Linux-Setup Digest #444, Volume #20 Thu, 18 Jan 01 03:13:05 EST
Contents:
SVGA: unable to open /dev/agpgart: No such device (david C.)
Re: Samsung 900ift ("glenn")
Re: DiskImage of newly installed Linux-Box ("Cameron Kerr")
Re: scsi emulation problem... ("Mal Whitten")
Kernel Panic: MBR Problem? (NavyH3HeloPilot)
Re: error compiling the kernel (Jeff Moore)
Re: Kernel 2.4 installation problem (Jeff Moore)
Re: Kernel Panic: MBR Problem? (Jeff Moore)
Re: HELP!!! LILO BOOT PROBLEMS AFTER msec (Tedd Hauser)
Re: Partitioning using Disk Druid (Jeff Moore)
kernel 2.4.0: xterm only works for root (Edwin van Geelen)
isdn+autodial can't find network? (Edwin van Geelen)
Win2000 pro & Linux dual boot ("Zayin Krige")
RedHat 6.2 Install problem ("Wang Yong Peel")
Re: rpm database in db3 format? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: mc: /dev/gpmctl: No such file or directory? (Lew Pitcher)
Re: Procmail ("michael.fengler")
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From: david C. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: SVGA: unable to open /dev/agpgart: No such device
Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2001 04:58:30 GMT
Hi,
I have a Dell optiplex GX110 with a intel i810 graphic chipset, and I
install redhad 6.2 on it, then download the video driver from intel, it
is : xfcom_i810-1.2.3.i386.rpm. I install it, and Xconfigurator seems
able to detect the chipset, but when I startx, it say unable to
open /dev/agpgart, but the "/dev/agpgart" is exists in /dev director
with permission like this: crw-rw-r--
Here is the detail of error mesg:
XFCom_i810 Version 1.0.0 / X Window System
(protocol Version 11, revision 0, vendor release 6300)
Release Date: October 13 1999
If the server is older than 6-12 months, or if your card is
newer
than the above date, look for a newer version before reporting
problems. (see http://support.intel.com)
Operating System: Linux 2.2.5-15 i686 [ELF]
Configured drivers:
SVGA: server for SVGA graphics adaptors (Patchlevel 0):
i810, i810-dc100, i810e, generic
(using VT number 7)
XF86Config: /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/XF86Config
(**) stands for supplied, (--) stands for probed/default values
(**) XKB: keycodes: "xfree86"
(**) XKB: types: "default"
(**) XKB: compat: "default"
(**) XKB: symbols: "us(pc101)"
(**) XKB: geometry: "pc"
(**) XKB: rules: "xfree86"
(**) XKB: model: "pc101"
(**) XKB: layout: "us"
(**) Mouse: type: IMPS/2, device: /dev/mouse, buttons: 5
(**) Mouse: zaxismapping: (-)4 (+)5
(**) SVGA: Graphics device ID: "Intel Corporation|82810E CGC [Chipset
Graphics Controller]"
(**) SVGA: Monitor ID: "COMPAQ V75 Color Monitor"
(--) SVGA: Mode "1024x768" needs hsync freq of 70.24 kHz. Deleted.
(--) SVGA: Mode "1152x864" needs hsync freq of 70.88 kHz. Deleted.
(--) SVGA: Mode "1800X1440" needs hsync freq of 96.15 kHz. Deleted.
(--) SVGA: Mode "1800X1440" needs hsync freq of 104.52 kHz. Deleted.
Warning: The directory "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/TrueType" does not
exist.
Entry deleted from font path.
(**) FontPath set to "unix/:-1"
(--) SVGA: PCI: Intel Unknown chipset (0x7125) rev 3, Memory @
0xf4000000, 0xff000000
(--) SVGA: unable to open /dev/agpgart: No such device
Fatal server error:
Aborting
When reporting a problem related to a server crash, please send
the full server output, not just the last messages
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From: "glenn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Samsung 900ift
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware
Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2001 05:14:07 GMT
In article <Ljn96.1$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Glenn Poirier"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Does anyone have a Samsung 900ift working to their satisfaction?
> Specifically, I'm having a hard time achieving the reccomended settings
> of 1280x1024 85Hz that is recommended.
> I'm using a Diamond Fire Gl pro graphics adapter (8 Mb ram permedia 2
> chipset) and XFree86 3.3.6.
>
> Any suggestions would be appreciated
>
> Thanks
>
> Glenn
I answered my own question, my graphic card can't do 1600x1280 or
1280x1024 at 32 bpp. this was causing the screwups. I set the monitor as
generic 1600x1280 that can do 76 Hz and the default colour depth to 16.
No problems now. Nice monitor!
Glenn
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From: "Cameron Kerr" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: DiskImage of newly installed Linux-Box
Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2001 18:32:10 +1300
> You could try something along the lines of dd if=/dev/hdxy bs=4096 |
> gzip -9c >filename.gz
>
> Restoring would be a matter of just cat filename.gz | gzip -dc | dd
> of=/dev/hdxy bs=4096
>
> MST
Will this work if restoring to a larger/smaller disk/partition?
--Cameron
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From: "Mal Whitten" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: linux.redhat,linux.redhat.misc,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: scsi emulation problem...
Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2001 16:43:15 +1000
Thanks for that. I think that I have recompiled the kernel scsi modules
correctly. I was really fishing to see if anyone else had experienced
similar problems.
Mal.
"BIANCO ROBERTO" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:945933$8kh$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> check out
>
> www.guug.de:8080/cgi-bin/winni/lsc-orig.pl
>
> to find out what hardware goes with which version of cdrecord and with
> which version of the kernel.
>
>
> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> Ben Bergen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >I am trying to set up scsi emulation on my dell inspiron 5000e with a
> >SONY CD-RW CRX700E. I have compiled in emulation support, scsi support,
> >and scsi generic support. I am running redhat 7.0 with kernel 2.2.18.
> >In my lilo.conf I tell linux to ignore my cdrom as an ide device:
> >append="hdc=ide-scsi". I have moved the cdrom link from /dev/hdc to
> >/dev/scd0. When I run cdrecord -scanbus I get,
> >
> >{root@taiga}->cdrecord -scanbus
> >Cdrecord 1.9 (i686-pc-linux-gnu) Copyright (C) 1995-2000 J�rg Schilling
> >Linux sg driver version: 2.1.39
> >Using libscg version 'schily-0.1'
> >scsibus0:
> > 0,0,0 0) 'SONY ' 'CD-RW CRX700E ' '1.4h' Removable
> >CD-ROM
> > 0,1,0 1) *
> > 0,2,0 2) *
> > 0,3,0 3) *
> > 0,4,0 4) *
> > 0,5,0 5) *
> > 0,6,0 6) *
> > 0,7,0 7) *
> >
> >which seems fine. However, I am unable to mount the cdrom drive. When
> >I try I get,
> >
> >{root@taiga}->mount /cdrom
> >mount: the kernel does not recognize /dev/cdrom as a block device
> > (maybe `insmod driver'?)
> >
> >Am I missing a module? Or have I forgotten something. By the way, the
> >cdrom works fine if I treat it as an ide drive.
>
>
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From: NavyH3HeloPilot <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Kernel Panic: MBR Problem?
Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2001 06:15:03 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I'm setting up my old Dell OptiPlex 590 to dual-boot RH6.2 and Win95. I
discovered that I only had 2G of my 30G drive set up for Win95 use and
consequently set about to re-size the RH partitions. Being wholly
unsuccessful using partition magic (attribute it to being a newbie at
this I guess), I decided to wipe all the partition tables using dos 6.2
fdisk and RH fdisk. I now get the following:
isofs_read_super: bread failed, dev=03:05, iso_blknum=16, block=32
Kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 03:05
I'm almost positive that I really fouled up the MBR or something related
to it during my fdisking, but don't know where to go to sort out what to
do next to resolve it.
Any advice, etc. is greatly appreciated.
Tia,
Brian
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From: Jeff Moore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: error compiling the kernel
Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2001 00:30:30 +0000
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Upgrade per redhat to gcc 2.96-69, and glibc 2.2-9.
Read RH7 upgrades.
Jeff Moore
Maxxe wrote:
> Hi folks!
>
> I just installed RH7 on my pc and tryed to reconfigure my kernel. After
> menuconfiguring (i also tryed xconfig), make dep and make clean this is
> the last lines of the make zImage:
>
>
>
> Any1 could figure out what this error stands for?
> I haven't touched the source files from kernel 2.2.16 that comes with
> the Red Hat 7 distribution.
> I have a Atloh Thunderbird K7 processor so i boot the sistem passing
> this arguments to lilo: x86_serial_nr=1
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> --
>
> Ciao, Maxxe
> Cut TOGLINOSPAM from email address to reply via email
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From: Jeff Moore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Kernel 2.4 installation problem
Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2001 00:34:13 +0000
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Upgrade to gcc2.96-69 and glibc2.2-9 as per redhat upgrades and try again.
Jeff Moore
Yu Di wrote:
> Hi, I tried to install Kernel 2.4 on my machine. I compiled it with gcc
> 2.95.2. The compilation was all right. But when I put the bzImage into
> /boot and changed lilo entries, then started booting, the screen shows:
>
> Uncompressing Kernel...
> Ok, booting the kernel.
>
> Then stopped there.
>
> At first the kernel size was 850K, so I thought it was the size
> problem. But when I made a lot of options into modules, the kernel is
> downsized to 613K, but the problem persists.
>
> Anybody knows what the problem is? Thanks a lot!
>
> Di, Yu
> 1.17
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From: Jeff Moore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Kernel Panic: MBR Problem?
Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2001 00:37:39 +0000
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Run dos fdisk /mbr and then use linux fdisk to make your partitions.
Jeff Moore
NavyH3HeloPilot wrote:
> I'm setting up my old Dell OptiPlex 590 to dual-boot RH6.2 and Win95. I
> discovered that I only had 2G of my 30G drive set up for Win95 use and
> consequently set about to re-size the RH partitions. Being wholly
> unsuccessful using partition magic (attribute it to being a newbie at
> this I guess), I decided to wipe all the partition tables using dos 6.2
> fdisk and RH fdisk. I now get the following:
>
> isofs_read_super: bread failed, dev=03:05, iso_blknum=16, block=32
> Kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 03:05
>
> I'm almost positive that I really fouled up the MBR or something related
> to it during my fdisking, but don't know where to go to sort out what to
> do next to resolve it.
>
> Any advice, etc. is greatly appreciated.
>
> Tia,
> Brian
>
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Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2001 00:38:12 -0600
From: Tedd Hauser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: HELP!!! LILO BOOT PROBLEMS AFTER msec
Thanks for your help guys...
I had a brain fart (too late unfortunately - I finally got sooo pissed that
I backed up the files that I needed, and did a full re-install!)
Guess what, SAME PROBLEM! That's when I had the idea - DOH! I'll give ya
a hint...
I'm using the MBR record of hda for lilo.
For some reason, it was having problems with the raid MBR. Oh, well... A
few more hours of downloads, compiles and configuration and I'll have it
back to where it was 3 days ago!
Thanks again!
Tedd
Tedd Hauser wrote:
> I'll post this here too... Thanks!!!
>
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: HELP!!! LILO BOOT PROBLEMS AFTER msec
> Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2001 13:47:21 -0600
> From: Tedd Hauser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Organization: Definity
> Newsgroups: alt.os.linux.mandrake
>
> Hey all...
>
> Need some help... BAD!
>
> I have a PIII running Mandrake 7.2 (vmlinuz-2.2.17-21) that I have been
> configuring for an internet server. Its been up and running locally for
> a few months as I work out some bugs with my PHP scripting. Anyway...
>
> It has a 3 disk SCSI Raid 5 set-up as boot with 2 IDE drives (with raid
> 1 mirrored partitions). Everything was humming fine, shutdown and
> booted fine, until... I was getting ready to haul the box out to my ISP
> On Monday, - then I did something... I hit the HIGH security level in
> DRAKCONFIG. I thought I had it pretty well secure, but, what could it
> hurt? (Hahaha, I found out - LMAO - Sorry, I'm a little over the
> edge <evil-g>)
>
> After shutdown, it locked up at lilo init with "LI" as the only display!
>
> I have a boot disk from an old version of RED HAT and can use that to
> get in to the system, but no matter what I try, the lilo won't get past
> the "LI" without the boot disk.
>
> With the boot disk I can see all of my mounts and root is appropriately
> set as /dev/rd/c0d0p1
>
> Here's what I've tried...
> - Reset security level to 3, then 0 using msec (nothing)
> - checked lilo.conf for anything unusual - nothing
> - Re-run LILO - (nothing)
> - Checked FSTAB - Looks fine
> - Checked permissions EVERYWHERE I could think of... NOTHING!!!
>
> AAAAGGGGHHHH!!! Man I tell ya, I've been up for what seems like years,
> I gotta get this thing up and running or I'm toast.
>
> ANY help you guys could lend would be GREATLY appreciated.
> (or any ideas!!!)
>
> Thanks... Tedd
> (the guy who just got 30-40K gray hairs over the last 36-48 hours!)
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From: Jeff Moore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Partitioning using Disk Druid
Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2001 00:41:32 +0000
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
The /boot partition of RH must be below 1024 cylinder,
Remove your logical and extended partitions and use linux fdisk to make new
extended partitions with /boot below the 1024 cylinder. You must have /boot,
/, and swap.
Jeff Moore
don wrote:
> I have 20GB Seagate hard disk.I have installed Win98 on 4GB primary dos
> partitiion.11GB is in Extended dos partition with two Logical drives of
> 7GB & 4GB.Rest of the space is left as non-dos.When i tried installing Red
> Hat 6.0 from cdrom ,using Disk Druid gives an error "Not Enough Memory"
> when i try to partition the non-dos space ,no matter how small or large
> size of partition i give for "/" mount point.
>
> Thanks for your valuable time
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Edwin van Geelen)
Subject: kernel 2.4.0: xterm only works for root
Date: 18 Jan 2001 06:38:34 GMT
Hi,
I've successfully compiled and installed kernel 2.4.0. Everything works fine,
except for one irritating problem: xterm won't work for any user but root. When
I start xterm (or gnome-terminal for that matter) I get this message:
There has been an error while trying to log in
The message also says that if I'm running 2.2.x kernel, it might be something
to do with the wrong glibc version, but since everything runs OK as root it
sounds to me more like an authorisation question. But of what? Both terms have
rx rights for users. Also, both terms work fine with kernel 2.2.16 and 2.2.18.
Any ideas?
Thanks,
Edwin
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Edwin van Geelen)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: isdn+autodial can't find network?
Date: 18 Jan 2001 06:42:54 GMT
Hi,
I've been using isdn for a while (RedHat7, kernel 2.4.0) without problems. Now,
I've enabled autodial and dial-on-demand and when I log in, no site beyond my
own domain can be reached. When I ping such a site, I get:
connect: network is unreachable
Everything works fine again when I switch to manual dialing again and reboot.
Any idea what I'm doing wrong?
Thanks,
Edwin
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From: "Zayin Krige" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Win2000 pro & Linux dual boot
Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2001 09:14:35 +0200
What boot loader is recomended for a windows 2000 proffesional / Linux
(redhat / mandrake) dual boot.
I have win2000 running on a 40gb striped harddisk, and will run linux of a
6gb standalone disk. What boot managers will support this configuration?
--
/*-------------------------------------------
Zayin Krige
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
www.redpoint.co.za
Redpoint Solutions (Pty) Ltd
Custom Software Solutions
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From: "Wang Yong Peel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.certification.redhat,alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.supermicro,linux.redhat.misc,linux.redhat.rpm
Subject: RedHat 6.2 Install problem
Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2001 20:10:29 +1300
Hi.
I have tried RedHat 6.2 installation on the P5MMA motherboard.
But I could not install RedHat 6.2 on this.
Because I have error message as keybord controller jammed 0xff.
Can everyone help me? How can I fix this problem?
Thank you very much
--
==============================================
Yong Peel, Wang
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: rpm database in db3 format?
Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2001 07:15:45 GMT
The "Permission denied" message is because your not running the command
as root.
I get the same "rpm database cannot be opened in db3 format ..."
message (not because of permision denied), when trying to "make test"
on perl-RPM. All db3 rpms installed. Rebuilddb doesn't convert to db3
format. In fact, I have db1, db2, and db3 packages installed, and still
no luck. Still haven't figured this one out. :(
frplinx
In article <93niv0$nb8$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Peter Bismuti) wrote:
> 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: Lew Pitcher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: mc: /dev/gpmctl: No such file or directory?
Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2001 22:03:52 -0500
Roger Michael Seip wrote:
>
> In article <942a39$99g$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> Roger Michael Seip <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > > On Mon, 08 Jan 2001 17:16:46 GMT, Roger Michael Seip
> > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > >
> > > >I am receiving the following error message in my /var/log/messages:
> > > >
> > > >mc: /dev/gpmctl: No such file or directory
> > > >
> > > >This occurs when entering midnight commander both in console mode
> and
> > > >within a terminal under X.
> > > >
> > > >What adjustment do I need to make in order to activate mouse
> support
> > > >for midnight commander? My mouse works fine under X.
> > >
> > > Start the GPM process. GPM ("General Purpose Mouse") provides
> > > text-console based mouse support, and manages the /dev/gpmctl file.
> > >
> > > Lew Pitcher
> > > Information Technology Consultant
> > > Toronto Dominion Bank Financial Group
> > >
> > > ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
> > >
> > > (Opinions expressed are my own, not my employer's.)
> > >
> > I started the gpm process, and then my mouse behaved erratically under
> > console-mc. I ran my mouseconfig to be certain that the appropriate
> > options were selected (PS/2 mouse, emulate 3-buttons), but the mouse
> > continues to be uncontrollable when running console-mc. In order to
> > use console-mc I must PF10 in order to stop the mouse acting this way.
> >
> > Is there another to determine mouse properties/behavior on the
> > console? Perhaps a config file to tweak or something?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Roger Seip
> >
> > Sent via Deja.com
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> >
> OK, I got the mouse working alright when logged in as root. Problem is,
> when logged in as user I receive the following error when trying to
> start gpm:
>
> oops() invoked from gpn.c(236) you're not root, can you write to
> /var/run?: Permission denied
>
> I checked my /var/run permissions, and indeed I do not have write
> authority as a user. But even if I chmod and try to run gpm, it says
> that it must run as root.
>
> What next?
If I understand you correctly, you
a) don't start GPM in your startup scripts
b) logged in as root and successfully used GPM to access the mouse
c) logged in as a user and were not successful in starting GPM or using
the mouse
In Slackware Linux, GPM is always started by the startup scripts (IIRC,
/etc/rc.d/rc.gpm which is invoked by /etc/rc.d/rc.M). Since startup
scripts run as root, this means that the GPM daemon runs as root and all
is well.
Perhaps you need to update your startup to include GPM.
--
Lew Pitcher
Master Codewright and JOAT-in-training
Registered Linux User #112576
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From: "michael.fengler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Procmail
Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2001 07:11:48 +0100
Reply-To: Michael Fengler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
On Tue, 16 Jan 2001, Zayin Krige wrote:
>I have a very simple /etc/procmailrc (see below)
>When I locally send mail with more than one recipient in the "TO:" line, it
>delivers the message X number of times to the first recipient in my
>procmailrc file. (X is the number of recipients in the "TO:") line
>
>how the heck do i get around this??
This is because your system handles X mails all with the same header
which all cause a match with the same rule... Try giving each user
her own .procmailrc, that should take care of your problem.
- mike
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