Linux-Setup Digest #626, Volume #20 Tue, 13 Feb 01 16:13:09 EST
Contents:
Re: PPP not working with kernel 2.4.0 (Michal Fikejs)
initiator problems.... (Hilde Vernieuwe)
Re: Can't delete file ("Peter T. Breuer")
Re: LINUX readme�s- Found it ("Bjarke Thor")
Linux newbie<HELP!>: dual boot problem(Linux/win98) freeze at "L"( as in LILO)!
("Bjarke Thor")
RedHat kernel upgrade (2.2.16 => 2.2.17) guide posted . . . ("Ben")
Re: initiator problems.... (H.Bruijn)
Re: PPP not working with kernel 2.4.0 ("Peter T. Breuer")
Need Help... ("John")
Re: PPP not working with kernel 2.4.0 (Jim Newton)
Re: Downgrading to Mandrake 7.2 - did Linux become a windoze clone? (Zsolt Zsoldos)
Linux installation to floppyless machines ("Rex Dieter")
Re: Downgrading to Mandrake 7.2 - did Linux become a windoze clone? (Karl Misselt)
Re: Alsa Driver Question (Gary Daniels)
New to Linux, Slow Boot ("Chris Chandler")
Re: moving partitions (again!) ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
linuxconf can't find dhcpd (Fred Marsico)
different /dev's for tape? ("Corey Wirun")
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From: Michal Fikejs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: PPP not working with kernel 2.4.0
Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2001 18:57:18 +0100
Dedicated to all Manson Fans wrote:
> Michal Fikejs schrieb:
>
>
>> I compiled a new kernel 2.4.0 from the source, I compiled the PPP
>> support (first as a module, then directly in the kernel) but when I try
>> to connect to internet the pppd dies with a code 4 - no PPP kernel support.
>>
>> When I compiled PPP as a module no module named ppp.o was made.
>>
>> Any Idea what could be wrong?
>>
>> Michal
>
>
> try the other way. Compile it into the kernel if it's possible.
I did so but didn't work neither.
By the way the rpm package of kernel 2.4.0 doesn't support ppp neither...
--
___________________________________
MICHAL F I K E J S, f o t o g r a f
[EMAIL PROTECTED] www.diorama.cz
___________0608 20 20 23___________
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From: Hilde Vernieuwe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: initiator problems....
Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2001 19:07:10 +0100
Hello,
I just installed Linux Mandrake 7.2 on my PC (first time ever I
installed Linux) and I experience some problems:
I partitioned my harddisk in several partitions. Two partitions are
FAT32 (windows 2000). One of these partitions I would like to use to
store my data (I have to be able to read my Linux outputs in Windows).
The disk is mounted as /mnt/win_d and had nosuid. I think that's the
reason why all files are owned root.root. Can I change this to
username.usergroup, so that I don't continuously get errormessages if I
want to save something on that disk?
Tar even refuses to untar something on the disk!
Now, the disk is mounted as (this is an extract from /etc/fstab):
/dev/hda5 /mnt/win_d vfat user,exec,umask=0 0 0
Can anyone help this novice linux user?
Hilde
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From: "Peter T. Breuer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Can't delete file
Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2001 19:15:21 +0100
Eric Ho <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> The file is part of the Pytheon.
> bash-2.03# ls -l plusnode.gif
> ls: plusnode.gif: Value too large for defined data type
> bash-2.03# lsattr plusnode.gif
> lsattr: Value too large for defined data type while stating plusnode.gif
Yeah .. OK. While I don't feel like checking the source to see what
it's up to here, I would guess that you either have a file bigger than 2GB
there or a corrupted file system. I believe that the directory entry has
an unexpected value.
> bash-2.03# df .
> Filesystem 1k-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on
> /dev/hdd2 3023820 2339596 530606 82% /usr
It's 3GB. No large file. You use 2.3GB for your /usr subsystem? What
distro is this? How come it grew a "plusnode.gif"?
> bash-2.03# mount
> /dev/hdb1 on / type ext2 (rw)
> /dev/hda1 on /dosc type vfat (rw)
> /dev/hdd1 on /songs type ext2 (rw)
> /dev/hdd2 on /usr type ext2 (rw)
It's a plain ext2 fs.
> /dev/hdd3 on /var type ext2 (rw)
> /dev/hdd4 on /home type ext2 (rw)
You have your own files elsewhere.
> none on /proc type proc (rw)
Looks like you'll have to get out debugfs and erase the entry in
question, then fsck and/or reboot to try and move the inode it referred
to to lost+found. If the inodes OK, rename it and replace it where it
wanted to go. If not, get out debugfs again to wipe the inode entry.
Peter
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From: "Bjarke Thor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: LINUX readme�s- Found it
Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2001 18:30:59 -0000
found it
Bjarke Thor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:966do3$75k$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> 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: "Bjarke Thor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Linux newbie<HELP!>: dual boot problem(Linux/win98) freeze at "L"( as in
LILO)!
Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2001 18:41:41 -0000
Hi, I have been having trouble dualbooting win 98 and LINUX. I have Win98
up on my C drive(primary-master(hda)) and have now set LINUX up on my D
drive(secondary slave(hdd)). I have the following partitions(on LINUX
drive): boot(15,7MB) and then inside an Extended partition I have the Swap
partition and root. OK?
Now when I have finished setting up LINUX and reboot, LILO freezes up on the
"L". Now I have had help here on this group from Eric, and He told me to:
edit: /etc/lilo.conf, finding a line witch says "Linear", I have and,
replaced it with Lba32 then I run /sbin/lilo -v
Nothing changes! LILO still doesn't make it past the L!!!!!
please HELP, all I have done already well exceeds my knowlidge of
computer(and LINUX) so I have NO IDEA what to do now!!!!..
thanx
Bjarxz
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: "Ben" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: linux.redhat.install,linux.redhat.misc
Subject: RedHat kernel upgrade (2.2.16 => 2.2.17) guide posted . . .
Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2001 13:49:03 -0500
I don't know whether others have had problems installing the RedHat
security upgrade or not, but I did, and the RH support tech was no
help, either. He agreed with me that the posted instructions were at
best out-of-date and incomplete, and and worst, wrong, but he couldn't
offer anything better.
I finally figured it out, and then wrote it down, so I'd be able to do it
again if necessary. Because it *might* help someone else, I've posted
it on one of my websites at
http://poolsolutions.com/nu-b/kernel-upg.html
It ONLY applies to Intel/AMD machines running RH 7 and booting
from IDE drives using the MBR (master boot record), and it's obviously
a guide from one newbie to another, but it works for me, and I had to
use it on 3 machines. Use at your own risk.
If you are NOT a newbie, and take a look, please let me know if you
see errors. The email address below works, but tends to get purged
automatically from spammer's files.
Ben
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (H.Bruijn)
Subject: Re: initiator problems....
Date: 13 Feb 2001 19:07:28 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Tue, 13 Feb 2001 19:07:10 +0100, Hilde Vernieuwe allegedly wrote:
>Hello,
>
>I just installed Linux Mandrake 7.2 on my PC (first time ever I
>installed Linux) and I experience some problems:
>I partitioned my harddisk in several partitions. Two partitions are
>FAT32 (windows 2000). One of these partitions I would like to use to
>store my data (I have to be able to read my Linux outputs in Windows).
>The disk is mounted as /mnt/win_d and had nosuid. I think that's the
>reason why all files are owned root.root. Can I change this to
>username.usergroup, so that I don't continuously get errormessages if I
>want to save something on that disk?
>Tar even refuses to untar something on the disk!
>Now, the disk is mounted as (this is an extract from /etc/fstab):
>
>/dev/hda5 /mnt/win_d vfat user,exec,umask=0 0 0
>
>Can anyone help this novice linux user?
>
>Hilde
First I would assume that you work as a user other then root, when
running linux. My suggestion would thus be to make /mnt/win_d completely
owned by that user, by adding the options uid=hilde,guid=hilde where
you substitute hilde with the correct (g)uid.
The default permissions are set with umask variable, umask=002 is pretty
standard. Remember that vfat doesn't have native pemissions so that
trying to change them, whith chmod, or chown is impossible.
The result would be something like:
/dev/hda5 /mnt/win_d vfat user,uid=1001,guid=501,exec,umask=002 0 0
For more information take a look at the manual page "man mount"
especially the sections "Mount options for fat" and "Mount options for
vfat" and the man page "man fstab".
Veel succes.
--
If a trainstation is the place where trains stop, what is a workstation?
========================================================================
Herman Bruijn mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
The Netherlands website: http://hermanbruijn.com
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From: "Peter T. Breuer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: PPP not working with kernel 2.4.0
Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2001 20:08:18 +0100
Dedicated to all Manson Fans <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Michal Fikejs schrieb:
>> I compiled a new kernel 2.4.0 from the source, I compiled the PPP
>> support (first as a module, then directly in the kernel) but when I try
>> to connect to internet the pppd dies with a code 4 - no PPP kernel support.
>>
>> When I compiled PPP as a module no module named ppp.o was made.
>>
>> Any Idea what could be wrong?
-
maybe its called:
-rw-r--r-- 1 root 8592 Feb 3 14:44 ppp_synctty.o
-rw-r--r-- 1 root 27900 Feb 3 14:44 ppp_generic.o
-rw-r--r-- 1 root 38644 Feb 3 14:44 ppp_deflate.o
-rw-r--r-- 1 root 10224 Feb 3 14:44 ppp_async.o
Peter
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From: "John" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Need Help...
Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2001 14:25:58 -0500
Hello all,
I've recently purchased an IBM T85D flat panel monitor and IBM GeForce 2 mx
dvi/vga card....
I'm trying to get my Xserver up and running. The xserver does actually load
and come up, but it's overshadowed by many pink lines running across the
screen... If anyone has a similar configuration that's working or has any
ideas on what to do, I'd greatly appreciate it...
I have recently installed the newest drivers from Nvidia... but still can't
seem to get it to work..
Please help! :-)
John
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jim Newton)
Subject: Re: PPP not working with kernel 2.4.0
Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2001 19:31:16 +0000
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Tue, 13 Feb 2001 18:22:30 +0100, Michal Fikejs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I compiled a new kernel 2.4.0 from the source, I compiled the PPP
>support (first as a module, then directly in the kernel) but when I try
>to connect to internet the pppd dies with a code 4 - no PPP kernel support.
>
>When I compiled PPP as a module no module named ppp.o was made.
>
>Any Idea what could be wrong?
>
>Michal
>--
>___________________________________
>MICHAL F I K E J S, f o t o g r a f
>[EMAIL PROTECTED] www.diorama.cz
>___________0608 20 20 23___________
>
I needed both the most recent pppd and the upgraded modutils to get it all
working.
Jim
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From: Zsolt Zsoldos <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Re: Downgrading to Mandrake 7.2 - did Linux become a windoze clone?
Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2001 19:35:36 GMT
Just FYI, finally I received a reply from Mandrakesoft support,
where I submitted my problem on Sunday (as I had an 'official' copy):
> The upgrade does not run to the 7.2 version.
>
> The complete version is designed for newbies.
> In this way this is a light version.
> The powerpack is fully designed to your needs,
> not the complete.
>
>
> Best regards
>
> Mandrakesoft Support Team
This seems to agree with most of the reply posts in this thread, so I
can conclude, that everything was fine and working 'as advertised'.
The only problem was my misunderstanding of the English language...
DEFINITION:
complete = light version, designed for newbies
(in other words: half of the packages are missing)
OK, I got it now!
--
Zsolt Zsoldos
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From: "Rex Dieter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Linux installation to floppyless machines
Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2001 13:54:35 -0600
I've had some trouble installing RedHat linux (version 6.2) on machines
without conventional floppy drives (ones with LS-120 or zip's for example).
The problem is that on installation, the boot process hangs apparently
trying to load the floppy driver. On a few machines, I was able to correct
the problem by disabling the floppy interface altogether in the machines'
bios. On one machine, however, this "fix" did not help.
My question then, is it possible (via kernel/lilo parameter or whatever) to
disable or prevent the attempted startup of the conventional floppy driver
(short of building a custom kernel)?
--
Rex Dieter
Computer System Administrator
Mathematics and Statistics
University of Nebraska Lincoln
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From: Karl Misselt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Re: Downgrading to Mandrake 7.2 - did Linux become a windoze clone?
Date: 13 Feb 2001 15:25:02 -0500
Zsolt Zsoldos <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Just FYI, finally I received a reply from Mandrakesoft support,
> where I submitted my problem on Sunday (as I had an 'official' copy):
>
> > The upgrade does not run to the 7.2 version.
> >
> > The complete version is designed for newbies.
> > In this way this is a light version.
> > The powerpack is fully designed to your needs,
> > not the complete.
> >
> >
> > Best regards
> >
> > Mandrakesoft Support Team
>
> This seems to agree with most of the reply posts in this thread, so I
> can conclude, that everything was fine and working 'as advertised'.
> The only problem was my misunderstanding of the English language...
>
> DEFINITION:
> complete = light version, designed for newbies
> (in other words: half of the packages are missing)
>
> OK, I got it now!
>
> --
> Zsolt Zsoldos
Well the warning on their page about "no developer tools" in the
"complete" (pretty stupid name for a 'light' version...) warned
me off of getting that package. However, I was wondering if anyone
knows what one loses by getting the free download package or odering
the 'free' cd's from cheapbytes.com. It appears as the compilers
and libraries are included in the download version. But what elements
of the distro (ie. powerpack package) are missing? I'm leaning towards
mandrake for a new laptop, but given the recent discusions here
lately, I'm thinking about Debian or maybe downloading both and
testing them out. I've installed various versions of Solaris on a
variety of Sun machines as well as installed and maintained software
for those machines, so I'm not too worried about having lots of trouble
with any flavor of linux, but I'd rather not waste a few days
tracking down various packages/drivers etc. So I need working
c/c++/fortran compilers at the minimum. My basic question with
distros boils down to: Do all the free download versions contain
compilers and working libraries and what would one gain by spending
$70 on the powerpack 7.2 distro of mandrake?
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From: Gary Daniels <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Alsa Driver Question
Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2001 15:29:24 -0500
> gcc is installed but other things are missing. Probably the headerfiles
> of libc, which are coming with development package for glibc ( IIRC
> called glibc-devel on Mandrake)
> > How can I check to see if it was?
> You will find more information about the error in config.log
>
> --
> Markus Kossmann
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
This is what my config.log tells me, but it's Greek to me.
Can you explain?
Many Thanks
This file contains any messages produced by compilers while
running configure, to aid debugging if configure makes a mistake.
configure:573: checking for gcc
configure:686: checking whether the C compiler (gcc ) works
configure:702: gcc -o conftest conftest.c 1>&5
/usr/bin/ld: cannot open crt1.o: No such file or directory
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
configure: failed program was:
#line 697 "configure"
#include "confdefs.h"
main(){return(0);}
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From: "Chris Chandler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: New to Linux, Slow Boot
Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2001 15:22:15 -0500
I made a mistake... :(
I changed the computer name in the host file (and then changed it back when
my problem cropped up) and now the boot process takes forever... apparently
hanging for a while at sendmail, httpd and inntp stuff...
I changed it back to what it was previously and it still takes well over 5
minutes to boot. Can someone point me in the direction of fixing this
problem?
Additionally, how would I go about changing it properly? (I figure the
answer to the first question will probably answer the second, but just in
case...)
Thanks,
Chris
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: moving partitions (again!)
Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2001 20:35:18 GMT
In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, on 02/12/01
at 08:49 AM, Eric Moors <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
>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.
Thanks for the reply -- I had missed it.
I don't quite understand your statement. I've been reflecting on
two strategies:
(A) Move say '/usr/' from partition X to partition Y; make a
directory on X called '/usr' and link it to Y.
(B) Move say '/usr/ from partition X to partition Y; mount Y as
'/usr'.
I've ended up doing (B). When I did (A) I got troubles that
seemed to result from faulty sym link references, e.g., I
couldn't start X because it couldn't find essential (symlinked)
files.
Right now I'm content with strategy (A) but I'm puzzling what I
did wrong in pursuing strategy (B). I'm just using '/usr' and
'/etc' as examples.
The advantage of strategy (B) would be I could put several base
directories on Y; I could put '/etc/' and '/usr' there, for
instance.
I hope my idea at least is clear.
F.
===========================================================
Felmon John Davis
Union College / Schenectady, NY
os/2 - ma kauft koi katz em sack
===========================================================
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From: Fred Marsico <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: linuxconf can't find dhcpd
Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2001 12:57:51 -0800
I would like to setup dhcp but I keep getting the error that linuxconf
cannot find dhcpd. I know that it's installed (i specified so when
installing) Running Red Hat Linux 7 (kernel 2.2.16-22)
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!
Fred
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From: "Corey Wirun" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: different /dev's for tape?
Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2001 14:03:08 -0700
Hi All,
I've got a QIC tape drive which has on-board compression. When I MAKEDEV'd
the /dev directory for the device, it created st0 and nst0 (rewinding and
non-rewinding) devices. This works fine.
But, my tape drive (a Tandberg TDC4100 or SLR3) has other modes, including
compression, etc. How do I get /dev entries for those?
How does anyone create different /dev entries for different modes for a tape
drive? Do you have to create an stinit.def entry for the device?
Thanks in Advance
Corey Wirun
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