Linux-Setup Digest #421, Volume #20 Sun, 14 Jan 01 16:13:12 EST
Contents:
grub Qs (Timothy Washington)
Re: Cable Internet Anyone? (Murray Eisenberg)
Re: X windows problems (E J)
Setup Question: I want to know the best way to setup an SMTP spooler for Exchange
("Chris")
Re: IDE CD-RW vs ATAPI Zip drive (E J)
What to do when you get 'LI' on boot (Brian Donaldson)
ATI All-in-Wonder 128 PCI 16 MB card solution ("Arctic Storm")
Re: LinkSys ethernet card problem ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: LinkSys ethernet card problem ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
RealPlayer problem (Bob Feng)
Re: RealPlayer problem (E J)
Re: Relay Mail Host with Qmail?? (J Sloan)
Re: What to do when you get 'LI' on boot (E J)
Write permissions (Rajiv)
Re: ATI All-in-Wonder 128 PCI 16 MB card solution (E J)
PPP,Netscape,Red Hat 6.1 (Dennis Fenton)
Re: What to do when you get 'LI' on boot (=?ISO-8859-1?Q?Rasmus_B=F8g_Hansen?=)
When I boot RH 7 only 'L' on boot ("Brian Donaldson")
Re: Write permissions (=?ISO-8859-1?Q?Rasmus_B=F8g_Hansen?=)
Re: Write permissions (Rajiv)
Re: 2.4 kernel messages ("Christopher C. Stump")
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From: Timothy Washington <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.questions
Subject: grub Qs
Date: Sun, 14 Jan 2001 18:57:27 GMT
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I installed the GNU GRand Unified Bootlader (GRUB), and there are
some basic topics which I could not find in the documentation, like how
to boot a linux kernel, or how to boot a windows kernel. Up to now, I've
used the command kernel first to load in a kernel. This is where my
first question is - you can pass an image (such as vmlinuz) in the /boot
directory to the kernel command, but how would I pass in a windows
kernel?
So when I've loaded a working kernel, then I use the boot command to
boot a particular device. Now, this is where I get into some trouble.
First of all, theses are my partitions:
Windows Partitions hda1 hda3
Linux Partitions hda5 hda6 hda7
I've tried the boot command with hda and hda5-7, all of them giving the
message:
.
.
request_module[block-major-8]:Root fs not mounted
VFS: Cannot open root device 08:01
Kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 08:01
.
.
I don't know where to go from here, as I've not gotten a lot of info
from the documentation or web pages about these particular problems. I
have a feeling I've missed a step somewhere or am using one of the
commands incorrectly. If anyone has an insight into this problem, it
would be much appreceated.
Tim
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I installed the GNU GRand Unified Bootlader (GRUB),
and there are some basic topics which I could not find in the documentation,
like how to boot a linux kernel, or how to boot a windows kernel. Up to
now, I've used the command <b>kernel</b> first to load in a kernel. This
is where my first question is - you can pass an image (such as vmlinuz)
in the /boot directory to the kernel command, but <b>how would I pass in
a windows kernel?</b>
<br> So when I've loaded a working kernel, then I use
the <b>boot</b> command to boot a particular device. Now, this is where
I get into some trouble. First of all, theses are my partitions:
<p><i><b>Windows Partitions </b>hda1 hda3</i>
<br><i><b>Linux Partitions </b>hda5 hda6 hda7</i>
<p>I've tried the boot command with <b>hda</b> and <b>hda5-7</b>, all of
them giving the message:
<p>.
<br>.
<br><i>request_module[block-major-8]:Root fs not mounted</i>
<br><i>VFS: Cannot open root device 08:01</i>
<br><i>Kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 08:01</i>
<br><i>.</i>
<br><i>.</i>
<p> I don't know where to go from here, as I've not gotten
a lot of info from the documentation or web pages about these particular
problems. I have a feeling I've missed a step somewhere or am using one
of the commands incorrectly. If anyone has an insight into this problem,
it would be much appreceated.
<p>Tim</html>
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From: Murray Eisenberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Cable Internet Anyone?
Date: Sun, 14 Jan 2001 16:52:38 GMT
One solution is to put a suitable Ethernet-Broadband router between your
cable modem and PC's network card. For example, the Linksys BEFSR11 for
one LAN port (there's also a model with more LAN port). This assigns
IP's dynamically, and to Linux (or, for that matter, Windows), the
Internet is just coming over a LAN. There's the additional benefit of
making your PC a bit more invisible to the outside world.
What I did was have AT&T (the local RoadRunner outlet) do an
installation under Windows before I got the router. I copied down the
information about the default gateway address, DNS, etc. Then I entered
these in the setup window for the router. (The LinkSys router is easily
managed via your PC's browser.) You will need to phone back and give
your provider the new ID # (technically speaking, the MAC Address) for
the router, to replace the one they originally used from your PC's NIC
card. The MAC Address is what identifies you to RoadRunner as
legitimate.
Edwin Johnson wrote:
>
> Is anyone using a cable internet access? We have available Road Runner which
> is contracted by Time Warner. It looks from their web site they are only
> supporting Win(ugg!) and Mac stuff. Thanks for any information on this.
>
> ...Edwin
>
> --
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> ~ Edwin Johnson ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~
> ~ http://www.shreve.net/~elj ~
> ~ ~
> ~ "Once you have flown, you will walk the ~
> ~ earth with your eyes turned skyward, ~
> ~ for there you have been, there you long ~
> ~ to return." -- da Vinci ~
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
--
Murray Eisenberg [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Mathematics & Statistics Dept. phone 413 549-1020 (H)
Univ. of Massachusetts 413 545-2859 (W)
Amherst, MA 01003-4515
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From: E J <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: X windows problems
Date: Sun, 14 Jan 2001 19:05:02 GMT
Try this:
$ /usr/X11R6/bin/xhost + localhost
and try those programs.
If it works, put this at the end of your $HOME/.bash_profile
# --- add this to the end of your .bash_profile
# add localhost to the list allowed to make connections to the X server to
prevent
# the following message:
#
# Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server
# Xlib: Client is not authorized to connect to Server
# kppp: cannot connect to X server :0
/usr/X11R6/bin/xhost + localhost
#----end of the .bash_profile
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I mistakenly forced an RPM install of a shared library, while trying to
> install licq.
>
> What resulted is a somewhat crippled system.
>
> Non-GUI functions are normal.
>
> Examples of GUI failures are as follows:
>
> 1) Load kppp, but do not establish a modem connection. OtherGUI
> applications can be loaded and run. Establish a ppp connection, and no
> additional applications will start. When an attempt is made to start
> Netscape, the disk chatters a bit, then nothing. Disconnect the modem
> connection and programs load as usual.
>
> 2) When Netscape attempts to start a plugin, the folling can occur:
> For a PDF document, a box titled "Netscape subprocess diagnostics"
> appears. Contents are:
> Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server
> Xlib: Client is not authorized to connect to Server
> Error: Can't open display: :0.0
> Acrobat plugin. Could not launch Acrobat
>
> <OK>
>
> Followed by this:
> Netscape Error
> Could not load the plug-in 'nppdf.so" for the MIME type
> 'application/pdf'
> Make sure enough memory is available and that the plug-in is
> installed correctly.
>
> <OK>
>
> For a RealPlayer 7 file
>
> Netscape: subprocess diagnostic (stdout/stderr)
> Xlib: Connection to ":0.0" refused by server
> Xlib: Client is not authorized to connect to Server
> Failed to open your X display. Please try setting your
> DISPLAY environment
> variable and try again
>
> <OK>
>
> I have attempted to reload multiple RPMs. I have tried to compare
> installed RPMs with those on distribution CD.
>
> This is obviously something simple. But, I do not know where to look or
> what to look for.
>
> System is Red Hat 6.2, with 96M of RAM
>
> Can anybody offer me any suggestions?
>
> Sent via Deja.com
> http://www.deja.com/
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From: "Chris" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.mail,comp.mail.sendmail,comp.os.linux.admin,comp.os.linux.networking,microsoft.public.exchange.admin,microsoft.public.exchange.applications,microsoft.public.exchange.misc,microsoft.public.exchange.setup
Subject: Setup Question: I want to know the best way to setup an SMTP spooler for
Exchange
Date: Sun, 14 Jan 2001 19:06:55 GMT
Sorry about the large cross-posting, but I didn't want to miss getting my
questions out to any helpful souls out there. My boss tossed out a copy of
linux to me and asked me to make a secondary mail spooler for our
NT/Exchange 5.5 environment (for free, of course - I can't spend no $$$$).
Something that will accept SMTP mail (IF our primary SMTP mail server is
down) , and just spool it to our bridgehead server. And if it cannot send
it over, it will keep retrying until it can send the queue on over.
Questions:
1) What product running under Redhat Linux would be good for this?
2) Do you know of any how-to docs available for the product that you
recommend?
3) Do you know of any how-to docs that discuss this specific situation?
4) do you have any other suggestions?
Thanx for all your help. If you could take the time to email me, it would
be awsome! If you live in the LA, CA area, and can help, I will buy you
some beers!
Chris
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: E J <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: IDE CD-RW vs ATAPI Zip drive
Date: Sun, 14 Jan 2001 19:40:22 GMT
Does this command actually work?
mount -t msdos /dev/hdb /mnt/zip
Then the command I gave you is wrong.
mount -t msdos /dev/sda /mnt/zip
John Foster wrote:
> Andrew Walker wrote:
> >
> > E J wrote:
> >
> > > Give it up :) Put in the scsi emulation back in.
> > > Put the ignore statement to ignore both your zip disk (hdb) and cd-rw drive
> > > (hd?).
> > > You should be able to access your Zip DOS disk with the following command.
> > > # mount /dev/sda4 /mnt/zip -t vfat # just guess that your zip drive is at
> > > sda
> > >
> > > John Foster wrote:
> > >
> > > [ tale of woe snipped ]
> >
> > I've got both working (ZIP 100 + IDE CD-RW using SCSI emulation) without
> > modules (everything compiled in kernel), and with a "hdc=ide-scsi" line in my
> > lilo.conf. Works great! Let me know if you need the kernel compile config I've
> > used (2.2.13).
> >
> > Andrew.
>
> Thanks, folks - that's got me seemingly very close, but I must still be
> missing something. Following Andrew's suggestion and with E J's
> supporting comment I've tried the SCSI emulation mode, and now I can
> indeed type
> mount -t msdos /dev/sda4 /mnt/zip
> (it's an msdos disc I'm trying it with). The green light on the Zip
> drive then flashes briefly, but mount says:
> "wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/sda4,
> or too many mounted file systems"
> On the other hand, if I repeat the experiment with a Mac-formatted disc
> inserted, mount then gives me a message about it not being a block
> device. (I didn't expect the Mac disc to work, but the different
> messages imply that it's at least getting as far as looking at the disc
> surface).
>
> Again, if I undo the changes, I can read the DOS disc fine with
> mount -t msdos /dev/hdb /mnt/zip
> so I'm also confident the disc itself isn't at fault.
>
> The Zip is hdb, and the CD-RW is hdd. In lilo.conf under the Linux image
> I have:
> append="hdb=ide-scsi hdd=ide-scsi"
> and yes, I did run /sbin/lilo afterwards.
> In conf.modules I have added:
> alias scsi_hostadapter ide-scsi
> In /etc/rc.d/rc.local I have added
> /sbin/modprobe ide-scsi
> If I run cdrecord -scanbus the non-empty output is:
> [root@jsjf john]# cdrecord -scanbus
> Cdrecord 1.8 (i686-pc-linux-gnu) Copyright (C) 1995-2000 J�rg Schilling
> Using libscg version 'schily-0.1'
> scsibus0:
> 0,0,0 0) 'IOMEGA ' 'ZIP 100 ' '14.A' Removable Disk
> cdrecord: Warning: controller returns wrong size for CD capabilities
> page.
> 0,1,0 1) 'LG ' 'CD-RW CED-8042B ' '1.05' Removable CD-ROM
> (cdrecord gives various warnings about the CD-RW at different stages,
> but it still burns the discs OK).
>
> I must be doing something silly here, but I can't see what :-(
> I'm reluctant to start compiling modules into the kernel at this stage,
> on the grounds that I don't want to introduce extra changes if I don't
> have to, but would that be likely to make a difference?
>
> John
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Date: Sun, 14 Jan 2001 14:41:53 -0500
From: Brian Donaldson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: What to do when you get 'LI' on boot
When my machine boots, all it says is 'LI' and then it freezes. What is
the problem?
Brian Donaldson
Computer Engineering Student
==========================================================
College Email Address: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Home Email Address: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Work Email Address: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
ICQ# 38073206
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From: "Arctic Storm" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: ATI All-in-Wonder 128 PCI 16 MB card solution
Date: Sun, 14 Jan 2001 19:50:41 GMT
Here's the solution to the ATI All-in-Wonder 128 PCI 16 MB card mystery.
Run the Xconfigurator as you normally would, which will add "r128" driver in
the device section of XF86Config-4 file; I think it's because of graphics by
rage.
Open XF86Config-4 file and add the following line.
ChipID 0x5246
No quotes around the number 0x5246.
Adding the BusID seems to be optional, if you have only one video card.
This kind of information should be readily available to the public in ATI's
support web site. It's surprising that ATI doesn't do more to help its
customers.
Shame on you, ATI.
-
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.questions
Subject: Re: LinkSys ethernet card problem
Date: Sun, 14 Jan 2001 20:00:00 GMT
In article <93c4ji$svi$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Donald Becker) wrote:
> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> Stacy Slocum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >I have just installed Redhat 7.0 and it will not recognize my Linksys
> >Ethernet card. lspci -v shows that it is there but I can't get
insmod
> >to load tulip.
>
> You'll need the updated tulip driver from
> http://www.scyld.com/network/tulip.html
>
> There is a pre-compiled x86 uniprocessor RPM for Red Hat 7.0
> rpm -i ftp://www.scyld.com/pub/network/test/netdriver-2.1-2.i386.rpm
>
> --
> Donald Becker [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Scyld Computing Corporation http://www.scyld.com
> 410 Severn Ave. Suite 210 Beowulf Clusters / Linux
Installations
> Annapolis MD 21403
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.questions
Subject: Re: LinkSys ethernet card problem
Date: Sun, 14 Jan 2001 20:04:29 GMT
In article <93c4ji$svi$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Donald Becker) wrote:
> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> Stacy Slocum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >I have just installed Redhat 7.0 and it will not recognize my Linksys
> >Ethernet card. lspci -v shows that it is there but I can't get
insmod
> >to load tulip.
>
> You'll need the updated tulip driver from
> http://www.scyld.com/network/tulip.html
>
> There is a pre-compiled x86 uniprocessor RPM for Red Hat 7.0
> rpm -i ftp://www.scyld.com/pub/network/test/netdriver-2.1-2.i386.rpm
>
> --
> Donald Becker [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Scyld Computing Corporation http://www.scyld.com
> 410 Severn Ave. Suite 210 Beowulf Clusters / Linux
Installations
> Annapolis MD 21403
>
Oops my previous mesg was empty.
I struggled to compile tulip.c from scyld.com under redhat 7.0,
for my linksys ethernet card.
Finally I followed the suggestion above of installing directly from
the binary. I did
rpm -U --force netdriver-2_1-2_i386.rpm
which upgraded to the new tulip.o
then I did
modprobe tulip
to load the driver.
thanks to Donald and regards,
Birdy
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From: Bob Feng <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: RealPlayer problem
Date: Sun, 14 Jan 2001 03:13:35 -0800
I downloaded and installed the realplayer 7.0 but It complained that the
version for unix expired. Has anybody has similar experience?
I don't like to upgrade everytime when it is totally unnecessary.
Bob
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From: E J <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: RealPlayer problem
Date: Sun, 14 Jan 2001 20:22:06 GMT
Get rid of Real Player 7. Get Real Player 8 for Linux at www.real.com.
Works better :)
Bob Feng wrote:
> I downloaded and installed the realplayer 7.0 but It complained that the
> version for unix expired. Has anybody has similar experience?
>
> I don't like to upgrade everytime when it is totally unnecessary.
>
> Bob
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From: J Sloan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.admin,comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: Relay Mail Host with Qmail??
Date: Sun, 14 Jan 2001 20:23:10 GMT
"�j��" wrote:
> Dear All,
>
> I have 1 qmail+vpopmail server which is hosting mail for 3 virtual
> domains. If it down, then I will lost all incoming mails during the
> downtimes. So, I would like to setting up an Email server which act as a
> temporary storage spaces for our incoming mail once the server down or need
> to perform maintainance.
You accomplish this by using MX records in the dns.
Set up your backup mail server and set it up to forward
to your primary mail server.
Give the backup machine a much higher numerical MX
preference, then it will only be used when the primary is
down, and it will store accumulated mail and forward it
to the primary server when it comes back up.
jjs
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From: E J <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: What to do when you get 'LI' on boot
Date: Sun, 14 Jan 2001 20:25:30 GMT
- LI
Second stage boot loader is loaded, but
it failed to start.
/boot/boot.b
Brian Donaldson wrote:
> When my machine boots, all it says is 'LI' and then it freezes. What is
> the problem?
>
> Brian Donaldson
> Computer Engineering Student
> ----------------------------------------------------------
> College Email Address: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> Home Email Address: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> Work Email Address: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> ICQ# 38073206
> -----------------------------------------------------------
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From: Rajiv <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Write permissions
Date: Sun, 14 Jan 2001 20:37:53 +0000
When I log onto my SuSE 7.0 box as user, I have read but not write
("access denied") permissions on the other mounted partitions. The only
write permissions I have are my user and /tmp directories. However, when
I log in as root, I have no problems writing to other mounted
partitions.
My fstab shows all directories to have rw permissions, though. I have
tried chmod 777 with all the directories, but to no avail.
Could anyone out there help me?
Thanks.
Rajiv
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From: E J <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: ATI All-in-Wonder 128 PCI 16 MB card solution
Date: Sun, 14 Jan 2001 20:42:26 GMT
Praise on ATI. At least they assisting in supporting the new Radeon code in
XFree86 4.02.
They have to support Linux more, considering they lost on providing graphic
chips to xbox and the new apple computers.
Now that you have ATI working on Linux, can you watch TV?
The TV software is gatos at http://www.linuxvideo.org/gatos/
Arctic Storm wrote:
> Here's the solution to the ATI All-in-Wonder 128 PCI 16 MB card mystery.
> Run the Xconfigurator as you normally would, which will add "r128" driver in
> the device section of XF86Config-4 file; I think it's because of graphics by
> rage.
> Open XF86Config-4 file and add the following line.
> ChipID 0x5246
> No quotes around the number 0x5246.
> Adding the BusID seems to be optional, if you have only one video card.
> This kind of information should be readily available to the public in ATI's
> support web site. It's surprising that ATI doesn't do more to help its
> customers.
> Shame on you, ATI.
>
> -
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From: Dennis Fenton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: PPP,Netscape,Red Hat 6.1
Date: Sun, 14 Jan 2001 20:52:48 GMT
I've just setup RH 6.1 and I'm using KDE. I have a shell account at my
ISP. I can get connected and logon. PPP is choice 1 on their menu which
I select manually in a terminal window. After doing so a stream of
gibberish scrolls by on the screen. I'm used to hitting F7 at this point
(in Windows 98) to continue. This has no effect in my Linux installation
and Netscape starts but won't pick up the connection. The connection
then times out. Can anyone please suggest a solution? Thanks.
Dennis Fenton
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From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Rasmus_B=F8g_Hansen?= <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: What to do when you get 'LI' on boot
Date: Sun, 14 Jan 2001 21:55:48 +0100
On Sun, 14 Jan 2001, Brian Donaldson wrote:
> When my machine boots, all it says is 'LI' and then it freezes. What is
> the problem?
Well, quite a FAQ... But boot with some bootdisk, add 'lba32' to your
lilo.conf (does not wok on old bios'es), run 'lilo' and reboot.
Rasmus B�g Hansen
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From: "Brian Donaldson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: When I boot RH 7 only 'L' on boot
Date: Sun, 14 Jan 2001 16:00:03 -0800
Computer is a 600 MHZ, 18GB, 133MB ram. When I installed with custom it
don't boot up only showed 'L'. How should I install my system so it boot
correctly. I have been to RH web page and tried what it suggested but no
luck.
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From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Rasmus_B=F8g_Hansen?= <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Write permissions
Date: Sun, 14 Jan 2001 21:59:16 +0100
On Sun, 14 Jan 2001, Rajiv wrote:
> When I log onto my SuSE 7.0 box as user, I have read but not write
> ("access denied") permissions on the other mounted partitions. The only
> write permissions I have are my user and /tmp directories. However, when
What partition types is it? msdos or vfat? ext2?
> I log in as root, I have no problems writing to other mounted
> partitions.
That would have been pretty strange too... root always has access except
on a read-only partition.
> My fstab shows all directories to have rw permissions, though. I have
> tried chmod 777 with all the directories, but to no avail.
This does not work, if it is vfat/msdos.
> Could anyone out there help me?
>
> Thanks.
>
> Rajiv
Rasmus B�g Hansen
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From: Rajiv <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Write permissions
Date: Sun, 14 Jan 2001 21:05:54 +0000
Rasmus B�g Hansen wrote:
> On Sun, 14 Jan 2001, Rajiv wrote:
>
> > When I log onto my SuSE 7.0 box as user, I have read but not write
> > ("access denied") permissions on the other mounted partitions. The only
> > write permissions I have are my user and /tmp directories. However, when
>
> What partition types is it? msdos or vfat? ext2?
It doesn't matter what type (vfat/ext2) - I do not have write permission other
than /home/'user' and /tmp directories.
>
>
> > I log in as root, I have no problems writing to other mounted
> > partitions.
>
> That would have been pretty strange too... root always has access except
> on a read-only partition.
>
> > My fstab shows all directories to have rw permissions, though. I have
> > tried chmod 777 with all the directories, but to no avail.
>
> This does not work, if it is vfat/msdos.
>
> > Could anyone out there help me?
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> > Rajiv
>
> Rasmus B�g Hansen
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From: "Christopher C. Stump" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: 2.4 kernel messages
Date: Sun, 14 Jan 2001 15:12:05 -0600
Thanks for the info. I recompiled with the unix98 pty option and now I have no
problem with devpts.
However, I am still getting the following error messages in /var/log/messages:
Jan 13 18:49:09 Taltos sysctl: error: 'net.ipv4.ip_always_defrag' is an unknown
key
Jan 13 18:49:09 Taltos sysctl: error: 'kernel.sysrq' is an unknown key
The top reply to my original post says not to copile sysrq support in the
kernel. That option is under the xconfig "Kernel hacking" menu. I never had
this selected in my configuration. Is it safe to assume that 'sysctl' is looking
for this 'key' and can't find it because it isn't compiled in the kernel?
Therefore, I don't need to worry about it? Or am I missing some sort of kernel
configuration? I have no idea what the 'defrag' error is...
Jan 13 18:49:42 Taltos kernel: No module symbols loaded.
Another reply to one of my posts said not to worry about this error...should I go
with this idea?
Jan 13 18:49:10 Taltos modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module nls_iso8859-1
Jan 13 18:49:10 Taltos modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module nls_iso8859-1
Again, another reply said not to worry about this 'nls' (native language support)
error...any comments?
Jan 13 18:49:45 Taltos modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module char-major-14
I was informed that char-major-14 relates to sound. I don't have sound drivers
compiled into my kernel because I use OSS drivers. Can safely I ignore this?
Once again, any insight into these error would be helpful...
Thanks in advance to all who reply.
Rasmus B�g Hansen wrote:
> On Sat, 13 Jan 2001, Christopher C. Stump wrote:
>
> > Thanks for the reply!
> >
> > As for devpts....previously I had gone back into the kernel to recompile it
> > with support for devpts. However, under the filesystems menu (xconfig) I
> > can't find any option related to devpts. Seriously, I scoured that area and
> > couldn't find anything. Where would the support for devpts be?
>
> You have to compile in support for unix98 pty's too (in character
> devices) to get devpts.
>
> Rasmus B�g Hansen
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