Linux-Setup Digest #459, Volume #20 Sat, 20 Jan 01 13:13:10 EST
Contents:
sane and scanners (Peter&Hanne Utting)
Cannot mount other filesystems ("Jim Reder")
Re: Need help with DLink DFE-530TX (Hugh Lawson)
Re: pkgadd, pkginfo, ... (Doug O'Leary)
Killed my CDROM - Help! ("Mark R. Holbrook")
RH 6.2 Setup on e250 ("eric")
Re: mini linux on Win3.1 ????? ("John")
Re: ISO image copies ("John")
Re: Need help with DLink DFE-530TX ("Jerry Segers, Jr.")
Problem with Dlink DFE-538TX NIC on RH7.0 ("Brian Donaldson")
Re: Killed my CDROM - Help! ("Mark R. Holbrook")
Re: Kernel 2.4-long-post-caution (olgnuby)
Unusually slow g77 code on Katmai (Massimo Boninsegni)
Re: Kernel 2.4 ("ne...")
Dual Boot Windows/Linus ("Marian McDonald")
Re: HP LaserJet 4 configuration issue (Paul Lew)
Problem printing postscript files (Bernie)
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From: Peter&Hanne Utting <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: sane and scanners
Date: Sat, 20 Jan 2001 23:40:20 +0800
I have a Genius ColorPage Vivid Pro film scanner, and am wondering if
anyone has got one of these working in linux. There does not appear to
be a "backend" for it on the sane website. Is it possible one of the
other "backends" there would work with it?
Ta
Peter
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From: "Jim Reder" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Cannot mount other filesystems
Date: Sat, 20 Jan 2001 15:40:57 GMT
I have also posted this to another newsgroup. Please forgive if you have
read this already.
Newbie who has recently installed RH6.1 and everything was going well until
I tried to get my Zip100 to mount. I used Linuxconf to try and setup the fs
to msdos (that's what I used to format the disk under Win9x). Now I get
messages when I try to mount anything other than ext2. Can anyone help me
restore this? I feel like it is a config setup that went awry. Here are
some of the messages:
after entering: mount -t msdos /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy
"mount: fs type msdos not supported"
after trying to mount a Win9x drive/partion:
"mount: fs type vfat not supported by kernel"
after trying to use the mount launch icon in xwindows:
"mount /mnt/floppy 2>&1" reported: mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad
superblock on /dev/fd0, or too many mounted filesystems."
I have checked /etc/filesystems and /proc/filesystems to find that only
ext2, iso9660 and proc were listed. Is this correct?
Do I have to recompile the kernel to get rid of these? Are there modules
that make the kernel work with the filesystems? Please help! :(
--
________________________________________________________________
Jim Reder <IXOUS><
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
"Somewhere out there... someone's saying a prayer."
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Hugh Lawson)
Crossposted-To: linux.debian.user
Subject: Re: Need help with DLink DFE-530TX
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Sat, 20 Jan 2001 15:37:44 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Jeremy Bower wrote:
>At a previous step, I installed the via-rhine module (with no parameters)
>for my DFE-530TX. It says the modules was installed successfully. When I
>complete the network config, it says the card can't be activated. How do I
>get around this issue?
My advice: do a deja.com search on your card, and take a look at this to
see if it fits your situation:
http://www.dlink.com.tw/2000e/download/download.htm
I don't use this card but a deja.com search turned up lots of msgs.
Hope this helps.
--
Hugh Lawson
Greensboro, North Carolina
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Doug O'Leary <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: pkgadd, pkginfo, ...
Date: Sat, 20 Jan 2001 09:56:23 -0800
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
says...
> I've got a question realted to installing packages with pkgadd,
> pkginfo, etc... (no (s)rpm's)
pkgadd/pkginfo is stricly solaris. You might be able to extract the
packages on a solaris box, copy code (if present), and recompile on the
linux box. Probably easier to go find an rpm or oriignal source though.
Doug
--
===================
Douglas K. O'Leary
Senior System Admin
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: "Mark R. Holbrook" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Killed my CDROM - Help!
Date: Sat, 20 Jan 2001 16:01:51 GMT
Hello All!
Well I managed to kill my CD-ROM. Help!
Here is my setup:
ide0: maxtor hard disk (primary ide)
ide1: maxtor hard disk
ide2: ATAPI CD-RW (secondary ide)
ide3: nothing
These devices are all recognized in the startup just fine. Here is a
snip from the messages file during startup:
Jan 20 07:02:30 ccdastronomy kernel: ide0: BM-DMA at 0xffa0-0xffa7,
BIOS settings: hda:DMA, hdb:DMA
Jan 20 07:02:30 ccdastronomy kernel: ide1: BM-DMA at 0xffa8-0xffaf,
BIOS settings: hdc:DMA, hdd:pio
Jan 20 07:02:30 ccdastronomy kernel: hda: Maxtor 98196H8, ATA DISK drive
Jan 20 07:02:30 ccdastronomy kernel: hdb: Maxtor 88455D8, ATA DISK drive
Jan 20 07:02:30 ccdastronomy kernel: hdc: CD-R/RW RW7083A, ATAPI CDROM
drive
Jan 20 07:02:30 ccdastronomy kernel: ide0 at 0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6 on irq 14
Jan 20 07:02:30 ccdastronomy kernel: ide1 at 0x170-0x177,0x376 on irq 15
Jan 20 07:02:30 ccdastronomy kernel: hda: Maxtor 98196H8, 78167MB
w/2048kB Cache, CHS=9964/255/63
Jan 20 07:02:30 ccdastronomy kernel: hdb: Maxtor 88455D8, 8063MB w/256kB
Cache, CHS=1027/255/63
Jan 20 07:02:30 ccdastronomy kernel: Floppy drive(s): fd0 is 1.44M
Jan 20 07:02:30 ccdastronomy kernel: FDC 0 is a post-1991 82077
After installing Redhat 7.0 successfully the CD-ROM was working just
fine as a CDROM but I started nosing around trying to figure out how to
use it as a CD-ROM burner. I added the following line to lilo.conf on a
recommendation from someone on #linuxhelp:
append="hdc=ide-scsi"
I also loaded the ide-scsi emulation driver. Adding this line to lilo
now causes my startup to include this message ABOVE the hardware outpus
I mentioned above:
Jan 20 07:02:29 ccdastronomy kernel: ide_setup: hdc=ide-scsi
After boot here is the output of lsmod:
Module Size Used by
ide-scsi 7472 0 (autoclean)
sg 16224 0 (autoclean)
loop 12032 0 (unused)
r128 65152 6
vmnet 15168 3
vmppuser 5088 0 (unused)
parport_pc 7504 0 [vmppuser]
parport 7936 0 [vmppuser parport_pc]
vmmon 16880 0 (unused)
lockd 31696 1 (autoclean)
sunrpc 54160 1 (autoclean) [lockd]
3c59x 20144 1 (autoclean)
agpgart 18864 2 [r128]
es1371 30000 0
soundcore 2992 4 [es1371]
At this point in time CDRECORD sees the scsi emulated CD just fine:
Cdrecord 1.9 (i686-pc-linux-gnu) Copyright (C) 1995-2000 J�rg Schilling
Linux sg driver version: 2.1.38
Using libscg version 'schily-0.1'
scsibus0:
0,0,0 0) ' ' 'CD-R/RW RW7083A ' '1.10' 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) *
BUT... I can't seem to mount a CD under linux. If I do mount /dev/cdrom
I get:
mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/cdrom,
or too many mounted file systems
So I checked to see if /dev/cdrom was linked to the CD: ls -lga
/dev/cdrom:
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 3 Jan 16 03:41 /dev/cdrom ->
hdc
This seems right. So I tried mount -t iso9660 /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom and
I get the same error as above.
I looked in /var/log/messages after I try to do CDRECORD -scanbus and I
get the following message:
Jan 20 07:51:10 ccdastronomy modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module
char-major-97
Jan 20 07:52:59 ccdastronomy last message repeated 3 times
So there appears to be some driver missing or something.
Next I watched messages while trying to do a mount and I get:
Jan 20 07:54:02 ccdastronomy kernel: ide-scsi: hdc: unsupported command
in request queue (0)
Jan 20 07:54:02 ccdastronomy kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev 16:00
(hdc), sector 64
Jan 20 07:54:02 ccdastronomy kernel: isofs_read_super: bread failed,
dev=16:00, iso_blknum=16, block=32
Can anybody help!?
Thanks - Mark
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From: "eric" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.unix.solaris
Subject: RH 6.2 Setup on e250
Date: Sat, 20 Jan 2001 16:11:14 GMT
Hey all. I have an Sun e250 for home that I want to setup RH 6.2 on. So
far so good. But, I noticed that the maintenance light stays on solid
amber. Is there something that causes this? If I load Solaris on it, the
light will not be on. Otherwise RH is running nicely.
Machine:
UltraSparc e250
2 x 400mhz processors
1 gb Ram
4 x 9gb drives
1 onboard nic (hme0)
Quad Ethernet board
Please make any suggestions. I have poked around in the logs but haven't
noticed really anything that jumps out.
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From: "John" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: mini linux on Win3.1 ?????
Date: Sat, 20 Jan 2001 16:21:12 GMT
Thanks for the info....decided to put mandrake on a compaq laptop p133 with
80mb ramm 3.5g hdd...that should work????
"Stanislaw Flatto" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Hi John!
> Slackware can be installed on 386 8M RAM.
> During the installation you will decide if what goes in is "mini" "midi"
or
> TX*.
> But most programs will walk instead of running on such skimpy hardware.
>
> Have fun.
>
> Stanislaw.
> Slack user from Ulladulla.
> *) Tyranosaurus Rex.
>
> 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....
>
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From: "John" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: ISO image copies
Date: Sat, 20 Jan 2001 16:22:43 GMT
Adaptec's easy cd delux does the same, fyi
"Rod Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:m%Y96.33417$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> [Posted and mailed]
>
> In article <948b08$f4n$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> > 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...
>
> It sounds to me like you want to burn a Linux image file using a Windows
> CD-R program called CD Writer Delux. I've never heard of this software,
> so I can't offer you any step-by-step advice. I can say, however, that
> you need to look for an option called "create CD from image file," "burn
> ISO image to CD-R," or something similar. If you can't find such an
> option, you may need to get some other software.
> http://www.goldenhawk.com/ has a freeware DOS program that'll do the
> trick, and the last I checked, the demo version of Nero
> (http://www.ahead.de) would do it, too. Some programs (I believe
> including Nero) require you to rename the image file to have an
> extension other than .iso (this detail isn't standardized).
>
> If you're asking something else, please elaborate.
>
> --
> Rod Smith, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> http://www.rodsbooks.com
> Author of books on Linux & multi-OS configuration
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From: "Jerry Segers, Jr." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: linux.debian.user
Subject: Re: Need help with DLink DFE-530TX
Date: Sat, 20 Jan 2001 11:15:09 -0500
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Jeremy Bower"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> This is my first Debian install and I've run into a problem. I'm
> installing from a minimal set of files on my Windows partition and I
> need to get the NIC up and running to get at the good stuff. The install
> runs smoothly untill I get to the network configuration.
>
> At a previous step, I installed the via-rhine module (with no
> parameters) for my DFE-530TX. It says the modules was installed
> successfully. When I complete the network config, it says the card can't
> be activated. How do I get around this issue?
>
> I know the NIC works properly because I've been using it from Windows
> for months.
>
> Any help would be great!
>
> Jeremy
you should have a line in modules.conf of the form:
alias eth0 <module name not including the trailing ".o"> in your case:
alias eth0 rtl8139 # note rtL _not_ rt1
If that's set up right, uh. . . I dunno, my DFE-530TX never gave me any
probs (redhat 7.0 pentiumII) that's not true, when I booted win98, then
rebooted to linux, it wouldn't work at all, and sprayed annoying messages
on the terminal about every 45 seconds. I had to power cycle the
machine (winDOH!s does something to break my monitor setup too).
So, If you're running windows, try shutting down and power cycling to run
linux.
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From: "Brian Donaldson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Problem with Dlink DFE-538TX NIC on RH7.0
Date: Sat, 20 Jan 2001 11:35:39 -0800
When I installed my redhat 7 it didn't find my nic card. I am going to try
another nic card (3com) but how could I make install it after installing
rh7.0.
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From: "Mark R. Holbrook" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Killed my CDROM - Help!
Date: Sat, 20 Jan 2001 17:01:59 GMT
"Mark R. Holbrook" wrote:
> Hello All!
>
> Well I managed to kill my CD-ROM. Help!
>
> Here is my setup:
>
> ide0: maxtor hard disk (primary ide)
> ide1: maxtor hard disk
> ide2: ATAPI CD-RW (secondary ide)
> ide3: nothing
>
> These devices are all recognized in the startup just fine. Here is a
> snip from the messages file during startup:
>
> Jan 20 07:02:30 ccdastronomy kernel: ide0: BM-DMA at 0xffa0-0xffa7,
> BIOS settings: hda:DMA, hdb:DMA
> Jan 20 07:02:30 ccdastronomy kernel: ide1: BM-DMA at 0xffa8-0xffaf,
> BIOS settings: hdc:DMA, hdd:pio
> Jan 20 07:02:30 ccdastronomy kernel: hda: Maxtor 98196H8, ATA DISK drive
>
> Jan 20 07:02:30 ccdastronomy kernel: hdb: Maxtor 88455D8, ATA DISK drive
>
> Jan 20 07:02:30 ccdastronomy kernel: hdc: CD-R/RW RW7083A, ATAPI CDROM
> drive
> Jan 20 07:02:30 ccdastronomy kernel: ide0 at 0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6 on irq 14
>
> Jan 20 07:02:30 ccdastronomy kernel: ide1 at 0x170-0x177,0x376 on irq 15
>
> Jan 20 07:02:30 ccdastronomy kernel: hda: Maxtor 98196H8, 78167MB
> w/2048kB Cache, CHS=9964/255/63
> Jan 20 07:02:30 ccdastronomy kernel: hdb: Maxtor 88455D8, 8063MB w/256kB
> Cache, CHS=1027/255/63
> Jan 20 07:02:30 ccdastronomy kernel: Floppy drive(s): fd0 is 1.44M
> Jan 20 07:02:30 ccdastronomy kernel: FDC 0 is a post-1991 82077
>
> After installing Redhat 7.0 successfully the CD-ROM was working just
> fine as a CDROM but I started nosing around trying to figure out how to
> use it as a CD-ROM burner. I added the following line to lilo.conf on a
> recommendation from someone on #linuxhelp:
>
> append="hdc=ide-scsi"
>
> I also loaded the ide-scsi emulation driver. Adding this line to lilo
> now causes my startup to include this message ABOVE the hardware outpus
> I mentioned above:
>
> Jan 20 07:02:29 ccdastronomy kernel: ide_setup: hdc=ide-scsi
>
> After boot here is the output of lsmod:
>
> Module Size Used by
> ide-scsi 7472 0 (autoclean)
> sg 16224 0 (autoclean)
> loop 12032 0 (unused)
> r128 65152 6
> vmnet 15168 3
> vmppuser 5088 0 (unused)
> parport_pc 7504 0 [vmppuser]
> parport 7936 0 [vmppuser parport_pc]
> vmmon 16880 0 (unused)
> lockd 31696 1 (autoclean)
> sunrpc 54160 1 (autoclean) [lockd]
> 3c59x 20144 1 (autoclean)
> agpgart 18864 2 [r128]
> es1371 30000 0
> soundcore 2992 4 [es1371]
>
> At this point in time CDRECORD sees the scsi emulated CD just fine:
>
> Cdrecord 1.9 (i686-pc-linux-gnu) Copyright (C) 1995-2000 J�rg Schilling
> Linux sg driver version: 2.1.38
> Using libscg version 'schily-0.1'
> scsibus0:
> 0,0,0 0) ' ' 'CD-R/RW RW7083A ' '1.10' 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) *
>
> BUT... I can't seem to mount a CD under linux. If I do mount /dev/cdrom
> I get:
>
> mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/cdrom,
> or too many mounted file systems
>
> So I checked to see if /dev/cdrom was linked to the CD: ls -lga
> /dev/cdrom:
>
> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 3 Jan 16 03:41 /dev/cdrom ->
> hdc
>
> This seems right. So I tried mount -t iso9660 /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom and
> I get the same error as above.
>
> I looked in /var/log/messages after I try to do CDRECORD -scanbus and I
> get the following message:
>
> Jan 20 07:51:10 ccdastronomy modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module
> char-major-97
> Jan 20 07:52:59 ccdastronomy last message repeated 3 times
>
> So there appears to be some driver missing or something.
>
> Next I watched messages while trying to do a mount and I get:
>
> Jan 20 07:54:02 ccdastronomy kernel: ide-scsi: hdc: unsupported command
> in request queue (0)
> Jan 20 07:54:02 ccdastronomy kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev 16:00
> (hdc), sector 64
> Jan 20 07:54:02 ccdastronomy kernel: isofs_read_super: bread failed,
> dev=16:00, iso_blknum=16, block=32
>
> Can anybody help!?
>
> Thanks - Mark
One thing I might add...
It seems to me like everything is VERY close to working. I think my
/dev/cdrom may be pointing to the wrong device.
Under ide-scsi I wonder if it needs to point to another /dev scsi device.
Again... Any help would be MUCH appreciated! I have some stuff that I
want to load via CDROM!
Mark
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From: olgnuby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Kernel 2.4-long-post-caution
Date: Sat, 20 Jan 2001 17:15:59 GMT
Sri Panyam wrote:
>
> Hi
>
> I just compiled version 2.4 of the kernel and was able to create a boot
> iamge successfully :- bzImage.
Looks like the thread has accumulated a lot of advice and similar
problems, and I guess like the thread the other day on where to unpack
the new kernel and the new README that is included with the new 2.4.0
kernel, which to me is like so much of the documentation written by
coders and programers who forget they aren't writing machine language
for instructions to a machine, but a set of steps to follow for ordinary
human beings to understand and follow, and supposedly a remark by Linus
some place has a few people confused.
So I may as well add to the confusion...
So, I'll do my disclaimer. I don't know if this the right way or not,
but it's the way that has worked for me for about three or four years on
a number of different Linux distributions.
Put your kernel package, be it .tgz or .bz2 in the top level directory
you plan to use it from and unpack it. If you do it in the conventional
/usr/src director, be aware that there is probably already a symbolic
link /usr/src/linux that points to the directory that your distribution
placed your original kernel headers and sources, or headers as the case
may be and that regardless where you put it and unpack it, unless you do
some major gymnastics, it is by default going to unpack into a sub
directory called /linux if the directory or a link is already there, or
create the /linux directory. To preclude it from unpacking into and
getting mixed in with the old headers or from wiping out your original
kernel sources, examine your /usr/src directory and if the link is there
and if you choose to compile and install from /usr/src/linux, first
remove the old link. If your /usr/src/linux is not a link, but an actual
directory, rename it temporarily to /linux.old or something and then
unpack your kernel. You will wind up with a /usr/src/linux directory
that contains your new kernel.
Okay, here is where some of this stuff is Bill Ball from a number of
years back and some is Charlie from experience.
I change the name of the new /linux directory to /linux-2.4.0, then
create a new symbolic link, by (cd /usr/src or
/home/me/bathroom/stall_2/ or whatever was your choice of compile and
install place) and execute (ln -s /linux-2.4.0 linux) For me this gives
the ppp-2.4, modutils and other stuff that I'll probably need to use the
new kernel directions on how to find it if need be.
I then just su to root privileges and do:
cd /usr/src/linux
Read every readme and doc file you can find in the to level and all the
sub directories. ;-)
make mrproper
make xconfig
After configuring my kernel for what I want in it and tailoring it to my
own needs, I save it and exit xconfig and do
make dep
Here rather than fart around with all the other methods, because rarely
are you going to come up with a kernel that will fit by making zImage, I
simply always use:
make bzImage
Instructions from past say at this point to do a:
make clean
but recent instructions seem to have omitted this. I haven't used it
lately and haven't had any problems "yet" <YMMV> then:
make modules
At this point, (why? because it works for me every time ;-)), I do a:
cp /usr/src/linux/arch/i386/boot/bzImage /boot/vmlinuz-2.4.0
cp /usr/src/linux/System.map /boot/System.map-2.4.0
cd /boot
examine your /boot directory and determine if the file /boot/System.map
is a symbolic link to /boot/map or
/boot/System.map-old-shit-or-what-ever and if it is, do a
rm System.map
ln -s System.map-2.4.0 System.map
cd /usr/src/linux
make modules_install
If you have upgraded to the new, latest and greatest modutils, the make
modules_install will do all the gymnastics of creating the dependency
files in the /lib/modules/2.4.0 or whatever and in you modules directory
it will place a link back to your build directory and all that shit in
addition to all your new module directories.
Edit the /etc/lilo.conf file depending on your system and point your map
to /boot/System.map and set your image to /boot/vmlinuz-2.4.0 then run
/sbin/lilo
and if all went well, you should get the message that all your boot
options have been added and written.
At this point, you should, I reiterate should, because like the old
chief in "Little Big Man" "Some days the magic works, some days it
don't" be able to do a
shutdown -r now
and you should reboot with the roar of a 2.4.0 in all it's glory or
gory, and you may get lucky and even get a petite lil penguin and not
have to go through the shit of watching forty miles of Modules not found
or other shit kind
of errors on boot up.
Then unless you're a programmer or developer...
If it all works, do a http://www.freebsd.org and do something that is a
real challenge and do like I do, run Linux Netscape 4.76 and StarOffice
5.2 and all that good stuff under FreeBSD 4.2 and have DOSEMU and Wine
and ??? What the hell am I doing using NotePad to edit this with. Isn't
that what I was trying to get away from in the first place... ;-)
'cause that's all there is. Nothing more.
nuther disclaimer... I'm not really a linux lover, not a geek, just a 60
year old fart goat roper who found a RedHat 5.0 cd in a library book a
few years ago and got curious, and if I can compile a kernel than damn
it, any body ought.
Charlie
--
"Laughter is the best laxative there is for a constipated mind. Humor is
an ideal spoon to dose it."
--Chronocidal Charlie, 1995-2000, RIP.--
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From: Massimo Boninsegni <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: gnu.gcc.help,linux.redhat.misc
Subject: Unusually slow g77 code on Katmai
Date: Sat, 20 Jan 2001 17:20:40 GMT
Hi! I apologize beforehand if these are not the right groups to post
regarding this problem.
I cannot figure out why *any* fortran code that I generate using g77 is
unusually (ridiculously) slow on a Pentium III.
I am talking 5-6 times *slower* on a 550 Mhz Pentium III (Katmai) than
on a 400 Mhz Pentium II (Deschutes). I noticed this problem with g++ as
well, but by tinkering with the optimizations I managed to get most (not
all) of the expected performance out of the Pentium III.
The operating system is RedHat 7.0 in both cases. The code is compiled
using the following options:
-Os -ffast-math -malign-double -march=pentium
but many other combinations have been tried and the situation remains
pretty much the same. The versions of gcc, g77 installed on both
machines are the same, namely
gcc-objc-2.96-69
kgcc-1.1.2-40
gcc-g77-2.96-69
gcc-2.96-69
gcc-c++-2.96-69
binutils-2.10.0.18-1
Any clue ? It's probably something really silly that I must be doing,
but I cannot figure out what.
Thanks in advance
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From: "ne..." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Kernel 2.4
Date: Sat, 20 Jan 2001 17:44:10 GMT
On Jan 21, 2001 at 01:33, Sri Panyam eloquently wrote:
>Hi
>
> I copied the new boot image with along with the new System.map files to
>/bootnew/ (instead of / ) and in lilo.conf, i changed the image from
>/boot/bzImage.myker to /bootnew/bzImage.myker. However, I am still having
>the same problem. Is there anything else i need to do?
Yes, rename the kernel. It should be vmlinuz-2.4.0.
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From: "Marian McDonald" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Dual Boot Windows/Linus
Date: Sat, 20 Jan 2001 17:47:56 GMT
I have Windows 98 on my first hard drive.
A friend installed Corel Linux on my second.
I had a Corel banner that let me choose windows or linux.
Then I had to reformat my windows drive and didn't save the config settings
that gave me the menu.
Now I don't get the menu, of course, and I don't know how to get to my
second hard drive to get to linux (I saved something there before the
reformat of drive 1.
How do I get to my linux drive from the startup.
Do I have to install something into windows from my Corel linux boot cd?
sorry for my stupidness it just seems like everyone in these newgroups is
way beyond this!
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Paul Lew)
Subject: Re: HP LaserJet 4 configuration issue
Date: Sat, 20 Jan 2001 17:53:11 GMT
Tried "apsfilter" ???
On Sat, 20 Jan 2001, David Efflandt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>On Thu, 18 Jan 2001, Matt McKnight III <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>I got an HP LaserJet 4 from a friend of mine, hooked it up, and setup
>>the print facility with 'printtool'. Everything works fine, but I can't
>>get it to default back to 10cpi. It stays at 18pt. proportional and it
>>looks like its only printing the NE quadrant of anything, even the
>>PostScript test page from 'printtool'. Anybody got any clues as to what
>>I could do with this printer to make it use the default?
>
>Someone else asked the opposite question about an HP 4ML. I think that
>one was printing double size (1/4 page filled the page). Setting the
>print filter to 300 dpi seemed to solve that. But I wonder if that
>printer really is 300 dpi (like my HP 4L which is just smoothed to look
>like 600 dpi).
>
>But your print filter may be sending 300 dpi data to a 600 dpi printer.
>See if the print filter has a 600 dpi setting.
>
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From: Bernie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Problem printing postscript files
Date: Sat, 20 Jan 2001 17:55:04 GMT
Using RH Linux 7.0, with ghostscript-fonts-5.50-3 and
ghostscript-5.50-7 installed, when I attempt to print a
.ps file from the command line using lpr, the text of the file
is printed, and not the postscript image. I have an Epson
Stylus 600, and used printtool to set the filter to postscript.
This used to work, but stopped at some point, and I'm not
sure what's different. My printcap file is identical to the one
under RH Linux 6.2. I can print OK from StarOffice and Netscape.
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
-Thanks
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