Linux-Setup Digest #275, Volume #20 Sat, 23 Dec 00 01:13:08 EST
Contents:
Re: RH6.2 en Intel 810 probleem ("Michael")
Re: New Kernal Upgrade (Srihari Vijayaraghavan)
KDE/GNOME Screen Scroll ("Michael")
Re: Modem detected on ttyS1but how do I connect in Mandrake 7.2? ("Peter S.")
Re: Modem detected on ttyS1but how do I connect in Mandrake 7.2? (Srihari
Vijayaraghavan)
Re: root fs not mounted (Gertjan Vinkesteijn)
Re: Sun Solaris ("Jason Byrne")
RH 6.2 + Solaris 2.6 x86 LILO Setup (Dale & Lora Marshall)
Re: Modem detected on ttyS1but...SOLVED! Thanks to all (root)
Re: Need help: Mounting windows drives on linux (srinivas_vanjari)
Re: Forcing NIC to 100mbps (David Efflandt)
Re: Using Linux as a Router (Kevin)
Re: KDE/GNOME Screen Scroll ("Edward Alfert")
Re: recompiled kernel doesn't boot (Anna Luigi)
Re: help accessing the net (alpal)
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From: "Michael" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: RH6.2 en Intel 810 probleem
Date: Fri, 22 Dec 2000 21:21:08 -0500
Reply-To: "Michael" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Try looking at www.intel.com. I think I downloaded it from there. I busted
my chops for 2 weeks trying to figure out how to get my 810 working. Yup,
now that I looked, here is the specific web address to go to to get the
agpgart.o source:
http://appsr.intel.com/scripts-df/Filter_Results.asp?strOSs=39&strTypes=DRV,
UTL&ProductID=178
There is an associated "release_notes.pdf" file to download as well, and I
have it, and it tells you how to compile the source rpm files and how to set
up the XFree86 stuff - but, to be honest with you, this file wasn't helpful
beyond compiling the source... and, you know Murphy's Law, I can't find all
the documentation I downloaded and printed on the subject. That should get
you on the right track, though...
Hope I was helpful. Best of luck to you.
Michael
http://www.anthologyproject.com
Patrick Ahles <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:91skcr$ihv$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Sorry posted to wrong group
>
> English translation:
>
> I'm installing RedHat6.2 on a machine with an Intel 810 chipset
(integrated
> video card). Xconfigurator recognizes the video card, but when I type
startx
> I get an error message about /dev/agpgart.
>
> The XFree website says the following:
>
> In order to use most resolutions, it is necessary to install the
'agpgart.o'
> module which accompanies this server. You will probably have to compile
the
> module yourself (see the notes in the module).
>
> I can't find this module, where do I look for it? How about compiling it?
>
>
>
> "Patrick Ahles" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> news:91sirh$jok$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> > Hallo,
> >
> > Ik probeer RedHat 6.2 te installeren op een machine met een Intel 810
> > chipset (geintegreerde video kaart). Xconfigurator herkend de
videokaart,
> > maar als ik startx intik krijg ik een foutmelding over /dev/agpgart.
> >
> > De website van XFree86 zegt het volgende:
> > In order to use most resolutions, it is necessary to install the
> 'agpgart.o'
> > module which accompanies this server. You will probably have to compile
> the
> > module yourself (see the notes in the module).
> >
> > Waar vind ik die module? Hoe moet ik die compileren? En dan?
> >
> >
>
>
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From: Srihari Vijayaraghavan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: New Kernal Upgrade
Date: Sat, 23 Dec 2000 13:19:47 +1100
pcrum wrote:
> Two Questions I like to ask You guys.
>
> 1) Does anybody have a problem booting the newest kernal 2.4. Because I
> have tried that and three different kernals and they don't boot.
>
> 2) See if I am doing anything wrong here.
>
> Ok, first off I wish to thank any of you who decide to help me. Here's my
> problem. I installed RedHat 6.2 on my computer. O.k. everything is great
> no prob's. Them I decided it's time for a kernal upgrade. I download the
> latest upgrade. I did everything in this order:
>
> 1) Unpacked to /usr/src
> 2) made the xconfig (all good from there)
> 3) made all the dependencies
> 4) clean everything up
> 5) made the bzimage
> Everything seems to be looking up.
> 6) copy the bzimage file found in the arch/i386/ to boot (which is where
> lilo says the original vmlinuz is at.
> 7) edited the lilo file to make sure old one is still bootable if a
> problem exists.
> 8) made the new one a bootable kernal in the lilo.conf.
> 9) ran lilo (everything seems good)
> From there I thought ok lets see how she works, I rebooted and tested the
> new kernal the following things happends.
>
> "uncompressing the kernal...Ok"
> "Booting the Kernal"
>
> From there I hang forever. I am hoping someone out there knows whats
> going on and can help me.
>
> Thank You.
>
>
>
>
Hello There,
Try the following:
1. Verify your computer configuration meets the minimum requirements as
documented in Documentation/Changes
2. Try to patch your kernel to Linux-2.4.0-test12, and see if the problem
still persists.
All the best.
--
Thank you,
Hari.
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From: "Michael" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: KDE/GNOME Screen Scroll
Date: Fri, 22 Dec 2000 21:30:58 -0500
Reply-To: "Michael" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Hi guys - I've made attempts to answer a couple of other people's questions
on here tonight, but now I have one of my own...
I just installed the new KDE 2.0.1 because I thought Gnome was doing
something weird - the screen scrolls, and I hate it. You move your mouse to
the bottom of the screen, and your desktop icons scroll up and then you get
your taskbar at the bottom. SO...I installed KDE to see if it was
Gnome-specific, and it's not. Is there any way to cut this off? It's
driving me nuts. It scrolls to the left and right, too... <sigh>
My resolution is 1280x1024 on an Intel i810 chipset (yeah, yeah, yeah - I
know - an i810 - and I figured that one out without asking any questions
here). Also, I'm running RH 6.2 with a 2-3 week old 2.2.16 kernel
(installed that myself, too - I'm getting into this whole Linux thing!).
<Modesty Mode On> :) Now if I can just get past those darn panels and
layouts in Java, I'll be doing good! :)
As most everyone here does, I appreciate whatever pointers you can offer -
and I promise to continue to help others on this forum when I have answers
for them! :)
Thanks.
Michael
http://www.anthologyproject.com
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From: "Peter S." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux.mandrake
Subject: Re: Modem detected on ttyS1but how do I connect in Mandrake 7.2?
Date: Sat, 23 Dec 2000 02:31:27 GMT
Correct. I did the same thing in version 7.1. Now I have version 7.2 and no
kppp. For some obscure reason kdenetwork - *.rpm was not installed and
this new way of configuring the network showed up in DrakConf. I have every
reason to conclude that this superceded the previous method and that it
should work when it appears to do the same thing. So, does that mean that
one should not use DrakConf to configure the network?
Thanks for your input,
Peter
Garry Knight <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:920v4q$oqj$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> In article <L5P06.16325$[EMAIL PROTECTED]> "Peter S."
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > This is most embarrasing to ask how to connect to the Internet. I have
> > version 7.2 and the modem is detected properly, [...]
> > How is it that the thousands of people with
> > Mandrake 7.2 do not report this problem? Is there no means to access
> > the previously entered modem config in KDE and to click on an icon
> > like (Kppp was in version 7.1) to connect?
>
> When I installed 7.2 all I did was run kppp and enter my ISP's details.
> It connected first time and has done so every time since. It's the
> simplest way to configure a connection.
>
> --
> Garry Knight
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Srihari Vijayaraghavan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Modem detected on ttyS1but how do I connect in Mandrake 7.2?
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux.mandrake
Date: Sat, 23 Dec 2000 13:54:06 +1100
Peter S. wrote:
> Correct. I did the same thing in version 7.1. Now I have version 7.2 and
> no kppp. For some obscure reason kdenetwork - *.rpm was not installed and
> this new way of configuring the network showed up in DrakConf. I have
> every reason to conclude that this superceded the previous method and that
> it should work when it appears to do the same thing. So, does that mean
> that one should not use DrakConf to configure the network?
> Thanks for your input,
>
> Peter
>
>
>
> Garry Knight <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> news:920v4q$oqj$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> > In article <L5P06.16325$[EMAIL PROTECTED]> "Peter S."
> > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > > This is most embarrasing to ask how to connect to the Internet. I have
> > > version 7.2 and the modem is detected properly, [...]
> > > How is it that the thousands of people with
> > > Mandrake 7.2 do not report this problem? Is there no means to access
> > > the previously entered modem config in KDE and to click on an icon
> > > like (Kppp was in version 7.1) to connect?
> >
> > When I installed 7.2 all I did was run kppp and enter my ISP's details.
> > It connected first time and has done so every time since. It's the
> > simplest way to configure a connection.
> >
> > --
> > Garry Knight
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>
Hello Peter,
Mandrake 7.2 installs KDE2, and KDE2 has a new program called "Internet
Dialer", which is the good old Kppp + new features.
--
Thank you,
Hari.
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From: Gertjan Vinkesteijn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: linux.redhat.misc,redhat.general,redhat.config
Subject: Re: root fs not mounted
Date: Sat, 23 Dec 2000 03:59:20 +0000
Mark wrote:
> Hey,
>
> I am unable to boot up my redhat 6.2 machine after little use. When I
> try to boot it, I get the
> following error message.
>
> request_module [block_major_3]: Root fs not mounted
> VFS: Cannot open root device 03:06
> kernel panic: VFS: unable to mount root fs on 03:06
>
> In the short time that I have had the machine, I did not make any boot
> or rescue disks. So I
> learned that lesson pretty quick. I even tried to install redhat 7 on
> the machine, but the install
> process failed on the same root fs problem. I am new to linux and don't
> even know where to
> really began to try to resolve this problem. Could the hard drive have
> already died on me?
> Any help would be great.
>
> thanks,
> mark
Try to find a friend who has a rescue disk, otherwise boot from CDROM if
possible. Adjust your /etc/lilo.conf, run lilo and boot again
--
Gertjan
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From: "Jason Byrne" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Sun Solaris
Date: Fri, 22 Dec 2000 20:02:26 -0800
"Mark Post" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> On Fri, 22 Dec 2000 20:15:02 +1300, "Avery" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> >Is there a linux version out of the box that is compatible with the Sun
> >Solaris system I just scored?
>
> Slackware just announced an intial (stripped down) SPARC version this
week.
> I run Slackware on all my systems, so I'm biased.
yep... I'm going to grab the Slackware for sparc when I go to work again
(fast connection).
just for trivia - I have a Sparc 10... had RedHat 6.1 sparc installed
first... most recently (currently) SuSE 7.0 sparc... and I'll more than
likely move to Slackware for keeps since that is also what I run on x86.
I'm not running mission-critical applications on the Sparc 10... but it's
just more fun than Solaris ;-)
oh yeah... I have dual processors and the SMP kernels have always worked
fine.
- Jason
>
> Mark Post
>
>
> Postmodern Consulting
> Information Technology and Systems Management Consulting
> To send me email, replace 'nospam' with 'home'.
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From: Dale & Lora Marshall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: RH 6.2 + Solaris 2.6 x86 LILO Setup
Date: Sat, 23 Dec 2000 04:03:59 GMT
Could someone please point me in the right direction. I've installed
Solaris 2.6 x86 ona second hard disk, and I would like LILO to
recognize it and boot the Solaris kernel. What do I add to the
/etc/lilo.conf to get this capability?
Thanks in advance.
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From: root <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux.mandrake
Subject: Re: Modem detected on ttyS1but...SOLVED! Thanks to all
Date: Sat, 23 Dec 2000 04:12:00 GMT
Well, the problem was that the kdenetconfig pack was not installed. Now
it is and the Kppp works as before. I will still look at DrakConf.
I think we should not assume that an installation program - even as good
as Mandrake's - will install everything that's needed. I think I learned
a lesson here (again :)
Peter
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From: srinivas_vanjari <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Need help: Mounting windows drives on linux
Date: Sat, 23 Dec 2000 04:28:58 GMT
Hi,
That was a typo. Is there anyway of accessing linux drives from
windows ?
Thanks,
--
regards,
srinivas_vanjari,
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David Efflandt)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: Forcing NIC to 100mbps
Date: Sat, 23 Dec 2000 05:17:38 +0000 (UTC)
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Wed, 20 Dec 2000 03:32:36 GMT, rlyacht <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I have linksys LNE100TX NIC in my machine. I've been finding my
>network slower than I'd expected, and I note the following when I run
>tulip-diag:
>
>tulip-diag.c:v1.19 10/2/99 Donald Becker ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
>Index #1: Found a Lite-On PNIC-II adapter at 0xd400.
> Port selection is 10mpbs-serial, half-duplex.
>
>I guess I need to "force" the NIC to 100m. Can someone tell me how to
>do this? Is it done using arguments to the tulip driver at boot time,
>or using tulip-diag and the -w (for write) argument. An idiot-proof
>command line would be much appreciated! Also, should I be changing any
>other settings for better performance.
I have a similar chip LNE100TX (rev 20) from a different nic manufacturer
(Netgear) and the tulip module should automatically do the right thing
based on what you are connected to. With the newest 2.2.x kernels (2.2.17
in my case) I have to use the old_tulip module for it to work properly.
What are you connected to (hub, switch?) and does it specifically say it
can do more than 10mb? With a simple hub 10mb half-duplex is the best you
can do. With a high speed hub you should be able to do 100mb half-duplex.
To do 100mb full-duplex, you have to use a switch or direct nic to nic
crossover cable. Using old_tulip on my PC with my laptop connected by
crossover cable, tulip-diag says:
tulip-diag.c:v2.04 9/26/2000 Donald Becker ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
http://www.scyld.com/diag/index.html
Index #1: Found a Lite-On 82c168 PNIC adapter at 0x6100.
Port selection is MII, full-duplex.
Transmit started, Receive started, full-duplex.
The Rx process state is 'Waiting for packets'.
The Tx process state is 'Idle'.
The transmit unit is set to store-and-forward.
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From: Kevin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Using Linux as a Router
Date: Sat, 23 Dec 2000 05:22:30 GMT
Neil,
This sounds like a job for IP-Masquerading. Set the linux server up with
lP masquerading, and give it a DNS server in /etc/resolv.conf. That should
get you started. You can also look at www.linuxdoc.org for various server
related documents.
hth,
Kevin
On Fri, 22 Dec 2000 10:51:27 -0000, "Neil"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>We have a private network on the networks 10.1.0.0 with an subnet of
>255.255.0.0 this is servered by an NT server with Exchange Server.. also we
>have a multihomed linus server on the same network and alos on a public
>netowork connected with a leased line. The proble being how can we use the
>linux server to route internet traffice from the private subnetwork onto the
>internet through the linus box. the private clients can see the public
>address via ping but cannot see any other public address ie DNS. any help
>would be appreciated.
>
>Thanks
>Neil Platts
>Synthetic Dominion
>
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From: "Edward Alfert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: KDE/GNOME Screen Scroll
Date: Sat, 23 Dec 2000 00:26:50 -0500
even though you say you have 1024x768 resolutions, are you sure you are at
that resolution when you are running XF86?
The default desktop size in X is 1024x768... so if your video setting is set
for lower than that (say 800x600 or 640x480) then when you move the mouse to
the edges it will scroll the screen.
Did you know you can press <ctrl><alt>+ or <ctrl><alt>- to change video
resolutions while you are in X? (oh... use the + or - on the numberpad, not
the one on the main keyboard section)
Did that help? if not, you can alter the XF86Config file and add a line
that says: virtual 640x480 to set the virtual desktop to a lower size. I
use debian, and the file is located in /etc/X11 directory
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"Do what you love and you will never work a day in your life." - Confucious
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"Michael" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:9212he$9se$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Hi guys - I've made attempts to answer a couple of other people's
questions
> on here tonight, but now I have one of my own...
>
> I just installed the new KDE 2.0.1 because I thought Gnome was doing
> something weird - the screen scrolls, and I hate it. You move your mouse
to
> the bottom of the screen, and your desktop icons scroll up and then you
get
> your taskbar at the bottom. SO...I installed KDE to see if it was
> Gnome-specific, and it's not. Is there any way to cut this off? It's
> driving me nuts. It scrolls to the left and right, too... <sigh>
>
> My resolution is 1280x1024 on an Intel i810 chipset (yeah, yeah, yeah - I
> know - an i810 - and I figured that one out without asking any questions
> here). Also, I'm running RH 6.2 with a 2-3 week old 2.2.16 kernel
> (installed that myself, too - I'm getting into this whole Linux thing!).
> <Modesty Mode On> :) Now if I can just get past those darn panels and
> layouts in Java, I'll be doing good! :)
>
> As most everyone here does, I appreciate whatever pointers you can offer -
> and I promise to continue to help others on this forum when I have answers
> for them! :)
>
> Thanks.
>
> Michael
> http://www.anthologyproject.com
>
>
>
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From: Anna Luigi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: recompiled kernel doesn't boot
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Sat, 23 Dec 2000 03:04:22 GMT
Colin Watson wrote:
> Anna Luigi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >When recompiling the kernel, the _only_ thing I changed in the
> >compile options (make menuconfig) was selection of APM.
> >Compilation of the new kernel proceeded smoothly and the new
> >image was slightly larger than the old one, which seemed
> >reassuring. So I copied the new image to the location where
> >lilo defaults to, and rebooted . . . After rebooting to the
> >new image, I see the messages:
> >
> >Uncompresing Linux ...
> >ran out of input data
>
> Did you forget to run '/sbin/lilo -v' as root after copying the new
> kernel image over the old one? You'll need to do that or it will fail to
> boot.
I see, I did that then and now it boots from the recompiled image. I know
it's booting from the recompiled image since it's the default image in
lilo.
Yet now it's back to the old problem- no APM in the kernel (this is what
the command apm reports). Well, that's not really an old problem but a
new problem since it was supposed to be a routine matter to compile in
the APM support. I clicked the APM kernel option in make menuconfig,
and recompiled. I finally got the boot loader to register the new image
which
I know has something new in it since it's a bit larger than the old one.
Yet
still no APM! The bios certainly has all the support for APM, since I
looked
and the computer was manufactured in the middle of 2000.
Thanks in advance for any more suggestions you might have.
>
>
> HTH,
>
> --
> Colin Watson [[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> "And after the fire there came a still small voice ..."
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From: alpal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: help accessing the net
Date: Sat, 23 Dec 2000 16:45:30 +1100
Yes the resolution is fine and I can see the ok button however when I click it
it says "host name unknown" and won't let me do anything other than cancel.Q
Q do I put localhot.localdomain here??
others have indicated I should do nothing and when I do nothing I click on
Netscape I get the following "The fo,lowing host is unknown ...
localhost.localdomain, home.netscape.com " and another error message " netscape
unable to locate server www.redhat.com" thats after clicking on the link in for
redhat..
I didn't specify that I am using KDE as a window manager...
any other thoughts would be apreciated
regards
AlpaL <!_!>
>
>
> Are you able to see both OK and CANCEL button under Netscape's Preference's
> - Proxies? I notice it may not be visible while using 640x480 resolution.
>
> If the above mentioned is your case, try the following:
> 1. Open any program under X, maximise the window, and then you can find out
> the current resolution information using "xwininfo" command.
> 2. Try to increase the resolution to atleast 800x600, then all the buttons
> of Netscape preferences should be visible.
>
> If this is the case, and you are unable to enter your prefernces-proxies
> setting by any other method, please reply to me, we can try to modify the
> preferences by hand. (It is stored in .netscape/preferences.js file under
> your home directory)
> --
> Thank you,
> Hari.
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