Linux-Setup Digest #931, Volume #20 Wed, 28 Mar 01 03:13:09 EST
Contents:
Plextor CDRW ("Dominic T. Cheng")
Re: help in sendmail (J Sloan)
Re: Display problem ("mari-k")
Re: Suse vs RH/Mandrake ? (or what's so great about 7.2) (Tim Hanson)
Re: Newbie: Mandrake 7.2 and ISDN (Sven Heinecke)
Re: Looking for modelines for ViewSonic A70
newbie question ("Patrick F. Clarin")
Re: Strange problem with LILO (screen full of 01's) ("Eric")
Re: PC Cases (was: Goin Shoppin) (Jonadab the Unsightly One)
Re: newbie question ("Quiney, Philip [HAL02:HH00:EXCH]")
Re: Win2k, partitioning, and LILO on Sony Z600TEK ("Eric")
Re: Strange problem with LILO (screen full of 01's) ("John Byers")
Please Help! strange problem whit my new ppp connection ("Fabio")
LILO splash screen. (Nestor Alexandre)
Re: LILO splash screen. (Yves Bellefeuille)
Re: LILO splash screen. ("Justin Rallis")
Re: newbie question (Bo Young)
Can't get X-Configurator Working on Install ("Jon A. Bell")
getting a Kernel Panic on install (Bo Young)
Hosed mbr? (root)
Re: Strange problem with LILO (screen full of 01's) ("Eric")
Re: Varying number of cylinders ("Eric")
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From: "Dominic T. Cheng" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Plextor CDRW
Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2001 21:12:44 -0600
Hello-
I am running RH6.2 (kernel 2.2.18) and am trying to install an external
SCSI Plextor Plexwriter 12/4/32. I have only one other SCSI device (sda).
For the CDRW: termination ON, SCSI ID=4, connected to my SCSI card via
68male HD - 50male HD cable.
My problem:
When I boot up with the drive on, it hangs. My BIOS recognizes the CDRW
just fine but during the boot process, it prints in the upper left corner
"PRESS A KEY TO REBOOT". When I do (and the drive is still on) it gets
stuck in the same place.
When I boot up with the drive off, it boots up just fine but consequently,
my machine does not recognize the drive. 'cdrecord -scanbus' only returns
my hard drive.
I've tried other SCSI IDs but no dice.
Any suggestions? Feel free to respond via email.
thanks
dominic
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From: J Sloan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
aus.computers.linux,comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.admin,comp.os.linux.questions,alt.comp.linux,linux.redhat
Subject: Re: help in sendmail
Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2001 04:14:38 GMT
Findo wrote:
> Hi, my name is FIndo
>
> I have set the DNS server and I don't know what I have done wrong in
> RedHat7. My DNS is ok but I can't recieve mail from the server but can
> send the mail out. Please help.
> The file of the DNS
> @ IN SOA linux.abc.com. root.abc.com. (
> 20000082101;
> 199609206;
> 28800;
> 7200;
> 604800;
> )
> IN NS linux.abc.com.
> ABC IN A 213.185.160.218
> linux IN A 213.185.160.221
> IN MX 10 linux.abc.com.
> shop IN A 213.185.160.221
Does it test out end-to-end?
I mean, if you do dig or nslookup, are there any surprises?
> My server host name is linux and I can use shop.abc.com to go to my web
> server. But I can't send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Why?
>
> The /etc/mail/local-host-names file
> # local-host-names - include all aliases for your machine here.
> abc.com
Did you restart sendmail after adding this to local-host-names?
jjs
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From: "mari-k" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Display problem
Crossposted-To: alt.linux.redhat,comp.os.linux
Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2001 04:31:57 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "David" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> Lately I installed RedHat7 on my laptop (Compaq Presario).
>
> I let Xconfigurator detect the hardware and it found my video card and
> unknown monitor.
>
> As monitor type I choose Generic LCD with my screen resolution and I
> even tried Generic multisync.
>
> The problem is that when I use the X (Gnome) the fonts look very small
> and not sharp, especially on the Netscape browser.
>
> How can I fix the problem?
>
> Thanks,
>
> David
font de-uglification howto
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Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2001 21:07:14 -0800
From: Tim Hanson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: Suse vs RH/Mandrake ? (or what's so great about 7.2)
Gary Hallock wrote:
>
> In article
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> "GreyCloud" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > Aye! I've got Lotus Smart Suite also and came bundled with my IBM. Very
> > Good package. The one program I really like is the Day Planner. Yes, it
> > would be nice... hmmmmm.... I wonder, since IBM is supporting Linux and
> > pretty much supports Lotus and the $2billion investments, do you suppose
> > that that is happening???
>
> Unfortunately, Lotus seems to have no interest in porting Smart Suite to
> Linux. I'd be happy if it would run under Wine. I use Lotus Notes
> every day under Wine andit works quite well now. If I only had some
> free time I'd take a look at it myself. I have gotten Wordpro and 123 to
> come up under Wine, but not much works.
>
> Gary
This sounds strangely like one of those subjects that comes out in
testimony years later, where Microsoft applied the right kind of
pressure and had it scrubbed. Try to find an IBM client loaded with
Linux.
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From: Sven Heinecke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Newbie: Mandrake 7.2 and ISDN
Date: 28 Mar 2001 05:25:05 GMT
Ifan A Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi all
>
> I've got all my hardware setup and working just fine - except for my dial up
> ISDN connection - Using DrakConf sets up the card no problems, then connects
> (well it tells me it has) but I have nothing in any browser or mail client -
> should I be doing something else??
Try to ping an IP. Type 'ping xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx' in a terminal. If you get
an amount of time in ms your connection is up. Check /var/log/messages
to see if the connection is established. If the connect works you may
have a DNS problem.
> Also when I click 'done' after connecting it asks me which network interface
> to use - I can randomly pickl any network card from the list and it says
> it's found one - even though there are none in my box.......
Never understood this.
Sven
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From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.x
Subject: Re: Looking for modelines for ViewSonic A70
Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2001 05:30:03 -0000
I've got the manual if you need it. Send me your fax # and I'll send the
pages. [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Joe Mason wrote:
>
>
> Hi,
>
> I'm running XFree86 4.0.2, with a ViewSonic A70 monitor and an NVidia
TNT2.
> (Using the basic nv driver - gonna get this working before trying
> accelerated).
>
> I can't get X to display at 1280x1024 - 1024x768 is the highest I can do.
> I suspect I have to put an explicit modeline in the config file in
> order to get this resolution, but I'm not sure what values to use.
> I've lost the monitor manual, so I can't get detailed modelines for it
> (although I don't think the manual had all that much technical detail
> anyway).
>
> The only tech specs I could find are at
> http://www.red.it/pnp/monitor/a/a70.pdf (text version at
> http://www.google.com/search?
q=cache:www.red.it/pnp/monitor/a/a70.pdf+ViewSonic+A70+refresh+rate).
> The pertinent info is:
>
> * 1,280 x 1,024 maximum resolution
> Displays a maximum resolution of 1,280 x 1,024; 1,024 x 768 at 87Hz
> flicker-free refresh rate for easy viewing.
> 1,280 x 1,024 @ 166Hz
> 1,024 x 768 @ 187Hz
> 800 x 1,600 @ 110Hz
> 640 x 1,480 @ 135Hz
>
> <snip>
>
> Frequency Fh:30-70kHz, Fv:50-180Hz
>
> Anyway, I put these into the XF86Config file hoping it would fill in the
> correct modelines automagically:
>
> Section "Monitor"
> Identifier "ViewSonic A70"
> HorizSync 30-70
> VertRefresh 50-180
> EndSection
>
> Section "Screen"
> ...
> Subsection "Display"
> Depth 24
> Modes "1024x768" "1280x1024"
> EndSection
>
> At 1024x768 everything works fine, but at 1280x1024 the screen simply
blanks
> out.
>
> I noticed some interesting things in the startup log. In one block,
which
> I'm not sure exactly how to interpret, the highest listed mode was
1152x870,
> so I tried that instead. Here's the output from that:
>
> (II) NV(0): I2C bus "DDC" initialized.
> (II) NV(0): I2C device "DDC:ddc2" registered.
> (II) NV(0): I2C device "DDC:ddc2" removed.
> (II) NV(0): I2C device "DDC:ddc2" registered.
> (II) NV(0): I2C device "DDC:ddc2" removed.
> (II) NV(0): DDC Monitor info: 0x84e7dd8
> (II) NV(0): Manufacturer: VSC Model: 5a43 Serial#: 8264
> (II) NV(0): Year: 1999 Week: 29
> (II) NV(0): EDID Version: 1.2
> (II) NV(0): Analog Display Input, Input Voltage Level: 0.700/0.300 V
> (II) NV(0): Signal levels configurable
> (II) NV(0): Sync: Separate CompositeSerration on. V.Sync Pulse req. if
> CompSync or SyncOnGreen
> (II) NV(0): Max H-Image Size [cm]: horiz.: 32 vert.: 24
> (II) NV(0): Gamma: 2.80
> (II) NV(0): DPMS capabilities: StandBy Suspend Off; RGB/Color Display
> (II) NV(0): First detailed timing is preferred mode
> (II) NV(0): GTF timings supported
> (II) NV(0): redX: 0.652 redY: 0.321 greenX: 0.281 greenY: 0.616
> (II) NV(0): blueX: 0.141 blueY: 0.057 whiteX: 0.283 whiteY: 0.297
> (II) NV(0): Supported VESA Video Modes:
> (II) NV(0): 720x400@70Hz
> (II) NV(0): 720x400@88Hz
> (II) NV(0): 640x480@60Hz
> (II) NV(0): 640x480@67Hz
> (II) NV(0): 640x480@72Hz
> (II) NV(0): 640x480@75Hz
> (II) NV(0): 800x600@56Hz
> (II) NV(0): 800x600@60Hz
> (II) NV(0): 800x600@72Hz
> (II) NV(0): 800x600@75Hz
> (II) NV(0): 832x624@75Hz
> (II) NV(0): 1024x768@87Hz (interlaced)
> (II) NV(0): 1024x768@60Hz
> (II) NV(0): 1024x768@70Hz
> (II) NV(0): 1024x768@75Hz
> (II) NV(0): 1152x870@75Hz
> (II) NV(0): Manufacturer's mask: 0
> (II) NV(0): Supported Future Video Modes:
> (II) NV(0): #0: hsize: 640 vsize 480 refresh: 85 vid: 22833
> (II) NV(0): #1: hsize: 800 vsize 600 refresh: 85 vid: 22853
> (II) NV(0): #2: hsize: 1024 vsize 768 refresh: 85 vid: 22881
> (II) NV(0): #3: hsize: 1152 vsize 864 refresh: 75 vid: 20337
> (II) NV(0): #4: hsize: 1280 vsize 960 refresh: 60 vid: 16513
> (II) NV(0): #5: hsize: 1280 vsize 1024 refresh: 60 vid: 32897
> (II) NV(0): Supported additional Video Mode:
> (II) NV(0): clock: 78.8 MHz Image Size: 310 x 232 mm
> (II) NV(0): h_active: 1024 h_sync: 1040 h_sync_end 1136 h_blank_end
1312
> h_border: 0
> (II) NV(0): v_active: 768 v_sync: 769 v_sync_end 772 v_blanking: 800
> v_border: 0
> (II) NV(0): Serial No: CZ92908264
>
> Notice 1152x870 is the highest listed "real" video mode: 1280x1024 is
listed
> as "Future". Does this mean that the driver doesn't support it, even
though
> the monitor does?
>
> It continues:
>
> (II) NV(0): Ranges: V min: 50 V max: 180 Hz, H min: 30 H max: 70 kHz,
> PixClock max 100 kHz
> (II) NV(0): Monitor name: A70
> (II) NV(0): end of DDC Monitor info
>
> (==) NV(0): Using gamma correction (1.0, 1.0, 1.0)
> (II) NV(0): ViewSonic A70: Using hsync range of 30.00-70.00 kHz
> (II) NV(0): ViewSonic A70: Using vrefresh range of 50.00-180.00 Hz
> (II) NV(0): Clock range: 12.00 to 350.00 MHz
> (WW) NV(0): Default mode "1280x960" deleted (hsync out of range)
> (WW) NV(0): Default mode "1280x1024" deleted (hsync out of range)
> (WW) NV(0): Default mode "1280x1024" deleted (hsync out of range)
> (WW) NV(0): Default mode "1600x1200" deleted (hsync out of range)
> (WW) NV(0): Default mode "1600x1200" deleted (hsync out of range)
> (WW) NV(0): Default mode "1600x1200" deleted (hsync out of range)
> (WW) NV(0): Default mode "1600x1200" deleted (hsync out of range)
> (WW) NV(0): Default mode "1600x1200" deleted (hsync out of range)
> (WW) NV(0): Default mode "1792x1344" deleted (hsync out of range)
> (WW) NV(0): Default mode "1792x1344" deleted (hsync out of range)
> (WW) NV(0): Default mode "1856x1392" deleted (hsync out of range)
> (WW) NV(0): Default mode "1856x1392" deleted (hsync out of range)
> (WW) NV(0): Default mode "1920x1440" deleted (hsync out of range)
> (WW) NV(0): Default mode "1920x1440" deleted (hsync out of range)
> (WW) NV(0): Mode "1152x870" deleted (no mode of this name)
> (--) NV(0): Virtual size is 1024x768 (pitch 1024)
> (**) NV(0): Default mode "1024x768": 94.5 MHz, 68.7 kHz, 85.0 Hz
> (++) NV(0): DPI set to (100, 100)
>
> So it seems to me that the 1280x960 and 1280x1024 modes should be usable,
> but X's defaults have too high an hsync, and failing that, 1152x870
should
> be usable except that X doesn't know about it. Either way I have to
come up
> with a modeline, but I don't know how to convert "1280x1024@60Hz" into
all
> the different values X is expecting. Can someone tell me how to do this
(or
> provide an alternate explanation of the above logs)?
>
> Thanks,
> Joe
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From: "Patrick F. Clarin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: newbie question
Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2001 00:40:15 -0500
I just installed Red Hat 7 and I am trying to do my C++ homework on it.
After I compile my files and type a.out to run it it won't run. The a.out
file is there but it won't run. What am I doing wrong?
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From: "Eric" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux.suse
Subject: Re: Strange problem with LILO (screen full of 01's)
Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2001 08:28:12 +0200
> > > I'm trying to install Suse7.1, and the system works fine except that
the
> > > only way I can boot it is from the install CD. If I try to install
LILO
> > > either on the MBR or on a boot disk, when I try to boot, I just get a
> > screen
> > > full of looping 01 01 01 01 01 01's... I've never seen this before,
and
> > it
> > > has me totally clueless. My system is a Duron 950 on an MSI K7T-Pro2A
> > with
> > > a WD 40GB HD. Any clues as to what the heck this problem is and how
to
> > fix
> > > it would be greatly appreciated!!
> >
> > If you must crosspost, please to groups that exist!
> > I cannot post to non-existing groups like col.help
> >
> > The BIOS returned an error.
> > read lilo's User_Guide (/usr/doc/lilo-version/doc)
> >
> > Eric
> >
>
> The 4 groups I posted to do exist, if your news reader can't tell what
they
> are or your news service doesn't carry them, it isn't my fault! (I posted
to
> alt.os.linux.suse, comp.os.linux.help, comp.os.linux.questions, and
> com.os.linux.setup).
I can't help it that your News server doesn't keep up with changes.
col.help does no longer exist. It's been gone for a few years now IIRC.
I don't care that you can still access it. Please look at
http://www.linux.org/docs/usenetlinux.html
for usenet groups that do exist.
Eric
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jonadab the Unsightly One)
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.questions,comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: PC Cases (was: Goin Shoppin)
Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2001 06:00:51 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (The Nose Who Knows)
wrote:
> The bane of my life in assembling computers seems to be a dearth of
> decent PC cases. Who makes good ones? Who sells them? Where the heck
> do people get them from?
>
> Especially interested in information on where to get them from in
> Melbourne, Australia.
Look here:
http://www.dansdata.com/pc60.htm
That's a review, but you should be able to track down the cases
from the info given there. Of course, I'm taking you at your
word when you say you're looking for good cases; really good
stuff costs more than cheap junk, of course.
- jonadab
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From: "Quiney, Philip [HAL02:HH00:EXCH]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: newbie question
Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2001 07:46:51 +0100
"Patrick F. Clarin" wrote:
>
> I just installed Red Hat 7 and I am trying to do my C++ homework on it.
> After I compile my files and type a.out to run it it won't run. The a.out
> file is there but it won't run. What am I doing wrong?
Hi,
I suspect it is because the current directory is not in your PATH. This
is 'normal' especially for 'root' as it prevents the execution of
'trojan' copies of commonly used utilities being executed instead of the
real one. For example if root happened to be in some user directory and
typed 'ls' - if the user had placed an executable of that name in his
directory then this may be executed (depending on exact order in the
PATH variable). This could have dire consequences depending on how
devious the user was.
To execute the program type
./a.out
You may want to specify the output filename as in
g++ -o homework homework.C
Regards
Phil Q
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From: "Eric" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Win2k, partitioning, and LILO on Sony Z600TEK
Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2001 09:00:09 +0200
> Looks like all this is true for lilo. Unfortunately NT loader needs to be
in
> the MBR. Just tried all your suggestions (again), and recut the boot
sector
No it doesn't
I boot NT from lilo, with LILO in the MBR.
The actual NT bootloader appears to be on the NT partition.
> across, but to no avail.
Are you sure you got the right bootcode?
> Fancy that, Micro$oft making life difficult .......
> Thanks for the suggestions anyway - just as aside note, how do I cut new
> copies of the boot floppy. Hate just having the one.
cat /dev/fd0 > ./floppy.img
to create a floppy image and
cat ./floppy.img > /dev/fd0
to create a new one.
Eric
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From: "John Byers" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux.suse
Subject: Re: Strange problem with LILO (screen full of 01's)
Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2001 07:07:23 GMT
"Eric" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:99s09s$63j$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> > > > I'm trying to install Suse7.1, and the system works fine except that
> the
> > > > only way I can boot it is from the install CD. If I try to install
> LILO
> > > > either on the MBR or on a boot disk, when I try to boot, I just get
a
> > > screen
> > > > full of looping 01 01 01 01 01 01's... I've never seen this before,
> and
> > > it
> > > > has me totally clueless. My system is a Duron 950 on an MSI
K7T-Pro2A
> > > with
> > > > a WD 40GB HD. Any clues as to what the heck this problem is and how
> to
> > > fix
> > > > it would be greatly appreciated!!
> > >
> > > If you must crosspost, please to groups that exist!
> > > I cannot post to non-existing groups like col.help
> > >
> > > The BIOS returned an error.
> > > read lilo's User_Guide (/usr/doc/lilo-version/doc)
> > >
> > > Eric
> > >
> >
> > The 4 groups I posted to do exist, if your news reader can't tell what
> they
> > are or your news service doesn't carry them, it isn't my fault! (I
posted
> to
> > alt.os.linux.suse, comp.os.linux.help, comp.os.linux.questions, and
> > com.os.linux.setup).
>
> I can't help it that your News server doesn't keep up with changes.
> col.help does no longer exist. It's been gone for a few years now IIRC.
> I don't care that you can still access it. Please look at
> http://www.linux.org/docs/usenetlinux.html
> for usenet groups that do exist.
>
> Eric
>
>
>
Keep your non-constructive, off topic posts out of my thread thank you very
much asshole. If you have something constructive to add, please do,
otherwise shut the fuck up, you're not wanted, nor appreciated here and I
couldn't give a rats ass if the group exists or not outside of my shitty ass
@home news server (although the over 400 posts in the last two weeks kinda
indicates that the group still exists, and I've gotten more usefull info
from that group than any of the threadcrappers in the other groups).
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From: "Fabio" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Please Help! strange problem whit my new ppp connection
Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2001 09:07:33 +0200
Hi everybody,
I'm not a Linux guru and I've this kind of problem.
In my office I use a Linux (red Hat 7) machine to share one internet
connection between all PC (mounting winNT)
I use an external ISDN modem working on only one line (64K)
I've configured pppd to connect on dial-demand and configured ipchains in
order to get all work.
I can connect to internet without any problem.
Now I've changed Internet provider because I need a static internet IP.
If I configure this new account, I can connect without any problem but I
cannot navigate anywhere, also from the linux box itself.
If I make the connection with Kppp, all works well.
So I think I've bad-configured something with pppd.
In my pppd options file I've inserted a line like this:
192.168.1.102: 151.X.X.X
Where the first number is the ip of my internal eth0 adapter and the second
one is the remote static internet ip the provider assigned me.
I've also changed my ipchains configuration but I don't think this is the
matter because if I use Kppp it works well.
If anyone as any suggestion please help me!
Please show me what kind of test I've to do in order to know where the
problem can be.
Thanks a lot for any help.
Fabio.
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From: Nestor Alexandre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: LILO splash screen.
Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2001 09:01:42 +0200
<!doctype html public "-//w3c//dtd html 4.0 transitional//en">
<html>
I have a RedHat 7.0. After the first installation, by default, RH put a
nice spalsh screen instead of text mode lilo prompt, with a menu to choose
your boot OS. I want to know how it is made ?
<p>Thanks, Alex.
<br> </html>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Yves Bellefeuille)
Subject: Re: LILO splash screen.
Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2001 02:16:54 -0500
Reply-To: Yves Bellefeuille <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
On Wed, 28 Mar 2001, Nestor Alexandre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I have a RedHat 7.0. After the first installation, by default, RH put a
> nice spalsh screen instead of text mode lilo prompt, with a menu to choose
> your boot OS. I want to know how it is made ?
The message you see is specified in the line starting with "message" in
/etc/lilo.conf. In the case of Red Hat 7.0, the message being shown is
the file /boot/message.
Please post using plain text, not HTML. Your newsreader should have an
option for this.
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From: "Justin Rallis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: LILO splash screen.
Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2001 06:19:07 GMT
I'm not sure how it's done, but the new beta version of Linux-Mandrake
8.0 (Beta 2) has its own graphical interface for LILO now, too. It's
smoother than RH7's (I briefly tried RH, but snuck back to my
original--read: newbie-friendly--distro). Oh, and it's blue. :^)
>"Nestor Alexandre" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
>I have a RedHat 7.0. After the first installation, by default, RH put a
nice spalsh screen instead of text mode lilo >prompt, with a menu to choose
your boot OS. I want to know how it is made ?
>Thanks, Alex.
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From: Bo Young <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: newbie question
Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2001 02:15:54 -0500
When you just try to execute a.out, it searches for a command named a.out
somewhere in the PATH. There isn't one. This means that you can add the
current directory to your PATH (it works but you really don't want to do it).
What you really want to do is just type ./a.out (this specifies the a.out
found in ./, the current directory).
Bo
"Patrick F. Clarin" wrote:
> I just installed Red Hat 7 and I am trying to do my C++ homework on it.
> After I compile my files and type a.out to run it it won't run. The a.out
> file is there but it won't run. What am I doing wrong?
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From: "Jon A. Bell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Can't get X-Configurator Working on Install
Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2001 23:25:18 -0800
Guys,
Okay, so I'm trying to install Red Hat Linux 7 on my second machine (a dual
PIII 600), and I cannot figure out how to get the X-Config install working
properly with my monitor and video card.
I have a 17-inch Nokia 447X monitor (old but in good shape) with an NVidia
Quadro2 MXR graphics card. I've tried every combination of resolution
settings I can think of on the install, but I keep getting the "there is a
problem with your X configuration" message. I got Gnome and RH Linux 6
working properly (with an older video card) a long time ago, but I can't
figure out how to get it to work again now. (Also, I don't have the docs for
the monitor.) Any suggestions on what settings I should use to get this
working properly?
-- Jon
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From: Bo Young <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: getting a Kernel Panic on install
Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2001 02:25:46 -0500
Hey guys, I'm having a bit of a problem installing Linux.
Right off the bat, when installing Mandrake 7.1 (booting off the cd), it
scans for scsi devices (i have no scsi, only 2 ide HDs), and then a
progress window pops up for loading ramdrive. just short of a third of
the way through, progress slows way down, the window eventually goes
away (without finishing) and is replaced by a window saying Initializing
CDRom. This window will stay up indefinitely. Ctrl-C breaks out of the
gui, and shows the error message that hangs it up:
Kernel panic: VFS: unable to mount root fs from 03:06
Additional information---
~ I try to load Linux from a Redhat 6.2 cd, and get the same error
message (though with a different set of numbers than 03:06... no, this
isnt intended to be a HD major:minor at this point), right after it sets
up the ramdrive (initrd?). So it isn't a Mandrake-specific issue,
although Mandrake and Redhat share vast amounts of code.
~ Search on googol.com for "kernel panic: vfs: unable to mount root fs"
shows dozens of people having the same problem, on all different
systems, all different platforms. (havent seen anyone with an answer,
however) If, however, you still would like to know, here is my setup:
Tbird 950 in a FIC AZ11 board
256mb RAM
2 ide HDs (nothing scsi anywhere)
elsa gladiac geforce2 mx
~ I've used these CDs to sucessfully install to these HDs in a different
system, so I don't doubt their integrity.
Anyway, it seems to me that the problem lies in mounting this Ramdrive.
Is there a RAM configuration setting in the BIOS that's screwing
something up? (doesnt seem likely) Is there an argument I can pass to
fix this? Is there any way around the use of a Ramdrive? Any other
ideas?
Any help is *greatly* appreciated.
Thank you very much for your time.
Bo
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From: root <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Hosed mbr?
Date: 27 Mar 2001 23:31:14 -0800
A long, long time ago I did:
]# mkfs -t ext2 /dev/hda
and didn't worry about whether I hosed the mbr or
not (I'd had win95 on that drive and wanted desperately
to get rid of all traces of it once and for all); I've
been booting from a floppy ever since and couldn't have
been happier. The only problem is, now I've got to reinstall
windows and am thinking that if I did:
a\:> fdisk /mbr
that I'll perhaps hose some of my Linux stuff (something
that I really don't want to do...I've got / mounted on
the first partition of hda).
I'm wondering if I can reinstall windows without getting
another drive.
What I'd really like to do is install windows on a 500Mb
partition that's in the middle of a 30Gb drive, but I'm
not sure if this is possible. (Perhaps I'll just end up
getting a new hd...)
Any ideas?
ty
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From: "Eric" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux.suse
Subject: Re: Strange problem with LILO (screen full of 01's)
Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2001 09:39:13 +0200
> Keep your non-constructive, off topic posts out of my thread thank you
very
> much asshole. If you have something constructive to add, please do,
> otherwise shut the fuck up, you're not wanted, nor appreciated here and I
> couldn't give a rats ass if the group exists or not outside of my shitty
ass
> @home news server (although the over 400 posts in the last two weeks kinda
> indicates that the group still exists, and I've gotten more usefull info
> from that group than any of the threadcrappers in the other groups).
:-|
plunk.
Eric
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From: "Eric" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Varying number of cylinders
Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2001 09:42:00 +0200
> Any chance you could take a
> stab at my post, RH7 install on 30GB drive? I really could use
> some suggestion here and RedHat has not responded to my support
> request posted last Thur.
>
If I could only find it....
What NG, date of posting.
Eric
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