Linux-Setup Digest #32, Volume #21 Wed, 11 Apr 01 20:13:07 EDT
Contents:
Re: Screen flicker on install (Craig Kelley)
Re: Hawking network print server setup (Craig Kelley)
Re: Problem Installing Red Hat linux on a second HDD ("Dominique Schuppli")
Re: MDK installing problem strange kernel panic (Craig Kelley)
How do I get rid of Red Hat 7's graphical LILO extension? ("Dominique Schuppli")
Re: recognizing SCSI tape *after* boot (Paul Lew)
Re: How do I get rid of Red Hat 7's graphical LILO extension? ("RSJ")
Re: Partitioning strategy for multiple Linux distributions? (Afonso Sam)
make config ("ja")
Re: IDE-Raid with Promise under SUSE ("Jacob Williams")
Micron Netframe MV 5000 with AMI Megaraid problems (shane)
Re: Yamaha PCI (Dell m/b) and 2.4 ("Jonas Due Vesterheden")
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From: Craig Kelley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Screen flicker on install
Date: 11 Apr 2001 15:51:08 -0600
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> Hi: When I try to install Redhat 7 using the boot.img from a floppy my
> monitor (21" hitachi) flickers and reads 'invalid sycn freq.'. Any
> thoughts.
At the LILO prompt from the floppy type 'expert' and do a text
install.
--
It won't be long before the CPU is a card in a slot on your ATX videoboard
Craig Kelley -- [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Craig Kelley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: Hawking network print server setup
Date: 11 Apr 2001 15:53:41 -0600
Michael L Lockhart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Hi,
>
> I am trying to set up a network print server. It is a Hawking and according to
> setup instructions I should just create a remote printer queue and give it the
> IP address/name and it should work. Unfortunately it doesn't. Hawking has
> dropped Linux support, so I can't get anything out of them.
>
> The server has its own IP address and I can ping it, so I know it's not
> communications. Has anyone out there dealt with this problem?
>
> BTW I am running SuSE 7.1 with the 2.4 kernel.
If the print server support LPD (UNIX or TCP/IP printing) then you
can manually add it by placing the following in /etc/printcap :
lp:\
:sd=/var/spool/lpd/lp:\
:mx#0:\
:sh:\
:rm=10.0.0.1:\
:rp=raw:
Replace "raw" with the correct printer name, and the IP address with
the proper one.
(although I *highly* reccomend that you do not do this! use the tools
that your distribution comes with to change these things around --
otherwise you risk losing your changes on upgrade)
--
It won't be long before the CPU is a card in a slot on your ATX videoboard
Craig Kelley -- [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: "Dominique Schuppli" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Problem Installing Red Hat linux on a second HDD
Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2001 00:03:43 +0200
I've recently had a similar problem.
I've basically got a similar partition "layout" -- LILO in the MBR, Windoze
on the first HD, Linux on the second, but there is another FAT partition on
the 2nd HD as well. Ever since installing a new kernel image (using LILO)
Windoze claims that my second IDE channel doesn't work anymore (that's where
the Linux partition goodness is)... Well, I found out that Windoze (95 in my
case) is actually looking at ALL boot sectors of ALL partitions mentioned in
the MBR on the 2nd HD, checking if it's FAT partitions -- and since it finds
the Linux goodness it thinks the IDE channel doesn't work right.
So, I assume you could just change the partition type in the partition table
to "unformatted" so that Windoze doesn't check it... that might help. I
think LILO can be configured to write a special partition table for certain
images, I haven't tried that though. (you could have a special partition
table for Windows, maybe.)
Just live with the fact that Windoze doesn't work well together with
Linux... or anything other than itself. ;-)
dom
ganesh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Hi,
> I have windows 98(SE) installed on the first HDD.I bought a new hard
> disk to install linux and to dual boot with windows 98.
> This is what i did to install:
> 1. create a new partition on the first HDD(primary disk) for the linux
> boot files. (using fips)..its mounted to '/boot'.
> 2. Created 3 partitions on the new HDD. One for linux swap(50mb),another
> for linux root(ext2)(10 GB) and yet another for windows(fat32)(~28GB).(Its
> a its huge 40 gb disk).
> 3. I installed LILO on the mbr.
>
> LILO lets me choose between windows or linux..but when i ran windows it
> showed some weird behavior..
>
> 1. windows took a long time to load..There was a blank screen with just a
> blinking curson on the left top corner for over 5 seconds.Windows did come
> up after that..
> 2. But,if I try to run 'windows explorer' the system hangs..There a
> distinct sound of windows accessing the hard drive.Even ctrl+alt+del does
> not work.I need to do a hard boot.
>
> What could be the problem? Has anyone else faced similar problems? Please
> suggest some solution..
> Here are some more details:
> 1.OS Versions : Red hat linux 7.0,Windows 98.
> 2.Hard disk : EIDE ,7200rpm 40 GB western digital(cavalier model).
> Would appreciate any help..
> Thanks a lot in advance!!
>
>
> --
> Posted via CNET Help.com
> http://www.help.com/
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From: Craig Kelley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: MDK installing problem strange kernel panic
Date: 11 Apr 2001 16:01:48 -0600
Denis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Hi,
>
> I have an installatin problem on my new PC
>
> I have changed my motherboard (Gigabyte GA-7ZX-B)
> I have one 128Mb SDRAM 133Mhz on it
> and one AMD athlon 850 Mhz
>
> I have the same Hard disk, same IDE CDROM...and so on
> and I had Linux installed before reformatting the whole hard disk
> on my old motherboard+CPU+RAM
>
> when i try to install Linux via normal sequence (on a mandrake 7.2)
> It fails when I choose the language at the begining !
> I get an "error opening file /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xserver/Security Policy"
> "Glib warning, Perl warning..." and finaly a Segmentation fault
> with a message such "seems like memory is missing as the install crashes"
>
> then I tried to install by hitting F1 at the boot prompt of the install CD
> and I tried with the following command line : text expert
> then I can reach the formatting stage and after that I get a dump on the screen
> with the error "killing interrupt handler"
> "Kernel panic : Attempted to kill the idle task"
> "in Interrupt handler - not syncing"
>
> then i tried this one again, by desactivating the BIOS feature i don't need
> (USB, serail, AC97, parallel and of course the PNP OS feature !)
> then i tried text expert again...without much success
>
> then i tried to add some arguments.. like mem=128M idebus=33 ide0=noautotune
> ..no more success !!
>
> another curious thing with my PC....may be a hint for some experts here...
> I tried to load the tombsrt linux (on a floppy) it was ok
> I tried then to format the whole hard disk, it was ok too
> but when i tried to do the badblock check i get a similar dump with a kernel
> panic on my screen !!
>
> so i thought my hard disk may be damaged...i checked it with windows and
> scandisk (a minutious one) and it reports no error on the disk !
> I even tried after that to install linux on another disk (I just have one at a
> time in the PC !)
> so ...welll....it's crazy !!!!
> I can't understand !!
>
> if someone here does, please let me know !!! I'd really like to have your
> comment on this problem !!
> ..I think I'm not the one earning a GA-7ZX and a 850MHZ AMD CPU !
I'd say there's a 90% chance that you either have a
1) Bad CD Rom install disc (try it on another machine)
2) Bad RAM (does Windows crash on this machine very often?)
3) Some other bad hardware
It's probably 1 or 2, but I've seen it all before... (a bad PCI
bridge once did what you are describing to me -- bad video cards do it
too, but usually not until you fire up X11)
--
It won't be long before the CPU is a card in a slot on your ATX videoboard
Craig Kelley -- [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: "Dominique Schuppli" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: How do I get rid of Red Hat 7's graphical LILO extension?
Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2001 00:05:41 +0200
Do I have to uninstall LILO and reinstall another version to get rid of Red
Hat 7's graphical boot loader? I'm getting tired of watching my monitor
blank and change video mode all the time...
Thanks
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Paul Lew)
Subject: Re: recognizing SCSI tape *after* boot
Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2001 22:21:01 GMT
On Wed, 11 Apr 2001 20:11:37 +0200, Michael Heiming <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Juergen Pfann wrote:
>>
>> Michal Szymanski wrote:
>> >
>> > Hi,
>> >
>> > (tape drive not detected when powered off during boot)
>> > Is there a way to "rescan" SCSI bus and get access to such a tape drive
>> > on Linux when the system is already up and running?
>> >
>>
>> Yes - if you know it, it's quite simple - like always ;-)
>> This is the command to "enable" my scanner after powering
>> it on (being at SCSI 0, bus 0, ID 5, LUN 0) :
>> ---snip
>> echo "scsi add-single-device 0 0 5 0" >/proc/scsi/scsi
>> ---snip
>> That's all about it ! Adjust that to the appropriate ID
>> of your tape drive (and, of course, with more than 1 HA,
>> to the resp. HA and bus #s).
>> If tape support is compiled into the kernel, you should
>> be able to use your (backup/whatever) SW with the tape
>> drive. Otherwise, the "st" module will be inserted on
>> demand - or do "insmod st" manually, just as you please.
>> To confirm this, you can do a "cat /proc/scsi/scsi",
>> and watch /var/log/messages for the appropriate syslog
>> messages.
>> "Disabling" the device before power-off, if you like to,
>> is achieved by - you guessed it -
>> 'echo "scsi remove-single-device X X X X" >/proc/scsi/scsi'
>> (again, insert SCSI#, bus#, ID, LUN here).
>> If I needed this often, I'd write a 1- or 2-liner shell
>> script with that command, and possibly the "insmod st"
>> afterwards, and call that "tape-on" or something...
>> I think you got the idea...
>
> In addition, the feature works, with my scanner quiet well, however
> I read somewhere that it's not really recommended to use, you may
> want to check the info on this, may be someone knows more?
I had also used that for a cd-writer and tape drive; actually it could
be used for any scsi device. Have changed to use "scsiadd" from
freshbait to do the same and less typing. The info provided by someelse
says that one should be careful in that the added/deleted device is not
in the "middle" of the scsi chain; it is preferred that the device is
at the end of the chain for "safety".
I think the safety issue is due to the fact that the default kernel is
set up with only memory allocations for 2 cdrom/scanner devices; I changed
the number on my kernel to be (number of devices + 1). All my external
scsi devices would be at the end of the chain if only 1 was added and I
probably need to be careful if I add more than 1 (tape, cdw, scanner).
>
> However you should not use insmod, use modprobe instead, there is
> a file "modules.txt" that comes with every kernel and explains why.
>
> Michael Heiming
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From: "RSJ" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: How do I get rid of Red Hat 7's graphical LILO extension?
Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2001 22:48:24 GMT
In article <9b2kai$e5p$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Dominique Schuppli"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Do I have to uninstall LILO and reinstall another version to get rid of
> Red Hat 7's graphical boot loader? I'm getting tired of watching my
> monitor blank and change video mode all the time...
>
> Thanks
>
>
No just leave your computer turned on and logged in.
Robert
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Afonso Sam)
Subject: Re: Partitioning strategy for multiple Linux distributions?
Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2001 22:46:51 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Wed, 11 Apr 2001 13:55:44 -0600, Michael L Lockhart
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I would create a /boot partition, a swap partition, a partition for each
>distribution and one for your /home. With all of these partitions, you'll be
>using logical partitions for most of them. The swap and /home partitions would
>mount under each distribution, while you could mount the other distributions as
>/ under each boot regimen. You'll need to configure lilo so it boots the proper
>distribution from the proper partition. You may want to also have a /common
>partition to hold applications that you want to run under all distributions if
>you have any interest in such things.
>--
>
>Mike Lockhart
>http://www.moonsociety.org/
>
I have a question about the label of partitions,
I make the disk partitions as your suggested and install the Redhat
6.2. after that, I install the 2nd Redhat 7.0 (yes, in this case, I
want 7.0 and 6.2 to be on the sytem as different distributions)
I notice that, during the installing of redhat 7.0, the labels of the
linux partions, assigned to previous system are cleared. (eg, /boot,
/, /home, /var they are assigned during the installation of Redhat
6.2, ) ..... I am not sure, so I stop immediately.
I am not understand the partition labeling. Does the separate system
have their own labels on the same disk partition(s). they do not
affect to each other? please tell me more.
Afonso Sam
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From: "ja" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: make config
Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2001 07:15:11 +0800
Hi
I install redhat7.0 (keren 2.2.16).
Select workstation to install my O.S.
After install O.S.
I only have /usr/src/redhat
The following is my procedure:
1. cd /usr/src
2. mkdir /linux
3. cd linux
4. copy pcmcia-cs-3.1.15.tar to /usr/src/linux
5. tar xvf pcmcia-cs-3.1.15.tar
6. cd /usr/src/linux/pcmcia-cs-3.1.15
7. make config
8. Linux source directory [/usr/src/linux]: /usr/src/linux
Error Message occured:
Linux source tree /usr/src/linux is incomplete or missing!
See the HOWTO for a list of FTP sites for current kernel sources.
Configuration failed.
make: *** [config] Error 1
What should I do?
Thanks!
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: "Jacob Williams" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: IDE-Raid with Promise under SUSE
Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2001 09:23:15 +1000
>From what I have read the RAID part of the promise controller can not be
used in linux, you can use the ATA-100 part of the board, just not implement
the raid features.
You will have to do software raid if you want raid from this board....
"Bj�rn Obermeyer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:9audpo$501$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> 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: shane <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Micron Netframe MV 5000 with AMI Megaraid problems
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2001 23:39:46 GMT
I'm trying to install Redhat 7 onto a Micron Netframe MV 5000. It has
an AMI Megaraid card in it. During the install, it tries to insmod
megaraid.o, but shows the following:
found suggestion of megaraid
found eepro100
found NCR53c8xx
going to insmod megaraid.o (path is null)
/tmp/megaraid.o: init_module: %M
Hint: The error can be caused by incorrect module parameters,
including invalid IO or IRQ parameters.
Then this throws the installer because it cannot find any valid
devices to install onto, and the installer reboots the computer.
On bootup, the megaraid card shows:
Megaraid disk array adaptor bios version 1.07 Aug 08, 1997
Copyright (C) American Megatrends Inc.
Host Adaptor-1 Firmware version TN0F DRAM SIZE=32mb
Battery module is present on adaptor
1 logical drive found on host adaptor
When I hit ^M to go into the AMI megaraid bios, it shows
Megaraid conf utility ver 1.01 July 10,1997
On the card I found "IMMD80100209"
If I hit ^altF4 during the install I see:
megaraid:v1.09 (August 7, 2000)
<6> raid0 personality registered
<6> raid1 personality registered
<6> raid5 personality registered
The machine is a Dual PII300 with 400LX chipset.
On boot it shows Phoenix BIOS 4.0 Release 6.0
MB440LX Bios Release 6.0
The machine originally had NT4 on it. When NT4 was on it
it showed:
american megatrends 960RX RAID Adaptor
NT4 driver: mraidrx.sys
interrupt: 9
memory range: FC9000000-FCFFFFFFFF
I've looked at micronpc.com's website, and found the server:
http://support.micronpc.com/apps/srvrhub.asp?Hub=MV5000&Include=
So as best as I can tell, the card is equivalent to a Mylex DAC960
or possibly a "MegaRAID RPX Module "
I've sent mail to tech support @micronpc.com to see if they could
point me to the card's correct modelname (to match to the ones
listed at http://www.ami.com/support/product.cfm ). I haven't heard
back from them. Email to AMI said "match your card to the products
list". Yeah, I tried that before I email them...
Does anyone use this model of Micron or this card with Linux?
2.2.x or 2.4 would work. If so, what driver are you using and where
did you get it?
I've went through deja (now google), I found a lot of mentions of
Megaraid, and the kernel, and the kernel archives, but nothing that
I seemed to be able to use.
I looked at /usr/src/linux/drivers/scsi/megaraid.c (2.4.2) and it
lists: MegaRAID 418, 428, 438, 466, 762, 467 and 490.
Maybe this card is not supported by the megaraid driver?
Any help appreciated...
Shane
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From: "Jonas Due Vesterheden" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: linux.dev.sound
Subject: Re: Yamaha PCI (Dell m/b) and 2.4
Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2001 01:44:35 +0200
"Jonas Due Vesterheden" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> skrev i en meddelelse
news:X6LA6.32003$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> "bill davidsen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> skrev i en meddelelse
> news:9avjgc$24ck$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> > NOTE: While this may be a 2.4 issue, followups have been redirected to
> > the sound and setup groups only.
> >
> > I am trying to use the Yamaha YMF-724 sound system on a Dell Dimension
> > V400 motherboard, with a 2.4.3 kernel. I compiled the ymfpci as a
> > module so I could try it and other drivers, and when I insert, I get in
> > the log:
> >
> > Apr 10 13:37:44 pipedream kernel: ymfpci: YMF724 at 0xf4000000 IRQ 9
> > Apr 10 13:37:44 pipedream kernel: ac97_codec: AC97 Audio codec,
> id:0x4144:0x5303 (Analog Devices AD1819)
> >
> > which looks to me as if it worked. And I see the modules loaded. The
> > problem is that the /dev/sndstat device says that sound is not
> > configured. It is, and I tried building in sound and OSS support to
> > avoid any loading order issues.
> I read somewhere in the docs for kernel 2.4.3 that /dev/sndstat is not
used
> in the 2.4 kernels any more. I've been trying to set up a PCI soundcard
with
> the same chipset as yours, only I compiled the drivers into the kernel,
but
> I haven't got it to work, and I can't find any info on it...
>
> On startup I get somewhat same messages as you, that is "kernel: ymfpci:
> YMF724 at 0xf4000000 IRQ 9" and "kernel: ac97_codec: AC97 Audio codec" so
it
> should be working.
>
> I don't know what to do, I hope someone has some good links or can tell me
> what to do.
Okay I finally found some info on it. All I needed was to insert these lines
into /etc/modules.conf:
alias char-major-116 snd
alias snd-card-0 ymfpci
alias sound-slot-0 snd-card-0
And then everything worked fine, except I had to chmod some devices
(/dev/dsp, /dev/mixer, /dev/midi and so on) to give other users than root
access to the sound.
I don't know if this will help you, but try it...
Regards Jonas
>
> Regards Jonas
>
> >
> > That's the whole question, is there something unobvious I have to do to
> > get this to respond? I originally had all the sound stuff as modules,
> > that worked no better (or worse).
> >
> > --
> > bill davidsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> CTO, TMR Associates, Inc
> > At LinuxExpo Sun was showing Linux applications running on Solaris.
> > They don't get it, the arrow points the other way. There's a reason why
> > there's no SolarisExpo, Solaris is a tool; Linux is a philosophy, a
> > religion, a way of life, and only incidentally an operating system.
>
>
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