Linux-Setup Digest #138, Volume #20 Thu, 30 Nov 00 23:13:08 EST
Contents:
Help with Redhat Upgrade (Scott Stansfield)
Debian potato, video acceleration (jdbow)
Re: i386 i586 i686 (Oliver D. Bedford)
Re: SiS 6326 (David Punsalan)
USB modem set-up? ("Petrus...")
Re: Binary diff ? ("Peter T. Breuer")
Re: socksv5 RPM ("Eddie")
Re: insmod error message help (The Guy)
windows VFAT partitions too fat?! (Gill)
Re: Help: /dev/psm0 doesn't exist. How do I create this entry in /dev? (Dances With
Crows)
Re: Users Desktop ("Vigil")
Re: sudo ("Vigil")
Re: set-up DSL? (Werner Puschitz)
Re: partition install help (Robert Kiesling)
Re: [Fwd: cannot connect to linux] (Mark Post)
Re: newbie 1024 cylinder question (John Thompson)
Adding Win 98 to a linux machine. ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: SiS 6326 (bullwinkle)
NFS Installation ("Joel Ryan")
Network problems ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
DHCP/BootPC setup trouble (jdunn)
Re: Install. of RH6.2 on a 2:nd Hdd (Kevin Gallagher)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Scott Stansfield)
Date: 30 Nov 2000 21:12:32 GMT
Subject: Help with Redhat Upgrade
My partnet upgraded his server with Redhat 6.2. Now nothing works. All of the
config files appear to be there, but they can't be found. The guy who did the
initial custom set up is no longer available to help.
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From: jdbow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Debian potato, video acceleration
Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2000 21:05:29 GMT
I have Debian 2.2 installed on my Pentium 800 machine with a Matrox
G400 Max. I am attempting to get some kind of OpenGL acceleration
going, using Xfree86 3.3.6, but the default install did not use
utah-glx, which is what I am familiar with in getting this card
accelerated.
The utah-glx installs that I have tried from woody do not work -- the X
server crashes (dies) when I attempt to use KDE's or gnome's 3D
screensavers. With the old mesa install, these worked but VERY slowly.
Is my only option to compile Mesa and utah-glx myself?
Any help on this would be much appreciated. Thanks.
Jonathan Bowman
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Oliver D. Bedford)
Subject: Re: i386 i586 i686
Date: 30 Nov 2000 22:25:01 +0100
Neil McFadyen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Are there really any differences between i386 i586 i686 rpm packages?
Yes. E.g. some i586 (or was it i686) packages don't
work with AMD's K6. Usually the programs are compiled
with certain processor-specific optimizations.
Oliver
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From: David Punsalan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: SiS 6326
Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2000 16:48:20 -0600
Hi,
I had BAD experience with with the SiS 6326 card and RH6.1. The only
X-server that I ever got to work was XF86_SVGA. And even then, I had to
water it down by turning off options in my XF86Config file. There is a
server for the 6326 from Suse, but it didn't work for my box.
Basically - at least in my experience - getting the Sis6326 to work for
linux is a non-trivial task. Numerous posts in newsgroups suggest the
same.
Having a low budget for computers - I bought a low end ATI card (~$40) and
it worked beautifully for my needs and installation was effortless.
- DP
On 30 Nov 2000, Steven John Romej wrote:
> Anyone have troubles/successes with SiS 6326 video card and linux (specifically
>RedHat
> 6.2)? I'm about to install the beast, but would like to avoid the problems I had
>(text
> spaces blacked out) with Corel awhile back.
>
> thanks
>
> --
> Steven John Romej
> Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta Georgia, 30332
> Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>
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From: "Petrus..." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: USB modem set-up?
Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2000 16:52:14 +0100
1) Is there somebody who can tell me how set up my Hamlet Silver Surfer USB
Modem? Should I load some modules (which of all of that ones and how?)
2) Somebody can tell me why all Linuxes I install on my ASUS A7V M.board
with AMD Duron 650 can well recognize my Creative SoundBlaster 128 (ES1371),
but the kernel can't load the module telling that the device is busy??? (The
card is good: on my Windows OS everything it's OK!)
Thanx to everybody for your help!
LINUX forever:::::))))
Petrus....
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: "Peter T. Breuer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Binary diff ?
Date: Fri, 1 Dec 2000 00:18:02 +0100
John Beardmore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> What does Linux do for a recursive binary diff utility ?
What do you mean? You know about "cmp", right? And "find"?
Well, put the two together.
Peter
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From: "Eddie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.linux,alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.security
Subject: Re: socksv5 RPM
Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2000 17:52:51 -0500
Anybody know where to find a socks 5 server that will work on a 2.0 kernel
but is not NEC ?
I tried Dante but it needs a redhat 2.2 system on which to compile. I'd like
to use the NEC referrence distribution but the license is way too tight.
"Marko Eha" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
>
> Check out: http://rpmfind.net/linux/rpm2html/search.php?query=socks5
>
> --
> Elec
>
> Darren and Marla Welson wrote:
> >
> > Where can I get an RPM of SOCKSV5 (for RedHat Linux)?
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From: The Guy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: insmod error message help
Date: Fri, 01 Dec 2000 00:21:38 GMT
I ran lapci, and the system sees the NIC. The following message was
reported:
00:10.0 Ethernet controller: Davicom Semiconductor, Inc.: Unknown
device 9102 (rev 10)
I suspect that the sis900 module loaded, and now I need to look for a
Davicon driver for the NIC.
Thanks for the nudge in the correct direction.
Tim
ljb wrote:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> >My training wheels are wobbling, and I need a push....
> >
> >I compiled a device driver for for the embedded NIC on my motherboard.
> >It compiled OK.
> >
> >When I enter the command: insmod sis900.o
> >
> >the following error message is experienced: sis900.o: init_module:
> >Device or resource busy
> >
> >Does this mean that the NIC is busy? Any suggestions would be
> >appreciated.
>
> No, it probably means the module did not detect (probe) for the
> device, or there was an IRQ conflict. I don't know anything much
> about this driver, but it seems to be for PCI cards (an embedded NIC
> on motherboard likely acts like a PCI card), so you might try
> running "lspci" and see if it sees the NIC.
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From: Gill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: windows VFAT partitions too fat?!
Date: Fri, 1 Dec 2000 02:48:16 +0200
Hi,
I've just finished partitioning a new HD (qunatum fireball plusLM 20.5G)
The disk was partitioned the following way:
primary 1) /dos/c (2G)
2) / (3G)
3) linux swap (.5G)
extended 4) 5) /home (3G)
6) /dos/d (4G)
7) /mp3 (7G)
(dual boot windows-98 and red hat 7.0)
all three win partitions (hda1,hda6,hda7) were defined as VFAT using fdisk
and yet RH7.0 recognizes ONLY the first.
about the other two it complains that "it's a wrong file system type,
bad superblock, or too many file systems mounted".
The latter two partitions were formatted from win.
And obviously the kernel supports vfat (it knows /dos/c)
What can it be then?
partitions too big?
location (extended/last)?
wrong format from win?
could they not be vfat after all?!
any help would be appreciated :-(
Cheers,
-Gill
If important the order of installation was:
1. partition + RH7.0 install.
2. Win98 install.
3. Rerun of linux lilo from boot floppy
4. format of d:\ and e:\ from win98
5. back to linux - hda6,hda7 (and 03:07) are not recognized.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dances With Crows)
Crossposted-To:
alt.comp.linux,alt.os.linux,alt.os.linux.slackware,comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: Help: /dev/psm0 doesn't exist. How do I create this entry in /dev?
Date: 1 Dec 2000 01:01:26 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Thu, 30 Nov 2000 13:22:12 -0500, Dennis McLaughlin wrote:
>I setup XF86Config on my comp and my PS/2 Intellimouse doesn't work. I
>look around and found out that I have to make it point to /dev/psm0. The
>thing is, this device doesn't appear in my /dev directory.
>
>According to Menuconfig, PS/2 support is compiled into the kernel. The
>/dev/psm0 isn't a file or a directory. Any ideas on how I can get it
>there?
You're looking for /dev/psaux .
(You are lost in a maze of twisty little /dev naming conventions, all
slightly different from one another.)
--
Matt G|There is no Darkness in Eternity/But only Light too dim for us to see
Brainbench MVP for Linux Admin / Workin' in a code mine, hittin' Ctrl-Alt
http://www.brainbench.com / Workin' in a code mine, whoops!
=============================/ I hit a seg fault....
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From: "Vigil" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Users Desktop
Date: Fri, 01 Dec 2000 01:07:28 +0000
'Normally', all files in /etc/skel will be copied to a new user's home
directory when you create the user, so you can put the desktop config files in
there.
"Leo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> had the audacity to claim:
> For some reasons, I need to add and delete some users on the computer of my
> site from time to time. I will like them to have a same desktop (e.g. same
> set of icons, links, wallpaper etc) as new users log in for the first time,
> and be able to modify it later by themselves if they wish to. Any ideas how?
> Any help will be appreciated!
--
.
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From: "Vigil" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: sudo
Date: Fri, 01 Dec 2000 01:08:50 +0000
Change USERNAME to ALL.
"Martin Schmidt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> had the audacity to claim:
> I have the following entry in the sudoers file : USERNAME ALL = (ALL)
> NOPASSWD : PATH_TO_CHMOD ARG1 ARG2 where USERNAME stands for a certain
> user . This works without problebms . Does anybody know how to make this
> command available for all users rather than change the sudoers file with a new
> entry for every new user ? I consider the thing very safe , because chmod is
> now only possible with the given arguments , what would somebody with more
> experience say
> ?
--
.
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From: Werner Puschitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: set-up DSL?
Date: Fri, 01 Dec 2000 01:15:49 GMT
If you have already set up your account with you ISP on Windows then
download PPPoE for Linux from http://www.roaringpenguin.com/pppoe/
Install the rpm package with rpm -ivh <package name> and run /usr/sbin/adsl-setup which
will create DSL configuration files for you specific ISP. After that use adsl-start and
adsl-stop to connect and to disconnect.
Werner
Dean Kwak wrote:
> hello,
>
> i'm trying to set up my earthlink DSL to my linux box. is it even
> possible to use DSL with my RED hat 6.2 linux box? i heard that it is
> possible with @home cable but not sure if it'd be working with DSL. I'd
> be appreciated if you could help me how to set-up if it's possible...
>
> thanks
>
> please reply to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Subject: Re: partition install help
From: Robert Kiesling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Fri, 01 Dec 2000 01:55:55 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> I'm attempting to install Linux on a 5GB partition that is well beyond
> the 1024 cylinder on my hdd - I would prefer to have Linux to be the
> secondary OS and reside "behind" my 15GB Win98 Partition...I have
> checked the HOWTO's and FAQ's and still can't quite seem to get this
> right....This will be a dual boot system - is this possible with
> LILO/Loadlin? Corel or RedHad 6.2 can be used - any ideas would be
> appreciated. TIA
I would suggest using either a boot diskette or loadline.exe, until
you're certain that both systems are working properly. If the
computer is newer, then you might be able to use lba32 addressing
and boot from a partition that is normally out of range. In fact,
I would have a boot disk of both systems when you go to install
LILO. I think this is normal troubleshooting for installation.
Once you learn some more about Linux, you'll have a much better
idea of how everything should fit together. Couldn't help you
with the specifics, though. I've been Microsoft-free for over five
years.
--
Robert Kiesling
Linux FAQ Maintainer
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Mark Post)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: [Fwd: cannot connect to linux]
Date: Fri, 01 Dec 2000 02:02:05 GMT
On Thu, 30 Nov 2000 13:20:48 -0500, ekk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Yes, thank you, I am able to ping the linux machines using this command. I
>am still figuring out how to find out if Win is passing encrypted passwords.
>Anyone know?
You're using Windows 98, so it _is_ using encrypted passwords.
Mark Post
Postmodern Consulting
Information Technology and Systems Management Consulting
To send me email, replace 'nospam' with 'home'.
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From: John Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: newbie 1024 cylinder question
Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2000 13:58:56 -0600
dwillhoft wrote:
> I am trying to install Caldera Linux on my Win98 machine with a 10GB HD. I
> understand that Linux must install in the first 7 or 8 GB's because of the
> cylinder limit, but I do not understand how to specify that I want the OS to
> load in a particular spot on my hard drive.
>
> Any suggestions or url's would be most appreciated.
Shrink (FIPS, Partition Magic, whatever) the Win partition so it
is less than 8GB. Create an small boot partition for linux in
the free space above the end of the Win partition and below the
8GB mark. Put your linux /boot stuff in this partition and use
the rest of the drive for everything else.
--
-John ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Adding Win 98 to a linux machine.
Date: Fri, 01 Dec 2000 02:06:14 GMT
Hi,
I have redhat 6.2 running on my Inspiron Laptop.
Due to the requirements of my current project(a driver
is available only on Win 95/98), I have to install Windows 98
on this machine.
I don't want to lose my linux partition. Is there any *SAFE* method
to add windows 95/98 to a linux machine? I know partition magic. But, I
am not sure whether it is a safe option though.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
deva
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From: bullwinkle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: SiS 6326
Date: Fri, 01 Dec 2000 02:30:16 -0000
David Punsalan wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I had BAD experience with with the SiS 6326 card and RH6.1. The only
> X-server that I ever got to work was XF86_SVGA. And even then, I had to
> water it down by turning off options in my XF86Config file. There is a
> server for the 6326 from Suse, but it didn't work for my box.
>
> Basically - at least in my experience - getting the Sis6326 to work for
> linux is a non-trivial task. Numerous posts in newsgroups suggest the
> same.
>
> Having a low budget for computers - I bought a low end ATI card (~$40)
and
> it worked beautifully for my needs and installation was effortless.
>
> - DP
>
> On 30 Nov 2000, Steven John Romej wrote:
>
> > Anyone have troubles/successes with SiS 6326 video card and linux
(specifically RedHat
> > 6.2)? I'm about to install the beast, but would like to avoid the
problems I had (text
> > spaces blacked out) with Corel awhile back.
> >
> > thanks
> >
> > --
> > Steven John Romej
> > Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta Georgia, 30332
> > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >
> >
>
This about mirrors my experience with rh 6.1 and the SiS6326. Also, I could
not get anything other than text with Corel. If you still want to use the
6326 with redhat, look at http://www.xfree.org/3.3.6/SiS.html
I would start with options "no_accel" and "no_bitblt". I did not find
XFree86 3.3.5 (which rh 6.1 comes with) anymore at XFree's web site, but
the list of options for 3.3.6 is the same.
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From: "Joel Ryan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: NFS Installation
Date: Fri, 01 Dec 2000 02:46:30 GMT
Hi
I'm trying to install RedHet 6.2 (or 7) some CD-ROMless computers by using
an NFS partition. I can't get the installation program to use my network
card. It is an SMC EZ-Card 10 (ISA). The docs say it is NE1000(or maybe
2000) compatible. Yet I try this driver (and every other one, too!) with no
success.
Are there any special parameters I need to pass the driver?
I downloaded the demo of QNX and it picked up the network card with no
problem.
Thanks!
-- Joel
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Network problems
Date: Fri, 01 Dec 2000 02:36:41 GMT
I recently switched from DSL to Cable modem service and consequently
tried to get the network up and running on my RH6.0 box. I thought
it was going to be real easy since all I had to do was enable DHCP
and things would work. But things did not turn out to be rosy.
Here is what is happening. The DHCP client grabs an IP address and
an ifconfig shows that I have the right IP address, netmask and the
interface is UP. My routing table is correct. I dont have socks
configured. I can ping my own IP address. I cannot see the IP world.
My resolv.conf is fine. I cant even ping the router. I'm stumped.
I have a Kingston Ethernet card which is based on the DEC21* chip and
so use the tulip driver.
I'm out of ideas can any of you please suggest more troubleshooting
ideas ? Is there some utility to dump out ethernet frames and see
what's happening ?
thanX
-Srikanth
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From: jdunn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: DHCP/BootPC setup trouble
Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2000 21:32:23 -0600
I have a debian 2.2 installation already working with
static IPs . I need to move it to another
site with another network which uses
DHCP/BootPC to assign IPs.
How do I get DHCP working and
delete the static IPs ?
The Linux-How-to page on DHCP is
missing . I think DHCP needs to be in the
inted.conf but beyond that what do I
need to edit/change ???
I'm not even sure it was installed - what .deb
file is it in ?
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From: Kevin Gallagher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Install. of RH6.2 on a 2:nd Hdd
Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2000 21:47:05 -0600
There's absolutely no problem. I have RedHat Linux installed on the
slave drive of the primary IDE channel, with Windows 98 installed on the
first drive. Just remember to install Lilo on the boot partition of the
first drive (i.e. the Windows C: drive).
Kevin
Jimmy Havbring wrote:
> I am new in Linux.
> Just a simple question.
> I have 2 harddrives. With Win98 and 2000 on the first drive.
> It is full to 100%.with FAT16 and NTFS with M$ dual boot.
> And I just installed a 2:nd harddrive also.
> Is there any problem to install Red Hat on the 2:nd hdd?
> And get Lilo automatically started at boot,
> without destroying any data on the first hdd ..
>
> / Jimmy -(also wants to use M$ windows)
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