Linux-Setup Digest #230, Volume #20 Sat, 16 Dec 00 00:13:06 EST
Contents:
Re: Mandrake 7.2 (Bill Unruh)
Help loading ftape module (Gary Butler)
Re: Automatically starting processes to run commands ? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Debian Sparc X Server Problem. Please Help (Chris)
Sparc Printer ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Segmentation fault Mandrake 7.1 (ted metz)
Re: Mylex AcceleRAID 170 (Cokey de Percin)
Why does Sndconfig lock up on me? (tom)
Re: Zip 100 Parallel Port ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: 64M instead of 128M with suze7.0 (James Knowles)
Re: Uninstall Linux SuSE 7.0 ("Doug Holtz")
Reconfigure Gnome in RedHat 7 ("Doug Holtz")
Re: crossover cable (Dances With Crows)
Re: debian and netscape (Michael Perry)
Please Help (Lynked)
Re: GRUB Boot Problems; Linux on hdb, and leaving WindowsME intact on hda ("Dan
Jacobson")
Re: Setup Linux Mandrake 7.2 on Secndry Mstr H/D ("Dan Jacobson")
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bill Unruh)
Subject: Re: Mandrake 7.2
Date: 16 Dec 2000 00:30:01 GMT
In <3a3aacd9$0$75796$[EMAIL PROTECTED]> "Steve" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
]As a test I did let linux install and remove windows and that went
]great. So, I reformatted and reinstalled windows 98 and now want to
]get back to my dual boot. My plan is to go to expert mode. I do see
]and follow how to select the drive and set the partitions. However,
]there are different partition options like "linux", "swap",etc.
]Anyone have any instructions or proper sizing and steps to get
]through this?
Swap should be of order 2x your Ram memory.
You only need one single Linux partition-- called /
You can repartition otherwise if you want. However, with 1.5GB I would
advise just the one partition (plus the swap partition).
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From: Gary Butler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Help loading ftape module
Date: Sat, 16 Dec 2000 00:39:20 GMT
I would like to ask for help in installing the ftape koad module.
I just finished loading Linux 2.2.13 and it seems to be running fine.
I them loaded the ftape.o module to enable the tape drive and tried
the "mt" command with no success.
The following is the sequence I completed.
insmod /lib/modules/2.2.13/misc/ftape.o
lsmod
Module Size Used by
ftape.o 104116 0 (unused)
mt -f /dev/rft0 retension
/dev/rft0: No such file or directory
I ran ls -l of the /dev directory looking for the rft devices and they were
listed as follows:
crw-r----- 1 root disk 27, {0-7} {n}rft{0-7}
rmmod ftape.o
rmmod: module ftape.o not loaded
I have tried everything I can think of with no success, hopefully someone
can come up with a definitive answer.
Thanks in Advance
Gary T. Butler
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Automatically starting processes to run commands ?
Date: Sat, 16 Dec 2000 00:28:54 GMT
In article <KEf_5.147951$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
"John E. Crouse" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Anyways............Running Caldera eServer 2.3. Have Wins, Dhcpcd
> (Cable Monem) and DNS running. Two issues though. First in order
> to start dhcpd I need to run the command
> "route add -host 255.255.255.255 dev eth0" then run
> "dhcpd eth0" how can I do this on startup.
I don't know how Caldera is setup as I run RH6.2, but...
on a Redhat system the network setup scripts are located in the
/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts dir, and have descriptive names.
For instance my /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0
file contains ifconfig (interface config) settings for the
eth0 network interface, mine looks like this:
# cat /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0
DEVICE=eth0
BOOTPROTO=dhcp
ONBOOT=yes
#
the onboot option makes the interface activate automatically
at boot time.
Most linux distro's have a special system for config of network
interfaces to handle things like resetting an interface, etc.
so your setup files may look very different from mine.
You can always add any commands you want to run at boot time
to the /etc/rc.d/rc.local file, that is the last config script
to run at boot time, (on a system using sysV init).
> Second.......I am running the three basic ipchain commands.
> I tried to create a script and put it in the rc3.d folder
> but it won't run automatically? However I put a link on the
> desktop and it will run if I launch it from the link.
> Any ideas. Be gentle,
Append the commands to the /etc/rc.d/rc.local file, that is
the designated place for local system bootup config commands.
Hope this helps
Bluster
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From: Chris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Debian Sparc X Server Problem. Please Help
Date: Sat, 16 Dec 2000 02:20:51 +0100
Hi,
I have an Ultra Sparc 1 167 MHz workstation that I just installed Debian
on. I have a good OS install but I can not get X to start. I have tried
several times to re-set up X with anXious but have had no luck at all.
Every time I try to start X with the "startx" command I get the following
error:
Can not open /dev/sunmouse, error 2. Trying /dev/misc/sunmouse
Can not open /dev/misc/sunmouse, error 2. Trying /dev/mouse
Can not open /dev/mouse, error 2.
_X11TransSocketUNIXConnect: Cant connect: errno = 61
giving up
xinit: Connection Refused (Errno 61): Unable to connect to X Server
xinit: no such process (errno 3): Server error.
I do not know a lot about Debian, I have been a Slack user for many years
now and have no idea what type of mouse Sun uses (/dev/?????). Please let
me know if I need to download any specific X packages. I have the Xsun X
server installed now. If you know of a good site dedicated to setting up X
on a Sparc, let me now. I cant find much on Debian or Xfree86 web sites.
Thank You,
Chris
If ignorance is bliss, why aren't there more happy people in the world?
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Sparc Printer
Date: Sat, 16 Dec 2000 01:23:20 GMT
I have recovered a SparPrinter from work that I would like to set up for
use at home on my RH7 workstation.
I'm guessing that it's a parallel printer, but with a 25 pin rather than
centronics connector.
Has anyone had any success at sonnecting one of these to a PC running
linux?
Thanks,
Chris
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (ted metz)
Subject: Segmentation fault Mandrake 7.1
Date: Sat, 16 Dec 2000 01:34:44 GMT
I have tried to install using the text as apossed to the graphical
upgarde but i received an error after selecting the packages to
install (Segmentation fault: seems like memory is missing as the
install crashes) this is under Mandrake 7.1 does anybody have any
ideas
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From: Cokey de Percin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: Mylex AcceleRAID 170
Date: Sat, 16 Dec 2000 01:12:48 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> normaly there should be a driver called dac960, this one should work
> with the mylex
>
Correct. RH 7.0 should have it; RH 6.2 does as I'm running it and I have
a AcceleRAID 250. Note that the driver is a 'block' driver, not a SCSI
driver. The normal install should find it if the hardware setup is correct.
Note that if you're using it for a RAID level, then you need to set up the
raid configuration BEFORE you try to install your OS. I used the onboard
configuration to set up my RAID 5 and then installed Linux on it.
> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> Sebastian Kollmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Hello everyone,
> >
> > i would be very thankful if somebody could tell me how to setup
> > RedHat7.0 on a Mylex AcceleRAID 170 controller or how to create a
> driver
> > disk that supports this hardware. I've only found some sources of a
> new
> > driver that can be compiled into a new kernel. But I really need setup
> > support.
> >
> > Thanks for any possible help.
> >
Best
Cokey
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From: tom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Why does Sndconfig lock up on me?
Date: Sat, 16 Dec 2000 02:10:17 GMT
Okay, nobody in the Mandrake group can/will help me, so I'll try here.
I'm using Mandrake 7.1 . Twice I've tried running sndconfig from the
command line. (X is not running) Both times, it tells me that it has
detected my sound "card" (Yamaha OPL3-Sa3 built in to the motherboard).
However, once I get this message, the cursor plants itself down in the
lower left corner and nothing else happens.
When I've tried listening to cd's, they play but there's no sound.
When I try listening to .wav's or .mp3's, there's a loud static and no
music. (I did kind of hear a snippet of the voice in DrakConfig's sound
setup.)
Tom
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Zip 100 Parallel Port
Date: Sat, 16 Dec 2000 02:29:53 GMT
In article <9169ko$qm0$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
"Robert Morelli" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I am running Red Hat 6.2.
> I'm not entirely sure what the Red Hat equivalent of boot.local is and
> I don't want to muck with something if I'm not sure.
/etc/rc.d/rc.local, it is the last bootup config script to run,
put the insmod commands at the end of this file.
> In any case,
> according to the document it's necessary for ppa to be loaded before
> lp so I need to also know where lp is loaded.
My RH6.2 system does not have the lp module loaded at boot,
maybe yours does not either... List all loaded modules with the
lsmod command, e.g.
# lsmod
Module Size Used by
ppp 20268 2 (autoclean)
slhc 4568 0 (autoclean) [ppp]
nls_cp437 3748 1 (autoclean)
vfat 9500 1 (autoclean)
fat 31168 1 (autoclean) [vfat]
ide-floppy 8672 1 (autoclean)
busmouse 1984 1 (autoclean)
lockd 31592 1 (autoclean)
ne2k-pci 4716 1 (autoclean)
8390 6136 0 (autoclean) [ne2k-pci]
nls_iso8859-1 2240 2 (autoclean)
awe_wave 158132 1
sb 34132 1
uart401 6256 1 [sb]
sound 58264 0 [awe_wave sb uart401]
soundlow 420 0 [sound]
soundcore 2692 7 [sb sound]
#
Hope this helps
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From: James Knowles <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: 64M instead of 128M with suze7.0
Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2000 19:45:13 -0700
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> My suze 7.0 recognize only 64M instead of 128M. Why ?
This is ofttimes a motherboard BIOS problem. Ensure that you have the latest
version from the manufacturer.
I had the same problem on three different mobos until I flashed the BIOSes with
the latest versions.
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From: "Doug Holtz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Uninstall Linux SuSE 7.0
Date: Sat, 16 Dec 2000 03:02:30 GMT
Dragan;
This does not work. You need IBM's OS2 Warp setup disks (3); the Warp fdisk
will delete the non-dos partition that Microsoft boot disks with fdisk
cannot. Or you boot to the install disk for Linux and get to the fdisk
program, delete the partitions, then save and quit the install. Then the
dos boot disk with fdisk can see the partition and reformat it.
Doug
Dragan Colak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:90ua61$2qq5$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> 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: "Doug Holtz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Reconfigure Gnome in RedHat 7
Date: Sat, 16 Dec 2000 03:04:52 GMT
Howdy;
My video is not good. I installed RedHat 7 with Gnome and the Sawfish
interface. My "windows" are too large for my screen.
How do I reconfigure Gnome/Sawfish so the "window" is within the confines of
my screen?
Thanks
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dances With Crows)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: crossover cable
Date: 16 Dec 2000 03:05:18 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Fri, 15 Dec 2000 12:31:40 -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] staggered
into the Black Sun and said:
>I'm trying to connect the two computers I have at home with a crossover
>cable. I have cable modem (att@home). One computer has two NICs (an SMP
>EtherPower and a linksys card) and the other has a 3com card. If I plug
>the cable modem in any of these 3 cards separately, I can connect to the
>outer world without a hitch (after configuring the interface and the
>routing table, of course). The only thing that I can't do is have the
>computers talk to each other. I noticed that when I plug the cable modem
>into any of the card, the leds light up, but when I plug the crossover
>cable, neither end lights up, so I suspect it is a hardware problem. Is
>this normal? Do I change the cable? Do I get a hub?
If you have a good cable of the right type connecting 2 good NICs that
are powered-on, you should see a link light. First, make sure that it's
not the cable. (If you made the cable yourself, after drinking 4 beers,
it's unlikely the cable will work. Personal experience.) Borrow a
known good crossover cable and see if that solves your problem? You
don't need a hub unless you want to expand your little network beyond 2
machines at some point in the future, so if you do, get a hub or switch
now.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Michael Perry)
Subject: Re: debian and netscape
Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2000 18:48:34 -0800
On Thu, 14 Dec 2000 02:13:58 -0500, David Richard Larochelle
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Hi all, when I try to run netscape on debian 2.2 I get:
> ~ >communicator
>grep: /etc/netscape4/config: No such file or directory
>egrep: /etc/netscape4/config: No such file or directory
>Netscape: Ignoring unsupported format code in mailcap file: %{
>Bus error
>
>I can't seem to track this down. I've tried removing and reinstall
>netscaoe but this doesn't work.
>
>Any suggestions?
>
>Thanks in advance,
>
>
How did you install communicator? Did you do an apt-get install
communicator? It grabs a lot of files. You may not have gotten all the
netscape files like base or whatever.
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Subject: Please Help
From: Lynked <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Sat, 16 Dec 2000 03:32:04 GMT
Please email any help you can to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I am trying to use Linux as my internet gateway for a home network. When I
bring the computer up, everthing looks good thru ifconfig:
lo - good.
eth0 - good (with internet address)
eth1 - good (with intranet address [192.x.x.x])
The problem is, when I try to PING anything, I get no response and time out.
I have kind of fixed this problem, but would like it to work correctly.
What I've gotten so far is:
1. disable eth1(intranet) at boot.
2. After boot, lo and eth0(internet) come up good and I can PING the
outside world.
3. I then have to do the following command [ ifconfig eth1 192.x.x.x ]
4. I then take care of my IPCHAINS and can get to the outside from behind
the linux machine.
My problem is that when I try a NETWORK RELOAD, it doesn't work (I know,
because the statements are in RC.LOCAL). I'd really like it to work, and
hope someone knows what's wrong. Below is some info that may help...
Please email me (it's hard to check these newsgroups) if you can help
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++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
ROUTE:
DESTINATION GATEWAY GENMASK FLAGS METRIC REF USE IFACE
=========== ======= ======= ===== ======================
24.x.x.x * 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 eth0
192.x.x.0 * 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 eth1
127.0.0.0 * 255.0.0.0 U 0 0 0 lo
default xxx.midsou 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 eth0
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
FROM /etc/sysconfig/network/
NETWORKING=yes
FORWARD_IPV4=true
HOSTNAME=some.stuff.imadeup
GATEWAY=192.x.x.1
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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From: "Dan Jacobson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux.mandrake
Subject: Re: GRUB Boot Problems; Linux on hdb, and leaving WindowsME intact on hda
Date: Sat, 16 Dec 2000 12:33:59 +0800
"Adrian Jackson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ?????
news:%Jt_5.56354$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
>
> Alright gurus and guruettes, I have a challenging problem I hope you can
> help me with. I installed Linux Mandrake 7.2 the other day, with the
> intention of putting Linux on hdb, and leaving WindowsME intact on hda.
> The installation completed without a hitch, but when I rebooted, I was
> dropped into the GRUB interpreter. From what I understand, I should have
> gotten a menu.
Sounds like me. "windows98 insists on living on hda" they said. OK, linux
shall live on hdb. And as linux is into peace and harmony and is all powerful,
I should be able to boot from it on hdb and not need to mess around with hda.
I had an emotional time until I got this lilo breakthrough:
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"Dan Jacobson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> disk=/dev/hda
>> bios=0x81
>> disk=/dev/hdb
>> bios=0x80
Nice that it worked. I cannot help with grub.
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which thru the help of [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
===============
On Dec 15, Dan Jacobson wrote:
> hello bug - grub. can you tell me the answer. Yes I found some equivalent
> words for grub,
> but as this could well end my computing if not careful, i best ask you for
> the entire procedure.
> Gee, is there any lilo --> grub translation scripts out there?
I don't think so.
> I suppose it's not that simple, but I can't find out how to say
> > disk=/dev/hda
> > bios=0x81
> > disk=/dev/hdb
> > bios=0x80
> in grub.
In grub the equivalent for 0x80 is (hd0) and for 0x81 it is (hd1).
You can use device maps to map these BIOS drives to the corresponding
linux devices. For this you should create a /boot/grub/device.map
file containing the following lines:
(hd0) /dev/hdb
(hd1) /dev/hda
Then start grub with the commandline parameter
"--device-map=/boot/grub/device.map".
> > I'm fairly sure then all I need to do is
> > # grub
> > root (hd1,1)..... #or wherever one's /boot is
> > setup (hd1) #write only the MBR of hdb
This becomes:
# grub --device-map=/boot/grub/device.map
root (hd0,1)
setup (hd0)
And don't forget to change menu.lst. Keep in mind that /dev/hdb is
accessed with (hd0) and /dev/hda with (hd1).
Jochen
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...I might have a chance to do it in grub too if I can fully understand it.
[Even though lilo does the job, for some reason I want to see if I can
accomplish
the same task in grub... odd, is that responsible behaviour when one false
keystroke could leave me net-unconnected.]
what, you wanted to see my whore /etc/lilo.conf? OK
Re: why can't one boot from /dev/hdb?]
"Svend Olaf Mikkelsen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> "Dan Jacobson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> >boot=/dev/fd0
>
> boot=/dev/hdb
> >map=/boot/map
> >install=/boot/boot.b
> >vga=normal
> >default=linux
> >keytable=/boot/us.klt
> >prompt
> >timeout=50
> disk=/dev/hda
> bios=0x81
> disk=/dev/hdb
> bios=0x80
> >message=/boot/message
> >menu-scheme=wb:bw:wb:bw
> >image=/boot/vmlinuz
> > label=linux
> > root=/dev/hdb1
> > initrd=/boot/initrd.img
> > append=" hdc=ide-scsi"
> > read-only
> >other=/dev/hda1
> > label=windows
> > table=/dev/hda
# remove for floppy version
> > map-drive=0x80
> > to=0x81
> > map-drive=0x81
> > to=0x80
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From: "Dan Jacobson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux.mandrake
Subject: Re: Setup Linux Mandrake 7.2 on Secndry Mstr H/D
Date: Sat, 16 Dec 2000 12:34:55 +0800
See my other brilliant posting with "Re: GRUB Boot Problems; Linux on hdb, and
leaving WindowsME intact on hda" subject I just posted at this
exact same time also. Here's the key lines that I hadn't fathomed for my
/etc/lilo.conf; hope it helps
> > disk=/dev/hda
> > bios=0x81
> > disk=/dev/hdb
> > bios=0x80
"Daz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ?????
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> No problem,
>
> When you get to the part where Mandrake wants you to set up a drive, just
> select a non primary one. You can delete any FAT partition on this drive
> and allow Mandrake to auto configure it.
>
> At the end of installation, LILO will be placed onto your primary drive -
> this will not hurt Win98 and below, and will fail for WinNT, WinME and
> Win2000. In the latter cases, make sure LILO is copied to the disk you
> installed Mandrake onto - then you can either get a boot program, configure
> the Windows boot up menus or always use the floppy to get to Linux.
>
> Daz
>
> Bill Lucas wrote:
>
> > Hello,
> >
> > After a failed attempt to install Mandrake 7.2 on my PB 486, and
> > finally re-installing Window$ 95 back onto it. (I'll try the slackware
> > version L8r w/o x)
> >
> > Setting up Mandrake wasn't a problem on the 486 because it had just
> > one physical Hard Disk. The problem was that it was a 486 and I just
> > figured I'd try it and load only what I needed but it never gave me
> > that option during install although the manual said it would.
> >
> > But I now want to Install the Mandrake Linux on my Second Hard disk in
> > one of my Pentium Machines. And I am concerned that it will install on
> > the primary hardisk which has my win98 running and configured for my
> > LAN.
> >
> > Ideally what I want to accomplish is the family can use this machine
> > in win98 but when I want to run Linux it will be installed on the
> > second hard disk. But keep all the same network configs.
> > Since this machine will be the "gateway" cuz all the other machines on
> > the LAN use this ones modem.
> >
> > I didn't see anything in the manual that came with the software about
> > this. It only dealt with one hard drive and keeping or getting rid of
> > window$.
> >
> > TIA
> > *Lord Eros*
>
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