Linux-Setup Digest #358, Volume #20 Sat, 6 Jan 01 11:13:10 EST
Contents:
Re: Step-by step to install Linux RH7 and Win98. ("ID")
rt18139.c ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Plea for help with booting. ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Serious RHL 7 Problem ... ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: rt18139.c ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
I tried 2.4.0 -> Re: Compiling Kernels on RH 7.0? (Steve Withers)
Re: Plea for help with booting. (olgnuby)
Linux Installed beyond 1024 cylinders ("Eric")
Re: irq problem (piet)
Re: help: getting modem to work (Robert Grizzard)
Re: Linux Installed beyond 1024 cylinders (Steve Withers)
sound chip driver (Immortal Love)
Re: reboot when idle?? noooooooo!!! (Michael Perry)
Re: Linux Installed beyond 1024 cylinders ("Eric en Jolanda")
Best Dual Processor board and processor ("Joshua Butcher")
Crystal 32bit PCI Audio Onboard (Immortal Love)
Re: Mouse problem in RedHat Linux 6.2 ("Eric en Jolanda")
Re: Ramdisk error! ("Eric en Jolanda")
Re: Sound... nadda ("Eric en Jolanda")
clustering (Wiliam Chovan)
Re: kernel 2.4 : can't login ("Eric en Jolanda")
KDe 2.0.1 forced install - weird (Dan Stephenson)
Re: Crystal 32bit PCI Audio Onboard (Dances With Crows)
Re: Anyone used Partition Magic to increase size of Linux / Partition? ("Eric en
Jolanda")
Setup from the scratch problem. ("Mr. Bean")
Re: General Linux Question(s) ("Mr. Bean")
Red Hat Linux on Virtual PC 4.0 (J. T. Travis)
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From: "ID" <[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: Sat, 6 Jan 2001 20:27:35 +0800
1= install win98
2= install partitionmagic.. but do NOT install bootmagic.
3=resize your existing partition with partitionmagic to create ampty space
for linux. (min. 600mb. 2+GB is good idea)
do NOT need to create a partition, just an empty space for linux.
than try to install RH7-linux, follow on-screen instructions, you don't need
a boot manager, linux has its own bootmanager called "lilo" that will take
care of your win98 too.
good luck
ismet
"gataway" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> 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.
>
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: rt18139.c
Date: Sat, 06 Jan 2001 12:26:18 GMT
now i've got the driver for the my ethernet card for Redhat 5.2
installed in my pc. (i know this version is.....)
The guidance for gettn the driver run and connect the pc to the internet
is as follows:
*****************************************************************************
*
*
* 32-Bit PCI Fast Ethernet Adapter
*
*
*
* Driver Installation for LINUX
*
*
*
*****************************************************************************
Below are the instructions for installing linux driver. You must complie the
source code to generate rtl8139.o and use "insmod" to insert rtl8139.o
as module.
You can use "netconfig" utilities to setup network parameters for the
driver.
Files Description:
==================
rtl8139.c The adapter source code. You can download the newest version from
http://cesdis.gsfc.nasa.gov/linux/drivers/rtl8139.html or
ftp://cesdis.gsfc.nasa.gov/pub/linux/drivers/rtl8139.c
trans Compile batch file.
linux.txt This file.
Installation:
=============
1. Plug 32-Bit PCI Fast Ethernet Adapter into PC's PCI-bus slot.
2. Boot into LINUX and keyin the following commands at the LINUX prompt.
Remember, LINUX is case sensitive.
mkdir /temp
mcopy a:/linux/rtl8139.c /temp
mcopy a:/linux/trans /temp
cd /temp
chmod 777 trans
3. Run trans file to complie and copy driver to linux source code:
/temp/trans
(rtl8139.o will be generated and be copied to /usr/src/linux/modules.)
4. Run netconfig (or netcfg) to set you network parameter (like ip,
gateway).
Slackware: Run "netconfig" to configure IP environment.
This will create '/etc/rc.d/rc.inet1' and 'rc.inet2' files.
netconfig
RedHat:
- Add "alias eth0 rtl8139" into the /etc/conf.modules file.
cd /etc
vi conf.modules
alias eth0 rtl8139
- Run "netcfg" in the xterm of X-window to configure IP environment.
startx
netcfg
(Configure IP of eth0 and enable "Activate interface at boot time".)
5. Use editor vi to modify 'rc.inet1'(or 'rc') in the /etc/rc.d directory to
insmod driver. This file will be run at boot time. You just add a line
at the beginning of 'rc.inet1'(or 'rc').
Slackware:
cd /etc/rc.d
vi rc.inet1
insmod /usr/src/linux/modules/rtl8139.o
RedHat: Add a line at the beginning of 'rc' file.
cd /etc/rc.d
vi rc
insmod /usr/src/linux/modules/rtl8139.o
6. Reboot the LINUX.
reboot ( or shutdown -r now )
When system boots, the driver will be loaded. Then the driver will
scan I/O port to see if a card is there.
(You can run 'dmesg' to see the boot message.)
7. Run 'ifconfig' or 'netstat -i' to see if there is a interface 'eth0'.
**********************************8
Questions:
a)
i've done step 1 & 2, when it comes to step number 3 -- /temp/trans
--- i got unsure cos after i key in
as root:
cd /temp
trans
it display "bad command or file name" -- kindly advise which command
code i should enter to execute "trans"??? pls help so that the .c file
could be compiled successfully. :-D
b) and what is "chmod 777" actually??
pls help.......tx in advance.
chilli ???????????
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Plea for help with booting.
Date: Sat, 06 Jan 2001 12:29:10 GMT
Wow, that's really interesting. I didn't know about that option. I'd
thought about downloading it, but thought I
would have to download the indivdual 650 MB CDROM images. What does the
base install include? Does it have X and kde/gnome etc..., or is it
truly baseline only? I'll check for the info on their site now...
I'd actually much rather build my own system like that than get a
pre-packaged distro. I probably won't do that on this computer,
though...
Thanks. :)
--lichen.
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
olgnuby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I've done three, that I can remember, Deb installs over the net via
ftp,
> also a couple of FreeBSD. I'm kind of outback and it's pretty hard to
> find much of any kind of distro on disk or cd down at the general
store
> and I'm kind of a procrastinator on ordering things through mail.
>
> Getting back to Debian, the net install isn't bad, get the install
> floppy images down to DOS or Linux and rawrite or DD them to disk. I
> learned from experience in that process, to just get the base system
the
> first go around and get it up and running and then mix and match with
> dselect or apt get and gradually build the system at leisure.
>
> I live about fifty yards too far on the wrong side of the rail road
> track for DSL and cable ain't come to town so my net installs are with
> 56k modem and the base install takes about five hours or so.
>
> Deb is good choice.
>
> Charlie
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> > The next Linux install I do will be Debian. :)
>
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Serious RHL 7 Problem ...
Date: Sat, 06 Jan 2001 12:35:19 GMT
I've had that problem, or one like it, when my video card wasn't
supported. That was using an old distro of Linux and a very new card,
though... perhaps your card is old enough that linux drivers haven't
been made for it? Or perhaps they're just not distributed with RH7.0.
Look for drivers to download, and if you find the right one, install it.
If you can't find any, though, I don't really know what to suggest,
except expensive things like getting a new video card...
--lichen.
In article <936uiv$6h0$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
"Bernard Chan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I am entirely a Linux newbie. I have installed Red Hat Llinux 7
> "successfully", but when I start the X Windows, the display just grow
too
> big and run out of screen that even a button fills a quarter of the
screen.
> I am using Acerview 33 (an indeed very old model) and S3 Trio video
card. I
> have run Xconfigurator and experiment with video mode settings several
times
> and still got no cure.
>
> Everything is fine in Windows (800 x 600), but I don't know what is
> happening here.
>
> Assistance from you is very much appreciated.
>
> By the way, I have another question. Can I exit from KDE to the shell
> prompt?
>
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: rt18139.c
Date: Sat, 06 Jan 2001 12:42:46 GMT
> Questions:
> a)
> i've done step 1 & 2, when it comes to step number 3 -- /temp/trans
> --- i got unsure cos after i key in
> as root:
> cd /temp
> trans
> it display "bad command or file name" -- kindly advise which command
> code i should enter to execute "trans"??? pls help so that the .c file
> could be compiled successfully. :-D
Perhaps the . directory hasn't been put in the path? Try ./trans to tell
it to find it, or even <current directory path>/trans to make sure
there's no confusion. If that is the problem, you'll probably want to
put the . <current> directory in the path (although I can't remember
exactly how to do this... someone help?).
>
> b) and what is "chmod 777" actually??
chmod changes the file permissions. The number is the code for the
permissions, converted from some base other than 10, I think. Type
man chmod
or look up chmod in a manual to find out exactly how to deocode the
number. I can dig it up and type it in if you can't find it anywhere
else.
--lichen.
> chilli ???????????
Don't know about that one...
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From: Steve Withers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: I tried 2.4.0 -> Re: Compiling Kernels on RH 7.0?
Date: Sun, 07 Jan 2001 01:53:09 +1300
Thanks....
FWIW....I went ahead and tried 2.4.0 after applying all the RH 7.0
updates listed on the web site. I also made the change to the makefile
so that it would use kgcc in stead of gcc. The kernel appeared to
compile just fine.....though the text flies by so fast you can't really
make sense of it anyway. Maybe it is stored somewhere....I'll have to
have a look.
Anyway.....when I booted it, it came up fine except it is clearly
missing some files it expects to find in the
/lib/modules/2.4.0/dependencies directory.....which doesn't exist. I
have the 2.2.16-22 modules directory.......so either the kernel has the
wrong name, or I have to go find whatever it is that is supposed to be
in that directory....
sccsb wrote:
> I've tried to compile the prerelease 2.4 kernel ... everything is fine but
> when the LILO boots up. it says that its uncompressing and booting kernel
> but hangs there. I had followed the readme very carefully but it proved to
> be not effective
>
> "Steve Withers" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
>
>> 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.
>>
>> I have heard that RH 7.0 uses later gcc C++ libraries than the kernel
>> (2.96-? vs 2.72...or something ilke that) was designed to be compiled
>> on..........and the linuxhq.com web site asks for feedback on people's
>> experiences, acknowledging many distributions now have later versions of
>> the development environment. .
>>
>> Has anyone been bold and done it anyway? Was the kernel compile
>> straightforward as in the kernel install docs? Or messy? Did the
>> compiled kernel work properly?
>>
>> I have time for straight forward.....but no time for messy. Been using
>> linux since 0.99......I have seen too much messy and it has grown WAY
>> old for me. I buy boxed sets of proven linux software and just USE it.
>> Mostly. :-)
>>
>> A little messy can be fun.....just not the 3am, system down kind. I'm
>> too old.
>>
>> --
>> Regards,
>>
>> Steve Withers
>> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>
>>
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Regards,
Steve Withers
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Registered Linux user #24688
http://counter.li.org
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From: olgnuby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Plea for help with booting.
Date: Sat, 06 Jan 2001 12:54:02 GMT
It's basic base ;-)
Bin, doc and compat, but the installer will help you build and configure
a command line chat script dialer and once you get the Midnight
Commander file manager and get a lynx browser it's kind of fun to do the
rest. debian.org is the place to start.
Charlie
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> Wow, that's really interesting. I didn't know about that option.
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From: "Eric" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Linux Installed beyond 1024 cylinders
Date: Sat, 6 Jan 2001 21:27:53 +0800
I have installed Redhat Linux in a partition beyond 1024 cylinders of a
harddisk. Is there a way to boot linux from HD instead of floppy ?
Thanks in advance
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From: piet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: irq problem
Date: Sat, 06 Jan 2001 13:30:02 GMT
Steve Withers wrote:
>
> 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?
>
> --
> Regards,
>
> Steve Withers
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> Registered LINUX user # 24688
> http://counter.li.org/
problem already solved:
my computer is a dual boot machine linux and win. i had to reinstall
windowz and after that all worked fine under linux as well.
thanks any way for your help
piet
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From: Robert Grizzard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.linux,alt.os.linux,aus.computers.linux
Subject: Re: help: getting modem to work
Date: Sat, 6 Jan 2001 08:22:12 -0600
David. E. Goble <goble@gtech> wrote:
> Hi All;
> Iam running RedHat 6.2. Iam trying to follow the how-to to connect to
> the internet.
> My modem is on com3 (/dev/ttyS2), but it seems not to work.
> Here is what I have;
[snip]
> /usr/sbin/pppd /dev/ttyS2 57600 debug user username connect
> "/usr/sbin/chat -v '' AT OK ATDT85534300 CONNECT '\d\c'"
> Jan 6 18:29:15 gtech pppd[798]: pppd 2.3.11 started by root, uid 0
> Jan 6 18:29:16 gtech chat[799]: send (AT^M)
> Jan 6 18:29:16 gtech chat[799]: expect (OK)
> Jan 6 18:29:35 gtech chat[799]: ^M
> Jan 6 18:30:01 gtech chat[799]: alarm
Your serial port may not be set up correctly since pppd is timing out
waiting for an "OK" from your modem. When you run "cat /proc/interrupts"
do you see the IRQ for your modem? Do you see your modem when you run
"cat /proc/ioports"?
Another thing that has bitten me in the past: Does your modem actually
return "OK" or does it return "Ok" (or possibly "ok")?
[...]
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From: Steve Withers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Linux Installed beyond 1024 cylinders
Date: Sun, 07 Jan 2001 03:34:39 +1300
Eric wrote:
> I have installed Redhat Linux in a partition beyond 1024 cylinders of a
> harddisk. Is there a way to boot linux from HD instead of floppy ?
>
> Thanks in advance
If you edit the /etc/lilo.conf (asssuming you are using LILO) to use
"lba32" (as in LBA32..in case the fonts make that confusing) instead of
"linear' (the default), it may work.
It worked for me.
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[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Immortal Love <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: sound chip driver
Date: Sat, 6 Jan 2001 22:56:29 +0800
I have a computer with all-in-one mother board with Crystal Sound Chip. I
would like to ask if there's any driver and where can i download it? I'm
using RH 6.2. Thanks.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Michael Perry)
Subject: Re: reboot when idle?? noooooooo!!!
Date: Sat, 6 Jan 2001 07:26:26 -0800
On Tue, 26 Dec 2000 12:06:28 +0100, michael steiner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>also check if you're not running the idled daemon by default with the option
>of resetting the system instead of logging out forgotten logins.
>
>... this is highly improbably if you just installed the system :)
>
>bye michael
>
>
I am running a AMD K62-400 here with 384mb of memory and have never seen
that whatsoever. My box is up all time, whether idle or not. I don't run
apm on it. I have a second box which is basically the same thing but with
256mb of memory which is also runs all the time. I am running debian potato
with a dash of unstable/testing here with my own 2.2.16 kernels.
--
Michael Perry
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: "Eric en Jolanda" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Linux Installed beyond 1024 cylinders
Date: Sat, 6 Jan 2001 16:18:19 +0100
> I have installed Redhat Linux in a partition beyond 1024 cylinders of a
> harddisk. Is there a way to boot linux from HD instead of floppy ?
>
Yes there is. Actually there are more methods than just one.
If your BIOS is new enough, upgrade LILO to a version 21.4.3 or above.
Install that, (READ THE MANUAL!) and run /sbin/lilo to write to the MBR.
If you have a windows installed (95/98/me) you can also use loadlin.
And then there are other bootloaders, like NUNI, GRUB etc.
Search and install I'd say, and next time, think before you partition. This
limit is in no way related to linux, but to your BIOS. No OS can boot from
there in an ordinary way.
Eric
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From: "Joshua Butcher" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.linux,comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Best Dual Processor board and processor
Date: Sat, 6 Jan 2001 09:39:42 -0500
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From: Immortal Love <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Crystal 32bit PCI Audio Onboard
Date: Sat, 6 Jan 2001 23:14:02 +0800
I'm having a computer with ASUS ME-99VM Socket 370 All-in-One MotherBoard
with 32 bit Crystal PCI Audio Onboard. I would like to ask if there's any
driver for this sound chip and where's it can be downloaded? I'm using RH
6.2. Thanks.
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From: "Eric en Jolanda" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Mouse problem in RedHat Linux 6.2
Date: Sat, 6 Jan 2001 16:24:44 +0100
> When I was installing RedHat Linux 6.2, my Microsoft serial mouse worked
> fine (I could use it during setup).
> Redhat probed it as generic serial mouse, and I reluctantly agreed. When I
> rebooted into Gnome, mouse did not work. I tried to reinstall choosing
> Microsoft serial mouse - the same result i.e. mouse doesn't work in Gnome.
>
> In terminal, when I ran mouseconfig (from /usr/sbin), my mouse began to
> work... Now, when I tried to run mouseconfig, mouse doesn't work (I guess
> did something...). Can you help me?
Look at /etc/XF86Config. There's the pointer section defined which refers to
your mouse. Alter at will after reading the manpages
>
> Also, would you please tell me how to exit from gnome? I tried
> CTRL+ALT+BKSPACE, but it only quits current session of Gnome.
>
So you mean {x,g,k}dm is running?
change the default rnlevel in /etc/inittab from 5 to 3
Now you need to start X manually each time you want to use it.
try `startx`
xdm (and gnome/kde equivalents) cannot be killed by you.
You start runlevel 5 for this feature. The fact that it is a feature you
don't want, means that you should read up on this stuff: you don't know
enough of this stuff yet. Have fun :-)
> P.S.
> I checked the mouse under Windows95, and it appears to work.
>
That's nice.
Eric
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From: "Eric en Jolanda" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Ramdisk error!
Date: Sat, 6 Jan 2001 16:26:06 +0100
> Does anyone know the workaround for the problem loading the RAMDISK
> during install of RH 7.0? Thanks!
>
Ofcourse not! How could we. I don't have a clue on what you're talking about
Specify the problem
Eric
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From: "Eric en Jolanda" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Sound... nadda
Date: Sat, 6 Jan 2001 16:27:24 +0100
> Mandrake 7.2
> Sound Blaster 16
> i586 MMX
>
> Any suggestions, I've tried insmodding the soundlow soundcore, snd, opl,
> mpu, etc modules to no avail, ive tried installing alsa.......... erg i
> just want sound...
Have you tried the emu10 module?
Try searching google for this issue.
Eric
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From: Wiliam Chovan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: clustering
Date: Sat, 06 Jan 2001 15:30:05 -0000
Where do I find out about clustering computers?
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From: "Eric en Jolanda" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: kernel 2.4 : can't login
Date: Sat, 6 Jan 2001 16:36:23 +0100
> I compiled kernel 2.4.0-test12 with reiserfs 3.6.23 patch on my mdk7.2 box
> (2.2.17 and 2.2.18 kernels are working perfectely)
> After booting under 2.4.0, everything loads ok and fast until it loads ie
> eth0, then it stops a while , then continues, stops again randomly, ie
while
> loading postresql, then continues , etc ... (random number of stops and
> restarts).
> When finally I get the log prompt, I can enter my login name, but after
> entering the password, stops and looks dead.
> I know it's a test release, but if I can't even test it !....
>
Then recompile again. You probably made a wrong choice somewhere.
It works just fine here (without the reiserFS patch)
Eric
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From: Dan Stephenson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: KDe 2.0.1 forced install - weird
Date: Sat, 6 Jan 2001 09:40:13 -0600
Had some trouble installing KDE 2.0.1 on my SuSE7.0 Pro system. I got all
the rpms from kde.org, but sudo rpm -Uvh *.rpm returned an error saying
qt-static needed qt-devel. So I got the qt-devel rpm, and retried with a
bunch of errors about the new version of qt conflicting with a previous
version. But that's what the -U is for, right, to upgrade? Frustrated, I
added a --force, and to my eyes, everything works.
Any of yall know what happened? Are there any consequences to the --force?
Thanks in advance,
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dances With Crows)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: Crystal 32bit PCI Audio Onboard
Date: 6 Jan 2001 15:38:14 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Sat, 6 Jan 2001 23:14:02 +0800, Immortal Love staggered into the
Black Sun and said:
>I'm having a computer with ASUS ME-99VM Socket 370 All-in-One
>MotherBoard with 32 bit Crystal PCI Audio Onboard. I would like to ask
>if there's any driver for this sound chip and where's it can be
>downloaded? I'm using RH 6.2. Thanks.
"32 Bit Crystal PCI Audio" means nothing. Post the output of "cat
/proc/pci" that relates to audio equipment, and someone will probably be
able to tell you what to do. I gather "sndconfig" didn't do anything?
If you haven't tried that, do so immediately.
--
Matt G|There is no Darkness in Eternity/But only Light too dim for us to see
Brainbench MVP for Linux Admin / Workin' in a code mine, hittin' Ctrl-Alt
http://www.brainbench.com / Workin' in a code mine, whoops!
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From: "Eric en Jolanda" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.questions,aus.computers.linux
Subject: Re: Anyone used Partition Magic to increase size of Linux / Partition?
Date: Sat, 6 Jan 2001 16:31:38 +0100
> Giddy
>
> I'm running out of space, my root partition is the last thing on the drive
> and I have heaps of unused space.
>
> I hear conflicting reports on PM and Linux.
>
> Anyone know for certain whether I can extend my root partition with PM
5.01
> without buggering everything up?
>
It won't bugger up, but it may fail.
This latter usually depends on the question if your partition table is
correct or not. I can't tell right now. I could, if you post `fdisk -l
/dev/hdXXX`
But I agree with Peter T. Breuer, that it is far easier (And a better
solution IMO) to create separate partitions for several subdir's.
Eric
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From: "Mr. Bean" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Setup from the scratch problem.
Date: Sun, 07 Jan 2001 00:00:04 +0800
Recently, I have been setting up a small linux from the scratch. I used
busybox's init instead of SysV's init. I am able to use the box as long
as I put in "/bin/sh" for each tty entries instead of "getty", but for
the tty entries with "getty", the machine always responds me with login
incorrect with my root login and empty password. I have configured the
/etc/passwd and /etc/shadow files with entries for root as root:x:(etc)
and root::(etc) respectively. (I supposed this is correct.). And I have
copied the files group, gshadow, login.access and login.defs, and
binaries getty and login, and the library libcrypt*, but still I am
unable to login to the machine through those ttys.
Although I think I can use a cd-rom to setup, I'd really like to
understand what mistake I have ever made.
I have read many man pages, but cannot figure out what I have missed
out. Can anyone help me out with this? Thanks a lot in advance.
Regards
Ho Pok Man
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From: "Mr. Bean" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: General Linux Question(s)
Date: Sun, 07 Jan 2001 00:06:07 +0800
My experience is that I have to use a floppy to boot the machine and run lilo
when the HD moves to another PC.
AlphaK7 wrote:
> OK, obviously, I'm very new to Linux and the answer I recieve will effect
> how I go about installing Linux-
>
> Can I install Linux on a 4gb hdd in a 533 Celeron PC and then simply move
> the hdd to a different PC (different mobo, cpu, chipset, sound card, video
> card, etc... possibly even monitor) when I feel like it?
>
> I have a feeling the answer to that is 'no' due to the kernel being
> optimized for the pc linus was installed on.
>
> My second question is- What steps would someone have to go through to switch
> the hdd to another pc? Would I have to recompile the kernel, rerun setup
> and have it redetect everything?
>
> Thanks alot for your help guys. A little background as to why I'm asking-
> I sell/upgrade PCs to make extra money for college (not too many at a time,
> but about 2/month) and sometimes I have 600mhz Athlons sitting around for a
> while while I either find a buyer or wait for them to be able to put up
> enough cash for me to let them have the PC (selling to other poor college
> kids). I'd put the 4gb hdd I'm wanting to put Linux on in my 700 Athlon I'm
> on right now, but I use SyGate to share my cable connection and I'd have to
> make sure I can also share internet on my Linux hdd before I can dual boot.
> I'm wanting to set up a SmoothWall (a Linux firewall/hopefully ic sharing)
> box and that should help, too. Thanks in advance.
>
> Michael Kennedy
> (AlphaK7)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (J. T. Travis)
Subject: Red Hat Linux on Virtual PC 4.0
Date: Sat, 06 Jan 2001 16:01:13 GMT
Has anyone been able to install Red Hat on a Mac under Virtual PC? I've
tried multiple ways, automatic disk formatting, manual disk formatting,
but the best I can get is "no valid system" on the re-boot. The worse is
with auto formatting - the disk becomes unusable and has to be erased.
- Joe
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