Linux-Setup Digest #903, Volume #19 Wed, 25 Oct 00 20:13:08 EDT
Contents:
Re: Determinig functions build in Kernel ("J.H.Delaney")
Promise FT100 beta driver produces unresolved symbol (Michael Miyabara-McCaskey)
Re: Starting from scratch on Alpha... (John Beardmore)
Mandrake 7.1 + XFree864.0.1 = headache for new user ("chris mills")
Re: Redhat 7.0 kernel compilation problems with PIII coppermine (Michael
Miyabara-McCaskey)
Newbie Graphical Installation Question (Kevin C Reeves)
LILO: A contribution for diagnostic purposes. (Michael Miyabara-McCaskey)
Re: limiting transfer rates thru firewall (James Stevenson)
Re: X Windows not working ("Stefanus Johny")
boot menu w2k n linux ("Stefanus Johny")
Re: Linux and Windows clock times out of sync (VMware for Win2000 + SuSE 7.0) ("Rob
de Bruin")
Re: 2.4.0-test9 and 2.2.17 ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
kernla panic! (opolot okia)
Re: Moving /usr From One Partition To Another (Mike Fry)
Re: Newbie Graphical Installation Question ("Jason Wojciechowski")
Re: Mandrake 7.1 + XFree864.0.1 = headache for new user ("Jason Wojciechowski")
Re: HP35480A scsi tape drive config ("Ken Abrahamsen")
Re: compile kernel problem ("Jason Wojciechowski")
Re: Setup the correct colors ? ("Jason Wojciechowski")
Re: Setup Storm Linux (Michael V. Ferranti)
Re: Total Newbie: Kernel Panic (Michael V. Ferranti)
Re: pppd in Corel Linux ("bluster")
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From: "J.H.Delaney" <this.is.my.forewall.against.spam@com>
Crossposted-To:
alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.misc,alt.os.linux.mandrake,alt.os.linux.slackware
Subject: Re: Determinig functions build in Kernel
Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2000 23:10:42 +0200
>
> Hello,
>
> I have been trying to
>
> make config
>
> and I get errors about
>
This hardly has anything to do with the current thread, now does it? If you
wanna start a new thread, dont reply to a current thread but post a new
message instead.
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From: Michael Miyabara-McCaskey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Promise FT100 beta driver produces unresolved symbol
Date: 25 Oct 2000 21:27:33 GMT
Hello to all,
I am hoping that perhaps some Linux guru, who is currently running with
a few extra unused synapses, can help me.
I purchased a Promise FastTrak100 (IDE/ATA/UDMA RAID 0+1), but have yet
to get it working... and at this time Promise does not provide any
support.
What they have done, is written a very vague installation procedure,
that has an extremely basic troubleshooting portion. They basically say
that their product will work, if "SCSI Support" is installed in the
kernel. Then they say that "sometimes insmod will report unresolved
symbols", and that the fix is to do "make mrproper" and rebuild your
kernel, and modules.
ftp://ftp.promise.com/Controllers/IDE/FastTrak100/LinuxBETA/fasttrak.txt
Well all said and done... Here is the error I get:
#insmod ft.o
ft.o: unresolved symbol scsi_register_Rb13032eb
My assumption was that, turning on the "block - SCSI Emulation", the
"scsi - SCSI Support", and the "scsi - SCSI Generic Support" would do
the trick... nope...
Next I tried making all the remaining items in the "scsi" section
loadable modules... no effect...
So then I compiled everything in the "scsi" section into the kernel...
and... my kernel won't compile it says is too big...
Anyone have a few ideas I could try?
I am running kernel 2.2.17.
-Michael Miyabara-McCaskey
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From: John Beardmore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.alpha
Subject: Re: Starting from scratch on Alpha...
Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2000 21:12:03 +0100
In article <8m678t$hb$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes
>I had some success with the 2100 yesterday. The RedHat 6.2 installation
>got installed but crashed after a short while. The error message
>referred to spinlocks so I assume that the dual-processor aspect was the
>trouble. However, the JumpStart CD had a more recent kernel on it
>(2.2.16cpq). Installing that gave me a bootable system. Unfortunately it
>died the death at 4 a.m. this morning and crashed with the same spinlock
>error this morning after I rebooted, fsck'ed and all that malarkey.
Did you ever resolve this ? Is work being done on the kernel to fix it
up ?
Cheers, J/.
--
John Beardmore
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From: "chris mills" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Mandrake 7.1 + XFree864.0.1 = headache for new user
Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2000 14:51:29 -0700
Yes, I am a newbie. I will admit it, I'm not embarassed. Everyone has to
start somewhere sometime.
A Windoze user I have seen the light that is Linux and I am trying my
darndest to convert.
My problem is the X server. And as far as I can tell from other newsgroup
postings, the x server is a common headache for a lot of new and old linux
users.
I've install the Mandrake 7.1 distribution (which includes the 3.3.6 version
of XFree86 I believe).
My computer configuration is such:
- PIII 500
- Voodoo3 2000
- Princeton Graphics Systems EO720
(By the way, I'm doing a dual boot with Window$. No problems thus far.)
Using version 3.3.6, I was unable to establish a server connection to the
display. It couldn't resolve the mode lines. I tried fiddling with the
mode lines with no luck. (Mandrake ease of automated install my butt.) So
I tried an upgrade of the server to 4.0.1. Now I have a completely
different error. Please try and follow.
Immediately after the upgrade I ran XFree86 -configure. It worked fine. I
moved and renamed the XF86Config.new to /etc/X11. No big deal. I started
the server (startx) and for the first time ever it launches into Gnome.
Immediately I notice that where text should be there are squares, or boxes,
for each character. I recogonize an error window, but I can't read its
contents since the words are all box characters. Immediately I think font
server error. I try exiting out of the Xserver, but I really can't tell
what exits the server since there aren't any words (remember this is the
FIRST TIME I've been able to get the server to come up). There was a
terminal screen available and so I went and did a "shutdown -r now" command.
Now I look back and think, "Not such a good idea man."
It rebooted. I tried the "startx" command at the command line but allas,
I've screwed myself somehow. I get a dreaded "Errorno: 111" And it
indicates it cannot connect to fontpath "unix:/-1", and basically says "nope
not gonna connect to the server". Basically I'm getting a FontServer error.
This sucks.
I am determined to get this thing working!
If any one who maybe simpathetic to my cause can help me out, that would be
great.
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Michael Miyabara-McCaskey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Redhat 7.0 kernel compilation problems with PIII coppermine
Date: 25 Oct 2000 21:57:30 GMT
Andrzej,
Have you destroyed all trace of the GNU GCC compiler they shipped with RH
7.0? If not, pull it out.
Next, install the EGCS 1.1.2 (kgcc 2.91.66) RPM that they ship on the RH7
CDROM, then manually make sure that both "gcc" and "cc" are deleted,
finally make symblinks to "kgcc" for "gcc" and "cc".
I'm not on my Linux box at the moment, or I would give you more specific
directories, but the root of the problem is simply that for whatever reason
RH 7.0 ships with the GNU GCC 2.96 development
(http://gcc.gnu.org/gcc-2.96.html) version of "gcc", which will not compile
the kernel.
(http://www.redhat.com/support/docs/gotchas/7.0/gotchas-7-6.html#ss6.1)
They suggest, changing the "Makefile" to reference "kgcc" instead of "gcc",
but I found that it still would not recompile for me no matter what...
Which is why I created symlinks from "gcc -> kgcc" and "cc -> kgcc".
Finally for whatever reason, I still could not get their 2.2.16-22 source
to compile at all... However a fresh download from www.kernel.org, of
2.2.16-22 or 2.2.17 worked just fine.
I'm currently running 2.2.17 and it works very nicely.
For all those who wonder, I have an open ticket with Red Hat, asking when
they will produce a binary RPM for the 2.95.2 release version, to make it
easy for all of us...
-Michael Miyabara-McCaskey
Andrzej Nowak wrote:
> I set up Redhat Linux 7.0 (guiness) on a PIII coppermine 650MHz
> machine. However it seems impossible to compile ANY kernel version
> on it (I tried 2.2.16 2.2.17 2.2.16-22 2.2.14).
> Each time I change anything in the kernel configuration I get different
> errors and warnings (lots of them) on different files,
> looking just like there was a lot of bugs in the kernel code.
> These kernels compile without problems on a PII233. Is this a common
> problem, and how should I start dealing with it?
> I do the compilation the 'usual' way: make menuconfig
> make dep, make bzImage, make module, make modules install
> I also tried make clean between make dep and make bzImage.
> still nothing.
>
> +e [epsilon]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Kevin C Reeves)
Subject: Newbie Graphical Installation Question
Date: 25 Oct 2000 21:59:48 GMT
I recently obtained Red Hat Linux 7.0 and have been semi-successful
in my attempt to install it. The problem is that I am unable to
install in graphical mode. My machine formerly had Windows 95 as its
OS. When I choose to install in graphical mode the installation
program still runs in text mode. I never get any message about Linux
not being able to recognize my video card, nor do I get the option
to choose Gnome or KDE. When the install is complete I am running
the text version of Linux and the startx command is not recognized.
Any ideas on what the problem is?
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From: Michael Miyabara-McCaskey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: LILO: A contribution for diagnostic purposes.
Date: 25 Oct 2000 22:14:17 GMT
LILO: A contribution for diagnostic purposes.
Hello linux open source world, here is fun one for all to enjoy.
Configuration: RedHat 7.0, on a single 2.5GB EIDE HDD controlled by an
onboard PIIX3 controller.
After clean installation (formatted the drive), the system freezes where
the LILO prompt should be, instead it only prints: "L" or "LI". But
boots just fine with the boot floppy made during the install.
You run fdisk, and all the partitions look exactly how every How-To says
they should be. You run lilo, and everything looks fine and it appears
to have installed correctly into the MBR. You check the /etc/lilo.conf
and it looks perfect in every way. You run lilo -v -v -v, and each
record looks great. You try from scratch again, and format using the
linear option this time, the entire installation goes just fine without
any errors, you restart the system, and... It still will not boot.
So you dig and dig and dig, and even read that LBA and LARGE translation
modes are now supposed to work fine, and you think to yourself, who
cares, this is purely a Linux machine, I am not even using a translation
mode...
Then it hits you... if the drive is 2.5GB, and you are not using LBA or
LARGE, why did lilo say that there was only 620 cylinders?
So you double-check your motherboard bios and it says "normal" with 4962
cylinders, so you boot Linux and presto "lilo says 620 cylinders".
Gee... so you go back to your motherboard bios, and well now if you
enable LBA, it would be 620 cylinders... so you save changes as LBA
translation on your motherboard bios... reboot...
AND...
It all works just fine...
Anyone else sick?
So how/why did lilo and/or RH 7.0 decide that the disk should be in LBA
mode? No idea... But add it as one more thing to check.
-Michael Miyabara-McCaskey
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (James Stevenson)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.security,comp.os.linux.network
Subject: Re: limiting transfer rates thru firewall
Date: 25 Oct 2000 21:26:20 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hi
there is a traffic shaper module in the kernel
you could look into using this
On Wed, 25 Oct 2000 08:14:14 GMT, stephen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I use DHCPD to assign local ips to computer behind the firewall.
>What I would also like to add is (speed/transfer rates) limitation to
>some of the nodes in the intranet that use masqurading to the internet.
>For instance, a node on the intranet 192.168.0.56 needs to be limited to
>10k/sec when its packets are masquraded to the internet.
>
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From: "Stefanus Johny" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: X Windows not working
Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2000 18:18:39 -0400
it works
thanks
"Eric" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Stefanus Johny wrote:
> >
> > I'm a newbie in Linux, and I just installed Red Hat 6.2 on my computer.
the
> > installation went well without error. however i can't get the x window
to
> > work even though i have include everything during setup.
> >
> > can anyone help me out?
> > thanks in advance
> > Johny
>
> run the startx command when you've logged in.
> (and beware, linux is case sensitive)
>
> Eric
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From: "Stefanus Johny" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: boot menu w2k n linux
Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2000 18:18:01 -0400
I just installed linux redhat 6.2 so now i have dual operating system with
windows 2000
when the system boots, it automatically boots windows 2000
how to set the system so when it boots it displays an option menu so i can
choose which os to boot?
thanks
Johny
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From: "Rob de Bruin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Linux and Windows clock times out of sync (VMware for Win2000 + SuSE 7.0)
Date: Thu, 26 Oct 2000 00:39:23 +0200
Did you activate your vmware-toolbox yet ? It's got an option to do just
that for you ...
Rob (Another new bee)
PS. Does your soundcard work ?
"Phil Holland" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> I'm a newbie to Linux, but I'm learning fast. I particularly like the
> VMware solution to multiple operating systems, but I keep finding
> oddities...
>
> Problem:
> I can manually adjust the Linux date and time to match that in Windows
> using the kcmclock application. However, over a period of time, when
> I'm not using Linux constantly, the Linux clock shows a different time,
> sometimes fast, sometimes slow. For example this morning it is Oct 25 @
> 11:52 in Windows, but Oct 26 @ 01:41 in Linux.
>
> Question:
> Is there a way to force Linux to use the CMOS clock from within VMware?
>
> Environment:
> I am running the following setup:
> Pentium III 750MHz laptop
> 128MB memory
> 11GB hard drive (C:)
> DVD (D:)
> Windows 2000 Professional
> VMware 2.0.2 for Windows NT and Windows 2000
> SuSE 7.0
> hda = linux.dsk (1.5GB max, mount=/, /boot and swap)
> hdb = linux2.dsk (1.5GB max, mount=/home)
> hdc = D:
> hdd = C:
> 64MB memory
>
> Thanks in advance..........Phil
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: 2.4.0-test9 and 2.2.17
Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2000 22:44:52 GMT
> Well, I've just downloaded the 2.4.0-test9 kernel and built it. When I
> try and boot it up (via lilo) it gets a very little way and then I get
an OOPS - something about 'unable to
> dereference NULL pointer in kernel'. Obviously something amiss there -
> heck it is a 'test' version :-) I'll see about that later.
>
> Another thought however is where is your boot partition? Initially I was
> trying to boot (i.e. where /boot is located) from the end of a 6GB disk -
> needless to say it didn't like that. I have moved everything to a
> separate small boot partition within the first 1024 cylinders. The
> partition is about 30MB or so - but it only uses 5 or 6.
>
> Thoguht number 2 - if you have the disk space, can you move/rebuild the
> 2.4.0 partition - do you have everything on one root partition? - onto
a different disk or different part of the disk, and
> try and boot off that?
>
> John.
the following is an output of fdisk -l on my computer
Disk /dev/hda: 240 heads, 63 sectors, 1559 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 15120 * 512 bytes
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/hda1 1 44 332639+ a0 IBM Thinkpad hibernation
/dev/hda2 * 340 881 4097520 b Win95 FAT32
/dev/hda3 882 1559 5125680 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/hda4 45 339 2230200 5 Extended
/dev/hda5 45 47 22648+ 83 Linux
/dev/hda6 48 65 136048+ 82 Linux swap
/dev/hda7 66 309 1844608+ 83 Linux
Partition table entries are not in disk order
do I need a totally separate partiton for 2.4.0 or can it share with
2.2.17? I've got about 200 meg spare on my disk so if they need separate
/boot partitons I suppose I could set one up.
Thanks
Job0
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From: opolot okia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: kernla panic!
Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2000 22:48:03 GMT
I recompilED my kernal now nothing works. N o sound no netwrok drivers
even rpoblems with my partitions, it will not load the dos partitions.
I am using RH 6.2. I recomplied because I could not use hdparm.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Mike Fry)
Subject: Re: Moving /usr From One Partition To Another
Date: 26 Oct 2000 01:21:28 +0200
On Wed, 25 Oct 2000 10:19:59, Robert Kiesling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> You might want to re-evaluate your disk space requirements, and
> especially try to figure out why /usr is filling up so quickly. That
> said, this is a critical operation: you need to have a valid /usr file
> system available at all times. Don't blame me if something goes
> wrong. and have a rescue disk handy in case you get yourself into
> trouble.
Thanks Robert.
The answer is, as ever, simple: being very new to Linux, I just didn't
allocate enough space for /usr. Now I have, for example, up2date
refusing to install some rpms because more space is required on /usr
than is presently available. There's plenty of room on root though. I
appreciate your comment concerning the criticality of the operation -
that's why I thought I'd ask in the first place. Being so new to Linux,
I'm not too worried if things do go wrong - I can always reinstall and
then retrieve the missing rpms again. Fortunately, there's nothing on
the partitions that couldn't be rebuilt - tedious, but not a train
smash!
To try and maximise the potential for success, I suppose I should
consider reconfiguring things before trying this. I think I should try
and minimise any use that is made of the current /usr - not starting X
or Gnome, having the minimum number of services running (named uses /usr
I think) etc. Anything else I should watch out for?
--
Regards, Mike Fry
email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: "Jason Wojciechowski" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Newbie Graphical Installation Question
Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2000 23:24:42 GMT
On <8t7l4k$3g9$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I recently obtained Red Hat Linux 7.0 and have been semi-successful in my
> attempt to install it. The problem is that I am unable to install in
> graphical mode. My machine formerly had Windows 95 as its OS. When I choose
> to install in graphical mode the installation program still runs in text mode.
> I never get any message about Linux not being able to recognize my video
> card, nor do I get the option to choose Gnome or KDE. When the install is
> complete I am running the text version of Linux and the startx command is not
> recognized. Any ideas on what the problem is?
What are you installing from? Anybody know if it's possible that there's an
RH7 version floating around that doesn't do graphics at all? That doesn't
sound really plausible, but you never know...
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From: "Jason Wojciechowski" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Mandrake 7.1 + XFree864.0.1 = headache for new user
Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2000 23:28:42 GMT
On <8t7kkm$l9u$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "chris mills" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
<snip>
Is it too late to go back to 3.3.6? I think there are still issues with XF4.
I know a lot of people are having trouble with it.
Did you ever use Xconfigurator? I found that it worked like a dream for me.
Especially if you're smart enough (I wasn't for awhile) to use the text-mode
graphical version of it.
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From: "Ken Abrahamsen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.redhat
Subject: Re: HP35480A scsi tape drive config
Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2000 16:26:13 -0700
OK, this was a few years ago, so the details may only be close but.....
I *struggled* with one of these same Hp drives for 1-2 weeks on a Dell
server running NT 4.0 server.
FWIR, tapes on this HP tape drive will *immediately* eject after loading IF
the current drive setup/configuration is different from the existing tape
header record. The magic key to solving this is to do a FULL reformat of
each tape which will not mount.
So you ask, how do you format a tape when the fool tape drive spits it right
back out?????
At least under NT backup, there was an option to suppress reading the tape's
header record upon loading the tape in the drive. Under Linux, I'd suggest
looking for something like this option too. Sorry I don't know what it is
though. Maybe someone can tell you the command now that you know what needs
to be done. Once you find it and get the tape to stay in the drive. REFORMAT
the tape (assuming your tape drive has now been configured/optioned the way
you want it; ie; recording density / compression on/off, block size, etc).
Once reformatted, the tapes will now remain loaded in the drive but also
still check them for the usual media defects before using them.
Hope this helps.
ken
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[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message <8svelu$e5a$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>I can't give you much real help, but I can offer
>some encouragement. I got my Archive Python DAT
>drive to work without a problem. I can suggest
>that you look at the manual for the drive to
>figure out if there might be a hardware problem --
> or even try the drive under Windows, which might
>allow you to set up your drive easier, initially
>(try a W98 or W2K backup program, for example).
>You can read the manual page for mt (and st) and
>I think there may be a well-known HOWTO for
>tapes. I'm not sure if it will help, but you can
>look in the linux source code tree, too. But I
>just ran something like 'mt status' and figured
>out that /dev/tape was not set up, so I linked it
>to /dev/nst0 and away it went. I can do multi-
>volume tars; everything seems to work.
>
>See below where I have copied your questions.
>
>I don't visit this newsgroup often. If you want
>to ask me a question (not sure that I can offer
>much more help), email me at
>[EMAIL PROTECTED] (remove "SMAMLESS).
>
>-Thomas
>
>In article <d7PG5.325775
>$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> "Guy Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> Well, the symptoms changed a bit after I
>selected a resonable varitation of
>> a scinit.def file.
>
>Sorry, what is that?
>
>> Now the tape drive will not hold onto a tape.
>Insert
>> the tape, it loads, spins for a few seconds,
>then ejects.
>
>I'm not sure what might cause this. Could it be
>a hardware problem: SCSI cable problem, dirty or
>busted drive? Bad tape? I think maybe remember
>something like this happening to me when I had a
>SCSI configuration problem. If your cable, SCSI
>addresses, termination, SCSI adaptor and drive
>are all right, you should have no problem, I
>think (assuming your drive has no major quirk --
>and I doubt that).
>
>> "mt load" results in an I/O error.
>
>What does 'mt status' return?
>
>> 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
>
>The SCSI commands that go out over the SCSI bus
>are standardised. I believe the "Not Ready"
>indicates some particular reply was not returned
>from the drive. I'm not sure if this is normal
>or not. If you're still having trouble, I'll
>check this next time I boot my Linux system and
>see what I get. I'm pretty sure it is not "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
>
>There's basically nothing to it if you have the
>scsi tape module (st), which dmesg is indicating
>you do.
>
>> Looking for any guidance.
>
>Sorry I've been so long-winded.
>
>
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>Before you buy.
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From: "Jason Wojciechowski" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: compile kernel problem
Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2000 23:30:30 GMT
On <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Kevin Partridge" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>
>> Maybe you forgot to mv or rm unused modules from
>> /lib/modules/modules-<kernel-version> when compiling for the same kernel
>> with less modules. So the old modules in the same modules dir are not linked
>> to your current kernel. Also I usually do a 'make install' at the end, which
>> updates /boot/vmlinuz, /boot/SystemMap, and runs lilo.
>>
>
> so would the 'make install' mean that i wouldn't have to update LILO manually?
I didn't think 'make install' actually did LILO stuff for you. I know I used
it the last time I attempted to recompile my kernel, and I still ended up
having to update LILO... unless, of course, I did something wrong and LILO was
already pointing to the new kernel. Which might explain why it didn't work.
Wow. I might have just had a problem solved very indirectly :)
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From: "Jason Wojciechowski" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Setup the correct colors ?
Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2000 23:31:14 GMT
On <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
"ne..." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Oct 25, 2000 at 19:43, Ed Bras eloquently wrote:
>
>>Can someone please tell me how to configure the number of colors Linux uses
>>??
>>I am using RedHat 7 with gnome and want to configure it to use more than 256
>>colors ?
> man XF86Config makes good reading. Especially the Screen section and the bit
> about DefaultDepth.
As I mentioned in another post, I've found Xconfigurator makes me happy.
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From: Michael V. Ferranti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Setup Storm Linux
Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2000 16:33:40 -0700
Here I was, minding my own business, and wouldn't you know it?
"Michael Perry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> just had to go and say:
>After reading my post regarding doing some research, I did not mean to
>imply that a person should not experiment.
It didn't come across like that to me. It came across sounding like
you were giving up on Linux, so I tried talking you out of it. <grins>
-- Michael V. Ferranti [blades&inreach*com]
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From: Michael V. Ferranti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Total Newbie: Kernel Panic
Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2000 16:33:41 -0700
And "DaveL" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said thus:
>CPU: Cyrix 6X86 2X Core/Bus Clock stepping 06
>Kernel Panic: Kernel compiled for Pentium+, requires TSC
Sounds like your kernel's compiled for the Pentium+, not Cyrix.
-- Michael V. Ferranti [blades&inreach*com]
Warning: The Surgeon General has deemed that excessive displays of warning
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From: "bluster" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: pppd in Corel Linux
Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2000 19:30:48 -0400
Steve Shackles <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I have enabled the debug but it still does not wotk.. I have a Trust 56k
> ESP External Modem.
What do the entries in the /var/log/messages file report?
To read it in an xterm type:
[root@zephyr]# less /var/log/messages
and look near the bottom of the file for entries from
pppd, chat, wvdial, etc., I'm not sure what modem/login
package corel is using but the entries you are looking for
should directly follow one from pppd like this:
Oct 25 17:30:20 zephyr pppd[392]: Starting link
Bluster
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