Linux-Setup Digest #620, Volume #20 Mon, 12 Feb 01 22:13:08 EST
Contents:
[Help] XFree 4.0.2 freezes with Linux 2.4.1 (Alex Mezhirov)
Re: Start linux with Num Lock ON (Rob Weaver)
Install hangs computer (Marc Ulrich)
Update: Install hangs computer (Marc Ulrich)
Re: Problem with KDE install ("Martin Cooper")
Re: Downgrading to Mandrake 7.2 - did Linux become a windoze clone? (Bloody Viking)
Re: Downgrading to Mandrake 7.2 - did Linux become a windoze clone? (Bloody Viking)
Re: Sound stopped working (Vivek Gupta)
Re: Multiboot Win2k and linux ("Brian Schwarz")
Re: What is it with RedHat and S3 video cards? ("Robert Fleming")
Re: Do I use i686 or i386 RPMs? (or i586?) (James D Parker Jr)
Re: Downgrading to Mandrake 7.2 - did Linux become a windoze clone? (David Steinberg)
Re: Kernel compile fails in RH7 -- weird error (David Cecere)
Re: Kernel compile fails in RH7 -- weird error (David Cecere)
Re: Need help find Modem!!! (James D Parker Jr)
Re: Multiboot Win2k and linux (Rod Smith)
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From: Alex Mezhirov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.x
Subject: [Help] XFree 4.0.2 freezes with Linux 2.4.1
Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2001 20:48:06 -0500
I have problems running XFree 4.0.2 with 2.4.1 kernel.
XFree 4.0.2 on 2.2.18 works fine (as does 3.3.6 on 2.4.1). When
I compile 2.4.1 kernel and run startx (with no changes to the
XF86Config-4), the screen goes black, and the only way out
is to turn the power off (Ctrl-Alt-BS and Ctrl-Alt-Del have
no effect).
I have ATI Xpert 128 (16MB PCI), K6-200, generic US keyboard,
generic 3-button mouse (MouseSystems mode) running Debian woody.
The distribution should not be important as I set up a basic
LinuxFromScratch system with the same result (same freeze on
XFree 4.0.2 with kernel 2.4.0).
Below is are my XF86Config-4 and kernel configuration script.
Any help is greatly appreciated.
Best regards,
Alex
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# XF86Config-4
Section "Files"
FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/misc"
FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/cyrillic"
FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/Type1"
FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo"
FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi"
FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi"
EndSection
Section "ServerFlags"
EndSection
# Tried commenting out this section -- no change
Section "Module"
Load "ddc"
Load "GLcore"
Load "dbe"
Load "dri"
Load "extmod"
Load "glx"
Load "pex5"
Load "record"
Load "xie"
Load "bitmap"
Load "freetype"
Load "speedo"
Load "type1"
Load "vbe"
Load "int10"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Generic Keyboard"
Driver "keyboard"
Option "CoreKeyboard"
Option "XkbRules" "xfree86"
Option "XkbModel" "pc104"
Option "XkbLayout" "us"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Generic Mouse"
Driver "mouse"
Option "CorePointer"
Option "Device" "/dev/ttyS0"
Option "Protocol" "MouseSystems"
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "Generic Video Card"
Driver "ati"
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Generic Monitor"
HorizSync 30-95
VertRefresh 50-180
Modeline "1152x864x100" 137.65 1152 1176 1304 1528 864 866 885
898 -HSync -VSync
Option "DPMS"
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Default Screen"
Device "Generic Video Card"
Monitor "Generic Monitor"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Depth 1
Modes "1152x864x100"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 4
Modes "1152x864x100"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 8
Modes "1152x864x100"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 15
Modes "1152x864x100"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 16
Modes "1152x864x100"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1152x864x100"
EndSubSection
EndSection
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Default Layout"
Screen "Default Screen"
InputDevice "Generic Keyboard"
InputDevice "Generic Mouse"
EndSection
Section "DRI"
Mode 0666
EndSection
=============================================================
# Kernel Compile Options:
# Automatically generated by make menuconfig: don't edit
CONFIG_X86=y
CONFIG_ISA=y
CONFIG_UID16=y
CONFIG_MODULES=y
CONFIG_MK6=y
CONFIG_X86_WP_WORKS_OK=y
CONFIG_X86_INVLPG=y
CONFIG_X86_CMPXCHG=y
CONFIG_X86_BSWAP=y
CONFIG_X86_POPAD_OK=y
CONFIG_X86_L1_CACHE_SHIFT=5
CONFIG_X86_ALIGNMENT_16=y
CONFIG_X86_TSC=y
CONFIG_X86_USE_PPRO_CHECKSUM=y
CONFIG_NOHIGHMEM=y
# General setup
CONFIG_NET=y
CONFIG_PCI=y
CONFIG_PCI_GOANY=y
CONFIG_PCI_BIOS=y
CONFIG_PCI_DIRECT=y
CONFIG_PCI_NAMES=y
CONFIG_SYSVIPC=y
CONFIG_SYSCTL=y
CONFIG_KCORE_ELF=y
CONFIG_BINFMT_ELF=y
# Parallel port support
CONFIG_PARPORT=y
CONFIG_PARPORT_PC=y
# Plug and Play configuration
CONFIG_PNP=y
CONFIG_ISAPNP=y
# Block devices
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_FD=y
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_LOOP=y
# Networking options
CONFIG_PACKET=y
CONFIG_UNIX=y
CONFIG_INET=y
# ATA/IDE/MFM/RLL support
CONFIG_IDE=y
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDE=y
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEDISK=y
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDESCSI=y
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEPCI=y
# SCSI support
CONFIG_SCSI=y
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SR=y
CONFIG_SR_EXTRA_DEVS=2
# Network device support
CONFIG_NETDEVICES=y
CONFIG_DUMMY=y
CONFIG_PPP=y
CONFIG_PPP_ASYNC=y
# Character devices
CONFIG_VT=y
CONFIG_VT_CONSOLE=y
CONFIG_SERIAL=y
CONFIG_UNIX98_PTYS=y
CONFIG_UNIX98_PTY_COUNT=256
# Mice
CONFIG_MOUSE=y
# File systems
CONFIG_FAT_FS=y
CONFIG_MSDOS_FS=y
CONFIG_VFAT_FS=y
CONFIG_ISO9660_FS=y
CONFIG_JOLIET=y
CONFIG_PROC_FS=y
CONFIG_DEVPTS_FS=y
CONFIG_EXT2_FS=y
# Partition Types
CONFIG_MSDOS_PARTITION=y
CONFIG_NLS=y
# Native Language Support
CONFIG_NLS_DEFAULT="iso8859-1"
CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_437=y
CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_866=y
# Console drivers
CONFIG_VGA_CONSOLE=y
# Sound
CONFIG_SOUND=y
CONFIG_SOUND_ES1371=y
------------------------------
From: Rob Weaver <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Start linux with Num Lock ON
Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2001 20:50:10 -0500
Hi Ian;
You've tried setting this in the BIOS? I think that if you hit the
delete key during the boot sequence you'll be able to control this from
one of your ROM BIOS setup screens - I don't know about controlling this
from within Mandrake (if that's what you're trying to do)
Also make sure that you choose *Save setings on exit* when you're
finished - just exiting setup won't quite do it.
All the best,
Rob Weaver
Ian wrote:
>
> Hi, does anyone know how I can start linux with Num Lock ON?
> iam using linux mandrake 7.2 with KDE 2.0
>
> I have already checked the Start Num Lock ON during the setup but it doesn't
> work.
>
> Thanks for reading this
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From: Marc Ulrich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Install hangs computer
Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2001 15:25:02 -0500
I have a new computer that will not install linux RedHat 7.0. Here's the
deal:
When the boot (from CDRom) reaches the spot: "PCI: probing PCI
hardware", the system freezes. Not even Crtl-Alt-Del to shutdown &
reboot will work. I tried using the expert mode because it said that
will bypass the PCI autoprobing. It does exactly the same thing.
Here's what I think the problem is: The harddrive is using a Promise
Ultra100 harddrive controller (so that the HDD can use ATA100 instead of
ATA66 which is the max available via the motherboard). I would try just
attaching the harddrive to the motherboard controller, install linux &
then put it back on the Promise controller except that the PCI probing
is done everytime linux boots.
Can anyone help me out?
Thanks,
Marc
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From: Marc Ulrich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Update: Install hangs computer
Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2001 15:32:22 -0500
Nope, it isn't the PCI hardware causing the trouble. I've removed all
PCI cards, and put the HDD on the Motherboard's IDE controller. The only
expansion card in the system is a Matrox G400 AGP video card.
Does anyone know what causes this?
Marc
Marc Ulrich wrote:
>
> I have a new computer that will not install linux RedHat 7.0. Here's the
> deal:
>
> When the boot (from CDRom) reaches the spot: "PCI: probing PCI
> hardware", the system freezes. Not even Crtl-Alt-Del to shutdown &
> reboot will work. I tried using the expert mode because it said that
> will bypass the PCI autoprobing. It does exactly the same thing.
>
> Here's what I think the problem is: The harddrive is using a Promise
> Ultra100 harddrive controller (so that the HDD can use ATA100 instead of
> ATA66 which is the max available via the motherboard). I would try just
> attaching the harddrive to the motherboard controller, install linux &
> then put it back on the Promise controller except that the PCI probing
> is done everytime linux boots.
>
> Can anyone help me out?
> Thanks,
> Marc
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From: "Martin Cooper" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Problem with KDE install
Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2001 22:20:35 -0000
Hi,
libmng is an animation library, and the version of KDE you have has been
linked with it. Goto www.libmng.com and download the latest version, follow
the installation instructions ( which you will have to do from the command
line) and your problems will be sorted.
Martin
"Ian" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:CyHh6.132303$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> iam using linux mandrake 7.2
> I downloaded KDE 2.0.1 and follow the instruction there to install.
> what i did is save all the files in a folder
> exit X, log in as root,
> rpm -Uvh --nodeps --force *.rpm
> rpm --rebuilddb
> update-menus -v
>
> Then when i reboot the machine.
> X won't even start ! it said some dependency problem with libmng.so.0
> Any one know how to install KDE 2.0.1?
>
> THanks for reading this
>
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bloody Viking)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Re: Downgrading to Mandrake 7.2 - did Linux become a windoze clone?
Date: 13 Feb 2001 02:10:30 GMT
Duane Healing ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
: One word will instantly releive all your pain... Debian.
That Mandrake install debacle sounds pretty bad. Almost as bad as a Windows *
install debacle minus the BSOD on the boot floppy.
Easiest install of any OS I've ever seen was a Packrat Bell restore CD with
one boot floppy. Except for fdisk, it was a piece of cake. That's becuse that
"distribution" was meant for one exact machine.
For Linux, Red Hat is pretty easy so long as your machine tolerates LILO as
most do. Slackware is best left for Linux old timers or people with a hacker
mentality. I'm sure Caldera is like a Red Hat for the install.
The easiest possible install for a Linux would be a variation of Slackware but
with one giant tarball on the CD that a script untars after manoeuvering to
the /mnt directory after fdisking and formatting. The fdisk will still have to
be manually done as with all OS installs. An install like this would be almost
as easy as a Packrat Bell Windows 95 "distribution".
Mandrake is definitely fucking up. If it keeps up, word will spread and
suddenly another dot.com is shuttered.
--
FOOD FOR THOUGHT: 100 calories are used up in the course of a mile run.
The USDA guidelines for dietary fibre is equal to one ounce of sawdust.
The liver makes the vast majority of the cholesterol in your bloodstream.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bloody Viking)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Re: Downgrading to Mandrake 7.2 - did Linux become a windoze clone?
Date: 13 Feb 2001 02:19:43 GMT
Bit Twister ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
: I feel like Mandrake hired a bunch of Micro$oft programmers.
MS-Mole(tm) v.1.0.0! We'll know an MS-Mole(tm) is operating when someone is
using Mandrake and gets a Blue Screen Of Death. That'll have to wait for
MS-Mole(tm) v.3.11 or Mole 95.
For a mole to make a BSOD, he'll have to get into the kernel source and add
some bugs pointing to a contrived blue screen of death then let the normal
people compile the tainted source to be shipped on the distro.
--
FOOD FOR THOUGHT: 100 calories are used up in the course of a mile run.
The USDA guidelines for dietary fibre is equal to one ounce of sawdust.
The liver makes the vast majority of the cholesterol in your bloodstream.
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From: Vivek Gupta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Sound stopped working
Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2001 18:12:41 -0800
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Check the sound server configuration of your Window Manager i.e. GNOME
or KDE.
If you are using KDE then, artsify your application.
Or use KDE's own application to play the music.
Vivek
"Victor S. Miller" wrote:
>
> I'm running RH 7.0 dual boot with Win' 98 on a Pentium MMX 166Mhz,
> with a soundblaster 16. Sound had been working pretty much ok, until
> today when I noticed that I don't get any sound at all from the
> speakers. The hardware is just fine, since when I go into Win' 98,
> sound is ok -- I can play mp3 files, and they sound as expected.
> Somehow, I suspect that some setting somewhere has changed, but I
> really don't know where to look. Any suggestions?
>
> Victor
>
> Here is the relevant part of dmesg:
>
> Soundblaster audio driver Copyright (C) by Hannu Savolainen 1993-1996
> SB 4.13 detected OK (240)
> YM3812 and OPL-3 driver Copyright (C) by Hannu Savolainen, Rob Hooft 1993-1996
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From: "Brian Schwarz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: Multiboot Win2k and linux
Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2001 18:23:23 -0800
You could set the NT boot loader to boot to DOS and then use loadlin to boot
Linux.
"Costas Gavardinas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:969tuk$gc9$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> The problem is the following: Linux is installed in a secondary partition
> which lies beyond the 1024 cylinder. When I ask YaST to configure LiLo to
> run from the root partition I get an error.
> Is there a way to overcome this problem and to enable Linux booting from
the
> NT Loader?
> Thank you again!
>
>
> "Costas Gavardinas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> news:969c2d$3125$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> > I have Linux installed in the secondary partition of my first hard disk.
I
> > also have installed Windows 2000 pro and win98. I am using the Win2k
boot
> > selector for windows and I boot linux from a boot disk. Is there perhaps
a
> > way to integrate a "Linux" option to the win2k boot menu, so that I
don't
> > have to use a boot disk. Thank you for your help!
> >
> >
>
>
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From: "Robert Fleming" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: What is it with RedHat and S3 video cards?
Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2001 18:54:19 -0700
Regarding you post on redhat and s3 video cards it really depends on the
chipset that they have in use. When you say S3 its rather like saying Ford
to a auto parts store they to will want to know what model (virge, etc.) and
probably a revision number. The SVGA driver is the best at supporting the
S3 card as it is generic enough to handle most of them. The S3 server is
older and outdated and many of the cards that you look to support will only
work in a minor fashion.
Robert Fleming
"Carlos Moreno" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
>
> Hi,
>
> I've noticed that RedHat (including RH7) have serious
> issues working with S3 video cards. I myself have never
> used one, but all my friends and colleagues that ask me
> for advice with their Linux installation run into big
> trouble whenever they have an S3 video card.
>
> It is in the list of recognized vide cards in the HCL;
> however, I have *never* been able to get RH to recognize
> and work with one of those cards. What am I missing?
> Is there a way to download some kind of driver, module,
> RPM so that I can make it work easily?
>
> Thanks for any info/pointers,
>
> Carlos
> --
>
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From: James D Parker Jr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Do I use i686 or i386 RPMs? (or i586?)
Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2001 21:44:23 -0500
Tom Combs wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I'm running RH 7.0 on a PIII and I'd like to add the errata patches.
> However, some of the patches come in i386 and i686 flavors and I'm
> not sure which is the correct choice. The i686 seems to be the logical
> choice but I'd like to make sure. Does anyone know which of these
> patches should be used on a Dell OptiPlex Gx110 running RH 7.0?
>
> Thanks, Tom Combs [EMAIL PROTECTED]
There is also a possibility for an i586 version of a patch. None currently
exist for Red Hat 7.0.
When you boot up, there is a message which identifies processor type. Mine
says 586. Can I safely assume that if I have a 586 I would use i386 patches
unless there were a corresponding i586?
Thanks
Jim
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David Steinberg)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Re: Downgrading to Mandrake 7.2 - did Linux become a windoze clone?
Date: 13 Feb 2001 02:48:56 GMT
*Rotten_168* ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
: Hey maybe this is a dumb question but is Debian available at stores? I
: still have a dialup so downloading a 1+ gig distro is out of the
: question.
Dumb question? I don't think so. Sounds completely relevant to your
situation.
>From http://www.debian.org/distrib/vendors: "Debian creates and provides
its entire distribution free of charge. Debian does not manufacture its
own CDs, but relies on 3rd party vendors. To make it easier for CD vendors
to provide a high quality disk we provide Official CD images for them.
This is the only version that has been fully tested by our testing team
and is by far the most popular way to buy Debian."
The page then lists a large number of retailers around the world that
carry Debian CD's. Personally, I've made purchases from CheapBytes
(http://www.cheapbytes.com/), and been very satisfied. They offer Debian
Potato for $9.99 US, plus shipping.
I will warn you that the official CD is not entirely up to date. This is
really a distribution that is meant to be kept up to date over the
internet. If you're on dial up, you can keep your potato (stable) system
up to date, with regards to security and bug fixes, no problem. But, if
you want to be a little more bleeding-edge and run woody (testing) or sid
(unstable), you're going to have to be patient. :)
--
David Steinberg -o)
Computer Engineering Undergrad, UBC / \
[EMAIL PROTECTED] _\_v
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From: David Cecere <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Kernel compile fails in RH7 -- weird error
Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2001 20:50:26 -0500
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Paul,
Thanks a lot, you nailed it. I had looked on RH's package Web site and
missed it. None of my searches for as86 or ld86 got a hit.
Thanks again,
David
On 12 Feb 2001 18:29:32 -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Paul Kimoto)
wrote:
>In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, David Cecere wrote:
>> make[1]: as86: Command not found
>
>You need to install the as86(1) program. It is in a package usually
>called "bin86" or "dev86".
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From: David Cecere <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Kernel compile fails in RH7 -- weird error
Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2001 20:58:51 -0500
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Michael,
If compiling my kernel was the worst thing I'd ever "mucked up" in my
life I'd be in great shape. As it happens, the Changes file for the
2.2.16-22 kernel source says that gcc 2.7.2.3 will compile the kernel.
In a perfect world that statement would be true, but it's not. Without
kgcc and egcs, the compile fails, and without either symlinking the
gcc dir to kgcc ir hacking the Makefile the compile fails. And so it
goes.
David
On Mon, 12 Feb 2001 23:13:44 +0100, Michael Heiming
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>David Cecere wrote:
>
>> Greetings,
>>
>> The 2.2.16-22 kernel appears to compile normally all the way up to the
>> point where it attemps to create the compressed file (vmlinuz). The
>> make program craps out as follows:
>>
>> make[1]: as86: Command not found
>> make[1]: *** [bbootsect.o] error 127
>> make[1]: Leaving directory '/usr/src/linux-2.2.16/arch/i386/boot'
>> make: *** [bzImage] Error 2
>>
>> I've found reference to the as86 compiler in the
>> /usr/src/arch/i386/boot/Makefile. It calls as86 as a cross compiler.
>> It also lists ld86 on the line below. I can't find either file
>> anywhere on my system.
>>
>> I currently have kgcc-1.1.2-40 installed and I have hacked my top
>> Makefile to use kgcc as the cross-compiler.
>>
>> I have egcs-1.1.2-30, and cpp-2.96-69. All my packages verify.
>>
>> Anybody?
>>
>> David
>
>Hello,
>
>sounds as you have mucked it up, there is a file
>/usr/src/linux/Documentaton/Changes which comes with every kernel and
>says which version of what you need to compile a kernel.
>
>Unless you are absolutly sure what you are doing, you shouldn't touch any
>Makefiles
>needed to build your kernel.
>
>Good luck
>
>Michael Heiming
>
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From: James D Parker Jr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Need help find Modem!!!
Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2001 21:57:16 -0500
Colin wrote:
> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, James D Parker Jr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>wrote:
>
> > 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.
>
> I think you have to add your user ID to the dialout group in your /etc/group file so
> that you can dial out as a normal user.
>
> >
> > 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.
>
> Which distribution are you using? I'll assume it's Red Hat. You should be able to
> find a local file in the /etc/rc.d/init.d directory that you can put these commands
> into. And if you can't, it's not so hard to do yourself. Just follow the other
> examples in that directory and the /etc/rc.d/rc.? directories.
I have the script automatically working at startup. Still don't have ability to dial
unless root. There is no dialout group in /etc/group. In Dialup Configuration, I did
specify to allow users to dial out. I think the problem is permissions on the device.
doing an ls -l /dev/ttyS1* shows
crw-r----- 1 root uucp 4, 65 Feb 12 21:36 ttyS1
crw-rw---- 1 root uucp 4, 74 Aug 24 05:00 ttyS10
crw-rw---- 1 root uucp 4, 164 Aug 24 05:00 ttyS100
crw-rw---- 1 root uucp 4, 165 Aug 24 05:00 ttyS101
crw-rw---- 1 root uucp 4, 166 Aug 24 05:00 ttyS102
crw-rw---- 1 root uucp 4, 167 Aug 24 05:00 ttyS103
crw-rw---- 1 root uucp 4, 168 Aug 24 05:00 ttyS104
crw-rw---- 1 root uucp 4, 169 Aug 24 05:00 ttyS105
crw-rw---- 1 root uucp 4, 170 Aug 24 05:00 ttyS106
crw-rw---- 1 root uucp 4, 171 Aug 24 05:00 ttyS107
crw-rw---- 1 root uucp 4, 172 Aug 24 05:00 ttyS108
crw-rw---- 1 root uucp 4, 173 Aug 24 05:00 ttyS109
crw-rw---- 1 root uucp 4, 75 Aug 24 05:00 ttyS11
crw-rw---- 1 root uucp 4, 174 Aug 24 05:00 ttyS110
crw-rw---- 1 root uucp 4, 175 Aug 24 05:00 ttyS111
crw-rw---- 1 root uucp 4, 176 Aug 24 05:00 ttyS112
crw-rw---- 1 root uucp 4, 177 Aug 24 05:00 ttyS113
crw-rw---- 1 root uucp 4, 178 Aug 24 05:00 ttyS114
...there are lots more...
Note that all are crw-rw---- EXCEPT ttyS1 which just happens to be the device I run
isapnp
and setserial on. Note also that the date/time is different - very near current time -
probably about the time I last booted up. What I'm going to try is to set the
permissions
to rw-rw-rw- and see waht happens. Wish me luck.
Jim
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Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Rod Smith)
Subject: Re: Multiboot Win2k and linux
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,alt.os.linux.suse,comp.os.linux
Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2001 02:55:05 GMT
[Posted and mailed]
In article <969tuk$gc9$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
"Costas Gavardinas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> The problem is the following: Linux is installed in a secondary partition
First off, there is no such thing as a "secondary partition." The
standard PC partitioning scheme recognizes primary and extended
partitions, with logical partitions residing inside extended partitions.
I suspect you mean you've installed Linux on a logical partition.
> which lies beyond the 1024 cylinder. When I ask YaST to configure LiLo to
> run from the root partition I get an error.
> Is there a way to overcome this problem and to enable Linux booting from the
> NT Loader?
Upgrade LILO. I don't recall the exact version numbers offhand, but
recent versions of LILO support booting from beyond the 1024th cylinder,
*IF* your BIOS includes the appropriate extended INT13 calls.
If your BIOS doesn't include those calls (AFAIK, all BIOSes made in the
past 2-3 years, and maybe earlier, do), then you'll need to put the
kernel below the 1024th cylinder. The easiest way to do this is usually
to create a small (10-20MB) partition below this point, mount it as
/boot, and store the kernel there.
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Author of books on Linux & multi-OS configuration
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