Linux-Setup Digest #407, Volume #20 Fri, 12 Jan 01 14:13:09 EST
Contents:
Re: RH7 sees 1/2 memory on K7-600 system (moonie;))
LILO fails to boot 2.4.0! ("S. Umar")
Help: LILO / Linux Mandrake 7.2 Dual Boot problem (Indiematt)
Re: RH7 sees 1/2 memory on K7-600 system (John Peach)
Re: linux on laptop w/w98 ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
2.4 and billions of users. ("Todd M. Lewis")
Linux on IBM Laptop (Vinod Gupta)
2.4 module compile RH7 (Jeff Moore)
Re: kernel build error: `smp_num_cpus' undeclared (Rob Funk)
Re: Netscape 6 plugins!!:-( (Steve)
Re: video and mouse questions w/Caldera OpenLinux 2.2 eDesktop ("Peter T. Breuer")
Re: Ooops - how do I restore corect keyboard map in X (suse7)? ("Peter T. Breuer")
rpm database in db3 format? (Peter Bismuti)
Re: SuSE 6.4 - services not starting at boot (Blackberry)
Re: Do I need NIC driver for 2.4? ("ne...")
Re: 2.4 module compile RH7 ("ne...")
Re: Mandrake 7.2 does not shut down properly (Chris Menzel)
Re: LILO fails to boot 2.4.0! ("ne...")
Re: Help: LILO / Linux Mandrake 7.2 Dual Boot problem (Ralph Miguel Hansen)
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From: moonie;) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: linux.redhat.install
Subject: Re: RH7 sees 1/2 memory on K7-600 system
Date: Fri, 12 Jan 2001 10:08:41 -0500
On Fri, 12 Jan 2001, Greg Blair wrote:
>Hello,
>
>I have installed RH7 on an IBM Aptiva model 2174-595.
>
>The system uses an AMD athlon 600 MHz K7 processor and has 128 MB of
>memory
>
>The bios see all 128 MB of mem, and if I boot WIN98, it sees all the
>memory.
>
>When I boot RH7 (kernel 2.2.0-12), it only sees 64 MB.
>
>I have recompiled the kernel checking off the 4 MB support. It did not
>make any difference (as expected)
>
>Anyone have any suggestions?
>
>Also, anyone know how to make the wheel mouse wheel and the keyboard
>volume control buttons work???
>
>Cheers, Greg
http://www.linuxnewbie.org/nhf/intel/hardware/ramdetect.html
For the wheel mouse, I use imwheel, but I do believe there are how-to's at
www.linuxdoc.org.
Don't know about the volume control buttons.
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Kernel 2.4.0-test5
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From: "S. Umar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux
Subject: LILO fails to boot 2.4.0!
Date: Fri, 12 Jan 2001 09:27:31 +0000
I have compiled 2.4.0 on my Redhat Rawhide (Jan 4) system....everything
worked fine
and installed. I then updated /etc/lilo.conf and added a second
configuration for the
2.4.0 kernel and lilo -v correctly, the 2.2.16 boot is still working as
before.
When I boot 2.4.0, it uncompresses the image and detects some of the
devices
BUT it cannot mount the /root filesystem and therefor cannot access the
modules.
It gives a message saying to append proper root= option......well I do
have the
line root=/dev/hda9 BUT before that kernel seems not to be able to see
/dev/hda.
I thought this could be a devfs problem but I have DEVFS_FS not defined
in my
compilation.
Any help would be appreciated!
--
Prof. S. Umar
Dept. of Physics & Astronomy
Vanderbilt University
Nashville, TN 37235
Tel : (615) 322-2459
Fax : (615) 343-7263
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http://compsci.cas.vanderbilt.edu/~umar/resu.htm
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From: Indiematt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Help: LILO / Linux Mandrake 7.2 Dual Boot problem
Date: Fri, 12 Jan 2001 15:30:07 -0000
Hello all... I just installed Linux Mandrake 7.2 as dual boot on my Win98SE machine. I
have two physical HD's, C (13 gig) and D (20 gig) in Windows. I placed Lilo in the
boot sector of my primary HD (C) and installed Linux into a second partition created
on D.
Here is the problem: Lilo will successfully load up, and will allow me to boot into
Windows from the HD. However, if I attempt to boot into Linux from Lilo, the computer
reports something about my "BIOS not supporting the cylinder." I can, however,
successfully boot into Linux using the bootdisk I created during setup. This method of
booting, however, is pretty damn slow.
So, is there any way to rectify this situation? Do I need a later version of Lilo, or
is this a more complicated matter? I appreciate any and all help with this matter.
Thanks in advance!
~ matt
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Peach)
Subject: Re: RH7 sees 1/2 memory on K7-600 system
Crossposted-To: linux.redhat.install
Date: Fri, 12 Jan 2001 15:44:34 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Greg Blair <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
|>Hello,
|>
|>I have installed RH7 on an IBM Aptiva model 2174-595.
|>
|>The system uses an AMD athlon 600 MHz K7 processor and has 128 MB of
|>memory
|>
|>The bios see all 128 MB of mem, and if I boot WIN98, it sees all the
|>memory.
|>
|>When I boot RH7 (kernel 2.2.0-12), it only sees 64 MB.
|>
|>I have recompiled the kernel checking off the 4 MB support. It did not
|>make any difference (as expected)
|>
|>Anyone have any suggestions?
Yes - try searching this (or any other Linux group :-( ) before posting.
It has been asked about twice a day for many years...... and I'm sure a
Google search would turn up the answer instantly.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: linux on laptop w/w98
Date: Fri, 12 Jan 2001 15:39:39 GMT
In article <aPB76.57608$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
"John" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I have a compaq p133, 80mb ram 3.1g hd and am using windoze
98...would like
> to put a unix os on the system as well.... appreciate any
suggestions....
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> thanks.
>
>
There is a really good site for Linux on Laptops
http://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/kharker/linux-laptop/
It covers everything and more. The main choice is which Linux
distribution to go for. This is really up to you. I run Debain to dual
boot with W98. I used 'fips' to create big partition to put linux on. I
dual boot using 'loadlin'. Further information can be found in the
HOWTO's ==> linux.org etc...
Good luck.
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From: "Todd M. Lewis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: 2.4 and billions of users.
Date: Fri, 12 Jan 2001 10:46:03 -0500
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Now that 2.4 is out with support for billions of users, what else must I
do to take advantage of this new capability? (I _have_ billions of users
-- well, okay, I'm actually about 400 shy of 65536, which for UID
purposes is as good as a billion, and my user base is growing at the
dozen-a-day rate, so this is about to become a real issue for me.)
I presume I'll need a version of glibc that knows about 32-bit uid_t and
gid_t as well as recompiled utilities. Or will I? What about the file
systems? It looks like 2.4's ext2 has support for 16 more bits, but what
else is needed to fully use this feature in the new system? I've got to
be ready to serve billions Real Soon Now.
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From: Vinod Gupta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Linux on IBM Laptop
Date: Fri, 12 Jan 2001 16:44:38 +0100
Does any one know if Redhat 7 (or any other distribution)
installs well on IBM laptop Thinkpad A21p?
Vinod.
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From: Jeff Moore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware,redhat.general
Subject: 2.4 module compile RH7
Date: Fri, 12 Jan 2001 10:49:53 -0600
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I have compiled the 2.2 kernel and modules for my 586 including eth0,
raid0, and modules for ppp, and others. It works fine.
Now I am compiling the 2.4 kernel and modules and it compiles the kernel
but not the modules.
I have done this:
installed the updates for gcc 2.96, glibc 2.2 as per redhat
downloaded kernel source 2.4 from kernel.org and installed by directions
there
make mrproper xconfig dep clean bzImage and it works fine so far
make modules does not compile with the following errors:
error 1 error 2 error 2
and then it stops
Is there something that I am missing?
Jeff Moore
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Rob Funk)
Subject: Re: kernel build error: `smp_num_cpus' undeclared
Date: 12 Jan 2001 17:28:54 GMT
In article <93ir3n$rsc$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
doug reeder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Any suggestions other than re-compiling with 'Symmetric multi-processing
>support' set to YES ?
Go get 2.2.18. Maybe it's a bug that's been fixed by now. Even if
that doesn't do it, there are PLENTY of other bugs in 2.2.12 that have
been fixed by 2.2.18.
--
==============================| "A microscope locked in on one point
Rob Funk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> |Never sees what kind of room that it's in"
http://www.funknet.net/rfunk | -- Chris Mars, "Stuck in Rewind"
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Steve)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.questions,comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: Netscape 6 plugins!!:-(
Date: Fri, 12 Jan 2001 09:33:42 -0500
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
* Hal Burgiss <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>| On Fri, 12 Jan 2001 05:42:35 GMT, E J <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>|
>| I didn't ask the question, but thanks for a detailed answer ;)
And likewise me to, helped me out quite a bit.
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Powered by Caldera Open Linux
9:33am up 26 days, 13:17, 8 users, load average: 0.10, 0.05, 0.12
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From: "Peter T. Breuer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: video and mouse questions w/Caldera OpenLinux 2.2 eDesktop
Date: Fri, 12 Jan 2001 15:50:48 +0100
Rob Weaver <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 1: what can I do about my KDE desktop being larger than my monitor
> display area (I have to scroll the desktop left/right/up/down to see all
> of it) , and
You can read the X FAQ. Or the manual page. Or the configuration file.
Don't do that if you don't like it. Some people complain if they don't
have a virtual desktop larger than their physical screen.
> 2: my mouse (scroll-wheel mouse set up as default 2 button with
> 3-button emulation) arrow on the screen will not travel to the bottom of
> the screen and the arrow appears to be displaced by about an inch
> vertical from the place that it's active.
Sounds like you want to opt for a sw_cursor in the X options for your
driver, or stop using a USB mouse. You DID say USB, didn't you ...
Peter
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From: "Peter T. Breuer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Ooops - how do I restore corect keyboard map in X (suse7)?
Date: Fri, 12 Jan 2001 15:55:07 +0100
Van der Ivor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> drumvudu wrote:
> Thanks. The 'linux single' did the trick. Now I'm getting a 'read only
> filesystem' error when I try to edit the file, how do I use chmod or
remount your filesystem read-write. Or fix the error that causes it to
go into read-only mode.
> whatever to change this? Apologies for the lack of any knowledge
> whatsoever ;)
Read the man page for mount, and you won't have to apologize.
Not even once.
Peter
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Peter Bismuti)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: rpm database in db3 format?
Date: 12 Jan 2001 18:38:24 GMT
I'm getting this message:
cannot open Packages index using db3 - Permission denied (13)
--> The rpm database cannot be opened in db3 format.
If you have just upgraded the rpm package you need to convert
your database to db3 format by running "rpm --rebuilddb" as root.
error: cannot open Packages database in /var/lib/rpm
I have run "rpm --rebuilddb" and it does not solve the problem. Can anyone
explain what is going on and how to fix it??
Thanks!
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From: Blackberry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: SuSE 6.4 - services not starting at boot
Date: 12 Jan 2001 10:20:11 -0800
On Fri, 12 Jan 2001 08:15:11 -0600, "Kurt wrote:
>
>Blackberry wrote:
>
>> On 3 Jan 2001 03:55:28 GMT, <[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>> >
>> >SuSE 6.4 uses YAST as it's configuration utility. Are you using YAST to
>> >configure your machine?
>>
>>I've checked YAST and YAST2. Where do you set up the things that will start on
>> system boot? I couldn't find it anywhere.
>>
>> --------------------
>> "It's enough to make you wonder sometimes if you're on the right planet."
>> -- Frankie Goes to Hollywood
>> Brian -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- remove "NOSPAM"
>
>The init processes uses the scripts in /sbin/init.d "at boot." These scripts
>are
>executed when you change run levels. The links int rc0.d thru rcS.d control
>which
>scripts are executed. The links beginning with S are used at start up, "boot",
>or
>when increasing run the run level. The links beginning with K are used to kill
>processes when shutting down or decreasing the run level.
Right. I understand that. I've said so in multiple posts to this thread.
Let me review the situation again. I have scripts that the SuSE installation
generated for smb, named, and mysql.
When I enter runlevel 3, they do not run. I can run the scripts manually and
they start up just fine. They do not log any errors in /var/log/messages.
I created my own scripts to run these services, linked them into
/etc/rc.d/rc3.d, and they do not run at startup. They also run fine when run
manually and do not generate any errors when they fail to run.
What is the problem? What can I do to get them to start up automatically?
I have read the instructions in /sbin/init.d on the SuSE boot process. I
understand the *philosophy*. The system created the scripts, and they don't run
at startup. I'm trying to diagnose why.
====================
"It's enough to make you wonder sometimes if you're on the right planet."
-- Frankie Goes to Hollywood
Brian -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- remove "NOSPAM"
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From: "ne..." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Do I need NIC driver for 2.4?
Date: Fri, 12 Jan 2001 18:49:57 GMT
On Jan 12, 2001 at 14:28, [EMAIL PROTECTED] eloquently wrote:
>I had a fresh install of RH6.2 which I updated with the recommended
>changes.txt file and then with kernel2.4 While doing the xconfig I
>didn't see a choice for my 3COM PCCard. It was using 3C575 module with
>RH6.2. Can I just copy the 575 modules out of my 6.2 modules dir?
No
>Or does it come with 2.4 and I've just over looked it?
This is most likey the case.
>If so what do I do with it?
Look carefully for it using make 'menuconfig'.
You also nees to look for pcmcia support as well.
[...]
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are 50-50 it will.
1:46pm up 1 day, 16:44, 9 users, load average: 0.00, 0.00, 0.00
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Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware,redhat.general
From: "ne..." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: 2.4 module compile RH7
Date: Fri, 12 Jan 2001 18:53:27 GMT
On Jan 12, 2001 at 10:49, Jeff Moore eloquently wrote:
>I have compiled the 2.2 kernel and modules for my 586 including eth0,
>raid0, and modules for ppp, and others. It works fine.
>
>Now I am compiling the 2.4 kernel and modules and it compiles the kernel
>but not the modules.
>
>I have done this:
>
>installed the updates for gcc 2.96, glibc 2.2 as per redhat
>downloaded kernel source 2.4 from kernel.org and installed by directions
>there
>make mrproper xconfig dep clean bzImage and it works fine so far
>make modules does not compile with the following errors:
> error 1 error 2 error 2
> and then it stops
>
>Is there something that I am missing?
modutils upgrade and all the other goods mentioned
in the Documentation/Changes file. It is also a very
good idea to list the error you get. Else all we can
do is grab at thin air.
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Men still remember the first kiss after women have forgotten the last.
1:50pm up 1 day, 16:48, 9 users, load average: 0.08, 0.03, 0.01
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From: Chris Menzel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux.mandrake,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: Mandrake 7.2 does not shut down properly
Date: Fri, 12 Jan 2001 12:53:19 -0600
Miloslaw Potrykus wrote:
> User "Chris Menzel" wrote...
> > Since upgrading to Mandrake 7.2, shutdown is not able to shutdown.
> ...
> Look for /etc/rc.d/rc0.d/S01halt and /etc/rc.d/rc6.d/S01reboot files.
Yes, they were missing; that was exactly the problem. shutdown now
announces that it has sent a KILL to all processes, and umount starts to
unmount filesystems. Unfortunately, a difficulty remains -- while my
/root and /var filesystems are now umounting, /usr is not. For some
reason, despite the fact that a KILL has been sent to all processes, umount
thinks that the device harboring my /usr partition is busy, and hence the
shutdown process is still hanging at that point. This looks like the last
hurdle. Any ideas? (And what's up at Mandrake that they'd leave out these
symlinks?)
Chris Menzel
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Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux
From: "ne..." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: LILO fails to boot 2.4.0!
Date: Fri, 12 Jan 2001 19:00:32 GMT
On Jan 12, 2001 at 09:27, S. Umar eloquently wrote:
>I have compiled 2.4.0 on my Redhat Rawhide (Jan 4) system....everything
>worked fine
>and installed. I then updated /etc/lilo.conf and added a second
>configuration for the
>2.4.0 kernel and lilo -v correctly, the 2.2.16 boot is still working as
>before.
>
>When I boot 2.4.0, it uncompresses the image and detects some of the
>devices
>BUT it cannot mount the /root filesystem and therefor cannot access the
>modules.
>It gives a message saying to append proper root= option......well I do
>have the
>line root=/dev/hda9 BUT before that kernel seems not to be able to see
>/dev/hda.
I hope I read you right in saying that the 'root' filesystem
is '/' and not '/root'. Plus, when you say /dev/hda is not
seen, do you mean lines that those below do not appear:
hda: QUANTUM FIREBALL EX6.4A, ATA DISK drive
hdb: WDC AC36400L, ATA DISK drive
ide: Assuming 33MHz system bus speed for PIO modes; override with idebus=xx
hdd: BCD-40XH CD-ROM, ATAPI CDROM drive
ide0 at 0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6 on irq 14
ide1 at 0x170-0x177,0x376 on irq 15
hda: 12594960 sectors (6449 MB) w/418KiB Cache, CHS=784/255/63, UDMA(33)
hdb: 12594960 sectors (6449 MB) w/256KiB Cache, CHS=784/255/63, UDMA(33)
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From: Ralph Miguel Hansen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Help: LILO / Linux Mandrake 7.2 Dual Boot problem
Date: Fri, 12 Jan 2001 20:05:35 +0100
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Indiematt wrote:
> Hello all... I just installed Linux Mandrake 7.2 as dual boot on my
> Win98SE machine. I have two physical HD's, C (13 gig) and D (20 gig) in
> Windows. I placed Lilo in the boot sector of my primary HD (C) and
> installed Linux into a second partition created on D.
>
> Here is the problem: Lilo will successfully load up, and will allow me to
> boot into Windows from the HD. However, if I attempt to boot into Linux
> from Lilo, the computer reports something about my "BIOS not supporting
> the cylinder." I can, however, successfully boot into Linux using the
> bootdisk I created during setup. This method of booting, however, is
> pretty damn slow.
>
> So, is there any way to rectify this situation? Do I need a later version
> of Lilo, or is this a more complicated matter? I appreciate any and all
> help with this matter. Thanks in advance!
>
Try the new lilo at http://freshmeat.net/projects/lilo/?highlight=lilo.
I bet your lilo has a problem with cylinder >1024 .......
Ralph Miguel Hansen
Auf der Donau 29
45139 Essen
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