Linux-Setup Digest #117, Volume #21 Thu, 26 Apr 01 19:13:14 EDT
Contents:
RedHat 7.1 has problem with Adaptec AIC-7XXX Driver ("Kevin Nguyen")
Re: Mandrake 8.0 Update (David Pye)
HELP: Redhat 7.1 install error ("Maarten")
Re: Q: Good web sites for linux docs and software please... (David Dorward)
linux RPM updates and version conflicts (Andy Thompson)
Re: LINUX on Compaq Deskpro XL (Holger Petersen)
Where can I find Kernel header file for SuSE7.1 ("Aloha")
Re: linux RPM updates and version conflicts ("Rex Dieter")
Re: linux RPM updates and version conflicts (Andy Thompson)
Re: linux RPM updates and version conflicts (Andy Thompson)
Re: Changing graphics card with Linux Mandrake 7.2 (Darren Wyn Rees)
Re: SuSE Linux installation failure ("Duane Healing")
Bizarre cascade of problems. (Jason Kirk)
Re: Changing graphics card with Linux Mandrake 7.2 (Alex Yung)
linux loader doesn't load! ("01nk")
Re: Changing graphics card with Linux Mandrake 7.2 (Jan Eric Andersson)
Redhat 7.1 and Win2k Dual Boot - NTLoader No-go (George Buchanan)
Re: RH 7.1 werkstation, telnet xdmcp etc. ("Tom Hoffmann")
Core dump on RH6.2 with GNOME desktop ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: RAID Configuration ("Freakazoid")
Re: Bizarre cascade of problems. (David)
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From: "Kevin Nguyen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.redhat,alt.os.linux.redhat
Subject: RedHat 7.1 has problem with Adaptec AIC-7XXX Driver
Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2001 18:18:22 GMT
I am trying to install RedHat 7.1 on the Intel Server and it hang during
installation
Adaptec AIC-7XXX device.
I have RedHat 7.0 and it works OK.
Thanks
kevinn
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From: David Pye <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Mandrake 8.0 Update
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2001 19:16:28 -0400
Stuart Williams wrote:
> Ken Koch wrote:
>
>> Just updated Mandrake 7.2 to 8.0, and having some troubles.
>>
>> After fighting with getting Linux actually on my system for 2 days, I
>> updated it with 8.0. During the update, about 85% through, it was
>> erroring out like there was no tomarrow. I figured that maybe, I could at
>> least get into linux, and install the rest from inside it.
>>
>> And it did work. I was able to get in fine, looked about. It didn't seem
>> as
>> though anything was wrong, but there is. When I go to Control
>> Center->Look N Feel->Font Manager, I get an error that says,
>> libstdc++-libc6.1-2.so.3:cannot load shared object file: No such file or
>> directory. I look for libc6 on my system, and I can't find it.
>>
>> So I try to install it, and I'm just guessing on this, that it is
>> included within either GLibC or libstdc++ distribution. But everytime I
>> try to install these two rpm's, the manager says they're already
>> installed.
>>
>> I've even tried the command line rpm --force --install [rpm name] and
>> each
>> tiime I try it seems to install, but the error keeps coming up. I even
>> thought I should reboot, which I did, and no luck.
>>
>> Also, I thought maybe, I should uninstall the libstdc++ and when I tried,
>> it said it wasn't installed, even though when I try to do the install, it
>> says its installed.
>>
>> What the heck is going on. What can I do, besides reinstalling
>> everything?
>>
>> Thanks
>> Ken
>
> I feel like your rpm data base is messed up. I think there is a command
> to rebuild your data base, but I dont know it.
> I would keep posting message to the newgroup and someone will help you
> more than I have.
>
>
rpm --rebuilddb
is the verbose one, I think...
David
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From: "Maarten" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.linux,alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.x,linux.redhat,linux.redhat.install,nl.comp.os.linux.installatie
Subject: HELP: Redhat 7.1 install error
Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2001 20:32:41 +0200
Hi,
I just wanted to install Linux Redhat 7.1 on my computer, so I saved up some
money and bought a 'new' 3.2 gb hdd (WD). I downloaded both the ISO files
and burned them on a CD. So far so good.
CD 1 is bootable and took me to the installation menu. Keyboard and Mouse
detected (cordless). I partitioned linux using the disk druid and made a 128
mb swap file and the rest (I checked use remaining space) linux native (29xx
mb). I did a custom installation and checked most of the packages, in total
1.1 gb. My diamond viper v550 card was detected and also my monitor works
fine. So far so good. I finally came to the part where the files were copied
and installed. First he started to format both partitions (native and swap)
and then things went wrong: half way the status bar i got the error : "Error
writing install image to disk. You probably run out of disk space". This is
not possible, cause i have 3 gb of empty space and only 1 gb of packages. I
figured it must be a bad block on my "new" hdd, so i took another hdd (which
was tested and ok.) but the same problem at the same time. Then i figured
something was wrong with the ISO file and downloaded both files from a
different location. But after installing again, same problem, same time. My
configuration:
Intel p3-450 (slot 1)
256 mb memory
prim master : maxtor 8.4 gb (win2k pro is here)
prim slave : WD 3.2 gb (linux should be here)
sec. master : philips 40 x cdrom
sec. slave : philips CDrw
Diamond viper v550
Logitech cordless desktop
Eicon diva ISDN
I really want to install RH 7.1, so I hope someone can help me fix this
problem.
Hope to hear from you,
Grtnx, Maarten
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From: David Dorward <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Q: Good web sites for linux docs and software please...
Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2001 19:48:49 +0100
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> In comp.os.linux.setup t i g s <tigs@[spam.me.not]zip.com.au> wrote:
>> I am after some good web sites for general Linux stuff, especially
>> HOWTOs, message boards and current software.
>
> The 'master' site is www.linuxdoc.org.
But also try the sites for the applications themselves.
--
David Dorward http://www.dorward.co.uk/
The only way to keep your health is to eat what you don't want, drink
what you don't like, and do what you'd rather not. -- Mark Twain
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Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2001 14:45:13 -0500
From: Andy Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: linux RPM updates and version conflicts
Is it best to stick w/ the RPMs listed for the version of linux being
run or can 7.1 updates be installed on 7.0 or 6.x? I'm primarily
concerned w/ applications... apache, SSL and such, although is there a
general rule of thumb to follow?
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Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware,de.comp.os.unix.linux.hardware
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Holger Petersen)
Subject: Re: LINUX on Compaq Deskpro XL
Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2001 18:49:47 GMT
Ioan Alexandre Romoscanu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>Hello
>Did anyone install Linux (SUSE 6.x for instance) on a Compaq Deskpro XL?
Yes. BUT...
XL-486 or 560?
I had to get:
Softpaq Solution: SP1116
File Name: MOVEPCI.SYS Version 3.0
Title: PCI driver problems with Novell Server & other software
that manages extended memory directly
And install that into a CONFIG.SYS to boot via LOADLIN.EXE.
I have been told that this is not anymore neccessary since some
Kernel-Version, but didn't try, because:
>This PC has a QVision graphic card, and it is officially not supported.
It is; but ONLY in the commercial X-Server variants.
For me, it was cheaper to get a new (and more powerful) PC with XFree
than to buy Accellerated-X :-)
Yours, Holger
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From: "Aloha" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Where can I find Kernel header file for SuSE7.1
Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2001 05:16:07 +0900
I have SuSE 7.1 Personal. I am installing winmodem. I need to recompile
kernel again. Where can I find Kernel header for SuSE7.1? Which directory
contains it?
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From: "Rex Dieter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: linux RPM updates and version conflicts
Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2001 15:30:27 -0500
"Andy Thompson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Is it best to stick w/ the RPMs listed for the version of linux being
> run or can 7.1 updates be installed on 7.0 or 6.x? I'm primarily
> concerned w/ applications... apache, SSL and such, although is there a
> general rule of thumb to follow?
In general, stick to the MAJOR release for updates.
7.x RPMS in general can be applied to any 7.x release
6.x RPMS in general can be applied to any 6.x release
An exception to this is that RPMS for 6.x can be installed/used on 7.x if no
native versions are available.
Does that help?
--
Rex Dieter
Computer System Administrator
Mathematics and Statistics
University of Nebraska Lincoln
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Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2001 15:43:16 -0500
From: Andy Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: linux RPM updates and version conflicts
Yes, thanks much.
--
Andy Thompson
Novell Support Connection Volunteer SysOp
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Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2001 15:43:35 -0500
From: Andy Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: linux RPM updates and version conflicts
Yes, thanks.
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From: Darren Wyn Rees <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux.mandrake
Subject: Re: Changing graphics card with Linux Mandrake 7.2
Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2001 21:45:07 +0100
David <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> in alt.os.linux.mandrake :
>At the lilo prompt enter "linux 3" to get into a text console and then
>run "Xconfigurator" to reconfigure X for the new card.
AFAICT Lilo is not used; upon boot, the system uses GRUB, not LILO.
Any other suggestions anybody ?
--
"S+M is outta the question, have you got a better suggestion
I'm fed up of waving my right hand" - rat salad www.ratsalad.co.uk
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From: "Duane Healing" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: SuSE Linux installation failure
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2001 13:42:45 -0700
Without any more information about what failed it's hard to help. But I'd
try a newer version first. SuSE 5.3 is well over two years old now and
likely doesn't have support for some of your hardware. SuSE 7.1 is their
current version.
--
-Duane Healing
-DNAware SoftLabs
In article <_0IF6.344$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Richard L. Enison"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I am a Linux newbie. I am trying to install S.u.S.E. Linux 5.3. I have
> failed. The server is a rack-mounted Pentium III 600 MHz system with
> 256 Mb RAM, an ATAPI CD-ROM drive, SCSI Adaptec AIC-7896 adapter, SCSI
> Seagate ST39175LC Ultra-2-LUD 8683 Mb hard drive, ethernet port built
> into the motherboard, SVGA port, 2 serial ports, 1 parallel port, 1 PS2
> mouse port and 1 PS2 keyboard port. Please help me. My supervisor,
> Michael L. Dean, has insisted that I send this memo as is. Richard L.
> Enison, Programming Consultant SourceView Corporation
>
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From: Jason Kirk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Bizarre cascade of problems.
Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2001 21:54:33 +0100
I'm in a bit of a pickle with RedHat 7.0. I installed a new version of
librep using RPM --force because it was telling me the newer version was
actually older (the new version was 0.13.6-1 and the existing one was
0.12.1-3). However the s**t has fit the fan and I was obviously wrong to
do this. It gets better. My boot disc seems to be corrupted and for some
unknown reason the dual boot Windows has been corrupted at the same time
(I'm at a loss to explain that one).
Can any body offer me any advice on how to updo this damage. If I can get
a working boot disc will I just be able to install the original librep
rpm? I'm inclinded to format the drive and start again, but I need at
least one working OS to pull off the stuff since the last back up.
Any advice wil be welcome.
Cheers.
-Jason
================================================================================
WWW: www.geocities.com/jason.kirk
================================================================================
"No try! Do.. or do not. There is no try." - Yoda, SW: ESB
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Alex Yung)
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux.mandrake
Subject: Re: Changing graphics card with Linux Mandrake 7.2
Date: 26 Apr 2001 20:59:11 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Just turn off your monitor while it boots. When it is done, press
[Alt][Ctrl][F1] to get to the text console. Now, you turn on your
monitor. You should be in the text console login prompt. Login as
root. It may not work if your security level is set to high. If it
is the case, login as regular user then su to root and run
# init 3
It will switch you to runlevel 3 and proceed as the previous poster
said.
Darren Wyn Rees ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
: David <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in
: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> in alt.os.linux.mandrake :
: >At the lilo prompt enter "linux 3" to get into a text console and then
: >run "Xconfigurator" to reconfigure X for the new card.
: AFAICT Lilo is not used; upon boot, the system uses GRUB, not LILO.
: Any other suggestions anybody ?
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From: "01nk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: linux loader doesn't load!
Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2001 22:36:31 +0100
hello,
i've just installed Linux Mandrake 8, and set up LILO during install, but on
the reboot LILO doesn't load giving me the option of decing which OS to
load, Windows or Linux, i have to use a boot disk. how can i get it to load
up when i turn the computer on?
thanks in advance
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From: Jan Eric Andersson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Changing graphics card with Linux Mandrake 7.2
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux.mandrake
Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2001 17:01:37 -0500
Darren Wyn Rees wrote:
> David <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> in alt.os.linux.mandrake :
>
>>At the lilo prompt enter "linux 3" to get into a text console and then
>>run "Xconfigurator" to reconfigure X for the new card.
>
> AFAICT Lilo is not used; upon boot, the system uses GRUB, not LILO.
>
> Any other suggestions anybody ?
You can do the same with grub. hit E to enter edit mode and append "init 3"
to your boot command.
Jan Eric
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From: George Buchanan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Redhat 7.1 and Win2k Dual Boot - NTLoader No-go
Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2001 23:32:09 +0100
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I'm trying to get RH7.1 and Win2k to dual boot off NTloader, but I've
had several
problems.
Number 1 is that RH7.1 insists on overwriting the MBR even when
instructed to write
to the /boot partition (which it correctly identifies as /dev/hda2. Thankfully
lilo -u works fine!
Booting off floppy works perfectly, but doing the usual NT Loader boot peeling
trick off the floppy doesn't work - when Linux is chosen from NT Loader,
I get
a rather unhelpful blank screen with "Boot failed" on it and nothing else.
Am I condemned to floppy boot hell, or has anyone any ideas? Oddly, lilo.conf
has a boot=/dev/hda, despite RH indicating that it's going for
/dev/hda2. This
isn't in keeping with what it was asked to do, but if it got it wrong once,
could changing this straighten it out?
--
George Buchanan
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From: "Tom Hoffmann" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: RH 7.1 werkstation, telnet xdmcp etc.
Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2001 22:41:25 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Gerrit Polder"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I installed RH 7.1 werkstation, I like to give it some servertasks
> such as the telnet daemon, xdmcp, samba etc. How can I turn these on?
>
> linuxconf was'nt installed by default, I have installed it by hand,
> but how can I install the X (gnome) version of it.
Start with 'man xinetd'. Then examine the files in /etc/xinetd.d.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.x
Subject: Core dump on RH6.2 with GNOME desktop
Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2001 19:27:12 GMT
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Hi,
I am using RH 6.2 on my laptop and have GNOME desktop. Since last
few days I am getting core dump in my home directory. After I delete
core file, next day I see core file again. I was able to find which
program causes core dump using GNU debugger. Output of gdb is as follows:
GNU gdb 19991004
Copyright 1998 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
GDB is free software, covered by the GNU General Public License, and you are
welcome to change it and/or distribute copies of it under certain conditions.
Type "show copying" to see the conditions.
There is absolutely no warranty for GDB. Type "show warranty" for details.
This GDB was configured as "i386-redhat-linux".
Core was generated by `gnome-smproxy --sm-config-prefix /.gnome-smproxy-03jAlV/
--sm-client-id 117f000'.
Program terminated with signal 11, Segmentation fault.
#0 0x804a369 in ?? ()
(gdb) quit
I have no idea what gnome-smproxy does. Could you please tell me how do
I get rid of these annoying core dumps?
TIA
Nilesh
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From: "Freakazoid" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: RAID Configuration
Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2001 11:01:26 +1200
You'll probably have to set up the RAID before installing everything. One
good thing to do (I've been told in A.C.H.O) is to ghost an install and put
the image back after setting up RAID.
"Maarten Verheijen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Dear readers,
>
> This newbie has a question about the use of RAID. Next week I'll have
> to install a new samba/apache/mysql/php-machine in our office.
> This machine will should be a 24/7-production system.
>
> It will have te following hardware:
> Dual 1 Ghz Pentium motherboard with scsi onboard
> 2x 1 Ghz Pentiums
> 2x 37,5 Gb scsi-disks
> 1 Gb ecc RAM
>
> Must be enough to handle quite a load ;)
>
> The question I have is:
> I want to put the two scsi-disk in a mirroring RAID, so If one hardisk
> fails the system still functions. Does the use of the RAID accomplish
> this?
>
> Do have to install everything first on one drive and make the
> RAID afterwards.
>
> I'd like to use Slackware because I'm most used to this distribution!
>
> Thanx in advance,
> Maarten Verheijen
>
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From: David <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Bizarre cascade of problems.
Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2001 23:07:26 GMT
Jason Kirk wrote:
>
> I'm in a bit of a pickle with RedHat 7.0. I installed a new version of
> librep using RPM --force because it was telling me the newer version was
> actually older (the new version was 0.13.6-1 and the existing one was
> 0.12.1-3). However the s**t has fit the fan and I was obviously wrong to
> do this. It gets better. My boot disc seems to be corrupted and for some
> unknown reason the dual boot Windows has been corrupted at the same time
> (I'm at a loss to explain that one).
>
> Can any body offer me any advice on how to updo this damage. If I can get
> a working boot disc will I just be able to install the original librep
> rpm? I'm inclinded to format the drive and start again, but I need at
> least one working OS to pull off the stuff since the last back up.
>
> Any advice wil be welcome.
You should be able to use the CD to boot the system.
Boot from CD
At boot prompt enter:
linux rescue root=/dev/hdaX
where X is the correct partition.
This should work depending on if the file system is corrupted.
Mileage may vary.
--
Confucius say: He who play in root, eventually kill tree.
Registered with the Linux Counter. http://counter.li.org
ID # 123538
Completed more W/U's than 99.177% of seti users. +/- 0.01%
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