Linux-Setup Digest #772, Volume #20 Tue, 6 Mar 01 21:13:09 EST
Contents:
Re: Thirteen Months - Linux still not working (Michael Heiming)
Re: Thirteen Months - Linux still not working (Michael Heiming)
Newbie: Problems with Linux 6.0 install (Robert)
LCD monitors (Coolbrit)
Re: login problem!! ("Q.W")
Re: login problem!! ("Q.W")
problem with bt849A (GM)
Re: Thirteen Months - Linux still not working ("Peter T. Breuer")
How to uninstall software? ("Vincent")
Re: Linux partitioning question
Re: Thirteen Months - Linux still not working ("Peter T. Breuer")
2 usb devices - same type (Six)
Re: Lost my Linux partition - now what? ("L.V.Gandhi")
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Date: Wed, 07 Mar 2001 02:15:05 +0100
From: Michael Heiming <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Thirteen Months - Linux still not working
HateLinux wrote:
> On 6 Mar 2001 07:34:57 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bill Unruh) wrote:
>
> >]On Sun, 04 Mar 2001 21:42:19 GMT, I_like_2B@home (HateLinux) wrote:
> >
> >]Thanks for the suggestions, although most were of the type: read man
> >]pages. I am trying to avoid that to the maximum, and evaluate the
> >]viability of linux as a desktop OS. 90% of common users certainly
> >]would NOT read the man pages.
> >
> >Is this like "I am trying to see how my computer works if I do not plug
> >it in since most users would now plug theirs in?" How about you figuring
> >out how it works first and then worrying about your users. Most users
> >using Windows get it already installed will all of the drivers installed
> >and working. If users had to install Windows themselves, most would get
>
> We are both wrong there. I, for thinking that most windows users build
> their PCs and install the software they need, and you, for thinking
> that most linux users are administrators.
Perhaps not, all people I know, who run Linux are prof. admins?
To be honest, if you want more from your box than the things your distro gives,
or something is not working as you want, there is no way than giving up and
boot this poor winbloze or become an admin to get things working.
Win luls you in some kind of knowledge, by clicking some buttons and booting all
day,
but do you really know about what's going on under the hood? Nope
With linux everything is explained, at least you can always do a grep on the
sources...:-)
> No, most linux users are
> probably home users, either hackers or just curious, who probably
> have a dual-boot system and run win/linux. Probably more win.
> My
> misconception was because I come from a very poor country where
> almost everyone I know builds their PCs, and install usually pirate
> software. And you, because you probably work administering some
> system, all your contacts are unix/linux/network orientated. If you
> want linux to become popular, to have a great number of developers, to
> eventually be used as a viable home alternative to billgates little
> brew, you just have to make it easier to use. I have a fairly high IQ
> (150), am post graduated in a fairly difficult area, but I gave up on
> the "man resolve", because it just makes no sense at all.
You probably mean "man resolv.conf".
Shouldn't be among your first steps with linux to understand BIND,
your provider should have DNS service for you, most distros have some
nice setup tools to tell your system the IP.
> Either I am
> a victim of some precocious dementia, or man writers are all crazy.
> Well, enough trolling...
> >nowhere.
> >
> >Also Most ISPs set themselves up specially to make sure Windows works,
> >going sofar as to give away software for the users to use to set up
> >thier systems. They do not for Linux.
That's right, try wvdial with the params you get for windows, if that doesn't
work,
check with netcraft if your ISP uses Linux, if yes, write a polite mail to
[EMAIL PROTECTED] , may be you're lucky and this busy guy answers
you....
>
> >
> >
> >
> >]>does NOT work
> >]>video card (voodoo3dfx w/16Mb mem)
> >
> >]>What brand and model? I am sure there must be something that supports it,
> >]>because my Monster 3D (voodoo1 8 MB) add on card has worked for
> >]>years. Although, my regular video is ancient S3 Trio64.
> >
> >] 3DFX Voodoo 3000 PCI with 16Mb/Samsung Syncmaster 3.
> >]I realized I would have to redo my XF86Config, but nothing I try under
> >]xf86config, Xconfigurator, or xcfg(cant remember exact name) works. It
> >]always says "no valid screen modes" or something along these lines.The
> >]values for video card and monitor come from the programs database,
> >]except for in xf86config, where I have to enter it manually.
> >
> >Uh, this means that you have entered values for hor and vert sync which
> >are not valid.
> Yes, but I got the values from the setup programs. My video
> card and monitor are both listed, and monitor values check out with
> the manual ones. I eventually got xwindows to work in VGA, but I cant
> use it very well, as all the buttons of most programs are off-screen.
> There is just no way to get it working with 800x600 . It should not be
> necessary to spend 6 hours reading stuff, and trying things out, and
> still only get a VGA screen...
See my above post, I have the same card, working with no problem (1280x1024).
I could email you my XF86Config, if that would help you along.
Michael Heiming
>
> ....CUT......
> >]--> Starting pppd at Mon Mar 5 22:30:54 2001
> >]Caught signal #2! Attempting to exit gracefully...
> >]--> Disconnecting at Mon Mar 5 22:36:46 2001
> I CTRL-C'd it , it would have gone on for ever.
> >
> >What is the problem? You were connected for 6 min. What were you trying
> >during that time?
> Since I run few programs , I alt-F2 to a new screen instead of
> shoving wvdial into the background. I then run lynx or my mail
> programs from there. I AM an amateur, after all...
>
> >]cat /etc/resolv.conf
> >
> >]domain mine.com (false name)
> >]nameserver 200.192.55.100 (this is my real DNS server according
> >]to my provider)
> >
> >Why do you give us a false address? It is hard to help when we are given
> >false information.
> OK , its Brazil. English is not my native tongue, but I
> probably speak it better than some flamers here :)
> ig.com.br
> >
> > The address is some group in Brazil the DNS addresses I get are
> >143.108.23.2 200.255.253.234 200.19.119.99
> Mar 6 13:59:17 localhost pppd[1587]: pppd 2.3.11 started by root, uid
> 0
> Mar 6 13:59:17 localhost pppd[1587]: Using interface ppp3
> Mar 6 13:59:17 localhost pppd[1587]: Connect: ppp3 <--> /dev/ttyS3
> Mar 6 13:59:18 localhost pppd[1587]: Peer is not authorized to use
> remote address 200.225.159.112
> Mar 6 13:59:18 localhost pppd[1587]: Connection terminated.
> Mar 6 13:59:18 localhost pppd[1587]: Connect time 0.1 minutes.
> Mar 6 13:59:18 localhost pppd[1587]: Sent 222 bytes, received 266
> bytes.
> Mar 6 13:59:18 localhost pppd[1587]: Exit.
>
> I got this after I put your dns numbers in my resolve.conf
> If it helps, if I take your numbers out, I can ping any internet
> address. I ping 143.108.23.2 , and after about a minute interval, in
> comes a flood of responses with 0 packets lost.
>
> >I get no response from 200.192.55.100 .
> >So your problem is NOT with your modem, NOT with ppp, but possibly with
> >your DNS server.
> Apparently it still is....
> Comments ????
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Date: Wed, 07 Mar 2001 02:17:30 +0100
From: Michael Heiming <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Thirteen Months - Linux still not working
HateLinux wrote:
> On 6 Mar 2001 07:34:57 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bill Unruh) wrote:
>
> >]On Sun, 04 Mar 2001 21:42:19 GMT, I_like_2B@home (HateLinux) wrote:
> >
> >]Thanks for the suggestions, although most were of the type: read man
> >]pages. I am trying to avoid that to the maximum, and evaluate the
> >]viability of linux as a desktop OS. 90% of common users certainly
> >]would NOT read the man pages.
> >
> >Is this like "I am trying to see how my computer works if I do not plug
> >it in since most users would now plug theirs in?" How about you figuring
> >out how it works first and then worrying about your users. Most users
> >using Windows get it already installed will all of the drivers installed
> >and working. If users had to install Windows themselves, most would get
>
> We are both wrong there. I, for thinking that most windows users build
> their PCs and install the software they need, and you, for thinking
> that most linux users are administrators.
Perhaps not, all people I know, who run Linux are prof. admins?
To be honest, if you want more from your box than the things your distro
gives,
or something is not working as you want, there is no way than giving up
and
boot this poor winbloze or become an admin to get things working.
Win luls you in some kind of knowledge, by clicking some buttons and
booting all
day,
but do you really know about what's going on under the hood? Nope
With linux everything is explained, at least you can always do a grep on
the
sources...:-)
> No, most linux users are
> probably home users, either hackers or just curious, who probably
> have a dual-boot system and run win/linux. Probably more win.
> My
> misconception was because I come from a very poor country where
> almost everyone I know builds their PCs, and install usually pirate
> software. And you, because you probably work administering some
> system, all your contacts are unix/linux/network orientated. If you
> want linux to become popular, to have a great number of developers, to
> eventually be used as a viable home alternative to billgates little
> brew, you just have to make it easier to use. I have a fairly high IQ
> (150), am post graduated in a fairly difficult area, but I gave up on
> the "man resolve", because it just makes no sense at all.
You probably mean "man resolv.conf".
Shouldn't be among your first steps with linux to understand BIND,
your provider should have DNS service for you, most distros have some
nice setup tools to tell your system the IP.
> Either I am
> a victim of some precocious dementia, or man writers are all crazy.
> Well, enough trolling...
> >nowhere.
> >
> >Also Most ISPs set themselves up specially to make sure Windows works,
> >going sofar as to give away software for the users to use to set up
> >thier systems. They do not for Linux.
That's right, try wvdial with the params you get for windows, if that
doesn't
work, check with netcraft if your ISP uses Linux, if yes, write a polite
mail to
[EMAIL PROTECTED] , may be you're lucky and this busy guy
answers
you....
>
> >
> >
> >
> >]>does NOT work
> >]>video card (voodoo3dfx w/16Mb mem)
> >
> >]>What brand and model? I am sure there must be something that supports it,
> >]>because my Monster 3D (voodoo1 8 MB) add on card has worked for
> >]>years. Although, my regular video is ancient S3 Trio64.
> >
> >] 3DFX Voodoo 3000 PCI with 16Mb/Samsung Syncmaster 3.
> >]I realized I would have to redo my XF86Config, but nothing I try under
> >]xf86config, Xconfigurator, or xcfg(cant remember exact name) works. It
> >]always says "no valid screen modes" or something along these lines.The
> >]values for video card and monitor come from the programs database,
> >]except for in xf86config, where I have to enter it manually.
> >
> >Uh, this means that you have entered values for hor and vert sync which
> >are not valid.
> Yes, but I got the values from the setup programs. My video
> card and monitor are both listed, and monitor values check out with
> the manual ones. I eventually got xwindows to work in VGA, but I cant
> use it very well, as all the buttons of most programs are off-screen.
> There is just no way to get it working with 800x600 . It should not be
> necessary to spend 6 hours reading stuff, and trying things out, and
> still only get a VGA screen...
See my above post, I have the same card, working with no problem
(1280x1024).
I could email you my XF86Config, if that would help you along.
Michael Heiming
>
> ....CUT......
> >]--> Starting pppd at Mon Mar 5 22:30:54 2001
> >]Caught signal #2! Attempting to exit gracefully...
> >]--> Disconnecting at Mon Mar 5 22:36:46 2001
> I CTRL-C'd it , it would have gone on for ever.
> >
> >What is the problem? You were connected for 6 min. What were you trying
> >during that time?
> Since I run few programs , I alt-F2 to a new screen instead of
> shoving wvdial into the background. I then run lynx or my mail
> programs from there. I AM an amateur, after all...
>
> >]cat /etc/resolv.conf
> >
> >]domain mine.com (false name)
> >]nameserver 200.192.55.100 (this is my real DNS server according
> >]to my provider)
> >
> >Why do you give us a false address? It is hard to help when we are given
> >false information.
> OK , its Brazil. English is not my native tongue, but I
> probably speak it better than some flamers here :)
> ig.com.br
> >
> > The address is some group in Brazil the DNS addresses I get are
> >143.108.23.2 200.255.253.234 200.19.119.99
> Mar 6 13:59:17 localhost pppd[1587]: pppd 2.3.11 started by root, uid
> 0
> Mar 6 13:59:17 localhost pppd[1587]: Using interface ppp3
> Mar 6 13:59:17 localhost pppd[1587]: Connect: ppp3 <--> /dev/ttyS3
> Mar 6 13:59:18 localhost pppd[1587]: Peer is not authorized to use
> remote address 200.225.159.112
> Mar 6 13:59:18 localhost pppd[1587]: Connection terminated.
> Mar 6 13:59:18 localhost pppd[1587]: Connect time 0.1 minutes.
> Mar 6 13:59:18 localhost pppd[1587]: Sent 222 bytes, received 266
> bytes.
> Mar 6 13:59:18 localhost pppd[1587]: Exit.
>
> I got this after I put your dns numbers in my resolve.conf
> If it helps, if I take your numbers out, I can ping any internet
> address. I ping 143.108.23.2 , and after about a minute interval, in
> comes a flood of responses with 0 packets lost.
>
> >I get no response from 200.192.55.100 .
> >So your problem is NOT with your modem, NOT with ppp, but possibly with
> >your DNS server.
> Apparently it still is....
> Comments ????
------------------------------
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Robert)
Subject: Newbie: Problems with Linux 6.0 install
Date: Wed, 07 Mar 2001 01:24:01 GMT
I successfully installed 6.0 on my desktop system but I'm having
trouble installing on my laptop. I've created a partition for Linux
and currently run Win 98 with 128mb of ram. Also, I have to manually
swap between using a cd and floppy drive but can't use both
simultaneously.
The Red Hat Linux 6 Unleashed book indicates that I should be able to
install directly from the CD but I've tried all of the suggested
methods and can't get there from here.
Any and all help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Robert
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From: Coolbrit <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: LCD monitors
Date: Wed, 07 Mar 2001 01:19:27 +0000
Can someone help me?
i need to setup a Sharp LL-T155A monitor for xWindows. However no
matter what i do, when i run startx the computer crashes and the
screen goes funny.
Any help would be great
the graphics card is s3 (virge) 86C325
it the latset version.
TIA
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From: "Q.W" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: login problem!!
Date: Wed, 7 Mar 2001 09:25:41 +0800
drwxr--r-- 2 grace grace 4096 Dec 13 17:28 .
drw-rw-rw- 11 root root 4096 Mar 6 11:19 ..
-rw-rw-rw- 1 grace grace 717 Jan 15 16:26 .bash_history
-rw-rw-rw- 1 grace grace 24 Dec 13 15:14 .bash_logout
-rw-rw-rw- 1 grace grace 230 Dec 13 15:14 .bash_profile
-rw-rw-rw- 1 grace grace 124 Dec 13 15:14 .bashrc
that's no problem.
"Rapha�l" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:IX4p6.981$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> hello,
> after login try 'cd /home/grace'
> if it tells 'not found' then your home directory doesn't exist anymore!
> Ask your admin what's wrong.
> if you're admin then as root type mkdir '/home/grace;chown grace
> /home/grace'
>
> if /home/grace exists then probably your home directory isn't the correct
> owner or you have to check directory permissions.
> Ask your admin too.
> If you're admin then as root type 'chown grace /home/grace --recursive' to
> resolv the problem.
>
>
>
> "Q.W" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> a �crit dans le message news:
> 981qtd$khr$[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Hi,
> > when I telnet my redhat6.2 server,there are some info is below:
> >
> > Red Hat Linux release 6.2 (Zoot)
> > Kernel 2.2.14-5.0 on an i686
> > login: grace
> > Password:
> > Last login: Tue Mar 6 12:01:05 from 192.168.6.190
> > No directory /home/grace!
> > Logging in with home = "/".
> > bash: /home/grace/.bash_profile: Permission denied
> >
> > I don't know why?Could you tell me??
> >
> >
> >
>
>
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From: "Q.W" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: login problem!!
Date: Wed, 7 Mar 2001 09:27:01 +0800
#cd /home/grace
#ls -al
#drwxr--r-- 2 grace grace 4096 Dec 13 17:28 .
drw-rw-rw- 11 root root 4096 Mar 6 11:19 ..
-rw-rw-rw- 1 grace grace 717 Jan 15 16:26 .bash_history
-rw-rw-rw- 1 grace grace 24 Dec 13 15:14 .bash_logout
-rw-rw-rw- 1 grace grace 230 Dec 13 15:14 .bash_profile
-rw-rw-rw- 1 grace grace 124 Dec 13 15:14 .bashrc
That's no problem.
"Rapha�l" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:IX4p6.981$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> hello,
> after login try 'cd /home/grace'
> if it tells 'not found' then your home directory doesn't exist anymore!
> Ask your admin what's wrong.
> if you're admin then as root type mkdir '/home/grace;chown grace
> /home/grace'
>
> if /home/grace exists then probably your home directory isn't the correct
> owner or you have to check directory permissions.
> Ask your admin too.
> If you're admin then as root type 'chown grace /home/grace --recursive' to
> resolv the problem.
>
>
>
> "Q.W" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> a �crit dans le message news:
> 981qtd$khr$[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Hi,
> > when I telnet my redhat6.2 server,there are some info is below:
> >
> > Red Hat Linux release 6.2 (Zoot)
> > Kernel 2.2.14-5.0 on an i686
> > login: grace
> > Password:
> > Last login: Tue Mar 6 12:01:05 from 192.168.6.190
> > No directory /home/grace!
> > Logging in with home = "/".
> > bash: /home/grace/.bash_profile: Permission denied
> >
> > I don't know why?Could you tell me??
> >
> >
> >
>
>
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From: GM <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux.mandrake,comp.os.linux.misc,it.comp.os.linux.iniziare
Subject: problem with bt849A
Date: Wed, 07 Mar 2001 01:42:20 GMT
I have a great problem!!!
my tv-card don't work!!!
This is my situation:
Mandrake 7.2 (2.2.17-21mdk)
pIII 450 mhz
128 mb ram
matrox g400 sh 16 mb
scheda TV Aims Xtreme
The list of chips on the my card are:
BT849A KPF
TDA9800T
TEA5757H
TDA7050
The log:
Mar 5 21:53:06 localhost kernel: Linux video capture interface: v1.00
Mar 5 21:53:06 localhost kernel: i2c-core.o: i2c core module
Mar 5 21:53:06 localhost kernel: i2c-algo-bit.o: i2c bit algorithm
module
Mar 5 21:53:06 localhost kernel: bttv: driver version 0.7.35 loaded
Mar 5 21:53:06 localhost kernel: bttv: using 2 buffers with 2080k
(4160k total) for capture
Mar 5 21:53:06 localhost kernel: bttv: Bt8xx card found (0).
Mar 5 21:53:06 localhost kernel: bttv0: Brooktree Bt849 (rev 18) bus:
0, devfn: 128, irq: 15, memory: 0xec001000.
Mar 5 21:53:06 localhost kernel: i2c-core.o: adapter bt848 #0
registered as adapter 0.
Mar 5 21:53:06 localhost kernel: bttv0: i2c: checking for eeprom @
0xa0... not found
Mar 5 21:53:06 localhost kernel: bttv0: i2c: checking for eeprom @
0xae... not found
Mar 5 21:53:06 localhost kernel: bttv0: model: BT849( *** UNKNOWN *** )
[autodetected]
Mar 5 21:53:06 localhost kernel: bttv0: i2c: checking for MSP34xx @
0x80... not found
Mar 5 21:53:06 localhost kernel: bttv0: i2c: checking for TDA8425 @
0x82... not found
Mar 5 21:53:06 localhost kernel: bttv0: i2c: checking for TDA985x @
0xb6... not found
Mar 5 21:53:06 localhost kernel: bttv0: i2c: checking for TDA9875 @
0xb0... not found
Mar 5 21:53:06 localhost kernel: i2c-core.o: driver i2c TV tuner driver
registered.
Mar 5 21:53:06 localhost kernel: tuner: chip found @ 0x60
Mar 5 21:53:06 localhost kernel: bttv0: i2c attach [(unset)]
Mar 5 21:53:06 localhost kernel: i2c-core.o: client [(unset)]
registered to adapter [bt848 #0](pos. 0).
Thanks.
Peppe Minniti
Via Corrado Alvaro, 25
89018 - Villa San Giovanni (RC)
Italy
0965751197 / 03472288942
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From: "Peter T. Breuer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Thirteen Months - Linux still not working
Date: Wed, 7 Mar 2001 02:35:40 +0100
HateLinux <I_like_2B@home> wrote:
> On Tue, 06 Mar 2001 13:36:37 GMT, "Peter T. Breuer"
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>Just search for your IPs DNS server on a lookup from elsewhere .. but
>>this is likely NOT your problem. First convince us that your ppp is
>>connected and functioning,
> OK , I can ping any valid external address
Fine.
>>and that your routing tables are A-OK, as is
>>your own hostname and IP address.
> localhost@localdomain 127.0.0.0 or somesuch. I have no ethernet card.
Well, OK-ish. localhost.localdomain is not a valid name, except in
redhats fevered imagination and you should change it to something
else pretty soon, but for the moment., OK.
>> Note that your own machine and IP
>>must be listed in /etc/hosts,
> It is
Well, more or less. OK.
>> at a bare minimum. Since you haven't
>>tried profusely to convince us that that's the way it is, and that you
>>know what you are doing, I suppose that it isn't that way and you
>>don't! So that's likely the problem area.
Apparently it isn't. So it's just your DNS serverthat needs adding to
resolv.conf.
>>>>The video card is something controlled by XFree.
>>>>http://www.xfree.org/4.0.2/Status2.html#2
>>>>for the writeup on the 3dfx-- supported both in 3.3.6 and 4.0
>>> All the config programs just say "no possible screen modes",
>>
>>Then you've configured self-contradictory ones.
>>Deal with it by configuring feasible ones. Mind you, xfree 4 is
>>supposed to have a builtin list to select from
> It has. I used it. I also chose ALL modes that were 800x600 or
> higher. None work.
Eh? You set limits for horizontal and vertical frequencies and X then
chooses whatever it can within that area of the graph. None of this
"all modes" or "800x600 or higher" business. That's orthogonal.
>>to be able to have disabled every single possible one! Perhaps
>>you selected a dotclock of 100Hz instead of 100MHz? !!
> No. No way.
So show us. Print the messages that X delivers.
Peter
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From: "Vincent" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: How to uninstall software?
Date: Wed, 07 Mar 2001 01:45:32 GMT
Hi! There:
I have installed Java SDK into my RH7, but right now, I want to uninstall
it. Does anyone know how to do it? I was not using RPM file manager, just
reguler binary file like this "j2sdk-1_3_0_02-linux.bin." Thanks!!
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From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Linux partitioning question
Date: Wed, 07 Mar 2001 01:54:10 GMT
In comp.os.linux.hardware Seve <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Gregg Black wrote:
>> I'm reading up on setting up linux, and it states that many will setup
>> separate partitions for /usr and /home besides ones swap space. I would
> Let's just say you had a HD of sufficient size: I'll break it up into the
> following partitions. Also I tend to do it in this order with hda5 being
> "/boot" and Swap being hda13:
> /boot - 0.1GB
> /usr - 3GB (2.6gig minimum for full LM-7.2 install)
> /usr/local - 0.5GB (dependant on quantity of non-LM installs)
> /usr/src - 0.2GB (higher if U like playing w/ the Kernel)
> /var - 0.5GB
> /tmp - 0.5GB (should be more if Taper b/u huge files)
Recommend larger also if you have a CD-Burner - most of them (ie. cdrecord) like
to put the cd image file into /tmp. Yes, you can change this, but...
Kris
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From: "Peter T. Breuer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Thirteen Months - Linux still not working
Date: Wed, 7 Mar 2001 02:45:10 +0100
HateLinux <I_like_2B@home> wrote:
> brew, you just have to make it easier to use. I have a fairly high IQ
> (150), am post graduated in a fairly difficult area, but I gave up on
> the "man resolve", because it just makes no sense at all. Either I am
> a victim of some precocious dementia, or man writers are all crazy.
Looks perfectly OK to me:
The resolver is a set of routines in the C library that
provide access to the Internet Domain Name System. The
resolver configuration file contains information that is
read by the resolver routines the first time they are
invoked by a process. The file is designed to be human
readable and contains a list of keywords with values that
provide various types of resolver information.
Now if you want incomprehensible, I suggest you try the solaris man
page for "passwd".
>>Uh, this means that you have entered values for hor and vert sync which
>>are not valid.
> Yes, but I got the values from the setup programs. My video
You don't get them from it. You give them to it. You are the only
person in the universe who knows what the limiting rates written at the
back of your monitor are.
> card and monitor are both listed, and monitor values check out with
Then fine. You can't go wrong with a vertical limit at 80Hz and
a horizontal limit at 55KHz. Almost any decent monitor can make that.
Say a dotclock of 100MHz and at 1024x768 you should be maxing the
horizontal limit.
> There is just no way to get it working with 800x600 . It should not be
> necessary to spend 6 hours reading stuff, and trying things out, and
Of course it should: if your monitor won't work with standard rates,
then it has a problem and you have to read to find out what! Those
rates are VESA approved, you know :-).
Peter
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From: Six <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: 2 usb devices - same type
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Wed, 07 Mar 2001 02:01:20 GMT
Can I run 2 identical usb devices at the same time, independent of
each other? Would I just rename the device drivers?
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From: "L.V.Gandhi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: Lost my Linux partition - now what?
Date: Wed, 07 Mar 2001 07:32:29 +0530
Get explore2fs.exe (zip) from net. It can access your linux partition.
You can import your vmlinuz to your win98 partition. Get loadlin form
your CD.
Now start PC in dos mode using F8 key when starting windows. issue the
command
loadlin vmlinuz root=/dev/hdax
where x is the partition number of / of your linux which also can be
seen using explore2fs if you don't remember.
This should get you in linux. Now do /sbin/lilo -v as root.
This should rewrite lilo in boot sector.
George Adams wrote:
>
> I have (well, had) a dual-boot PC running Win95 and RH Linux 6.2. In the
> process of upgrading my Win95 partition to Win98, my boot sector and LILO
> got overwritten. Now the PC boots straights into Win98. The Linux
> partition is still there, but with no LILO it's pretty much inaccessible.
>
> I don't have a Linux boot disk (though I can probably get one if it will
> help.) Is there any way to get back into my Linux partition so I can
> reinstall LILO? Or is that partition pretty much gone now? :-(
>
> Thanks to anyone who can help.
--
L.V.Gandhi
MECON, 5th Floor, RTC Complex, Visakhapatnam AP 530020 INDIA
http://www.poboxes.com/lvgandhi [EMAIL PROTECTED],
[EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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