Linux-Setup Digest #516, Volume #19 Wed, 30 Aug 00 03:13:06 EDT
Contents:
Re: Bios damaged when i tried to install Linux Mandrake on my Laptop ("Michael Yuan")
Re: installing linux ("Michael Yuan")
Laptop Video + Modem Problem ("Gerardo")
Re: Once upon a time ... ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
system hangs ("Norman Zhang")
Re: dumb question: copying to floppy ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Is there a Linux version for an Amiga 1000? (Bob Schumacher)
Wierd Gnome Panel Problem ("jp")
Re: dumb question: copying to floppy (Davide Bianchi)
modem speed not constant (Andrey Shipsha)
Re: dumb question: copying to floppy (Davide Bianchi)
Internal Modem setup ("Jack Warren")
C++ Problems after installation (Astro Weasel)
Re: HP 4000N driver? (Andrey Shipsha)
Re: screen problems (Eric)
Samba connection problems ... (Simon)
Who has a working miroVIDEO PCTV pro Radio (Ralf Messerer)
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Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2000 12:15:34 +0800
Reply-To: "Michael Yuan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
From: "Michael Yuan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Bios damaged when i tried to install Linux Mandrake on my Laptop
Tomas:
I also think it might be a boot virus, check
http://www.avpve.com/viruses/classification/2boot_vi.html for the
explanation of boot virus.
David:
if you put LILO on a partition, will you be able to choose which OS to boot
at system power on? thanks
--
Michael Yuan
Linux Counter http://counter.li.org
ID # 185611
"David Efflandt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> On 29 Aug 2000 20:20:21 GMT, Tomas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> >I?ve got a message that bios was damaged when i tried to install Linux
Mandrake
> >on my Laptop. I couldn?t fnish
> >the intsallation and can?t install anything else now. Something is wron
with
> >my laptop. Do you have any idea what
> >the problem could be and what you could do about it? Else i appreciate if
> >you have tip on where you can find
> >help about my problem.
>
> Are you sure it was not a message about a possible boot sector virus. The
> BIOS on some computers monitor changes to the MBR and if anything changes,
> like installing LILO, thinks it is a virus. You could try disabling that
> in CMOS setup.
>
> I prefer to put LILO on a partition instead, so I do not have to worry
> about it getting stepped on by Windows updates.
>
> --
> David Efflandt [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.de-srv.com/
> http://www.autox.chicago.il.us/ http://www.berniesfloral.net/
> http://hammer.prohosting.com/~cgi-wiz/ http://cgi-help.virtualave.net/
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Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.networking
Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2000 12:11:33 +0800
Reply-To: "Michael Yuan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
From: "Michael Yuan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: installing linux
have a look at Linux Documentation Project http://www.linuxdoc.org/
where I guess you can find all the necessary information
--
Michael Yuan
ICQ: 33829175
Linux Counter http://counter.li.org
ID # 185611
"Michael Rosel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:8ohggd$2pl$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Hello everybody!!!
>
>
> I am very much new to Linux and I want to have informations about it.
> --What do I need
> --limitations
> --how to
>
> Can anyone refer me to a very informative site.
> I am planning to install linux on a Compaq deskpro 5120 (pentium 120Mhz)
> series and on a Deskpro 4000 (pentium 166) series.
>
>
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From: "Gerardo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux.mandrake,comp.os.linux.portable
Subject: Laptop Video + Modem Problem
Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2000 00:57:00 -0400
I just totally deleted my Win 98SE and installed Linux Madrake 7.1 as the
only OS in my laptop Compaq 5280.
Question 1: I don't think that Harddrake found the modem: The Control
panel shows the modem empty. In Kppp when I select "Query Modem" and
select device ttyS2 it finds the modem but returns all blank lines. When I
had Windows, the modem was in Com 2 IRQ 11. But ttyS1 returns "modem busy".
My modem is a IBM PCMCIA It says Open PCMCIA 2.1 Type II or III Slot. MOD
393 Part Number 10L7393. How do I install a modem manually?
Question 2: The video driver is a Cirrus Logic 7543. Linux found it OK.
The problem is that I have a dark border of about 3/4 inch in my laptop LCD
screen. The card supports 800X600. How do I expand the wall paper to use
the whole screen?.
I have some other problems but first I need to fix these two....
Thank you in advanced,
Gerardo
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: Once upon a time ...
Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2000 04:51:15 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Once upon a time, I had linux and I subscribed Rogers @home.
...
> What a showoff to my friends! Hey, you can send me e-mail
> directly to my home PC or visit my home page.
> Yes, they did. The e-mail gets to my home machine, but also
> detected by @home's watchdog. They add me to the abuser list!
> I was given 24 hr to shutdown all my servers or they will
> suspend the service. They scan all ports on my machine every 24 hr.
>
> Now my linux machine is no better than any windows.
>
> The happy story ends.
...
Hey, if you're one of those who doesn't read what they sign, you'll have
similar troubles your whole life long.
Just don't blame it on Linux.
- tony
-
Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
Before you buy.
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From: "Norman Zhang" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: system hangs
Date: Tue, 29 Aug 2000 22:08:54 -0700
I am trying to install Red Hat 6.2 on my Intel system. The system has two
SCSI hard drives. I setup the system in the following manner,
/boot sda1 23M Linux native
<swap> sda8 517M Linux swap
<swap> sdb7 517M Linux swap
/root sdb9 23M Linux native
/ md0 1506M RAID1[sda5,sdb1]
/home md1 800M RAID1[sda7,sdb6]
/var md2 902M RAID1[sda6,sdb5]
/tmp md3 502M RAID1[sdb8,sda9]
The process went smoothly. At the very end the system hangs with the
following message, "Performing post install configuration..." Does anyone
what gives? Your help is greatly appreciated.
Norman
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: dumb question: copying to floppy
Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2000 05:58:23 GMT
hola
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, mpulliam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I decided I want to back up my configuration files because I keep installing
> new versions of Linux in search of the perfect system (still looking). Thought
> this would be a piece of cake, but I never tried copying to a floppy before in
> the 9 months I've been using Linux and I can't figure out how to go about it.
>
> With the help of six different reference books :-) I first formatted the blank
> floppy like this: no problem
>
> fdformat /dev/fd0H1440
>
> Then I tried mounting the floppy drive on my filesystem. If it makes any
> difference, I am currently booting from a floppy, which works. However if it
> is screwing up my ability to mount the drive please tell me how to work around
> it. I go:
>
> mount -t H1440 /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy
>
the -t option is wanting you to specify the filesystem type on the floppy (like
ext2 or vfat or whatever) not how it was low level formatted
After formatting with fdformat, you need to create a fliesystem on it.
the type of filesystem of course depends on whether you want to read the disk
under OSes other than linux. For a ext2 fs, do a "mkfs -t ext2 /dev/fd0" For
more information see the mkfs man page ("man mkfs")
At that point you should be able to mount it and copy files to it. ("mount -t
ext2 /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy" then copy the files to /mnt/floppy, not /dev/floppy)
> err: fd type H1440 not supported by kernel.
>
> This seems unlikely because a) H1440 is pretty universal; and b) it just
> formatted the blank in H1440, but OK.
>
> I look at my CDROM (RH 6.1 this time). What RPM do I want to install to get
> kernel support? I can't tell from the names.
>
> I look at /etc/fstab, which contains the line:
>
> /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy ext2 noauto, owner
>
/etc/fstab doesn't tell you what is mounted. It gives the default options for
when it does get mounted, and whether it gets automounted etc.
having that entry in /etc/fstab means that once the floppy has an ext2
filesystem created on it, all you need to do is a "mount /mnt/floppy" and it
will mount the device specified (/dev/fd0) with the specified filesystem (ext2)
and the listed options (noauto,owner)
/etc/mtab will normally list the mounted filesystems, or you can do a simple
"mount" with no options to see what is mounted.
> Looks like the floppy drive actually IS mounted, regardleess of what the error
> code said. I also tried simply
>
> mount /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy
>
> err: "you must specify the filesystem type." All right, whatever. Dead end #1.
>
>
>
> OK, I think. Let's just try copying something over there to see what happens.
> Say I want to copy /etc/syslog.conf. I go:
>
> cp /etc/syslog.conf /dev/fd0
>
> "overwrite /dev/fd0?"
>
> This sounds bad. I look on a different terminal and discover
> /dev/fd0 is some file
> on my hard drive. I say no. Tell me if saying "yes" would get
> /etc/syslog.conf copied
> to the floppy instead of messing up some file on my HD, please. I don't want
> to overwrite something I need. Not really a dead end, but a question.
Nope, that's not what you want to do.
>
>
> OK, I try a different command:
>
> dd if=/etc/syslog.conf of=/dev/floppy
>
This will work if /dev/floppy is a symlink to /dev/fd0, but it probably won't do what
you're trying to do. dd is used like rawrite in ms (ie to copy and move raw
images not regular files as such)
> result gets printed:
>
> 1+1 records in
> 1+1 records out
>
> However, the floppy never moved, and I know it didn't actually write anything
> on there. No idea what it did - /dev/floppy on my HD thinks it now contains
> /etc/syslog.conf, but that's not where I want to put it.
>
>
>
>
> Obviously I am missing something very simple, but even having read man mount,
> man dd, man cp, and piecing together stuff from six paperback books I can't
> see it. Somebody straighten me out, please!
>
> Thanks! (a copy e-mailed to me in addition to the list would be most helpful)
>
> MP
HTH...
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bob Schumacher)
Subject: Is there a Linux version for an Amiga 1000?
Date: Sun, 20 Aug 2000 18:38:11 UNDEFINED
I have an Amiga 1000 with 3.5meg of memory, Motorola 68000 processor, 80 Meg
Hard drive. I would like to install linux on it as a dedicated boot. Is
there a distribution which would work?
R. Schumacher
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From: "jp" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Wierd Gnome Panel Problem
Date: Tue, 29 Aug 2000 23:18:07 -0800
For some reason whenever I log on to my account (from xdm)
with a gnome session, my panel starts off to the right side of
my screen and in the middle (only half is visible, the other half
is off the screen). If I hide it, then it will return to the correct
position (at the bottom). I know its not a problem with the panel
configuration (its edge type), and I don't even thing it has to do
with my gnome configuration (I tried removing my config in my
home and resinstalling the default rc and other files and it still
showed up in that wierd spot). The panel works fine on all the
other accounts on this machine, so its not the default's problem
(and I checked diff between almost all the files -- nothing
that would point to any thing wierd). I also tried to diff the general
X config files in my home against the defaults, but that turned up
nothing as well (literally nothing, since they matched). So
I'm at a loss. :\ Its not really that big of a deal, just kind of
an annoyance since I have to click on it whenever I start up...
but if anyone has a solution, I'd be somewhat happy. :)
-jp
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Davide Bianchi)
Subject: Re: dumb question: copying to floppy
Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2000 06:21:15 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Wed, 30 Aug 2000 03:35:42 -0500, mpulliam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>I decided I want to back up my configuration files
<ZAP>
>With the help of six different reference books :-) I first
>formatted the blank floppy like this: no problem
>
>fdformat /dev/fd0H1440
>
>Then I tried mounting the floppy drive on my filesystem.
<ZAP>
>
>mount -t H1440 /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy
>err: fd type H1440 not supported by kernel.
The '/dev/fd0H1440' parameter of fdformat is a way to tell
directly both the device /dev/fd0 and the capacity of the
diskette, not the filesystem. fdformat automatically create
a new ext2fs filesystem on the floppy.
Use
mount -text2 /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy
to mount the floppy
>cp /etc/syslog.conf /dev/fd0
Don't do that! /dev/fd0 is the 'rappresentation' of the
floppy disk in linux. Each device (hard disk, cd rom,
com port...) have something like that into the /dev
directory. Deleting one is not a big problem (you can
recreate the file using mknod) but it's a bad thing to
do.
>OK, I try a different command:
>
>dd if=/etc/syslog.conf of=/dev/floppy
>
>result gets printed:
>
>1+1 records in
>1+1 records out
dd is the generical 'copy' command that can copy
disk sector directly to a device. Be carefull with that,
especially if you use it as root... I did once
an dd /home/somefile /dev/hda0 instead of
dd /home/somefile /dev/fd0 and screwed up my boot
sector (and partition table)... bad thing to do...
Linux uses buffering i/o extensively, before the file
is effectively wrote on the floppy you have to dismount the
floppy with umount. Do not remove the floppy without
dismount it before!
Davide
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From: Andrey Shipsha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: modem speed not constant
Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2000 08:23:04 +0200
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I wonder why the modem connection speed is not stable under my Redhat
6.2. I mean that it can be high speed connection (almost to the limit of
my 56K) for about 10 seconds, then it drops to zero for 30 sec - 2
minutes, or so, and then it increases again for another 10 to 15 sec.
and drops again and so on....
If I boot to Win98 and connect to the same modem pool, the connection is
very stable and at the high speed all the time.
I use RedHat 6.2 and ppp-2.3 RPM. I have PCMCIA Xircom RealPort
Ethernet10/100 + Modem56k card in my laptop.
Is it just a matter of improper settings in Linux?
cheers,
Andrey.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Davide Bianchi)
Subject: Re: dumb question: copying to floppy
Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2000 06:25:02 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Wed, 30 Aug 2000 03:35:42 -0500, mpulliam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
<ZAP>
>fdformat /dev/fd0H1440
Sorry, I forgot, after this, have you created the filesystem
with mkfs ? Because if not, you have *not* formatted the
floppy, but only erased it.
Davide
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From: "Jack Warren" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Internal Modem setup
Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2000 16:29:54 +1000
I have an IBM Aptiva with a Conexant HCF v90 56 data fax PCI modem.
Linux finds it but can't dial out using this modem.
Can anyone offer any ideas??
Thanks in advance
Jack
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From: Astro Weasel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: C++ Problems after installation
Date: Tue, 29 Aug 2000 23:28:44 -0700
I just recently did my first ever installation of linux, Mandrake Linux
7.0, on my computer. The problem that I have run into is that the standard
C++ libraries (iostream etc) are not to be found. I have done a complete
search of the hard drive, but to no avail. I used RPM to check the
currently installed packages, and one of them (gcc-c++ I believe) says
that the standard libraries are not included. As well I checked the
packages on my source CD, but could not intuitively find it by just the
names of the packages.
Was I supposed to set up my installation for "Development"? If so how do I
get those libraries installed.
Thanks in advance.
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From: Andrey Shipsha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: HP 4000N driver?
Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2000 08:28:48 +0200
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I have the same printer and it works great for me under Redhat 6.2. You
should choose "Postscript Printer" in the printtool. Do not select
laserjet 4/5/6 series... It won't work. ;)
Linux isn't so fussy as Windows on correct printer driver ;))
cheers,
Andrey.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> I used printtool (form Redhat) to setup a printer
> (HP LaserJet 4000N) I have to use. It doesn't seem
> printtool has this type of printer in its
> supported list. Although by choosing a different
> type (laserjet 4/5/6 series) I made it work, the
> quality of the printing result isn't very
> satisfacty.
>
> Can someone tell me what printer I should choose?
> Is there a driver for this type of printer?
>
> I have tried the net, but couldn't find much info.
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
> Before you buy.
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From: Eric <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: screen problems
Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2000 08:43:20 +0200
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Ren� Vanhaverbeke wrote:
>
> my screen turned white pressing ctrl+alt+ min or plus to change resolution i
> the login-screen. This happened on my Medion laptop. From the moment my
> computer starts up, the screenis white and remains like that. I can hear
> everything start up as normal, corel linux and windows, but I can't see
> anything, and ctrl+alt+ min or plus doesn't work anymore.
> Any suggestions? Even radical ones, cause everything I tried failed
You haven't by any chance turned a wheel on the screen, that controls
the contrast/intensity?
If not try logging in in console mode, ie. enter 'linux S' as the lilo
prompt.
Eric
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From: Simon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Samba connection problems ...
Date: Tue, 29 Aug 2000 22:25:27 +0100
OpenLinux 2.4 Desktop....
Having setup Samba I can connect to the 'public' and 'tmp' shares -
read/write ok.
Can't connect to users home directory, I can see it !!!
Each user has a Public folder created with ownership assigned to the
use.....
'Incorrect password or unknown user name for username:'
Workstation is NT 4, encrypted password set to yes...
Username and password for samba are set.
Any idea why I can't connect
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From: Ralf Messerer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Who has a working miroVIDEO PCTV pro Radio
Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2000 11:02:18 +0200
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hello together
Since to very long dys I am try the get some sounds
of the radio from my Pinnacle miro PCTVpro. The TV
is working perfectly. (xawtv)
Here my configuration:
-/etc/modules.conf:
options bttv card=3D11 radio=3D1
options tuner type=3D0
pre-install bttv /sbin/modprobe -k msp3400; /sbin/modprobe -k tuner ;
/sbin/modprobe -k sb
-lsmod:
bttv 52376 1 (autoclean)
tuner 3000 1 (autoclean)
msp3400 12316 1 (autoclean)
videodev 4480 4 (autoclean) [bttv]
adlib_card 1028 0 (autoclean) (unused)
opl3 11180 0 (autoclean) [adlib_card]
sb 5988 0 (autoclean) (unused)
sb_lib 33620 0 (autoclean) [sb]
uart401 6352 0 (autoclean) [sb_lib] =
sound 55628 0 (autoclean) [adlib_card opl3 sb_lib
uart401]
soundcore 3620 5 (autoclean) [sb_lib sound]
i2c-algo-bit 7132 1 (autoclean) [bttv]
-kernel output:
Aug 30 10:50:15 compi kernel: Linux video capture interface: v1.00
Aug 30 10:50:15 compi kernel: i2c-core.o: driver i2c msp3400 driver
registered.
Aug 30 10:50:15 compi kernel: i2c-core.o: driver i2c TV tuner driver
registered.
Aug 30 10:50:15 compi kernel: bttv: driver version 0.7.38 loaded
Aug 30 10:50:15 compi kernel: bttv: using 2 buffers with 2080k (4160k
total) for capture
Aug 30 10:50:15 compi kernel: bttv: Bt8xx card found (0).
Aug 30 10:50:15 compi kernel: bttv0: Brooktree Bt848 (rev 18) bus: 0,
devfn: 96, irq: 9, memory: 0xe2000000. =
Aug 30 10:50:15 compi kernel: msp3400: init: chip=3DMSP3410D-B4, has
NICAM support
Aug 30 10:50:15 compi kernel: msp3410: daemon started
Aug 30 10:50:15 compi kernel: bttv0: i2c attach [MSP3410D-B4]
Aug 30 10:50:15 compi kernel: i2c-core.o: client [MSP3410D-B4]
registered to adapter [bt848 #0](pos. 0).
Aug 30 10:50:15 compi kernel: tuner: chip found @ 0x60
Aug 30 10:50:15 compi kernel: bttv0: i2c attach [Temic PAL]
Aug 30 10:50:15 compi kernel: i2c-core.o: client [Temic PAL]
registered to adapter [bt848 #0](pos. 1).
Aug 30 10:50:15 compi kernel: i2c-core.o: adapter bt848 #0 registered
as adapter 2.
Aug 30 10:50:15 compi kernel: bttv0: i2c: checking for eeprom @
0xa0... not found
Aug 30 10:50:15 compi kernel: bttv0: i2c: checking for eeprom @
0xae... not found
Aug 30 10:50:15 compi kernel: bttv0: model: BT848A(MIRO PCTV pro)
[insmod option]
Aug 30 10:50:15 compi kernel: bttv0: i2c: checking for MSP34xx @
0x80... found
Aug 30 10:50:15 compi kernel: bttv0: i2c: checking for TDA8425 @
0x82... not found
Aug 30 10:50:15 compi kernel: bttv0: i2c: checking for TDA9840 @
0x84... not found
Aug 30 10:50:15 compi kernel: bttv0: i2c: checking for TDA985x @
0xb6... not found
Aug 30 10:50:15 compi kernel: bttv0: i2c: checking for TDA9875 @
0xb0... not found
I have test it with vanila kernel 2.2.16 and 2.4.0_test7.
Now my questions:
1) Do I need an other module or a special flag for using the radio ?
2) Which radio program is the best for testing? I used radio, ktuner,
gradio.
By the way; its working under MS/WINLOSS :-(
-Ralf
Ralf Messerer email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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