Linux-Setup Digest #817, Volume #20 Tue, 13 Mar 01 08:13:08 EST
Contents:
Re: How can I go further more with Internet ? ("syco")
Re: cannot mount new SCSI cd-burner scd0 (David Efflandt)
Re: How can I go further more with Internet ? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Multiboot?????? (David Efflandt)
Re: Win2k and Linux install on Sony Z600TEK - WITH LILO? (Charlie)
Re: win2000 drives -read only for root ("Eric")
Linux and Win2K booting, w/o NT Boot loader ("Daryl Manning")
Re: Linux and Win2K booting, w/o NT Boot loader ("Eric")
Re: Multiboot?????? ("Eric")
How to remove linux? ("lisa")
Re: How to remove linux? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: ttyS00 & ttyS0 (Dr Mike Waters)
Re: Help for sound in KDE2.1? (OrangeDino)
Help for kernel 2.4.2! (OrangeDino)
Re: Help for kernel 2.4.2! (Steve Martin)
Re: Help with dependencies ("Mike")
Toshiba Tecra 8000 Sound Problem ("Vladislav Dembskiy")
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From: "syco" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: How can I go further more with Internet ?
Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2001 09:04:38 +0100
[EMAIL PROTECTED] a �crit dans le message
<98im1s$24pon$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>syco <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> So I imagined someone can give me the 'big steps' in fee words. For all
the
>> rest, details and all, I can work by myself, I'm not so bad technician.
>
>In a nutshell: you must have IP-networking and PPP support in the kernel,
>then you need the ppp daemon and various script to start/configure it.
>Depending on your distribution you can found some information already
>in the distribution CD. At least you have to configure the scripts
>for your username, password and (of course) the ISP phone number.
>
>The start/stop script for ppp depends on what kind of system you
>use for validation (Chat or Chap).
>
>I strongly suggest that you get and read the HOWTOs, it's a lot
>easier...
>
>
Thank you.
I got a paper version of HOWTO, effectively it's better.
But I have another problem yet :
- when I start ppp-go ( slack distrib ), the system responds that
' ppp module lacks in kernel ' !
- if I try insmod -v ppp, the system responds that
' a ppp module already exists ' !
- if I try to unload the ppp module, the system responds that
' ppp module is busy ' !
What a brainstorm.
SYCO.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David Efflandt)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: cannot mount new SCSI cd-burner scd0
Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2001 08:12:37 +0000 (UTC)
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Sun, 11 Mar 2001, Darren and Marla Welson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I have added a SCSI CD-R to my system, but I cannot mount it because the
>device, /dev/scd0, has no module (?) and cannot be mounted. I am not
>sure what else to do, since the OS is installed on a HD on the same SCSI
>card--so I know it works. I do not know what else to try.
You likely need to load the 'sr_mod' module to access it as a cdrom (see
dmesg or /var/log/messages). Note that /dev/sr0 is hard linked to
/dev/scd0 so either device could be mounted as a cdrom. However ripping
music or cd burning needs the 'sg' module and device (/dev/sg0).
--
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]
Subject: Re: How can I go further more with Internet ?
Date: 13 Mar 2001 08:24:25 GMT
syco <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> - when I start ppp-go ( slack distrib ), the system responds that
> ' ppp module lacks in kernel ' !
Try to recompile it not like a module but inside the kernel.
Check what exactly the ppp-go does (maybe is looking in the
wrong place...).
Davide
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David Efflandt)
Subject: Re: Multiboot??????
Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2001 08:34:28 +0000 (UTC)
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Mon, 12 Mar 2001 10:59:51 GMT, Charlie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Hi:
>
>I am currently running Windows ME, Windows 2000 Advance Server and Red
>hat Linux 7. Just wondering how can I make NT loder to boot Linux as well?
>
>I have try to use dd if=/dev/hda6 of=/bootsect.lnx bs=512 count=1
>command and then copy the bootsect.lnx into C: (where boot.ini is) But
>when I select Linux from the NT loder, it just give me a blank screen.
>
>Have I miss something during the process? I am new to Linux.
I know nothing about NT, or where you put LILO, but all you should have to
do is put LILO on a partition and point the NT boot loader to that
partition. Or at least that is what I do with mulple Linux versions. I
point one LILO at the partitions containing LILO for the other distros.
If you don't put LILO in the MBR it can go on any of the first 4
partitions that is not a primary Win partition on any drive (if the boot
loader you use can handle that).
--
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: Charlie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.portable
Subject: Re: Win2k and Linux install on Sony Z600TEK - WITH LILO?
Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2001 08:48:50 GMT
Which boot magic do you use?
Boot magic come with partition magic 6, or with partition magic 6 PRO.
Barry wrote:
> I bought the same Z600TEK with W2K and 12/8 Mb partitions. I used
> Powerquest's BootMagic (installed under W2K of course) to set W2K as the
> default system BEFORE installing linux (Red Hat 7) on the 8 Mb partition.
> When installing linux I told Lilo to drop its load onto the 2nd (linux)
> partition, not on the MBR. Then I rebooted to W2K, ran BootMagic again, it
> found the linux partition and added it to the boot menu. No problems...
>
> Barry
>
> "Daryl Manning" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> news:98icpe$55u$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
>
>> Yeah, that's kind of the problem actually. I have an external floppy and
>> would prefer not to carr the sucker around to boot Linux.
>>
>> Also, while your solution works with Win98 (the same thing worked for me,
>> but I let LILO have the MBR, it's a nicer solution)... I don't believe
>
> it'll
>
>> work with Win2K since it takes over the MBR for its bootloader and doesn't
>> like it when you don't use it.
>>
>> I figure someone must have found a way to "nudge" Win2K out of the MBR and
>> still get it to boot, as well as getting Linux to work. I was just
>
> wondering
>
>> if anyone could tell me.
>>
>> There is the WinNT way to do it, but involves changing the boot.ini each
>> time you boot up, which I can tell will cause lot sof problems for me as I
>> change the LILO frequently depending on wat I'm doing.
>>
>> ciao, but thanks!
>> Daryl.
>>
>>
>>
>> "Bill Parker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
>> news:98ibqq$i57$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
>>
>>> You MIGHT consider a 3rd party boot manager such a PowerQuests Boot
>>
> Magic
>
>>> (works for me) or System Commander (mooted to be good, but I haven't
>>
> used
>
>>> it) They both reside in the MBR (or at least, thats how I visualise
>>
> them)
>
>>> I use dual boot betwixt RH6.2 and Win98 using Boot Magic. After the boot
>>> magic prompt, I get a lilo prompt set to a very low delay (so I can get
>>
> at
>
>>> it if ever I need it) but a delay of 0 also works.
>>>
>>> As I understand it, lilo is always needed to get linux up, but it can be
>>> installed in the same partition as linux itself. Which is what I've
>>
> done.
>
>>> Boot magic then points to the linux parttion is all hunky-dorey.
>>>
>>> Only problem I've found when messign round with kernels is that
>>
> lilo.conf
>
>>> needs "repairing" - I get around this by using a bootable floppy.
>>>
>>> I dunno if anyone has got a more aesthetic solution........
>>>
>>> Bill
>>>
>>>
>>> "Daryl Manning" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
>>> news:98i9cm$43g$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
>>>
>>>> Hi!
>>>>
>>>> I have just purchased a nice, nifty Sony Z600TEK. Great little machine
>>>
>>> that
>>>
>>>> caem with 128MB and a 20GB drive with 2 FAT32 partitions of 12GB and
>>>
> 8GB
>
>>>> (haven't checked to see if there are other hidden partitions).
>>>> It came with Win2000Pro installed.
>>>>
>>>> Now, *before* I got it, I had a nice little Dell laptop with Win98 and
>>>
>>> dual
>>>
>>>> booting to Linux RH7. I loved being able to dual boot despite the
>>>
> thing
>
>>>> weighing as much as an anchor.
>>>>
>>>> Having read over the HOWTOs on installing Linux to Win2k (WinNT), I am
>>>> seriously sweating as I tend to use my laptops for a lot of
>>>
> experimental
>
>>>> kernal stuff (ie. change the LILO often) and wondering if there is a
>>>
> way
>
>>> to
>>>
>>>> actually install Linux which uses LILO in the MBR and *doesn't* mess
>>>
> up
>
>>> the
>>>
>>>> Win2k boot loader and such. It absolutely needs to have Win2k on it
>>>
> and
>
>> I
>>
>>>> really need it to dual boot.
>>>>
>>>> Anyone got any ideas? The idea of recopying the boot.ini each time I
>>>
>>> change
>>>
>>>> the LILO for Linux (which I do quite often) is not appealing. I trust
>>>
>>> LILO,
>>>
>>>> I don't know if I trust the NT/Win2k boot loader. Anyone care to
>>>
>> comment?
>>
>>>> Any help appreciated!
>>>> Daryl.
>>>>
>>>> _________________________
>>>> Daryl Manning
>>>> Paris, France
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
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From: "Eric" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: win2000 drives -read only for root
Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2001 09:41:00 +0100
> Does anyone know of a way to access a Win2000 drive without root
> permissions? I can mount the drives fine, albeit ro, but only root has
> access, and nothing I do seems to make a difference.
>
mount them with a umask option.
mount -t ntfs -o umask=0xxx /dev/hda1 /mnt/win2k
Where xxx should be the mask you want to use
(0222 for ro access for everyone)
Eric
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From: "Daryl Manning" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: colt.os.linux.portable
Subject: Linux and Win2K booting, w/o NT Boot loader
Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2001 10:22:08 +0100
Sorry, I posted a few days ago but didn't get the exact information I was
looking for. My bad... I phrased the questions wrong.
So... I have a nifty new Sony PCG Z600TEK here in France. It came with Win2K
installed. It has a nice big 20GB disk split into 2 FAT32 partititions of
12GB (Win2K) and an 8GB partition with, it seems, nothing on it.
I want to dual boot to Linux and Win2K. I *do not* relish the idea of
copying boot.ini over to the Win2K partition every time I change it (I do
that quite often), so I was wondering what the alternative there is to using
LILO on the MBR without trashing my drive and still being able to boot
Win2K. Booting from floppy is not really an option as the Z600TEK has an
external floppy and I do not wish to carry it around with me.
I have yet to see the process for doing this posted anywhere after a search
(just the NT boot loader version) so I would appreciate someone who knows
giving a yell.
Thanks in Advance!
Daryl.
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From: "Eric" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Linux and Win2K booting, w/o NT Boot loader
Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2001 11:08:07 +0100
> So... I have a nifty new Sony PCG Z600TEK here in France. It came with
Win2K
> installed. It has a nice big 20GB disk split into 2 FAT32 partititions of
> 12GB (Win2K) and an 8GB partition with, it seems, nothing on it.
I don't have this machine, and my win2k is installed on a secondary HDD,
but I do boot three OS's (win98 linux and win2k) through LILO, which resides
in the MBR. I don't think your setup is essentially diferent from mine,
so I 'll tell you what you could do:
Delete the second partition.
Install linux there. I suppose it's a new linux distro, older ones may
refuse to
install there because that partition lies entirely above cyl. 1024.
If that's the case, report back.
Otherwise, just install there, like you normally would, and place LILO in
the MBR. When you've booted you're newly installed linux, edit
/etc/lilo.conf
add the following lines:
other=/dev/hda1
label=win2k
alias=w
(I'm lazy, I always use a one-character alias to choose an os)
now run `/sbin/lilo -v` and if it doesn't complain, reboot
and enter "w" at the LILO prompt.
There's really nothing more to it.
If anything fails, don't panic: report back, describe what fails and it
will probably be easy to solve.
Eric
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From: "Eric" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Multiboot??????
Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2001 11:55:28 +0100
> >I am currently running Windows ME, Windows 2000 Advance Server and Red
> >hat Linux 7. Just wondering how can I make NT loder to boot Linux as
well?
> >
> >I have try to use dd if=/dev/hda6 of=/bootsect.lnx bs=512 count=1
> >command and then copy the bootsect.lnx into C: (where boot.ini is) But
> >when I select Linux from the NT loder, it just give me a blank screen.
> >
> >Have I miss something during the process? I am new to Linux.
Check what is in the file bootsect.lnx.
Use a hex-viewer. Somewhere near the start the characters LILO can be found.
If they are not there, you didn't copy the bootsector. Are you sure it is a
hda6????
LILO would probably have complained, as this is an extended partition.
> I know nothing about NT, or where you put LILO, but all you should have to
> do is put LILO on a partition and point the NT boot loader to that
> partition. Or at least that is what I do with mulple Linux versions. I
> point one LILO at the partitions containing LILO for the other distros.
I'm not sure if you can get the NT loader to do this.
I doubt it though.
> If you don't put LILO in the MBR it can go on any of the first 4
> partitions that is not a primary Win partition on any drive (if the boot
> loader you use can handle that).
It could go to a logical partition, but it's a very weird situation.
Eric
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From: "lisa" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: How to remove linux?
Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2001 19:01:40 +0800
Dear all,
My computer has RH 6.2 and win98 installed, and using lilo to boot to
different OS. Now I decided to have a complete cleanup of my harddisk and
have low-level format, but I don't know how to remove the lilo boot, the
linux OS and the linux partition. Anyone could help?
thanks,
li
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: How to remove linux?
Date: 13 Mar 2001 11:29:13 GMT
lisa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> My computer has RH 6.2 and win98 installed, and using lilo to boot to
> different OS. Now I decided to have a complete cleanup of my harddisk and
> have low-level format, but I don't know how to remove the lilo boot, the
> linux OS and the linux partition. Anyone could help?
To remove the Linux partition you can use the linux fdisk, simply
become root and start fdisk, or you can use a boot floppy or your
RH CD to boot into linux and then remove the partitioning.
To remove lilo from the boot sector use lilo -u or lilo -U. You
can also use a DOS fdisk with fdisk /MBR to reinstall the 'normal'
MBR.
I don't suggest you to make a low-level format, with 'modern'
hard disk is unnecessary.
Davide
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From: Dr Mike Waters <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: ttyS00 & ttyS0
Crossposted-To:
alt.os.linux.suse,comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.networking
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2001 11:33:33 +0000
ken pile wrote:
> I can not get my system to recognise my modem. It has worked fine before
> but
> recently it refuses to detect. I am running SuSE 7.0 (2.2.16-SMP). I
> suspect the problem
> is since I flash upgraded my bios on the Mobo (Gigabyte GA6-BXD). The
> reason
> I suspect this is because I have noticed that when booting up I get the
> message that
> the kernel has detected ports ttyS00 & ttyS0 instead of just ttyS0. I am
> running an
> ADSL modem plugged into COM1 with COM2 disabled.
> If I enable COM2 also in CMOS then the kernel detects ttyS00, ttyS0,
> ttyS01 and
> ttyS1. I have never seen this before, and so I suspect that this is why
> my modem wont
> detect ( modem works fine in windoze, all flavours ). I have done a
> clean install of SuSE
> so I can be sure I have not set anything wrong.
>
> Any advice would be much appreciated.
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Ken
>
what is x in /dev/ttySx is the one that your /dev/modem linked to?
regards
Dr Mike Waters
--
Doh! Nuts! Mmmm! Donuts!
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From: OrangeDino <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Help for sound in KDE2.1?
Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2001 18:55:24 +0800
There is some compilation problem in the redhat 6.x rpms from kde.org.
It cannot recognize oss or alsa sound drivers.
You need to download the kdesupport and kdelibs src.rpms to compile the
kdesupport, kdelibs, kdelibs-sound and arts rpms for yourself.
Then apply these newly generated rpms again.
I wish these can help people who face the same problem.
Thanks for the internet resource!
OrangeDino wrote:
> I upgrade my KDE from 2.0.1 to 2.1. But the art sound server cannot use
>
> my sound card anymore. In 2.0.1, everything is fine but in 2.1,
> whenever KDE startup artsd said that it cannot find any 'OSS' type audio
>
> I/O. Even I install the commercial OSS, it said that it cannot find any
>
> audio I/O. Actually other Linux sound application can produce sound
> normally. I am using ES1371 with the 2.2.x kernel module as driver,
> which should be OSS/Free driver.
> Can anyone tell me how to make artsd to find my audion I/O?
> Thank you very much!
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From: OrangeDino <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Help for kernel 2.4.2!
Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2001 18:56:13 +0800
I have compiled the 2.4.2 kernel and applied ppp-2.4.0 to for my RH6.1
linux box.
But as I connect my linux box to internet with modem.
It said that ppp support is not included in my kernel or loaded as
module.
As I try to modprobe ppp, ppp1 or ppp0, it said that ppp cannot be
found.
Then what I should include in kernel configuration to include ppp
support?
Thanks for your concern!
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From: Steve Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Help for kernel 2.4.2!
Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2001 07:14:49 -0500
OrangeDino wrote:
>
> I have compiled the 2.4.2 kernel and applied ppp-2.4.0 to for my RH6.1
> linux box.
> But as I connect my linux box to internet with modem.
> It said that ppp support is not included in my kernel or loaded as
> module.
Did you create /dev/ppp per the Changes file? This sounds like
what was happening to me before I did that. See
/usr/src/linux/Documentation/Changes for details.
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From: "Mike" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Help with dependencies
Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2001 04:18:46 -0800
Give Aduva a try. http://www.aduva.com
"andrew" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> In article <98jflr$8kj$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Darryl L. James
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes
> >I am new to Linux and have been trying to install various pieces of
> >sotware (Redhat 6.2), but am running into many problems tracking down
> >dependencies. When installing apps using RPM, it lists the the files
> >that it needs but the catch is I don't know where to find those files.
> >I have looked in the distro cd, but cannot find the specific files
> >that it requires. How do you go about locating the files
> >(dependencies), if you don't know what or where the files are?
> >
> >Thanks in advance for any pointers.
>
> The best thing I have found for this is to go to
> www.rpmfind.net/linux/RPM/ and search for the dependencies that you
> require, then load them and pray that they in turn don't need any
> dependencies. It can become a vicious circle!!
>
> Andrew
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From: "Vladislav Dembskiy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux.suse,comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.portable
Subject: Toshiba Tecra 8000 Sound Problem
Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2001 13:51:48 +0100
Hi All,
I have just installed SuSE 7.1 on my Toshiba Tecra 8000 laptop. It was clean
install - default + office. Kernel 2.4.0. Everithing is working fine except
sound card. Yast2 does not detect my sound card and I tried to configure it
manually but unsuccessfull. Earlier I did installation of SuSE 6.4 and it was
working.
What I did:
Sound card driver: Yamaha OPL3SA2+
Sound card Model: generic Yamaha OPL3SA2
Options:
Port #: 0x538
SB port #: 0x220
WSS port #: 0x530
FM port #: 0x388
MIDI port #: 0x330
IRQ #: 5
1st DMA #: 1
2nd DMA #: 0
ISA PnP detection: 0
Error:
An error occured during installing generic Yamaha OPL3SA2 (Yamaha OPL3SA2+).
The kernel module snd-card-opl3sa2 for sound support could not be loaded.
The same error was if I tried to use OPL3SA3 model.
In Toshiba Hardware Configuration options the card has the following options:
I/O address:
WSS: 530h
SBPro: 220h
Synthesizer: 388h
Control: 538h
MPU401: 330h
Interrupt Level: 5
DMA Channel:
Playback: 1
Record: 0
What I did wrong?
Thank you,
--
Vladislav Dembskiy
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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