Linux-Setup Digest #961, Volume #19 Thu, 2 Nov 00 20:13:12 EST
Contents:
Re: sound issue (Keith Smith)
Help with Debian time problem.. (Walt Shekrota)
Re: How Safe to Update Bios? (Henry_Barta)
Apache problem solved ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: MTU speed (Mark Andal)
Installation - SuSE 7.0 ("Allan Reese")
internal zip drive takes forever to eject (Paul Tomas)
plip - init_module: Device or resource busy (Paul Tomas)
Q: setting default file permission... ("Hwanjo Yu")
Redhat 7.0 and Advansys ASB 3940U2W SCSI host (Daniel J. Bodony)
Re: Setting up X for S3 Trio3D (RH6.2) ("Trevor Jenkins")
Re: Faster Linux on 486 (Tim Moore)
Re: Q: setting default file permission... (Scott Nolde)
Re: How to do autopower off on Linux (Lee Zimmerman)
Re: FTP times out with IPChains ("bluster")
[Re: Not using all available RAM] (Lee Zimmerman)
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From: Keith Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.x,alt.os.linux.mandrake,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: sound issue
Date: Thu, 02 Nov 2000 16:28:04 -0500
well, it looks like another five minutes or so of searching and i could
have avoided the previous post... oh, well. i saw some info
comp.os.linux.hardware that suggested turning of the pnp features of the
bios. so, i went in and set 'pnp os' to 'no' and voila, sound is back!
keith
Keith Smith wrote:
> i just noticed that i no longer have sounds in gnome. i can play audio
> cd's and us xmms for mp3's, but there are no system sounds anymore. i'm
> not sure when it happened exaclty. i checked the sound configuration
> and have checked both 'enable sound startup' and 'sounds for events'.
> but, when i go to the 'event's tab and try to play a sound file...
> nothing.
>
> i even re-ran sndconfig and i can hear linus and the piano, but still no
> sound in gnome. i created a sybolic link from /etc/sysconfig/sound ->
> /etc/sysconfig/soundcard as suggested elsewhere, and still no luck.
>
> i have system sounds in kde, just not in gnome.
>
> any ideas?
>
> tia,
>
> keith
>
> pii-400
> 128m
> sb awe64
> geforce2 gts
> mandrake 7.1
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Walt Shekrota)
Subject: Help with Debian time problem..
Date: 2 Nov 2000 21:37:18 GMT
Is there any incatation of zic which could cause the following symptoms?
During my shutdown the clock is apparently suspended. If clock is correct
and I shutdown for 6 minutes time will be 6 minutes early when I come back
up.
Any help appreciated .... I can't imagine what could be happening. I've
never seen this behavior before.
Thanks.
-Walt
--
Walt Shekrota
Remove 'nul' from my id to reply!
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From: Henry_Barta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.asus,alt.comp.periphs.soundcard.sblive,comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: How Safe to Update Bios?
Date: 2 Nov 2000 21:42:16 GMT
In comp.os.linux.hardware db <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> How safe is it to update the bios?
You won't know until you or someone else tries. Aside from the
problem that you may get a bad flash (never happened to me)
the new BIOS may break something. One time when I flashed my
Thinkpad 600e, the new BIOS broke the way that Linux identified
drive geometry. This kept me from booting until I could find
another Linux user with the same hardware who could give me
the disk geometry. Took me almost a day.
So I no longer update unless I have a reason. You might try to
find out who else has the newer BIOS and see if they have any
problems. Let them be the pioneer. ;)
--
Hank Barta White Oak Software Inc.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] Predictable Systems by Design.(tm)
Beautiful Sunny Winfield, Illinois
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Apache problem solved
Date: Thu, 02 Nov 2000 21:38:10 GMT
I guess it was assumed, but for a newbie it isn't very obvious.
For apache to be able to read what is in a directory the directory must
have permissions set correctly... double duh....
but no one mentioned that the directory must have all users executable
(the third x in the ls -l command).
Well, again I thank the usenet community for saving me...
cuz i sure didn't find any of this out in a book...
... maybe i'm just blind....
Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
Before you buy.
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From: Mark Andal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: MTU speed
Date: Thu, 02 Nov 2000 22:26:07 GMT
Must be the masochist in me but,
Everything you've just said just went over my head.
I'll annotate your text.
Wayne Pollock wrote:
>
> Larger would be better, but the media and protocols require a
> max size. Now if you set the MTU too large, the system may have
> to send more packets. You can find your systems sending twice as
> many packets as with an optimal MTU setting.
Okay all I've done so far is do a man on ifconfig for MTU.
I've only read how-to's just enough to get me running.
To me MTU is just some parameter that needs some magic number to make
my machine go faster.
I don't understand why the system would send packets.
Now I guess I need something thicker than a how-to to truly understand
the next bits.
>
> The reason not to just use the max (1518 for Ethernet I think) is that
> new technology adds extra headers or encapsulates an entire frame
> (packet) within a frame, thus increasing its size. If the original
> frame was already the max size, the system would have to split the
> frame into two. IPSec, ISL, VPN are some technologies that add to
> the frame size. Knowing that the technology you're using adds X
> bytest to the frame, and the underlying network supports a MTU of Y
> you should change the MTU from Y to (Y-X).
I translate this to mean:
The magic number for MTU for your system is based on knowing
what kinds of packets are being sent through. And by knowing what type
of packets
are sent through what do they add to the packet as a whole.
Because if you don't bad things will happen.
>
> Tricky, isn't it?
extremely. Now if I was the whiny I want everything to work like
my windows box type I'd be cursing and such. No, I don't want a
flamewar
or anything like that. I guess I'd like
1) Where do I start so I can at least de-bug or tweak my system?
2) What is the magic commands to type that makes my machine work better.
>
> -Wayne Pollock
>
> Mark Andal wrote:
> > Hey just wondering, I did a man on ifconfig and mtu gives a small
> > definition.
> > How does one figure optimal mtu number?
> > After reading it i thought higher would be better.
--
Mark A. X. Andal
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: "Allan Reese" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Installation - SuSE 7.0
Date: Thu, 2 Nov 2000 23:34:26 +0100
Hi,
I'm having problems with installaition on a PC with NT 4.0.
I've decided to boot from diskette. But the installation stops whe trying to
install
k_deflt - standard kernal
Installation halts and i can't go on.
My disk has 1027 cyl.
Could that couse this problem, or where do i search to solve this problem.
Thanks.
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From: Paul Tomas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: internal zip drive takes forever to eject
Date: Thu, 02 Nov 2000 16:49:20 -0500
Hi,
Has anyone encountered this problem?
I can mount my internal zip drive without a problem.
Then I unmount it, press the little black button to eject the disk, and
HOURS later, it finally ejects.
Any clue out there?
Running Redhat 6.2.
Thanks!
Paul
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From: Paul Tomas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: plip - init_module: Device or resource busy
Date: Thu, 02 Nov 2000 16:52:10 -0500
Any one know why when I try to use plip I get:
# insmod plip
Using /lib/modules/2.2.16-3/net/plip.o
/lib/modules/2.2.16-3/net/plip.o: init_module: Device or resource busy
If I run lsmod, I get:
[# lsmod
Module Size Used by
parport_probe 3396 0 (autoclean)
parport_pc 7400 0 (autoclean)
parport 7256 0 [parport_probe parport_pc]
ppp 20876 2 (autoclean)
slhc 4568 1 (autoclean) [ppp]
nls_cp437 3876 2 (autoclean)
vfat 9276 1 (autoclean)
fat 30400 1 (autoclean) [vfat]
ne 6668 1 (autoclean)
8390 6072 0 (autoclean) [ne]
opl3 11432 0 (unused)
opl3sa2 3920 0
ad1848 16208 0 [opl3sa2]
mpu401 18896 0 [opl3sa2]
sound 58680 0 [opl3 opl3sa2 ad1848 mpu401]
soundcore 2628 7 [sound]
soundlow 420 0 [sound]
Running kernel 2.2.16-3
Thanks for any help!
Paul
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From: "Hwanjo Yu" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Q: setting default file permission...
Date: Thu, 2 Nov 2000 17:17:28 -0600
Hi,
How to set users' default file perssions ?
For instance, when a user create a file on a SPECIFIC directory, I want its
permission flags to be rwxrwxr--(775).
How to do this ?
Thanks.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Daniel J. Bodony)
Subject: Redhat 7.0 and Advansys ASB 3940U2W SCSI host
Date: 2 Nov 2000 15:29:34 -0800
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I have an Advansys ASB 3940U2W SCSI host and have some compatibility questions
with regards to Redhat 7.0.
Here's the problem: the 3940U2W appears to be new enough that the advansys.o
module needs to be at least version 3.2(g) for the host to work (previous
versions support every other Advansys host available). According to Advansys'
website, their Redhat 6.0 boot floppies are supposed to include the new
driver; unfortunately what's provided doesn't work as advertised.
Now, it is possible to get Redhat 6.2 (haven't tried with 7.0 yet) installed
even though their default install kernel doesn't support the Advansys host.
Here's how: install first on an EIDE drive. Recompile kernel to include
Advansys driver (not as module). Format SCSI drive and install Redhat on
SCSI drive hanging off of host (while still booting from EIDE) and change
/etc/lilo.conf and BIOS to boot directly from SCSI drive.
This method works but depends on having a free EIDE drive available. Clearly
not an optimal solution. What I want is another installation method. The
easiest would be Redhat included the newest driver in their 7.0 distribution.
I've checked redhat.com and news archives for relevant information but without
luck. So I don't know if the 7.0 installation kernel supports the 3940U2W
host.
Another way would be to create my own boot disk suitable for installing
Redhat 7.0. How do I go about doing this?
Any help is greatly appreciated.
Dan
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From: "Trevor Jenkins" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.x
Subject: Re: Setting up X for S3 Trio3D (RH6.2)
Date: Fri, 03 Nov 2000 00:19:49 +0000
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> , "Trevor
Jenkins" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I can't fathom the settings with Xconfigurator or xf86config for my S3
> Trio3D. :-( The best I get is that Xconfigurator complains that the server
> failed. The worse I get is that the monitor blanks (goes into power save
> mode) and never recovers.
With the assistance of Red Hat support I've got the "card" working. :-)
The trick for me was to use the framebuffer server rather than the S3 or
SVGA servers. :-) The use of this server also affects the console but I
quite like that; the text font is smuch nicer than the default one. :-)
> A search at www.deja.com only turned up questions no answers.
> www.xfree86.org suggests that the SVGA server will work. Tried to force
> Xconfigurator/xf86config to use this as the base for my setup but failed.
If XFree86 v4.x has a working Trio3D, which it is suggested they may, I
might have a dilemma to resolve over the console stuff.
> Any help will be gratefully received.
Thanks to all those who tried to help.
Regards, Trevor
British Sign Language is not inarticulate handwaving; it's a living
language. So recognise it now.
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<>< Re: deemed!
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From: Tim Moore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: Faster Linux on 486
Date: Fri, 03 Nov 2000 00:19:57 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'm running a firewall/gatway/printserver on an old Dell 486-DX4/100:
40MB, 2-NE2000 clones, 2.2.17 kernel, RH 6.2 base, 49.7 BogoMIPS, full
DSL bandwidth/IP Masquerading traffic for 3 other machines. It's
headless but I run remote display xterms, xosview and occasionally
netscape. Check the nbench comparison between a 525MHz Celeron + Asus
P3B-F motherboard:
Celeron 486
vvvvv vvvvv
LINUX DATA
MEMORY INDEX : 2.131 0.158
INTEGER INDEX : 1.706 0.222
FLOATING-POINT INDEX: 3.384 0.178
> ./nbench
BYTEmark* Native Mode Benchmark ver. 2 (10/95)
Index-split by Andrew D. Balsa (11/97)
Linux/Unix* port by Uwe F. Mayer (12/96,11/97)
TEST : Iterations/sec. : Old Index : New Index
: : Pentium 90* : AMD K6/233*
====================:==================:=============:============
NUMERIC SORT : 24.551 : 0.63 : 0.21
STRING SORT : 1.7982 : 0.80 : 0.12
BITFIELD : 4.1815e+06 : 0.72 : 0.15
FP EMULATION : 2.553 : 1.23 : 0.28
FOURIER : 319.59 : 0.36 : 0.20
ASSIGNMENT : 0.21259 : 0.81 : 0.21
IDEA : 46.239 : 0.71 : 0.21
HUFFMAN : 22.232 : 0.62 : 0.20
NEURAL NET : 0.17247 : 0.28 : 0.12
LU DECOMPOSITION : 6.3252 : 0.33 : 0.24
==========================ORIGINAL BYTEMARK
RESULTS==========================
INTEGER INDEX : 0.767
FLOATING-POINT INDEX: 0.321
Baseline (MSDOS*) : Pentium* 90, 256 KB L2-cache, Watcom* compiler
10.0
==============================LINUX DATA
BELOW===============================
C compiler : gcc version 2.7.2.3
libc : unknown version
MEMORY INDEX : 0.158
INTEGER INDEX : 0.222
FLOATING-POINT INDEX: 0.178
Baseline (LINUX) : AMD K6/233*, 512 KB L2-cache, gcc 2.7.2.3,
libc-5.4.38
* Trademarks are property of their respective holder.
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timothymoore
bigfoot
com
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From: Scott Nolde <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Q: setting default file permission...
Date: Fri, 03 Nov 2000 00:31:28 GMT
Hwanjo Yu wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> How to set users' default file perssions ?
> For instance, when a user create a file on a SPECIFIC directory, I want its
> permission flags to be rwxrwxr--(775).
> How to do this ?
> Thanks.
Checkout the umask command.
- Scott
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Never do Windows again with | Scott M. Nolde
Linux! No streaks, haze or | [EMAIL PROTECTED]
glaze! |
7:25pm up 13 min, 1 user, load average: 1.16, 0.99, 0.61
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From: Lee Zimmerman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: How to do autopower off on Linux
Date: Fri, 03 Nov 2000 00:44:37 GMT
Making the monitor power down is easy, at least wth Red Hat 7 - there is a radio
button on the screen saver settings panel in the Gnome Configuration Tool that
says "use power management" and gives you the option for how many minutes after
the screensaver kicks in to turn the monitor off. This worked on two different
systems I have flawlessly.
Lee Zimmerman
Ron Ross wrote:
> "huang" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > I have an HP pavilion 4535(if that info helps) - with windows 98 and linux
> > loaded on it.
> > Is there a way to make linux do turn off the hard drives and put the system
> > in power save mode if it has not been utilised for some time
>
> Check the info on the 'hdparm' utility ('man hdparm'). It has peculiar
> way of working, but it's straightforward and can do a lot more as well.
>
> I would also like to know how to do the same for the monitor.
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From: "bluster" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: FTP times out with IPChains
Date: Thu, 2 Nov 2000 19:50:17 -0500
Chris Tremblay <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> I have setup a firewall with masquerading. when I try to FTP out from
> an internal machine it will connect but when it tries to do a "LIST"
> it errors with the message:
> "Can't build data connection: Operation Timed out"
>
> This happens with a straight text based ftp client and also with a GUI
> (CuteFTP)
>
> Any ideas what I am missing or what is wrong? I know HTTP, HTTPS,
> NNTP and DNS works.
Have you tried running the ftp client in passive mode?
(use the -p switch when starting ftp)
Bluster
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From: Lee Zimmerman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [Re: Not using all available RAM]
Date: Fri, 03 Nov 2000 00:55:56 GMT
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Darren,
Paul pointed the mistake I made the first time I tried this. However, before
you make the lilo.conf change you might want to try this manually - at the lilo
prompt type "linux mem=128M" to (hopefully) force the system to recognize the
extra RAM. I say hopefully because on my system running RH7 it crashes early in
the boot process when I attempt to get it to notice the extra 64M of RAM.
That's why I suggest you might want to try it the "manual" way first, before
making it part of the hardwired boot process.
For those with answers out there, any help for me? When linux starts to boot
it shows:
Memory: 127820K/131072K available
general protection fault: 0000
CPU: 0
EIP: 0010
EFLAGS: 00010286
and then about there is just locks up.
I'm clueless at this point.
Thanks in advance,
Lee Zimmerman
Darren Satkunas wrote:
> Im am running RedHat Linux 7.0. The machine has 128Megs of RAM and when I
>
> # cat /proc/meminfo
>
> tells me that my total memory is only 64 Megs.
>
> I added append="mem=128M" to my /etc/lilo.conf. I've tried adding this line
> both at the top and at the bottom of lilo.conf. But still no change after
> reboot.
>
> It shows 128Megs during POST at boot time, but once Linux has loaded it only
> shows 64MB available.
>
> Im still a Linux newbie so any suggestions in laymans terms would be
> appreciated. I have recompiled my kernel, is there something I missed during
> the make config? Do I have to do something to activate the changes in
> lilo.conf (other than rebooting)?
>
> *Working my linux bugs out so I can say goodbye to winblows ;O)
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