Linux-Setup Digest #330, Volume #20 Tue, 2 Jan 01 23:13:08 EST
Contents:
Re: Running Linux in RAM (H Dziardziel)
Re: Strange passwd (JM)
Re: Partition Check: mdb : Stop Interrupt!!! (David)
LILO dual-boot problem (Aaron Ginn)
Apache ("Donato Mariano")
Re: Apache (H.Bruijn)
Have a newbie question (Wil Hunting)
was : problems with xcdroast (Bernard)
How do I allow Exchange mail to pass through our Linux firewall? (Jeff Taylor)
Re: accessing linux partitions from Windows? (Frank Sandy)
Re: Sound problem with Mandrake 7.2 (Joao Alfredo)
Sound Problem Mandrake 7.2 (Joao Alfredo)
Re: Sound problem with Mandrake 7.2 (Joao Alfredo)
Re: Running mysql on Redhat 7.0 (Linux User)
New Redhat install issues?? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Motherboard Compatibility ????? ("Jawahir Koul")
Re: install options missed the first time? (mpulliam)
Re: what is minimum components to install for console based gateway/proxy/firewall?
(mpulliam)
Re: another question with xcdroast, previous problem solved ("Gene Heskett")
Partitioning 20G disk for C:, D: and linux ("Trebor")
Re: cd player help???????redhat 7.0 (Aerogems)
Re: Linux stucks on M700 when XF86 4.0.1 is running (Mark Dickie)
Re: LILO remove (Glitch)
Re: Modem is "busy" - PCI IRQ Sharing problem (Nader)
Re: Modem is "busy" - PCI IRQ Sharing problem (Nader)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (H Dziardziel)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.portable
Subject: Re: Running Linux in RAM
Date: Tue, 02 Jan 2001 23:12:09 GMT
On Tue, 02 Jan 2001 02:04:01 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
>I really want to run all of the kernel bits in RAM, and have the HDD
>mounted read only for all of the support software. The computer does
>not need to save any information permanently to the hard disk. It just
>needs to support multiuser mode.
>
>Is there some way to make an image, copy it to ramdisk, then launch
>from ramdisk?
>
>
http://sunsite.dk/mulinux/ may be a good start.
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From: JM <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.security,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Re: Strange passwd
Date: Tue, 02 Jan 2001 23:12:08 +0200
On Tue, 02 Jan 2001 23:42:37 +0800, in comp.os.linux.advocacy,
(Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) wrote:
>I installed 2 Turbolinux at 2 separate machine A and B. I want to make
>some users who do not need a password when they are login.
>
>-------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>In Machine A, I tried as following:
>
>>passwd -d user123
>>passed -S user123
>Changing password for user user123
>Empty password.
>
>(and I can login this user without a password.)
>
>-------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>In Machine B, I got something different as following:
>
>>passwd -d user123
>>passed -S user123
>Changing password for user user123
>No Password set.
>
>(and I CAN'T login with this user without a password.)
>
>-------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>Why this happened? The two machines are have same linux version and same
>config, and I tried to delete the problem user in machine B, and
>recreate again, but problem still exists.
>Thanks for any helps!
>
>Martin.
Try going into /etc/passwd and deleting everything from the user123's
password field.
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From: David <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Partition Check: mdb : Stop Interrupt!!!
Date: Tue, 02 Jan 2001 23:14:29 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> Thanks for the info David, however, I can't get to a prompt. The boot
> disk doesn't even give me a prompt as I hang up on the loader portion..
> Any further suggestions?
>
Hmmm? Ok, you can get a boot disk from here that will get the system up
so that you can make repairs. I haven't used it so don't know what all
is involved in using it.
http://www.toms.net/rb/
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From: Aaron Ginn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: LILO dual-boot problem
Date: 02 Jan 2001 16:03:24 -0700
I have a problem with LILO that I hope someone can help me with.
I installed Mandrake 7.2 on my dad's computer yesterday so he now has
a nice dual-boot Win98/Linux box. Unfortunately, we can't get Linux
to boot from the hard disk. The problem is that when the LILO prompt
comes up with Windows and Linux selections, the up/down arrow keys
don't work. As such, I can't select from the LILO menu, and the box
boots into the Default OS. Luckily, I created a boot disk, so we have
to boot Linux via floppy right now, but I want to fix this problem.
I don't know why the keyboard is non-functional at the LILO prompt.
The keyboard works fine once he's booted into Linux or Windows. He
has a USB keyboard.
We also have another problem in that when he boots into Linux, and
then boots into Windows, the display is hosed and Windows boots into
safe mode. If he then exits out and reboots into Windows, the box
boots fine. I don't have a clue how to fix this.
Has anyone encountered similar problems to these or know how to fix
them?
Thanks,
Aaron
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From: "Donato Mariano" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Apache
Date: Tue, 02 Jan 2001 23:53:12 GMT
Hi all!
I have finally installed and configurated apache w s, bat I have a problem:
the browser visualize the html! More exactaly the tag of html. For example I
see:
<html>
<body>...
What is the problem?
I run apache 1.3.4 under Suse 6.0
Bye
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (H.Bruijn)
Subject: Re: Apache
Date: 3 Jan 2001 00:02:54 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Tue, 02 Jan 2001 23:53:12 GMT, Donato Mariano allegedly wrote:
>Hi all!
>
>I have finally installed and configurated apache w s, bat I have a problem:
>
>the browser visualize the html! More exactaly the tag of html. For example I
>see:
>
><html>
><body>...
>
>What is the problem?
>I run apache 1.3.4 under Suse 6.0
Files in HTML should have the extension .html Otherwise the webserver
considers them by default plain text.
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From: Wil Hunting <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Have a newbie question
Date: Wed, 03 Jan 2001 00:16:22 GMT
Greetings. I have a question to ask regarding my hardware and linux (I
am a linux neophyte), If I am not in the right forum, I apologize and
please point me to the proper one. Just recently, I looked at the
Software titles in my software store and found a bunch; RH, Mandrake,
Suse and others. I read the spec's on the boxes, but they are vague
and I know Linux is particular about hardware. I have two systems which
I will do my best to spec out below and am wondering what I can expect
if I try to install one of these on one or both of these systems. Any
opinions on which linux Distribution is best for a newbie would be
greatfully appreciated as well. Thanks in advance from a newbie.
System 1:
Pentium II MMX (233 mhz)
Award Bios
96 meg memory
Tatung 24x Cd-rom
30 Gig Western Digital HD
Ess sound card
Cirrus Logic 548x Video Card (agp-4 meg video)
Lt 56k winmodem
Ctx PL7 17" monitor
Umax Astra 610p scanner
Hp 820 (ces) inkjet printer
Note: On this system, to get the full 30 gig recognized as one hard
drive, had to use "bios extender" software from Western Digital.
System 2:
Dell Netplex 486 (25 mhz-don't laugh)
32 meg memory
8x cd-rom (don't have the mfg info at this writing)
SB compatible sound card
ATI Graphics Pro Turbo video card (2 meg video memory)
Generic 33.6 modem (don't think it is a winmodem as I set the jumpers)
Quantum 4.3 gig HD
HP Officejet 630 (all in one unit-actually works very well..)
Note: On this system, I put in the 4.3 gig drive and had to use, for
lack of a better description, "bios extender" software from Quantum in
order to get the system to recognize the drive as 4.3 gig.
Any advice/tips/don'ts/do's/etc. on the hardware and a version of Linux
would be sincerely appreciated. Again, thank you.
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From: Bernard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: was : problems with xcdroast
Date: Wed, 03 Jan 2001 00:49:23 GMT
Hi !
xcdroast is now working OK on my system. Indeed, it did work from the
beginning, only I didn't know it did.
What happened ?
What got me confused were those error messages : "TOC of impossible
length", and, later on, while running "Verify Burnt CD" : "copy differs
from image at block 17". Always at block 17, each time, for each new
trial ! That made me wonder, therefore I started watching things more
closely...
[mode wondering on]
Oh ! what the hell is that ? The name of cdrom device for burnt cd
verifying, does not match that of my cd roaster ! But, for Heaven's
sake... that name is that of my OTHER cdrom reader !!!
[mode wondering off]
>From there on everything started getting clearer ! I had taken it for
granted that the checking process would operate from my cdroaster, as it
did when using my Windows 3.1 driver ! Upon understanding my mistake,
I removed the burnt cd from cdroaster and put it in cd read only
driver... started a new "verify burnt cd", and got "no errors" ! I
got the TOC error messages whenever there was nothing in the appropriate
cdrom drive for verifying ; I got : "copy differs from image at block
17" when said cdrom drive was mounted and had a cd in it, but it was
just any cd, not the just burnt one.
So, I am now able to burn CDs under Linux environment, using xcdroast
0.96e, saving Linux files in Rock Ridge format, which was not possible
when using my Windows driver. I saved my files at speed X4, while I had
to remain with speed X2 under Windows. I surely spent a lot of time
before I found my mistake in using xcdroast, but it is not fully wasted
time, since it gave me the opportunity to read a lot of docs on burning
CDs, therefore learning a lot on my system. From now on, if something
fails, I am likely to have a better idea about what is wrong...
Thanks for the advices, an Happy New Year to everyone.
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From: Jeff Taylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: How do I allow Exchange mail to pass through our Linux firewall?
Date: Wed, 03 Jan 2001 01:03:23 GMT
What do I need to configure and add to, to allow Internet mail to
reach our Exchange server through our Linux firewall?
I believe I must configure the router to allow UDP and TCP connections
to port 53 on the DNS server from our Exchange Server but I need
specific files and config parameters as far as the RH 6.2 Linux box is
concerned.
Thanks a lot anyone who can help me.
Jeff
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Frank Sandy)
Subject: Re: accessing linux partitions from Windows?
Date: 2 Jan 2001 20:17:49 -0500
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
In article <h8046.30280$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Trebor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>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:).
I think ext2tool should do that, but you will have to do a web
search to find a site that distributes it.
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From: Joao Alfredo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Sound problem with Mandrake 7.2
Date: Wed, 03 Jan 2001 01:30:06 -0000
I am with a similar problem.
My Motherboard is ASUS-P3V4X.
My sound card is Sound Blaster Live MP3.
Mandrake 7.2 recognizes Live MP3, but of the mistake, doesn't have sound.
I installed Mandrake 7.2 in a motherboard Tekram with VIA KX133
Tekram use North Bridge VT8371 and South Bridge VT82C686A and Live MP3
worked perfectly.
ASUS P3V4x uses VIA Apollo PRO 133A with VT82C694X and VT82C596B.
The problem should be in some of VTXXXXX.
Shortly we should have solution.
Joao Alfredo
routerl wrote:
>
> Well, I got another newbie question. My sound card isn't working.
HardDrake
> knows its there, and it seems to be the correct sound card but I get no
> sound. Ever.
>
> The sound card is the built-in sound card from the Asus K7V motherboard.
It
> uses an Apollo chipset.
>
> I appreciate any help I can get. Thank you in advance.
>
> routerl
>
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From: Joao Alfredo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Sound Problem Mandrake 7.2
Date: Wed, 03 Jan 2001 01:30:08 -0000
I am with a similar problem.
My Motherboard is ASUS-P3V4X.
My sound card is Sound Blaster Live MP3.
Mandrake 7.2 recognizes Live MP3, but of the mistake, doesn't have sound.
I installed Mandrake 7.2 in a motherboard Tekram with VIA KX133
Tekram use North Bridge VT8371 and South Bridge VT82C686A and Live MP3
worked perfectly.
ASUS P3V4x uses VIA Apollo PRO 133A with VT82C694X and VT82C596B.
The problem should be in some of VTXXXXX.
Shortly we should have solution.
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From: Joao Alfredo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Sound problem with Mandrake 7.2
Date: Wed, 03 Jan 2001 01:30:08 -0000
I am with a similar problem.
My Motherboard is ASUS-P3V4X.
My sound card is Sound Blaster Live MP3.
Mandrake 7.2 recognizes Live MP3, but of the mistake, doesn't have sound.
I installed Mandrake 7.2 in a motherboard Tekram with VIA KX133
Tekram use North Bridge VT8371 and South Bridge VT82C686A and Live MP3
worked perfectly.
ASUS P3V4x uses VIA Apollo PRO 133A with VT82C694X and VT82C596B.
The problem should be in some of VTXXXXX.
Shortly we should have solution.
routerl wrote:
>
> Well, I got another newbie question. My sound card isn't working.
HardDrake
> knows its there, and it seems to be the correct sound card but I get no
> sound. Ever.
>
> The sound card is the built-in sound card from the Asus K7V motherboard.
It
> uses an Apollo chipset.
>
> I appreciate any help I can get. Thank you in advance.
>
> routerl
>
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From: Linux User <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Running mysql on Redhat 7.0
Date: Tue, 2 Jan 2001 18:03:52 -0800
Hello,
Try the command:
service mysqld start
Also the lastest version of mysql for RH 7 is version 3.23.29-1, you might
want to upgrade.
Regards,
Jim H
Patrick Mc Govern wrote:
> I have installed Redhat 7.0 on two computers with "everything" installed.
> Both have PHP working without any configuration. I can't get mysql
> working on either machine and I get the same errors.
>
> I ran /usr/bin/mysql_install_db as root and created the initial tables.
> When I ran /usr/bin/safe_mysqld & to start the tables I get this basic
> error message in the mysql error file:
>
> mysqld started
> /usr/libexec/mysqld: Can't find file: './mysql/host.frm' (errno: 13)
> mysqld ended
>
> I'd like to know if anyone has started a mysql database in Redhat 7.0 with
> mysql version 3.23.24-1 and how it was started. I think I am missing
> something when I use /usr/bin/mysql_install_db.
> Pat
>
>
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: New Redhat install issues??
Date: Wed, 03 Jan 2001 02:29:54 GMT
New Redhat install issues??
I am setting on a new computer with on 20GB hard drive. I used the
first 10GB for windows ME and now I am trying to use the other 10GB for
redhat 7.0.
I install redhat and I dont get any errors but after reboot the
computer. the computer goes right into windowsME. If I use the book
disk that linux loads fine??? why is LILO not loading off the MBR??
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From: "Jawahir Koul" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Motherboard Compatibility ?????
Date: Tue, 2 Jan 2001 20:53:08 -0800
I am planning to buy one of those MB which have sound and video and modem
on board like PC Chips 598LMR AT/ATX board or Amptron PM599. Are they
compatible
with Linux Red Hat 6 or linux Red Hat 7. Where can I find the list of MBs
which are compatible?
I would appreciate help.
Thanks,
JK
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (mpulliam)
Subject: Re: install options missed the first time?
Date: Wed, 3 Jan 2001 02:58:02 +0000 (UTC)
On Tue, 02 Jan 2001 09:40:16 -0600, David
Robinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Hi all. Somehow I botched my RH7
install and ended up installing
>without the gcc compiler and all
the associated libraries and stuff. I
>know I can run rpm to install the
packages, but how do I know which
>packages are needed?
If you boot once again from the install
CDROM, you can select update. Then it'll
give you a screen where you can pick the
packages you needd to add. If you pick
the gcc compiler (for example) it should
notify you of what associated packages
the compiler will need. You tell it "yes"
and it will install (supposedly) everything
you need.
rpm is supposed to know enough to satisfy
all the dependencies of each package.
It usually works pretty well.
MP
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (mpulliam)
Subject: Re: what is minimum components to install for console based
gateway/proxy/firewall?
Date: Wed, 3 Jan 2001 03:07:08 +0000 (UTC)
On Tue, 2 Jan 2001 14:34:04 -0800, Ralph
A Freeman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Hardware is a P-133, 32M RAM, 1G HD.
>
>Should I use Linux from scratch, or a
distro? I already have RH 6.2 and a
>recent ver. of Corel. I do not want a
GUI, just a console (remote). . .
My system is just the same size as yours
and I have successfully run RH 6.1 with
a GUI (use a small window manager, not
Gnome or KDE, if you do this). I am now
actually running Mandrake 7.2 on the box
and it works OK though it takes its time.
I have tested 9 different versions of
Linux on here and, using the text install,
have had little trouble. I am using the
box for a workstation, not networked,
but I don't see much reason you couldn't
run it as a gateway. I've not tried using
mine in that manner.
MP
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Date: 1 Jan 2001 18:39:45 -0500
From: "Gene Heskett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: another question with xcdroast, previous problem solved
Gene Heskett sends Greetings to Bill Unruh;
BU> Well, xcdroast I think has had about 8 but then those are "test
BU> versions. Until test6, the author advised sticking with .96 but
BU> now he advises switching even though .98 is not yet finished.
I take it not all of these have been advertised on Freshmeat then, I
don't recall that many, 3 maybe.
BU> It
BU> works well-- a few cosmetic bugs (The audio play says it is
BU> playing a new track but keeps playing the old one in certain
BU> conditions, the fifo buffer report reports an empty buffer
BU> between tracks, when it is not empty) Not that I have tried
BU> GToaster.
BU> -- Just did Certainly a very different layout from xcdroast, and
BU> the cdplayer software has a hard time keeping the buffer fulll-
BU> all sorts of glitches in the playing of a file. (woops that was
BU> the ESD sound system, the OSS seems to work much more reliably).
Thats something I hadn't tried at all, I use xmms for all that, and with
an SBLive, its not OSS or ESD dependant, using emu10k1 built as a module.
BU> So many possibilities. Isn't Linux frustrating and great. It
BU> reminds me of collegues from Russia who visited me in the late
BU> 70's. The would go into a department store and just wander for
BU> hours unable to buy anything because there was so much choice.
Thats a pretty darned good description, Bill.
Part of my problem is that I tend to only dig into what has immediate
utility for me, or possibly at the tv station. The other part is of
course the limited number of hours in a day that I can honestly say that
what I do is a learning experience, at 66 they seem to be getting
scarcer, which is at times quite frustrating.
Cheers, Gene
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From: "Trebor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: 24hoursupport.helpdesk
Subject: Partitioning 20G disk for C:, D: and linux
Date: Wed, 03 Jan 2001 03:20:05 GMT
[NOTE: I found a workaround to my problem, which is described at the end.
But I thought I'd complete this post, since I already had it written up &
ready to send. Thought I'd see if anybody could shed some insight on what
might have been going on.]
OK - I'm having problems setting up a 20GB disk for Win95 and linux. My goal
is thus:
Partition 1: linux boot partition (type 83) (size: 88M)
Partition 2: Win95 drive C: (type 0Ch) (size: 7.6G)
Partition 3: Win95 drive D: (type 0Ch) (size: 7.6G)
Partition 4: Extended part'n (type 5) (size: remainder of drive)
The extended partition would contain the following logical drives:
Logical 1: linux swap (type 82) (size: 196M)
Logical 2: linux /tmp (type 83) (size: 196M)
Logical 3: linux /var (type 83) (size: 196M)
Logical 4: linux /usr (type 83) (size: remainder of ext. part'n)
I used RedHat 7.0's fdisk (not druid) to set up the partitioning as
described above.
Here's my problem: I just cannot get the Win95 D: drive to format correctly.
After partitioning, I booted a Win95 boot diskette to COMMAND LINE and used
Win95's command line 'format' command. C: formated fine, including transfer
of system files. But when I format D: it aborts after about 90% of the way
through, complaining of a bad partition table.
Also, I tried aefdisk to do the formatting (not the partitioning) using the
'/formatfat' option. It bombed out as well.
I kept the C: and D: sizes at 7.6G to insure that I kept well below the 8G
limit. I had attempted 8G drives previously, but wasn't sure whether
'+8000M' in linux fdisk meant something greater than 8G (eg, 8000M =
8000*1024*1024 > 8,000,000,000), so after a few attempts I played it safe by
specifying '+7600M' in linux fdisk. I always deleted ALL partitions between
attempts, but could something have been left over???
.. LATER ...
OK .. I found something that worked. I booted to the Win95 GUI, then opened
an MSDOS command window and ran the format of D: from there. It worked under
Win95 GUI, but not under Win95 booted to MSDOS mode via boot diskette.
Any comments/insights on what I was trying to do are appreciated.
=> Bonus question! If I want FAT32 drives for C: and D:, should I select
partition type '0Ch'? That is defined as "Windows 95 with 32-bit FAT (using
LBA-mode INT 13 extensions)" NOTE: My AMI BIOS is dated 7/15/95, and
'supports' LBA (at least, it _mentions_ LBA in the BIOS setup screen, so I
assume it can do LBA translation).
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From: Aerogems <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: cd player help???????redhat 7.0
Date: Wed, 03 Jan 2001 03:30:06 -0000
Well, you don't need to mount your drive in order to use an audio CD, so if
you're doing that, then you're going to have a problem. This is because
there really is no file system on an audio CD, only raw digital audio.
Something to try however, is making a symlink from /dev/hdc (or whatever
device your CD-ROM is on), to /dev/cdrom. A lot of apps automatically
search for things on /dev/cdrom, so it's a good idea to have it if you
don't for some reason.
-Aerogems-
>
>
>
> Subject: laptop CD player problems
> Date: Saturday, December 02, 2000 6:02 PM
>
> I mount my cdrom from /mnt
> but it gives me the error message that the cd, which is regular wav
format
> (or whatever the industry uses), is the WRONG MEDIA TYPE
>
> also:
> I get beeps from box when I do things in which you are supposed to be
> getting beeps........
> however, again, when I enter GNOME and use the cd player it still plays
no
> music.......
> help would be appreciated
>
> --
> "Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the
mind
> on the present moment."
>
>
>
>
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From: Mark Dickie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Linux stucks on M700 when XF86 4.0.1 is running
Date: Wed, 3 Jan 2001 03:36:26 +0000
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> 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
>
Your laptop is crashing when power saving kicks in. This could be in the
kernel in which case re-compile with advanced power saving disabled. But
more likely to be X WIndows so try switching it off in X first before we
play games with the kernel. I think you can switch off DPMS within
XF86Config or if you run Mandrake XF86Config-4. The server flags section
should look something like this:-
Section "ServerFlags"
# Uncomment this to cause a core dump at the spot where a signal is
# received. This may leave the console in an unusable state, but may
# provide a better stack trace in the core dump to aid in debugging
#NoTrapSignals
# Uncomment this to disable the <Crtl><Alt><BS> server abort sequence
# This allows clients to receive this key event.
#DontZap
# Uncomment this to disable the <Crtl><Alt><KP_+>/<KP_-> mode switching
# sequences. This allows clients to receive these key events.
#DontZoom
# This allows the server to start up even if the
# mouse device can't be opened/initialised.
AllowMouseOpenFail
EndSection
Add Option "NoPM" "yes" before EndSection. I think this will work, if not
like I said try the kernel.
Have fun!
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Date: Tue, 02 Jan 2001 22:39:00 -0500
From: Glitch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: LILO remove
Stephan wrote:
>
> I installed Corel Linux Deluxe on my Laptop running MS Windows ME in a dual boot
>partition and then removed it and formatted the partition, but I cannot get rid of
>the start up option screen that lets me select what Operating System I want to load?
>
> --
> Posted via CNET Help.com
> http://www.help.com/
that's because formatting doesn't touch the MBR which is where LILO is.
You have to use DOS's fdisk utility and do the following at a DOS
prompt:
fdisk /mbr
that will ovewrite the MBR of the drive with Windows boot information
thus getting rid of lilo
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From: Nader <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: Modem is "busy" - PCI IRQ Sharing problem
Date: Tue, 02 Jan 2001 19:43:28 -0800
What kernel version did you use?
Julie Brandon wrote:
> On Mon, 01 Jan 2001 21:51:42 -0800, Nader ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) said:
>
>> /etc/rc.d/init.d/serial as a System V feature. I thought that my serial
>> initialization was running from /etc/rc.d/rc.serial. Also, when I
>> logout of linux, the shutdown messages stated that the serial driver was
>> not loaded.
>>
>> Any suggestions?
>
>
> Not sure, as I did the installation in a different way -- I used the
> alternate installation method, installing the actual source into the kernel
> source, so that it got compiled the regular way, and dont need any serial
> startup setup scripts etc.
>
> Ta-ra,
> Julie
>
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From: Nader <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: Modem is "busy" - PCI IRQ Sharing problem
Date: Tue, 02 Jan 2001 19:44:38 -0800
What PCI devices are sharing IRQs with you rmodem?
Yidao Cai wrote:
> Nader wrote:
>
>> I am unable to get my modem (US Robotics 56K FAX INT controller-based PCI,
>> 3COM/USR 3CP5610 family, OEM 2977 model) to work in Linux, although it works
>
>
>
> I have a 3cp5610, OEM 2976 model. It works fine under both 2.0.34 and 2.0.36
> kernels with setserial command, but not 2.2.16. My conclusion is, the problem
> was with things added after 2.0.36.
>
> cai
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