Linux-Setup Digest #567, Volume #19 Wed, 6 Sep 00 20:13:14 EDT
Contents:
mouse setup (Joseph Cooley)
super mounting not working ("ascii_superstar")
Re: how to change root partition in boot floppy (Carles Arjona)
linux boot problem (Marble Head)
Re: Floppy trouble ("b k g")
Re: NE2000 and 486 (Arturo C)
Re: How do I launch Star Office applications? ("William B. Cattell")
Re: :~( i think am gonna cry 5GB mp3es gone ("William B. Cattell")
Re: Mandrake 7.1 / SB AWE64 ("William B. Cattell")
Re: Floppy trouble (John Travis)
Re: Floppy trouble (John Travis)
Re: super mounting not working (John Travis)
Re: How to set PATH for cron (Colin Watson)
Re: HELP! -- Grub tutorial? -- answer (Colin Watson)
Re: cd writer? (Jim Broughton)
kernel 2.4.0-test7 module error ("Darren Welson")
/dev/fd0 is gone. How to reconfigure? ("Gilles Lamoureux")
mount: RPC: program not registered (Silviu-Alin Bacanu)
Re: kernel 2.4.0-test7 module error ("The infamous \"Brian\"")
Kernel Panic starting up Redhat 6.2? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Kernel Panic starting up Redhat 6.2? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: kernel 2.4.0-test7 module error (Silviu-Alin Bacanu)
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From: Joseph Cooley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc,alt.os.linux
Subject: mouse setup
Date: Wed, 06 Sep 2000 13:39:42 -0400
Hello,
I was wondering if anyone has any good advice for my situation. I have
looked through documentation and tried different things, but I am still
having problems. I am running Linuxppc on a G3 powerbook. I have a 3
button USB logitech wingman gaming mouse that I would like to use. It
plugs into my Cardbus pcmcia USB card. From the documentation and
various other users experiences I have read, it appears that this setup
may not yet be supported. I was wondering if anyone out there had tried
this at all? USB drivers are installed and come up during boot. I have
tried setting it up as a ps2 and usb mouse with no luck using
mouseconfig. I also manually twiddled the XF86config and
/etc/sysconfig/mouse files. As a last resort, I tried to set up my
system to use 2 mice (the default and working 1 button adb mouse)
through XF86config reading /dev/gpmdata and running gpm -m /dev/adbmouse
-t bm -M -m /dev/usbmouse -t ps2, but that did not seem to work either.
If anyone has any ideas, it would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks in advance,
Joe
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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: super mounting not working
Date: Wed, 6 Sep 2000 22:40:59 +0100
I downloaded the 2.2.17 kernel to install on my mandrake 7.1 system.
I compiled and installed the kernel with no problems.
The only thing is that supermounting no longer works in either kernel.
When I go to /mnt/floppy or /mnt/cdrom nothing happens.
I get into the directory fine but nothing is listed. The floppy drive shows
no activity, nor do the dcrom drives.
What have I done??
Thanks
sergio
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From: Carles Arjona <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,linux.redhat.install
Subject: Re: how to change root partition in boot floppy
Date: Wed, 06 Sep 2000 21:06:54 +0200
Reply-To: Carles Arjona <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> I dual boot to RedHat Linux6.0 or win95 with a boot floppy. My HD
> config is
<snip>
>
> currently / is mounted in /dev/hdc7
<>
> 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
cp /boot/vmlinuz /dev/fd0
rdev /dev/fd0 /dev/hdc8
> 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?
/etc/fstab must also be changed.
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From: Marble Head <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: linux boot problem
Date: Wed, 06 Sep 2000 17:36:00 -0400
Can anybody tell me why the kernel would panic, saying "init not found,
try using init="
I am able to boot without trouble, using "root=/dev/sdb1" but when I try
using "root=/dev/sdb5" the problem happens.
/dev/sdb5 does contain /bin /etc /sbin and /dev, so the files /sbin/init
and /sbin/telinit definitely exist. specifying the boot option
"init=/sbin/init" makes no difference.
Thanks in advance.
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From: "b k g" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux.mandrake
Subject: Re: Floppy trouble
Date: Wed, 6 Sep 2000 16:50:29 -0500
I've got the fstab set up as
/dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy auto users,noauto 0 0
Could this be my problem ?? .....................................^^^
??
I've got the directory /mnt/floppy, and it is read/write for g and o. mount
and umount
are read/write/exec for g and o. I've got the cdrom set up the same way and
I can mount it and use it as a normal user (not root). If I su to root and
mount dev/fd0 - any user can access it, also can unmount. BUT if I try:
mount -t msdos /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy
mount -t ext2 /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy
I get the error, only root can mount. If I try:
mount /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy
I get the error, bad filesystem or block device .... (both ext2 and msdos
floppies !!)
C Sanjayan Rosenmund <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> b k g wrote:
> > As root I can mount -a /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy
> > I can so this for ext2 and msdos floppy. However if not loggd as root
then
> > I get an
> > error saying specify filesystem, or bad block device. If I try the
mount
> > command I get
> > a message saying that only root can mount.
> >
> > So what now?
> Try adding a line to your /etc/fstab that looks like the following:
> > (you have to do this as root. . .)
> then any user will be able to mount the floppy with the command:
> mount /mnt/floppy
> would that solve your issue?
>
> --
> Sanjay
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Windows has detected that a gnat has farted near your computer.
> Press any key to reboot.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Arturo C)
Subject: Re: NE2000 and 486
Date: 6 Sep 2000 21:40:11 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Wed, 06 Sep 2000 10:04:26 GMT,
The Black Unicorn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I'm trying to transform an old 486DX into a local network server. I have
>to install two D-LINK DE220P ISA nics. according to the specs, they are
>fully NE2000 compatible, and they've worked in two other computers with
>the ne.o driver. but this time I can't get them configured. no matter
>which io address or irq i give them, I still get the 'resource busy'
>error. I've already tried the same with only one of the cards installed,
>same problem. putting it in another isa slot doesn't work, either.
>
>any ideas ?
In the past i've had to disable PNP on the NIC and set the io, and IRQ manually
to use it in my old 486's.
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From: "William B. Cattell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: How do I launch Star Office applications?
Date: Wed, 06 Sep 2000 22:32:12 GMT
cd into the bin dir under Star Office (in your /home dir).
Use the following line at a command prompt;
./soffice &
the './' is important (I assume you're running Bash).
Another good idea is to make sure that the /$HOME/"star office dir"/bin is
on the PATH in your local profile.
Bill
In article <8p291c$9it$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Jack Kessler"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Thanks, Marc, but that doesn't work, nor does it work without the
> ampersand, even in the directory where it lives....
>
> Marc Andre Selig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
>> The following message is a courtesy copy of an article that has been
>> posted to comp.os.linux.setup as well.
>>
>> "Jack Kessler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>>
>> > I learned how to mount the second CDROM, located Setup on it, and set
>> > up Star Office using Gnome. As it exited, it told me that it had
>> > opened a
> line
>> > in KDE from which to run it. Red Hat's default is Gnome, which has a
> menu
>> > category for applications. None of the Star Office applications
>> > appear
> on
>> > it. What do I do to invoke / launch it?
>>
>> Probably just "soffice&", entered at a terminal prompt.
>
>
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From: "William B. Cattell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: :~( i think am gonna cry 5GB mp3es gone
Date: Wed, 06 Sep 2000 22:41:05 GMT
Try to boot off a Win98 emergency boot disk and see if you can get ot the
parition that way. Another trick would be to use fip and see if it can see
the partition - if it can then there's probably hope that it can be salvaged.
When you boot off the emergency disk go to a command prompt - leave
the GUI stuff for when it's fixed.
YMMV
Bill
In article <8p5v4n$8h$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
> i realy didnt make any think unordinary i were using a partition table
> like this
> 6gb fat32
> 10mb boot
> 3gb ex2 debian potato
> 250mb swap
> again 5gb fat32
>
> then i set-up mandrake with same partision table and formated linux
> related partisions.After reboot mandrake said "couldnt mount
> hda4"(which was my second fat partision full of mp3's).Then i swich
> windows and windows said "disk d: is not formated or been bloked by
> another application"
> Fdisk didn't start either said "there is an corraption" or some
> thing like that
> After all i setup potato again on first installatin it gived fatal
> error and want to format hda4!! i said
> -NO NO NO dont do it iwant them back please
> on secand try potato couldnt mount hda4 again but after setup of
> debian fdisk on dos worked and showed 5gb fat as primary dos .
> Am i loseing my favorite mp3's because i try to set up linux between
> two fat partision?i think this cant be a reason to lose all my philip
> glass , micheal nyman songs and also cakewalk 9 pro and other important
> sound programs that realy cant be abandoned.
> one of my friens said try fdisk -mbr but Infact there is really no
> command called fdisk -mbr .
> i'm confused !!Does anybody like fusion,ethnic jazz ,turkish
> jazz,minimalist classical and progresive rock music .CAN ANY BODY HELP
> ME I AM ABOUT TO CRY!!!
>
>
> Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ Before you buy.
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may collect dust for want of being oft ridden. Ride thy Harley
with thy brethren, and rejoice in the spirit of the road.
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From: "William B. Cattell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Mandrake 7.1 / SB AWE64
Date: Wed, 06 Sep 2000 22:52:07 GMT
Mark - Take a look at a kernel package in the Documentation
dir. (/usr/src/linux/Documentation). There should be a couple
files that talk about the CL AWE sound cards. Although
it sounds like you're using a distribution kernel these docs
will give you an idea of what the system 'should' look like. Pay
attention to the talk about the PnP config.
You'll want to do an lsmod to see if all modules are loaded. Use
the insmod command to load the ones that are missing. Email me
offline if you need somemore assistance - I'm running a Mandrake
distro taht started as 6.1->7.0. Yes, I have an AWE64.
In article <8m7s3h$eu7$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Mark Thomas"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi
>
> My problem is that Mandrake 7.1 does not see my AWE64. When I use
> HardDrake, is does not even show in the list of found devices. I tried
> the old "sndconfig" program and it passed with flying colours, but still
> it does not work. The KDE CD Playing goes through the motions, but
> nothing come out.
>
> Mark
>
>
>
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From: John Travis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Floppy trouble
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux.mandrake
Date: Wed, 06 Sep 2000 23:05:20 GMT
In alt.os.linux.mandrake b k g <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I used chmod to ... chmod go+x mount -also- chmod go+x umount
>I also used chmod to ... chmod go+rw fd0
>So, why can't I access my floppy unless I am logged as root ???? This is
>real frustrating.
>Maybe I am missing something real simple? Does anyone know what is going
>on?
>As root I can mount -a /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy
>I can so this for ext2 and msdos floppy. However if not loggd as root then
>I get an
>error saying specify filesystem, or bad block device. If I try the mount
>command I get
>a message saying that only root can mount.
>So what now?
Udjust your fstab correctly. Just include the "user" parameter for the floppy
reference.
jt
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From: John Travis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Floppy trouble
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux.mandrake
Date: Wed, 06 Sep 2000 23:07:04 GMT
In alt.os.linux.mandrake b k g <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I've got the fstab set up as
>/dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy auto users,noauto 0 0
>Could this be my problem ?? .....................................^^^
>??
Whoops posted to the top of the thread ;-). It should be "user" not users.
jt
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From: John Travis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: super mounting not working
Crossposted-To: alt.linux,alt.os.linux.mandrake,comp.os.linux.x
Date: Wed, 06 Sep 2000 23:10:03 GMT
In alt.os.linux.mandrake ascii_superstar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I downloaded the 2.2.17 kernel to install on my mandrake 7.1 system.
>I compiled and installed the kernel with no problems.
>The only thing is that supermounting no longer works in either kernel.
>When I go to /mnt/floppy or /mnt/cdrom nothing happens.
>I get into the directory fine but nothing is listed. The floppy drive shows
>no activity, nor do the dcrom drives.
>What have I done??
>Thanks
>sergio
First you have to include supermount support (either directly or modular) in the
kernel (meaning you have to use the mandrake source). If the kernel couldn't
find supermount during boot, it will have altered your fstab file, removing any
reference to it. Just go through and put it back in ;-). The proper syntax can
be found at <http://www.mandrakeuser.org>
jt
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Colin Watson)
Subject: Re: How to set PATH for cron
Date: 6 Sep 2000 22:22:45 GMT
Dave Anderson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Does anyone know how to set the PATH variable for the cron daemon.
>I know to use full path names in the crontab, but one of these
>commands (taper) uses stuff in /usr/sbin, which isn't in the cron
>PATH.
'man 5 crontab' - you can just use lines that look like:
PATH = /usr/sbin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/bin
... and you should be fine.
--
Colin Watson [[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
"Oh Danny Boy, the pipes, the pipes are calling,
From glen to glen, and down the mountainside ..."
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Colin Watson)
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux.caldera
Subject: Re: HELP! -- Grub tutorial? -- answer
Date: 6 Sep 2000 22:27:14 GMT
Edward A. Falk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>A bit more web browsing found the answer. The commands I was
>looking for were:
>
> chainloader (hd0,0)+1
> boot
>
>My, how very obvious. Not.
>
>At least I got my machine back up, with another OS installed now.
>
>Between the eight-hour install procedure, and this POS booter,
>and the broken x86 config, I'm never touching Caldera again.
Actually, I have to admit to rather liking GRUB. I'm prepared to believe
Caldera didn't set it up amazingly well, but being able to configure
everything at the grub> prompt sure beats the hell out of rebooting and
editing /etc/lilo.conf all the time, especially if you play with weird
operating systems.
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"Abandon the search for Truth; settle for a good fantasy."
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From: Jim Broughton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux.mandrake,comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.questions
Subject: Re: cd writer?
Date: Wed, 06 Sep 2000 23:29:23 GMT
greg wrote:
>
> I had same problem and this fixed it no problems
> http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/demos/Tutorial/CDburner/pages/cdBurner4.php
> 3
>
> Just follow the directions
>
> Cheers
>
> Greg
Seems as though the link you posted is busted. Any other idea?
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From: "Darren Welson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: kernel 2.4.0-test7 module error
Date: Wed, 6 Sep 2000 16:16:37 -0700
I recompiled the 2.4.0-test7 kernel for Intel architecture on a RedHat 6.2
system, and when I did a 'make modules' I got an error telling me it could
not find a module for a SCSI device AIC7XXX or something like that. Am I
missing something, or is there a module I need to specify? Anyone else run
into this problem? What am I doing wrong?
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From: "Gilles Lamoureux" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: netscape.public.iws.linux
Subject: /dev/fd0 is gone. How to reconfigure?
Date: Wed, 6 Sep 2000 18:44:48 -0500
My /dev/fd0 is gone. I copied a replacement from my RH 6.0 cd. But the
system is now
asking me to configure it. Does this mean I need to load a new driver? O
something else. I am attempting to do so now.
gilles56
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From: Silviu-Alin Bacanu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: mount: RPC: program not registered
Date: Wed, 06 Sep 2000 19:47:18 -0400
Hi!
trying a NFS install for rh 6.2 i got:
"I could not mount that directory from the server"
and then further down:
"mount: RPC: program not registered".
The server exports the /cdrom directory to everybody.
Any thoughts?
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From: "The infamous \"Brian\"" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: kernel 2.4.0-test7 module error
Date: Wed, 06 Sep 2000 23:48:24 GMT
Hi Darren:
Darren Welson wrote in message <8p6j94$are$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>I recompiled the 2.4.0-test7 kernel for Intel architecture on a
>RedHat 6.2 system, and when I did a 'make modules' I got an error
>telling me it could not find a module for a SCSI device AIC7XXX
>or something like that. Am I missing something, or is there a
>module I need to specify? Anyone else run into this problem?
>What am I doing wrong?
I had a terrible time getting test7 to compile a useable kernel until I did
a "make clean".
Try this;
make dep
make clean
(very important with test7)
make bzlilo
(or whatever - perhaps "make bzdisk" for a test floppy)
make modules
make modules_install
Best regards,
Brian
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.help
Subject: Kernel Panic starting up Redhat 6.2?
Date: Wed, 06 Sep 2000 23:42:18 GMT
Hello all,
I'm having a little trouble with the Redhat 6.2 I just installed. It
went through the installation without a hitch, but when I tried to boot
it the first time (and every time since), I get the following output:
----
CPU: AMD Athlon(tm) Proccessor Stepping 02
Enabling extended fast FPU save and restore...... Done.
Disabling CPUID Serial number.... general protection fault
Kernel Panic: Attempted to kill the idle task!
In swapper task - not syncing
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Some info about my system -
CPU: AMD "Thunderbird" 750
Linux: Redhat v6.2
Mobo: Asus A7V
RAM: 256
HDD: 8GB linux partition
Swap: 280 MB
Anyone have any idea as to what the deal is? Any help is greatly
appreciated.
Thanks very much,
-Andrew
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Kernel Panic starting up Redhat 6.2?
Date: Wed, 06 Sep 2000 23:43:01 GMT
Hello all,
I'm having a little trouble with the Redhat 6.2 I just installed. It
went through the installation without a hitch, but when I tried to boot
it the first time (and every time since), I get the following output:
----
CPU: AMD Athlon(tm) Proccessor Stepping 02
Enabling extended fast FPU save and restore...... Done.
Disabling CPUID Serial number.... general protection fault
Kernel Panic: Attempted to kill the idle task!
In swapper task - not syncing
----
Some info about my system -
CPU: AMD "Thunderbird" 750
Linux: Redhat v6.2
Mobo: Asus A7V
RAM: 256
HDD: 8GB linux partition
Swap: 280 MB
Anyone have any idea as to what the deal is? Any help is greatly
appreciated.
Thanks very much,
-Andrew
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From: Silviu-Alin Bacanu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: kernel 2.4.0-test7 module error
Date: Wed, 06 Sep 2000 19:50:39 -0400
Darren Welson wrote:
> I recompiled the 2.4.0-test7 kernel for Intel architecture on a RedHat 6.2
> system, and when I did a 'make modules' I got an error telling me it could
> not find a module for a SCSI device AIC7XXX or something like that. Am I
> missing something, or is there a module I need to specify? Anyone else run
> into this problem? What am I doing wrong?
I guess you have to specify it in menuconfig-> SCSI configuration ->lower level
SCSI devices subconfiguration
I couldn't boot because of it.
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