Linux-Setup Digest #191, Volume #20 Sat, 9 Dec 00 19:13:11 EST
Contents:
Re: KPPP problems (Moonshiner)
Rebuild Boot Sector? (Rand Simberg)
Kppp stops communicating (Moonshiner)
Newbie Question ("Larry Schiffer")
"Need Help Installing TurboLinux" ("Rodney Gray")
Re: LILO gets stuck at LI ("Patrick Felt")
Re: Uninstall Linux SuSE 7.0 (Dragan Colak)
Re: Newbie Question (David)
Re: Uninstall Linux SuSE 7.0 ("Philo")
Re: Two cards on IRQ 9 ??? ("Karl Heyes")
Re: kernel: svc: unknown version(3) when loading nfs ("Karl Heyes")
Re: What is the command to . . . ? (Michael V. Ferranti)
SIIG ata/100 CN-2474 with RedHat 7.0? (me)
Re: shutdown -h now ("bigtiny")
Key Error on install ("Jason Greenbaum")
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From: Moonshiner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: KPPP problems
Date: Sat, 09 Dec 2000 21:03:04 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Ben Moss <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 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
>
Ben,
Does Kppp keep running?
Do a ps -a after starting kppp, this will show the current processes.
Look for kppp, if it is not there then it connected then disconnected.
I have been trying to solve a problem with my connection and have been
doing some research. There is lots of talk about adding 'noauth' to the
options file in /etc/ppp.
Look around in this forum for 'kppp noauth'. See if the comments and
error logs match your problem.
--
Moonshiner
NASCAR Fan Go MW #15 TB #66
Linux User because MS is a bother.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Rand Simberg)
Subject: Rebuild Boot Sector?
Date: Sat, 09 Dec 2000 21:33:58 GMT
I was doing some work on my machine (moving some cards around among
the PCI slots), and apparently had a minor disaster. When I tried to
reboot it, it acted weird and couldn't find my hard drive. When I
went into the BIOS, it had somehow become reset to all the defaults
(or to just everthing disabled--I'm not sure that it was the
defaults). After restoring everything to where I thought it had been
the last time it was running properly (including setting the HD
parameters to auto detection), I rebooted again. This time it found
the hard drive, but when it started to run LILO, it printe "LI_ "
(where the underscore represents a blinking cursor).
I couldn't get past the "LI_". I booted with a floppy, and it then
said to hit return if I wanted to load from hda5. Sounded good to me,
so I did. It seemed to boot OK, except it came up in 2.2.15 (which is
probably what was on the boot disk), and my nominal installation is
2.2.16. After fully booting up the system with the kernel mismatch
(including X), I ran LILO just to see if that might fix it. I
rebooted again, with the same results--"LI_".
Since the hard drive seems to be functional, and it just can't boot,
what happened? Did my boot sector get munged, and if so, how do I
repair it?
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From: Moonshiner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Kppp stops communicating
Date: Sat, 09 Dec 2000 21:28:07 GMT
Greetings,
I have been researching this problem for a couple of days. It has to do
with Kppp seeming to stop communications with other sites.
I loaded Slack7.1 kernel 2.2.16. Started KDE as my manager. Got modem
recognized. Started Kppp, setup DNS addresses, put isp name in, did
rest of setup and connected on the first try. (A lot easier than 4
years ago when my ISP hardly new what Linux was.)
Everything seemed fine until I would try to go to another page in
Browser(Netscape 4.x) then I would get the Contacted message followed by
Waiting for reply....
The window would seem to hang.
I have added the following to /etc/ppp/options
noauth
noipdefault
usepeerdns
defaultroute
When running I had the correct nameserver addresses in the
/etc/ppp/resolv.conf. ( It looks like since I added the four commands
above the Domain and search lines have been removed from resolv.conf.
In fact there used to be lines that said things written by kppp, they
are not there any more.)
If I Stop Kppp and reconnect I can communicate fine for awhile.
Then it happens again, so I stop Kppp and reconnect.
Do I need to do something with "ipcp-accept-local" or
"ipcp-accept-remote" commands?
Is there something I missed in the Kppp setup routine?
I have not run ppp-setup because it looked like Kppp took care of
everything. Should I run ppp-setup?
Thanks for any help in advance.
--
Moonshiner
NASCAR Fan Go MW #15 TB #66
Linux User because MS is a bother.
--
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Linux User because MS is a bother.
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From: "Larry Schiffer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Newbie Question
Date: Sat, 09 Dec 2000 21:47:43 GMT
Hello all:
I've browsed through the newsgroup hoping to find the answer to my query,
but, no joy ....forgive my complete newbie question.
I recently bought a Dell computer, relagating my old Dell computer to
"experimental" status! I use Unix at work and am fairly comfortable with
unix.
What I would like to do is put linux on the old Dell machine. This machine
will be attached to a Linksys router which is attached to a cable modem.
I'll use DHCP to link to the router.
The old Dell is a 350 mhz machine with 64 meg ram and 5 gig HD. I have
transfered all important files off the machine and can completely wipe the
HD. My question is...should I format the HD? Or, alternatively, should I
let RedHat or Mandrake (I have'nt made my mind up which release to use)?
SHould I completely wipe the HD ...delete all files and directory structures
and then do a format, or will the Linux installation do that for me? It
currenly is running Win95.
Many thnaks, in advance, for the help.
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From: "Rodney Gray" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: "Need Help Installing TurboLinux"
Date: Sat, 9 Dec 2000 14:52:04 -0700
This is my first post in this news group and don't know where else to post
this message. I have a unique situation and NO
linux experience to help guide me through. I own a copy of TurboLinux
Workstation 6.0. And would like to install it on my high performance
machine. HOW!!!
I want to install it as per following:
T'Bird 950
256mb PC133 2,2,2 hsdram (the best money can buy!)
asus a7v w/kt133 chipset and latest bios (bios is cd-rom bootable
compliant=enabled)
annihilator2
sblive
Linksys LNE100TX v4.1 fast ethernet lan card (pci)
adaptec2940 w/jaz1gb connected to it.
Atapi cd-rom 50x udma33(runs great!)
Onboard PromiseUltra100 ide controller w/my hd connected to it.
Here's my config and I'm hoping to not have to change it.
Primary mastr ide=enabled=Atapi cd-rom 50x udma33 bootable (runs great!)
Primary slave ide=disabled
secondary mastr ide=disabled
secondary slave ide=disabled
ONBOARD ata100 (only one drive is on this controller and it runs a hell of
allot better here than on the ata66 controller by far!)
Primary master ide=Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 40 7200rpm ata66 10.2gig Partition
C: D: E: and F:
C: drive=2gig=WinME(running super good)
D: drive=750mb=WindowsME swapfile&IE5.5 Temp internet files (Cache) For
preventing WindowsME defragmentation.
E: drive=3.75gig=Empty=I'm reserving for TurboLinux Workstation 6.0.
F: drive=3.75gig=Full with all my important data (my only local storage and
backup!) cannot loose this data!!!
All I want to do is install linux on my Empty E: drive. (should be no
problem, Right?) But every time I boot with linux cd or floppies, the
install program tells me that no ATAPI cd-rom was found even though I just
booted off it (stupid machine!). Everything here is top quality including
the cd-rom so there's no excuse! I even tried installing from hard drive but
the linux fdisk was to intimidating to risk my data on drive F: It did not
resemble the microsoft fdisk I used a thousand times so I did not go any
farther. If it just would tell me the assignments I'm used to like fdisk in
dos does I would not have hesitated. But I dont know what drive it wants to
partition or how it works and since I have no room for error=WHY YOU ARE
READING THIS!
I have read the user guide and understand everything, but it does not
support installation from Hard Drives (which is how I always install
OS'es=via my F: drive) nor give one clue how to do what I'm wanting to do.
It is a very, very easy task with the windows kernel and I'm sure one of you
readers know just how to help me! SO PLEASE HELP ME!!!
My name is Rodney and I am a computer technician living in the USA. I have
no linux experience as I only have delt with windows PC's. The configuration
above is my design and it runs windows unbeleivably well. I have used my E:
drive to install win2k with not a hitch. I will be waiting by the computer
for hopefully tons of emails in the next few hours. I want to thank anyone
in advance for what ever help you can give me! Thanks!
Regards,
Rod
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
My time now is Dec, 9th at 2:40pm Mountain time (In the State of New Mexico,
USA) PLEASE HELP ME!!!
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From: "Patrick Felt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: LILO gets stuck at LI
Date: Sat, 9 Dec 2000 14:58:09 -0700
Todd,
Could you post your /etc/lilo.conf ?
pat
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:90trk6$pfk$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Thank you. I found this snippet as well, but I must admit I am not
> sure I understand it entirely. I also tried running LILO from the boot
> diskette -- which is how I got to the point where LI was coming up.
> For some reason when I go through the installer the SCSI drive (with
> the Windows 2000 partition on it) doesn't show up when it is time to
> configure LILO (though it shows up in the partition dialogue <sigh>).
> Am I doing something wrong when I run LILO from the boot disk?
> -TK
>
>
>
> In article <90sq55$bsh$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> "Patrick Felt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Todd,
> >
> > <snip> from /usr/doc/liloxxxxxx/README
> > LI The first stage boot loader was able to load the second stage
> boot
> > loader, but has failed to execute it. This can either be caused
> by a
> > geometry mismatch or by moving /boot/boot.b without running the
> map
> > installer.
> > <snip>
> > If you made a rescue disk when you did the install, boot off it and
> run lilo
> > when the computer comes up. This may fix your problem.
> >
> > pat
> > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> > news:90r6ri$rb9$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> > > Am a newbie that just installed Redhat 6.2. When I tried to install
> > > LILO the computer booted and the LI part of LILO came up and then
> got
> > > seriously stuck. I ultimately had to fdisk /MBR to be able to
> access
> > > Windows 2000 again.
> > >
> > > I have an 9GB SCSI hard drive that has Windows 2000 on it and I just
> > > installed a 36GB EIDE drive which has LINUX on it. I want to be
> able
> > > to dual boot to these two systems.
> > >
> > > BTW, when I go through Disk Druid, it let me partition the new drive
> > > just fine and the SCSI drive also showed up. A couple of screens
> later
> > > when the LILO configuration screen came up, there is no sign of the
> > > SCSI drive at all. A friend walked me through trying to add LILO
> > > manually and that is when we got stuck.
> > >
> > > Any ideas?
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
> > > Before you buy.
> >
> >
>
>
> Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
> Before you buy.
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From: Dragan Colak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Uninstall Linux SuSE 7.0
Date: Sat, 9 Dec 2000 23:03:00 -0100
Paul wrote:
> I have Linux 7.0 SuSE installed on a separate harddisk. My other disk is a
> Windows ME disk.
>
> Now i want to uninstall Linux..... My Windows harddisk cannot see the
> Linux disk...
>
> What procedure should I follow????????????
>
>
> Please HELP HELP.....
>
>
>
>
insert a win bootdisk with fdisk on it
start fdisk
delete the linux partition
create a win partition
format the win partition
Dragan
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From: David <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Newbie Question
Date: Sat, 09 Dec 2000 16:22:20 -0600
Larry Schiffer wrote:
>
> Hello all:
>
> I've browsed through the newsgroup hoping to find the answer to my query,
> but, no joy ....forgive my complete newbie question.
>
> I recently bought a Dell computer, relagating my old Dell computer to
> "experimental" status! I use Unix at work and am fairly comfortable with
> unix.
>
> What I would like to do is put linux on the old Dell machine. This machine
> will be attached to a Linksys router which is attached to a cable modem.
> I'll use DHCP to link to the router.
>
> The old Dell is a 350 mhz machine with 64 meg ram and 5 gig HD. I have
> transfered all important files off the machine and can completely wipe the
> HD. My question is...should I format the HD? Or, alternatively, should I
> let RedHat or Mandrake (I have'nt made my mind up which release to use)?
> SHould I completely wipe the HD ...delete all files and directory structures
> and then do a format, or will the Linux installation do that for me? It
> currenly is running Win95.
>
> Many thnaks, in advance, for the help.
If you are going to use it for Linux only then delete all of the windoz
partitions. You will make and format all linux partitions during the
installation of linux.
--
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From: "Philo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Uninstall Linux SuSE 7.0
Date: Sat, 9 Dec 2000 09:23:22 -0600
yes, you are quite correct...dos cannot see the linux partitions.
you may remove your linux partitions by either using fdisk from linux.
or if your installation is unreachable you may simple go back to your linux
installation cd and delete the linux partitions from there (in the same way
you created them in the first place) then merely exit the installation.
then you may re-fdisk from dos and format.
if you have lilo on the mbr use fdisk/mbr to remove it
plus...if none of the above options are viable there is a dos utilitly
called zap which can fdisk
linux partitions
or a utility called aefdisk.exe
i know the latter can be downloaded free from www.bootdisk.com
--
Philo
website: www.plazaearth.com/philo
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From: "Karl Heyes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.networking,alt.linux.slakware,alt.os.linux.slackware,alt.os.linux.slackware
Subject: Re: Two cards on IRQ 9 ???
Date: Sat, 09 Dec 2000 22:59:35 +0000
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Thomas SMETS"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Well on slack 7.0, I got the following problem ... I've two 3COM
> cards modules 3c59x.o (I think) First card is fine (ping telnet
> http) but the second is on the same IRQ (9). The two cards put them
> selves on the IRQ 9 when I look in dmesg or in ifconfig -a.
>
For PCI sharing interrupts is fine. If there is a problem what are
the symtoms.
> Do i have to turn PnP off ?
>
If it's PCI then it PCI that does it.
karl.
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From: "Karl Heyes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.os.linux.mandrake,alt.os.linux.slackware,alt.uu.comp.os.linux.questions,comp.os.linux.development.system,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: kernel: svc: unknown version(3) when loading nfs
Date: Sat, 09 Dec 2000 23:06:54 +0000
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> This fix wasn't too hard to find.
>
> There is a routine in the nfs script in /etc/rc.d/init.d/nfs that
> checks for version 3 of nfs. Because I am running a version 2, for
> the moment I have commented out the routine from running. mountd no
> executes without an argument.
>
NFSv3 needs to be selected on the kernel compilation (possible
module, I not sure). Only use the recent versions of the kernel
(2.2.18pre2x) with it though. It might be a good idea with NFS 2 as
there has been a few updates wrt NFS.
karl.
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From: Michael V. Ferranti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.os.linux.mandrake,alt.os.linux.slackware,alt.uu.comp.os.linux.questions,comp.os.linux.development.system,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: What is the command to . . . ?
Date: Sat, 09 Dec 2000 23:05:19 +0000
And [EMAIL PROTECTED] spoke thusly:
>What is the command to find the occurance of a string in a group of
>files in a directory?
grep "string" <filespec>
'grep "Hello World" *.txt' will search all the *.txt files in the
current directory for the string "Hello World". 'man grep' for more info
on the various switches that grep uses. Be sure to enclose strings with
whitespace within quotes, or the latter parts of the string will be
mistaken for filenames.
-- Michael V. Ferranti [blades&inreach*com]
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From: me <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: SIIG ata/100 CN-2474 with RedHat 7.0?
Date: Sat, 09 Dec 2000 17:32:05 -0600
Has anyone gotten a SIIG ATA/100 (CN-2474) to work with RedHat 7.0?
I'm using the card in addition to the built in interface on the
motherboard. When I boot the system, the card asks you to press F1 or
F11 if you use Windows 2000. If I do that, RedHat will find the card
and the drives and all is well. Unfortunitly, if you reboot and don't
press either key, the system won't find the card. I've e-mailed their
support and they didn't really help. They just pointed me to
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/hedrick
So I downloaded and patched my kernel, but I can't get it to
recomplie. It never complains when I'm doing the patch, and 'make
menuconfig' and 'make dep' work fine, but when I run 'make bzImage'
it runs for a long time then says:
ake[2]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux/arch/i386/lib'
gcc -D__KERNEL__ -I/usr/src/linux/include -D__ASSEMBLY__ -traditional
-c checks
um.S -o checksum.o
checksum.S:231: badly punctuated parameter list in #define
checksum.S:237: badly punctuated parameter list in #define
make[2]: *** [checksum.o] Error 1
make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux/arch/i386/lib'
make[1]: *** [first_rule] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux/arch/i386/lib'
make: *** [_dir_arch/i386/lib] Error 2
Has anyone gotten this card to work? I've tried to compile the 2.2.16
kernel and the 2.2.17 kernel with no luck.
Thanks,
Scott
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From: "bigtiny" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: shutdown -h now
Date: Sat, 09 Dec 2000 23:32:07 GMT
I'm running Redhat 7.0 on a Dell Dimension and 'shutdown -h now' shuts down
the OS and powers off the computer.....I do it all the time.
k
korner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:_TqY5.4239$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> I just installed Redhat 7. My question is, how can I turn off the
computer?
> When I type "shutdown -h now", it shuts down, but the computer power is
> still on. I have to manually turn off the power. Thanks.
>
>
>
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From: "Jason Greenbaum" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Key Error on install
Date: Sat, 9 Dec 2000 18:32:06 -0500
I am trying to install RedHat Linux 7.0 on my PC. When I run the setup
disk, the kernel boots and a few other things happen before I get the
following message:
Key Error: RIVA TNT2
Then linux proceeds on unmount all the filesystems and cancel the install.
FYI: I have a Viper V770 Ultra video card w/ a RIVA TNT2 processor. Does
anyone know a way to solve this? Please let me know. Thanks.
Jay
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