Linux-Setup Digest #39, Volume #21 Fri, 13 Apr 01 07:13:08 EDT
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Re: p133 cd-rom-less install (E J)
Re: kernel panic w/ kernel 2.4.2-1 -> VFS:Unable to mounth root fs on 03:44 ("Eric")
Puzzling atd/xfs problems with backup/restored system (was puzzling Lilo problem . .
.) (Lucius Chiaraviglio)
Rivafb Settings (Theron Voran)
Re: upgrading to 2.4 kernel and egcs ("Peter T. Breuer")
Re: Puzzling atd/xfs problems with backup/restored system (was puzzling Lilo problem
. . .) ("Peter T. Breuer")
Re: kernel panic w/ kernel 2.4.2-1 -> VFS:Unable to mounth root fs on 03:44 ("Peter
T. Breuer")
Re: Epson Photo 890 (Peter)
Re: [2.4.3]: Problems with new aic7xxx driver (J Hayward)
Redhat Install, no floppy + backpack cdrom (Michael Evanoff)
help with downloading Suse linux on one computer and transfering it to another via
cd ("themethod")
Re: **HELP > S3 and RH7.0 Problem ("Massimo Sanna")
HDD problems ("Mikkel Jakobsen")
Re: kernel panic w/ kernel 2.4.2-1 -> VFS:Unable to mounth root fs on 03:44 ("Eric")
Re: Samba - Strange Password Prompt (HOT/URGENT!) (M. Buchenrieder)
Re: RH7.0 on A7M266, worth it? ("Stephen T Cripps")
File with bad user & group ID ("Wayne Osborn")
Re: File with bad user & group ID ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
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From: E J <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: p133 cd-rom-less install
Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2001 07:12:10 GMT
Read the online manuals on www.redhat.com especially.
http://www.redhat.com/support/manuals/RHL-7-Manual/ref-guide/s1-install-network.htm
"Michael J. Doyle" wrote:
> I'm a newbie. Got an old Ibm p133 for $40. Want to install a linux distro,
> no cd-rom, has an ethernet card. Can someone point me to a good floppy/NFS
> install Faq, Redhat preferred.
>
> tia,
> Mike
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From: "Eric" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: kernel panic w/ kernel 2.4.2-1 -> VFS:Unable to mounth root fs on 03:44
Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2001 09:21:39 +0200
> Thanks for the replies. I have tried linux root=/dev/hdb4 and linux
> root=03:68. But neither worked, still the same kernel panic. I run the
The same errors? in both cases?
> /sbin/lilo -v 2 and got the following:
>
> # /sbin/lilo -v 2
> LILO version 21.7, Copyright (C) 1992-1998 Werner Almesberger
> Linux Real Mode Interface library Copyright (C) 1998 Josh Vanderhoof
> Development beyond version 21 Copyright (C) 1999-2001 John Coffman
> Released 24-Feb-2001 and compiled at 15:59:11 on Mar 7 2001.
>
> Reading boot sector from /dev/hdb4
> Warning: /dev/hdb4 is not on the first disk
> Merging with /boot/boot.b
> Secondary loader: 8 sectors.
> Boot image: /vmlinuz
> Setup length is 10 sectors.
> Mapped 1102 sectors.
> Added Linux *
> Boot image: /boot/vmlinuz-2.2.18pre21
> Setup length is 7 sectors.
> Mapped 1927 sectors.
> Added 2.2.18
> /boot/boot.0344 exists - no backup copy made.
very odd (ls -l /dev/* |grep "3,[ ]*44"):
crw-rw-rw- 1 root tty 3, 44 Jun 8 2000 /dev/ttyrc
device 03:44 is not hbd4 on my system! And it shouldn't be on your system
What does ls -l /dev/hdb* on your system show?
<extract from your lilo.conf>
boot=/dev/hdb4
root=/dev/hdb4
And putting the lilo code on hdb4 might also be problematic.
Are you sure you're booting the code from hdb4, and not some
old remainder in the MBR?
And I looked through your first post. I never used devfs before.
Did you try leaving that out?
Eric
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Lucius Chiaraviglio)
Subject: Puzzling atd/xfs problems with backup/restored system (was puzzling Lilo
problem . . .)
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2001 07:22:10 GMT
Perhaps someone here can help with a bizarre problem that has gotten me
stumped. It is one of those things that seems like it should be really
simple to fix (and in the future prevent), but I have done quite a bit of
searching for a solution and found none.
To recap: I am still trying to duplicate a Linux hard disk by making a
tarball of the original disk (minus the /mnt and /proc directory trees --
this time I included /tmp in the tarball), putting the tarball onto CD-R
(together with instructions for the next person), partitioning the new disk,
unpacking the tarball onto the new disk, and then fixing Lilo (and a few
configuration files as necessary) on the new disk. The idea is to send the
CD-R to somebody else so that they can recreate the Linux installation of the
original disk on their new hard disk. It ALMOST works right, but I am still
having the annoying problems that I posted earlier (not the Lilo problem --
that is fixed -- thanks to all who replied here and to the tech support
department where I work):
> Anyway, Lilo now works without further problems, but I found a
>couple of other annoying problems on my restored installations: xfs (X font
>server) and atd (at daemon) both fail to start on boot, and atd also fails
>when started manually. On boot, the xfs starter script prints the "OK"
>message, but then xfs mysteriously dies with no error message (and none
>appears in /var/log/boot.log); if I start it manually, it works. On boot,
>the atd starter script prints "FAIL", but no other error messages appear (not
>even in /var/log/boot.log, except to say that it failed to start); the same
>thing happens if I try to start it manually. [. . .]
I haven't solved the problem yet, but I noticed that in /var/log/system, atd
says that it could not redirect output due to permission being denied. I also
noticed that /tmp did not get the same permissions as on the original hard
disk. Hmmm . . . fishy. I will have to do some more research into options to
the tar command to see if I can prevent this from happening. But in the
meantime, if anyone here knows of anything else that could cause this to
happen (other than a corrupted file, which seems unlikely now), I would like
to hear about it. Later, if I manage to figure this out or somehow get the
right instructions away from here, I will post the answer in case somebody
else who reads this newsgroup has a similar problem.
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Lucius Chiaraviglio
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From: Theron Voran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Rivafb Settings
Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2001 22:15:32 -0500
Hello,
How do I set the resolution and refresh rate for the rivafb text mode
framebuffer device driver? I can't figure it out. Thanks
--
Theron Voran
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From: "Peter T. Breuer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: upgrading to 2.4 kernel and egcs
Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2001 07:39:22 GMT
stevek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> ...ok, I was too vague with my previous message, I assumed someone would
> have gotten to this point before I did. anyway, yes I am new at this but
> try to follow directions, this is where I am stuck, trying to get the
> configure part correct.. instructions provided (which I am reading) include
> these initial words...
> We use _srcdir_ to refer to the toplevel source directory for egcs; we
> use _objdir_ to refer to the toplevel build/object directory for egcs.
> % mkdir _objdir_
> % cd _objdir_
> % _srcdir_/configure _[target]_ _[options]_
> .....now, I have egcs untarred in it's own directory, and have tried a
> couple of things to get the configure script to run, but get "command not
WHAT couple of things? You are supposed to do, for example:
mkdir safeplace
cd safeplace
tar xzvf blahblahgccblahblah.tgz
cd ..
mkdir larry
cd larry
../safeplace/blahblahblah/configure
Peter
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From: "Peter T. Breuer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Puzzling atd/xfs problems with backup/restored system (was puzzling Lilo
problem . . .)
Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2001 07:39:22 GMT
Lucius Chiaraviglio <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> Anyway, Lilo now works without further problems, but I found a
>>couple of other annoying problems on my restored installations: xfs (X font
>>server) and atd (at daemon) both fail to start on boot, and atd also fails
You probably forgot to put "p" among the tar options, both on making
the tar and on unpacking it. So /tmp probably has wrong perms.
> I haven't solved the problem yet, but I noticed that in /var/log/system, atd
> says that it could not redirect output due to permission being denied. I also
Amen.
Peter
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From: "Peter T. Breuer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: kernel panic w/ kernel 2.4.2-1 -> VFS:Unable to mounth root fs on 03:44
Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2001 07:39:23 GMT
Eric <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> Thanks for the replies. I have tried linux root=/dev/hdb4 and linux
>> root=03:68. But neither worked, still the same kernel panic. I run the
>> Added 2.2.18
>> /boot/boot.0344 exists - no backup copy made.
> very odd (ls -l /dev/* |grep "3,[ ]*44"):
> crw-rw-rw- 1 root tty 3, 44 Jun 8 2000 /dev/ttyrc
> device 03:44 is not hbd4 on my system! And it shouldn't be on your system
You want a block device, not the char device. 0344 isn't hex, is it?
Naww. If it's really 3:44, then that's /dev/hda44 !!!!!!!
Highly improbable. Perhaps he has miswritten the entry in lilo?
Writing hda44 where he should have written hdb4?
,
> What does ls -l /dev/hdb* on your system show?
And what is the "boot=" line in lilo.conf?
> <extract from your lilo.conf>
> boot=/dev/hdb4
> root=/dev/hdb4
> And putting the lilo code on hdb4 might also be problematic.
> Are you sure you're booting the code from hdb4, and not some
> old remainder in the MBR?
> And I looked through your first post. I never used devfs before.
> Did you try leaving that out?
One tends to have to leave it out at boot, if one wants to retain ones
sanity. It's something like "devfs=noboot" (don't quote me) as
a bootup parameter if you want to disable it then. Check!
Peter
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From: Peter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Epson Photo 890
Date: 13 Apr 2001 09:39:28 +0200
>> "T" == TheMartian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
T> Hi
T> Has anyone got first hand experience with printing from GIMP under Linux
T> to one of these new epson printers?
T> Gimp-Print 4.1 claims to support these things, just that that need to be
T> tested.
I got one two weeks ago, and installed both gimp 1.2 and gimp-print
4.1.5 - no problems, prints fine. I only had to remove the "-oraw"
option from the setup menu in the gimp-print dialog box.
-peter
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From: J Hayward <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: [2.4.3]: Problems with new aic7xxx driver
Crossposted-To: linux.debian.user
Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2001 00:44:59 -0700
Hello,
The old aic7xxx driver is still available with 2.4.3 if you are having
problems with the new one. When you configure your kernel with "make
menuconfig" or "make xconfig" just select the old driver instead of the new
one. The new driver is enabled by default.
Regards,
Jim H
Sangohn Christian wrote:
> Hello!
>
> In 2.4.3 there is a new driver for the aic7xxx Adaptec scsi chips.
> While upgrading from 2.4.2, this new driver was used automatically (just
> copied the old .config). But with it, my scsi cdrom drive is not
> recognized. With 2.4.2 and prior it is.
> Is the driver still buggy or have I missed something?
>
> TIA
>
> P.S. Please mail me a copy of your answer. I can�t read news at home for
> now.
>
>
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From: Michael Evanoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Redhat Install, no floppy + backpack cdrom
Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2001 07:46:39 GMT
Now the floppy drive on this old laptop is kaputs, so i'm left with
loadlin as a means of getting into the redhat install (the backpack
cdrom is not bootable).
I use loadlin vmlinuz initrd=initrd.img
This gets me into the install, but now, im screwed bc it needs the
driver disk for the cdrom.
Possibly, what i could do is try to squeeze the base install onto the
hard drive and install from there, but that would mean messing with
fips, in order to split the 'tiny' 400 meg partition into 2. If i
could somehow get the cdrom detected, then i would just wipe out the
existing partition, and go from there.
Is there a way i can get the driver.img loaded as well with loadlin? I
seriously doubt it, but maybe its possible..
I would prefer to get to some sort of solution this way.
Also, im not partial to any distro, and if someone knows of a way that
i could get another distro installed onto this thing, i would
appreciate that info as well.
Thanx
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From: "themethod" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: help with downloading Suse linux on one computer and transfering it to
another via cd
Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2001 08:41:19 GMT
firstly thank you for replying to my first post
secondly, David or anybody else who can help me, are you telling me that you
can't seperate the files from the ftp version then transfer them to another
computer via cd. and what is the difference between the evaluation version
and the regular version of SuSe.
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From: "Massimo Sanna" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: **HELP > S3 and RH7.0 Problem
Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2001 08:33:55 GMT
Hi,
i've got the same trouble; i've searched everywhere but nothing. Just to =
let me to work, with Xconfigurator --expert i have set "by hand" the =
card, and next, editing XFree86CFG i've disabled the card's 2d =
acceleration and the mouse hardware cursor. Is very slow, but, for now, =
seems the only way.
Bye
Max
"Mandy Berry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ha scritto nel =
messaggio news:9aphdv$4on$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> I'm having a bit of trouble bringing up
> my X server and I was wondering if you could
> help.
>=20
> I've recently installed RH7.0 on an
> Advent 8475DVD (laptop). According to
> Win**ws98 my graphics card is a
> S3 Inc. Savage/MX w/MV. Also, according to
> RH I shouldn't have any problems with this
> card since it is supported.
>=20
> I've selected the S3 Savage Generic in
> Xconfigurator but I had no luck.
> (I've also tried a number of other options
> but still no luck). The main problem is
> that my chipset is not recognised.
> (I attach the results of an X -probeonly below).
>=20
> Can someone please help me with this???
>=20
> Thank you in advance,
> Mandy.
>=20
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From: "Mikkel Jakobsen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: HDD problems
Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2001 10:59:06 +0200
Hello everyone
Suddenly i get this error , on my Red hat 7.0
hda: read_intr: status 0x59 {DriveReady SeekComplete Data Request error}
hda: read_intr: status 0x40 {Uncorrectebelerror } , LBAsect=46579240,
Sector=1314
end_Request: I/O error, dev 03:0b (hda), sector 1576989
EXT2-fs error (device ide0 (3,11)): ext2_readdir:directory #96207 contains a
hole at offset 0
What can a man do about this error........
Thanks.
Mikkel......
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From: "Eric" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: kernel panic w/ kernel 2.4.2-1 -> VFS:Unable to mounth root fs on 03:44
Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2001 11:00:55 +0200
> > crw-rw-rw- 1 root tty 3, 44 Jun 8 2000 /dev/ttyrc
>
> > device 03:44 is not hbd4 on my system! And it shouldn't be on your
system
>
> You want a block device, not the char device. 0344 isn't hex, is it?
no it's decimal.
And indeed I overlooked the fact that this was not a block device,
but it was the only devicenode I have that has this major:minor combination.
> Naww. If it's really 3:44, then that's /dev/hda44 !!!!!!!
Which isn't created by default. And I'm not sure if the driver
can handle it. (It probably can use up to 63 partitions max. but I'm not
sure)
> Highly improbable. Perhaps he has miswritten the entry in lilo?
> Writing hda44 where he should have written hdb4?
That's an option I didn't consider.
But it's a possibilty (if the OP didn't c'n'p his lilo.conf)
> > What does ls -l /dev/hdb* on your system show?
>
> And what is the "boot=" line in lilo.conf?
>
> > <extract from your lilo.conf>
> > boot=/dev/hdb4
> > root=/dev/hdb4
>
> > And putting the lilo code on hdb4 might also be problematic.
> > Are you sure you're booting the code from hdb4, and not some
> > old remainder in the MBR?
>
> > And I looked through your first post. I never used devfs before.
> > Did you try leaving that out?
>
> One tends to have to leave it out at boot, if one wants to retain ones
> sanity. It's something like "devfs=noboot" (don't quote me) as
> a bootup parameter if you want to disable it then. Check!
Then I suspect this to be the problem, as the devfs message appears
just before the root FS is mounted
Eric
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Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.hardware
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (M. Buchenrieder)
Subject: Re: Samba - Strange Password Prompt (HOT/URGENT!)
Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2001 06:17:43 GMT
Mark_Harju <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
[...]
>Here are the particulars via RTFM (Mandrake 6.0)
You didn't RTFM enough, then.
>1. smb.conf file modified for sharing and correct workgroup name (same
>as the Win98 workgroup name, incl case); therefore -
>2. visibility of Linux system in the Win box's "Network Neighborhood" is
>present
>3. user account created in Linux
>4. samba installed and active
But no encrypted passwords are being used, unless you have run
smbpasswd to create them for you. Or setup your Win98 box for
unencrypted passwords. See the file ENCRYPTION.TXT in the samba
sources.
[...]
>Please remove the "NO-SPAM-".
No.
Michael
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Reply-To: "Stephen T Cripps" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
From: "Stephen T Cripps" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.comp.hardware.amd.thunderbird,alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.asus,comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: RH7.0 on A7M266, worth it?
Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2001 11:39:09 +0100
Get off my case. You have made this point in previous threads and its
repetition here is little more than a personal attack. If you have a beef
with me - send it by email. Leave the ngs for what they are intended - a
forum for the exchange of information.
--
Stephen T Cripps
Proprietor
MFS
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For the friendliest solutions ever...
"Don Sterner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
: On Sat, 7 Apr 2001 20:13:12 +0100, "Stephen T Cripps"
: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
:
: >Thanks Dave. I was trying to inform readers of information made
available
: >to me by my memory supplier - which is industry 'insider' information
that
: >general consumers may not be privy to.
:
: Oh, it's the "I've got a secret" game again? Nah, it's called I
: sell something less, but I'll try to run down the other brands so
: people will think mine is the best choice. Wrong. Play all the
: word games you want. Crucial is absolute top, quality memory.
: It'll function in the fastest of motherboards available today and
: it'll overclock with the best of them. Anything you imply to the
: contrary is pure BS.
:
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From: "Wayne Osborn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: File with bad user & group ID
Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2001 18:58:49 +0800
Does anyone know how to remove a file with bad User & Group ID's?
While tinkering with hdparm (setting -X66 on a drive that did not like
it!), my system locked. When rebooted, the file hdparm had become a block
device file belonging to user "8633". As root, I can't delete it.
I have tried adding a user with that Id, no go.
My temporary solution was to move /sbin to /.crap and rebuild /sbin. I
could then re-install the hdparm RPM.
I am sure there is a neat way of handling these problems.
PS. Anyone playing with hdparm should be VERY CAREFULL, especially
enabling UDMA.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: File with bad user & group ID
Date: 13 Apr 2001 11:04:48 GMT
Wayne Osborn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Does anyone know how to remove a file with bad User & Group ID's?
Have you tryed changing the group/userid from root ?
chgrp root nameofthefile
chown root nameofthefile
rm -f nameofthefile
Davide
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