Linux-Setup Digest #473, Volume #20 Mon, 22 Jan 01 12:13:14 EST
Contents:
remote display ("Bill Bailey")
Re: booting from bootdisk takes 10 mins. (JJK)
Re: RH version stability (Stevenson)
LILO Is Not Found In X-Windows ("Bryan Parkoff")
Re: sort = sort -l (Villy Kruse)
Re: sound card (es1371) and xmms and studio (Lew Pitcher)
ISA modem setup ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: LILO Is Not Found In X-Windows (Eric)
Swap size / Memory upgrade (ekk)
Re: Help: HP Deskjet 722C Still NOT work ("Richard Kimber")
Re: LILO Is Not Found In X-Windows ("John C. Griggs")
Re: LILO Is Not Found In X-Windows ("Peter T. Breuer")
menu bar missing... ("Jeff D. Hamann")
Re: LILO Is Not Found In X-Windows (Sven Simon)
Re: remote display (Matt Haley)
Re: Configuring Mail (Matt Haley)
Re: Swap size / Memory upgrade ("Peter T. Breuer")
Install from hard drive ("Jim Kerr")
Re: >64M RAM chestnut - ? new twist ("Peter T. Breuer")
Samba in Linux RH 7 ("Robert")
Re: Any KDE experts out there?... (Laurence John Oliver)
Re: Swap size / Memory upgrade (ekk)
Newbie: Compiling Kernel ("L-X-Q")
Re: Swap size / Memory upgrade ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Swap size / Memory upgrade (ekk)
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From: "Bill Bailey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: bellsouth.net.support.linux,comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: remote display
Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2001 08:50:11 -0500
I have a copy of exceed installed on my work computer. I would like to be
able to used it to export my linux box display using this program like I do
with with my unix boxs at work. I have been unable to get the darn thing to
work. Any pointers would be helpfull
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (JJK)
Subject: Re: booting from bootdisk takes 10 mins.
Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2001 14:27:05 GMT
In article <BcNa6.63$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Clint Davis"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>When I boot from disk, each period after "Loading linux"
>takes about a minute. I recreated boot disk and get same problem.
>Also, different diskettes.
>
>This is a $20,000 HP Netserver, fresh outta the box.
you're booting from floppy, right? why not boot from disk?
If you have to boot from floppy, try adding the 'compact' parameter to the
lilo record on the boot disk:
create a boot disk (mkbootdisk or whatever)
insert it
mount it:
mount /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy -t ext2
look at this file
/mnt/floppy/etc/lilo.conf
or otherwise create one similar to
boot=/dev/fd0
prompt
timeout=50
default=linux
compact
image=vmlinuz-2.2.12-20
label = linux
root = /dev/hda8
read-only
and write out the new lilo.conf to the floppy:
lilo -r /dev/fd0 -C /mnt/floppy/etc/lilo/conf
finally umount
umount /dev/fd0
and reboot
This will speed up the loading of floppy-based boots.
Apart from that, get a better floppy drive for the server, $20,000 won't mean
you've got a fast floppy drive...
HTH,
JJK
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JJK / Jan Just Keijser
Unix/Linux Systems Engineer
smtp: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
flames > /dev/null 2>&1
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From: Stevenson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: RH version stability
Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2001 14:33:29 GMT
Thanks for the input. Y'all've talked me into 6.2.
My current 6.1 was my intro to Linux and I'm relieved to hear 6.2 is better
than 6.1.
I can't seem to find a list of differences or enhancements between 6.1 : 6.2
Or, for that matter 6.x : 7.x.
I assume a point release indicates minor enhancements and not just bug
fixes?
Chuck Stevenson
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Reply-To: "Bryan Parkoff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
From: "Bryan Parkoff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.admin,comp.os.linux.questions
Subject: LILO Is Not Found In X-Windows
Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2001 14:41:44 GMT
LILO Is Not Found in x-Windows
I am able to type LILO to reinstall LILO in Linux console, but I am
unable to reinstall LILO by typing LILO in Linux console emulator under
X-Windows. Error message says, "#Bash Command Not Found". Why didn't it
work in X-Windows, but it does in Linux console? Please advise.
--
Regards,
Bryan Parkoff
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Villy Kruse)
Subject: Re: sort = sort -l
Date: 22 Jan 2001 14:49:49 GMT
On Mon, 22 Jan 2001 12:17:43 +0100,
Fran�ois Patte <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Bonjour,
>
>On my newly installed redhat 6.2 (kernel 2.2.16-3), by default "sort"
>seems to be the same as "sort -l", so upper-case characters are sorted
>with lower-case ones and all my scripts using sort are to be rewritted!
>
>Is this behaviour "normal"?
>
>"alias sort" returns nothing.
>
Wouldn't think so. However, the GNU sort changed behaviour some releases
ago and tries to do the sort based on the specification locale and
collating sequence. This, however, makes sort less usefull for some
purposes, as the sort result becomes different from what we are used
to and espect from having used the sort command for many years. Thus,
redhat has tried to fix the problem by adding the new flag, but as far
as I remember there was some bugs in the fix, and a fix to the fix has
been posted on the update site. Also, redhat's bugzilla has some
entries on this matter as far as I remember.
Unsetting all locale related environment variable seems to bring back
the good behaviour.
IMHO, we still need strict ASCII sort for the sort command regardless
of the locale.
Villy
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Lew Pitcher)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: sound card (es1371) and xmms and studio
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2001 14:55:54 GMT
On Mon, 22 Jan 2001 14:23:57 +0100, Eros Albertazzi
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I just installed a sound card on a RH6.2 ... kernel config is ok...
>but xmms can play only when launched as root, not as regular user...
>Device permission seems ok, although cat /dev/sndstat, as suggested in
>the sound-FAQ for testing, says no such device.. and the same does
>studio :Error in startup script: cat: /dev/sndstat: No such device
>
>What am I missing? Thanks.
Don't know what's missing.
However, don't count on /dev/sndstat; some drivers (such as the es1371
driver) don't implement it.
Lew Pitcher
Information Technology Consultant
Toronto Dominion Bank Financial Group
([EMAIL PROTECTED])
(Opinions expressed are my own, not my employer's.)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: ISA modem setup
Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2001 14:52:49 GMT
Greetings folks.
I just started playing with Linux again recently. I had a copy of
Mandrake 6.something that I tried to get functioning on a PC alond with
Windows 98, which had been running there for a while. I had to buy a
new modem, as the original was a Winmodem. I bought a Zoom 56k ISA
modem. I first tried hard-jumpering the IRQ and I/O address, but I
couldn't get it to work properly in Windows, so I jumpered it to Plug
'n Play. After a little tinkering, I also got it working in Linux.
Now I decided to upgrade to Mandrake 7.2, which is great because it
easily recognized several devices that I thought I was going to have a
hell of a time with. Unfortunately it didn't properly recognize the
modem. When I run kppp, I get a "modem busy" message. After I used
HardDrake to set the IRQ and address for the modem, I instead got a
"modem not responding" message. If I tried a couple of times, it would
sometimes start running through the modem commands very slowly. In such
cases it would even dial, but would never make a connection.
I briefly tried using isapnp, but couldn't make any sense of the man
pages or error messages I got when I tried to use it.
Am I missing something totally obvious? I don't remember having to go
through this much trouble last time. Any ideas?
Thanks...
-David Murphy
Sent via Deja.com
http://www.deja.com/
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From: Eric <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.questions
Subject: Re: LILO Is Not Found In X-Windows
Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2001 16:16:51 +0100
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> LILO Is Not Found in x-Windows
>
> I am able to type LILO to reinstall LILO in Linux console, but I am
> unable to reinstall LILO by typing LILO in Linux console emulator under
> X-Windows. Error message says, "#Bash Command Not Found". Why didn't it
> work in X-Windows, but it does in Linux console? Please advise.
>
****************************************************
For starters, don't multipost to so many groups
Especially when they are irrelevant or do not exist
****************************************************
1) it's `lilo` ,not LILO
2) always use the full path `/sbin/lilo`
3) Use the verbose switch `/sbin/lilo -v`
I assume your path settings changed.
The /sbin isn't supposed to be in your path, it's in root's path though.
You don't work as root all the time, do you?
Eric
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From: ekk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Swap size / Memory upgrade
Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2001 10:03:55 -0500
Trying to make a judgement call without enough experience -
I just upgraded from 512 RAM to 1 GB. My swap space is 768. Should
I increase the swap? We do often use all of the RAM available on a
machine, but we of course try to avoid using the swap.
In the same way, I also downgraded a 1 GB RAM machine to 512 (bad RAM).
Do I need to lower the swap space?
In both situations disk space is not a concern.
I assume the best way to adjust the swap is to use Partition Magic?
I don't want to go through a whole reinstall of either machine.
Ken
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From: "Richard Kimber" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Help: HP Deskjet 722C Still NOT work
Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2001 15:19:47 -0000
Michael West wrote in message ...
>The answer is here:
>
>http://httptech.com/ppa
Is this completely specific to the HP models mentioned on the webpage, or
would it also work with an HP880C, which is not actually mentioned?
- Richard Kimber.
>
>On Sun, 21 Jan 2001 01:03:20 -0800, Charlie Huang <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>>My HP printer still not work on my RH 7.0 system, could anyone help me? I
>>have used "printtool" to config the printer and test. Looks like it
works
>>fine, because No error message shows. However, NOTHING print out. I am
sure
>>my printer works and connects to the system.
>>
>>
>>
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Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2001 10:22:58 +0000
From: "John C. Griggs" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: LILO Is Not Found In X-Windows
Bryan Parkoff wrote:
>
> LILO Is Not Found in x-Windows
>
> I am able to type LILO to reinstall LILO in Linux console, but I am
> unable to reinstall LILO by typing LILO in Linux console emulator under
> X-Windows. Error message says, "#Bash Command Not Found". Why didn't it
> work in X-Windows, but it does in Linux console? Please advise.
>
This error means that the Bash shell (which is generally what you are
talking to when you type commands in either the console or a
console-emulator under X) was unable to find the lilo executable file in
any of the directories in its PATH environment variable. You can check
the contents of this variable by typing "echo $PATH" at the command
prompt. As to why the contents of PATH would vary from one console to
another, this generally indicates that you are not logged in as the same
user in both places. On most Linux systems, the "whoami" command will
show you your current effective user id.
Hope this helps,
John Griggs
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From: "Peter T. Breuer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.admin,comp.os.linux.questions
Subject: Re: LILO Is Not Found In X-Windows
Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2001 16:18:05 +0100
In comp.os.linux.admin Bryan Parkoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> LILO Is Not Found in x-Windows
> I am able to type LILO to reinstall LILO in Linux console, but I am
> unable to reinstall LILO by typing LILO in Linux console emulator under
> X-Windows. Error message says, "#Bash Command Not Found". Why didn't it
> work in X-Windows, but it does in Linux console? Please advise.
check your PATH. And use sudo to execute it.
Peter
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From: "Jeff D. Hamann" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: menu bar missing...
Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2001 07:28:34 -0800
When I attempt to use GNOME under RH7 (installed on the dell 5000e laptop)
the menu/application bar (don't knwo what the appropriate term is here)
flickers as if it's trying to get drawn and then never actually appears on
the desktop. is there something incorrect in my setup (the rest of the
desktop display and functions just fine) or is something bad with the
release?
Thanks,
Jeff.
==================================
Jeff D. Hamann
280 Peavy Hall
Department of Forest Resources
Oregon State University
Corvallis, Oregon 97331-8566 USA
541-740-5988
541-737-2375
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://ucs.orst.edu/~hamannj
This is the song that never ends
It goes on and on my friends
Somebody started singing it
Not knowing what it was
Now everybody's singing it
And it goes on and on because
This is the song that never ends...
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From: Sven Simon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.admin,comp.os.linux.questions
Subject: Re: LILO Is Not Found In X-Windows
Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2001 16:31:58 +0100
Bryan Parkoff wrote:
> LILO Is Not Found in x-Windows
>
> I am able to type LILO to reinstall LILO in Linux console, but I am
> unable to reinstall LILO by typing LILO in Linux console emulator under
> X-Windows. Error message says, "#Bash Command Not Found". Why didn't it
> work in X-Windows, but it does in Linux console? Please advise.
>
> Bryan Parkoff
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Seems like lilo is not contained in the PATH or the PATH variable is not
set altogether in your Xterm.
Eigther, you were running your Xterm as normal user whereas lilo is
normally not in the PATH or you
started your terminal emulation without parsing your login files (e.g.
-ls switch for xterm) so that the PATH
was not set.
Try typing 'which lilo' at the console where lilo works, which gives you
the full path to lilo. Then you can
use the full path in your console emulation under X to invoke lilo.
Sven
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Matt Haley)
Crossposted-To: bellsouth.net.support.linux,comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: remote display
Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2001 15:39:40 -0000
Note Followup-To.
On Mon, 22 Jan 2001 08:50:11 -0500,
Bill Bailey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I have a copy of exceed installed on my work computer. I would like to be
>able to used it to export my linux box display using this program like I do
>with with my unix boxs at work. I have been unable to get the darn thing to
>work. Any pointers would be helpfull
Having never used exceed I can't help with that but if you need a different
solution you might consider VNC at http://www.uk.research.att.com/vnc/, it's
very easy to setup.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Matt Haley)
Subject: Re: Configuring Mail
Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2001 15:44:18 -0000
On Sun, 21 Jan 2001 13:50:30 -0600,
Bentley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>I am setting my my linux machine as an FTP server and would like to have the
>the current IP address when ever I re-boot. I dont have a static IP
Not concerning mail but your above 'situation', if you just need to find your
computer on the net when the IP address changed you should check into a dynamic
DNS host, such as http://www.dyndns.org. That way you can use a name such as
'ftp://myhost.dyndns.org'. There are also clients available to update your IP
automatically.
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From: "Peter T. Breuer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: Swap size / Memory upgrade
Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2001 16:41:47 +0100
In comp.os.linux.misc ekk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I just upgraded from 512 RAM to 1 GB. My swap space is 768. Should
> I increase the swap? We do often use all of the RAM available on a
You tell me. Do you need or use it?
> machine, but we of course try to avoid using the swap.
> In the same way, I also downgraded a 1 GB RAM machine to 512 (bad RAM).
> Do I need to lower the swap space?
What for? You probably need to increase it, if you were using all yoru
ram before!
> I assume the best way to adjust the swap is to use Partition Magic?
?? Just add or subtract a few more partitions with fdisk.
> I don't want to go through a whole reinstall of either machine.
??? Now you have got me puzzled! Are you SURE you know anything about
system administration? Why would you ever reinstall a machine just in
order to change a few measly things about it? Edit the ptable to be
the way you like for your swap.
Peter
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From: "Jim Kerr" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Install from hard drive
Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2001 10:06:36 -0800
I downloaded Corel Linux and can get to the files from the ISO image (via a
CD Rom emulator). I have a linux native hard drive ready to go. So....Is it
possible to install Corel Linux WITHOUT burning a CD and do it from the hard
drive? (I have no CD burner).
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From: "Peter T. Breuer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: >64M RAM chestnut - ? new twist
Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2001 16:52:36 +0100
David <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I know this is an old question. No doubt I am making a simple mistake
> but I have done my best with web search results.
Then you have done amazingly badly.
> Basic situation same as for old postings - BIOS correctly reports 128M
> RAM, free reports only ~64M under the word "total". However,
> (a) I am using kernel 2.2.16-22 (RH7) which ? is not supposed to require
> editing of lilo.conf
Why not? It's up to your bios.
> (b) I have edited lilo.conf with
> append="mem=128M"
> under the label=linux line with no effect.
And did you run lilo, so that the change may take effect?
> Have I mucked up the syntax?
Syntax is right. 127M would be safer.
> Am I looking at the right number with free?
How can I tell? You didn't show us what you saw.
> If this is an often-answered question I apologise but the only remedy I
It is. It's asked and answered every day. Would you mind giving me a detailed
rundown on HOW you ran a web search? I want to know how you can get no results.
> could find was the above, and only with older kernels.
The remedy is correct. There is nothing about the remedy that pertains to any
particular kernel version.
Peter
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From: "Robert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Samba in Linux RH 7
Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2001 16:34:00 GMT
Hi all
I have recently installed Linux RH 7. I have also installed the samba from
my cd. I have configured samba by configuring (/etc/samb/smb.conf ) and
adding the tcp and udp port information in (/etc/services). When i am
running (samba start ) SMB and NMB services are ok, but i cant see my
computer in NT.
I don't know what should i add or modify more in Linux to run samba
correctly. I can remember there were some file (inetd.conf ) in Linux 6.2
where we could some commands for samba, but that file is not available any
more in Linux RH 7.0.
It was also possible to configure sama from (linuxconf) that is not
available any more. Any help and suggestions will be appreciated.
Thanks in advance
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Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2001 00:34:12 +0800
From: Laurence John Oliver <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.questions,aus.computers.linux
Subject: Re: Any KDE experts out there?...
Hi all,
Recently upgraded from KDE 1.x to 2.0.1 - latest stable version
(running RH6.2 on my tosh laptop with kernel 2.2.16-3) - its working
still - but had a few weird problems:
1. 'doubling up' of icons/apps in the KDE menu (and kmenuedit doesn't
'see' these or allow me to get rid of them),
2. major problems trying to get kpackage to still work,
3. some apps no longer function because of lib files/other bits that are
supposedly not installed - even though I know I've installed them I get
a no install response using 'rpm -q whatever.rpm':-(
4. Despite the fact that doing kpackage/rpm type upgrading is *supposed*
to sort out all the dependency problems/etc. I now know I've got bits of
KDE 1.x and 2.0.1 on the hard disk now and this is causing
conflicts/problems...:-(
Anyway - any/all help I can get on tidying things up/sorting things out
post-upgrade would be much appreciated.
Thanks in advance,
John.
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From: ekk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: Swap size / Memory upgrade
Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2001 11:31:12 -0500
"Peter T. Breuer" wrote:
> In comp.os.linux.misc ekk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > I just upgraded from 512 RAM to 1 GB. My swap space is 768. Should
> > I increase the swap? We do often use all of the RAM available on a
>
> You tell me. Do you need or use it?
As I said, we often use all of the RAM on the machine. We don't like to use
the swap for obvious reasons - it bogs down the machine. If the process is
to big for one machine, we move it to another machine with more RAM.
Although, I don't claim to be an expert on how the machine uses swap, that's
why I'm asking for a judgement call!
>
>
> > machine, but we of course try to avoid using the swap.
>
> > In the same way, I also downgraded a 1 GB RAM machine to 512 (bad RAM).
> > Do I need to lower the swap space?
>
> What for? You probably need to increase it, if you were using all yoru
> ram before!
I don't need to increase it. It is already set to 1024 MB. I said, the
machine had bad RAM, and this is just a temporary downgrade until I can get
another 512 module. Again, I'm not claiming to be an expert on swap.
>
>
> > I assume the best way to adjust the swap is to use Partition Magic?
>
> ?? Just add or subtract a few more partitions with fdisk.
Okay, fdisk can preserve the data? Obviously I will back it up first.
>
>
> > I don't want to go through a whole reinstall of either machine.
>
> ??? Now you have got me puzzled! Are you SURE you know anything about
> system administration? Why would you ever reinstall a machine just in
> order to change a few measly things about it? Edit the ptable to be
> the way you like for your swap.
>
What is this? The first line of my message stated that I don't have enough
experience!!! I don't think asking for a judgement call on potentially
corrupting the partition table on a machine with crucial data on it is
'measly'.
>
> Peter
Thanks (yeah, right) for the help!
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From: "L-X-Q" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Newbie: Compiling Kernel
Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2001 01:49:26 +0900
Hi,
I just tried to update my kernel to 2.4.0, from RH7. I have followed all the
instructions in Kernel-HOWTO, and also all the instructions from:
My steps to building and installing the 2.4 kernel in Redhat 7
http://www.linuxnewbie.org/nhf/intel/compiling/kernel2.4upgrade.html
I downloaded the kernel source, the unzip it.
Then I upgraded all the other library as written in Documention/Changes
Then run make mrproper.
Then make menuconfig, and set the config for the kernel.
Then make dep, make clean, make bzImage.
Then copied the bzImage to /boot
Then add another pointer in lilo to point to the new bzImage
Then /sbin/lilo
Then reboot
There was no error message. My computer just hanged after displaying this
message:
Loading linux...........
Uncompressing Linux... Ok, booting the kernel
I have tried 3 times, with different configuration on the make menuconfig,
but all failed. But if I boot using the old kernel, it runs smoothly. What
happened? Please help me. Thank you very much.
-LXQ-
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: Swap size / Memory upgrade
Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2001 16:53:47 GMT
ekk wrote:
>
> Trying to make a judgement call without enough experience -
>
> I just upgraded from 512 RAM to 1 GB. My swap space is 768. Should
> I increase the swap? We do often use all of the RAM available on a
> machine, but we of course try to avoid using the swap.
>
> In the same way, I also downgraded a 1 GB RAM machine to 512 (bad RAM).
> Do I need to lower the swap space?
>
> In both situations disk space is not a concern.
>
> I assume the best way to adjust the swap is to use Partition Magic?
> I don't want to go through a whole reinstall of either machine.
>
> Ken
I have 256 MB RAM and 128 MB swap on my box. It hardly ever uses any of
the swap at all except for programs like Netscape, and then it uses very
little swap. I don't think that you need more than 128 MB of swap when
you have a lot of ram.
jamess
--
"On the side of the software box, in the 'System Requirements' section,
it said 'Requires Windows 95 or better'. So I installed Linux."
-Anonymous
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From: ekk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: Swap size / Memory upgrade
Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2001 11:47:38 -0500
Thanks, Jamess for your advice. The person whose job I inherited told me
that the swap space should be double the amount of RAM for up to 512 MB,
1.5x for 512 - 1024, and 1x for above 1024 MB. I'm not terribly sure why he
thought so much swap was required, but I think he arrived at those ratios
through experience dealing with many different machines and RAM amounts.
The machines he set up are stable and rarely get bogged down, as long as the
users don't push them over the RAM!
Thank you kindly,
Ken
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> ekk wrote:
> >
> > Trying to make a judgement call without enough experience -
> >
> > I just upgraded from 512 RAM to 1 GB. My swap space is 768. Should
> > I increase the swap? We do often use all of the RAM available on a
> > machine, but we of course try to avoid using the swap.
> >
> > In the same way, I also downgraded a 1 GB RAM machine to 512 (bad RAM).
> > Do I need to lower the swap space?
> >
> > In both situations disk space is not a concern.
> >
> > I assume the best way to adjust the swap is to use Partition Magic?
> > I don't want to go through a whole reinstall of either machine.
> >
> > Ken
>
> I have 256 MB RAM and 128 MB swap on my box. It hardly ever uses any of
> the swap at all except for programs like Netscape, and then it uses very
> little swap. I don't think that you need more than 128 MB of swap when
> you have a lot of ram.
>
> jamess
> --
> "On the side of the software box, in the 'System Requirements' section,
> it said 'Requires Windows 95 or better'. So I installed Linux."
>
> -Anonymous
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