Linux-Setup Digest #451, Volume #20 Fri, 19 Jan 01 02:13:10 EST
Contents:
LILO in MBR; primary partition for WIndows? ("Neal Lippman")
Re: LILO in MBR; primary partition for WIndows? ("Dimitri Poppeliers")
Re: Cannot load ppa module for ParallelPort ZipDrive (Dances With Crows)
Re: isdn+autodial can't find network? ("ceri hankey")
Re: Cannot load ppa module for ParallelPort ZipDrive ("lobotomy")
ISO image copies ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Missing libgd.so.1(linuxconf)& "not signed" Cups package (Wil Hunting)
Re: RedHat 6.2 Install problem ("Wang Yong Peel")
Re: ISO image copies (David)
mini linux on Win3.1 ????? ("John")
Re: mc: /dev/gpmctl: No such file or directory? (Roger Michael Seip)
Re: mini linux on Win3.1 ????? (David)
Re: playing music (Jerry McBride)
Re: mini linux on Win3.1 ????? (Ralf Quint)
Re: ISO image copies (Alex)
Re: Gnome-PPP & pppd (%20@%20.com)
Re: XF86Config problems (%20@%20.com)
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From: "Neal Lippman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: LILO in MBR; primary partition for WIndows?
Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2001 02:19:51 GMT
I am about to partition my HD for a Linux and Win98 dual boot system, and
would like some thoughts on two questions:
I plan to primarily boot Linux. I will also need to have Win98, primarly for
a few apps that I need for work related issues. Mostly, I am hoping to be
able to boot Win98 under VMWare, but am planning to put it in its own
partition in case I need to boot it without having Linxu under it as well.
My questions:
1. I have seen a lot of posts indicating that in dual-boot configurations,
one should NOT put lilo into the MBR; however, from information in the lilo
sources, it seems that lilo in the MBR CAN boot a windows partition as well.
Is there any reason why I cannot let lilo install to the MBR and use the
"other" keyword to boot the win98 partition?
2. Does windows98 require itself to be in a primary partition, or will it
work properly if i install it to a logical partition?
Thanks.
Neal
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From: "Dimitri Poppeliers" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: LILO in MBR; primary partition for WIndows?
Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2001 21:29:05 -0500
"Neal Lippman" wrote:
> I am about to partition my HD for a Linux and Win98 dual boot system, and
> would like some thoughts on two questions:
>
> I plan to primarily boot Linux. I will also need to have Win98, primarly
for
> a few apps that I need for work related issues. Mostly, I am hoping to be
> able to boot Win98 under VMWare, but am planning to put it in its own
> partition in case I need to boot it without having Linxu under it as well.
>
> My questions:
>
> 1. I have seen a lot of posts indicating that in dual-boot configurations,
> one should NOT put lilo into the MBR; however, from information in the
lilo
> sources, it seems that lilo in the MBR CAN boot a windows partition as
well.
> Is there any reason why I cannot let lilo install to the MBR and use the
> "other" keyword to boot the win98 partition?
>
> 2. Does windows98 require itself to be in a primary partition, or will it
> work properly if i install it to a logical partition?
>
I found this link titled "Linux Installation Strategies" to be informative:
http://www.linuxdoc.org/LDP/lis/lis.html
- Dimitri
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dances With Crows)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: Cannot load ppa module for ParallelPort ZipDrive
Date: 19 Jan 2001 02:29:59 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Thu, 18 Jan 2001 18:36:13 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] staggered into
the Black Sun and said:
>I have been unable to get my RedHat installation (Release 6.2) to see
>the external PP ZipDrive connected to my PC. Here's what I tried:
>
>insmod ppa (to load the ppa module)
>Here's what I got:
>/lib/modules/2.2.14-5.0/scsi/ppa.o: unresolved symbol
>parport_enumerate_Rdcb625ab
>
>When I do a 'rpm -q ppa' it tells me ppa is not installed. How do I
>install this?
That's because the "ppa" you're using is *not* an RPM in and of itself,
it's a kernel module. The ppa module is included in all stock RedHat
installs since about 6.0, and it should be located in
/lib/modules/$KERNELVERSION/scsi/ppa.o . If it didn't exist, you would
not see the error messages from "insmod" that you got.
First, use "modprobe" instead of "insmod" in most cases. modprobe looks
in /etc/modules.conf and /lib/modules/$KERNELVERSION/modules.dep to see
if the module you're loading requires another module to be loaded first,
then loads that module if it can. ppa support requires that the modules
for Parallel Port, PC-Style Parallel Ports, and Line Printer Support be
loaded. THese modules are also called "parport", "parport_pc", and
"lp".
Finally, please note that ppa is only useful for older ZIP drives.
Newer ZIP drives use imm. Once the module is loaded, the ZIP drive
should appear as /dev/sda, and you can mount DOS-formatted ZIP disks on
/dev/sda4 and Macintosh-formatted ZIP disks on /dev/sda (with filesystem
type "hfs", naturally.)
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From: "ceri hankey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: isdn+autodial can't find network?
Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2001 04:09:05 +0100
I have the same problem under Mandrake 7.2.
So if ANYBODY out there can help there will be at least TWO very grateful
people over here!
Ceri Hankey
"Edwin van Geelen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> a �crit dans le message
news: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> 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: "lobotomy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Cannot load ppa module for ParallelPort ZipDrive
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc
Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2001 03:18:47 GMT
Are you running the SCSI core and parallel port drivers as modules, or
compiled into the kernel? I found that with ppa as a module, and scsi
compiled into the kernel, it would not work. It looks like the
dependency problem is with the parallel port driver. If you have this
compiled as a module, you could always try 'modprobe ppa.o' rather than
insmod. This will load all the modules ppa depends on if not loaded
prior to loading ppa itself, if they aren't already running.
I can't see what difference getting the newest driver source would make
if you are running a recent kernel. The ppa-based zip drives are no
longer being made, anyway; all newish parallel port zip drives use the
imm driver. However, if you had one of these, it just would just not
detect a drive. However you might try imm.o also if nothing else works.
In article <947d2s$jik$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I have been unable to get my RedHat installation (Release 6.2) to see
> the external PP ZipDrive connected to my PC. Here's what I tried:
>
> insmod ppa (to load the ppa module)
>
> Here's what I got:
> /lib/modules/2.2.14-5.0/scsi/ppa.o: unresolved symbol
> parport_enumerate_Rdcb625ab
> /lib/modules/2.2.14-5.0/scsi/ppa.o: unresolved symbol
> parport_claim_R46138e04
> /lib/modules/2.2.14-5.0/scsi/ppa.o: unresolved symbol
> parport_unregister_device_R857406d1
> /lib/modules/2.2.14-5.0/scsi/ppa.o: unresolved symbol
> parport_release_Re207d4f8
>
> When I do a 'rpm -q ppa' it tells me ppa is not installed. How do I
> install this? The ZipDrive-HOWTO suggests I should get the latest source
> of ppa (1.42?) and compile it into my kernel. Is this what I need to do
> to get my Zipdrive working? Help!
>
> Uday
>
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: ISO image copies
Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2001 03:06:53 GMT
Anyone have experience getting one of the .iso images burned onto a cd? I
have a HP with cd writer delux, so if anyone can point me into the general
area I'd appreciate it. Thanks in advance...
Sent via Deja.com
http://www.deja.com/
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From: Wil Hunting <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Missing libgd.so.1(linuxconf)& "not signed" Cups package
Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2001 03:12:14 GMT
I used the icon on drafeconf to go to the Mandrake ftp site for
upgrades to lm 7.2, primarily to get the final KDE 2.0. Used
the "normal updates" and got a list of app's that have also been
updated since I purchased the retail package 2 weeks ago. Most of them
directly affected the version I purchased so I downloaded and installed
most of them. I then ran into TWO major problems, which I can't quite
figure out the cause nor answer for.
There was an significant upgrade for Linuxconf which I downloaded. Upon
installing it gave me a error "libgd.so.1 missing" and gave me an
option of force or cancel. I choose force and now I cannot get
Linuxconf to run at all. HOW is this possible? Since Linuxconf is such
a major component of lm7.2, it obviously is crucial that it is able to
run. What happened and how can it be fixed (VERY HIGH PRIORITY!!!!!)
There was also a significant upgrade for the Cups package 1.1.4.-
7.1mdk which I downloaded. Upon installation it gave an error stating
that the package cannot be upgraded because it is not signed. ??????
Don't have a clue..... What is going on? AND what can be done to fix it?
NOTE: FYI,I looked at the description of every file on the "upgrade
list" from the site and saw that there was a upgrade for Rpmdrake. It
was worded rather stongly that because there were problems with
packages in the past, this should be downloaded and installed asap.
This was the first download and install that I did.
Thank you and I hope to hear from anyone shortly. Please.... I think I
remember seeing something about both these issues on forums sometime
back but I have tried and cannot locate it.
Also, since the "upgrade" now when I use the Gnome desktop, it tells me
that the aRts soundserver is not running/started. Does anyone have any
thoughts/ideas on this? Thanks again.
--
"A good listener is worth a thousand words"
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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: Re: RedHat 6.2 Install problem
Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2001 00:16:36 +1300
Dear Steve Withers,
Thank you for your time.
I have tried a different keybord and USB Keyboard.
But I can not install RedHat 6.2.
So How can i check BIOS. and Do you know another method.
Please tell me.
Best Regrads,
Yong Peel Wang
"Steve Withers" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Wang Yong Peel wrote:
> >
> > 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
>
> You could try a different keyboard type.....like USB instead of PS/2,
> for example. I assume your system supports both.
>
> You may want to check your system BIOS, too. there are settings in there
> related to keyboards that may be affecting the behaviour here.
>
> --
> Regards,
>
> Steve Withers
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> Registered Linux user #24688
> http://counter.li.org
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From: David <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: ISO image copies
Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2001 03:36:05 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> Anyone have experience getting one of the .iso images burned onto a cd? I
> have a HP with cd writer delux, so if anyone can point me into the general
> area I'd appreciate it. Thanks in advance...
>
> Sent via Deja.com
> http://www.deja.com/
Here is a link for burning a redhat CD. You didn't mention what kind of
iso you want to burn.
http://imsb.au.dk/~mok/linux/doc/RedHat-CD.html
You might also want to take a look at xcdroast.
http://www.xcdroast.org/
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From: "John" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: mini linux on Win3.1 ?????
Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2001 04:18:28 GMT
Is it possible to put one of those small (mini) linux distros on an old
laptop 386/486 small HD? I just want to learn a bit about linux and
perl....can't use my desktop....
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Roger Michael Seip)
Subject: Re: mc: /dev/gpmctl: No such file or directory?
Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2001 05:04:57 GMT
On Wed, 17 Jan 2001 22:03:52 -0500, Lew Pitcher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>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.
Actually I do start gpm in my initscripts. I didn't before, but I
reset it before posting. The problem is that even when gpm is running
(and I check using ps ax | grep gpm) I can't use my mouse as a user.
If I log in as root, with gpm running, all is well. When I log in as
user, no mouse under mc. I get an error message in /var/log/messages
indicating that I am not permitted to /dev/gpmctl.
Does this help to explain?
Roger Seip
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From: David <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: mini linux on Win3.1 ?????
Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2001 05:22:53 GMT
John wrote:
>
> Is it possible to put one of those small (mini) linux distros on an old
> laptop 386/486 small HD? I just want to learn a bit about linux and
> perl....can't use my desktop....
Yes, linux will run on a 386/486 though 16 MB of memory is needed for
the newer distro's.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jerry McBride)
Subject: Re: playing music
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2001 05:25:48 GMT
On Thu, 18 Jan 2001 18:32:16 +0000, d.frost <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Hi everyone,
>
>I have got my sound card to work, i can play music files, i.e. wav, mp3
>etc. The problem is that i cant play cd's. When i put a cd in, and
>start the cdplayer program, it seems like it is reading the cd but no
>sound is coming out.
>
>I am using slackware with a newly built 2.4 kernel, with sound blaster
>drivers built in. Canb anyone help with this.
>
You got the cable hooked up from the cdplayer to the sound card? Did you turn
up the volume? ALSA drivers use MUTE as the default master volume level...
It got me, big time too!
>Thanks
>
>
>Dave
>
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From: Ralf Quint <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: mini linux on Win3.1 ?????
Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2001 21:41:02 -0800
On Fri, 19 Jan 2001 05:22:53 GMT, David <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>John wrote:
>>
>> Is it possible to put one of those small (mini) linux distros on an old
>> laptop 386/486 small HD? I just want to learn a bit about linux and
>> perl....can't use my desktop....
>
>
>Yes, linux will run on a 386/486 though 16 MB of memory is needed for
>the newer distro's.
To be correct, you should mention that the newer "standard"
distributions nowadays always require a Pentium+ class CPU and you
have to download or order a 486 class distribution separately, at
least for distros like RedHat, SuSe or Mandrake.
I'm not sure if one of those "Linux on a floppy" distros have lower
CPU requirements, otherwise you have at least not much of a chance to
get a 386 running with Linux these days. At least i doubt that you get
a 2.4 kernel running on these....
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From: Alex <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: ISO image copies
Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2001 00:58:44 -0500
David wrote:
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> >
> > Anyone have experience getting one of the .iso images burned onto a cd? I
> > have a HP with cd writer delux, so if anyone can point me into the general
> > area I'd appreciate it. Thanks in advance...
> >
> > Sent via Deja.com
> > http://www.deja.com/
>
<snip>
This fpt site is also a very good place to download Linux CD iso.
ftp.linuxberg/pub/ISO
Gcombust is also a very good frontend program for burning CDs
http://www.abo.fi/~jmunsin/gcombust/
Alex.
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From: %20@%20.com
Subject: Re: Gnome-PPP & pppd
Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2001 01:11:34 -0800
David wrote:
>
> %20@%20.com wrote:
> >
> > I've setup an ISP entry in Gnome-PPP but when I try to connect it says "pppd
> > daemon quit enexpectedly." I clicked on help in Gnome-PPP but it says the help
> > documentation could not be found and may not be installed on my system (I don't
> > know how to install it either). I read the man page for pppd and also the PPP
> > HOWTO but I still don't know how to determine the cause and solution to this
> > problem. I don't know if pppd generates an error log somewhere. Do anyone here
> > know how I can fix it?
> >
> > Thank you.
>
> Which distribution are you using?
> If your running redhat then you need to check to see if these are
> installed.
>
> wvdial
> ppp
> rp3
>
> rpm -q wvdial
> # will tell if wvdial is installed and version
>
I am using Debian/GNU 2.2. I paraphrased the error message in my original post.
I corrected it to the exact message. Wvdial sounds familiar, not sure if it's
there
and configured, but it might be listed in dselect.
I like your signature (about Confucius) :).
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From: %20@%20.com
Subject: Re: XF86Config problems
Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2001 01:25:19 -0800
Aaron wrote:
>
> I have Debian 2.2 installed on a Sun SparcStation10. after doing a clean
> install, I tried to run my Xserver. well, it sorta started it up, but it
> was just a white screen. I check the XF86Config file, and it was blank. I
> tried running the CF86Config app, but it doesn't seem to be installed so I
> tried manually configuring it with the example file that they include. no
> luck. so I'm stuck unless I try to uninstall and manually reinstalling
> without going through apt-get. can anyone give any advice or tell me what
> to do? please respond because I have no computer right now except this one
> (don't ask) and its driving me nuts having to use lynx all the time. cause
> I can't check hotmail with it and I can't log onto ICQ or AIM without
> XWindows. feel free to email me if you want.
>
> --
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Try running XF86Setup.
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