Linux-Setup Digest #321, Volume #20 Mon, 1 Jan 01 14:13:10 EST
Contents:
Re: Apache Web Server Help (macrospy)
Re: measuring cache use ("Roy Batty")
Re: kernel panic ("Pete Verzijde")
Re: su, login.defs, environment variables (Ollie Acheson)
Re: question_on_Linux_and_Windows98 ("Trebor")
accessing linux partitions from Windows? ("Trebor")
Corel hardware detection ("Kelly White")
Send but no receive on network (Joe Halpin)
web based email ("Mike Fissel")
Re: Transparent proxy? (Uwe Malzahn)
wndows and suse on same disc? ("Malcolm Gard")
Re: Corel hardware detection ("Peter T. Breuer")
Re: UDMA hard disk (Lee soonki)
Where to buy a laptop? ("Robert A. Knop Jr.,,,")
Re: wndows and suse on same disc? ("Ruediger Arp")
Windows 98 SE + Red Hat Linux ("Dusan Jakovljevic")
Re: wndows and suse on same disc? ("dan")
Adaptec ARO-1130U2 ("Andreas Stelmach")
Re: Windows 98 SE + Red Hat Linux (E J)
Re: HELP!! Installing RedHat 7, using a Sound Blaster CD-ROM (Mike)
Re: Where to buy a laptop? (E J)
Re: Linux Networking Problem (jazmarc)
Upgrading X server ("Julio")
Re: Windows 98 SE + Red Hat Linux (Glitch)
Linux stucks on M700 when XF86 4.0.1 is running ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
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From: macrospy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Apache Web Server Help
Date: Mon, 01 Jan 2001 20:41:29 +0800
O.k guys the problem has been solved and here is the answer...
UserDir /home/*/public_html
This will redirect all request like http://localhost/~username to the
appropriate user directory for their web content ! Set the permissions as
well..., chmod go+rx /home/username, chmod go+rx /home/username/public_html
and all the html files in the public_html directory !
Regards,
Norbert.
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From: "Roy Batty" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: measuring cache use
Date: Mon, 1 Jan 2001 14:42:06 +0100
Which cache do you mean? CPU cache? memory cache?
HD cache?
Maybe the well-known system commands like top, vmstat etc.
provide the information you want !?
- Roy
"Ed Collins" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:4eR36.4230$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Hello, there
>
> Does anyone know of sourcecode/software that can measure cache usage?
>
> I would certainly appreciate anyone's reply.
>
> ed.
>
>
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From: "Pete Verzijde" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: redhat.config,linux.redhat
Subject: Re: kernel panic
Date: Mon, 01 Jan 2001 13:45:44 GMT
Try:
Install the same ed Hat
Use: Update existing OS
Don't restart but change your init
I had the same with SuSe 6.3 After installing SuSe 6.4 it was over
Succes
Pete
"Mark" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Hey,
>
> I am having trouble booting my redhat 6.0 machine successfully. When the
> os loads, it
> recognizes my hardware, but then I get a kernel message. The message
> reads, "
>
> "kernel panic: no init found. Try passing init= option to kernel"
>
> Trouble is, how do I go about passing this init= option to the kernel as
> I have no idea.
> I assume I have to do this from the command prompt, but I cannot even
> get there.
> Nor can I boot the machine from a boot disk. I also wanted to
> reconfigure my
> partitions, but I cannot do that as well. Any ideas on my kernel
> problem?
>
> Thanks,
> Mark
>
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Ollie Acheson)
Subject: Re: su, login.defs, environment variables
Date: 1 Jan 2001 13:06:06 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Thanks for the tip. That gets the standard path set up, but I still don't know
how to set environment variables that are unique to the su-session.
Ollie
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, David wrote:
>Ollie Acheson wrote:
>>
>> When I su into root, I got a root with minimal path. I was able to fix this
>> with ENV_SUPATH in login.defs.
>>
>> Now I would like to set some other environment variables. man login.defs says I
>> can define a filename in ENVIRON_FILE that contains environment variables to
>> set, but I can't get it to work. Any pointers?
>>
>> Also, /root/.bashrc doesn't seem to execute when entering root via su. Why not?
>
>
>Are you using "su -" when you su to root?
>
>--
>Confucius say: He who play in root, eventually kill tree.
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From: "Trebor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: question_on_Linux_and_Windows98
Date: Mon, 01 Jan 2001 13:54:50 GMT
If you have data on a non-partitioned disk (actually, you _do_ have a
partitioned disk, it is just one big partition), and you need to preserve
that data, then the options are: 1) backup the disk, re-partition,
re-install OS's (windows & linux), restore backups, or: 2) use a
non-destructive partition resizer (eg, Partition Magic) to shrink the single
monolithic partition, thereby allowing additional partitions to be created
in the freed up area.
In the former case, you definitely will need to reformat. In the later, I
believe reformatting of the original partition is not required. However, I
have never used Partition Magic, and hence cannot speak to its effectiveness
for this task.
-Bob
Andover, MA
"LadyHawke" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:92lifg$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> I wasn't the one who asked the original question, but I have a question
> about what you said in step 1. The main reason that I am having to ask
> instead of reading documention is that Amazon.com is taking a long time to
> ship my order, no local software sources outside of games.
>
> My hard drive isn't partitioned. I am assuming from #1 that there isn't
any
> way of partitioning it outside of reformating? I hate to have to ask such
a
> basic question, but I need to make certain before I install anything else
on
> my computer. No point in doing it if I am going to have to reformat.....
> (will be using Partition Magic). I have hopes that the software will get
to
> me before classes start back up in a week so that I actually have the time
> to work with it.
>
> LadyHawke
>
>
> "Michael" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> news:92ld2i$m61$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
>
> snip snip>
> > 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>.
> >
> snip snip
>
> > 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
>
>
>
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From: "Trebor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: accessing linux partitions from Windows?
Date: Mon, 01 Jan 2001 14:05:01 GMT
I have found plenty of information regarding linux's ability to see Windows
partitions of various types. But what about the converse situation?
I have Win95 (fat32, 2GB) and redhat 7.0 installed on separate partitions of
the same drive. I would like to boot up Win95 and be able to mount one of
the linux partitions (eg, /usr) to a Win95 drive letter (eg, E:).
Thanks,
-Bob
Andover, MA
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From: "Kelly White" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Corel hardware detection
Date: Mon, 01 Jan 2001 14:20:18 GMT
Hi, I posted this in the Corel group to a very weak response. I am hoping
that you all will be more help.
I have an IBM PC360 Pentium Pro 150 with 64MB RAM. I have two 1GB HDD. HD0
is actually a C: drive for WIN98se HD1 has Corel Linux OS se. The dual boot
works well. The WIN98 system works well, all hardware funtions. I also
have a CD0 and an internal Zip100 both mount and works well under Linux.
What doesn't
work well is my modem and sound card.
The Sound card is a Sound Blaster Ensonic PCI 1371 (supported). Corel
supposedly autodetects hardware, but not my Modem so in a terminal window I
typed sndconfig and I get:
:~# sndconfig
:sndconfig Starting sound card installation...
:sndconfig PCI probe result: PCI sound card found! Model: ES 1371
:sndconfig Old /etc/conf.modules will be renamed to /etc/conf.modules.bak
:sndconfig Sound card installation completed
:sndconfig Writing out deleted info to /etc/devices...
:sndconfig Done!
Updating /etc/modules...
Modifying /etc/isapnp.conf
Error opening /etc/isapnp.conf
That is all that I get. There is no /etc/isapnp.conf file. When I create
one in vi is disappears on its own. There is a /ect/isapnp.gone file and
under
the SOUND heading reads:
#IO 0X220,16
#IO 0X330,2
#IO 0X388,4
#IRQ 5
#DMA 1
#IRQ 5
That is all I get.
Help...
The modem issue (not to pres my luck with your help).
The modem is a Creative Modem Blaster Flash 56 II ISA hardware based
internal modem. In WIN98 it resides on Com1, IRQ 5 with I/O Range of
03F8-03FF.
I called Creative today to be sure about the non-Winmodem status of my modem
(never know about Best Buy salesmen) and it is verified. So, Corel says
that all hardware modems are supported. They also say that the modem will
be automatically detected, not.
Help again...
Thanks in advance.
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From: Joe Halpin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Send but no receive on network
Date: 01 Jan 2001 08:31:42 -0600
I'm trying to get a firewall setup. The firewall box has a working
connection to the internet (I'm using it now), and appears to have a
good connection to the internal lan as well. No firewalling has been
setup as yet though (no icmp filters, etc).
The problem is the other box. When I first install linux (Mandrake
7.1), everything works fine. The two boxes can communicate with each
other, ping works, telnet, etc.
As soon as I reboot the non-firewall box, it can't receive anything
any more. I've reinstalled it several times just to verify that I'm
not imagining things, and it's the same way every time. Right after
installation everything's great, then as soon as I reboot it can't
receive any more.
I've verified this by running tcpdump on both machines. When I ping
the firewall box, it gets the arp request, and responds, but tcpdump
on the other box shows that it doesn't get the response.
I tried arp -s to manually setup static cache entries in both
machines. Then the non-firewall box couldn't receive ping responses
from the firewall box. When I tried to telnet to the firewall box from
the other one, the other one couldn't receive the SYN/ACK from the
firewal, and it continued sending the same SYN segment, to which the
firewall kept sending the same SYN/ACK segment.
I've never heard of this kind of thing happening, and would appreciate
any ideas about how to get past this.
Thanks
Joe
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From: "Mike Fissel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: web based email
Date: Mon, 1 Jan 2001 09:10:26 -0600
I'm looking for info on web based email using redhat linux. Any info would
be greatly appreciated.
Mike Fissel :{)>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Uwe Malzahn)
Subject: Re: Transparent proxy?
Date: Sun, 31 Dec 2000 15:44:41 +0100
In article <92kkj2$bet$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Fokkema DBRA <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> Hi there!
>
--[snip]--
> to telnet and ftp directly to locations on the internet. What I really
> just want is to lead (all) my applications into believing that I have a
> direct connection to the internet. Can anyone help, please?
>
You are looking for NAT (Network Address Translation). But I haven't got an
idea how to set up a Windblows box to do NAT. May be you should ask the Win
gurus.
Cheers,
Uwe
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From: "Malcolm Gard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: wndows and suse on same disc?
Date: Mon, 1 Jan 2001 16:39:39 -0000
I'm currently running Windows ME, which i didn't buy, it came as a freebie.
My wife bought me SuSe Linux 7.0 for christmas, probably cause i'm always
cursing
Microsoft products! I was hoping to try both systems on the same harddisc.
When i follow
the on screen instructions i get to a part where it says 'no other
operating system has been
detected'. A couple of screens before that i'm given a choice of using the
entire hard disc or
one of the partitions in the free region shown. Apart from 'entire disc' ,
the only other option
is 1 8.03MB, Win......, i take it i need partitions! I dont want
to lose ME at the moment
Am i doing some thing wrong , or is what i'm thying to do not possible? Help
greatly apprieciated!!
Many thanks
Malcolm
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From: "Peter T. Breuer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Corel hardware detection
Date: Mon, 1 Jan 2001 17:24:28 +0100
Kelly White <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> The Sound card is a Sound Blaster Ensonic PCI 1371 (supported). Corel
I like those. Nice and easy. I recommend the ALSA drivers for them.
> :~# sndconfig
> :sndconfig Starting sound card installation...
> :sndconfig PCI probe result: PCI sound card found! Model: ES 1371
> :sndconfig Old /etc/conf.modules will be renamed to /etc/conf.modules.bak
> :sndconfig Sound card installation completed
Good. What did it put in? Do a diff and see. It should have been
something like "alias sound es1371". And do you REALLY have a 1371, or
is it a 1373 instead? Check via /proc/pci.
> :sndconfig Writing out deleted info to /etc/devices...
Yeah, well, I suppose you ought to check that too!
> Updating /etc/modules...
Nothing to do, I expect. But they could load the module from there.
> Modifying /etc/isapnp.conf
You don't have PnP. Forget it! Your card is PCI
> Error opening /etc/isapnp.conf
Yeah, what you'd expect.
> That is all that I get. There is no /etc/isapnp.conf file. When I create
Good. You don't need one. Make one if you like with pnpdump.
> one in vi is disappears on its own. There is a /ect/isapnp.gone file and
You don't have PnP. You have PCI, not ISA.
> Help...
Why? What over? Just check the workmanship of whatever corel did, and
fix it if necessary.
Peter
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Lee soonki)
Subject: Re: UDMA hard disk
Date: Tue, 2 Jan 2001 01:54:49 +0900 (KST)
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On 1 Jan 2001 10:21:15 +0100, Liu Wu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I have a UDMA hard disk. I do the steps according to linux howto.
>but I input the command line when installation
>
>"linux ide2=0xd800,0xdc02"
>
>it alawys give me the messages
>
>"Unknown option 'ide2=0xd800, 0sdc02'"
>
>it seems that it does not know this option yet. I don't know what's wrong. I
>just did what I am told by the linux howto. it doesn't work. the result is
>the installation cannot find my hard disk at all.
>
>Thanks a lot!
>
>Regards,
>Liu
>
>_________________________________________________________________________
>Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com.
>
>
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>via Mailgate.ORG Server - http://www.Mailgate.ORG
Linux kernel detects the ide drives automatically.
I cannot know why you must type that strange command.
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From: "Robert A. Knop Jr.,,," <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Where to buy a laptop?
Date: Mon, 01 Jan 2001 17:45:46 GMT
I was trying to price laptops, and I understand that you can buy them
nowadays without also buying Windows, but I haven't figured out where.
I hear that Dell sells Linux laptops, but so far on their site when I
try to configure a sample system for pricing purposes, it always comes
with Windows. (It also comes with other things I don't want like
Windows add-on software and MSN and/or AOL subscriptions.)
Even a eLinux.com, a quick perusal of the laptops they list all come
with some form of a MS operating system.
Can one recommend to me where I might find a laptop with Linux
reinstalled, or an OS-less laptop? I'm not buying at the moment, but
trying to price them.
(Ideally also I'd like to buy a laptop without an internal modem, since
they all seem to be WinModems that one can't use on Linux. If anybody
knows of a laptop that's got a real modem inside, please let me know!)
-Rob
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From: "Ruediger Arp" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: wndows and suse on same disc?
Date: Mon, 01 Jan 2001 18:54:35 +0100
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
In article <92qbpi$4qm$[EMAIL PROTECTED]> "Malcolm Gard"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I'm currently running Windows ME, which i didn't buy, it came as a
> freebie. My wife bought me SuSe Linux 7.0 for christmas, probably cause
> i'm always cursing Microsoft products! I was hoping to try both systems
> on the same harddisc. When i follow the on screen instructions i get to a
> part where it says 'no other operating system has been detected'. A
> couple of screens before that i'm given a choice of using the entire hard
> disc or one of the partitions in the free region shown. Apart from
> 'entire disc' , the only other option is 1 8.03MB, Win......,
> i take it i need partitions! I dont want to lose ME at the moment Am i
> doing some thing wrong , or is what i'm thying to do not possible? Help
> greatly apprieciated!!
>
> Many thanks Malcolm
>
Hi, yep, you are in dire need of a free partition to start with. Create
one. You may use the provided "fips" program, or PartitionMagic. You will
need to RTFM carefully!
As an easier alternative you might want to obtain a 2nd drive.
Good luck!
Ruediger
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From: "Dusan Jakovljevic" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Windows 98 SE + Red Hat Linux
Date: Mon, 1 Jan 2001 18:28:35 +0100
Hi
I have one question.
I am planning to learn LINUX, and I have Windows 98 at my PC.
How can I put both Windows 98 and Red Hat LInux in the same PC ?
Happy new Year
Dusan
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From: "dan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: wndows and suse on same disc?
Date: Mon, 01 Jan 2001 18:17:14 GMT
You will need separate partitions for Windows and Linux. In fact, for Linux
alone you should have at least three: swap, / , and /boot (at the very
least)
It's also a good idea to have /home and /usr as well. It depends on what
you are using the system for.
It's usually better to install Linux first and leave enough unpartitioned
space
for windows to occupy, then install windows in that space. It sounds like
you have windows already taking up your whole hard drive though. If you
don't want to reinstall windows, I'd say about your only option is to get
one of those programs that can partition your disk without erasing the
contents.
I've only done that once using Partition Magic, and that's because I had to.
The laptop would only install from a recover disk and it automatically
partitions
the drive to its liking. I hate that by the way. I don't feel like I own
the
software that came with the laptop.
Anyway, if you don't want to kill your existing windows install, I'd suggest
getting Partition Magic (or something similar) and freeing up enough space
from that windows partition to put linux onto. I would use the boot manager
that comes with Partition Magic (ie. don't put LILO on the MBR). You
shouldn't have any of those 1024 cylinder isues that way, or at least I
didn't.
Good Luck
-Dan
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From: "Andreas Stelmach" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware,alt.os.linux
Subject: Adaptec ARO-1130U2
Date: Mon, 1 Jan 2001 11:17:54 -0700
I have a server with AIC-7896 on the motherboard and plan to use the RAID
upgrade card ARO-1130U2 (yes, my motherboard has the socket for it).
Adaptec doesn't specify Linux in compatibility list with this product.
Did somebody use the ARO-1130U2 with RedHat Linux 6.2 (or 7.0)?
Will I need any additional drivers for it?
Is possible monitor the RAID from Linux, when the system is in production?
My system: RedHat Linux 6.2, 2 x P3 550Mhz/512, 1GB ECC RAM, 2 x 18GB UW2
Any suggestion welcome.
Thanks
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From: E J <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Windows 98 SE + Red Hat Linux
Date: Mon, 01 Jan 2001 18:23:55 GMT
Download the RH7.0 Documentation CD and burn it.
They have the RH7.0 installation manual and how-to on it. They even
have a how-to on how to
have Windows 98 and Linux on the same PC.
or else go to www.redhat.com and read it the installation manual
Dusan Jakovljevic wrote:
> Hi
>
> I have one question.
> I am planning to learn LINUX, and I have Windows 98 at my PC.
> How can I put both Windows 98 and Red Hat LInux in the same PC ?
>
> Happy new Year
>
> Dusan
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From: Mike <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: HELP!! Installing RedHat 7, using a Sound Blaster CD-ROM
Date: Mon, 01 Jan 2001 18:30:11 -0000
titan098 wrote:
>
> Hi
>
> I am trying to install RedHat 7 on a computer that has an old Sound
> Blaster 16 CD-ROM. (the cdrom that attaches to the SB16 Card).
>
> I can not manage to find a way to install from it. Please Help!
>
> Thanks
> David
>
> --
> Posted via CNET Help.com
> http://www.help.com/
David,
I just configured SB16 on Mandrake (Red Hat Compatible). From a
Terminal Window run "sndconfig". This is the command line sound
configuration utility. You will be promted with several questions, just
hit <CR> for the default answers to all.
It will run you through two tests at the end to verify operation.
After the program exits, you should able to use any of the sound utilities.
Regards...
Mike
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From: E J <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Where to buy a laptop?
Date: Mon, 01 Jan 2001 18:31:27 GMT
Keep an eye on IBM, they are going to have linux available on all of their
machines from laptop to supercomputers.
IBM also announced they are going to spend one billion in developing linux
application.
Dell seems to have linux pre-install on their server class machines only.
If your laptop winmodem has a lucent chipset (see it before) or PCtel
chipset (never seen one), it can be used under linux.
"Robert A. Knop Jr.,,," wrote:
> I was trying to price laptops, and I understand that you can buy them
> nowadays without also buying Windows, but I haven't figured out where.
> I hear that Dell sells Linux laptops, but so far on their site when I
> try to configure a sample system for pricing purposes, it always comes
> with Windows. (It also comes with other things I don't want like
> Windows add-on software and MSN and/or AOL subscriptions.)
>
> Even a eLinux.com, a quick perusal of the laptops they list all come
> with some form of a MS operating system.
>
> Can one recommend to me where I might find a laptop with Linux
> reinstalled, or an OS-less laptop? I'm not buying at the moment, but
> trying to price them.
>
> (Ideally also I'd like to buy a laptop without an internal modem, since
> they all seem to be WinModems that one can't use on Linux. If anybody
> knows of a laptop that's got a real modem inside, please let me know!)
>
> -Rob
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From: jazmarc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Linux Networking Problem
Date: Mon, 01 Jan 2001 18:43:18 GMT
David,
I'm using Road Runner cable modem service, running redHat 7, and I just
went into linuxconf setup my eth0 to use Dhcp.
Typed in the host name given to me by my cable service and rebooted,
linux picked up the ip number with little trouble.If you have a static
number you can set this up in linuxconf as well.
Not sure exactly what you mean that you are on a Network under the
cable modem. Is your cable modem ethernet connection connected to a hub?
Not sure what to do in that case, so see the link below.
http://www.cablemodeminfo.com/linbasics.x.html-ssi
Check out this link for cable modem info.
Best of Luck,
Mark
In article <Xzm36.150959$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
"david conner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hello,
> I just installed Red Hat 7 (I downloaded it) and I don't know how to
let it
> access the network. I duel boot with Windows 98 so I printed out all
that
> winipcfg would tell me about the network. In Linux, I don't know what
to
> fill out and where to fill out this information in netconf. I called
Red
> Hat, but they weren't much help. I am using a Cable Internet
connection, but
> I am on a Network under that... so the cable probably doesn't mean
anything.
> Thanks in advance to all who answer... my email address is
> [EMAIL PROTECTED], so if you know what to do, you can email me.
> Regards,
> Andrew Conner
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>
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From: "Julio" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: linux.redhat.install,alt.os.linux
Subject: Upgrading X server
Date: Mon, 1 Jan 2001 14:00:44 -0500
The discount "Installing Linux" book I bought has RH 6.0 which has an older
version of XFree86 (3.3.3). Of course, that pkg does not support my onboard
Sis530 video card but the newer 3.3.6 does. Is it possible to just download
the updated XSVGA server and put it in the right dir and re run
Xconfigurator or do I have to get the whole 3.3.6 pkg (or just go find a RH
6.2 distrib)?
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Date: Mon, 01 Jan 2001 14:07:47 -0500
From: Glitch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Windows 98 SE + Red Hat Linux
Dusan Jakovljevic wrote:
>
> Hi
>
> I have one question.
> I am planning to learn LINUX, and I have Windows 98 at my PC.
> How can I put both Windows 98 and Red Hat LInux in the same PC ?
>
> Happy new Year
>
> Dusan
repartition your disk. Linux will need its own partition in order to run
optimally. If you have data you need then I suggest backing it up and if
you don't know how to use Fdisk to repartition hard drives then buy a
copy of Partition Magic. However if you don't mind losing your data
(partition magic can resize partitions w/o losing data but u should
still do a backup) just use fdisk during teh Linux installation and then
afterwards you can format the partitions and start installing the files.
You will need at least 2 linux partitons, a / (prounounced 'root')
partition and a swap partition. So if you have one windows partition now
then you will need at least 3 total. You should make a /boot partition
for Linux as well if your drive is bigger than 1024 cylinders (about 8
gigs) as LILO, the program that lets you choose at bootup what operating
system you want to use, needs to have access to a kernel below 1027
cylinders. So if you don't make a separate /boot partition and put
everything under just / and / starts past the 1027 cylinder you won't be
able to boot Linux using LILO (unless you get the newest version). To
get around that problem you create a small /boot partition for Linux
even before the Windows partition. You can configure LILO to boot Win98
and linux during the installation process.
So ur complete partition table would look similar to the following
assuming a 10 gig disk:
5 megs at beginning of disk= /boot partition for linux
5 gigs after that= Win98 partition
4.9 gigs after that = / partition for Linux
95 megs at the end of disk = swap partition for linux
hope this helps
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Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.x,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Linux stucks on M700 when XF86 4.0.1 is running
Date: 1 Jan 2001 19:06:11 GMT
Hello,
I have installed Mandrake 7.2 on Compaq Armada M700 laptop. My M700 is
Pentium II 366 MHz, 64MB RAM, 24X CDROM model. The VGA is ATI Rage
Mobility.
XFree86 4.0.1 works good with my laptop. It automatically probes my
VGA and LCD, and I can use X without touching /etc/X11/XF86Config.
The problem is my laptop completely stucks after leaving my notebook
10~15 minutes. The screen is blank. Keyboard and trackpoint does not
work. There is no response of 'ping' to laptop. (So I cannot telnet
to my laptop.) Moreover, even the power switch does not work!!!
If I left my laptop with console mode (using Ctrl-Alt-F2 or something
like that), it does not crash. But the following error messages are
displayed every 5~10 minutes.
apm: set display: Interface not engaged
I have look through the linux kernel source. The message is come from
arch/i386/kernel/apm.c . But I cannot understand why this message occurs.
Does anyone give me the hints or solutions of my problem?
Thanks in advance.
-Sanori
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