Linux-Setup Digest #181, Volume #20 Fri, 8 Dec 00 01:13:11 EST
Contents:
How do I change Grub to start Windows first? (piddy)
Linux + Solaris + winME: triple boot ok? (Chris Spil [N3FWR])
Re: Changing X resolutions with the startx command ? (Anita Lewis)
Conexant modem (zed)
Re: Help Stuck in twin window manager (David)
Re: sound blaster pci128 problems - help! (David)
Re: kdm (or xdm) & redhat logo (David)
Re: RedHat Linux 7.0: LILO hangs ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Font Help (Greg Kuntz)
Re: kdm (or xdm) & redhat logo (David)
Re: PLEASE - kernel / BIOS wrt hd DMA (J Wendel)
Windows 2000 + Large Disk Multiboot? ("Groman")
Configure:error: ("Crymund")
Re: How do I change Grub to start Windows first? (Ed Dulaney)
Re: Lernal Panic need help (Ed Dulaney)
How to setup a modem in Redhat? ("Bruce W.1")
Re: How do I change Grub to start Windows first? (Bit Twister)
Re: Linux on two disk system ("Patrick Bartek")
RH7 ftpd and telnetd (webqueen, queen of the web)
KPPP problems (Ben Moss)
configuring the aic7xxx driver for tagged command queueing (Brian Forney)
failure to load i82365 ("Chan Yee Seng")
Re: environment variables problem (Sven Mascheck)
Re: Conexant modem (David Efflandt)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (piddy)
Subject: How do I change Grub to start Windows first?
Date: Fri, 08 Dec 2000 00:57:22 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
By default it's starting Madrake on my second hard drive first.
I want it to start Windows first.
Can I remove Grub with c:\fdisk /mbr
and then install boot magic?
Also, I need to know which line in which file I have
to but a "%" character in front of to get the modem
to work.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Chris Spil [N3FWR])
Subject: Linux + Solaris + winME: triple boot ok?
Date: 8 Dec 2000 01:10:19 GMT
I'm considering adding Solaris (intel version) to my existing Linux + winME
system.. Would LILO accept it? Also, btw, what do you think of Solaris
running on Intel x86 .. I ve heard it's really 'slow'...but I wouldnt be
installing it for performance; rather be using it for sysadmin learning
purposes, integration etc.. Good idea? thanks
Chris
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Anita Lewis)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.x
Subject: Re: Changing X resolutions with the startx command ?
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Fri, 08 Dec 2000 01:29:00 GMT
On Thu, 07 Dec 2000 16:01:14 -0800, peter wrote:
>I need to change my X res.
>
>What the command to do it from the command line, like
>
>startx ....
>
>for 800x600 and up,
>
>Thanks,
>
>peter
I have not heard of a way to do it with startx. After X has started, you
can toggle between resolutions by doing 'Ctrl Alt +' The default resolution
is the first one listed in the Modes in the Screen Section of
/etc/X11/XF86Config. The toggle goes to the second one in the list and so
on.
Anita
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From: zed <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Conexant modem
Date: Fri, 08 Dec 2000 02:14:05 GMT
Hi, can anyone please tell if a "Conexant Soft56 Data, Fax, PCI Modem"
on a Toshiba 1670 CDS work under Mandrake 7.2? Thanks.
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From: David <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Help Stuck in twin window manager
Date: Thu, 07 Dec 2000 20:33:36 -0600
Kevin Wisner wrote:
>
> I would like to now how to get out of twin windows manager back to gnome?
man switchdesk
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From: David <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.questions,creative.linux
Subject: Re: sound blaster pci128 problems - help!
Date: Thu, 07 Dec 2000 20:36:40 -0600
Matthias Rhinow wrote:
>
> Sorry peter, I don't agree.
> If you want good performance you have to compile your own kernel!!!!!
> Matthias
My SB 128 PCI uses the es1370 module. They must have changed chipsets
somewhere along the way.
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From: David <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.x,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.windows.x.kde
Subject: Re: kdm (or xdm) & redhat logo
Date: Thu, 07 Dec 2000 20:40:20 -0600
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> Does anybody know how to get rid of the redhat logo when using kdm, or
> xdm as a graphical login using Redhat 6.2 ?
>
> Ive looked everywhere through the /etc/X11/xdm files, and any others I
> have found that may be relavent but to no avail.
Install Helix-Gnome.
http://www.helixcode.com/desktop/download.php3
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: RedHat Linux 7.0: LILO hangs
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Fri, 08 Dec 2000 03:00:53 GMT
On Fri, 1 Dec 2000 15:46:01 -0500, "Doug Grosso" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>On a system that has successfully handled past full installs (not upgrades)
>of RedHat Linux 6.0, 6.1, and 6.2, a fresh install of 7.0 always fails at
>boot time. The "L" in "LILO" appears and then the system hangs. I've
>reinstalled a few times, no other OS lives on this machine, and it does boot
>fine (albeit slowly) from a floppy. This is a fairly generic homebuilt
>Pentium 133, 64MB RAM, 8.5 GB Western Digital IDE drive, but nothing exotic
>attached. Thoughts?
I hit this with my laptop that has a 10GB drive. I then re-installed,
asking it to create a boot disk ... really should have done that in
the first place, eh :-) ?? ... and when I ran LILO by hand, it
complained about the > 1024 cylinders issue.
However, it helpfully suggested using "lba32" as an option in the
lilo.conf file, which worked a treat. I replaced the line that said
"linear". If you don't have one of those, try just adding the "lba32"
line.
Of course, you'll have to make a boot floppy first, in order to get to
that stage.
Good luck.
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From: Greg Kuntz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.questions,linux.redhat
Subject: Font Help
Date: Fri, 08 Dec 2000 02:46:51 GMT
I have a NEC-Versa 6200 MMX with the Chipset CT65550. I seem to have a
problem defining the monitor to the Xwindows.
Pictures seem ok.... but the text is terrrible. That goes for
everything, netscape, star-office, xterm..... The text is almost
unreadable.
I notice when I startx it says monitor not found.
Or I may just need to change the system font. How do you do that ???
The font problem is only under x-windows.
Any suggestions ?????
Thanks in Advance.
Greg
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From: David <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.x,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.windows.x.kde
Subject: Re: kdm (or xdm) & redhat logo
Date: Thu, 07 Dec 2000 21:13:11 -0600
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> Does anybody know how to get rid of the redhat logo when using kdm, or
> xdm as a graphical login using Redhat 6.2 ?
>
> Ive looked everywhere through the /etc/X11/xdm files, and any others I
> have found that may be relavent but to no avail.
Install Helix-Gnome.
http://www.helixcode.com/desktop/download.php3
Or edit the last line in /etc/X11/xdm/Xsetup_0 and change the png image
to what you want to use.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (J Wendel)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.development.system
Subject: Re: PLEASE - kernel / BIOS wrt hd DMA
Date: Fri, 08 Dec 2000 04:06:42 GMT
Sorry I don't have any real help to offer, but
I think you should send this problem to the Kernel Mailing List, it
sounds like Andre Hedrick ( the IDE maintainer ) would be interested.
You might also try the latest (2.4.0test12pre7) developement kernel,
they've been fixing a lot of BIOS related problems.
Good Luck,
John
On Thu, 7 Dec 2000 22:13:35 +0000, "Guennadi V. Liakhovetski"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Hello all
>
>I've been fighting with this problem for a few weeks now. The problem
>seems to be that my BIOS does not support DMA for IDE and the kernel
>cannot bypas it. The chipset is ok (Intel 430FX), the disk too, afaik I
>included all possible parameters in the kernel (2.2.17 + ide patch). But
>the BIOS is old (AMI 1.00.04.CA0 for Intel Morrison64 aka Advanced/MN mobo
>with a P-75 and onboard S3-Trio64) and no upgrades exist. So, the
>question: is it either
>1) there ARE situations when such BIOS fault cannot be fixed by the
>software or
>2) it IS always possible, so, something is wrong with the software
>(kernel / its configuration)
>
>Also, I read somewhere, that one often can flash a 'non-native'
>BIOS... Does anybody know of identical mobos (430FX + S3-Trio64)? Note,
>that Morrison32's BIOS (S3-Trio32) does not suit.
>
>Thanks
>Guennadi
>___
>
>Dr. Guennadi V. Liakhovetski
>Department of Applied Mathematics
>University of Sheffield, U.K.
>email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>
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From: "Groman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux
Subject: Windows 2000 + Large Disk Multiboot?
Date: Thu, 7 Dec 2000 20:10:28 -0800
Hi. I have a 13 GB IDE disk and one large FAT32 partition
that covers the whole disk. I need Linux for some minor things
and mainly will be using Windows 2000 (please don't hit me)
I am thinking that I need about 9 gb for Windows and 3-4 GB for
Linux should be enough. I have Redhat 6.0 CDs and don't want
to get anything else for now.
I was thinking of reducing my FAT partition using Fips or Partition
Magic, but I do not know how to solve the "LILO can't reach past
1024" problem. I don't want to mess up or move my FAT partition
and I don't want it to be less than 8 gigs.
What the hell do I do to install linux???? I have GRUB and I have
some experience using it, but that experience is not a pleasant one.
Can I chain load GRUB from the Windows 2000 Loader????
GRUB should not have the 1024 problem, right?
Thanx for your answers.
Groman.
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From: "Crymund" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Configure:error:
Date: Fri, 8 Dec 2000 12:08:56 +0800
I have just installed RedHat Linux 7 and can start KDevelop 1.2. Being a
beginner, I started with AppWizard. However, when generating KDE and Qt
project, I got the following error message from project generator:
configure:error: Qt(>=1.42 and <2.0)(headers and libraries)not found. Please
check your installation!
sh: kdoc: command not found
make: ***
No rule to make target messages
.Stop.
Can anyone advise me what to do? Thank you in advance.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Ed Dulaney)
Date: 08 Dec 2000 04:39:02 GMT
Subject: Re: How do I change Grub to start Windows first?
>By default it's starting Madrake on my second hard drive first.
>I want it to start Windows first.
Just edit the /etc/Grub/grub.list file to make Windoze the default. See man
grub for more info.
>Can I remove Grub with c:\fdisk /mbr
>and then install boot magic?
Why?
Ed
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Ed Dulaney)
Date: 08 Dec 2000 04:42:32 GMT
Subject: Re: Lernal Panic need help
>I am trying to install Redjhat 6.2 and when it reboots I get the following
>error.
>trying to set up timer as ETINT (found pin 0) failed.
>trying to set up timer as BP_IRQ failed
>Kernal Panic;
>I0-APIC + timer doesn't work.
>In swapper task-not syncing.
>
>Any ideas on what this is?
>I have 1.7 GB hdd, 96MB of ram, Pentium 233, Matrox Mill. II and a 3 com
>3c905c tx-m nic on a tyan tomcat dual mb with on one 233 mhz in it.
>
It is loading the smp kernel, which supports multiprocessing. Since you have
only one processor it cannot sync the system, so it panics.
Boot from the kernel linux-up (type linux-up at the lilo prompt, or select
linux-up from Grub). That puts it into single processor mode.
After the system boots, edit /etc/lilo.conf or /etc/grub/grub.list to change
the boot entries to eliminate the smp kernel.
Ed
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Date: Thu, 07 Dec 2000 23:53:59 -0500
From: "Bruce W.1" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: How to setup a modem in Redhat?
Uncle! I give up. Can someone please help me make my modem work?
This is my first Linux install. My Diamond 2070 ISA modem is on the HCL
so it should work. Before I attempt a PPP connection I need to get
Redhat 7.0 to recognize the existence of the modem. So far as I can
tell it doesn't know it exists.
Can someone tell me how to set this up? Do I need to specify the IRQ,
I/O address and all that? Are there tools included that handle this?
Thanks.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bit Twister)
Subject: Re: How do I change Grub to start Windows first?
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Fri, 08 Dec 2000 05:17:56 GMT
On Fri, 08 Dec 2000 00:57:22 GMT, piddy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>By default it's starting Madrake on my second hard drive first.
>I want it to start Windows first.
>
>Can I remove Grub with c:\fdisk /mbr
Sure. Hope you made a rescue disk to get back to linux.
I would change the default label in /etc/lilo.conf and do
a /sbin/lilo to install the change.
>and then install boot magic?
Have not played with boot magic.
>
>Also, I need to know which line in which file I have
>to but a "%" character in front of to get the modem
>to work.
>
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From: "Patrick Bartek" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: 7 Dec 2000 21:09:03 +0800
Subject: Re: Linux on two disk system
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Depends on the sizes of the HDs, but however you do it, be sure to put
the swap partition on the faster HD.
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From: webqueen, queen of the web <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: RH7 ftpd and telnetd
Date: Fri, 08 Dec 2000 05:17:05 GMT
Here is a howto page on seting up ftpd telnetd and xinetd in RH7:
http://www.tealseal.com/howto1.html
Hope its useful. If you see problems, email me, I'll ge them corrected.
WQ
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Date: Thu, 07 Dec 2000 23:20:51 -0700
From: Ben Moss <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: KPPP problems
I just installed Red Hat 6.0 with KDE. I'm fairly new to linux, but
I've configured KPPP on this machine before and had it work (the hard
drive died and had to be replaced). This time, I can connect to my ISP,
as in KPPP says it's connected. When I go to Netscape or Lynx, though,
it doesn't work. Anything obvious I've overlooked, is this a commom
problem, etc.? I've tried playing around with the DNS stuff but to no
avail.
Thank you. If you could, please reply to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
-Ben Moss
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From: Brian Forney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: configuring the aic7xxx driver for tagged command queueing
Date: Thu, 7 Dec 2000 23:27:12 -0600
Hi all,
I would like to configure Red Hat 6.2's aic7xxx driver, which is installed as
a loadable module, to use SCSI tagged command queueing. Has anyone had
success enabling TCQ for the aic7xxx driver loadable module from the RH 6.2
distribution for IA32?
I know the driver's source is capable of it since I have built a 2.2.16
kernel from kernel.org sources that can do this. In this test kernel, the
aic7xxx driver is staticly linked to the kernel. I and about five others have
tried various methods to get this to work, including:
o providing lilo with boot params for the driver
o changing /etc/conf.modules to look like the following:
alias eth0 tulip
alias scsi_hostadapter aic7xxx
options aic7xxxx tag_info={32,32,32,32,32,32,32,32,32,32,32,32,32,32,32,32}
alias parport_lowlevel parport_pc
alias eth1 e1000
o modifying rc.modules
None of these have worked successfully. Any lead on this? (Yes, I've
performed web searches from google and redhat and looked at numerous
HOWTO's.)
Thanks,
Brian
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From: "Chan Yee Seng" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: failure to load i82365
Date: Fri, 8 Dec 2000 13:45:55 +0800
Hello,
I'm trying to setup the Xircom 10/100 Creditcard Modem + Ethernet to work on
my Toshiba Tecra 8000 running SuSe 6.4.
I've had trouble with the Pcmcia modules, so I took out the Creditcard
modem, let SuSe boot-up, then try to manually load pcmcia_core, i82365 and
ds with the modprobe command.
pcmcia_core was OK. But, I encountered the following when I tried "modprobe
i82365"
/lib/modules/2.2.14/pcmcia/i82365.o : init_module : Device or resource busy
/lib/modules/2.2.14/pcmcia/i82365.o : insmod
/lib/modules/2.2.14/pcmcia/i82365.o failed
/lib/modules/2.2.14/pcmcia/i82365.o : insmod i82365 failed
Does anyone know what's wrong and how to fix this?
The SuSe manual says this is probably a resource conflict in either the
interrupt, IO port or memory area being shared by 2 devices.
Thanks a lot!
Yee Seng
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From: Sven Mascheck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: environment variables problem
Date: 8 Dec 2000 07:07:38 +0100
Noble Pepper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Did you restart bash? It only reads the .profile when it starts up.
. ./.profile
Sven
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David Efflandt)
Subject: Re: Conexant modem
Date: Fri, 8 Dec 2000 06:09:51 +0000 (UTC)
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Fri, 08 Dec 2000 02:14:05 GMT, zed <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Hi, can anyone please tell if a "Conexant Soft56 Data, Fax, PCI Modem"
>on a Toshiba 1670 CDS work under Mandrake 7.2? Thanks.
The only possible driver listed in linmodems.org is available from France
compiled for a 2.2.14 kernel, and for security reasons you should be
running a 2.2.15 or newer kernel. So you are probably out of luck until
Conexant (formerly Rockwell) decides to come out with information about
it.
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