Linux-Setup Digest #751, Volume #20 Sun, 4 Mar 01 18:13:09 EST
Contents:
can't boot kernel 2.4.2 on rh7 (Friedemann Hasel)
X config question (meliora)
Re: "my linux doesnt boot :(" --newbie ("Ramesh A A")
Microtek X6 scanner (Yatima)
Re: Help! hde lilo bios=0x80 and hang at "LI" (John in SD)
Re: cdrecord -scanbus ("TheMartian")
Modem problems (Matthew Borkowski)
Modem problems (Matthew Borkowski)
Internet connection sharing problems ("inon")
Re: Please HELP: Netgear FA311 troubles ("Scot Mc Pherson")
To Blue ("Scot Mc Pherson")
Re: Netscape6 crashes like crazy under RH7 ("Gene Heskett")
Thirteen Months - Linux still not working (HateLinux)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Friedemann Hasel)
Subject: can't boot kernel 2.4.2 on rh7
Date: 4 Mar 2001 21:10:36 GMT
Hi all,
a few days ago, i tried to test the 2.4.2 kernel with iptables in my dsl-
router.
My original-Kernel ist 2.2.17-14 on a Redhat 7 sytem with all patches (gcc-
2.96-69), devfsd-2.4.1, mkinitrd-3.0, modutils-2.4.2, util-linux-2.10s (all
from rawhide)
root is safely on /dev/hda1 1,5 GB ext2.
I downloaded the PLD-Kernel sources i found on rpmfind.net. (It was the
most recent kernel-srpm).
Where taking a look an the spec file, i found out that the kernel has the
latest netfilter patches and a freeswan patch.
The rpm compiled without any errors but after installing the kernel my
system locks with a kernel panic:
unable to mount root on 00:01 .
hmm... i tried
It looks fine and i began compilig (make menuconfig, make dep, clean
bzImage..). Everything looks fine.
but after typing a -lilo-command and rebooting i got the same error.
Now i tried the SGI-XFS-PRE-2.4.0 Kernel available from ther linux-site and
now: It booted my system.
The devfsd support in the kernel configuration was set to y:
CONFIG_DEVFS_FS=y
CONFIG_DEVFS_MOUNT=y
# CONFIG_DEVFS_DEBUG is not set
# CONFIG_DEVPTS_FS is not set
Is there a compiler problem?
Or did I forget anything?
With best regards
P.S.: No I try to rebuild the kernel from the patched source on another
system (rh 6.2 with patches and egcs). If that fails i will compile the
"clean" source.
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From: meliora <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: X config question
Date: 04 Mar 2001 21:22:10 GMT
I installed RedHat Linux 7 on an AMD Duron 650 MHz box w/64M RAM, 4G HD
and a SiS 6326 AGP graphics card with 8M of video memory, BIOS v. 1.25.
It boots up fine into the bash, but if I issue the "startx" command, I
cannot get X windows to start. It says the following:
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dbe: Unknown error loading module
Config Error: /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/XF86Config:48
SubSection "extmod"
^^^^^^^^^^
Module section keyword expected
X connection to :0.0 broken (explicit kill or server shutdown).
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Anyone know what this means?
Thank you!!
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From: "Ramesh A A" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: "my linux doesnt boot :(" --newbie
Date: Sun, 4 Mar 2001 15:31:52 -0600
"Steve Taylor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> On Sat, 3 Mar 2001 23:27:10 -0600, "Ramesh A A" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> wrote:
>
> >hi,
> > i have a win + linux installed on my machine, and the problem is i
used a
> >boot disk to boot linux and now my bootdisk wont work :(( is there any
other
> >way i can boot my machine up?
>
> The command you are looking for is 'loadlin vmlinuz root=/dev/hda8
>
> loadlin.exe is the program which loads the kernel image file which
> should be in the same directory as loadlin.exe. The kernel image file
> is usually called 'vmlinuz' but can also be called 'zimage' there
> should be one of these kernel image files on your boot floppy. An
> other alternative is to boot linux from the floppy, mount your dos
> filesystem and copy the kernel image file from linux to the dos files
> system and use that...
>
thanks, it booted after i used 'loadlin vmlinuz root=/dev/hda8
but then my ehernet doesnt seem to be working.
network start reveals that it cannot start interface eth0.
could it be because i did a restart from windows (shutdown-> restart in dos
mode) and the network drivers were still active?
thanks again,
ramesh.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Yatima)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Microtek X6 scanner
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Sun, 04 Mar 2001 21:40:19 GMT
Hi Folks,
Here's the setup:
Microtek X6 USB scanner
kernel 2.4.2 (w/ USB stuff, generic SCSI support,
and Microtek X6 USB driver compiled in)
So usbview picks up the usb hub and identifies the device as microtek blah
blah blah leading me to believe that the problem is on the driver end.
Reading TFM would seem to suggest that this particular scanner masquerades
as a generic SCSI device (sg0 since I don't have sga). I tried pointing
/dev/scanner at these but no luck (find-scanner doesn't pick it up). I've
also tried xsane and friends but no luck. I've got an IDE cd burner which I
figure might be messing up the generic SCSI stuff so I tried linking
/dev/scanner to sg1 but no luck. I also tried scd1 (scd0 is occupied by the
burner).
I'm running out of ideas. Has anyone w/ a similar setup got this going?
TIA :)
--
yatima
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From: John in SD <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.help
Subject: Re: Help! hde lilo bios=0x80 and hang at "LI"
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Sun, 04 Mar 2001 21:46:51 GMT
On Fri, 2 Mar 2001 00:07:12 +0100, "Mathias Rodenstein" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>go for the old ide0 variation. i think lilo doesn't like not to be on hda
>(mbr)...at least that is what i experienced (would appreciate some comments
>about this)...it can boot any partition and system from there
All parts of the LILO boot environment must be accessible via BIOS calls.
This means:
1. the first stage loader (boot=/dev/hda)
2. the second stage loader (install=/boot/boot.b)
3. the kernel image (image=/boot/vmlinuzXXX)
4. the initrd file (initrd=/boot/initrdXXX)
The question in this configuration is: does /dev/hde have bios support? And
will the default boot (/dev/hda) boot loader find it. Also, is the partition
set active?
I doubt that /dev/hde is BIOS device 0x80 !!!
--John
>regards, M
>
LILO version 21.7 (24-Feb-2001) source at
http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/system/boot/lilo
patches at ftp://brun.dyndns.org/pub/linux/lilo
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From: "TheMartian" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: cdrecord -scanbus
Date: Sun, 04 Mar 2001 22:06:44 GMT
you are not alone, my system also does this. I have no idea what this
means, only that it does not seem to have stoped me burning without
issue.
In my case the drive is a ancient matsushta 7502, it does the odd
frizbie, which is far far less than windoze used to do on this drive.
which version of crecord are you using?
did you build from source?
Which distribution are you running?
Whats else is on the SCSI bus?
David
Sydney, Australia
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "campbell"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hello:
>
> I am trying to setup CD-burning on my system, using cdrecord and the
> gnome front-end 'gtoaster'. Both programs seem to fail on the cdrecord
> command. When I do 'cdrecord -scanbus', I get the following error msg:
>
> cdrecord: Warning: controller returns wrong size for CD capabilities
> page. cdrecord: Warning: controller returns wrong page 20 for CD
> capabilities page (2A).
>
>
> Can this be the source of my problems. My cd devices are a) a Teac SCSI
> cdrom and b) a Yamaha SCSI cdr. I have had no problems with them
> individually, but am having a very hard time getting up and running w/
> cd burning.
>
> Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. TIA campbell
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Date: Sun, 04 Mar 2001 17:14:54 -0500
From: Matthew Borkowski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Modem problems
I'm using BestLinux running KDE and when I try to use my modem, I get
the error "Sorry, modem busy". The documention says that the most likely
cause is that I own a Winmodem, but I'm fairly sure I do not. Is there
anyway to find out if my modem is or isn't a Winmodem. If the latter is
true, then what is the cause of the error message?
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Date: Sun, 04 Mar 2001 17:15:06 -0500
From: Matthew Borkowski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Modem problems
I'm using BestLinux running KDE and when I try to use my modem, I get
the error "Sorry, modem busy". The documention says that the most likely
cause is that I own a Winmodem, but I'm fairly sure I do not. Is there
anyway to find out if my modem is or isn't a Winmodem. If the latter is
true, then what is the cause of the error message?
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From: "inon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux
Subject: Internet connection sharing problems
Date: Sun, 4 Mar 2001 16:20:22 -0600
Please help sharing internet connection as follows. Here I am putting down
the configuration, error/msgs and etc.
All expertise is welcome.
Goal(s):
======
1. Win98 machine -- 192.168.0.1 (When in NT, this IP is the default GW. Able
to share internet connection)
2. Linux RH6.1 kernel 2.4.2 -- a client to Win98, and want to share internet
connection just like I do while in NT
Setup/configuration:
=============
/etc/hosts:
=======
127.0.0.1 localhost loopback
192.168.0.1
/etc/resolv.conf:
===========
domain localhost
search localhost 192.168.0.2 192.168.0.1
nameserver localhost
nameserver 192.168.0.2
nameserver 192.168.0.1
These are the commands I typed:
=======================
[root@localhost /root]# ifconfig eth0 192.168.0.2 netmask 255.255.255.0 up
[root@localhost /root]# route add -net 192.168.0.2 netmask 255.255.255.0
eth0
[root@localhost /root]# route add default gw 192.168.0.1 eth0
[root@localhost /root]# /etc/rc.d/init.d/network restart
[root@localhost /root]# route
This is what I see:
============
[root@localhost /root]# route
Kernel IP routing table
Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use
Iface
192.168.0.2 * 255.255.255.255 UH 0 0 0 eth0
192.168.0.0 * 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 eth0
127.0.0.0 * 255.0.0.0 U 0 0 0 lo
default 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 eth0
[root@localhost /root]# netstat -nr
Kernel IP routing table
Destination Gateway Genmask Flags MSS Window irtt
Iface
192.168.0.2 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.255 UH 40 0 0
eth0
192.168.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 U 40 0 0
eth0
127.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.0.0.0 U 40 0 0 lo
0.0.0.0 192.168.0.1 0.0.0.0 UG 40 0 0
eth0
Errors when /etc/rc.d/init.d/network restart:
=============================
/proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_always_defrag is missing -- cannot control IP
defragmentation
[root@localhost /root]# echo "1" > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_always_defrag
bash: /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_always_defrag: No such file or directory
Netscape browser proxy settings:
=======================
1. All proxies are set to 192.168.0.1, port: 8000
2. WAIS proxy is empty, port: 1080
Addtl info:
=======
I can ping 192.168.0.2 from Win98 machine
--
- Inon
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From: "Scot Mc Pherson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.redhat
Subject: Re: Please HELP: Netgear FA311 troubles
Date: Sun, 04 Mar 2001 22:34:48 GMT
Peter T. Breuer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> In comp.os.linux.help Scot Mc Pherson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >>[ptb wrote]
> >> Running RH 7 is bad enough news in itself. You need to change the
> >> compiler to gcc 2.91.66 (or 2.8.1 or 2.7.2) to compile kernels.
> > I am aware of the beta-ness of the current supplied compiler in rh7,
been
>
> It is not beta, it is simply wrong. It was a development snapshot
> adopted by redhat as part of a marketting ploy, never mind little
> technical matters like it being binary incompatible with everything.
>
> > there done that with the 2.4.2 kernel on another machine.
>
> And you are using 2.91.66, right?
Yes
>
> > Yes the files are named in all-caps...i.e. FA311.O as opposed to
> > fa311.o...if this isn't an obvious problem, then I fear for you too.
>
> Once again, I ask you to make yourself clear: What do you mean by "are
> named in"? Are you talking about the filename on disk? The documentation?
> The tarfile? Why should you care? (I don't!).
>
The reason why I care, is because if the person who wrote the programs also
isn't aware of naming convetions in linux vs windows, then I am concerned
with their code...
> They can call it what they like in the docs, for example. If it's that
> way in the tar file, then so what? You don't use object files compiled
> elsewhere, you compile your own.
>
> >> What do you mean by "rhX version of ..". Drivers depend on a kernel,
> >> not on a distribution! Which kernel is which driver aimed at, and
> >> which kernel source are you using? Please be clear. It is likely that
> >> your problem is some confusion in this area. Be aware that rh7 provides
> >> fake kernel headers in /usr/include/{linux,asm} that you might do well
> >> to get rid of, since they are for kernel 2.2.X (for X=14 or 15 or 17 -
> >> I forget which).
>
> > I mean rh7 version because that is how the drivers are listed on the
> > website...I would suggest you keep your sarcasm in check until at least
you
> > are clear the other person is unclear...
>
> When you become clear, perhaps you might appreciate the depths of your
> unclarity at present. So ... never mind what they say, what kernel are
> the various drivers aimed at and which kernel do you have, and which
> source do you have? (it appears that you have changed kernel at least
> once).
>
> If you start answering the questions we might get somewhere!
Hmm...I would guess since they are the ones who published the information, I
would guess that one would have to ask them which kernel its for...Since
they posted it as rh7 and not by kernel, I would assume (and again this
probably the wrong thing to do, but none the less the only information they
give you) that they mean the kernel packaged with rh7...reasonable line of
thought? I think so.
> >> What do you mean? A file can only exist in one instantiation! Do you
> >> mean that there are two Makefiles, in different places? So what?
> >> You don't "run" a makefile, so I presume you mean "when I run make".
>
> > No, I mean there is a file called makefile and makefile.dat when I
extract
> > the files from the archive I get makefile.dat and makefile(1).dat with
>
> You mean "makefile" and "makefile.dat"?
>
> > exactly the same contents. You presume too much.
>
> If they are exactly the same, which I doubt (since I imagine
> that the makefile has a "include makefile.dat" in it), then it doesn't
> matter, since the makefile is the one that is used.
>
> Please be clear. What do you mean by "makefile(1).dat"?
Its pretty clear, that is the name of the file...the contents are the same,
they aren't generated by compiling code or running a makefile....its the
name of the file supplied on the disk.
> >> Eh? What are you talking about?
I am starting to wonder.
> > I am talking about pretending the drivers install correctly regardless
of
>
> Do not pretend untruths. If the drivers are not made, then they
> cannot be installed, and hence they cannot be loaded, and hence the
> device cannot work, and hence the network cannot work.
Ahh but they were made, you weren't paying attention, they compiled
generating errors..as I said I was concerned about their code, but I thought
give it a shot...And you know what? It didn't break anything, but it didn't
work either.
> > the error messages and attempt to get the network working.
>
> >> Came down, put your head back on your shoulders, and post some data.
> >> Use "script".
>
> > All in all peter I would suggest you loose your master point of view,
and
> > return to a more beginner's perspective...If you know everything, there
is
>
> You said you are experiencd, now show it: post _data_. First take your
chip
> and your huff elsewhere, then the results will surprise you. With precise
> reporting from you, I and others can help you. But if you insist on
conducting
> yourself like a weenie in a fuzz factory, you will get nowhere, except
> into a bigger huff.
Who's chip? You talking about the one on my shoulder, yours or the AMD? I am
not being huffy by the way, but I am having great great fun...thanx =))
> > nothing left to learn....Shame isn't it.
>
> :-). Name one single thing I know for sure and I'll thank you for it!
You know for sure that I am wrong and ambiguous and plain stupid and
apparently abit chippish.
> Peter
Scot
Anyway, I gave up and I DO feel stupid, because I realize I had a Win98 only
machine which my wife uses. It has a DEC Tulip chipset...So I have been
banging my head for the last three days for just about nuttin...All machines
working great now after I replaced the FA311 card with the tulip, the FA311
works great in the win machine so ..... argh, duh boink...
Anyway thanx for the entertainment...I feel much better about myself
--
Scot Mc Pherson
http://www.behomet.net
N27� 19' 56"
W82� 30' 39"
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From: "Scot Mc Pherson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.redhat
Subject: To Blue
Date: Sun, 04 Mar 2001 22:38:23 GMT
Thanks for your help...It got me much farther along, but unfortunately
didn't work...I ended up remember I had a tulip card in a Win98 machine for
my wife...Well I banged my head for my stupidity at banging my head for 3
days, and now everything works great after the card swap...
Again thank you for the attempt at the help... It appears I was clear enough
to you but not to others. You helps was much more than I got from some other
people =)
Cheers,
--
Scot Mc Pherson
http://www.behomet.net
N27� 19' 56"
W82� 30' 39"
Scot Mc Pherson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:qevo6.232929$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Blue,
> Thank you very much for the help..I will try it immediately.
>
> --
> Scot Mc Pherson
> http://www.behomet.net
> N27� 19' 56"
> W82� 30' 39"
>
>
>
> Blue <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> news:kTuo6.232906$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> > Scot,
> >
> > Here's how I got the drivers to work in my system, maybe it will work
for
> > you too...
> >
> > Download the Redhat 6.x drivers from the NetGear website.
> >
> > Put all of the files in the same directory (doesnt matter which)
> >
> > Compile the fa311.c file with the following command:
> >
> > "
> >
>
gcc -D__KERNEL__ -DMODULE -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -O -m486 -c -I/usr/src/l
> > inux/include fa311.c "
> >
> > That should compile into a new fa311.o file.
> >
> > Move that file (fa311.o) into /lib/modules/2.x.xx-xx/net/
> >
> > insmod fa311
> >
> > It should work after you do this. You should do these steps as root. Let
> me
> > know how this works out...
> >
> >
> > Remove 'NOSPAM!' to reply
> > Michael Repper
> > http://www.RepperTackle.com
> >
> >
> > "Scot Mc Pherson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> > news:NLto6.232839$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> > > I apologize for cross posting to the four newsgoups, but I am in a
> quandry
> > > here. I have a netgear fa311 which the group so very kind enough to
> inform
> > > me that netgear has provided "unsupported" linux drivers. Well for the
> > last
> > > few days I have been repeated trying to get this nic to operate with
my
> > > linux box...I am a fairly experienced linux user for the last 4-5
years,
> > and
> > > I have 4 other operating linux machines tweaked to perform specific
> tasks,
> > > so I believe that ordinarilyI know what I am doing.
> > >
> > > This machine is running rh7, and the hardware is AMD Athalon 700, ASUS
> K7V
> > > MB, with 128 MB ram...This is the first "Workstation/Development
> station"
> > > that I have put together, the other machines either serving as
> > > firewall/router, web/ftp servers, smtp/pop3/usenet server or
> > samba/nfs/print
> > > server. I want to put this machine together as my alternate solution
to
> > > Windows workstation setups...It has a 20 GB HDD which I am dual
booting
> > > because my wife isn't interested at the moment in 100% migration.
> > Everything
> > > works just fine except networking.
> > >
> > > I have downloaded the drivers from the netgear website, both the v7
and
> > v6.2
> > > for rh. I am concerned about the drivers for two reasons...The 6.2
> drivers
> > > are named in all-caps, this is a concern for obvious reasons, the rh7
> > > version of the drivers though do not seem to operate properly...There
> are
> > > two copies of the makefile, and when makefile is run, most of the
> command
> > > return "command not found" and the compiler returns many many various
> > errors
> > > such as file not found and other sorts of things which I cannot list
> right
> > > now because I am using the Win OS to write this. If I just go ahead
and
> > try
> > > and configure networking after the fact, I get network unreachable
when
> I
> > > ping.
> > >
> > > I would just go an purchase another NIC which I already have had
success
> > > with, but I can't quite afford to buy anything new right now.
> > >
> > > --
> > > Scot Mc Pherson
> > > N27� 19' 56"
> > > W82� 30' 39"
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>
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Date: 4 Mar 2001 16:46:17 -0500
From: "Gene Heskett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Netscape6 crashes like crazy under RH7
Gene Heskett sends Greetings to Paul Folbrecht;
PF> Anthony PIRON wrote:
>> Download Mozilla from www.mozilla.org. The new release seems more
>> stable and quicker than netscape6.
>>
>> Paul Folbrecht wrote:
>>
>> > Anyone else have this problem? Maybe it's due to those buggy
>> > unpatched glibc libs. That's what I'm hoping anyway.
>>
>> --
>> Anthony PIRON - Researcher
>> Universite Libre de Bruxelles, Department of Computer Science
>> CP 212 - Boulevard du Triomphe, B-1050 Bruxelles, Belgium
>> Tel. +32 2 650 50 55, Fax +32 2 650 56 09, GSM +32 478 530 022
>> Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web: http://www.ulb.ac.be/di/ssd/apiron
PF> Mozilla is just a browser, correct? I'm mainly looking for an
PF> email reader. What else is worth checking out? Eudora maybe?
If you want something thats at least X aware, Spruce is pretty good.
And you can set it up for more than one mail server. My only bitch
is the editor, it doesn't work like cygnused, and I'm a spoilt 66 year
old brat about editors. Other than that, I use it on a couple of the
machines under my jurisdiction with no problems.
Eudora has not been ported to linux that I know of.
Cheers, Gene
--
Gene Heskett, CET, UHK |Amiga A2k Zeus040, Linux @ 500mhz
email gene underscore heskett at iolinc dot net
#Amiga based X10 home automation program EZHome, see at:#
<http://www.thirdwave.net/~jimlucia/amigahomeauto>
This messages reply content, but not any previously quoted material,
is � 2001 by Gene Heskett, all rights reserved.
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From: I_like_2B@home (HateLinux)
Subject: Thirteen Months - Linux still not working
Date: Sun, 04 Mar 2001 21:42:19 GMT
Thirteen months ago I tried to set up a linux box, just
something really simple, one of the most -sold monitors, one of the
most-sold video cards, one of the most-sold sound cards, idem for
modem, mouse, and cdrom, a keyboard that supports deadkeys. Hundreds
of hours of reading through cryptic man pages, recompiling my kernel,
downloading updates and patches, and I STILL HAVE NOT GOT A WORKING
SYSTEM!!
Someone even offered help, I sent him my system files, and (I
suppose it was him) hacked into my computer, destroying a load of
files in my microsoft partitions. I have never been hacked in 5 years
under windows, it was quite a traumatic experience. But I have a
simple backup program under windows, so nothing was lost.
I have installed slackware 7.0, 3.2, 4.0
redhat 4.1, 5.2, 6.2, 7.0
mandrake 7.00, 7.02
suse 6.3
peanut linux
corel 1 and 1.1
Every one worked with some of my hardware, but none with all.
I have now installed redhat 7.00
What works:
mouse (microsoft serial)
hard disk (quantum 10Gb)
soundblaster 64
printer (Epson dot matrix)
does NOT work
video card (voodoo3dfx w/16Mb mem)
modem (USR 2977 PCI NOT winmodem (dials, negotiates, sets up ppp but
no internet connection)
Frankly , although I have a reasonably inquisitive mind, I'm
tired of reading man pages, HOWTOS, and trying things that do not
work.
So is anyone here willing to help me set up my box ? I'm just
asking for something that win98 did in 20 minutes flat ... set up my
OS and recognize my hardware. If anyone here thinks an OS that cannot
do this is going to be anything more than a passing trend needs his
head examined
Obs ... maybe I'll even post under linux and change my name if it
works ;)
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