Linux-Setup Digest #337, Volume #20 Wed, 3 Jan 01 18:13:14 EST
Contents:
Re: 4 partitions for dualboot (Rod Smith)
Re: Newbie ? (Rafiq Mateen)
kernel modules headache (J. Roe)
Re: Cable Internet Anyone? (Steve Withers)
Re: cable internet (Steve Withers)
Re: Step-by step to install Linux RH7 and Win98. (Leonard Evens)
Re: Compiling Kernels on RH 7.0? (Steve Withers)
Re: irq problem (Steve Withers)
Re: How Do I see a Linux box using Win 98? (Steve Withers)
X Window no longer starts ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Cannot boot - UNEXPECTED INCONSISTENCY; RUN fsck MANUALLY... (Steve Withers)
Re: Cannot boot - UNEXPECTED INCONSISTENCY; RUN fsck MANUALLY... (Colin Watson)
kde problem (Glitch)
Mandrake Setup ("Matt")
Re: Problem with windows after RH7 install(dual boot) (Mark Bratcher)
LILO boots only linux ("troost")
Re: How can RH7.0 handle my ATAPI ZIP disk properly? (David)
Re: How can RH7.0 handle my ATAPI ZIP disk properly? (David)
Re: kernel modules headache (David)
Re: X Window no longer starts (David)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Rod Smith)
Subject: Re: 4 partitions for dualboot
Date: Wed, 03 Jan 2001 21:12:52 GMT
[Posted and mailed]
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
HP Staber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I've created four partitions on my 30Gig drive for dualboot purposes:
> C: 1 Gig FAT32 primary for WinME
> E: 1 Gig FAT16 primary for DOS
> F: 13 Gig FAT32 primary for Win and Linux later
> I want to split this partition during installation of MDK 7.2
> D: 15 Gig FAT32 extended for Win Software, data and backup
> Question : will a split of F: into a Win and a Linux part create
> problems since the MBR is only able to handle 4 primary partitions ?
It depends on how it's done. A smart partitioning tool, like Partition
Magic, will allow you to shrink the existing F:, enlarge the extended
partition BACKWARDS, and create a new logical partition in it for the
new stuff. Dumber tools, like FIPS, just won't be able to cope with it.
--
Rod Smith, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.rodsbooks.com
Author of books on Linux & multi-OS configuration
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From: Rafiq Mateen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Newbie ?
Date: Wed, 03 Jan 2001 16:34:45 -0500
Eggert Ehmke wrote:
>
> On Wed, 03 Jan 2001 08:52:53 -0500, Rafiq Mateen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> wrote:
>
> >I am trying to install kwintv0.8.5 and run into the error "Can't find X
> >includes. Please check your installation and add the correct paths!"
> >Please advise on this error as this is not my first time running into
> >this. Thanx in advance.
>
> You need the X include files, they are needed for each software you want to
> compile on X. The come with the development package, look for "xdevel.rpm"
> or something similar for your distro.
> Eggert
>
> --
> Eggert Ehmke
> Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Thanks a million you are a Godsend.....Peace
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From: J. Roe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: kernel modules headache
Date: Wed, 03 Jan 2001 21:20:20 GMT
Hi,
This is frustrating the #*()!@ out of me. I just upgraded from RH 6.2
to RH 7.0 (mistake #1) and it gave me kernel 2.2.16 after a reboot, the
kernel no longer recognizes my sound card (via an ALSA driver). SO I
try to recompile...no luck...I get errors on the make modules command.
So I download 2.2.18 (mistake #2) and compile this kernel...everything
seems to go ok, but when I reboot, System.map gets re-linked back to the
System.map-2.2.16 and I can't boot this new image.
I am at a loss here with what the problem is. Seems like 2.2.16 is
"taking over" but yet, it won't recompile for me. What's up with
this...I suspect it's a RH problem...and if so, how do I work around
this?
--
Janine Roe
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
...the more i learn, the less i know about before
the less i know, the more i want to look around...
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From: Steve Withers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Cable Internet Anyone?
Date: Thu, 04 Jan 2001 10:37:15 +1300
Edwin Johnson wrote:
> That seems fairly straightforward then. How do you handle the id/password in
> an environment like this? (I presume there is one, but don't really know.)
>
> ...Edwin
There shouldn't be one. At least not before you get an IP address.
If you are to be connected 24/7 then when you "login" or "logout" becomes
irrelevant. They need only track the data volume to and from your IP address for
billing or perhaps to detect "abuse" (euphemism for "excessive use").
--
Regards,
Steve Withers
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Registered LINUX user # 24688
http://counter.li.org/
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From: Steve Withers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: cable internet
Date: Thu, 04 Jan 2001 10:40:08 +1300
Dany H wrote:
> hi,
>
> i have just installed Corel Linux 1.2 and i want to set it up to use DHCP
> for my cable internet...
>
> how do i do this...
>
> Dany
Usually it is a tick box in the network setup.....and Corel being one of the
more polishes versions of Linux, it shouldn't be any harder than that.
I used Corel 1.0 briefly - it wanted an entire disk or ELSE...so it was not
for me. But there were things about it that left all other Linux
distributions for dead......especially the Corel "explorer" that could see
files, SMB networks *and* NFS drives......all with no config required. That
was WAY cool.
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Regards,
Steve Withers
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Registered LINUX user # 24688
http://counter.li.org/
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From: Leonard Evens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: Step-by step to install Linux RH7 and Win98.
Date: Wed, 03 Jan 2001 15:26:19 -0600
gataway wrote:
>
> I'm going to setup a new system with two ATA 100 harddisk, one for win
> 98 the other for Linux RH7.I'm planning to have BootMAgic and Partition
> Magic install .
> So which OS do i install first? And what partition is needed for noth
> win98SE and Linux? Can i have and exmaple of how much space for each
> partition? I will
> Install most of the application and games on win98SE ,as for linux i am
> a newbie still
> need to explore more about it.Kindly give me a senerio on what to do.
I don't see any reason to use Partition Magic and Boot Magic.
You should install Windows 98 on the first disk and then afterwards
install Linux on the second disk. This should be pretty routine.
You should put the lilo boot loader in the master boot record of
the first disk.
--
Leonard Evens [EMAIL PROTECTED] 847-491-5537
Dept. of Mathematics, Northwestern Univ., Evanston, IL 60208
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From: Steve Withers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Compiling Kernels on RH 7.0?
Date: Thu, 04 Jan 2001 10:41:37 +1300
Markus Kossmann wrote:
> Steve Withers wrote:
> >
> > I want to upgrade my kernel from 2.2.16-22 kernel provided by RH 7.0 to
> > the new, stable, 2.2.18 in order to fix an annoying problem with access
> > to data CDs from within a VMware windows environement......about half
> > the time it treats them like audio CDs.
> >
> Thre are instructions on
> http://www.redhat.com/support/docs/gotchas/7.0/gotchas-7-6.html#ss6.1
Thanks, Markus
I checked the RH site, but obviously not well enough. :-)
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Steve Withers
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From: Steve Withers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: irq problem
Date: Thu, 04 Jan 2001 10:45:11 +1300
root wrote:
> [root@C3829572 /root]# cat /proc/interrupts
> CPU0
> 0: 210599 XT-PIC timer
> 1: 1033 XT-PIC keyboard
> 2: 0 XT-PIC cascade
> 4: 67099 XT-PIC serial
> 8: 1 XT-PIC rtc
> 10: 5498 XT-PIC eth0
> 13: 1 XT-PIC fpu
> 14: 20476 XT-PIC ide0
> NMI: 0
Nothing is using IRQ3....try disabling serial 2 in your PC's BIOS. That
should free it.
Also....you may have a port address conflict. What address range does
your card prefer? What can it be configured to use? Can you configure it
at all?
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Steve Withers
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Registered LINUX user # 24688
http://counter.li.org/
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From: Steve Withers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: How Do I see a Linux box using Win 98?
Date: Thu, 04 Jan 2001 10:48:39 +1300
donk wrote:
> I've set-up a Linux box, all working ok.
>
> I have a win98 PC working ok.
>
> Both can ping each other no problem.
>
> Q. How do I configure Linux / windoze such that the Linux box appears in
> Network Neighbourhood so I can use directory shares and stuff.
>
> Step by step please, I'm new at this. No HOWTO's cover this subject. doh.
>
> thanks
>
> Rt
The Samba HOWTO is what you want. Linux uses Samba to "talk" SMB which is
what Windows networking is based on. Artisoft's LANtastic and DEC's Pathworks
are also SMB-based networks. OS/2's Lan Server also is SMB-based.
Your Linux system can even be a fnuctional NT domain server if you set samba
up right.
But start simple. :-)
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Steve Withers
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Registered LINUX user # 24688
http://counter.li.org/
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: X Window no longer starts
Date: Wed, 03 Jan 2001 21:49:21 GMT
Hi to everyone !
On my system (RedHat 6.0), I have defined 5 accounts, including root. I
have only one global Xwindow config (with fvwm2), which used to work
fine
in any of may accounts. For some reason, this no longer works for one of
my accounts, and I can't find why. It still works for the other
accounts.
Fvwm2 does not start, instead I get TWM, which is not of much use. Upon
quitting TWM, I can read the following message :
=====================================================================
/usr/X86R6/bin/RunWM : /home/BD/.FVWM2-errors permission non accord�e.
Warning : you selected Fvwm2 as your window manager, but your
installation does not appear to be functional. The executable
/usr/X86R6/bin/fvwm2
was not found on your system.
RESUMING with TWM.
=====================================================================
Now, here is the content of /home/BD/.FVWM2-errors :
=====================================================================
Including_decors...
Including Fvwm95 interface...
finished decorating...
Including_complex functions...
Including_key bindings...
Including_menus...
Basic start menu...
Xlock/Screensaver menus...
Preferences menu...
Window-Ops menu...
Including_fvwm_hostmenus...
Including_defstyles...
Including_modules...
Including forms...
Including_init...
Done
[FVWM][scanForPixmap]: <<WARNING>> Couldn't find pixmap mini-penguin.xpm
[FVWM][scanForPixmap]: <<WARNING>> Couldn't find pixmap mini-penguin.xpm
[FVWM][scanForPixmap]: <<WARNING>> Couldn't find pixmap mini-penguin.xpm
[FVWM][scanForPixmap]: <<WARNING>> Couldn't find pixmap mini-doc1.xpm
[FVWM][AddToMenu]: <<WARNING>> Hotkey P is reused in menu StartMenu;
second binding ignored.
[FVWM][scanForPixmap]: <<WARNING>> Couldn't find pixmap
mini-shadowman-64.xpm
[FVWM][scanForPixmap]: <<WARNING>> Couldn't find pixmap mini-pager.xpm
[FVWM][scanForPixmap]: <<WARNING>> Couldn't find pixmap mini-pager.xpm
[FVWM][scanForPixmap]: <<WARNING>> Couldn't find pixmap mini-iconify.xpm
[FVWM][scanForPixmap]: <<WARNING>> Couldn't find pixmap mini-stick.xpm
[FVWM][AddToMenu]: <<WARNING>> Hotkey W is reused in menu Window-Ops;
second binding ignored.
[FVWM][AddToMenu]: <<WARNING>> Hotkey L is reused in menu Window-Ops;
second binding ignored.
[FVWM][scanForPixmap]: <<WARNING>> Couldn't find pixmap mini-iconify.xpm
*FvwmTaskBar: cannot open console
ifcfg-lo should not be world writeable
received SIGPIPE signal: exiting...
xterm: fatal IO error 32 (Relais bris� (pipe)) or KillClient on X
server ":0.0"
=====================================================================
Thanks for any hint.
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From: Steve Withers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Cannot boot - UNEXPECTED INCONSISTENCY; RUN fsck MANUALLY...
Date: Thu, 04 Jan 2001 10:56:43 +1300
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> This is a Linux filesystem problem. I'm running Red Hat 7.0. Please let
> me know if this issue is more appropriate in another newsgroup. Thanks!
>
> For some reason I get the error I pasted below when I try and boot
> linux. When I enter root password, prompt asks if I want to fix
> filesystem #1. If I type "yes," an endless column of "y" values just
> prints down my screen. No other value does anything, although if I
> enter "dir" prompt displays directory and asks if I want to fix
> filesystem #2. If I enter "fsck" prompt returns something
> like "parallel program version November 11..." but doesn't seem to run
> fsck, just returns information about the program.
>
> Don't know how this happened but it's critical as my whole system is
> shutdown.
>
> Thanks,
> Irene
>
Search at www.deja.com...do a complete search (not recent).
I found good advice there and it helped me get out of exactly tihs
situation......You may have to boot from CD and drop to a command
prompt......but anyway search on the keywords in your message. You aren't
alone!
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Regards,
Steve Withers
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Registered LINUX user # 24688
http://counter.li.org/
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Colin Watson)
Subject: Re: Cannot boot - UNEXPECTED INCONSISTENCY; RUN fsck MANUALLY...
Date: 3 Jan 2001 21:50:27 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>For some reason I get the error I pasted below when I try and boot
>linux. When I enter root password, prompt asks if I want to fix
>filesystem #1. If I type "yes," an endless column of "y" values just
>prints down my screen. No other value does anything, although if I
>enter "dir" prompt displays directory and asks if I want to fix
>filesystem #2. If I enter "fsck" prompt returns something
>like "parallel program version November 11..." but doesn't seem to run
>fsck, just returns information about the program.
I don't know about this prompt thing (it must be something Red
Hat-specific), but, in order to use fsck, you must give it a partition
name as an argument. For instance, to check the second primary partition
on your first IDE hard disk, you would type 'fsck /dev/hda2'. You can
also use 'fsck -a' to check all filesystems.
>Don't know how this happened but it's critical as my whole system is
>shutdown.
Are you running a development kernel (2.3.xx or 2.4.0-test)? Or did you
turn your system off without shutting down properly? There are various
other rather less common things that might cause filesystem corruption,
but those two are the ones that hit most people.
--
Colin Watson [[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
"Alles Vergaengliche / Ist nur ein Gleichnis;
Das Unzulaengliche / Hier wird's Ereignis;" - _Faust_, Goethe
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Date: Wed, 03 Jan 2001 17:14:06 -0500
From: Glitch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: kde problem
hello,
i'm told by my isp b/c of their new digital system that i should try
upgrading my current version of kppp since the version i got with suse
6.3 (version 1.5.32 i think) doesn't seem to want to connect to them. I
think it's on their end but to satisfy them i gonna try upgrading. I
got qt 2.1. I got kdelibs-2.0 and i got a src.rpm for kdenetwork. Qt
and kdelibs installed fine. HOwever when compiling kdenework it doesnt'
want to find the header files that are in the kdelibs package. I know
how to fix it. I have to supply the correct path to the libs so that
kdenetwork can find them but i've searched the Makefile and edited it as
well as editing the configure script and i have yet to get kdenetwork to
see the header files it needs to compile. What variable/file do i need
to edit in order for this to work?
thanks
brandon
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From: "Matt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Mandrake Setup
Date: Wed, 3 Jan 2001 17:12:59 -0500
I recently bought Linux-Mandrake 7.2
After struggling with the partitioning, it came time to install the
packages.
I then got the error message "packageFile:missing header".
What does this mean? I bought the CD from Linux Central.
How do I fix it? Do I need a new CD? Please help.
Email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Mark Bratcher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: Problem with windows after RH7 install(dual boot)
Date: Wed, 03 Jan 2001 17:17:59 -0500
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Q wrote:
>
> You may want to check your HD controller drivers in Win98. I did this a
> while ago with my triple boot system and for some stupid reason one day 98
> just decided not to use the drivers that I was using for a while (2940u2w
> adaptec). I loaded the same drivers I did before and when I rebooted it was
> fine...
>
> Windows=BAD
>
> "Jim Robertson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Help!!! I installed linux so that it would boot using lilo fom the hard
> disk after several days of fooling around with it by booting up with a
> floppy. Now when I boot to Win 98 it is horribly slow accessing the hard
> drive. I can't figure out what has changed. I ran fdisk /mbr to restore
> the mbr but this didn't help. Everything seems normal until I access the
> hard disk and then the machine bogs right down. Any ideas????
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From: "troost" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: LILO boots only linux
Date: Wed, 03 Jan 2001 22:23:52 GMT
Hi,
As a newbie i recieved 6 CDS (Suse 7.0) : try this!
Yep,
I got 1 HD (12GB) with 78% for 1 partition with win98 installed on it. The
rest was just unused. Now i tried to install suse. He installs from a
bootable CD and makes a floppy with the lilo boot on it. HD booting isnt
possible anymore. When i boot he prompt for the partition to use. typing
linux starts suse. Typing nothing also.
Now what must i type to start win98?!?
The partition still exists cause i can mount the partition in linux and
access it. KDE sees several partitions cd, floppy (although impossible to
mount)some others and the VFAT windows.
I tried to give the lilo boot the partition : hda, hda1 through 7, hdd .None
of them have a kernel it saids.
Well i really would like to be able to use win98 also, but how?
Seems perhaps a stupid problem but i already spended halve a day reading
manuals and faqs :-@ (Yawn)
Tnx for helping.
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From: David <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: How can RH7.0 handle my ATAPI ZIP disk properly?
Date: Wed, 03 Jan 2001 22:26:11 GMT
"Victor S. Miller" wrote:
>
> I have a dual boot (Windows '98 and RH7.0) Pentium MMX 166 Mhz with
> 32MB memory-- system. It has an ATAPI internal Zip drive. Windows
> handles it just fine -- it sees it as a removable disk, and eject,
> etc. works. Windows will boot whether or not there's a disk in the
> drive. In the BIOS it's listed as AUTO (which is what the IOMEGA site
> says is the proper thing). However, RH7.0 has a major problem with
> it:
>
> First, if there is no disk in the drive at boot up, RH 7.0 just hangs
> with endless messages about "lost interrupt on hdb". In my fstab it's
> listed as not to be mounted at boot time. If I try to shutdown and
> the drive isn't mounted, shutdown also hangs with the same "lost
> interrupt on hdb". I have scsi configured in my kernel (but not scsi
> devices present). I remember hearing that I should use scsi emulation
> with the Zip drive (and my CDROM drives -- which are also IDE) by
> means of the module ide-scsi. What is the right way to do this?
> Should it be in modules.conf, or in some part of lilo.conf?
> --
> Victor S. Miller | " ... Meanwhile, those of us who can compute can hardly
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] | be expected to keep writing papers saying 'I can do the
> CCR, Princeton, NJ | following useless calculation in 2 seconds', and indeed
> 08540 USA | what editor would publish them?" -- Oliver Atkin
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From: David <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: How can RH7.0 handle my ATAPI ZIP disk properly?
Date: Wed, 03 Jan 2001 22:30:28 GMT
"Victor S. Miller" wrote:
>
> I have a dual boot (Windows '98 and RH7.0) Pentium MMX 166 Mhz with
> 32MB memory-- system. It has an ATAPI internal Zip drive. Windows
> handles it just fine -- it sees it as a removable disk, and eject,
> etc. works. Windows will boot whether or not there's a disk in the
> drive. In the BIOS it's listed as AUTO (which is what the IOMEGA site
> says is the proper thing). However, RH7.0 has a major problem with
> it:
>
> First, if there is no disk in the drive at boot up, RH 7.0 just hangs
> with endless messages about "lost interrupt on hdb". In my fstab it's
> listed as not to be mounted at boot time. If I try to shutdown and
> the drive isn't mounted, shutdown also hangs with the same "lost
> interrupt on hdb". I have scsi configured in my kernel (but not scsi
> devices present). I remember hearing that I should use scsi emulation
> with the Zip drive (and my CDROM drives -- which are also IDE) by
> means of the module ide-scsi. What is the right way to do this?
> Should it be in modules.conf, or in some part of lilo.conf?
> --
> Victor S. Miller | " ... Meanwhile, those of us who can compute can hardly
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] | be expected to keep writing papers saying 'I can do the
> CCR, Princeton, NJ | following useless calculation in 2 seconds', and indeed
> 08540 USA | what editor would publish them?" -- Oliver Atkin
I'm not sure if this would cause the problem or not but on my system the
zip drive is "hdd" instead of "hdb"
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From: David <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: kernel modules headache
Date: Wed, 03 Jan 2001 22:37:59 GMT
"J. Roe" wrote:
>
> Hi,
> This is frustrating the #*()!@ out of me. I just upgraded from RH 6.2
> to RH 7.0 (mistake #1) and it gave me kernel 2.2.16 after a reboot, the
> kernel no longer recognizes my sound card (via an ALSA driver). SO I
> try to recompile...no luck...I get errors on the make modules command.
> So I download 2.2.18 (mistake #2) and compile this kernel...everything
> seems to go ok, but when I reboot, System.map gets re-linked back to the
> System.map-2.2.16 and I can't boot this new image.
>
> I am at a loss here with what the problem is. Seems like 2.2.16 is
> "taking over" but yet, it won't recompile for me. What's up with
> this...I suspect it's a RH problem...and if so, how do I work around
> this?
This link explains it pretty.
Linus Weighs in on Red Hat 7 Compiler Issues
http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2000-12-14-002-21-NW-RH-SW
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From: David <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: X Window no longer starts
Date: Wed, 03 Jan 2001 22:42:56 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> Hi to everyone !
>
> On my system (RedHat 6.0), I have defined 5 accounts, including root. I
> have only one global Xwindow config (with fvwm2), which used to work
> fine
> in any of may accounts. For some reason, this no longer works for one of
> my accounts, and I can't find why. It still works for the other
> accounts.
> Fvwm2 does not start, instead I get TWM, which is not of much use. Upon
> quitting TWM, I can read the following message :
>
> =====================================================================
> /usr/X86R6/bin/RunWM : /home/BD/.FVWM2-errors permission non accord�e.
>
> Warning : you selected Fvwm2 as your window manager, but your
> installation does not appear to be functional. The executable
> /usr/X86R6/bin/fvwm2
> was not found on your system.
> RESUMING with TWM.
> =====================================================================
>
> Now, here is the content of /home/BD/.FVWM2-errors :
> =====================================================================
> Including_decors...
> Including Fvwm95 interface...
> finished decorating...
> Including_complex functions...
> Including_key bindings...
> Including_menus...
> Basic start menu...
> Xlock/Screensaver menus...
> Preferences menu...
> Window-Ops menu...
> Including_fvwm_hostmenus...
> Including_defstyles...
> Including_modules...
> Including forms...
> Including_init...
> Done
> [FVWM][scanForPixmap]: <<WARNING>> Couldn't find pixmap mini-penguin.xpm
>
> [FVWM][scanForPixmap]: <<WARNING>> Couldn't find pixmap mini-penguin.xpm
>
> [FVWM][scanForPixmap]: <<WARNING>> Couldn't find pixmap mini-penguin.xpm
>
> [FVWM][scanForPixmap]: <<WARNING>> Couldn't find pixmap mini-doc1.xpm
> [FVWM][AddToMenu]: <<WARNING>> Hotkey P is reused in menu StartMenu;
> second binding ignored.
> [FVWM][scanForPixmap]: <<WARNING>> Couldn't find pixmap
> mini-shadowman-64.xpm
> [FVWM][scanForPixmap]: <<WARNING>> Couldn't find pixmap mini-pager.xpm
> [FVWM][scanForPixmap]: <<WARNING>> Couldn't find pixmap mini-pager.xpm
> [FVWM][scanForPixmap]: <<WARNING>> Couldn't find pixmap mini-iconify.xpm
>
> [FVWM][scanForPixmap]: <<WARNING>> Couldn't find pixmap mini-stick.xpm
> [FVWM][AddToMenu]: <<WARNING>> Hotkey W is reused in menu Window-Ops;
> second binding ignored.
> [FVWM][AddToMenu]: <<WARNING>> Hotkey L is reused in menu Window-Ops;
> second binding ignored.
> [FVWM][scanForPixmap]: <<WARNING>> Couldn't find pixmap mini-iconify.xpm
>
> *FvwmTaskBar: cannot open console
> ifcfg-lo should not be world writeable
> received SIGPIPE signal: exiting...
> xterm: fatal IO error 32 (Relais bris� (pipe)) or KillClient on X
> server ":0.0"
>
> =====================================================================
>
> Thanks for any hint.
Since it is trying to find pixmaps, and can't, I would say that maybe
you didn't install the fvwm2-icons package.
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