Linux-Setup Digest #858, Volume #20 Mon, 19 Mar 01 03:13:10 EST
Contents:
Re: Mounting a VFAT logical partition (Paul Colquhoun)
Re: Mounting a VFAT logical partition ("David T. Wilson")
SmartMedia readers? (Greg Tomalesky)
Re: SB Live Value PCI - No CD Audio? (Frank Miller)
Re: GUI Xconfigurator? ("earthlink news")
Re: KDE & mount cdrom ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Upgrade Kernel & Xfree86 ("Alex")
How to stop GUI from loading (Andrei Tchepurnyh)
Re: GUI Xconfigurator? ("earthlink news")
Re: LoadBalancing two DSLs ("Joshua K.")
Re: ALSA utils compile help... (Dowe Keller)
Re: How to stop GUI from loading (David)
Re: SmartMedia readers? (E J)
Re: How to stop GUI from loading (Andrei Tchepurnyh)
Linux and Solaris (songjie)
Re: eth0: PCI Bus error ("David C.")
FTP Problem ("Striph")
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Paul Colquhoun)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.questions
Subject: Re: Mounting a VFAT logical partition
Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2001 04:10:04 GMT
On Sun, 18 Mar 2001 19:27:40 -0800, David T. Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
|Hi,
|
|I have tried to mount an extended partition with problems. I issue the
|command:
|
|#mount -t vfat /dev/had3 /mnt/music
|
|and this is the message I get back:
|
|mount: wrong fs type, bad option , bad superblock on /dev/hda3, or to
|many mounted file systems
|(aren't you trying to mount an extended partition, instead of some
|logical partition inside?)
|#
|
|The answer to that question is NO. I want to mount the logical
|partition inside the extended one but it wont let me. (of course I am
|most likely forgetting/doing something wrong)
|
|This is what my "windows" drive looks like.
|c: windows- primary
|-: - extended
| d: music - logical
|
|windows is on hda
|linux is on hdb
|
|Any info on mounting d:music to /mnt/music would be great. I have also
|tried to mount hda2 and hda4 with the same effect. Thank you for your
|time.
What does
fdisk -l /dev/hda
say?
That should tell you all the available partitions on the disk.
Also, did you try mounting /dev/hda5 ?
hd?1 to hd?4 are reserved for the primary partitons. If you use
extended partitions, one of these primary partitions becomes the
"container" for them, and the actual extended partitions always
start at hd?5 (even if some of the primary partitions are not used).
I think you will find that your case looks like this:
hda1 primary vfat (Windows C:)
hda2 extended
hda5 Logical vfat (Windows D: music)
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Date: Sun, 18 Mar 2001 20:33:39 -0800
From: "David T. Wilson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.questions
Subject: Re: Mounting a VFAT logical partition
Gary Whitten wrote:
> David,
> What is the output of the "p" option (print) from within "fdisk
> /dev/hda"?
>
> Gary Whitten
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> "David T. Wilson" wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > I have tried to mount an extended partition with problems. I issue the
> > command:
> >
> > #mount -t vfat /dev/had3 /mnt/music
> >
> > and this is the message I get back:
> >
> > mount: wrong fs type, bad option , bad superblock on /dev/hda3, or to
> > many mounted file systems
> > (aren't you trying to mount an extended partition, instead of some
> > logical partition inside?)
> > #
> >
> > The answer to that question is NO. I want to mount the logical
> > partition inside the extended one but it wont let me. (of course I am
> > most likely forgetting/doing something wrong)
> >
> > This is what my "windows" drive looks like.
> > c: windows- primary
> > -: - extended
> > d: music - logical
> >
> > windows is on hda
> > linux is on hdb
> >
> > Any info on mounting d:music to /mnt/music would be great. I have also
> > tried to mount hda2 and hda4 with the same effect. Thank you for your
> > time.
> >
> > Sincerely,
> >
> > David T. Wilson
Thank you.
As it turns out the partion I was looking for was actualy /dev/hda5
David T. Wilson
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From: Greg Tomalesky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: SmartMedia readers?
Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2001 04:29:46 GMT
Hi All:
Has anyone had any experience with any of the SmartMedia
readers/writers out there ? I know there are some that plug into a USB
port and others that mimic a floppy disk. Of course all the software
that comes bundled with these devices is for that "other" OS. Please
e-mail with any thoughts or suggestion on this matter
Thanks in advance,
Greg Tomalesky [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Frank Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: SB Live Value PCI - No CD Audio?
Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2001 04:34:51 GMT
Keeper of the Key to Time wrote:
>
> Hi, everyone...
>
> Ok, I'm sure this is a basic issue for those experienced with audio
> hardware, but I have zero experience with modern sound cards. (Previous one
> cost $15 and was ESS-based.) Now I have a new system and a new sound card
> -- invoice says Sound Blaster Live Value PCI, and the sticker on the card
> says CT4830; that's all the info I have, because it was OEM. (Oh yeah, I
> got a CD with it that's labeled "Sound Blaster Live 1024", and seems to
> contain drivers for various flavors of Windows.)
> I'm running Mandrake 7.2, kernel has basic sound modules compiled, plus
> support for EMU10K (lsmod shows "soundcore" and "emu10k1" loaded when I'm
> playing sounds). HardDrake [chuckle] detected the card and didn't seem to
> do much; it works great for playing every type of audio I can think of --
> except CDs.
>
> Troubleshooting steps I've followed:
>
> Tried going down to basics -- login as root, use "cdp" to play a CD...
> nothing.
>
> Changed owner/permissions on /dev/audio*, /dev/dsp* ...nothing. (My SuSE
> laptop has mode 666 for those devices; Mandrake created them as 600, but
> neither seems to make a difference.)
>
> Changed audio cable between CD-ROM and sound card (swapped out the cable,
> changed it from CD-ROM to CD-RW [BTW, I may never store MP3s on the hard
> drive again, since playing 'em from a SCSI-based CD device seems
> rock-solid!], flipped it end-for-end, reversed polarities... nothing.
>
> Anyway, have exhausted the on-system documentation and can't seem to find
> anything relevant via Google (damn, I miss DejaNews) -- my problem seems to
> be the opposite of the one most people have. Any advice would be much
> appreciated! :)
>
> Thanks,
>
> --
> // Carl Hudkins = reverse("com.bigfoot at keybounce");
> //
> // "Wake me when it's over, touch my face
> // Tell me every word has been erased..." --TMBG
A shot in the dark. Check to see if the sound card is muted in an audio
mixer (aumix is ome).
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From: "earthlink news" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: GUI Xconfigurator?
Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2001 04:45:07 GMT
Have you tried typing "Xconfigurator" from a command line?
David T. Wilson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> I am looking for the command to start a GUI X configurator. I am using
> redhat 7, Xfree86 4.x, and the gnome desktop.
>
> Thanks all
>
> David T. Wilson
>
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: KDE & mount cdrom
Date: Sun, 18 Mar 2001 22:30:32 -0600
Robert Primicias <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Just installed Linux Mandrake 6.5 yesterday as a server.
>
> How do I find out the mount point of the CD rom or even the floppy
> disk? When I do a "df", I don't see anything?
Try 'mount' and see if it's listed there. If's it not mounted, you'll
need to look in /etc/fstab for the mount point and mount it manually.
KDE by default should automount a CD when inserted. If not, try this in
a terminal window after inserting the CD (do this as root):
# mount -t iso9660 /dev/scd1 /mnt/cdrom
Your device (/dev/scd1) and mount point may be different - Look in
/etc/fstab to make sure. That's how it works on my RH7 system. Once
mounted, I see this:
[root] / # mount
/dev/hda2 on / type ext2 (rw)
none on /proc type proc (rw)
usbdevfs on /proc/bus/usb type usbdevfs (rw)
/dev/hda5 on /usr type ext2 (rw)
none on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,gid=5,mode=620)
/dev/hda1 on /win98 type vfat (rw)
/dev/hda7 on /ddrive type vfat (rw)
/dev/scd1 on /mnt/cdrom type iso9660 (ro)
[root] / #
Before you remove the CD, be sure to unmount it first:
# umount /mnt/cdrom
or whatever your CDROM mount point is. You can confirm it's unmounted
once again with 'mount'. It shouldn't be listed anymore.
> Also, the gui starts up fine (X windows I guess) but I was hoping
> to see KDE starting also. Can anybody tell me how to start KDE or
> how to find out if it's installed.
If a GUI is starting up, maybe it *is* KDE. Or is it just a login screen
and you can't get any further?
Once you login, is there a taskbar along the bottom of the screen? If
so, is there a button at the left end? If so (again), it's maybe one of
three environments running: KDE (the icon will be a "K" and a
gearwheel), gnome (the icon will be a "footprint" G) or FVWM95 (the
button will read "Linux").
If you don't see anything on screen at all, just a graphical background
with an "X" cursor, try clicking the right (secondary) mouse button and
see if a menu appears. You might be running twm or some other old window
manager (horrors :).
You can use 'switchdesk' to change this. Read the man page:
$ man switchdesk
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From: "Alex" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.comp.linux,alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.hardware,fa.linux.kernel,hk.comp.os.linux,linux.dev.kernel,linux.redhat,linux.redhat.install,mlist.linux.kernel,muc.lists.linux-kernel,tw.bbs.comp.linux
Subject: Upgrade Kernel & Xfree86
Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2001 12:57:20 +0800
How can i upgrade my gentus linux 3.0 to update kernel and Xfree86 4.0?
What files should i need to prepare?
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From: Andrei Tchepurnyh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: How to stop GUI from loading
Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2001 05:24:25 GMT
Hi guys. Does anybody know how to turn off GUI aka X-server so I
could
save some memory? I am running a firewall on RedHat 7 and usually
access
it via telnet from inside of my network. Some times I do need X
(just
easy to use:-). Now I'd like to turn off X to prevent it from
loading at
start up automatically but want to be able to start it manually
some
times.
Thanks in advance
Andrei.
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From: "earthlink news" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: GUI Xconfigurator?
Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2001 05:33:00 GMT
Try Xconfigurator or xf86config.
"David T. Wilson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> I am looking for the command to start a GUI X configurator. I am using
> redhat 7, Xfree86 4.x, and the gnome desktop.
>
> Thanks all
>
> David T. Wilson
>
>
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From: "Joshua K." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.questions
Subject: Re: LoadBalancing two DSLs
Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2001 06:02:36 GMT
Take a look at multilinking or channel bonding (both are ways of
simulating a single network connection with multiple net connections in or
near main kernel code so they are transparent to the app, Like the net
browser.
Hope that helps, Josh
"Wayne Marsh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
>
> I don't wish to hijack this thread but I also wish to do the same on
> cable.
>
> Giovanni Meneghetti wrote:
> >
> > If your goal is to be a client for the net (Like web browser, ftp
download,
> > etc...), you can do it,
>
> That's is all I wish to do. Do I use equal cost multipath routing and if
> so
> do I need to do any thing other then recompile my kernel with this
> option on?
> I am using RH6.2 with the 2.2.17-14 kernel and all required security
> updates. I have looked but the only real hits I get is for routers like
> Ciscos.
>
> > but if you have servers (like a web server etc...), I think you can't
have
> > redundancy and load
> > balancing only with two independent lines.
>
> Only a mail server and that will use one interface only. I don't need
> load sharing for mail.
>
> > You need your ISPs to cooperate. They'd have to set up a BGP between
your two
> > lines.
> > May be your ISPs require you to change your current IP addresses.
> > Please, if your ISPs don't ask you to change your IP address, let me
know the
> > name of your ISP.
> >
> > Bye
> > Giovanni
> >
> > "tm.20" wrote:
> >
> > > We have one DSL connection and will be adding another one, for the
extra
> > > bandwidth and redundancy.
> > >
> > > My question is..
> > > I want to use both DSLs at the same time, as to increase our bandwidth
> > > And, if one DSL goes down, the other DSL still continues running...
> > >
> > > I assume this is LoadBalancing..but Im not sure...
> > >
>
> Thank for any help
> Wayne :-)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dowe Keller)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: ALSA utils compile help...
Date: 18 Mar 2001 22:09:18 -0800
On Sun, 18 Mar 2001 17:20:14 GMT, E J <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Just general configure advice.
>$ cat README | more #Look at the README file
>$ ./configure --help # look at the options for configure
>$ cat configure.log | more # see what configure is complaining about
Just out of curiosity, why didn't you say:
$ more README
$ ./configure --help
$ more configure.log
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From: David <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: How to stop GUI from loading
Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2001 06:18:26 GMT
Andrei Tchepurnyh wrote:
>
> Hi guys. Does anybody know how to turn off GUI aka X-server so I
> could
> save some memory? I am running a firewall on RedHat 7 and usually
> access
> it via telnet from inside of my network. Some times I do need X
> (just
> easy to use:-). Now I'd like to turn off X to prevent it from
> loading at
> start up automatically but want to be able to start it manually
> some
> times.
vi /etc/inittab
change the 5 to a 3 in the line below.
id:5:initdefault:
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From: E J <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: SmartMedia readers?
Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2001 06:23:52 GMT
First upgrade your kernel to 2.4.x. It supports standard USB storage
devices.
check out http://www.linux-usb.org/
Greg Tomalesky wrote:
> Hi All:
>
> Has anyone had any experience with any of the SmartMedia
> readers/writers out there ? I know there are some that plug into a USB
> port and others that mimic a floppy disk. Of course all the software
> that comes bundled with these devices is for that "other" OS. Please
> e-mail with any thoughts or suggestion on this matter
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Greg Tomalesky [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Andrei Tchepurnyh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: How to stop GUI from loading
Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2001 06:50:53 GMT
Thanks!!!
David wrote:
> Andrei Tchepurnyh wrote:
> >
> > Hi guys. Does anybody know how to turn off GUI aka X-server so I
> > could
> > save some memory? I am running a firewall on RedHat 7 and usually
> > access
> > it via telnet from inside of my network. Some times I do need X
> > (just
> > easy to use:-). Now I'd like to turn off X to prevent it from
> > loading at
> > start up automatically but want to be able to start it manually
> > some
> > times.
>
> vi /etc/inittab
> change the 5 to a 3 in the line below.
>
> id:5:initdefault:
>
> --
> Confucius say: He who play in root, eventually kill tree.
> Registered with the Linux Counter. http://counter.li.org
> ID # 123538
> Completed more W/U's than 99.117% of seti users. +/- 0.01%
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Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2001 06:55:16 +0800
From: songjie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Linux and Solaris
HI, all,
I have a PC with two SCSI HDs. The first HD has been installed of NT and
Solaris. I installed Red Hat 6.2 in the second HD. The LILO is setup on
the first sector of the /boot partition. But I cannot boot from the
second HD . The screen only showed me "L". I think it means system
cannot find the boot sector correctly. Some people suggested me that to
add the linux boot file into the solaris boot loader ( The solaris
loader is instead of the NT loader already). But I don't know how to.
Anyone know how to do it?
Thanks!
Song Jie
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From: "David C." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: eth0: PCI Bus error
Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2001 07:44:30 GMT
Looks like hardware problems to me. Try putting the card in another PCI
slot, and see if it will work from there. You may have a bad PCI slot. Are
you having problems with any other PCI cards in the system? Also try a
different NIC to see if your ethernet card might be bad.
David Cronin
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
>
> I'm trying to get an ethernet card working. Maybe it already is. I don't
> know. The card is a TRENDnet TE100-PCIWN. I built support into my 2.2.16
> kernel. On bootup I get
>
> PCI: PCI BIOS revision 2.00 entry at 0xf38b0
> PCI: Probing PCI hardware
> PCI: Assigning I/O space 5800-58ff to device 00:70
> PCI: Enabling I/O for device 00:70
> ...
> The PCI BIOS has not enabled the device at 0/112! Updating PCI command
> 0101->0105.
> rtl8139.c:v1.07 5/6/99 Donald Becker
> http://cesdis.gsfc.nasa.gov/linux/drivers/rtl8139.html
> eth0: RealTek RTL8139 Fast Ethernet at 0x5800, IRQ 10, ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff.
>
> so at this point it seems (as I understand things) to be working, or at
> least found by linux. But then when I try to create an interface with
>
> ifconfig eth0 192.168.0.1 netmask 255.255.255.0 up
>
> I get a message
>
> eth0: RTL8139 Interrupt line blocked, status ffff.
> eth0: PCI Bus error 82900105.
> eth0: PCI Bus error 82900105.
> eth0: PCI Bus error 82900105.
> [repeated about 20 times]
>
> What am I doing wrong, or what have I not done right?
>
> Steve
> --
>
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From: "Striph" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: FTP Problem
Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2001 07:46:03 GMT
Hi guys,
I have an interesting problem that I hope you guys can help me with. I have
a Mandrake 7.2 box running with Proftpd as the FTP Daemon. I also have a
Netware 5.1 box running pure IPX. I have the Data Volume of the netware box
mounted on my Linux box with NCPMOUNT.
When I log into the FTP site I can see the NCPMount and view the files.
When I try to download from it I get "Transfer Aborted Data Connection
Closed"
The funny part of this is I can upload to the Volume.....I just can't
Download from it.
Any suggestions?
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