Linux-Setup Digest #842, Volume #19 Mon, 16 Oct 00 23:13:10 EDT
Contents:
Re: HP35480A scsi tape drive config ("Guy Smith")
mail problems ("Claus")
***how to burn mandrake 7.1 to CD*** ("Learner")
***How to boot linux without boot disk*** ("Learner")
Re: Bizarre shell problem. Please help (ljb)
How do I enable port forwarding (craig)
Multiple problems (P. U. Psilanimous)
Re: LILO frezes after PartitionMagic moves LINUX partitions ("Terry Janas")
Re: ADSL won't work on RH7 (Rod Smith)
wu-ftp and Guest Accounts (jdunn)
Re: installing linux on win2k (Rod Smith)
Hardware accelerated OpenGL for RIVA TNT? (second try) (Erik Max Francis)
RE: HP35480A scsi tape drive config ("Guy Smith")
Re: Is This On? (httpd access, etc.) ("bluster")
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From: "Guy Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.redhat
Subject: Re: HP35480A scsi tape drive config
Date: Tue, 17 Oct 2000 01:15:31 GMT
Thanks. It is odd because scsi_info can suck the IDs out of the drive, so
the comms can't be bad.
What I think I need is the data to feed stinit. HP's support site was
useless.
"-ljl-" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:8sf24a$doh$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> In article <70DG5.324081$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> "Guy Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > I have loaded Red Hat 6.2 on an old PC. Most everything is working
> OK,
> > except for an HP35480 DAT drive. The device is seen at boot (see next
> -
> > dump from dmesg)
> >
> > -----------------------------------------------
> > ----------------------------------
> > Detected scsi tape st0 at scsi0, channel 0, id 3, lun 0
> > st0: Error with sense data: [valid=0] Info fld=0x0, Current st09:00:
> sense
> > key Not Ready
> > -----------------------------------------------
>
> Here you'll find some switch setting for your drive:
> http://www.iohk.com/UserPages/wsyoung/12000e.html
>
> got numerous other hits using:
> http://www.northernlight.com
>
> Looks like '/usr/src/linux/scsi/st.c' is complaining:
> printk(KERN_WARNING "st%d: Error with sense data: ", dev);
>
> ? fatal ^^^^^^^^^ ?
>
> ---
> Louis-ljl-{ Louis J. LaBash, Jr. }
>
>
> Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
> Before you buy.
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From: "Claus" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: mail problems
Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2000 18:18:51 -0700
Everybody who sends me mail get the following error message back and my mail
service can't figure out what is causing it.
I need help. Any ideas ?
Thank you very much for your help.
Claus
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Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2000 19:49:08 -0500
From: Mail Delivery Subsystem <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Returned mail: unknown mailer error 1
The original message was received at Mon, 16 Oct 2000 19:49:07 -0500
from IDENT:[EMAIL PROTECTED] [138.110.1.10]
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"|vacation claus"
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From: "Learner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
24hoursupport.helpdesk,alt.linux,alt.os.linux,alt.os.linux.mandrake,comp.os.linux,linux.redhat.install
Subject: ***how to burn mandrake 7.1 to CD***
Date: Tue, 17 Oct 2000 01:25:54 GMT
Does anyone know how to burn the mandrake 7.1 to CD?
I downloaded Mandrake7.1 from the offical site, is a big file, 998 mb how
can i make it into 2 cds
i know there are two images that can download seperately, but i got the full
file, don't want to download the images again. can anyone help me please?
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From: "Learner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.os.linux,alt.os.linux.mandrake,comp.os.linux,cz.comp.linux,linux.redhat.install,nl.comp.os.linux.installatie
Subject: ***How to boot linux without boot disk***
Date: Tue, 17 Oct 2000 01:34:04 GMT
I have Linux mandrake 5.1 installed and using bootmagic to boot windows Me
and Linux. however, when i choose linux in the bootmagic menu, it doesn't
boot rather display many "00" in my screen? How come?
I have to restart my computer and then use the linux bootdisk to start
linux.
Help please! Thanks
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (ljb)
Subject: Re: Bizarre shell problem. Please help
Date: 17 Oct 2000 01:37:29 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>Colin Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> Servet Ahmet Cizmeli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>>[root@seawifs etc]# /usr/local/matlab5/etc/lnx86/lmhostid
>>>bash: /usr/local/matlab5/etc/lnx86/lmhostid: No such file or directory
>>>
>>>however the file exists with correct execution permissions
>>>
>>>[root@seawifs etc]# ls -l /usr/local/matlab5/etc/lnx86/lmhostid
>>>-rwxr-xr-x 10 acizmeli users 219264 Oct 31 1997
>>>/usr/local/matlab5/etc/lnx86/lmhostid
>>>
>>>I AM COMPLETELY STUCK. WHY WOULD THE SHELL NOT FIND THIS FILE TO RUN
>
>> If it's a script, the first line of the file will start with the two
>> characters '#!'. Check that the rest of that line points to an existing
>> file.
>
>Colin takes the prize. Pity he didn't offer evidence;-)
>
>[summer@possum summer]$ gvim bin/noshell
>[summer@possum summer]$ cat bin/noshell
>#!/bin/MisshingShell
>ls -l
>
>[summer@possum summer]$ chmod +x bin/noshell
>[summer@possum summer]$ bin/noshell
>bash: bin/noshell: No such file or directory
>[summer@possum summer]$
>
>
>This looks to me just like the original error.
We clipped too much. The original poster did "file" on the file
and file said it was ELF 32-bit LSB etc. So it isn't a script.
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From: craig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.networking,linux.net.masquerade
Subject: How do I enable port forwarding
Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2000 18:40:53 -0700
In Redhat linux 6.2 kernel 2.1.14, I want to make my linux firewall
forward ports such that Microsoft gaming Zone can get thru the firwall
from the Win98 machine behind the firewall.
Can someone tell me how you are doing it?
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From: P. U. Psilanimous <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Multiple problems
Date: Tue, 17 Oct 2000 02:07:04 GMT
I ran RH6.0 and 6.2 on my old Cyrix system and liked it very much
until the processor died. I now have the folowing system:
AMD Athlon 950 (TB)
Asus A7V MB (with Promise ATA-100 controller)
ATA-100 30GB HDD connected to the Promise controller (Boots into
Windoze 98)
ATA-33 8.4GB HDD connected to main primary IDE controller (Linux
loaded on this drive booted from floppy)
CD-ROM and CD-RW connected to main secondary IDE controller
USB keyboard with Logitech mouse on keyboard hub
Ethernet card, SB Live sound card, Voodoo 3 Video card (all working
fine0
Cable modem connected to Comcast @home network
I have installed RH (6.2 and 7.0), Suse 7.0, Corel and BestLinux (it
was there) on the smaller HD. Presently I have Suse running.
The problems:
1.None of these distributions recognize the ATA-100 disk (this was not
unexpected)
2.Only Suse will recognize my USB keyboard and mouse (it allows me to
change usbcore settings before initial reboot)
3.Once installed, Netscape installs fine and connects through my cable
modem fine, but will not connect to mail or news server. I have them
set up as I did on the old system, which worked fine.
4. Trying to set up XCDRoast by adding ide-scsi as a module. XCDRoast
sees the CD's correctly in setup, but whenever I try to access one of
them, the program crashes.
I know this is a lot of questions for one post, but, I figure I might
as well show all my ignorance at once.
I would appreciate any help you may have.
Thanks
Darrell
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Reply-To: "Terry Janas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
From: "Terry Janas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: LILO frezes after PartitionMagic moves LINUX partitions
Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2000 21:11:53 -0500
Actually, I have done WINNT and RedHat at the same time on one system, yet
had Linux install LILO on the MBR. This is OK in the case where Linux sees
the FAT16 partition where WinNT's system files are located. Therefore, when
you boot your computer, you should see: LILO: and press tab to see
linux dos
Type linux to boot linux, and type dos to boot the "dos" partition, which in
turn boots the NT loader. However, I just successfully installed Win98,
Win2000, and RedHat7 all on one 30GB drive, using the Win2k OS loader as my
selecter. I did this by installing LILO on the root partition (so in my
lilo.conf, boot= and root= point to the same /dev/hdaX). Then I ran LILO to
make sure it was installed on " / " and to see if any errors happened. THen
I just used "dd" to copy the bootsector to a floppy, and had the entry for
Linux in my boot.ini in windows point to the bootsector file I copied (i
called it bootsect.lnx). I ran into initial problems running lilo to
install on the root to begin with, since my Linux partitions were WAY past
1024 cyl on the HDD. Thankfully, I ran across an option that lets you
bypass this limitation on new BIOSes. Instead of having the line "linear"
or whatever in your lilo.conf, I changed it to "lba32". Once I made this
modification and ran lilo again, it did not complain and my triple-boot
machine worked successfully. I plan on writing a webpage sometime this
weekend since many of us have had issues relating to NT & Linux
simulatneously.
--
Terrence Bradley Janas
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
http://www.students.uiuc.edu/~tjanas
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"So, is the glass half empty, half full, or just twice as
large as it needs to be?" --Anonymous
"Giuseppi Tubiere" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> On Mon, 16 Oct 2000 12:49:15 -0000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Anita Lewis)
> wrote:
>
> >On Sat, 14 Oct 2000 12:20:13 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> >>In article <8s0cfa$3lg$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> >>> Hi,
> >>> I have tried the RH6.0 CD and while reading the instructions it went
> >>> into 'installation' mode. Anyway, I followed the prompts and ended
> >>> updating my RH5.2 to 6.0. I have located the LINUX partition as hda6,
> >>> and chose that as the LILO site instead of MBR.
> >>>
> >>> Now, Win95 can boot but LINUX would not. :-(
> >>
> >>Well, now LILO freezes at LIL
> >>here are my partition table that I wrangle out with fdisk and some
> >>redirection ...
> >>Disk /dev/hda: 255 heads, 63 sectors, 784 cylinders
> >>Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 bytes
> >>
> >> Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
> >>/dev/hda1 * 1 281 2257101 b Win95 FAT32
> >>/dev/hda2 282 367 690795 b Win95 FAT32
> >>/dev/hda3 368 784 3349552+ 5 Extended
> >>/dev/hda5 368 449 658633+ b Win95 FAT32
> >>/dev/hda6 450 577 1028128+ 83 Linux
> >>/dev/hda7 578 768 1534176 83 Linux
> >>/dev/hda8 769 784 128488+ 82 Linux swap
> >>
> >>hda3 looks very suspicious! My fstab is as follows
> >>/dev/hda2 /dos vfat defaults
> >>
> >>/dev/hda6 / ext2 defaults 1 1
> >>/dev/hda7 /home ext2 defaults 1 2
> >>/dev/hda8 swap swap defaults 0 0
> >>/dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy ext2 noauto 0 0
> >>/dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom iso9660 noauto,ro 0 0
> >>none /proc proc defaults 0 0
> >>none /dev/pts devpts mode=0622 0 0
> >>
> >>lilo.conf and fstab looks in proper order. Lili.conf is as follows.
> >>boot=/dev/hda6
> >>map=/boot/map
> >>install=/boot/boot.b
> >>prompt
> >>timeout=50
> >>other=/dev/hda1
> >> label=win95
> >> table=/dev/hda
> >>image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.2.5-15
> >> label=linux
> >> root=/dev/hda6
> >> read-only
> >>
> >>
> >>Hope someone can help me to figure the partition table out.
> >
> >The partition table is fine. /dev/hda3 is an extended partition.
> >The remaining partitions following are logical partitions of that
> >extended partition. If you add up all the blocks for hda5-hda8, it
> >should equal hda3.
> >
> >Now I am thinking that there may be a problem with putting lilo on
> >a logical partition. I don't know - just a guess. Here is what
> >I would try just to be on the safe side and not put lilo in the mbr
> >just yet until we are sure it works. I would try putting lilo on
> >a floppy.
> >
> >Edit lilo.conf so that you have boot=/dev/fd0. Put a floppy in the
> >drive and do 'lilo' to write lilo to the floppy. Leave the floppy
> >in the drive and reboot. Try accessing both windows and linux.
> >If that works, try it for a while and then change lilo.conf so that
> >boot=/dev/hda. Run lilo and that will write lilo to the mbr. There
> >is no reason not to have it there, because you are running a form
> >of windows that does not have a boot loader. If you end up installing
> >win2k, you will not be able to have lilo in the mbr.
> >
> >I am wondering if you did something between where you say that win95
> >boots but linux does not and then you say lilo is stuck at LIL? Did
> >that change happen all by itself?
> >
> >Does anyone know if lilo can be installed on a logical partition?
> >
> >Anita
>
> Anita,
>
> No flame wars here, but I'm running RH7.0 with LILO on the MBR,
> booting WIN98, WINNT40 and WIN2K from the NT bootloader.
>
> Maybe this is a restriction of older LILO of RH6.0?
>
> Teach me here if I'm wrong.
>
> Thanks!
>
>
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Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Rod Smith)
Subject: Re: ADSL won't work on RH7
Date: Tue, 17 Oct 2000 02:25:52 GMT
[Posted and mailed]
In article <8sg0o6$a55$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> I just installed RH7 on my p233 system. I've got a Kingston Ethernet
> (PCI) (tulip driver) card installed, and pppoe will not connect to my
> ADSL provider for me. Has anybody else had this problem and if so how
> do I correct it.
PPPoE is still fairly immature. Sometimes one PPPoE implementation works
and another doesn't. If I'm not mistaken, RH 7 comes with the Roaring
Penguin PPPoE client, which is fairly popular; but there are others.
Check http://www.rodsbooks.com/network/network-dsl.html for a few links.
If you continue to have problems, please post some more details -- most
importantly, what DSL provider you're using. Also, be sure that your DSL
provider actually USES PPPoE. Not all do.
--
Rod Smith, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.rodsbooks.com
Author of books on Linux & multi-OS configuration
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From: jdunn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: wu-ftp and Guest Accounts
Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2000 21:27:14 -0500
I have wu-ftp installed on a server running debian 2.2 The deb package
for wu-ftp had no ftpaccess file.
I have found several docs on the web showing how to set up user accounts
for Guest access, but
so far none has worked. wu-ftp is being started by inetd OK and I can
connect via ftp, BUT
I have access to whole machine. I have one doc that says ftpaccess is
used by wu-ftpd by
default and another that says I must either re-compile it or start it
with -a
What's the real scoop here ?
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Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Rod Smith)
Subject: Re: installing linux on win2k
Date: Tue, 17 Oct 2000 02:34:22 GMT
[Posted and mailed]
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Aneesh Aggarwal) writes:
> Hi,
>
> I am trying to install redhat linux 7.0 on my laptop which is currently
> running win2K using loadlin, but it
> gives a lot of problems. Has anyone installed linux on win2K, please
> help me.
First, one does not install Linux "on" Windows, because that implies
that Linux is a Windows program. Linux is not that; it's an ALTERNATIVE
TO Windows. You can install Linux ALONGSIDE Windows, though.
Second, LOADLIN is a DOS program that uses DOS features to give control
of the computer to Linux from DOS. It does not work in Windows NT or
2000 (unless there's some NT/2000 version of LOADLIN of which I'm
unaware).
Third, to install Linux alongside Win2K, you must repartition your hard
disk, install Linux, and use some variety of boot loader (like Linux's
LILO, Win2K's OS Loader, or a third-party program like BootMagic or
System Commander) to select which OS you want to run. Without knowing
more about your configuration, it's impossible to say how close you are
to having done all this.
For more information, there are various FAQs and HOWTOs on
multi-booting the two OSs. Check http://www.linuxdoc.org for Linux
HOWTOs and http://www.ntfaq.com for Windows NT/2000 documentation.
There are also scads of sites that cover one aspect or another of
multi-OS configuration. My book, _The Multi-Boot Configuration
Handbook_ (http://www.rodsbooks.com/multiboot/) gathers much of this
information in one place, although it's overkill for basic
configuration of two OSs.
--
Rod Smith, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.rodsbooks.com
Author of books on Linux & multi-OS configuration
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From: Erik Max Francis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.x
Subject: Hardware accelerated OpenGL for RIVA TNT? (second try)
Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2000 19:35:27 -0700
"moonie;)" wrote:
> I used the same instructions to get a TNT working as I did my TNT2U
> and my sons
> TNT2 M64 PCI. Here they are (you will need to use XFree86 4.01
> because nvidia
> only lists drivers for it, no 4.0 anymore)
>
> http://www.linuxnewbie.org/nhf/intel/distros/mandrake/mdk_nvidia.html
Thanks for this resource it made me realize I had missed a step:
changing the X driver from "nv" to "nvidia."
Doing that changed the behavior (there's lots of flashing and funny
bitmaps on the screen for a split second just before X starts up), but
it still fails: X works fine until I run an OpenGL application, in
which case it immediately crashes with signal 11.
So now it's just crashing when I run OpenGL apps. Anyone have any
suggestions on what to do next?
Thanks.
--
Erik Max Francis / [EMAIL PROTECTED] / http://www.alcyone.com/max/
__ San Jose, CA, US / 37 20 N 121 53 W / ICQ16063900 / &tSftDotIotE
/ \ All bad poetry springs from genuine feeling.
\__/ Oscar Wilde
The laws list / http://www.alcyone.com/max/physics/laws/
Laws, rules, principles, effects, paradoxes, etc. in physics.
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From: "Guy Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.redhat
Subject: RE: HP35480A scsi tape drive config
Date: Tue, 17 Oct 2000 02:49:45 GMT
Well, the symptoms changed a bit after I selected a resonable varitation of
a scinit.def file. Now the tape drive will not hold onto a tape. Insert
the tape, it loads, spins for a few seconds, then ejects.
"mt load" results in an I/O error.
Attempting a tar results in " Cannot write: No medium found"
So, I'm stumped. Anyone successfuly using a HP35480A that can give me some
pointers?
--- orig msg ---
I have loaded Red Hat 6.2 on an old PC. Most everything is working OK,
except for an HP35480 DAT drive. The device is seen at boot (see next -
dump from dmesg)
============================================================================
==================================
Detected scsi tape st0 at scsi0, channel 0, id 3, lun 0
st0: Error with sense data: [valid=0] Info fld=0x0, Current st09:00: sense
key Not Ready
============================================================================
==================================
1) Not sure to what to make of the message
2) Cannot find any good documentation on configuring scsi tape drives, much
less anything specific on this model
Looking for any guidance.
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From: "bluster" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Is This On? (httpd access, etc.)
Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2000 23:09:15 -0400
Rich Grise <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> I've been poking around with my ppp stuff, and it looks like
> some file permissions got changed when I wasn't looking. So,
> I thought I'd do an experiment, if anybody's amenable, and
> if my IP will stay stable. Right this moment, my IP is
>
> 207.182.224.18 .
>
> What happens when you http, ftp, or telnet to it?
>
> Please feel free to email any results - my email is real.
>
> Thanks!
> Rich
You can check for some common open ports on your system
using this www page at Gibson Research Corp.
https://grc.com/x/ne.dll?bh0bkyd2
Bluster
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