Linux-Setup Digest #595, Volume #20 Fri, 9 Feb 01 09:13:10 EST
Contents:
Re: FYI: fdisk / mke2fs problem workaround: reboot (Eric)
Re: Disk image (TheMartian)
Re: Any good officesuite like Microsoft Office for Linux (dploeger)
Staroffice 5.1 and Linux on slow machine (TheMartian)
Re: Setting up user account on TurboLinux (NDQ)
Re: Error when Netscape starts (NDQ)
newbie problem, configure monitor ("Michelle Reddan")
Re: Unpacking ISO-images without a CD burner (Mamata Desai)
ftp server setup....newbie.....help required ("fail006")
Re: via ac97 sound drivers for linux ("Werner Fangmeier")
SOLUTION: Installing XFree 4.01 on a SiS630 notebook (German Funke)
Re: newbie problem, configure monitor ("Michelle Reddan")
verifying dmi pool problem ("Dave Thompson")
Re: tape or tape drive bad? (-ljl-)
Re: tape or tape drive bad? (Joshua Baker-LePain)
How to find the linux source codes? ("ky_chiang")
Re: How to find the linux source codes? (H.Bruijn)
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From: Eric <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: FYI: fdisk / mke2fs problem workaround: reboot
Date: Fri, 09 Feb 2001 12:12:07 +0100
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> FYI:
>
> Using mke2fs on a newly creaded partition /dev/hda7 (running
> RedHat7.0), I got this ugly error:
>
> [root@redzone /]# mke2fs /dev/hda7
> mke2fs 1.18, 11-Nov-1999 for EXT2 FS 0.5b, 95/08/09
> /dev/hda7: Invalid argument passed to ext2 library while setting up
> superblock
Just be glad that you didn't add a partition in between and tried
to format that one. It would have succeeded and formatted th ewrong
partition.
> [root@redzone /]#
>
> The reason kept unclear, untill I started reading the output from the
Yes, reading *is* important.
> fdisk command creating the /dev/hda7:
>
> Command (m for help): w
> The partition table has been altered!
>
> Calling ioctl() to re-read partition table.
> Re-read table failed with error 16: Device or resource busy.
> Reboot your system to ensure the partition table is updated.
>
> WARNING: If you have created or modified any DOS 6.x
> partitions, please see the fdisk manual page for additional
> information.
> Syncing disks.
> [root@redzone /test]#
>
> In other words: fdisk had not been able to write the /dev/hda7
> partition, and I had to reboot first (goodbye uptime)
Nope, fdisk wrote it correctly.
It wasn't re-read, so no-one else was aware of the change.
> [root@redzone /test]# reboot
>
> After the reboot, the mke2fs worked OK.
>
> In other words: reason unclear, workaround works.
>
Always reboot when you do this. Even if it doesn't complain.
better be safe than sorry.
PS. it's no workaround, it explicitly *told* you to reboot.
In linux that's not often seen, but if you get such a message, do it.
Eric
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From: TheMartian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Disk image
Date: Fri, 09 Feb 2001 11:14:57 GMT
Norton Ghost does this, from a DOS floppy disk, ghost to network or other
HDD, I use it all the time for this same reason also cloneing Linux installs
on identical hardware.
Not seen ghost 2000 but told it now supports bootable CD's also.
David
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Sydney, Australia
In article <960et3$a65$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
"Andrea Frigo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> In Linux is it possible to create a image of the full disk over some
> support, in such a way that in case of HD failure I can easily recover all
> my data without reinstalling Linux and all other applications, and without
> configuring everything?
>
> Thank you
>
> Andrea Frigo
>
>
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From: dploeger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Any good officesuite like Microsoft Office for Linux
Date: Fri, 09 Feb 2001 11:24:19 GMT
HI Lee!
> Any suggestion for good application like Microsoft Office for Linux?
So here's my experience in these things. I installed StarOffice from
Sun, Ver. 5.2. It has brilliant features for importing documents from
any MS Office-App you like, but... it's that slow, that you could make
some coffee while starting it.
As I need more faster apps, I searched the Internet for some things.
AbiWord (www.abisource.com) is quite good, but it's in a low state of
development - you don't even have the ability to insert tables!
KWord (www.kword.com) is also quite good, it has more features than
AbiWord, but it takes some time to load and both AbiWord and KWord
don't have really great import filters for M$ (that I need).
WordPerfect is also quite well and the M$-Filters are better there, but
with the download-version you don't have the ability to install other
fonts than the installed ones (and I would need that, because I
converted my old ttfs to afms and got them work under my packages
(X/Staroffice/even AbiWord).
The last one, Applix is something I haven't tested yet. I think, I'll
install some version for testing (if it exists) and try it. I _would_
pay some money (under 25$) for it, but free would be great..
So I think, you should keep searching for a good one, I believe
there'll be one in the near future.
Have a lot of fun,
Dennis
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Dennis Pl�ger
BlueOcean Webdesign&Service
Pilsheide 13
59069 Hamm
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From: TheMartian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Staroffice 5.1 and Linux on slow machine
Date: Fri, 09 Feb 2001 11:23:52 GMT
Hi
I have several small clients of mine that are running old hardware, all P120
or worse with 64MB, 2GB disks. Currently with win95 and word 95, thay want to
extend the life of these things, and as they only ever do WP, no lan, no
internet etc. I am thinking of installing a cut down linux with Star Office
as the only app. Doing this is not the issue, I just have never seen Linux
and Star office on a machine this small.
I have done this already for severl people, all with P166 or better, the
results are better than windoze (no supprise there) on the same hardware,
several happy users saving $$$
Any thoughts on this?
Will it be fast enough for them?
David
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From: NDQ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Setting up user account on TurboLinux
Date: Fri, 09 Feb 2001 12:42:43 +0100
News Reader wrote:
>
> I got a copy of Turbolinux server V6.0 when I bought a Linksys router. I
> installed it on a Pentium computer and selected default for the most part. I
> picked "all-in-one" option which supposedly would install "everything".
>
> Now I am able to boot it up and log on as root. I also found a utility
> called turbousercfg to create a new user account. However, when I try to log
> on as this user, it keeps saying invalid password (but I know the password
> was right). I also try to use rlogin localhost and it says connection
> refused.
You have to login as root (nor normal user) for doing this !
Install lixnuxconf for easier ...
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From: NDQ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Error when Netscape starts
Date: Fri, 09 Feb 2001 12:44:18 +0100
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> I have installed Mandrake 7.0 , U.S. Robotics 56K internal isa modem.
> Using KPPP to connect to the ISP using either /dev/cua1 or /dev/ttyS1 it
> will connect with no problems, it will not dial through /dev/modem.
>
> After connection is made an Netscape is started I get the two following
> error messages.
>
> Netscape: Error <2>
> Netscape is unable to locate the server the server keyword.
> Netscape.com
> Please check the server name and try again
>
> Netscape: Error
> Warning: the following host are unknown
> home.netscape.com
> home6.netscape.com
> internic.net
>
> This means that some or all host will be unreachable
>
> Perhap there is a problem with your name server?
> If your site use a non-root name server , you will need to set the
> $SOCK_NS environment variable to point at the appropriate name server.It
> may (or may not) be necessary to set this variable or the SOCKS host
> preference , to the IP address of the host in question rather than it's
> name
>
> Consult your system Administrator
>
> I don't know what to do with these messages.
> This is a fresh installation of Mandrake 7.0 & I did not need to set up
> the modem to get it to work.
> What is my next move ???
> Thanks
Check your DNS definition !!!
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From: "Michelle Reddan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: newbie problem, configure monitor
Date: Fri, 9 Feb 2001 11:39:32 -0000
Hi,
I have always had the same monitor but recently it found it as new hardware
?
asked me to configure so I did & now startx won't work
can anyone help
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Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.admin,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.questions
From: Mamata Desai <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Unpacking ISO-images without a CD burner
Date: Thu, 8 Feb 2001 17:22:03 GMT
In comp.os.linux.admin Richard Snow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>> So I'm wondering if there's any way to unpack or convert the
>> ISO-images to
>> individual files without having to burn a CD.
>> Or if anyone know of a site to download SuSE Linux 7 as a ZIP or
>> similar
>> archive file.
>From the CD-Writing-HOWTO:
3.1.2. Test the CD-image
Linux has the ability to mount files as if they were disk-partitions.
This feature is useful to check that the directory layout and file
access permissions of the CD-image matches your wishes. Although media
is very cheap today, the writing process is still time-consuming, and
you may at least want to save your time by doing a quick test.
To mount the file cd_image created above on the directory /cdrom, give
the command
mount -t iso9660 -o ro,loop=/dev/loop0 cd_image /cdrom
Now you can inspect the files under /cdrom - they appear exactly as
they were on a real CD. To umount the CD-image, just say umount
/cdrom.
--
Bye,
Mamata
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From: "fail006" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: ftp server setup....newbie.....help required
Date: Sat, 10 Feb 2001 00:50:51 +1300
Hi,
Currently i am trying to setup a ftp server on my linux box, which is
running redhat 7.0.
I can login as an anonymous user, but i cannot upload and files to the /pub
directory. What do i need to change so that i can upload files? When i login
as an anonymous user i can see the following folders by default:
/bin
/etc
/lib
/pub
Can i make it so that only the /pub folder is visible to the users and not
the other folders?
When i login to ftp server as a user (not anonymous user) i can see the root
(/) directory. How can fix this so that the user can only see /home/username
and nothing else?
Thanks
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From: "Werner Fangmeier" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: via ac97 sound drivers for linux
Date: Fri, 9 Feb 2001 13:56:15 +0100
Alik,
I also have a VIA AC97 chip (Ensoniq-1371, which emulates a Soundblaster PCI
128, I think) on board my PIII/667MHz/128 MB Linux system; it runs fine with
Kernel 2.2.16, 2.2.17 and 2.2.18, using both OSS and ALSA sound modules. To
get sound working, I recompiled the kernel, downloaded alsa-0.5.10 (I
think), compiled the modules and configured ALSA from my Linux Control
Center (I use easyLinux 2.2, which is based on RedHat 7, I think). After
that, I had the sound up and running. The kernel source tree
(/usr/src/linux-2.2.16 or up), as well as ALSA source tree
(/usr/src/alsa-0.5.10 or up) should be on your Linux CD's or can be
downloaded for free from every public Linux file server.
You'll have to recompile ALSA for each kernel version; since /lib/modules
has subdirectories /lib/modules/2.2.16, /lib/modules/2.2.17 and so on, the
modules can co-exist without overwriting each other. Just make the symbolic
link /usr/src/linux point to the correct linux source tree before
re-compiling ALSA
Whether AC97 on-board sound card support works for pre-2.2.16 kernels, I
don't know.
HTH, Werner
"alik blochin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
news:960hof$tf4$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Hi i would like to know where i can get
> the linux sound drivers for Via AC97 onchip sound card ?
> except for paying for this at Opensound org.
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From: German Funke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.portable,comp.os.linux.x
Subject: SOLUTION: Installing XFree 4.01 on a SiS630 notebook
Date: Fri, 09 Feb 2001 13:03:20 GMT
Hello all,
some days ago I posted the following message regarding the installation
of XFree 4.01 on a SiS630 based notebook:
> I have just installed XFree 4.0.1 (as shipped with Mandrake 7.2) on a
> Gericom Webboy with SiS630 chipset and 13.3 TFT display.
> The trick is to boot linux with the framebuffer device
> in 1024x768 VESA mode (you have to add the appropriate line in
> the grub/lilo configuration file and reinstall grub). Then XFree 4.0.1
> runs perfectly in 1024x768 (not with the framebuffer XServer but with
> the SiS server module!!!!). Probably X doesnt properly initialize the
> graphics chip when switching from text mode to graphics mode.
I received numerous EMails asking how exactly this is done. Though I
believe that by reading the READMEs and manuals carefully, you
should be able to figure this out yourself, I will post a more
detailed description what I did:
0. Allocate the appropriate amount of shared video memory in the BIOS
(8MB should definitely be enough).
1. Reinstall lilo or grub on your partition/bootsector, and tell the
kernel to boot right into graphical framebuffer mode. You
need to boot into the same resolution you want to run your
Xserver lateron, e.g. vga=0x317 for 1024x768x16
2. Reboot the system to get into framebuffer mode.
3. Install XFree 4.01 (better remove all remainders of XF 3.x, it will
only confuse you) and use the following XF86Config-4 (which
should is placed in /etc/X11/ on my Mandrake 7.2 system):
# ***************************************************
Section "Files"
RgbPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb"
FontPath "unix/:-1"
EndSection
Section "ServerFlags"
AllowMouseOpenFail
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Keyboard1"
Driver "Keyboard"
Option "AutoRepeat" "250 30"
Option "XkbRules" "xfree86"
Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
Option "XkbLayout" "de"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Mouse1"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "PS/2"
Option "Device" "/dev/psaux"
Option "Emulate3Buttons"
Option "Emulate3Timeout" "50"
EndSection
Section "Module"
Load "dbe"
SubSection "extmod"
EndSubSection
Load "type1"
Load "freetype"
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Generic|Generic LCD Panel 1024x768"
VendorName "Generic"
ModelName "Unknown"
HorizSync 31.5-48.5
VertRefresh 40-70
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "SiS 630"
VendorName "Unknown"
BoardName "Unknown"
Driver "sis"
Option "DPMS"
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "screen1"
Device "SiS 630"
Monitor "Generic|Generic LCD Panel 1024x768"
DefaultColorDepth 16
Subsection "Display"
Depth 16
Modes "1024x768"
ViewPort 0 0
EndSubsection
EndSection
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "layout1"
Screen "screen1"
InputDevice "Mouse1" "CorePointer"
InputDevice "Keyboard1" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection
# ****************************************
4. Run your Xserver (be sure it is the right one, especially if
you have XFree 3.x still installed, and that it
reads from the correct configuration file). If it doesn't
work, check the startup messages of the Xserver.
Using this procedure I got XFree 4.01 (as shipped with Mandrake 7.2)
to work on a Gericom Webboy with SiS630 chipset and 13.3 TFT display.
If your TFT display has a different solution, you have to change
both, the frambuffer mode and the XF86Config-4 accordingly. Ah,
maybe it is a good idea to turn off "display stretch" in the
BIOS of your notebook, if that is possible.
If the whole thing doesn't work ?
---- I don't know, it did for me :-)
Of course, I do not take any responsibility if this procedure kills
your machine or burns your house ;-) It's all your risk.
Regards
German
P.S.: I will not answer any EMails asking "How do I install
grub/lilo/XFree/..." as this is thoroughly descriped in
the appropriate documentation and HOWTO files.
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From: "Michelle Reddan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: newbie problem, configure monitor
Date: Fri, 9 Feb 2001 13:04:32 -0000
Hi again,
I have since reconfigured the monitor to 16 bit instead of a 32 bit screen
and I got the startx working again
But now the problem is the size of the screen, everything is too small,
now that I can get into startx is there anything I can do now to restore the
32 bit screen
can anyone help
Michelle Reddan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:KMQg6.1$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Hi,
> I have always had the same monitor but recently it found it as new
hardware
> ?
> asked me to configure so I did & now startx won't work
>
> can anyone help
>
>
>
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Reply-To: "Dave Thompson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
From: "Dave Thompson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: verifying dmi pool problem
Date: Fri, 09 Feb 2001 13:30:05 GMT
I have a linux box that boots fine from a floppy-installed kernel but hangs
on verifying dmi pool if I try and boot from the hard disk. I've ignored it
for several months because I'm booting from floppy anyway, but now want to
change over and boot from the hard drive where /root is located and have
re-discovered this issue.
Any ideas / suggestions ?
Thanks.
Dave
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From: -ljl- <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: tape or tape drive bad?
Date: Fri, 09 Feb 2001 13:22:05 GMT
In article <uvJg6.65556$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
"Darren and Marla Welson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I have a Tandberg 4220 SLR tape drive and it is supposed to work with
> SLR2,3,4 tapes. It also works with MAGNUS 1.0 and 2.5 tapes. I found
a
> MAGNUS 1.35 tape, same format and size, but different
capacity/length. Is
> it possible that this tape will not work in my drive? I have not seen
this
> model of tape on ANY compatibility charts anywhere and suspect it is
just an
> old tape. I hope I am not doing something wrong, but when I do a:
>
> # mt -f /dev/st0 tell
> st0: Error with sense data: [valid=0] Info fld=0x0, Current st09:00:
sense
> key Illegal request
> Additional sense indicates Incompatible medium installed
> /dev/st0: Input/output error
> Is it possible I need to setpartition the tape or something?
I'm not familiar with this drive; but can you create a tape and
then read it back.
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From: Joshua Baker-LePain <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: tape or tape drive bad?
Date: 9 Feb 2001 13:33:41 GMT
In comp.os.linux.hardware Darren and Marla Welson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> # mt -f /dev/st0 tell
> st0: Error with sense data: [valid=0] Info fld=0x0, Current st09:00: sense
> key Illegal request
> Additional sense indicates Incompatible medium installed
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Err, I think that's your answer. Sorry.
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Joshua Baker-LePain
Department of Biomedical Engineering
Duke University
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From: "ky_chiang" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: How to find the linux source codes?
Date: Fri, 9 Feb 2001 12:14:58 +0800
Reply-To: "ky_chiang" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Hi all,
I hope to find some linux source codes, esp. "/bin/login" command.
After inserting "RedH'at 7.0 SRPMS" disc and pressing "rpm -ivh
util-linux-2.10m-12.src.rpm",
I couldn't find "login" source codes. ( maybe I couldn't find the right path
for these codes )
Can someone help me ? or Where can I download these codes?
Thanks.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (H.Bruijn)
Subject: Re: How to find the linux source codes?
Date: 9 Feb 2001 13:53:33 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Fri, 9 Feb 2001 12:14:58 +0800, ky_chiang allegedly wrote:
>
>Hi all,
> I hope to find some linux source codes, esp. "/bin/login" command.
>After inserting "RedH'at 7.0 SRPMS" disc and pressing "rpm -ivh
>util-linux-2.10m-12.src.rpm",
>I couldn't find "login" source codes. ( maybe I couldn't find the right path
>for these codes )
>Can someone help me ? or Where can I download these codes?
Util linux sources are can be found at
http://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/system/misc/util-linux-2.10s.tar.gz
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