Linux-Setup Digest #80, Volume #20 Mon, 20 Nov 00 20:13:14 EST
Contents:
BeOS & Linux Mandrake 6 Boot problems ("Andrew King")
Cant get it to work....x ("Stephen Murphy")
Re: /dev/modem (John Todd)
Re: How can I tell what grub will do on the next reboot without rebooting? ("Dan
Jacobson")
Re: Which Linux to try? (none)
Re: Upgrading to RH7 from 6.2, anaconda hangs ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Logitech Scrolling wheel mouse ("Vigil")
help with Linksys etherfast LAN Card (Peter Bismuti)
Playing MIDI in Linux ("A. S. Paragus")
Re: Not worth the hassle..... ("Jade Falcon")
Re: fax server on linux for windows clients ("Horst Simon")
Re: Not worth the hassle..... ("Jade Falcon")
Re: Netgear FA310-TX and linux ("Joseph Dobransky")
Re: Upgrading to RH7 from 6.2, anaconda hangs ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Questions from newbie to Linux (Daniel_Johns)
Redhat init scripts setup (Luke Vogel)
Re: help with Linksys etherfast LAN Card ("Jade Falcon")
Help with Castlewood ORB and Linksys Etherfast 10/100 NIC ("Tagbo Ekwueme-Okoli")
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From: "Andrew King" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: BeOS & Linux Mandrake 6 Boot problems
Date: Mon, 20 Nov 2000 23:26:13 -0000
Can anyone help with this problem?
I have a Tosh portege 3010CT I setup a 750MB fat partition and put dos on it
then used a pcmcia cd drive to run bewrite and write the contents of the
BeOS 5 cd to the HD ( The cd drive won't work with BeOS!). After this I
booted using the beos image on the drive and created another beos partition
and ran the installer within beos to set up to the new partition (this seems
long winded but its the only way I can get it to work, also this is what the
instructions with bewrite say to do) then deleted the partion with the cd
image.
Finally I ftp from another machine onto the beos partiton a zipped up
mandrake 6 dist. and unzipped it to the fat partiton and used the boot disk
to set up linux from the fat partion (creating the necesary swap & linux
ext2 partitons as per the mandrake installation).
The problem arises when linux tries to do the boot part it comes back with
errors something to the extent of it can't create lilo
The Be Bootman seems to be able to add it to its OS list but when you try
and boot from it it says "boot sector signature not found"
and hangs.
I can use loadlin from the dos partion but I get loads of errors like
system.map is using wrong kernel version.
As I'm new to linux (I have installed it before on other machines but at the
moment I don't know my wy around it to well!!)
does anyone have any suggestions how to make either everything boot from
lilo or deos bootman (preferable BeOS bootman)
Thanks in advance
Andrew King .
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From: "Stephen Murphy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Cant get it to work....x
Date: Mon, 20 Nov 2000 23:18:44 GMT
I am totally new to linux, but learning fast.
I have installed RH7.0 in the following configuration:-
/ ext2 800mb
/usr " 3600mb
/usr/local " 2500mb
/home " 800mb
swap swap 300mb
It installed , no problems but i cannot get x to instal.
I log in the root & password then try to get it to run.
No joy, i know I'm doing something wrong and hopefully somebody will put me
right
Thanks in advance
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Todd)
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux.slackware,comp.os.linux.portable
Subject: Re: /dev/modem
Date: 20 Nov 2000 22:41:14 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
See if you have modemtool
On Mon, 20 Nov 2000 02:06:18 +0000, Harry
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I've been trying to get the symlink to point to /dev/ttyS5 instead of
>ttyS3, but whenever I restart the machine it's back to ttyS3 again!
>
>I'll be mightily grateful if someone will tell me which script is
>doing this because I can't find it. Come to think of it I'd also
>appreciate it if someone will point me to a document that explains the
>whole boot up process, blow by blow. And lastly, what's /dev/modem.O
>for?
>
>Many thanks, in advance.
>
>Harry
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From: "Dan Jacobson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux.mandrake,gnu.utils.help
Subject: Re: How can I tell what grub will do on the next reboot without rebooting?
Date: Tue, 21 Nov 2000 07:30:34 +0800
"Colin Watson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ���g��l��
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> Dan Jacobson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >How can I tell what grub will do on the next reboot without rebooting?
> >Looking at a configuration file might not reflect the true state of grub's
> >next reboot plan.
>
> Install it onto a floppy disk and boot from that, without changing your
> current setup?
huh, the floppy's still busted on mandrake 7.2 anyway:
can't I just do
$ grub --show-what-will-do-at-next-boot
and it will output what it plans to do at next boot without really booting.
Does it have such a feature?
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From: none <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Which Linux to try?
Date: Sun, 19 Nov 2000 15:40:19 -0800
I reccomend mandrake 7.2 or redhat 6.2 (7 has some issues). Mandrake is
much nicer than redhat 7 and could be good if you aren't used to RH like
I am - getting too used to RH.
Jim Cleary wrote:
>
> I am planning to try out Linux and have a partition available to install
> it into.
> I have copies of Corel Linux
> Red Hat 6.2
> and Caldera Open Linux 1.3.
> I would welcome suggestions of which of these three would be the best to
> go for. I have a fair amount of computer experience but none with Linux
> [or Unix].
>
> Thanks for any help.
>
> Jim.
>
> --
> Mr. Jim Cleary, Physics Department, University of Newcastle, N. S. W.
> 2308, Australia.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Upgrading to RH7 from 6.2, anaconda hangs
Date: Mon, 20 Nov 2000 23:26:35 GMT
I talked to the guys at Bugzilla about a similar
problem. They suggested the following:
Try booting into the installer with the 'nousb'
option - 'linux nousb' and see if that works.
Hope that helps. I haven't tried it yet. Let me
know if it works for you.
To track my USB problem go to:
http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?
id=21087
Regards,
Josen
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Patrick A Wallace <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi,
> I am trying to do an upgrade of RedHat
Linux from 6.2 to 7.
> Everything runs OK until anaconda attempts to
start the install proper.
>
> The progress bar titled "Copying image to Hard
Disk" appears and runs
> successfully. Then next bar,
entitled "Preparing to install" gets about
> half-way and locks up.
>
> The system is not totally hung, as I can
use <Ctrl>+<F1>/<F3>/<F4> for diagnostics,
> <Ctrl>+<F2> for a shell etc.
>
> Right before locking up, the GUI version
emits the following message to
> the X console:
> "Xlib: Unexpected async reply
(sequence 0x1252e)!"
>
> I have no idea what this means. Any
suggestions?
>
> The text-only upgrade system gets to the
same place in the procedure, and
> then exits with "Signal 11".
>
> Can anyone let me know how to get more
diagnostics out of the installer
> program, or what it could be doing during
the "preparing to install" phase, or
> any other place I can go for help.
>
> On a similar theme, is it possible to
disable USB support from the new
> kernel using command-line switches? It could be
a problem with a USB driver or
> something similar.
>
> If there's any more diagnostics I can
add, please let me know.
>
> Thanks in advance,
> --Pat.
>
>
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Before you buy.
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From: "Vigil" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.networking,comp.sys.sun.hardware,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Logitech Scrolling wheel mouse
Date: Mon, 20 Nov 2000 23:39:48 +0000
Put the following in the mouse section of XF86Config if you're using x4:
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
Option "Buttons" "5"
"Darren Welson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> had the audacity to claim:
> Anyone know how to make my 3-button Logitech scrolling mouse work in Linux
> (and UNIX)?
--
.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Peter Bismuti)
Subject: help with Linksys etherfast LAN Card
Date: 20 Nov 2000 23:40:41 GMT
I'm trying to setup a new Linksys EtherFast 10/100 LAN Card Model LNE100TX.
It is working with Win98 so I know that the hardware is OK.
There were instructions that said to build a new tulip.o file, but I'm
running RedHat 7.0 so I'm assuming that I have the latest.
When I try to insert the module I get:
#insmod tulip.o
tulip.o: unresolved symbol netif_rx_Rsmp0a3fcdc4
tulip.o: unresolved symbol eth_type_trans_Rsmp02771567
tulip.o: unresolved symbol skb_over_panic_Rsmp4f682074
tulip.o: unresolved symbol init_etherdev_Rsmp3808c591
..
Anyway get this card working?
Thanks
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From: "A. S. Paragus" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Playing MIDI in Linux
Date: Tue, 21 Nov 2000 00:07:42 GMT
I have tried playing MIDI files in a RH 7.0 system and I keep getting
"cannot open /dev/sequencer Perhaps it is being used by another
application." Does anyone know how I can set this up to work?
Thanks
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From: "Jade Falcon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Not worth the hassle.....
Date: Mon, 20 Nov 2000 19:10:38 -0500
"Why? Because it's a pain in the ass and I enjoy it - it presents a
challenge and keeps me technically involved."
No aurguments here. Speaking of pains, Windoze can give you the same type of
gratification.
I've been playing around with BEos. It seems to work well, but there aren't
alot
of apps at this time.
For now I keep Linux on it's own little drive, and I'll play around with it
once and awhile....... maybe some day I will be able to break away from
Windoze.
It's good to hear some positive things about Linux. Maybe I'll try a
differant
distibution...
"Steve Bradley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:oX%R5.12772$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Jade Falcon wrote:
>
> > I'm not bashing Linux, but I don't think it's worth the hassles.
> > Everything has to be compiled, debugged, etc.
> >
> > I could spend more time messing around with Linux than I
> > would getting some work done.
> >
> > It runs nice, rarely crashes, and can run on a small amount of
> > ram.
> >
> > But it is a big pain in the arse, to get it to work.
> >
> > It's just not worth it.
> >
> >
>
> Well, I guess we all have our opinions here, no?
>
> How much of a pain in the ass it is largely depends on how much of a pain
> in the ass you want it to be. On my personal system, for example, I run
> the latest releases of the test kernels, always upgrade my libraries to
the
> newest version, and largely run betas of anything that looks interesting.
> Why? Because it's a pain in the ass and I enjoy it - it presents a
> challenge and keeps me technically involved.
>
> On the other hand, I just built a system for my soon-to-be-moving-out
> girlfriend who has come to enjoy Linux through using my computer - for her
> I installed RH6.2, StarOffice5.2, Netscape6 and other non-beta,
established
> applications. The install was as easy as Windows, maybe even easier, and
I
> know that, since she doesn't have root access, there is very little chance
> she'll be able to really screw the system up. It runs perfectly now, and
> true to Linux's reputation, will probably do so for years with very little
> intervention on her part while providing better performance, better
> stability, and better network performance.
>
> Later!
>
> --
> Steve Bradley
>
> Registered Linux User#187404
> (register at www.linuxcounter.org)
> ICQ#19864616
>
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From: "Horst Simon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: fax server on linux for windows clients
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.networking,linux.samba
Date: Tue, 21 Nov 2000 11:12:02 +1100
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "James Knott"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Frank Miller wrote:
>>
>> James Knott wrote:
>> >
>> > Darren and Marla Welson wrote:
>> > >
>> > > I need a fax server package that I can run on my Linux
>> > > firewall/server that allows windows clients to access faxes and
>> > > send faxes. I looked at HylaFAX, but it is a Linux server and
>> > > requires an additional package for windows clients to interact with
>> > > it. What has anyone used in the past to accomplish this, or is
>> > > this a nightmare?
>> >
>> > You might want to look into PMFax for Linux. As I recall, they have
>> > (had?) a network version. The OS/2 version is excellent. I
>> > downloaded the Linux version a few days ago.
>> >
>> > You can find them @ http://www.kellergroup.com/
>> >
>> > --
>> > Replies sent via e-mail to this address will be promptly ignored. To
>> > reply, replace everything to the left of "@" with
>> > "james.knott".
>>
>> Did you get PMFax lite to work? I can't change the port.
>
> I haven't had a chance to try it yet.
>
I am using SuSE7.0 and Hylafax which was included in the release.
It was easy to setup and I had to change only two entries in the
configuration file to make it my Hayes Optima work with Hylafax. The
information was provided by the Hylafax mailing list.
On the Linux Clients I am using SuSEFax and on the Windows/NT clients
I am using the Whfc client.
Regards,
Horst Simon
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From: "Jade Falcon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Not worth the hassle.....
Date: Mon, 20 Nov 2000 19:14:05 -0500
"Thanks for sharing your opinion. I hope you recognize that
others may disagree."
Thanks for letting me share it.
I've been able to install Linux on a second drive so that
Windows will allow a dual boot. For now I'll keep it there
in it's own partiton unitl I can get used to it.
"John Thompson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Jade Falcon wrote:
>
> > I'm not bashing Linux, but I don't think it's worth the hassles.
> > Everything has to be compiled, debugged, etc.
> >
> > I could spend more time messing around with Linux than I
> > would getting some work done.
> >
> > It runs nice, rarely crashes, and can run on a small amount of
> > ram.
> >
> > But it is a big pain in the arse, to get it to work.
> >
> > It's just not worth it.
>
> Thanks for sharing your opinion. I hope you recognize that
> others may disagree.
>
> --
>
>
> -John ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
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From: "Joseph Dobransky" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Netgear FA310-TX and linux
Date: Tue, 21 Nov 2000 00:17:51 GMT
it will auto detect......by its the tulip module....
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"Rajkumar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:AkhS5.2862$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> hey all..
>
> I have a netgear fa310-tx ethernet adapter. Does it already have a linux
> driver. When i run netconf I am not sure which kernel module to pick?
> Does anyone have any idea ?
>
> thanks
> raj
>
>
>
>
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Upgrading to RH7 from 6.2, anaconda hangs
Date: Tue, 21 Nov 2000 00:07:45 GMT
Hi Patrick,
I had a similar USB related problem. I submitted a bug to bugzilla and
got the following answer from the RedHat guys:
****************
Please try booting into the installer with the 'nousb' option,
like 'linux nousb' and tell us if that helps.
****************
You can view the entire bug submission at:
http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=21087
I haven't tried their suggestion yet. Let me know if it works for you.
Regards, Josen
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Patrick A Wallace <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi,
> I am trying to do an upgrade of RedHat Linux from 6.2 to 7.
> Everything runs OK until anaconda attempts to start the install
proper.
>
> The progress bar titled "Copying image to Hard Disk" appears and runs
> successfully. Then next bar, entitled "Preparing to install" gets
about
> half-way and locks up.
>
> The system is not totally hung, as I can use
<Ctrl>+<F1>/<F3>/<F4> for diagnostics,
> <Ctrl>+<F2> for a shell etc.
>
> Right before locking up, the GUI version emits the following
message to
> the X console:
> "Xlib: Unexpected async reply (sequence 0x1252e)!"
>
> I have no idea what this means. Any suggestions?
>
> The text-only upgrade system gets to the same place in the
procedure, and
> then exits with "Signal 11".
>
> Can anyone let me know how to get more diagnostics out of the
installer
> program, or what it could be doing during the "preparing to install"
phase, or
> any other place I can go for help.
>
> On a similar theme, is it possible to disable USB support from
the new
> kernel using command-line switches? It could be a problem with a USB
driver or
> something similar.
>
> If there's any more diagnostics I can add, please let me know.
>
> Thanks in advance,
> --Pat.
>
>
Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
Before you buy.
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From: Daniel_Johns <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Questions from newbie to Linux
Date: Tue, 21 Nov 2000 00:30:04 -0000
jf arocha wrote:
>
>
> Hi,
>
> I just bought a computer with no software and I would like to install
some
> distributuion of Linux. Since I am completely new to Linux I want to buy
> one of the distributions on CD. Now, which distribution should I buy? I
> have read contradictory opinions on this, some claiming that Corel is
> easier because it is the more similar to Windows. This doesn't not work
> for me because I come from the Mac camp and have very little experience
> with MSWindows. I have read a few reviews of Mandrake 7.2, but some
people
> told me that it wasn't very good for beginners. Others seem to like
Debian
> very much and have recommended it to me.
>
> Second, I have looked for information about installing Linux, but what I
> have read seem to assume that you have Windows installed. Do I have to
> install Windows first?
>
=====1st======
About choosing a linux distribution for newbies...better take
SuSe...it has the floor-to-ceiling features without sacrificing ease of
use...if you have to be used on it...grab SuSe 7.0 for more SuSe power coz
it has the nuts-and-bolts of networking....im also using it!!!
=====2nd======
If got the idea on installing Windows on a Linux partition, maybe you
want it to be dual boot system...but if you really want your linux to
perform on its peak performance...install Linux in its native partition!!!
======3rd=====
Dont ever try installing Corel or Debian Linux Distributions...coz
it'll make you DUMB!!!! -not for newbies-
======4th=====
If you have any doubts 'bout my reply, tell me!!!
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From: Luke Vogel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Redhat init scripts setup
Date: Tue, 21 Nov 2000 10:31:48 +1000
I want to fine tuning my system startup scripts in /etc/rc.d/init.d/.
For several reasons I need to change the order in which some of the
services load. I do know how to make the changes, but I would like to
know if there are any pitfalls that I need to be aware of _before_ I
start mucking around in these scripts?
TIA
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From: "Jade Falcon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: help with Linksys etherfast LAN Card
Date: Mon, 20 Nov 2000 19:36:22 -0500
Peter,
I fought long and hard with the identical card running Mandrake 7.2. It does
work. But I have to manually load it each time I want to use it. The tulip
driver that is built into the kernel does not work with the card at all. I
was able
to get linux to recognize the card using the apricot driver. It would load,
but not work.
Linksys offers no help at all. But don't give up.Download the latest driver
at Linksys
site.
To get it to work:
Unpack the archive to a temp folder.
Become root or super user and open the console
at the unpacked folder.
To compile:
Run "Make" (no quotation marks)
Then "Insmod pci-scan.o" (this is the letter o not zero!!!)
Then "Insmod tulip.o" (again the letter o)
Then "Depmod -a"
Then "Ifup eth0" (this one is a zero) assuming this is the only ethernet
card in the machine.
Then "Ifcfg" (you should see the card, mac address, mtu, etc...)
To change mtu run "Ifcfg eth0 mtu (value) I set mine for 1452 for ADSL.
Hint: One of the (stupid) mistakes I was making was the fact that I
forgot to load the development rpm's, so I wasn't able to fully compile!!!
"Peter Bismuti" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:8vccpp$q7e$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
>
>
> I'm trying to setup a new Linksys EtherFast 10/100 LAN Card Model
LNE100TX.
> It is working with Win98 so I know that the hardware is OK.
>
> There were instructions that said to build a new tulip.o file, but I'm
> running RedHat 7.0 so I'm assuming that I have the latest.
>
> When I try to insert the module I get:
>
> #insmod tulip.o
> tulip.o: unresolved symbol netif_rx_Rsmp0a3fcdc4
> tulip.o: unresolved symbol eth_type_trans_Rsmp02771567
> tulip.o: unresolved symbol skb_over_panic_Rsmp4f682074
> tulip.o: unresolved symbol init_etherdev_Rsmp3808c591
> ..
>
> Anyway get this card working?
>
> Thanks
>
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From: "Tagbo Ekwueme-Okoli" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.hardware,alt.uu.comp.os.linux.questions,alt.os.linux.mandrake,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Help with Castlewood ORB and Linksys Etherfast 10/100 NIC
Date: Mon, 20 Nov 2000 20:01:46 -0500
I am building a 600 MHz Duron machine and I have purchased an IDE Castlewood
ORB drive. Does anyone know how to get it working in Linux? In addition, I
have an old PC that I want to convert to Linux, but it wont recognize the
Linksys Etherfast 10/100 NIC that I have installed. I have tried to
initialize it with the tulip driver but it fails everytime. I am trying to
install Linux Mandrake 7.2.
Thanks
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