Linux-Setup Digest #936, Volume #19 Mon, 30 Oct 00 11:13:09 EST
Contents:
Re: Faster Linux on 486 (Robert Kiesling)
Re: NTFS Woes (Rod Smith)
Re: Can't boot NT from lilo. (Eric)
disregard --- wrong forum (Jack Timmons)
Re: INIT: No more process left in this runlevel ("Jack")
Re: Changing graphics card (Rob)
Re: console screen resolution ("Mikketeus")
Re: Linux apps ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Newbie questions - from DogMeat (Dog Meat)
Re: How to configure Web server! (Jeff)
Re: Installing PHP4 on Apache (Rithban)
Re: RPM cannot upgrade my kernel - why??? (hjkopel)
Re: Fresh install of win2K and several linux flavors (Eric)
Re: CUPS and its insatiable thirst for online time ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Newbie: Upgrading RPM ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: INIT: No more process left in this runlevel (Eric)
FTP installation RedHat 6.2 with NE2000 compatible ISA card ("Thomas Eisenzopf")
Re: Going to try Linux (Eric)
ISDN TA and linux - anyone? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
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Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: Faster Linux on 486
From: Robert Kiesling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Mon, 30 Oct 2000 13:57:33 GMT
"David N. Haney" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Linux Gurus:
>
> I am installing Linux on an old 486 (actually AMDs 486/Pentium 133).
> I have tried both Caldera and Red Hat. The problem that I run into
> is that they seem VERY slow, not only in graphics mode but just in
> text server mode. I was wondering if there is a streamlined version
> of Linux that runs better on the older 486s. I thought I would make
> this a firewall/mailserver/printserver, but with the speeds that
> I have been able to get, it is much better as a Windows machine.
I would look for one of the versions of Slackware on
ftp://ftp.freesoftware.com/ that used the 2.0 series kernel. Linux
kernels since 2.2 have different memory management that doesn't scale
down very well. And there won't be as many device drivers to slow
things down. In addition, the system software uses less resources,
and there's a lot less configurator bloat. '486 hardware is pretty
much figured out by now. The tradeoff is that you need to configure
everything the hard way; e.g., by hand. But if your familiar enough
with the BSD structure of the startup files and know how to edit them,
then that shouldn't be a problem.
I'm not a "real" guru, btw.
--
Robert Kiesling
Linux FAQ Maintainer
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.mainmatter.com/linux-faq/toc.html http://www.mainmatter.com/
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Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Rod Smith)
Subject: Re: NTFS Woes
Crossposted-To:
sfnet.atk.linux,comp.os.linux.misc,alt.os.linux.redhat,linux.redhat.install
Date: Mon, 30 Oct 2000 14:01:16 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Otto J. Makela) writes:
> I have a RedHat 6.2 i686 system running kernel 2.2.16-3 and I have a
> need to be able to read a NTFS hard disk partition. I've compiled the
> read-only fs module from the kenrel source distribution, installed it
> to /lib/modules/2.2.16-3/fs/ntfs.o and then done depmod. When I mount
> the filesystem with "-t ntfs", I can browse the directories and so on,
> but trying to read stuff properly (like using this as a tar.gz or
> mkisofs source tree) ends up being flaky, or worse, freezes or crashes
> the whole machine. Actually, even "du" keeps changing its output
> from one run to another.
Linux's read-only NTFS support isn't that flaky in my experience,
although I've not used it much. My first guess is that the problem is
because RH tends to use heavily patched kernels. (I assume from the "-3"
at the end of the kernel number that you're using an RH-supplied
kernel.) It's possible that some patch RH has applied has broken NTFS
support. You may therefore want to try downloading a "pure" kernel
(check http://www.kernel.org) and compiling the whole thing. This will
be more work than just compiling one module, but it's something that,
IMHO, every Linux administrator should be able to do.
Another possibility is that there's a problem with your NTFS partition;
maybe it's become corrupt. It could also be that my failure to encounter
such serious problems just reflects good luck on my part.
> Now that I think about all this, what is the difference between the
> experimental read/write version and what I've done?
The experimental read/write version adds experimental read/write code.
AFAIK, there are no differences in the read support. From what I've
heard, the write support is *VERY* flaky, so I wouldn't suggest you use
it unless you intend to debug it and contribute to development.
--
Rod Smith, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.rodsbooks.com
Author of books on Linux & multi-OS configuration
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From: Eric <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Can't boot NT from lilo.
Date: Mon, 30 Oct 2000 15:03:25 +0100
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> NT can't be boot from LILO. Use your NT boot Manager. Set it up to boot
> Linux, instead.
>
That's bull,
I know for sure it can, because I do this.
This specific setup may however be more problematic.
If you would have NT on hda1 (which the OP calls NT2) it can be booted
just fine.
(And no doubt, NT2 *can* be booted)
Only if it is not on hda1, and a win partition preceeds it, you may have
problems.
Eric
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From: Jack Timmons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: disregard --- wrong forum
Date: Mon, 30 Oct 2000 09:07:36 -0500
Jack Timmons wrote:
> Sorry if this is not the correct forum to post this question. Please
> direct me to the correct one if it's not.
>
> I'm used to running Solaris on a Sun box and keyboard, when I start a
> terminal session (xterm) I can cut and paste using the appropriate
> dedicated keys or keyboard shortcuts.
>
> I have just started using linux (7.0) and when I start a session from
> KDE (konsole) I can't seem to cut/paste in the term window.
>
> Thanks for any help/tips.
>
> Jack
Please disregard this posting. I was just informed that there is a forum
for KDE. However, it would like to reply............ please be my guest.
Jack
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From: "Jack" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: INIT: No more process left in this runlevel
Date: Mon, 30 Oct 2000 13:48:40 -0000
I found out that few lines were missing from /etc/inittab
1:2345:respawn ...........mingetty tty1
2:2345:respawn ...........mingetty tty2
.....................................................
6:2345:respawn ...........mingetty tty6
Editing the /etc/inittab file and adding the above worked.
However each time I ran Xconfigurator, the system fails.
Just before restart I will check /etc/inittab only to find that
the above have been deleted again. If I don't run Xconfigurator,
my linux is fine (INIT 3). Later on I was getting errors such as
the system is full. ie I couldn't append /etc/inittab anymore
"df" command revealed that my root dir / had 141MB used
out of a total of 141MB. Under normal circumstance its 17MB
out of 141MB used. What's caused it to grow to this size?
My 2.5GB Linux partition consists of /, /var, /usr, /users and
120MB SWAP.
-- > Jack wrote:
> >
> > After an unsuccessful attempt to configure X on my Toshiba laptop X
> > using Xconfigutor, I now have: (and the system stops at this error)
> >
> > INIT: No more process left in this runlevel
> >
> > Rebooting with Linux 2, 3, 4 and 5 produce the same result.
> > The system stops at the above error without a login prompt.
> > I can boot with linux 1, what can I do from here.
> > If its the /etc/inittab what need to edited or corrected.
> >
> > Many thanks in advance
>
> post the content of /etc/inittab
>
> Eric
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Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.alpha
Subject: Re: Changing graphics card
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Rob)
Date: Mon, 30 Oct 2000 14:10:44 GMT
On 30 Oct 2000, John Beardmore spake thus in
<2dglQOdVrN$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>I've got a DEC 2100 Alpha server which came with an old Number 9 S3 928
>16 bit ISA card in an EISA slot.
>
>Linux has found this and configured it, and it works OK in text mode in
>23 * 80.
>
>( Is there a way to up the number of lines to 50 ?? )
>
>
>Using this card, I can run startx and get a desktop, but only in 8 bits
>per pixel video mode at 640 by 480. the desktop simply won't start if
>higher resolutions are specified in Xconfigurator. Is there a work
>around for this ?
>
>
>Thinking that an old ISA video card would be a bit crap, I tried
>removing it and substituting a spare Matrox Millennium with 2 meg of
>video RAM. To my delight, Linux booted OK into text mode, noted that
>the Number Nine card was gone and configured the Millennium.
>Unfortunately, any attempt to do a PCI probe on the card failed with a
>'red screen of death', and any attempt to configure it by hand in
>Xconfigurator then startx also resulted in a red screen dump. Is there
>a work around for this ?
>
>
>In the long run, I'd like to play with graphics and X a lot on this
>machine, so if these two cards won't function under Linux on this
>motherboard, is any card known to work well ?
>
>
>Cheers, J/.
Basically, do not probe a Millenium ... period.
If you are using XFree86 3.3.6, you can use XF86Setup to do the
configuration, just don't let it probe for clocks.
Rob
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From: "Mikketeus" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: linux.redhat
Subject: Re: console screen resolution
Date: Mon, 30 Oct 2000 14:11:10 GMT
If you add the line "vga=ext" in your lilo.conf and run lilo afterwards then
it should work
Mike <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Hi,
>
> How do I switch my console resolution to 50 lines? I tried:
>
> resizecons -lines50 and resizecons -lines 50
>
> neither one works.
>
> Mike
>
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.alpha
Subject: Re: Linux apps
Date: Mon, 30 Oct 2000 14:08:26 GMT
for me the best place to look is SAL:
http://SAL.KachinaTech.COM/sal1.shtml
i have a few on my page, Cad Tastrafy:
http://www.nownetworks.com/~phrostie/cad-tastrafy/
ignore the intellicad note it's going to be coming down. :-(
hope that helps.
phrostie
In article <792m4ndPsN$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
John Beardmore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Now I've got Linux half configured on an Alpha box, I'm starting to
> wonder what application software I can load beyond my server needs.
>
> Beyond server apps, my main interests are graphics, page layout and
> electronics, so what is available for
>
> image manipulation,
>
> page layout,
>
> circuit schematics,
>
> data visualisation,
>
> PCB design and
>
> cad
>
> etc ?
>
> Is there any catalogue or archive of reviews of apps for Linux ? I
> don't mind trying out a fair bit of software experimentally, but I'd
> prefer not to spend too much time on it if I can research it first.
>
> Are there any co-operative app development efforts going on in the
above
> areas ?
>
> Cheers, J/.
> --
> John Beardmore
>
--
phrostie
Oh I have slipped the surly bonds of dos
and danced the skies on Linux silvered wings
http://www.nownetworks.com/~phrostie/cad-tastrafy
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From: Dog Meat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Newbie questions - from DogMeat
Date: Mon, 30 Oct 2000 14:27:11 GMT
I just got my Linux Mandrake system is up and running Saturday night
(28 Oct.), dual-booting with Win98 as default until I get my feet real
wet.
I d/l-ed and installed McAfee's latest (....tar.Z) using the
instructions in their readme file. It appeared to do its thing, and
scanned everything on my Linux drive. When I looked for it to check
its status, manually scan something, or whatever, I couldn't find it.
(I'm using the KDE desktop under Linux kernel 2.2.14, the Mandrake
7.0 complete package. I let it install whatever it thought it should -
on a 1 gig Linus partition. I'm kind of limited on drive space.)
How do I make my HP 7200e [parallel] CD burner "wake up" in Linux? I
have no indication that it even exists. I have installed the cdrecord
RPM, and just d/l the kreatecd-0_3_0-Arthur_i386.rpm from Tucows. Is
there some way I must manually mount my burner?
I am looking for the way to use my USB camera (Intel SC330) as a
security camera. Haven't found an RPM or anything yet. Is there
something available? Currently, under Win98, I use SupervisionCam.
Also, I am using the HP OfficeJet [all-in-one] color
printer/FAX/scanner/copier with Win98. Can I also use it with Linux?
If so, how? I have the printer *kind of* working, set up as the
DeskJet 5xx/6xx series. I don't have my HP 4s b/w scanner working
either. It's a serial type on COM1: under Win98.
Thanks for any assistance. I just got Linux installed Saturday night.
-- DM
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From: Jeff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.linux,de.comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: How to configure Web server!
Date: Mon, 30 Oct 2000 10:50:57 -0400
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Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
The first one I can't. But the second one edit your /etc/hosts file to look
like this
127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost name-of-your-box
ip-of-eth0 localhost.localdomain
low wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm a new linux user, i had install Red Hat Linux 6.2, when the server boot
> up error msg
>
> 1. Binding to the NIS domain ...
> Listening for an NIS domain Server:...
> can't yp_bind, Reason 'Domain not bound'
>
> 2. starting http...
> can not determine local name
> Use the Server Name directive to set it manually
>
> Can any one tell me how to solve these problems
> Low
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Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
<!doctype html public "-//w3c//dtd html 4.0 transitional//en">
<html>
The first one I can't. But the second one edit your /etc/hosts file to
look like this
<p>127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain
localhost <b>name-of-your-box</b>
<br>ip-of-eth0 localhost.localdomain
<p>low wrote:
<blockquote TYPE=CITE>Hi,
<p>I'm a new linux user, i had install Red Hat Linux 6.2, when the server
boot
<br>up error msg
<p>1. Binding to the NIS domain ...
<br> Listening for an NIS domain Server:...
<br> can't yp_bind, Reason 'Domain not bound'
<p>2. starting http...
<br> can not determine local name
<br> Use the Server Name directive to set it manually
<p>Can any one tell me how to solve these problems
<br>Low</blockquote>
</html>
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From: Rithban <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking,hk.comp.os.linux,it.comp.linux,linux.help
Subject: Re: Installing PHP4 on Apache
Date: Mon, 30 Oct 2000 08:04:45 -0700
> I have downloaded the php4.0.3pl1 rpm package from www.php.net and have
> already installed it. However I still can't run php files. When I type
> the url of the php file in netscape, the text editor will open the file
> instead. I am using KDE. Do I have to configure anything to get it work?
Off the top of my head:
Yes. /etc/httpd/conf includes several configuration files. httpd.conf
needs
LoadModule php4_module modules/libphp4.so
You'll probably want to change DirectoryIndex to something like
DirectoryIndex index.html index.htm index.shtml index.php index.php4
index.php3 index.cgi
And you'll need
AddType application/x-httpd-php .php4 .php3 .phtml .php
to tell Apache which extensions should trigger PHP.
There may be other things that need to be tweaked.
You didn't mention which distro you're using. In upgrading my RH system
to version 7, it includes Apache, PHP4, and MySQL all together.
Everything was automatically set up, it appears. (I've only run
phpinfo(); through it so far. Further testing will happen later this
week.) This is a nice change since settng up Apache+PHP+MySQL in the
past was a little bothersome.
HTH
James
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Date: Mon, 30 Oct 2000 09:18:02 -0600
From: hjkopel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: RPM cannot upgrade my kernel - why???
Villy Kruse wrote:
> On Sun, 29 Oct 2000 05:14:19 GMT, Lester Mommsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >I seemed to remember seeing somewhere where you have to upgrade the
> >kernal in order, ie 2.2.14 to 2.2.15, 2.2.16 etc. ???
> >Les Mommsen
> >Marysville, WA
> >
>
> And the reason would be ???
>
> No, IMHO, there are no such requirement unless you upgrade using only
> kernel patch files downloaded from one of the official kernel archives.
>
> Villy
Hi, I just upgraded my kernel from 2.2.14 to 2.2.16 using kpackage then I
copied vmlinuz 2.2.16-3 to my DOS partition so I can us Lilo for loading. I'm using
RH6.2 also.
Howard
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From: Eric <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Fresh install of win2K and several linux flavors
Date: Mon, 30 Oct 2000 16:36:15 +0100
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Ben Ginsberg wrote:
>
> I am sorry for such a long question; if you want to address just a specific
> numbered question, or a specific lettered topic, please feel free to take a
> stab at it. Or, if there is some place that is a good resource for this
> stuff, please point me at it.
>
> INTRO
> What is the best way to set up a dual-boot between Windows 2000 and several
> versions of Linux? I have a 20GB drive and know I want a w2k partition
> (preferably ntfs), a shared data partition, and then several linux
> partitions (Debian, but also perhaps Red Hat, Mandrake & SuSe).
>
> TOPICS
> Specifically, I am curious about recommended
> (A) partitions (primary vs. extended/logical)
Max is 4 primary partitions of which only one can be an extended.
Inside this extended partition, several logical partitions can be
defined (don't know how many, but my default RH install has device nodes
up to hda16)
> (B) file systems (for shared data, for linux os's, for any cross-linux
> shared mounts)
Use NTFS for NT, FAT32 for storage/sharing and ext2 for the linux
partitions.
Beware that if you have winNT you cannot use FAT32 but have to use FAT16
instead.
> (C) boot loaders (should I cascade NTLDR to LILO?)
I prefer the other way around, but yes, this is the usual approach.
> SPECIFICS
> My intuition tells me to do this:
> Create a small primary DOS partition hda1, for NTLDR and maybe DOS/Linux
> rescue. (Size?)
Wouldn't do this, but you can create it.
You will have to use the NT loader then to boot your system, the other
way around wont work IIRC.
> Create a primary NTFS partition hda2, & install Win2K; this will plop NTLDR
> on hda1.
> Create a primary (filesystem?) partition hda3, for LILO and some flavor of
> Linux.
make sure you have a /boot (approx. 16 MB will do, but it depends a bit
on how many flavours of linux you wish to install) that resides
*entirely* below cyl. 1024
This will make your life a whole lot easier. I'd make this one hda1
I'm not sure why you want all these different linux'es but you should
share at least /boot between all distro's.
Swap can be shared too (128M is enough, you'll probably hardly ever use
it)
I would not share any of the other partitions, because all distro's may
have a slightly other location where they expect files, but I think it
can be done. If you want to share everything, I wouldn't even bother to
install different versions and only use the kernels.
i would partition you disc like this:
hda1 16-30 MB /boot (depends greatly on how many kernels you wish to
install)
hda2 NT partition
hda3 FAT32 share partition
hda4 extended (linux extended)
hda5 / linux-debian
hda6 / linux-RH
hda7 / linux-mandrake
hda8 / linux-suse
hda9 128 swap
Choose the sizes of the NT/FAT/linux-root partitions to your liking
Eric
> Create an extended partition hda4, with a logical partition hda5 for shared
> data among all OS's.
> Create additional logical partitions for other parts of Linux.
> Questions
> 1. Can I create other partitions outside the three primary and one extended?
> 2. Can Linux work okay inside logical partitions?
> 3. What's a good filesystem choice for the shared filesystem? (FAT seems
> pretty wasteful.)
> 4. What's a good way to configure the Linux partitions? (Just one per
> flavor?)
> 5. Can I create a common partition for, say, /usr, for use by each of the
> different versions of Linux? [Is there a common part of the Unix file tree
> structure for which all data would be version-independent?]
> 6. Should I even try to share a partition among all the linux versions?
> (Would it be /usr?)
> 7. Can I share the swap file (and should this be one or two times the 128M
> of system memory)?
>
> Many thanks,
> Ben Ginsberg
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: CUPS and its insatiable thirst for online time
Date: Mon, 30 Oct 2000 15:37:04 GMT
On 27 Oct 2000 22:44:29 -0500, "Gene Heskett"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Gene Heskett sends Greetings to Gene Heskett;
>
>Yes, I know, its poor form to reply to ones own messages, but unforch
>the first one, still quoted below, generated no reply.
>
>I now have not been able to print for almost a week, and I've tried
>every piece of magic I can download. For some reason. my /dev/printer
>file-device had a fairly new date. one that might have corresponded with
>trying to install CUPS maybe.
I've no experience with CUPS, but typically these added files in /dev
are just links to "real" devices.
Something like ln -s /dev/lp0 /dev/printer
>The CUPS docs talk about a make un-install, but its not implemented, so
>I probably have CUPS junk all over the drive.
If CUPS is installed by a makefile, what you can do is:
1) backup any configuration files in /etc (there should only be one or
two.
2) rerun the make, but capture all output to a file.
3) edit the output to find out what files are installed where.
>Anyway, I deleted it thinking that MAKEDEV could make me a new, correct
>one. Fuhgedaboudit, it doesn't know how, and apparently neither do I.
>
>I've played the 10,000 monkeys trying to regenerate it myself, and the
>best I can do is to log a 'no permissions' entry in the appropriate
>logfile, which then apparently causes lpd to delete the job from the
>que, its gone in a second or so.
My best guess is the /dev/printer is a LINK to something else, as
documented above. You might try running your print command under
strace to trace system calls. Or if a daemon is invoked somewhere in
/etc, add the appropriate flag to increase the debugging level and
then restart things. Once you have figured out what is ahppening,
drop the debugging flag.
Gord
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Newbie: Upgrading RPM
Date: Mon, 30 Oct 2000 15:28:38 GMT
Hi,
I am relatively new to Linux and need help upgrading RPM on Red Hat 6.1
I currently have 3.0.4 and want to upgrade because I get a message that
I can't install rpm's with major version numbers over 3. So, I guess I
can't use RPM itself to upgrade to RPM 4.0, so I downloaded the tar.gz
verison. When I try to install these I get a new message every time
about some other library, tool I need - e.g., shared libraries,
something called db3, which in turn asks me for 5 other things I need, a
couple other tools....
Granted, I'm new to Linux, but this seems ridiculously complicated just
to upgrade from 3 to 4. Am I missing something here?
Any help is appreciated.
Thanks,
Sebatien
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From: Eric <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: INIT: No more process left in this runlevel
Date: Mon, 30 Oct 2000 16:43:27 +0100
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Jack wrote:
>
> I found out that few lines were missing from /etc/inittab
> 1:2345:respawn ...........mingetty tty1
> 2:2345:respawn ...........mingetty tty2
> .....................................................
> 6:2345:respawn ...........mingetty tty6
>
> Editing the /etc/inittab file and adding the above worked.
> However each time I ran Xconfigurator, the system fails.
> Just before restart I will check /etc/inittab only to find that
> the above have been deleted again. If I don't run Xconfigurator,
> my linux is fine (INIT 3). Later on I was getting errors such as
> the system is full. ie I couldn't append /etc/inittab anymore
> "df" command revealed that my root dir / had 141MB used
> out of a total of 141MB. Under normal circumstance its 17MB
> out of 141MB used. What's caused it to grow to this size?
>
> My 2.5GB Linux partition consists of /, /var, /usr, /users and
> 120MB SWAP.
>
> -- > Jack wrote:
> > >
> > > After an unsuccessful attempt to configure X on my Toshiba laptop X
> > > using Xconfigutor, I now have: (and the system stops at this error)
> > >
> > > INIT: No more process left in this runlevel
> > >
> > > Rebooting with Linux 2, 3, 4 and 5 produce the same result.
> > > The system stops at the above error without a login prompt.
> > > I can boot with linux 1, what can I do from here.
> > > If its the /etc/inittab what need to edited or corrected.
> > >
> > > Many thanks in advance
> >
> > post the content of /etc/inittab
> >
> > Eric
It's really bizarre that Xconfigurator does this to your inittab!!
I would not use it anymore
I really can't tell from here why / is filled.
What does du / show? (If it's a lot, go in steps: du -bks /* shows
largest dir, proceed from there)
Eric
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From: "Thomas Eisenzopf" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: FTP installation RedHat 6.2 with NE2000 compatible ISA card
Date: Mon, 30 Oct 2000 15:42:06 GMT
When I try to install RedHat 6.2 with FTP installation on a PC with a NE2000
compatible ISA card I have the problem, that the card is not recognized. The
installtion disk seems to support only NE2000 PCI cards, not ISA. Is this
possible?
What possibilities do I have to install using the ISA card? Are there any
parameters for loading the network drivers which solve the problem?
Any help is appreciated!
Best regards,
Thomas.
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From: Eric <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Going to try Linux
Date: Mon, 30 Oct 2000 16:53:44 +0100
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Dog Meat wrote:
>
> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> "Philo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > for example if your disk has just a c: drive you will need to also
> create a
> > D: drive which will be reserved for linux (and the D designation
> wiped out)
>
> So, it will install itself on the D: drive, then remove the "D:" so I
> can't access it by way of typing "D:" [for instance]??????
>
> > if you use dos fdisk to do it...it will destroy all your data... that
> is why
> > i suggested partition magic.
> >
> > once you get to the linux install...it will further partition...
> > but be sure you do not wipe out your windows C: partition.
>
> How big should the Linux partition (D: drive) be? Is 400 or 500 megs
> big enough? Will it take only 100 megs? Do I need to free up more
> than the 1 gig I have left and make it a gig?
>
> Sorry for the stupid, seemingly repetitive questions, Philo, but I'm
> just trying to get a clear understanding of what's needed. Linux is a
> little different animal than WinDUHs/DOS - thank God!
>
> -- DM
> ************************
> * NAHC Life Member *
> ************************
>
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> Before you buy.
IIRC mandrake has a repartitioning tool that claims to do
non-destructive repartitioning, but it doesn't always work without
errors. You can try it, but don't be too surpised when you windows is
gone afterwards. I must advise a backup anyway, before you start a
repartitioning, because this is always dangerous for your data. It may
go well, it may go wrong.
If you have a D: drive already, wipe it clean and remove it with the use
of fdisk (or leave it and use the mandrake installer to remove it.
Linux needs it's own partition to install into, so there must be some
free space on your HDD that isn't used by windows at all, it should not
even be seen by windows.
Aftre you have this free space, just put the mandrake disc in, and
install linux. It's really an easy task.
BTW. the partition should be as large as can be, a very minimal install
could perhaps fit in 100MB, but as you are new to this try to get at
least 1G. It would probably be easier if you bought a new HDD (2-4G
doesn't cost all that much) and make it a dedicated linux HDD.
Eric
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: ISDN TA and linux - anyone?
Date: Mon, 30 Oct 2000 15:54:06 GMT
Hi
Has anyone got an ISDN TA (not an ISDN card) working on linux. I can't
use any of the ISDN utils because they all require an ISDN card not a
TA, and using the TA as a modem connects OK at 128K, but the fastest
transfer I get is 1K/s and after a minute or so, even that slows down!!
Any ideas?
TIA
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Before you buy.
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