Linux-Setup Digest #559, Volume #19 Tue, 5 Sep 00 22:13:11 EDT
Contents:
Re: S3 Inc. Trio3D (86C365/366) (gd)
NEW NVIDIA DRIVERS ("ascii_superstar")
HELP! -- Grub tutorial? (Edward A. Falk)
ethernet card (David Schrittesser)
set path ("Brian")
Re: cron.daily (Paul Kimoto)
LILO Error with Windows 98 ("Scott Berkman")
Re: NEW NVIDIA DRIVERS ("ascii_superstar")
@home cable modem setup ("Patrick OConnor")
Login Session Manager - adding session ("tony j. podrasky")
Re: Redhat 6.2 and Apache (Arturo C)
Re: set path (Arturo C)
Re: cron.daily (Arturo C)
Re: tape drives (steve batson)
Netscape Problem?? ("untoxik")
Re: HELP! -- Grub tutorial? (Black Eagle)
Gigabyte 7ZX-1 motherboard on-board sound (Joseph Wilkicki)
Kernel source compilation failed (Silviu-Alin Bacanu)
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From: gd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: S3 Inc. Trio3D (86C365/366)
Date: Wed, 06 Sep 2000 00:00:47 GMT
D. C. & M. V. Sessions wrote:
>
> Ahmad Zaidi Mohd Darby wrote:
> >
> > I've bought an IBM 300GL.. The display card is S3 Trio3D 86C366... I tried
> > to install Linux RedHat 6.2 but I could not configure the Display Card..
> > Somehow it does not detect the card.. can somebody who has encountered this
> > problem, teach me...
> >
> > There's another machine in my office that I try to install Linux.. The
> > display card is 86C365.. I've installed Linux Mandrake 6.1.. I managed to
> > configure the card but I just get 16 colours only... I used S3 ViRGE
> > (generic) for the card and Generic Monitor for the monitor... If I use
> > Generic Multisync Monitor, 16 bit 1024x768 detected... but if I run
> > 'STARTX -- -bpp 16", I just get blank screen...
>
> Trio isn't ViRGE. Load the SVGA drivers for both and you'll do OK,
> at least to get started. Be careful about the monitor settings, though;
> the S3 cards that we've used here have a bad habit of letting you set
> higher pixel rates than the RAMDAC can handle, especially at high color
> depths. If you set a low refresh rate you may see that blank screen light
> up.
>
> --
> | Bogus as it might seem, people, this really is a deliverable |
> | e-mail address. Of course, there isn't REALLY a lumber cartel. |
> | There isn't really a tooth fairy, but whois toothfairy.com works. |
> +----------- D. C. & M. V. Sessions <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ----------+
Here is a copy of my XF86Config, set for 16 bit color, 800x600
resolution, BTW, I use a Sony Multiscan 400PS monitor. Hope it helps
someone.
Garret
# File generated by XConfigurator.
Section "Files"
RgbPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb"
FontPath "unix/:-1"
EndSection
# **********************************************************************
# Server flags section.
# **********************************************************************
Section "ServerFlags"
EndSection
# **********************************************************************
# Input devices
# **********************************************************************
# **********************************************************************
# Keyboard section
# **********************************************************************
Section "Keyboard"
Protocol "Standard"
# when using XQUEUE, comment out the above line, and uncomment the
# following line
#Protocol "Xqueue"
AutoRepeat 500 5
#To set the LeftAlt to Meta, RightAlt key to ModeShift,
#RightCtl key to Compose, and ScrollLock key to ModeLock:
LeftAlt Meta
RightAlt Meta
ScrollLock Compose
RightCtl Control
XkbKeycodes "xfree86"
XkbTypes "default"
XkbCompat "default"
XkbSymbols "us(pc101)"
XkbGeometry "pc"
XkbRules "xfree86"
XkbModel "pc101"
XkbLayout "us"
EndSection
# **********************************************************************
# Pointer section
# **********************************************************************
Section "Pointer"
Protocol "PS/2"
Device "/dev/mouse"
# Emulate3Buttons
# Emulate3Timeout 50
# ChordMiddle is an option for some 3-button Logitech mice
# ChordMiddle
EndSection
# **********************************************************************
# Monitor section
# **********************************************************************
# Any number of monitor sections may be present
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Sony GDM-400PS/400PST/19PS"
VendorName "Unknown"
ModelName "Unknown"
# HorizSync is in kHz unless units are specified.
# HorizSync may be a comma separated list of discrete values, or a
# comma separated list of ranges of values.
# NOTE: THE VALUES HERE ARE EXAMPLES ONLY. REFER TO YOUR MONITOR'S
# USER MANUAL FOR THE CORRECT NUMBERS.
HorizSync 30.0-38.0
# VertRefresh is in Hz unless units are specified.
# VertRefresh may be a comma separated list of discrete values, or a
# comma separated list of ranges of values.
# NOTE: THE VALUES HERE ARE EXAMPLES ONLY. REFER TO YOUR MONITOR'S
# USER MANUAL FOR THE CORRECT NUMBERS.
VertRefresh 48.0-60.0
# Modes can be specified in two formats. A compact one-line format, or
# a multi-line format.
# These two are equivalent
# ModeLine "1024x768i" 45 1024 1048 1208 1264 768 776 784 817
Interlace
# Mode "1024x768i"
# DotClock 45
# HTimings 1024 1048 1208 1264
# VTimings 768 776 784 817
# Flags "Interlace"
# EndMode
# This is a set of standard mode timings. Modes that are out of monitor
spec
# are automatically deleted by the server (provided the HorizSync and
# VertRefresh lines are correct), so there's no immediate need to
# delete mode timings (unless particular mode timings don't work on your
# monitor). With these modes, the best standard mode that your monitor
# and video card can support for a given resolution is automatically
# used.
# 800x600 @ 56 Hz, 35.15 kHz hsync
ModeLine "800x600" 36 800 824 896 1024 600 601 603 625
# 1024x768 @ 87 Hz interlaced, 35.5 kHz hsync
Modeline "1024x768" 44.9 1024 1048 1208 1264 768 776 784 817
Interlace
# 800x600 @ 60 Hz, 37.8 kHz hsync
Modeline "800x600" 40 800 840 968 1056 600 601 605 628
+hsync +vsync
# 800x600 @ 72 Hz, 48.0 kHz hsync
Modeline "800x600" 50 800 856 976 1040 600 637 643 666
+hsync +vsync
# 1024x768 @ 60 Hz, 48.4 kHz hsync
Modeline "1024x768" 65 1024 1032 1176 1344 768 771 777 806
-hsync -vsync
# 800x600 @ 85 Hz, 55.84 kHz hsync
Modeline "800x600" 60.75 800 864 928 1088 600 616 621 657
-HSync -VSync
# 1024x768 @ 70 Hz, 56.5 kHz hsync
Modeline "1024x768" 75 1024 1048 1184 1328 768 771 777 806
-hsync -vsync
# 800x600 @ 100 Hz, 64.02 kHz hsync
Modeline "800x600" 69.65 800 864 928 1088 600 604 610 640
-HSync -VSync
# 1024x768 @ 76 Hz, 62.5 kHz hsync
Modeline "1024x768" 85 1024 1032 1152 1360 768 784 787 823
# 1024x768 @ 85 Hz, 70.24 kHz hsync
Modeline "1024x768" 98.9 1024 1056 1216 1408 768 782 788 822 -HSync
-VSync
EndSection
# **********************************************************************
# Graphics device section
# **********************************************************************
# Any number of graphics device sections may be present
Section "Device"
Identifier "Generic VGA"
VendorName "Unknown"
BoardName "Unknown"
Chipset "generic"
# VideoRam 256
# Clocks 25.2 28.3
EndSection
# Device configured by Xconfigurator:
Section "Device"
Identifier "S3 Trio3D"
VendorName "S3"
BoardName "Trio3D"
VideoRam 4096
Chipset "s3_virge"
Ramdac "s3gendac"
Option "sw_cursor"
EndSection
# **********************************************************************
# Screen sections
# **********************************************************************
# The Colour SVGA server
Section "Screen"
Driver "svga"
Device "S3 Trio3D"
Monitor "Sony GDM-400PS/400PST/19PS"
Subsection "Display"
Depth 16
Modes "800x600"
ViewPort 0 0
EndSubsection
EndSection
# The 16-color VGA server
Section "Screen"
Driver "vga16"
Device "S3 Trio3D"
Monitor "Sony GDM-400PS/400PST/19PS"
Subsection "Display"
Modes "640x480" "800x600"
ViewPort 0 0
EndSubsection
EndSection
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Reply-To: "ascii_superstar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
From: "ascii_superstar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.linux,alt.os.linux.mandrake,comp.os.linux.x
Subject: NEW NVIDIA DRIVERS
Date: Wed, 6 Sep 2000 01:01:35 +0100
ftp://ftp1.detonator.nvidia.com/pub/drivers/english/XFree86_40/0.9-5/
just thought I'd let you know :-)
sergio
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Edward A. Falk)
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux.caldera
Subject: HELP! -- Grub tutorial?
Date: 6 Sep 2000 00:09:05 GMT
Hi all; yesterday I tried to remove Caldera technology preview from
my system and install redhat. The redhat install aborted (my
mistake) and now when I reboot I get this "grub" prompt and can't
get any further.
Can anybody point me to a quickie tutorial on Grub?
Quick overview of my situation: I may no longer have a bootable
linux partition. I should have a bootable windoze partition. My
computer won't boot from CD and I lost the floppy drive, so if
I can't make the computer boot from hard disk again, I'm going to
have some real contortions ahead of me.
Fooey, I say. LILO may have been ugly, and a bastard to configure
for newbies, but at least it *worked*.
--
-ed falk, [EMAIL PROTECTED] See *********************#*************#*
http://www.rahul.net/falk/whatToDo.html #**************F******!******!*!!****
and read 12 Simple Things You Can Do ******!***************************#**
to Save the Internet **#******#*********!**WW*W**WW****
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From: David Schrittesser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: ethernet card
Date: Wed, 06 Sep 2000 02:10:41 +0200
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I have SuSE 6.3 installed and I would like to use my 3com etherlink xl
PCI card to connect to the internet ( 3c900B tpo is the exact product
name). Now SuSE says there�s "no information" about that product, while
the vendor claims that there�s a driver for linux (it says so in the
'product details'), but on the ftp site, there are only drivers for win,
UnixWare and OpenServer(the latter two-what are they, by the way?).
If there is a driver, where could I getr it? Where do you usually look
for Information of this kind? Can anyone help me?
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From: "Brian" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: set path
Date: Wed, 06 Sep 2000 00:16:17 GMT
I have been unable to edit my $PATH or find any info on how to do it.
One article said my path was in the '.profile' file, but neither /root or
/home/<user> directories contain this file.
I magazine article described such utilities as : addpath, delpath, edpath,
listpath, uniqpath, but none of these appear to be in the man or info pages.
Where is the path variable kept and how do I edit it?
Thanks
Brian
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Paul Kimoto)
Subject: Re: cron.daily
Date: 5 Sep 2000 20:22:40 -0500
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
In article <8p3jno$g2l0$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Bob Cent wrote:
> I would like to change the time when my cron.daily jobs execute so they
> don't interfer with my backup program's compare operation. I've poked
> around with cron and crontab, but this doesn't seem to be the way to do it.
> I need a hint. Thanks!
Which distribution are you running?
On Debian, you should look at /etc/crontab, unless you use anacron
(in which case I think you should look at /etc/cron.d/anacron).
--
Paul Kimoto
This message was originally posted in plain text. Any images,
hyperlinks, or the like shown here have been added without my
consent, and may be a violation of international copyright law.
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From: "Scott Berkman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: LILO Error with Windows 98
Date: Tue, 5 Sep 2000 20:57:29 -0400
I currently have win98 on a 20gig IDE drive, just 1 partition.
Then, I have Redhat 6.2 installed to a single partition on the 1st SCSI hard
drive (sda1).
When I try to write LILO to the MBR, I get the following error:
Device 0x0801 : Maximum Number of Sectors is 63, not 235.
What do I need to do to fix this, or what are my other options? Thanx alot
-Scott
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Reply-To: "ascii_superstar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
From: "ascii_superstar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.linux,alt.os.linux.mandrake,comp.os.linux.x
Subject: Re: NEW NVIDIA DRIVERS
Date: Wed, 6 Sep 2000 02:00:43 +0100
BTW
I have installed these drivers (over some previous nvidia ones), how can I
tell if i am using the new ones? (kernel + GLX)
Thanks
sergio
"ascii_superstar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:BPft5.11300$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> ftp://ftp1.detonator.nvidia.com/pub/drivers/english/XFree86_40/0.9-5/
> just thought I'd let you know :-)
>
> sergio
>
>
>
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From: "Patrick OConnor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: @home cable modem setup
Date: Wed, 06 Sep 2000 01:07:24 GMT
hi,,
I am having a frustrating problem setting up my @home cable modem w/ red-hat
6.2.
Windows works fine,,, all i do is setup the correct host name, and let dhcp
do the rest....
When i boot to linux i set the host name correctly and setup the same nic
for dhcp... I never get an address from the dhcp server. I also tried to
setup my address statically, but with no success.. anyone have any ideas on
why this doesnt work....
I really wanted to setup a linux router,,, i was hoping to stay away from
windows from now on except for some games... please help
**Linux convert in training
Cloudnj
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From: "tony j. podrasky" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.x
Subject: Login Session Manager - adding session
Date: Tue, 05 Sep 2000 18:01:29 -0700
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hi folks;
O/S: RedHat 6.1
X environments: GNOME/KDE/MOTIF
I installed MOTIF with the RPM.
I brought it up - works fine.
I want to install it so it is available with the LSM (Login Session
Manager).
I executed the utility, added it to the GNOME/KDE/failsafe/default list.
I backed out of the LSM, went back in and it is listed.
I went to init 1 and back to init 5, but it doesn't show up.
I went back into LSM and it is listed as an environment.
Any ideas?
I've added it to prefdm, put it in /etc/sysconfig/desktop and it works
fine - but I want to see it in the login session screen - like the
manual says it should.
regards,
tonyp
--
Tony J. Podrasky | What's this thing?
tonyp | It's called a MODEM.
@ | And what's this button for?
m24dptxp.nsr.hp.com | Whatever you do don't touc{{{7bh6x!{@$#)$% NO
CARRIER
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Arturo C)
Subject: Re: Redhat 6.2 and Apache
Date: 6 Sep 2000 00:21:51 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Tue, 05 Sep 2000 12:39:18 +0100,
Darren Christie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I have Redhat 6.2 installed on my laptop, it has Apache installed.
>However I want to remove this and have the version of Apache that I have
>compiled (which is in /usr/local/apache) used as the default.
>How do I do this?
>
>Thanks in advance
Remove the installed RPM's
rpm -e apache
rpm -e apache-devel
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Arturo C)
Subject: Re: set path
Date: 6 Sep 2000 00:34:41 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Wed, 06 Sep 2000 00:16:17 GMT, Brian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I have been unable to edit my $PATH or find any info on how to do it.
>One article said my path was in the '.profile' file, but neither /root or
>/home/<user> directories contain this file.
>I magazine article described such utilities as : addpath, delpath, edpath,
>listpath, uniqpath, but none of these appear to be in the man or info pages.
>Where is the path variable kept and how do I edit it?
global settings can go in /etc/profile User specific ones can go in
~/.bash_profile if using bash shell.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Arturo C)
Subject: Re: cron.daily
Date: 6 Sep 2000 00:17:56 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Tue, 5 Sep 2000 12:35:17 -0700, Bob Cent <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Hi,
>
>I would like to change the time when my cron.daily jobs execute so they
>don't interfer with my backup program's compare operation. I've poked
>around with cron and crontab, but this doesn't seem to be the way to do it.
>I need a hint. Thanks!
>
>Bob.
My /etc/crontab shows:
...
02 4 * * * root run-parts /etc/cron.daily
...
Runs daily at 4:02AM, modify as necessary.
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From: steve batson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: tape drives
Date: Wed, 06 Sep 2000 12:23:41 +1000
dave frost wrote:
>
> hi all,
>
> can anyone suggest a good quality tape drive that will work well under
> linux - in particular suse linux.
Sony (or HP) DDS-4 (scsi)
AIT-2 if you need speed (and have the money!)
DLT drives are OK for capacity but slowwww.......!
>
> cheers
>
> dave
steve batson
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From: "untoxik" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Netscape Problem??
Date: Tue, 5 Sep 2000 20:48:48 -0500
has anyone ever gotten a socks error when trying to use netscape in linux.
I verified that the box is connected to the internet....with kppp...
I can ping outside addresses....
but when i open up netscape....same thing....SOCKS ERROR
Netscape is set up for dial up not network..
can anyone help??
thanks.
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From: Black Eagle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: HELP! -- Grub tutorial?
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux.caldera
Date: Wed, 06 Sep 2000 02:02:24 GMT
Download Tom's Root Boot and get yourself a bootable single floppy version of
linux and see if you cannot get something salvagable that way.
Black Eagle
On Tue, 05 Sep 2000, Edward A. Falk wrote:
>Hi all; yesterday I tried to remove Caldera technology preview from
>my system and install redhat. The redhat install aborted (my
>mistake) and now when I reboot I get this "grub" prompt and can't
>get any further.
>
>Can anybody point me to a quickie tutorial on Grub?
>
>Quick overview of my situation: I may no longer have a bootable
>linux partition. I should have a bootable windoze partition. My
>computer won't boot from CD and I lost the floppy drive, so if
>I can't make the computer boot from hard disk again, I'm going to
>have some real contortions ahead of me.
>
>
>Fooey, I say. LILO may have been ugly, and a bastard to configure
>for newbies, but at least it *worked*.
>
>--
>-ed falk, [EMAIL PROTECTED] See *********************#*************#*
>http://www.rahul.net/falk/whatToDo.html #**************F******!******!*!!****
>and read 12 Simple Things You Can Do ******!***************************#**
>to Save the Internet **#******#*********!**WW*W**WW****
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From: Joseph Wilkicki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Gigabyte 7ZX-1 motherboard on-board sound
Date: Tue, 05 Sep 2000 22:02:19 -0400
Hi!
I have the Gigabyte 7ZX-1 motherboard with the AC97 Via PCI Audio chip.
I have tried Red Hat 6.1's sndconfig and it tells me that the device is
busy. Has anyone had any luck getting this sound chip to work? Or
should I look to use another sound board?
Thanks!
Joe W.
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From: Silviu-Alin Bacanu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Kernel source compilation failed
Date: Tue, 05 Sep 2000 22:05:38 -0400
Hi!
I wanted to update Redhat 6.2 kernel 2.2.14-5smp to vanilla 2.2.16smp
in order to
install MOSIX 0.97.7 .
I did
make mrproper
make menuconfig
took the Makefile and uncommented the install directory in /boot
make dep
make bzImage
make modules
make modules_install
At this point was no bzImage or new vmlinuz in /boot si I copied
/usr/src/linux/arch/i386/bzImage
to /boot changed the default to /boot/bzImage (that doesn't have a
initrd-xxxxx as the Redhat installation)
and ran lilo.
When I reboot I get:
scsi: 0 hosts
scsi: detected total.
Partition check:
VFS:Cannot open root device 08:01
Kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 08:01
Does this mean it cannot see the SCSI sda and cannot mount the root?
Is that because the initrd-xxxx is missing?
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
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