Linux-Setup Digest #234, Volume #20 Sat, 16 Dec 00 17:13:07 EST
Contents:
Re: dial up modem on demand? (Henry B. Tindall, Jr.)
Redhat 7 install problem ("Edmund")
Red Hat 7.0 and Windows 2000 ("Chris Kilian")
Re: Red Hat 7.0 and Windows 2000 (GreySoul)
Re: Redhat 7 install problem (Skip S.)
CD ISO (please help) (rockbaby)
Can lilo handle a drive with more than 1024 cylinders (srinivas_vanjari)
Re: CD ISO (please help) (Skip S.)
Re: How to start gpm ?
Re: Reconfigure Gnome in RedHat 7 (Skip S.)
Re: Mandrake 7.2 install problem (Don Hinds)
Re: Mandrake 7.2 install problem (Skip S.)
ADAPTEC SCSI AHA1505 (Conrad B Nelson)
Re: What I've learned in the last few days... ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Distribution for an old PC ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
ftpd (techie)
X window font server crash: help ("Gilles Lamoureux")
Re: HELP - renamed machine and now it won't start (Stanislaw Flatto)
Re: dial up modem on demand? (techie)
Re: rp-pppoe cmpil pb ("Anthony")
Re: X window font server crash: help ("Dan White")
Kernel upgrade problem with winmodem? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: how diagnose hardware - Hard lockup then crc error ("Dan White")
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Henry B. Tindall, Jr.)
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: dial up modem on demand?
Date: Sat, 16 Dec 2000 11:01:26 -0600
In article <918lnd$13v$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] says...
> Can someone tell me where I can find info on setting up my dial up modem to
> dial my ISP when I have a client request to access the ISP?
>
>
>
diald is the way to go. I've been using it for almost 2 years as a gateway for 3-4 PCs
along
with ipchains for masquerading. I used to have a link, but it's gone now. Just check
at
freshmeat.net.
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From: "Edmund" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Redhat 7 install problem
Date: Sun, 17 Dec 2000 01:35:03 +0800
I've already installed windows 98 on my PC. Then I want to install redhat 7
and set up a dual boot system. I download the 2 redhat CDs, and put them in
E: root directory(There is a C: primary and D: E: logical partition on my
PC). I don't have a CD ROM so I perform a Hard disk installation.
After I boot up my PC with the floppy disk (by boot.img using rawrite), I go
to the graphic mode installation. I choose the language, the keyboard type,
iInstallation method (CD ROM, Harddisk). Then it prompts me to choose
partition.
/dev/hda1
/dev/hda5
/dev/hda6
I choose /dev/hda6, and leave the "directory" blank. Then the following
thing are displayed at the bottom of screen
Running anaconda -- may take some time to load...
install exited abnormally -- received signal 9
sending termination signals...done
sending kill signals...done
disabling swap...
unmounting filesystems...
/mnt/runtime/usr
/proc/bus/usb
/mnt/runtime
/dev/pts
/proc
you may safely reboot your system
Can anyone tell me what's going wrong? thanks!
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From: "Chris Kilian" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Red Hat 7.0 and Windows 2000
Date: Sat, 16 Dec 2000 17:58:39 GMT
I am wanting to boot between windows 2000 and Red Hat 7.0. There are three
partitions one for each OS (other is Win 2000 Server) when I install Red Hat
it goes ok but when I reboot I do not get a linux option it just goes right
into the windows boot up options. Can anybody advise.
Regards
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From: GreySoul <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Red Hat 7.0 and Windows 2000
Date: Sat, 16 Dec 2000 12:10:58 -0600
Did you install LILO?
If so, where did you install it?
Also, did you create a boot disk for Red Hat?
On Sat, 16 Dec 2000 17:58:39 GMT, "Chris Kilian" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I am wanting to boot between windows 2000 and Red Hat 7.0. There are three
>partitions one for each OS (other is Win 2000 Server) when I install Red Hat
>it goes ok but when I reboot I do not get a linux option it just goes right
>into the windows boot up options. Can anybody advise.
>Regards
>
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From: Skip S. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Redhat 7 install problem
Date: Sat, 16 Dec 2000 10:41:35 -0800
On Sun, 17 Dec 2000 01:35:03 +0800, Edmund wrote:
> I've already installed windows 98 on my PC. Then I want to install redhat
> 7 and set up a dual boot system. I download the 2 redhat CDs, and put them
> in E: root directory(There is a C: primary and D: E: logical partition on
> my PC). I don't have a CD ROM so I perform a Hard disk installation.
>
> After I boot up my PC with the floppy disk (by boot.img using rawrite), I
> go to the graphic mode installation. I choose the language, the keyboard
> type, iInstallation method (CD ROM, Harddisk). Then it prompts me to
> choose partition.
>
> /dev/hda1
> /dev/hda5
> /dev/hda6
>
> I choose /dev/hda6, and leave the "directory" blank. Then the following
> thing are displayed at the bottom of screen
>
> Running anaconda -- may take some time to load...
> install exited abnormally -- received signal 9
> sending termination signals...done
> sending kill signals...done
> disabling swap...
> unmounting filesystems...
> /mnt/runtime/usr
> /proc/bus/usb
> /mnt/runtime
> /dev/pts
> /proc
> you may safely reboot your system
>
>
> Can anyone tell me what's going wrong? thanks!
>
>
Hi...
A quick look at the Compaq site says that the Trident Blade on the 7470
uses shared memory with the system, rather than having it's own dedicated
memory. These kinds of cards aren't directly supported in Linux, out of the
box. You need to recompile the kernel with frame buffer support, and then
use the frame buffer X driver.
I don't know all the details, but I'm sure thats where you need to start
looking for answers :)
Hope it is helpful.
Regards,
Skip S.
--
If we are what we eat, I'm fast, cheap and easy, with cheese.
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From: rockbaby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: CD ISO (please help)
Date: Sat, 16 Dec 2000 21:47:08 +0300
hi to all,
i am a newbie seeking help
i want to install Red Hat 6.2 and someone told me to download an ISO
image from the web .
so i downloaded the image worth 671 M, but still cant figure out how
that one works ..
i suppose i just have to burn that file to a cd ..
and i could see the directory structure after that .
is that true ..
if not ..
can some one please tell me how to make use of that file
the linux installation book i bought doesn't have anything for that
issue .
regards,
rockbaby
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From: srinivas_vanjari <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Can lilo handle a drive with more than 1024 cylinders
Date: Sat, 16 Dec 2000 18:41:38 GMT
Hi,
I have a computer on which i am currently running windows and i wish to
use linux also. But my hard disk is more than 1024 cylinders in size (
20 GB) and i am not sure whether i will be able to boot both windows
and linux using windows. I also want to know whether the linux
partition should start from the beginning or whether it can be anywhere
else.
I would be grateful if you can also provide me some info on how to set
up linux for dial-up (red hat 7). I am a novice.
Thanking you,
--
regards,
srinivas_vanjari,
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Skip S. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: CD ISO (please help)
Date: Sat, 16 Dec 2000 10:52:01 -0800
On Sat, 16 Dec 2000 21:47:08 +0300, rockbaby wrote:
>
> i suppose i just have to burn that file to a cd ..
> and i could see the directory structure after that .
>
Yup, that's the fix :)
There should be an option in your burner program to 'create CD from disc
image'. Barring other unforseen problems, that should have you setup.
Regards,
Skip S.
--
If we are what we eat, I'm fast, cheap and easy, with cheese.
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Subject: Re: How to start gpm ?
Date: Sat, 16 Dec 2000 13:51:29 -0500
From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Thanks !!!!!
I feel so stupod, but now I see how the script "gpm" works.
The line following the if ....
. "$MOUSECFG"
just made no sense AT ALL.
Thanks to your reply, I think I understand how the system
finally invokes gpm with the -t ps/2 option.
g.
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From: Skip S. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Reconfigure Gnome in RedHat 7
Date: Sat, 16 Dec 2000 10:59:29 -0800
On Sat, 16 Dec 2000 09:04:02 -0600, Noble Pepper wrote:
> Doug Holtz wrote:
>
> > 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
> >
> > --
> > Doug Holtz
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >
> >
> >
> This sounds like a X problem, does it do this in other desktops (KDE,
> enlightenment)? Does <ctrl> <alt> + or <ctrl> <alt> - make things more to
> your liking.
>
> If so, when you do your X setup (Xconfigurator?) try to select only one
> resolution (640x480, 800x600 etc). If you can't do that, then you can edit
> /etc/XF86Config by hand, set it so that there is only one mode in the
> Screen section that you system is using. The section is probably at the
> very end of the file. Here is how mine is set up, you can see where I had
> more than one attempt to get it to my liking. The # at the beginning of a
> line comments it out.
>
> # The accelerated servers (S3, Mach32, Mach8, 8514, P9000, AGX, W32,
> # Mach64)
>
> Section "Screen"
> Driver "accel"
> Device "Rage LT"
> Monitor "VeiwSonic A90"
>
> # Subsection "Display"
> # Depth 16
> # Modes "1024x768" "1280x1024" "800x600"
> # ViewPort 0 0
> # EndSubsection
> # ? Subsection "Display"
> # ? Depth 24
> # ? Modes "1280x1024"
> # ? ViewPort 0 0
> # ? EndSubsection
> Subsection "Display"
> Depth 32
> Modes "1024x768"
> ViewPort 0 0
> EndSubsection
> EndSection
>
Like He said... except :)
You don't have to limit yourself to one resolution. Just move the ones that
are there around so your prefered resolution is listed first. That will be
the one X uses by default. Then should you want to zoom in on something you
can <ctrl><alt>(keypad)+/- to toggle among the available resolutions.
At least thats how it worked for me :)
Regards,
Skip S.
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Subject: Re: Mandrake 7.2 install problem
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Don Hinds)
Date: Sat, 16 Dec 2000 19:09:22 GMT
Thanks for the info I was guessing that was the problem. As a new user
how/where do I go about recompiling the Kernel etc.
Don
>Hi...
>A quick look at the Compaq site says that the Trident Blade on the
>7470
>uses shared memory with the system, rather than having it's own
>dedicated
>memory. These kinds of cards aren't directly supported in Linux, out
>of the
>box. You need to recompile the kernel with frame buffer support, and
>then
>use the frame buffer X driver.
>
>I don't know all the details, but I'm sure thats where you need to
>start
>looking for answers :)
>
>Hope it is helpful.
>
>Regards,
>
>Skip S.
>--
>If we are what we eat, I'm fast, cheap and easy, with cheese.
--
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http://meltingpot.fortunecity.com/eritrea/117/
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From: Skip S. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Mandrake 7.2 install problem
Date: Sat, 16 Dec 2000 11:23:48 -0800
On Sat, 16 Dec 2000 19:09:22 GMT, Don Hinds wrote:
> Thanks for the info I was guessing that was the problem. As a new user
> how/where do I go about recompiling the Kernel etc.
>
> Don
>
>
> >Hi...
> >A quick look at the Compaq site says that the Trident Blade on the
> >7470
> >uses shared memory with the system, rather than having it's own
> >dedicated
> >memory. These kinds of cards aren't directly supported in Linux, out
> >of the
> >box. You need to recompile the kernel with frame buffer support, and
> >then
> >use the frame buffer X driver.
> >
> >I don't know all the details, but I'm sure thats where you need to
> >start
> >looking for answers :)
> >
> >Hope it is helpful.
> >
> >Regards,
> >
> >Skip S.
> >--
> >If we are what we eat, I'm fast, cheap and easy, with cheese.
>
I have never seen Mandrake at all, but it should be nearly the same...
You need to install the development, and kernel development packages. This
will put the source files at /usr/src/linux, or somewhere close to there :)
Check out the readme there. It doesn't have all the newbiest of answers,
but is a good place to start.
Regards,
Skip S.
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From: Conrad B Nelson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: ADAPTEC SCSI AHA1505
Date: Sat, 16 Dec 2000 19:32:16 GMT
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I have an Adaptec 1505 card with a DAT tape attached. It worked great
on RH 5.2 but I have not been successful configuring with RH 7.0. I can
read from the drive but as soon as I try to write it hangs the machine.
I have the following lines in my modules.conf file:
options scsi_hostadapter aha152x=0x140,11,7,1,1,1,1,0
alias scsi_hostadapter aha152x
Any assistance in solving this problem would be greatly appreciated.
Conrad
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: What I've learned in the last few days...
Date: Sat, 16 Dec 2000 20:13:42 GMT
> 6) SanDisk USB Imagemate (SDDR-31) compact flash memory reader setup
is no
> easy task if you rely on the existing documentation. I did everything
just
> like the docs said, but it just didn't mount. The problem stemmed from
the
> fact that USB storage devices are accessed through SCSI /dev's. The
system
> will never see /dev/sda1 as a valid block device if the SCSI disk
module is
> failing to load. Actually if the drivers are in place the whole
process of
> putting the reader online is very painless, yet it took me three days
to
> figure that out :)
>
> This is only the beginning of my oddessy(sic). I will try and post
other
> things I come across as I fing them.
>
I am also trying to get this working but can not seem to mount the card.
The reader seems to be fine and shows under /proc/scsi/scsi and
/proc/bus/usb/devices (with usb-storage associated). My mount attempts
get rejected with you must specifiy the filesystem type (auto doesn't
work). So what is the file system type???
Steve
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Distribution for an old PC
Date: Sat, 16 Dec 2000 20:21:26 GMT
Where can I find a distribution suitable for a 386SX 16 MHz, 5 MB RAM
and 80 MB hard disk?
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From: techie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: ftpd
Date: Sat, 16 Dec 2000 15:35:39 -0500
Dec 16 15:29:36 gw ftpd[14427]: getpeername ((null)): Socket operation
on non-socket
Anybody know what this means?
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From: "Gilles Lamoureux" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware,linux.redhat.install
Subject: X window font server crash: help
Date: Sat, 16 Dec 2000 15:05:16 -0600
People,
I was able to login to /home cia x window. After trying several times, I
now cannot access X windows. Here are the error messages:
////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
////////////////////////////////////
FontTransSocket UNIX Connect: can't connect: errno=111
failed to get default font path 'unix/:-1'
fatal server error:
not able to open default font 'fixed'
according to /var/run/gdm.pid, gdm was already running but seems to have
been murdered mysteriously.
////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
/////////////////////////////////
Any ideas. I had been downloading font files to run pdf files and such. I
will gather exactly what I downloaded. But if the errors here are
sufficient to help me, please,
HELP ME. I need to get to my sutdy materials pronto.
thanks,
gilles lamoureux
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From: Stanislaw Flatto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: HELP - renamed machine and now it won't start
Date: Sun, 17 Dec 2000 08:13:32 +0000
Frank Isaacs wrote:
>
> I renamed my Caldera Open Linux 2.3 box, and now it won't start. I did it
> from KDE, and did the immediate reboot it recommended, and now it hangs
Hi Frank!
The best advice I can give to your HELP cry is, get yourself a book on
Unix/Linux administration, NOT related to any distro.
I am using Slak and in it there exist a file in /etc directory called
HOSTNAME - yes, capital letters.
In it resides the name you gave to your box, sometimes as the name
itself and sometimes as fully qualified URL.
Other programs relate to this information.
Now, when using helper programs like the ones from KDE, if they do what
you expect, get drunk;-) but if not - we hear you loud and clear.
So as root, find this file, from command prompt and edit it.
This way, the "difficult one", you know what is where, what you did and
how to correct it.
With time things get simpler and easier.
Enjoy Linux and remember to have fun.
> Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>
> -Frank
>
> PS: e-mail cc: appreciated
--
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Linux counter No.162760
Slak user from Ulladulla.
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From: techie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: dial up modem on demand?
Date: Sat, 16 Dec 2000 16:12:09 -0500
>Can someone tell me where I can find info on setting up my dial up modem to
>dial my ISP when I have a client request to access the ISP?
news:comp.protocols.ppp is indispensible for this task. Dial on
demand is now built-in to pppd so diald is no longer necessary.
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From: "Anthony" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: rp-pppoe cmpil pb
Date: Sun, 17 Dec 2000 05:35:59 +0800
In article <9189tr$jes$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Sylvain Gogel"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> hi i try to run pppoe on my RH6.0 kernel 2.2.16 i download rp-pppoe 2.5
> source tarball. i have a compile error : pppoe.c:In function 'main'
> pppoe.c:1056 'N_HDLC' undeclared (first use in this function)
>
> wazup?? any idee??
Same problem here, I have been trying to track it down but still don't
know what I have been missing.
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From: "Dan White" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: X window font server crash: help
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware,linux.redhat.install
Date: Sat, 16 Dec 2000 21:36:45 GMT
In article <BOQ_5.2621$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Gilles Lamoureux"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> FontTransSocket UNIX Connect: can't connect: errno=111 failed to get
> default font path 'unix/:-1' fatal server error: not able to open
> default font 'fixed'
>
This means that either your X Font server isn't running, or you have a
bad X configuration (incorrect font path), or that you are missing fonts.
Since the error indicates unix/:-1, it can't find your x font server.
A common reason for that happening, it that you're out of drive space and
the font server can't write to /tmp. Run
df -h
to see if you have available space, and try restaring your font server,
e.g.
/etc/rc.d/init.d/xfs start
on Redhat.
If that continues to fail, try reinstalling the standard fonts from your
distribution CD.
- Dan White
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Kernel upgrade problem with winmodem?
Date: Sat, 16 Dec 2000 16:55:42 -0500
I am running Red Hat 6.2 which was working fine with kernel 2.2.14-5.0.
I installed the 2.2.16-3.0 kernel and now my system locks up right after
dialing into my ISP. I get as far as "Connect: ppp0 <--> dev/ttys14"
and then about 30 lines of error messages saying something
about kernel paging error and insmod errors or something like that then
it locks up soild
. I am running this on a Toshiba laptop with the linux ltmodem drivers
installed for the winmodem. Everything else (sound, video, Quake) works
fine and no problems at all with the old kernel. The only other thing is
that linux seems to take longer to boot with the newer kernel and the
MMx checksum speeds are showing up at about 1/8 the speed as the old
kernel on bootup though it doesn't seem slower. I am running Linux and
Windows sharing one hard drive and always boot my Linux partiion with a
boot disk (no lilo for now). I made one boot disk for the 2.2.14 kernel
and one for booting the 2.2.16 kernel . I also upgraded any other
necessary rpms like Sysvinit, modutils, kernel-pcmcia-cs, rpm etc.
Please help with any advice. I am still a little new to linux (almost a
year now)
TIA
Brett
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From: "Dan White" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: how diagnose hardware - Hard lockup then crc error
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware,alt.os.linux,alt.os.linux.mandrake
Date: Sat, 16 Dec 2000 21:59:38 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Stan Towianski"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> My system; AMD-K6 233Mhz 64mb ram has been locking hard at pretty
> frequently lately. It seems to be getting worse. I did not know if it
> is with each Mandrake upgrade ..,7,7.1, now 7.2 or what. I wonder if
> the new KDE 2.0 is buggy.
>
> But I am questioning hardware and I don't know how to figure that out. I
> found memtest and ran that. It blew out once. Then I decided to boot
> from cd and mount my / with usr on it to run the memtest binary I
> created.
>
Try reseating your RAM and PCI cards. For a tough hardware testing suite,
check out
http://sourceforge.net/projects/va-ctcs/
If the problem is a RAM problem, there's a kernel patch which will
reserve the bad blocks (from the memtest86 test) so that Linux avoids
those blocks. You can find the patch at
http://home.zonnet.nl/vanrein/badram/
- Dan White
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