Linux-Setup Digest #372, Volume #20 Mon, 8 Jan 01 02:13:08 EST
Contents:
Help: custom bootnet install image ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Debian, no cd (Paul Kimoto)
Re: ipchains firewall help (Jeff Moore)
Re: Linux Terminal Problem ??? (Jeff Moore)
Re: modem probs: (E J)
Re: I tried 2.4.0 -> Re: Compiling Kernels on RH 7.0? (Steve Withers)
Re: is a normal modem with linux 6.1 RH system with "weeee" sound when u dial up
with a phone. (Paul Sack)
Re: Best Dual Processor board and processor (Stuffed Crust)
Re: Installing Linux over Win98 (HP Staber)
Re: Slackware 3.5.0 Intstallation trouble hdb: irq timeout--Solution!-Don't use
Pioneer DR-11 24x ("Sean McClellan")
Re: Install RH 6.2 over FTP (Huub van Niekerk)
Re: Host name lookup failure. (Ron House)
Re: Advice Needed - Partitioning New HD For Linux (Stanislaw Flatto)
Re: Host name lookup failure. (David)
[Fwd: help needed to bring up a pcmcia modem.] (Lupei Zhu)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: linux.redhat.install
Subject: Help: custom bootnet install image
Date: 7 Jan 2001 21:14:40 -0700
Hi, hoping someone can clue me in, here.
I have RedHat 7.0 installation CD's, an NFS server with a CDROM drive and a
single board computer with an Amptron motherboard, AMD K6-2/500 and onboard
sound, video, LAN and modem, all Linux-compatible (haven't tested the modem,
yet).
The onboard LAN is a Davicom 9102/A PCI Fast Ethernet chipset, which requires
the dmfe.o module.
The dmfe.o module is not included in the bootnet.img network install disk (not
included in modules.cgz in the initrd.img on the install disk).
I am attempting to create a custom bootnet.img. I uncompressed initrd.img and
mounted it via loopback, uncompressed modules.cgz and extracted it via cpio,
added the dmfe.o with proper permissions to the 2.2.16-22BOOT directory,
removed the ne.o and ne2k.o modules which combined are the same size, and
rebuilt the modules.cgz archive (ASCII crc).
Then I added the following lines to module-info:
dmfe
eth
"Davicom 9102/A PCI Fast Ethernet"
Then I unmounted & compressed the initrd.img and replaced the one on the
bootnet.img with it, unmounted bootnet.img and then booted up the new machine
with it.
It boots fine and allows me to choose the Davicom driver for the ethernet, but
then fails with the message "failed to insert dmfe module". Virtual terminal
3 has messages about 7 unresolved symbols: eth_type_trans_R02771567,
skb_over_panic_R....something or other, init_etherdev_...., __kfree_skb_....,
alloc_skb_...., unregister_netdev_.... and netif_rx_.... (I didn't want to
copy all the _R.... numbers and figured they probably aren't needed to answer
my question -- please let me know if that's not the case).
When I did a full install on another machine with a CDROM, I didn't see any
dependencies listed for the dmfe.o module, but I'm wondering if there
shouldn't be for the install disk?
If anyone can show me what I'm missing, I would be very grateful.
If I should just skip all this module nonsense since I KNOW what hardware this
particular machine has and it's going to be a custom bootdisk anyway and just
build a custom kernel for it, please say so, too. But I'm primarily doing
this for the learning experience with modules and custom boot disks.
I realize I could cannibalize a CDROM from another machine just to do this
install (once -- I wouldn't want to have to rely on that if I had to do
restores!). I did this initially, which is why I know the Davicom works fine
with RH7.0. But that CDROM really belongs to another machine and I didn't
want to buy one for this machine because, other than for installation, it
would never be used on this machine for the application I have it for.
Thanks for any help anyone can give. A Cc: in email would be appreciated for
its timeliness as well. Thanks.
--
Togath ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Paul Kimoto)
Subject: Re: Debian, no cd
Date: 7 Jan 2001 23:34:50 -0500
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
In article <i8766.5601$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Cathy Gramze wrote:
> Is there an easy way to find a specific package
Connect to the 'net and use the search facility at
http://www.debian.org/distrib/packages .
--
Paul Kimoto
This message was originally posted on Usenet in plain text. Any images,
hyperlinks, or the like shown here have been added without my consent,
and may be a violation of international copyright law.
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From: Jeff Moore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: ipchains firewall help
Date: Sun, 07 Jan 2001 23:03:20 -0600
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Be sure and read the IP-Masq howto.
As far as Napster, try setting the ftp port to 80.
Jeff Moore
Greg Gailer wrote:
> Greetings
> I am tring to set up a basic firewall for my Mandrake linux system. I
> have set the default chains to be: output ACCEPT, Forward ACCEPT and
> input DENY. I have set input on the localhost to ACCEPT and input on the
> ethernet card to ACCEPT and have created new chains called ppp-in and
> ppp-out. I want to provide a firewall only for the PPP chains. I do not
> want to provide any servers to the outside. I want to be able to share a
> directory for Napster and just run the normal client software and block
> anything else. I just use a normal dial-up connection to the net. If
> anyone can help it would be much appreciated.
>
> Greg
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From: Jeff Moore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Linux Terminal Problem ???
Date: Sun, 07 Jan 2001 23:06:43 -0600
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To recover your passwords, do not do an upgrade install, do a full install
with no packages selected, and do not format your partitions.
Jeff Moore
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From: E J <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: modem probs:
Date: Mon, 08 Jan 2001 05:08:46 GMT
You should RTFM that came with your manual :) It supports DOS too, a
good indication that it is a real modem.
>From their web page:
You'll also appreciate the flexibility
of the Performance Pro Modem.
The integrated controller supports DOS
and Linux as well as
Windows, so you can work with a wide
range of applications.
It can use any version of linux including RH7.0.
# ln -s /dev/modem /dev/ttyS4 # make a soft link for your modem to com
5.
Get your ISP information , and type kppp (to configure kppp) or
rp3-config (to configure rp3).
Execute kppp or rp3 to get connected.
The manuals for kppp is located on /usr/share/doc/HTML/en/kppp/
Steven Leuty wrote:
> I've just installed RH 7.0. I bought a new modem (US Robotics
> Performance Pro 56K) It says that it supports Linux but only kernel
> version 2.4. How can I get my blasted modem to run when it can't be
> detected. btw: my modem is listed as com 5 in win me.
> thanks.
> steverl
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From: Steve Withers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: I tried 2.4.0 -> Re: Compiling Kernels on RH 7.0?
Date: Mon, 08 Jan 2001 18:10:39 +1300
Rasmus B�g Hansen wrote:
> On Sun, 7 Jan 2001, Steve Withers wrote:
>
> > 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.
>
> When the kernel compile comes to an error it bombs out with an error and
> exits - so if it didn't, everything is probably ok.
>
> > 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....
>
> You did do a 'make modules_install'? Or do you use modules at all?
>
> Rasmus B�g Hansen
Ah......No.
I am using the kernel install/compile docs pointed to by RedHat and there is
NO mention made of this. But given what happened, it seemed pretty ovbious to
me that there was a step missing that I neede to know about. :-)
Thanks....I'll try to find some docs that explain WHEN in the sequence of
steps you need to do this. i assume either just before or just after you
compile the kernel itself.....
--
Regards,
Steve Withers
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Registered LINUX user # 24688
http://counter.li.org/
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Paul Sack)
Crossposted-To:
alt.os.linux.dial-up,aus.computers.linux,comp.os.linux.admin,comp.os.linux.networking,linux.redhat,linux.redhat.misc
Subject: Re: is a normal modem with linux 6.1 RH system with "weeee" sound when u
dial up with a phone.
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Mon, 08 Jan 2001 05:01:19 GMT
In article <93a9rs$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Jennifer H Mulherins wrote:
>greeting,
>
>I have set up a linux 6.1 with Zoom 56K modem, I can't testing at home since
>I can't get someone to call in. I used a cell phone but it does not give
>"weeee" sound.
>
>I can dial out and hear somebody speaking from non-modem reception phone no
>with minicom with root.
>
>
>Please let me know if I am missing something.
>
Your modem won't just pick up if someone calls. Do you want your modem to pick
up when someone calls? Or do you just want to use it to dialout?
>q2. How do I share it out with normal user other than root.
The easiest way is "chmod 666 /dev/modem" (or /dev/ttyS1 or something).
--
The moon may be smaller than Earth, but it's further away.
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From: Stuffed Crust <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.linux,comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: Best Dual Processor board and processor
Date: 8 Jan 2001 05:17:14 GMT
In comp.os.linux.hardware [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Do you need CPU power? A WWW server isn't exactly CPU-intensive
> unless you run lots of server-side scripts, and proper SQL queries
> will keep MySQL from blocking too badly.
A better SQL server will also keep your SQL queries from blocking up too
badly...
(MySQL is terrible when it comes to larger loads, especially when there
more than a trivial amount of writes..)
But yeah, unless you have a REALLY fat network pipe, CPU is nearly
irrevelant when it comes to serving straight web pages.
- Pizza
--
Solomon Peachy pizzaATfucktheusers.org
I ain't broke, but I'm badly bent.
Patience comes to those who wait.
...It's not "Beanbag Love", it's a "Transanimate Relationship"...
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From: HP Staber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Installing Linux over Win98
Date: Mon, 8 Jan 2001 07:00:39 +0100
Eric en Jolanda wrote:
> > I'm trying to install linux in a dual boot config with Win98. There =
is
> > no way for me to backup every thing. Can I safely partition my 20gig =
HD
> > without seriously messing up Windows?
>
> No. repartitioning is never safe. It usually goes without problems =
though.
> But how well it goes when something out of the ordinary is encountered,
> depends largely on your skills and knowledge. I'd try FIPS.EXE if I =
were
> you, to split your current partition. It's pretty safe and fairly =
simple.
Don't forget to defrag your existing partitio(s) first. You could move
data from one partition into another one and get an empty one this way
?
HP Staber/Salzburg
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From: "Sean McClellan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Slackware 3.5.0 Intstallation trouble hdb: irq timeout--Solution!-Don't
use Pioneer DR-11 24x
Date: Mon, 08 Jan 2001 06:15:54 GMT
Yeehaw,
I got it working. First I should thank ljb and Jeff Moore for their
responses to my request for help. Since both of you had suggested that the
CD-ROM might not be supported or jumpered right, I decided to swap in
another older CD-ROM that I had lying around (Mitsumi 4x) and presto! Setup
came right up with no error messages. Looks like Linux 3.5.0 does'nt
support the Pioneer DR-11 24x.
FYI, the reason I'm using Linux version 3.5 is because that is what my
unix class is using this quarter and it'll make for good symetry between
home and lab. I am curious about what the differences are between 3.5 and
what ever the most current version is. I'll probably upgrade it after the
quarter.
Anyway, thanks again for your help!
Sean
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From: Huub van Niekerk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking,redhat.general,redhat.config
Subject: Re: Install RH 6.2 over FTP
Date: Mon, 08 Jan 2001 07:25:04 +0100
No, I'm afraid the system only has ISA-slots, so the card is ISA as well..and on the
card no MAC address is stated but the chipset is RTL8019AS; as I said the card works ok
when RH 5.2 is running. Just booting RH 6.2 from FTP-floppie the ISA-card won't really
work: 'ne.o: device or resource busy'. I tested the floppie on a system already running
RH 6.2 which has a PCI-card: no problem there..so I think the problem is the ISA-card..
Huub
Rasmus B�g Hansen wrote:
> On Sun, 7 Jan 2001, H.A.J. van Niekerk wrote:
>
> > 1. This NE2000 compatible card is new (I got it to replace a BNC-card; now that's
> > old..)
>
> Eh, could by any chance be a PCI NE2000 card? If so, you should use the
> ne2k-pci driver module.
>
> > 3. How do I find out the MAC?
>
> Eh, the driver will tell you, when it is loaded. But you probably do not
> need the MAC address; it is just a unique identifier for your card.
>
> Rasmus B�g Hansen
>
> ---
> He has his own opinions
> - just like the others.
> -- Burnin' Red Ivanhoe
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From: Ron House <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Host name lookup failure.
Date: Mon, 08 Jan 2001 06:31:24 +0000
David wrote:
>
> > > Does the /etc/hosts file show something like this for the loopback line.
> > >
> > > 127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost
> > >
> > > Or something like this?
> > >
> > > 127.0.0.1 localhost hostname.domain.com
> >
> > It says (exactly) the following, which doesn't contain my computer name
> > at all.
> >
> > 127.0.0.1 localhost localhost.localdomain
> >
> > But this is also precisely what it was before the upgrade, and I didn't
> > see this error before.
>
> Ok, look in /etc/HOSTNAME and /etc/sysconfig/network
/etc/HOSTNAME contains my machine name (same in both old and new setup).
/etc/sysconfig/network contains "HOSTNAME=" followed by my machine name
(same in both setups), but the old file contains "FORWARD_IPV4=false"
whilst the new contains "# FORWARD_IPV4 removed; see /etc/sysctl.conf".
/etc/sysctl.conf contains "net.ipv4.ip_forward = 0"
...mystified!
--
Ron House [EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.sci.usq.edu.au/staff/house
A rose grows in the Earth's good soil.
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From: Stanislaw Flatto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: Advice Needed - Partitioning New HD For Linux
Date: Mon, 08 Jan 2001 17:45:22 +1100
Mike Gratis wrote:
Welcome to Linux-land!
After much losing hair I arrived at this config.
small (1 cylinder) primary Linux partition /boot.
Extended type 85 Linux partition and in it logical partitions
/ (root) ~ 500M. it can be that small as the directory tree residing in root is
for hanging on other logical partitions where the actual programms reside
/swap 100M
/usr
/home
/opt
the last three on my small disk are 2Gb each.
This combination allows me to reinstall the OS without losing what has been done
since last upgrade
BTW the same goes in my case with MS-Glassware. Primary partition 2G (drive C:)
for the OS and extended with logical drives D: and E:. Programms installed in
D:.
> --
> Mike Gratis
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
HTH
Stanislaw
Slack user from Ulladulla
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From: David <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Host name lookup failure.
Date: Mon, 08 Jan 2001 06:46:38 GMT
Ron House wrote:
>
> David wrote:
> >
> > > > Does the /etc/hosts file show something like this for the loopback line.
> > > >
> > > > 127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost
> > > >
> > > > Or something like this?
> > > >
> > > > 127.0.0.1 localhost hostname.domain.com
> > >
> > > It says (exactly) the following, which doesn't contain my computer name
> > > at all.
> > >
> > > 127.0.0.1 localhost localhost.localdomain
> > >
> > > But this is also precisely what it was before the upgrade, and I didn't
> > > see this error before.
> >
> > Ok, look in /etc/HOSTNAME and /etc/sysconfig/network
>
> /etc/HOSTNAME contains my machine name (same in both old and new setup).
>
> /etc/sysconfig/network contains "HOSTNAME=" followed by my machine name
> (same in both setups), but the old file contains "FORWARD_IPV4=false"
> whilst the new contains "# FORWARD_IPV4 removed; see /etc/sysctl.conf".
>
> /etc/sysctl.conf contains "net.ipv4.ip_forward = 0"
>
> ...mystified!
Ok my /etc/hosts file I have setup like this.
127.0.0.1 localhost hostname.domain.com
192.168.0.1 hostname.domain.com hostname
You can use netcfg if your running X to configure the network and
hostname.
If you have a network then you will need to change the zero in the
sysctl.conf line to a 1 if you are going to use the linux box as the
gateway. Also the FORWARD_IPV4= line to "true" or "yes" depending which
your system uses, mine uses "yes" and a small network.
--
Confucius say: He who play in root, eventually kill tree.
Registered with the Linux Counter. http://counter.li.org
ID # 123538
Completed more W/U's than 98.988% of seti users. +/- 0.01%
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From: Lupei Zhu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: [Fwd: help needed to bring up a pcmcia modem.]
Date: Sun, 07 Jan 2001 22:50:11 -0800
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Subject: help needed to bring up a pcmcia modem.
Date: Fri, 05 Jan 2001 10:34:11 -0800
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Hi,
I installed RH7.0 on my Dell4000 laptop. I am having problem to get
the modem (Xircom cardbus) working. Linux recognizes the card as shown
from "cardctl ident":
Socket 0:
product info: "Xircom", "CardBus Ethernet II 10/100", "CBEII-10/100",
"1.03"
manfid: 0x0105, 0x0103
function: 6 (network)
Socket 1:
product info: "Xircom", "CardBus Modem 56WG", "CBM56WG", "1.00"
manfid: 0x0105, 0x1000
function: 2 (serial)
but it failed to configure the card while excuting "modprobe serial_cs"
and complains:
serial_cs: ParseTuple: No more items
can anyone help me to solve this problem. I've put /var/log/messages
below.
thanks
Lupei
here are the messages from /var/log/message:
pcmcia: Starting PCMCIA services:
pcmcia: modules
kernel: Linux PCMCIA Card Services 3.1.19
kernel: kernel build: 2.2.16-22 #1 Tue Aug 22 16:49:06 EDT 2000
kernel: options: [pci] [cardbus] [apm]
kernel: PCI routing table version 1.0 at 0xfbd80
kernel: 00:03.0 -> irq 11
kernel: 00:03.1 -> irq 11
kernel: Intel PCIC probe:
kernel: TI 1420 rev 00 PCI-to-CardBus at slot 00:03, mem 0x68000000
kernel: host opts [0]: [ring] [serial pci & irq] [pci irq 11] [lat
32/32] [b
us 32/34]
kernel: host opts [1]: [ring] [serial pci & irq] [pci irq 11] [lat
32/32] [b
us 35/37]
kernel: ISA irqs (scanned) = 3,4,7,9,10 PCI status changes
pcmcia: cardmgr.
rc: Starting pcmcia: succeeded
cardmgr[469]: starting, version is 3.1.19
cardmgr[469]: watching 2 sockets
kernel: cs: IO port probe 0x0c00-0x0cff: excluding 0xcf8-0xcff
kernel: cs: IO port probe 0x0800-0x08ff: excluding 0x800-0x84f
kernel: cs: IO port probe 0x0100-0x04ff: excluding 0x290-0x297
0x378-0x37f 0x4d0
-0x4d7
kernel: cs: IO port probe 0x0a00-0x0aff: clean.
kernel: cs: cb_alloc(bus 35): vendor 0x11c1, device 0x0420
kernel: cs: cb_alloc(bus 32): vendor 0x115d, device 0x0003
cardmgr[469]: initializing socket 0
cardmgr[469]: socket 0: Xircom CBEII-10/100 CardBus 10/100 Ethernet
cardmgr[469]: executing: 'modprobe cb_enabler'
cardmgr[469]: executing: 'modprobe tulip_cb'
kernel: cs: cb_config(bus 32)
kernel: fn 0 bar 1: io 0x200-0x27f
kernel: fn 0 bar 2: mem 0x6000d000-0x6000d7ff
kernel: fn 0 bar 3: mem 0x6000c000-0x6000c7ff
kernel: fn 0 rom: mem 0x60008000-0x6000bfff
kernel: irq 11
kernel: tulip_attach(device 20:00.0)
kernel: tulip.c:v0.91g-ppc 7/16/99 [EMAIL PROTECTED] (modified
by [EMAIL PROTECTED] for XIRCOM CBE, fixed by Doug Ledford)
kernel: eth0: Xircom Cardbus Adapter (DEC 21143 compatible mode) rev 3
at 0x200,
00:10:A4:11:76:E6, IRQ 11.
kernel: eth0: MII transceiver #0 config 3100 status 7809 advertising
01e1.
cardmgr[469]: executing: './network start eth0'
pumpd[512]: starting at (uptime 0 days, 0:00:37) Sat Feb 3 09:57:01
2001
xinetd: xinetd startup succeeded
lpd: lpd startup succeeded
keytable: Loading keymap:
keytable: Loading /usr/lib/kbd/keymaps/i386/qwerty/us.kmap.gz
keytable: Loading system font:
rc: Starting keytable: succeeded
pumpd[512]: configured interface eth0
cardmgr[469]: + Determining IP information for eth0... done.
cardmgr[469]: initializing socket 1
cardmgr[469]: socket 1: Serial or Modem
cardmgr[469]: executing: 'modprobe serial_cs'
kernel: serial_cs: ParseTuple: No more items
sendmail: sendmail startup succeeded
gpm: gpm startup succeeded
cardmgr[469]: get dev info on socket 1 failed: Resource temporarily
unavailable
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