Linux-Setup Digest #696, Volume #19 Mon, 25 Sep 00 16:13:10 EDT
Contents:
Re: easy questions for a linux user w/ a little experience (Buschman)
Re: Help Needed Configuring Remote Printer on SUSE 6.4 (ThomasWalz)
linux received signal 11....... (m.k.bux)
Re: ISAPNP ad1816 sound card problem (D G)
questions ("Joel Stitzel")
Where can I buy cheap RH7.0 CD($1 or $2)? Thnx!! (No content) ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: [OT] Re: Implications ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Unable to run XWindows (Rana Shoaib Ahmad)
Re: Implications ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Sharing swap space between windows and linux ("Space Cowboy")
Re: aic7xxx 2.4.0 kernel module...gone (bill davidsen)
Re: How do I get X going as well as xvidtune (Anita Lewis)
Problem in installing redhat 6.0 linux ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
machine acting weird after power outage ("Pascal J. Hos")
NTFS partitions ("rak")
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Buschman)
Crossposted-To: alt.linux,alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.networking,alt.os.linux.mandrake
Subject: Re: easy questions for a linux user w/ a little experience
Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2000 18:10:53 GMT
There is so much going wrong with this machine I think I am going to
reload Linux from scratch. I will write back if the same problem
arises. I definitely will not enable supermount again.
Buschman
On 22 Sep 2000 13:57:46 GMT, "Peter T. Breuer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>In alt.os.linux.mandrake Buschman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>: I am still unable to mount the floppy. I always get the same error no
>: matter what or where I try and mount it.
>
>: mount: /mnt/floppy is not a block device
>: return 32
>
>We are still unable to see what you are typing as a command in order to
>cause this error to appear. Whould you mind reporting it, please?
>
>:>> configure the properties of mount and unmount. Now that supermounting
>:>> is enabled, how do I alter those properties?
>
>Turn OFF supermount.
>
>Look, it's simple: To mount your device you make a mount point for it,
>like so:
>
> mkdir -p /mnt/floppy
>
>Then (possibly as root), you give the command to mount it there:
>
> mount -t vfat /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy
>
>That's all. That was for a formatted floppy. If you want to see if the
>device is working, just blatt it without mounting it. Something like
>dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/fd0 should nicely erase your floppy (as root).
>
>Of course, a floppy has to be in the drive when you do this, the drive
>itself must not already be mounted, etc. etc. etc. Let us make use of
>your eyes and report the state of the machine and the error messages
>(from /var/log/messages) to us, so that we can share in your
>information.
>
>Peter
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Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2000 20:23:46 +0000
From: ThomasWalz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: Help Needed Configuring Remote Printer on SUSE 6.4
SuSE Linux 6.4
First you have to load the appropriate module for
your SCSI Controller.
Kernel Module
SCSI Controller
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Henrik Carlqvist wrote:
>
> Tom Millington wrote:
> > I am a newbie trying to put Linux on another server, namely an old
> > P133 (Altos) that has 3 x 4.5Gb SCSI hard drives and a SCSI CDROM.
>
> > I have tried to use the Linux boot floppy but neither the hard drives
> > nor the CD are seen - in other words it says I have no hard drives or
> > CD player.
>
> You will have to use a boot floppy which supports your scsi card. Which
> distribution are you trying to install? Slackware has different floppies
> for different SCSI controllers.
>
> regards Henrik
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From: m.k.bux <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: linux received signal 11.......
Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2000 18:30:04 -0000
dear sir.
we have purchased the above software and when we are
trying to intall this programm we are unable to
install it we are getting the message 'install exited
abnormally received signal 11.......whenever we are
trying to install after some installation the above
message comes.
we are installing as server net working system,is it
possiblle that the workstation thrugh window 95 and
windows 98 if it is possible than let us know a to how
it is to set up on server and windows workstation.
kindly let us know step by step how to set it up.
thanking you verymuch awiting for your reply soon.
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From: D G <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: ISAPNP ad1816 sound card problem
Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2000 11:37:22 -0700
> > Pieter van Beek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > >I have an ad1816 pnp sound card, and RH6.0, kernel 2.2.5
> > >
> > >The problem is, it won't play a sound. The mixer works, though, I can test that
>with the microphone.
> > >Below, there's some more information about what I found out so far. Does anyone
>knoe what could be going on here?
I have an integrated ad1816 sound card, RH 6.2, kernel 2.2.16-3. The
sound also worked fine on RH6.1, kernel 2.2.12-20. I don't use isapnp.
I have the BIOS set to "Plug-n-play OS=NO", and my BIOS has an option to
select the I/O and IRQ for the sound, but I set it to auto instead.
Here are my relevant /etc/conf.modules entries:
alias sound ad1816
pre-install sound /sbin/insmod sound dmabuf=1
options ad1816 io=0x500 irq=5 dma=0 dma2=3 ad1816_clockfreq=33000
alias midi opl3
options opl3
io=0x0388
It works great for me, but as always, your mileage may vary.
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From: "Joel Stitzel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: questions
Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2000 14:44:20 -0400
2 questions!
1. how do you program a web counter under apache? ( i don't know html very
well and front page extensions don't work when running on the apache server)
2. how do i change ftp access to my linux box for a given user (myself) so
that i can remotely update the files on my web page (under home/httpd/html
or whatever)
any help would be greatly appreciated!
-joel
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Where can I buy cheap RH7.0 CD($1 or $2)? Thnx!! (No content)
Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2000 18:40:30 GMT
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.software.config-mgmt
Subject: Re: [OT] Re: Implications
Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2000 18:58:55 GMT
> >> :>Here is the equation:
> >> :>
> >> :> X --> P --> E
> Ah, so X is the GNU/Linux distribution... P is what you installed from
> it on your computer and E is segmentation fault that Netscape
> generates (or in other words, the working environment).
X is defined by that and the drivers you need, applications, services,
etc. What software it takes to make your computer system workable.
>
> >
> >This is a bit theoretical. Theory may not interest you.
>
> It's not theoretical, it's proto-theoretical.
> Eh, whatsitcalled... philosophical.
I will give you that, if it makes you happy.
However, you should consider the fact that we are just beginning to
build distributed applications and environments today. Just beginning
as we are, do we really understand the nature of distributed
computational environments so well that we have nothing to gain by
considering the nature of distributed computing?
By comparison with nature, we don�t even build distributed systems.
For example, the average human is constructed of something in the order
of 1 trillion cells. Each of these cells (sans blood cells and sex
cells) contain a complete copy of the whole installation library
(DNA). Based on a cell's role, it differentiates in response to its
environment and other factors. Differentiation is performed by
selective expression of characteristics from a common library of
possible traits. Expression results in RNA. RNA builds the proteins
that drive the processes that make some cells those brain cells you
refer to, while others become muscles, skin, etc. The very definition
of distributed computation.
Do our software architectures scale? Not when compared to nature.
Consider that the same DNA mechanism scales from bacteria to elephants
and whales, works in extreme cold, and in extreme heat. A trait, like
a gene that produces insulin, can be put it into a bacteria�s DNA and
it just works.
Then consider that the very purpose of Sex. Sex is about the selection
of better libraries of functionality so that the organisms that result
take the best set of features forward through time. Sex doesn�t have
much to do with evolution, which is about adding or changing the genes
that comprise DNA. (You can view development as a form of evolution
since it adds to the possible features that one might have in the X for
a computer system.) Sex is about distributing the very best features
as widely possible, while balancing the need to retain as many options
as possible.
Consider the asexual approach to configuring computer systems. This
would work if we had one definition, provided from one source. That
definition would provide for all the possibilities one might encounter
in building computer systems. To allow scaling from embedded systems
to servers, this definition would provide predefined configurations for
each type of system. You know, this sounds quite a bit like
Microsoft�s .Net idea. Except that changes and distributions of
features can�t be avoided, unless all these distributions happen to be
perfect. What are the odds of that?
Sex isn�t a dirty word, it is the basis for configuration management of
living organisms. Genetic diversity refers to a rich set of features
within a set of organisms which can be used to support those organisms
though a range of conditions through time. The better the feature set,
the more successful the organisms. Open software (like Linux) is about
building up the genetic diversity in computer systems. This is as
opposed to Microsoft, which is about owning the genetic diversity that
we all depend upon.
Do we really have nothing to learn here?
Paul Snow
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From: Rana Shoaib Ahmad <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.hardware,linux.redhat.install,alt.comp.periphs.videocards.matrox
Subject: Re: Unable to run XWindows
Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2000 19:11:15 GMT
I was able to fix this problem. I changed the AGP frame (or whatever is
it called) in the BIOS to 256 MB and it worked. I do not understand why
is it required as it was working fine in Windows 98 with 64 MB setting.
I have 128 MB RAM in my system.
Thanks for the help.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.software.config-mgmt
Subject: Re: Implications
Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2000 19:07:14 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Richard Caley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> In article <8qnsn2$op8$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, paulsnx2 (p) writes:
>
> >> It's not an equation. There is no equals sign.
>
> p> Equality is only one of a infinite number of concepts that can be
> p> expressed using equations.
>
> Er, that has to be the most bizzare statment I've read today, and it
> has some serious competition.
I agree, and yield. Occasionally I don't process English all that
well, (thinking "expressions" when I am writing "equations"). This is
a sad state, given English is the only spoken language I use ;)
Still, chemical equations are valid, and don't contain an equals sign,
and are appropriate for describing processes such as transcription and
translation.
Paul Snow
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From: "Space Cowboy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.admin,comp.os.linux.redhat,alt.os.linux
Subject: Re: Sharing swap space between windows and linux
Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2000 14:34:48 -0400
Am I correct in assuming this would make linux run a little slower since
you're using a FAT32 drive for the swap file rather than a linux native
partition?
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (bill davidsen)
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.development.system,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: aic7xxx 2.4.0 kernel module...gone
Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2000 19:43:47 +0000 (UTC)
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Michael Meding <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
| > I am using the 2.4.0-test7 kernel and I amusing the aic7xxx drivers with
| > no problem. However, I have the drivers compile into the kernel, not
| > loaded as a module. I made that mistake once and my machine would not
| > boot. After reading the docs in the Documentation tree of the new kernel
| > it clearly states **NOT** to load any of the SCSI stuff as a module if
| > that is where you boot from.
|
| That is not true. You can use for example the aic7x module with an
| initial ramdisk (you have to mkinitrd and specify it in lilo.conf) and
| then boot up the system through a aic7x based controller without hassle.
Putting it in the initrd instead of the kernel certainly makes
generating a new kernel harder, but in terms of getting the benefits of
using a module it doesn't buy you much. You can do the boot and two
stage load, but other than as a proof of concept it isn't all that
useful.
That said, in the 2.2 kernel you need uni and SMP versions of modules,
so you can select the initrd to get the ones you need. That makes sense
on a distribution disk which must be flexible, but for regular users
it's probably not worth the effort, since an SMP kernel seems to run
okay on uni, if somewhat slower.
The need for separate modules is supposed to go away in 2.4, although
I have NOT verified it.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Anita Lewis)
Crossposted-To: linux.redhat.misc,linux.redhat.install
Subject: Re: How do I get X going as well as xvidtune
Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2000 19:46:45 -0000
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Mon, 25 Sep 2000 16:19:41 GMT, Michael Iwaki wrote:
>I want to adjust my kde display; it's off center. Someone suggested
>using xvidtune and they say that it runs under x. So that I have to run
>X to get xvidtune to run. I tried running X by typing X and hitting
>enter from the shell prompt (and also root prompt) and from the
>directory where X resides. When I try running X that way, I get a
>gray-white display with an 'X' in the center and it stays that way...
>there is no keyboard interaction but the mouse moves the 'x'. The only
>way to get out of this is by hitting Ctrl-Alt-Backspace. This can't be
>all there is to X. How do I run X so I can run xvidtune and adjust my
>display?
>
>Michael Iwaki
>
Type startx at the shell prompt
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Problem in installing redhat 6.0 linux
Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2000 19:39:43 GMT
I try to install a redhat 6.0 linux on 3 Gig hard drive, when I
came up to the choice in ( workstation,server, custom), I choose the
workstation, it responds not enough space, or in custom, I got
unallocated Parititions. I am a really beginer of linux, so, could
any one help me? I used the win98 startdisk to fdisk in two parts, c:
30 Meg, and D: 3000 Meg, any help would be appreciated.
Damon
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From: "Pascal J. Hos" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: machine acting weird after power outage
Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2000 14:49:58 -0500
Unfortunately my machine was on during a power outage last night,
so it didn't shut down properly. When I tried to bring it back up
this morning the boot process kept hanging on ypbind startup. I then
disabled the ypbind daemon from starting up and rebooted. This time
the system got temporarily stuck at starting up sendmail, but after
about five minutes it did finish booting. Now everything runs very
poorly. It takes more than a minute to start up X and any app or
command that requires networking takes about a minute before it
responds to anything. It seems that the dns calls are slowing things
down. Pinging machines that are in /etc/hosts shows output
immediately, anything else takes about a minute, but everything is
fine after that. I also can't seem to login on any of my vc's,
however gdm is working fine.
Any idea what might have happened?
Thanks, Pascal
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From: "rak" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,cisco.linux-users
Subject: NTFS partitions
Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2000 12:54:12 -0700
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seem to handle only FAT16 or FAT32 partitions.
TIA,
-rakendu
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