Linux-Setup Digest #352, Volume #20 Fri, 5 Jan 01 14:13:09 EST
Contents:
Re: LiLo messed up (Craig Kelley)
Re: Ownership issues ("Chip Piller")
Lin4Win Install ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: How to make games run faster? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Keyboard (Matthew Ford)
Re: DLink Networkcard + SB AWE32 Probs ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Mandrake Setup ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Plea for help with booting. ("Eric en Jolanda")
Re: RH 6.2 won't boot (gdm problem) ("Eric en Jolanda")
Strange error with PHP/Apache (delumini)
Re: Linmodem and ppp problem ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Network no-connect (What should I look for?) ("Dennis J. Tuchler")
Re: kernel and SmartRaidV controller ("Deanna Bonds")
Re: Matrox AGP G450 on Redhat 7 - Can't get X to Start ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
RH 7 & kernel 2.4.0 ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: DVD on Redhat 7.0 ("News")
Bad file descriptor: /proc ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Bad file descriptor: /proc ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
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From: Craig Kelley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: LiLo messed up
Date: 05 Jan 2001 08:58:24 -0700
"cherberos" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Hi, I've done someting stupid: I moved the startupfiles from LiLo to another
> dir. when I was cleaning up my harddrive. When I started up, only two
> letters appear: LI_. Can't pass anything to the loader.
> Normaly, this wouldn't be such a problem, but in this case, it's a laptop,
> and it hasn't a diskdrive, and CDrom is not bootable.
> Anyone know some solution to bypass LiLo?
You need to boot up with something else (floppy, cdrom, zip drive,
etc.); that's the only way.
--
The wheel is turning but the hamster is dead.
Craig Kelley -- [EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.isu.edu/~kellcrai finger [EMAIL PROTECTED] for PGP block
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From: "Chip Piller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Ownership issues
Date: Fri, 5 Jan 2001 11:02:59 -0500
Ah, newbies playing around as root. Oh well, it happens to everyone and you
end up learning more about the system as a result of the things you break.
Well, I am not sure about what is the best way to solve this problem. I
suggest you try using rpm. At the command line enter "rpm --help" and you
will see an option "--setperms" and "--setugids". You can use these options
to restore the owner, group, and permissions.
For example, I changed the permissions of /usr/bin/gphoto. I then ran the
command "rpm --setperms gphoto" and it restored the permissions. You could
write a quick script to run the rpm commands on the packages in your
database. Using the "--verify" option with rpm will also let you know if
there are any problems with a package. By the way, there is a package
called filesystem, so running "rpm --setugids filesystem" will restore the
owner and group values for the main filesystem.
Let me know if this works, or if you need any other help.
Good luck,
Chip
"bri" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
> I accidentally changed the ownership of all of my files so that they
> were owned by a user. I am using RedHat7. Now, of course, I need to
> correct the ownership of they entire system. Where can I find the
> correct ownership. I tried changing everything but the two user
> directories to root, but I find I'm unable to su from that user, or
> shutdown the machine as that user, only as root.
>
> Please post responses to newsgroup or send them to
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> Remove the capital letters for the proper address.
>
> I'd rather not re-install if possible. I had a lot of trouble getting
> my e-mail to work properly on the last re-install (about two weeks
> ago).
>
> Thanks in advance,
> bri
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Lin4Win Install
Date: Fri, 05 Jan 2001 15:55:44 GMT
I've been trying to install Mandrake 7.1 Lin4Win on my Win98 machine at
home, but I keep running into the same problem.
I run the setup utility and things seem to work ok, but when it gets to
the part where it is supposed to switch to DOS mode and boot Linux, the
screen flashes a couple of times and the machine *completely* re-boots,
bringing me back into Win98!!!
Here's my machine's specs:
-Celeron 300 (with L2)
-Abit BE6 mb
-96 mb RAM
-Ensoniq Audio PCI
-ATI Rage Fury Pro 32 mb AGP
-Win98 first edition
Does anyone know what's going on here or have any ideas on how to fix
it? This is really frustrating. I have installed Lin4Win on 98 machines
at work with no problem, but I keep getting the same problem at home.
Barring ever getting Lin4Win to work, does anyone know of a free and
reliable partition re-sizer that isn't going to destroy my Win98
install???
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: How to make games run faster?
Date: Fri, 05 Jan 2001 16:06:56 GMT
In article <934ald$8os$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
John-Paul Stanford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Is there anything that can be done to my linux system to make it
faster
> when playing games. At the moment Unreal Tornement is jerky. It will
> pause every now and a gain, It's not for long but seems to be while
> there is a lot of action on the screen.
If it's happening during scenes with a lot of action, it is most likely
due to virtual memory paging information back and forth to the hard
drive. Your best bet then is to look into HD optimizations for your
machine. There are two things I would recommend:
1) Get a second hard drive, and split the swap partition between your
new drive and the old one (but make sure each drive is on a separate
IDE channel, they should both be masters...) You can then give each
swap partition the same priority in your fstab file. What this will do
is allow you to use 2 drives in parallel for your paging activities,
which should almost double the performance of your swap partition
paging.
2) Look into HDPARMS. This is a hard drive optimization program that
should speed up your hard drive reads/writes. !WARNING! Read everything
you can about this program first, if it's not used correctly it can
cause data to be lost. I have read reports of people achieving 3x-5x
speed boosts on their HD accesses after successfully configuring
HDPARMS, however, I have older drives in my machine, and was only able
to get a little boost.
If you need a better explanation of these, e-mail me.
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From: Matthew Ford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Keyboard
Date: Fri, 05 Jan 2001 16:29:20 +0000
I'm trying to get my shiny new keyboard with lots of funky internet
buttons to work. And i'm having no success :-(.
I've got me a suitable .Xmodmap file but when I try to load it xmodmap
reports that the scancodes are out of range. I had a play with
xkb_keycodes and tried to increase the keycode maximum but got nowhere.
I'm not tunning X4.0 and don't really want to.........
Anyone?
Matt.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: DLink Networkcard + SB AWE32 Probs
Date: Fri, 05 Jan 2001 16:34:05 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Hello !
>
> I installed SUSE 7.0 on my computer. Everything runs fine, except the
> networkcard and the soundcard.
> Linux recognizes the networkcard as a Plug and Play Ethernet Card, but
> that's it. How can I manually install that card myself ?
Ok, I have a DLink ISA PnP card, you didn't mention it, so I am going
to assume you also have a similar ISA card as PCI PnP cards tend not to
have these problems. There's a coupld of things you will need to look
into.
Find a FAQ or HOWTO about the "isapnp" program, this program allows you
to configure ISA PnP cards. It works in conjunction with "pnpdump"
which profiles your ISA PnP cards and outputs possible specs.
Generally you use pnpdump like so
pnpdump > /etc/isapnp.conf
This will produce a config file for isapnp, which you need to edit.
Most of the editing instructions will be in either the pnpdump output
or the isapnp man pages/docs. Essentially, pnpdump finds each ISA pnp
card's I/O port and IRQ range, then you edit the file to specify which
IRQ and I/O range each detected card will use. After having edited the
file you run:
isapnp /etc/isapnp.conf
Which will then setup the hardware for you. However, you may still need
to load the drivers and configure the card. The drivers can be loaded
using the "modprobe" command. Generally like so:
modprobe ne.o
If you have any problems, you can try specifying the io and irq on the
modprobe command line (the syntax escapes me at the moment, but it
should be in the modprobe man pages).
After loading the drivers you can configure the card using the
"ifconfig" command like so:
ifconfig eth0 192.168.1.1
Send me an e-mail if you need more specific info.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Mandrake Setup
Date: Fri, 05 Jan 2001 16:36:56 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
"Matt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 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.
My guess is that you will need a new CD. I had a Mandrake 6.0 CD that
never installed properly and gave me similar errors. The disk was
defective.
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From: "Eric en Jolanda" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Plea for help with booting.
Date: Fri, 5 Jan 2001 18:13:38 +0100
Was there anything else on the disc before?
If so, I'm sorry to inform you: the patient has died
Anyhow, never let an installer run on its own.
Always choose expert install or something like that, if you don't have a
clean disc. The install will assume an empty disc if you don't guide it.
Now you found out, you better start over again.
All previous data is lost, so you can't destroy much anyway
Eric
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From: "Eric en Jolanda" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: RH 6.2 won't boot (gdm problem)
Date: Fri, 5 Jan 2001 18:17:54 +0100
> I have RH 6.2 installed on a SCSI based PII 333. During
> the past few boots, the behavior became stranger and
> stranger, and now the system won't boot. When the
> login screen is supposed to load, I get 4 flashes
> of snow on the screen. Then the system reverts to
> a command line and outputs the message:
>
> According to /var/run/gdm.pid, gdm was already running (...),
> but seems to have been murdered mysteriously.
???
The system already booted, or else you wouldn't get this far.
This is called a command line interface.
It's fun too.
You'd better learn your way around this stuff or else you'd indeed better
quit.
Eric
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Subject: Strange error with PHP/Apache
From: delumini <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Fri, 05 Jan 2001 09:20:52 -0800
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I�m trying to install MySQL 3.23.28, Apache 1.3.14 & PHP 4.04 on a fresh
RedHat 7 installation.
MySQL went fine, and it appeared Apache and PHP did too, but I get this
strange error when I try to start Apache....
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[root@tie apache_1.3.14]# ./bin/apachectl start
Syntax error on line 207 of /usr/local/bin/apache_1.3.14/conf/httpd.conf:
Cannot load /usr/local/bin/apache_1.3.14/libexec/libphp4.so into server:
undefined symbol: uncompress
./bin/apachectl start: httpd could not be started
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Obviously I checked httpd.conf, but nothing seems strange there.
I know that libphp4.so exists in that location.
I tried to compile PHP again, but I still get the same error.
Thanks in advance...
Delumini
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<FONT FACE=3D"Verdana">I’m trying to install MySQL 3.23.28, Apache 1.3.=
14 & PHP 4.04 on a fresh RedHat 7 installation.<BR>
MySQL went fine, and it appeared Apache and PHP did too, but I get this str=
ange error when I try to start Apache....<BR>
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[root@tie apache_1.3.14]# ./bin/apachectl start<BR>
Syntax error on line 207 of /usr/local/bin/apache_1.3.14/conf/httpd.conf:<B=
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Cannot load /usr/local/bin/apache_1.3.14/libexec/libphp4.so into server: un=
defined symbol: uncompress<BR>
./bin/apachectl start: httpd could not be started<BR>
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Obviously I checked httpd.conf, but nothing seems strange there.<BR>
I know that libphp4.so exists in that location.<BR>
I tried to compile PHP again, but I still get the same error.<BR>
<BR>
Thanks in advance...<BR>
Delumini</FONT>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Linmodem and ppp problem
Date: Fri, 05 Jan 2001 17:22:32 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Hi,
> Sorry if this is a repost. Doesn't look like my first try made it out.
> I'm trying to use a linmodem on a Thinkpad A20m. I recompiled the kernel and
> it can dial out. But when I try to connect, I get these messages:
Well,
Thanks to some help I got offline, I managed to get a bit further. Here is a
trace of my latest problem:
Jan 5 12:11:49 lduperval pppd[642]: pppd 2.3.11 started by root, uid 0
Jan 5 12:11:50 lduperval chat[643]: abort on (NO CARRIER)
Jan 5 12:11:50 lduperval chat[643]: abort on (BUSY)
Jan 5 12:11:50 lduperval chat[643]: abort on (ERROR)
Jan 5 12:11:50 lduperval chat[643]: abort on (NO ANSWER)
Jan 5 12:11:50 lduperval chat[643]: send (atz^M)
Jan 5 12:11:50 lduperval chat[643]: expect (OK)
Jan 5 12:11:50 lduperval chat[643]: atz^M^M
Jan 5 12:11:50 lduperval chat[643]: OK
Jan 5 12:11:50 lduperval chat[643]: -- got it
Jan 5 12:11:50 lduperval chat[643]: send (atm1l1&d2&c1s7=90^M)
Jan 5 12:11:50 lduperval chat[643]: expect (OK)
Jan 5 12:11:50 lduperval chat[643]: ^M
Jan 5 12:11:51 lduperval chat[643]: atm1l1&d2&c1s7=90^M^M
Jan 5 12:11:51 lduperval chat[643]: OK
Jan 5 12:11:51 lduperval chat[643]: -- got it
Jan 5 12:11:51 lduperval chat[643]: send (atdt*70,933-7556^M)
Jan 5 12:11:51 lduperval chat[643]: expect (CONNECT)
Jan 5 12:11:51 lduperval chat[643]: ^M
Jan 5 12:12:24 lduperval chat[643]: atdt*70,933-7556^M^M
Jan 5 12:12:24 lduperval chat[643]: CONNECT
Jan 5 12:12:24 lduperval chat[643]: -- got it
Jan 5 12:12:24 lduperval chat[643]: send (^J^M)
Jan 5 12:12:24 lduperval pppd[642]: Serial connection established.
Jan 5 12:12:24 lduperval pppd[642]: Using interface ppp0
Jan 5 12:12:24 lduperval pppd[642]: Connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/ttyS14
Jan 5 12:12:29 lduperval pppd[642]: Hangup (SIGHUP)
Jan 5 12:12:29 lduperval pppd[642]: Modem hangup
Jan 5 12:12:29 lduperval pppd[642]: Connection terminated.
Jan 5 12:12:30 lduperval pppd[642]: Exit.
I'm using a Lucent Modem using the 5.68 version of the driver, PPP 2.3.11. My
kernel is 2.2.15, recompiled so the driver works correctly.
Thanks,
L
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From: "Dennis J. Tuchler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Network no-connect (What should I look for?)
Date: Fri, 05 Jan 2001 17:44:57 GMT
I am using SuSE on a work station connected to a network by a 3C905
card. I get to the Internet through this connection
I set up the system for DHCP and the setup program tells me that "The
network device is now configured and ready to use". Problem: No
connection is achieved. Netscape reports inability to find any host
that I tried to connect to (all hosts but two from the bookmark list
that came with N'scape).
I would appreciate it if you could suggest where I might look (and what
I should look for) to see how to repair this failed connection.
Thanks for your time
dj tuchler
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From: "Deanna Bonds" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: kernel and SmartRaidV controller
Date: Fri, 5 Jan 2001 12:49:51 -0500
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware
Hey
I am the person at Adaptec responsible for that driver. First let me say
that our web site is very out of date. The DPT legacy section has not had
any updated drivers posted for a long time. This is not because we are not
maintaining them. They are the same drivers that work with the new
2100s/3200... cards. You can download one of those packages which should
work fine. The person that maintains that section of the web site will not
cross link the drivers until the older cards have been completely through
the testing matrix (something that is not likely to happen soon). We are
working on developing a new policy to handle the nature of Open Source and
the rapidly developing Linux world. Our new web site linux.adaptec.com
should be coming online in by the end of this month.
I also have a beta version of the new driver available. This is really beta
(a complete rewrite and has not completed our testing matrix). I can send
you that one also if you wish. The older driver had problems when compiled
with gcc version greater then 2.91. It tended to aggressively optimize and
that broke the driver. The new driver does not have that limitation.
Please feel free to write and I will help you get it working.
Deanna
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> Hi,
> this week I have upgraded a computer from debian 2.1r4 to 2.2r2, the
> process went very smooth and all seems to be fine. My problem is when I
> try to get the kernel (2.2.17) to detect the SmartRaidV controller. I've
> downdoaded some patches from adaptec's web site and followed the
> instructions but either they don't apply cleanly, or kernel compilation
> dies or the computer gets unusable (load average over 6 and SCSI bus
> hanging).
>
> Currently I'm running the old 2.0.36 kernel with SmartRaidV support but
> I would like to upgrade the kernel too. Any one has experienced the same
> problems? any clue?
>
>
> Happy new year and TIA
> --
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> Los pecados de los tres mundos desapareceran conmigo.
> Alexis Roda - Universitat Rovira i Virgili - Reus, Tarragona (Spain)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.redhat,linux.redhat.install,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: Matrox AGP G450 on Redhat 7 - Can't get X to Start
Date: Fri, 05 Jan 2001 18:13:17 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
benoit mordelet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Eric Ste-Marie wrote:
> >
> > Well I'm working in X with the G450 right
now. Are you guys not seeing
> > anything at all?
>
> well, when I tried with XFree86 4.0.1 + driver
from matrox web site, and
> kernel 2.2.17 or 2.4.0-test12, the result was
always the same : X seemed
> to start but then freezed and I couldn't switch
to VT, kill X with
> ctl-alt-backspace, or anything else and had to
press the reset button.
Did you have 2 monitors connected to your Card?
If not did you try unpluging from port 1 and plug
in to port 2? I suspect that X would show up on
the second port. (Like it does for me)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RH 7 & kernel 2.4.0
Date: Fri, 05 Jan 2001 18:19:34 GMT
Hi,
I installed kernel 2.4.0 yesterday and everything works fine except my
network card . It used to work with the stock kernel 2.2.x which comes
out of box with RH 7. If I reboot using old kernel network card works
just fine.
Any idea where I am going wrong ?
regards
EM
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From: "News" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: DVD on Redhat 7.0
Date: Fri, 5 Jan 2001 18:53:06 -0000
Right,
As I said, I try to stick to the documentation which comes with it but for
example not all the configuration scripts (./configure) are present in all
directories but the INSTALL document says that I would have to run
./configure.
I am running RH 7.0 with a 2.2.18 kernel which works fine (in fact
everything works perfectly). I also have all the libs and tools which are
required but if there is no clear guidance on how to compile LiVid how shall
I do it ?
This is why I asked whether anybody else has had any problems. As a result
there are no error messages because I don't even get to the stage of
compilation.
Any help appreciated.
Thanks,
Oliver
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"Glitch" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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>
>
> "news.volny.cz" wrote:
> >
> > Hi there,
> >
> > I have just downloaded the new Livid DVD player package but cannot get
it to
> > compile properly although al the required libraries and programs are
present
> > on my system.
> >
> > The documentation which comes with it doesn't seem to be correct in
terms of
> > the steps you have to take in order to get it compiled.
> >
> > Has anybody had similar experiences and if yes, what did you do ?
>
> we wouldn't know since you didnt provide the exact error messages you
> are getting. we cant read your mind, or your computer screen from here.
> Our telescopes can't compensate for the curvation of the Earth's
> surface.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Bad file descriptor: /proc
Date: Fri, 05 Jan 2001 18:52:20 GMT
I am running RH6.2 on one of my machines and have
been for quite some time now. I was currently
forced switch my "veal pen" (cubicle) here at
work, and upon doing that I get the following
errors when booting:
Mounting proc filesystem dup2: Bad file descriptor
Configuring kernel parameters dup2: Bad file
descriptor
...
etc.
...
I have seen a post exactly like this one on
11/17/2000 but noone replied to it so I assume
he/she either fixed the problem or switched Linux
dist's. In either case, can someone tell me how to
solve this? fsck'ing does absolutely nothing.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Bad file descriptor: /proc
Date: Fri, 05 Jan 2001 18:52:22 GMT
I am running RH6.2 on one of my machines and have
been for quite some time now. I was currently
forced switch my "veal pen" (cubicle) here at
work, and upon doing that I get the following
errors when booting:
Mounting proc filesystem dup2: Bad file descriptor
Configuring kernel parameters dup2: Bad file
descriptor
...
etc.
...
I have seen a post exactly like this one on
11/17/2000 but noone replied to it so I assume
he/she either fixed the problem or switched Linux
dist's. In either case, can someone tell me how to
solve this? fsck'ing does absolutely nothing.
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