Linux-Setup Digest #764, Volume #19 Wed, 4 Oct 00 23:13:07 EDT
Contents:
Re: slow? (Zen Sorcerer)
Re: PCMCIA problem. (David Martin)
Re: PPP and routing. (John Hasler)
Re: any hope? (win98 upgrade, lost mbr, no boot disk) (Aslak Johansen)
Re: RedHat 7 install failed, need rescue help (Silviu Minut)
Re: RedHat 7 install failed, need rescue help (Charlie Zender)
Re: any hope? (win98 upgrade, lost mbr, no boot disk) (RCD)
Re: RedHat 7 install failed, need rescue help (Jerry L Kreps)
Re: Setting time zone in Redhat ("David ..")
Linux install with hardware conflicts? (Pippin Barr)
Re: Please help with last step before remove windows (William McBrine)
network configurations? ("chuck")
Can't get RedHat 5.2 to install on my Seagate Medalist hdd model (Adam Shrader)
Can't get RedHat 5.2 to install on my Seagate Medalist hdd model (Adam Shrader)
Helix Code & OpenLinux 4.2 ("John A. Janes")
Re: Xconfigurator on a Compaq Presario 5000 (Emad Tajkhorshid)
Re: Rockwell Hardware Modem - should work, won't (Rob Clark)
Linux on PDA (Turgut Durduran)
Mandrake 7.1 won't install on partition (NuZzY)
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From: Zen Sorcerer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: slow?
Date: Wed, 04 Oct 2000 23:29:48 -0000
The problem is that you probably have the bit rate set to high. Try running
/usr/bin/Xconfigurator and then change it to 8 bit or 16 bit. You probably
have it set at 32 bits which is too taxing on your system.
Zen
Jeph Herrin wrote:
>
>
> i'm a new linux/old unix user who has just installed redhat 6.2
> on a cyrix 686/166Hz machine with 64MB ram. it's not
> top dollar hardware, but I'm still a bit discouraged by how
> slow linux runs. using the Gnome/Enlightenment combination,
> it takes palpable seconds to get shell window open, on the order
> of a minute for graphical apps. is this normal?
>
> the system monitor shows all the ram, with most of it (~55mb)
> in use with no apps running. i don't seem to have any hoggy
> processes running in the back, and i've got a 250MB swap file
> (which, however, sometimes is flagged as FAILED for shut
> down while halting the machine). the video card has 1MB,
> not a lot, but it shouldn't make the machine crawl (should it?).
>
> my last unix box was an old sparc with 32mb of ram and solaris 5,
> it flew in comparison to this. is there something i should look for?
> should i bag the hardware, the os, or both?
>
> addendum: i installed with 32mb of ram, but doubled this shortly
> thereafter; do i need to tell the kernel something about this? i figured
> since the system monitor tool picked it up, i was set.
>
> thanks for any tips,
> jeph
> --
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>
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From: David Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: PCMCIA problem.
Date: Wed, 04 Oct 2000 23:29:48 -0000
I have the same problem with a Xircom CreditCard Ethernet 10/100 and
Debian 2.2R0.
I tried Mandrake 7.0 and during the installation it hanged again. I keep
the Xircom card and installed the system. In the next system boot I plug
in the card and Mandrake recognized it. I configured the net with
linuxconf and used it normally.
Any suggestion for debian potato ?!?!
Sorry for my bad english !! ;-)
bill_de3958 wrote:
>
>
> I've copied all my old data and blown away WinNT. Installed SuSE 6.4,
> quite happily, on a Dell Latitude and now have a problem with PCMCIA.
>
> When booting up, I watch all the services start in turn untill it gets
> to the PCMCIA services. At this point the system hangs. I have checked
> SuSE's web site and found an answer suggesting I 'change confirgure
> file' in YaST, setting:
>
> PCMCIA_CORE_OPTS "do_pnp=0"
>
> So, did this and nothing. Found another SuSE sdb entry for:
>
> PCMCIA_PCIC_OPTS "do_scan=0 irq_mask=0xefff"
>
> Have tried that and once again I'm looking at a frozen screen. The
> system has hung after configuring the serial ports:
>
> PCMCIA: Starting services
> PCMCIA: using scheme: SuSE
> _
>
> And that's it. The PC card I'm using is a Xircom CardBus 10/100
> ethernet + 56k modem.
>
> Anyone know the answer before I'm reduced to dropping MS back on??
>
> Bill.
>
>
> Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
> Before you buy.
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From: John Hasler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.misc,alt.os.linux
Subject: Re: PPP and routing.
Date: Wed, 4 Oct 2000 22:01:46 GMT
Bill Unruh writes:
> So, perhaps you will be good enough to tell him how to get rid of that
> default route to lo on debian!
I already did in a previous article in this thread: comment out the gateway
line in /etc/init.d/network.
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John Hasler
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Hasler)
Dancing Horse Hill
Elmwood, WI
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From: Aslak Johansen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: any hope? (win98 upgrade, lost mbr, no boot disk)
Date: Thu, 05 Oct 2000 00:53:28 -0100
I don't know what happened, but ...
if the only problem is to make a new install of LILO (and not guessing
any MBR's) then try to boot the Linux system. This can be done with the
'loadlin' program (should be started from your Win98 in DOS-mode).
Here's an article on 'loadlin':
http://www.linuxgazette.com/issue34/bennet.html
and here's the homepage (with a download section) here:
http://elserv.ffm.fgan.de/~lermen/HOME.html
There's another way: I don't know about Redhat, but SuSE (another
distribution) has a feature on their install CD so that you can boot an
allready installed system by booting the install-CD and selecting 'Boot
an allready installed system'.
Once the system is booted I'm sure Redhat has a tool to take care of the
lilo-configuration. Anyway: some systems keeps a file "/etc/lilo.conf"
with the running LILO-configuration. This, among "/etc/fstab", could
give you some ideas about the previous configuration. If you have the
"/etc/lilo.conf" file you might be able to reinstall lilo with the
'lilo' command.
There is, however, still a problem: How will Win98 react to your LILO?
Microsoft has been pretty successfull in making their OS'es incompatible
with other boot-managers. The safe way is to either install 'loadlin' or
to create a boot-disk.
Good Luck
Aslak Johansen
RCD wrote:
> hi,
>
> if anyone knows of a solution I'd like to hear it.
>
> I have (had) a dual boot (with lilo) redhat, win95 and thought I'd
> finally upgrade to win98.
>
> I stupidly forgot to make a bootdisk.
>
> I thought I lost the original MBR, but when I scan the disk with NAV
> 2000 it says I have 2 MBRs.
>
> Can I recover and edit the MBR from windows to restore the lilo
> information?
>
> If I'm screwed, I'll just do another clean install of redhat, but I'd
> really like to know if there's any hope of recovery first.
>
> any information would be great
>
> thanks
>
> ryan
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From: Silviu Minut <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: RedHat 7 install failed, need rescue help
Date: Wed, 04 Oct 2000 19:52:57 -0400
This ia a known bug with the RH7.0 install program and it has been reported many times
to bugzilla.
Someone in this group suggested that you should not specify mount a mount point for dos
partitions. I tried that and it worked. Then just leave the /home partition
unformatted, and you're set. Any RH distribution will allow you to select the
partitions you want to format, so if RH7.0 still fails, you can re-install 6.1.
Charlie Zender wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I tried installing Redhat 7 on my Dell Inspiron 7500 intel laptop,
> previously running Redhat 6.1.
> The install failed just after disk druid partitioning and just before
> copying the packages.
> I tried to reuse the /home and /usr/local partitions.
> The anaconda script died, and now the system will not boot to linux
> since there is no system on the disk (it does still boot to windows).
> Now I would like to copy a file (my mail) from my /home partition before
> I reformat the disk completely and try to install Debian.
>
> I can use a rescue disk to boot linux and then mount the /home =/dev/hda7 partition.
> However the file is ~50 MB and will not fit on a single floppy.
> Fortunately I have a superdisk drive (LS120 = 120 MB) which used
> to be /dev/hdc = /mnt/ls120. I could copy the file onto the LS120
> if I could mount the drive. Unfortunately
>
> mount /dev/hdc /mnt/ls120
>
> fails with a "not enough space" error.
>
> Any ideas on how I mount the LS120 drive?
> Is there a way to copy stuff on /hda7 directly to the windows partition?
> I am unable to mount the windows partition from linux, same "not enough
> space" error. Any7 help/ideas appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
> Charlie
> --
> Charlie Zender [EMAIL PROTECTED] (949) 824-2987/FAX-3256, Department of
> Earth System Science, University of California, Irvine CA 92697-3100
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From: Charlie Zender <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: RedHat 7 install failed, need rescue help
Date: Wed, 04 Oct 2000 16:57:53 -0700
Thanks, I will definitely try this before I give up on RedHat 7.
But I hope you havn't gotten my hopes up only to be dashed again!
--
Charlie Zender [EMAIL PROTECTED] (949) 824-2987/FAX-3256, Department of
Earth System Science, University of California, Irvine CA 92697-3100
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From: RCD <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: any hope? (win98 upgrade, lost mbr, no boot disk)
Date: Wed, 04 Oct 2000 17:05:03 -0700
hi,
thanks for the useful info,
I'll try booting from the cd, then loadlin.
Yeah, I think you're right about installing LILO. I've read that
re-installing it may make
win98 unbootable. I think I'll have to stick to a boot disk until this
apparent problem is solved.
(I just hope I can get in a make it)
thanks again,
ryan
>
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From: Jerry L Kreps <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: RedHat 7 install failed, need rescue help
Date: Wed, 4 Oct 2000 19:35:24 -0500
Mount one of your DOS drives as a VFAT and then cp your file to it. Then
umount it.
On Wed, 04 Oct 2000, Charlie Zender wrote:
>Hi,
>
>I tried installing Redhat 7 on my Dell Inspiron 7500 intel laptop,
>previously running Redhat 6.1.
>The install failed just after disk druid partitioning and just before
>copying the packages.
>I tried to reuse the /home and /usr/local partitions.
>The anaconda script died, and now the system will not boot to linux
>since there is no system on the disk (it does still boot to windows).
>Now I would like to copy a file (my mail) from my /home partition before
>I reformat the disk completely and try to install Debian.
>
>I can use a rescue disk to boot linux and then mount the /home =/dev/hda7 partition.
>However the file is ~50 MB and will not fit on a single floppy.
>Fortunately I have a superdisk drive (LS120 = 120 MB) which used
>to be /dev/hdc = /mnt/ls120. I could copy the file onto the LS120
>if I could mount the drive. Unfortunately
>
>mount /dev/hdc /mnt/ls120
>
>fails with a "not enough space" error.
>
>Any ideas on how I mount the LS120 drive?
>Is there a way to copy stuff on /hda7 directly to the windows partition?
>I am unable to mount the windows partition from linux, same "not enough
>space" error. Any7 help/ideas appreciated.
>
>Thanks,
>Charlie
>--
>Charlie Zender [EMAIL PROTECTED] (949) 824-2987/FAX-3256, Department of
>Earth System Science, University of California, Irvine CA 92697-3100
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From: "David .." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Setting time zone in Redhat
Date: Wed, 04 Oct 2000 19:43:41 -0500
Richard Caron wrote:
>
> Hi all! Dell set up our Redhat and set the time zone for CDT. I can't
> find the way to change to EDT. It's important for a project we're
> doing. Any clues? TIA
>
> richard
/etc/sysconfig/clock
ZONE="US/Central"
UTC=true
ARC=false
The you can use "timetool" to set the clock if you have X running.
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Registered with the Linux Counter. http://counter.li.org
ID # 123538
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Pippin Barr)
Subject: Linux install with hardware conflicts?
Date: 5 Oct 2000 01:04:58 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hi, I'm wondering if anyone has some idea of what's going wrong for me
here:
I've tried to install both Madrake 7.1 and RedHat 7.0... in both cases
the install would crash in different place each time. This would appear
to be a hardware conflict to me... I really don't want it to be one...
any other ideas on what could be causing this problem?
PJ
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From: William McBrine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Please help with last step before remove windows
Date: Thu, 05 Oct 2000 01:19:56 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> 1) How can I copy mixed music cd's??
> I mean music cds without a dead space on the track changes??
Use the "-dao" option to cdrecord, or use cdrdao.
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William McBrine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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From: "chuck" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: network configurations?
Date: Thu, 05 Oct 2000 01:43:43 GMT
Hi, I'm a rookie to linux, I installed rh7 and I've been in linuxconf trying
to configure my nic thats directly hooked to a cable modem. I have the ip
address and my providers name and DNS numbers, and default gateway and my
nic was detected and has the correct drivers as far as I can tell but I get
no connection to the internet. I have NT on a different partition that works
great and was simple to configure. I guess my question is what name do you
use for the host name? If its a name just for the machine then why does it
have to be a FQDN? What name do you put on adapter 1? I've tried a bunch of
varations and nothing works. Thanks for any help.
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From: Adam Shrader <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Can't get RedHat 5.2 to install on my Seagate Medalist hdd model
Date: Wed, 04 Oct 2000 22:03:05 -0400
Can anybody tell me why I keep getting an abnormal installation error:
signal 11 error either when I try to partition my hard drive w/ disk
druid or fdisk or
when the RPM's are installing. Would a more up to date version of
RedHat solve this? Any suggestions would be helpful.
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From: Adam Shrader <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Can't get RedHat 5.2 to install on my Seagate Medalist hdd model
Date: Wed, 04 Oct 2000 22:10:19 -0400
Can anybody tell me why I keep getting an abnormal installation error:
signal 11 error either when I try to partition my hard drive w/ disk
druid or fdisk or when the RPM's are installing. Would a more up to
date version of RedHat solve this? Any suggestions would be helpful.
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From: "John A. Janes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Helix Code & OpenLinux 4.2
Date: Thu, 05 Oct 2000 02:15:41 GMT
Recently, when I attempted to install the Gnome Helix Code on OpenLinux 4.2, I'm
receiving the
error "The installer has detected that you are not running an operating system that is
able
to install Helix Code - please upgrade your system"
I have installed Helix Code on this EXACT same copy from the EXACT same CD at least 4
times
without any problems. Any Ideas? Anyone else having this problem.
Help! I miss my Helix!
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From: Emad Tajkhorshid <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Xconfigurator on a Compaq Presario 5000
Date: Wed, 04 Oct 2000 21:26:12 -0500
Rubens Queiroz de Almeida wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> I am trying to configure the X Window on a
> Compaq Presario 5000, a Pentium III.
>
> Xconfigurator reports an unknown error and
> instructs me to configure it manually.
Hi Rubens,
I am not an expert. But I have similar problem on my HP Pavilion
8755 P-III, and of course with installation of Red-Hat 6.2 (perhaps
it happens with other linuces, as well). You might need to update
your kernel.
Check this url:
http://www.redhat.com/support/docs/tips/i810.html
Red Hat Linux 6.2 + intel i810 chipset issues
(Includes i810/i810-DC100/i810e)
Hope it helps
Emad
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Emad Tajkhorshid http://www.ks.uiuc.edu/~emad
Theoretical Biophysics Group
Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology
405 N. Mathews, Urbana, IL 61801
Tel: (217)244-5042 Fax: (217)244-6078 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Subject: Re: Rockwell Hardware Modem - should work, won't
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Rob Clark)
Date: Thu, 05 Oct 2000 02:18:17 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
BorrisYeltsin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
(be proud of your real name)
>The one I have is recognised by windows as a Rockwell 56k ACF II
>Fax+Data+Voice Modem. I works fine in windows. It was sold to me as a
>hardware modem. Should I be asking for my money back?
No, that's a good one.
>KPPP says that it is busy (it is on /dev/modem -> /dev/ttys3). If any1
>has any idea's I would like to hear 'em.
Should be /dev/ttyS3 with a capital "S" (this is COM4). I hope you don't
already have something on IRQ 3. Try 'setserial -a /dev/modem' and see
what UART it thinks the modem has. If it says 'unknown' then you're doing
something wrong. The Modem-HOWTO at http://linuxdoc.org should help.
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>Version: PGPfreeware 6.5.8 for non-commercial use <http://www.pgp.com>
Now, Borris, your PGP block was longer than your post! What's up with
that? :)
Rob Clark, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.o2.net/~gromitkc/winmodem.html
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Turgut Durduran)
Subject: Linux on PDA
Date: 5 Oct 2000 02:48:08 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
has anybody played with linuces for PDAs? There seems to be a couple out
there. The most mature one seems to be the one for helio & compaq PDAs.
I can't tell whether I can use applications and ports for other small
linux distributions with these linuces though. any ideas?
I am talking about this distribution:
http://vhl-tools.sourceforge.net/
http://www.sourceforce.net/
there are more stuff on :
www.mobilelinux.com
my other questions is. does anyone know if it is possible to use goType
or other variants of external keyboards on PDAs running linux? What about
other expansions?
Ofcourse www.agendacomputing.com has a gadget which has a keyboard made
for it.
I guess I prefer something that is more 'standard-like' or very cheap
(relatively speaking like helio ,wwww.myhelio.com) .
Any experiences? any sugggestions?
turgut
PS: how can one enjoy a linux shell without a keyboard anyways?(these
linuces have shells, don't they???)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (NuZzY)
Subject: Mandrake 7.1 won't install on partition
Date: Thu, 05 Oct 2000 02:57:35 GMT
I have a 36GB hard drive that I have set up three ways:
1. 4GB NT Partition
2. 28GB 2000 Partition
3. 4GB unallocated space.
1 and 2 are dual-boot.
I'm trying to install linux to the unallocated space, but when I run
the install it blows away my Win2K O/S. I've also tried RH 6.2 and
made the 3rd partition ext2 with Partition Magic, but when I go to
create my root dir it says "size too large", even with 1MB as a test.
Can anyone help me?
George Nussbaum
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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