Linux-Setup Digest #780, Volume #20 Wed, 7 Mar 01 18:13:12 EST
Contents:
Re: XFree86 4.0.2 Troubles!!! (Toby Haynes)
Re: Adding WIN98R2 After Linux Install (Ralph Miguel Hansen)
Problem with SMC 1211TX Ethernet card (Szeming Lau)
Modem won't pick-up when X-Windows is running (Andrew Krieg)
Linux & Dell Precision 610 ("RumbleFish")
Re: X and GNOME fonts too small, and flicker(?) too. ("Scot Mc Pherson")
Re: xinetd.d problem... (Michael Heiming)
help - setting up networking ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: xinetd.d problem... (=?ISO-8859-1?Q?Rasmus_B=F8g_Hansen?=)
Re: xinetd.d problem... (Michael Heiming)
Re: CD Not recognised by kernel (djm181)
/bin/sh not installed (djm181)
Re: NFS : Linux with AIX... (maris malic)
Re: Novice emacs (Paul Kimoto)
Re: xinetd.d problem... (=?ISO-8859-1?Q?Rasmus_B=F8g_Hansen?=)
PDA with Linux?? (Jimbob)
W98/WMe usage through Linux (or other way round) (yup!)
Re: RAM not seen (Paul Kimoto)
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From: Toby Haynes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.x,de.comp.os.linux,de.comp.os.linux.hardware,de.comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: XFree86 4.0.2 Troubles!!!
Date: 07 Mar 2001 14:56:11 -0500
On Wed, 07 Mar 2001, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Well, I think, I have found the problem. And it seems to be related to
> the SuSE 7.1 X-Configuration tool SaX or the gfx-driver itself.
>
> (==) GLINT(0): Min pixel clock is 16 MHz
> (--) GLINT(0): Max pixel clock is 110 MHz
[snip]
> (**) GLINT(0): Mode "1280x1024": 102.2 MHz, 58.9 kHz, 55.0 Hz
>
> I definitly know, that my max. pixel clock is 150Mhz, NOT 110MHz. With
> the old SaX belonging to XF336, I was able to change the clock
> manually and all was fine for me. In SaX2 (XF402) I couldn't find
> where to do so.
It's not obvious ...!
> I just wonder that the XF402-cfg tells me I have a
> BoardName "Winner2000Office"
> but I have a "ELSA GLoria Synergy 8MB" (the upper L is no typo! ;-)
I think this is merely a nicety rather than a requirement. But you could
change it to read GLoria Synergy if you like.
> Well, I am a novice in configuring XF. Is there another cfg-program to
> setup the XF-config? I also tried XF86config, but well, there I have
> the same problem. Maybe I just use the wrong tool. Unfortunately I am
> not that keen on the cfg to "tune" it myself...
There are other tools - I personally do the initial configuration with
xf86cfg and then tidy up any errors by hand.
> Attached you will find the log, the old XF336 cfg & the new XF402
> cfg. Maybe you can tell me, where I can adjust the clock-speed
> manually...
Try this - this manually sets the memory clock and might be the right
thing to tweak. There isn't any other obvious Clock tweak... but be
warned - this may hang your machine, so make sure that you can boot to
runlevel 3 if you have to reboot. The other two options below are
safer. (Just in case you don't know, to boot to runlevel 3 you would
type 'linux 3' at the LILO prompt - this is the text-only startup).
Section "Device"
Identifier "Device[0]"
VendorName "Elsa"
Driver "glint"
BoardName "Winner2000Office"
BusID "1:0:0"
Option "SetMClk" "150"
EndSection
One other possibility is to force the chipset detection rather than
letting it probe for it. This would look like
Section "Device"
Identifier "Device[0]"
VendorName "Elsa"
Driver "glint"
BoardName "Winner2000Office"
ChipSet "pm2"
BusID "1:0:0"
EndSection
or possibly the 'pm2v' chipset instead of the 'pm2' if this doesn't do
it.
The order of the Section "Device" doesn't matter, but it's easier to
read in this order :-)
Cheers,
Toby Haynes
--
Toby Haynes
The views and opinions expressed in this message are my own, and do
not necessarily reflect those of IBM Canada.
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From: Ralph Miguel Hansen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Adding WIN98R2 After Linux Install
Date: Wed, 7 Mar 2001 21:32:37 +0100
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I thought someone recently said in passing that it was possible to add
> WIN98 after installing Linux. Did I get that right?
>
> How do you do it without WIN trashing the MBR and Linux?
>
> Do you then have to use something like System Commander to get a dual
> boot capability?
>
> Thanks.
>
Install Windows, boot Linux from floppy or cd-rom, then make your lilo.conf
looking like this :
# Start of /etc/lilo.conf
boot = /dev/hda
vga = normal
read-only
prompt
timeout = 100 # Time in 1/10 seconds to choose which OS to boot.
# When over, the first position will boot.
image = /boot/vmlinuz # That's my fucking kernel
label = l # Type l and Linux will boot -great !
root = /dev/hdb3
initrd = /boot/initrd
other = /dev/hda2 # This is to boot for have a look on Bluescreens
label = w # Type w and Win will boot -uarrgh !
# End of /etc/lilo.conf
Insert your /dev/hd* . After editing /etc/lilo.conf, don't forget to run
/sbin/lilo.
Cheers
Ralph Miguel Hansen
Using S.u.S.E. 5.3 and SuSE 7.0
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From: Szeming Lau <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Problem with SMC 1211TX Ethernet card
Date: Wed, 07 Mar 2001 20:31:24 GMT
I have RedHat 7.0 installed (with the 2.4 kernel test version), although
I don't think that the fact that it is a beta has anything to do with my
problem. I am trying to load the 8139too.o module, but it won't
recognize the presence of the card.
I checked in /proc/pci and found this:
Bus 0, device 9, function 0:
Ethernet controller: PCI device 0001:1211 (rev 16).
IRQ 9.
Master Capable. Latency=32. Min Gnt=32.Max Lat=64.
I/O at 0xa400 [0xa4ff].
Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xdf800000 [0xdf8000ff].
I would guess that since it is not detected as an SMC 1211TX, the driver
doesn't recognize it as valid hardware.
Is there anything I can do to fix this?
Thanks
Szeming
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Andrew Krieg)
Subject: Modem won't pick-up when X-Windows is running
Date: 7 Mar 2001 14:53:28 -0600
I've got a weird problem. My modem won't pick up an outside call it receives
while X-Windows is running. It just rings and rings. If I terminate
X-Windows, it then picks up. Once the pick-up has occurred, I can then restart
X-Windows and the modem will stay online and connected.
I'm guessing that X is somehow blocking the port my modem is on and
subsequently doesn't care when it is restarted and the port is in use. Any
ideas on how to resolve this one?
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From: "RumbleFish" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Linux & Dell Precision 610
Date: Wed, 7 Mar 2001 16:08:27 -0500
Hello...
Has anyone gotten linux to work on a Dell Precision 610? I just can't get
it to recognize the hard drive. It is connected to a ARO-1130CA-C (I think
AIC-7890) Raid card.
Thanks
--
RumbleFish
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From: "Scot Mc Pherson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: X and GNOME fonts too small, and flicker(?) too.
Date: Wed, 07 Mar 2001 21:20:13 GMT
During the rh7 install, the video chipset is not detected properly...Why I
dunno, but after you finish with the install run Xconfigurator and the
chipset will detect the 810e which you should select.
The flicker is probably due to an incorrect refresh rate (which can damage
your monitor). What exactly does your monitor list, and what exactly did you
set?
--
Scot Mc Pherson
N27� 19' 56"
W82� 30' 39"
"Damon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Hi.
>
> I'm a Linux rookie. I am having trouble figuring out how to
> change the way X looks. The fonts and icons are smaller
> than the first time I installed, and the screen seems to
> flicker ever so slightly..
>
> When I first installed RHL 7.0 (kernel 2.2.16-22), X went in
> fine and I had no problems with GNOME. But, I had to
> re-install RHL. When I did, I again did a custom
> installation. I don't know what I did differently from the
> first time.
>
> There was no 4MB option for video memory, so I chose the one
> suggested, 16,xxx. (When I used 4096 K, X wouldn't work at
> all.)
>
> My horizontal and vertical refresh rates are set as
> described in my Dell monitor documentation. My chip is and
> Intel 810e, so I chose Intel 810. (It worked out the first
> time, right?).
>
> The GNOME desktop controls don't seem to have any way to
> address this problem. Or perhaps my Windows experience is
> blinding me to the obvious. I have read man pages and parts
> of two different books and I still can't find my problem
> described, much less corrected.
>
> If you know of the right man page or can suggest on on-line
> resources I would be grateful.
>
> In the mean time I'm become very friendly with the bash
> interface, which is all to the good.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Damon
>
>
>
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Date: Wed, 07 Mar 2001 22:27:31 +0100
From: Michael Heiming <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: xinetd.d problem...
Peter Gregson wrote:
> I'm running RedHat 7.0 and have a pronblem that either the xinetd.conf
> file is not being accessed or the files in xinetd.d are not being read
> or used properly. The symptom is that neither telnetd nor wu-ftpd is
> being run. The processes are not running
Why should any ftp/telnet proccesses run, if they are run from inetd
who listens and will start/stop them as needed?
> and I cannot telnet or ftp
> into the box from another.
Show some messages you get and check /var/log/messages.
You are not trying to connect as root?
(Which is, with good reasons, disabled on most distros per default.)
> I can access via ssh, however. My
> hosts.deny is empty.
Always better to use ssh/scp..:-)
Show some data (ie. grep ftp /etc/inetd.conf) and I'm sure someone will
be able to help you.
Good luck
Michael Heiming
>
>
> Any help would be appreciated.
>
> Peter Gregson
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> --
> Peter H. Gregson, Ph.D., P.Eng.
> Chair, Design Innovation
> Director, iDLab
> Professor, Electrical & Computer Engineering
> Faculty of Engineering, Dalhousie University
> tel: 902-494-6050 e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> FAX: 902-422-7535 web: www.cviplab.dal.ca
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: help - setting up networking
Date: 7 Mar 2001 21:27:33 GMT
I try to set up networking on my old computer (486) and I discover the
following problems:
invoking ifconfig I get this message
No usable address families found.
socket: No such file or directory
The dmesg command contains the following lines:
Linux NET4.0 for Linux 2.2
Based upon Swansea University Computer Society NET3.039
Starting kswapd v 1.5
On my Laptop, where everything works dmesg delivers:
Linux NET4.0 for Linux 2.2
Based upon Swansea University Computer Society NET3.039
NET4: Unix domain sockets 1.0 for Linux NET4.0.
NET4: Linux TCP/IP 1.0 for NET4.0
IP Protocols: ICMP, UDP, TCP, IGMP
TCP: Hash tables configured (ehash 65536 bhash 65536)
Initializing RT netlink socket
Starting kswapd v 1.5
I assumed it was the kernel, but Unix-domain-sockets, TCP/IP, and so on are
switched on?!?!
I also am not able to load the module of the driver that "should" work
with
it
/lib/modules/2.2.16-3/net/82596.o: unresolved symbol eth_type_trans_R0ff315d9
/lib/modules/2.2.16-3/net/82596.o: unresolved symbol
unregister_netdev_Rcd0cd26a
/lib/modules/2.2.16-3/net/82596.o: unresolved symbol __kfree_skb_Rc940b491
/lib/modules/2.2.16-3/net/82596.o: unresolved symbol netif_rx_R940d954a
/lib/modules/2.2.16-3/net/82596.o: unresolved symbol alloc_skb_R68d69f3d
/lib/modules/2.2.16-3/net/82596.o: unresolved symbol skb_over_panic_R17f8e439
/lib/modules/2.2.16-3/net/82596.o: unresolved symbol
register_netdev_R221b45d7
/lib/modules/2.2.16-3/net/82596.o: unresolved symbol ether_setup_Rf78d00ec
/lib/modules/2.2.16-3/net/82596.o: insmod /lib/modules/2.2.16-3/net/82596.o
failed
/lib/modules/2.2.16-3/net/82596.o: insmod 82596 failed
Do I miss some libraries?
I don�t know
Can anybody help me?? please
Snoh
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From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Rasmus_B=F8g_Hansen?= <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: xinetd.d problem...
Date: Wed, 7 Mar 2001 22:36:27 +0100
On Wed, 7 Mar 2001, Michael Heiming wrote:
> Peter Gregson wrote:
>
> > I'm running RedHat 7.0 and have a pronblem that either the xinetd.conf
> > file is not being accessed or the files in xinetd.d are not being read
> > or used properly. The symptom is that neither telnetd nor wu-ftpd is
> > being run. The processes are not running
>
> > and I cannot telnet or ftp
> > into the box from another.
Check if a line says 'disable = yes' in /etc/xinetd/{ftp,telnet} -
change it to 'disable = no'.
> You are not trying to connect as root?
> (Which is, with good reasons, disabled on most distros per default.)
>
> > I can access via ssh, however. My
> > hosts.deny is empty.
>
> Always better to use ssh/scp..:-)
Agree.
> Show some data (ie. grep ftp /etc/inetd.conf) and I'm sure someone will
> be able to help you.
inetd does not exist on RedHat 7.0 - it was replaced by xinetd.
Rasmus
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Date: Wed, 07 Mar 2001 22:45:57 +0100
From: Michael Heiming <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: xinetd.d problem...
Rasmus B�g Hansen wrote:
> On Wed, 7 Mar 2001, Michael Heiming wrote:
>
> > Peter Gregson wrote:
> >
> > > I'm running RedHat 7.0 and have a pronblem that either the xinetd.conf
> > > file is not being accessed or the files in xinetd.d are not being read
> > > or used properly. The symptom is that neither telnetd nor wu-ftpd is
> > > being run. The processes are not running
> >
> > > and I cannot telnet or ftp
> > > into the box from another.
>
> Check if a line says 'disable = yes' in /etc/xinetd/{ftp,telnet} -
> change it to 'disable = no'.
>
> > You are not trying to connect as root?
> > (Which is, with good reasons, disabled on most distros per default.)
> >
> > > I can access via ssh, however. My
> > > hosts.deny is empty.
> >
> > Always better to use ssh/scp..:-)
>
> Agree.
>
> > Show some data (ie. grep ftp /etc/inetd.conf) and I'm sure someone will
> > be able to help you.
>
> inetd does not exist on RedHat 7.0 - it was replaced by xinetd.
Ah..Thx.
Asuming it does the same as the inetd I know, why is it called xinetd, are
you suposed
to configure it from some nifty GUI tool....(grin)?
Michael Heiming
>
>
> Rasmus
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From: djm181 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: CD Not recognised by kernel
Date: Thu, 08 Mar 2001 10:45:24 +1300
Sweet, that worked, needed to create a /dev/sbpcd device so now we are
cooking
Cheers
David
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From: djm181 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: /bin/sh not installed
Date: Thu, 08 Mar 2001 10:54:14 +1300
I'm building a linux system from scratch and when I try to install a lot
of packages they say that /bin/sh is required, but I already have that
file, how can I tell RPM that it is there? I have installed the setup,
filesystem and basesystem packages.
Cheers
David
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From: maris malic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.admin,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.questions
Subject: Re: NFS : Linux with AIX...
Date: Thu, 08 Mar 2001 06:57:35 -0500
Andreas Schweitzer wrote:
> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, jeffrey wrote:
> >I have setup Linux NFS Server and one of my clients is a box running AIX .The
>
> AIX and Linux don't like each other in secure mode.
> Add 'insecure' to the options in the exports file on your Linux
> box and try again.
>
> Andreas
>
> --
> Andreas Schweitzer
> http://dilbert.physast.uga.edu/~andy/
> This post is brought to you by VIM, slrn and FreeBSD
yeup...that's exactly what i've found out as well...you've got to go "insecure" on
the aix box (i set it with smitty)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Paul Kimoto)
Subject: Re: Novice emacs
Date: 7 Mar 2001 17:59:28 -0500
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Keith O'Connell wrote:
> Can someone tell me the answer to two question about emacs at the most
> novice of levels. Both relate to the use of Emacs under X
>
> 1: How do I get the delete key to delete the character it is on rather
> than the one to the left, in the way it does outside X
(It does? I guess that depends on your configuration ...)
Which distribution are you running? X keyboard configurations may differ
among them.
You may want to consult the Emacs FAQ (use "Help -> Manuals -> Emacs FAQ"
from the emacs toolbar) and
http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/Keyboard-and-Console-HOWTO-5.html
http://www.ibb.net/~anne/keyboard.html
There is also
http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/mini/BackspaceDelete/
Remember that you can always use C-d to delete at point.
> 2: How can I get the scroll bar on to the right side of the frame
> instead of the left?
Put
(set-scroll-bar-mode 'right)
in your .emacs file.
Actually, for compatibility with a variety of emacs versions, I use
(if window-system
(cond
((fboundp 'set-scroll-bar-mode) (set-scroll-bar-mode 'right))
((boundp 'scroll-bar-mode)
(setq scroll-bar-mode 'right) (load "scroll-bar"))
)
)
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From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Rasmus_B=F8g_Hansen?= <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: xinetd.d problem...
Date: Thu, 8 Mar 2001 00:00:28 +0100
On Wed, 7 Mar 2001, Michael Heiming wrote:
> Asuming it does the same as the inetd I know, why is it called xinetd, are
> you suposed
> to configure it from some nifty GUI tool....(grin)?
Well, the config format is _quite_ different. Instead of just having a
single line in /etc/inetd.conf, you now have to either put some lines in
/etc/xinetd.conf or dump a file in /etc/xinetd.d/.
In fact services actually can be configured from ntsysv...
Rasmus
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From: Jimbob <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: PDA with Linux??
Date: 8 Mar 2001 10:03:15 +1100
I have a Casio EM-500 PDA that is installed with WinCE. I was wondering if its at all
possible to be able to talk with it under linux as it is possible with palm pilots.
Brett
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From: yup! <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: W98/WMe usage through Linux (or other way round)
Date: Wed, 07 Mar 2001 23:07:01 +0000
I need to access (and use) both Windows Me and Linux at the same time.
I am sure there is a way to do this - but how???
any idea folks.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Paul Kimoto)
Subject: Re: RAM not seen
Date: 7 Mar 2001 18:07:22 -0500
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Ninja X wrote:
> My 128 Mo RAM are not seen by Mandrake 7.2, only 64
>
> What can I do ?
(1) You can pass the string "mem=128M" to the kernel when booting. What
method do you use to boot? (Depending on your hardware, it might need
"127" instead of "128".)
(2) You can try a newer kernel; these have smarter memory-detection
methods.
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