Linux-Setup Digest #346, Volume #20 Thu, 4 Jan 01 22:13:07 EST
Contents:
Re: 50-line text mode? (Craig Kelley)
Re: User manager automatically installed??? (Craig Kelley)
Re: 50-line text mode? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Kernel BUG or hardware problem ??? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
How to trap output logs from xdm, kdm, startx, etc? ("Jason Bond")
How to abort certain process during boot up ? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: How to trap output logs from xdm, kdm, startx, etc? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Kernel compiling errors (Jason Courville)
lilo hangs when booting dos ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Kernel BUG or hardware problem ??? (Dances With Crows)
How to recover root password? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: New Mandrake installation hangs on booting ("Peter Lawrance")
Re: How to abort certain process during boot up ? (David)
network install howto ("Brian A. Fischer")
Re: rh 6.2 and ATAPI cdrw (hp 9300), how to get scsi emulation to work (John Foster)
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From: Craig Kelley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: 50-line text mode?
Date: 04 Jan 2001 17:01:02 -0700
"Chris Coyle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Anybody know how to make text-mode linux come up in 50-line text mode?
> I'm trying to set up an old laptop which is too small and slow to load X.
> The standard 25-line (or is it 24?) mode sucks.
Wow! You don't hear that question very often.
stty rows 50
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From: Craig Kelley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: User manager automatically installed???
Date: 04 Jan 2001 17:02:12 -0700
"Oliver T. Nelson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Running RH7, workstation install. Is there a GUI (or even text based)
> user manager system where I can change rights, add users, etc.? Also, I
> of course have followed what I've read about not using root except for
> items that require it, but what group should I be in so as to have
> rights to most things, but not quite superuser rights? IOW, I don't
> want to have to su to root all the time to change every little thing,
> but I would also like a little protection from my constant fiddling
> blowing up my system.
>
> I have already learned about breaking X, and that was in my first week
> (got a message coming up about a mysterious murder, which made me laugh
> until I really needed to get into X...).
linuxconf
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: 50-line text mode?
Date: Thu, 04 Jan 2001 23:55:39 GMT
In article <L6756.6$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
"Chris Coyle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Anybody know how to make text-mode linux come up in 50-line text mode?
> I'm trying to set up an old laptop which is too small and slow to load
X.
> The standard 25-line (or is it 24?) mode sucks.
>
Put vga=ask in the lilo config file, and lilo will ask you what
video mode you want. Once you know, put vga=mypreference.
Bluster
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Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Kernel BUG or hardware problem ???
Date: Thu, 04 Jan 2001 23:07:29 -0100
Hello there ...
I am responsable for a server runing linux ( RH 6.2 kernel 2.2.18 ,
samba 2.0.7 e ) and
since i upgraded the hardware ( pentium 200Mhz 32 MB to a P III 128 RAM
via chipset )
i started to get severe linux craches and freezes ( i have to reboot
the machine )
i started by geting this :
Dec 18 10:41:21 netserver kernel: Unable to handle kernel paging request
at virtual address 00200000
Dec 18 10:41:21 netserver kernel: current->tss.cr3 = 02e4d000, %cr3 =
02e4d000
Dec 18 10:41:21 netserver kernel: *pde = 00000000
Dec 18 10:41:21 netserver kernel: Oops: 0000
Dec 18 10:41:21 netserver kernel: CPU: 0
Then somebody told me that this could be problems with the DRAM chips
... so i changed the
ram chips for others and i started geting this messages :
Jan 3 11:12:50 netserver kernel: Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer
dereference at virtual address 0000003f
Jan 3 11:12:50 netserver kernel: current->tss.cr3 = 00101000, %cr3 =
00101000
Jan 3 11:12:50 netserver kernel: *pde = 00000000
Jan 3 11:12:50 netserver kernel: Oops: 0000
Jan 3 11:12:50 netserver kernel: CPU: 0
And since i upgraded the hardware i start getting this message to :
Dec 27 04:02:37 netserver kernel: iput: device 03:01 inode 686846 still
has aliases!
Dec 27 04:02:37 netserver kernel: EXT2-fs error (device ide0(3,1)):
ext2_readdir: bad entry in directory #654613: inode out of bounds -
offset=44, inode=2751767, rec_len=20, name_len=9
Dec 27 04:02:37 netserver kernel: EXT2-fs error (device ide0(3,1)):
ext2_readdir: bad entry in directory #556801: inode out of bounds -
offset=44, inode=2653955, rec_len=20, name_len=11
Dec 27 04:02:37 netserver kernel: iput: device 03:01 inode 687010 still
has aliases!
Dec 27 04:02:37 netserver kernel: iput: device 03:01 inode 475273 still
has aliases!
Dec 27 04:02:37 netserver kernel: iput: device 03:01 inode 327057 still
has aliases!
the harddrive is clean of bad sectors !!!
So ... my doubt is : Is this a RAM problem , a Hard Drive Problem or
motherboard problem ??????????
Thank
you !!!
Ant�nio Pires
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From: "Jason Bond" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: How to trap output logs from xdm, kdm, startx, etc?
Date: Thu, 4 Jan 2001 16:18:57 -0800
How does one trap the output from xdm or kdm or startx or startkde? It is
failing for some reason and without documentation, I am a loss to figure out
why. Thanks much.
Jason
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: How to abort certain process during boot up ?
Date: Fri, 05 Jan 2001 00:54:53 GMT
Is there anyway to abort certain process during bootup, namely
- nfs mount
- http
- send mail
If the network is not setup correctly, each of the above processes will
take a long time to timeout. Just wondering if there are ways to abort
these processes such that I can get to the login prompt to config the
network parameters.
Thank You
Robert
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: How to trap output logs from xdm, kdm, startx, etc?
Date: Fri, 05 Jan 2001 01:01:12 GMT
Try tail -f /var/log/message or other log files in that directory.
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
"Jason Bond" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> How does one trap the output from xdm or kdm or startx or startkde?
It is
> failing for some reason and without documentation, I am a loss to
figure out
> why. Thanks much.
>
> Jason
>
>
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From: Jason Courville <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Kernel compiling errors
Date: Thu, 04 Jan 2001 19:34:30 -0600
Once again thanks. My previous email was a bit to early because it did fail
again. This time however I was able to compile without any errors using the
information you provided below. I'm learning everyday. Thanks.
Jason
Linux User wrote:
> Hello,
>
> You must have used the command line option because I included the wrong fix
> for the Makefile, which should read change this line:
>
> CC = $(CROSS_COMPILE)gcc
>
> to this:
>
> CC = $(CROSS_COMPILE)kgcc
>
> Another good reason to proofread what you write. This workaround is on
> Redhat's website.
>
> Regards,
> Jim H
>
> Jason Courville wrote:
>
> > Works great!! Thanks. Where would I have found that information?
> >
> > Jason
> >
> > Linux User wrote:
> >
> > > Hello,
> > >
> > > When compiling kernels on RH 7 you must use kgcc not gcc. Edit the top
> > > level Makefile and replace this line:
> > >
> > > HOSTCC = gcc
> > >
> > > with this line:
> > >
> > > HOSTCC = kgcc
> > >
> > > Or from the command line use
> > >
> > > make CC='kgcc'
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > > Jim H
> > >
> > > Jason Courville wrote:
> > >
> > > > Hello all,
> > > >
> > > > I'm fairly new too Linux and need some help with the following:
> > > >
> > > > I'm trying to compile 2.2.16-22 and am getting the following error:
> > > >
> > > > make -C arch/i386/lib
> > > > make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux/arch/i386/lib'
> > > > make all_targets
> > > > make[2]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux/arch/i386/lib'
> > > > gcc -D__KERNEL__ -I/usr/src/linux/include -D__ASSEMBLY__ -traditional
> > > > -c checksum.S -o checksum.o
> > > > checksum.S:231: badly punctuated parameter list in #define
> > > > checksum.S:237: badly punctuated parameter list in #define
> > > > make[2]: *** [checksum.o] Error 1
> > > > make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux/arch/i386/lib'
> > > > make[1]: *** [first_rule] Error 2
> > > > make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux/arch/i386/lib'
> > > > make: *** [_dir_arch/i386/lib] Error 2
> > > >
> > > > I've been running 2.2.16-22 for sometime now with no issues but would
> > > > like to slim it down a bit.
> > > > It seems to compile fine until this point. My Configuration is:
> > > >
> > > > Red Hat 7.0 running 2.2.16-22
> > > > AMD ATHLON 750MHz w/ 128M
> > > >
> > > > Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.
> > > >
> > > > Cruyff777 (newbie)
> > > >
> >
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: lilo hangs when booting dos
Date: Fri, 05 Jan 2001 01:42:57 GMT
I've got a problem with my lilo installation. I'm running redhat 7.0 and
windoze 98 dual boot, except windows won't boot. At the lilo prompt I
select dos and then the screen says (loading dos) and just sits there.
(Loading dos) are the only words on the screen.
When I choose linux at the lilo prompt, it boots into linux and
everything works perfectly.
I can still boot into windows, I just have to change the default boot in
the bios.
Windows is installed on a 814MB disk and linux is installed on a 6.4 Gig
disk. There is a 1 gig windows partition on the 6.4 disk.
When I installed redhat, the installation program didn't give me a
choice to install the 814MB windows disk as part of the dual boot.
Instead the only dos choice it gave me was the 1 gig partition on the
6.4 gig disk. After installation, I went into linux config to change the
lilo setup, which I did, to boot (hdb) as dos. It gave me the results as
I wrote above.
Here is my lilo.conf file:
boot = /dev/hda
timeout = 50
linear
prompt
message = /boot/message
default = linux
vga = normal
root = /dev/hda4
read-only
map=/boot/map
install=/boot/boot.b
image = /boot/vmlinuz-2.2.16-22
label = linux
other = /dev/hdb
label = dos
Here is the output of the lilo command with verbose output:
cript started on Thu Jan 4 20:29:13 2001
]0;root@Monster: /root[root@Monster /root]# lilo -v -v -v
-t[4h/sbin/[4llilo -v -v -v
-t[6Plilo -v -v -v -t
LILO version 21.4-4 (test mode), Copyright (C) 1992-1998 Werner
Almesberger
'lba32' extensions Copyright (C) 1999,2000 John Coffman
Reading boot sector from /dev/hda
Merging with /boot/boot.b
Device 0x0301: BIOS drive 0x80, 240 heads, 833 cylinders,
63 sectors. Partition offset: 63 sectors.
Secondary loader: 11 sectors.
Device 0x0301: BIOS drive 0x80, 240 heads, 833 cylinders,
63 sectors. Partition offset: 63 sectors.
Mapping message file /boot/message
Device 0x0301: BIOS drive 0x80, 240 heads, 833 cylinders,
63 sectors. Partition offset: 63 sectors.
Message: 46 sectors.
Boot image: /boot/vmlinuz-2.2.16-22
Device 0x0301: BIOS drive 0x80, 240 heads, 833 cylinders,
63 sectors. Partition offset: 63 sectors.
Setup length is 7 sectors.
Mapped 1228 sectors.
Added linux *
<dev=0xc0,hd=0,cyl=21,sct=157>
"ro root=304 BOOT_FILE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.2.16-22"
Boot other: /dev/hdb, loader /boot/chain.b
Device 0x0340: BIOS drive 0x81, 32 heads, 827 cylinders,
63 sectors. Partition offset: 0 sectors.
Mapped 6 (4+1+1) sectors.
Added dos
<dev=0xc0,hd=0,cyl=81,sct=189>
"ro root=304"
Map file size: 13824 bytes.
The boot sector and the map file have *NOT* been altered.
Thanks in advance! Any help is appreciated!
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dances With Crows)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: Kernel BUG or hardware problem ???
Date: 5 Jan 2001 02:04:31 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Thu, 04 Jan 2001 23:07:29 -0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] staggered
into the Black Sun and said:
>I am responsable for a server runing linux ( RH 6.2 kernel 2.2.18 ,
>samba 2.0.7 e ) and since i upgraded the hardware ( pentium 200Mhz 32
>MB to a P III 128 RAM via chipset ) i started to get severe linux
>craches and freezes ( i have to reboot the machine )
>
>i started by geting this :
>
>Dec 18 10:41:21 netserver kernel: Unable to handle kernel paging request
>at virtual address 00200000
>
>Then somebody told me that this could be problems with the DRAM chips
>... so i changed the ram chips for others and i started geting this
>messages :
>
>Jan 3 11:12:50 netserver kernel: Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer
>dereference at virtual address 0000003f
>
>And since i upgraded the hardware i start getting this message to :
>
>Dec 27 04:02:37 netserver kernel: iput: device 03:01 inode 686846 still
>has aliases!
>
>the harddrive is clean of bad sectors !!!
>
>So ... my doubt is : Is this a RAM problem , a Hard Drive Problem or
>motherboard problem ??????????
Motherboard or processor, if you've changed the RAM out. Just to make
sure, go to http://freshmeat.net/ and look up "memtest86" so you can
make sure it isn't the RAM. leave about an hour to do a full check.
I'd think this is a motherboard problem, myself... borrow a board or
processor, swap components, and see if the problem persists.
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http://www.brainbench.com / Workin' in a code mine, whoops!
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: How to recover root password?
Date: Fri, 05 Jan 2001 02:02:37 GMT
How to recover root password?
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From: "Peter Lawrance" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: New Mandrake installation hangs on booting
Date: Fri, 5 Jan 2001 12:54:33 +1030
You might be interested to know that I got through this problem.
I unchecked the setting 'Configure files so my programs start faster' (or
similar wording) in Windows Defrag, which was leaving stuff at the end of
the hard drive and not allowing FIPS to find the last cylinder empty. Ran
Defrag again and then was able to install Red Hat successfully.
Well, nearly. I unintentionally selected PS2 mouse during setup and now I
have no mouse when Gnome starts. In addition, the video display is too big
for the screen, with the Gnome panel out of sight. I can't seem to find any
keyboard way of starting anything from there. I am currently searching the
Linux Pocketbook for a way to reconfigure for a serial mouse. Any
suggestions welcome.
"Peter Lawrance" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:eOy36.11$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> I am taking my first look at Linux. Using the CDs from The Linux
Pocketbook
> 3rd Edition, but I have a problem booting it.
>
> I installed Mandrake Linux 7.2 on top of my Win98 2nd Edition (FAT32).
First
> I ran Windows Defrag. I tried to split the partition using FIPS but it
kept
> telling me the last cylinder was not empty. I ran Defrag again, then FIPS,
> with the same result.
>
> I then used the Mandrake install CDs and opted to install Linux in a
Windows
> directory (have I understood correctly what it was doing?) because FIPS
> couldn't split the Windows partition.
>
> Now when I reboot the machine, I get the GRUB bootloader first. Selecting
> Windows runs Win98 OK with no problems so far as I can see. However, if I
> select Linux or Failsafe it hangs halfway through the system checks etc.
> when screeds of console text fill the screen.
>
> The last line displayed when it hangs is:
> Code: f2 ae f7 d1 49 89 cb 39 f3 7c 21 89 f6 83 c4 fc 56 55 46 8b
>
> The cursor is on the screen flashing under this line but everything is
> locked up. The hdd light is not on and there is no response to mouse or
> keyboard, not even Ctrl-Alt-Del. The only way out is the Reset button.
>
> Other significant-looking lines on the screen when it hangs are:
> SIS5513: not 100% native mode: will probe irqs later
> and:
> Unable to handle kernel paging request at virtual address c4000000
>
> Also, I seem to have lost my DOS prompt from Windows....
>
> Any advice or assistance would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Sincerely
>
> Peter Lawrance
> POSability Software
> Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> PO Box 3353 Mount Gambier SA 5290
> Australia
>
> Bite off more than you can chew - then chew like hell!
>
>
>
>
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From: David <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: How to abort certain process during boot up ?
Date: Fri, 05 Jan 2001 02:39:36 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> Is there anyway to abort certain process during bootup, namely
>
> - nfs mount
> - http
> - send mail
>
> If the network is not setup correctly, each of the above processes will
> take a long time to timeout. Just wondering if there are ways to abort
> these processes such that I can get to the login prompt to config the
> network parameters.
At the lilo prompt enter "linux 1" without the quotes. When it gets to
the boot prompt you are in root so be careful. Depending on the distro
version you are running, the following will work for redhat.
ls /etc/rc.d/rc5.d/ # or rc3.d/ if you want a text console.
This will list the files
mv /etc/rc.d/rc5.d/SXXsendmail /etc/rc.d/rc5.d/KXXsendmail
# where the XX is the number next to sendmail
Don't chnage the number just the "S" to a "K" and do the same for any
service you want to disable. Then to get to runlevel 5 just enter "init
5" or "init 3" for a text comsole without the quotes.
Hope this helps.
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From: "Brian A. Fischer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: network install howto
Date: Fri, 05 Jan 2001 02:43:20 GMT
I just found an old computer that doesnt have a cd-rom. The box is an old
p133 with a NIC card. I am trying to install either mandrake or redhat. I
am behind a linksys router and connected to the internet via a cable modem.
All computers on the LAN are connected to the internet by the router and
DHCP. However, I cannot seem to get the linux install to detect DHCP. Any
advice on how I should go about the install?
Brian
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From: John Foster <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: rh 6.2 and ATAPI cdrw (hp 9300), how to get scsi emulation to work
Date: Fri, 05 Jan 2001 02:45:29 +0000
"H.Bruijn" wrote:
>
> On Tue, 02 Jan 2001 13:10:21 -0600, dan allegedly wrote:
> >does redhat 6.2 come with scsi emulation support ?
[ ... ]
>
> try from the (root) prompt
> load the module for ide-scsi support:
> modprobe ide-scsi
> load the module for generic scsi cd support:
> modprobe sr_mod
I found this thread (thanks!) while trying to solve the same problem.
The CD-Writing HOWTO mentions these modules too, but on my system
(RH6.2) modprobe is unable to find a module sr_mod. Trying 'locate
sr_mod' yields nothing.
Where can I find sr_mod?
TIA
John Foster
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