Linux-Setup Digest #964, Volume #19 Fri, 3 Nov 00 07:13:08 EST
Contents:
Re: Memory reported wrong by Linux (Gianluca Alberici)
Re: Insert Bootable device after Install of RH7 on 15Gb disk ("TazMan")
Re: Help : Cannot create file system error during installation : linux (Gianluca
Alberici)
Re: internal zip drive takes forever to eject ("Koen Van Impe")
Re: Q: setting default file permission... (Eric)
Re: newbie question ("Mick")
needh help with X and virtual screen! ("MT")
Re: Apache problem solved (NAVARRO LOPEZ, =?iso-8859-1?Q?Jes=FAs?= Manuel)
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From: Gianluca Alberici <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Memory reported wrong by Linux
Date: Fri, 03 Nov 2000 10:46:06 +0100
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Sebastian Niehaus wrote:
> Vivek Gupta wrote:
> >
> > Hi,
> > I am using
> > * Redhat 6.2
> > * Kernel 2.2.17
> > * AMD Athlon
> > * MS-6195 Motherboard.
> > * Sis6326 AGP card
> > * Kingston 128MB PC133Mhz RAM
> >
> > When I boot my system. The BIOS shows the correct memory. When I see
> > the memory using top or cat /proc/meminfo then, it shows only 64 MB RAM.
> > I don't know why it shows so less memory....
> >
>
> This is a crossposted FAQ. I encourage you to do some research on your
> own. Look for boor parameters and an append- entry in lilo.conf.
>
> Followup set to cols
>
> Sebastian
PUT:
append "mem=128M"
into lilo.conf to make linux 'see' 128M of RAM
--
Gianluca Alberici
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VLSI designer
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Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare
via Pietro Giuria, 1
Torino (TO)
Italy
lab. +39 011 670 73 80
+39 011 670 74 05
+39 011 670 74 10
cell. +39 347 972 51 42
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Sebastian Niehaus wrote:
<blockquote TYPE=CITE>Vivek Gupta wrote:
<br>>
<br>> Hi,
<br>> I am using
<br>>
* Redhat 6.2
<br>>
* Kernel 2.2.17
<br>>
* AMD Athlon
<br>>
* MS-6195 Motherboard.
<br>>
* Sis6326 AGP card
<br>>
* Kingston 128MB PC133Mhz RAM
<br>>
<br>> When I boot my system.
The BIOS shows the correct memory. When I see
<br>> the memory using top or cat /proc/meminfo then, it shows only 64
MB RAM.
<br>> I don't know why it shows so less memory....
<br>>
<p>This is a crossposted FAQ. I encourage you to do some research on your
<br>own. Look for boor parameters and an append- entry in lilo.conf.
<p>Followup set to cols
<p>Sebastian</blockquote>
PUT:
<p>append "mem=128M"
<p>into lilo.conf to make linux 'see' 128M of RAM
<pre>--
Gianluca
Alberici
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VLSI designer
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Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare
via Pietro Giuria, 1
Torino (TO)
Italy
lab. +39 011 670 73 80
+39 011 670 74 05
+39 011 670 74 10
cell. +39 347 972 51 42
internet [EMAIL PROTECTED]</pre>
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From: "TazMan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Insert Bootable device after Install of RH7 on 15Gb disk
Date: Fri, 3 Nov 2000 09:54:47 -0000
Reply-To: "TazMan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Lilo is in the MBR.
"Eric" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> TazMan wrote:
> >
> > Eric
> >
> > Sorry for the 4 messages..... Microsoft OS did a bit strange. But then
I'm
> > not telling you anything new. :)
> >
> > disk is on the bootchain in the BIOS.
> >
> > Taz..
> >
>
> Are you sure you have lilo in the MBR then?
> I suspect you put lilo in the bootsector of the /boot partition
> Making that partition active, will probably solve the problem
>
> Eric
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From: Gianluca Alberici <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Help : Cannot create file system error during installation : linux
Date: Fri, 03 Nov 2000 10:59:37 +0100
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Tracy Malkemes wrote:
> I am kind of a newbie, but I have a promise ultra ata 66 controller. I had
> a similar error when installing Caldera 2.3. The install program wouldn't
> even recognize that I had a hard drive. I didn't know that it was even
> possible to obtain drivers for this controller, so I opened up my computer
> and connected the hard drive to the ATA 33 controller. Voila! The
> installation program recognized my hard drive. That is my work around, but
> if you find drivers please get back to me. I am guessing the kernel
> doesn't support anything higher than 33 yet.
>
> --
> Posted via CNET Help.com
> http://www.help.com/
Hi,
have you got a promise based upon pdc20265 ? If so im afraid it is not
supported but a guy from japan
wrote a patch for it. Kernel 2.4 should support 20267 but 20265 was kinda
'forgot' (?). I would like to have some infos about pdc2026x support on linux
so if you get some
fresh meat please tell me some.
--
Gianluca Alberici
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VLSI designer
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Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare
via Pietro Giuria, 1
Torino (TO)
Italy
lab. +39 011 670 73 80
+39 011 670 74 05
+39 011 670 74 10
cell. +39 347 972 51 42
internet [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Tracy Malkemes wrote:
<blockquote TYPE=CITE>I am kind of a newbie, but I have a promise ultra
ata 66 controller. I had
<br>a similar error when installing Caldera 2.3. The install program
wouldn't
<br>even recognize that I had a hard drive. I didn't know that it was even
<br>possible to obtain drivers for this controller, so I opened up my computer
<br>and connected the hard drive to the ATA 33 controller. Voila! The
<br>installation program recognized my hard drive. That is my work around,
but
<br>if you find drivers please get back to me. I am guessing the kernel
<br>doesn't support anything higher than 33 yet.
<p>--
<br>Posted via CNET Help.com
<br><a href="http://www.help.com/">http://www.help.com/</a></blockquote>
<p><br>Hi,
<p>have you got a promise based upon pdc20265 ? If so im afraid it is not
supported but a guy from japan
<br>wrote a patch for it. Kernel 2.4 should support 20267 but 20265 was
kinda 'forgot' (?). I would like to have some infos about pdc2026x support
on linux so if you get some
<br>fresh meat please tell me some.
<br>
<pre>--
Gianluca
Alberici
-------------
VLSI designer
-------------
Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare
via Pietro Giuria, 1
Torino (TO)
Italy
lab. +39 011 670 73 80
+39 011 670 74 05
+39 011 670 74 10
cell. +39 347 972 51 42
internet [EMAIL PROTECTED]</pre>
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From: "Koen Van Impe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: internal zip drive takes forever to eject
Date: Fri, 3 Nov 2000 10:19:33 +0100
Paul Tomas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schreef in berichtnieuws
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> 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
>
>
I use an internal ZIP-100 (IOMEGA) and had the same problem under Windows
2000. The ZIP-drive was connected on the second IDE-connector. After
switching it to the first and making it slave (it didn't work with
CableSelect) it ejected after a few seconds. So I think the problem isn't
with Linux but rather a hardware-setup problem.
Regards,
Koen
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From: Eric <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Q: setting default file permission...
Date: Fri, 03 Nov 2000 12:06:03 +0100
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Scott Nolde wrote:
>
> 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).
BTW this is 774
rwxrwxr-x = 775
> > How to do this ?
> > Thanks.
>
> Checkout the umask command.
>
This won't do.
If you umask=003, you would expect to create a file with permissions
774,
but you will get a file with 664 permission.
depends on the program I suppose, but several will not set the
executable bit.
(touch eg. will not set executable bit)
/home/moorse>umask
003
/home/moorse>touch file1
/home/moorse>ls -l file1
-rw-rw-r-- 1 moorse user 0 Nov 3 13:03 file1
Eric
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From: "Mick" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: newbie question
Date: Fri, 3 Nov 2000 19:17:59 -0800
I think you can ping the url and you will get a list of ip address. The last
one on the list is the target. Those in between are routings.
Martin Schmidt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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>
> Hi,
>
> I ve to get the ip-address out of a 'normal' address
> like www.yahoo.com . Is there a tool or a command
> available which does it ?
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Martin
>
>
>
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From: "MT" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: needh help with X and virtual screen!
Date: Fri, 3 Nov 2000 13:39:12 +0200
However do i conf with the xf86config, the default bpp is 8 (allthough
i want it to be 32bpp) and allthough i tell the configurator not to,
it stills enables the 'virtual screen' (desktop is bigger then the actual
screen size, and the i have to "ride" with the mouse, to see the parts of
the
sreen, that stay out of the screen range)...what should i do?
I'd be greatful for all the help i can get.
tammx
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From: NAVARRO LOPEZ, =?iso-8859-1?Q?Jes=FAs?= Manuel
Subject: Re: Apache problem solved
Date: Fri, 03 Nov 2000 12:49:11 +0100
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> 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....
>
Well, caseinpoint... kindofblind, err... yes.
The "directory must have permissions set correctly" *is* the right
answer, so your next step should be looking for perms under linux. A
superficial search would teach to you what perms do mean and as soon as
you were there you should learn (in *any* Un*x related book) that while
the 'x' on files stands for 'executable' (for user/group/other), on
directories it means 'traversable' for that user/group/other.
Since Apache by default runs as 'nobody' and your html files would
belong to youruser:yourgroup, the 'traversable' bit for 'other' (your
'third x') comes immediatly.
Yes, I know, it seems it is expected to know a bit of too much
(apparently) unrelated things just to accomplish the easiest things, but
it is true too that you need to be very knowledgeable just to turn the
engine on on a Formula1 race car, opposed to an automatic gear car, the
same is true that once you know the way the Formula1 has better
performance by far.
--
SALUD,
Jes�s
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