Linux-Setup Digest #304, Volume #20 Fri, 29 Dec 00 12:13:11 EST
Contents:
Re: VMWare = Swap space on Host Linux and paging space for Guest OS (Jaap Brink)
Re: linux printserver with debian and strange printer (Rod Smith)
Re: Setting locale failed ("Nikola")
How to configure a NIC in RH6.2?? (Bo Berglund)
Newbie hardware compatability question ("Julio")
Re: Setting locale failed (Chris Albert)
how to "move" LILO to extended partition ? (TrojanMan)
CD-RW Trouble... (Scott Brady)
Problem installing Mandrake 7.2 (Julian Regel)
Re: How to configure a NIC in RH6.2?? (Robert Kiesling)
Re: SuSE 6.4 - services not starting at boot (Blackberry)
Re: SuSE 6.4 - services not starting at boot (Blackberry)
Re: KDEAdmin 2.0.1 compile problem (Jeffery Cann)
Re: Installing SuSe 7.0 from CD fails with "no hard disk found" (Markus Kossmann)
Re: deleting linux partions (David)
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From: Jaap Brink <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.development.apps,comp.os.linux.development.system,comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.x
Subject: Re: VMWare = Swap space on Host Linux and paging space for Guest OS
Date: Fri, 29 Dec 2000 09:20:08 -0600
When you install VMware on whatever platform, you basically generate a
completely new machine. It doesn't use any of the host resources on the
disk. It'll use its own swap areas. I've installed VMware for both windows
and linux on several machines and it doesn't require extra swap areas in
the host's filesystem.
Jaap
On 29 Dec 2000, Subba Rao wrote:
> Hello
>
> I am planning to install VMWare on a Linux Host and have WindowXX as guest
> systems. The question before the installation is, do the guest operating
> systems use the host systems swap space? Do I need to create a swap partition
> like /dev/hdxx, for each guest OS?
>
> Any experiences and ideas appreciated.
>
> Thank you in advance.
>
> Subba Rao
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> http://pws.prserv.net/truemax/
>
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Rod Smith)
Subject: Re: linux printserver with debian and strange printer
Date: Fri, 29 Dec 2000 15:44:24 GMT
[Posted and mailed]
In article <92hh8a$sk4$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> ok, here's my current setup...
> *i386 (pentium 120) running Debian 2.2 (potato)
> *10-baseT network
> *hp deskJet 680c (parallel)
> *hp deskWriter 680c (serial)
>
> what i need to do... share these printers over the network (mostly for
> micro$oft crap/"operating systems")
>
> i got magicfilter and am trying to use it to get the printers running under
> linux....but there is no filter made for them...and i don't know the specs
> (not much info out there on them). once they work under linux...i'll use
> samba to share them.
First off, check on the compatibility of these models with Linux. The
site http://www.linuxprinting.org/printer_list.cgi has a searchable
database, but it seems to be down at the moment, so I can't check
myself.
If your printers are supported, you can create a Linux printer queue
that feeds the data through Ghostscript. You can then share the printer
as if it were a PostScript model, using PostScript drivers on Windows.
I don't have much experience with Magic Filter, so I can't offer
specific advice on configuring it. Chances are you just need to know
what Ghostscript driver to use, then follow the program's
documentation.
If your printers are NOT supported in Linux, or if you want to use their
native drivers in Windows, you can share the printers "raw" -- WITHOUT
using Magic Filter. Set up the print queue without an "if=" line.
Setting up a Samba printer share is another matter. In either case, the
easiest solution is probably to create a [printers] share, which shares
all your printers. Something like this might be all you need:
[printers]
path = /var/spool/samba
print ok = Yes
browseable = No
If you share both models as PostScript devices, you might want to add
the "postscript = Yes" parameter. There are many other Samba options
that relate to printing. For more information, consult the Samba
documentation or a book on Samba. (I list several, including one by me,
at http://www.rodsbooks.com/books/books-samba.html.)
--
Rod Smith, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.rodsbooks.com
Author of books on Linux & multi-OS configuration
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From: "Nikola" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.misc,linux.redhat.misc
Subject: Re: Setting locale failed
Date: Thu, 28 Dec 2000 19:14:27 +0100
Yes, you are all rigth, I don't have them on system.
Which packages I have to install?
It is Linux Red Hat 6.2, kernel 2.2.16.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bo Berglund)
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.questions,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: How to configure a NIC in RH6.2??
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Fri, 29 Dec 2000 16:19:51 GMT
I just installed RH6.2 after a disk crash that destroyed my previous
RH5.2 installation. This is not the first time I have installed RH6.2
but it was a while ago....
Now I have this problem:
I have 2 NIC:s in the PC and I must now configure the IP addresses of
them. There was no dialogue in the setup sequence where I could do
that so it has to be done manually.
In earlier situations I think I remember I used the command netcfg to
bring up a program screen where I could configure these details.
But on this system when I type netcfg in a command window in KDE
nothing happens, or really a sequence of error messages pop up ending
with 'No such file or directory'
The total message is approximately (has to write it from memory...):
'File /usr/lib/rhs/netcfg/netcfg.py, line 23, in ?
>From Tkinter import *
File /usr/lib/python1.5/lib-tk/Tkinter.py, line 8, in ?
import _tkinter # If this fails your Python may not be configured for
Tk'
What is Python and what is Tk?????
What to do now???
PS: During bootup the two cards are shown as eth0 and eth1
respectively, so they seem to be on teh system...
Bo Berglund
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From: "Julio" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: linux.redhat.install,alt.os.linux
Subject: Newbie hardware compatability question
Date: Fri, 29 Dec 2000 11:28:36 -0500
After messing with Windooze for years, want to get up to speed on 'nix.
Picked up a book about installing and configuring RH that has a CD distrib
of RH 6.0. Have an older machine i wanted to put it on but when I look up
the compatibilities, looks like I'm out. Box has a "WinModem" (generic v.90
Windows modem) and the video adapter is on-board, "AGP." Looks like I could
just have Linux in text mode without a modem. If I replace the modem, would
adding a video accel type card allow me to use XFree?
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From: Chris Albert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.misc,linux.redhat.misc
Subject: Re: Setting locale failed
Date: Fri, 29 Dec 2000 17:21:16 +0100
Nikola wrote:
> Yes, you are all rigth, I don't have them on system.
>
> Which packages I have to install?
>
> It is Linux Red Hat 6.2, kernel 2.2.16.
Nikola,
You dont need to install anything.
You have perl, and you just want to
get rid of an annoying error message
due to some lack of configuration information.
Try doing the following at the command prompt
export LC_ALL=C
and now run perl and see if the errors continue.
Like I said before, you might want to read the perllocale man page.
Good luck
Chris
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From: TrojanMan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.redhat
Subject: how to "move" LILO to extended partition ?
Date: Fri, 29 Dec 2000 16:23:59 GMT
during RH 7.0 install I picked "install LILO to MBR" instead of
"install LILO to extended partition". I regret.
what command, if possible, should I use to re-install LILO from my Linux
prompt to "move" it from MBR to Extended partition ?
My OSBS (http://www.prz.tu-berlin.de/~wolf/os-bs.html) thing can't
"jump" to the MBR and let LILO take over. So I was thinking if I
put LILO on the extended partition boot sector then I can make OSBS
"jump" to it and LILO should then take over.
I've read instructions on using LILO commands including the "-r"
option but I haven't found anything that tells me how to install
LILO to a different boot sector(in this case the boot sector of
the extended partition where I installed RH 7.0).
Thank you.
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From: Scott Brady <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: CD-RW Trouble...
Crossposted-To: alt.linux
Date: Fri, 29 Dec 2000 16:36:55 GMT
I'm having trouble with sporadic error messages from my new
CD-RW.
I've had it about a week now and in that period have only been
able to burn 4 discs despite many attempts. The failed burns
gave me an error message that I have enclosed at the end of this
post.
The drive is an Actima ARW8432 (8x/4x/32x) that is reported to
be a 'CD-R/RW RW7080A' at boot time and by cdrecord (CdWrite does
not support this drive). It's an ATAPI drive that I'm running in
SCSI emulation mode. I have no trouble reading from the drive.
As an aside, I tried sticking the drive in an AMD K6 500mhz
Win98 box and also had no luck there. When I would try to burn
with Nero Cd Burner, Win98 would fold like a house of cards. The
repeated failure on both boxes/OS's leads me to believe the drive
is bad but I don't want to bring it back unless I'm certain I'm
not the cause of the problem. :-)
Any info would be appreciated.
p.s. I tried swapping out 'dev=/dev/sg1' with 'dev=0,1,0' (the
proper designation for my CD-RW) with no change.
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mybox:/home/me/iso# cdrecord -v speed=8 dev=/dev/sg1 -data
binary-i386-2.iso
Cdrecord 1.8 (i686-pc-linux-gnu) Copyright (C) 1995-2000 J�rg
Schilling
TOC Type: 1 = CD-ROM
scsidev: '/dev/sg1'
devname: '/dev/sg1'
scsibus: -2 target: -2 lun: -2
Using libscg version 'schily-0.1'
atapi: 1
Device type : Removable CD-ROM
Version : 0
Response Format: 1
Vendor_info : ' '
Identifikation : 'CD-R/RW RW7080A '
Revision : '1.10'
Device seems to be: Generic mmc CD-RW.
Using generic SCSI-3/mmc CD-R driver (mmc_cdr).
Driver flags : SWABAUDIO
Drive buf size : 2752512 = 2688 KB
FIFO size : 4194304 = 4096 KB
Track 01: data 643 MB
Total size: 738 MB (73:09.73) = 329230 sectors
Lout start: 738 MB (73:11/55) = 329230 sectors
Current Secsize: -1
ATIP info from disk:
Indicated writing power: 7
Is not unrestricted
Is not erasable
ATIP start of lead in: -11538 (97:28/12)
ATIP start of lead out: 359849 (79:59/74)
Disk type: Long strategy type (Cyanine, AZO or similar)
Manuf. index: 7
Manufacturer: GIGASTORAGE CORPORATION
Blocks total: 359849 Blocks current: 359849 Blocks remaining:
30619
Starting to write CD/DVD at speed 8 in write mode for single
session.
Last chance to quit, starting real write in 1 seconds.
Waiting for reader process to fill input buffer ... input buffer
ready.
Starting new track at sector: 0
Track 01: 0 of 643 MB written.cdrecord: Input/output error.
write_g1: scsi sendcmd: retryable error
CDB: 2A 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 10 00
status: 0x2 (CHECK CONDITION)
Sense Bytes: 70 00 03 00 00 00 00 0C 00 00 00 00 64 C0 00 00
Sense Key: 0x3 Medium Error, Segment 0
Sense Code: 0x64 Qual 0xC0 (illegal mode for this track) [No
matching qualifier] Fru 0x0
Sense flags: Blk 0 (not valid)
cmd finished after 8.031s timeout 40s
write track data: error after 0 bytes
Sense Bytes: 70 00 00 00 00 00 00 0C 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
00
Writing time: 13.071s
Fixating...
cdrecord: Input/output error. close track/session: scsi sendcmd:
retryable errorCDB: 5B 00 02 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
status: 0x2 (CHECK CONDITION)
Sense Bytes: 70 00 05 00 00 00 00 0C 00 00 00 00 72 04 00 00
Sense Key: 0x5 Illegal Request, Segment 0
Sense Code: 0x72 Qual 0x04 (empty or partially written reserved
track) Fru 0x0
Sense flags: Blk 0 (not valid)
cmd finished after 0.002s timeout 480s
Fixating time: 0.006s
cdrecord: fifo had 128 puts and 1 gets.
cdrecord: fifo was 0 times empty and 0 times full, min fill was
100%.
mybox:/home/me/iso#
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For good measure here is the output of scanning the bus:
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mybox:/home/me/iso# cdrecord -scanbus
Cdrecord 1.8 (i686-pc-linux-gnu) Copyright (C) 1995-2000 J�rg
Schilling
Using libscg version 'schily-0.1'
scsibus0:
0,0,0 0) 'TOSHIBA ' 'DVD-ROM SD-M1202' '1020'
Removable CD-ROM
0,1,0 1) ' ' 'CD-R/RW RW7080A ' '1.10'
Removable CD-ROM
0,2,0 2) *
0,3,0 3) *
0,4,0 4) *
0,5,0 5) *
0,6,0 6) *
0,7,0 7) *
mybox:/home/me/iso#
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Might as well include output from dmesg:
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scsi0 : SCSI host adapter emulation for IDE ATAPI devices
scsi : 1 host.
Vendor: TOSHIBA Model: DVD-ROM SD-M1202 Rev: 1020
Type: CD-ROM ANSI SCSI revision:
02
Detected scsi CD-ROM sr0 at scsi0, channel 0, id 0, lun 0
Vendor: Model: CD-R/RW RW7080A Rev: 1.10
Type: CD-ROM ANSI SCSI revision:
02
Detected scsi CD-ROM sr1 at scsi0, channel 0, id 1, lun 0
scsi : detected 2 SCSI generics 2 SCSI cdroms total.
sr0: scsi3-mmc drive: 32x/32x cd/rw xa/form2 cdda tray
Uniform CD-ROM driver Revision: 3.11
sr1: scsi3-mmc drive: 32x/32x writer cd/rw xa/form2 cdda tray
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http://www.sbrady.com/
"A society that will trade a little liberty for a little order
will lose both and deserve neither." - Thomas Jefferson
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From: Julian Regel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Problem installing Mandrake 7.2
Date: Fri, 29 Dec 2000 16:51:01 GMT
Hi.
I'm having problems installing Linux Mandrake 7.2.
My system is configured as follows:
8.4GB Primary Master (hda)
CD-RW Primary Slave (hdb)
6.4GB Secondary Master (hdc)
DVD-ROM Secondary Slave (hdd)
/dev/hda1 =3D Windows 98SE (FAT32)
/dev/hda2 =3D SCO Unixware
/dev/hda3 =3D <currently spare>
/dev/hda4 =3D BeOS
/dev/hdc1 =3D Linux (/)
/dev/hdc4 =3D Extended partition containing:
/dev/hdc5 =3D Linux (/home)
/dev/hdc6 =3D Linux (/opt)
/dev/hdc7 =3D Linux (/tmp)
/dev/hdc8 =3D Linux (/usr)
/dev/hdc9 =3D Linux (/usr/local)
/dev/hdc10 =3D Linux (/var)
/dev/hdc11 =3D Linux Swap
I'm currently running Mandrake 7.0 which installed without any problems.=
=20
I intend to do a reinstall of the major partitions (saving /home,=20
/usr/local and /opt). I can boot off the CD, but when it starts to load =
the kernel, it identifies the devices okay (noting that both hard disks =
are DMA33) but then freezes at the following:
Partition check:
hda: hda1 hda2 hda3 hda4
hdc:
The machine then locks up.
Any ideas anyone? I've tried turning off DMA for the secondary controlle=
r=20
in the BIOS without any luck. Are there any parameters that I can pass a=
t=20
the LILO prompt? I'm a bit bemused because 7.0 was fine on the same=20
hardware.
Any help appreciated.
Julian
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Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.questions,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: How to configure a NIC in RH6.2??
From: Robert Kiesling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Fri, 29 Dec 2000 16:46:42 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bo Berglund) writes:
> I just installed RH6.2 after a disk crash that destroyed my previous
> RH5.2 installation. This is not the first time I have installed RH6.2
> but it was a while ago....
> Now I have this problem:
> I have 2 NIC:s in the PC and I must now configure the IP addresses of
> them. There was no dialogue in the setup sequence where I could do
> that so it has to be done manually.
> In earlier situations I think I remember I used the command netcfg to
> bring up a program screen where I could configure these details.
> But on this system when I type netcfg in a command window in KDE
> nothing happens, or really a sequence of error messages pop up ending
> with 'No such file or directory'
>
> The total message is approximately (has to write it from memory...):
> 'File /usr/lib/rhs/netcfg/netcfg.py, line 23, in ?
> From Tkinter import *
> File /usr/lib/python1.5/lib-tk/Tkinter.py, line 8, in ?
> import _tkinter # If this fails your Python may not be configured for
> Tk'
>
> What is Python and what is Tk?????
>
> What to do now???
Sounds like an installation or configuration error. Look for
a RPM on the distribution CD called pytk, pythonlib, or similar.
Alternatively, uninstall and re-install netcfg and see what
RPM packages it depends on.
--
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From: Blackberry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: SuSE 6.4 - services not starting at boot
Date: 29 Dec 2000 08:14:29 -0800
On Sun, 24 Dec 2000 08:40:27 GMT, David wrote:
>
>I don't use Suse am am not familiar with what Suse uses.
>
>man setup
>man tksysv
>man ntsysv
Uh, well, thanks anyway. Of those, only "man setup" exists on my system, and
that only tells me about some kernel function call. What should it be telling
me?
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"It's enough to make you wonder sometimes if you're on the right planet."
-- Frankie Goes to Hollywood
Brian -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- remove "NOSPAM"
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From: Blackberry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: SuSE 6.4 - services not starting at boot
Date: 29 Dec 2000 08:19:09 -0800
On Sun, 24 Dec 2000 12:20:34 +0100, Michael wrote:
>
>Hello,
>
>> cat /etc/rc.d.README
>
>Hi,
>
> some people do expect here the scripts for booting up the machine.
>We skipped this structure. You can find the equivalent files under
>/sbin/init.d ('binary' scripts) and /etc/rc.config (configuration).
Thanks. I've *read* all of that. Can you give me some better idea of what I'm
missing?
The scripts *exist* in /sbin/init.d and are symlinked into /etc/rc.d/rc3.d. The
SUSE system *created* the scripts and linked them there itself. I didn't touch
them.
The scripts run *fine*, without error. They just don't run at startup, or else
the services don't start for some other reason. But they don't seem to generate
any errors or error logs.
====================
"It's enough to make you wonder sometimes if you're on the right planet."
-- Frankie Goes to Hollywood
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From: Jeffery Cann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: KDEAdmin 2.0.1 compile problem
Date: Fri, 29 Dec 2000 16:45:32 GMT
Eric,
I ran into the same problem today. Here's what I did to fix it:
1. ftp.slackware.com
2. downloaded rpm-4.0-4.i386.rpm (/pub/linux/redhat/...)
3. ran 'rpm2tgz' util on rpm archive
4. used pkgtool to deinstall rpm 3.0.2
5. used pkgtool to install rpm 4.0.4
6. cd to directory where kdeadmin will build
7. $ make clean
8. $ rm config.cache
9. $ make
I had to do a make clean and reconfigure because the build could not
find the new rpm 4.0.2 libraries.
Jeff
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From: Markus Kossmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Installing SuSe 7.0 from CD fails with "no hard disk found"
Date: Fri, 29 Dec 2000 07:40:05 +0100
Parzival Herzog wrote:
>
> 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.
Read http://sdb.suse.de/en/sdb/html/a7vpromise.html
--
Markus Kossmann
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From: David <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: deleting linux partions
Date: Fri, 29 Dec 2000 17:03:17 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> We're trying to delete one our linux setups. We've used fdisk /mbr to
> remove lilo from the old boot partition. This partition has then been
> formated to FAT. But we can't delete the old root partition using DOS
> fdisk. So how do you delete linux root partitions without linux's
> fdisk? I apologise for this not quite being a setup question.
>
> Sent via Deja.com
> http://www.deja.com/
Use the installation boot disk to boot the system and follow through
the install up to the partitioning section. Delete all linux partitions
and then choose the "Back" button and save the changes when asked. Then
reboot the system with a windows boot disk and do a:
fdisk /MBR
You will have to format the disk/partition back to the win/DOS format.
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