, but it
cannot be 'mounted', giving the usual non-commital message about too
many filesystems or some such drivel.
The drive has worked with xcdroast-96e, but it looks like GToaster can
do more with r-w media, so I'm attempting its use.
The setup:
TYAN Trinity mobo, latest 1.16c bios, 400 mhz AMD K6-2/3DNow, 128 megs
dram.
ACER CDR-W 6202, latest flash installed
GToaster, August 2000 release.
On the initial run, I had it scan to find the cdr device, which it did.
I saved those prefs.
I picked 6 files out of the source dir listing, top right window,
drag-n-dropped them into the lower right filelist window which is shown
when you click on what looks like a mini dir listing, the 2nd of 3 icons
in the lower left corner.
Clicking on the disk icon below the file icon brings up the record menu.
I selected the TOC only clear mode, and cleared the disk sucessfully,
although the cleared disk now gives an error when attempting to mount
it. I could read the table of contents and the files previously on this
disk.
With multisession and fixate checked, I clicked on record. It went thru
all the motions, reported no errors for any of the 6 files it was
burning, then fixated the disk.
But I still get the same refusal errors when I attempt to mount the
burnt disk.
With the exception of having it scan to find the device, all the rest of
the scripts it feeds cdrecord are the compiled in defaults.
I also think my cdrecord might be an older version. Might that have
something to do with this?
Cheers, Gene
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Colin Watson)
Subject: Re: Linux Bargain at CompUSA!
Date: 20 Aug 2000 16:39:31 GMT
DW <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>On 20 Aug 2000 00:30:33 -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Paul Kimoto)
>wrote:
>>In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, DW wrote:
>>> Looks like I am gonna get rid of my WinLinux and get Corel loaded next
>>> week. Anyone have any comments on Corel Linux ?
>>
>>Obsolete version?
>>http://linux.corel.com/products/linux_os/index.htm
>
>Yeah, but still a GOOD buy!
I wouldn't really say so, to be honest; obsolescence is a major pain.
Corel's current distribution is based on Debian 2.1, which is a year and
a half old (an eternity in this business, at least judging from all the
people complaining about how long 2.2 was taking :)). Debian 2.2 has
1200 new packages, if that's your thing, a large number of enhancements
and fixes to existing ones, and many security holes known to exist in
2.1 have been fixed. I'm quite sure Corel haven't incorporated half the
fixes, though they have added a few packages of their own.
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Colin Watson [[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
"When Irish eyes are smiling, watch your step."
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From: "Kossak" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: RH 6.1 GNOME mouse
Date: Sun, 20 Aug 2000 18:38:41 GMT
Thanks Michael,
I kinda figured RTFM was the way to go but I was hoping for a shortcut,
heheh. I am as newbie as you can get, so bear with me. I'm sure I'll be back
with more inane questions.
K AKA Lazybones
"Michael Mitchell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> better yet, go to the Daewoo website and see if you can find the
specifications
> for your monitor. Find out exactly what the vertical and horizontal rates
are.
> You didn't mention your video card settings either. Get all these
configured as
> close as possible with the xf86conf program and your mouse problems may go
away.
> Regardless of which version you decide to use, it would be wise to learn
to
> configure. Early 486's and others computers may be completely different
than the
> install you are trying to do now. You can eliminate hours of frustration
by
> getting all your facts together and writing down everything about the
system you
> are trying to do this install to. This includes all ISA , PCI, AGP cards.
Are
> they jumperless, PNP? if they are jumpered, what are they set on? Read
the
> manuals!
>
> Michael Mitchell wrote:
>
> > try mousecfg and also describe how you configured your monitor settings
and
> > screen res
> >
> > Kossak wrote:
> >
> > > Just one question:
> > > Installed the above with MS Intellimouse (hard to write that with a
straight
> > > face). Once the program starts the cursor just rides at the top of the
> > > screen making it useless.Any way of getting it to work without
reinstalling?
> > > no...two questions, I had to install with a generic monitor, (have a
Daewoo
> > > 15", any suggestions as to the setup?) would that make a difference?
> > > no, wait.....three questions, If it is a reinstall, should I go for
6.2
> > >
> > > K
> > >
> > > remember what the boys from Monty Python say.....
> > > "No one expects a Spanish Inquisition"
>
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From: "Stephen Banner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Problems loading Mandrake Linux
Date: Sun, 20 Aug 2000 19:01:17 GMT
Hello
I wonder if anyone can help.
I am getting frustrated and sure someone can help me overcome this
situation.
I have the following set-up:
CPU - Pentium III 500
hard drive Windows 98se
hard drive 2 - here Mandrake 7.0 was installed
cd rom drive
cd re-write drive
During installation the following was shown
/boot (hdd1)
/(hdd5)
/linux swap hdd6
/home hdd7
After the making the boot disk and lilo install to rebooting the system the
screen showed loads of l1 0101010....endlessly
and so on .
>From ms-dos I did fdisk/mbr
I cannot use the floppy to boot into my secondary drive where Linux is
installed as the error:-
"VFS cannot open root device 16:41
kernel panic VFS unable to mount rot fs on 16:41"
I have tried loadlin by taking a copy of the vmlinuz-2.2....etc and renaming
it to bzimage and then running:-
c:\linux\loadlin bzimage root=/dev/hdd5
This also gives me an error same as above for kernel panic.
I am very new to the Linux environment but very satisfactory with ms-dos and
windows. Is there any way to change the settings of the floppy/drive to
correctly boot into the Linux environment?
Any help appreciated.
Stephen Banner
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From: "Justin Dubs" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Login
Date: Sun, 20 Aug 2000 13:45:15 -0400
localhost login: root
password: whatever you put in during setup
Hope this works for you,
Justin Dubs
Zoran Rakovic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> I have just installed Yellow Dog Linux on my powerbook. On boot up I am
> asked for for a 'local host login' and a password. Now nowhere during
> the installation was this login mentioned. I only had to set up the root
> password. How do I find out what the login is?
>
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