Linux-Setup Digest #258, Volume #20 Wed, 20 Dec 00 07:13:07 EST
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Re: Curses Installation & Kernel Installation(make menuconfig) ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: /dev/sequencer problem es1371 (=?ISO-8859-1?Q?Rasmus_B=F8g_Hansen?=)
Re: Formatting New Drive on Linux (David)
Re: ATI All-in-Wonder and CTX VL400 Monitor ("Jason Byrne")
Re: Printing only banner page on a Lexmark Optra T612? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Xserver (Gurusubramanian)
Re: Windows-ME dual boot (Daz)
Re: playing mp3 doesn't work under Linux SuSe 7.0 (Michael Andreas Kleer)
Re: UUCP? (Michael Andreas Kleer)
Re: SUSE7 on Win98 (glitch)
Re: kernel recompilation error (glitch)
Re: UUCP? (M. Buchenrieder)
Re: linux, NT & 98? (Daz)
How can you increase size of loop0? ("Mike Jenkins")
Battlecom server for Linux ("Koen Van Impe")
Re: Whoops (Tor Slettnes)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Curses Installation & Kernel Installation(make menuconfig)
Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2000 09:17:20 GMT
Hi,
I think I'll add some more details to make my problem clearer so that
you people can help me out.
I installed linux slackware2.0.35 but without curses(I'm cursing that
act now). So I installed curses by compiling the source. I wanted to
upgrade my linux box to 2.2.13. I tried 'make menuconfig' but it spits
at me the error message that I have attached at the end of this mail.
Hope one of you will be able to help me.
Thanks in advance,
C.G.Senthilkumar.
In article <91pk0g$bvh$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Hi,
> I issued a 'make menuconfig' to compile a linux kernel after
> installing the curses package. But I get the following(end of the
mail)
> error message. I have removed all the old include files from the
> /usr/include directory. But still the same error message comes.
>
> Can you please help me out in this regards?
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Regards,
> C.G.Senthilkumar.
>
> --The error message that I got--
>
> rm -f include/asm
> ( cd include ; ln -sf asm-i386 asm)
> make -C scripts/lxdialog all
> make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-2.2.13/scripts/lxdialog'
> make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.2.13/scripts/lxdialog'
> /bin/sh scripts/Menuconfig arch/i386/config.in
> Using defaults found in arch/i386/defconfig
> Preparing scripts: functions,
> parsing....................................done.
>
> There seems to be a problem with the lxdialog companion utility which
is
> built prior to running Menuconfig. Usually this is an indicator that
> you
> have upgraded/downgraded your ncurses libraries and did not remove the
> old ncurses header file(s) in /usr/include or /usr/include/ncurses.
>
> It is VERY important that you have only one set of ncurses header
files
> and that those files are properly version matched to the ncurses
> libraries
> installed on your machine.
>
> You may also need to rebuild lxdialog. This can be done by moving to
> the /usr/src/linux/scripts/lxdialog directory and issuing the
> "make clean all" command.
>
> --End of error message --
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From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Rasmus_B=F8g_Hansen?= <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: /dev/sequencer problem es1371
Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2000 10:01:53 +0100
On Wed, 20 Dec 2000, Scott Rainaldo wrote:
> My soundblaster PCI 64 (es1371) works fine so far for playing CDs, mp3s,
> and wavs (all PCM output?). However, whenever I try to play midi files or
> even open any program which uses /dev/sequencer I get an error.
That is because the es1371 does not have a midi sequencer. The Windows
'midi' is actually a software synthesizer.
Your best bet is probably to use some software synthesizer like timidity
or softoss.
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From: David <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Formatting New Drive on Linux
Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2000 09:37:59 GMT
Kevin Brown wrote:
>
> I just took an old hard drive from a windows machine, and would like to
> format it to work on my redhat 7.0 machine. I used linux fdisk to
> delete the fat32 partition on it, then created an ext2 partition to fill
> the disk. When I remounted the new partition, all the stuff that was on
> the disk was still there, and it seems to want to still mount as vfat,
> and wont mount as ext2. fdisk says that there is only an ext2 partition
> on it. How do I wipe the entire disk and then start with a new ext2
> partition on it?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Kevin
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To remove all partitions and wipe the drive clean.
mknod /dev/hdX (where hdX or sdX is your drive)
cat /dev/zero >/dev/hdX
You will format it during the install.
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From: "Jason Byrne" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: ATI All-in-Wonder and CTX VL400 Monitor
Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2000 02:24:45 -0800
"David Sisk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:m0J%5.4472$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Im having trouble with Linux-Mandrake Version 6.5 installing the correct
> drivers or settings for a ATI Rage II+ PCI (ati_m64) Video Card as windows
> 98 says it is. Its really a All-in-Wonder Card and the Monitor is a CTX
> VL400 90mhz I can get the graphic to sync or not to show at all,, what am
I
> doing wrong could someone help me please.. I would really love to start
> learning more about linux but Im just a newbie at it.
Check out http://linuxvideo.org
>
> David Sisk
>
>
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Printing only banner page on a Lexmark Optra T612?
Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2000 10:28:46 GMT
I assume you are printing from a Unix system.
Your lpr does not send jobs to port 80 but 515 of the printserver. The
printserver in the Lexmark printer has a buil-in LPD server which
accepts lpr requests from other hosts.
You should determine first if you can use the Unix printing system
correctly. For this try to create queue pointing to the IP of the
printer using the system utilities (edit the /etc/printcap - be very
carefull on this or if there is aSystemV use lpadmin) a send a printjob
using the lpr command.
If this works then you shoul probably have to setup correctly the queue
created with Markvision. I asume you use lexprt ?
Create a new queue with lexprt and choose a postscript driver or RAW
and see what happens.
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Hello,
> I hoping someone can help me out. Where I work at they setup a
Lexmark
> Optra T612 printer. The admins setup the printer with a HTTP address
to
> access the printer. Wasn't sure that lpr understands sending print
job
> to port 80, I obtained "drivers" from lexmark for this printer. I
> configured it the best I can and I only was able to print a banner
page
> and nothing else. I am using the MarkVision drivers. Can someone
help
> me out? Thanks!!!!
>
> Jose
>
>
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From: Gurusubramanian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Xserver
Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2000 15:55:04 +0530
hello,
While installing redhat linux 6.2 on my machine in X mode,
it complains saying Xstartup failed and proceeds the installation in
textmode and it was successful. I did a custom class installation.
Thereon I am not able to have xwindows or gui with my linux.
So from where do I get info on Xserver and from where can I download
this?
Cheers
Guru
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From: Daz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Windows-ME dual boot
Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2000 10:53:14 +0000
I was lead to believe that the MBR will not be changed under ME or NT/2000,
but it can be on 98.
I use bootmagic (comes with partition magic) to boot. If the OS doesn't
allow the MBR to be overwritten then it creates a boot disk that will do it
for you (uses DR-DOS I think).
Daz
Jim Bean wrote:
> hi listers,
> I have a new Dell machine that runs windows-ME. My previous machine,
> trashed sigh, ran windows-98 and RH 6.0 on a second disk, dual booted of
> course. The primary disk was FAT16.
>
> I put the second disk into the new machine and tried to re-install
> Linux on it. The result of loading LILO into the MBR was an unbootable
> system, which would say ME is like NT.
>
> The software guru at RH says that windows-ME is essentially windows-98.
> The microsoft website says its a version of windows-2000.
>
> Sooo is there a newer LILO that is safe to put on windows-ME or are the
> NT type solutions required? BTW the how-to's are hopelessly out of date
> on this.
> TIA Jim Bean
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From: Michael Andreas Kleer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: playing mp3 doesn't work under Linux SuSe 7.0
Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2000 11:47:17 +0100
Pierre-Andre Rovelli wrote:
> I have installed SUSE 7.0 on a Compaq Deskpro 5120. The Soundcard is a
> ESS688 audiodrive. I have installed it manually using YAST2 under ESS688
> Audiodrive. I can play WAV and audio-cd files but mp3 doesn't work. Does
> anybody know what's wrong ?
>
> Thank you in advance for your help
>
> Pierre-Andre Rovelli
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Well, if you're able to play WAV files you should be able to play mp3's.
Does your Player support mp3????
I'm using xmms (semilar to winamp) to play music files. It supports mp3.
Try it!
Andreas
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From: Michael Andreas Kleer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: UUCP?
Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2000 11:50:00 +0100
Yavin wrote:
> I know this is a unix to unix copy command, but how would this be used
> in a dialup senario? It seems that it is used to give (DHCP) info???
>
> --scott
Same as usual: rtfm
Try: man uucp
and enjoy
Andreas
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Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2000 06:08:41 -0500
From: glitch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: SUSE7 on Win98
Tiefenbacher wrote:
>
> To me as an absolute beginner in linux it seems that, getting started
> physically with linux, one of the most important things is the way you
> organize your hard disk, especially if you want to use various OS.
> So, therefore i�d love to know what "real experts" think about the
> following: (the partitioning and formatting was done by partition magic
> under win)
>
> What do you think of my way of partitioning:
>
> 10GB hard disk partitioned in
> one primary: 4GB Fat32 for win,
> one extended partition of 6GB with:
> one logical 50MB root Linux,
> one logical 150MB swap Linux and
> one logical 3.5GB linux, and
> two logical each 1GB Fat for win data?
> Do i have to expect serious problems for my harddisk, system??
> Any replies greatfully aknowledged
I think 150megs of swap is a little excessive. I have 128megs of
physical RAM in my laptop and created a 128meg swap partition and the
most that has been used out of it so far is about a meg. Most of the
time it never gets touched and that's with running Apache, Netscape
4.7/6, and E as my window manager, oh, and the Gimp too.
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Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2000 06:13:20 -0500
From: glitch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: kernel recompilation error
maher abedib wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I have diffuculties to comprehend this error message after several times
> customizing the kernel 2.2.17.
> Can anyone highlight something what is wrong with the kernel..
>
> Here is the output:
>
> In file included from radio-miropcm20.c:13:
> ../sound/lowlevel/miroaci.h:9: #error Compiling a driver that needs the
> ACI-mixer but without ACI-mixer support
> radio-miropcm20.c: In function `pcm20_mute':
> radio-miropcm20.c:33: warning: implicit declaration of function
> `aci_write_cmd'
> radio-miropcm20.c: In function `pcm20_setfreq':
> radio-miropcm20.c:73: warning: implicit declaration of function
> `aci_write_cmd_d'
> radio-miropcm20.c: In function `pcm20_getsigstr':
> radio-miropcm20.c:81: warning: implicit declaration of function
> `aci_indexed_cmd'
> make[2]: *** [radio-miropcm20.o] Error 1
> make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.2.17/drivers/char'
> make[1]: *** [_modsubdir_char] Error 2
> make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.2.17/drivers'
> make: *** [_mod_drivers] Error 2
>
Someone responded to a problem like this earlier it seems but maybe on
another newsgroup. They said that ACI mixer support wasn't enabled in
the kernel and therefore the error is created b/c you selected a driver
that needs that mixer support. If you actually read the error message
that makes sense. The solution is to find where you set the option to
enable ACI mixer suport in the kernel. I assume it's in the Sound
section but i could be wrong.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (M. Buchenrieder)
Subject: Re: UUCP?
Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2000 08:19:31 GMT
"Yavin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I know this is a unix to unix copy command, but how would this be used
>in a dialup senario? It seems that it is used to give (DHCP) info???
No. UUCP is a method to transfer files, usually mail and news, in
a compressed format over a serial line or a TCP/IP connection. It
is highly efficient, but needs some knowledgeable person at both
sides of the connection to be established. Once setup, however,
a UUCP link will work flawlessly for years without any need for
further interaction.
See comp.mail.uucp or muc.lists.taylor-uucp for more details.
Michael
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From: Daz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: linux, NT & 98?
Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2000 11:01:48 +0000
You could just get Bootmagic (also comes with Partition Magic).
I have a 3 partition disk, Win2000, Win98 and Mandrake Linux. You must make
sure that all partitions are primary (I think Win2000 also needs to be in
the first partition - I got it to boot in the second but couldn't log on)
and Win2000 must be installed on FAT32, not NTFS.
Daz
-rw wrote:
> This all sounds great -- except that I read somewhere (and I can't find
> the reference now, of course) that while the NT bootloader loaded
> linux, the Windows 2000 bootloader does not.
>
> And, of course, I completely misspoke in my original post and said that
> I had Windows NT and not Windows 2000.
>
> With that new information newly peeled from my warped brain, do you
> have other helpful information? :)
>
>
> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> "UsuLsuspct" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > I am rather new to Linux, but I have messed with the lilo.conf file
> allot
> > for a newbie dealing with the dual boot and NT loader....I might be
> able to
> > lend some advice.
> >
> > First of all, is there some reason that you would rather use LILO to
> handle
> > your dual boot? The only problem with using LILO is that it will get
> > overwritten with every install/reinstall of a MS operating system. I
> have
> > found that it is easier to add Linux to the NT loader, that way you
> wont
> > have to worry about LILO getting overwritten, and being forced to the
> boot
> > disk to load Linux.
> >
> > This is what you will need to do to get Linux in the NT
> loader.....first of
> > all, make sure you have a boot disk that will work, in case
> something get's
> > screwed up. Goto the Lilo.conf setup portion and make sure that LILO
> is
> > installed on your root directory that holds linux.... IE /dev/hdb5,
> and
> > that it is currently looking for the right Linux kernel as the
> default boot
> > choice.
> >
> > You can remove all the other OS choices here as you will be using
> your NT
> > bootloader to load the rest of the OS's.
> >
> > Once this is done you will need to rerun the LILO setup with
> a /sbin/lilo
> > command. After this we will peel off the nescarry boot information
> with dd
> > if=/dev/hdb5 of=/bootsect.lnx bs=512 count=1
> >
> > The file created from the last step will be called bootsect.lnx.
> This file
> > will need to be copied to your first boot directory, ie where
> boot.ini is
> > located....Probally the first partition on C: drive, but may be
> different.
> > Copy this file to the initial startup partion.....you will then need
> to edit
> > the boot.ini file to add the Linux option to the NT loader.
> >
> > Add a line similar to the following:
> >
> > c:\bootsect.lnx = "Mandrake 7.2"
> >
> > Then try and restart, and you should end up with an option of
> Mandrake 7.2
> > in the NT loader....which when selected will automatically boot
> Linux......
> >
> > I reccomend that you read the NT Loader and dual boot How-to's that
> are out
> > there they might clear up any question you might have on this matter.
> >
> > This is a thorough how to on the dual boot process.....
> > http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/mini/Linux+NT-Loader.html
> >
> > Hope this helps...
> > "-rw" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> > news:91lr1a$888$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> > > Every notice how things are always fine until you mess with them...?
> > >
> > > Anyway, I had lilo running fine on my system with /dev/hda1 holding
> NT
> > > (on NTFS), /dev/hdb1 holding some data (on FAT32), and /dev/hdb5
> holding
> > > linux.
> > >
> > > Then I added Windows 98. Aside from the poor planning of adding
> Win 98
> > > after NT, and aside from loads of other 'fun' difficulties,
> everything
> > > is up and running with the following new configuration:
> > >
> > > /dev/hda1 Windows NT (now FAT32)
> > > /dev/hdb1 Windows 98 (booting from /dev/hda1, FAT32)
> > > /dev/hdb5 Linux
> > >
> > > Despite my (foolish) efforts, I can't get my lilo.conf to directly
> boot
> > > Windows 98. I can only get it to boot Windows 98 by booting
> Windows NT
> > > and then going through the NT bootloader to get to 98. Surely
> there is
> > > a simpler way?
> > >
> > > (And once there is a simpler way to boot W98, I'll just remove the
> W98
> > > entry from the NT booloader)
> > >
> > > -Rich W.
> > >
> > >
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> >
>
>
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From: "Mike Jenkins" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: How can you increase size of loop0?
Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2000 05:34:42 -0600
I'm running Linux in the DOS loop configuration on my PC. I'd like to
increase the size of the DOS loop that I initially allocated for Linux. Can
anyone tell me what the process is to do that? I couldn't find it in the
docs or FAQs.
Is it necessary to reinstall or can the config file that mounts it be
edited?
Thanks!
James Jenkins
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From: "Koen Van Impe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Battlecom server for Linux
Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2000 12:23:00 +0100
Hello,
Is someone aware of a Battlecom-server for Linux?
Got the Windows-version but I would like to run the server on my Red Hat 6.2
Koen
Belgium
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Subject: Re: Whoops
From: Tor Slettnes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2000 12:03:28 GMT
>>>>> "Ivan" =3D=3D Ivan Milos <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Ivan> Whoops, for some reason my previous message ended up in the
Ivan> subject line as well.
Please do not post HTML to Usenet, period.
Especially on a UNIX group, most of us are using text-based readers.
Ivan> I am currently running Corel linux and I am quite happy
Ivan> with it. However, I have heard about how Corel may dump
Ivan> their distribution in the near future.=A0 In addition, their
Ivan> progress has been slower than Debian. What I like most
Ivan> about the Corel distribution is the package manager.=A0 I
Ivan> really like how dependencies are handled automatically
Ivan> (through a nice GUI interface).=A0 I tried Red Hat and
Ivan> Mandrake, but their package managers didn't seem to do this
Ivan> (maybe I just gave up on them too fast).=A0 In addition, they
Ivan> both locked up my system several times.=A0 Maybe recompiling
Ivan> the kernel would have helped this.=A0 Anyway, I am thinking
Ivan> about moving to Debian.=A0 However, I was wondering if it is
Ivan> much trouble getting KDE2 running on Debian.=A0 If so, could
Ivan> somebody suggest another distribution based on Debian.
Automatic dependency handling is a feature of APT, not of Corel's
package manager. You'll find that it performs even better with
Debian, since there are no awkward "corel" versions of packages that
actually break dependencies.
One GUI frontend is "gnome-apt". Other console-based frontends
include "console-apt", "aptitude", and good old "dselect".
There is also "stormpkg" - the package manager from the Storm
distribution, now retrofitted into the Debian main distribution. =
I have not tried it, but I hear newbies like it.
KDE2 is included with Debian.
-tor
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