Linux-Setup Digest #541, Volume #20 Wed, 31 Jan 01 04:13:10 EST
Contents:
Re: Sound busy when it really isn't (Nader)
LILO Doesn't Appear During Boot (newbie)
Re: Removing a Directory From My PATH (Benjamin Stocker)
Re: RH 6.2 problems rebuilding the kernel (John)
keyerror: basesystem // Please review before I report bug (Gibbs)
LILO only says "LI" at boot (Thomas Huebner)
insmod NVdriver no workee! ("Drew")
Re: Display power management on a laptop (Martin Shepherd)
Re: Another Lilo problem (Eric)
Re: LILO only says "LI" at boot (Eric)
Re: Removing a Directory From My PATH (M�ns Rullg�rd)
Re: LILO Doesn't Appear During Boot (Eric)
Re: How to set window resolution in GNOME? (Eric)
Inetd (Diether De Praetere)
Re: memory problem with lilo (Eric)
Re: Startx and KDE/Gnome enviroment ("Linuz")
Re: Partitioning the hard disk for setup (Eric)
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From: Nader <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Sound busy when it really isn't
Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2001 21:29:55 -0800
How about /proc/interrupts?
What version kernel are you using?
I had a modem busy problem that was solved by moving from 2.2.10 to 2.2.16 and adding
a serial driver patch.
"Victor S. Miller" wrote:
> I have an SB on ISA. But, for your edification
> Here's the output of cat /proc/pci:
>
> PCI devices found:
> Bus 0, device 0, function 0:
> Host bridge: Intel 82437VX Triton II (rev 2).
> Medium devsel. Master Capable. Latency=32.
> Bus 0, device 7, function 0:
> ISA bridge: Intel 82371SB PIIX3 ISA (rev 1).
> Medium devsel. Fast back-to-back capable. Master Capable. No bursts.
> Bus 0, device 7, function 1:
> IDE interface: Intel 82371SB PIIX3 IDE (rev 0).
> Medium devsel. Fast back-to-back capable. Master Capable. Latency=32.
> I/O at 0xffa0 [0xffa1].
> Bus 0, device 7, function 2:
> USB Controller: Intel 82371SB PIIX3 USB (rev 1).
> Medium devsel. Fast back-to-back capable. IRQ 9. Master Capable. No bursts.
> I/O at 0xff80 [0xff81].
> Bus 0, device 13, function 0:
> VGA compatible controller: S3 Inc. ViRGE (rev 5).
> Medium devsel. IRQ 11. Master Capable. Latency=40. Min Gnt=4.Max Lat=255.
> Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xf8000000 [0xf8000000].
>
> and here's the output of cat /proc/devices:
>
> Character devices:
> 1 mem
> 2 pty
> 3 ttyp
> 4 ttyS
> 5 cua
> 7 vcs
> 10 misc
> 14 sound
> 29 fb
> 36 netlink
> 128 ptm
> 136 pts
> 162 raw
> 180 usb
>
> Block devices:
> 1 ramdisk
> 2 fd
> 3 ide0
> 8 sd
> 9 md
> 11 sr
> 22 ide1
> 65 sd
> 66 sd
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From: newbie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: LILO Doesn't Appear During Boot
Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2001 05:39:30 GMT
In the process of installing RH6.2, I was presented with the choice of
being able to have RH boot from the same partition where my Win95 C
drive lives -- I'm guessing from the RH fdisk -l output below that
/dev/hda5 is where this drive is located -- so I said 'yes' to it. Now,
I've also read about the wisdom of putting Win 95 and RH on different
partitions and setting LILO to boot from one or the other by default.
Because I also had problems getting disk druid to make space available
in the first 1024 (cylinders?) for the RH /boot partition, I tried --
after installing Win95 -- to adjust the FAT16 partition (I used
partition magic) to place the /boot partition.
The fdisk -l output tells me that /dev/hda1 is bootable, but I don't get
LILO during the boot process -- I go directly into W95 unless I first
use the RH boot disk.
Before I make a mess of the various LILO settings in linuxconf, would
someone please advise which way I should proceed with this?
Device Boot Start End Id System
/dev/hda1 * 1 246 6 FAT16
/dev/hda2 247 1023 5 Extended
/dev/hda3 1024 3700 83 Linux
/dev/hda4 3701 3739 82 Linux Swap
/dev/hda5 247 1023 b Win 95 FAT32
Tia,
Brian
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Benjamin Stocker)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux,comp.windows.x
Subject: Re: Removing a Directory From My PATH
Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2001 06:20:14 GMT
On Tue, 30 Jan 2001 19:35:41 -0500, Dan Yocom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Hi,
Hello Dan,
> Today I added a directory to my path using the command
>
>PATH=/path/dir/:$PATH
>
>
>How do I remove That Directory from my path? If it is any help, I'm using
>RedHat 6.2 with kernal 2.4.0
You can do that by saving the PATH variable:
OLDPATH=$PATH
PATH=/newpath/:$PATH
...
PATH=$OLDPATH
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From: John <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: RH 6.2 problems rebuilding the kernel
Crossposted-To: aus.computers.linux,linux.dev.kernel
Date: 31 Jan 2001 13:27:51 +0800
>> I don't care about this driver, but why can't I get a kernel that's the
>> same as the distribution?
>>
>> What have I missed?
Get the src.rpm and build it. Or install the kernel-source rpm. It contains a
configs directory which contains the various configurations.
Before building, do a 'makr mrproper' - sometimes RH leaves some junk laying
round. Then copy the chosen config to /usr/src/linux/.confog and do your
It's a sound move to
chown -R A: /usr/src/linux
where A is your username, and then build under your own name. You will need to
be roo to install though.
make oldconfig dep bzImage modules
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From: Gibbs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: linux.redhat,linux.redhat.install
Subject: keyerror: basesystem // Please review before I report bug
Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2001 06:36:46 GMT
Hi folks, I wanted to run this by some gurus before I reported this bug
(I don't want to waste the good Redhat folks time).
During install of RH 6.2 from a floppy (using the updated
boot20000407.img and update-disk-20000407.img) and a CD I burned using
the zoot-i386.iso I get all the way to the package install routine and
then die.
The error is very similar to some earlier ones posted in these groups:
---
File "/usr/lib/anaconda/comps.py",
line 46, in __getitem__
return self.packages[item]
Keyerror: basesystem
---
only most of the others have keyerror: indexhtml. Anyway, I've updated
the boot diskette so that's not it. I also read that the hdlist may
not match my RPMs but that can't be it b/c I d/l'd the iso file right
from ftp.redhat.com.
Also, it can't be an architecture issue (I think) b/c I've had RH 6.0
and X running on this machine (Dell 8100 1.3Ghz Ultra ATA 40Gb drive
and Nvidia TNT2).
It shouldn't be a CD burning issue (iso standard vs. Rock Ridge vs.
Joliet) b/c if it were I would never get that far anyway.
So it must be a bug worthy of reporting to Redhat, right? Speak now or
forever hold your peace.
----
Gibbs
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From: Thomas Huebner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: LILO only says "LI" at boot
Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2001 06:58:15 GMT
Hi,
i have installed LILO 21.6 and it works fine with my old motherboard.
But now i have changed to the ASUS P5A-B and can't get LILO to work.
My partitions are:
/hda1 - dos
/sda1 - extended partition
/sda5 - /boot
/sda6 - /
/sdb1 - /home
I can install LILO on hda1 or sda1,5,6 or sdb1 it always comes not
above the "LI" and a blinking cursor.
I realy like to boot my "old" linux like bevor i installt the "new"
board.
Any sugestions?
Thx Thomas
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From: "Drew" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: insmod NVdriver no workee!
Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2001 23:07:58 -0800
My sys is: Asus A7V mobo, Canopus TNT graphic card, Sounblaster Live, 128mb
ram, 30 gig drive running Mandrake 7.2.
I just loaded the NVidia drivers per Mvidia instructions. i.e. downloaded
NVIDIA_kernel-0.9-6 source, compiled it for my kernel, produced an RPM
(NVIDIA_kernel-0.9-6.i686.rpm) with spec command, land oaded RPM. Then
downloaded the NVIDIA_GLX-0.9-6.i386.rpm and installed it directly. i.e. I
did not generate the GLX rpm from a source file. I don't need to do I
(just the NVIDIA_kernel rpm I believe)
In summary, I have downloaded the GLX and kernel files fron NVidia for the
TNT card, loaded XFRee86-4.0.1, built and installed the NVIDIA_kernel-0.9-6
rpm from source so it matches my kernel version, and installed the
NVIDIA_GLX rpm (one thing I noted: the source built an i686 rpm for the
kernel drive, and the GLX driver I installed directly from download was an
i386. Should this matter?)
Anyway, on boot the NVdriver module is not loading automatically.
However, I can load it with the command "/sbin/insmod NVdriver" and I can
make it load on boot by adding the following to /etc/rc.d/rc.local:
"/sbin/insmod NVdriver." (I am verifying if the module is loaded by
"/sbin/lsmod")
But the NVdriver module is supposed to load at boot without this rc.local
workaround.
I have the required line in /etc/modules.conf ("alias char-major-195
NVdriver") per Nvidia instructions but it seems to have no effect. Without
an insmod NVdriver command in the rc.local file, the NVdriver will not load
on boot. Placing an insmod command in modules.conf (just as an experiment)
was of no help either.
Also, I have a second problem, when the NVdriver module is loaded, kde runs
fine, but when I try to load a hardware accellerated app (like the games
"tuxracer' or "GLtron" which come with Mandrake, The whole sys locks up
with a bright snow colored screen.
Any ideas would be much appreciated. I've been after this for 30 to 40
hours and am getting very frustrated.
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From: Martin Shepherd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Display power management on a laptop
Date: 30 Jan 2001 23:12:33 -0800
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (David Efflandt) writes:
> On 25 Jan 2001 13:40:46 -0800, Martin Shepherd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >Martin Shepherd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> >
> >> Having managed to get the gnome screensaver to switch off my screen
> >> after a few minutes of activity, I found myself without any way to
> >> switch it back on without power cycling the whole laptop. I had hoped
> >> that hitting keyboard keys would do the trick, since it was supposedly
> >> only the screen that was off, not the keyboard/CPU.
>
> See /etc/sysconfig/apmd for a couple of options that can help wake from
> standby, for example CHANGEVT for X problems, some soundcard options and
> PCMCIARESTART which solved my nic locking my system on resume.
Unfortunately this didn't solve the problem, and I know that the
configuration of this file is ok, because if I suspend the system
manually by typing:
apm -s
as root, the system suspends properly, and resumes cleanly when I hit
the Enter key, even if done from an X session. The problem only occurs
when it is X itself that is doing the power management, and it isn't
just the screen that stays stubbornly blank, but the keyboard is
completely unresponsive, and the fan, which usually only runs when the
machine gets too warm, turns on full blast and stays that way. I know
that the keyboard is not responsive, because when I try switching
virtual terminals using Ctrl-Alt-F2 to a previously started, non-X
based terminal session, and type "reboot", nothing happens; no disk
activity; nothing. It appears that X's use of dpms completely crashes
the system if asked to do more than simply standby. I have tried this
with both the kernel that came with RedHat 7.0, and the 2.4 kernel, so
it doesn't appear to be kernel related.
I'm wondering if this is the same problem that causes the system to
hang if I configure the 2.4 kernel to make CPU idle calls when idle.
Martin Shepherd ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
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From: Eric <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Another Lilo problem
Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2001 08:50:08 +0100
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Brian Goodyear wrote:
>
> Eric wrote:
>
> > Brian Goodyear wrote:
> >
> > > Hi...Here's the setup
> > >
> > > sda- main boot drive (os/2, windows etc)
> > > hda5- Suse Linux
> > > hdc1- Caldera Linux
> >
> > Could be so that your BIOS is uncapable of booting from hdc.
> >
> > If your run `/sbin/lilo -v -v` from caldera, what warnings do you get.
> >
> > Eric
>
> LILO version 21, Copyright 1992-1998 Werner Almesberger
>
> Reading boot sector from /dev/hdc1
> Warning: /dev/hdc1 is not on the first disk
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Here's the warning, That probably is the problem
Is there any reason why you didn't connect it as /dev/hdb?
Some BIOS'es can only boot discs from the first IDE controller.
(ie. /dev/hda and /dev/hdb)
I would try this, as you may have no other choice.
You could try the following (Caldera's lilo.conf)
But I'm not sure if it will help at all.
boot=/dev/hdc
timeout=250
default=linux
vga=normal
disk = /dev/sda
bios = 0x80
disk = /dev/hda
bios = 0x81
disk = /dev/hdb
bios = 0x82
disk = /dev/hdc
bios = 0x83
image = /boot/vmlinuz-pc97-2.2.14-modular
label = linux
root = /dev/hdc1
map-drive=0x80
to=0x83
map-drive=0x83
to=0x80
> Don't forget that the call to Lilo is being made from BootManager.
>
That doesn't really matter, as it's the BIOS that's having problems.
Eric
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From: Eric <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: LILO only says "LI" at boot
Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2001 08:57:39 +0100
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Thomas Huebner wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> i have installed LILO 21.6 and it works fine with my old motherboard.
> But now i have changed to the ASUS P5A-B and can't get LILO to work.
> My partitions are:
> /hda1 - dos
> /sda1 - extended partition
> /sda5 - /boot
> /sda6 - /
> /sdb1 - /home
>
> I can install LILO on hda1 or sda1,5,6 or sdb1 it always comes not
> above the "LI" and a blinking cursor.
> I realy like to boot my "old" linux like bevor i installt the "new"
> board.
>
First tell us what you did try.
Did you install on mobo 1, unplug the disc there, and plug it back in at
the new mobo?
(Then use a floppy to boot from, and rerun lilo on the new mobo)
Or did you do a fresh install on the new mobo?
Eric
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (M�ns Rullg�rd)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux,comp.windows.x
Subject: Re: Removing a Directory From My PATH
Date: 31 Jan 2001 08:59:59 +0100
"Dan Yocom" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Hi,
> Today I added a directory to my path using the command
>
> PATH=/path/dir/:$PATH
>
>
> How do I remove That Directory from my path? If it is any help, I'm using
> RedHat 6.2 with kernal 2.4.0
>
PATH=`echo $PATH | sed s%:/path/dir:%:%`
--
M�ns Rullg�rd
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Eric <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: LILO Doesn't Appear During Boot
Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2001 09:17:47 +0100
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
newbie wrote:
>
> In the process of installing RH6.2, I was presented with the choice of
> being able to have RH boot from the same partition where my Win95 C
> drive lives -- I'm guessing from the RH fdisk -l output below that
> /dev/hda5 is where this drive is located -- so I said 'yes' to it. Now,
> I've also read about the wisdom of putting Win 95 and RH on different
> partitions and setting LILO to boot from one or the other by default.
>
> Because I also had problems getting disk druid to make space available
> in the first 1024 (cylinders?) for the RH /boot partition, I tried --
> after installing Win95 -- to adjust the FAT16 partition (I used
> partition magic) to place the /boot partition.
>
> The fdisk -l output tells me that /dev/hda1 is bootable, but I don't get
> LILO during the boot process -- I go directly into W95 unless I first
> use the RH boot disk.
>
> Before I make a mess of the various LILO settings in linuxconf, would
> someone please advise which way I should proceed with this?
>
> Device Boot Start End Id System
> /dev/hda1 * 1 246 6 FAT16
> /dev/hda2 247 1023 5 Extended
> /dev/hda3 1024 3700 83 Linux
> /dev/hda4 3701 3739 82 Linux Swap
> /dev/hda5 247 1023 b Win 95 FAT32
>
Then the LILO code is not in the MBR and not on hda1.
Activate the partition where you put LILO instead.
(PS. if you don't know where it is, look at /etc/lilo.conf. The line
boot=
describes where it is.)
Eric
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From: Eric <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: How to set window resolution in GNOME?
Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2001 09:20:17 +0100
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Jason L wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I am a newbie in GNOME. I am using Redhat Linux 7.0, and installed GNOME in
> it.
> Just wonder how to change the GNOME window resolution.
> I did try to find, but take me lots of time and still can't find it.
cp /etc/X11/XF86Config /etc/X11/XF86Config_old
and now run:
XConfigurator
Eric
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From: Diether De Praetere <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Inetd
Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2001 09:18:32 +0100
Hi there,
Somebody installed a RH6.2 on a system here, but apparently didn't
configure the inetd-stuff. ==> a telnet session from another host
doesn't work: "Unable to connect to remote host: Connection refused"
I checked the inetd.conf file and that's OK.
But can somebody tell me what the default RH configuration file is.
Maybe the inetd-parameter is switched of over there. (I know it is the
/etc/rc.config in the Suse distr.)
But even if I start up inetd manually, a telnet doe not work...
If it is something else, maybe you know...
Thx,
Diether
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From: Eric <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: memory problem with lilo
Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2001 09:21:52 +0100
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Enrico wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> I have a AMD K6-II 350 with 64 Mb memory. When I boot linux, it only
> recognizes 15 Mb of memory. When I enter "linux mem=64m" at the command line
> of lilo, during start up, it does recognize 64 Mb.
>
> How can I make this option standard? I have already added the line:
> append="mem=64m". It doesn't work!
Disable the memory hole in your BIOS
Eric
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From: "Linuz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux.mandrake,comp.os.linux.x
Subject: Re: Startx and KDE/Gnome enviroment
Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2001 16:34:01 -0800
Hi...
To start Gnome, type in .xinitrc in your home directory of this :
exec /usr/bin/gnome-session
or to start KDE,
exec startkde (or whatever the file startkde resides)
If to no avail, find where those two files reside.
Hope this helps :-)
JeremyD. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:9lMd6.128$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Newbie question: I want to start my pc and login to the command prompt.
> Then be able to start X into KDE or Gnome. However, when I startx, it
> starts into Enligtenment (which I don't want). It does this for my other
> user acct's. But not for root, which goes directly into KDE. What file(s)
> for my user acct's do I need to change to do this? BTW, this is on
Mandrake
> 7.2, w/ X v4.0. Thanks in advance!
>
> Jeremy
>
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From: Eric <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Partitioning the hard disk for setup
Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2001 09:26:26 +0100
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Prof. Abimbola Olowofoyeku wrote:
>
> Hi all
>
> I am about to install Linux (Mandrake 7.1). I remember once
> being advised to have a small (how small?) swap partition,
> and separate ones for root, /usr, etc. Can someone please
> give me a brief lowdown on optimal partition numbers and
> sizes? My goal is to have the OS itself on a separate partition
> from the data and applications, so that I can upgrade the OS
> if necessary without doing anything to my data and application
> partitions. Thanks.
>
Read the partitioning HOWTO
Eric
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