Linux-Setup Digest #111, Volume #20 Sun, 26 Nov 00 18:13:12 EST
Contents:
"Respawning too fast" - ? hardware or software problem?? (DTi4565459)
Dependency problem (DTi4565459)
Re: Newbie question on lilo (Tom Pfeifer)
Mounting cdrom after upgrade to 2.4.0-pre11 ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: why /dev/hdc ?? (Mark W. Stroberg)
Re: Could a few people here recommend... (Frank Hahn)
Information about proxy configuration wanted ("Mike")
Re: Could a few people here recommend... (Michael Larsen)
Re: cable install problems (Mark W. Stroberg)
Re: Best OS for 486/33 SX w/ 32meg ram? ("onnyxs")
devfs and a cdrom module ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: HELP: Dual OS: Win2000 and Redhat 7.0 ("Chas")
Help on rescuing my linux os on my PC (Jianxin Wang)
Re: remove lilo (Cliff Sarginson)
New KDE theme installation (Michael Larsen)
Modules on Multiple Kernel Version System ("Joseph C. Kopec")
Re: Help on rescuing my linux os on my PC (Andreas Schweitzer)
netzero and linux mdk7.1, can the cooexist? ("Mark Ricketts")
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (DTi4565459)
Date: 26 Nov 2000 20:22:46 GMT
Subject: "Respawning too fast" - ? hardware or software problem??
I have a minimal version of Debian running on a Mitsubishi Amity Laptop.
Connects with PCMCIA cards to 1) an external EXP R/W CDROM, and 2) a Viking
modem. I'm having a couple of problems that may be related: 1) I can get pppd
to dial, but not do much else; 2) minicom doesn't seem to respond in expected
way, eg after "minicom -c on" I can't get live cursor working on terminal to
issue commands; and 3) lots of medium error messages when trying to download
programs from CDROM.
Also, I keep getting interrupted with the following error message:
INIT: ID "S" respawning too fast: disabled for 5 minutes.
In spite of this, I can mount and download from CDROM, but I would like to get
rid of this bothersome interruption screen. Among error messages that flash by
too fast to read on screen is something about sbin/getty. Is this binary
running in background and causing problems with both CDROM and modem??
Help for newbie will be appreciated.
TIA,
dave
http://www.columbia.edu/~mdt1/
(1 = one, not little L; and don't forget the trailing / )
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (DTi4565459)
Date: 26 Nov 2000 20:27:11 GMT
Subject: Dependency problem
Trying to install alien. Alien needs rpm. Rpm has many dependencies, and I
have fixed all but one: libz1. Can't find libz1 on my 'Reilly CDROM or at the
Debian.org website. Help would be appreciated.
TIA,
dave
http://www.columbia.edu/~mdt1/
(1 = one, not little L; and don't forget the trailing / )
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From: Tom Pfeifer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Newbie question on lilo
Date: Sun, 26 Nov 2000 20:32:49 GMT
The file /etc/lilo.conf is the configuration file for Lilo. To use the
lba32 keyword, you simply insert it in /etc/lilo.conf. For example,
here's the beginning of mine:
boot=/dev/hdc3
root=/dev/hdc3
lba32
install=/boot/boot.b
......
When you do this manually, the command 'lilo' has to be run as root for
any change to /etc/lilo.conf to take effect. I'm not familiar with the
specifics of how the SUSE installation handles Lilo, so that's about as
far as I can take it.
Tom
Olaf Seegers wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I'm struggeling with my suse7.0 installation. I installed it on a 30GB Disk
> in a partition that it completely
> above the 1024 cylinder. I downloaded lilo21.6 and installed it. Now I like
> to install lilo in the mbr but I
> allways get the error message that I should use the lba32 keyword. How? I
> read the manpages but I only found that this option exist but not how to use
> it. At the moment I only can start linux with the installtion CD, what
> is not what I want.
> Anyone who can help me?
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Olaf
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Mounting cdrom after upgrade to 2.4.0-pre11
Date: Sun, 26 Nov 2000 20:36:10 GMT
Hey all, I hope someone can help me.
I had a relatively fresh Slackware 7.1 install (kernel 2.2.16) and everything
was/is fine with it but to play with the new DRI XFree86 stuff I decided to
upgrade to a 2.4-pre kernel. The upgrade was relatively painless save one
thing. Now when I go to mount my cdrom it seems to mount successfully but when
I cd to the directory and do a list I see no files. I've read the ide-cd file
in the kernel distribution and I did the cat /dev/cdrom | od | more and got
reams of output, so it seems I'm talking to the cdrom okay (that, and workbone
behaves just as well as ever) but I can't get at the filesystems. Is there a
known problem with IDE ATAPI cdroms on 2.4.0pre11? I tried both home-burned
data cds and store-bought shrink-wrapped ones with no changes, but all mount
fine if I boot back to 2.2.16.
Any help is really appreciated.
Thanks,
-Joe.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Mark W. Stroberg)
Subject: Re: why /dev/hdc ??
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Sun, 26 Nov 2000 21:09:36 GMT
My mistake Russell. Wasn't sure about boot problems. I am definitely a
Linux Newbie.
Mark W. Stroberg
On Sun, 26 Nov 2000 08:31:28 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (rdh) wrote:
>On Sun, 26 Nov 2000 06:19:07 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Mark W.
>Stroberg) wrote:
>
>>Of course this would not
>>harm a DOS/Windows installation but if you did this it might mess up
>>your fstab mount table in Linux. You would then have to reinstall
>>Linux probably.
>
>You're kidding, right? All you'd have to do is change all references
>to /dev/hdc* in /etc/fstab to /dev/hda*, and vice versa. Then shut
>down, swap the cables, and boot. Everything should come up fine.
>
>
>--Russell
>
>------------------------------------------------------------
>email (spam-disabled):
>rdh *at* salug *dot* org
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Frank Hahn)
Subject: Re: Could a few people here recommend...
Date: Sun, 26 Nov 2000 21:10:04 -0000
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Sat, 25 Nov 2000 19:23:19 GMT, cfish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>at least 3 years warrantee. buy one that you know you will be able to
>find out sync rates anytime from thier web site. a few names come to
>mind, NEC-Mitsubishi, viewsonic, eizo, hitachi...
>
Or look in the book. The Viewsonic monitors that I bought a
couple of years ago had this information in the books that
came with the monitors.
They also had this information on their web site.
--
Frank Hahn
There's an old proverb that says just about whatever you want it to.
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From: "Mike" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Information about proxy configuration wanted
Date: Sun, 26 Nov 2000 22:33:14 +0100
Greetings,
i have 2 systems on my network, both linux and windows 98 powerd. Only one
has an internet connection (works on linux and windows) witch i like to use
on both systems. On windows 98 i solved the problem with wingate. My
qestions are now:
Is there a way to connect the linux box through the (windows based) wingate
server to the Internet?
Is it possible to use my linux box as porxy server?
Is there a way to configure the windows box as client for the linux proxy?
Where can i find informations about this topics?
If you know any source of information please let me know.
Thx in advance,
Mike
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From: Michael Larsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Could a few people here recommend...
Date: Sun, 26 Nov 2000 16:36:01 -0500
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Frank Hahn wrote:
>
> On Sat, 25 Nov 2000 19:23:19 GMT, cfish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >at least 3 years warrantee. buy one that you know you will be able to
> >find out sync rates anytime from thier web site. a few names come to
> >mind, NEC-Mitsubishi, viewsonic, eizo, hitachi...
> >
> Or look in the book. The Viewsonic monitors that I bought a
> couple of years ago had this information in the books that
> came with the monitors.
>
> They also had this information on their web site.
>
> --
> Frank Hahn
>
> There's an old proverb that says just about whatever you want it to.
I just found a 19" Viewsonic on sale at Walmart for $275.00. Beautiful
monitor, great resolution, .26 dpi, flat screen. Can't go wrong with a
Viewsonic. There are tons of great monitors out there...I think I
recently read that Princeton was top shelf right now. Check out
Computer Shopper or something like that and you should be able to find
some great prices! Also watch for pre-Christmas sales as well.
Good luck!
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Mark W. Stroberg)
Subject: Re: cable install problems
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Sun, 26 Nov 2000 21:39:16 GMT
Dave,
I was frustated with @Home in Linux for a long time too. Here is
what worked for me:
Set up eth0 interface to use dhcp and have hostname "localhost" and
domain name "localdomain" Believe it or not the dhcp client (dhcpcd)
fills in all that stuff in for you. After booting (it will probably
hang on bringing up eth0 interface. Just let it, and wait for it),
from the command line type:
dhcpcd -h c202198-a
This should connect you to the internet. To automate the process,
and avoid the long hang on bringing up eth0 on bootup, replace the
call to "pump" in your ifup file (i think it's /etc/ifup) with a call
to dhcpcd -h c202198-a. This should connect you on bootup.
By the way if you have more than one network card, you have to
specify which interface you want dhcpcd to use. I'm not sure how to do
this but it consists of some switch which you can find by looking up
help on dhcpcd. Hope this helps. Let me know if it works.
Mark W. Stroberg
On Sun, 26 Nov 2000 11:32:24 GMT, "Dave" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>After running a DOS platforms for the last 7 years I have decided to finally
>try Linux..... I installed Mandrake 7.2 and the install went well but,
>trying to connect to my @home service has not gone so smooth. I think I have
>most of it right but for a few things not found under a windows platform.
>Under networking in Linxconf on the first page where it say's "hostname" it
>ask's for hostname + domain......now EXACTLY how do you fill this in?? I
>have tried a few different ways and none have worked
>NEXT......... under adapter1 it ask's for primary name + domain...... as
>above I have tried a few different things and to no avail... do I put spaces
>in?? do I use the + ??
>a exact example would be appreciated say if my info was
>c202198-a and portl2.or.home.com.
>ALSO how do I activate this or does it automatically go online once Linux is
>booted? and if you can think of anything else I may need to check or do I
>would appreciate it
>
>Dave,
>[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>
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From: "onnyxs" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: Best OS for 486/33 SX w/ 32meg ram?
Date: Sun, 26 Nov 2000 21:40:19 GMT
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"shadowlord" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> I would like to use an old 486/33 SX based computer with 32meg ram as
> a web terminal in my home. I tried the QNX demo, but it doesn't work
> with either of my two network cards. (Crystal 8920 and some generic
> card ..)
>
> What flavor of linux would be recommended for this type of machine?
> Simple to setup and maintain would be BIG plusses!
>
> Thanks,
>
> Mark
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: devfs and a cdrom module
Date: Sun, 26 Nov 2000 22:57:07 -0500
Hi,
I use devfs and hve my cdrom driver compiled as a module.
If I insert the module (ide-cd.o and cdrom.o) manually (with modprobe)
all the device entries (/dev/ide1/cd, /dev/cdroms/cdrom0, /dev/hdd etc...)
are inserted properly and I can mount my cdrom in a normal way.
But I think it should be possible that the modules are loaded automatically
when I do the mount command; it did work before devfs...
I did look in the FAQ and the READMEs but couldn`t find a solution.
Could someone tell me the correct entries in /etc/devfsd.conf, /etc/modules.conf
and /etc/modules.conf?
Thx
Peter
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From: "Chas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: HELP: Dual OS: Win2000 and Redhat 7.0
Date: Sun, 26 Nov 2000 16:38:17 -0600
Is there a HOWTO on dual booting..
Thx
"Timothy Murphy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:8v5u30$26ig$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
>
> >1) Windows versions are notorious for wrecking the MBR. If they need to
> >reinstall, upgrade or whatsoever, there's no way to tell the OS not to
> >touch the MBR (perhaps with NT there is, I don't really know)
>
> I've had exactly the opposite experience.
> I was installing Windows-98 (Windows-NT would not work) yesterday
> on a laptop with Linux on it yesterday,
> and as far as I could see neither Windows-98 nor NT
> would over-write my LILO-written MBR.
> I had to delete the MBR (with "dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/hda count=1")
> before I could get either Windows Loader to install.
>
> In other words, Microsoft seems very (too) careful about over-writing the
MBR,
> whereas Linux does not mind at all.
>
> Nb I am not an expert,
> and may have misunderstood something.
>
> --
> Timothy Murphy
> e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> tel: 086-233 6090
> s-mail: School of Mathematics, Trinity College, Dublin 2, Ireland
>
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From: Jianxin Wang <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Help on rescuing my linux os on my PC
Date: Sun, 26 Nov 2000 17:32:09 -0500
Hi , I have Linux mandrak 7.0 installed on my PC. Yestoday, I
accidentally changed the configuration file (XF86Setup), and afterward,
I can not start the X server. The os constantly tries to start the
server, and left the screen blank most of the time. Is there any fix for
it? I guess that I may have to use the flopy boot disk to start the os
or reinstall the os, but something suprizing happened after I tried to
put the flopy into the drive: lilo ignores the flopy disk and still
tries to start the os from the hard drive(I am sure the flopy drive is
woring properly) ! I guess that I may need to change the CMOS settings,
so I rebooted the machine and hitted the DEL key to invoke the CMOS
setup, I got another surprise: I can not access the CMOS setup screen!
the computer askes me to "Please enter current password:"!
I have never setup any password using the option of the setup superuser
password in the CMOS, I had no trouble before in accessing the CMOS
setup. What had happed here? What should I do to enable the CMOS access
and rescue my linux os? Please help!
JW
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From: Cliff Sarginson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: remove lilo
Date: Sun, 26 Nov 2000 15:12:41 +0100
Jason Wagner posited:
> do a search for delpart.exe and use it.
>
> fdisk /mbr *should* work but delpart will force the issue.
>
> : : >
> : : > Msdos fdisk? "/mbr" is an undocumented option.
> :
>
> : : but really..nothing happen...after I type...
>
Mmm. I think that the /mbr option did not exist in older versions of MSDOS
fdisk, but how long ago that was I have no idea.
Cliff
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From: Michael Larsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: New KDE theme installation
Date: Sun, 26 Nov 2000 17:49:02 -0500
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Hi all,
I just downloaded a theme from kde.themes.org and it says to open the
theme manager at kStart -> Settings -> Desktop -> Theme Manager and
click on ADD. Well, there is no Settings menu and hence, no Desktop or
Themes Manager to be found anywhere. Has anyone downloaded themes from
this site and where to I install the files?
I've searched my documentation and helps to no avail. Can someone
help? Thank you very kindly.
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From: "Joseph C. Kopec" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Modules on Multiple Kernel Version System
Date: Sun, 26 Nov 2000 22:51:58 GMT
I have a triple boot machine: (i) Win98, (ii) RH6.2 with the RH6.2
stock kernel (2.2.14-5.0) and (iii) kernel 2.4.0-test11. I cannot seem
to get modules to work for the 2.4.0-test11 kernel. I go through the
normal kernel upgrade routine*, having selected "m" for a number of
sound-related items (I am trying to get sb-compatible sound working
under 2.4.0-test11, as it does under 2.2.14), and while the module files
properly show up in /lib/modules/2.4.0-test11/kernel/drivers/sound/,
depmod creates an empty /lib/modules/2.4.0-test11/modules.dep file.
Does anyone have any idea what may be going wrong and, in general, how
to set up modules for systems with several different versions of the
kernel? The RH6.2 creates a file named /boot/System.map that (out of
the box) is a symlink that points to /boot/System.map-2.2.14-5.0 -- in a
multi-kernel system, what should this file be doing, if anything? Any
suggestions would be much appreciated.
____________
*
cd /usr/src/linux-2.4.0-test11
make mrproper
make xconfig
make dep
make bzImage
make modules
make modules_install
cp System.map /boot/System.map-2.4.0-test11
cp arch/i386/boot/bzImage /boot/vmlinuz-2.4.0-test11
depmod -a
/sbin/lilo
************
My lilo.conf reads in relevant part:
image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.2.14-5.0
label=linux
root=/dev/hda5
image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.4.0-test11
label=linux24
root=/dev/hda5
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Andreas Schweitzer)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: Help on rescuing my linux os on my PC
Date: 26 Nov 2000 22:56:15 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Jianxin Wang wrote:
>Hi , I have Linux mandrak 7.0 installed on my PC. Yestoday, I
>accidentally changed the configuration file (XF86Setup), and afterward,
>I can not start the X server. The os constantly tries to start the
>server, and left the screen blank most of the time. Is there any fix for
>it? I guess that I may have to use the flopy boot disk to start the os
If Mandrake 7.0 is sufficiently similar to Mandrake 7.2 (which
I have), try to boot with
linux 3
when at the Lilo prompt. That should put you in runlevel 3 which
does not automatically start X.
Then you can fix XF86Config.
>or reinstall the os, but something suprizing happened after I tried to
>put the flopy into the drive: lilo ignores the flopy disk and still
>tries to start the os from the hard drive(I am sure the flopy drive is
>woring properly) ! I guess that I may need to change the CMOS settings,
>so I rebooted the machine and hitted the DEL key to invoke the CMOS
>setup, I got another surprise: I can not access the CMOS setup screen!
>the computer askes me to "Please enter current password:"!
>I have never setup any password using the option of the setup superuser
>password in the CMOS, I had no trouble before in accessing the CMOS
>setup. What had happed here? What should I do to enable the CMOS access
>and rescue my linux os? Please help!
My Motherboard has a jumper that resets the BIOS password.
If yours does not have such a thing, you have to remove the battery
from the BIOS for a few seconds to reset the BIOS.
Andreas
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From: "Mark Ricketts" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: netzero and linux mdk7.1, can the cooexist?
Date: Sun, 26 Nov 2000 18:12:54 -0500
does anyone out there know how to setup a netzero account with linux. i am
a former freewwweb user who is in search of a worthy alternative. when
answering this post could you also send an email response to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
thanks in advance
mark
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