Linux-Setup Digest #141, Volume #20 Fri, 1 Dec 00 10:13:09 EST
Contents:
Re: Yamaha DS-XG Soundcard ?? (Richard Porter)
Re: HD off after boot - possible?? ("Juho L�nnblad")
Re: How should I install Linux and Win2K (dual boot) ("Dave Addison")
hard to read situation of deep blue "highlighted" text upon a black background ("Dan
Jacobson")
I am confident you will help me with "LI" from LILO; I'm one answer away from the
Linux promised land ("Dan Jacobson")
AIFd process and PERC3/3i on 2450 ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: hard to read situation of deep blue "highlighted" text upon a black background
(Robert Kiesling)
can't login after setup (Santasbadhabit)
Re: ATAPI Zip drive freezes installation (Huw Lynes)
Re: insmod driver.o failure (Huw Lynes)
IDE/Harddisk expert needed!!! ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: HELP !!! Lots of setup problems!!! (Huw Lynes)
How to start the Gnome GUI? ("Bruce W.1")
Re: I am confident you will help me with "LI" from LILO; I'm one answer away from
the Linux promised land (Eric)
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From: Richard Porter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Yamaha DS-XG Soundcard ??
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Fri, 1 Dec 2000 12:41:32 GMT
David Efflandt wrote:
> I have been using the somewhat easier commercial opensound.com drivers
> since before Alsa had anything for it. But this link will explain how
> to set up the Alsa modules for it:
>
> http://www.linuxnewbie.org/nhf/intel/hardware/yamaha_alsa.html
Thanks a lot for your help. I have got it running now. Although it wasn't
as easy as the web site made out !!! I had to do quite a bit of playing
around to get it working.
Cheers
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From: "Juho L�nnblad" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: HD off after boot - possible??
Date: Fri, 1 Dec 2000 14:55:34 +0200
> Actually putting the HD's to sleep is not a good thing. The hardest thing
on a
> HD is when it spins up/down. Having a drive go into "sleep" mode and then
> "wake up" over and over will shorten the drives life.
> --
> moonie ;)
>
> Registered Linux User #175104
> http://counter.li.org
Agreed, but my point is exactly to avoid that: I don't want to completely
shut down the machine, because otherwise I'd need another machine running
the "router". I want to be able to put the machine in a "sleep mode" so that
the HD spins off and STAYS THAT WAY but the routing, forwarding and
masquerading keep working. For example, when I would normally shut down the
machine (and the drive would spin off) I just put it to this "sleep mode"
instead.
The problem is, I don't know if it is possible to do it in style, that is,
so that I don't need to reboot to another version of kernel. Maybe by just
configuring one runlevel properly??
And yes, I know that it would be propably best for the HD to just let it run
all the time. I don't care - I work in that room and I hate the noise. If it
shortens the life span of the drive a bit, then so be it, the noise shortens
mine... :)
--Juho
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From: "Dave Addison" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.questions
Subject: Re: How should I install Linux and Win2K (dual boot)
Date: Fri, 1 Dec 2000 13:07:50 -0000
Hi Jeremy,
You can configure VMware to use existing disk partitions instead of the
virtual disks but you
have to bypass the configuration wizard and do a manual setup. I've used
this before to boot
a cloned disk from a linux box in a virtual machine for updates offline.
However doing this without some configuration tweaking will confuse both
operating systems
due to the different "hardware" environment of the virtual machine.
Dave
Jeremy S. Dillon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:3edV5.33459$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Hi Christopher and others:
>
> I am attempting to use VMware from both WIN2K and LINUX (Mandrake). Both
> are installed and working fine on my system (different physical drives)
and
> I want VMware to run Outlook and maybe a few other win applications.
>
> MY PROBLEM: When I go to run VMware (from windows or linux) it wants to
> "install" the guest OS....I don't want to install, I want it to see that I
> have the os installed and run it as is.
>
> Is this possible?
>
>
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From: "Dan Jacobson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux.mandrake
Subject: hard to read situation of deep blue "highlighted" text upon a black background
Date: Fri, 1 Dec 2000 20:01:53 +0800
How do I adjust the hard to read situation of deep blue "highlighted" text
upon a black background? You often mention 'dircolors' but the documentation
mentions it only affects ls, and I see the man command, well, less, is affected
too.
I would like to brighten this individual color all across the board, I mean in
all text highlighting situations. [Seen at least in xterm in icewm on mandrake
7.2.]
By the way there's no icewm man page on mandrake 7.2.
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From: "Dan Jacobson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.os.linux.mandrake,comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage
Subject: I am confident you will help me with "LI" from LILO; I'm one answer away from
the Linux promised land
Date: Fri, 1 Dec 2000 21:13:31 +0800
Dear sirs, I am able to boot Mandrake 7.2 by floppy, however from hard
disk I am stuck at lilo's "LI", which I use as it is better documented
than grub (stuck too). I have windows on hda and boot linux on
hdb. Apparantly hdb's geometry is not properly autodetected in BIOS. I
suppose the strategy is to enter the manufacturer's specs into BIOS
and lilo.conf rather than put wrong info found in BIOS into
lilo.conf. Below are excerpts.
# dmesg
Linux version 2.2.17-21mdk Thu Oct 5 13:16:08 CEST 2000
SiS5597
ide0: BM-DMA at 0xd000-0xd007, BIOS settings: hda:DMA, hdb:DMA
hdb: QUANTUM FIREBALLlct15 30, ATA DISK drive
ide0 at 0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6 on irq 14
hdb: QUANTUM FIREBALLlct15 30, 28629MB w/418kB Cache, CHS=58168/16/63, UDMA(33)
***58168/16/63 aparantly has the number of cylenders upped to
agree with the true size instead of the artificially low 16383 specified by
Quantum. I wonder how the kernal gets this number.
Partition check:
hdb: [PTBL] [8191/32/63] hdb1 hdb2 < hdb5 hdb6 hdb7 hdb8 hdb9 hdb10 >
***is the wrong 8191/32/63 now imprinted into my kernal from what the
bios said that day I installed mandrake? Shall I worry
about this even though I can boot by floppy?
Shall I reinstall mandrake after manually editing bios cmos settings?
If I say yes to LBA in my bios it forces heads=255.
Would just using "normal" instead of "lba" be ok when configuring
bios?
my bios:
BIOS Date: 01/22/98
BIOS Type: Award Modular BIOS v4.51PG
BIOS ID: 01/22/98-SiS-5598-<SP97_V>C-00
# hdparm -g /dev/hdb
geometry = 8191/32/63, sectors = 58633344, start = 0
***ok, these incorrect values are spread far and wide
in my computer, but i thought it doesn't matter at least to linux...
# hdparm -i /dev/hdb
Model=QUANTUM FIREBALLlct15 30, FwRev=A01.0F00, SerialNo=614019446573
Config={ HardSect NotMFM HdSw>15uSec Fixed DTR>10Mbs }
RawCHS=16383/16/63, TrkSize=32256, SectSize=21298, ECCbytes=4
BuffType=DualPortCache, BuffSize=418kB, MaxMultSect=16, MultSect=16
CurCHS=16383/16/63, CurSects=16514064, LBA=yes, LBAsects=58633344
***yes, 16383/16/63 is what the quantum docs say
I assume the number of cylinders are delibrately kept below a barrier.
IORDY=on/off, tPIO={min:120,w/IORDY:120}, tDMA={min:120,rec:120}
PIO modes: pio0 pio1 pio2 pio3 pio4
DMA modes: mdma0 mdma1 mdma2 udma0 udma1 *udma2 udma3 udma4
# hdparm -I /dev/hdb
RawCHS=16/21298/0, TrkSize=63, SectSize=0, ECCbytes=12590
(maybe): CurCHS=63/64528/251, CurSects=-1400897264, LBA=yes, LBAsects=458752
***could these two rawly reported lines give me a clue as to how hdb actually
talks to my computer?
# fdisk -l /dev/hdb
Disk /dev/hdb: 32 heads, 63 sectors, 29084 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 2016 * 512 bytes
****again, wrong values branded into place...
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/hdb1 * 1 507 511024+ 83 Linux
***well, one puts /boot on a low cylinder
I assume lilo doesn't need to read "/" to know where /boot is.
/dev/hdb2 508 11194 10772496 5 Extended
/dev/hdb5 508 760 254992+ 82 Linux swap
/dev/hdb6 761 1774 1022080+ 83 Linux
/dev/hdb7 1775 5837 4095472+ 83 Linux
/dev/hdb8 5838 9222 3412048+ 83 Linux
/dev/hdb9 9223 10236 1022080+ 83 Linux
/dev/hdb10 10237 11194 965632+ 83 Linux
# cat /etc/lilo.conf
boot=/dev/hdb
map=/boot/map
install=/boot/boot.b
vga=normal
default=linux
keytable=/boot/us.klt
#lba32
#linear
prompt
timeout=150
message=/boot/message
menu-scheme=wb:bw:wb:bw
# get the numbers from your drive's docs:
disk=/dev/hdb
# bios=0x81
sectors=63
heads=16
cylinders=16383
image=/boot/vmlinuz
label=linux
root=/dev/hdb6
initrd=/boot/initrd.img
append=" hdc=ide-scsi"
# append=" hdc=ide-scsi hd=16383,16,63" ***i have a lilo problem
not a kernal problem, so no need to pass this line?
read-only
# lilo -v -v -v
Device 0x0341: BIOS drive 0x81, 16 heads, 16383 cylinders,
63 sectors. Partition offset: 63 sectors.
Secondary loader: 11 sectors.
Device 0x0341: BIOS drive 0x81, 16 heads, 16383 cylinders,
63 sectors. Partition offset: 63 sectors.
Mapping message file /boot/message
Device 0x0341: BIOS drive 0x81, 16 heads, 16383 cylinders,
63 sectors. Partition offset: 63 sectors.
Message: 1 sector.
Boot image: /boot/vmlinuz
Device 0x0341: BIOS drive 0x81, 16 heads, 16383 cylinders,
63 sectors. Partition offset: 63 sectors.
Setup length is 7 sectors.
Mapped 1301 sectors.
Mapping RAM disk /boot/initrd.img
Device 0x0341: BIOS drive 0x81, 16 heads, 16383 cylinders,
63 sectors. Partition offset: 63 sectors.
RAM disk: 748 sectors.
Added linux *
<dev=0x81,hd=2,cyl=3,sct=46>
"ro root=346 hdc=ide-scsi"
Boot image: /boot/vmlinuz
Device 0x0341: BIOS drive 0x81, 16 heads, 16383 cylinders,
63 sectors. Partition offset: 63 sectors.
Setup length is 7 sectors.
Mapped 1301 sectors.
By the way, to those who plan to tinker,
http://einstein.et.tudelft.nl/~robn/linux-docs/chs-translation-how-it-works
though dated, says:
"Read this so that you understand the possible data integrity
problem that a WD EIDE type BIOS creates. Any BIOS that has a
"LBA mode" in the BIOS setup could be a WD EIDE BIOS. Be very
careful and NEVER chage the "LBA mode" setting after you have
partitioned and installed your software."
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: AIFd process and PERC3/3i on 2450
Date: Fri, 01 Dec 2000 13:20:52 GMT
Hello All,
I have got the following processes running from a Dell PowerEdge 2450
server with RadHat 6.2 and I would like to know what they are and why
they are running. We have the hardware raid option enabled, ie the PERC
3/3i raid controller, and are not using the software raid option in
Redhat. The processes are :
root 6 1 0 Sep24 ? 00:00:00 [mdrecoveryd]
root 9 1 0 Sep24 ? 00:00:00 [AIFd]
I would like to know what these are, particularily the AIFd process
which I guess must be related to the PERC controller, and why
mdrecoveryd is running, when we are not using any of the 'md' devices at
all, and are not using the software raid options available in RedHat.
Instead I have setup a hardware mirror using each disk setup as an
individual container.
The fact that these processes are running seems a bit strange to me.
Thanks very much.
Will.
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Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux.mandrake
Subject: Re: hard to read situation of deep blue "highlighted" text upon a black
background
From: Robert Kiesling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Fri, 01 Dec 2000 13:44:50 GMT
"Dan Jacobson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> How do I adjust the hard to read situation of deep blue "highlighted" text
> upon a black background? You often mention 'dircolors' but the documentation
> mentions it only affects ls, and I see the man command, well, less, is affected
> too.
> I would like to brighten this individual color all across the board, I mean in
> all text highlighting situations. [Seen at least in xterm in icewm on mandrake
> 7.2.]
"unalias ls" returns colors to normal. Read the manual page for a
description of ls options.
> By the way there's no icewm man page on mandrake 7.2.
http://www.icewm.org/
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Santasbadhabit)
Date: 01 Dec 2000 14:24:49 GMT
Subject: can't login after setup
I've been trying to install Mandrake but once i get through with the setup and
it goes to the login screen the screen goes black and I can't do anything with
it but turn the computer off and back on again. If I let it boot Linux again
it'll do the same thing. Could I have not set the partitions up correctly, I
let it do it for me but thats just a thought. Also, my monitor is a Compaz
MV500 but that isn't an option in the list but it did choose another one that I
thought would be acceptable but could that be the problem?
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From: Huw Lynes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: ATAPI Zip drive freezes installation
Date: Fri, 01 Dec 2000 14:16:37 GMT
In article <907g83$hoo$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> In article
> <UtET5.33$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> "Philip Zlotorynski" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> wrote:
> > My internal ATAPI Zip 100 drive appears to be
> halting the installation of
> > Mandrake Linux 7.2. It is the slave device on
> the secondary IDE controller.
> > It is recognized by the install routine as hdb,
> and then an error appears
> > that reads "hdb: lost interrupt" and it loops
> that message over and over and
An extremely ugly solution of this problem would be to pull out the zip
drive. Install Mandrake. Then put the zip drive back in. If it really
is the zip drive that is causing the problem this should fix it. If
Install still fails then something else is going wrong. Once your
system is up and running you'll have to configure the system to get the
zip drive up and running. Read the ZIP-Drive-HOWTO at www.linuxdocs.org
as this is not altogether a straight forward process.
Huw Lynes
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From: Huw Lynes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: insmod driver.o failure
Date: Fri, 01 Dec 2000 14:23:45 GMT
I
> I get a message
>
> unresolved symbol pci_drv_unregister
> unresolved symbol pci_drv_register
>
Try running depmod -a makes sure the kernel knows about all your
drivers. Although I'm probably not the best person to take advice from
as my D-link 530-TX still refuses to play.
Huw Lynes
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: IDE/Harddisk expert needed!!!
Date: Fri, 01 Dec 2000 14:30:07 GMT
Hi there,
I've got an Asus CUR-DLS installed. I'm using a normal IDE harddrive to boot the
system (RedHat 7.0).
The on board SCSI contoller is used together with two SCSI Drives in RAID1. Mounted on
that RAID1 mirror
is /usr/local and /home.
Everything seems to work normal... BUT... the IDE harddisk is very slow 1,36Mb/sec
(checked with
hdparm -t /dev/hda). When I try to enable UltaDMA I get al kinds of errors and then it
gets switched off.
hda: irq timeout: status=0x59 { Driveready SeekComplete DataRequest Error }
hda: irq timeout: error=0x84 [ DriveStatusError BadCRC }
.....
(4 times... this error) ...
..hda: DMA disabled
ide0: unexpected interrupt, status=0xd0, count=2
ide0: reset: success
All the other HD-parameters gets me tot aprox 2.38 Mb/sec.
On my Asus board is the ServerSet chipset used form ServerWorks, and I noticed that
RH7.0 is not capable of recognizing
the IDE contoller.
dmesg:
...
PCI_IDE: unkown IDE contoller on PCI bus 00 device 79, VID=1166, DID=0211
PCI_IDE: not 100% native mode: will probe irqs later
ide0: BM-DNA at 0xd000-0xd007, BIOS settings: hda :DMA, hdb :DMA
ide1: BM-DMA at 0xd008-0xd00f, BIOS settings: hdc :pio, hdd :pio
hda: SAMSUNG SV1022D, ATA DISK drive
hdb: ATAPI-CD ROM-DRIVE-50MAX, ATAPI CDROM drive
ide0 at 0x1f0-0x1f7 ,0x3f6 on irq 14
hda: SAMSUNG SV1022D, 9732MB w/480kb Cache, CHS=1240/255/63
while...
cat /proc/ide/hda/driver
.. ide-disk version 1.08 (is this oke???)
Does anyone know how to solve this problem??? ...for instance how do I configure RH
7.0 to use the correct IDE-driver
by hand??? ...and what driver do i need? ..or do i have to patch the kernel and
compile me a new one?
Thank in advance,
Kees
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From: Huw Lynes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: HELP !!! Lots of setup problems!!!
Date: Fri, 01 Dec 2000 14:41:11 GMT
In article <901jsc$pbj$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Stefan Stommels <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Well, thanx anyway, but do you call ISDN a fast connection :(
> I tried that ALSA-stuff, but the device is always busy or something...
> I run my linux on my P133 now, sure ain't what it should be
>
The error message device or resource busy means one of two things.
1) The device that you are trying to load the module for does not exist
on your system.
2) The driver is looking in the wrong place.
Basically these both boil down to the same point. The driver cannot
find your card. With a bit of luck this can be solved by telling the
driver the io and irq of the sound card. The irq should show up on your
bios message and you should be able to see the io (and maybe even the
irq) from /proc/pci
then do (for example)
insmod drivername io=0x378 irq=5
rplacing drivername with whatever driver you want to load and the
numbers with those corresponding to your device.
HTH
Huw Lynes
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Date: Fri, 01 Dec 2000 09:57:29 -0500
From: "Bruce W.1" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: How to start the Gnome GUI?
Just loaded Redhat Linux 7.0. I installed both the Gnome and KDE
GUI's. Now when the system start, after logging-in, I just get a system
prompt. How do you start one of the GUI's?
Thanks
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From: Eric <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.os.linux.mandrake,comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage
Subject: Re: I am confident you will help me with "LI" from LILO; I'm one answer away
from the Linux promised land
Date: Fri, 01 Dec 2000 16:02:22 +0100
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
try at the lilo prompt:
linux /dev/hdb=C,H,S
(look at the documentation for the correct syntax)
You can specify the number of heads, cylinders and sectors during boot
time.
As I replied on one of your previous posts, linux does not use these
values(I'm not sure about LILO)
Eric
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