Linux-Setup Digest #741, Volume #20 Sat, 3 Mar 01 01:13:09 EST
Contents:
Re: Something to chew on.. (Drew Roedersheimer)
Re: how to make RAID card work in 2.4.2 after it worked in 2.2? (Scott Gardner)
Dual boot problem caused by Win98 solved ("Randy Park")
Compusa Iport - 10Mbps PCMCIA ("Walter Low")
Re: Asus A7V + Promise ATA100 + RH7 (Mike McCann)
Re: Bass/Treble in Mixers Possible w/Soundblaster 16 PCI (Fred)
Re: how to auto start a console app (David Efflandt)
Booting into Windows hangs (John Nelson)
Re: replacing startx with startx -- +xinerama ("g.montgomery")
Mail Advice (Peter Nunn)
Re: backup/mirror ("Les Mikesell")
Re: suidperl - where the hell is it? (David Efflandt)
Re: Mail Advice (H.Bruijn)
Optimum Partition Setup ? (Patrick)
Re: partition question (E J)
LILO Hangs at 'L' ("Alexis M")
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Drew Roedersheimer)
Crossposted-To:
alt.os.linux,alt.os.linux.mandrake,alt.os.linux.slackware,comp.os.linux.security,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.openbsd.misc,linux.debian.publicity,linux.redhat.misc
Subject: Re: Something to chew on..
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Sat, 03 Mar 2001 02:18:19 GMT
On Fri, 02 Mar 2001 12:50:25 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>Masha Ku'Inanna wrote:
<snip>
>type1inst from my Slackware box to the Mandrake box using ftp. Type1inst
>is just a simple perl script. I chmoded the type1inst file to executable
>and Mandrake will not let me execute it! Tried retransfering the file
>making sure that I used binary mode, still no dice. This is the first
<snip>
Wouldn't you want ascii mode if it's just a perl script??
-DR
--
Build a system that even a fool can use and only a fool will want to use it.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Scott Gardner)
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,linux.redhat
Subject: Re: how to make RAID card work in 2.4.2 after it worked in 2.2?
Date: Sat, 03 Mar 2001 02:25:15 GMT
On Sat, 3 Mar 2001 01:09:45 +0100, "Peter T. Breuer"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>In comp.os.linux.setup Scott Gardner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> On 1 Mar 2001 8:28:5 -0500, "Gene Heskett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> wrote:
>>>It should be built as a module, and insmod'd to bring it in in the boot
>>>cycle.
>
>> I tried that today. I found the object file "ft.o", and tried to
>> "insmod" it after booting up into 2.4.2, and it fails, giving me the
>> error that "ft.o" was compiled for kernel 2.2.16-22, and that I'm
>> currently running 2.4.2.
>
>Well boot into 2.2.18-22, then, or recompile the module for 2.4.2!
>
>> Still stuck, ...
>
>Why, in heavens name?
>
>Peter
Well, I *can* boot into 2.2.16-22 with no problems, and use the RAID
card, but there are features I want from 2.4.2, hence my desire to
update the kernel in the first place.
As for why I'm still stuck, I don't know how to compile an
individual module for the new kernel. Keep in mind that all that is
out there for this RAID card is a "Device driver disk" supplied by
Promise that is meant to be used *only* during the initial install of
RH 6.2 or 7.0. I don't even think the source code was supplied, just
the object file. That said, what can I do with this "ft.o" file to
make it work under 2.4.2?
I've only been at this whole linux thing a little over a week,
so I think I'm doing okay. I think my difficulties are arising
because Promise has provided a closed-source module specifically meant
for 2.2.16-22, and neither of my two books "Running Linux" and "RH
Linux 7.0 Unleashed" covers compiling individual modules for use with
an arbitrary kernel, or at least not that I've found yet...
Scott Gardner
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From: "Randy Park" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Dual boot problem caused by Win98 solved
Date: Fri, 2 Mar 2001 18:32:45 -0800
I was forced to reinstall Win98SE on top of itself
on my dual boot system recently. Win98SE very nicely
rewrote the boot record, forcing my to use a floppy
to boot Linux Mandrake 7.1.
The solution to reinstalling the dual boot capability
was to find a text file in the /boot/grub directory
and to give the lines in the text file to grub.
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From: "Walter Low" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.periphs.pcmcia
Subject: Compusa Iport - 10Mbps PCMCIA
Date: Fri, 2 Mar 2001 18:41:33 -0800
hi there,
Is there anyone out there who is able to setup the Iport pcmcia network card
sold by Compusa ? It's a 10BaseT model.
I could use it in Win98, but Linux (caldera 2.2) seems not able to detect
it.
Thanks in advance.
Walter
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From: Mike McCann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Asus A7V + Promise ATA100 + RH7
Date: Sat, 03 Mar 2001 03:32:12 GMT
no
ide2=0xa000, 0x9802 ide3=0x9400, 0x9002
This is the format I used and it worked
hope this helps
"Rake@Q3" wrote:
> So, you want him to type linux ide2=a000,9800+2 ide3=9400,9000+2 on the boot
> prompt, no?
>
> That will not cut it.
>
> For the correct way, see URL http://www.geocities.com/ender7007/index.html
> and URL http://www.themonsens.org/michaelfamily/a7v_and_mandrake_7.2
>
> Enough said.
>
> "Fabio Garufi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> news:96arlv$2oos$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> > If you cannot even boot, boot with an installation disk, and, when in the
> > installation shell look into the /proc/pci file. You should see something
> > as:
> >
> > Bus 0, device 17, function 0:
> > Unknown mass storage controller:Prom,ise Technology Unknown Device
> >
> > Vendor id=105a. Device id=d30.
> > Medium devsel. IRQ10. Master capable. Latency=32
> > I/O at 0xa000 (a)
> > I/O at 0x9800 (b)
> > I/O at 0x9400 (c)
> > I/O at 0x9000 (d)
> > I/O at 0x8800
> >
> > Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0x55000000...
> >
> > Note the (a), (b), (c), (d) numbers and reboot.
> > At the boot prompt, type linux ide2=(a),(b)+2 ide3=(c),(d)+2 (if not
> linux,
> > vmlinuz or whatever your kernel is called)
> >
> > This should tell the kernel where to look for the proper device.
> >
> > --
> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > ** Fabio Garufi
> > ** Software Manager
> > **
> > ** ELE.SI.A. S.r.l.
> > ** ISO 9001 CERTIFIED
> > ** Tel. 39.6.8813320 / Fax 39.6.8813352
> > ** http://www.elesia.it
> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > "Jan Kov��" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ha scritto nel messaggio
> > news:9662rm$4a8$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> > > Hello.
> > > I have downloaded the Hendick's patches for ATA100. There were not msg
> > about
> > > how to use it there. So I have read the manual for patch and tried to
> use
> > it
> > > as written in manual. It has said:
> > > patch: **** strip count num is not a number
> > > I do not know if it is good or bad or what does it mean. I can see some
> > hde,
> > > hde1, hde4, hde5 ... hdf, hdf1 ..etc in /dev
> > >
> > > I have connected the new disk and after starting the linux I have tried
> to
> > > mount the hard drive. It said:
> > > mount: the kernel does not recognize /dev/hde4 as a block device
> > > (maybe `insmod driver'?)
> > >
> > > What does it mean? What should I do?
> > >
> > > Thanks for any help.
> > >
> > > Jan Kovar
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
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From: Fred <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Bass/Treble in Mixers Possible w/Soundblaster 16 PCI
Date: Fri, 02 Mar 2001 21:37:28 -0600
Some SB16s are value cards and do not have bass/treble controls AFAIK.
My does not work at least; there must be 20 different SB16 models, all
different in options.
Edward Westin wrote:
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David Efflandt) writes:
>
> > On 16 Feb 2001 11:10:19 -0800, Edward Westin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > >I have an inexpensive Creative Soundblaster 16 PCI running w/Red Hat
> > >7.0 and Yamaha YSTM-50 (2 speakers woofer) but am unable to adjust
> > >treble at all). Is it possible at all to achieve this in linux???
> > >Would it become possible if I moved up to a Soundblaster live card?
> > >None of the 5 or so (including aumix) mixers in KDE or Gnome provide
> > >bass or treble controls.
> >
> > Not sure if your treble is non-adjustable or if you just don't notice the
> > difference. I have an old SB 16 ISA and the bass and treble controls work
> > fine in whatever KDE sound mixer panel (kmix) came with Mandrake 7.0
> > (updated generic kernel 2.2.17). I am directly driving Sony speakers with
> > the built-in SB amps (speaker power off). And the first options listed in
> > 'man aumix' are:
> >
> > OPTIONS CHANNEL OPTIONS
> >
> > -v main volume
> >
> > -b bass
> >
> > -t treble
> >
> > Unless RH 7.0 is using the alsa drivers and the mixer controls are not
> > communicating the same.
>
> David, Thanks for taking the time to respond. After reading your post
> I went over to another computer which by chance happens to be running
> Mandrake 7.0 and found that both aumix and kmix do indeed see even
> integrated sound with bass and treble. Red Hat 7 identifies the card
> as an Ensoniq 1371 using sndconfig which I believe should be the
> correct driver for the card (Creative Soundblaster PCI 16 OEM). I
> don't know whether these are the ALSA drivers or not. At any rate the
> bass and treble controls definitely do not show up. I tried to force
> aumix with the --b option to no avail. I'm not sure if the integrated
> sound can be disabled on the Mandrake machine and would prefer not to
> mess with it at this point since I haven't configured it for a while.
> Of course, this would be the best way to isolate the card and make
> sure that it is or is not at least part of the problem. However, I
> have been thinking that it might be better if I switched the card to a
> "Soundblaster Live" and see what happens. Strange that such problems
> still exist with such a well know card. No idea what's going on but I
> have read several usenet messages mentioning the lack of bass and
> treble controls with soundblaster cards (?). Any other suggestions?
> Thanks.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David Efflandt)
Crossposted-To:
alt.os.linux,alt.os.linux.redhat,comp.os.linux.development.apps,comp.os.linux.embedded,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.questions,linux.dev.apps,linux.dev.config,linux.redhat,linux.redhat.misc,redhat.config
Subject: Re: how to auto start a console app
Date: Sat, 3 Mar 2001 04:38:03 +0000 (UTC)
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Fri, 2 Mar 2001 16:29:56 -0600, Michael Makuch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I have a linux box dedicated to playing mp3's. I wrote my own app using perl
>and a number of public domain libraries. It's not an X application. It just
>uses ncurses. I'm running RedHat 7.
>
>I want my app to automatically startup on the console tty1 after bootup. I
>tried adjusting /etc/inittab to run my app instead of mingetty. This appears
>to work at first but there are odd problems that arise in this
>configuration. Since I'm still developing my app I'll make some changes and
>kill the instance on tty1. What happens is that for some reason when the app
>restarts, it redirects stdout to the process from which I killed it. stdin
>is not redirected and in fact at this point the app won't read stdin from
>anywhere I try to key it in. The app basically hangs.
>
>Is there something wrong with trying to run an app this way, via
>/etc/inittab? Perhaps the app needs to behave in some certain way in order
>to run this way?
Take a look at 'man open' (if you have it installed). You might also need
'chvt' to switch vt after opening that one. Just don't mess up the gettys
for your vts.
--
David Efflandt [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.de-srv.com/
http://www.autox.chicago.il.us/ http://www.berniesfloral.net/
http://cgi-help.virtualave.net/ http://hammer.prohosting.com/~cgi-wiz/
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From: John Nelson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Booting into Windows hangs
Date: Fri, 02 Mar 2001 23:30:45 -0500
All,
I recently installed RH7 on the same disk as my Windows partition. Windows is the
first
partition on the disk. Linux is the second. Lilo is installed on the MBR. Booting
into
Linux is no problem but everytime I boot into Windows, Windows wedges solid during
the "clouds startup screen". Then I have to reboot but rebooting sends me into "safe
mode"
and disk scan. A second reboot succeeds.
I can't keep doing this though. So any ideas on why this is happening and what I can
do to correct this problem. I'm quite sure this is not a "Windows" problem but rather
I think it's a partition problem of some kind. Cylinder alignment perhaps? I really
don't know.
-- John
_____________________________________________________________________
web: http://www.computation.com/
email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: "g.montgomery" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.os.linux.redhat,comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.admin,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: replacing startx with startx -- +xinerama
Date: Sat, 03 Mar 2001 04:46:39 GMT
Chris Nelson wrote:
<snip>
>
>
> P.S. Any idea how I can have the system default to KDE as opposed to
> gnome? Thought I would throw this in as well
>
<snip>
Try switchdesk - gives you lots of options - gnome, kde, fvwm, enlightenment,
windowmaker,
and twm.
$ which switchdesk
/usr/bin/switchdesk
I've only used it a couple of times, as I stick to KDE mostly, but it seems to
work.
Gene.
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From: Peter Nunn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Mail Advice
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Sat, 03 Mar 2001 16:05:11 +1100
Hi there,
I'm fairly new at this Linux stuff and am after some advice.
I have a small network setup that uses my Linux box as the net gateway
and file server and am considering making it a mail server as well.
I have some (limited) experience with Exchange and would like to get
the Linux box to do something similar.
I have several 2K machines networked to it and will be reading the
mail on those (atleast at the moment) so want the Linux box to get,
store and pass on the mail.
Everything is currently working fine with the 2K box's connecting
directly to the ISP through the Linux box, so I guess I am looking for
some comments as to whether you all think its worth doing or not.
If it is worth the effort, can I setup sendmail, fetchmail and imap to
do what I want to do??
Thanks
Peter
Peter Nunn
DownUnder
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From: "Les Mikesell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: backup/mirror
Date: Sat, 03 Mar 2001 05:18:13 GMT
"Ted" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> hello!
>
> our linux machine (rh6.1) acts as file, cd-rom, backup, printer and
> intranet server for win nt workstations. all data are mirrored on
> separate hd which stays umounted for most of time, and in the backup
> time one script execute mounting and mirroring procedure. this is
> because of possible power failure - umounted hd stays intact.
>
> maybe some of you guys has experience with journaling filesystems and
> red hat linux? could you please write some good/bad notes?
>
>
> for security reasons (fire,...) i need to backup our linux server over
> an isdn router to some machine wich should be outside of our building...
> the data amount is about 2gigs (for the first time)
>
> so i would appreciate some ideas...or already working sollution tips...
>
Rsync is very good at this. It will work for the online disk too, but will
save an enormous amount of time maintaining the offsite mirror since
it will only transmit the changes and can compress on the fly. It
should already be on your RH distribution but you might want to check
to be sure it is the latest available version.
Les Mikesell
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David Efflandt)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: suidperl - where the hell is it?
Date: Sat, 3 Mar 2001 05:19:37 +0000 (UTC)
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Thu, 01 Mar 2001 05:39:41 GMT, Ken Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>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?
Mine is in /usr/bin/suidperl and it works as long as you untaint what you
need to. If you don't find it there, you either need a package that
includes it or can compile Perl from source to include it.
--
David Efflandt [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.de-srv.com/
http://www.autox.chicago.il.us/ http://www.berniesfloral.net/
http://cgi-help.virtualave.net/ http://hammer.prohosting.com/~cgi-wiz/
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (H.Bruijn)
Subject: Re: Mail Advice
Date: 3 Mar 2001 05:33:52 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Sat, 03 Mar 2001 16:05:11 +1100, Peter Nunn allegedly wrote:
>Hi there,
>
>I'm fairly new at this Linux stuff and am after some advice.
>
>I have a small network setup that uses my Linux box as the net gateway
>and file server and am considering making it a mail server as well.
>
>I have some (limited) experience with Exchange and would like to get
>the Linux box to do something similar.
>
>I have several 2K machines networked to it and will be reading the
>mail on those (atleast at the moment) so want the Linux box to get,
>store and pass on the mail.
>
>Everything is currently working fine with the 2K box's connecting
>directly to the ISP through the Linux box, so I guess I am looking for
>some comments as to whether you all think its worth doing or not.
>
>If it is worth the effort, can I setup sendmail, fetchmail and imap to
>do what I want to do??
Why try to fix it, if it ain't broken?
It is not all that difficult to accomplish though. But it will take some
time, some reading, and possibly some tinkering to get everything
working as you want it. I think sendmail and IMAP on linux (or *BSD) is
quite a lot more stable then exchange, and can generally handle a lot
more mail. But if you use, and are dependant on, exchange's central
addressbook, its advanced scheduling, or joined agenda's, or whatever
they're called, then a linux based solution may not exactly be what you
look for.
But, exchange is for from cheap, with those license costs for each
client. Sendmail, or qmail, or postfix for that matter, is free.
Independant of the number of users. Most linux distributions have
precompiled packages for those MTA's and it will most likely be a
question of simply installing that package, follow the instructions (as
to what domainname to use and such) and you're up and rolling. Create
accounts for all users, possibly configure fetchmail to retrieve mail
from other mailboxes and deliver it to the one on the local mail-server.
IMAP also comes in a simply to install package.
IMHO IMAP is prefered to POP as that will allow users to store mail on
the server, and access those stored messages not only from their own
workstation, but from any computer that can connect to the mailserver.
Second having the mail stored on a single server allows for easier, and
more consistent back-ups as well.
--
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: Patrick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Optimum Partition Setup ?
Date: Sat, 03 Mar 2001 00:32:44 -0500
I would like to install RH7 on a new system I'm building.
Linux will reside on a Maxtor 20GB hard drive by itself.
In the past I dual booted but I'm only installing Linux for now, if I
need windows I'll use VMWare.
I also like to upgrade / switch versions of Linux, that is the reason
for the post.
I have always installed linux to "/"
I understand that this is not the best way especially if changing
flavors of Linux.
What would be some partitioning scenarios that would allow me to keep
my data separate from the OS?
with 3 or 4 partitions mounted as ? /usr
/home
??????
All help is welcome & appreciated.
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From: E J <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: partition question
Date: Sat, 03 Mar 2001 05:31:54 GMT
For free, fips or parted
For commerical, partition magic.
Backup your data before using the above software, just in case.
subchaa wrote:
> what is a non destructive partition manager? Does it allow me to re-size my
> windows partition to allow me to put another in??
>
> Thanks in advance
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From: "Alexis M" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: linux.redhat.install,linux.redhat.misc
Subject: LILO Hangs at 'L'
Date: Sat, 3 Mar 2001 06:03:23 -0000
I just setup Redhat 7.0 on an ancient machine (AMD 400) I found in my
closet. I installed Linux on /dev/hdb, i.e. Primary Slave hard drive.
There is no primary master, there is something wrong with my motherboard,
and I can only slave drives work (Primary slave is my HD, Secondary slave is
my CD-ROM).
The system boots fine from floppy, but when I try to boot from the HD, LILO
hangs on the letter "L". When I ran /sbin/lilo, I got a message saying:
"Warning: /dev/hdb is not on the first disk". I know the HD can boot from
primary slave, since I used to have Windoze 98 on the PC.
Is there any way to get this to work? I've tried disabling all boot devices
in my BIOS, and also disabled Virus protection in BIOS.
My lilo.conf reads:
boot=/dev/hdb
map=/boot/map
install=/boot/boot.b
prompt
timeout=50
message=/boot/message
linear
default=linux
image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.2.16.mine
label=linux
read-only
root=/dev/hdb1
If you've read this far, thanks!!! Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Alexis M
< a l e x _ m 7 4 at h o t m a i l dot c o m >
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