Linux-Setup Digest #306, Volume #20 Fri, 29 Dec 00 17:13:06 EST
Contents:
Re: [RH6.2] bad sectors in HD (Glitch)
Re: deleting linux partions (Glitch)
Re: Question: Disabling CPUID serial number...general protection fault (Bharath
Krishnan)
Re: Help loading ftape module (Douglas Bollinger)
Mandrake 7.0 - Getting Startx Working again for the \root account (Harry Broom)
What is Python and Kt (RH6.2)???? (Bo Berglund)
Re: staroffice 5.2 /net setup problem (Joel Gallun)
Re: RPM won't install glibc rpm errata for 5.2 ("Peter T. Breuer")
Re: how to "move" LILO to extended partition ? (Bill Unruh)
Re: Newbie hardware compatability question (Bill Unruh)
Re: What is Python and Kt (RH6.2)???? (Steve)
Re: What is Python and Kt (RH6.2)???? (Bo Berglund)
Re: What is Python and Kt (RH6.2)???? (Bill Hudson)
45G disk with Win98/RH7.0 (Chris Bogart)
Dialup as backup (Eric Ho)
Re: web-based email-reader ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Philips 15C monitor (CM0200 ?) (Jason B)
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Date: Fri, 29 Dec 2000 14:28:35 -0500
From: Glitch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: [RH6.2] bad sectors in HD
they get marked and arent used anymore. Thats teh point of marking them,
so they CANT be used otherwise your data would be corrupted that gets
place on those sectors. I'd consider getting rid of it if the number of
bad sectors continues to increase. otherwise u are playing russian
roulette wih your data
eXistenZ wrote:
>
> When installing rh6.2 I am asked if I want the HD to be scanned for bad
> sectors. If I answer yes, do the bad sector get "marked" and therefore I
> am able to use the HD anyway?
> I'm asking because I've got a 2 gigabyte HD with a total of ~100Kb of
> bad sectors, and I was wondering if I could still use it or if it's time
> to trash it.
>
> Thank You
> eXistenZ
> --
> After three days in the desert fun
> I was looking at a river bed
> And the story it told of a river that flowed
> Made me sad to think it was dead
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Date: Fri, 29 Dec 2000 14:29:52 -0500
From: Glitch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: deleting linux partions
i've used DOS's fdisk everytime i want to delete linux partitions. Using
the non-dos partition option i can delete linux partitions with ease.
[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/
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Date: Fri, 29 Dec 2000 14:33:54 -0500
From: Bharath Krishnan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.asus,comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.redhat,linux.redhat.install,linux.redhat.misc
Subject: Re: Question: Disabling CPUID serial number...general protection fault
Here is one way:
lilo: linux x86_serial_nr=1
-bharath
Ray McCormack wrote:
>
> 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 ....
--
So what do you need? Besides a miracle.
Guns. Lots of guns.
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From: Douglas Bollinger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Help loading ftape module
Date: Fri, 29 Dec 2000 14:57:14 -0500
[This followup was posted to comp.os.linux.setup and a copy was sent
to the cited author.]
Gary Butler at [EMAIL PROTECTED] says...
<snip>
> The [EMAIL PROTECTED] does not exist. I have tried sending
> mail to that address and get mail back that the user does not exist.
> I sent mail to the developer and have not received an answer.
Yeah, the vger.rutgers computer died. It's the same one that was
used for all the other kernel stuff. Probably linux-
[EMAIL PROTECTED] is correct, but I haven't tried that.
> I just finished loading Linux 2.2.13 and it seems to be running fine.
> I them loaded the ftape.o module to enable the tape drive and tried
> the "mt" command with no success.
>
> I have tried everything I can think of with no success, hopefully someone
> can come up with a definitive answer.
>
> The following is the sequence I completed.
>
> insmod /lib/modules/2.2.13/misc/ftape.o
> lsmod
> Module Size Used by
> ftape.o 104116 0 (unused)
> mt -f /dev/rft0 retension
> /dev/rft0: No such file or directory
You need more than ftape.o for ftape to work. Here's how it works
on my machine, but be aware that this is for ftape-4.x-2000_11_24,
early versions, especially the ftape-3.x series, are slightly
different. I use a TR-3 tape drive hooked-up to the floppy cable.
In /etc/conf.modules, the ftape specific lines are:
alias char-major-27 zftape
options ftape ft_fdc_driver=ftape-internal,none,none,none
options ftape-internal ft_fdc_base=0x3f0 ft_fdc_irq=6 ft_fdc_dma=2
This way, the kernel modules load auto-magically.
[doug@godzuki kernels]$ ftmt -f /dev/nqft0 status
This is a Iomega 3200 floppy tape drive, (drive type = 0x8882)
drive status = 0x00000009
generic drive status = 0x00040000
(In particular: * door open (no tape) * )
sense key error = 0x00000000
residue count = 0
file number = -1
block number = -1
and
[doug@godzuki kernels]$ cat /proc/modules
ftape-internal 10708 0 (autoclean)
zftape 91692 -1 (autoclean)
ftape 148184 0 (autoclean) [ftape-internal zftape]
I removed the non-ftape kernel module listings so as not to confuse
you.
If you need more help, let me know.
--
Douglas Bollinger
Mt. Holly Springs, PA
My other computer runs Linux.
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From: Harry Broom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware,alt.os.linux.mandrake
Subject: Mandrake 7.0 - Getting Startx Working again for the \root account
Date: Fri, 29 Dec 2000 19:59:45 +0000
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hello I'm afraid it's me again.
I'm following the sequence of exercises in a "teach me" book, using a
non privileged user account. One was about switching between KDE &
Gnome. I noticed there was also something called Another Level and
thought I'd have a look and switched to that. The setup couldn't have
installed it properly as all I got was a very plain VT Terminal based
environment, through which a I ran "switchdesk" and it told me that I
would have to re-start X Windows for the change to take effect - it
didn't.
I tried changing back to KDE with the same results. I did notice in
the terminal window a message that "for system defaults, remove
/home/harryb/ .Xclients"
Being a trusting soul I tried this and got the message back no such
file or command - so I assumed that because of the lower privileges
the user account has it ignored the request - it certainly didn't work
or do anything in this account (which I deleted and then re-created
and everything is back to where it was (I had made few or no changes).
The next bit's a bit stupid of me - I ran the remove line (before
recreating the user account) above in the root account, getting the
same message about no such file or command, and assumed that I had
just got some syntax wrong and that there had been no effect.
Startx no longer runs (except for a brief bit where the mono splash
screen comes up for about a tenth of a second and dumps me back at the
prompt. I can see the message "/root/ .Xclients no such file or
directory". Now I guess the command did work and totally clobbered the
ability to run startx under the root account - can anyone help me to
get this account to run startx again please? You'll have to spell
things out for me please as I've only been looking at Linux in my
spare time for the past couple of weeks.
Regards
__________
"The meek shall inherit the earth, but not the mineral rights"
John Paul Getty 1892 - 1976
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bo Berglund)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: What is Python and Kt (RH6.2)????
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Fri, 29 Dec 2000 20:10:52 GMT
I get an error message when I try to start netcfg on my newly
installed RedHat 6.2 machine.
The error message complains about Python and Kt and I have no clue as
to what that is.
How can I find out???
My Linux box needs ethernet configuration (IP address etc) but netcfg
won't start.
During install I unchecked a bunch of seemingly unnecessary
applications (who needs all this stuff anyway) and I may have
accidentally unchecked some important part of networking.
How can I get what is needed back short of reinstalling Linux?
Bo Berglund
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Joel Gallun <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: staroffice 5.2 /net setup problem
Date: 29 Dec 2000 15:15:10 -0500
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
>
> I attempted to install staroffice 5.2 on a redhat 6.2 machine today.
>
> I downloaded staroffice from Sun, and did the following:
>
> <as root>: ./soffice_whatever.bin /net
> and chose /use/local/office52 as my install directory
>
> All went well and worked fine. I then:
>
> <as user foo>: /usr/local/office52/program/setup
> and chose network install.... Files seemed to copy just fine.
>
> When I try to run ~foo/office52/soffice, I get the installation program
> again...... I can never actually get staroffice to load.
>
> If I run /usr/local/office52/program/setup as root, I can do a "network
> installation" for the root user and later start /root/office52/soffice
> without any problems........
>
> Any suggestions?
The solution is to delete a trash file left behind in the users home
directory by a previous install of staroffice. I think the name was
~/.sversion, but I'm not sure anymore, as it was a couple of weeks ago
when I did battle with this. At any rate an 'ls -la ~' should turn up
the guilty party.
--
Joel Gallun
Compaq support team @ America Online
http://www.tux.org/~joel
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From: "Peter T. Breuer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: RPM won't install glibc rpm errata for 5.2
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.redhat,comp.os.linux.help,alt.os.linux.redhat
Date: Fri, 29 Dec 2000 20:44:54 GMT
In comp.os.linux.help [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> 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?
unpack the rpm using alien or rpmcpio. Or upgrade your rpm using the
steps explained at redhats site.
Peter
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bill Unruh)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.redhat
Subject: Re: how to "move" LILO to extended partition ?
Date: 29 Dec 2000 20:43:06 GMT
In <92idqm$hi4$[EMAIL PROTECTED]> TrojanMan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
]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 ?
edit /etc/lilo.conf Put
boot=/dev/hda9
instead of
boot=/dev/hda
rerun lilo.
(note that you better choose the right partition instead of /dev/hda9)
Then you better install osbs into your MBR .
]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
It had better BE in the MBR or your disk will not boot at all. There
must be somthing in the MBR because that is where the bios goes to try
to boot from the disk.
]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).
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bill Unruh)
Crossposted-To: linux.redhat.install,alt.os.linux
Subject: Re: Newbie hardware compatability question
Date: 29 Dec 2000 20:45:30 GMT
In <92idlm$kso$[EMAIL PROTECTED]> "Julio" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
]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?
It will probably work with the onboard video. AGP is a type of video
bus-- all modern cards are AGP. What is the chiptype of the onboard
video?
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Steve)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: What is Python and Kt (RH6.2)????
Date: 29 Dec 2000 20:46:01 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Fri, 29 Dec 2000 20:10:52 GMT, Bo Berglund wrote:
>During install I unchecked a bunch of seemingly unnecessary
>applications (who needs all this stuff anyway) and I may have
>accidentally unchecked some important part of networking.
>How can I get what is needed back short of reinstalling Linux?
Gee sounds like you need to reinstall, and this time read the documentation
first.
--
Cheers
Steve email mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
%HAV-A-NICEDAY Error not enough coffee 0 pps.
web http://www.zeropps.uklinux.net/
or http://start.at/zero-pps
8:30pm up 11 days, 7:51, 3 users, load average: 1.12, 1.06, 1.01
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bo Berglund)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: What is Python and Kt (RH6.2)????
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Fri, 29 Dec 2000 20:51:10 GMT
On 29 Dec 2000 20:46:01 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Steve) wrote:
>
>Gee sounds like you need to reinstall, and this time read the documentation
>first.
>Cheers
>Steve email mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
But read what documentation?
So far I have downloaded and printed some 2000 pages of HOWTO
documents and I did not even come close to getting all!
What I wanted to have is a fairly secure Linux box for my www testbed
so on advice I decided to not install software I did not KNOW I would
need. So I spent about two hours reading the dscription of every
single package icon in the setup screens and deciding which to keep
from that. :-0
/Bo
Bo Berglund
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Bill Hudson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: What is Python and Kt (RH6.2)????
Date: 29 Dec 2000 21:09:41 GMT
Bo Berglund wrote:
>
> On 29 Dec 2000 20:46:01 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Steve) wrote:
> >
> >Gee sounds like you need to reinstall, and this time read the documentation
> >first.
> >Cheers
> >Steve email mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> But read what documentation?
> So far I have downloaded and printed some 2000 pages of HOWTO
> documents and I did not even come close to getting all!
>
> What I wanted to have is a fairly secure Linux box for my www testbed
> so on advice I decided to not install software I did not KNOW I would
> need. So I spent about two hours reading the dscription of every
> single package icon in the setup screens and deciding which to keep
> from that. :-0
>
> /Bo
>
> Bo Berglund
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
python is the language that the RH installer runs on, and is required by
netcfg.
Kt is a library.
But... you don't need netcfg to configure your network. It's just a GUI
front-end to the unix commands.
--
Bill Hudson; Information Systems Manager; Robert Mann Packaging
[EMAIL PROTECTED] Office: (408) 848-5440 Voice-Mail: (800) 549-2265
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From: Chris Bogart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: 45G disk with Win98/RH7.0
Date: Fri, 29 Dec 2000 14:20:38 -0700
Hi,
A couple months ago I added a second IDE drive to my machine, which
uses lilo to dual boot between either Win 98 or Red Hat 7.` The new
disk is 45G, and right now I only have the first 10G or so formatted,
for Linux, and I have important stuff mounted there.
Now I want to create a new 33G partition, formatted for windows so
that both OSes can see it. For MP3s :-)
So I create a new primary partition using cfdisk, of type C (Win95
FAT32 LBA). I go into windows, and reformat the new disk D:. But
it acts weird when I put lots of files there and try to access them
again. DOS fdisk tells me the entire drive is only 8G.
I guess I should have formatted and partitioned the disk from the start
with windows, then installed linux partitions afterwards, but it's too
late for that now.
Am I hosed, or is there hope? I would settle for a smaller vfat
partition than 33G if I had to. Or a way to mount an ext2 filesystem
as a D: drive in Windows :-)
Here's how the disk is laid out now:
==================================================================
/sbin/sfdisk -l -x /dev/hdc
Disk /dev/hdc: 5473 cylinders, 255 heads, 63 sectors/track
Units = cylinders of 8225280 bytes, blocks of 1024 bytes, counting from 0
Device Boot Start End #cyls #blocks Id System
/dev/hdc1 * 0+ 2 3- 24066 83 Linux
/dev/hdc2 3 1294 1292 10377990 5 Extended
/dev/hdc3 1295 5472 4178 33559785 c Win95 FAT32 (LBA)
/dev/hdc4 0 - 0 0 0 Empty
/dev/hdc5 3+ 640 638- 5124703+ 83 Linux
- 641 1278 638 5124735 5 Extended
- 3 2 0 0 0 Empty
- 3 2 0 0 0 Empty
/dev/hdc6 641+ 1278 638- 5124703+ 83 Linux
- 1279 1294 16 128520 5 Extended
- 641 640 0 0 0 Empty
- 641 640 0 0 0 Empty
/dev/hdc7 1279+ 1294 16- 128488+ 82 Linux swap
- 1279 1278 0 0 0 Empty
- 1279 1278 0 0 0 Empty
- 1279 1278 0 0 0 Empty
--
Thank you!
Chris
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From: Eric Ho <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Dialup as backup
Date: 29 Dec 2000 21:56:56 GMT
Hi,
I am currently using a ADSL connection, but it is not too stable.
How can I use my 56K modem line as a backup ?
If the ADSL goes down, the 56K modem can switch over, then that
is perfect, but I don't mind switching it manually.
Could someone tell me what I need to do to make this happen ?
Best Regards,
Eric Ho
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: web-based email-reader
Date: Fri, 29 Dec 2000 21:45:57 GMT
http://joydesk.com
Milfred
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
system <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Any good email-client that can read and post html email.
>
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>
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>
>
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From: Jason B <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Philips 15C monitor (CM0200 ?)
Date: Fri, 29 Dec 2000 22:06:14 GMT
You need to edit your XF86Config file. THis sets up various devices in
Linux. Read the man page for XF86Config and also the HOWTO's .
Good Luck
marius wrote:
> My PC have an old Philips 15C monitor, I think the model is CM0200.
>
> Installing RedHat 6.2 my monitor is not recognized nor configured, so
> the maximum size I can get is 640*480.
>
> As the monitor allows higher resolution, how can I configure it to have
> an higher resolution? May I configure it as a newer (compatible) model?
>
> Where can I look for a compatible configuration file?
>
> Thanks
>
> Marius
>
> Sent via Deja.com
> http://www.deja.com/
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