Linux-Setup Digest #613, Volume #20 Mon, 12 Feb 01 07:13:10 EST
Contents:
Re: How to install LICQ? I got many dependency error. (Yiu)
Re: LILO / Windows 2000 - Help ("crash")
/usr/src/linux??? ("count_zero")
Re: Mandrake 7.2's KUDZU killed my mouse :( (Eric Moors)
Re: mounting udf discs as nonroot (Eric Moors)
Re: moving partitions (again!) (Eric Moors)
error with configure in alsa-driver ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: /usr/src/linux??? ("Nils O. Sel�sdal")
Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer (Carsten Huettl)
Re: CAPI, HiSax, Diva, RH6.2, kernel 2.2.14 - help ! (John Beardmore)
Re: /usr/src/linux??? ("Werner Fangmeier")
text app for serial terminal (Jeff Moore)
Conflict with UDMA Hard drive (Jerome DESMOULINS)
Re: /usr/src/linux??? (Eggert Ehmke)
Re: Problem installing Linux ("Duane Healing")
Re: How to setup a new font for my RH Linux 7.0 Desktop and Terminal? ("Duane
Healing")
Plug and Play and BIOS - confused ("benh")
Re: Init problem ("Duane Healing")
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From: Yiu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.linux,alt.os.linux,alt.os.linux.mandrake,comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.questions
Subject: Re: How to install LICQ? I got many dependency error.
Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2001 13:30:20 +0800
I got the LICQ come with the Mandrake 7.2.
It already on the start menu right after install.
sandy wrote:
> I thought LICQ was on the distro CD?
>
> "Mike Perry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> > On Mon, 12 Feb 2001 01:58:11 GMT, Ian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > >
> > >I downloaded LICQ and attempt to install it on my Mandrake 7.2
> > >I tried both method of compiling from the scource code and the rpm
> package.
> > >Both does not work for me. They said they need "libmng.so.0" and
> > >"libstdc++-libc62-2.so.3".
> > >BUt i have downloaded those and installed.
> > >How come they said i don't have them installed?
> > >
> > >And also, do i have to search the net for hours for those dependency
> files
> > >everytime i want to install something? This is so annoying, i couldn't
> waste
> > >hours just to install a simple program.
> > >
> > >Thx for reading this
> > >
> > >
> > Did you install the tarball versions of the libraries? If you install a
> > tarball library and try to rpm a file in; sometimes, since that particular
> > library is not contained in the rpm database, the rpm application
> dutifully
> > reports a missing dependency. Try locating where you installed these
> files
> > and when you do a tarball install of licq try telling it when running
> > "configure" where the libraries are. The "configure" script takes a great
> > many switches. Run "configure --help |more" to see what it can do.
> >
> > Is the rpm file for licq based on another distribution? There are slight
> > differences between the rpm-based distributions (still) and I have had
> > similar luck trying to do an install of a redhat rpm on a suse system.
> >
> > Best thing; try doing a tarball installation of the libraries, then
> marking
> > where they put things. Usually perhaps in /usr/local/lib. This may not
> be
> > in your /etc/ld.so.conf so the dynamic linker cannot find the libs. Try
> > doing this if that's the case as root:
> >
> > more /etc/ld.so.conf
> >
> > See if there is a /usr/local/lib entry. This is a flat text file. If
> not,
> > open it in an editor and add /usr/local/lib. Now before trying to
> > re-install the program, as root type "ldconfig". Now try again to install
> > the program. If it still does not install, consult the mages :)
> >
> > On your last question, one could move to debian. That usually fixes the
> > hours spent searching problem :) Sometimes wasting hours is okay. I
> waste
> > hours sometimes dreaming of what I am gonna do next. Best advice; relax,
> > enjoy the searching and the finding. With Linux, the searching and
> finding
> > is paramount to the learning part.
> >
> >
> > --
> > Michael Perry
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > ------------------
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From: "crash" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: LILO / Windows 2000 - Help
Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2001 18:29:56 +1100
thanks all, i got lilo to work and can now boot either using that, but i
still cannot use fixmbr from the win2k recovery console. oh well
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From: "count_zero" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.os.linux,alt.os.linux.redhat,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.redhat,linux.redhat,linux.redhat.install
Subject: /usr/src/linux???
Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2001 07:36:08 GMT
Hi group,
This may be a hopeless newbie question, but...
I have installed RH 7.0 and would like to upgrade to the 2.2.17 or 2.4
kernel. I believe there should be a /usr/src/linux directory. I don't see
one; there is a 'redhat' directory. Where are the kernel source files? I
get an error when I try to run make config.
All help gratefully accepted
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From: Eric Moors <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Mandrake 7.2's KUDZU killed my mouse :(
Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2001 08:37:41 +0100
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Guy Parry wrote:
> I have been irritated by not having gpm running my mouse properly,
> and I was playing around with its settings the other day. When I
> booted this morning I got kudzu telling me that my Serial mouse had
> been removed, or something like that, and I accidentally hit "Remove
> Configuration" instead of 'Do Nothing". Now I have no mouse! Running
> 'mouseconfig' does nothing. I've checked my etc/sysconfig/hwconf file
> and there's nothing to do with a mouse in there. All my mouse
> settings are still in XF86Config and XF86Config-4...
> How on Earth do I get it going again? I'm running Mdk 7.2, the
> mouse is a MS IntelliMouse 1.1A Serial Compatible.
> Sorry to keep posting this. I keep missing your replies because
> of a crappy phone :(
> Thanks!
Then try to find replys on deja.
(is gpm removed from the runlevel initscripts?)
Eric
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From: Eric Moors <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: mounting udf discs as nonroot
Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2001 08:42:38 +0100
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Gregory Davis wrote:
> 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
Then check /etc/filesystems.
Is udf in?
(all this is in `man mount`)
Eric
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From: Eric Moors <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: moving partitions (again!)
Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2001 08:49:46 +0100
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, on 02/11/01
> at 07:40 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Mark Bratcher) said:
>
> >>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?
>
> I'll tell you the thing that's worrying me but it may also be a
> moot point: I want to put '/usr' on '/hda11' and make sure I
> don't run into any path or symlink problems. I could copy/move
> the stuff from '/usr' and then mount it in 'fstab' as '/usr'.
>
> That seems ok but I'm also considering putting some _other_
> directories on '/hda11'. I'm not sure how to do both of these
> things together on '/hda11'.
>
> Might be moot in _practice_ because I may just put '/usr' on
> '/hda11', mount and not add other directories but in _principle_,
> I'd like to know the best strategy.
>
> F.
>
> -----------------------------------------------------------
> Felmon John Davis
> Union College / Schenectady, NY
> os/2 - ma kauft koi katz em sack
> -----------------------------------------------------------
If you think of putting eg /usr and /home on one partition, you're
going to have
to fiddle with symlinks.As you cannot mount a part of a partition to
mountpoint A
and another part of it to B. It would be a weird way of partitioning
though.
But it's not impossible.
Eric
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: error with configure in alsa-driver
Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2001 07:40:18 GMT
While installing alsa-driver using configure I get the error:
========================================================================
[root@localhost alsa-driver-0.4.1e]# ./configure
loading cache ./config.cache
cheching for gcc... gcc
checking whether the C compiler (gcc ) works... no
configure: error: installation or configuration problem: C compiler
cannot create executables.
========================================================================
I using Mandrake 7.0 an did a recommend install.
Was C compiler (gcc ) not installed?
How can I check to see if it was?
Or is my troubles somewhere else?
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Reply-To: "Nils O. Sel�sdal" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
From: "Nils O. Sel�sdal" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.os.linux,alt.os.linux.redhat,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.redhat,linux.redhat,linux.redhat.install
Subject: Re: /usr/src/linux???
Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2001 09:18:48 +0100
"count_zero" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:InMh6.1679$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Hi group,
>
> This may be a hopeless newbie question, but...
> I have installed RH 7.0 and would like to upgrade to the 2.2.17 or 2.4
> kernel. I believe there should be a /usr/src/linux directory. I don't
see
> one; there is a 'redhat' directory. Where are the kernel source files? I
> get an error when I try to run make config.
You didnt install them?
get the latest(2.4.1) kernel from www.kernel.org save it under /usr/src and
unpack it
your linux dir. should appear now..
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Carsten Huettl)
Subject: Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer
Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2001 08:26:12 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hello,
from time to time my rh6.2 maschine hangs While trying to login it
says:
Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual adress
00000762
current -> tss.cr3 = 00101000, %cr3 = 00101000
...
What is wrong here?
How do I fix this problem?
TIA
C.
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From: John Beardmore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: CAPI, HiSax, Diva, RH6.2, kernel 2.2.14 - help !
Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2001 09:30:54 +0000
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, John Beardmore
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes
>I've put a Eicon Diva PCI card into an Alpha RH6.2 Linux box with 'out
>of the box' kernel 2.2.14.
>
> .
> .
> .
So am I asking an impossibly complex question or does nobody use ISDN on
internal TAs ?
Cheers, J/.
--
John Beardmore
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From: "Werner Fangmeier" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.os.linux,alt.os.linux.redhat,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.redhat,linux.redhat,linux.redhat.install
Subject: Re: /usr/src/linux???
Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2001 09:02:13 +0100
1st, the kernel source tree often is not installed by default. But you
should either find the archive on your CD's, or can download it from
thousands of linux file servers around the world. These archives are named
"linux-x.y.z.tar.bz2", where "x.y.z" is the version (e.g. 2.2.17), and can
be unpacked with "tar -C /usr/src -xvIf linux-x.y.z.tar.bz2" (newer tar
versions), or with "bzip2 -c linux-x.y.z.tar.bz2 | tar -C /usr/src -xvf -"
(all tar versions). After that, the directory /usr/src/linux should be
present.
2nd, it is recommended to rename this directory and create a symbolic link
this way:
# cd /usr/src
# mv linux linux-x.y.z
# ln -s linux-x.y.z linux
This way you can switch between multiple kernel versions, simply by
re-creating the symbolic link
count_zero <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb in im Newsbeitrag:
InMh6.1679$[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Hi group,
>
> This may be a hopeless newbie question, but...
> I have installed RH 7.0 and would like to upgrade to the 2.2.17 or 2.4
> kernel. I believe there should be a /usr/src/linux directory. I don't
see
> one; there is a 'redhat' directory. Where are the kernel source files? I
> get an error when I try to run make config.
> All help gratefully accepted
>
>
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From: Jeff Moore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.hardware,redhat.general
Subject: text app for serial terminal
Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2001 04:03:38 -0600
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I need to find a application that can do simple database access and text
file reading, that can be accessed from a serial terminal from a linux
server. I want to be able to read names and telephone numbers, and
simple to do lists from the server. I would also like to be able to
access and change these databases from windows and macintosh clients on
the network with the linux server. A simple text file could be used for
this on the server, but is there a good app for searching the text files
available for access by a serial terminal. I am not too fond of vi and
similar apps, as they do not have very many features. Also I am not
familiar with emacs or similar apps, as I have never had any use for
them. This is a learning experience for me. I have not found any howto
on this subject and I have read the redhat documentation and not found
anything there either. I use RedHat 7.0 at the moment on a Cyrix 200MMX
serving ipchains with port forwarding, dns, squid caching proxy, www,
ftp, news, appletalk filesharing, samba filesharing for windows, printer
sharing, ppp over serial, serial logon for terminal, and cdrom's online.
I am developing systems and software for cross platform use of an isp in
Pakistan currently, and I need this system for the terminal to provide
some little comfort to my wife who says I spend too much time with my
computers. She needs to put her telephone lists and to do lists on the
computer, and I have not told her that I do not know how to do this yet.
Please help me out of my perdicament, so I can work in peace.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Jeff Moore
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Subject: Conflict with UDMA Hard drive
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jerome DESMOULINS)
Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2001 10:53:32 GMT
Hello,
I have buy a new hard drive (IBM 30 Go, 7200 Turn/min).
I have install a Redhat 6.1 on this disk, but I have a conflict with my
parallel port.
Apparently, the hard drive use the addresses normally used by my parallel
port.
How can I resolve it?
I have try to change the IRQ of my disk on the bios, and I also try to
change the address of the // port in the bios, but without results.
Thanks in advance,
Jerome DESMOULINS
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From: Eggert Ehmke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: /usr/src/linux???
Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2001 12:04:09 +0100
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Mon, 12 Feb 2001 09:18:48 +0100, "Nils O. Sel�sdal" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>get the latest(2.4.1) kernel from www.kernel.org save it under /usr/src and
>unpack it
>your linux dir. should appear now..
According to the README in the 2.4.x kernel tree, the /usr/src/linux
directory shall not be used anymore for upgrading kernels. There the library
headers shall live that came with the distribution, if i understand this
right. I installed a /usr/src/kernel/2.4.1 directory for this purpose. Seems
to work fine, but perhaps some guru can shed some more light on this issue
?!
Eggert
--
Eggert Ehmke
Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: "Duane Healing" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Problem installing Linux
Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2001 03:43:04 -0800
I'd guess that the install kernels you're booting don't have support for
your Promise card built into them. Drivers for that card are a pretty
recent development from what I gather and you may need to go to a 2.4.x
kernel to get it to work. But no distro is currently shipping with a 2.4
kernel at install time, so you're in something of a bind. Does anyone
more familiar with this card have any suggestions? I've never actually
used one.
--
-Duane
-DNAware SoftLabs
In article <ibFh6.131532$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "cgocable"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I'm trying to install Linux (Red Hat 7.0; tried other too) on my
> computer without much success. I boot from floppy, enter "text expert"
> at the boot prompt, then there is a screen full of text (hardware checks
> I guess) and then the screen freezes. The last line of text says
> something about IDE channels.
>
> My harddrive is partitioned to FAT 16 (Win2k installed), NTFS (data) and
> an unformated partition (for Linux). I have a Promise Fastrak 66 RAID
> card mirroring 2 harddrives. I have tried installing Corel distribution
> but it was unsuccessful as well.
>
> Any help would be appreciated.
>
> Greg Jaroszynski [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: "Duane Healing" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: How to setup a new font for my RH Linux 7.0 Desktop and Terminal?
Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2001 03:47:25 -0800
For the console, check out the command "consolechars". For various X
programs it's much more variable, dependent on windowmanager, desktop
manager, individual program, etc.
--
-Duane
-DNAware SoftLabs
In article <9676h8$eoo$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "coolwonder" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> Hi guys,
> Is there anyway I can set a new font for the desktop display? Can I
> set a
> new font for terminal too?
>
> Thanks, Coolwonder
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From: "benh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Plug and Play and BIOS - confused
Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2001 11:56:01 -0000
I want to install Mandrake on an old Dell Optiplex GL5133. According to the
instructions, I'm supposed to
disable plug n play (PnP) OS support so that the BIOS is forced to
handle PnP. However, there's no option to do this in the BIOS SETUP program
(it's
Phoenix 1.10 if that's any help).
Does this mean I don't have to worry about it, or that I need to disable PnP
manually for each device before installing, or that I need to find a less
ancient machine?
In other words, if I just go ahead and install Linux, will it be able to
detect any of the hardware?
Thanks in advance,
Ben
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From: "Duane Healing" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Init problem
Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2001 03:52:28 -0800
Boot from floppy and see if you can fsck the drive. If you're very lucky
that might solve the problem. If you're less lucky, you'll get to revisit
the joys of fdisk. If you're even less lucky you have a new paperweight.
--
-Duane
-DNAware SoftLabs
In article <Y6Ch6.1821$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "tqbfjotld"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 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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