Linux-Setup Digest #608, Volume #19 Tue, 12 Sep 00 12:13:08 EDT
Contents:
binfmt_misc (Tomas Kral)
Help me for the scanner (Max)
Re: Stumped. Any ideas? (TekMate)
HP 930 (2:1)
Re: append ="128M" doesn't work (Jan Johansson)
Re: java40.jar netscape (Guy-Armand Kamendje)
Re: ALSA Drivers ("Bod")
Sv: Sv: Installing Win98, Win2000 and Linux on one PC?! ("Ulrik S. Kofod")
Re: user account difficulties (Kevin Handy)
Re: /dev/fd0 is gone. How to reconfigure? (Matthew C. Hawkins)
Linux-Mandrake totally unstable? (Jason Dix)
help -init_module:device or resource busy? ("Pat Parsons")
Re: xcdroast on redhat 6.2 doesn't work (exits itself) ("f.g.a.m.wouters")
LILO has blocked my windows partiton (Jan Iwaszkiewicz)
Re: ppp not quite working (Bill Unruh)
Re: Linux-Mandrake totally unstable? (Bill Unruh)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Tomas Kral)
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.misc,fa.linux.kernel,linux.redhat.install,linux.redhat.misc
Subject: binfmt_misc
Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2000 15:41:00 +0200
How can I create binfmt_misc dir in /proc/sys/fs ?
/proc is mounted with none device.
I'd love to insert a few binary formats as described in
/usr/src/linux/Documentation/binfmt_misc.txt while the support is
compiled in as CONFIG_BINFMT_MISC=m.
Thanx.
--
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SCIENCE Thomas Kral
SYSTEMS http://www.scisys.cz
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From: Max <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Help me for the scanner
Date: Thu, 7 Sep 2000 20:51:06 +0200
I there anybody to help me for install and configure a SCSI scanner ?
Help, Help, Help. I need it!
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From: TekMate <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux.caldera,comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.help
Subject: Re: Stumped. Any ideas?
Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2000 14:26:05 GMT
Fountainhead wrote:
> 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?
With the driver commented out will it still crash in a few minutes if yes then
it could be a hardware issue if no then it is the driver.
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From: 2:1 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: HP 930
Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2000 14:34:44 GMT
Hi
I haven't managed to find out anything from Red Hats site (all relavent
pages seem to 404 at me), so I'll ask here:
Will an HP 930 printer work with linux
Thanks
Ed
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From: Jan Johansson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: linux.redhat.misc,linux.redhat.misc
Subject: Re: append ="128M" doesn't work
Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2000 14:42:00 GMT
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 ?
append="mem=128M"
would prolly be better.
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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: Re: java40.jar netscape
Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2000 14:38:01 +0000
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Steve Bradley wrote:
>
> Guy-Armand Kamendje wrote:
>
> > 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
> > --
> > G.A. Kamendje || Tel +43 316 873 55 51
> > T-U Graz || www.sbox.tu-graz.ac.at/home/g/gaillard/
> > I.A.I.K ||www.iaik.at/people/gkamendje/gkamendje.html
>
> Set MOZILLA_HOME to you directory that Netscape is located in. In my
> case, the netscape files are in /opt/netscape so what I did was put
> MOZILLE_HOME=/opt/netscape
> export MOZILLA_HOME
> into my .bashprofile. I'm sure there are other places to put it too,
> but that was convienent and it worked. Be aware - if you are running
> multiple users, you'll need to add that to ALL of their .bashprofile(s)
>
unfortunately it does not work.
Thanks anyway for the hint
--
G.A. Kamendje || Tel +43 316 873 55 51
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: "Bod" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: ALSA Drivers
Crossposted-To: linux.redhat.misc
Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2000 16:18:00 +0100
Forgive my ignorance, but how do I do that?? I'm new to Linux.
> 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: "Ulrik S. Kofod" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.development.system,alt.os.linux
Subject: Sv: Sv: Installing Win98, Win2000 and Linux on one PC?!
Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2000 17:21:38 +0200
Kasper Dupont <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> skrev i en
nyhedsmeddelelse:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> 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
1) When I tried to mount / the 3 HD was unchecked when I tried to select it
again I got an error message. RedHat 6.0 does not allow that you mount / to
the 3. HD.
2) What I did was to copy the first 512kb of the Linux HD to a file and
moved it to the first HD. Then the win2000 boot manager can use it to boot
Linux.
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From: Kevin Handy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.linux,alt.os.linux
Subject: Re: user account difficulties
Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2000 09:31:48 -0600
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.
>
Did their default shell change? It looks like it is getting errors
in the users hidden startup files (ie. .profile, .login, etc)
do a 'ls /home/xxx/ -a' (where xxx is the users name) to see the
files starting with a dot. You may need to change them from
'csh' code to 'bash' code if the shell was changed from csh to
bash. (or whatever it was changed from/to)
Or else, you can change their default shell back to what it
was originally.
As a quick and dirty test, you could delete/rename/move one users
dot files and see if you can log in ok. (make sure you can
restore them afterwards)
> 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.
>
the PATH is probably screwed up due to problems with the login scripts.
Try giving the entire path in the command, like '/bin/echo xxx'
> So what would cause my root account to work but not my user accounts?
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From: Matthew C. Hawkins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: /dev/fd0 is gone. How to reconfigure?
Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2000 15:28:40 GMT
Is /dev/fd0 in /etc/fstab? pico fstab and make sure it is listed there.
Gilles Lamoureux wrote:
>
>
> 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: Jason Dix <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Linux-Mandrake totally unstable?
Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2000 15:28:40 GMT
I have an AMD K6-3 400 with FIC PA 2013 motherboard. A year ago I created
a linux partition on what used to be a single boot Windows98 machine. The
first time I installed Linux mandrake 6.5 everything went smoothly. No
crashes, no hangs - perfect. Then Windows needed a reinstall which also
forced me to reinstall linux. I first tried 6.5, went fine. Then I had
to change video card from Voodoo 3 2000 to ATI Xpert98 (cheap motherboard
won't run Voodoo card). So I reinstalled mandrake 6.5 again. It worked
but Linux (over many sessions) progressively became unstable. I purchased
Mandrake 7.1 and installed that over 6.5 and the problem kept getting
progressively worse. It took many cycles of trying to install Mandrake -
crash - reboot, before it finally installed. However after two days of
using linux, the system started crashing at shorter and shorter
intervals. Now, it won't boot to linux-period. Linux won't reinstall -
period. Windows 98 works fine, no crashes, all hardware works without a
hitch. What is going on here?
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From: "Pat Parsons" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: help -init_module:device or resource busy?
Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2000 10:36:55 -0700
I get this when trying to load a module for an ethernet card. It is not
already loaded.
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From: "f.g.a.m.wouters" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: xcdroast on redhat 6.2 doesn't work (exits itself)
Date: 12 Sep 2000 15:30:10 GMT
Wolfgang Scholz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schreef in artikel
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
> 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
>
I had the same problem with xcdroast .
The problem with me was that I had the wrong mounting point for writing the
image files.
You can log in as root and change the setup (don't forget to save).
If you have a SCSI harddisk you can cannot chose this as a mounting point,
and there are several forbidden points.
I hope this helps it did with me.
Frans Wouters
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From: Jan Iwaszkiewicz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: LILO has blocked my windows partiton
Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2000 17:40:01 +0200
Hi
During few instalations of MANdrake 7.1 I have installed Gimp and Lilo
in both: hda and hda1 on my disk (I'm not sure what is where). Hda1 is
Windows partiton. Now I can't boot windows nor mount hda1 to Linux
filesystem. Still I can operate on windows partition if I use windows
boot floppy. Please help. Jan.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bill Unruh)
Subject: Re: ppp not quite working
Date: 12 Sep 2000 16:01:10 GMT
In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Topher Cawlfield <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
]I agree that I don't have enough information to diagnose the problem, but I can
]almost rule out the possibilities you mentioned. How would I get further
]information? What would be helpful to know about?
axion.physics.ubc.ca/ppp-linux.html
is a step by step guide and also tells you how to set up and read the
debugging information. It sounds like you may not have teh defaultroute
option set up or your dns server set up.
]I have selected an option with kppp to log in interactively, where I provide my
]user name and password at the login prompt. I can get authenticated that way,
]and I can enter the command "ppp" at the prompt, and I get the usual string of
]gibberish. When I connect that way, the symptoms remain the same in both
]cases. On one dialup server I apparently connect but can't reach any computers
]but my own, and on another dialup server I timeout after some message about an
]unsupported appletalk protocol. I'm not sure that appletalk has anything to do
]with the problem, it may just be benign, coincidental message. I've also tried
]configuring ppp more "manually", using netconf instead of kppp. I get the eaxct
]same results with that method.
]All of the HOWTOs, FAQs, etc. that I've read respond to questions of how to get
]the modem working, all the way up until you get authenticated and enguage ppp.
]I'm having problems _after_ that point, apparently, and I can't find any
]information to help me out.
]Any ideas?
] - Topher
]Bill Unruh wrote:
]> Modem incompatibility
]> Wrong intialisation or authentication (eg trying to use login when they
]> want pap or chap).
]> Bad scripts.
]>
]> It is impossible to tell with the info you have given us.
]>
]> In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Topher Cawlfield <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
]>
]> ]I'm having a problem with PPP on a computer using Mandrake 7.1. I have
]> ]about 4 modem pools to dial into at the U of I, and I can only reliably
]> ]get into 1 of them (the one that's always busy at night, of course!).
]>
]> ]Two have had intermittent problems of one sort or another, where it
]> ]sometimes connects but most of the time it dials in, modem connects,
]> ]waits a long time "logging on", and then times out. The diagnostic
]> ]logs' last message (I'm using kppp) says something about being unable to
]> ]negotiate an appletalk protocol. It appears to have authenticated me by
]> ]that point.
]>
]> ]The main number that I would like to use has never worked. Okay, it
]> ]worked once when I was trying all sorts of stuff with my hostname and so
]> ]on, but I still have no idea why and I can't reproduce that. I can dial
]> ]in, and connect, but once connected I can't even ping any computers,
]> ]including any DNS servers. I am given a dynamic IP address that shows
]> ]up with "route -n" (and the routing table looks fine to me). When I
]> ]ping my own address, I see packets transmited and received, and get a
]> ]realistic round-trip time of 150ms or so. But when I ping any other
]> ]computer (by IP address since I can't reach any DNS servers), I only see
]> ]packets transmitted every few seconds, and none received.
]>
]> ]All 4 of these modem pools are using the same ppp and PAP software,
]> ]though the hardware is different. I can boot into Windows 98 and
]> ]connect to all of them without any problems. I've never before seen any
]> ]problems like the ones I'm having now, and have no idea how to even
]> ]investigate them further. I have another (older) computer at home
]> ]running RedHat 6.2 and I have no problems with that one, either. My
]> ]new computer is using a 3COM PCI modem, which from what I hear is the
]> ]only PCI modem that will work for Linux. It took me some time to get it
]> ]working, but it appears to me that the hardware works, at least.
]>
]> ]Has anyone seen problems at all like this, or even imagine what could
]> ]cause such problems? I imagine that I might have done something stupid
]> ]when trying to get my computers set up over a little LAN here, using
]> ]EtherFast ethernet cards and a hub. But I pretty much did the same
]> ]thing to both computers, and only one will connect to my favorite modem
]> ]pool. I'm at a loss.
]>
]> ]Any ideas?
]>
]> ]Thanks in advance,
]>
]> ] Topher Cawlfield ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bill Unruh)
Subject: Re: Linux-Mandrake totally unstable?
Date: 12 Sep 2000 16:04:55 GMT
In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Jason Dix <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
]I have an AMD K6-3 400 with FIC PA 2013 motherboard. A year ago I created
]a linux partition on what used to be a single boot Windows98 machine. The
]first time I installed Linux mandrake 6.5 everything went smoothly. No
]crashes, no hangs - perfect. Then Windows needed a reinstall which also
]forced me to reinstall linux. I first tried 6.5, went fine. Then I had
]to change video card from Voodoo 3 2000 to ATI Xpert98 (cheap motherboard
]won't run Voodoo card). So I reinstalled mandrake 6.5 again. It worked
]but Linux (over many sessions) progressively became unstable. I purchased
]Mandrake 7.1 and installed that over 6.5 and the problem kept getting
]progressively worse. It took many cycles of trying to install Mandrake -
]crash - reboot, before it finally installed. However after two days of
]using linux, the system started crashing at shorter and shorter
]intervals. Now, it won't boot to linux-period. Linux won't reinstall -
]period. Windows 98 works fine, no crashes, all hardware works without a
]hitch. What is going on here?
Not enough info here. The log files (/var/log) might contain some
information. I would completely wipe the Linux of that partition and
reinstall, not upgrade. But it does sound a bit to me like hardware
problems.
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