Linux-Setup Digest #728, Volume #20 Thu, 1 Mar 01 02:13:11 EST
Contents:
Re: Linux partitioning question ("Cjv")
Re: Help with Corel Linux Install (Gregory Davis)
mpg123: Can't rewind stream ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: free ISP for linux (HYLU)
Re: Kernel 2.4.2 and 'all blowed up' on e2fsck check of /dev/hda1 ("Pavan")
suidperl - where the hell is it? (Ken Williams)
Re: ppp (2.4) not working with kernel 2.2.4 (Glitch)
Re: Cannot log in directly as root (Glitch)
Re: wrong filerights (Benjamin Stocker)
Re: wrong filerights ("green")
Re: Kernel 2.4.2 and 'all blowed up' on e2fsck check of /dev/hda1 ("Rake@Q3")
Re: linux donot start (Glitch)
Re: Kernel 2.4.2 and 'all blowed up' on e2fsck check of /dev/hda1 ("Rake@Q3")
Re: C programming (Glitch)
Re: ALSA utils + apps compile problem (with all of them!) (Glitch)
Re: RH 7 Instalation Troubles - LILO (Ton 't Lam)
Re: rewriting the MRB (Sebastian Wild)
Re: Cannot install Suse 7.0 (newbie) (Michael Heiming)
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From: "Cjv" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: Linux partitioning question
Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2001 20:56:40 -0800
Thank you very much, occasionally RTFM isnt enough, and its nice when
somebody takes the time to explain.
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From: Gregory Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Help with Corel Linux Install
Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2001 23:53:51 -0500
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Hello,
>
> When I boot up from the Corel Linux cd and load up the setup, the install
> GUI is infalted huge!
>
> All I can see is a half a screen of text and I can't figure out how to
> adjust this somehow... It might be my video card, I'm using a Leadtek
> GeForce 2 GTS.
>
> When I try to blindly install by pressing enter and selecting default
> install, I get to a screen where it says click the icon at the bottom to
> begin install in which I can't because I can't see the icon since my res
> is inflated!
>
> If anyone can help me on this, it will be much appreciated!
>
> Thanks!
>
> --
> Posted via CNET Help.com
> http://www.help.com/
>
Do yourself a favor and get a real distro like SuSE, RedHat, or Mandrake.
Corel Linux is mainly just a frontend for its office suite. I say this
from experience, it was my first distro. I personally recommend SuSE.
Greg
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: mpg123: Can't rewind stream
Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2001 21:16:46 -0800
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hi,
I got this message while running mpg123:
> mpg123 http://my-shout-station:8000/
High Performance MPEG 1.0/2.0/2.5 Audio Player for Layer 1, 2 and 3.
Version 0.59r (1999/Jun/15). Written and copyrights by Michael Hipp.
Uses code from various people. See 'README' for more!
THIS SOFTWARE COMES WITH ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY! USE AT YOUR OWN RISK!
Directory: http://my-shout-station:8000/
Playing MPEG stream from ...
MPEG 1.0 layer III, 128 kbit/s, 44100 Hz joint-stereo
mpg123: Can't rewind stream by 362 bits!
big_values too large!
Illegal Audio-MPEG-Header 0x1886509b at offset 0xfffffffb.
Skipped 352 bytes in input.
Illegal Audio-MPEG-Header 0x2cd7ab49 at offset 0xfffffffb.
Skipped 194 bytes in input.
......
Illegal Audio-MPEG-Header 0x2cd7ab49 at offset 0xfffffffb.
Skipped 194 bytes in input.
[0:07] Decoding of finished.
The speaker has periodically short sharp noise. Does anybody know
what's going on?
Thanks!
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (HYLU)
Date: 01 Mar 2001 05:22:02 GMT
Subject: Re: free ISP for linux
I'm in San Francisco Bay Area, U.S.
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From: "Pavan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Kernel 2.4.2 and 'all blowed up' on e2fsck check of /dev/hda1
Date: Thu, 1 Mar 2001 10:55:34 +0530
Rake@Q3 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:LEcn6.309$[EMAIL PROTECTED]..
.
> Hi Pavan,
> While I'm compiling and things on 2.95, can
you send or post your
> /usr/src/linux/.config file. I sure would
appreciate it.
> Thanks,
> Dylan sends
>
I don't have it here. Its at home. Will get it
tomorrow.
Pavan
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Ken Williams)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: suidperl - where the hell is it?
Date: Thu, 01 Mar 2001 05:39:41 GMT
I've looked eveywhere, I do not have suidperl on my system, freshmeat, osdn,
etc all do not have anything. Where can I get this?
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Date: Thu, 01 Mar 2001 01:09:15 -0500
From: Glitch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: ppp (2.4) not working with kernel 2.2.4
john bell wrote:
> hey all having trouble and i cant get it straightened out...when I use
> wvdial I connect, 2 seconds later i get an "Error = 2" message, when I use
> kinternet I get:
>
> linux is installed into the kernel, no module support
>
> linux pppd[785]: /usr/lib/passwordfd.so: invalid ELF header (tried
> recompiling)
> linux pppd[785]: Couldn't load plugin /usr/lib/passwordfd.so
>
> cant locate module ppp0 (why am i getting this? it isnt a module and even
> if it is a module i did the make-module stuff for the kernel)
did u upgrade pppd as well? u have to based on info in
/usr/src/linux/Documentation/Changes
You need at least v2.4 for pppd
>
> Also when linux boots i get these messages (after upgrading to 2.2.4)
>
> /etc/modules.conf More recent than /lib/modules/2.4.2/modules.dep
>
run 'depmod -a' which will update modules.dep thus making *it* more
recent than modules.conf
> and then in the Logwindow in X86 I get
> "Linux Kernel: Cannot Find Map File
maybe your System.map file that was created after u recompiled; did u
copy it from /usr/src/linux to /boot ?
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Date: Thu, 01 Mar 2001 01:11:15 -0500
From: Glitch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Cannot log in directly as root
John Dubchak wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have a Red Hat 6.2 System (stand alone) and when I try to attempt to
> login to X, for instance from a fresh reboot, I'm prevented from doing
> so. The screen goes blank for a second and then returns with the log in
> dialog.
>
> I am able to "su" to root after logging in as another user, but from an
> X-term session I cannot run linuxconf. This makes me think that my
> setup is messed up.
>
> Thanks, in advance, for any suggestions or assistance,
> John
su to root and check /var/log/messages for errors , that should be your
first visit to see if anything is reported when u try to login as root
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Benjamin Stocker)
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.questions
Subject: Re: wrong filerights
Date: Thu, 01 Mar 2001 06:26:49 GMT
On Wed, 28 Feb 2001 19:05:45 GMT, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>By mistake I changed the file owner and group under /etc (the whole tree under /etc
>infact...)
>and now I cannot start X if I'm not root, How do I get the default owner and group
>back ??
>
>/Peter
Most files have "-rw-r--r-- root root" but there are many exceptions: shadow,
smbpasswd, su1, etc. On some distros (SuSE), there are scripts to restore
permissions. You also should check the xserver logfile to find out what files
have insufficient perms.
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From: "green" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.questions
Subject: Re: wrong filerights
Date: Thu, 1 Mar 2001 16:33:05 +1000
from /
chmod 777 etc -R
replace 777 with the right permishions.
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> By mistake I changed the file owner and group under /etc (the whole tree
under /etc infact...)
> and now I cannot start X if I'm not root, How do I get the default owner
and group back ??
>
> /Peter
>
>
>
>
> --
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From: "Rake@Q3" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Kernel 2.4.2 and 'all blowed up' on e2fsck check of /dev/hda1
Date: Thu, 01 Mar 2001 06:16:33 GMT
Hi All,
OK, it's 1:00 am in the morning and no, I don't have 2.4.2 kernel running.
This is what I've done so far:
1. Rebooted with the 2.1 kernel and fdisk'd the /dev/hda to 'rewrite' the
partition table.
Still would not boot 2.4.2 kernel.
2. . Rebooted with the 2.1 kernel and removed the RPM's 1.19 for e2fsck
and devel pkgs.
Installed 1.18 e2fsck, then removed that , and reinstalled 1.19.
Recompiled kernel 2.4.2, still no boot.
3. Read and reread the /Documentation on ide.txt, revealing no clues at
all.
4. Tried to recompile kernel with 'old ide' support. Nope, no go, wouldn't
even see the /dev/hda then.
I asked Pavan to provide a /usr/src/linux/.config for me, and he said he
might be able to get it to me today. If any of you have one, please send it
to me, as some comparisons would help me discern 'what' I'm missing or
'what' I shouldn't have added. Another thing that doesn't seem to be
working on boot is it can't find Stty0 (i don't know if I spelled that
right), and I don't know if that's important or
not............aaaaaaaaarrrrrrrggggggggghhhh, I'm going to sleep.
TIA and 'WE WILL SOLVE THIS PROBLEM!' I will not be denied having a 2.4.2
kernel!
Thanks,
Dylan sends
"Pavan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:97in71$gs8$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> > > I found it was the broken version of gcc on
> RedHat 7.0 - run a decent
> > > stable one (gcc 2.95.2) - it solved the
> problem for me.
> >
> > Eh, forgot to mention, that you should recompile
> e2fsprogs - and the
> > kernel too, I recommend.
> >
>
> I managed to compile the 2.4.2 kernel without
> problems & its running smoothly ( on a RH7 with
> all the updates ). I did not have to recompile
> e2fsprogs.
>
> Pavan
>
>
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Date: Thu, 01 Mar 2001 01:47:00 -0500
From: Glitch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: linux donot start
joe wrote:
> hi
>
> i have a problem with my linux installation.
>
> while the suse 7 setup reboot, after the bios massage
> my computer show only "01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01..." all over the
> screen.
>
> my computer:
> atlhon1000, 256mb ram, hd1: maxtor 80gb, hd2: maxtor 13gb (linux).
>
> thanks
u need to provide more info if u expect someone to help
where is LILO installed? what does your /etc/lilo.conf look like?
u will need a rescue/boot floppy to get to a prompt in order to view it
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From: "Rake@Q3" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Kernel 2.4.2 and 'all blowed up' on e2fsck check of /dev/hda1
Date: Thu, 01 Mar 2001 06:25:26 GMT
Hi All,
Forgot all the steps, but I also retro'd back to 2.95 GCC and recompiled the
kernel, no go, still detecting the all the ide0/1, /dev/hda /dev/hdb etc,
finds all the drive parms, etc, mounts VFS on /dev/hda, but when the e2fsck
goes to run, is says can't find a good ext2 file system, which we know is
hogwash, because I boot right up with my old 2.2 or 2.1 (who knows), and it
boots/detects fine. I wouldn't say that e2fsck is broke, I would say
whatever the kernel is using to pass the drive info to e2fsck is broke, but
I'm no expert, I'm just using the logic that 1.19 finds the harddrives fine
with the old kernel.......
Dylan sends
"Rake@Q3" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:5Pln6.10686$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Hi All,
> OK, it's 1:00 am in the morning and no, I don't have 2.4.2 kernel
running.
> This is what I've done so far:
> 1. Rebooted with the 2.1 kernel and fdisk'd the /dev/hda to 'rewrite'
the
> partition table.
> Still would not boot 2.4.2 kernel.
> 2. . Rebooted with the 2.1 kernel and removed the RPM's 1.19 for e2fsck
> and devel pkgs.
> Installed 1.18 e2fsck, then removed that , and reinstalled 1.19.
> Recompiled kernel 2.4.2, still no boot.
> 3. Read and reread the /Documentation on ide.txt, revealing no clues at
> all.
> 4. Tried to recompile kernel with 'old ide' support. Nope, no go,
wouldn't
> even see the /dev/hda then.
>
> I asked Pavan to provide a /usr/src/linux/.config for me, and he said he
> might be able to get it to me today. If any of you have one, please send
it
> to me, as some comparisons would help me discern 'what' I'm missing or
> 'what' I shouldn't have added. Another thing that doesn't seem to be
> working on boot is it can't find Stty0 (i don't know if I spelled that
> right), and I don't know if that's important or
> not............aaaaaaaaarrrrrrrggggggggghhhh, I'm going to sleep.
> TIA and 'WE WILL SOLVE THIS PROBLEM!' I will not be denied having a 2.4.2
> kernel!
> Thanks,
> Dylan sends
>
> "Pavan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> news:97in71$gs8$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> > > > I found it was the broken version of gcc on
> > RedHat 7.0 - run a decent
> > > > stable one (gcc 2.95.2) - it solved the
> > problem for me.
> > >
> > > Eh, forgot to mention, that you should recompile
> > e2fsprogs - and the
> > > kernel too, I recommend.
> > >
> >
> > I managed to compile the 2.4.2 kernel without
> > problems & its running smoothly ( on a RH7 with
> > all the updates ). I did not have to recompile
> > e2fsprogs.
> >
> > Pavan
> >
> >
>
>
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Date: Thu, 01 Mar 2001 01:49:20 -0500
From: Glitch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: C programming
T-roy wrote:
> I have GCC is installed. But when describing how to write a program, LDP's,
> books, and what not say "enter this code" & "now type this code" but none I
> have found tell me how to get to the point where entering code is
> appropriate.
>
uh, what the hell are u talking about?
open a text editor, write your code, save it with a .c extension for C
and .cpp for C++
run 'gcc -o filename filename.c' for compiling the C program
run 'g++ -o filename filename.cpp' for doing a C++ program
2 steps:
simple
> I have heard emacs is good for C, so I enter "emacs". Then do I need to go
> into "cc mode"? I read the answer is "yes" and therefore type "Meta - x" or
> "alt - x", but this does not seem to do anything. Could someone throw me a
> bone and tell me about the stuff I need to do in Linux before I type the
> code???? I have RTFMs, but no luck.
>
> t-tory7
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Date: Thu, 01 Mar 2001 01:51:40 -0500
From: Glitch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: ALSA utils + apps compile problem (with all of them!)
Jako Grobler wrote:
> Hi!
>
> I have Mandrake 7.2 running on my machine. The sound card is a SB Live!
> Platinum. I could not get any sound from the Live Drive when using the OSS
> drivers, so decided to try out ALSA instead.
>
> - The install of ALSA 0.9 beta 1 drivers went fine.
> - The install of ALSA 0.9 beta 1 lib went fine.
> - NONE of the utils or apps will compile!
> Running ./configure for any of the utils/apps gives this:
>
> <snip!>
> checking for ALSA LDFLAGS... -lasound
> checking for libasound headers version >= 0.1.3... found
> checking for snd_cards in -lasound... no
> configure: error: No linkable libasound was found.
>
it can't find any snd_cards in -lasound BECAUSE there is no linkable
libasound
It found the headers for libasound but not libasound itself, it seems
try running /sbin/ldconfig and try it again.
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From: Ton 't Lam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: RH 7 Instalation Troubles - LILO
Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2001 09:17:37 +0100
LI means that the first stage boot loader was able to load the second
stage boot loader but has failed. E.g. due to a geometry mismatch or
by moving /boot/boot.b
Use fdisk /mbr to restore the MBR. Use a rescue disk to boot Linux.
Check lilo.conf, and change linear to lba32 to overcome the 1024
limitation. (I use RH 7.0)
If you don't have a boot disk then:-
Boot from the CD, and type at the prompt
boot: linux rescue
bash# fdisk /dev/hda
p to see all filesystems
q to quit
bash# mknod /dev/hda7
bash# mkdir /hda7
bash# /hda7/usr/sbin/chroot /hda7
bash# mkbootdisk 2.2.12-20
follow the instructions and reboot.
Hope this helps.
- Ton 't Lam
Krzysztof Maryan wrote:
> A bit of a problem:
>
> I recently re-installed RH 7 after happily running it for several
> months. However, I must have screwed something up. I installed LILO to
> the MBR, but I didn't know about the 1024 limit. Now, when I start my
> computer the LI show up, but then it freezes (doesn't continue to say
> LILO). As a result, I can't access my windows partition without using a
> boot disk to get into dos (windows won't work though), otherwise I can
> only use a Linux boot disk to access Linux.
>
> My questions are:
> Can I get windows working again without formating/re-installing
> everything on that drive? (i.e. how do I regain control of the MBR?)
>
> How can I avoid this in the future? I would like to dual boot win 98 and
> RH7 but this LILO problem is giving me some trouble.
>
> What is the 'right' way of setting up a dual boot of win 98 and Red Hat
> 7? I had it working, but months of toying around with it for the first
> time left it with a really messed up config, so I tried re-instaling and
> here we are.
>
> Any help would be appreciated, thanks.
>
> Chris Maryan
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Sebastian Wild <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.admin,linux.redhat.install
Subject: Re: rewriting the MRB
Date: Thu, 01 Mar 2001 07:47:54 +0100
Jeff Milton schrieb:
>
> can anyone tell me how to reinstall/rewrite the MRB for dual boot?
First of all it is MBR ((M)aster (B)oot (R)ecord) and not MRB ;o)
>
> I inslatted win98, then linux, and everything worked fine. then
> something evil happenned and now I get a "L"<freeze> when I boot. I
> want to rewrite the MRB without reinstalling. Whatever happened,
> happenned in windows because i was using windows when it died.
yeah this is a known "feature" of Win98! If it is run and detects
something in the mbr that is not from its own (e.g. LiLo) it eliminates
it. Mostly the consequence of that is that the PC doesn't boot anymore
:(
If you boot from an old DOS or Win95 Bootdisk and run "fdisk /mbr" the
mbr will be rewritten.
Win98 should boot up again after that. Thr only way to boot Linux in
such a System is to use
2 HDDs (and make the Linux HDD primary Master) or to run LiLo from
Floppy ...
mfg
Wastl
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Date: Thu, 01 Mar 2001 07:22:55 +0100
From: Michael Heiming <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Cannot install Suse 7.0 (newbie)
Tim Cuthbertson wrote:
> I have tried lots of methods, all end up the same. Either loadlin/YAST2 or
> boot directly from cdrom. When it informs me that it is detecting my system,
> it hangs indefinitely.
>
> I have a Pentium II with 128 mb RAM, Adaptec 2940UW, Plextor scsi cdrom, and
> two Seagate UW scsi disk drives.
>
> Sometimes it gives me error after error of timeouts on scsi 0,0,0 which is
> the disk drive where I have 8 gig of free space. If I ever get Linux to
> install, I plan to use a 128 MB swap partition and a 4 gig root partition.
>
> Once, I booted to a floppy with cdrom support and ran setup from the Linux
> cd. I added scsi support module for 2940UW. That one time, YAST2 started and
> ran a little while until it started detecting my system. It went to 50%
> complete and then hung. I waited about 15 minutes, but nothing. The mouse
> still worked.
>
> Then, I figured out how to change the scsi bios to allow boot directly from
> cd. This time (twice, actually) it seemed to load several items, but it
> eventually started trying to detect my system, then it hung.
>
> Any help will be much appreciated.
Hello,
boot from CD1 and type:
manual
at the lilo boot prompt, this way yast1 will be started, now let yast1 load
modules automagically and try to install, the book
that came with your distro should explain more, if you don't have it handy,
it's on the CD too.
Good luck
Michael Heiming
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