Linux-Setup Digest #562, Volume #20 Sat, 3 Feb 01 23:13:09 EST
Contents:
DriveReady SeekComplete DataRequest Error - Help ("tonygroff")
Internet connection (Brad)
Re: Is there a word for below novice - need help (Michael V. Ferranti)
Re: Mouse pointer is a blank box (Malcolm Hudson)
Re: DriveReady SeekComplete DataRequest Error - Help ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: printing to postscript file or to pdf with ghostscript ("Bill M Leagans")
Re: Linux solutions for VoIP and text editors (John Vorstermans)
Re: What am I doing wrong? ("John Bilbao")
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Reply-To: "tonygroff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
From: "tonygroff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: DriveReady SeekComplete DataRequest Error - Help
Date: Sat, 3 Feb 2001 19:45:17 -0600
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux
I am getting these errors when accessing one of my hard disks.
Thankfully it's only a backup drive. Can anyone tell me what these
errors mean, and hopefully how to fix them? There are 2 drives on this
IDE channel, the other does not spew any errors, just this one.
Probably a bad drive huh?
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Jan 28 07:02:08 zorak kernel: hdb: read_intr: status=0x59 { DriveReady
SeekComplete DataRequest Error }
Jan 28 07:02:08 zorak kernel: hdb: read_intr: error=0x40 {
UncorrectableError }, LBAsect=10452986, sector=10452923
Jan 28 07:02:08 zorak kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev 03:41 (hdb),
sector 10452923
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Red Hat 6.3
Kernel 2.2.18
Pentium 233 MMX
32MB RAM
Seagate (8 GB) - ST38421A
VIA Technologies VT 82C586 Apollo IDE
Alliance AT24
Thanks!
Tony G
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From: Brad <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux.dial-up,alt.os.linux.mandrake,comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Internet connection
Date: Sat, 3 Feb 2001 20:45:24 -0500
Have kppp setup, connects to my isp no problem, tries to connect to sites
and all I get is stall, using creative external modem blaster flash 56. on
tty0. set to 115,200. Queries modem, ok.
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From: Michael V. Ferranti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Is there a word for below novice - need help
Date: Sun, 04 Feb 2001 02:21:39 +0000
And Sam Piper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> spoke thusly:
>ok - let's start with the facts. I can spell unix. That's it.
Then you seriously won't be able to build what you're thinking about.
Unix is a pretty complex operating system, and it can take weeks to become
comfortable with it as a regular user...MONTHS to become comfortable with
it as the system's administrator, if not years.
>That's all I know. Oh, and I don't mind work, I do know how to read,
>and I don't mind work.
You're repeating yourself. <grins> Start with a Unix user's guide and
get comfortable with the shell prompt and basic commands you'll be working
with, piping and redirection, Unix's FHS (File System Hierarchy), etc.
Linux is gonna throw hundreds of programs and utilities at you all at once,
while remaining very stingy with the documentation (which will be cryptic
at best when you find it). Having some familiarity with Unix is your best
bet to weed though thousands of useless files (like the half-million
useless copyright notices that will be littering your drives). I swear I'm
gonna write a script to remove all that garbage one of these days...
>1 - set up a pentium 200 w/128MB RAM, 10GB IDE/HDD, ATAPI CD ROM,
>NE2000 Linksys NIC, and Matrox 400 video card as a Linux only box, no
>windows.
Except for the Matrox, you should probably have no troubles during the
install...with a newer distro. RH5.0 is Caveman Linux. Hell, I *think* it
was even released before they started producing multiple-gigabyte drives.
>2 - minimally install a web server application (Apache??)
Installing it is no problem...comes with Redhat. Configuring it once
it has been installed is another story. The problem is that there are so
many ways to do and set up things, all that's basically done during
installation is the program is placed on the drives, "ready-to-configure."
>3 - install a web enabled RDBMS (mySQL??)
Same with SQL. The executable is there, but it's ready-to-configure.
>4 - get this wonderful new environment stable enough to serve as a
>short term prototype for web development/hosting (until April or so)
>to serve up pages on a NT hosted domain (1 NT server, clients are 4
>Win98 machines).
RedHat comes with samba, your basic, generic Linux-to-WinNT network
inyerface (sp?), but again, it's up to you to configure.
>1 - I have a purchased distribution of RedHat version 5/Intel.
You got ripped. <ducks> That distro is WAY out of date, and you'll be
very lucky if you can get it to work with the Matrox.
>Is it worth the effort to install this given all the changes that have
>taken place in the kernel, etc.? Or should I go get a more recent
>distribution that includes the updates and is hopefully easier to
>install?
Yes, definitely. Try one of the more novice-friendly distros like
Mandrake and you *might* make a two-week deadline if your computer skills
are up to par. With RH5.0, you'll be basement-hacking for months before
seeing any signs of daylight. I started with 5.2 myself, and never got it
running to any degree with my ancient hardware. I gave up in disgust until
RH6.2, and quickly tossed that for Debian 2.2. Then again, I have no
formal computer education, being self-taught since purchasing a C-64 in 87.
and graduating to a 80186 in 91, to a Pentium MMX in 96.
>2 - The SQL database. Is mySQL available free in the configuration
>that I'm talking about? How is support? How does the web-enabled
>part work?
Can't say. Never used it, but it's in one of Debian's packages, ready
to be installed if I wish. Never got around to looking for it on RedHat.
>3 - Is there a choice about web servers? I know less about Apache
>than I do about Unix... sometimes I feel really ignorant....
Dunno that either. I don't run any services, per 'se. I'm just
running a workstation, pretty-much.
>4 - I read in the .networking group about a package called SAMBA is it
>necessary to install this package if all I need is to transfer files
Samba is best described as the translator between Unix and Microsoft
networks. If you're gonna network a Linux PC to a Windows PC, samba is a
must.
>The purpose of all this you ask?? Simple. I'm trying to get off of
>Windows and on to unix open source hosts because of UCITA (I live in
>Virginia). I'll save all rants for another forum ;-)
Well, the nice thing about Linux is, it can read and write to Microsoft
formatted disk partitions. If you run a dual-boot setup, Linux can R/W to
your Windows drives, and in some cases, run your Windows and DOS programs
under Wine and dosemu.
-- Michael V. Ferranti [blades&inreach*com]
Linux Counter Reg.ID# 177869 http://counter.li.org GNUke The Planet!
Sign The Linux Driver Petition: www.libralinux.com/petition.english.html
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From: Malcolm Hudson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Mouse pointer is a blank box
Date: Sun, 04 Feb 2001 01:25:20 +1100
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"Peter T. Breuer" wrote:
> Malcolm Hudson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Update on my video configuration :-)
>
> > "Peter T. Breuer" wrote:
>
> >> Malcolm Hudson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >> > Help! only a beginner... would be nice to see a pointer rather than a
> >> > white square blob...
> >>
> >> option sw_cursor.> S3 Trio 3D/2X not listed on the XFree page,
>
> In any case, it'll be the SVGA server.
>
> Don't worry about it. Run SuperProbe and read xfree86.org's card list
> again.
Couldn't find it! ( the recently listed XFree86 FAQ lists )
> > I've set XConfigurator to recognise the 3D/2X card but so far,
> > still the same old blank mouse square. We must be getting close though.
>
> Do as I said! Set option sw_cursor.
>
> Is there some reason for ignoring this?
That fixed it! I have a mouse pointer now!
I had set that option before (without result at the time, prior to setting
the video as S3 Trio-3D/2X in DrakConf's Xconfiguration).
I must have lost the option when using DrakConf.
FYI I'm attaching the startx and SuperProbe log files.
Thanks once more for staying on this.
Malcolm
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filename="startxlog5"
hostname: Host name lookup failure
XFree86 Version 3.3.6 / X Window System
(protocol Version 11, revision 0, vendor release 6300)
Release Date: January 8 1999
If the server is older than 6-12 months, or if your card is newer
than the above date, look for a newer version before reporting
problems. (see http://www.XFree86.Org/FAQ)
Operating System: Linux 2.2.14-2mdksmp i686 [ELF]
Configured drivers:
SVGA: server for SVGA graphics adaptors (Patchlevel 0):
NV1, STG2000, RIVA 128, RIVA TNT, RIVA TNT2, RIVA ULTRA TNT2,
RIVA VANTA, RIVA ULTRA VANTA, RIVA INTEGRATED, GeForce 256,
GeForce DDR, Quadro, ET4000, ET4000W32, ET4000W32i, ET4000W32i_rev_b,
ET4000W32i_rev_c, ET4000W32p, ET4000W32p_rev_a, ET4000W32p_rev_b,
ET4000W32p_rev_c, ET4000W32p_rev_d, ET6000, ET6100, et3000, pvga1,
wd90c00, wd90c10, wd90c30, wd90c24, wd90c31, wd90c33, gvga, r128, ati,
sis86c201, sis86c202, sis86c205, sis86c215, sis86c225, sis5597,
sis5598, sis6326, sis530, sis620, sis300, sis630, sis540, tvga8200lx,
tvga8800cs, tvga8900b, tvga8900c, tvga8900cl, tvga8900d, tvga9000,
tvga9000i, tvga9100b, tvga9200cxr, tgui9400cxi, tgui9420, tgui9420dgi,
tgui9430dgi, tgui9440agi, cyber9320, tgui9660, tgui9680, tgui9682,
tgui9685, cyber9382, cyber9385, cyber9388, cyber9397, cyber9520,
cyber9525, 3dimage975, 3dimage985, cyber9397dvd, blade3d, cyberblade,
clgd5420, clgd5422, clgd5424, clgd5426, clgd5428, clgd5429, clgd5430,
clgd5434, clgd5436, clgd5446, clgd5480, clgd5462, clgd5464, clgd5465,
clgd6205, clgd6215, clgd6225, clgd6235, clgd7541, clgd7542, clgd7543,
clgd7548, clgd7555, clgd7556, ncr77c22, ncr77c22e, cpq_avga, mga2064w,
mga1064sg, mga2164w, mga2164w AGP, mgag200, mgag100, mgag400, oti067,
oti077, oti087, oti037c, al2101, ali2228, ali2301, ali2302, ali2308,
ali2401, cl6410, cl6412, cl6420, cl6440, video7, ark1000vl, ark1000pv,
ark2000pv, ark2000mt, mx, realtek, s3_savage, s3_virge, AP6422, AT24,
AT3D, s3_svga, NM2070, NM2090, NM2093, NM2097, NM2160, NM2200,
ct65520, ct65525, ct65530, ct65535, ct65540, ct65545, ct65546,
ct65548, ct65550, ct65554, ct65555, ct68554, ct69000, ct64200,
ct64300, mediagx, V1000, V2100, V2200, p9100, spc8110, i740, i740_pci,
Voodoo Banshee, Voodoo3, smi, generic
(using VT number 7)
XF86Config: /etc/X11/XF86Config
(**) stands for supplied, (--) stands for probed/default values
(**) XKB: keycodes: "xfree86"
(**) XKB: types: "default"
(**) XKB: compat: "default"
(**) XKB: symbols: "us(pc101)"
(**) XKB: geometry: "pc"
(**) XKB: rules: "xfree86"
(**) XKB: model: "pc101"
(**) XKB: layout: "us"
(**) Mouse: type: Microsoft, device: /dev/mouse, baudrate: 1200
(**) Mouse: buttons: 3, 3 button emulation (timeout: 50ms)
(**) SVGA: Graphics device ID: "S3 Trio3D/2X"
(**) SVGA: Monitor ID: " High Frequency SVGA, 1024x768 at 70 Hz"
(--) SVGA: Mode "1024x768" needs hsync freq of 60.02 kHz. Deleted.
(--) SVGA: Mode "1024x768" needs hsync freq of 68.68 kHz. Deleted.
(--) SVGA: Mode "1280x1024" needs hsync freq of 79.98 kHz. Deleted.
(--) SVGA: Mode "640x480" needs vert refresh rate of 100.02 Hz. Deleted.
(--) SVGA: Mode "800x600" needs hsync freq of 64.02 kHz. Deleted.
(--) SVGA: Mode "1024x768" needs hsync freq of 62.50 kHz. Deleted.
(--) SVGA: Mode "1152x864" needs hsync freq of 62.42 kHz. Deleted.
(--) SVGA: Mode "1280x1024" needs hsync freq of 64.25 kHz. Deleted.
(--) SVGA: Mode "1024x768" needs hsync freq of 70.24 kHz. Deleted.
(--) SVGA: Mode "1152x864" needs hsync freq of 70.88 kHz. Deleted.
(--) SVGA: Mode "1280x1024" needs hsync freq of 74.59 kHz. Deleted.
(--) SVGA: Mode "1600x1200" needs hsync freq of 75.00 kHz. Deleted.
(--) SVGA: Mode "1152x864" needs hsync freq of 76.01 kHz. Deleted.
(--) SVGA: Mode "1280x1024" needs hsync freq of 78.86 kHz. Deleted.
(--) SVGA: Mode "1024x768" needs hsync freq of 80.21 kHz. Deleted.
(--) SVGA: Mode "1280x1024" needs hsync freq of 81.13 kHz. Deleted.
(--) SVGA: Mode "1600x1200" needs hsync freq of 87.50 kHz. Deleted.
(--) SVGA: Mode "1152x864" needs hsync freq of 89.62 kHz. Deleted.
(--) SVGA: Mode "1280x1024" needs hsync freq of 91.15 kHz. Deleted.
(--) SVGA: Mode "1600x1200" needs hsync freq of 93.75 kHz. Deleted.
(--) SVGA: Mode "1600x1200" needs hsync freq of 105.77 kHz. Deleted.
(--) SVGA: Mode "1280x1024" needs hsync freq of 107.16 kHz. Deleted.
(--) SVGA: Mode "1800X1440" needs hsync freq of 96.15 kHz. Deleted.
(--) SVGA: Mode "1800X1440" needs hsync freq of 104.52 kHz. Deleted.
(**) FontPath set to "unix/:-1"
(--) SVGA: PCI: S3 Trio3D/2X rev 2, Memory @ 0xd8000000
(--) SVGA: S3V: Trio3D/2X rev 2, Linear FB @ 0xd8000000
(--) SVGA: Detected S3 Trio3D/2X
(--) SVGA: using driver for chipset "s3_virge"
(--) SVGA: videoram: 8192k
(--) SVGA: Ramdac speed: 170 MHz
(--) SVGA: Detected current MCLK value of 100.227 MHz
(--) SVGA: chipset: s3_virge
(--) SVGA: videoram: 8192k
(**) SVGA: Option "sw_cursor"
(**) SVGA: Using 16 bpp, Depth 16, Color weight: 565
(--) SVGA: Maximum allowed dot-clock: 170.000 MHz
(**) SVGA: Mode "1024x768": mode clock = 75.000
(**) SVGA: Mode "800x600": mode clock = 60.750
(**) SVGA: Mode "640x480": mode clock = 36.000
(--) SVGA: Virtual resolution set to 1024x768
(--) SVGA: Using XAA (XFree86 Acceleration Architecture)
(--) SVGA: XAA: Solid filled rectangles
(--) SVGA: XAA: Screen-to-screen copy
(--) SVGA: XAA: 8x8 pattern fill
(--) SVGA: XAA: 8x8 color expand pattern fill
(--) SVGA: XAA: CPU to screen color expansion (bitmap, TE/NonTE imagetext, TE/NonTE
polytext)
(--) SVGA: XAA: Using 8 128x128 areas for pixmap caching
(--) SVGA: XAA: Caching tiles and non-transparent stipples
(--) SVGA: XAA: Horizontal and vertical lines and segments
localhost being added to access control list
maudio: Cannot open audio device.
PID could not get read.
QSocketNotifier: Invalid socket specified
QSocketNotifier: Internal error
PID could not get read.
Max Entries = 30
PID could not get read.
KCharset: Wrong charset!
PID could not get read.
PID could not get read.
PID could not get read.
PID could not get read.
PID could not get read.
PID could not get read.
PID could not get read.
PID could not get read.
kwmsound: Failed connecting the audio server.
Please check manually if you can start kaudioserver.
KCharset: Wrong charset!
Couldn't find interface ppp0: No such device
KCharset: Wrong charset!
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name="xf86svga.log"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
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filename="xf86svga.log"
Fatal server error:
Server is already active for display 0
If this server is no longer running, remove /tmp/.X0-lock
and start again.
When reporting a problem related to a server crash, please send
the full server output, not just the last messages
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: DriveReady SeekComplete DataRequest Error - Help
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux
Date: Sun, 04 Feb 2001 02:26:45 GMT
In alt.os.linux tonygroff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Probably a bad drive huh?
Probably. I've had this happen a few times, and was able to recover
the drive with utilities dowloaded from the drive manufacturers web
site. Data was lost though. Once, the drive was gone for good.
--
Jim Buchanan [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
=================== http://www.buchanan1.net/ ==========================
"I don't think Microsoft is evil in itself; I just think that they make
really crappy operating systems." -Linus Torvalds
================= Visit: http://www.thehungersite.com ==================
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From: "Bill M Leagans" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: printing to postscript file or to pdf with ghostscript
Date: Sat, 3 Feb 2001 20:35:49 -0600
> All you need to do is tell the application to print to a file and that
file
> should be PostScript.
>
> Then if you need a PDF, use "ps2pdf"
>
> Also, regarding your "paperweight" and/or "doorstop" ;-) printer. What
> application would you like to print from?
My main apps are Star Office, Gimp, Screem, and GnuCash. You can print to
file with Star Office very easily though other apps need an lp printer and I
have not been able to configure one to to go file. You are right, once I
have a file I use ps2pdf to convert it then print it via my windows machine.
Bill
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Date: Sun, 04 Feb 2001 15:39:33 +1300
From: John Vorstermans <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.development.apps,comp.os.linux.development.system,comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: Linux solutions for VoIP and text editors
In comp.os.linux.networking V.G.Guhan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> So far I have not yet found any packages for VoIP clients for Linux.
Have a start at
http://www.openh323.org/
or at
http://www.linuxtelephony.org/
it's really not hard to find these:
http://www.google.com/search?q=linux+voip
There is also an howto you may want to read:
http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/VoIP-HOWTO.html
Another page you might find in no time is
http://www.voxilla.org/
Hope that's enough for you ;-)
ahm and please stop cross posting.
--
Bjoern A. Zeeb bzeeb at Zabbadoz dot NeT
56 69 73 69 74 http://www.zabbadoz.net/
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From: "John Bilbao" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: What am I doing wrong?
Date: Sat, 3 Feb 2001 23:10:05 -0500
This doesn't work. Whenever I set /etc/lilo.conf to install into /dev/hdb1
it gives a warning that LILO is not on the first disk. Whenever I copy the
boot sector onto my Win2k C: drive it just hangs at "LI". Any wonder why
Microsoft have cornered the desktop market! I mean, I've only been 4 weeks
trying to get Linux to boot off the hd.
"castro62" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:C_xb6.79$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Carlos is right, that slution works perfectly
> (I have this setup at home),
> You can also try this to use the win2k loader to load linux
> while in linux, enter command:
> dd if=/dev/hdb1 of=/dev/fd0H1440 bs=512 count=1
> adjust the entry /dev/hdb1 to point to your linux boot disk/partition
> this gives you a "boot" disk which will boot your linux directly from
> floppy
>
> dd if=/dev/hdb1 of=/boot/boot.lnx bs=512 count=1
> This gives you a "boot" sector in the form of a file in /boot
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