Linux-Setup Digest #580, Volume #20 Tue, 6 Feb 01 22:13:07 EST
Contents:
Suspend in Asus A7V ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: kernel 2.4.1 problems (Matthew Bettencourt)
Re: kernel 2.4.1 problems (Mark Bratcher)
Re: linux not booting ("Lars")
Re: Linux Boot + Windows2000 or Windows ME ("Lars")
Re: Star Office net install? (=?iso-8859-1?Q?Jos=E9_Luis_Domingo_L=F3pez?=)
Re: newbie uninstall linux ("Duane Healing")
Developer Kit for Linux on Itanium ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Newbie - FAQ? (James Short)
Re: Newbie - FAQ? (H.Bruijn)
Re: LILO problems.. also.. how to change screen resolution (majic)
ypbind problem on Red Hat 6.1 ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Linux as a gateway ("George")
problems installing Netscape 6 (Tom Rosso)
2>&1 means??? ("John Mravunac")
Re: printtool auto detect problems ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: 2>&1 means??? (H.Bruijn)
Re: 2>&1 means??? ("John Mravunac")
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Suspend in Asus A7V
Date: 6 Feb 2001 22:14:42 GMT
Hello!
Excuse my poor english. I hope you can understand me.
I have an ASUS A7V motherboard with an AMD Athlon.
The suspend function doesn't work, when I push the power button (less than
4 seconds) or type (as root) apm -s then I hear three shorts beeps and the
monitor go DPMS-OFF, but the CPU doesn't enter the suspend mode and after that
I can't wake up the computer (I move the mouse and I also press some keys, but
the monitor continues in DPMS OFF) and I have to restart it.
I have the apmd daemon running, but I see nothing in the systems logs when I
enter in suspend mode. When apmd starts I see the following lines in
/var/log/messages:
Jan 21 22:55:41 sol apmd[180]: Version 2.4 (APM BIOS 1.2, Linux driver 1.13)
Jan 21 22:55:41 sol apmd[180]: Battery: * * * (-1% 0:01)
In /proc/apm:
% cat /proc/apm
1.13 1.2 0x03 0x01 0xff 0x80 -1% -1 ?
I have a 2.2.18 kernel with the following options:
CONFIG_APM=y
# CONFIG_APM_IGNORE_USER_SUSPEND is not set
# CONFIG_APM_DO_ENABLE is not set
# CONFIG_APM_CPU_IDLE is not set
# CONFIG_APM_DISPLAY_BLANK is not set
# CONFIG_APM_RTC_IS_GMT is not set
# CONFIG_APM_ALLOW_INTS is not set
# CONFIG_APM_REAL_MODE_POWER_OFF is not set
# CONFIG_TOSHIBA is not set
In the BIOS Setup I have:
Power Management: Min. Saving
Video Off OPtion: Suspend -> Off
Video Off Method: DPMS OFF
HDD Power Down: 15 min.
Suspend-to-RAM Capabyility: DISABLED
Suspend Mode: 40 min.
PWR Button < 4 secs: Suspend
�Do you know what's wrong?
Thank you very much for your attention!
--
Jesus Angel del Pozo Dominguez
Valladolid
^_^
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http://www.tel.uva.es/~jpozdom (GPS) ( . )
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From: Matthew Bettencourt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: kernel 2.4.1 problems
Date: Tue, 06 Feb 2001 16:26:29 -0600
I put it there because the kernel said to add it before it died. I
didn't notice at first (until I sent the message out) that it was
already there
Matt
Mark Bratcher wrote:
>
> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Matthew Bettencourt wrote:
> >I was able to compile and install the latest kernel on my RH-7.0 system,
> >however, I am having problems when I try to boot it. I get the message
> >invalid root, specify with append root=.. or something like that. I
> >have tried that w/o any luck. Here is my lilo.conf file
> >
> >{localhost 8} more /etc/lilo.conf
> >boot=/dev/hda
> >map=/boot/map
> >install=/boot/boot.b
> >prompt
> >timeout=50
> >linear
> >default=dos
> >
> >image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.4.1
> > label=linux-2.4.1
> > read-only
> > root=/dev/hda5
> > append="root=/dev/hda5"
> [snip]
>
> Why is this append line here?
>
> --
> Mark Bratcher
> To reply, remove both underscores (_) from my email address
> -----------------------------------------------------------
> Escape from Microsoft's proprietary tentacles: use Linux!
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Mark Bratcher)
Subject: Re: kernel 2.4.1 problems
Date: Tue, 06 Feb 2001 22:41:20 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Matthew Bettencourt wrote:
>I put it there because the kernel said to add it before it died. I
>didn't notice at first (until I sent the message out) that it was
>already there
>Matt
Matt,
OK, I see... your original note shows that.
My lilo.conf does not have that append line (since the line above
already performs that function). So, I thought it might be suspect.
Can you boot from a Linux boot floppy?
Mark
>
>Mark Bratcher wrote:
>>
>> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Matthew Bettencourt wrote:
>> >I was able to compile and install the latest kernel on my RH-7.0 system,
>> >however, I am having problems when I try to boot it. I get the message
>> >invalid root, specify with append root=.. or something like that. I
>> >have tried that w/o any luck. Here is my lilo.conf file
>> >
>> >{localhost 8} more /etc/lilo.conf
>> >boot=/dev/hda
>> >map=/boot/map
>> >install=/boot/boot.b
>> >prompt
>> >timeout=50
>> >linear
>> >default=dos
>> >
>> >image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.4.1
>> > label=linux-2.4.1
>> > read-only
>> > root=/dev/hda5
>> > append="root=/dev/hda5"
>> [snip]
>>
>> Why is this append line here?
>>
>> --
>> Mark Bratcher
>> To reply, remove both underscores (_) from my email address
>> -----------------------------------------------------------
>> Escape from Microsoft's proprietary tentacles: use Linux!
--
Mark Bratcher
To reply, remove both underscores (_) from my email address
===========================================================
Escape from Microsoft's proprietary tentacles: use Linux!
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From: "Lars" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: linux not booting
Date: Tue, 6 Feb 2001 23:45:17 +0100
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> skrev i en meddelelse
news:95pk9u$m79$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> hi
> i have a little problem (or a big one). i get the following message from
> my linux box: Uncompressing linux...... and noting more. after that, my
> computer just freez.
> my old kernel (i still have it and it is just running like it should)
> was compiled on my old pentium 200 mmx. now i have a new motherbord with
> an amd k6-2/500. the old kernel is running on the amd too. when i
> compile a new kernel (i think with the same configuration settings) and
> run lilo and than reboot the computer i get the message Uncompressing
> linux...... but nothing more.
> Can somebody help? what could be a reason for that?
>
Recompile your kernel, but remember to specify your processor as a K6.
/Lars
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From: "Lars" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Linux Boot + Windows2000 or Windows ME
Date: Tue, 6 Feb 2001 23:51:32 +0100
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> skrev i en meddelelse
news:95om8b$qld$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> I try to install Windwos2000 with Linux Redhat 7, I installed LILO not
> in MBR, but is the same partion with Linux.
> I do exactly like How-to Doc said (Install Windows NT with Linux), and
> copy first 512Kb in file called bootsec.lnx, and modefied file
> (boot.ini), but it did not work...... I dont know why??????
> can any one help me plz
>
>
> Sent via Deja.com
> http://www.deja.com/
Did you follow this?
[root@linus /root]# dd if=/dev/sda2 of=/bootsect.lnx bs=512 count=1
[root@linus /root]# mv /bootsect.lnx /dos/bootsect.lnx
Add this to your boot.ini:
C:\BOOTSECT.LNX="Linux - Red Hat Distribution 6.x"
/Lars
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (=?iso-8859-1?Q?Jos=E9_Luis_Domingo_L=F3pez?=)
Subject: Re: Star Office net install?
Date: Tue, 6 Feb 2001 22:55:24 +0000
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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El d�a Mon, 05 Feb 2001 20:03:05 GMT,
Ian McCall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> escribi�:
> [...]
> They have a README, which is only visible -after- the install, which
> says to start setup with a /net parameter whilst running as root. I've
> tried this, but all I get are the options to de-install, modify or
> repair. I can't run with a /net before the install as the /bin file
> automatically launches setup.
It's very easy, but it seems you have previously installed StarOffice, if
not completely, at least partly. That's the reason why you only get the
option to deinstall, modify or repair an _existing_ installation.
First, you should uninstall StarOffice before going any further. Launch
the installation program and choose to uninstall. Then, start the
downloaded executable with the /net option, and the installation program
will guide you through the rest of the process.
When the installation ends, you will still unable to run StarOffice: you
must perform a user installation for each person you want to use it. Go to
the directory where StarOffice was installed (maybe under a bin/
subdirectory), and launch "setup" as the user you want to run StarOffice.
- --
Jos� Luis Domingo L�pez
Linux Registered User #189436 Debian GNU/Linux Potato (P166 64 MB RAM)
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From: "Duane Healing" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: newbie uninstall linux
Date: Tue, 06 Feb 2001 15:02:29 -0800
Other's have pointed to the uninstall procedure, but I'm going to
question the larger issue of using this machine for your purposes.
Doesn't a Quakeworld server take a fair bit of processing power? I would
wonder if a 486/66 is up to the task, especially if you put X on the
thing and have it eat up all your CPU and memory.
Just about any machine can handle DHCP service though.
--
-Duane
-DNAware SoftLabs
In article <3a7fab7c$0$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "wilcock"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hy. I managed to install my first Linux OS on an old 486 66mhz 400mb
> puter. had no room for KDE so have used the console to configure things
> but have also found it too hard and frustrating without a GUI to use.All
> it was spose to do was act as a DHCP and quakeworld server for my lan
> club but have decided to wait till ive gotten a bigger hard drive, more
> ram and a GUI.
>
> To the point..What are the issues..if any...to uninstalling linux and
> reinstalling Win95...Ive seen posts about " # fdisk /dev/hda " but
> they mention its not for the faint hearted...I do not wish to make the
> HD unusable and if you could give me a rundown on the correct way to do
> this id be most gratefull.
>
> Foo " glad i didn't install on my P3 600 20gig "
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From: James Short <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Newbie - FAQ?
Date: Tue, 06 Feb 2001 17:45:20 -0800
I have scanned through the messages but haven't run across a general
questions FAQ. Anyone out there that can point me in the right
direction? Thanks!
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (H.Bruijn)
Subject: Re: Newbie - FAQ?
Date: 7 Feb 2001 00:02:12 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Tue, 06 Feb 2001 17:45:20 -0800, James Short allegedly wrote:
>I have scanned through the messages but haven't run across a general
>questions FAQ. Anyone out there that can point me in the right
>direction? Thanks!
Generally there are two places you need to look for documentation.
The first would be the documentation provided by the distribution you
use. That is mostly an installation guide, and an introduction to their
administration tools. Those differ quite a lot from distribution to
distribution, and are what you need to know to get started, or rather
what you'll first be confronted with. Look at the website of your
distribution of choice.
Second would be the HOWTO's collected by the linux documentation
project. Those are a collection of manuals which cover nearly every
subject under the open-source sun. A good start would be their website
at http://www.linuxdoc.org/
* http://www.linuxdoc.org/FAQ/Linux-FAQ/index.html A Linux FAQ
* http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/DOS-Win-to-Linux-HOWTO.html From
DOS/Windows to Linux HOWTO
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========================================================================
Herman Bruijn mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
The Netherlands website: http://hermanbruijn.com
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From: majic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.questions,comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux,alt.linux,alt.os.linux,alt.os.linux.slackware
Subject: Re: LILO problems.. also.. how to change screen resolution
Date: Wed, 07 Feb 2001 00:22:48 GMT
>> [snip commented out vga]
>>
>> # ramdisk = 0 # paranoia setting
>> # End LILO global section
>> # DOS bootable partition config begins
>> other = /dev/sda1
>> label = win
>> map-drive = 0x80
>> to = 0x81
>> map-drive = 0x81
>> to = 0x80
>> table = /dev/sda
>> # DOS bootable partition config ends
>> # Linux bootable partition config begins
>> image = /vmlinuz
>> root = /dev/sda2
>> label = lin
>> read-only # Non-UMSDOS filesystems should be mounted read-only for
>> checking
>> # Linux bootable partition config ends
thanks to all .. i dunno why this part shows up in lilo.conf
>> map-drive = 0x80
>> to = 0x81
>> map-drive = 0x81
>> to = 0x80
when I erased those lines.. it booted just fine to both linux and
windoze.. but i've trashed the partition and reainstalled slackware
from scratch and each time THAT shows up in lilo.conf.. maybe it's
just the way i install LILO i dunno..
the keyboard miracleulously works.. i dunno what was its problem
either..
now as far as the XF86Setup goes.. I did not see my video card geForce
Ultra 2 and the display was all garbage.. i'll have to look more into
that (refresh rates and all the other components)
thx for all the help,
majic
Ps. which out of the groups that i've posted to would things like this
be most appropriate for? They all seem to have something to do with
linux and it's setup.. I'd like to get the majority of the audience
but I don't want to annoy everyone with the same msg in a few groups..
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: ypbind problem on Red Hat 6.1
Date: Wed, 07 Feb 2001 00:51:31 GMT
Hi,
I have a Red Hat 6.1 system and it is having problems bind to the YP
domain.
The error message which shows up when shutting down the machine is --
"ypbind forgot to set AF_INET in udp sendmsg, fix it!".
There is no error when system boots up, ypbind step just times out.
Any advice on this is greatly appreciated.
Thanks in advance.
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From: "George" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Linux as a gateway
Date: Tue, 6 Feb 2001 18:10:22 -0700
Thanks for the pointer Eggert - I know thanks for resisting the flame
temptation.
George
"Eggert Ehmke" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> On Mon, 5 Feb 2001 17:14:10 -0700, "George" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> >Ya ya ya ya - No I don't want to search my readme's and how to's. Don't
> >waste your time with flames.
>
> So here's a howto ready for you:
> http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/IP-Masquerade-HOWTO.html
> Some reading must be done on your part, I guess.
>
> --
> Eggert Ehmke
> Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Tom Rosso <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: problems installing Netscape 6
Date: Tue, 06 Feb 2001 18:29:29 -0700
Hello,
I just finished installing RedHat 7.0. Now, I'm trying to upgrade
Netscape to version 6. I downloaded the install program and it runs,
but it only gets partway through before it starts giving me grief. The
netscape-installer-bin program seems to end right after I choose which
components to install and click the "install" button, because the
program closes and in my term window it says:
"./netscape-installer: line 48: 17453 Broken pipe
./netscape-installer-bin --sync"
Anybody else have this trouble or know what I'm doing wrong? Thanks.
-Tom
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Reply-To: "John Mravunac" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
From: "John Mravunac" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: 2>&1 means???
Date: Wed, 7 Feb 2001 13:48:49 +1100
Hi,
Can anyone tell me what the symbols 2>&1 stand for in cron job for instance?
Thanks,
John :^)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: printtool auto detect problems
Date: Wed, 07 Feb 2001 02:47:20 GMT
The printer is an HP 500 and it is supported. I have seen the printer
in the list. I don't know what you mean by "distro".
In article <6wKf6.3804$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
"R.Constantine" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> what kind of printer do you have? What distro?
>
> In article <95nkqb$5e$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> > I'm trying to use printtool to setup my printer but it can't seem to
> > detect my printer. I'm sure that the parport module is installed
and my
> > /etc/modules.conf DOES have the line:
> > alias parport_lowlevel parport_pc
> >
> > I've looked in the startup messages for anything to do with lp0 but
I
> > don't see anything, so for some reason my parrallel port is not
being
> > detected. If I
> >
> > modprobe parport_pc
> >
> > then my printer does it's little initialization thingy so it looks
like
> > it detected something, however printtools still will not detect the
> > printer. Any ideas?
> >
> >
> > Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.co
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (H.Bruijn)
Subject: Re: 2>&1 means???
Date: 7 Feb 2001 03:03:13 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Wed, 7 Feb 2001 13:48:49 +1100, John Mravunac allegedly wrote:
>Hi,
>
>Can anyone tell me what the symbols 2>&1 stand for in cron job for instance?
>
Read the manual. A cron job is a .... SHELL script. So open the manpage
of sh and search for the cryptic 2>&1. Look and behold
man sh
/2>&1
...
REDIRECTION
Before a command is executed, its input and output may be
redirected using a special notation interpreted by the
shell. Redirection may also be used to open and close
files for the current shell execution environment. The
following redirection operators may precede or appear any-
where within a simple command or may follow a command.
Redirections are processed in the order they appear, from
left to right.
In the following descriptions, if the file descriptor num-
ber is omitted, and the first character of the redirection
operator is <, the redirection refers to the standard
input (file descriptor 0). If the first character of the
redirection operator is >, the redirection refers to the
standard output (file descriptor 1).
The word following the redirection operator in the follow-
ing descriptions, unless otherwise noted, is subjected to
brace expansion, tilde expansion, parameter expansion,
command substitution, arithmetic expansion, quote removal,
pathname expansion, and word splitting. If it expands to
more than one word, bash reports an error.
Note that the order of redirections is significant. For
example, the command
ls > dirlist 2>&1
directs both standard output and standard error to the
file dirlist, while the command
ls 2>&1 > dirlist
directs only the standard output to file dirlist, because
the standard error was duplicated as standard output
before the standard output was redirected to dirlist.
...
In other words it redirects the normal output, but also error messages
(most likely to /dev/null, as any output of o cronjob is mailed to it's
owner, and sysadmin don't really fancy mail from their cronjobs.)
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If a trainstation is the place where trains stop, what is a workstation?
========================================================================
Herman Bruijn mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
The Netherlands website: http://hermanbruijn.com
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Reply-To: "John Mravunac" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
From: "John Mravunac" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: 2>&1 means???
Date: Wed, 7 Feb 2001 14:06:46 +1100
Hi to everyone who responded,
Much appreciated...I do not know why it did not occur to me to look in the
sh man pages :)
But thankyou for pointing it out!
John :^)
"H.Bruijn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> On Wed, 7 Feb 2001 13:48:49 +1100, John Mravunac allegedly wrote:
> >Hi,
> >
> >Can anyone tell me what the symbols 2>&1 stand for in cron job for
instance?
> >
>
> Read the manual. A cron job is a .... SHELL script. So open the manpage
> of sh and search for the cryptic 2>&1. Look and behold
> man sh
> /2>&1
> ...
> REDIRECTION
> Before a command is executed, its input and output may be
> redirected using a special notation interpreted by the
> shell. Redirection may also be used to open and close
> files for the current shell execution environment. The
> following redirection operators may precede or appear any-
> where within a simple command or may follow a command.
> Redirections are processed in the order they appear, from
> left to right.
>
> In the following descriptions, if the file descriptor num-
> ber is omitted, and the first character of the redirection
> operator is <, the redirection refers to the standard
> input (file descriptor 0). If the first character of the
> redirection operator is >, the redirection refers to the
> standard output (file descriptor 1).
> The word following the redirection operator in the follow-
> ing descriptions, unless otherwise noted, is subjected to
> brace expansion, tilde expansion, parameter expansion,
> command substitution, arithmetic expansion, quote removal,
> pathname expansion, and word splitting. If it expands to
> more than one word, bash reports an error.
>
> Note that the order of redirections is significant. For
> example, the command
>
> ls > dirlist 2>&1
>
> directs both standard output and standard error to the
> file dirlist, while the command
>
> ls 2>&1 > dirlist
>
> directs only the standard output to file dirlist, because
> the standard error was duplicated as standard output
> before the standard output was redirected to dirlist.
> ...
>
> In other words it redirects the normal output, but also error messages
> (most likely to /dev/null, as any output of o cronjob is mailed to it's
> owner, and sysadmin don't really fancy mail from their cronjobs.)
>
> --
> If a trainstation is the place where trains stop, what is a workstation?
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Herman Bruijn mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> The Netherlands website: http://hermanbruijn.com
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