Linux-Setup Digest #22, Volume #21 Tue, 10 Apr 01 06:13:08 EDT
Contents:
[HELP] mount cdrom ("�~�Q���Ѯv��")
Re: Getting DHCP and DNS to work together ("Stuart Langley")
Re: Why Lilo can not boot? (Query_String)
Re: Fatal Error at the end of RedHat installation ("Matthias Hartung")
Re: nic card ("Colin G.")
Re: [HELP] mount cdrom ("Eric")
Re: [HELP] mount cdrom ("�~�Q���Ѯv��")
Re: netscape 6 (Dan)
Re: multi boot with linux/winme/win2k (Query_String)
Wacom and XFree86-4 (Olle Viksten)
Re: [HELP] mount cdrom ("Eric")
Mandrake Corp Server installer not working ("Electrode")
Re: Executable vmlinux in /boot (Villy Kruse)
Re: Fatal Error at the end of RedHat installation ("Eric")
Re: Help! Cannot boot up! gdm killed mysteriously? ("Eric")
Re: Newbie: kernel version, modprobe, depmod (zubrus)
IDE-Raid with Promise under SUSE ("Bj�rn Obermeyer")
Re: Virtual hosting questions (John Beardmore)
Re: [HELP] mount cdrom ("�~�Q���Ѯv��")
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From: "�~�Q���Ѯv��" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: [HELP] mount cdrom
Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2001 14:08:05 +0800
I have difficulties in mounting the ide cdrom. I've tried:
# mount /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom
mount: you must specify the filesystem type
# mount -t iso9660 /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom
mount: the kernel does not recognize /dev/cdrom as a block device (maybe
'insmod driver'?)
# mount -t insmod /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom
mount: fs type insmod not supported by kernel
Please give me a hand, TIA
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P.S. I'm using RedHat 6.0
# uname -a
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From: "Stuart Langley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Getting DHCP and DNS to work together
Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2001 16:20:36 +1000
"Craig Kelley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> "Stuart Langley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > Hi All,
> >
> > Apologies if this is in a FAQ, I have looked but I can not seem to find
it.
> >
> > We're running a linux mail server (RedHat 6.2 with various upgrades),
that
> > windows machines on our local network are connecting to using pop3 to
> > retrieve mail. When qpopper accepts a connection it attempts to do a DNS
> > lookup to get the hostname of the connection, but it fails because the
> > machines have DHCP assigned ip addresses that naturally do not exist in
the
> > real world.
> >
> > Is there some way that I can get DNS to also look up the names of the
local
> > windows boxes properly.
>
> Why not just tell your POP server to not do the lookup?
>
Sometime there are pop errors, and I'm interested in seeing which machine
they are coming in from without having to do it manually :)
Cheers,
Stuart
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From: Query_String <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Why Lilo can not boot?
Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2001 06:20:10 GMT
ega wrote:
>
> I installed the REDHAT 6, but boot the lilo, it only print a lot of 01 01 01...., on
> and on and on.
> I'd tried a lot of other distributions, but all the same.
> My computer:
> Via 686B
> Duron 700
> Seagate 20g
> 128M
> Thanks
I got those 01's just the other day after forgetting
to rerun lilo following a kernel upgrade. Doing so
fixed it.
Can't say if this is the only reason they'd appear or
how this could come about on a new install.
HTH://
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From: "Matthias Hartung" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Fatal Error at the end of RedHat installation
Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2001 08:43:24 +0200
Thanx, Eric.
I heard that Lilo must reside in the lowest 1024 cylinders(?) (I tried it to
write on MBR), so I think that 35 Gigs for Win (installed before) are too
much.
I skipped the bootdisk creation, then I tried to configure the XFree, my
monitor was detected right, the video chip too (GeForce 32 MB DDR, but it
contains SDRAM), I said 'No clock chip' (recommended), but after this there
was reported an X server error.
I thought the installation/configuration before probably was uncomplete
because of the cylinder error?
Best regards -- Matthias
"Eric" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
news:9as278$fe4$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> > At the end of the installation process (configuring the system) every
time
> > there is a Fatal Error message, that the number of cylinders (or
sectors?)
> > is too big, I can't remember the whole report because the next screen
> > (building boot disk) appears too soon...
>
> that's probably lilo complaining.
> Have you tried to build the bootdisk and boot from that?
>
> > I've got a 41 GB IBM Deskstar (IDE), 35 Gigs are for Win98, 512MB Linux
> > swap, the rest Linux native (root).
> > The installation volume was about 600 MB.
> > (Should I select the "Linear Mode" at the beginning?)
>
> I have no clue.
> But I wouldn't bother. linux is probably properly installed.
>
> > At booting from the installation CD there is another message: Fatal
Server
> > Error, no screens found. Significant?
>
> That's X complaining. You'll have to use the text install I presume.
> It's nothing serious though.
>
> Eric
>
>
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From: "Colin G." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: nic card
Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2001 06:49:59 GMT
I've gotten similar errors in the past. Have you tried disabling the "PnP
OS" option in the BIOS. This was what did it for me. Good luck.
--
Colin G.
coling (at) intrive (dot) com
"Norman Zhang" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:IdwA6.2063$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Hi,
>
> I am trying to setup NIC (3Com 3C905C) with Linux Mandrake 7.2. Everything
> runs smoothly. Except after system boot, I cannot start the NIC. I tried
> "ifconfig eth0 up" and I get the following error message,
>
> SIOCSIFFLAGS: Device or resource busy.
>
> I have installed Linux Mandrake on some systems with 3C905C before, and
> never ran into this problem. Does anyone know what gives? I am using ASUS
> P3V133 motherboard with VIA Apollo Pro133 chipset. The kernel that comes
> with Linux Mandrake 7.2 is 2.2.17pre... Greatly appreciated if someone can
> give me some pointers. TIA
>
> Regards,
> Norman
>
>
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From: "Eric" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: [HELP] mount cdrom
Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2001 08:32:39 +0200
> # mount -t iso9660 /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom
> mount: the kernel does not recognize /dev/cdrom as a block device (maybe
> 'insmod driver'?)
`ls -al /dev/cdrom`
Where does it point to?
Is that your cdrom?
`dmesg | grep -i cdrom`
Eric
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From: "�~�Q���Ѯv��" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: [HELP] mount cdrom
Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2001 14:38:51 +0800
"Eric" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ���g��l��
news:9au9e8$8vb$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> `ls -al /dev/cdrom`
> Where does it point to?
> Is that your cdrom?
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 3 May 12 2000 /dev/cdrom -> hdc
> `dmesg | grep -i cdrom`
nothing happen!
What shld i do now?
Thanks in advance
Jackie \(^o^)/
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Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2001 02:45:20 -0400
From: Dan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: netscape 6
This sounds like the most logically and intelligent reply I have got so
far, if you would be kind enough, can you please ellaborate a little
more on the overall procedure and explain what exactly is MOZILLA_FIVE_HOME.
Thank you so much.
Dan
Steve Bradley wrote:
> Dan,
> THis might not have anything to do with your system, but on mine, I had to
> have MOZILLA_FIVE_HOME set to the directory that NS6 was installed in
> before Java would work properly.
> Steve
>
> Dan wrote:
>
>
>> I've install netscape 6.01 on RH 7.0 in /usr/local/netscape, and
>> naturally the plugins are in /usr/local/netscape/plugins.
>> However I have java, and flash player plugins installed in that
>> directory, but it won't work, and when I got to about:plugins, I don't
>> even see it.
>>
>> Anyone knows what's going on?
>>
>>
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From: Query_String <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: multi boot with linux/winme/win2k
Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2001 07:05:42 GMT
Daren Clarke wrote:
>
> Anyone out there have any ideas on how to configure a linux box (perhaps
> mandrake) so using x-windows I can also run a choice of either windows me or
> windows 2000
>
> Any help will be much appreciated.
>
> Thanks in advance.
Install the 2 windows into 2 primaries on drive-1
leaving enough freespace for Linux & swap (freespace
to be formatted with cfdisk or fdisk or Linux install
uti AFTER windows is/are on).
c1: x.x gb
c2: y.y gb
c3: z.z gb can be another windows,
one of them shud work >|:-)
hda5: 2 gb? Transfer Partition you can use
to move stuff around, can be fat, vfat,
ext2 as needed even changing daily.
hda6: 5 gb Linux, many gurus advise several partitions
instead of just a single big one.
hda7: swap 128 or 256 mbs?
hda8: 2 gb ..maybe another maintenance Linux parti?
Maybe Drive-2?
The install uti should be able to place Lilo (the
Linux booter) in the disk root (mbr). It gives you a
GUI boot dialog with custom menu entries. Once you have
booted Linux you can mod the boot config file at will.
Some distros' installers may not insert the lba32 option
(below) required to boot beyond BIOS/LBA reported cyl-1024.
In such a case you would be fenced low for at least one
installation. Some install floppies (SuSE) will allow
booting an installed Linux system without using the
just installed boot mechanisms and this allows you to
edit the config for subsequently unlimited booting.
Here's an example
2 disk
2 doze
2 linux
2 kernel config..
# LILO configuration file
# Start LILO global Section
menu-title="LiLo off Root"
lba32
boot=/dev/hda
vga=normal
read-only
default="WinMe-a1"
prompt
timeout=1000
# End LILO global Section
#
other = /dev/hda1
label ="WinMe-a1"
table = /dev/hda
#
#other = /dev/hda2
# label ="Win-20-a2"
# table = /dev/hda
#
image = /boot/vmlinuz_24
root = /dev/hda6
label ="L1-a6-2424"
#
image = /boot/vmlinuz-2218
root = /dev/hda6
label ="L1-a6-2218"
#
image = /0/b5L2/boot/vmlinuz-p2218
root = /dev/hdb5
label = "Lin2-b5-2218"
#
image = /boot/vmlinuz-2218
root = /dev/hdb5
label = "Lin2-a5-2218"
#
image = /0/b5L2/boot/vmlinuz_24
root = /dev/hdb5
label = "Lin2-b5-2424"
#
HTH://
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From: Olle Viksten <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Wacom and XFree86-4
Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2001 09:01:43 +0200
I need info on how to set up a Wacom tablet under XFree86-4. It woked fine
under XFree86-3. I'm running Suse7.1 and the tablet is an old serial ArtPad.
Olle Viksten
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From: "Eric" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: [HELP] mount cdrom
Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2001 09:16:15 +0200
> > `ls -al /dev/cdrom`
> > Where does it point to?
> > Is that your cdrom?
>
> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 3 May 12 2000 /dev/cdrom -> hdc
>
> > `dmesg | grep -i cdrom`
>
> nothing happen!
Hmm, strange
Is it connected? Correctly?
try `cat /proc/ide/hd[a-z]/model`
Does it show up somewhere here?
Is it detected by the BIOS? Some BIOS'es totally disable
an IDE connector when nothing is detected on it.
That way linux wouldn't be able to find it either.
`cat /proc/devices|grep -i ide` should show ide0 and ide1
If not, you should probably change the detection in the BIOS.
Eric
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From: "Electrode" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Mandrake Corp Server installer not working
Date: 10 Apr 2001 07:18:15 GMT
Hey all. I am trying to install Mandrake Corporate Server 1.0.1 on my other
system, but there seems to be a problem with the installer.I can get through
it, right up to the point where it's about to ask what packages to install.
But then I get an error like "can't sqrt (some negative number, can't
remember)" and get sent back to the partitioning step. It won't go past
that.
Some relevant system info:
Mobo chipset: Intel i815e
CPU: Pentium 3 CuMine 800 MHz
Hard drive: Some IBM, 30 GB, IDE
Partitioning: Ext2 partition filling most of the HD, with a ~500 MB swap
partition at the end
RAM: 192 megs SDRAM
Booting from CD
By the way, Mandrake 7.2 installs just fine, but I need some of the stuff
Corp Server has. Is this a CPU problem?
-Joe V.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Villy Kruse)
Subject: Re: Executable vmlinux in /boot
Date: 10 Apr 2001 07:18:59 GMT
On Mon, 9 Apr 2001 23:48:13 +0200,
Peter T. Breuer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Mladen Gavrilovic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> /boot/System.map-2.4.3. However, there is another file called vmlinux
>> in /usr/src/linux. This is an executable, and it's rather large at 2.2
>> Mb compared to 783K for the kernel image. There is a file called
>> /boot/vmlinux-2.2.17-14 that was installed with the 2.2.17-14 kernel
>> (which I haven't yet deleted) by RPM. So, I was wondering if this file
>> had any importance since 2.4.3 doesn't seem to need it.
>
>Which file? vmlinux is the uncompressed image (minus header
>decompression code) of the vmlinuz that you want to boot.
>
Redhat has for the past few releases installed the uncompressed vmlinux
file into the /boot directory, and gives no reason I could find for that.
It is remotely possible that some commands will search the symbol table
of vmlinux rather than reading the /boot/System.map for symbol values,
as is quite common on traditional unix systems.
Villy
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From: "Eric" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Fatal Error at the end of RedHat installation
Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2001 09:25:24 +0200
> I heard that Lilo must reside in the lowest 1024 cylinders(?) (I tried it
to
> write on MBR), so I think that 35 Gigs for Win (installed before) are too
> much.
nah, RH7 contains a lilo that's new enough. It's probably not an issue.
> I skipped the bootdisk creation, then I tried to configure the XFree, my
> monitor was detected right, the video chip too (GeForce 32 MB DDR, but it
> contains SDRAM), I said 'No clock chip' (recommended), but after this
there
> was reported an X server error.
> I thought the installation/configuration before probably was uncomplete
> because of the cylinder error?
>
first of all, your reply is realy difficult to read.
Please reply below the questions/answers next time.
Next, you should make a bootdisk. always.
But first try if the install already succeeded.
put the CD in again, and at the lilo prompt, enter
"linux rescue root=/dev/hda3" (this hda3 may be wrong,
it depends on how you partitioned)
Does it boot linux?
Eric
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From: "Eric" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Help! Cannot boot up! gdm killed mysteriously?
Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2001 09:33:05 +0200
> This is urgent! I can boot Linux Redhat 7.0 up to the level that I can see
> "MyComputerName: login. But then the gnome desktop won't be shown, and I
get
> flickering screen and the message:
>
> According to /var/run/gdm.pid, gdm was already running (xxxxpid), but
seems
> to have been murdered mysteriously.
>
> Possible to fix it?
reboot and at the lilo prompt, enter "linux 3"
Then fix what is wrong with X/gdm
Eric
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From: zubrus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: linux.redhat.misc
Subject: Re: Newbie: kernel version, modprobe, depmod
Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2001 07:44:49 GMT
I read the kernel-upgrade how-to and fixed it.
After upgrading the non-kernel packages, kernel and modules as in:
http://www.redhat.com/support/docs/howto/kernel-upgrade/kernel-upgrade-3.html
In order to execute the command: mkinitrd /boot/initrd-2.2.17.img
2.0.17-14 , I logged in as root using "su -" (I couldn't execute mkinitrd
when I used "su" without the " - "). Then I executed: mkbootdisk 2.2.17-14
to create the new bootdisk.
z.
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From: "Bj�rn Obermeyer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: IDE-Raid with Promise under SUSE
Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2001 09:46:35 +0200
Hi!
Does anyone have experience with an IDE Raid System (in my case with an ASUS
A7V Raid Board) under SUSE Linux (7.0 or 7.1)? I'm planning to set up such a
system with two IBM HDs but I'm not sure if I will be able to set Linux up
on an IDE Raid.
Thanks a lot.
Bj�rn
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From: John Beardmore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Virtual hosting questions
Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2001 09:10:52 +0100
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Ian
Northeast <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes
>> I want to setup a virtual host server. I want to use one static IP and have
>> many URL's hosted from it. IE www.someplace.com, www.myother.com,
>> www.thisone.com and so on.
>>
>> I know that I need to configure a DNS server in some way to do this. There
>> are others like apache, sendmail what else? Can some one point me to a
>> HOW-TO on seting up virtual hosts.
>
>See the Apache documentation for setting up name virtual hosts. It
>contains examples which are very clear.
Which bit of the Apache documentation ?
Cheers, J/.
--
John Beardmore
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From: "�~�Q���Ѯv��" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: [HELP] mount cdrom
Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2001 17:28:28 +0800
"Eric" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ���g��l��
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> try `cat /proc/ide/hd[a-z]/model`
> Does it show up somewhere here?
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> Is it detected by the BIOS? Some BIOS'es totally disable
> an IDE connector when nothing is detected on it.
> That way linux wouldn't be able to find it either.
> `cat /proc/devices|grep -i ide` should show ide0 and ide1
> If not, you should probably change the detection in the BIOS.
3 ide0
Hmm... when the machine boots up,
the CD-ROM Drive is not detected!
I installed the RedHat through the CD-ROM Drive last year.
Now, I would like to install something more from the CD,
but the CD-ROM Drive just won't open!
Its little green light never turns on!
In my /etc/fstab file, I have
/dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom iso9660 noauto,ro 0 0
How can I proceed??
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