Linux-Setup Digest #46, Volume #20 Wed, 15 Nov 00 17:13:09 EST
Contents:
installing Win98 after the fact (Peter Bismuti)
can linux read DOS with large partitions? (Peter Bismuti)
Re: RH 6.0 - 7.0 install problems on gateway 5400 (Eric Werme)
Geforce 2 ("Holger Lierse")
Re: setting up a task using crontab ("Kurt R. Rahlfs")
Re: Install/Partition Table/Fdisk problems (Jason B)
Re: Linux Redhat 6.2 install...Need Help .. Urgent (Jason B)
Re: FTP times out with IPChains (Hi-Tech RedNeck)
SSH from WIN32 ("Steve")
Help... X Windows runs at a crawl.. Be my mentor,, Please (Jason B)
Re: can linux read DOS with large partitions? (DualIP)
Reverse of RAWRITE.EXE ? (Brian Mork)
Modem heartaches (Ron Ross)
Apache-forbidden access to html files ("K.Zielinski")
Fixing ramdisk position in memory ("Erik C.J. Laan")
Re: USRobotics PCI 56K Modem (5610-rev1) with COM5 in Windows ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: problem with gnorpm ("Gene Heskett")
Re: setting up a task using crontab ("Gene Heskett")
Creating PDF (acrobat) files ? (Marc Frei)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Peter Bismuti)
Subject: installing Win98 after the fact
Date: 15 Nov 2000 20:19:51 GMT
I have linux installed now I want to stick Win98 on a partition that I
have available. Win98 always thinks it is the only OS and never gives
you the option of installing onto a particular parition like Win2k does.
Is there any way to install Win98 "after the fact"? Or am I screwed?
Thanks
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Peter Bismuti)
Subject: can linux read DOS with large partitions?
Date: 15 Nov 2000 20:18:36 GMT
I was trying to install Win98 and there is a point where you can choose
whether or not to use large partitions (forgot acronym). It warned
that if you choose 'yes', that other OSs would not be able to read it.
Does this include Linux? Should I select 'no' instead?
Thanks!
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From: Eric Werme <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: RH 6.0 - 7.0 install problems on gateway 5400
Date: Wed, 15 Nov 2000 15:22:27 -0500
Todd Raeker wrote:
> I am trying to install RH 6.0 and 7.0 on a dual processor Gateway 5400.
> I boot from the install floppy and all goes well until probing the
> PCI bus at which the system freezes and is completely unresponsive. It
> has an adaptec 29160N SCSI card for drives but removing the card and
> harddrives has the same result so its not any card PCI card hanging.
> I have been successful with dual processor boxes from Gateway but this
> new machine has a newer bios with a stupid GUI. I suspect the bios is
> the problem. Anybody have similar experiences, fixes or advice?
>
> Thanks.
>
> Todd.
Yes, I had the same problem recently. The problem is with the BIOS that
Gateway is using. It is (a variant of) Intel's OR840 BIOS, version 225.
Gateway says that there is no upgrade available for that BIOS, but in
fact,
Intel does have one. I downloaded version 245 from Intel's site, and
installed it on my machines. Then I reinstalled RedHat 6.2, and
everything worked fine.
The OS recognized all my devices, although I did have to hunt down a
driver for the on-board sound chip. (www.alsa-project.org had what I
needed, but their driver installation procedure is quite complicated.)
So far, I have had no problems at all with the upgraded BIOS, even
though it didn't come from Gateway. Please, note: I have only one CPU
in each of my PC's, but I understand that there is problem with the APIC
bus on the E5400's motherboard that affects dual-CPU systems. I don't
know if Intel's latest BIOS has fixed that problem. You might try using
the "noapic" kernel option if you get "IO-APIC" errors. (At least, that's
the advice I've heard.) Good luck.
- Eric Werme, NSWCDD, Dahlgren, VA
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From: "Holger Lierse" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Geforce 2
Date: Wed, 15 Nov 2000 21:32:42 +0100
Hi!
I hope someone can help me!
I have the following problem:
During the Installation of Suse 7.0 I had big Problems with the
configuartion of my Monitor. Everytime I've tried to chose a monitor the
setup hung up (even withe VESA). So I've chosen NO graphic Interface. With
"sax -s XF86_VGA16" I've finallay managed it to start the sax. But I
couldn't find neither my graphic card (Elsa Gladiac Geforce 2) nor my
monitor (Belinea 10 60 30) in the list. I would be very pleased if someone
could help me so I can use the graphical interface!
Thanx !
Holger
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From: "Kurt R. Rahlfs" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: setting up a task using crontab
Date: Wed, 15 Nov 2000 14:35:41 -0600
"Brian J. Rohan" wrote:
> I am trying to run the SETI program that will allow me to help them
> decipher data over the internet. I have downloaded and installed their
> program, and all works well, until I shut down the gnome console, and
> then the program stops. I would like to set up the program to begin
> running if it isn't already at fifteen minute intervals (their websites
> states that for Linux machines, if it tries to start the progam and it
> is already running, it will not start again) So I tried adding a line
> to /etc/crontab as follows: (the program is located in
> /root/setiathome/setiathome-3.0.i386-pc-linux-gnu-gnulibc2.1 an is
> called setiathome. the -nice iption sets the priority to 19 so as not to
> interfere with other processes)
>
> 00,15,30,45 * * * * cd
> /root/setiathome/setiathome-3.0.i386-pc-linux-gnu-gnulibc2.1/;
> ./setiathome -nice 19 > /dev/null 2> /dev/null
>
> But nothing was spawned at 00 15 30 or 45 of the hour, even after
> restarting the system. I then added the previous line to a file
> /root/setiathome called timersetup
> I then typed crontab /root/setiathome/timersetup
> The crontab -l and it listed the previous information. I then waited
> for half of an hour and still nothing started to work. What am I not
> doing correctly? I did all of the above as root
>
> Brian
Is cron running? Do:
ps -afe|grep cron
You should see it running (ignore the grep command if it shows up in the
output).
If it is not there check your run level and if cron is activated in it. On
my machine cron is not activated in single user modes (init 1 and init S).
To test your cron scripts before messing with the init scripts I you can
just run cron from root and it will start.
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From: Jason B <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Install/Partition Table/Fdisk problems
Date: Wed, 15 Nov 2000 20:43:40 GMT
Ok I'm pretty sure for your last question that the dos command fdisk /mbr
will let you funtion normally agian in dos. But you'll have to ask one of
the more experienced people in here about your Linux woes.
Jason Bean
A & G wrote:
> I was setting up partitions for a new linux machine I was making, but
> during the formatting stage of the RH 6.1 Install process, the system
> hung. Since then I haven't been able to reformat the drive or get rid
> of the partition(s) which were created. Instead every time I try to
> install Linux and I get to the stage of indicating what kind of an
> Install I want to do (gnome workstation, server, etc...), I get the
> messge "an error occurred reading the partition table for the block
> device hda: No such file or directory".
>
> I tried deleting the partitions using dos fdisk, but all it could do is
> see the partitions, it wouldn't let me delete them.
>
> 1. I'd like to try using a linux fdisk, but apparently my linux boot
> floppy is dead - anyone know how/where I can get another?
>
> 2. MORE IMPORTantly - does anyone know how I can wipeout my partition
> table and create a nice new clean one from scratch so I can install
> linux on my hd. Currently I can install windows on this hd, but as far
> as Linux goes, it just keeps reporting the same error above. BTW the hd
> is a new 45gb, so I'm doubting that it's the source of the problems.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Al
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From: Jason B <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Linux Redhat 6.2 install...Need Help .. Urgent
Date: Wed, 15 Nov 2000 20:46:06 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Hi! I have Intel 810 Chip machine and have installed Linux Redhat6.2
> server version. Can I get X windows running on this system??
>
> I tried using the Custom Installation of the Server but my machine
> halts during the installation and it doesnot work at all, so I have
> picked the Server Installation and now after installing server version,
> I would like to install X Windows System,
>
> Can anyone help me please!!!>>>??
>
> Urgent!!
>
> Thanks
> CS
>
> Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
> Before you buy.
Good luck, I've had RH 6.1 on my system for a while. X- Windows used to
work , however slowly. Now, it's not working for me. Not what it's
suppossed to be like anyways.
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Subject: Re: FTP times out with IPChains
From: Hi-Tech RedNeck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Wed, 15 Nov 2000 20:48:39 GMT
Chris,
If you are doing masquerading with ipchains you will need to load the
ip_masq_ftp.o module that is in /lib/modules/<kernel version>/ipv4/
Hope this helps.
J.W.
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From: "Steve" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: SSH from WIN32
Date: Wed, 15 Nov 2000 20:55:35 GMT
I am trying to run the WIN32 version of SSH to my RH7 box. I get the error
below, but it still let's me connect and the traffic is encrypted. The .ssh
directory exists in my home directory and I ran ssh-keygen to create the
keys. Any ideas on why I am getting the errors??
Thanks in adavance,
Steve
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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setsockopt IPTOS_LOWDELAY: Invalid argument
Could not create directory '/home/jdoe/.ssh'.
Host key not found from the list of known hosts.
Are you sure you want to continue connecting (yes/no
Failed to add the host to the list of known hosts (/
Creating random seed file ~/.ssh/random_seed. This
execv /bin/sh failed: No such file or directory
execv /bin/sh failed: No such file or directory
execv /bin/sh failed: No such file or directory
execv /bin/sh failed: No such file or directory
execv /bin/sh failed: No such file or directory
execv /bin/sh failed: No such file or directory
execv /bin/sh failed: No such file or directory
jdoe's password:
Received signal 1.
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From: Jason B <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Help... X Windows runs at a crawl.. Be my mentor,, Please
Date: Wed, 15 Nov 2000 21:00:31 GMT
Hello all, please help .
I've had Linux installed on my system for a year and some now.
Here's whats' up: X windows has never really worked good . It was
slow, like I was running Windows '95 on a 386 or something (I have a
Pentium ii 300Mhz /98 Megs ram). Recently, I edited my XF86Config file
(I'm scared to touch this thing) I put in some new modelines for my
monitor, calculated from a posting describing how to do it. But, my
system seems to just skip over them or something as if they weren't
even there. I can't change the resolution by using 'ctrl - alt - +/-
keys' either.
So, I'm wondering, is there a way of seeing exactly what video
mode that X Windows is running in? Like,some log file or something? I
know how to switch between users or whatever by pressing 'ctrl - alt -
f1, f2, f7 '.
Also, I installed a new 'microcrap wheelmouse' on my box lately.
I found out how to set it up using 'mouseconfig'. It works on the
console, but not in 'X'. It jumps around the screen and acts like it
was on coke or something. DOes anybody know what's up with this ? I
don't care about if the wheel works, I just want to get my fucking
mouse working so I don't have to quit X windows every time.
If anyone knows any of this, and wants to help, I'll
appreciate it..
Jason
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (DualIP)
Subject: Re: can linux read DOS with large partitions?
Date: Wed, 15 Nov 2000 21:11:12 GMT
On 15 Nov 2000 20:18:36 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Peter Bismuti) wrote:
>
>
>I was trying to install Win98 and there is a point where you can choose
>whether or not to use large partitions (forgot acronym). It warned
>that if you choose 'yes', that other OSs would not be able to read it.
>Does this include Linux? Should I select 'no' instead?
>
When compiled as a module or into the kernel Linux can read/write this
so called FAT32 partitions
DualIP
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Date: Wed, 15 Nov 2000 16:12:34 -0500
From: Brian Mork <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Reverse of RAWRITE.EXE ?
I've used rawrite.exe.
Now, I'm looking for a reverse
program, (perhaps raread.exe?) that will read a
PC/DOS/Windows disk and write it to a disk file
that rawrite.exe can use.
Any pointers?
--
Brian Mork, http://www.increa.com, or [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Ron Ross <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Modem heartaches
Date: 15 Nov 2000 16:22:08 -0500
Hi all,
I'm sorry to write about what is really strictly a hardware problem. But
since the only headway I've made has been Linux (Bigslack = Slackware
7.0, with self-compiled 2.2.17) on my Win98/linux dual boot machine, I
thought I might pick the knowledgeable brains on list ng.
My modem (an isa Aceropen F34PV, PVS Fax/modem, 33,600 bps), which has
always worked perfectly, both in Windows and Linux, at the same settings
(COM4/ttyS3, irq 3, io 2e8-2ef), has stopped working properly.
History: a couple of months ago I experienced severe computer crashes.
the machine would freeze up, though less so in LInux (surprise,
surprise), and could not even be reset or powered off - I had to unplug
the machine - and booting up again immediately would bring up a blank
screen - no BIOS, nothing - I had to wait, first a couple of hours,
towards the end a couple of days, for the computer to boot up again. So,
desperately tarballing all my files between crashes, during one of the
last crashes before bringing the machine to the shop, BIOS reported a
CMOS checksum error and... my modem stopped working. In Windows, the
modem couldn't (and still can't) be found ("... not responding. Make
sure your modem is connected... blablabla"). In Linux, ppp-go would very
slowly activate the modem, dial, and then the login script would fail
and the modem hang up.
Thinking the modem problem was a temporary symptom of the crash and
suspecting BIOS corruption (or something;-), I suggested a BIOS upgrade
to the technician, who flashed the BIOS and then kept the computer in
the shop for three days, running almost continuously without a single
crash. They could find nothing wrong (I hadn't told them of the modem),
and indeed, it hasn't crashed since. But the modem is still out of
order. In Windows, I uninstalled the modem driver and reinstalled about
five times, using different COM ports, to no effect (although switching
ports requires changing jumpers on the card, which I couldn't do,
because I've long since lost the second jumper cap that I never
needed;-(.)
So, how am I posting this message? (I'm glad you asked;-) By resetting
the serial port with the following command:
setserial /dev/ttyS3 auto_irq autoconfig
Result of which is that I can now use the modem, in Linux, albeit very
slowly (1.4 kbps is about the maximum throughput, and often a lot less).
After setting the port in this way,
# cat /proc/tty/driver/serial
gives the following:
serinfo:1.0 driver:4.27
0: uart:16550A port:3F8 irq:4 tx:0 rx:0 DTR
1: uart:16550A port:2F8 irq:3 tx:0 rx:0 DTR
2: uart:unknown port:3E8 irq:4
3: uart:16550A port:2E8 irq:0 baud:115200 tx:1188919 \
rx:4254168 oe:5 RTS|CTS|DTR|DSR|CD
irq 0!!! (rather freaky to think it was sharing irq with the system
timer, until the Serial-HOWTO informed me that irq 0 in such cases
means only that it hasn't really figured an adequate setting).
So, I suspect the modem itself is malfunctioning (a couple of times,
when attempting to dial, it failed while making a sort of banging noise,
like an obstructed door being repeatedly slammed shut).
However, before forking out CDN$ 120-130.00 for a new modem (which I
want to avoid, since in the near future I intend to establish some sort
of high speed access) I would like to know if anyone else may have
experienced the same problem, and may confirm whether this is a modem or
some low-level system configuration issue.
Many thanks in advance,
Ron
PS. FYI:
bash-2.03# cat /proc/interrupts
CPU0
0: 6257305 XT-PIC timer
1: 32219 XT-PIC keyboard
2: 0 XT-PIC cascade
10: 15892 XT-PIC es1371
12: 1353005 XT-PIC PS/2 Mouse
13: 1 XT-PIC fpu
14: 435909 XT-PIC ide0
15: 2466 XT-PIC ide1
NMI: 0
bash-2.03# cat /proc/ioports
0000-001f : dma1
0020-003f : pic1
0040-005f : timer
0060-006f : keyboard
0080-008f : dma page reg
00a0-00bf : pic2
00c0-00df : dma2
00f0-00ff : fpu
0170-0177 : ide1
01f0-01f7 : ide0
02e8-02ef : serial(set)
02f8-02ff : serial(auto)
0376-0376 : ide1
0378-037a : parport0
03c0-03df : vga+
03f6-03f6 : ide0
03f8-03ff : serial(auto)
d000-d007 : ide0
d008-d00f : ide1
e000-e03f : es1371
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From: "K.Zielinski" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Apache-forbidden access to html files
Date: Wed, 15 Nov 2000 22:28:51 +0100
I've just installed linux RedHat 6.2 with apache,postgres and php.
When i want to try my www server i can see in my browser a webpage saying
"403 Forbidden". I have checked the rights to apache home directory and
index.html file and they are 644. So it schould work, why it doesn't ?
A month ago i installed the same distribution of linux (except postgres and
php) and apache was working correctly (i could access index.html in my
browser after installation).
Could you tell me what i could do about it ?
Please email me.
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From: "Erik C.J. Laan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Fixing ramdisk position in memory
Date: Wed, 15 Nov 2000 22:28:01 +0100
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hi,
I want to make a ramdisk in memory at a fixed location and use it for
swap. Why would I want this strange setup? This is a small machine
(80486DX/2 80 Mhz) used as router/firewall for my home-network. It's got
12Mb RAM on the motherboard with a 256kb cache. It also has an Everex
EV159 memory expansion board with 2,5Mb on the ISAbus. The memory on
this expansion board is not cached, so it's significantly slower
compared to the rest of the memory. Because of this I want to use it for
a fast swap-space.
I've read the BootPrompt HOWTO, linux/Documentation/initrd.txt and
linux/Documentation/ramdisk. The instructions in these documents are
sufficient to make a 2,5Mb swap-ramdisk and load it. The only question
remaining is: How can I make sure my swap-ramdisk will be loaded in the
upper 2,5Mb of memory, from 12Mb to 14,5Mb?
Thanks in advance for any help provided, Erik Laan.
P.S. By significantly slower I mean: booting the machine using the
expansion board (14,5Mb RAM) takes 9,5 minutes, with an mem=12m
kernel-argument it only
takes 2 minutes.
--
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Erik C.J. Laan [EMAIL PROTECTED] (preferred), [EMAIL PROTECTED] (messages
>1Mb)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: USRobotics PCI 56K Modem (5610-rev1) with COM5 in Windows
Date: Wed, 15 Nov 2000 21:34:44 GMT
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On
> Behalf Of James Richard Tyrer
> Sent: Tuesday, November 14, 2000 11:59 PM
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> > Am I allowed to pick another COM port with setserial as long as my port
> > is right? I seem to recall trying to set it to different COM ports and
> > setserial not allowing me to do that (but I will try one more time).
>
> What "setserial" does is configure the software driver. It does
nothing at
> all about the hardware. That is you tell the serial driver which I/O port
> and which IRQ to use for a selected ttyS?. You can chose any
> ttyS? that is not already in use.
I am aware of setserials abilities in this respect.
> > Here is my setup:
> >
> > I am currently using Redhat 7.0 with a 2.2.17 kernel (with more than 4
> > com ports support enabled). I have two Serial ports built in on my
> > motherboard, but I was not using one so I turned the second off in the
> > BIOS in an attempt to avoid possible conflicts with other hardware. I
> > have a US Robotics PCI 56K Faxmodem (model 5610-rev 1 ; according to
> > lspci), which always displays as COM5 in Windows 98.
> >
> > # cat /dev/proc:
> >
> > Bus 0, device 14, function 0:
> > Serial controller: Unknown vendor Unknown device (rev 1).
> > Vendor id=12b9. Device id=1008.
> > Medium devsel.
> > I/O at 0xb000 [0xb001].
>
> This doesn't help find your modem. You should
>
> cat /proc/pci
I believe that is what the above is...I just made a major typo when I
created
this message, it should actually have read "cat /proc/pci".
> But lspci is better.
Which I use below..
> > # cat /etc/rc.d/rc.local:
> >
> > setserial /dev/ttyS4 irq 9 port 0xb000 uart 16550A ^fourport ^auto_irq
> > skip_test autoconfig spd_vhi
>
> I presume that you put this command there, but where did you get the IRQ?
I was just indicating the command I used at startup, which I have also
tried directly from the command line.
I noticed setserial seem to react differently to configuration commands
at boot up then compared to normal activity. Any ideas about this?
> > Setup after start:
> >
> > # setserial /dev/ttyS4
> > /dev/ttyS4, UART: 16550A, Port: 0xb000, IRQ: 2, Flags: spd_vhi
Why did it set it to IRQ 2 instead of IRQ 9 like I specified?
> # lspci -v -v
> >
> > 00:0e.0 Serial controller: US Robotics/3Com 56K FaxModem Model 5610
> > (rev 01) (prog-if 02 [16550])
> > Subsystem: US Robotics/3Com USR 56k Internal FAX Modem (Model
> > 5610)
> > Control: I/O+ Mem- BusMaster- SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop-
> > ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
> > Status: Cap+ 66Mhz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort-
> > <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
> > Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 0
>
> Is this a typo? since IRQ 0 would be an error.
Nope...that is what it returns...that is one of the things that I am
most suspicious about. I am very close to just chunking the stupid
thing and getting a new modem but first like I will get the new kernel.
> > Region 0: I/O ports at b000
> > Capabilities: [dc] Power Management version 2
> > Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1- D2+ AuxCurrent=0mA PME(D0+,D1-
> > ,D2+,D3hot+,D3cold+)
> > Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=2 PME-
>
> NO! You have to use "lspci -v" [one -v is enough] before you use set
> serial. You use the values for I/O and IRQ that you get from "lspci" in
> the setserial command.
I did use lspci -v prior and did identify that it had IO Port 0xb000 and
IRQ 0.
I even tried using IRQ 0 (which did not seem right) without much luck at
one point.
> If you first used "lspci -v" and it said I/O port 0xb000 and IRQ 9
then the
> command you need to set this up is:
>
> setserial /dev/ttyS2 port 0xb000 irq 9 autoconfig
>
> and the modem should be ttyS2.
It initially gave the port as 0xb000 and the irq as 0 (yes 0 - doesn't
make sense to me either).
If I have two ttyS0 and ttyS1 (the second one, which I have disabled at
the bios level), does the ttyS2 matter as far as the sharing of ports
and irqs?
> I understand that you only have 2 COM
> ports. I have no idea why M$-Windows chose COM5 (which would be ttyS4).
>From some of the comments I have seen on the USRobotics/3Com site...this
is something almost hardcoded (maybe firmware or something)....some
fluke I think....it's almost a winmodem in disguise.
> Some Linux programs are only happy with the first 4 ttyS so you should
I agree..I was trying to use I believe kppp which wouldn't allow usage
of ttyS4 so I had to use the symbolic link /dev/modem which pointed to
/dev/ttyS4.
> avoid using ttyS4 or higher.
I presumed the COM number assigned was more hardwired (jumpered or some
modem configuration item)...but if I can, in software, make it whatever
I want that is nice, but I still seem to recall I wasn't able to use
another COM number due to it being in use or something as described in
an error message from setserial.
> I presume that you enabled the support for
> more than 4 COMs because M$-Windows used COM 5. But, with only two serial
> ports on your mother board, you don't need it.
I enabled the kernel "more than 4 COMS" option, thinking that to use
/dev/ttyS4 would require it...that may be an error though. I did that
because I was starting to run out of ideas as to how to get it to
work...and thought that might help...but I guess it wasn't the case.
> JRT
--
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Before you buy.
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Date: 15 Nov 2000 6:48:17 -0500
From: "Gene Heskett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: problem with gnorpm
Unrot13 this;
Reply to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Gene Heskett sends Greetings to longvd ;
> When I install a new package using gnorpm, I get this error message:
> "only packages with major numbers <= 3 are supported by this version
> of RPM" The system is: Red Hat 6.2 gnorpm-0.9-15 rpm-3.0.4-0.48
> Long.
You need a newer vesion of both gnorpm and rpm itself, both are
available, either from the updates pages or the errata pages for RH6.2.
Cheers, Gene
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email gene underscore heskett at iolinc dot net
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Date: 15 Nov 2000 7:12:34 -0500
From: "Gene Heskett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: setting up a task using crontab
Unrot13 this;
Reply to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Gene Heskett sends Greetings to Brian J.;
BJR> I am trying to run the SETI program that will allow me to help
BJR> them
BJR> decipher data over the internet. I have downloaded and
BJR> installed their program, and all works well, until I shut down
BJR> the gnome console, and then the program stops. I would like to
BJR> set up the program to begin running if it isn't already at
BJR> fifteen minute intervals (their websites states that for Linux
BJR> machines, if it tries to start the progam and it is already
BJR> running, it will not start again) So I tried adding a line to
BJR> /etc/crontab as follows:
[snip]
The crontab stuff isn't required as both rc5des and setiathome are
sufficiently self contained that once started, you can leave them alone,
they will, if you have demand dialing setup, or are on the net fulltime.
go get their required data all by themselves.
To that end, I start them in the /etc/rc.d/rc.local file with this code
snippet attached to the bottom of rc.local.
=============
cd /opt/rc5
su -c "./rc5des >/dev/null" gene &
cd /opt/setiathome
su -c "./setiathome -nice 20 >/dev/null" gene &
=============
Just to remove a huge gotcha, br sure and do a recursive chown on each
of those directories so they all run as a username (the 'gene' above,
not root. More secure I'm told. See man su, look at that -c option.
One could I imagine, also put this in as a shell script to be run from
/etc/rc.d/init.d/startcrunchers by setting links from there to
rc3.d/S99startcrunchers, and writing in the kill versions too, but both
of these respond correctly to a normal kill, saving their data as they
exit, so thats almost overkill/paranoid.
With this machine, and my office machine (which isn't doing the rc5
challenge) both launching seti via similar rc.local starters, I'm
standing a hair over the 97th percentile in seti processing, not too
shabby considering there are now something over 2.4 million other seti
users out there.
Cheers, Gene
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Gene Heskett, CET, UHK |Amiga A2k Zeus040, Linux @ 400mhz
email gene underscore heskett at iolinc dot net
#Amiga based X10 home automation program EZHome, see at:#
# <http://www.thirdwave.net/~jimlucia/amigahomeauto> #
ISP's please take note: My spam control policy is explicit!
#Any Class C address# involved in spamming me is added to my killfile
never to be seen again. Message will be summarily deleted without dl.
This messages reply content, but not any previously quoted material, is
� 2000 by Gene Heskett, all rights reserved.
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From: Marc Frei <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Creating PDF (acrobat) files ?
Date: Wed, 15 Nov 2000 22:32:26 +0100
Hello,
Does anyone has a trick to create PDF file with using Tex or the
PostScript format ? From a .doc (staroffice) would be really cool !
I have to create many PDF files... I need to reboot under windoze...
bouhouhou....
Thanks in advance.
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