Linux-Setup Digest #598, Volume #20 Fri, 9 Feb 01 17:13:16 EST
Contents:
'at' command check? (Andrey Shipsha)
Re: Need help find Modem!!! ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Need help find Modem!!! (James D Parker Jr)
2.4.1 compile problems on sparc64 (Chris Wells)
Re: newbie question: configuring keyboard (Frederik Himpe)
Uploading to a TFTP server ("John Smith")
Reaplayer 7 expired : How to get it going again ? ("Cedric Chausson")
Modem setup please help ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Unpacking ISO-images without a CD burner (okset)
Re: newbie problem, configure monitor ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: What's the trick to make windows right itself? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Need help:routing table for 1 eth and n ppp interfaces (Bill Unruh)
Re: Need help find Modem!!! ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: information ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Booting Linux with Win2K's boot Manager? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Change primary disk - fix LILO? (Cris D)
Re: Problem with my swap partition ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Uploading to a TFTP server (jose)
Re: FYI: fdisk / mke2fs problem workaround: reboot ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
ipmasq problems (Starcraft) ("ZeNinJah")
Re: too biggggggg (resulotion) ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: mandrake 7.2, linux 2.4.1 and microsoft intelli usb ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: What does Lilo write to boot= ? (Brian Goodyear)
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From: Andrey Shipsha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: 'at' command check?
Date: Fri, 09 Feb 2001 20:15:30 +0100
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hello,
We have a Linux machine which we use for calculations. Usually we use
'at' command to schedule a stack of jobs to be run over night. However,
if there are two or more people schedule their jobs for the same night,
the computer will eventually crash since it slows down running more jobs
but the following jobs are executed on time. So, they step on each other
toes...
I am wondering if there is anything which would warn users trying to use
'at' command or at login prompt that there are already scheduled tasks
by another user. If someone executes 'atq' command it could only see his
own jobs...
Any advice is welcome.
Thanks,
Andrey.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Fri, 09 Feb 2001 14:34:38 -0500
Subject: Re: Need help find Modem!!!
In <3a843163$1$nyqry$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, on 02/09/01
at 02:28 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] said:
>In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, on 02/09/01
> at 12:52 PM, James D Parker Jr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
>>[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>>> I have a U.S Robotic 56K Modem:
>>> Using Mandrake 7.1. on Pent 111 700 M.
>>> and Win 98se.
>>>
>>> All works fine both Windoze and Linux except
>>> linux can't find the modem. Tried KDE and Gnome, same result. I had Warp/4
>>> on before and the Modem worked fine.
>>> I have the modem port set for Com4, and that may be the prob. I do have to
>>> keep that setup.
>>> Set it for that in Linuxconf, but no soap.
>>>
>>> The linux hardware does not show the Modem
>>> and all settings say busy or can't open.
>>>
>>> I know this is vague, but maybe some one can tell me how to
>>> find the problem or where to look.
>>> I have the right DSN, etc settings.
>>>
>>> Many tnx whatever!
>>> Albert, Wa3fib.
>>> It took me 83 Yrs to get this dumb.
>>>
>>> <snip>
>>I have Red Hat 7.0 and an ISA Plug and Play US Robotics 56K Modem which I
>>have gotten to wrk. I used pnpdump, isapnp and setserial to get the
>>modem recognized. Then it was just a matter of doing dialer/modem
>>configuration which may be different for your Linux distribution. Is your
>>modem ISA Plug and Play? Repost with response to this question and I'll
>>provide more details if yours is ISA Plug and Play. I got the info from
>>a web page which discussed PCI plug and Play as well. I'll need to do
>>some research to refind that page.
>>Jim
>***********************
>Many many tnx for the reply, Jim.
>It is driving me nuts, because the modem does work on
>Warp OS2/4, Windows, etc with no probs.
>Yes it is an ISA Plug and Play. 56K.
>I do know how to configure it if I can get it recognized,
>I have another machine (Pent1) and works fine on that.
>How and where would I use pnpdump, & isapnp & setserial???
>I am an OS/2 guy and also pretty stupid ;-((.
>PS, I think the RH and Mandrake are very much the same.
>Thanks again.
>Albert, Wa3fib.
>-----------------------------------------------------------
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From: James D Parker Jr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Need help find Modem!!!
Date: Fri, 09 Feb 2001 14:54:10 -0500
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, on 02/09/01
> at 12:52 PM, James D Parker Jr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
>
> >[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> >> I have a U.S Robotic 56K Modem:
> >> Using Mandrake 7.1. on Pent 111 700 M.
> >> and Win 98se.
> >>
> >> All works fine both Windoze and Linux except
> >> linux can't find the modem. Tried KDE and Gnome, same result. I had Warp/4
> >> on before and the Modem worked fine.
> >> I have the modem port set for Com4, and that may be the prob. I do have to
> >> keep that setup.
> >> Set it for that in Linuxconf, but no soap.
> >>
> >> The linux hardware does not show the Modem
> >> and all settings say busy or can't open.
> >>
> >> I know this is vague, but maybe some one can tell me how to
> >> find the problem or where to look.
> >> I have the right DSN, etc settings.
> >>
> >> Many tnx whatever!
> >> Albert, Wa3fib.
> >> It took me 83 Yrs to get this dumb.
> >>
> >> <snip>
>
> >I have Red Hat 7.0 and an ISA Plug and Play US Robotics 56K Modem which I
> >have gotten to wrk. I used pnpdump, isapnp and setserial to get the
> >modem recognized. Then it was just a matter of doing dialer/modem
> >configuration which may be different for your Linux distribution. Is your
> >modem ISA Plug and Play? Repost with response to this question and I'll
> >provide more details if yours is ISA Plug and Play. I got the info from
> >a web page which discussed PCI plug and Play as well. I'll need to do
> >some research to refind that page.
>
> >Jim
> ***********************
> Many many tnx for the reply, Jim.
> It is driving me nuts, because the modem does work on
> Warp OS2/4, Windows, etc with no probs.
>
> Yes it is an ISA Plug and Play. 56K.
> I do know how to configure it if I can get it recognized,
> I have another machine (Pent1) and works fine on that.
>
> How and where would I use pnpdump, & isapnp & setserial???
> I am an OS/2 guy and also pretty stupid ;-((.
>
> PS, I think the RH and Mandrake are very much the same.
>
> Thanks again.
> Albert, Wa3fib.
> -----------------------------------------------------------
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> -----------------------------------------------------------
I am an OS/2 guy myself and pretty new to Linux.
Still haven't found that web page but this is what I did.
Ran pnpdump (logged in as root and not having started X. Can't seem to get thee
command recognized from an xterm. Path must not be right. Haven't figured out
why.) and routed output to a file. Then edited the file. There are instructions
in the file on how to edit it. And there is help in the man pages on pnpdump and
isapnp.
Then ran: isapnp <edited_file>
My <edited_file> looks like (I removed most of the comments):
==============================================
(READPORT 0x0273)
(ISOLATE PRESERVE)
(IDENTIFY *)
(VERBOSITY 2)
(CONFLICT (IO FATAL)(IRQ FATAL)(DMA FATAL)(MEM FATAL))
(CONFIGURE USR3031/4126202551 (LD 0
(IO 0 (SIZE 8) (BASE 0x02f8))
(INT 0 (IRQ 3 (MODE +E)))
(NAME "USR3031/4126202551[0]{U.S. Robotics 56K FAX INT}")
(ACT Y)
))
# End tag... Checksum 0x00 (OK)
# Returns all cards to the "Wait for Key" state
(WAITFORKEY)
=================================================
This tells the device to use address 2f8 and IRQ 3 (among other things)
Then ran: setserial <device> autoconfig
<device> for me was /dev/ttyS1 which is the equivalent to com2. I believe you
can use any /dev/ttySx which is not already in use.
One problem I haven't resolved yet is that I can't dial except as root. The
dialer reports the device is busy if I am notmal user. I run the dialer as a
background job as root, log off, login as normal user and bring up Netscape.
You have to run isapnp and setserial each time you boot up. I haven't figured
out how to add it to the boot up scripts yet.
Good luck. I'm going skiing this weekend so I can't check your progress until
Sunday.
Jim
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From: Chris Wells <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: 2.4.1 compile problems on sparc64
Date: Fri, 09 Feb 2001 19:47:46 GMT
I'm compiling the 2.4.1 kernel for a sparc64 box and everyting goes
well until the final link statement in the compile. it seems that a
file is left out of the link (the object file exists but kernel.o get
undefined references to it)..
Here's the details:
arch/sparc64/kernel/kernel.o(__ex_table+0x3ec): undefinied reference
to 'kernel_unaligned_trap_fault'
Now 'kernel_unaligned_trap_fault' is defined in unaligned.c and there
is an unaligned.o object file so it's getting compiled, just not linked
(or so it seems to me).
Any help appreciated.
Also strange was the fact that there was no bzImage target in the
Makefile so I had to do a 'make vmlinux'.
You can reply to the group and [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Thanks,
Chris
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From: Frederik Himpe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: newbie question: configuring keyboard
Date: Fri, 09 Feb 2001 20:25:09 GMT
On Fri, 09 Feb 2001 14:03:35 GMT [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Hi all, I've installed SuSE 6.3 and I don't find the file that specifies
> the keyboard language to change the current settings from <?> to Italian.
> Could you help me ? Thank you GmB
I am not Itialian, but maybe you can find some useful information in the
Italian howto on http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/Italian-HOWTO.html
Greetings,
Frederik
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From: "John Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.security
Subject: Uploading to a TFTP server
Date: Fri, 9 Feb 2001 14:23:05 -0600
I have the TFTP daemon running on a Redhat 6.2 box. It is working fine,
however, is there some reason why the only way I can upload files to it is
if the files already exist. I've set the directory permissions to 777, but
it still does not work, however if I 'touch' the file so that it exists I
can then upload files with that file name to the tftp server. Am I missing
something?
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From: "Cedric Chausson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED](halteauspam)>
Subject: Reaplayer 7 expired : How to get it going again ?
Date: Fri, 09 Feb 2001 21:47:35 +0100
Hello all,
I had downloaded Realplayer 7 and it worked fine. But now when I try to
launch it it says it has expired and I must connect to
www.realplayer.com.
When I get there, I try to download Realplayer 8 RPM butnot good for my
architecture (I have RH6.2).
Anyone have an idea to deblock Realplye 7 or ot get a good version of
Realplayer 8 ?
Thanks in advance,
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Modem setup please help
Date: Fri, 09 Feb 2001 20:42:58 GMT
Hey guys,
i've got a Pc-Tel internel modem and i have already installed the
drivers from linmodems.but the problem is it keeps on dialing( or not
dialing ?!! i frankly don't know ,but it makes that weird noise )
this is what i got..
WvDial: Internet dialer version 1.41
Initializing modem.
Sending: ATZ
ATZ
OK
Sending: ATM1L3
ATM1L3
OK
Modem initialized.
Sending: ATDT 172306
Waiting for carrier.
ATDT 172306
NO DIALTONE
No dial tone. Trying again in 5 seconds.
Sending: ATDT 172306
Waiting for carrier.
ATDT 172306
NO DIALTONE
No dial tone.
(.. after n tries .. )
DIALING CANCELED BY USER
Disconnecting at Fri Feb 9 19:15:10 2001
DIALING FINISHED
please help,
thanks in advance
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Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.admin,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.questions
Subject: Re: Unpacking ISO-images without a CD burner
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (okset)
Date: Fri, 09 Feb 2001 20:58:54 GMT
if you have a windows machine you can download isobuster or cdmage, they
will let you extract files from cd image
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: newbie problem, configure monitor
Date: Fri, 09 Feb 2001 20:49:13 GMT
In article <q0Sg6.19$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
"Michelle Reddan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 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$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> > Hi,
> > I have always had the same monitor but recently it found it as new
> hardware
> > ?
> > asked me to configure so I did & now startx won't work
> >
> > can anyone help
> >
> >
> >
>
>
--
Hi Michelle. Try to set up the monitor again and this time choose the
video mode 8 or 16 bit 800x600, or whatever is close to that size. If
you had one of the higher numbers, that may have been the problem.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: What's the trick to make windows right itself?
Date: Fri, 09 Feb 2001 20:46:43 GMT
I accidently recreated the problem on my own machine last night while
moving the disks over to a new motherboard. The partition was already
set to active, so that didn't do the trick. But sys c: did. I
originally thought it wouldn't work since there wasn't a c:, but it
found the disk and fixed. Now all is well. Thanks for the help.
brian
In article <sxBg6.180$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
"Eric en Jolanda" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> You can still mount C: from linux?
> Then at least the FS isn't hosed.
> I suppose all you need to do is make C: the active partition again.
> You can use any fdisk for this.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bill Unruh)
Crossposted-To: comp.protocols.ppp
Subject: Re: Need help:routing table for 1 eth and n ppp interfaces
Date: 9 Feb 2001 21:02:06 GMT
In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> "Wu, Simon [WDLN2:2X38:EXCH]"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>In one of my special test, I need to make multiple ppp configurations on
>one of my linux (Redhat 6.2) PC, which already have an eth0 connection
>to the corporate LAN. I need to create a IP routing for ppp0, ppp1, ...
>ppp32 in the same PC. Two questions:
>1. Should I use "defaultroute" in the /etc/ppp/options file?
>2. I require all datagram for each ppp# go through the ppp# interface,
>not the eth0 interface which is up all the time. I tried a few routing
>opions in /etc/ppp/ip-up shell script file. None worked. Which argument
>should I use for /sbin/route for this situation?
More info is needed.
The default route is where packets are sent which your computer does not
know what to do with. Place the default route on whatever connection you
want such packets to be sent to. There can only be one default route.
The format of the route command is
route add -host HOstIP ppp?
where ? is the ppp connection number.
or
route add -net NetIP netmask NetMast ppp?
where NetMask is the net mask that net is supposed to use.
Since you have given us no info I can be no more helpful than this.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Need help find Modem!!!
Date: Fri, 09 Feb 2001 21:04:27 GMT
I too have a 56k Internal U.S. Robotics & installed Mandrake 7.0.
I went looking for the modem & could not find it anywhere.
Using the utility KPPP I tried /dev/modem with no luck, but then I tried
/dev/ttyS1 in KPPP ( you can check all the devices here until you find
the one that works ) and it worked much to my surprise.
It seem that the modem was found during the set up even though it was
not shown in the utility Drake Conf > Hardware Configuration.
To link the modem to /dev/ttyS? ( ? is your com port ) as root type in
ln -s /dev/ttyS? /dev/modem
Then you should be able to check the modem ( /dev/modem )using KPPP &
dial out to your ISP.
I also had to add the DNS of my ISP in the account set up in KPPP to get
it to work with Netscape.
This may or may not be your problem but I tought I would throw it out
there.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: information
Date: Fri, 09 Feb 2001 20:59:31 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Craig Van Tassle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I was wondering if any one could tell me where I can find information
on
> Z-shell. I am trying to learn the internals of it as well as scripting
> and shell commands.
>
>
-- Hi Craig. I think this may be a source. http://chronos.cs.msu.su/zsh
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Booting Linux with Win2K's boot Manager?
Date: Fri, 09 Feb 2001 21:09:32 GMT
I installed Red Had 7.0 on a Dell 866 Mhz PC in the 3rd partition. The
first partition has Win2000 Professional, the second Partition had
Win2000 Advanced Server. The hard drive is a 20gig drive. When my PC
boots, the Win2000 boot menu comes up with only the Server and
Professional options. Can I change this to boot into Linux?
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From: Cris D <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Change primary disk - fix LILO?
Date: Fri, 09 Feb 2001 21:12:31 GMT
Greetings, new to the group so I hope I'm not asking the same dumb
question - I tried to search but found no help.
I have my old computer, setup as a dual boot Linux/98. Right now it's
only running Linux and is deaf, dumb, and blind to the outside world
(not even a video card) except by LAN from my new win2k box.
The primary master hard disk (hda) is heading south - sometimes the
machine won't boot, when it does it takes too long, and if I mount the
dos partitions on it from within Linux it makes some ugly whining noises
as it spins up to speed over and over again. Linux, both root and swap
partitions, is on my primary slave (hdb). What I want to do is rip out
that master, switch the slave to master, and simply boot from that disk.
How do I accomplish this? I figure that I basically change LILO so it
installs itself on what is currently my slave, change all the references
and pointers to the kernel image, partition mounts in fstab, (etc?), so
that they reference hda instead of hdb, then shut down and make the
physical changes. I'm a little confused, since I'm going to be
installing LILO to what is logically known as hdb, but will become hda
when I shut down and take out that master. Does this all make sense? Am
I being completely thick? I'm not super familiar with how the whole boot
process works so I don't know if I have a chance of success in the fist
place ...
Regards, and TIA,
CrisD
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Problem with my swap partition
Date: Fri, 09 Feb 2001 21:17:28 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Ash <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am new to linux (obviously :-) )
> If someone could help me with my problem.....
>
> I managed to setup linux, and was all happy until I ran gtop and
> realised that all my swap space was marked
> free!!
>
> I checked out /etc/fstab and /dev/hda5 is listed in there as swap
> space(which seems to be correct), and swap is `on`. I've tried turing
it
> off and back on, nothing happens! I have 192MB of RAM.
>
> Please help me out!!
>
> Thanx
>
> Ash
>
>
-- Hi Ash. If you have 192MB of RAM your swap may not be used much as
the top command shows. Sounds like things are running OK.
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From: jose <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.security
Subject: Re: Uploading to a TFTP server
Date: Fri, 09 Feb 2001 16:26:14 -0500
John Smith wrote:
> I've set the directory permissions to 777, but
> it still does not work, however if I 'touch' the file so that it exists I
> can then upload files with that file name to the tftp server. Am I missing
> something?
that's a security feature, to prevent the arbitrary uploading and
downloading of files via tftp. not *strong* but not bad, either.
jose nazario [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: FYI: fdisk / mke2fs problem workaround: reboot
Date: Fri, 09 Feb 2001 21:26:07 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > 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.
>
> 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.
So I should translate
"Reboot your system to ensure the partition table is updated."
to
"Reboot your system to update the partition table."
or
"The partition table will be updated after a reboot."
"Never reboot" must be a Linux user bad habit. ;-)
Eric, thanks for your reply.
Lamzak
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From: "ZeNinJah" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: ipmasq problems (Starcraft)
Date: Fri, 09 Feb 2001 12:27:12 +0100
Hello
I recently installed a Mandrake 7.2 distribution, instead of my old RedHat 6.2.
I used to play Starcraft (UDP) on the net through this RH 6.2 gateway, from my LAN
Windows 98 PC.
Thanks to IP masquerading and Ipchains
But : now with the Mandrake 7.2, perhaps due to his secured kernel and
hardly-configurable firewalling rules, all the games I play on Starcraft are very
laggy (so slow its unplayable).
Do someone know the problem ?
Bye, Thanks.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: too biggggggg (resulotion)
Date: Fri, 09 Feb 2001 21:39:28 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
"Phillip" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> i have an Intel 82810e and when i start x-windows what ever you call
it
> every thing is huge i mean huge ive tried all the "suggestions" but
none
> work please help me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
>
>
--
Phillip: Try running "Xconfigurator" from the command line to get into
the monitor setup. When you get to the "select video mode" page, try
using the 8 or 16 bit 800x600, or one of the lower modes. You should
probably reboot. Hope that helps.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: mandrake 7.2, linux 2.4.1 and microsoft intelli usb
Date: Fri, 09 Feb 2001 21:46:50 GMT
I have 2 comps one with Redhat 7.0 and one with Mandrake 7.2. Both
have MS optical mice and the only way I can get them to work is with
the USB to Ps/2 adapter. With Mandrake it worked fine directly hooked
into the USB in the install but not in KDE. I havent tried setting it
on a Wheel mouse though just a generic PS/2. Hope this helps
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Is there anyway to get the USB Microsoft Optical mouse to work on a
> Mandrake 7.2 install full, Kernel 2.4.1 SMP and Kde 2.0.1 system?
>
> If I select USB wheel mouse the systems will not give me a mouse. On
> boot you can see it mounting the USB and the light is on with the
> mouse. I am new to linux and stuck on this one. I appreciate any
> help.
>
> Thanks,
> Leigh...
>
> To E-Mail remove the .NOT to .net
>
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From: Brian Goodyear <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: What does Lilo write to boot= ?
Date: Fri, 9 Feb 2001 17:08:25 -0500
Eric wrote:
> > Well I don't know if it's relevent but I have the rescue disk created by
> > the Linux on hdc. It uses grub and gives the option of booting from the
> > floppy or from hdc. It will boot from hdc from that prompt but maybe by
> > then it has the info it needs, I don't know???
>
> It can boot with the *kernel* on hdc?
> or just the root fs on hdc?
> If it is the first, then booting from hdc is possible.
Yes it will boot with the kernal on hdc. No modification of the rescue
disk...boots from floppy or hdc1.
> > The OS/2 bootmanager is on sda. It calls the Lilo thingie from hda7
> > which works for the Linux on hda7 and by having the image from hdc in
> > the /boot of hda7 alongside the one for hda7.
>
> That means you either have the lilo.conf wrong (check the 0x8* numbers
> again)
> or you cannot boot from hdc.
Here's the lilo.conf:
boot=/dev/hdc1
map=/boot/map
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
I'm going to try to change the hdc to 0x82 using that theory you had that
maybe it skips the cd and calls hdc 82 instead.
> try mounting hdc's /boot from the linux on hda (/mnt/hdc_boot), and add
> to
> hda's linux lilo.conf a line that has an image=/mnt/hdc_boot/vmlinuz-hdc
> part. rerun that lilo, and see if that boots.
I'll try this if the other thing doesn't work.
> > reinstall...but that is such a lot of work! Where I use the machine for
> > the business, I can't have it screwed up for very long.
> >
>
> It's not that much work (At least not for linux)
> all that needs to be adjusted is fstab and lilo.conf
Are you saying that there are NO other configuration files to be adjusted?
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Thanks,
Brian ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
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