Linux-Setup Digest #607, Volume #19 Tue, 12 Sep 00 10:13:09 EDT
Contents:
fdisk - changing size of extended partition ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
booting from scsi ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: SB 16 ISA PnP: Alsa ok, Kernel not??? (Dean Plude)
Re: NEW NVIDIA DRIVERS (Warning) ("Thomsen, Ole")
ALSA Drivers ("Bod")
Re: Helixcode and FREE space! ("ascii_superstar")
Re: undersize display ("Anita Lewis")
xcdroast on redhat 6.2 doesn't work (exits itself) ("Wolfgang Scholz")
Re: undersize display ("Anita Lewis")
Re: fs type swap not supported by kernel (=?iso-8859-1?Q?Rasmus_B=F8g_Hansen?=)
Re: SB 16 ISA PnP: Alsa ok, Kernel not??? (Frank Steiner)
Re: SB 16 ISA PnP: Alsa ok, Kernel not??? (Frank Steiner)
Re: fdisk - changing size of extended partition
(=?iso-8859-1?Q?Rasmus_B=F8g_Hansen?=)
user account difficulties (Buschman)
append ="128M" doesn't work ("ido")
Re: SB 16 ISA PnP: Alsa ok, Kernel not??? (Frank Steiner)
Re: ALSA Drivers ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: trouble installing Diamond Fire GL 1000 Pro (Rob Komar)
Re: append ="128M" doesn't work (Davide Bianchi)
Re: user account difficulties (Bob Niederman)
Re: user account difficulties (Paul Wilson)
Re: Sv: Installing Win98, Win2000 and Linux on one PC?! (Kasper Dupont)
Stumped. Any ideas? ("Fountainhead")
How to turn on DTR ? (Martin)
fips problem with large disks? (Norman Levin)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: fdisk - changing size of extended partition
Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2000 11:55:39 GMT
I need to take space away from my DOS partition to give Linux room to
grow. I have deleted a logical DOS partition to free up space.
I have been wondering if I could safely use fdisk to reduce the size of
the DOS extended partition and to increase the size of the root
partition. Since I have no means of backing up entire partitions, I am
hoping that I can simply change the ending cylinder of the extended DOS
partition and the beginning cylinder of the root partition.
The table looks like this now:
/dev/hda1 1 65 6 FAT16
/dev/hda2 321 543 83 Linux
/dev/hda3 544 553 82 Linux swap
/dev/hda4 66 320 5 Extended
/dev/hda5 66 129 6 FAT16
/dev/hda6 130 193 6 FAT16
/dev/hda7 194 257 6 FAT16
Since I created a space between 258 amd 320, I thought I might be able
to change the ending cylinder of /dev/hda4 (extended DOS) to 257, and
the beginning cylinder of /dev/hda2 (Linux) to 258.
It sounds too easy, so I thought I had better check in for some more
knowledgeable opinions before I make a mess!
Thanks
[EMAIL PROTECTED] - email replies are fine, my newsgroup access is a
little slow
Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
Before you buy.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: booting from scsi
Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2000 12:13:24 GMT
My current set up is Redhat booting from hda3 via floppy disk, this
allows my good missus to boot up into windoze without the hassle of
boot managers and the likes
The problem I am having now is I have been given a scsi card and 1Gb HD.
Yipee I thought, I then installed Linux Storm 2000 onto my scsi drive
<sda1> (I believe) and everything went fine until I tried to boot from
scsi. The message "no bootable devices found" (or something like that)
came up and that was it.
Q. How do I get the scsi HD to boot?
Q. Alternatively, how do I go about creating a floppy to boot to the
scsi drive (just like my trusty redhat floppy)
Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
Before you buy.
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From: Dean Plude <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: SB 16 ISA PnP: Alsa ok, Kernel not???
Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2000 12:26:23 GMT
modprobe sb io=0x220 irq=5 dma=1 dma16=3 mpu_io=0x330
note you must pass parm to this module to work
Frank Steiner wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I've a strange problem with a Sounblaster 16 ISA PnP on SuSE 6.4.
> The card is detected by alsaconf, and everything works fine with
> the alsa drivers. But the kernel drivers (sb.o) refuses to detect
> the card (unfortunately, I need the kernel drivers for Quake I).
>
> In /proc/isapnp there are the following information:
>
> Card 1 'CTL00f0:Creative ViBRA16X PnP' PnP version 1.0 Product version 1.0
> Logical device 0 'CTL0043:Audio'
> Device is not active
> Active port 0x220,0x330,0x388
> Active IRQ 5 [0x2]
> Active DMA 1,3
> Resources 0
> Priority preferred
> Port 0x220-0x220, align 0x0, size 0x10, 16-bit address decoding
> Port 0x330-0x330, align 0x0, size 0x2, 16-bit address decoding
> Port 0x388-0x3f8, align 0x0, size 0x4, 16-bit address decoding
> IRQ 5 High-Edge
> DMA 1 8-bit byte-count compatible
> DMA 3 8-bit byte-count compatible
> Alternate resources 0:1
> ...
> etc.
>
> Ok, so I tried the following lines on the modules.conf file:
>
> alias char-major-14 sb
> post-install sb /sbin/modprobe "-k" "adlib_card"
> options sb io=0x220 irq=5 dma=1 dma16=3 mpu_io=0x330
> options adlib_card io=0x388
>
> After doing a depmod, I tried "modprobe sb" (after unloading
> the alsa driver of course), but got the following:
>
> /lib/modules/2.2.16/misc/sb.o: init_module: Device or resource busy
> /lib/modules/2.2.16/misc/sb.o: insmod /lib/modules/2.2.16/misc/sb.o failed
> /lib/modules/2.2.16/misc/sb.o: insmod sb failed
>
> The same when I try to specify irq etc. directly as parameter to modprobe.
> With "fuser" I've checked that no one is using the sound devices...
>
> When alsa is loaded, it shows the following information in /proc/asound:
>
>
> Sound Driver:3.8.1a-980706 (ALSA v0.5.5 emulation code)
> Kernel: Linux linux 2.2.14 #1 Sat Mar 25 00:45:35 GMT 2000 i686
> Config options: 0
>
> Installed drivers:
> Type 10: ALSA emulation
>
> Card config:
> Sound Blaster 16 at 0x220, irq 5, dma 1
>
> Audio devices:
> 0: DSP v4.16 (DUPLEX)
>
> Synth devices: NOT ENABLED IN CONFIG
>
> Midi devices:
> 0: MPU-401 (UART)
>
> Timers:
> 7: system timer
>
> Mixers:
> 0: CTL1745
>
> That all looks very fine to me, but why is the kernel driver
> refusing to detect the card???
>
> Has anyone an idea? I would really appreciate any help!!!
>
> Best regards,
> Frank
>
> --
> Dipl.-Inform. Frank Steiner mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Lehrstuhl f. Programmiersprachen mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> CAU Kiel, Olshausenstra�e 40 Phone: +49 431 880-7265, Fax: -7613
> D-24098 Kiel, Germany http://www.informatik.uni-kiel.de/~fst/
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From: "Thomsen, Ole" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: NEW NVIDIA DRIVERS (Warning)
Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2000 14:27:02 +0200
I experienced the same effect, with a GeForce 256 and SuSE 7.0 (Kernel
2.2.16 and the latest available updates for GeForce cards from the SuSE
ftp-site.
After a few seconds my workstation got locked up totally, not even a
telnet from another
PC was possible any more. No ctrl-alt-backspace, no nothing. I could
only hardware-reset the machine.
Nevertheless, I use reiserfs and only one big partition, so the reboot
time after is quite short.
Regards,
Ole
=====Urspr�ngliche Nachricht=====
Von: Adam K Kirchhoff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]Im Auftrag von
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Bereitgestellt: Donnerstag, 7. September 2000 16:43
Bereitgestellt in: setup
Unterhaltung: NEW NVIDIA DRIVERS
Betreff: Re: NEW NVIDIA DRIVERS (Warning)
In comp.os.linux.x S. Umar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Did you compile the kernel module from source rpm? I have no problems
> using ANY of the nvidia drivers with my GeForce 256 and 2.2.16 kernel.
> I don't think using your ext2 partition had anything to do with these
> drivers....I think NVIDIA has done a great job putting together a
> install FAQ....As I said I have been using 0.92 through 0.95 WITH NO
> PROBLEMS!!! Let's be more fair.
> --
OK then... Let's be fair:
I've used .92, .93, and .94 on my TNT2. Within seconds of starting most
3D apps, my computer has completely locked up on me. Couldn't even ping
it. Forced a hard reboot. Spent 30 minutes fsck my hard disk. Once,
my
home directory was so screwed I had to restore everything from tape.
Now,
perhaps nVidia isn't responsible for the fact that my home partition was
screwed up, but their drivers *did* cause the lock up that led to
hitting
the power switch.
Let's continue to be fair:
I sent a couple messages to the e-mail address nVidia supplied,
describing
the situation. I never got a response. Not *one* response to that
problem. So, I visit the irc channel for them. Although there were
plenty of nice people there, *none* of them were helpful.
So, in the grand tradition of being fair, nVidia blows me off as
customer
so I blow them of as a manufacturer. They've lost a customer. And
until
they change their attitude, I will *not* be coming back.
Adam
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From: "Bod" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: linux.redhat.misc
Subject: ALSA Drivers
Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2000 13:50:53 +0100
Hi,
I'm attempting to install the ALSA sound drivers in RH6.2 with little
success.
The drivers have compiled OK but when attempting to load the driver using
/sbin/modprobe snd-card-cs461x (I have a Crystal CS461x) , I get a message
stating that the device is busy.
What is happening and how can I resolve it?
TIA
Bod
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Reply-To: "ascii_superstar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
From: "ascii_superstar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.linux
Subject: Re: Helixcode and FREE space!
Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2000 13:51:54 +0100
It doesnt give me the oppotunity to do anything like say where my apckages
are. As soon as I run the installer:
./installer-latest-intel or something
It pops up with that error message.
thanks for your help though
sergio
Ill keep trying to figure it out, but doubt I can :-)
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From: "Anita Lewis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.x
Subject: Re: undersize display
Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2000 09:02:40 -0400
"Jeph Herrin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> how? I stupidly wrote over the XF86Config I had, and Xconfigurator
> can't seem to make anything using "Generic" that will run - unless
> I twiddle it, in which case I get the same problem as described. Some
> switch needs specifying, I suppose, but have no idea which.
>
> thanks,
> jeph
>
>
> Pat Parsons wrote:
>
> > Go back to generic.
> >
>
Try using the text based program xf86config. I know you can choose generic
with that program and you can put your actual monitor horiz and vert ranges
in. Be sure to have it set the link for you.
Anita
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From: "Wolfgang Scholz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: xcdroast on redhat 6.2 doesn't work (exits itself)
Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2000 15:05:02 +0200
I installed xcdroast v0.96ex (rpm package from redhat server) on my redhat
Linux 6.2.
After I start xcdroast and do the setup, I select the button "Copy Data-CD".
Now the next screen appears for 1 seconds and xcdroast exists itself without
any message.
Also everytime I start xcdroast, it says, that something has changed on the
SCSI bus, but there wasn't something changed.
Knows anyone where I can find some add. information about my problems with
xcdroast or knows anyone such problems?
I use
TEAC CD-R56S CD-Writer
PLEXTOR PX-40TS CD-Drive
Adaptec AHA2940UW SCSI-Adapter
Thanks for help
Wolfgang
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From: "Anita Lewis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.x
Subject: Re: undersize display
Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2000 09:06:34 -0400
"Jeph Herrin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Thanks Anita. You were right about the 3.6.1 typo, but wrong about
> the docs. I'd already used that - that's what convinced me to bag my
> generic setup. The only thing the link says is to not specify the
> VideoRam, which as I noted, doesn't work. Also xvidtune doesn't really
> have enough play to fix the problem.
>
> I'd be happy to go back to the generic driver, if I could (I stupidly
> wrote over the install XF86config). Xconfigurator gives me something
> that won't fire up - any ideas about how to get the RedHat installation
> XF86config?
>
> jeph
>
>
> Anita Lewis wrote:
>
> > "Jeph Herrin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> > news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> > >
> > > Problem:
> > > Using XFree86 3.6.1 (with Redhat 6.2) I can persuade X to
> > > write only to the middle 70% of my screen. That is, I get a full
> > > desktop image, but it's centered with about 1.5inch black strip
> > > around the outside. Since I'm using 14" monitor, this is a bit of
> > > a hit. Since I also can't get anything other than a 1024x780
resolution,
> > > this is rather hard to look at.
> > >
>
> > (snip)
>
> >
> > I don't know anything about your card except what I found on
> > www.xfree86.org; so here it is:
> >
> > http://www.xfree86.org/3.3.6/apm.html
> >
> > (snip)
> >
> > Anita
>
Since you have tried using the docs and have the current stable XFree86, I
would recommend that you get some data using your setup with
startx -verbose &>startxlog
Then go to www.xfree86.org and submit the problem. They have a form there
someplace. I have used it a couple of times and got good response. But it
is very important to fill out the form and include that log. It is also
important to be using the newest version of XFree86. In this case you need
not be using 4.0.1. If you describe the problem and submit what they ask
for, which may also inclued /etc/X11/XF86Config, you will likely hear from
someone there.
Anita
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From: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Rasmus_B=F8g_Hansen?= <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: fs type swap not supported by kernel
Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2000 15:16:08 +0200
On Tue, 12 Sep 2000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> The swap partition won't load at boot ("invalid argument"), and returns
> the msg above when I try to mount it manually. cat /proc/filesystems
> confirms that there is no swap fs supported. This problem seems to date
> from a hard drive crash (which is now ok), but I have done nothing to
> the kernel to cause a change. Because of this, I am reluctant to
> re-compile, at least until I get some feedback on other possible reasons
> why this is happening.
> I have deleted and recreated the swap partition, just in case.
> My fstab entry looks ok to me:
> /dev/hda3 none swap sw 1 1
I would set it to:
/dev/hda3 swap swap defaults 0 0
with 'none' placed where you do, you tell the kernel, that it shall use
this swap-type partition for nothing.
> The distribution is RH 6.0
> My best guesses so far are that:
> ?the swap fs support needs to be loaded as a module and the module is
> either not loading or is missing
> ?this distribution uses a different name for the swap filesystem
> and/or needs a different fstab entry
>
> Any help is appreciated, since the system definitely needs a swap file.
> It is acting like Windows, hanging and crashing when I have
> memory-intensive apps running! e-mail replies are fine with me, as my
> newsgroup access is a bit slow - [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Thanks
>
>
> Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
> Before you buy.
>
Rasmus B. Hansen
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From: Frank Steiner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: SB 16 ISA PnP: Alsa ok, Kernel not???
Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2000 15:12:29 +0200
Dean Plude wrote:
> =
> modprobe sb io=3D0x220 irq=3D5 dma=3D1 dma16=3D3 mpu_io=3D0x330
> note you must pass parm to this module to work
=
Well, that should be done automatically by the entries
in modules.conf, but even with the parameters directly
passed to modprobe, it does not work... :-(
Best regards,
Frank
-- =
Dipl.-Inform. Frank Steiner mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Lehrstuhl f. Programmiersprachen mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
CAU Kiel, Olshausenstra=DFe 40 Phone: +49 431 880-7265, Fax: -7613
D-24098 Kiel, Germany http://www.informatik.uni-kiel.de/~fst=
/
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From: Frank Steiner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: SB 16 ISA PnP: Alsa ok, Kernel not???
Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2000 15:14:42 +0200
sideband wrote:
> =
> Hrm... Well, you know.. gotta ask the stupid questions first. ::grin::
> =
> does SuSE have sndconfig, or something similar? Worked for me on
> RedHat.
=
No sndconfig, but there is a possibility in their new install tool
(yast2) which I've not used because I prefer the old, textmode-based-
everything-can-be-done-manually yast1 ;-)
But good idea anyway, I will see what yast2 does for me :-)
Best regards,
Frank
-- =
Dipl.-Inform. Frank Steiner mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Lehrstuhl f. Programmiersprachen mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
CAU Kiel, Olshausenstra=DFe 40 Phone: +49 431 880-7265, Fax: -7613
D-24098 Kiel, Germany http://www.informatik.uni-kiel.de/~fst=
/
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From: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Rasmus_B=F8g_Hansen?= <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: fdisk - changing size of extended partition
Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2000 15:18:35 +0200
fdisk (the DOS-one as well as the Linux-one) do not have the ability to
change sizes on partitions. If you are going to use them, you will have to
delete the partition and create a bigger one.
As an alternative, you could use partitionmagic or some other
resize-enabled partition program.
Rasmus B. Hansen
On Tue, 12 Sep 2000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I need to take space away from my DOS partition to give Linux room to
> grow. I have deleted a logical DOS partition to free up space.
> I have been wondering if I could safely use fdisk to reduce the size of
> the DOS extended partition and to increase the size of the root
> partition. Since I have no means of backing up entire partitions, I am
> hoping that I can simply change the ending cylinder of the extended DOS
> partition and the beginning cylinder of the root partition.
> The table looks like this now:
> /dev/hda1 1 65 6 FAT16
> /dev/hda2 321 543 83 Linux
> /dev/hda3 544 553 82 Linux swap
> /dev/hda4 66 320 5 Extended
> /dev/hda5 66 129 6 FAT16
> /dev/hda6 130 193 6 FAT16
> /dev/hda7 194 257 6 FAT16
>
> Since I created a space between 258 amd 320, I thought I might be able
> to change the ending cylinder of /dev/hda4 (extended DOS) to 257, and
> the beginning cylinder of /dev/hda2 (Linux) to 258.
>
>
> It sounds too easy, so I thought I had better check in for some more
> knowledgeable opinions before I make a mess!
> Thanks
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] - email replies are fine, my newsgroup access is a
> little slow
>
>
> Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
> Before you buy.
>
---
Datalogi - en livsstil
Intet liv, ingen stil
-- Morten Bruun
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Buschman)
Crossposted-To: alt.linux,alt.os.linux
Subject: user account difficulties
Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2000 13:20:30 GMT
Hello linux pros. Today, I finally finished my install of Mandrake
7.1. Now I haven't had a chance to test everything out just yet, but
one problem I notice right off the bat is the user accounts are all
f'd up.
Now the root account seems to be working fine. Granted it can't pine
either, but that's probably cause pine isn't installed yet. Do I
install pine using an RPM?
Anyways when I log on as a user I get a string of error messages as
follows:
Last login: Tue Sep 12 09:02:43 on tty1
id: Command not found.
id: Command not found.
id: Command not found.
[: Command not found.
test: Command not found.
Then comes the login prompt. However, virtually no commands work on
user accounts. The only commands that seem to work are 'cd' and
'logout'. ls, pwd, pine, ifconfig, su, etc, etc none of them work.
So what would cause my root account to work but not my user accounts?
Thanks people,
Buschman
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From: "ido" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: linux.redhat.misc,linux.redhat.misc
Subject: append ="128M" doesn't work
Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2000 16:16:54 +0200
Hi,
I added the above line to my lilo.conf file but still, after checking using
top, I see that I only have 64M. (I do see the computer count to 128M at the
startup...)
I'm using redhat 6.2
any suggestions ?
-i
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From: Frank Steiner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: SB 16 ISA PnP: Alsa ok, Kernel not???
Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2000 15:17:49 +0200
yast2 automatically installs the alsa drivers only :-((
-- =
Dipl.-Inform. Frank Steiner mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Lehrstuhl f. Programmiersprachen mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
CAU Kiel, Olshausenstra=DFe 40 Phone: +49 431 880-7265, Fax: -7613
D-24098 Kiel, Germany http://www.informatik.uni-kiel.de/~fst=
/
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: linux.redhat.misc
Subject: Re: ALSA Drivers
Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2000 15:23:43 +0200
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Tue, 12 Sep 2000 13:50:53 +0100, "Bod"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Hi,
>
>I'm attempting to install the ALSA sound drivers in RH6.2 with little
>success.
>The drivers have compiled OK but when attempting to load the driver using
>/sbin/modprobe snd-card-cs461x (I have a Crystal CS461x) , I get a message
>stating that the device is busy.
>
>What is happening and how can I resolve it?
In the docs you may find a statement telling that you must enable sound
support in the kernel without activating a specific card. Did you do that ?
--
Eggert Ehmke
Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Rob Komar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: trouble installing Diamond Fire GL 1000 Pro
Crossposted-To: alt.linux,alt.os.linux
Date: Mon, 11 Sep 2000 21:49:54 -0700
Buschman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Thu, 07 Sep 2000 17:02:11 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Buschman)
> wrote:
>>
>>
>>How do you install a video card in the machine? Not physically, but
>>the drivers? I mean at strartup it asked me about clock times and a
>>bunch of info that I don't know about. I wrote to Diamond but there
>>reply was less than helpful. Is this a bad card to try and install on
>>a linux box? Is there a popular/cheap/PCI video card that the install
>>will pick up and easily installs? I don't need super high performance
>>but I would like a video card that can run 1024 X 768 at at least 16
>>bit color(perferrably 32 bit). I know the fire GL can do this on a
>>windows machine but I can get any drivers to install on my linux box.
>>
>>Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>>
>>Buschman
Hi,
you need the server for the 3DLabs chipset (it should come as part
of your Linux distribution). Use SuperProbe to see if the chipset
and amount of memory are correctly probed. If so, then the Device
section in your XF86Config file can be pretty short. If you're
still stuck, E-mail me and I'll send you a copy of the XF86Config
file I used with that card.
Cheers,
Rob Komar
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Davide Bianchi)
Crossposted-To: linux.redhat.misc,linux.redhat.misc
Subject: Re: append ="128M" doesn't work
Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2000 13:27:37 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Tue, 12 Sep 2000 16:16:54 +0200, "ido" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Hi,
>I added the above line to my lilo.conf file but still, after checking using
>top, I see that I only have 64M. (I do see the computer count to 128M at the
>startup...)
>I'm using redhat 6.2
>any suggestions ?
Have you updated lilo typing "lilo" at the prompt after added the line
to the lilo.conf ?
Davide
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From: Bob Niederman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.linux,alt.os.linux
Subject: Re: user account difficulties
Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2000 08:33:22 -0500
Buschman wrote:
>
>
> So what would cause my root account to work but not my user accounts?
>
> Thanks people,
> Buschman
Try issuing:
/bin/echo $PATH
in root and non-root and see what the results are. Sounds like the
$PATH, which is a list of directories where the shell searches for
commands when you don;t give a complete path, is messed up.
--
- Bob Niederman http://bob-n.com
Fight UCITA! http://www.4cite.org, http://bob-n.com/ucita
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From: Paul Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.linux,alt.os.linux
Subject: Re: user account difficulties
Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2000 08:32:17 -0500
Buschman wrote:
>
> Hello linux pros. Today, I finally finished my install of Mandrake
> 7.1. Now I haven't had a chance to test everything out just yet, but
> one problem I notice right off the bat is the user accounts are all
> f'd up.
>
> Now the root account seems to be working fine. Granted it can't pine
> either, but that's probably cause pine isn't installed yet. Do I
> install pine using an RPM?
>
> Anyways when I log on as a user I get a string of error messages as
> follows:
>
> Last login: Tue Sep 12 09:02:43 on tty1
> id: Command not found.
> id: Command not found.
> id: Command not found.
> [: Command not found.
> test: Command not found.
>
> Then comes the login prompt. However, virtually no commands work on
> user accounts. The only commands that seem to work are 'cd' and
> 'logout'. ls, pwd, pine, ifconfig, su, etc, etc none of them work.
>
Sounds like users' PATH environment variables aren't getting set up. As
one of the users, do a /bin/echo $PATH and see what it says.
Paul
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From: Kasper Dupont <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.development.system,alt.os.linux
Subject: Re: Sv: Installing Win98, Win2000 and Linux on one PC?!
Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2000 15:31:14 +0200
Ulrik S. Kofod wrote:
>
> I installed a win98,Linux and a win2000 server on the same computer on 3
> HD's
> I can't see why it should not work with 3 partitions.
>
> first I installed win98 on the first HD
> win2000 I then installed on the 3. HD
> Linux must be on the 2. HD because / can't be mounted to the 3. HD (?)
> (don't think that is the case when you use partitions)
> LILO must be placed on the HD/ partition where Linux is installed.
>
> I was not able to mount the FAT32 partitions in Linux but I was able to
> mount the FAT16 partitions I had created on HD 1 and 3.
>
> win2000 creates a boot manager where you can select to boot win98 and
> win2000 and it can be modified so that you can boot Linux also.
> A boot disk can also be used.
It should be possible to mount / from the 3. HD, but
having /boot on the 3. HD does not work with all BIOSes.
The location of /boot is critical because at boot time
the files must be loaded using bios calls. If /boot is
part of the root filesystem that must be located in a
place from where you can boot. If /boot is mounted as
a separate filesystem the root filesystem can be located
anywhere on any harddisk. (as long as the driver is in
the kernel.)
Accessing the first 512MB of the first harddisk would
normally always work, depending on BIOS version and
LILO version the rest of the harddiskspace may cause
trouble.
--
Kasper Dupont
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From: "Fountainhead" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux.caldera,comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.help
Subject: Stumped. Any ideas?
Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2000 08:41:01 -0500
System:
HP Pavilion 8240 P266 32MB RAM 3GB HD
NetworkEverywhere NC100 card
Internet access (DSL) configured through Linksys router
O/S
COL 2.3 kernel 2.2.17 (just upgraded from 2.2.10) installed on /dev/hda1
Swap file on dev/hda2
No other O/S
Background:
Installed NIC but old kernel version did not like tulip and pci-scan modules
Upgraded kernel to 2.2.17 and then installed the netdriver package, courtesy
of Donald Becker/Scyld
Everything worked fine for a few minutes and then system crashed while
browsing
Only way to reboot system was to power off and on
Worked fine for a few minutes and crashed again while browsing
Even power cycle did not help
Booted using emergency diskette and commented out the above driver entries
in /etc/modules/default
System booted properly
Swap file was not being recognized so made the recommended changes
Uninstalled netdriver package and re-installed
Re-configured eth0
System worked fine for a few minutes and crashed again even though I was
using terminal-based ftp
Given that the system crashes a few minutes after boot, are there any
overheating issues, memory overruns, or something else perhaps that is being
exceeded that shouldn't be?
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From: Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: linux.redhat.misc,comp.os.linux.help
Subject: How to turn on DTR ?
Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2000 08:49:49 -0500
I just upgraded to redhat 6.2 and now when I open the serial
port(/dev/ttyS0), the DTR line is not turned on. Can anyone help me
determine what options has to be set to enable DTR line on the serial
port.
On 5.2 the DTR was turned on when the port was opened. Can this be
fixed or is there a special options required to enable the DTR by
default?
Thanks
Marty
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Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2000 00:57:17 -0500
From: Norman Levin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: fips problem with large disks?
anybody run into problems with fips on a large disk?
I have a 13gb disk with a single primary of 13gb which is "C:". I ran fips and shrank
to a minimum. Installed Linux BUT dos was
no longer bootable. Most of the systems had win98 in it.
--
Norman Levin
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