Linux-Setup Digest #948, Volume #19 Tue, 31 Oct 00 16:13:11 EST
Contents:
Connecting with PPP and Windows2000 ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Kernel 2.3.99-pre9 ("AlexThunder Festbaum")
2.4test kernels, hpt366, sg devices (Alex Deucher)
Re: FTP installation RedHat 6.2 with NE2000 compatible ISA card (Martin Stenzel)
Re: Insert Bootable device after Install of RH7 on 15Gb disk (Markus Kossmann)
Re: 99% Done, Please help me out with the 1% left (Alex Deucher)
Re: CDROM problem..... (rico)
Re: Checkpoint Firewall-1 on Linux Redhat 6.1 (gl0ck17)
"XFree86-Misc" resources for win98 x-server ?? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: RH 6.1&2: no sound in Gnome, sound ok with KDE. Why? (Alex Deucher)
Re: redhat: Out of Range (hjkopel)
Re: Help with the 810 chipset. (Vince Skahan)
Re: INIT: ld "1" respawning too fast: disabled for 5 min. ???? (Tux)
Netware Client (Tux)
Boot failure with large disk (Peter Linde)
Enabling DMA with hdparm... ("Paul D. Smith")
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Connecting with PPP and Windows2000
Date: Tue, 31 Oct 2000 18:56:39 GMT
Ok this might be more of a Win question, but I am sure some of you have
had this problem. I have set my linux box to be a ppp server according
to the FAQ. It seems to work (almost). I can dial in, and start pppd. A
bunch of garbage goes across the screen and I hit "done". at this point
windows2000 prompts with "Validating Username and Password", and then
hangs up. What could be wrong here? I have logged in and started the
ppp session, why does it need to Validate user name and password? This
is very frustrating.
Any help is greatly appreciated.
Thanks!
Aaron.
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From: "AlexThunder Festbaum" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Kernel 2.3.99-pre9
Date: Tue, 31 Oct 2000 20:16:39 +0100
I'm compiling this kernel under my SuSE Linux 7.0 and get this error
message:
drivers/net/net.o: In function `deflate_init':
drivers/net/net.o(.text+0x80d7): undefined reference to
`ppp_register_compressor'
drivers/net/net.o(.text+0x80f7): undefined reference to
`ppp_register_compressor'
drivers/net/net.o: In function `deflate_cleanup':
drivers/net/net.o(.text+0x8116): undefined reference to
`ppp_register_compressor'
drivers/net/net.o(.text+0x8120): undefined reference to
`ppp_register_compressor'
make: *** [vmlinux] Error 1
Can someone help me how to solve this error?
Alex
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Date: Tue, 31 Oct 2000 14:25:41 -0500
From: Alex Deucher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: 2.4test kernels, hpt366, sg devices
I have a abit BP6 (I know this board has a bad wrap), but it has always
worked well in the past. I installed a fresh copy of redhat 7. I
tried the redhat 2.4test kernel and complied several of my own
(2.4test9,10preX).
Now I realize, that these are beta kernels, but my PC was always rock
solid with 2.3.99 and redhat 6.1.
Anyway, here are the symptoms:
No matter what 2.4test kernel I boot (self compiled or redhat's), both
hardrives in my PC (one is ext2 other is fat32, both on the hpt366)
start to thrash heavily about 5-6 minutes after boot. First the ext2
drive and then the fat32 drive. the drives thrash for about 1-2 minutes
and then stop and don't do it again afer that. This happens without
fail with no load on the system. I don't remember this ever happening
before.
I think this may also be related to burning CDR's under the recent
2.4test kernels. When I try and burn a cd with cdrecord or cdrdao using
my SAF 12x burner attached to the adaptec 2940, the burn will start and
then lock the machine hard about 7-10% of the way through the burn.
The 2.3.99 and early 2.4test kernels refused to burn a cd at all when
burning from a ide cdrom to the cdr. the burn would work fine if it was
from the harddisk, but only up to 4x, at any higher speeds, cdrecord
would either refuse to burn at all complaining about the pre-burn area
or an error in retrying commands, or it would burn the cd about 80%
through and then die due to a buffer underrun. I know the hardrives can
deliver, The burns work fine under win NT and 98 at any speed. even in
linux hdparm -tT gives me about 23MB/sec (7200rpm Maxtor) on the ext2
drive and about 15MB/sec (5400rpm WD) on the fat32 drive, both are
ata/66.
Now, If the machine locks during a burn with the 2.4testpre9/10 kernels
and I reboot it, with these kernels, the computer will lock up during
the fsck dumping a stack trace to the screen, without fail. if it locks
up under the redhat 2.4 kernel and I reboot with that kernel or reboot
with that kernel after a lock in one of the test9/10 kernels fsck works
fine.
Any ideas are much appreciated,
Thanks,
Alex
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From: Martin Stenzel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: FTP installation RedHat 6.2 with NE2000 compatible ISA card
Date: Tue, 31 Oct 2000 21:36:04 +0100
Thomas Eisenzopf schrieb:
> When I try to install RedHat 6.2 with FTP installation on a PC with a NE2000
> compatible ISA card I have the problem, that the card is not recognized. The
> installtion disk seems to support only NE2000 PCI cards, not ISA. Is this
> possible?
>
I do not know whether the NE2000 ISA driver is built into.
However, make sure you have a kernel with NE2000 ISA support.
Plus you have to tell the kernel about IRQ and interrupt.
At the LILO prompt you have to write:
ether=10,0x280,0,0,eth0
if IRQ is 10 and interrupt is 0x280.
I f you boot from CD-ROM you can tell about these parameters when being asked
for.
Martin.
>
> What possibilities do I have to install using the ISA card? Are there any
> parameters for loading the network drivers which solve the problem?
>
> Any help is appreciated!
>
> Best regards,
> Thomas.
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From: Markus Kossmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Insert Bootable device after Install of RH7 on 15Gb disk
Date: Tue, 31 Oct 2000 19:22:31 +0100
TazMan wrote:
>
> I'm trying to build a Linux RH7 server with a 15Gb disk.
>
> I perform a standard server install with /boot in the first 1024 Cyl section
> and only 23Mb big.
> BUT, as soon as the install is finished and the machine reboots I receive
> the message "Please insert bootable media" or something like this. I can't
> get LILO to boot.
Did you set the active flag for your boot partition ( when partitioning
the drive) ?
--
Markus Kossmann
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Date: Tue, 31 Oct 2000 14:42:43 -0500
From: Alex Deucher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: 99% Done, Please help me out with the 1% left
Take a look at gnucash and gnumeric for money management and
spreadsheet functionality, and take a look at gnometaoster for buring
cd's. It is an easy to use front-end for cdrecord and cdrdao.
Alex
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> 99% Done, Please help me out with the 1% left
>
> I started out 3 months ago but removing windows from all the computers
> in my home and not 3 months later I can do 99% of my work on Redhat
> 7.0. The following is a list of issues(things) that I am still trying
> to find out how to do on Redhat. If you can help me please let me know
> I would like to close the book on this!!
>
> 1) I use to use QuickBooks Pro on windows for running my bus, Does
> anyone use someone good??
>
> 2) I am a DJ and I burn alot of music cd. I use to make a master cd
> and then burn copies on windows. Now that I am using Redhat.
> How do I copy music cd's (no gaps on the track changes)??
> One more thing I only have one cd-rom so I have to make a image
> and then burn the copies.
>
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> Before you buy.
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From: rico <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: CDROM problem.....
Date: Tue, 31 Oct 2000 20:56:46 +0100
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
fail006 wrote:
> Hi,
> I have been using linux for about three weeks, everything seems to be
> working fine. There is only one problem, which:
> When i want to change the cd in the cdrom drive, i get a message saying that
> device is busy and that i cannot unmount it. Now I always make sure that
> everything is closed and nothing is using /mnt/cdrom directory, but i still
> get the same message. This does not occur all the time. So at the end i have
> to restart my pc in order to swap cds.
> I am using Rehat 7. Is there any other way of getting around this problem?
>
> thanks..
make sure that on every terminal, no user is 'in' or 'under' /mnt/cdrom
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From: gl0ck17 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.security.firewalls,comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: Checkpoint Firewall-1 on Linux Redhat 6.1
Date: Tue, 31 Oct 2000 19:55:49 GMT
Got to agree here, I put several of these on PIII 500's and they are VERY fast,
but, a 486......??
G
Windwalker wrote:
> Dear Andrea!
>
> Everything is possible!!!
>
> But... i have installed some FW-1 on RedHat 6.2, but on a fast machine like
> PII/400 or better.
> It may cause a lot of performance-problems, if you try to install CP FW-1
> (&VPN) on a 486DX! Put it on a faster machine!
>
> Greetings!
>
> /Windwalker
>
> Andrea Marouk wrote:
> >
> > Has anyone out there ever installed Checkpoint Firewall-1 on Redhat 6.1? I
> > would greatly appreciate any advice you might have. I am putting it on a
> > 486DX. Please reply to all if possible. Thank you.
> >
> > Luke
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: "XFree86-Misc" resources for win98 x-server ??
Date: Tue, 31 Oct 2000 19:59:30 GMT
I'm a linux newbie
I've been able to configure my system for remote access via the internet
from my home pc using a pc x-server. When I launch a gnome-session
though I'm getting "XFree86-Misc" missing on display "my_machine:0.0.
Fortunately this doesn't prevent my using gnome. I'm assuming that
XFree86-misc is a font package ??
Where can I find this resource to download and install it on my win98.
I've looked around a good while but haven't found anything.
thanks
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Date: Tue, 31 Oct 2000 15:12:50 -0500
From: Alex Deucher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: RH 6.1&2: no sound in Gnome, sound ok with KDE. Why?
go into the gnome control panel and enable sounds in gnome.
Alex
none wrote:
>
> Anyone help me with why I have no sound with the Gnome desk top and when I
> change to KDE, the sound works fine. This is the second install on my
> machine were this has happend. 1st time, I did a custom KDE install, this
> time, a Gnome work station.
> PC is eMachines 533id, 533MHz Cel., with an Ensoniq PCI sound card. In
> Gnome, I tried to use the sndconfig utility. It detected the card fine,
> and the last screen showed that the configuration failed and showed five or
> six directories/files related to the failure.
> After I mearly switched to KDE, it worked without any extra messin'. I
> like the look of Gnome a bit better than KDE and would like to use it, but
> I want sound too.
> Also, the same thing happens with the screensavers and themes.
> Is there some kind of hard or symbolic link I need to do?
> Thanks for any assistance.
> Les Mommsen
> Marysville, WA
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Date: Tue, 31 Oct 2000 13:55:51 -0600
From: hjkopel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: redhat: Out of Range
Lily Fu wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am new to linux administration and I need urgent help!
>
> RedHat 6.2 was installed on a machine as 'server' type.
> Today, I tried to upgrade it by adding X-Window
> packages. After chose 'upgrade' and selected
> the XFree86 and other packages, (using the customerize option)
> it went ok, but it said 'mouse' couldn't be found.
>
> So, I went to 'upgrade' procedure again,
> this time, I though I didn't need to install any packages,
> I clicked 'upgrade' and 'custoerize' but didn't
> check any packages. Strange enough, the system
> went to update all 214 packages from CD-ROM
>
> Then, it rebooted, but gave me the following error:
>
> "OUT OF RANGE
> Hz: 30kHz - 130 kHz
> Vz: 50Hz - 160Hz
>
> CURRENT FREQUENCY
> Hz: 27.8kHz Vz: 62Hz"
>
> What does this mean?
>
> I need to get the system back as soon as possible,
> please help!
>
> Thanks a lot!
>
> Lily
These refer to your display configuration. I would guess that you
need to configure your monitor so it can run Xwindows. Go to the setup
program by typing in "setup" then click "X-configuration". You'll need
your monitor manual.
Howard..
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Vince Skahan)
Subject: Re: Help with the 810 chipset.
Date: Tue, 31 Oct 2000 17:47:36 GMT
In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Mike Gilpin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>Bill -
>I had a bit of trouble setting up my home machine with an i810 chipset as well,
>but found these two excellent links with info on how to work around it. The
>important thing is you have to stop the install of RH 6.2 before configuring the
>XFREE86, or it will bail out on you. Also, sound support is not provided in the
>stock RH 6.2 dist, you must load the ALSA drivers to get this working.
>Mine now works beautifully. This will be more fully supported in RH 7.0, but
>I'm a bit reluctant to install it given the problems others have had.
>i810 chipset links:
>http://www.exocore.com/linux/i810/i810.html
>http://support.intel.com/support/graphics/intel810/30483.htm
>ALSA sound driver:
>http://www.alsa-project.org/
if you do a vanilla RH-6.2 install and update the kernel
to redhat's 2.2.16 update (in the 6.2 updates dir) then
Xwindows works perfectly.
you'll need to use ALSA sound drivers for sound under
rh6.2, as indicated above. Here's what I have for ALSA
in my /etc/conf.modules file for a Dell GX110 system, which
was straight out of the ALSA installation instructions:
alias char-major-116 snd
alias char-major-14 soundcore
alias snd-card-0 snd-card-intel8x0
alias snd-slot-0 snd-card-0
alias sound-service-0-0 snd-mixer-oss
alias sound-service-0-1 snd-seq-oss
alias sound-service-0-3 snd-pcm-oss
alias sound-service-0-12 snd-pcm-oss
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----------- Vince Skahan -------------- [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----------
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in the nonproprietary UNIX market by means of predatory zero pricing and
blatantly superior implementation -- Stan Kelly-Bootle
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From: Tux <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: INIT: ld "1" respawning too fast: disabled for 5 min. ????
Date: Tue, 31 Oct 2000 21:48:25 +0100
Follow up the boot messages to find out whether your root partition
can't be found.
To find out your boot partition number, you need to know your partitions
(view them with e.g. PartitionMagic). Then it's just a task of counting.
If you want to know how to set the root partition, check your manual.
Tux
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From: Tux <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Netware Client
Date: Tue, 31 Oct 2000 22:00:52 +0100
Hi!
Can anybody tell me where I can find a client for Novell netware?
Tux
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From: Peter Linde <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Boot failure with large disk
Date: Mon, 30 Oct 2000 11:16:53 +0100
Hi,
I have a got new 10 GB Fujitsi IDE disk in my 2 year old laptop. The
BIOS sees about 8 GB. In spite of several tries and reading available
HOWTOs and mini-HOWTOs, Linux fail to boot off the disk, LILO stops with
an 'L'. It works normally with the boot floppy. The disk has slightly
more than 19000 tracks. To avoid the 1024 track limit, I have tried both
putting a 40 Mb '/boot' as the first partition or simply a '/', but all
fails. Should mention that my first installation attempt was Windows
2000, which I intend to have on the same disk. That installation was
however overwritten by subsequent Linux installation attempts.
In my latest test, '/boot' comes up as /dev/hda1, while '/' shows as
/dev/hda5.
Need help..
Best wishes,
Peter Linde
Lund Observatory,
Sweden
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From: "Paul D. Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Enabling DMA with hdparm...
Date: 31 Oct 2000 16:04:08 -0500
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I have a brand new (couple of months) Dell OptiPlex GX200 workstation
now on my desk at work, running Debian 2.2 + some unstable stuff. I'm
running a Linux 2.2.17 kernel.
My hardware is a single Intel 733MHz PIII with 256M. It has a 133MHz
FSB, an integrated Riva TNT2, and integrated 3c59x 10/100 NIC, and an
integrated sound card (I know, all this integrated stuff irks me too,
but it's a corporate standard configuration).
The HD is a Seagate ST330630A: 30G with an Ultra ATA/66 interface. The
sustained transfer rate is supposed to be >30 MB/sec.
It works well, but now I want to tweak my disk speed using hdparm. My
initial setup, of course, had nothing enabled and I got about 3 MB/sec
when testing buffered disk reads with hdparm--boo!
I changed the default settings to -u1 -c3 -m16, and now I get ~7 MB/sec,
which is much better but appears to be _far_ less than this system should
be able to do.
I tried to use "-d1 -X34", but that locked up my system when I ran hparm
-tT. I then tried "-d1 -X66", but when I re-ran hparm -tT I got these
messages:
hda: timeout waiting for DMA
hda: irq timeout: status=0xd0 { Busy }
hda: DMA disabled
ide0: unexpected interrupt, status=0x80, count=1
ide0: reset: success
then when I looked again, DMA had been disabled and my times were
identical to what they were before:
# hdparm /dev/hda
/dev/hda:
multcount = 16 (on)
I/O support = 3 (32-bit w/sync)
unmaskirq = 1 (on)
using_dma = 0 (off)
keepsettings = 0 (off)
nowerr = 0 (off)
readonly = 0 (off)
readahead = 8 (on)
geometry = 3649/255/63, sectors = 58633344, start = 0
I double-checked my kernel, and I have DMA enabled:
# grep DMA /usr/src/linux/.config
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEDMA=y
CONFIG_IDEDMA_AUTO=y
Also, dmesg shows this:
...
PCI: PCI BIOS revision 2.10 entry at 0xfc0ce
PCI: Using configuration type 1
PCI: Probing PCI hardware
...
Real Time Clock Driver v1.09
PCI_IDE: unknown IDE controller on PCI bus 00 device f9, VID=8086, DID=2411
PCI_IDE: not 100% native mode: will probe irqs later
ide0: BM-DMA at 0xffa0-0xffa7, BIOS settings: hda:DMA, hdb:pio
ide1: BM-DMA at 0xffa8-0xffaf, BIOS settings: hdc:DMA, hdd:pio
hda: ST330630A, ATA DISK drive
hdc: CRD-8482B, ATAPI CDROM drive
ide0 at 0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6 on irq 14
ide1 at 0x170-0x177,0x376 on irq 15
hda: ST330630A, 28629MB w/2048kB Cache, CHS=3649/255/63
...
which _appears_ to imply that DMA is enabled -- ?
I looked at the BIOS settings on this system and either I can't find the
right ones, or I'm not looking at the right screen (there appears to be
only one screen, that scrolls), but there's none of the more advanced
"Enable DMA", etc. kind of thing I'm used to with my Abit BIOS at home.
Anyone have any ideas/thoughts/pointers/help?
--
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Paul D. Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> HASMAT--HA Software Methods & Tools
"Please remain calm...I may be mad, but I am a professional." --Mad Scientist
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