Linux-Setup Digest #608, Volume #20 Sun, 11 Feb 01 15:13:15 EST
Contents:
Re: Boot Magic problem ("Grant Holman")
LINUX readme�s ("Bjarke Thor")
Problem Installing Linux Mandrake !!! ("Sma")
Simple fax program (Eric Ho)
Re: LINUX readmes ("Peter T. Breuer")
Re: Need help:routing table for 1 eth and n ppp interfaces (Clifford Kite)
Re: amavis-0.2.1 not work (Rainer Link)
ess688 performance ("Chris Mumford")
Re: Kernel compiling errors ("David Daniel Cecere (David - in Florida)")
esssolo1 + kernel 2.4.1 ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: moving partitions (again!) (Mark Bratcher)
Re: Help with LILO (Mark Bratcher)
Re: Help with LILO (Mark Bratcher)
rpm drake goes into wild infinite loop? (Michael W. Godfrey)
Re: mounting udf discs as nonroot (Gregory Davis)
Init problem ("tqbfjotld")
CUPS - gnerating PDF (Keith Rhodes)
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From: "Grant Holman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Boot Magic problem
Date: Sun, 11 Feb 2001 16:13:04 -0000
Tom, thanks for the response. I've just tried a reinstallation and
everything works fine now - I've no idea why LILO failed the previous
times...
"Tom Pfeifer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> What happens when you try to boot it?
>
> There are a couple of things that could be wrong such as Lilo is
> misconfigured in /etc/lilo.conf, or you have an older version of Lilo
> and your Linux partition is beyond 1024 cylinders.
>
> If you post the following:
> 1) the contents of your /etc/lilo.conf file
> 2) the output of the command 'fdisk -l' (lower case L)
> 3) the output of the command 'lilo -V' (upper case V)
>
> ...it will likely reveal the problem(s).
>
> Tom
>
> Grant Holman wrote:
> >
> > I use PowerQuests Boot Magic for a dual Win98 / NT 4 boot. I've just
> > created a third primary partition on my HD for Linux and made sure that
LILO
> > went onto that partition (i.e. not over the MBR). I add Linux to Boot
Magic
> > but it will not boot that partition.....
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From: "Bjarke Thor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: LINUX readme�s
Date: Sun, 11 Feb 2001 16:10:48 -0000
Hi, I am in the progress of switching from win 98 to LINUX, entirely! I am
not familiar with LINUX(commands, menus, file systems, even how to start
binary files, I cant even do that!) at all. So I need a couple of readme
files, FAQ's, Don't just tell me: look for them, cause there is allot of
them!!! can anyone point to some good one�s!?????!???
p.s.
I am extremely impressed with the help I have gotten, so far!!!! Thanks
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From: "Sma" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Problem Installing Linux Mandrake !!!
Date: Sun, 11 Feb 2001 12:01:19 -0500
Hi,
I`m looking for a solution to my
problem.
I have a HP Pavilion 8765c PC. This
model have a CD-Writer and a DVD.
When I boot with a linux Boot flopy
disk, I receive a message meaning that
the CD is not have a linux !!
===============ERROR=================
That CD ROM device does not seem to
contain a linux Mandrake CD Rom
=====================================
I try a solution entring this command
after the selection of F1 in the
start installation screen:
linux hdd=ide-scsi idebus=66 mem=256M
this command was insuffisant to start
the install process, because an
message meaning that the CD can`t be
mount stop me.
==============ERROR=================
I could not mount a cd on device
/dev/hdc
====================================
Please help me!
Thanks.
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From: Eric Ho <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Simple fax program
Date: 11 Feb 2001 17:39:37 GMT
Hi,
I am looking for a fax program that can simply send/receive faxes.
I have looked at Hylafax, but it seems to be an overkill.
Could someone suggest other packages that is EASY to configure
and use ?
I am running Slackware if that matters.
Thanks a million.
Best Regards,
Eric Ho
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From: "Peter T. Breuer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: LINUX readmes
Date: Sun, 11 Feb 2001 17:46:06 GMT
Bjarke Thor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi, I am in the progress of switching from win 98 to LINUX, entirely! I am
> not familiar with LINUX(commands, menus, file systems, even how to start
> binary files, I cant even do that!) at all. So I need a couple of readme
> files, FAQ's, Don't just tell me: look for them, cause there is allot of
Look for them. They're on your machine.
> them!!! can anyone point to some good ones!?????!???
No, there aren't more than three gross, and I presume you will
feel much more inclined to read one called the Linux-FAQ than one called
the footscratching-howto!
So use your nonce, instead of asking people to tell you the obvious.
Go to www.linuxnewbie.org if you prefer to read stuff on the web aimed
at people who can't spin a metaphorical screwdriver yet.
Personally, I'd plump for the Linux-HOWTO.
Peter
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From: Clifford Kite <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.protocols.ppp
Subject: Re: Need help:routing table for 1 eth and n ppp interfaces
Date: Sun, 11 Feb 2001 12:01:06 -0600
Wu, Simon [WDLN2:2X38:EXCH] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> dial first ppp connection, I got:
> ppp0, remote IP 47.131.80.12, local IP 47.131.80.123
> dial 2nd ppp, I got:
> ppp1, remote IP 47.131.80.12, local IP 47.131.80.110
> I need to have upto 64 ppp connections on the same machine.
> I require 47.131.80.123 go through ppp0 and x.x.80.110 go though ppp1.
> Righ now, if I don't change any route, they all choose to go through
> eth0.
Does this really mean that each packet with the IP address x.x.80.110,
for some arbitrary x, 0<=x<=255, must go through the PPP interface ppp1?
In the setup above only packets bound for 47.131.80.12 will go through
that interface.
Are you dialing just one machine or 64 different machines, each using
the remote IP 47.131.80.12?
We need to know what you really need to do and I, for one, am still
confused about that.
--
Clifford Kite <kite@inet%port.com> Not a guru. (tm)
/* 97.3% of all statistics are made up. */
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From: Rainer Link <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: amavis-0.2.1 not work
Date: Sun, 11 Feb 2001 19:33:28 +0100
Somsak Limavongphanee wrote:
Hi!
> I installed amavis-0.2.1 with NAI 4.
Hum, can you please tell me, why you're asking amavis-related questions
in comp.os.linux.setup and not in our amavis-user or amavis-bugs mailing
list?!?
> My scanmail log is:
> Scanning file /var/tmp/scanmails24438/unpacked/eicar.com
> /var/tmp/scanmails24438/unpacked/eicar.com
> Found: EICAR test file NOT a virus.
>
> Summary report on /var/tmp/scanmails24438/unpacked/*
> File(s)
> Total files: ........... 2
> Clean: ................. 1
> Possibly Infected: ..... 1
> H+BEDV AntiVir scanstatus0 is: 0
> Mcafee scanstatus1 is: 0
> Dr. Solomon (old) scanstatus2 is: 0
> Dr. Solomon (new) scanstatus3 is: 0
> Sophos Sweep scanstatus4 is: 0
> NAI Virus Scan 4.x scanstatus5 is: 13
> KasperskyLab AVP scanstatus6 is: 0
> KasperskyLab AVPDaemonClient scantatus7 is: 0
> F-Secure Antivirus scanstatus8 is: 0
> Trend Micro FileScanner scanstatus9 is: 0
> CyberSoft vfind scanstatus10 is: 0
> CAI InoculateIT (inocucmd) scanstatus11 is: 0
>
> No virus found - good
Well, seems the check of the return values fails here, in most case this
happens because the binary file "test" (man 1 test) is not installed on
the system (but in this case ./configure should have stopped with an
error) or is not the right one (i.e. a simply test script which does
something completly differant than comparing values). What does "whereis
test" say?
Second, did ./configure detected correctly NAI uvscan version 4.x?
./configure shows, which version has been detected or simply look in
/usr/sbin/scanmails for uvscan_version (is either "3" or "4").
best regards,
Rainer Link
--
Rainer Link | Member of Virus Help Munich (www.vhm.haitec.de)
[EMAIL PROTECTED] | Member of AMaViS Development Team (amavis.org)
rainer.w3.to | OpenAntiVirus Project (www.openantivirus.org)
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From: "Chris Mumford" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: ess688 performance
Date: Sun, 11 Feb 2001 12:10:21 -0600
I'm configuring my Toshiba 205CDS laptop for sound support. It apparently
has an ess688 sound card. It works just fine, but I can only play 8 bit
stereo 11 KHz sound files. Any higher bitrates and the CPU gets pegged and
the sound is broken.
My theory here is that there is a "native" bitrate that the sound chip
handles, and the files that I am playing need to be converted to the native
bitrate, and that is what the CPU is doing.
Any theories here? Here's my modules.conf file:
alias net-pf-4 ipx
pre-install pcmcia_core /etc/rc.d/init.d/pcmcia start
pre-install plip modprobe parport_pc ; echo 7 > /proc/parport/0/irq
alias parport_lowlevel parport_pc
alias sound-slot-0 sb
options sound dmabuf=1
alias midi opl3
options opl3 io=0x388
options sb io=0x220 irq=5 dma=1
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From: "David Daniel Cecere (David - in Florida)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Kernel compiling errors
Date: Sun, 11 Feb 2001 13:38:11 -0500
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hi,
I'm having trouble compiling RH 7 kernel 2.2.17-14.
It craps out saying:
init/main.o(.data.init+0x104): undefined reference to `md_setup'
drivers/block/block.a(genhd.o): In function `device_setup':
genhd.o(.text.init+0xe9): undefined reference to `md_setup_drive'
make: *** [vmlinux] Error 1
I've hacked my Makefile to include kgcc as follows:
VERSION = 2
PATCHLEVEL = 2
SUBLEVEL = 17
EXTRAVERSION = -14
ARCH := $(shell uname -m | sed -e s/i.86/i386/ -e s/sun4u/sparc64/ -e
s/arm.*/arm/ -e s/sa110/arm/)
.EXPORT_ALL_VARIABLES:
CONFIG_SHELL := $(shell if [ -x "$$BASH" ]; then echo $$BASH; \
else if [ -x /bin/bash ]; then echo /bin/bash; \
else echo sh; fi ; fi)
TOPDIR := $(shell if [ "$$PWD" != "" ]; then echo $$PWD; else pwd;
fi)
HPATH = $(TOPDIR)/include
FINDHPATH = $(HPATH)/asm $(HPATH)/linux $(HPATH)/scsi
$(HPATH)/net
HOSTCC =kgcc
HOSTCFLAGS =-Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -O2 -fomit-frame-pointer
CROSS_COMPILE =
AS =$(CROSS_COMPILE)as
LD =$(CROSS_COMPILE)ld
CC :=$(shell if which $(CROSS_COMPILE)kgcc > /dev/null 2>&1; then
echo $(CROSS_COMPILE)kgcc; else echo $(CROSS_COMPILE)kgcc; fi)
-D__KERNEL__ -I$(HPATH)
CPP =$(CC) -E
AR =$(CROSS_COMPILE)ar
NM =$(CROSS_COMPILE)nm
STRIP =$(CROSS_COMPILE)strip
OBJCOPY =$(CROSS_COMPILE)objcopy
OBJDUMP =$(CROSS_COMPILE)objdump
MAKE =make
GENKSYMS=/sbin/genksyms
Needless to say I'm sorely vexed and perplexed.
David
On Wed, 3 Jan 2001 21:21:02 -0800, Linux User
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Hello,
>
>When compiling kernels on RH 7 you must use kgcc not gcc. Edit the top
>level Makefile and replace this line:
>
>HOSTCC = gcc
>
>with this line:
>
>HOSTCC = kgcc
>
>Or from the command line use
>
>make CC='kgcc'
>
>Regards,
> Jim H
>
>Jason Courville wrote:
>
>> Hello all,
>>
>> I'm fairly new too Linux and need some help with the following:
>>
>> I'm trying to compile 2.2.16-22 and am getting the following error:
>>
>> make -C arch/i386/lib
>> make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux/arch/i386/lib'
>> make all_targets
>> make[2]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux/arch/i386/lib'
>> gcc -D__KERNEL__ -I/usr/src/linux/include -D__ASSEMBLY__ -traditional
>> -c checksum.S -o checksum.o
>> checksum.S:231: badly punctuated parameter list in #define
>> checksum.S:237: badly punctuated parameter list in #define
>> make[2]: *** [checksum.o] Error 1
>> make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux/arch/i386/lib'
>> make[1]: *** [first_rule] Error 2
>> make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux/arch/i386/lib'
>> make: *** [_dir_arch/i386/lib] Error 2
>>
>> I've been running 2.2.16-22 for sometime now with no issues but would
>> like to slim it down a bit.
>> It seems to compile fine until this point. My Configuration is:
>>
>> Red Hat 7.0 running 2.2.16-22
>> AMD ATHLON 750MHz w/ 128M
>>
>> Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.
>>
>> Cruyff777 (newbie)
>>
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: esssolo1 + kernel 2.4.1
Date: Sun, 11 Feb 2001 19:31:24 GMT
hi
somebody a hint or so how to load that module....after a hard fight this
is the only part not running..
how to modify the modules conf for esssolo1?
somebody got an idea?
thx
caz
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Mark Bratcher)
Subject: Re: moving partitions (again!)
Date: Sun, 11 Feb 2001 19:40:18 GMT
In article <3a869bd1$5$qnivfs$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>In <k%rh6.54$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, on 02/11/01
> at 09:24 AM, "Eric en Jolanda" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>said:
>
>>read the harddisk upgrade (mini?) howto
>
>>Eric
>
>Unless I'm missing something, this contains neat stuff about
>moving everything from one disk to another. I'm trying to move
>certain _directories_ such as /usr to another partition and not
>break the links.
>
Does 'cp -ax' do it for you?
--
Mark Bratcher
Director of Software and Electrical Engineering
Torrey Pines Research
To reply, remove both underscores (_) from my email name
===========================================================
Escape from Microsoft's proprietary tentacles: use Linux!
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Mark Bratcher)
Subject: Re: Help with LILO
Date: Sun, 11 Feb 2001 19:42:27 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Display Name wrote:
>"Mark Bratcher" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
>news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
>>
>> It's a limitation of LILO. The latest version of lilo does not have this
>> limitation.
>>
>> --
>> Mark Bratcher
>> Director of Software and Electrical Engineering
>> Torrey Pines Research
>
>Hi,
>
>Which distribution comes with the latest LILO ? TIA.
>
I don't know. Nor did I try to imply that they did.
I was merely stating a fact.
If you want the latest lilo and use it, here are the steps you do:
1) Install your system to boot from a floppy or loadlin
2) Download the latest lilo, build it, install it
3) Run the latest lilo you just installed
4) Boot from the hard drive using the new lilo no matter where your
boot partion is on the drive.
HTH :-)
--
Mark Bratcher
Director of Software and Electrical Engineering
Torrey Pines Research
To reply, remove both underscores (_) from my email name
===========================================================
Escape from Microsoft's proprietary tentacles: use Linux!
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Mark Bratcher)
Subject: Re: Help with LILO
Date: Sun, 11 Feb 2001 19:43:14 GMT
In article <eFrh6.40$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Eric en Jolanda wrote:
>> >
>> >I don't know if the following problem is limited to Red Hat or if it
>> >applies to SuSe as well.
>> >
>> >Red Hat's Linux is not able to boot if the boot record is contained in
>> >a partition that includes a cylinder count higher than 1024.
>> [snip]
>>
>> It's a limitation of LILO. The latest version of lilo does not have this
>> limitation.
>>
>
>No true.
>It's a limitation of the BIOS.
>The newer versions of LILO (v21.4.3 and above) use the extensions that
>BIOS'es nowadays have to overcome this limitation.
>
Eric,
Yes, I see what you mean. There are actually limitations in both places,
the LILO and the BIOS. You must have both up to date.
Thanks. :-)
--
Mark Bratcher
Director of Software and Electrical Engineering
Torrey Pines Research
To reply, remove both underscores (_) from my email name
===========================================================
Escape from Microsoft's proprietary tentacles: use Linux!
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Michael W. Godfrey)
Subject: rpm drake goes into wild infinite loop?
Date: 11 Feb 2001 19:18:44 GMT
I'm using Mandrake 7.2.
When I use rpmdrake or mandrake update to do remote installs of RPMs, I'm
finding that it manages to find the package and then, as often as not, goes
into some sort of wild infinite loop (and takes up all resources so I can't
even shut it down easily).
So far the only "solution" is to hit the reset button ... I can't even get
the machine's attentionto to a proper shutdown.
I'm connecting over a DSL service using pppoe (Bell Canada DSL). That
seems to work fine.
Any hints greatly appreciated.
-- Mike
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From: Gregory Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: mounting udf discs as nonroot
Date: Sun, 11 Feb 2001 14:59:24 -0500
Eric en Jolanda wrote:
> > I am trying to mount a udf cd in KDE as a user. Just clicking the
> > desktop icon to mount a cd mounts the cd as an iso9660 filesystem. When
> > I run "mount /dev/cdrom1 /burner -t udf" I get an error message saying
> > only root has permission to do that. If I use the "su" command, I can
> > mount the cd; however, I want to mount the cd as a user. How do I
> > seduce "mount" into mounting the disc for me?
> >
>
> edit /etc/fstab and change the FS type from iso9660 to auto
>
> Eric
it is
Greg
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From: "tqbfjotld" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Init problem
Date: Sun, 11 Feb 2001 19:55:36 GMT
Hello,
I forgot to run 'shutdown -h now' and I unplugged my hard drive
while Linux was running. Stupid thing I know ;+(.
Now, while I boot Linux, the kernel is loaded and I see
the following messages :
Warning: unable to open an initial console
Kernel panic: No init found Try passing init=option to kernel.
Can someone tell me how I pass option to kernel and which option to pass.
I hope I can recover my data.
Thanks.
Tqbfjotld.
"The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog".
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From: Keith Rhodes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: CUPS - gnerating PDF
Date: Sun, 11 Feb 2001 20:57:16 +0100
Can anybody help me to generate PDF files using CUPS?
I've been trying to set this up for about a month, and get to the point
where I think I almost get it working, but I can't find any output PDF
file when I print the test page. I find a PostScript file in
/var/spool/cups/ but that's all...
I've ploughed through the documentation, but I can't find any useful
information about setting up what might be called a "virtual printer"...
devices are always described as being attached to a hardware port
(usually the parrallel port). The distiller driver seems to be present,
when I choose it from the configuration interface I see a file
/etc/cups/ppd/distiller.ppd appear. So what do I need to specify as the
device? I've tried setting device to Disk file; it then asks me to
specify a Device URI. I've tried specifying /var/spool/cups (thinking it
wanted an output location for the PDF) and I've tried specifying
/etc/cups/ppd/distiller.ppd (thinking it wanted the driver location,
strange). Neither works.
The example given in the interface is "file:/path/to/filename.prn" Now,
this looks to me like the name of a printer output file for Windows
NT... but I can find files on my Linux box like
"/usr/share/doc/ghostscript-5.50/Lexmark7xxx_57xx_Z51/stairsc.prn" but
this looks like a red herring, too.
I've tried the command line, too... Here's how far I get in the config:
lpstat -t
scheduler is running
system default destination: distiller
device for distiller: /etc/cups/ppd/distiller.ppd
distiller accepting requests
printer distiller disabled -
Unable to open parallel port device file: No such file or directory
distiller-6 root 55296 Sun Feb 11 20:47:05
2001
Any help greatly appreciated.
KR.
--
==
I don't like spammers. So take the warning
out of my address before you reply.
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