Linux-Setup Digest #305, Volume #20 Fri, 29 Dec 00 14:13:10 EST
Contents:
Re: 486, Linux and X-windows (DeAnn)
Re: 486-Floppy Disk Image Trouble (DeAnn)
RPM won't install glibc rpm errata for 5.2 ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: KDEAdmin 2.0.1 compile problem (Jeffery Cann)
Curing LIL_? ("Dennis J. Tuchler")
SCSI Adaptec 1510 ISA card & trouble, see BODY (Mark Worsdall)
problem with my scanner (Edorta Gastelu)
Re: X Server Security (moonie;))
Re: Newbie hardware compatability question (Netcop)
Re: problem with my scanner (Michael Heiming)
Re: KDEAdmin 2.0.1 compile problem (Eric Ho)
Re: how to "move" LILO to extended partition ? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: RPM won't install glibc rpm errata for 5.2 ("ne...")
Re: Possible to boot Linux with EZ-Bios Running? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Question: Disabling CPUID serial number...general protection fault 0000 ("Ray
McCormack")
Re: SCSI Zip drive in RH 6.2 $@#!? (Michael Perry)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (DeAnn)
Subject: Re: 486, Linux and X-windows
Date: Fri, 29 Dec 2000 17:13:38 GMT
On Thu, 28 Dec 2000 22:20:32 GMT, "Ed Collins"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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
>
>
I've run linux with GUIs on 486s. Stick to small windows
managers. If you can find it / afford it, more RAM will help. I
generally run console mode on machines with <32 MB RAM, and have heard
less than 16 MB RAM can be a problem. Obviously, you will not want /
be able to run large GUI aps (including large GUI windows managers).
You may need to use older text installers. For example, Suse's
YAST2 wants >32 MB RAM, but YAST is still included in the distribution
(and should still work fine on your machine).
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (DeAnn)
Subject: Re: 486-Floppy Disk Image Trouble
Date: Fri, 29 Dec 2000 17:16:42 GMT
On Thu, 28 Dec 2000 12:53:25 -0800, Cheese Dog <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>I've got a room full of Macs networked together, but I have very little
>experience with PCs, MSDOS, Windows, or Linux.
>I was given a 486 with 8 mb RAM and a 330 mb HD.
>It has a 3.5 inch floppy drive, and no CD-ROM drive.
>Windows is not installed.
>I wish to install Linux on the thing, but I have a minor problem.
>I need to get a file called bootnet.img to it.
>I've managed to get rawrite.exe there, but no matter what I try, the
>file bootnet.img is larger than the available space on a floppy, even
>though that was the point of the disk image.
>At first I thought that the Macintosh's finder was putting a few items
>on the disk, but I've formatted it in Windows 2000 via Virtual PC, and
>in MSDOS with the 486 itself.
>
>Is there a way to split the file?
>Am I going to have to find a floppy with Windows 95 on it or something?
>
>It's weird- I've got machines with Zip Drives, CD-RWs, and even DVD-RAM
>Drives, but I'm being stopped for lack of an ol' floppy.
>
>Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
>
Such .img image files usually fit on a floppy (they are designed to).
If yours dose not, then you may either have a floppy with bad blocks
(so that it is too small for the image) or perhaps be having problems
with the MAC writing PC disk images. Try another (new, 1.44 MB floppy
with all good blocks) floppy, and possibly try writing from a pc.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.redhat,comp.os.linux.help,alt.os.linux.redhat
Subject: RPM won't install glibc rpm errata for 5.2
Date: Fri, 29 Dec 2000 17:31:40 GMT
Hi, when I try to run rpm with the following command (as root and the
file is in the current dir):
rpm -i --force ./glibc-2.0.7-29.4.i386.rpm
The following error occurrs:
Only major versions >= 3 con be installed by this version of RPM glibc-
2.0.7-29.4.i386.rpm could not be installed
My version of rpm is 3.0-6. I also downgraded to version 2.x, but same
result.
My original build is from RedHat 5.2 and I upgraded the kernel to
2.2.5. All seemed fine for months until now that I need to upgrade
glibc so I can install Sun's JDK.
Running the rpm on the packages that came with the 5.2 CD works fine. I
tried to upgrade to rpm ver 4.x, but the same error occurrs and the new
rpm cannot be installed.
Any Ideas? Help?
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From: Jeffery Cann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: KDEAdmin 2.0.1 compile problem
Date: Fri, 29 Dec 2000 17:46:03 GMT
In article <92if3a$irg$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Jeffery Cann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 1. ftp.slackware.com
cd /pub/linux/redhat/current/i386/en/RedHat/RPMS
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From: "Dennis J. Tuchler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Curing LIL_?
Date: Fri, 29 Dec 2000 18:00:41 GMT
As I understand it, LIL_ means: The descriptor table is corrupt.
How does one cure that problem without deleting all the partitions and
starting over?
Thanks
djtuchler
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From: Mark Worsdall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: SCSI Adaptec 1510 ISA card & trouble, see BODY
Date: Fri, 29 Dec 2000 16:47:19 +0000
Hi,
Shoved a working Adaptec SCSI card from my NT box into my Linux box (It
has a ZIP drive and scanner attached), recompiled the kernel, could not
find my exact card in the cards list and did the usual:-
cd /usr/src/linux
make menuconfig
make bzImage
make modules
make modules_install
cp arch/i386/boot/bzImage /boot/jill2.2.12-scsi
cd /boot
pico /etc/lilo.conf (edited it etc)
lilo -v -t
lilo -v
reboot
But when it reboots I get numbers all over the screen after it loads the
kernel.
RH5.2, Kernel 2.2.12
Any suggestions apart from, time to update ME kernel?
I noticed this from the .config file:-
#
# Block devices
#
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDESCSI is not set
#
# SCSI support
#
CONFIG_SCSI=m
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SD=m
# CONFIG_CHR_DEV_ST is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SR is not set
CONFIG_CHR_DEV_SG=m
CONFIG_SCSI_MULTI_LUN=y
CONFIG_SCSI_CONSTANTS=y
CONFIG_SCSI_LOGGING=y
#
# SCSI low-level drivers
#
# CONFIG_SCSI_7000FASST is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_ACARD is not set
CONFIG_SCSI_AHA152X=m
CONFIG_SCSI_AHA1542=m
CONFIG_SCSI_AHA1740=m
# CONFIG_SCSI_AIC7XXX is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_ADVANSYS is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_IN2000 is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_AM53C974 is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_MEGARAID is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_BUSLOGIC is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_DTC3280 is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_EATA is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_EATA_DMA is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_EATA_PIO is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_FUTURE_DOMAIN is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_GDTH is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_GENERIC_NCR5380 is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_INITIO is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_INIA100 is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_PPA is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_IMM is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_NCR53C406A is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_SYM53C416 is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_NCR53C7xx is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_NCR53C8XX is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_SYM53C8XX is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_PAS16 is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_PCI2000 is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_PCI2220I is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_PSI240I is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_QLOGIC_FAS is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_QLOGIC_ISP is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_QLOGIC_FC is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_SEAGATE is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_DC390T is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_T128 is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_U14_34F is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_ULTRASTOR is not set
CONFIG_SCSI_DEBUG=m
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From: Edorta Gastelu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: problem with my scanner
Date: Fri, 29 Dec 2000 19:05:21 +0100
a) INSTALLED HARDWARE:
Adaptec 2904 PCI(Supported SCSI card)
Artec AM12S (Supported Scanner)
b) MESSAGES I OBTAIN WHEN I DO "dmesg"
(scsi0) <Adaptec AIC-7850 SCSI host adapter> found at PCI 0/3/0
(scsi0) Narrow Channel, SCSI ID=7, 3/255 SCBs
(scsi0) Downloading sequencer code... 415 instructions downloaded
scsi0 : Adaptec AHA274x/284x/294x (EISA/VLB/PCI-Fast SCSI)
5.1.31/3.2.4
<Adaptec AIC-7850 SCSI host adapter>
scsi : 1 host.
Vendor: ARTEC Model: AM12S Rev: 1.06
Type: Scanner ANSI SCSI revision: 02
Detected scsi generic sg0 at scsi0, channel 0, id 5, lun 0
scsi : detected 1 SCSI generic total.
c) MESSAGES I OBTAIN WHEN I DO "cat /proc/scsi/scsi"
Attached devices:
Host: scsi0 Channel: 00 Id: 05 Lun: 00
Vendor: ARTEC Model: AM12S Rev: 1.06
Type: Scanner ANSI SCSI revision: 02
e) STEPS I FOLLOWED TO REACH THIS POINT:
* Kernel recompilation with scsi support, scsi generic support, scsi
card support.
* My scanners ID is 5, so I've done "ln -sf /dev/sg5
/dev/scanner" otherwise, the scanner won't be detected in
"dmesg" and "cat
/proc/scsi/scsi"
d) DOCUMENTATION I'VE READ:
* Everything I found in www.mostang.com/sane
* man sane-scsi
* sane-artec in www.mostang.com/sane
e) PROBLEM:
I scanner doesn't work in Linux, and when I do "scanimage -L" I get
no
device list.
T H A N K S
Linux user #175011
Debian GNU/Linux Potato.
Kernel 2.2.17
Pentium 200 MHz 64 Mb RAM
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From: moonie;) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: X Server Security
Date: Fri, 29 Dec 2000 13:18:14 -0500
On Fri, 29 Dec 2000, Mike Jenkins wrote:
>Are there any special security precautions that need to be observed when
>operating a Linux system, running X, connected to a cable modem? I have heard
>some things about this issue.
>
>Thanks
>
>Mike Jenkins
You need a firewall, I use pmfirewall, it works great.
--
moonie ;)
Registered Linux User #175104
(Registered at: http://counter.li.org)
KDE2
Kernel 2.4.0-test5
XFree86 4.0 Nvidia .94 drivers
RAID 0 Striped
Test-Pilots-R-Us ;)
ICQ #83003404
AIM mooniesdl3
MSN [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Netcop <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Newbie hardware compatability question
Crossposted-To: linux.redhat.install,alt.os.linux
Date: Fri, 29 Dec 2000 18:25:56 GMT
depending on witch video chipset you have xf86 may work.
Julio wrote:
> 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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Date: Fri, 29 Dec 2000 19:22:36 +0100
From: Michael Heiming <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: problem with my scanner
Hello,
Edorta Gastelu wrote:
> a) INSTALLED HARDWARE:
> Adaptec 2904 PCI(Supported SCSI card)
> Artec AM12S (Supported Scanner)
> b) MESSAGES I OBTAIN WHEN I DO "dmesg"
> (scsi0) <Adaptec AIC-7850 SCSI host adapter> found at PCI 0/3/0
> (scsi0) Narrow Channel, SCSI ID=7, 3/255 SCBs
> (scsi0) Downloading sequencer code... 415 instructions downloaded
> scsi0 : Adaptec AHA274x/284x/294x (EISA/VLB/PCI-Fast SCSI)
> 5.1.31/3.2.4
> <Adaptec AIC-7850 SCSI host adapter>
> scsi : 1 host.
> Vendor: ARTEC Model: AM12S Rev: 1.06
> Type: Scanner ANSI SCSI revision: 02
> Detected scsi generic sg0 at scsi0, channel 0, id 5, lun 0
> scsi : detected 1 SCSI generic total.
> c) MESSAGES I OBTAIN WHEN I DO "cat /proc/scsi/scsi"
> Attached devices:
> Host: scsi0 Channel: 00 Id: 05 Lun: 00
> Vendor: ARTEC Model: AM12S Rev: 1.06
> Type: Scanner ANSI SCSI revision: 02
> e) STEPS I FOLLOWED TO REACH THIS POINT:
> * Kernel recompilation with scsi support, scsi generic support, scsi
> card support.
> * My scanners ID is 5, so I've done "ln -sf /dev/sg5
> /dev/scanner" otherwise, the scanner won't be detected in
> "dmesg" and "cat
> /proc/scsi/scsi"
>
sounds good so far, but if your scanner is ID=5 then /dev/scanner ==>
/dev/sg4,
it starts with sg0....
The link is not related to what dmesg or cat /proc/scsi/scsi show.
I own a cheap crap mustang scanner (SCSI I) that runs without a
problem...:-)
> d) DOCUMENTATION I'VE READ:
> * Everything I found in www.mostang.com/sane
> * man sane-scsi
> * sane-artec in www.mostang.com/sane
> e) PROBLEM:
> I scanner doesn't work in Linux, and when I do "scanimage -L" I get
> no
> device list.
>
> T H A N K S
>
> Linux user #175011
> Debian GNU/Linux Potato.
> Kernel 2.2.17
> Pentium 200 MHz 64 Mb RAM
Good luck
Michael Heiming
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From: Eric Ho <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: KDEAdmin 2.0.1 compile problem
Date: 29 Dec 2000 18:34:24 GMT
Jeffery,
Thanks very much, after these steps, I have just successfully compiled
KDEAdmin :)
But I have got another small problem ... At "Start Application", I have
multiple entries of applications, for example, 2 entries of "Find
Files" and 2 entries of "Home Directory", etc.
Any idea ?
Best Regards,
Eric Ho
Jeffery Cann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: 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
: Sent via Deja.com
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: how to "move" LILO to extended partition ?
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.redhat
Date: Fri, 29 Dec 2000 18:39:52 GMT
TrojanMan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 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 ?
You have to change to "boot=" line in /etc/lilo.conf to reflect the
partition that you would like to install it on. I assume you have a boot
floppy, if not, make sure you make one before playing around with lilo.
regards,
-f
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Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.redhat,comp.os.linux.help,alt.os.linux.redhat
From: "ne..." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: RPM won't install glibc rpm errata for 5.2
Date: Fri, 29 Dec 2000 18:41:33 GMT
On Dec 29, 2000 at 17:31, [EMAIL PROTECTED] eloquently wrote:
>Hi, when I try to run rpm with the following command (as root and the
>file is in the current dir):
>
>rpm -i --force ./glibc-2.0.7-29.4.i386.rpm
>
>The following error occurrs:
>
>Only major versions >= 3 con be installed by this version of RPM glibc-
>2.0.7-29.4.i386.rpm could not be installed
>
>My version of rpm is 3.0-6. I also downgraded to version 2.x, but same
>result.
[13:38:25][work]$ rpm -q rpm
rpm-3.0.5-9.6x
You need the version listed above. This is in RH's errata.
Look it up sometime, you might want to upgrade other rpms.
[...]
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Registered Linux User # 125653 (http://counter.li.org)
"Never ascribe to malice that which is caused by greed and ignorance."
-- Cal Keegan
1:38pm up 17 days, 16:37, 10 users, load average: 0.00, 0.00, 0.00
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Possible to boot Linux with EZ-Bios Running?
Date: Fri, 29 Dec 2000 18:58:28 GMT
FitzDean <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I have a GW2K machine with Maxtor's EZ-Bios
EZ-Bios is a nightmare. If at all possible get it off of your machine. I
was able to get my machine to recognize large disks by going to the bios
manufacturers website and downloading and installing a flash upgrade,
You might be able to do the same.
> allowing my motherboard to recognize larger
> hard drives. I installed slackware's Linux and
> tried to boot. My machine just reset and went
> back to windows 95. This is all brand new to
> me, so thanks for your patience.
> Dean
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From: "Ray McCormack" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.asus,comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.redhat,linux.redhat.install,linux.redhat.misc
Subject: Question: Disabling CPUID serial number...general protection fault 0000
Date: Fri, 29 Dec 2000 18:59:15 GMT
I have a new Asus A7V (KT133 chipset) Socket A motherboard with AMD
Thunderbird 750 Mhz that seems to install Redhat 6.2 just fine. Upon reboot
and entering thru LILO the following error occurs:
Disabling CPUID serial number...general protection fault 0000 -> crash !!!
I looked through the BIOS and there does not seem to be any flags to shut
CPU identity off. I have also heard that if I set the env var
X86_SERIAL_NR=1 that should fix it. How does one do that from the LILO
prompt ?
Any help would be greatly appreciated ....
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Michael Perry)
Subject: Re: SCSI Zip drive in RH 6.2 $@#!?
Date: Fri, 29 Dec 2000 08:32:00 -0800
On Thu, 28 Dec 2000 20:58:31 -0600, John Thomas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Michael Perry wrote:
>
>> Give us a print out of what modules you already have loaded. Try doing as
>> the root user "lsmod" and capture them to a folloup post. There are a few
>> modules which redhat should include and load upon demand. The interesting
>> one to see are whether st, sg, and a module for your adaptec card is already
>> loaded by redhat. RedHat by default includes almost the kitchen sink as
>> modules available for use.
>>
>
>Here's what I get with lsmod:
>
>Module Size Used by
>ppp 20268 2 (autoclean)
>slhc 4568 0 (autoclean) [ppp]
>lockd 31592 1 (autoclean)
>sunrpc 53540 1 (autoclean) [lockd]
>opl3 11496 0
>sb 34132 0
>uart401 6256 0 [sb]
>sound 58264 0 [opl3 sb uart401]
>soundlow 420 0 [sound]
>soundcore 2692 6 [sb sound]
>
>Is this what I should see, or is there something else? Obviously, the aha152x
>module isn't loaded.
>
>JT
>[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>
I would have expected to see the adaptec card being loaded by the system
when it booted as a module. On a redhat system I have had, my adaptec 2940
uw card had the modules loaded by the kernel module loader when it "sensed"
there was a need for it or something called a device that required those
drivers.
Does your system see the card when it boots? In other words, does the
aha152x card have a bios on it? I used to use one for a scanner and zip
drive awhile ago but I don't recall if the card has a bios or not. If the
card is seen by the system but not by linux, there could be an irq issue or
perhaps you have set two devices to the same irq. Do you by chance have
another isa card in the system which uses the same irq? Try looking at the
output of /proc/interrupts.
You may have to do a little irq and other homework with isa devices to find
out what irq devices are taking by default. The "device resource busy" line
could mean that linux cannot exclude or provide an irq since another device
has claimed that irq already.
I would also do some detective work to see if the card is seen by linux at
all by cruising through the /proc file system. Especially places like:
/proc/scsi
/proc/interrupts
Sorry I cannot be of more help on this. I have two systems with adaptec
2940 u2w cards which are seen with no problems at all.
--
Michael Perry
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