Linux-Setup Digest #959, Volume #19 Thu, 2 Nov 00 12:13:08 EST
Contents:
eth1 does not work after mandrake 7.2 install (James Moss)
Re: Encyppt whole Linux system ? ("Ola S Pedersen")
Help! RH7: USB mouse not recongized during boot time. (Timothy Stark)
Re: Newbie Install Probs (Huw Lynes)
Re: PC-to-phone/PC calls with LINUX?? (Edwin Johnson)
Very quick telnet question ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Mandrake 7.0 with Windows 98 (Dog Meat)
Re: Very quick telnet question (Tux)
Re: debian + bash + X ("Paul D. Smith")
IBM PC Camera/Videeo4Linux ? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Triple boot with NT in second drive (Rod Smith)
Re: Very quick telnet question ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Partition resize - Win98/ Mandrake 7.0 (Dog Meat)
Install (slackware) to Win partition? ("David J. Topper")
Re: Major problem! all files in /boot gone ("ne...")
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From: James Moss <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: eth1 does not work after mandrake 7.2 install
Crossposted-To:
alt.os.linux.mandrake,aus.computers.linux,comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.hardware
Date: Thu, 02 Nov 2000 13:24:00 GMT
I have an interesting problem that I cannot resolve.
I have done a fresh install of Mandrake 7.2 as I wanted to move to rieserfs
on all my partitions. I previously had a fully working install of 7.1
After the upgrade I have lost my local networking.
I have two pci SMC decchip cards installed and they are both recognised by
the system but when I go to initialise eth1 I get this message:
# ifup eth1
SIOCSIFFLAGS: Resource temporarily unavailable
SIOCADDRT: Network is down
I don't know what this means, but I am guessing it might be a resource
conflict. Probably IRQ as this card shares an irq with my scsi card.
I need help resolving this isssue as I have not net sharing now :(
James.
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Computers are like air conditioners,
They stop working when you open windows.
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From: "Ola S Pedersen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.security,comp.os.linux.misc,tw.bbs.comp.linux
Subject: Re: Encyppt whole Linux system ?
Date: Thu, 02 Nov 2000 13:25:20 GMT
Beggar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Hi all,
>
> I am developing a product that base on Linux box. Is there any method
> that can
> encypt the whole file system that cannot be read by someone who have
> access
> the machine physically.
> At least, I don't want people use other system boot up the machine and
> mount the Linux system.
>
> Many thanks for any help!!
>
> Dicky
>
Hi!
go to www.kerneli.org
there u`ll find everything you need.
Ola
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From: Timothy Stark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Help! RH7: USB mouse not recongized during boot time.
Date: Thu, 02 Nov 2000 13:37:15 GMT
Hello folks:
During RH7 installation, installer recongized my USB mouse (Microsoft
Explorer) automatically and its installation was successful but....
After installation, I rebooted system. I noticed that X-Windows system
crashed every minute when system attempted to bring X-Windows up. I read
its log file and noticed that mouse device not found. Well, I checked
modules loaded by using 'lsmod' and found out that USB mouse driver was
not loaded. I did modprobe 'hid' and 'mousedev' successfully. Now mouse
device was found. Hmm.
I reviewed dmesg log file and noticed that boot script failed to recongize
my MS explorer. I looked into /proc/bus/usb/devices and saw my mouse
listed. Boot script should recongize it but failed. I believe that
possible bug in boot script about recongization. So I have to put two
modprobe lines in rc.local. By put them in rc.local, X-Windows was loaded
and up successfully. Hmmm.
How do I get RH7's boot script to recongze my usb mouse after usb drivers
were loaded shortly without put modprobe lines in my rc.local file?
Thank you!
-- Tim Stark
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whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
Amen." -- John 3:16 (King James Version Bible)
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From: Huw Lynes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Newbie Install Probs
Date: Thu, 02 Nov 2000 13:35:31 GMT
In article <edTL5.9390$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
"Denise" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I have just installed Linux-Mandrake 6.1 on my Compaq Presario 1200. All went
> well until the install was complete. I can log in as root, but when I type
> startx, I get a Fatal Server Error: no screens found. I'm having problems
> telling Linux what my monitor is since it's a notebook and doesn't offer
> Presario monitors as an option during setup. Can anyone help?
>
> Kree8Tion
>
The first step would be to go to Compaq's website and pick up the
technical spec's for your machine (as an Armada owner I've had to peruse
the site myself). This will tell you what graphics card is being used and
what resolutions etc your monitor is capable of.
You then have a number of choices. Run the xfree setup utility that comes
with mandrake (not a mandrake user so I don't know what it's called) or
run a command line setup utility like XF86Config (or is that XF86Setup?)
by plugging in the info from the technical docs you should be able to get
X up and running.
You could of course edit /etc/XF86Config by hand with a little help from
the XFree86-Setup-HOWTO (www.linuxdocs.org)
Hope that is of some help, getting X up and running can be a pain.
Strongly suggest reading the howto
Huw Lynes
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Edwin Johnson)
Subject: Re: PC-to-phone/PC calls with LINUX??
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 2 Nov 2000 14:00:11 GMT
Look at speakfree, http://www.fourmilab.ch/speakfree/unix/ and you also
might look at www.inria.fr/rodeo/fphone
I've experimented with both of these and speakfree seems the better.
...Edwin
On Thu, 02 Nov 2000 14:50:54 +0200, Dr. Jason J. Hogan-O'Neill
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> ---------------------------------------------
> "THE ACADEMIC SITE"
> NEW PhD DATABASE - VISIT: WWW.ACADEMIC.ST
> ---------------------------------------------
>
>My flat mate is able to make free international calls through his
>windows PC. Does the same facility exist for LINUX and if so where can
>I get it? If not, does anyone know what the current state of development
>of such a system is?
>
>Cheers,
>
>Jas
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Very quick telnet question
Date: Thu, 02 Nov 2000 14:20:33 GMT
Hi,
I've recently set-up networking on my Linux system (Slakware v7) and
all is OK except for telnet. When I try and telnet to the system the
session is closed immediately, I don't get as far as a logon.
If I telnet to localhost this is OK which leads me to believe it's a
straight forward configuration file thing. I've looked everywhere but
found nothing.
Can you help?
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From: Dog Meat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Mandrake 7.0 with Windows 98
Date: Thu, 02 Nov 2000 14:42:55 GMT
Jason Souder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> We have a PC that was running windows 98 and installed Mandrake on the
> same PC. The default options were specified, and autoconfigure was
> selected.
>
> Now we cannot boot into Windows. I know the MBR was overwritten. Does
> Mandrake create it's own partition or use the entire hard drive? Is it
> possible to recover the windows disk and if so, how?
>
> Thanks,
> Jason
I'm a newbie to Linux, and I hope I'm not out of line here. Only
installed Mandrake 7.0 a week or so ago.
When I installed mine under the same conditions, I had run Partition
Magic in my Mandrake distribution (disk 3) first - to create the Linux
partitions. I let it do its own thing, both with the partitioning and
with the installation.
After installation, it re-booted to Linux. After watching a few times,
I saw the 5 second window that I had to type in "windows", in order to
boot to Win98. Could this be your situation? This window presents
itself right after the device checking page that lists your drives,
etc., with the prompt "Boot:" or something.
If you still do have your Windows partition, etc., you can also
configure Mandrake to boot into Windows by default. I forget exactly
where it is, but I did it through the KDE desktop. (Sorry I can't be
more specific.)
Hope this helps a little bit.
-- DM
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From: Tux <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Very quick telnet question
Date: Thu, 02 Nov 2000 15:47:43 +0100
inetd started? and check /etc/inetd.conf if telnet is enabled to
connect. Then mostly telnet is disabled for root.
Tux
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From: "Paul D. Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: debian + bash + X
Date: 02 Nov 2000 10:17:30 -0500
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
%% "MT" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
m> Yo!
Ho ho!
m> my default login shell in the /etc/passwd file is /bin/bash,
m> but when i log on the bash does'nt execute the ~/.bashrc file
m> (allthough it executes the ~/bash_profile)
Type "man bash", then look down at the section entitled INVOCATION, and
you'll see a detailed and readable description of how bash starts.
The difference is that when you log in, you're running a "login shell",
but when you just create a new xterm (or type "bash" or whatever) you're
running a normal "interactive shell".
The startup processes for these two is different (and for good reasons).
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"Please remain calm...I may be mad, but I am a professional." --Mad Scientist
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: IBM PC Camera/Videeo4Linux ?
Date: Thu, 02 Nov 2000 15:18:30 GMT
Hi all,
Has anyone been able to successfully get this device running ? Both
modules show up with lsmod; and the ibmcam is noted as being
successfully registered in the kernel ring buffer. The FCC ID for the
camera is listed as supported in the ibmcam documentation.
However, I have been unable to get it to work with any video4linux
application. For instance, v4l-conf (or video4linux?) tells me
(something like) "/dev/video No overlay" (with 2.4-test10) ; on this and
another machine (2.4-test5) xawtv gives the message "/dev/video: No such
device". This latter machine successfully runs xawtv with a bt848
framegrabber, though of course that module is not installed when I am
trying the above.
gqcam opens but just gives me a blank picture frame. Sliders, etc. move
but do nothing. The bottom of the window has the message "Calculating
speed". If I press "Freeze picture" gqcam hangs.
I've ensured that everything in /dev/ is there according the the ibmcam
documentation, with the prescribed permissions.
Anybody have any hints or suggestions they can pass on ? I've been
killing myself on this one for days...
thanks for any help at all,
terry
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Rod Smith)
Subject: Re: Triple boot with NT in second drive
Date: Thu, 02 Nov 2000 15:32:55 GMT
[Posted and mailed]
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
BO <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Hi Rod,
>
> Thanks much for your reply. I will give you more details of my setup. I
> have Drive C partitioned into two and have win98 in FAT-32 partition in
> Drive C, and Linux in the second partition. I have connected my second
> drive as 'slave' to the drive C. Both are in Primary IDE channel.
>
> I cannot use the second method that you mentioned because i have FAT-32.
> so if i have to go by your first suggestion of having 98 and NT in primary
> partition, how should i go about it? Iam quite new to this installation
> thing. your help will be greatly appreciated.
If you have sufficient free space on your first drive, I suggest
repartitioning so that you've got two primary partitions: One for Win98
(FAT-32) and one for WinNT (probably NTFS). (Linux will be on either a
third primary partition or a logical partition -- whichever way it is
now.) The simplest way to do this is to use a dynamic partition resizer,
like PartitionMagic or FIPS. If Linux is on a primary partition, this
operation may change its partition number, so be careful when you do it.
After repartitioning, you can install NT on the first disk. You can then
use the second disk for Windows programs (both Win98 and NT), Linux
programs, etc. Depending upon how much space you're using, you might
want to move some files from the first disk to the second.
If your space on the first disk is really tight, you can still do as I
suggest, but make the new primary partition very small (say, 50MB). Then
when you install NT, tell it to put the WINNT directory on a D: (or E:
or whatever) partition that exists on the new drive. (You'll probably
have to create this partition during installation.) This will keep Win98
and WinNT separate, but still allow you to put most of the NT files on
the second physical disk.
--
Rod Smith, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.rodsbooks.com
Author of books on Linux & multi-OS configuration
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Very quick telnet question
Date: Thu, 02 Nov 2000 15:35:10 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Tux <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> inetd started? and check /etc/inetd.conf if telnet is enabled to
> connect. Then mostly telnet is disabled for root.
>
> Tux
>
Yeah inetd is started (everything else, ftp, etc. works fine).
I don't get as far as a login prompt. If I telnet to the system it
disconnects straight away.
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From: Dog Meat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Partition resize - Win98/ Mandrake 7.0
Date: Thu, 02 Nov 2000 16:30:25 GMT
I installed LM 7.0 on a Win98 system, dual-booting. My intent is to
do everything I can with Linux, gradually removing Win. As I phase out
Win98 apps, what is the best way to cut down my Win partition size and
increase my Linux partition? ...Partition Magic? Is the copy that
came with my Mandrake (CD#3) do it? Is there another utility that
comes with Linux that will do it - without losing Win data? Is there
another way to go about this? I only have a 3.2gig drive.
In the near future, I want to get rid of MS Office 97, in favor of
Star Office. However, I will need to free up some hard drive first.
(Passing thought: Can I install SO and other Linux apps on my Windows
drive?) My Linux partition was only 1 gig in size, out of necessity
due to space restraints.
TIA...
-- DM
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From: "David J. Topper" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Install (slackware) to Win partition?
Date: Thu, 02 Nov 2000 11:47:50 -0500
Hi folks,
I'm curious to know about how to install Slackware onto a Win32
partition. I've heard about Zipslack, but don't know much about how it
works.
The problem is my friend's Dell seems to have some funky image on the HD
that I can't blow away. Hence, FDISK won't let me chop things up. If
anyone has some advice on how to get rid of stuff like that, I'd love to
hear it too.
DT
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From: "ne..." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Major problem! all files in /boot gone
Date: Thu, 02 Nov 2000 16:58:08 GMT
On Nov 1, 2000 at 14:18, Blackberry eloquently wrote:
>The unfortunate translation of "ne..."'s Vogon Poetry reading from Wed, 01 Nov
>2000 20:51:25 GMT reached theears of the unsuspecting...
>>
>>FIRST THINGS FIRST: DON'T REBOOT YET!! Sorry for the shouting
>>I had to get that point across.
>
>Okay. :)
>
>>You will need to reinstall the kernel again. This should be on
>>the cdrom I am assuming you got your distribution from.
>
>I downloaded source for 2.2.17 and compiled that. I had been using 2.2.14.
>Will it matter that I didn't use my distribution's source?
Nope. You want to be able to boot a kernel on reboot.
What matters is that all the stuff it needs are there.
However, the module-info file will come from your distribution.
>>The message file is not that important,
>>so put some funky text in it.
>
>Done.
>
>>Initrd is an image file needed to load stuff for ppl using scsi.
>>If you don't use scsi devices forget about it. If you do then you
>>need to create one. Man mkinitrd will show you how to create one.
>
>I have /sbin/mk_initrd. When I run it, it says this:
>
>using "/dev/hda6" as root device (mounted on "/")
>creating initrd "//boot/initrd" for kernel "//boot/vmlinuz" (2.2.17)
>no version "2.2.17" modules found
Then check and make sure /lib/modules/2.2.17 exists. You
may need to run make modules_install again.
>I did specify some things as modules when I compiled the kernel. I did make
>modules and make modules_install also. When I run mk_initrd, there is no file
>called "initrd" created anywhere on my system.
>
>No man entry for either mkinitrd or mk_initrd.
I can mail it to you if you need it, tho that is
strange. You did install man pages right??
>>You will also need a module-info file.
>>I am a RedHatter so this is in my kernel
>>rpm.
>
>What's it called and where does it go?
/boot/module-info which points to /boot/module-info-2.2.17on my
system.
>>Lastly, you need the System.map file which is also in
>>the kernel rpm. If you compiled your kernel then you should
>>still have a copy of your kernel image and the System.map file.
>>Copy them over. When you have restored the /boot dir, run
>>lilo after making sure it is fine.
>
>/sbin/lilo tells me this:
>
>open /boot/boot.b: No such file or directory
As Hal Burgiss said, you will need to reinstall lilo
again.
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