Linux-Setup Digest #494, Volume #20 Wed, 24 Jan 01 19:13:15 EST
Contents:
Re: RH7 upgrade problem ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: can't find ethernet cards (tlan.o) - I forgot (Kelly Martin)
Re: Editing /etc/fStab during bad boot ("Peter T. Breuer")
Install Linux on 85mb hd... ("kellyboy")
Kernel rebuild problem on RH 6.2 (Michal Fikejs)
Re: Kernel 2.4.0 NFS lockdsvc ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Where is inetd -d log? (BCT)
Re: What starts Configure Desktop in KDE? How to Restore Control Center?
([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Root partition full ("Peter B. Ensch")
Re: Can't stay connected (BCT)
Re: Kernel rebuild problem on RH 6.2 ("Peter T. Breuer")
Re: kernel bloody 2.4!! (Tore Haustveit)
Re: kernel bloody 2.4!! (=?ISO-8859-1?Q?Rasmus_B=F8g_Hansen?=)
Re: WinME / Linux ? ("William M. Ingino")
Re: Promise IDE Controller on Dell PowerEdge 1400 (IRQ problem?) ("Rinaldi J.
Montessi")
info update Re: trouble booting win98 after installing RH7.0 ("C. Jarvis")
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: RH7 upgrade problem
Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2001 21:57:02 GMT
In article <94922l$pe0$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
"Henning Pl�ger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Every time I try to upgrade from RH6.2 to RH7 I get the error message
that
> the partitions of the RH6.2 system were not unmounted properly. I
should
> boot the old system and shut it down so that all partitions were
unmounted
> correctly. But when I have done all that and I try to upgrade, I get
this
> error message again.
>
> What's the problem?
> Is it possible to deactivate this partition check?
>
> Henning
>
>
Are you booting up from the RH7 cd or trying to upgrade while 6.2 is
running? Boot up your computer with the RH7 cd and go from there.
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From: Kelly Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.rehat,comp.linux.os.questions
Subject: Re: can't find ethernet cards (tlan.o) - I forgot
Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2001 22:13:52 GMT
Here's something I forgot - the Compaq cards are EISA, and I'm wondering if
maybe the tlan.o module only supports PCI? That would really suck.
On Wed, 24 Jan 2001 21:59:59 GMT, Kelly Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>I just installed RedHat 7 as a second sever, went fine but didn't find the
>ethernet cards. They're both Compaq NetFlex 3/E (tlan.o driver) but this
>module isn't currently loaded.
>
>I added 'alias eth0 tlan' and 'alias eth0 tlan' to /etc/modules.conf but
>nothing is getting loaded - I assume I'm missed the IRQ settings? I did a
>grep for 'tlan' and foud it in the /boot/vmlinux-2.2.16-22 directory as
>well as several /bin directories so it does exist. Now what?
>
>ifconfig reports only the loopback is running. The redhat pages say the
>following which means nothing to me because I don't have the IRQ settings
>or know how to get them:
>
> tlan=io_port,IRQ,aui,debug tlan io=io_port irq=IRQ Other Module
> Options: speed=10Mbs,100Mbs debug=0x0[1,2,4,8] aui=1 duplex=[1,2]
>
>Is there some way to probe for the settings?
>
>Sorry for the four-group crosspost, I never know where to post a good
>question. :)
--
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A boy, not a girl, in Calgary Canada.
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From: "Peter T. Breuer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Editing /etc/fStab during bad boot
Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2001 23:01:41 +0100
Jack Frosch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> How does one edit /etc/fStab?
fstab? Any way you like.
> I opened /etc/fStab in an editor and inadvertently corrupted it when I
> closed the editor. Now of course, Linux won't boot. When I was dropped
> into bash I tried to fix the problem as root, but can't.
Why not? The problem must be personal because root can do anything.
> I can see the errant text in the first line of fStab, but am not sure how to
> edit it. Vi won't let me save changes since it's a system file, and I can't
Vi wil let ou do anything. There is no such thing as a "system file"!
What do you mean? If vi tells you that it's a readonly file, just insist,
with ":w!" . If the problem is that your root partition is mounted
readonly, remount it readwrite with "mount -wno remount /" .
But please make yourself clear.
> chmod my way out of the problem. I tried booting from the floppy disk,
You can chmod just fine: "chmod +rw /etc/fstab". Report error messages
precisely please!
> booting with "linux rescue" and "linux emergency LILO settings, but ran into
> the same problem.
What problem?
> So how can I fix the problem I created??
What is it? You haven't been clear. I imagine your root partition is
mounted reqadonly.
Peter
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From: "kellyboy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Install Linux on 85mb hd...
Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2001 16:19:38 -0600
I have this old 85mb hd and I wanted to know which distro or something I
could to install....
I have linux myself..and I plan to mount this 85mb hd into my Athlon linux
and install linux package and stuff to that drive...umount 85mb hd... and
unplug it and go over to my 386computer with 8mb ram..install HD and boot it
there...
any ideas?
I wanted to use 386 as firewall/masq that has none of the unnecessary
package unrelated to its intented purpose...except support for telnet (of
course)
this 386 has nothing connected to motherboard except cpu/ram/ide
card/ethernet(2)/old old old videocard (I think its pre EGA...color is
broken) and connector for keyboard
kellyboy
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From: Michal Fikejs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Kernel rebuild problem on RH 6.2
Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2001 23:14:24 +0100
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hi all,
I have tried to rebuild a kernel that comes with the RH 6.2 distrib.
(2.2.14-6.1) I do make config, make dep, make bzImage but during making
the image make reports three errors in /usr/src/linux/lib (controll
count error or something like this) I tried a 2.2.16 kernel but got the
same result. Does anybody knows what could be wrong?
Thanks
Michal
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Kernel 2.4.0 NFS lockdsvc
Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2001 22:16:27 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Eros Albertazzi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> not a real expert, but I run on a similar problem... I believe lock is
> inside nfs in 2.4.0.... so just remove the reference to rpm.lock in
> init.d script and you're ok
>
> --
> Eros Albertazzi
> CNR-LAMEL, Via P.Gobetti 101, 40129 Bologna, Italy
> Tel: (+39)-051-639 9179
> Fax: (+39)-051-639 9216
> E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
You can remove NFS services safely. Sounds like your running Redhat 7.
Just remove the links referring to nfs and nfslock in the
/etc/rc.d/rc[n].d directory, where n is the appropriate runlevel 3-5.
Scott
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From: BCT <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Where is inetd -d log?
Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2001 22:22:17 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
"Dennis W. Bulgrien" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Do you know where "inetd -d" logs its debugging information?
>
>
I don't think "inetd -d" by itself logs. You can try to set up logging
for it in /etc/syslog.conf (man 5 syslog.conf).
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: What starts Configure Desktop in KDE? How to Restore Control Center?
Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2001 22:39:55 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Jason Bond <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I've hosed my Control Center in KDE 2...I've erased something(s) and
now
>
> the control center window pops up but there are no entires in it. How
> does one restore this? The line that I see when I start kcontrol is:
>
> [jbond ~/.kde/share/config (.2 M)] kcontrol -noxim
> kcontrol: WARNING: No K menu group with X-KDE-KControl-Base=true found
!
> Defaulting to Settings/
>
> Thanks much,
>
> Jason
>
>
If this is just a problem for user jbond, you should be able to simply
delete the entire ~/.kde directory, and then log back into KDE. It will
be as if you logged into it for the first time.
Scott
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From: "Peter B. Ensch" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.help
Subject: Re: Root partition full
Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2001 23:09:40 GMT
Eric wrote:
>
> Peter B. Ensch wrote:
> >
> > My root partition is full. I'm not sure why as I thought 175M
> > would be plenty. I've only noticed problems recently.
> >
>
> Place /var and/or /tmp on one of the other partitions
> and use symlinks in / to the new locations.
>
> Eric
Yep! That was the problem. Thanks to everyone who answered my
question,
Peter
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From: BCT <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Can't stay connected
Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2001 23:01:05 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Derek McKinnon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hello yall. I'm running RedHat 6.1 and I have a USR 56K Fax modem.
> I've edited my isapnp.conf file with the proper addresses. I have a
> dual boot system with windoze 98 and I've basically configured my
> isapnp.conf file with the exact same settings as windoze. I was able
to
>
> connect for a while but everytime I restart my system I have to change
> the isapnp.conf and run setserial to connect. Why do I have to change
> my settings everytime I restart? When booting It will tell me what
line
>
> in the isapnp.conf has an error. But it's the same as I had it when I
> connected. Very frustrating. I hate winoze but want to be able to
use
> my Linux system. Pleas help
>
>
You may have to enter the setserial command in an rc.local so it runs
each time automatically.
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From: "Peter T. Breuer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Kernel rebuild problem on RH 6.2
Date: Thu, 25 Jan 2001 00:02:08 +0100
Michal Fikejs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I have tried to rebuild a kernel that comes with the RH 6.2 distrib.
> (2.2.14-6.1) I do make config, make dep, make bzImage but during making
> the image make reports three errors in /usr/src/linux/lib (controll
> count error or something like this) I tried a 2.2.16 kernel but got the
> same result. Does anybody knows what could be wrong?
The compiler? The kernel source? All of the above?
If your redhat kernel doesn't compile with redhat's compiler, then
complain to redhat - after first having got any relevant errata, of
course!
I'd get fresh kernel source and try that, so that you eliminate one
possible cause.
Peter
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From: Tore Haustveit <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: kernel bloody 2.4!!
Date: Thu, 25 Jan 2001 00:29:39 +0100
Adam Short wrote:
>
> I have posted this to other newsgroups to no effect. I've been told I need
> the kgcc package, which I downloaded last night. That didn't work. The
> kernel compiled fine but wouldn't boot. I've also been told I need glibc2.2
> which has proven impossible to compile (at least for me), although I have
> found a solution to this I hope. I've also been told I need the latest
> kernel utils, thats all very well too, but I've no idea when I'm supposed to
> install them. Can someone help a bewildered person like me upgrade his
> system? I've been running linux for about 4 years now and this is the
> nastiest upgrade I've ever come across.
Are you using LILO or LOADLIN to boot the kernel? I had to use LILO to
boot the
2.4 kernel. My 2.4 kernel bzImage is 1064400bytes, the 2.4-test12 kernel
bzImage
was 1023234bytes and booted fine with LOADLIN.
-Tore
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From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Rasmus_B=F8g_Hansen?= <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: kernel bloody 2.4!!
Date: Thu, 25 Jan 2001 00:38:42 +0100
On Wed, 24 Jan 2001, John Peach wrote:
> In article <94mr7m$ee209$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> "Adam Short" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> |>I have posted this to other newsgroups to no effect. I've been told I need
> |>the kgcc package, which I downloaded last night. That didn't work. The
> |>kernel compiled fine but wouldn't boot. I've also been told I need glibc2.2
> |>which has proven impossible to compile (at least for me), although I have
> |>found a solution to this I hope. I've also been told I need the latest
> |>kernel utils, thats all very well too, but I've no idea when I'm supposed to
> |>install them. Can someone help a bewildered person like me upgrade his
> |>system? I've been running linux for about 4 years now and this is the
> |>nastiest upgrade I've ever come across.
> |>
>
> Odd.... when I put on my first 2.4_test kernel I had no problems at
> all... maybe it was because I RTFM. I suggest you read the documentation
> that comes with it. Upgrade everything else BEFORE you attempt the kernel.
Yes. Upgrade before. But that does not answer why it does not boot, as
the required upgrades only have effect when the kernel has booted; and
it stops before that...
Try to exchange 'gcc' with 'kgcc' everywhere in 'Makefile'.
Btw. the kernel does not link to glibc and therefore a glibc upgrade
should not be necessary. Glibc is what lies between userspace programs
and the kernel.
Rasmus B�g Hansen
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From: "William M. Ingino" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: WinME / Linux ?
Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2001 16:30:08 -0700
You can get "Partition Magic or System Commander" (windows programs) for
booting multiple OS's instead of LILO. I prefer Partition Magic FWIW.
Rod Smith wrote:
> [Posted and mailed]
>
> In article <94kiq4$5c$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> "Wade Lindsey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > Hey,
> >
> > Does anyone know how I can make these 2 OS's get along since WinME has a
> > special large disk support that seems to hijack the partition?? PLEASE
> > HELP!
>
> AFAIK, WinMe's "large hard disk" support is the same as that present in
> other versions of Windows. This support adds a new type of extended
> partition and various new types for large primary FAT partitions. Recent
> versions of Linux understand these partition types just fine, so there
> should be no problems -- but if you've got a very old version of Linux,
> you may do best to upgrade to something more recent, or at least upgrade
> the kernel and fdisk program.
>
> If this doesn't help, please post more details, such as what version of
> Linux you're using and precisely what you mean by "hijack the partition"
> -- are you saying that Linux no longer boots, that Windows wipes out the
> Linux partitions, that Windows tries to mount Linux partitions, or what?
>
> --
> Rod Smith, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> http://www.rodsbooks.com
> Author of books on Linux & multi-OS configuration
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From: "Rinaldi J. Montessi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Promise IDE Controller on Dell PowerEdge 1400 (IRQ problem?)
Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2001 18:51:24 -0500
"Eric R. Jorgensen" wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> Okay, so I decided to ditch the Siig card and bought a Promise Ultra 100
> controller (there already are onboard SCSI and IDE controllers). I
> connected a NS20 IDE tape drive to it.
>
> I'm running RH 6.2 and booted normally. I did a "cat /proc/pci"
> and it looked like:
>
> Bus 0, device 4, function 0:
> Unknown mass storage controller: Promise Technology Unknown device
> (rev 2).
> Vendor id=105a. Device id=4d30.
> Medium devsel. IRQ 25. Master Capable. Latency=32.
> I/O at 0xecb8 [0xecb9].
> I/O at 0xecb0 [0xecb1].
> I/O at 0xeca0 [0xeca1].
> I/O at 0xec98 [0xec99].
> I/O at 0xec40 [0xec41].
> Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xfe100000 [0xfe100000].
>
> So when I rebooted, I passed the following to lilo:
>
> linux ide2=0xecb8,0xecb2 ide3=0xeca0,0xec9a
>
> >From dmesg:
>
> hdf: TRAVAN NS20, ATAPI TAPE drive
> ide0 at 0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6 on irq 14
> ide2: Disabled unable to get IRQ -10.
>
> So this led me to believe it was an IRQ problem. From a suggestion to
> my original post from a user also using a PowerEdge1400, I disabled
> the built-in USB hub to free up an IRQ. This didn't help.
>
> I should also mention that during the boot process, it prints out the
> message "Ultra100 BIOS is not installed". This (to me, at least, a
> UNIX person, not a PC hardware person) further indicates an IRQ
> problem.
>
> Also, when I go into the BIOS setup, it does show a card in slot 1
> (unknown manufacturer disk controller). I also tried it in slot 2.
>
> So can I use this with the 2.2.16 (or 2.2.18) kernel at all (i.e. not
> at ATA 100 speeds), or do I really need to go to 2.4.0? I'd really
> rather not, at this point, for reasons relating to third party
> software.
>
> Any suggestions on the IRQ issue?
>
> Could these problems be a result of the onboard IDE controller only
> having ide0 instead of also having an ide1?
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Eric
>
> --
> Eric R. Jorgensen [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> University of Colorado, Boulder http://spot.colorado.edu/~jorgy
> "A lot of people may not know this, but I'm pretty famous." -- Sam on Cheers
You don't say what kernel you are using and I didn't see it in your
headers; anyway - the 2.2.18 kernel with Hedricks patch (go to /people
at the linux ftp site) dated 12/21 works very well. I'm rather opposed
to using the 2.4.0 on anything but a stand alone box right now.
--
Rinaldi]$
"Defeat may serve as well as victory, to shake the soul and let the
glory out." --Poet Edwin Markham (c. 1898)
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From: "C. Jarvis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: info update Re: trouble booting win98 after installing RH7.0
Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2001 15:52:27 -0800
On Wed, 24 Jan 2001, Eric wrote:
> > I just installed RH7.0 and it boots and runs just fine. However,
> > I can no longer boot win98 from my harddisk. LILO gives me the option,
> > but when I select it, it says 'loading win' and hangs.
>
> Same disk or what?
I've got 2 hdd, but only one of them partitioned. Both win98 and linux
are on the primary master, which is a maxtor 15GB drive. win98 uses a 8gb
partition, then there is a 16MB /boot partition for linux, then / uses 3.5
GB, /home uses 3GB, then linux swap uses 256MB.
There are also 2 CDROMs.
the disks are connected like this
Primary Master: Maxtor HDD
Primary slave: Memorex CDRW/DVD
Secondary Master: Fujitsu HDD
Secondary slave: CD-ROM
When all disks are recognized by BIOS, no windows boot disks work, and
selecting to boot win/dos from LILO hangs as well. Specifically, the
floppy drive is spun (no normal 'reading sounds' though) and the access
light comes on. The the hard drive light comes on, the floppy light goes
off, and the system hangs with the hdd light on.
However, when I remove the Maxtor HDD from the BIOS (ie select 'none'
instead of 'HDD') the windows boot disks all work. (of course I can't
access the maxtor to restore the MBR).
Also, when I try to boot from the win98 CD, same thing happens. CD spins,
hdd light comes on, cd spins down, and system hangs...
Thanks for all your helpful suggestions...
chris J
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