Linux-Setup Digest #486, Volume #20 Tue, 23 Jan 01 22:13:12 EST
Contents:
Windows ME & RedHat Linux 7 ("Kobanwa")
Re: Screen Saver ("Les B. Labbauf")
reiserfs, utilitys package please ("Gene Heskett")
Help with themes - window manager? ("Dan Yocom")
moving staroffice ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Weird problems with Nvidia drivers & kernel 2.4.0 (Saad Kadhi)
Re: Weird problems with Nvidia drivers & kernel 2.4.0 (Saad Kadhi)
Re: RH7 routing problem ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: reiserfs, utilitys package please (=?ISO-8859-1?Q?Rasmus_B=F8g_Hansen?=)
Burning CD's what am I doing wrong? (Victor S. Miller)
Removing KDE ("Les B. Labbauf")
Re: Burning CD's what am I doing wrong? (=?ISO-8859-1?Q?Rasmus_B=F8g_Hansen?=)
Re: USB port & modem (Bob Martin)
Re: Real Player 7 plugin problem with Netscape 6. (Dave)
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From: "Kobanwa" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Windows ME & RedHat Linux 7
Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2001 00:31:21 GMT
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I would like to install Redhat Linux 7 on my existing Windows ME Hard =
Drive . I have Created a Linux native partition and a Swap Partition.
I would like to be able to use LILO to Have A dual Boot Menu that will =
not Erase my Windows ME MBR , but will allow me to boot to either.
My First attempt seemed to erase my Windows ME MBR and came up with the =
LILO Dual boot window giving me the choice to use either Linux or =
Dos.When I chose Dos it simply sat there while the HDD Light stay lite =
like a Christmas tree.
so I thus booted into Linux using a boot disk cfdisk and deleted the =
linux partitions then type reboot and put in my windows ME boot =
disk...got it to the A: prompt and did a=20
FDISK /MBR and a SYS C: and rebooted the system and Tada back to =
Windows ME.
I Really would like to get Windows ME and Redhat linux 7 running with a =
dual boot menu.....anyone out there running Windows ME and Redhat Linux =
7 that could help me out would be appreciated.
Kobanwa , [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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<DIV><FONT size=3D2>I would like to install Redhat Linux 7 on my =
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<DIV><FONT size=3D2>I would like to be able to use LILO to Have A dual =
Boot Menu=20
that will not Erase my Windows ME MBR , but will allow me to boot to=20
either.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=3D2>My First attempt seemed to erase my Windows ME MBR =
and came up=20
with the LILO Dual boot window giving me the choice to use either Linux =
or=20
Dos.When I chose Dos it simply sat there while the HDD Light stay lite =
like a=20
Christmas tree.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=3D2>so I thus booted into Linux using a boot disk cfdisk =
and=20
deleted the linux partitions then type reboot and put in my =
windows ME=20
boot disk...got it to the A: prompt and did a </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2>FDISK /MBR and a SYS C: and =
rebooted the=20
system and Tada back to Windows ME.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2>I Really would like to get Windows ME and Redhat =
linux 7=20
running with a dual boot menu.....anyone out there running Windows ME =
and =20
Redhat Linux 7 that could help me out would be appreciated.</FONT></DIV>
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From: "Les B. Labbauf" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Screen Saver
Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2001 00:48:37 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Stevenson"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I had some problems tryng to get some CD burning software to work under
6.2. I downloaded a beta copy of Music Match that works great under 7.0
> Les, I dont have an answer, just an honest question. I see several
> similar comments about 6.2 & 7.0. Why did you upgrade (degrade) your
> system from
> 6.2 to 7.0?
>
> Chuck Stevenson
>
> "Les B. Labbauf" wrote:
>>
>> I recently installed Red Hat 7.0, upgrading from 6.2. Now my screen
>> saver does not work. The screen savers do allow me to preview them,
>> but when the screen saver activates my screen goes blank. It does not
>> power off, but just goes black.
>>
>> Any suggestions would be appreciated.
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Date: 23 Jan 2001 19:59:24 -0500
From: "Gene Heskett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: reiserfs, utilitys package please
Greetings folks;
I'm already running 2.4.1-pre9, which has reiserfs support available.
I just bought a 46 gig ata100 drive and matching card, and the
PDC-2.26xx driver seems to find the drive just fine, well enough to
let me run fdisk against it and setup 4 primary partitions.
But, I'd like to play with the reiserfs for a bit before I'd actually
commit valuable data to this drive.
Unforch, I've now spent two nights going from link to link looking for
whatever a mkreiserfs would be called. Apparently all links point to
the same site, and the file itself seems to have been converted to
un-obtainium. Having support for what is supposed to be the next linux
file system dependent on an in-accessable site or file seems rather
pointless.
I've also dlded the JFS kit from IBM's site, and thats a bit confusing.
They claim its been running on their enterprise systems for quite some
time, but for some reason its highly alpha rated when running on a linux
box. Thats a whole lot puzzling too.
Can someone 'enlighten' me as to which path I should pursue, JFS or
Reiserfs? Experiences?
And if reiserfs, where can the utils to initialize the filesystem be
obtained?
Cheers, Gene
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From: "Dan Yocom" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.windows.x,comp.windows.x.kde
Subject: Help with themes - window manager?
Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2001 20:05:42 -0500
Hi,
I currently have a kde theme and a gtk theme that are about the same.
However, The GTK programs have fairly smaller scroll bars. Does anyone know
how to make the GTK program scrollbares the same width as kde programs? Is
Kwinresponsible for the size of the GTK scroll bars? if not, What
file/program is? Please Help Me
Thanks,
Dan Yocom
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: moving staroffice
Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2001 01:21:45 GMT
Hello!
Am I correct in my conclusion there's no way to move StarOffice
to another location (directory, partition) without reinstalling
that user?
I want to move 'davisf''s home directory from '/home/davisf' to
/hda10/home/davisf'.
It looks to me like all the SO path variables are dispersed
across many different text files. I'm not adept enough to grep my
way through all of this, thus my alternative is reinstall?
I'm having a hard time figuring out the minimum config files SO
needs for successful relocation.
F.
===========================================================
Felmon John Davis
Union College / Schenectady, NY
os/2 - ma kauft koi katz em sack
===========================================================
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From: Saad Kadhi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Weird problems with Nvidia drivers & kernel 2.4.0
Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2001 02:27:53 +0100
Hi Dan
Dan Osterrath wrote:
> Do you use the rivafb.o framebuffer device for your console? Disable this in
> your kernel configuration and everything should be fine...
I don't use the rivafb.o framebuffer. I even tried to compile 2.4.0 with
no agpgart support (in case there's some kind of conflicts with NVAGP).
I also changed the videocard to a Geforce 2 MX. But the problem remained
the same. Could it be the monitor ?
Regards,
Saad
>
> "Holger Hees" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
> news:94k6m7$btt$04$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
>
>> Hi
>>
>> i have the same problem
>>
>> my system runs SuSE 7.0, kernel 2.4.0, XFree 4.0.2 and NVidia driver 0.9.6
>>
>> when i start the first X session all works fine. After exiting this
>
> session
>
>> i start another X session and must reboot my system.
>> i can also reboot my system via telnet.
>>
>> the same problem is when i switch to the text-console (<ctrl>+<alt>+<f1>)
>>
>> bye
>>
>> Holger
>>
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From: Saad Kadhi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Weird problems with Nvidia drivers & kernel 2.4.0
Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2001 02:29:20 +0100
Hi Holger,
Holger Hees wrote:
> Hi
>
> i have the same problem
>
> my system runs SuSE 7.0, kernel 2.4.0, XFree 4.0.2 and NVidia driver 0.9.6
>
> when i start the first X session all works fine. After exiting this session
> i start another X session and must reboot my system.
> i can also reboot my system via telnet.
>
> the same problem is when i switch to the text-console (<ctrl>+<alt>+<f1>)
>
This is really weird ! what AGP chipset do you have & what monitor ? I
changed the video card today (from TNT2 Ultra to Geforce 2 MX) but the
pb remains the same.
Regards,
Saad
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: RH7 routing problem
Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2001 01:23:59 GMT
> Behold my friend, there is light at the end of the tunnel!!!
I have the same problem, except that my 2 ethernet cards are GVC 10/100 (PCI)
working with the rtl8139 module. I'm only able to make linux recognise 1 of
my adapter on IRQ 5, and the other isn't recognise.
Did you use that "3C5x9CFG.EXE utility" under linux, or Windows? I haven't
found such a utility for my cards.
> Linux HATES having two cards share the same module, ESPECIALLY the
> 3c509s. My first step was to DISABLE PnP OS in my BIOS. I then used
> the 3C5x9CFG.EXE utility from 3com to alter the settings on my NICs to
> io=0x300,0x310 and irq=10,11. Also in the bios, I set those IRQ to
> LEGACY ISA. Once inside linux, I merely added a seperate instance of
> the 3c509 module for each card. It's this simple:
>
> alias eth0 3c509
> alias eth1 3c509
> options -o 3c509-0 io=0x300 irq=10
> options -o 3c509-1 io=0x310 irq=11
> once i rebooted, everything worked fine! respond if you have any more
> questions, by now I consider myself an tried and true expert on the
> subject :)
I'll try to separate the modules like you did, and to change the IRQ settings
of my PnP cards. I'm not used to use linux, and I thought that when we're
passing parameters to the kernel at boot-up (like "linux ether=10,0x6000,eth0
ether=5,0x6100,eth1"; those are the parameters I passed to the kernel) that
they actually change the PnP cards setting. I guess I was wrong...
If you could give me a hand...!
thanks a lot,
Francis Dagenais
Montr�al, Canada
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From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Rasmus_B=F8g_Hansen?= <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: reiserfs, utilitys package please
Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2001 02:31:39 +0100
On 23 Jan 2001, Gene Heskett wrote:
> Greetings folks;
>
> I'm already running 2.4.1-pre9, which has reiserfs support available.
>
> I just bought a 46 gig ata100 drive and matching card, and the
> PDC-2.26xx driver seems to find the drive just fine, well enough to
> let me run fdisk against it and setup 4 primary partitions.
>
> But, I'd like to play with the reiserfs for a bit before I'd actually
> commit valuable data to this drive.
>
> Unforch, I've now spent two nights going from link to link looking for
> whatever a mkreiserfs would be called. Apparently all links point to
> the same site, and the file itself seems to have been converted to
> un-obtainium. Having support for what is supposed to be the next linux
> file system dependent on an in-accessable site or file seems rather
> pointless.
>
> I've also dlded the JFS kit from IBM's site, and thats a bit confusing.
> They claim its been running on their enterprise systems for quite some
> time, but for some reason its highly alpha rated when running on a linux
> box. Thats a whole lot puzzling too.
>
> Can someone 'enlighten' me as to which path I should pursue, JFS or
> Reiserfs? Experiences?
Never tried JFS. I had serious data loss with reiserfs on a server with
a burnt-off main-board :-(
Well seriously, I have had good experiences with reiserfs. It seems to
be stable to me.
> And if reiserfs, where can the utils to initialize the filesystem be
> obtained?
ftp://ftp.namesys.com/pub/reiserfsprogs/reiserfs-utils-3.6.25.tar.gz
Watch out for the reiserfsck. It is very much beta. Managed to trash a
corrupt FS for me (it was broken due to bad hardware - not a software
fault).
Rasmus B�g Hansen
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Subject: Burning CD's what am I doing wrong?
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Victor S. Miller)
Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2001 01:39:03 GMT
I have a CDRW (see below for the identify output from dmesg) on my RH
7.0 system. I've been able to use eroaster to burn audio CD-R's
without problem, but, for some reason I can't get data CD's to work.
I tried to write a bunch of files to a CD-RW disk with eroaster. It
appeared to be proceeding properly, according to the progress
messages. However, when I tried to read the disk again, in either the
drive that wrote it or my CDROM drive, when I tried to mount the disk
I got a message
mount: No medium found
Then I tried to do it by steps, I used mkisofs to make an image, and
was able to successfully mount the file as in the command in the
CD-writing howto:
mount -t iso9660 -o ro,loop=/dev/loop0 cd_image /cdrom
and I could read the files just fine.
I then used
cdrecord -v blank=fast speed=2 dev=0,2,0 -data cd_image
(the disk was a blank preformatted disk -- 650 MB unformatted and 530
formatted. Since the size of the image is 577961984 it wouldn't work
unless I put in the blank=fast). It appeared to write ok. I got
progress messages, and it said that it concluded successfully and
fixated the disk. However, when I try to mount it, it still gives
mount: No medium found.
What can I do?
Here is the output from cdrecord -scanbus, and the appropriate section
of dmesg. I'm using cdrecord 1.9-2.
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) 'IOMEGA ' 'ZIP 100 ' '14.A' Removable Disk
0,1,0 1) 'MITSUMI ' 'CD-ROM FX120T !B' 'b03 ' Removable CD-ROM
0,2,0 2) 'SAF ' 'CD-RW4224A ' '1.40' Removable CD-ROM
0,3,0 3) *
0,4,0 4) *
0,5,0 5) *
0,6,0 6) *
0,7,0 7) *
scsi0 : SCSI host adapter emulation for IDE ATAPI devices
scsi : 1 host.
Vendor: IOMEGA Model: ZIP 100 Rev: 14.A
Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 00
Detected scsi removable disk sda at scsi0, channel 0, id 0, lun 0
Vendor: MITSUMI Model: CD-ROM FX120T !B Rev: b03
Type: CD-ROM ANSI SCSI revision: 02
Detected scsi CD-ROM sr0 at scsi0, channel 0, id 1, lun 0
Vendor: SAF Model: CD-RW4224A Rev: 1.40
Type: CD-ROM ANSI SCSI revision: 02
Detected scsi CD-ROM sr1 at scsi0, channel 0, id 2, lun 0
sr0: scsi3-mmc drive: 12x/12x xa/form2 cdda tray
Uniform CD-ROM driver Revision: 3.10
sr1: scsi3-mmc drive: 24x/24x writer cd/rw xa/form2 cdda tray
SCSI device sda: hdwr sector= 512 bytes. Sectors= 196608 [96 MB] [0.1 GB]
sda: Write Protect is off
sda: sda4
---
Victor
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From: "Les B. Labbauf" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Removing KDE
Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2001 01:58:01 GMT
I would like to remove the KDE desktop from my setup, but can't find any
decent documentation/instructions on how I can accomplish this. I am
running Red Hat 7.0, and used the default installation to install both
GNOME, and KDE.
Any help would be appreciated.
Les
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From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Rasmus_B=F8g_Hansen?= <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Burning CD's what am I doing wrong?
Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2001 02:58:08 +0100
On Wed, 24 Jan 2001, Victor S. Miller wrote:
> I have a CDRW (see below for the identify output from dmesg) on my RH
> 7.0 system. I've been able to use eroaster to burn audio CD-R's
> without problem, but, for some reason I can't get data CD's to work.
> I tried to write a bunch of files to a CD-RW disk with eroaster. It
> appeared to be proceeding properly, according to the progress
> messages. However, when I tried to read the disk again, in either the
> drive that wrote it or my CDROM drive, when I tried to mount the disk
> I got a message
>
> mount: No medium found
Have you tried to eject the cd and insert it again? Perhaps reading it
from the cd-drive? Sometimes ejecting helps.
Rasmus B�g Hansen
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From: Bob Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux
Subject: Re: USB port & modem
Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2001 19:59:53 -0600
Don Hinds wrote:
>
> How do I tell Linux (LM 7.2, KDE) that a modem will be on the USB port and
> not a serial port?
>
> thanks
> Don
You'll need to upgrade to a kernel with USB support, 2.2.18 or
2.4.0. check www.linux-usb.org for details.
--
Bob Martin
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From: Dave <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: Real Player 7 plugin problem with Netscape 6.
Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2001 02:30:07 -0000
E J wrote:
>
> I have Real Player 7 almost fully working with Netscape 6.
> I have been to a site and the message pops up.
> "Netscape Default Plugin
> This page contains information of a type (audio/x-pn-realaudio-plugin)
> that can
> only be viewed with the appropriate Plug-in."
>
> I have used the Helper Applications under Netscape 6.
>
> Description of Type: RealAudio File
> Extension: .rpm
> MIME Type: audio/x-pn-realaudio-plugin
> Handled By Application: /usr/X11R6/bin/realplay
>
> Real Player 7 still won't play on this website.
>
> I tried copying the plugins, (raclass.zip and rpnp.so) into
> /usr/local/netscape/plugins but Real Player 7
> still won't play on this website.
>
>
I know this won't help, but, I have the same problem
w/RP-8/Linux/Netscape(6), have yet to fix things, or find a USENET hit on
anyone who has. Anyone out there got RP-7 or 8 working w/Netscape and Linux?
Thanks,
Dave Gee
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