Linux-Setup Digest #101, Volume #21 Tue, 24 Apr 01 07:13:05 EDT
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Re: problem installing linux - adaptec aha1542b scsi ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
login:user, then nothing (Anthony Roberts)
dependency cycle in RPMs?? How to fix this.
([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Fax =?iso-8859-1?Q?don=B4t?= work after Update. (Harald Grosskopf)
nsswitch.conf vs. host.conf (SuSe-7.1, glibc-2.1) (Martin Knoblauch)
Re: RedHat 7.1 install hangs after selecting installation type (Peter Forsberg)
Re: I'm Impressed! ("Dancin' Fool")
Re: Any way to set up Linux so that changing the IDE channel of the HD doesn't
require surgery? (Lucius Chiaraviglio)
Crash of Filesystem, Help ! ("Olivier Thomas")
Re: installing icons on desktop ("Duane Healing")
Re: Best way to upgrade to RH 7.1 with CDs ? (Christian Rose)
Re: Best way to upgrade to RH 7.1 with CDs ? (Christian Rose)
Re: CAn someone help me with Rp3 or wvdial? (biochip)
Re: Best way to upgrade to RH 7.1 with CDs ? (Christian Rose)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: problem installing linux - adaptec aha1542b scsi
Date: 24 Apr 2001 06:11:34 GMT
Joel Nylund <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I have an old adaptec card, Im having trouble installing redhat 5.2 (yeah I
> know its old). Question is, will getting a newer version help?
The kernel 2.4.x support your card, try updating your kernel.
Davide
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From: Anthony Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: login:user, then nothing
Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2001 16:53:28 +1000
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Just installed RH6.2 on a 586 with 16MB ram (RH7.1 install said 'to
little
memory', butdid not specify how much was needed).
I can ftp to the machine as a user (so passwords are OK), but cant
`login' either on the
machine or remotely as root or user.
It just goes dead after any user name orroot
Redhat 6.2
login:apr
(... and nothing).
Ive been using linux for years, but have never seen this. Can anyone
explain? When I boot off my
boot disk same thing happens. It certainly was working a few days ago!
Thanks,
Tony
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: dependency cycle in RPMs?? How to fix this.
Date: 23 Apr 2001 21:17:26 -0400
Hello.
Running RH 6.2 with kernel 2.2.16.
I want to install db3 since it is required for the latest RH rpm
program. So,
[root@beethoven /TEMP]# rpm -ivh db3-3.1.14-6.i386.rpm
error: failed dependencies:
libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.2) is needed by db3-3.1.14-6
glibc < 2.1.92-6 conflicts with db3-3.1.14-6
So I grabbed glibc2.2 from the RH ftp site and then
[root@beethoven /TEMP]# rpm -Fvh glibc-2.2-12.i686.rpm
error: failed dependencies:
glibc-common = 2.2 is needed by glibc-2.2-12
rpm <= 4.0-0.65 conflicts with glibc-2.2-12
libdb.so.2 is needed by memprof-0.3.0-4
[SNIP: many libdb.so dependencies]
But, I figured I would take care of the the first dependency first, ie
glibc-common.
[root@beethoven /TEMP]# rpm -ivh glibc-common-2.2-12.i386.rpm
error: failed dependencies:
glibc < 2.2-12 conflicts with glibc-common-2.2-12
[root@beethoven /TEMP]#
But now I am confused. glibc-common needs glibc, but glibc needs
glibc-common.
Any recommendations here? I am hesitant to force rpm to install as it
seems to me that I should fix this problem rather than ram through a
solution.
FYI. If relevant:
[root@beethoven /TEMP]# rpm -qa | grep glibc
glibc-profile-2.1.3-22
compat-glibc-5.2-2.0.7.2
glibc-devel-2.1.3-22
glibc-2.1.3-22
[root@beethoven /TEMP]#
michael
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From: Harald Grosskopf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Fax =?iso-8859-1?Q?don=B4t?= work after Update.
Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2001 09:11:47 +0200
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hello,
i�m using RedHat Linux V7.0 with mgetty+sendfax release xx.21, after
upgrading to release ..25 from RedHat support server, my fax don�t send
fax messages. Modem tells me that there is no dialtone, even if i
modyfied the sendfax.conf file, dialprefix ATX3DT0W, this worked wit
rel. ..21.
What�s wrong?
A bug in new release?
Bye, Harald.
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From: Martin Knoblauch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: nsswitch.conf vs. host.conf (SuSe-7.1, glibc-2.1)
Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2001 09:21:32 +0200
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Hi,
probably a FAQ: under which circumstances is host.conf used to specify
the host search order instead of nsswitch.conf. My reading so far lets
me assume that most apps using gethostbyname and friends will consult
nsswitch.conf, while apps using the res_xxx stuff will use host.conf. Is
this even near to be correct? :-)
Martin
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From: Peter Forsberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: linux.redhat.install,linux.redhat
Subject: Re: RedHat 7.1 install hangs after selecting installation type
Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2001 09:34:21 +0200
George,
I'm a bit stunned... I have the exact same combination of CD drive and
CD-R media as you had problems with!
Do you think that the CD drive is broken? Did you successfully change
back to your Hitachi after the installation and get it to work?
Or do you think it is a problem with RH7.1, maybe the kernel or the
installation program, not properly supporting all drives?
I have had no problems whatsoever with this drive and Verbatim CD-Rs
under other operating systems, including RH7.0.
Thanks,
Peter
Petasis George wrote:
>
> Peter Forsberg wrote:
> >
> > Hi jtnews, thanks for replying.
> >
> > > Do you get a list of all the packages
> > > to install after selecting Custom
> > > and pressing Next?
> >
> > Nope. It hangs just milliseconds after I press Next, the screen does not
> > change a bit (except that it freezes of course).
> >
> > I have also followed your instructions and found no errors in the rpm
> > checksums, all were reported OK. I ran the command against all rpm files
> > found on CD1.
> >
> > Any other ideas anyone...?
> >
>
> I installed RH 7.1 from cd-r's burned with the iso files.
> Also similar behaviour. It was caused by the drive itself
> (a hitachi GD-2500BX on verbatim disks). Changing the drive
> the installation finished ok. Are you installing also
> from cd-r's? Note that many drives can also fail to read even
> original cds after some time (like the creative ones...)
>
> George
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From: "Dancin' Fool" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: I'm Impressed!
Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2001 10:02:16 +0200
Rand,
I have been contemplating doing what you did, but _intentionally_ i.e..:
installing RH 6.2 on the 486's HD (500MB)plugged in my PIII 700MHz system,
possibly changing the Xf86config to "VGA at 800x600" and then replacing the
HD in the 486 and letting it try to boot.
All I want is a Linux Web server. Nice if it had a GUI, though.
But a question (well, hundreds, actually - I'm a total newcomer to Linux):
You say your 486 "accidentally" booted from the Linux HD. Did you do
anything to stop it booting from floppy?
TIA
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Take my CLOGS off to email
Rand Simberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> I took the Linux hard drive that I had created on the Pentium system,
> with the intention of reinstalling RH6.2 on the 486, which needed a
> floppy to boot in preparation for the CDROM to install. But I screwed
> up and installed the hard drive correctly, and didn't get the floppy
> working, so the boot bypassed the floppy and (accidentally) actually
> booted from the Linux hard drive.
>
> Lo and belold, it ran through the boot sequence, and only asked me
> what had happened to the on-board VGA system, and the PS2 mouse. I
> told it that they were gone, and it said, "OK", and proceeded to boot
> (albeit slowly).
>
> Wonder of wonders, it's now running on the 486, and I didn't even have
> to do a reinstall. My (nondescript) hat is off to RedHat...
>
> Now the question is, should I put up with the slow speed of the
> system?
>
> It's just a firewall, and the performance will be more than adequate
> for that task. But it will be a PITA to do kernel upgrades and such,
> and I really don't have any other pressing task for the Pentium
> system, so it could do the job.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Lucius Chiaraviglio)
Subject: Re: Any way to set up Linux so that changing the IDE channel of the HD
doesn't require surgery?
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2001 08:05:01 GMT
"Peter T. Breuer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Lucius Chiaraviglio <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> "Peter T. Breuer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>>Lucius Chiaraviglio <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>>> I would like to know how to prepare a Linux installation so that if the hard
>>>> drive is moved from the primary IDE channel to the secondary IDE channel
>>>> doesn't require surgery to re-enable the operating system. The reason for
>>>
>>>Nothings required except editing fstab and lilo.conf once you're done
>>>with the move (and rerunning lilo).
>
>> Um, that's what I was talking about. I have to do this every time I
>> move the hard disk to a machine of different configuration. Does any way
>> exist to fix this once and for all, so that I never have to worry about it on
>> subsequent moves? I would like for both Lilo and the operating system to be
>> able to find the boot disk and work without any further interference.
>
>Would you mind telling me how the psychic medium is going to work?
Well, if I knew exactly how it was going to work, I'd do it myself.
But here's what I'm trying to obtain (which is I think related to, although
not exactly the same, as the way Windows NT/2000 does it if you pick Option
B in #1 below, or the way MessDOS does it if you pick Option A, but I could
be wrong):
1. (Option A) Whatever part of the boot process that assigns drive
letters assigns the first hard disk found to be /dev/hda (searching
in order of IDE controller, then in position of disk on IDE
controller -- something similar should be possible with SCSI drives).
1. (Option B, even better) The drive that the boot loader ran on gets
gets assigned to be /dev/hda, no matter whether other drives came
before it. Then use option A above (or something similar) to figure
out what to do with the rest of the drives.
2. If #1 above worked, /etc/lilo.conf and /etc/fstab could be left
pointing at /dev/hda even if the hard disk was moved to the secondary
IDE channel (although in the case of Option A, if another hard
disk was present on the primary IDE channel, it would hose the
scheme -- Option B gets around this).
3. After finishing with all of the hard drives, do the removable media
drives (unless one of them is the boot drive), including CD-ROM's.
Now that I've laid out the above, I have a nasty sneaking suspicion
that Linux just doesn't do this (and if I had to hazard a guess, none of the
other Unixes do either). It sure would make my testing job nicer, though.
I work with machines (CompactPCI CPU boards) that (depending upon the model)
have quirks such as primary IDE only on the board and (for mechanical reasons)
being a real pain in the behind to exchange, and secondary IDE only out the
rear panel I/O card and being relatively easy to exchange, but not available
at all in some cases; some have no space for a hard drive on the board, and
the only media on the board must be a CompactFlash module, if anything. It
isn't too hard to figure out, but gets quite laborious, especially when I have
to do surgery on /etc/lilo.conf and /etc/fstab whenever I have to move a test
drive (and often the drive has been taken off and put on a shelf before I know
what configuration of system it will be in next, meaning that I have to fix it
after the fact with the rather, um, mediocre rescue mode of the Red Hat 6.2
installation CD).
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From: "Olivier Thomas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Crash of Filesystem, Help !
Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2001 11:51:50 +0200
Hi,
During the night my linux box / router firewall dhcp server has crashed.
Completely frozen. It seems to be a filesystem problem but I am not sure.
After rebooting the 1st time, here is the error message :
|Partition check :Hda : hda1 hda2
|Autodetecting RAID arrays
|Autorun.
|.autorun done
|VFS : Mounted root (ext2 filesystem) readonly.
|Freeing unused Kernel memory : 64k freed
|Kernel panic : No init found. Try passing init= option to kernel
After rebooting with a boot-disk :
|Partition check :
|Hda : hda1 hda2
|Autodetecting RAID arrays
|Autorun.
|. autorun done
|attempt to access beyond end of device
|03 :06 : rw=0, want=2, limit=0
|dev 03 :06 blksize=1024 blocknr=1 sector=2 size=1024 count=1
|EXT2-fs : unable to read superblock
|Attempt to access beyond end of device
|03 :06 : rw=0, want=33, limit=0
|dev 03 :06 blksize=1024 blocknr=32 sector=64 size=1024 count=1
|isofs_read_super : bread failed, dev=03 :06, iso_blknum=16. block=32
|Kernel panic : VFS : Unable to mount root fs on 03 :06
with the boot dosk it seems that it's unable to reach my file system.
Can anybody help me ?
Thanks,
Olivier.
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From: "Duane Healing" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: installing icons on desktop
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2001 02:36:07 -0700
The answer to this is entirely dependant on what desktop/window manager
combination you're running. Are you running Gnome or KDE? Or neither? What
window manager? Until those questions can be answered, no suggestions will
be helpful.
--
-Duane
-DNAware SoftLabs
In article <_06F6.2498$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "kg4bia"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi All,
> I am a Linux newbie trying to work through some problems. This one has
> me beat. How do you install icons on the desktop such as, an icon that
> represents my hard drive so that I can "click" on it to display the
> contents of the hard drive? Thanks in advance. -- Mark Goods, MCP A+
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> http://home.nc.rr.com/kg4bia
>
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From: Christian Rose <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: Best way to upgrade to RH 7.1 with CDs ?
Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2001 12:24:24 +0200
Stanislaw Flatto wrote:
> Answer to subject title: Stay with 7.0
Why should he, if he wants to upgrade?
> seems to be less misshap prone
Please elaborate.
> or get real Linux. (No names)
Just the Linux kernel alone is not enough for most of us, I believe. I
think having a complete operating system is more useful.
Christian
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From: Christian Rose <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Best way to upgrade to RH 7.1 with CDs ?
Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2001 12:34:10 +0200
Arctic Storm wrote:
> In my personal opinion, the "best" way is to do a clean install. If you
> have a big enough hard drive, or multiple drives, then you can have both
> 7.0 & 7.1, and switch back and forth.
> You have to ask yourself, "What do I gain by upgrading?" What will kernel
> 2.4.x do for me that kernel 2.2.x did not. How will my computing
> experience change after the upgrade? I have 7.0 on my system, and I will
> consider upgrade when 7.2 comes out, because there are a lot of stuff out
> there not currently compatible with 2.4, yet.
I've tried both ways, upgrading from CD and doing clean new installs. My
experience is that doing clean new installs worked better if the system
had a very small hard drive, and doing upgrades worked well if the
system had a bigger harddrive with big partitions.
The reason is that kernel 2.4 requires more swap space than previous
versions of the kernel. The installer will offer you to put a swap file
on one of the partitions of your choice if the existing swap space on
the system isn't enough, but if all your existing partitions are small
(like on a small hard drive) that isn't likely to work well, and you are
better off doing a new install with new partitioning.
Christian
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From: biochip <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: CAn someone help me with Rp3 or wvdial?
Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2001 05:50:03 -0500
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Steve Martin wrote:
> Emu wrote:
>
> > pppd 2.3.11 started by root, uid 0
> > ioctl(PPPIOCGFLAGS): Invalid argument
> > tcsetattr: Invalid argument
> > Exit.
> >
> > HELP!!
> >
> > Runnind Red hat 7.0 with monolithic kernel 2.4.2. Only module running is
> > for 1480 Adaptec slim SCSI Card Bus Card.
>
> I think I know the problem. The pppd you're running isn't compatible
> with the kernel.
>
> Check out the Changes file under the kernel source Documentation
> directory. There are a bunch of things that need to be checked
> and/or upgraded when going to a 2.4-series kernel; PPPD is one of them.
> It needs to be at least version 2.4 to work.
>
> Read the Changes file; that's gospel.
I Should have known better :) I participated in the test 2.4.0 kernels. All
of them and assumed form the last test kernel pre 2.4.0, that when I updated
all the daemons in the "changes" doc's that I would be updated for 2.4.2.
Well I was wrong :(
Thanks updating pppd to 2.4.0 did the trick :)
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From: Christian Rose <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: Best way to upgrade to RH 7.1 with CDs ?
Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2001 12:43:43 +0200
Lou wrote:
> What is the best way to upgrade using CDs? Use the tools that launch
> from the boot floppy?
Or from the CD. The CD is normally bootable, so if you have a computer
which can boot from the CD, you don't have to mess around with floppies.
Yes, normally just starting the installer and selecting "Upgrade" is the
easiest way.
> Or is there an app to use in a more regular way on a running system?
I don't know about "running system". Almost all version upgrades of any
Linux distributions will include a new version of the kernel, and you
can't switch to running a new Linux kernel on a running system.
Christian
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