Linux-Setup Digest #718, Volume #19 Thu, 28 Sep 00 11:13:08 EDT
Contents:
Re: Linksys fastethernet 10/100 in Mandrake 7.1 ("Nisi")
Re: Unresolved Symbols (RH 6.2 on AMD T-bird on Abit KA-7 board) ("MH")
IRQ problems (Huw Lynes)
Re: newbie, problem launching gnome, installing lilo (Derek Jolly)
Re: Implications ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: RedHat 7.0 ISOs OK? ("Erick Jensen")
Re: Need help to move win95 Read only file (Michael O'Neill)
Re: *{|--*Linux Help*--|}* ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Linux print server and printing to a NC-2110h jetdirect card dilemma (Chris Tremblay)
Re: RH 7.0 upgrade trouble (Eric Hathaway)
useradd ("Martin Schmidt")
Re: RedHat 7.0 and Windows Me ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
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From: "Nisi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Linksys fastethernet 10/100 in Mandrake 7.1
Date: Thu, 28 Sep 2000 09:15:42 -0400
Linksys uses a module called 'tulip' . When you type the command 'lsmod' see
if 'tulip' is listed.
It seems that you need to configure your network settings. YOu can do this
by using linuxconf or your networking tools in Xwindows. Go to
www.linuxnewbie.org and read the NHFs on configuring networking. They even
have one on setting up networking with the Linksys LNE 100 card. Also, for
more info on networking see the ethernet howto and networking howto at
www.linuxdoc.org . They are very good sources for info.
Nisi
www.mindlessmayhem.com
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>Go figure...I noticed that this ethernet card worked in redhat, so I
>reinstalled the pcmcia rpm in mandrake so see if it would detect...and
>it did!! But now it fails, just like you said it might. Now what to
>do? thanks for the help.
>
>Dan Allen
>
>
>On Tue, 26 Sep 2000 14:26:37 -0400, "Nisi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>wrote:
>
>>Hmm, not sure what your exact problem is, but network cards and networking
>>in Linux is not all that difficult. Go check out the howto's at
>>www.linuxnewbie.org and on www.linuxdoc.org .
>>
>>A couple things to try to see if the card is even partially installed,
>>
>>During boot, does it list a message saying, "bringing up network interface
>>eth0"? If it does say this then linux is trying to intiate the card during
>>boot. This is good. Next it will say whether or not it was successful, you
>>will get either a 'pass' or 'fail'. If it was 'pass', then the card is
>>loading properly but you may have your network info misconfigured. If it
is
>>'fail' then we have a small problem.
>>
>>The command 'lsmod' will lists the current modules loaded by linux or
root.
>>Using this command, there should be a module listed for your card. Usually
>>it has a similar name to the name of your nic card. This will tell you if
>>the module is loaded.
>>
>>'ifconfig' is used to list info about network cards, serial cards, and
>>others. Type it in and see if you get a listing for eth0 . It will also
list
>>the network settings for the card. You can also use 'ifconfig' to set up
>>your network card, type 'man ifconfig' for more info.
>>
>>If you could be a little more specific, it would help...
>>
>>Nisi
>>www.mindlessmayhem.com
>>
>>[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message
>><[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>>>I am relatively new to linux and I am trying to get my network setup.
>>>If that is the only thing I am able to do I would be extremely happy.
>>>I have the PCMPC100 Linksys card, which is supposed to be recognized
>>>by Linux...however, it is not. I was reading the readme on the
>>>Linksys driver disk and it says I need to load the pcmcia card
>>>services and then just configure the card and it should be
>>>recognized...however, it is not. I know that I used this very card to
>>>connect to the internet via cable modem in RedHat 6.0, so I don't
>>>understand why it doesn't work. My computer couse bleep at startup
>>>when Linux is showing the pcmcia [OK] line, but no ethernet card in X.
>>>Anyone with a solution...and if so, could you be specific on any
>>>command line operations as I am still learning.
>>>
>>>Thanks,
>>>
>>>Dan Allen
>>
>>
>
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From: "MH" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.misc,linux.redhat.install
Subject: Re: Unresolved Symbols (RH 6.2 on AMD T-bird on Abit KA-7 board)
Date: Thu, 28 Sep 2000 06:21:02 -0700
I have the same problem with an ASUS A7V and an AMD TB. Since the system
can't be booted after installation, how the hell did you manage to recompile
your kernel?
"Michael Hohensee" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> I'm having problems properly compiling a kernel + modules for my RH 6.2
> system, running on an AMD T-bird with an Abit KA-7 motherboard. Before
> booting up for the first time, I had to recompile the kernel to prevent
> it from attempting to turn off the nonexistant PIII identifier number
> (which always resulted in a kernel panic). The only thing I changed in
> the default kernel configuration was the Processor Type & Features menu
> via 'make xconfig'. The machine now boots successfully, but is unable
> to insmod any of the modules in /lib/modules. It first runs into a huge
> sequence of depmod errors:
>
> <Snip>
> Sep 11 12:03:20 G22-71 rc.sysinit: Remounting root filesystem in
> read-write mode succeeded
> Sep 11 12:03:24 G22-71 depmod: depmod:
> Sep 11 12:03:24 G22-71 depmod: *** Unresolved symbols in
> /lib/modules/2.2.14-5.0/fs/autofs.o
> Sep 11 12:03:24 G22-71 depmod: depmod: *** Unresolved symbols in
> /lib/modules/2.2.14-5.0/fs/coda.o
> Sep 11 12:03:24 G22-71 depmod: depmod: *** Unresolved symbols in
> /lib/modules/2.2.14-5.0/fs/fat.o
> Sep 11 12:03:24 G22-71 depmod: depmod: *** Unresolved symbols in
> /lib/modules/2.2.14-5.0/fs/hfs.o
> Sep 11 12:03:24 G22-71 depmod: depmod: *** Unresolved symbols in
> /lib/modules/2.2.14-5.0/fs/hpfs.o
> Sep 11 12:03:24 G22-71 depmod: depmod: *** Unresolved symbols in
> /lib/modules/2.2.14-5.0/fs/lockd.o
> Sep 11 12:03:24 G22-71 depmod: depmod: *** Unresolved symbols in
> /lib/modules/2.2.14-5.0/fs/minix.o
> Sep 11 12:03:24 G22-71 depmod: depmod: *** Unresolved symbols in
> /lib/modules/2.2.14-5.0/fs/ncpfs.o
> Sep 11 12:03:24 G22-71 depmod: depmod: *** Unresolved symbols in
> /lib/modules/2.2.14-5.0/fs/nfs.o
> Sep 11 12:03:24 G22-71 depmod: depmod: *** Unresolved symbols in
> /lib/modules/2.2.14-5.0/fs/nfsd.o
> Sep 11 12:03:24 G22-71 depmod: depmod: *** Unresolved symbols in
> /lib/modules/2.2.14-5.0/fs/romfs.o
> ...
> <Etc>
>
> It does this for every module in /lib/modules. So naturally:
>
> <Snip>
> Sep 11 12:03:43 G22-71 autofs: autofs startup succeeded
> Sep 11 12:03:43 G22-71 automount[382]: starting automounter version
> 3.1.4, path = /misc, maptype = file, mapname = /etc/auto.misc
> Sep 11 12:03:43 G22-71 random: Initializing random number generator
> succeeded
> Sep 11 12:03:43 G22-71 insmod: /lib/modules/2.2.14-5.0/fs/autofs.o:
> insmod autofs failed
> Sep 11 12:03:43 G22-71 automount[382]: /misc: mount failed!
> ...
> <Etc>
>
> Interestingly enough, the system works fairly well, although anything
> which requires the loading of a module (autofs, lockd, or sound) doesn't
> work. Recompiling the modules doesn't appear to change anything, except
> perhaps to generate more unusable modules.
>
> Has anyone ever run into this problem before, or been able to
> successfully install and test Linux on a system like mine? (AMD T-Bird
> 700MHz KA-7 board) If so, how was it corrected, or which distribution
> did you use?
>
> Thanks very much,
>
> --
> Michael Hohensee
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From: Huw Lynes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: IRQ problems
Date: Thu, 28 Sep 2000 13:10:24 GMT
Hi All,
have just installed some new cards into my linux box; a pci network
card that uses the via-rhine driver and a dreadful old generic isa
sound card that uses the mad16 driver. When I try and load the modules
I get "device or resource busy". I had irq conflicts between these
cards under windows (the machine is dual boot) but have now sorted them
out.
The BIOS reports that all the cards are using different IRQs. Isapnp
falls over when trying to assign an io address to the sound card, no
matter which suggested setup I use.
Neither card shows up under /proc/interrupts.
However the network card does show up under /proc/ioports.
>From where I'm standing it looks like I'll need to manually assign IRQs
etc to each card when I load its driver. How do I do that?
If there is another option please tell me!
wishing-for-the-days-of-irq-jumpers'ly yours
Huw Lynes
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Derek Jolly)
Subject: Re: newbie, problem launching gnome, installing lilo
Date: Thu, 28 Sep 2000 13:24:17 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (ksandre), in message
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, wrote
>Why "5" and not "4?" I thought "5" == "3" anyway? (I'm a newbie to
>Slackware [7.0]. Is this recommendation specifically for RH [the
>original poster's Linux flavor]?) I thought "4" was for X. Oy. I'd
>better read ALOT more.
>
It varies between distros. For example Mandrake uses runlevel 3 as
the full multiuser runlevel without X and 5 as the full multiuser
runlevel with X.
SuSE 7.0 (that I'm running at the moment) uses 3 for full multiuser with
X.
The various runlevels should be documented in the file /etc/inittab
in the comment section before the
id:<no>:initdefault:
line.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.software.config-mgmt
Subject: Re: Implications
Date: Thu, 28 Sep 2000 13:26:02 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> On Thu, 28 Sep 2000 04:12:06 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <paulsnx2@my-
deja.com>
> wrote:
> >Perhaps the biggest difference between cells and computer systems is
> >that cells don't have an operating system.
>
> What is the nucleus all about then?
>
> (The term `nucleus' is a even synonym for `kernel', by the way).
In a cell, the Nucleus acts like a library, in that it holds the entire
collection of "installable features" for a cell. The purpose of a
Nucleus is to entirely separate and protect this library from the rest
of the cell.
The Nucleus is only a feature of Eukaryotes. Prokaryotes such as
bacteria don't have a Nucleus. So while in Eukaryotes transcription
must be entirely complete prior to transcription, in Prokaryotes
transcription and translation can occur at the same time. The nucleus
prevents translation until transcription is complete in Eukaryotes.
Here is a couple references for you:
http://www-msc.bhsu.edu/~ssarver/lecture11.htm
http://edtech.clas.pdx.edu/gene_expression_tutorial/transcription.html
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From: "Erick Jensen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: RedHat 7.0 ISOs OK?
Date: Thu, 28 Sep 2000 09:42:37 -0400
I downloaded the two ISO images from ftp.redhat.com and burned them to CD
ok. I ran the upgrade yesterday and it went off without a hitch. I am
running a PPro-200 with 80MB RAM and a 15GB IDE HDD.
-Erick Jensen
"Eric Hathaway" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> There's another thread going on here about problems upgrading to RedHat
> 7.0 with CDs burned from the .iso images provided by RedHat. I've
> experienced this problem too. I have been unable to get the md5
> checksum on my downloaded image to match the values given by RedHat in
> the accompanying MD5SUM file. If I mount the iso image via the loopback
> device, the directory structure appears OK, but some (not all) of the
> text files are garbage, and NONE of the rpms are recognized as valid rpm
> files.
>
> So I was wondering: Could anyone confirm that you have in fact been
> able to download the CD image files, burn them to a CD, and successfully
> install/upgrade RedHat 7.0?
>
> Thanks in advance,
> -Eric Hathaway
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From: Michael O'Neill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.linux,alt.os.linux.redhat
Subject: Re: Need help to move win95 Read only file
Date: Thu, 28 Sep 2000 14:51:14 +0100
Glenn & Pam wrote:
>
> I don't have Norton Utilities and I already removed my swapfile and defragged
> so unfortunately that's not it. I used to have DOS programs that would display
> the drive sector by sector and you could click on an area to find out the file
> occupying that area, is there anything like that available?
<snipped>
I think you might be posting your query to the wrong group, saving the
worthies here. Its a Win95 problem.
There are many files that are designated read-only and you can check
these hundreds by selecting properties from a right click in windows
explorer. It is not a good idea to meddle with these unless you know
what you're at.
This may not be a file problem however. Try closing down every
application and background running proggie before defragging if you have
not already done so.
Use ctrl+alt=del to bring up the close program dialogue box and close
down everything except explorer. This may do it.
In addition, post to the relevant groups on the Microsoft Nesw Server
msnews.microsoft.com. If your ISPs server doesn't support this server
get them to to support it! Mail them. There should be many Win95 groups
on your own ISP. Just type in "95" [without the quotation marks] into
youyr Newsreaders search facility to bring them up. Some relevant groups
are;
alt.os.windows95
alt.os.windows95
comp.os.ms-windows.win95.*
microsoft.public.win95.*
* = families of groups.
Finally here are many others as well as WWW sites devoted to Windows
which will no doubt have dealt wit hyour problem in the past. Use a good
search engine or install one on your PC and use that, something like
Webferret should do the trick.
Personally I think you might need Partition Magic which IIRC does all
this automatically for you, although I confess do not speak from
personal experience.
Cheers
M.
<soon to be a linux newbie>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: *{|--*Linux Help*--|}*
Date: Thu, 28 Sep 2000 15:57:58 +0200
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Thu, 28 Sep 2000 23:58:35 +1000, "*--sLick--*" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>I'm planning to install Linux for the first time sometime next week and I
>was wondering if you guyz can reccomned a good Linux Distribution...I was
>thinking SuSE or Red Hat...Also you guyz know any good Java compliers for
>Linux?
Both are good, I think. I prefer SuSE, but RedHat users will tell you the
same. SuSE 7.0 comes with all actual stuff: kernel 2.2.16, XFree4.0, KDE2
beta, and and .. be sure to go to the SuSE ftp server to get the latest
updates. XFree should be updated to 4.01, for instance. Perhaps it would be
good to start with SuSE 6.4, thats more stable, get some experience and
update to 7.1, when it comes.
--
Eggert Ehmke
Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Chris Tremblay)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Linux print server and printing to a NC-2110h jetdirect card dilemma
Date: Thu, 28 Sep 2000 13:57:06 GMT
I have a bunch of Brother HL-1660e printers with Brother NC-2110h
jetdirect cards installed. I am trying to get a Redhat 6.1 print
server to print to at least one. I have set up a HP LJ5, 4050N, and
two 300x external print servers without a problem, but these are just
a pain.
If I print to one of them and do an LPQ I get:
Rank Owner Job Files Total Size
1st root 1 Blah 11 bytes
no entries
Then a couple of minutes later another LPQ gets:
Rank Owner Job Files Total
Size
0 bytes
1 entry
if I do an lpc status on it I get:
MBM_ACCTHL1660E:
queuing is enabled
printing is enabled
1 entry in spool area
sending to MBM_ACCTHL1660E
Now a couple of hours later I will get a printout.
Any ideas??
here is my printcap file:
MBM_ACCTHL1660E:\
:lp=:\
:rm=MBM_ACCTHL1660E:\
:rp=BRO_03387D_P1:\
:sd=/var/spool/lpd/MBM_ACCTHL1660E:
According to the configuration printout from the printer BRO_03387D_P1
is a real service.
I am almost to the point of selling these network cards which are
worth $689 a piece and getting some of the HP 300X external print
servers which work wonderfully.
Any help will be welcomed extremely!!!
You can email me at christ at mbm dash law dot com or reply here as I
check frequently.
Chris
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From: Eric Hathaway <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: RH 7.0 upgrade trouble
Date: Thu, 28 Sep 2000 09:55:37 -0400
Mogens Kjaer wrote:
>
<snip>
> > I downloaded the images several times, and I couldn't get the
> > md5 checksums to match those provided by RedHat. Could there be a
> > problem with the images themselves?
>
> I can see several reasons:
<snip> -sorry, my news server is pretty anal about the ratio of quoted
text to new text.
I downloaded the files in binary mode, the reported file sizes matched
yours, and I got the same, but incorrect md5sum after each download. I
was downloading the images from a server here at Penn State, and it
turns out that there was some kind of problem with the FTP server
configuration (not sure exactly what the problem was) that was causing
the problems. It was fixed overnight, and I am currently burning
(hopefully) correct versions of the iso images.
Thanks for the suggestions,
-Eric Hathaway
>
> Mogens
> --
> Mogens Kjaer, Carlsberg Laboratory, Dept. of Chemistry
> Gamle Carlsberg Vej 10, DK-2500 Valby, Denmark
> Phone: +45 33 27 53 25, Fax: +45 33 27 47 08
> Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Homepage: http://www.crc.dk
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From: "Martin Schmidt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: useradd
Date: Thu, 28 Sep 2000 16:00:43 +0200
Hi,
I want to create users manually, to be more specific
i use samba and want to use :
add user script = /path/useradd % u
So far so good, but if i want to create home-dirs it fails
i ve tried to use :
useradd name -d /home/name
This will create the user but not the home directory
Does anybody know what i missed ?
Thanks in advance,
Martin
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: RedHat 7.0 and Windows Me
Date: Thu, 28 Sep 2000 14:43:29 GMT
When booting from the floppy disk I am getting strange messages. It
seems to be attempting to start linux but along the way many things are
failing. This screen just sits there and doesn't load anything. I don't
quite understand why as the installation went flawlessly. Any
suggestions?
===============
mjrand
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Did you create a boot disk during installation? If so, boot using
that.
>
> Harry
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> >
> > Somewhat of a problem there. As lilo doesn't load, I have no way of
> > booting to linux and obviously I can't access nor edit lilo.conf in
> > Windows. How would I go about loading linux in order to do this?
> >
> > ---------------
> > mjrand
>
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