Linux-Setup Digest #158, Volume #20 Mon, 4 Dec 00 09:13:06 EST
Contents:
Re: Oh YUCK!!! (Colin Watson)
Problems with pppd ("news.ctv.es")
Problems with pppd ("Alfredo Ben�s")
kernel panic using rescue disc (David Rubin)
Re: Problems with pppd ("Maryann")
Re: Problem recompiling kernel ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (=?iso-8859-1?Q?Fran=E7ois?= Patte)
Re: amd k6 i586-compatible? (want to install Mandrake) - or which Linux (Eugene
Grob)
Switch form KDE to prompt (Michael)
Permanent SMB connections (root)
Internationalization ("Retro Grouch")
Re: Problems with pppd ("Adam Short")
Re: cannot boot RH7 on Win2K dual-boot setup (Murray Eisenberg)
Re: Problem rebuilding kernel ("ne...")
fdisk (Paras)
where to start on a home lan? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Plexwriter 12/10/32A not verify after write (Monika Strack)
large uids (lambda)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Colin Watson)
Subject: Re: Oh YUCK!!!
Date: 4 Dec 2000 09:21:43 GMT
C. L. Lewis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>In article <90c83c$kj5$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Colin Watson) wrote:
>> It's not really Linux, though it is Unixish in many ways - but maybe
>> you could try fiddling with the Hurd?
>
>Dunno Colin. I've heard HURD is kinda like sex standing up in a hammock.
*laugh* In an earthquake. :)
It's not exactly ready for widespread use, I must admit. If I could get
a DHCP client working there for my cable modem I'd be a lot happier
(rebooting to Linux to download packages is a pain).
It's a rather strange experience - it's surprising how far you can get
from the familiar world of Linux and still be 95% compatible and
POSIX-compliant. But then I suppose I knew that already, given how odd
some of the proprietary Unices are ...
>I'm shortly turning sixtish and there might not be enough sub-lingual
>nitro-glycerin left in the world to get me through that kind of a
>go-around. ;-(
Nice to know, on the other hand, that it's not just us twenty-somethings
and that we're not all doomed to get bored as soon as we hit 35 or so.
Given how long computing has been going, it's sometimes a surprise how
young the current practitioners tend to be; I think the average age of
the developers in my office is about 25.
--
Colin Watson [[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
"Oh Danny Boy, the pipes, the pipes are calling,
From glen to glen, and down the mountainside ..."
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From: "news.ctv.es" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux
Subject: Problems with pppd
Date: Mon, 4 Dec 2000 10:22:53 +0100
Hi.
I'm trying to connect by pppd and I get the following error as soon as I
execute the pppd connect command:
The remote system (MyISP) is required to authenticate itself but I couldn't
find any secret (password) wich would let it use an IP address.
I have no idea about this problem and I'm not able to establish the phone
call.
I appreciate any help. Thanks in advance.
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From: "Alfredo Ben�s" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux
Subject: Problems with pppd
Date: Mon, 4 Dec 2000 10:25:13 +0100
Hi.
I'm trying to connect by pppd and I get the following error as soon as I
execute the pppd connect command:
The remote system (MyISP) is required to authenticate itself but I couldn't
find any secret (password) wich would let it use an IP address.
I have no idea about this problem and I'm not able to establish the phone
call.
I appreciate any help. Thanks in advance.
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From: David Rubin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: kernel panic using rescue disc
Date: Mon, 04 Dec 2000 10:47:32 +0100
I'm trying to boot my RH6.0 system from a rescue disk. The boot
procedure prompts me with
VFS: Insert root floppy disk to be loaded into RAM disk and press ENTER.
I just hit enter because I don't have any other disks. Then I get a
message saying that the VFS mounted the root filesystem as readonly
followed by
Warning: unable to open an initial console.
Kernel panic: Not init found. Try passing init= option to kernel.
Does anyone know what, where, when, and how I'm supposed to continue?
Thanks.
david
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From: "Maryann" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: Problems with pppd
Date: Mon, 04 Dec 2000 10:22:24 GMT
in the pppd parameters put 'passive' and 'noauth'
"Alfredo Ben�s" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:90fnv2$o10$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Hi.
>
> I'm trying to connect by pppd and I get the following error as soon as I
> execute the pppd connect command:
>
> The remote system (MyISP) is required to authenticate itself but I
couldn't
> find any secret (password) wich would let it use an IP address.
>
> I have no idea about this problem and I'm not able to establish the phone
> call.
>
> I appreciate any help. Thanks in advance.
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Problem recompiling kernel
Date: Mon, 04 Dec 2000 10:48:05 GMT
Hi,
I think that your problem is that you missed something in compiling
kernel:
1) you have to execute: 'make dep' (generates a .dep file where there
will be all your modules dependencies)
2) then 'make clean'
3) finally 'make bzImage'
4) then you have to copy your image in /boot and edit your lilo.conf to
add your new image
5) then 'lilo -t' (to test configuration)
6) 'lilo -v' (to add the new kernel to MBR)
7) Now if you have 'undefined symbols' in booting try to rename your
/etc/conf.modules with /etc/modules.conf adding a line with the path of
your modules (maybe /lib/modules/2.2.14-5.0)
hope that helps.
ripsnake
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From: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Fran=E7ois?= Patte
Subject: HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Date: Mon, 04 Dec 2000 12:20:43 +0100
Bonjour,
I have installed the package:
libwcsmbs-0.0.5-2.i386.rpm
Since this, I cannot do anything with my computer: I get always the
message:
init: error in loading shared libraries: libwwcsmbs.so.0: cannot open
shared object file: No such file or directory.
I try to recue and removed by hand the two files of the package /
/lib/libwcsmbs.so.0
and
/usr/i486-linux-libc5/lib/libwcsmbs.so.0
but the message is still there and I can't start my computer.
When I try to make ls in directory /lib, the name of the first listed
file is unreadable: it begins by 4, then there is a "o" with an umlaut,
then a "I" with a dot above, and many others characters.
When I try to list the directory where the rpm file was downloaded the
rescue crashes and I have to reset my computer.
Please help me! What can I do! to come back? My OS is a redhat 6.2
Thank you.
PS. This package was claimed to install a ttf utility :
perlftlib-1.2-1mdk.i386.rpm
Francois Patte.
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Date: Mon, 04 Dec 2000 12:29:54 +0100
From: Eugene Grob <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: amd k6 i586-compatible? (want to install Mandrake) - or which Linux
No problems with K6 / 450 Mhz and Mandrake 6.0, 6.1, 7.0, 7.2 !
Gareth Randall wrote:
>
> Bjoern Guenzel wrote:
> >
> > Hello!
> >
> > I'm just downloading Mandrake Linux, but I have an AMD K6 processor, so I am
> > not sure if the i586-version (pentium optimised?) will work with it?
> >
>
> It's worth pointing out that once you get to the point where you can recompile your
>kernel, you get to choose what processor it's compiled for, and hence it can take
>advantage of the later features of superior processors. Choices are:
> 386, 486/Cx486, 586/K5/5x86/6x86, Pentium/K6/TSC, PPro/6x86MX
>
> As you asked, I am using Debian 2.2 on an AMD K6-2. Memory requirements for what you
>could call the core systems (kernel, X, icewm, a few daemons) are less than 20MB.
>
> ======= Gareth Randall =======
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From: Michael <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Switch form KDE to prompt
Date: Mon, 04 Dec 2000 11:27:27 GMT
Please, how do I switch from KDE to a basic prompt.
I'm using Mandrake 7.0
Thanks Michael
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From: root <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Permanent SMB connections
Date: Mon, 04 Dec 2000 12:58:49 +0100
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
T've just installed RH 6.2 in my computer. I'm new using Linux .
How could I get automatic connections using Samba ?
I connect to a Netbeui based server without problems, but I'm not able
to make the connection permament.
Is Inittab the solution ?
Is there any easier way ?
Ignasi Villagrasa. GRI S.L.
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From: "Retro Grouch" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Internationalization
Date: Mon, 04 Dec 2000 06:44:23 +0500
Is there a HOW-TO for adding east european and japanese support to linux?
I've found all sorts of howtos in Japanese and Czech (the languages I
need) but I have not found any that tell me what I need to do to make my
linux box multi-lingual....
I tried enabling japanese support in X; all I got was garbled characters,
from which I'm guessing that I don't have the correct fonts installed....
I know I'm missing something basic; all teh docs I've found address
specific problems with internationalization, but all assume you already
have teh basic support working.
Alas, I do not.
I'm running redhat 6.2/7.0 (different boxes, same language issue).
--Yan
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From: "Adam Short" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: Problems with pppd
Date: Mon, 04 Dec 2000 12:34:39 GMT
You are using pppd in a peer to peer mode. What pppd is doing currently is
asking the server to provide password and username information to
authenticate itself with your system. The ppp link won't be set up unless
pppd decides that your ISP is a valid user on your system (which is highly
unlikely to be the case!).
To fix it you need to specify some options to pppd. Specifically "noauth"
and "passive". These go in your ppp-options file, IIRC. I'm not at a Linux
box at the mo' and its a long time since I had to manually set up ppp. The
options just say that the server should not try to authenticate itself with
you (or more specifically that pppd should not expect the server to
authenticate itself with you).
HTH
Adam
news.ctv.es <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:90fnqk$lt3$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Hi.
>
> I'm trying to connect by pppd and I get the following error as soon as I
> execute the pppd connect command:
>
> The remote system (MyISP) is required to authenticate itself but I
couldn't
> find any secret (password) wich would let it use an IP address.
>
> I have no idea about this problem and I'm not able to establish the phone
> call.
>
> I appreciate any help. Thanks in advance.
>
>
>
>
>
>
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From: Murray Eisenberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: cannot boot RH7 on Win2K dual-boot setup
Date: Mon, 04 Dec 2000 13:40:04 GMT
Problem solved! I DID need to run lilo manually before dd-ing the
sector on /boot and then copying that file to the Windows 2000 NTFS
partition .
I'm still not certain whether I really needed to do that manually! I
had thought that during Red Hat 7.0's installation procedure, when it
asked where lilo whould be installed and I specified /boot (instead of
MBR), that would have created the necessary sector. Maybe it should
have. But there was an anomoly: I have a FAT partition at the far end
of my hard drive (for exchange between Win2K and Linux). The RH
installation found that and I did something that apparently told Linux
it was a bootable partition. Indeed, a "dos" stanza for that
non-bootable FAT partition appeared in lilo.conf. So I edited that out
before running lilo manually, etc.
My own stupidity, or too little experience with Linux? Anyway, too many
pitfalls for installation. Once again I am reminded of the significant
accomplishment of Bill Gates & Co. in making installation of Windows an
essentially transparent operation.
Eric wrote:
>> I did try to look at bootsect.lnx both by cat from Linux and with
>> Notepad on another, Windows 98, system. The file seems to be empty! A
>> copy is attached.
>>
>
> If I have to look at the attachment I understand why it doesn't work :-)
>
> But really, if it is empty, it's not correct. (look at it with a hex
> viewer (mc eg.))
> Did you rerun /sbin/lilo, before you dd'd the image?
>
> Eric
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From: "ne..." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Problem rebuilding kernel
Date: Mon, 04 Dec 2000 13:41:36 GMT
On Dec 3, 2000 at 09:20, Robert Morelli eloquently wrote:
>After rebuilding the kernel (version 2.2.14-5.0 for Red Hat 6.2) and recofiguring
>lilo,
>I got an unbootable system, which hangs with a kernel panic that the root fs can't
>be mounted. The system is SCSI based, with an Adaptec 2940W controller and a
>Quantum Fireball 4.3 MB hard drive. In xconfig, I set everything pertaining to
>SCSI to 'm', except the following parameters
[...]
>scsi: 0 hosts
>scsi: 0 detected total.
>Partition check:
>request_module[block-main-8]: Root fs not mounted
>VFS: Cannot open root device 08:08
>kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 08:08
Recompile the kernel and this time make sure the stuff
pertaining to your SCSI drives are *not* modules.
Otherwise Catch 22 (tm).
--
Registered Linux User # 125653 (http://counter.li.org)
All people are born alike -- except Republicans and Democrats.
-- Groucho Marx
8:37am up 1 day, 12:38, 5 users, load average: 0.00, 0.00, 0.00
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From: Paras <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: fdisk
Date: Mon, 04 Dec 2000 19:16:11 +0000
Hi ,
My platform is Red hat linux/intel.
Currently I have a 20GB single harddisk connected to my PC.
About 6Gb is used for my linux installation. Remaining 14GB is raw and
available
I need to run fdisk from a shell script and create partitions of 500MB
each .
Does fdisk support command line mode so that I can invoke it through
shell script.
If fdisk does not support command line interface, can someone please
suggest me a replacement utility or a piece of code that can be used to
create partitions programetically
Regards,
Paras
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: where to start on a home lan?
Date: Mon, 04 Dec 2000 13:43:58 GMT
here is the set-up I am away to err... set up.
486 running smoothwall
586 running redhat
686 running Mandrake & Windows98 (booo)
i have all the computers connected through a small 100 base hub
what i want to know is where can I find a good web-site/documentation
to tell me how to set-up my system. i really need some-one to talk me
through it as I have only got to grips with the basics of networking,
and even that stretched the old grey matter beyond it's limits.
What I was wanting was a 486 server called sun
my 586 called mars
and my 686 called earth
all running on a domain called solarsystem.
how easy is it?
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From: Monika Strack <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Plexwriter 12/10/32A not verify after write
Date: Mon, 04 Dec 2000 14:56:51 +0100
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hallo,
In on PC I have a Plexwriter for read and write only. I have
install thisATAPI-CDRW like it is describet in the CD-Write-HOWTO
and "cdrecord -scanbus" found the CD-Writer.
I can write CDs with Xcdroast, but I dont can verify the CDs and I can
not read anny other CDs.
The CD, which I have burne can I read in other PCs, it is ok.
I use RedHat 6.2 with the Kernel 2.2.17. Loopback device, IDE-CD,
IDE-SCSI, SCSI-Support,
Generic SCSI and SCSI-CD are modules; The ISO 9660-filesystem and the
Joliet-Filesystems are
in the kernel. The vendor-vendor spezific Option are enabelt.
Here ware my configurations and the logs for this machine:
/etc/lilo.conf
:
image=/boot/bzImage-2.2.17-5
label=linux
read-only
root=/dev/hda1
append="hdc=ide-scsi"
:
/etc/conf.modules
options ide-cd ignore=hdc # tell the ide-cd module to ignore
hdc
alias scsi_hostadapter ide-scsi
alias scd0 sr_mod # load sr_mod upon access of scd0
#pre-install ide-scsi modprobe imm # uncomment for some ZIP drives
only
pre-install sg /sbin/modprobe ide-scsi # load ide-scsi before sg
pre-install sr_mod /sbin/modprobe ide-scsi # load ide-scsi before sr_mod
pre-install ide-scsi /sbin/modprobe ide-cd # load ide-cd before
ide-scsi
> ls -lsa /dev/cdrom
0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 4 Nov 29 09:22 /dev/cdrom ->
scd0
> cdrecord -scanbus
Cdrecord 1.8 (i686-pc-linux-gnu) Copyright (C) 1995-2000 J�rg Schilling
Using libscg version 'schily-0.1'
scsibus0:
0,0,0 0) 'PLEXTOR ' 'CD-R PX-W1210A' '1.02' Removable
CD-ROM
0,1,0 1) *
0,2,0 2) *
0,3,0 3) *
0,4,0 4) *
0,5,0 5) *
0,6,0 6) *
0,7,0 7) *
> lsmod
Module Size Used by
ide-scsi 7316 0 (autoclean)
sg 12160 0 (autoclean)
scsi_mod 37860 2 (autoclean) [ide-scsi sg]
> mount /dev/cdrom -t iso9660 /mnt/cdrom
mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/cdrom,
or too many mounted file systems
> lsmod
Module Size Used by
ide-scsi 7316 0 (autoclean)
sr_mod 17064 0 (autoclean)
cdrom 27100 0 (autoclean) [sr_mod]
scsi_mod 37860 2 (autoclean) [ide-scsi sr_mod]
/var/log/messages
:
Nov 29 09:23:05 localhost kernel: scsi0 : SCSI host adapter emulation
for IDE ATAPI devices
Nov 29 09:23:05 localhost kernel: scsi : 1 host.
Nov 29 09:23:05 localhost kernel: Vendor: PLEXTOR Model: CD-R
PX-W1210A Rev: 1.02
Nov 29 09:23:05 localhost kernel: Type:
CD-ROM ANSI SCSI revision: 02
Nov 29 09:23:05 localhost kernel: Detected scsi CD-ROM sr0 at scsi0,
channel 0, id 0, lun 0
Nov 29 09:23:05 localhost kernel: sr0: scsi3-mmc drive: 32x/32x writer
cd/rw xa/form2 cdda tray
Nov 29 09:23:05 localhost kernel: Uniform CD-ROM driver Revision: 3.11
Nov 29 09:23:05 localhost kernel: ide-scsi: The scsi wants to send us
more data than expected - discarding data
Nov 29 09:23:05 localhost last message repeated 83 times
Nov 29 09:23:05 localhost kernel: Unable to identify CD-ROM format.
Can someone help we.
Thanks
Monika
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Monika Strack
Institut fuer Tierzucht und Tierverhalten
Bundesforschungsanstalt fuer Landwirschaft
31535 Neustadt e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Germany Tel: +49 5034 /871 154
Fax: +49 5034 /92579
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From: lambda <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: large uids
Date: Mon, 04 Dec 2000 14:15:14 +0100
Dear all,
I have linux boxes (PCs) feed by a NIS server for users login.
The users home directories are NFS mounted on these boxes via automount.
These directories are exported from IBM servers running AIX.
For management convenience, the users on AIX have been defined with
large UIDs values (greater than 64k!).
Unfortunately, my linux doesn't support such big numbers!
The current limit in my Mandrake 7.1 is "up to 64k" which derives from
the short integer typedef used to deal with UIDs.
I tried to recompile the kernel with a long integer but this didn't
solve the problem.
Thanks for any help!
Jean-Pierre
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