Linux-Setup Digest #750, Volume #19 Tue, 3 Oct 00 00:13:11 EDT
Contents:
Anyone have luck with Athlon+Rehat??? (Ross Cohen)
Re: Strange RPM error when upgrading gcc (Hal Burgiss)
Please Help dumb newbie-- Cant get sound (Jammin X)
Re: dual boot with Win2K (not 98 or NT) ?? ("Arctic Storm")
kmod and RH 6.2 ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Implications (Kaz Kylheku)
mkraid: aborted, see the syslog and /proc/mdstat for potential clues. (Raid problem
rh6.1 2.2.14 kernel) HP-LXr8500 ("Haniel G. Mercedes")
Re: Anyone have luck with Athlon+Rehat??? (Bob Martin)
Re: BGP 4 w/ DSL? (Bob Hauck)
Port forwarding keeps dying on me (Carl Schmidt)
Re: Please Help dumb newbie-- Cant get sound (Bit Twister)
Intel CA810EAL video? (Raymond Blum)
Re: dual-boot Linux/Windows from mfg? (Grant Edwards)
Re: Intel CA810EAL video? (Robert Lynch)
Re: how to compile kernel ("pl")
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From: Ross Cohen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Anyone have luck with Athlon+Rehat???
Date: Mon, 02 Oct 2000 21:09:13 -0400
I have a Athlon 700 on an Asus ka7, and redhat
doesn't seem to like it. 6.2 dies with a kernel
panic during boot, and 6.1 boots, buts occasionally
acts quirky - especially with X running. Has
anyone had any luck?
Suggestions would be appreciated.
Thanks,
Ross Cohen
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Hal Burgiss)
Subject: Re: Strange RPM error when upgrading gcc
Reply-To: Hal Burgiss <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Tue, 03 Oct 2000 01:16:35 GMT
On Mon, 02 Oct 2000 17:53:53 -0700, Mike Oliver <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Rasmus B�g Hansen wrote:
>
>> I just checked it out. You will have to upgrade to rpm 3.0.5. It is
>> available from redhat's webpage.
>
>It is? All I can find there are current versions (i.e. rpm-4.0.4).
It is definitely in the errata for 6.2. That is where I got it.
--
Hal B
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From: Jammin X <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Please Help dumb newbie-- Cant get sound
Date: Mon, 02 Oct 2000 21:25:26 -0400
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I am having trouble getting my SBawe64 to work, I ran 'sndconf' at
xterm, but it says no such command, I tried the help pages, but didnt
do anygood,
Any tips???
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From: "Arctic Storm" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: dual boot with Win2K (not 98 or NT) ??
Date: Tue, 03 Oct 2000 01:27:40 GMT
By the way, you don't have to add the Linux partition to the NT Loader menu.
During the installation of RedHat Linux 7.0, you'll be presented with an
option to create a boot-disk (floppy). The boot-disk will allow you to
launch Linux. This is how it works. If the Linux boot-disk is in the
floppy drive when you power on or restart the computer, Linux will be
launched automatically; you will not be presente with an option to choose an
alternate OS. If you want to run Win2K, simply remove the floppy and power
on or restart the computer.
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"Arctic Storm" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in
message news:GeaC5.5318$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> You may have to do something drastic.
> Will you be using only Win2K & Linux? Not Win98?
> Create a DOS boot disk; be sure that it contains format.exe, fdisk.exe,
and
> the CD driver.
> Boot using the floppy. Delete all partitions on your hard drive, using
> fdisk.
> Now, your hard drive has no partitions.
> Pick a number for the size of your Win2K partition, e.g. 50%.
> While in fdisk, choose to create a partition of size 32 MB; make this
> partition the active partition.
> Now, choose to create a partition of size 50%, or what ever size you want
> for Win2K.
> There's no need to format the partition for Win2K, however, you must
format
> the first partion, which is 32 MB; this will most likely have the drive
> letter C:.
> Now, install either Win2K or RedHat Linux; the order in which you install
> them is immaterial.
> Install Win2K as you would normally; you'll be given an option to format
the
> newly created partition during installation; Win2K done.
> Install RedHat Linux 7.0; creating a RedHat Linux install-floppy makes
> things easier, because you boot using the install-floppy and load from the
> CD.
> You must choose "custom install" option, when presented with choices like
> GNOME, KDE, etc. Only if you choose "custom install", will you be
presented
> with LILO configuration. When you get to the point of LILO, choose to
> install LILO, not in the MBR (master boot record), but in the boot
> partition; this is *very* important, and may be one of the most important
> steps in the dual boot setup.
> Win2K installs the NT Loader in the MBR, which allows you to choose the
boot
> OS. You must add the Linux partition to the NT Loader menu.
> There's a software called BootPart that will allow you to add the Linux
> partition to the NT Loader menu.
> Do a search in Yahoo for BootPart, and go to the website for information.
>
> --------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>
> "Phil Edwards" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> news:8ram46$q7m$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> > Lots of information out there about dual-booting with 98 or NT, but I
> don't
> > see anything about using Lose2K. Other than that people seem to be
doing
> > it scuccessfully.
> >
> > And before you say, "You idiot, W2K acts just like Windows<foo> in this
> > respect," well, I have zero experience with Win95, Win98, and Win2K.
> > All I know about it is that I'm about to be forced to switch to it from
> NT.
> >
> > The last time I did dual-booting, it was with DOS 3.3 and LOADLIN.EXE.
> > And that was about half a decade ago. I've never used lilo in my life.
> >
> >
> > (Right now I use NT as a nice X-terminal for some other *nix systems.
> > Running MICROS~1 OSes is about to become prohibitively complicated at
> > work, so I'm going to switch my primary work platform to dual-boot Win2K
> > (required) and Linux (my choice). I don't really know what I'm doing
> > (I hate PC hardware).)
> >
> > Pointers to W2K-related FAQs or tips would be muchly appreciated. I
will
> > buy a cup of expensive coffee for you if you ever happen to be in town.
> :-)
> >
> >
> > Phil
> >
> > --
> > pedwards at disaster dot jaj dot com | pme at sources dot redhat dot
com
> > devphil at several other less interesting addresses in various dot
domains
> > The gods do not protect fools. Fools are protected by more capable
fools.
> >
>
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: kmod and RH 6.2
Date: Tue, 03 Oct 2000 01:21:02 GMT
I can't find kmod (or kerneld) in /etc/rc.d/init.d after upgrading from RH
5.2 to 6.2. Is that supposed to be OK? (the official RH reference guide
mentions kmod as one of background processes that are supposed to be there -
see "The Boot PRocess, Init, and Shutdown" chapter).
I am having problems automatically loading the ppa module on system boot and
I suspect the fact that I can't find kmod there has something to do with
it... Am I right or have I completely misunderstood the idea of kmod?
TIA,
Swengtoo.
Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
Before you buy.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Kaz Kylheku)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.software.config-mgmt
Subject: Re: Implications
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Tue, 03 Oct 2000 01:35:05 GMT
On Mon, 02 Oct 2000 23:58:51 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>Buried in the excesses of my deranged thinking, I wrote down something
>that looks like this:
>
> X --> P --> E
>
>How amazingly deranged.
That is not deranged, but so simplistic as to be too laughably obvious and
useless to anyone who has ever configured a computer. You take some software
X, put it into store P and you have configuration E. Hmm, I think that's not
clear enough, so let's draw a box and arrow diagram! Got any chalk?
I think the deranged part was comparing your installation to having sex.
You need to stop diddling your computer and start taking your medication. :)
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Reply-To: "Haniel G. Mercedes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
From: "Haniel G. Mercedes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: mkraid: aborted, see the syslog and /proc/mdstat for potential clues. (Raid
problem rh6.1 2.2.14 kernel) HP-LXr8500
Date: Mon, 2 Oct 2000 22:47:47 -0400
I have a MegaRaid controller (NetRaid) in a HP-LXr8500 server,
I just installed Linux rh6.1 running 2.2.14 kernel,
so I am trying to configure a Raid 0 using raid tools v0.90,
but I am having some problems;
According to
http://sunsite.utk.edu/ftp/pub/linux/slackware/slackware/docs/Linux-HOWTO/HP
-HOWTO there is an info that says:
For the RedHat 6.1 distribution, the MegaRaid driver provided
By the kernel does support only the first logical drive. In order
to obtain the others, please recompile a 2.2.14 standard kernel.
If you want to obtain that info, search at the document for "-DHP", the next
paragraph will be the info.
First:
I tried with a new kernel version like 2.2.15 or 2.2.16, but when I try to
boot with both of the new kernels the system hang. I tried with the rh6.2
CD and I got the same error.
This is the mesg that appear at the screen monitor:
===================================================================
blah ......
blah blah......
blah blah blah.......
PCI: PCI BIOS revision 2.16
entry at 0xfdaca
PCI: Using configuration type 1
PCI: probing pci hardware
PCI: 00:c0[0e11/6010] Scanning per hosts bridge
PCI: Scanning compaq per hosts bridge 18/00
PCI: 00:c8[0e11/6010] Scanning compaq per hosts bridge
PCI: Scanning compaq per hosts bridge 19/00
PCI: 00:d0[0e11/6010] Scanning compaq per hosts bridge
PCI: Scanning compaq per hosts bridge 1a/00
After this the system HANGS.
===================================================================
Basically in this case, I think that the problem is when rh6.2 is probing
the PCI buses, its hang probing the third PCI bus SCSI at the NetRaid
controller.
I could boot with rh6.2 CD if I remove the NetRaid card from the server
HP-LXr8500, wherever, I thought that I was not doing that the info says
and I began doing that the doc says step by step..........
===================================================================
Ok........
I upgraded from 2.2.12 to 2.2.14 Kernel but I could not find a raid patch
for 2.2.14 Kernel,
the last recent patch that I got, was raidtools-19990824-0.90.tar.gz, so I
did not patch the kernel with this old patch kernel.
Anyway with 2.2.14 kernel, I can see all raid disks from my raid controller,
so I sliced all disk as a "Linux raid" type "fd",
also made the raids partitions, but when I tried to use the raid tools, I
could not be able to define a raid 0,
I really think that I defined the /etc/raidtab file correctly and my
/proc/mdstat looks like is good.
Report Problem:
[root@puma /root]# mkraid /dev/md0
handling MD device /dev/md0
analyzing super-block
disk 0: /dev/sdc1, 17775891kB, raid superblock at 17775808kB
disk 1: /dev/sdd1, 17775891kB, raid superblock at 17775808kB
disk 2: /dev/sde1, 17775891kB, raid superblock at 17775808kB
disk 3: /dev/sdf1, 17775891kB, raid superblock at 17775808kB
disk 4: /dev/sdg1, 17775891kB, raid superblock at 17775808kB
mkraid: aborted, see the syslog and /proc/mdstat for potential clues.
=====> (This is the error)
[root@puma /root]# cat /proc/mdstat
Personalities : [1 linear] [2 raid0]
read_ahead not set
md0 : inactive
md1 : inactive
md2 : inactive
md3 : inactive
[root@puma /root]# cat /etc/raidtab
raiddev /dev/md0
raid-level 0
persistent-superblock 1
chunk-size 8
nr-raid-disks 5
nr-spare-disks 0
device /dev/sdc1
raid-disk 0
device /dev/sdd1
raid-disk 1
device /dev/sde1
raid-disk 2
device /dev/sdf1
raid-disk 3
device /dev/sdg1
raid-disk 4
I just looked at /var/log/dmesg and dmesg command and there is not problem
with this.
I just upgraded the Server BIOS to last version from any HW problem.
(NetRaid Card)
Any help please?
Is there a new raid patch for 2.2.(14,15,16,17) kernel ?
Haniel Mercedes
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Bob Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Anyone have luck with Athlon+Rehat???
Date: Mon, 02 Oct 2000 20:44:03 -0500
Ross Cohen wrote:
>
> I have a Athlon 700 on an Asus ka7, and redhat
> doesn't seem to like it. 6.2 dies with a kernel
> panic during boot, and 6.1 boots, buts occasionally
> acts quirky - especially with X running. Has
> anyone had any luck?
>
> Suggestions would be appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
> Ross Cohen
No problems with an MSI K7Pro board. Try turning off the power
management in the BIOS.
--
Bob Martin
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bob Hauck)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking,linux.redhat
Subject: Re: BGP 4 w/ DSL?
Reply-To: bobh{at}haucks{dot}org
Date: Tue, 03 Oct 2000 01:43:43 GMT
On Mon, 2 Oct 2000 09:00:49 -0400, pj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I'd like to add UUNET's xDSL to my current BellSouth DSL connection,
>and put it into another NIC (NIC 3), in the same RH box, then run BGP4.
>Is this possible? If so, how?
Yes, it is possible, at least in theory. Note that I have never done
this on DSL, only with T1's. I do not know if your providers are even
equipped to do BGP4 on their DSL lines.
You'll have to get an ASN for yourself, and you'll have to talk both
providers into exchanging routes with you. That last isn't very likely
to happen unless you are paying business rates, what with the damage
you can do to them if you screw up and they don't have bulletproof
route filtering.
Not sure how much memory a full bgp table will take on Linux (never
tried to do BGP4 on Linux but I think gated supports it), last I
checked Cisco recommended 64+ MB of RAM for two full views of the
Internet. OTOH, if you're only worried about inbound and redundancy,
and aren't too worried about asymmetric routing, you can simply
advertise your routes and not take tables from your upstreams.
One gotcha is that if you get IP's from one provider, they will
probably be aggregating routes, while the other one won't. So your
primary ISP will be advertising a "bigger" net than the other one,
which means most inbound traffic will go to the other one ("most
specific route wins" rule). There's a couple of ways to solve that
one.
Basically, you're going to have to work closely with both providers.
BGP4 isn't something you can just set up without telling them.
--
-| Bob Hauck
-| To Whom You Are Speaking
-| http://www.haucks.org/
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From: Carl Schmidt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Port forwarding keeps dying on me
Date: Mon, 02 Oct 2000 21:55:32 -0400
I'm trying to use the "ipmasqadm portfw -a -P ....." to set up port
forwarding on my linux box to a PC behind it. I can set it up, with no
errors, and I'm able to contact the PC for a couple of days. However,
after that, the connection simply dies and I have to retype it in.
What's going on?
Carl
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bit Twister)
Subject: Re: Please Help dumb newbie-- Cant get sound
Reply-To: This_news_group.invalid
Date: Tue, 03 Oct 2000 02:12:38 GMT
As root run
updatedb this runs for a few minutes building file loc database
next do a
locate sndconf | grep bin
Should return the location and correct spelling :)
On Mon, 02 Oct 2000 21:25:26 -0400, Jammin X <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I am having trouble getting my SBawe64 to work, I ran 'sndconf' at
>xterm, but it says no such command, I tried the help pages, but didnt
>do anygood,
--
The warranty and liability expired as you read this message.
If the above breaks your system, it's yours and you keep both pieces.
Practice safe computing. Backup the file before you change it.
Do a, man command_here or cat command_here, before using it.
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From: Raymond Blum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Intel CA810EAL video?
Date: Mon, 02 Oct 2000 20:44:26 -0400
Hi
I just got a new server with an Intel CA810EAL motherboard. The
machine seems great so far but I am having trouble getting my X
configuration figured out for the on-board video adapter.
I am installing RedHat 6.2 and Xconfigurator makes it's suggestions,
which I take, but when I try to start X I get the msg "/dev/agp..." not
found.
Can anyone tell me a compatible card, etc. setting to use? The machine
will be a server and usually headless so I don't care if the display is
high-color and pretty, I just need 800x600x256 or better.
--
Cheers,
Raymond Blum
VP of System Architecture
Askit.com
212 414-9590
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Grant Edwards)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.portable
Subject: Re: dual-boot Linux/Windows from mfg?
Date: Tue, 03 Oct 2000 03:10:33 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Grant Edwards wrote:
>
>>Well, there's http://www.tuxtops.com. I don't think that Dell offers
>>dual-boot, but it looks like Tuxtops are Compal-based, so the only
>>difference would be Tuxtop support instead of Dell.
>
>Just got my Tuxtops Obsidian 30W. It's a very nice machine -- I reinstalled
>the OS the day after I got it since I bought it with just Linux and wanted
>Linux/WinNT dual-boot.
Unfortunately, I can't get Windows DVD player that ships with the Tuxtops
machine to work. God, how I hate Windows...
--
Grant Edwards grante Yow! I am KING BOMBA of
at Sicily!...I will marry
visi.com LUCILLE BALL next Friday!
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From: Robert Lynch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: Intel CA810EAL video?
Date: Mon, 02 Oct 2000 20:32:37 -0700
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Raymond Blum wrote:
>
> Hi
> I just got a new server with an Intel CA810EAL motherboard. The
> machine seems great so far but I am having trouble getting my X
> configuration figured out for the on-board video adapter.
>
> I am installing RedHat 6.2 and Xconfigurator makes it's suggestions,
> which I take, but when I try to start X I get the msg "/dev/agp..." not
> found.
>
> Can anyone tell me a compatible card, etc. setting to use? The machine
> will be a server and usually headless so I don't care if the display is
> high-color and pretty, I just need 800x600x256 or better.
>
> --
> Cheers,
>
> Raymond Blum
> VP of System Architecture
> Askit.com
>
> 212 414-9590
My system has an 810. If yours is set up like mine then you need
to have/compile the kernel module agpart.o. The device in
XF86Config is:
===
...
Section "Device"
Identifier "Intel 810"
VendorName "Intel"
BoardName "810"
# 5-11-00 try adding power saving option
Option "power_saver"
VideoRam 4096
EndSection
...
===
The 3.3.x server is XF86_SVGA
Feel free to contact me by e-mail if this is insufficient.
HTH. Bob
L.
--
Robert Lynch-Berkeley CA [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: "pl" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: how to compile kernel
Date: Tue, 03 Oct 2000 03:54:42 GMT
> Hi, I need information on how to compile a Linux kernel. Specifically, I will
> do this under Redhat 6.2. Is it easy? Thanks for any help.
>
> -Zhihui
http://www.linuxnewbie.org/nhf/intel/compiling/kernelcomp.html
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