Linux-Setup Digest #912, Volume #20 Sun, 25 Mar 01 23:13:19 EST
Contents:
Re: Trouble with Epson Stylus Color (Hal Burgiss)
unable to mount ramdisk during install (Keith Kreger)
Re: Coyote Linux & Linksys Ethernet card ("Steven J. Slizewski")
HELP! - CLOS hangs after install ("Rodney Cooper")
X Freezes After Random Time (Darren O'Connor)
Re: Trouble with Epson Stylus Color ("J. E. Garrott Sr")
Re: How to setup Linux on a 200Mb notebook without CD-ROM? (Faux_Pseudo)
[Tomcat] how to add a new context (SolarisCert)
Use a printer connected to WinNT LAN ("Crystal Luo")
Copy Solaris Boot CD (Randy Broman)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Hal Burgiss)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: Trouble with Epson Stylus Color
Reply-To: Hal Burgiss <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: 25 Mar 2001 21:21:26 -0500
On Sat, 24 Mar 2001 11:17:40 -0800, Gregg Black <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>I was doing a reinstall of my 7.2 set because I just received the ext2
>disk (yeah I know... newbie... shouldn't have to do this). Anyhow, as
>I got the printer setup, I selected lpd instead of CUPS(my general
>linux book doesn't cover this daemon). BTW, what is the CUP Server?
www.cups.org
>So I selected lpd thinking that's the safe choice. Then selected at
>first the Stylus Color... something plain txt driver? After mapping it
>to /dev/lp0 and selecting the default quene, the printer didn't work.
>Tried it with 360 x 360 res, letter size, and ASCII test. No workie.
>After that I went back up the install tree and selected the Epson 800 /
>Esc P2 since my stylus color is a Esc P2 model. That still didn't
>work. Tried postscript as if that's going to help anything. You're
>probably going to ask if I redirected standard output to the printer,
>and yes I did. That works, but just the driver doesn't. What can I
>try and do differently here?
I would suggest going to http://www.linuxprinting.org and look around.
Great site. I found it a bit of ordeal to get an Epson 777 to do both
postscript and nice color, but it certainly is workable. And that site has
all the answers. FWIW, I am using the gimp-print driver for images, etc.
and the postscript generated driver from linuxprinting for most
everything else. And with CUPS too. One nice feature of cups is an web
interface for managing printer, queue, etc.
--
Hal B
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From: Keith Kreger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: unable to mount ramdisk during install
Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2001 02:30:19 -0000
I get an 'unable to mount ramdisk' error when trying to install mandrake
7.1 on a dfi motherboard, 700mhz amd athlon cpu(not overclocked)(slot A),
128M RAM, 30G maxtor hd with plenty of available space. I tried all
available install methods, floppy, from windoz, cdrom boot, all to no
avail. I have amd bios chipset set at optimal settings. I have done
installs in the past on my old cyrix p166+ machine with red hat 5 and 6,
caldera, and corel, all successful on the first try. thanks
--
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Date: Sun, 25 Mar 2001 20:31:51 +0000
From: "Steven J. Slizewski" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: Coyote Linux & Linksys Ethernet card
"Karl W. Schaefer" wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> I've been following some of the postings in comp.os.linux.dial-up, .misc,
> .networking, and .setup for a while, just trying to gather wisdom from those
> of you who are willing to graciously share. And as a newbie, I give much
> thanks for your efforts with us not-so-ready-for-prime-time folks.
>
> I essentially have three questions/problems, and for brevity and you
> power-answer people, will say them here, and elaborate further on. They
> are:
> 1.) LinkSys LNE2000T 16-bit Ethernet card not coming up.
> 2.) Don't fully understand assignment of an IP to the ppp0 interface during
> makefloppy.sh, or the subnet.
> 3.) How can I test the ppp0 interface from the Coyote machine?
>
> One thing I've learned, is that it would be foolish to try to set up a
> web portal for my local home network on a fully loaded Linux installation.
> And I take such recommendations seriously. I've since obtained a small
> machine and would like to get Coyote Linux running on it as an interface
> from my small home network to the internet. I've been using W98se's ICS,
> and somewhat satisfied with it actually - but wish to use something with
> more control available, as well as learn more about it along the way (gee,
> sounds like a perfect fit for ummm... Linux!)
>
> I downloaded the source from www.coyotelinux.com, and using my RH7.0
> installation, ran the makefloppy.sh, and found everything quite easy. I was
> then able to boot up into Coyote Linux with success on the small machine
> I've aquired. It has a Am486DX4-Plus CPU, runs at 100Mhz, 32MB RAM.
>
> I've put in a LinkSys brand "Ether16 10BaseT LAN Card", Model No:
> LNE2000T and am able to use it no problems in W95. I know from experiences
> with my RH7.0 install, and a LinkSys LNE100TX Version 4 - that I needed to
> use the tulip driver. I even reverified that in documentation I have.
>
> Well, here's the short of it, when I boot the machine up in Coyote Linux,
> the ethernet device will not come up. These are the messages I see:
>
> /lib/modules/tulip.o init_module: Device or resource busy
> SIOCSIFADDR: Operation not supported by device
> eth0: unknown interface
> SIOCSIFNETMASK: Operation not supported by device
> SIOCSIFBRADDR: Operation not supported by device
> eth0: unknown interface
>
> I thought perhaps it was the tulip driver supplied with the distribution,
> and figured, a good test for that would be to boot up my linux box with the
> disk - and whaddaya know, it worked ok there. So I am confident that this
> tulip driver works, and therefore suspect something with my hardware.
>
> So, does anyone have some experience they are willing to share with me,
> on how to get beyond the booting "Device or resource busy" message with
> Coyote Linux?
>
> And one question concerning setup. In the questions asked, one was what
> IP to give the ppp interface. It recommended 192.168.0.3, and said as long
> as it is in the same subnet, all is fine. Well, I switched to use
> 192.168.2.1 as my Coyote IP to my local LAN - but why do I have to supply an
> IP for the ppp0 device, when my ISP does that at the time I make the call?
> Guess I am also questioning, should I use 192.168.2.x for that input, or
> leave it at 192.168.0.3? How do I know I am in the same subnet, or even
> designate my subnet?
>
> The last question (for now *grin*), is how can I test the ppp0 device,
> from the local machine? Do I simply want to say "pppd call isp" ??
>
> Thank you all,
>
> --
> Karl W. Schaefer
>
> Remove the obvious between and including
> the underscores, and then you'll reach me :-)
Hi Karl,
I would try the ne and 8390 driver if you are using the 16bit ISA card.
I think the card you are using is ne2000 compatible by the way the name
sounds.
Steve S.
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From: "Rodney Cooper" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: HELP! - CLOS hangs after install
Date: Sun, 25 Mar 2001 21:35:10 -0400
I just installed a drive with Corel Linux OS Deluxe installed. It hangs when
it gets to the start screen and if you select Maint,Expert, or VGA mode i
get "root fs not mounted" and hangs.
Also if I try to reinstall - the computer keeps rebooting. Computer meets
all requirements - the only if is a Sounblaster PCI512 soundcard.
Does anyone have a work around?
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From: Darren O'Connor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.x
Subject: X Freezes After Random Time
Date: Sun, 25 Mar 2001 19:49:33 -0800
Hello,
I have just installed Redhat version 7.0, and am having a problem with X
Windows. I configured everything for X Windows during the install, and
it tested fine. When I run, using the startx command, X windows, it
works for a random amount of time, then crashes--my computer locks up
and the only way to restart is the power switch (as in the power supply
switch). Assuming something might be wrong with the monitor settings,
I've edited XConfig86, limiting the possible configurations to a single
one that matches what's in the manual for the monitor, which is a
ViewSonic GT775. Once I've started X Windows, I can even check the
monitor's horizontal and vertical refresh rates, and they match the
allowed and chosen settings.
Looking on the XFree86 web site, I found this tidbit regarding the
Cirrus Logic GD546x based video card I'm using:
=====================
Try adding
Option "xaa_no_color_exp"
to your XF86Config file (in the Device section)
=====================
but it didn't help.
I logged all of the X windows messages, as follows, in the hope that it
sheds some light. Note the line near the end:
subshell.c: couldn't get terminal settings: Inappropriate ioctl for
device
which implies a problem writing a hardware specific command, but which
doesn't give me any clue as to which device had the problem. I also
found an old post from someone who had the same problem and he emailed
back to me saying he switched video cards and the problem went away.
Thanks in advance for any help,
-D
logfile from command "startx &>logfile" follows:
=================
xauth: creating new authority file /home/odarren/.Xauthority
XFree86 Version 3.3.6 / X Window System
(protocol Version 11, revision 0, vendor release 6300)
Release Date: January 8 2000
If the server is older than 6-12 months, or if your card is
newer
than the above date, look for a newer version before reporting
problems. (see http://www.XFree86.Org/FAQ)
Operating System: Linux 2.2.5-22smp i686 [ELF]
Configured drivers:
SVGA: server for SVGA graphics adaptors (Patchlevel 1):
s3_savage, NV1, STG2000, RIVA 128, RIVA TNT, RIVA TNT2,
RIVA ULTRA TNT2, RIVA VANTA, RIVA ULTRA VANTA, RIVA INTEGRATED,
GeForce 256, GeForce DDR, Quadro, ET4000, ET4000W32, ET4000W32i,
ET4000W32i_rev_b, ET4000W32i_rev_c, ET4000W32p, ET4000W32p_rev_a,
ET4000W32p_rev_b, ET4000W32p_rev_c, ET4000W32p_rev_d, ET6000,
ET6100,
et3000, pvga1, wd90c00, wd90c10, wd90c30, wd90c24, wd90c31,
wd90c33,
gvga, r128, ati, sis86c201, sis86c202, sis86c205, sis86c215,
sis86c225, sis5597, sis5598, sis6326, sis530, sis620, sis300,
sis630,
sis540, tvga8200lx, tvga8800cs, tvga8900b, tvga8900c, tvga8900cl,
tvga8900d, tvga9000, tvga9000i, tvga9100b, tvga9200cxr,
tgui9400cxi,
tgui9420, tgui9420dgi, tgui9430dgi, tgui9440agi, cyber9320,
tgui9660,
tgui9680, tgui9682, tgui9685, cyber9382, cyber9385, cyber9388,
cyber9397, cyber9520, cyber9525, 3dimage975, 3dimage985,
cyber9397dvd,
blade3d, cyberblade, clgd5420, clgd5422, clgd5424, clgd5426,
clgd5428,
clgd5429, clgd5430, clgd5434, clgd5436, clgd5446, clgd5480,
clgd5462,
clgd5464, clgd5465, clgd6205, clgd6215, clgd6225, clgd6235,
clgd7541,
clgd7542, clgd7543, clgd7548, clgd7555, clgd7556, ncr77c22,
ncr77c22e,
cpq_avga, mga2064w, mga1064sg, mga2164w, mga2164w AGP, mgag200,
mgag100, mgag400, oti067, oti077, oti087, oti037c, al2101,
ali2228,
ali2301, ali2302, ali2308, ali2401, cl6410, cl6412, cl6420,
cl6440,
video7, ark1000vl, ark1000pv, ark2000pv, ark2000mt, mx, realtek,
s3_virge, AP6422, AT24, AT3D, s3_svga, NM2070, NM2090, NM2093,
NM2097,
NM2160, NM2200, ct65520, ct65525, ct65530, ct65535, ct65540,
ct65545,
ct65546, ct65548, ct65550, ct65554, ct65555, ct68554, ct69000,
ct64200, ct64300, mediagx, V1000, V2100, V2200, p9100, spc8110,
i740,
i740_pci, Voodoo Banshee, Voodoo3, i810, i810-dc100, i810e, smi,
generic
(using VT number 7)
XF86Config: /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/XF86Config
(**) stands for supplied, (--) stands for probed/default values
(**) Mouse: type: PS/2, device: /dev/psaux, buttons: 3
(**) XKB: rules: "xfree86"
(**) XKB: model: "pc101"
(**) XKB: layout: "us"
(**) XKB: variant: ""
(**) XKB: options: ""
(**) SVGA: Graphics device ID: "Cirrus Logic GD5465"
(**) SVGA: Monitor ID: "ViewSonic GT775"
(--) SVGA: Mode "320x240" needs hsync freq of 31.47 kHz. Deleted.
(--) SVGA: Mode "640x480" needs hsync freq of 31.47 kHz. Deleted.
Warning: The directory "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/TrueType" does not
exist.
Entry deleted from font path.
(**) FontPath set to "unix/:7100"
(--) SVGA: PCI: Cirrus Logic GD5465 rev 2, Memory @ 0xcc000000, MMIO @
0xcfef0000
(--) SVGA: chipset: clgd5465
(**) SVGA: videoram: 4096k
(--) SVGA: clocks: 25.23 28.32 41.16 36.08 31.50 39.99 45.08
49.87
(--) SVGA: clocks: 64.98 72.16 75.00 80.01 85.23 90.00 95.02
100.23
(--) SVGA: clocks: 108.03 109.77 120.05 126.00 130.06 135.00
(**) SVGA: Using 32 bpp, Depth 24, Color weight: 888
(--) SVGA: Maximum allowed dot-clock: 135.100 MHz
(**) SVGA: Mode "1024x768": mode clock = 75.000, clock used = 74.999
(--) SVGA: clgd5465: Display width padded to 4096 bytes.
(--) SVGA: Virtual resolution set to 1024x768
(--) SVGA: PCI: Memory @ 0xcc000000, I/O @ 0xcfef0000
(--) SVGA: clgd5465: Using linear framebuffer at 0xcc000000 (3264MB)
(--) SVGA: clgd5465: 1048576 bytes off-screen memory available
(--) SVGA: clgd5465: Using hardware cursor
(--) SVGA: clgd5465: Using accelerator functions
(--) SVGA: clgd5465: Using BitBLT engine
(--) SVGA: clgd5465: Using memory-mapped I/O at address 0xCFEF0000
(**) SVGA: clgd5465: Internal memory clock register set to 0x12
(**) SVGA: clgd5465: Approximate DRAM bandwidth for drawing: 215 of 515
MB/s
(--) SVGA: Using XAA (XFree86 Acceleration Architecture)
(--) SVGA: XAA: Solid filled rectangles
(--) SVGA: XAA: Screen-to-screen copy
(--) SVGA: XAA: 8x8 color expand pattern fill
(--) SVGA: XAA: Using 8 128x128 areas for pixmap caching
(--) SVGA: XAA: Caching tiles and stipples
(--) SVGA: XAA: Horizontal and vertical lines and segments
SESSION_MANAGER=local/localhost.localdomain:/tmp/.ICE-unix/702
Xlib: extension "XINERAMA" missing on display ":0.0".
SetKbdSettings - type: 2 rate: 5 delay: 500 snumlk: 0
SetKbdSettings - Succeeded
subshell.c: couldn't get terminal settings: Inappropriate ioctl for
device
** WARNING **: get_task_root_and_frame(): task window id 46137411
invalid?
waiting for X server to shut down
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From: "J. E. Garrott Sr" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.hardware,alt.os.linux.mandrake,alt.os.linux,alt.comp.linux
Subject: Re: Trouble with Epson Stylus Color
Date: Sun, 25 Mar 2001 19:08:59 -0800
Gregg Black wrote:
>
> I was doing a reinstall of my 7.2 set because I just received the ext2 disk
> (yeah I know... newbie... shouldn't have to do this). Anyhow, as I got the
> printer setup, I selected lpd instead of CUPS(my general linux book doesn't
> cover this daemon). BTW, what is the CUP Server?
>
> So I selected lpd thinking that's the safe choice. Then selected at first
> the Stylus Color... something plain txt driver? After mapping it to
> /dev/lp0 and selecting the default quene, the printer didn't work. Tried it
> with 360 x 360 res, letter size, and ASCII test. No workie. After that I
> went back up the install tree and selected the Epson 800 / Esc P2 since my
> stylus color is a Esc P2 model. That still didn't work. Tried postscript
> as if that's going to help anything. You're probably going to ask if I
> redirected standard output to the printer, and yes I did. That works, but
> just the driver doesn't. What can I try and do differently here?
CUPS (tm) is the Common UNIX Printing System.
Not too bad. I use it on my Linux From Scratch
partition. On my Slackware partition I use
Apsfilter. Both work fine.
I assume you're using Mandrake, which I have
no experience with, but I believe you still need
Magicfilter or Apsfilter (or CUPS) to do a proper
job. See the Linux Printing-HOWTO.
Good luck,
John
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Faux_Pseudo)
Subject: Re: How to setup Linux on a 200Mb notebook without CD-ROM?
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2001 03:12:57 GMT
google --> linux floopy distro --> i'm feeling lucky
or
http://www.gnu-linux.net/software_small.shtml
and you can visit the homepages for slackware
and debian for more info on those
--(Once apon a time, in comp.os.linux.setup,)--
--(Michiel Wories said it like only they can.)--
> Point well taken.
>
> I have checked the site and don't know where to look for the mini distros.
> Can you provide me with a pointer?
>
> "Faux_Pseudo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> news:Qkjv6.72290$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> post here and we answer here
>
> if you want emailed help join a mailing list
>
> i think that debain and slackware have a floopy bassed option
> to install from
> or if you have a pcmcia nic you can get
> one of the mini distros on freshmeat.net
> and boot from that and then network to a comp with
> a larger distro on the harddrive and install from there.
>
>
> --(Once apon a time, in comp.os.linux.setup,)--
> --(Michiel Wories said it like only they can.)--
> > I have a notebook on which I would like to install Linux. It has a HD of
> > 200Mb and no CD-ROM? How do I do this?
>>
> > Please CC your answer to mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Thanks.
>>
>>
>
>
> --
> --(UIN=66618055)--
> --([EMAIL PROTECTED]:45_/home/faux)-- cat .sig
> GUI's are for slackers. ibpconf.sh 6.1 on freshmeat.net
> The easiest way to customize the command line. By Faux_Pseudo
>
>
--
--(UIN=66618055)--
--([EMAIL PROTECTED]:45_/home/faux)-- cat .sig
GUI's are for slackers. ibpconf.sh 6.1 on freshmeat.net
The easiest way to customize the command line. By Faux_Pseudo
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From: SolarisCert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [Tomcat] how to add a new context
Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2001 10:40:13 +0800
I have installed Tomcat without Apache integration
how can I add a new context?
what I have done:
add the followings to server.xml
<Context path="/abc"
docBase="webapps/abc"
debug="0"
reloadable="true" >
</Context>
mkdir the following directories:
mkdir $TOMCAT_HOME/webapps/abc
mkdir $TOMCAT_HOME/webapps/abc/WEB-INF
mkdir $TOMCAT_HOME/webapps/abc/classes
copy the servlets to $TOMCAT_HOME/webapps/abc/classes
after restarting tomcat, I can get it work
when I surf http://tomcat-server:8080/abc/servletprog
the standout output generate the following errors:
2001-03-26 10:36:36 - Ctx( /abc ): 404 R( /abc + /serv......
Anything I missed?
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From: "Crystal Luo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Use a printer connected to WinNT LAN
Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2001 11:33:57 +0800
Dear all,
I have installed Redhat Linux 7.0 on my PC, which is connected to a Windows
NT based LAN. How should I configure the system to make use of a shared
printer on this network? Thank you very much.
br,
Crystal
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From: Randy Broman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Copy Solaris Boot CD
Date: Sun, 25 Mar 2001 19:43:31 -0800
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I'm attempting to duplicate a Solaris v2.6 boot CD. This does not use an
iso9660
filesystem, but instead has some partition structure with a boot
partition, some
UFS partitions, etc. I tried the following commands:
# /usr/bin/readcd dev=1,0,0 f=solaris26.img
# cdrecord -v speed=4 dev=1,0,0 -data /home/SOLARIS/solaris26.img
Doesn't work. Anyone know how to do this?
This is a RedHat 7.0 system with a SONY CD-RW CRX120E drive (only
one CDROM drive). Things work to the extent that I can read and write
from/to
the CD-RW drive; the problem is that the result is not a bootable
Solaris CD.
If someone knows how to do this, would appreciate the exact syntax of
commands.
Thanx!
--
"Don't spend $2 to dry-clean a shirt. Donate it to the Salvation Army instead.
They'll clean it and put it on a hanger. Next morning buy it back for 75 cents."
,-. |\_/| Randy Broman
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