Linux-Setup Digest #605, Volume #19 Tue, 12 Sep 00 04:13:11 EDT
Contents:
Re: 3dfx Voodoo3 AGP RH 6.1 (Dramen Mendra)
Re: not able to get a ftp session (Glitch)
Re: GNOME Keeps Locking Up... Help! (Glitch)
Re: Kernel Panic starting up Redhat 6.2? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Kernel Panic starting up Redhat 6.2? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: scsi tape drive question (Kenneth Harrington)
Re: Suse--how to make a boot disk? ("Gero H. Marten")
Re: how to configure PPP (MaryP)
Re: not able to get a ftp session ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: help ppp sent [LCP ConfRej id=0x1 <... (David. E. Goble)
Re: Can't Alter My Path, Can't Find My Path (Craig Kelley)
Re: 3dfx Voodoo3 AGP RH 6.1 (Craig Kelley)
Re: Kernel Panic starting up Redhat 6.2? (Craig Kelley)
Re: What is Anaconda in RH? ("Adam H.")
Alsa and XMMS (Bill Pringlemeir)
Via82cxxx sound chip (codec) on motherboard (Bill Pringlemeir)
ISDN PPP fast at first, then slows down ("Shaun Conn")
suse 6.4 and corel wordperfect problem (Aldo)
Re: What is Anaconda in RH? (Vilmos Soti)
Re: installing php as a dyn module -- problem with apxs (Colin Watson)
java40.jar netscape (Guy-Armand Kamendje)
Re: HELP!!!!! Need help on linux installation!!!!!!!!! Linux Newbie question!!!!
(Eric)
Re: scsi will not load ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Can't Alter My Path, Can't Find My Path (Davide Bianchi)
Re: What is Anaconda in RH? ("Adam H.")
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From: Dramen Mendra <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: "dramen @nycap.rr.com" <nospam>
Crossposted-To: 3dfx.glide.linux
Subject: Re: 3dfx Voodoo3 AGP RH 6.1
Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2000 02:52:58 GMT
does agp work under redhat 6.1?
dramen
Elliott wrote:
> linux.3dfx.com should have the drivrs you need. I have the same card,
> only its PCI, and it works great. BTW, after you install the drivers,
> don't run the X configurator. Edit your XF86Config file instead.
>
> Rodney Loisel wrote:
>
> > 3dfx Voodoo3 AGP distr: RH 6.1
> > System p2mmx 96MB
> > Is this card supported in Linux
> > If so where might I start getting info for it.
> > Thanks
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Date: Mon, 11 Sep 2000 23:38:35 -0400
From: Glitch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: linux.redhat.misc
Subject: Re: not able to get a ftp session
the service may be enabled in inetd.conf but does it exist on the
computer? When i first started working with ftp with suse 6.2 wu.ftpd
was selected to be used in inetd.conf only it wasn't on the computer. I
switched it to in.ftpd and try another connection with ftp and it worked
fine. What helped me was i read the errors in /var/log/messages.
i'd suggest you do the same.
"Armando (Andy) Stirpe" wrote:
>
> Hi everyone...this may sound like a very stupid question, but here it
> goes....
>
> I have a linux workstation (Redhat 6.1) in which i am having trouble
> FTPing to ( ...trying to get access to any user account). The
> worstation retuns a "connection failed" message. I am able to FTP to
> other computers from the workstation as well as surf until I'm blue. As
> for security on the workstation, there are no entries in the hosts.allow
> or hosts.deny files and the service is enabled in the inetd.conf file.
>
> Any help or input will be greatly appreciated
>
> Andy
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Date: Mon, 11 Sep 2000 23:41:45 -0400
From: Glitch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: GNOME Keeps Locking Up... Help!
Ed wrote:
>
> I have RH 6.2 with Helix GNOME and Sawfish window manager. I am having
> major problems with GNOME locking up. Sometimes I can Ctrl+Alt+Backspace
> out of GNOME, but other times I need to turn off the computer. I run
> Win98 on the same machine with no problems, and Gnome crashes in just 2
> minutes sometimes and other times in 2 hours, so I doubt that it's
> overheating or anything like that.
>
> Any ideas? Are there logs that I could look at that might help me figure
> this out... I've been using Linux for ~2 weeks, so I'm a bit clueless...
yes, try /var/log/messages
thats the main system log where most things get dumped to
any info on what is happening during hte crash would be helpful too if u
want help from someone on here
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.help
Subject: Re: Kernel Panic starting up Redhat 6.2?
Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2000 03:29:27 GMT
Marvin,
Thanks for your help, but it didn't quite work out. I tried, as you
said, to make a boot disk, but I couldn't get it to boot off of that
either, I got the same error. That is, it would boot, and would start
reading off the floppy, but then it would get to the same kernel panic
and bomb out on me. I would go to the RedHat site and download the new
kernel, but I can't get into Linux to install it, so there seems to be
no point until I can get in somehow.
Any other ideas?
Thanks,
-Andrew
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.help
Subject: Re: Kernel Panic starting up Redhat 6.2?
Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2000 03:31:45 GMT
Clark,
As you suggested, the boot disk didn't work out easily. I also tried
what you mentioned, trying to tell LILO? the kernel? where the rest of
the OS was, but that didn't work. Do you know who posted that info to
you? Maybe they could give me some more info. Have you gotten a
chance to try a re-install?
Thanks again,
-Andrew
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From: Kenneth Harrington <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: scsi tape drive question
Date: Mon, 11 Sep 2000 21:04:04 -0700
You don't "mount" a tape drive.
Use tar, cpio, dd, etc to write to it. There are some backup programs
available which probably write and read it for you, but I can't remember
the names of any of them off the top of my head. I'm sure there have
been posts about backups on the newsgroups. A search on deja.com should
give you some pointers.
Todd Sussman wrote:
>
> I have a Seagate scsi tape drive on my system.
> The computer at boot tells me it has a scsi tape at st0.
> When I try to mount it I get an error that it isn't in the fstab or mtab
> files.
> Sometimes it tells me it is not a block device.
> What do I need to do to mount it. I want to transfer my backups over to it.
> Thanks in advance
>
> Todd
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From: "Gero H. Marten" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Suse--how to make a boot disk?
Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2000 06:14:37 +0200
> Dom Franco wrote:
>
> Is there an easy way to create a boot disk for Suse Linux? I
> installed Suse on my hard drive but didn't create a boot disk when I
> installed it. I have been booting from the CD-ROM.
Starting SuSE version 6.3 you don't need a special "bootdisk". Use the
install disk to get SuSE Linux running.
--
Gero H. Marten
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (MaryP)
Subject: Re: how to configure PPP
Date: 12 Sep 2000 04:24:41 GMT
> "Jack Kessler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:In Linux one follows
Unruh's 16 page
> > HOW-TO line by line and may or may not get connected. (In my case still
> > not.) ...
While the problem sometimes lies with the ISP being attuned mostly to MS,
sometimes it lies with your own computer. Mine had an IRQ conflict. I had
no idea where to find the problem but Bill U. and another helpful person
here
sorted it out for me. I would much prefer going on line and getting help
from a few knowledgeable people than going through MS tech support. This
way I gain some background information so I can solve my own problems
and build my system exactly the way I want it over time.
Once I got the IRQ straightened out, I found wvdial and have used that
ever since. It's extremely easy to configure and according to the man page
it works with about 95% of the ISPs out there. Did you try it yet? It's on
every cdrom I've got here - I'm not sure why it's omitted from the default
installs. Just rpm it onto your hd and away you go.
Mary P.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: linux.redhat.misc
Subject: Re: not able to get a ftp session
Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2000 04:37:14 GMT
Another good idea to do is to check to see if the package is installed
by typing "rpm -qa". This will list all packages. You should have one
for ftp or wu-ftp.
-Larry
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Glitch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> the service may be enabled in inetd.conf but does it exist on the
> computer? When i first started working with ftp with suse 6.2 wu.ftpd
> was selected to be used in inetd.conf only it wasn't on the
computer. I
> switched it to in.ftpd and try another connection with ftp and it
worked
> fine. What helped me was i read the errors in /var/log/messages.
>
> i'd suggest you do the same.
>
> "Armando (Andy) Stirpe" wrote:
> >
> > Hi everyone...this may sound like a very stupid question, but here
it
> > goes....
> >
> > I have a linux workstation (Redhat 6.1) in which i am having trouble
> > FTPing to ( ...trying to get access to any user account). The
> > worstation retuns a "connection failed" message. I am able to FTP
to
> > other computers from the workstation as well as surf until I'm
blue. As
> > for security on the workstation, there are no entries in the
hosts.allow
> > or hosts.deny files and the service is enabled in the inetd.conf
file.
> >
> > Any help or input will be greatly appreciated
> >
> > Andy
>
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From: goble@gtech (David. E. Goble)
Crossposted-To: alt.linux,alt.os.linux,aus.computers.linux
Subject: Re: help ppp sent [LCP ConfRej id=0x1 <...
Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2000 05:38:57 GMT
Reply-To: goble@gtech
>
>Thanks for your reply and your suggestions. I will check out the pppd man page and
>try out the novj option.
>
Hi all;
This suggestion did not work. I am still unable to get the routing (?)
to work.
--Regards David. E. Goble
goble [AT] kin.net.au
http://www.kin.net.au/goble
Po Box 648 Kingscote, Kangaroo Island, SA 5223
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Subject: Re: Can't Alter My Path, Can't Find My Path
From: Craig Kelley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: 11 Sep 2000 23:42:49 -0600
"Ric" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Here's the situation:
>
> I'm a newbie logged in as root in KDE (I KNOW it's dangerous). When I type
> 'echo $PATH' I get '/sbin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin'.
>
> In /etc/profile I found a path statement but it looks like it's part of a
> sub-script and it doesn't match this path (it includes games). I added a
> 'PATH=$PATH:/opt' and an 'export PATH'. I logged out and back in. It made
> no difference to my path statement. I tried again with quote marks around
> $PATH:/opt. No difference.
In your HOME there is a file called .bash_profile. Add this line to
it:
export PATH=$PATH/opt/bin
(or wherever your bin directory is under /opt)
man bash
--
The wheel is turning but the hamster is dead.
Craig Kelley -- [EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.isu.edu/~kellcrai finger [EMAIL PROTECTED] for PGP block
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Crossposted-To: 3dfx.glide.linux
Subject: Re: 3dfx Voodoo3 AGP RH 6.1
From: Craig Kelley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: 11 Sep 2000 23:43:05 -0600
Dramen Mendra <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> does agp work under redhat 6.1?
Yes.
--
The wheel is turning but the hamster is dead.
Craig Kelley -- [EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.isu.edu/~kellcrai finger [EMAIL PROTECTED] for PGP block
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Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.help
Subject: Re: Kernel Panic starting up Redhat 6.2?
From: Craig Kelley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: 11 Sep 2000 23:45:10 -0600
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> Marvin,
>
> Thanks for your help, but it didn't quite work out. I tried, as you
> said, to make a boot disk, but I couldn't get it to boot off of that
> either, I got the same error. That is, it would boot, and would start
> reading off the floppy, but then it would get to the same kernel panic
> and bomb out on me. I would go to the RedHat site and download the new
> kernel, but I can't get into Linux to install it, so there seems to be
> no point until I can get in somehow.
>
> Any other ideas?
You need a different kernel. Try installing the
kernel-2.2.16-xx.i386.rpm package (and use i386, not i686). RedHat
made a boo-boo in their i686 kernel package.
You will need to edit /etc/lilo.conf after you install the new kernel,
and you will need to re-run lilo. It is a pain, and a bug -- but it
is already fixed in rawhide, and will be fixed in RedHat 7.0.
--
The wheel is turning but the hamster is dead.
Craig Kelley -- [EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.isu.edu/~kellcrai finger [EMAIL PROTECTED] for PGP block
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From: "Adam H." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: What is Anaconda in RH?
Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2000 11:45:25 +1000
"rhys" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Anaconda is RedHat's install script written in Python. (An Anaconda is
> one big Python;)
OK - I've tried installing the 'server' install method (no GUI), but I still
get an exception. Do you have
any idea why I would be getting this exception?
TIA
Adam
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Subject: Alsa and XMMS
From: Bill Pringlemeir <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2000 06:24:55 GMT
I have compiled the mpg123 source and the Alsa emu10k1 driver for a SB
live card. The alsa utils and the mpg123 work; I can play MP3 files.
I like the XMMS program look because I am use to using WinAmp
software. It was playing mp3 songs at one point, but now it always
reports that the device is taken. I re-configured my CD/RW to use
scsi emulation instead of ATAPI. I think the reboot cause the XMMS to
stop working for some reason. I have a Mandrake install
[bpringle@localhost bpringle]$ cat /proc/version
Linux version 2.2.13-4mdk ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) (gcc version \
2.95.1 19990816 (release)) #1 Tue Sep 7 18:23:11 CEST 1999
The ALSA drivers appear to be the latest. 0.5.9c (downloaded recently).
[bpringle@localhost bpringle]$ xmms --version
xmms 0.9.1
I couldn't find documentation on XMMS supporting Alsa, but it does
use the OSS and my mixers and other programs seem to work with the
alsa driver. Will a newer versions of the XMMS (1.2.x) fix this or
should I go about it another way.
Thanks,
Bill
--
I think I am ready to compile the kernel. I just have one question,
what is source code?
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Subject: Via82cxxx sound chip (codec) on motherboard
From: Bill Pringlemeir <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2000 06:37:58 GMT
[this is a completely different computer than my other post]
I have a computer with a Via82cxxx chip on the mother board. I am
using Red Hat 6.2. The bios has facilities to enable/disable the
`on-board SB'. It also has fields to set the ioports, IRQ, and DMA
channel.
When the SB is enabled in the bios, the pnpdump program causes a
segmentation fault. Is it worth submitting a bug report? The info
page says BUGS, nah. The Sound-HOWTO discusses using pnpdump.
Disabling the SB in the BIOS allows the pnpdump program to run. I
then created a isapnp.conf file and the startup seemed to accept this.
However, running modprobe via82cxxx always fails. Is there some way
to tell it to use specific io, IRQ and DMA? They are 220h, IRQ5, and
DMA1. /proc/ioports, dma, and interrupt show no conflicts; but the
via82cxxx sound chip is not listed in the proc files.
thanks,
Bill
ps, I looked a the via82cxxx source but it didn't seem to have
documentation on how to pass parameters. It appears to attempt to use
IRQ7 when it runs by itself. I did get PPPoE, and a CD/RW working all
by myself...
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From: "Shaun Conn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux.mandrake
Subject: ISDN PPP fast at first, then slows down
Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2000 06:44:18 GMT
Hi
I connect to several different ISPs over an external ISDN TA using kppp. At
first I get 8K/s downloads, which is fine, but after 2 or 3 minutes this
slows to about 200b/s and then stalls.
If I log off and on again, it seems to start at the fast end again.
Its as if something is filling up somewhere.....
Any ideas?
TIA
Shaun
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From: Aldo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: suse 6.4 and corel wordperfect problem
Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2000 06:24:37 GMT
my distribution is suse 6.4 (kernel ver 2.2.14)
i have tried to install corel wordperfect 2000
i unpacked the wpo2 files in /usr/local; i cd to the new directory wpo2
and run ./setup32, but got the following error msg:
corel application installer error libc6 (glibc) 2.0 or higher is
required.
does suse 6.4 not use this library?
can anyone help me?
thanks
aldo
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Subject: Re: What is Anaconda in RH?
From: Vilmos Soti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2000 06:46:32 GMT
"Adam H." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> OK - I've tried installing the 'server' install method (no GUI), but I still
> get an exception. Do you have
> any idea why I would be getting this exception?
What else does it say? What is the exact error message?
Vilmos
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Colin Watson)
Subject: Re: installing php as a dyn module -- problem with apxs
Date: 12 Sep 2000 00:28:33 GMT
aaandre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>configure commands are --with-apxs --with-mysql
>the apache server is NOT in the default directory
>how do I tell apxs where the apache server installation is?
I haven't looked at this specific example, but the way you normally do
this is something like '--with-apxs=/path/to/installation'.
--
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"Logic is about flogging a dead horse." - Computer Science lecturer
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From: Guy-Armand Kamendje <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: linux.redhat,linux.redhat.install,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.x
Subject: java40.jar netscape
Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2000 07:11:15 +0000
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I have the following problem. Even though my CLASSPATH is
correct, netscape (Java is active in the preferences) can not find
java40.jar, and is not able to start java
applets. The only copy of java40.jar is locate under
/usr/lib/netscape/java/classes. I symblink it to
/usr/jdk-1.1.6/classes/javar40.jar but it was not enough.
Do anybody have an idea how I can get netscape finding java40.jar?
Thanks for any hint
(I'm running Redhat 6.2 with kde 1.1.2)
Guy-Armand
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T-U Graz || www.sbox.tu-graz.ac.at/home/g/gaillard/
I.A.I.K ||www.iaik.at/people/gkamendje/gkamendje.html
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From: Eric <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: HELP!!!!! Need help on linux installation!!!!!!!!! Linux Newbie
question!!!!
Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2000 09:25:32 +0200
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
mst wrote:
>
> The 1024-cyl limit is another issue; but you _can_ use LILO from the hda
> MBR to boot a kernel from a physically different drive. In fact, I'm
> doing it right now, my kernel (and root partition, since I use
> Slackware, and in Slack the kernel is on /, not /boot) is on /dev/hdb3,
> below the 1024 cyl limit though. I boot it from the MBR of the master
> primary. It's all in the man page of lilo.conf:
>
> boot = /dev/hda #it's the MBR of the master primary where lilo will be
> #installed; if omitted, the MBR of the device where the
> #current root partition is will be used
> .
> .
> .
> image = /vmlinuz
> root = /dev/hdb3 #what will be mounted as root
> .
And I'm doing that too, but that isn't the issue I warned for in my
first post.
IIRC there are BIOS'es that can only boot an OS that is on a HDD on
IDE0, so hda and hdb is not a problem, the problems arise when you try
hdc or hdd to boot from. I'm not sure why bios'es cannot boot from these
drives, but I would suspect an addressing issue , thus giving a very
similar problem as the 1024 cyl. issue. Maybe all that you cannot do is
make a partition active on those drives, thus disabling the ability for
other OS's (like win98) to boot from such a drive (ie. because win98
does not have a separate bootloader).
But I may well be totally wrong about this, so please correct me if so.
(I will still give people the advise not to boot from hdc/hdd if I
cannot have physical access to their PC's and check for myself that it's
not a problem for their situation, until I know for sure that it's never
a problem)
Eric
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: scsi will not load
Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2000 07:18:53 GMT
Hi Chris,
>From what I can read around, there should be no issue with the RAID
level since this is at hardware level and therefore transparent to the
OS.
The idea about compiling the scsi controller into the kernel is a
sound one, but this does not solve the issue about how to boot an
initially installed system, because the installation process does not
offer control over how the kernel is built.
Anyway, thanks for the ideas, in the meantime, reboot and reinstall...
Peter
On Thu, 07 Sep 2000 16:11:54 -0400, "Christopher A. Stevens"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I can install Redhat 6.2 succesfully, but the system reboots and
>> cannot see any scsi hosts, and so kernel panics.
>>
>> Symbios NCR8x SCSI controller PCI card:
>> 0 disks
>>
>> Adaptec 7800 SCSI controller on board:
>> 0 disks
>>
>> Netraid 3si SCSI RAID controller PCI card:
>> 8 disks @ 18Gb configured:
>> 0 disks on controller0
>> 4 disks on controller1
>> (first two disks are RAID1)
>> 4 disks on controller2
>> (second two disks on controller1 and all disks on controller2 are
>> RAID5)
>>
>> During the install process the system correctly detects the Netraid
>> 3si scsi controller and loads the megaraid driver. The disks are
>> visible to the install OS, and after partitoning /boot on sda1, / on
>> sda5, and swap on sda6, the OS formats the partitions and installs the
>> packages.
>>
>> The system then reboots and gets as far as detecting the IDE CDROM.
>> Then it kernel panics because it has not loaded the megaraid scsi
>> module, and therefore it cannot see the root partition on sda5.
>>
>> I have used a rescue disk to access the system, and gone into the
>> initrd file using losetup /dev/loop, and I saw that the megaraid.o
>> driver was under /lib/modules, and I even added insmod megaraid.o to
>> the linuxrc file.
>>
>> The problem remains.
>>
>> Does anyone have any ideas...?
>>
>> Peter
>
>Not an expert here, and not a redhat user, but do you have the correct
>kernel installed. I think that if you are going to have root (/) on a
>SCSI controller, the SCSI controller support has to be compiled in the
>kernel. It can't be a loadable module, because the kernel has to mount
>root first before loading modules. The exception being, using a ramdisk
>image (initrd) that is being loaded before the kernel boots, that
>contains the correct modules.
>
>After re-reading your message, it seems that RH is using a ramdisk image
>for modules. If that is not working, then try compiling the SCSI
>controller code into the kernel instead of using a module.
>
>Also, I have not done RAID, but I think I remember reading something in
>a HOWTO once about only "LINEAR" and "RAID0" is supported for the root
>file system, don't know if that is still true. But if you can do this,
>then make sure the RAID code is either in the kernel or being loaded by
>initrd as well.
>--
>Christopher A. Stevens
>Navigation/Data Reduction
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Davide Bianchi)
Subject: Re: Can't Alter My Path, Can't Find My Path
Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2000 07:31:18 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Tue, 12 Sep 2000 01:29:50 GMT, "Ric" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>Here's the situation:
>
>I'm a newbie logged in as root in KDE (I KNOW it's dangerous). When I type
>'echo $PATH' I get '/sbin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin'.
>
>In /etc/profile I found a path statement but it looks like it's part of a
>sub-script and it doesn't match this path (it includes games). I added a
>'PATH=$PATH:/opt' and an 'export PATH'. I logged out and back in. It made
>no difference to my path statement. I tried again with quote marks around
>$PATH:/opt. No difference.
>
>I've checked the bash profile and bashrc. I can't find where
>'/sbin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin' comes from. I'm running Mandrake.
>
>Where is the path hidden? I've spent two days trying to find it on my own
>following all the nice notes from LinuxNewbie. I yield. Help.
>
Well, I don't know how this is managed in mandrake. In my RedHat,
under /etc/rc.d/init.d there is a standard script called functions
that contains the standard definition of PATH.
If you add your path to the .bash_profile into your home directory
(~/.bash_profile) the path is not updated ? this sound strange to me.
Davide
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From: "Adam H." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: What is Anaconda in RH?
Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2000 18:58:14 +1000
"Vilmos Soti" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> What else does it say? What is the exact error message?
Exception Occurred:
Traceback (innermost last):
File "/usr/bin/anaconda", line 342 in ?
intf.run(todo, test = test)
File "/usr/lib/anaconda/text.py", line 1165, in run
rc = apply (step[1](), step[2])
File "usr/lib/anaconda/text.py", line 702, in __call__
If todo.doinstall ():
File "/usr/lib/anaconda/tody.py", line 1252 in do Install
self.WriteConfiguration ()
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