Linux-Setup Digest #533, Volume #19 Fri, 1 Sep 00 21:13:13 EDT
Contents:
how to change root partition in boot floppy ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Linux Mail Server (Darren Wyn Rees)
Re: might as well spin down linux disks when in windows, but how? (Larry Ebbitt)
ppp failure (Peter Riggs)
Re: Boot Issue ("C.J. Miller")
Re: How To Boot Windows Or Linux ??? ("Yura")
Re: Simple questions about building the kernel (Juergen Heinzl)
Re: SAMBA - printing to NT (Doc)
Re: Installing hdparm utility (and compiling it) (Colin Watson)
Re: gcc lib missing (Colin Watson)
Re: How To Boot Windows Or Linux ??? (Colin Watson)
Re: Simple questions about building the kernel (ljb)
Re: ppp failure (Dan Glover)
Trying to install Linux Mandrake 7.0, where in heck is KDE? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Is there a list of compatible videocards for x window? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Playing music CDs, No sound (Chris Rankin)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,linux.redhat.install
Subject: how to change root partition in boot floppy
Date: Fri, 01 Sep 2000 20:56:59 GMT
I dual boot to RedHat Linux6.0 or win95 with a boot floppy. My HD
config is
/dev/hda1, hda2 <hda5> (All windows (C:, E:)
/dev/hdc1, hdc2 <hdc5 -hdc10>
currently / is mounted in /dev/hdc7
/dev/hdc5, hdc6 are windows partitions.
If I want to convert hdc5 into a linux partition and split the same
partition into 2 partitions, , then the root partition will move
to /dev/hdc8.
In order to be able to boot again, should I log on as root and write a
new boot floppy or is there a way I can edit the existing boot floppy
and merely point to the correct partition.
Likewise, if I move the hdc hard drive to a different machine into a
primary IDE slot, can I change /dev/hdc7 to /dev/hda7 also in the LILO
config files?
thanks
murli
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Before you buy.
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From: Darren Wyn Rees <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.networking,uk.comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: Linux Mail Server
Date: 1 Sep 2000 21:25:05 GMT
Chris Stratford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On the MTA front, I'd go for either Sendmail or Postfix. Sendmail's
> big and cumbersome, but it will do pretty much everything you'd need.
> postfix is much smaller and easier to use, but more limiting with what
> you can do with it. I'd avoid Qmail if at all possible - it has
> definite problems when things get that large.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Would you define one or two definites ?
--
Darren Wyn Rees [EMAIL PROTECTED]
ASK your ISP to ADD the NEW england.* Newsgroups
http://www.england.news-admin.org/accessfaq.html
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Date: Fri, 01 Sep 2000 17:43:11 -0400
From: Larry Ebbitt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: might as well spin down linux disks when in windows, but how?
Larry Yocum wrote:
>
> You're probably better off letting it spin. The wear and tear on a drive
> comes from power down and power up, not the constant spinning. I've had
> hard drives at home die much quicker if they're powered down every night
> than if I just leave them on all the time...
I'll second that. All the extra current flow overcoming startup
inertia/friction/stiction increases heat, the worst enemy of such
equipment. Head crashes are most likely at spindown, when the heads stop
flying.
--
Larry Ebbitt - Linux + OS/2 - Atlanta
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From: Peter Riggs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: uk.comp.os.linux
Subject: ppp failure
Date: Fri, 01 Sep 2000 22:01:55 GMT
I have recently done a big upgrade (oh dear) to let me use XFree86-4.0.1
amongst other things. The problem is that after all the various
dependencies were eventually satisfied (hence the BIG upgrade) I am
unable to get ppp to log in to my ISP. It dials in ok and does the noisy
but it fails to reach the connect phase. I have been monitoring the chat
progress and it fails on an alarm whilst waiting for CONNECT.
I have included a typical session, with a -t 300 chat option (5 minute
timeout, 10 minutes gave the same result).
Using my Win98 machine on the same line to the same ISP connects fast,
first time.
Any suggestions?
Regards,
Peter.
=====
Sep 1 21:08:13 linux ifup-ppp: pppd started for ppp0 on /dev/modem at
115200
Sep 1 21:08:13 linux pppd[17144]: pppd 2.4.0 started by root, uid 0
Sep 1 21:08:14 linux chat[17146]: abort on (Serial line is looped
back.)
Sep 1 21:08:14 linux chat[17146]: abort on (BUSY)
Sep 1 21:08:15 linux chat[17146]: abort on (ERROR)
Sep 1 21:08:15 linux chat[17146]: abort on (NO CARRIER)
Sep 1 21:08:15 linux chat[17146]: abort on (NO DIALTONE)
Sep 1 21:08:15 linux chat[17146]: abort on (Invalid Login)
Sep 1 21:08:15 linux chat[17146]: abort on (Login incorrect)
Sep 1 21:08:15 linux chat[17146]: send (ATZ^M)
Sep 1 21:08:15 linux chat[17146]: expect (OK)
Sep 1 21:08:34 linux chat[17146]: ^M
Sep 1 21:08:34 linux chat[17146]: OK
Sep 1 21:08:34 linux chat[17146]: -- got it
Sep 1 21:08:34 linux chat[17146]: send (ATDT856666^M)
Sep 1 21:08:34 linux chat[17146]: expect (CONNECT)
Sep 1 21:08:34 linux chat[17146]: ^M
Sep 1 21:09:04 linux chat[17146]:
Sep 1 21:09:14 linux chat[17146]: CARRIER 52000^M^M
Sep 1 21:09:34 linux chat[17146]: Welcome to 3Com Total Control HiPer
ARC (TM)^M
Sep 1 21:10:04 linux chat[17146]: Networks That Go The Distance (TM)^M
Sep 1 21:10:04 linux chat[17146]: ^M
Sep 1 21:13:34 linux chat[17146]: alarm
Sep 1 21:13:34 linux chat[17146]: Failed
Sep 1 21:13:34 linux pppd[17144]: Connect script failed
Sep 1 21:13:35 linux pppd[17144]: Exit.
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From: "C.J. Miller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.linux.slakware,alt.linux.slackware
Subject: Re: Boot Issue
Date: Fri, 01 Sep 2000 22:10:02 GMT
Yes...! I'm on there right now. Looks like something I can use. I'll give
all this a try tomorrow and we'll see what happens. Infinite thanks.
chris
Robert Price <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Loadlin is a dos/windoze program that lets you leave windows (or dos) and
> go directly into linux. You can set it up as one of the boot options in a
> windoze config.sys menu too. I have been using it with win 98 with no
> problems.
>
> Check out "The Linux+Windows 95 Reference Page" (a mini-HOWTO) at:
> http://www.eskimo.com/~praxis/ and the links therefrom.
>
> It covers using loadlin to dual boot with Windoze 98 as well and may be
> more up to date than the mini-HOWTO that came with your distribution.
>
> On Fri, 01 Sep 2000 06:38:21 GMT, C.J. Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >Hmm...what is this loadlin? I'm a newbie, so speak slowly. :)
> >
> >chris
> >
> >Robert Price <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> >news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> >> Use loadlin instead of lilo. Never heard of loadlin? That's because
it
> >> works so well there are far fewer questions about it.
> >>
> >> On Wed, 30 Aug 2000 19:31:47 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >> >I'm attempting to run Slackware 7.0 on a Celeron 667 with 64MB RAM and
a
> >> >15GB drive. I've used FIPS to create a 13MB win98-FAT32 partition and
a
> >> >2MB linux partition. The root linux partition is 700MB and is set to
be
> >> >bootable, the swap partition is 128MB, with the remaining free space
> >> >left over for the \usr partition. The problem is that after completing
> >> >setup and rebooting, immediately after the BIOS prompt I get a
"Missing
> >> >Operating System" error. Also, the creation of my LILO boot disk fails
> >> >repeatedly with "not enough space" errors, even after formatting the
> >> >disks for linux. Further, LILO itself fails during setup. I've tried
to
> >> >configure it manually and that seems to work, but I still get the
> >> >missing operating system error.
> >> >What am I doing wrong?
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
> >> >Before you buy.
> >>
> >>
> >> --
> >> R o b e r t P r i c e
> >> ======================
> >> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >> http://www.enteract.com/~bobprice/
> >
> >
>
>
> --
> R o b e r t P r i c e
> ======================
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> http://www.enteract.com/~bobprice/
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From: "Yura" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: How To Boot Windows Or Linux ???
Date: Fri, 01 Sep 2000 22:26:48 GMT
Sure there is!
Ever heard about LILO?
Probably your BestLinux doesn't configure LILO during installation, but let me tell
you, LILO
is the coolest boor manager ever. You can have 10 OSs and boot all of them Allright.
just go find some documentation on how to configure lilo.
It's pretty easy.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Juergen Heinzl)
Subject: Re: Simple questions about building the kernel
Date: 1 Sep 2000 22:55:13 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Robert Morelli wrote:
>I have 2 very basic questions about building the kernel from
>sources.
>
>1. Do the major distributions (Red Hat, Mandrake, Suse, Caldera,
>...) make any modifications to the kernel at all (apart from choosing
>what to include and exclude)? To put it another way, if I overwrite
>/urs/src/linux with the sources from say linux.kernel.org will that
>cause any problems?
[-]
Yes. If you need a sort of reference installation build your systems
yourself.
In any case never never never just overwrite the source tree. mv the
previous one out of the way, say rename it and use a fresh one.
>2. Are there any expected backwards compatibility problems with any
>of the distributions when going from say a 2.2.x kernel to a 2.2.y
>kernel (with y > x)?
[-]
It depends and being careful with pre-installed modules might be
a good idea. Of course bugs might bite you too - or might magically
go away ;)
Cheers,
Juergen
--
\ Real name : J�rgen Heinzl \ no flames /
\ EMail Private : [EMAIL PROTECTED] \ send money instead /
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Doc)
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux
Subject: Re: SAMBA - printing to NT
Date: Fri, 01 Sep 2000 23:01:58 GMT
On Fri, 1 Sep 2000 10:44:21 -0700, Wayne Vagtborg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Any suggestions - where to start looking??????
man smbprint, man printcap
Printing to a SMB printer from a Linux box requires both Samba tools and
a printcap that matches the printer. If you happen to be running SuSE,
it's fill-in-the-blanks in YaST, but I dunno about GUI setups in other
distros. I expect that they're there, though.
As I have to set this up on a Slackware box next week, I'm anxious to
see what everybody else says.
--
Doc Shipley
Network Stuff
Austin, Earth
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Colin Watson)
Subject: Re: Installing hdparm utility (and compiling it)
Date: 1 Sep 2000 23:05:16 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
[snip]
>Colin, Thank you for your help. The best thing I should do could be to
>find some ".DEB" packages (at debian.org I think) and try to use them
>with the integrated tool "COREL Update" (under KDE), provided by COREL.
That should usually be possible, yes.
>To answer to your first question, COREL doesn't seem to provide any
>MAKE or hdparm or things like that.
Try the following links (apologies for having to wrap the long lines):
ftp://ftp.corel.com/pub/linux/CorelLinux/dists/corellinux-1.2/main/
binary-i386/make_3.77-4.deb
ftp://ftp.corel.com/pub/linux/CorelLinux/dists/corellinux-1.2/main/
binary-i386/hdparm_3.3-3.deb
If you're on Corel 1.0, then there are similar packages there (in fact,
they seem to be exactly the same versions, so just replace "1.2" with
"1.0" above).
If you can't find these in Corel Update, then you might want to check
that you've got it configured correctly. It'll probably be easier to set
this up properly than to try to track all the package dependencies
yourself. :) Alternatively, you could just use Debian's "Advanced
Package Tool", or apt, with which you can type 'apt-get install make' or
'apt-get install hdparm' and have the whole thing done for you
automatically.
Hope that helps,
--
Colin Watson [[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
"This is the only networking technology
that earns frequent flyer miles." - RFC 2549
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Colin Watson)
Subject: Re: gcc lib missing
Date: 1 Sep 2000 23:07:46 GMT
Gabriel Ki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I am still new to Linux. I install gcc on redhat 5.2 but when I
>compile, it dumps error like
>
>stdio.h No Such file or directory
>stdlib.h No Such file or directory
>
>could someone tell me what am i missing?
You need to install the glibc-devel package. You'll also need binutils
in order for the compiler to be able to produce executables.
Cheers,
--
Colin Watson [[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
"Saint Jean le Desincarne, priez pour nous! But please - let us not
have to follow your example for at least another million years."
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Colin Watson)
Subject: Re: How To Boot Windows Or Linux ???
Date: 1 Sep 2000 23:13:42 GMT
kurt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I'm Using Best Linux
>and my wife wanna use Windows ....
>
>now, this is my problem ...
>I Have 2 HD
>on hda1 there is Windows
>on hdb1 there is BestLinux
>on hdb2 is the swap file
>
>but when I'm trying to boot, it just strats windows ....
>isn't there a way to have a screen on the startup , so I can choose with OS
>I wanna Use ???
Yes - look into the lilo (LInux LOader) package. It comes with an
extensive manual (in /usr/doc/lilo or similar), a good man page ('man
lilo') and with any luck some examples from which you can work out a
configuration that suits you.
Remember to run '/sbin/lilo -v' as root after any time you change
/etc/lilo.conf and want to have your changes saved into the boot record
for the next time you start up.
--
Colin Watson [[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
"I guess we'll have to use something other than TCP to talk to
the University of Mars." - /usr/src/linux/net/ipv4/tcp_timer.c
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (ljb)
Subject: Re: Simple questions about building the kernel
Date: 1 Sep 2000 23:56:05 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>I have 2 very basic questions about building the kernel from
>sources.
>
>1. Do the major distributions (Red Hat, Mandrake, Suse, Caldera,
>...) make any modifications to the kernel at all (apart from choosing
>what to include and exclude)? To put it another way, if I overwrite
>/urs/src/linux with the sources from say linux.kernel.org will that
>cause any problems?
Slackware always distributes "clean" original kernel sources. If
patches are needed, they would be applied to the pre-built kernels
in the distribution, but when you install the kernel source package
you get the real thing.
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From: Dan Glover <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: uk.comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: ppp failure
Date: Sat, 2 Sep 2000 00:01:54 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Peter Riggs
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I have recently done a big upgrade (oh dear) to let me use XFree86-4.0.1
>amongst other things. The problem is that after all the various
>dependencies were eventually satisfied (hence the BIG upgrade) I am
>unable to get ppp to log in to my ISP. It dials in ok and does the noisy
>but it fails to reach the connect phase. I have been monitoring the chat
>progress and it fails on an alarm whilst waiting for CONNECT.
Exactly.
>Sep 1 21:08:34 linux chat[17146]: send (ATDT856666^M)
>Sep 1 21:08:34 linux chat[17146]: expect (CONNECT)
>Sep 1 21:08:34 linux chat[17146]: ^M
>Sep 1 21:09:04 linux chat[17146]:
>Sep 1 21:09:14 linux chat[17146]: CARRIER 52000^M^M
>Sep 1 21:09:34 linux chat[17146]: Welcome to 3Com Total Control HiPer
>ARC (TM)^M
For whatever reason the modem isn't returning CONNECT. Does the same
thing happen if you try with minicom? I think something has gone a bit
wrong with the initialisation to make it return CARRIER rather than a
normal CONNECT message.
Workround: make the script accept CARRIER instead.
Fix: send correct combination of AT commands.
Not a problem with pppd itself.
Dan
--
Dan Glover ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Trying to install Linux Mandrake 7.0, where in heck is KDE?
Date: Sat, 02 Sep 2000 00:17:59 GMT
I ran through the GUI installation process, and everything seemed to
go well. It installed X Windows, I could reboot and login with the
root user....
But no KDE. This became apparent from previous posts here when people
said if I typed "startkde" in the xterm and nothing happened, then KDE
was not installed.
Well I went into the xterm and typed "startkde" and it said the
command was not found....
So where is KDE, and how do I get it on my machine? I'm installing
from the Mandrake 7.0 set you buy retail in stores, and I really would
like to get a UNIX system going (already failed miserably in my
attempts to install FreeBSD), but I'm completely lost now...
Any assistance would be appreciated
---Losing hope in NY
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Is there a list of compatible videocards for x window?
Date: Sat, 02 Sep 2000 00:17:29 GMT
Do you know of any list of compatible videocards that support X window.
Thanks
Lisa
Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
Before you buy.
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From: Chris Rankin <au.zipworld.com@{no.spam}rankinc>
Subject: Re: Playing music CDs, No sound
Date: Sat, 02 Sep 2000 11:32:51 +1100
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> There's still no sound from the CD.
>
Well, here's my asound.conf file. Maybe there's something here that can
help you:
# ALSA driver configuration
# This configuration is generated with the alsactl program.
soundcard("card1") {
mixer("Cirrus Logic CS4299 rev D") {
; The type is 'bool'.
switch("AC97 Mono Output Select", false)
; The type is 'bool'.
switch("AC97 Second MIC", false)
; The type is 'bool'.
switch("ADC/DAC Loopback", false)
element("Input Gain Switch",0,101,Switch2(off))
; Voice 0 : Min 0 Max 15
; Voice 1 : Min 0 Max 15
element("Input Gain Volume",0,200,Volume1(10,10))
element("Master Mono Switch",0,101,Switch2(on))
; Voice 0 : Min 0 Max 31
element("Master Mono Volume",0,200,Volume1(24))
element("Headphone Switch",0,101,Switch2(on))
; Voice 0 : Min 0 Max 31
; Voice 1 : Min 0 Max 31
element("Headphone Volume",0,200,Volume1(22,22))
element("Master Switch",0,101,Switch2(on))
; Voice 0 : Min 0 Max 63
; Voice 1 : Min 0 Max 63
element("Master Volume",0,200,Volume1(48,48))
; The 3D effect has an on/off switch.
; Center : Min 0 Max 15
; Depth : Min 0 Max 15
element("Effect",0,600,_3D_Effect1(sw=on,center=0,depth=10))
element("Aux Switch",0,101,Switch2(on))
; Voice 0 : Min 0 Max 31
; Voice 1 : Min 0 Max 31
element("Aux Volume",0,200,Volume1(24,24))
element("Video Switch",0,101,Switch2(on))
; Voice 0 : Min 0 Max 31
; Voice 1 : Min 0 Max 31
element("Video Volume",0,200,Volume1(24,24))
element("CD Switch",0,101,Switch2(on))
; Voice 0 : Min 0 Max 31
; Voice 1 : Min 0 Max 31
element("CD Volume",0,200,Volume1(24,24))
element("Line Switch",0,101,Switch2(on))
; Voice 0 : Min 0 Max 31
; Voice 1 : Min 0 Max 31
element("Line Volume",0,200,Volume1(24,24))
element("MIC Switch",0,101,Switch2(off))
; Voice 0 : Min 0 Max 31
element("MIC Volume",0,200,Volume1(0))
; Voice 0 : Min 0 Max 1
element("MIC Boost",0,200,Volume1(0))
element("Phone Switch",0,101,Switch2(off))
; Voice 0 : Min 0 Max 31
element("Phone Volume",0,200,Volume1(24))
element("PC Speaker Switch",0,101,Switch2(on))
; Voice 0 : Min 0 Max 15
element("PC Speaker Volume",0,200,Volume1(12))
element("PCM Switch",0,101,Switch2(on))
; Voice 0 : Min 0 Max 31
; Voice 1 : Min 0 Max 31
element("PCM Volume",0,200,Volume1(29,29))
element("Mono Output MUX",0,401,Mux2(element("Mono-Out
Accumulator",0,301)))
element("Input MUX",0,400,Mux1(element("CD",0,0),element("CD",0,0)))
}
}
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