Linux-Setup Digest #312, Volume #20 Sat, 30 Dec 00 15:13:06 EST
Contents:
HP5100C PARALLEPORT SCANNER -REDHAT 7 ("Oct�vio Neves")
Re: Red Hat 7.0 Extremely Slow (E J)
Re: New Year's DDOS Advisory (Jem Berkes)
Re: Network card/insmod problems (Donald Becker)
Re: PANIC! Cannot see anything after install! (RH6.2) (Mark Dickie)
Can't get X or Gnome to Work- Help!!! ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Best Linux Distro? (Michael Madden)
Artec AM12S sane problems (Gotzon Berrojalbiz)
Sharing with Windows systems ("Bill Purcell")
Re: SCSI Adaptec 1510 ISA card & trouble, see BODY (Mark Worsdall)
problem with xcdroast (Bernard)
Re: question_on_Linux_and_Windows98 ("Michael")
Re: how to change X settings? (Marcus Lauer)
Re: floppy drive on parallel port? (DTi4565459)
Re: How to install linux using pcmcia cd-rom into notebook (DTi4565459)
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From: "Oct�vio Neves" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: HP5100C PARALLEPORT SCANNER -REDHAT 7
Date: Fri, 29 Dec 2000 17:16:58 -0000
....
Dear friends,
I am in need your support to place working my HP5100C parallel port scanner.
My linux distribution is: Redhat 7
I have just made the nodules epst.o and the others with sucess.
Then I did in /etc/rc,d/local:
insmod /lib/modules/2.2.16-22/scsi/ppscsi.o
insmod /lib/modules/2.2.16-22/scsi/scsi-mod.o
insmod /lib/modules/2.2.16-22/scsi/sg.o
insmod /lib/modules/2.2.16-22/scsi/epst.o
insmod /lib/modules/2.2.16-22/misc/parport.o
insmod /lib/modules/2.2.16-22/misc/parport-pc.o
After rebooting I can read on /var/log/messages
ppSCSI 0.92 (0.92) installed
sepst.=: epst 0.92 (0.92), Shuttle EPST at 0x378 mode 0 (Nybble) dly 1 nice
0 sg 16
~scsi0: epst
scsi: 1 host
VENDOR: HP MODEL: C5190A REV:3740
Processor AINSI SCSI revision: 02
Detected scsi generic sg0 at scsi0, channel 0, id 0, lun 0
Then I did as root:
cat /proc/scsi/scsi, having got:
Attached devices
Host: scsi0 Channel: 00 Id: 00 Lun:00
Vendor: HP Model: 5190A Rev: 3740
Type: Processor AINSI REVISION:02
Then I did the following as root:
ls /dev/sg* -l
Result:
crwxrwxrwx 1 root sys 21, 0 Aug 24 10:00 /dev/sg0
::::::::::::::
:::::::::::::::
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 3Dec 13 18.55 /dev/sga >sg0
::::::::
In this same folder I can see: /dev/scanner as a ling to /dev/sg0
....
As a regular user I did:
xsane
Result: there appeared a nice windows SANE with only the two virtual
scanners
=====================
Why did the SANE not detect my scanner?
What must I do to get the scanner working?
What text must I place in /etc/config.modules about the scanner?
Please, help me NOW!
Best regards
Octavio Neves
I am in Portugal
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From: E J <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Red Hat 7.0 Extremely Slow
Date: Sat, 30 Dec 2000 17:42:31 GMT
Run top and find who is hogging your CPU
$ top
I found that slocate, tripwire were executed by a crontab job. I have
removed those crontab job and executed those jobs weekly at night during
idle times.
Robert Morelli wrote:
> I just installed Red Hat 7.0 on a Pentium 166 laptop
> with 64 Mb of ram and an 80 MB swap partition. The
> system is functioning, but it is extremely sluggish,
> as if the processor has been
> set to low speed. The slowness began already during
> installation, which took over three hours off an 8X
> CD-ROM. The installed system takes well over 5 minutes
> to boot, the mouse moves jerkily, windows redraw painfully
> slowly, etc. I even get warning dialogs popping up stating
> that this or that software is not responding (probably because
> the software is taking so long to run).
>
> One clue is that if I reboot without shutting off the power,
> the memory test on reboot runs very slowly. Of course,
> by this point, linux is gone, which suggests again that
> RH 7.0 is switching the processor into a low speed mode.
>
> The machine also has a Win95 partition and an OS/2 partition
> and these are still functioning normally. That doesn't
> completely rule out a hardware problem, but it does make it
> less likely.
>
> Is it possible that RH 7.0 is optimized for a Pentium II in such
> a way that it suffers on an older processor, or causes it to
> slow itself down? (In various places the OS reports that it is
> running on an i586.)
>
> The software I installed was the very minimum necessary
> to have networking, internet, and GNOME 1.2. I
> understand that a linux system generally requires more
> ram and runs more slowly than a comparable Windows or
> OS/2 system. However, I don't think this alone can
> account for such a dramatic difference on this machine.
> I'd really rather not catapult myself back into the
> 1980's by stripping out GNOME and recompiling the kernel
> to remove functionality and such. A P166 with 64MB ram may
> not be a supercomputer, but it should be sufficient to run a
> basic OS, even a pokey one. (I know, I know -- go tell that
> to the Win2000 team.)
>
> Any help much appreciated.
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From: Jem Berkes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.security,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: New Year's DDOS Advisory
Date: Sat, 30 Dec 2000 11:44:48 -0600
> > Based on FBI investigations and other information, the NIPC advises
> > taking some extra precautions in computer security over the holiday
> > period to reduce the possibility of, or damage from, Distributed
> > Denial-of-Service (DDOS) and other cyber attacks which could occur.
>
> nah ... extra precautions? ... bit late now!
It boggles my mind: there must be *so many* compromised systems out
there. I get 4 - 5 scans a day for windows netbios ports, and maybe 2 a
day for portmapper. And to think how much cable and ADSL subscribers
there are...
I'm curious: let's say a government system wants to just deny all access
from (e.g.) the entire 24. netblock. What is the lowest level they can
do this at? Could even the telco's routers become overwhelmed by a DDOS
attack?
==========
http://www.pc-tools.net/
DOS, Win32, Linux software
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Donald Becker)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: Network card/insmod problems
Date: Sat, 30 Dec 2000 17:54:06 GMT
In article <Xvh26.26059$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Bobo Jonez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>TIM <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>
>>I cannot get linux to recognize my network card:
>> smc 1211TX
>>I have tried epic100, tulip and smc9194. All give the same error:
>> insmod failed: device or resource busy
The rtl8139 driver is the correct one for this card.
>insmod doesn't accept any such parameter. Try modifying adding the
>following lines to your /etc/modules.conf file:
>
>alias eth0 epic100
>options eth0 irq=11
Only ISA drivers accept the io=0x... and irq=... parameters.
PCI drivers can always reliably detect cards, find the I/O address and IRQ
from the PCI configuration.
>(I'm not exactly sure what the syntax is, but I think that's right. To
>confirm, try reading the ethernet HOWTO or visit
>http://www.scyld.com/network/ for more information about your network card,
>suitable drivers, how to configure and how to diagnose problems.
Always good advice ;->
--
Donald Becker [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Scyld Computing Corporation http://www.scyld.com
410 Severn Ave. Suite 210 Beowulf Clusters / Linux Installations
Annapolis MD 21403
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From: Mark Dickie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.help
Subject: Re: PANIC! Cannot see anything after install! (RH6.2)
Date: Sat, 30 Dec 2000 18:03:56 +0000
Bo Berglund wrote:
> I am completely stumped by this:
> Installed RH6.2 on a PC that previously was running RH5.1, but with
> new disk, all other hardware the same. Video is a Trio S3 on teh
> motherboard.
>
> Used the graphic installation and specified KDE Workstation.
>
> After all was completed the system restarted and during that there was
> a brief show of a character based login. But before I was done typing
> in the login the screen disappeared completely into a black
> nothingness!
> Can't do anything here. Except I tried to login blindly by first
> typing root then TAB then the root password. This started some
> activity showing the system somehow is acting 'normally' except
> nothing is displayed!
>
> Tried to redo the installation as an 'Upgrade' (Why is there no
> 'repair' option?) to preserve what I did before, but no good - still
> the black screen.
>
> Why does the screen disappear, there is a perfectly good graphics
> screen shown during the setup sequence???
>
>
> Bo Berglund
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Don't have a clue about this one. Have you cantacted Red Hat to see what
they think about this? They may be able to provide more help.
--
========
Mark Dickie
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Can't get X or Gnome to Work- Help!!!
Date: Sat, 30 Dec 2000 18:02:02 GMT
Hi,
I just installed redhat 6.2 on my Dell inspiron 7500. When I run startx
I get a very basic desktop with Xterm windows and nothing else. When I
try to run X or Gnome, I get a screen with a gray background and a
mouse pointer and nothing else. Does anyone know why this is happing?
This is what my XF86Config looks like:
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "XFree86 Configured"
Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0
InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection
Section "Files"
RgbPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb"
ModulePath "/usr/X11R6/lib/modules"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo/"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/CID/"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/"
EndSection
Section "Module"
Load "extmod"
Load "xie"
Load "pex5"
Load "glx"
Load "dri"
Load "GLcore"
Load "dbe"
Load "record"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Keyboard0"
Driver "keyboard"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Mouse0"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "PS/2"
Option "Device" "/dev/mouse"
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor0"
VendorName "Monitor Vendor"
ModelName "Monitor Model"
EndSection
Section "Device"
### Available Driver options are:-
#Option "accel"
#Option "crt_screen"
#Option "composite_sync"
#Option "linear"
#Option "mmio_cache"
#Option "probe_clocks"
#Option "reference_clock"
#Option "shadow_fb"
Identifier "Card0"
Driver "ati"
VendorName "ATI"
BoardName "Mach64 LM"
ChipSet "ati"
ChipId 0x4c4d
ChipRev 0x64
BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Card0"
Monitor "Monitor0"
SubSection "Display"
Depth 1
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 4
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 8
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 15
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 16
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
EndSubSection
EndSection
Section "DRI"
EndSection
Please help!!
Thanks.
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From: Michael Madden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Best Linux Distro?
Date: Sat, 30 Dec 2000 12:20:37 -0600
Hello:
I've been using Redhat since 5.0. However, I find with each
release it gets more buggy, bloated, insecure, and unreliable.
What is considered the most reliable, secure, high performance
Linux distribution. Many of my pro-Debian friends have
suggested that I try out Debian 2.2. Any opinions?
Thanks,
Mike
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From: Gotzon Berrojalbiz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.misc,linux.debian.user
Subject: Artec AM12S sane problems
Date: Sat, 30 Dec 2000 19:46:04 +0100
I would thank anyone's help who has succeded in configuring this sacner
with SANE.
I compiled a new kernel with scsi card support and everything looks good
when I do "demsg" or "cat /proc/scsi/scsi" because linux kernel can see
both, the scanner and the scsi card.
The thing is that I get no message when I do "scanimage -L" althogh I've
installed "sane" and "libsane".
a) Do I need an especic driver for this scanner?
b) What do I have to do appart from what I've done yet ? I mean do I
have to do something more? Where am I going wrong ?
c) I'VE READ SANE DOCUMENTATION, MAN SANE-SCSI .....SO PLEASE DON'T TELL
ME TO READ THEM ONE MORE TIME.
T H A N K S A L O T.
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From: "Bill Purcell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Sharing with Windows systems
Date: Sat, 30 Dec 2000 14:22:02 -0500
I have a home network to connect several local machines and provide access
to the internet. One machine runs Corel Linux, the others all run Windows
Me or Windows 98. I can see all of the Windows machines from the Linux box
and can connect to each of the shared resources. I have set up Sharing on
the Linux box as well. But I cannot see or force a connection to the Linux
system from any of the Windows machines. What am I missing?
Thanks,
Bill
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From: Mark Worsdall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: SCSI Adaptec 1510 ISA card & trouble, see BODY
Date: Sat, 30 Dec 2000 19:20:44 +0000
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Jerry McBride
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes
>In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
>Mark Worsdall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>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:-
>>
>
>Do a lsmod to see if aha152x is loaded...
>
>If not, do insmod with appropriate irq,port... mine looks like 0x340,11,7,1
>
>This card does work with linux, I leaned on one for a long time till I upgraded
>to a aha1522b. ;') After that a dc390f took over and life has been fab.
>
I fear it is before this that the problem lies.
With the old kernel 2.2.12 w/out scsi compiled in, after doing a proc
Interrupts
CPU0
0: 204922326 XT-PIC timer
1: 288 XT-PIC keyboard
2: 0 XT-PIC cascade
4: 30 XT-PIC serial
5: 0 XT-PIC eth1
10: 15673438 XT-PIC eth0
11: 27297768 XT-PIC HiSax
13: 1 XT-PIC fpu
14: 2349571 XT-PIC ide0
15: 1358700 XT-PIC ide1
NMI: 0
As you can see it is not seen, but will it be seen before SCSI is
compiled into the kernel?
M.
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From: Bernard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: problem with xcdroast
Date: Sat, 30 Dec 2000 19:27:24 GMT
Hi there,
As anyone in here any experience with xcdroast ? I can't get it to
work !
I have downloaded xcdroast 0.96e. The installation went OK. My SCSI cd
roaster (TEAC CD R55S) is being reckognized all right. Besides, it
operates allright as a cd reader on my Red HAT 6.0 linux system (Kernel
2.2.5-15). The "SETUP" phasis goes OK. If I choose "Master CD" with a
few Mb of data to burn into a cdrom, the image goes allright... even the
cdburning seems to go allright : no error messages or anything.
However, when I try to verify the burnt cd, I am being told that :
"The "TOC" (table of contents) of this CD reports an impossible track
size. This can be a bug in the cdrom firmware, or a defect on a non
standard CD. Please try another CD-ROM drive, or forget your idea to
copy this CD..."
I have, of course, tried on more than one CD, which CDs I had previously
checked using same cd burner on Windows environment and Windows driver.
I have tested CD mastering with little data (about 20 Mb), and with
more data (about 200 Mb), I tested the default unix system for cdrom
files, as well as the msdos system... to no avail... always the same
result and error messages. As far as burning speed is concerned, I
started with speed 2, then speed 1, then speed zero ! I check the
image contents each time, and it seems allright...
Thanks for any hint on what might have gone wrong.
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From: "Michael" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: question_on_Linux_and_Windows98
Date: Sat, 30 Dec 2000 14:33:31 -0500
Reply-To: "Michael" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
I don't have a link for you to visit, but I can give you some tips to help
you (I've done this many times, and have learned hard lessons in the
process). By the way, the instructions I give here are for the Red Hat 6.2
distribution:
1) Your hard drive must have two partitions to start. If it doesn't,
you'll have to fdisk and reformat, losing all your Windows information. You
could add a second hard drive (which is what I have). That way, your hda
(the primary drive) remains separate from your linux hard drive (hdb).
2) If everything is partitioned or you have a second hard disk installed,
put in the linux CD and boot the computer from the CD (don't try to run the
CD from Windows). After a few moments, you'll get a black screen asking you
for the install type. I am familiar with the "text" version, so type "text"
and hit <enter>.
3) Go through the setup until you get to the partition install screen
(you'll get a small window with the different partitions available to
install to - select the one that DOESN"T have Windows on it).
4) Next you'll be asked about using fdisk or some other type of
partitioning software. Just choose the fdisk option. A new screen will
appear. You'll need to partition out a total of FOUR partitions on the
linux partition...so you'll have to create 3 new partitions. You'll need to
define them as a swap partition (about 64 megabytes), a "/" (root) partition
(whatever size), a "/usr" partition (probably a pretty good size partition)
and a "/home" partition (a good size one as well). If you have 500 MB-1 GB
of space to dedicate to the /usr and /home partitions, do it. If not, make
most of the space available to the /usr partition.
5) Continue the installation. You'll be asked about where to write the
boot information. You DON'T want to write to the MBR(Master Boot Record).
Write it to the linux partition itself (which is NOT going to be hda0 - it's
the other one).
6) You'll be asked about a boot disk. Make one. This will be the ONLY way
you can boot into linux after the install.
7) Finish the install process. Now, whenever you want to boot into Linux,
just insert the boot disk you made. It'll take you to Linux. If you want
to boot into Windows, just don't put in the boot disk.
That should do it. If you have questions, e-mail me at [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Happy installing. And I make no guarantee of warranties, durability, etc.
If it screws up, don't hold me liable. :) I'm just pulling all these
instructions out of my head.
Michael
http://www.anthologyproject.com
Peteris Daugulis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Can anyone help me with providing links to detailed manuals about
> installing Linux on an Intel Celeron while preserving a Windows 98 file
> system on a part of the hard drive and being able to switch between
> Windows 98 and Linux?
>
> My problem is that I want to install Linux on my Intel Celeron which
> currently runs under Windows 98 and interchangingly use Linux and
> Windows (and do not have too much time to learn how to do it myself )
>
> Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> Thanks in advance and Happy New Year to anyone who reads this!
>
> Peter
>
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From: Marcus Lauer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: how to change X settings?
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.redhat,comp.os.linux.x
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Sat, 30 Dec 2000 11:38:51 -0800
Steve in Phx wrote:
> I'm having trouble. I installed Redhat 6.2 on my P100 machine and am having
> trouble with the X windows system. I'm running KDE.
> The problem I'm having is that with my current monitor limitation of
> 640X480, I can't see the bottom of any of my windows! If I open up
> linuxconf or netconf or KDE Control Center or anything else, I can't even
> get to the buttons on the bottom of the screen because the screens are so
> huge. They move off the page to the right also, but at least I can move the
> page left and right to find the button to click on. I'm sure that there has
> to be a way to change this, right?
>
> SOMEONE PLEASE HELP!
>
>
Unfortunately, some programs do assume you're running at a fairly
high resolution. There's not much you can do. Resize any windows you can,
and hope that those programs remember their size when they're reopened.
If that fails, you might add a line like "Virtual 800 600" to the
"Display" section of XF86Config for the resolution and color depth you use.
This will give you a "virtual" screen resolution of 800x600. Move your mouse
to the edge of the screen to move around. You could use the main section of
the screen most of the time, and scroll when you need to use those oversized
applications.
Marcus
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (DTi4565459)
Date: 30 Dec 2000 19:44:11 GMT
Subject: Re: floppy drive on parallel port?
I have similar situation with Mitsubishi
Amity CN: parallel port floppy & PCMCIA ext CDROM. Debian distro has worked
for me. I started with the rescue etc install floppies downloaded from site,
and then after loading modules, finished installation from CDROM. I still
haven't
solved my X problems yet, but at least
there is some progress. Good luck,
dave
dave
http://www.columbia.edu/~mdt1/
(1 = one, not little L; and don't forget the trailing / )
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (DTi4565459)
Date: 30 Dec 2000 19:47:40 GMT
Subject: Re: How to install linux using pcmcia cd-rom into notebook
Debian's install, starting with floppies, had support for my EXP ext pcmcia
CDROM, so I got started that way. Good luck and happy new year.
dave
http://www.columbia.edu/~mdt1/
(1 = one, not little L; and don't forget the trailing / )
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