Linux-Setup Digest #301, Volume #20 Fri, 29 Dec 00 01:13:08 EST
Contents:
Re: setup modem and soundcard (Bob Martin)
Re: ne2000 PCI (Bob Martin)
makeinfo - do I need it? ("Ed Doyle")
Re: where to find the detail LILO document. (Bob Martin)
Re: 486, Linux and X-windows (L. E. Leaman)
Re: How to modify Profile? (Bob Martin)
Re: Software installation (Bob Martin)
Re: Printer device trouble after upgrade (Bob Martin)
modprobe complaining about serial devices at boot (Jeff Pierce)
Re: PPP question (Bob Martin)
Installing SuSe 7.0 from CD fails with "no hard disk found" (Parzival Herzog)
modem (Glitch)
Re: wingz + RH6.2 (David Neill)
make: *** No rule to make target 'mrproper'... (Guy Parry)
Re: USB Logitech Quickcam (Praetorius)
Bootup Linux7 on BootMagic? (gataway)
install from a partition. ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: qmail (Chan Chung Hang Christopher)
Re: PPP Problem - need help urgently please!! (Chan Chung Hang Christopher)
BootMagic and Win98/W2K/Linux boot issue (boy_afraid)
Slack 7.1 'install.iso' ("Sean Tuttle")
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From: Bob Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux.mandrake
Subject: Re: setup modem and soundcard
Date: Fri, 29 Dec 2000 03:31:13 GMT
Sven Mertens wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> I try to install Mandrake 7.2. The setup program detected my modem but not
> my soundcard, so far ok. I could use kppp to dial out. Then I set up my
> soundcard (Yamaha YMF715E including OPL3,MPU401,MIDI) with harddrake. That
> worked.
>
> But now my modem seems to be locked (can't use minicom, kppp etc.). Maybe
> modem (ttyS1) and soundcard are set to the same IRQ ?
> On bootup I get an error message:
>
> insmod /lib/modules/2.2.17mdk/misc/opl3sa2.o failed
> However, the card works.
>
> I saved my old SuSE isapnp.conf. The IRQ is 5, DMA 8 is 1, DMA 16/2 is
> 1.Under
> Mandrake there is no /etc/isapnp.conf only /etc/isapnp.gone...?
>
> thanx for your time
>
> Sven
Sound cards usually use IRQ 5 as default. isapnp.conf is created by
saving the output of the pnpdump command. with an internal modem, you
could also have a conflict between your onboard serial ports and the
modem. ttyS1 is defaults to IRQ 3 ( COM2 in DOS speak ) which also be
what the on board serial is trying to use.
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From: Bob Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: ne2000 PCI
Date: Fri, 29 Dec 2000 03:46:04 GMT
Jakub Wosko wrote:
>
> Hi all,
> I have Linux Red Hat 6.1. The main problem is that I can't set driver
> for my NE-2000 PCI.
> (I tried: modprobe ne, modprobe ne2k, modprobe ne2k io=0x300 irq=5, 7,
> 10, 11 etc... etc..).
> Every time I have message: Device or resource busy.
> Please help me if you can.
>
> Kuba
The correct module is the ne2k module. run the lspci command and see if
it list your NIC. Also when you boot the system , the BIOS usually list
the PCI resources found, again check for the NIC. It's possible you have
an IRQ conflict, usually this an AGP or PCI video card that neeeds an
IRQ.
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From: "Ed Doyle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: makeinfo - do I need it?
Date: Thu, 28 Dec 2000 22:48:46 -0500
Hi,
I just noticed that when I run ./configure, I get a message: checking for
makeinfo ... missing
Is this a problem, and if so - where do I get it.
Thanks
Ed
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Bob Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: where to find the detail LILO document.
Date: Fri, 29 Dec 2000 03:49:33 GMT
ky_chiang wrote:
>
> Hi all ,
> Where can i find the detail LILO document? (ex. append and so on)
> I have 3 G memory and it's ok at windows 2000, but RedHat 7.0 only
> recognized 2G memory size.
> How to do ? ( it's fail to set "append= " mem=3000M" and it's ok to set
> "append = "mem=1500M" in lilo.conf)
> Best regards.
Not a lilo issue, kernel currently only takes 2GB of memory max
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From: L. E. Leaman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: 486, Linux and X-windows
Date: Thu, 28 Dec 2000 22:48:48 -0500
On Thu, 28 Dec 2000, Bob Martin wrote:
>Ed Collins wrote:
>>
>> Hello, there:
>>
>> I'm in the process of installing Linux and X-windows on my 486 with 126K of
>> cache and 8 MBytes of RAM.
>>
>> My question is, will Linux and X-windows work well? Should I get more
>> cache? More memory? Or should I purchase a MB from e-bay that will fit
>> inside a 486 case?
>>
>> I would certainly appreciate a discussion on this topic.
>>
>> ed collins
>
>Most of the current distros won't install with less than 16mb of ram.
>The main linux desktops, gnome and kde need 32mb. The box you have would
>be fine for a gateway/firewall box or a console based linux box.
>Upgrading is always a tradeoff, with a new motherboard you'll find you
>will need to replace just about everything else as well, a new case
>because the board is ATX form factor not AT, new memory because it needs
>DIMMs not SIMM, new cards because it PCI based not ISA, a new CPU etc,
>etc...
Just installed Slackware 7.1 on 486 DX2 66 8M. Fwm, Fvwm2 or Fvwm95
works OK. Gnome or KDE takes 15 min. to load... unusable.
Try it and have fun.
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From: Bob Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: How to modify Profile?
Date: Fri, 29 Dec 2000 03:56:54 GMT
tszeto wrote:
>
> I'm trying to set my path to recognize the jdk1.3 I just installedm,
> so that the change will be permanant from boot to boot.
>
> I open the file /etc/profile and change the path to this:
> PATH="$PATH:/usr/X11R6/bin:/usr/java/jdk1.3/bin"
>
> But when I echo $PATH, the jdk path that I added doesn't appear.
> I've tried logging out and logging in again but still nothing.
>
> Any help appreciated. BTW I'm using Redhat 7.
After you change an environment variable like path, export it to make
the new value available.
#export PATH
This is only good for the current session, edit your .profile to make it
stick.
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From: Bob Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Software installation
Date: Fri, 29 Dec 2000 04:00:20 GMT
Richard Johnson wrote:
>
> I am new to Linux and installed WordPerfect 8. Is it normal for it not to
> show up in the application menu? Or can I make a shortcut on the desktop?
>
> --
> Posted via CNET Help.com
> http://www.help.com/
Yes, that is normal. What desktop are you using ? gnome has a menu
editor available from the main menu, assume kde has something similiar.
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From: Bob Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Printer device trouble after upgrade
Date: Fri, 29 Dec 2000 04:02:51 GMT
Ron House wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I have discovered another problem after my recent upgrade: the printer
> doesn't.
>
> My printcap file is exactly the same as it was before (did a diff to
> make sure), so all devices etc. must be correct. No loose cables are
> flopping around on the floor. However, investigating with printtool and
> sending an ascii test directly to the port, I found that printtool
> siezed up solid and the printer didn't show any sign of receiving data.
> I am wondering if my old /dev/lp* entries need updating somehow?
You didn't mention what you upgraded.
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Date: Thu, 28 Dec 2000 23:19:57 -0500
From: Jeff Pierce <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: modprobe complaining about serial devices at boot
I just got finished building a new kernel 2.2.16. Upon booting it I got
all kinds of messages about "undefined symbols" in modules. Ofcourse,
those modules weren't included in this kernel.
Ok, I remove /lib/modules/2.2.16 and rerun "make modules_install" to
only have the modules I include in this build.
Now on boot I get a bunch of the following messages:
modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module char-major-4
/dev/ttyS31: No such device
The ttyS19 to ttyS31 are listed on the screen, all before have scrolled
off of the screen to fast to read.
What have I done wrong?
--
Jeff Pierce
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://pages.preferred.com/~piercej
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From: Bob Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: PPP question
Date: Thu, 28 Dec 2000 22:37:17 -0600
Gabriel James wrote:
>
> I have a long PPP question, here it is: When I connect to my isp, the
> modem hangs up and I get the following messages:
> LCP: timeout sending config-requests
> Connection-terminated
> Recieve serial link is not 8-bit clean:
> Problem: all had bit 7 set to 0
> Anyone know how to fix this?
The fix may vary, but the reason is in the ppp howto, see section 8.3
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From: Parzival Herzog <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Installing SuSe 7.0 from CD fails with "no hard disk found"
Date: Fri, 29 Dec 2000 04:37:57 GMT
I am trying to install the SuSe 7.0 evaluation CD on my new machine, and the
CD boots, and Yast2 starts but it immediately puts up a message box saying
that "no hard disk was found". This surprises me because the machine does
indeed have a hard disk, and runs Win2K very well from that disk.
The disk in question is a 30GB IBM Deskstar. It is connected to a Promise
100 IDE controller. My MB is an ASUS A7V. It has two pairs of hard disk
connectors, one pair (primary) for UDMA 100/66 (80 conductor cable), and
one pair (secondary) for intended non-UDMA IDE devices. The hard disk
(which supports UDMA 100) is connected as master to the primary IDE
connecter. My CD-RW drive is connected as master to the secondary IDE
connecter.
The BIOS sees the CD-RW drive as a master IDE device, and the hard disk
as a UDMA device (i.e. it is not listed in the set of IDE devices, but it
is identified later as a UDMA device). I'm not sure what all this means,
except that I could imagine that Linux asks the BIOS about the connected
IDE devices and gets the list (containing only the CD-RW drive) and
concludes that there is no hard disk present.
The BIOS CMOS is set up for a "Plug'nPlay" OS.
Can anyone help me to get SuSe Linux to install on this machine?
A further question would be, will Yast2 and Linux cope correctly with
the very large disk (it has on it at present a 4GB NTFS, a 2GB Fat32, and
10GB NTFS, the remainder free space some of which is to be used by Linux.)
TIA, Parzival
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Date: Thu, 28 Dec 2000 23:44:00 -0500
From: Glitch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: modem
Anyone want to tell me why when I give Linux the same settings as I gave
it last time for my modem in conjunction with the setserial command
Linux doesn't see my modem this time even though last time it worked
first try?
I got my modem to use COM3 now instead of COM5 and its irq is 12 and it
uses port 0xa000. I give setserial those parameters to any and all com
ports and i get no response from them. Why the hell shouldn't I get a
response from COm3?
anyone want to shed some light on this subject which should have been
fixed 30 minutes ago when I first started working on it?
thanks
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Crossposted-To: comp.apps.spreadsheets
Subject: Re: wingz + RH6.2
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David Neill)
Date: Fri, 29 Dec 2000 04:43:17 GMT
In article <92dig1$qgp$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Harlan Grove <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>In article <uYs16.2701$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>> In article <92020g$ghu$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
>> Harlan Grove <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
><snip>
>
>>>Better advice than I gave. Indeed, if the WingZ binary is that old, it
>>>may require libc5, so the OP may have to install some compat-* RPMs.
>>>But as you say, the OP should post the ldd output.
>>
>> Here's the ldd output for WingzPro:
>
><snip>
>
>> #ksh 148: ldd WingzPro
>...
>> libc.so.5 => /usr/lib/libc.so.5 (0x401a0000)
>...
>
>Looks like I made a good guess. WingZ requires LIBC5. Load Gnome RPM
>and check System Environment/Libraries for libc-5.3.12-31.i386.rpm. If
>it's not there, install it from the Red Hat 6.2 CD. You may need to
>create a symbolic link to this, e.g.,
>
>ln -s /usr/i486-linux-libc5/lib/libc.so.5.3.12 /usr/lib/libc.so.5
>
>
I already have:
# ls -log /usr/lib/libc.so.5
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root 14 Dec 7 17:57 /usr/lib/libc.so.5 -> libc.so.5.4.46
# ls -log /usr/lib/libc.so.5.4.46
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root 1839459 Dec 7 17:56 /usr/lib/libc.so.5.4.46
also:
# pwd
/usr/i486-linux-libc5/lib
# ls -l libc.so*
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root 14 Jan 27 1999 libc.so.5 -> libc.so.5.3.12
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 699832 Apr 15 1999 libc.so.5.3.12
so I linked the /usr/lib/libc.so.5 to the
/usr/i486-linux-libc5/lib/libc.so.5.3.12, to see if the older version
was required, ran wingz, still got a core dump....
willing to try most anything...
--
David Neill ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
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From: Guy Parry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: make: *** No rule to make target 'mrproper'...
Date: Fri, 29 Dec 2000 15:47:37 +1100
I've been playing with Mandrake 7.2 for the past couple of weeks
and would like to check the kernel to see if I've got the SCSI module
installed, plus a few other things. But I can't get past Step 1.
Same thing if I bypass mrproper and try 'make xconfig'.
Am I missing a package? Yes, I'm root. Yes, I'm in
/usr/src/linux.
tia...
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From: Praetorius <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
uk.comp.os.linux,linux.redhat,comp.os.linux.hardware,linux.redhat.devel,at.linux,aus.computers.linux,be.comp.os.linux,ch.comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.x,free.comp.linux.misc,utah.linux,linux.sources.kernel
Subject: Re: USB Logitech Quickcam
Date: Thu, 28 Dec 2000 22:07:02 -0700
Michel Dubois wrote:
> Sorry for my wrong E-mail address.... You can reply me to this one :
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> Thanks to your comprehension.
>
> Hello,
>
> I have a Logitech quickcam USB, and I downloaded the sources of modules,
> following :
>
> quickcam.c
> quickcam.h
> makefile
>
> I put all them in a new directory and I typed make. I had an error
> message like this :
> /Makefile : any file or diretory present
> '; needed by 'all'. Stop.target 'quickcam.o'
>
> I have the last compilateur like automake 1.4, autoconf 2.13,
> gcc-2.95.2, and qt 2.2.1, I thought that I needn't the last one.
>
> I compiled these threes and insert them in my kernel 2.2.16. I all ready
> compiled the USB modules, like usb-uhci.o, usbcore.o, etc... but it was
> easy I did it with "make xconfig", etc.....
>
> My question will be simple, how I could do for have quickam.o???
>
> Thanks in Advance.
> Thanks in Advance.
>
>
WOW! I didn't even know there was USB cam support!
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Date: Fri, 29 Dec 2000 13:06:11 +0800
From: gataway <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Bootup Linux7 on BootMagic?
I installed win98 and Linux7 on different harddisk,but i can't get Linux
to boot up from BootMagic, What is the problem?
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: install from a partition.
Date: Fri, 29 Dec 2000 05:09:09 GMT
Hi,
I am attempting to install Red Hat 7.2 from FAT partition on an NT box.
The files were downloaded to the D:\RedHat directory. I want to
actually overwrite the NT so there are no space problems.
My problem is that when I boot with the Linux boot disk and type in the
location of the RedHat directory, I get a message saying that the files
can't be found. I've double-checked everything; could the fact that
they are in a DOS partition be preventing the Linux boot disk from
finding them? If not that, I'm stumped and the Red Hat installation
guide has very little to say about partition-based installs.
Please let me know,
Mike Cooper
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http://www.deja.com/
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From: Chan Chung Hang Christopher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: qmail
Date: Fri, 29 Dec 2000 13:23:06 +0800
maybe something is wrong with the tarball you downloaded. The source code does
not seem to be normal.
Try again with a source tarball from qmail.org or one of its mirrors
pcrum wrote:
> Hello I am a linux newbie and I have a problem setting up qmail. I've done
> everything correct till the point where it says make setup check and then I
> get a message Makefile 8: No seperators Stopped or something close to that.
> I am running red hat 6.2 with 2.2.17 kernal. If someone knows how to remedy
> problem please tell me. Thank You
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From: Chan Chung Hang Christopher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: PPP Problem - need help urgently please!!
Date: Fri, 29 Dec 2000 13:25:36 +0800
can you ping other IP addresses from your other user accounts?
Is so then try to ping a domain name. if you cannot ping domain names then I
suggest you use root to add DNS server IP addresses to your /etc/resolv.conf
That may be the answer to your problems:- lack of name resolution
jpenner wrote:
> I am having an annoying problem with PPP in my Mandrake 7.0. As root, I
> can connect to my ISP and various other services, but none of my user
> accounts are able to. I can start KPPP, and it appears to behave
> normally, making the connection, and indicating that it has connected,
> but once it is connected, my web browser can not access anything on the
> web. I have set suid on my kppp, but to no avail. These are the
> permissions currently on my /etc/ppp directory, and as far as I can tell
> they seem correct:
>
> -rw------- 1 root daemon 78 Dec 21 1999 chap-secrets
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Nov 11 1999 ioptions
> -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 265 Sep 16 1997 ip-down*
> -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 406 Sep 6 1999 ip-up*
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root daemon 5 Dec 21 1999 options
> -rw------- 1 root root 123 Dec 18 21:04 pap-secrets
> drw------- 2 root daemon 4096 Dec 21 1999 peers/
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 47 Dec 18 21:19 resolv.conf
>
> My KPPP is set to: -rwsr-xr-x 1 root root 523380 Dec 18
> 13:02 /usr/bin/kppp
>
> The PPP files from /usr/sbin seem fine, although I am not sure if they
> are actually required in a dial-up modem connection. They are:
> -rwx------ 1 root root 150362 Nov 11 1999 /sbin/ipppd*
> -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 18117 Nov 11 1999 /sbin/ipppstats*
> -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 48124 Jan 11 2000 /sbin/ppp-watch*
>
> I have read the "ppp-HOWTO" and have not found the answer to this
> problem. If anyone could give me a hand with this, I would be very
> grateful. Responses to this NG, or to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" would be
> most appreciated. Thanks in advance, John
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From: boy_afraid <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.windows98,alt.os.linux.mandrake,microsoft.public.win2000.setup
Subject: BootMagic and Win98/W2K/Linux boot issue
Date: Fri, 29 Dec 2000 05:34:08 GMT
I currently cannot boot Windows 98 SE from BootMagic. My system
previously had Windows 98 SE on the first partition as FAT32, then the
second partition has W2K Pro on NTFS, SO I just used the Windows Boot
menu.
Now I just installed Linux Mandrake 7.2 on the third partition (hde6),
swap on the fourth partition (hde7). I installed Mandrake just fine
and put LILO on the linux partition. Then I installed BootMagic
through W2K Pro and now I can boot into Linux. I then tested my
booting and I can also boot in W2K Pro from the bootmagic menu. BUT
WHEN I TRY TO BOOT INTO windows 98 SE it says it cannot find a system.
If I boot using the W2K bootmenu I can get into Win 98 SE.
I know that W2K gets a copy of the MBR and saves it to a file so that
during the bootmenu you can boot into Win 98 by loading that file that
had the old boot sector. I want to boot into 98 using one menu and
not going through 2 of them.
Can someone help me?
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From: "Sean Tuttle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux
Subject: Slack 7.1 'install.iso'
Date: Fri, 29 Dec 2000 06:09:43 GMT
Yeah has anybody successfully downloaded and burned the install.iso file off
of ftp.slackware.com and had it be bootable? I've tried twice using nero
and it won't boot. I was wondering if anyone knows why. Any help would be
appreciated. I don't think there should be anything difficult about it.
thanks.
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