Linux-Setup Digest #139, Volume #21 Tue, 1 May 01 05:13:08 EDT
Contents:
Re: PCMCIA modem / Lucent / Dynalink / ltmodem568.o ("Peter T. Breuer")
Re: how many user managers do I need? ("Peter T. Breuer")
Re: What Linux installation actually works? ("Peter T. Breuer")
Process fails: could not log on (Karthikesh Raju)
Re: Process fails: could not log on ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Apache Problem, probably a stupid question. (Mark Healey)
Re: problem repartitioning for linux ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Help me get scsi working? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: mounting windows partition: ownership problems ("Eric")
Re: Apache Problem, probably a stupid question. (Dean Thompson)
Re: Redhat 7.1 and Win2k Dual Boot - NTLoader No-go ("Eric")
Re: Is it possible to dual boot without a bootloader? ("Eric")
Re: Help me get scsi working? (John)
Re: Two network cards ("Aalderd Bouwman")
Problems after kernel-upgrade (Alexander Martinez)
Re: RedHat 7.1 has problem with Adaptec AIC-7XXX Driver (J Hayward)
Re: problem repartitioning for linux (Alexander Martinez)
Re: PPP, modems, incoming calls and IP addresses... ("Peter")
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From: "Peter T. Breuer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: PCMCIA modem / Lucent / Dynalink / ltmodem568.o
Date: Tue, 1 May 2001 06:58:21 +0200
In comp.os.linux.setup David Nowak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I have successfully compiled and installed ltmodem 5.95test which
> support PCMCIA modems. But I have the following difficulty:
> Using /lib/modules/2.2.17/misc/lt_modem.o
> watashi:~# insmod lt_serial
> Using /lib/modules/2.2.17/misc/lt_serial.o
> /lib/modules/2.2.17/misc/lt_serial.o: init_module: Device or resource busy
> Hint: this error can be caused by incorrect module parameters, including
> invalid IO or IRQ parameters
> Port: COM2
> Interrupt: 3
> Address: 2F8
> UART INS 8250
> ATI3: LT V.90 Data+Fax Modem Version 5.57
> Thus I did the following:
> watashi:~# insmod lt_serial Forced=3,0x2f8
> Using /lib/modules/2.2.17/misc/lt_serial.o
> In my console, I can read:
> Apr 30 23:48:36 watashi kernel: Forced Parameters Irq=3 BaseAddress=0xbc
> Apr 30 23:48:36 watashi kernel: Lucent Modem Interface driver version 5.95
> Apr 30 23:48:36 watashi kernel: ttyLT00 at 0x02f8 (irq = 3) is a Lucent Modem
> By the way, I do not understand why BaseAddress is equal to 0xbc and not
> to 0x2f8 as I forced it.
> And then, whenever I access to /dev/ttyLT0, my laptop freezes.
Well, you need to "cat /proc/ioports" to see where the io range really
is. However, that may well be the result of the drivers ioport
registration and nothing to do with the hardware really. For example:
0000-001f : dma1
0020-003f : pic1
0040-005f : timer
0060-006f : keyboard
0080-008f : dma page reg
00a0-00bf : pic2
00c0-00df : dma2
00f0-00ff : fpu
01f0-01f7 : ide0
02f8-02ff : Lucent Microelectronics 56k WinModem
0300-031f : pcnet_cs
03c0-03df : vga+
03e0-03e1 : i82365
03f6-03f6 : ide0
0cf8-0cff : PCI conf1
1000-100f : Intel Corporation 82371AB PIIX4 IDE
1000-1007 : ide0
1008-100f : ide1
1c00-1cff : Lucent Microelectronics 56k WinModem
ec00-ecff : C-Cube Microsystems Cinemaster C 3.0 DVD Decoder
ee00-eeff : ESS Technology ES1978 Maestro 2E
fe00-fe3f : Intel Corporation 82371AB PIIX4 ACPI
fe60-fe7f : Intel Corporation 82371AB PIIX4 ACPI
ff80-ff9f : Toshiba America Info Systems FIR Port
ffe0-ffff : Intel Corporation 82371AB PIIX4 USB
So I would guess that your modem has two inport regions too.
One for the serial device, and one for the "out-of-band"
special stuff for the winmodem.
Incidentally, the above IS reflecting the hardware spec (for me), but
pcmcia cards are bridged into pci, so anything could happen.
What you should look for is a conflict. Is IRQ3 taken by another
device? Check using /proc/interrupts. If so (and it is likely to be
taken by the pcmcia controller if it is free :-). you will have to use
a different IRQ for the card. Use the pcmcia config file to exclude or
include certain possibles ...
.. and pass the feedback to the writers of the test driver. They WILL
be able to help you. Whether they want to is another matter! You should
give them all the technical data you can when you write, in order to
make it plain that you are capable of maintianing a conversation at
a technical level.
Peter
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From: "Peter T. Breuer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: how many user managers do I need?
Date: Tue, 1 May 2001 07:01:27 +0200
Ken Koch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> When I installed Mandrake 8.0, I get, what seems like 3 user managers. Ones
> called User Manager, ones called userconf, and another is called UserDrake.
> User Manager starts up with two errors. Can't open /etc/yppasswd and
> /etc/ypgroups
Big deal. You might want to make a mair of null files there to stop it
whining.
> Also the users I set up are not in the dialogs when it starts up.
If they are in /etc/passwd, then it must read and wee them! There is
no other list of users.
> userconf, doesn't really seem to do anything
Look .. what's your problem with editing the passwd file???? It's
perfectly simple!
Peter
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From: "Peter T. Breuer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: What Linux installation actually works?
Date: Tue, 1 May 2001 07:05:40 +0200
judojim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Every time I get to the section "Package Group
> Selection," the computer will hang while giving me the message "Checking
> dependencies in packages selected for installation..."
> I'm left without a clue as to what to do next to troubleshoot this hangup.
Switch to another console and have a look. alt-f1, alt-f2. alt-f3, etc.
Peter
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From: Karthikesh Raju <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Process fails: could not log on
Date: 01 May 2001 08:39:12 +0300
Hi All,
In my linux machine at home :
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P166, 96MB RAM, RH7.0
today morning the system failed to log on, i.e at the login prompt:
According to /var/run/gdm.pid, gdm was already running but seems to
have been murdered mysteriously....
Couldnt figure head or tail... cant even logon as root.... What to do!
Thankx in advance,
karthik
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Process fails: could not log on
Date: 1 May 2001 06:15:06 GMT
Karthikesh Raju <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> today morning the system failed to log on, i.e at the login prompt:
> According to /var/run/gdm.pid, gdm was already running but seems to
> have been murdered mysteriously....
> Couldnt figure head or tail... cant even logon as root.... What to do!
Try to start the machine in single-user mode (at LILO: type linux 1),
then check the gdm.pid, eventually delete the pid if it's a 'stale'
pid file.
Davide
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Mark Healey)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.questions
Subject: Apache Problem, probably a stupid question.
Date: 01 May 2001 06:17:36 GMT
I'm trying to configure my apache server on Redhat 6.2 with apache
1.3.14 to access users "public_html" directories.
In one user directory I created the directory with an "index.html"
file I set the permissions to all read for the "public_html" directory
and "index.html".
In /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf I have
UserDir public_html
and I uncommented the lines:
<Directory /home/*/public_html>
AllowOverride FileInfo AuthConfig Limit
Options MultiViews Indexes SymLinksIfOwnerMatch IncludesNoExed
<Limit GET POST OPTIONS PROPFIND>
Order allow, deny
Allow from all
</Limit PUT DELETE PROPPATCH MKCOL COPY MOVE LOCK UNLOCK>
Order deny, allow
Deny from all
<Limit>
</Directory>
Whenever I try to access the user page I get a forbidden error.
What am I doing wrong?
Mark Healey
marknews(the 'at' thing)healeyonline.com
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: problem repartitioning for linux
Date: 1 May 2001 06:18:12 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> logical drives present". But there are no logical drives present in
> that extended partition, I know because I've tried to delete them. So
> I'm stuck. So my questions:
> Would the fdisk that comes with linux succeed where dos fdisk fails?
That's possible, however, you can try using something like
Partition Magic, Parted or other similar partition utility.
> Has anyone had a similar problem when trying to forma a partition
> of a hard drive?
Yes, I did. Since I didn't have any kind of other tools, I simply
low-level-reformatted the disk using the machine's bios.
Davide
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: Help me get scsi working?
Date: 1 May 2001 06:20:49 GMT
In comp.os.linux.setup [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> /dev/sda4 is not a valid block device. It's a SCSI internal drive,
> and I've compiled up generic SCSI support.
Try to compile the correct SCSI module for your SCSI adapter, if
you don't have a 'real' adapter (the SCSI card that came with the
Zip disk is quite dumb) maybe is a good idea to buy a real
SCSI card.
> During boot, however, I see this message:
> scsi: 0 hosts
> scsi: detected total
That means that your kernel is unable to detect any SCSI device.
Davide
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From: "Eric" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: mounting windows partition: ownership problems
Date: Tue, 1 May 2001 08:49:14 +0200
> > I just installed Linux Mandrake 7.2 on my PC (first time ever I
> > installed Linux) and I experience some problems:
> > I partitioned my harddisk in several partitions. Two partitions are
> > FAT32 (windows 2000). One of these partitions I would like to use to
> > store my data (I have to be able to read my Linux outputs in Windows).
> > The disk is mounted as /mnt/win_d and had nosuid. I think that's the
> > reason why all files are owned root.root. Can I change this to
No it's not.
FAT just doesn;t have uid and gid bits, so while mounting such an FS,
these bits are faked. The entire partition has the same UID, GID and access
bits.
> > username.usergroup, so that I don't continuously get errormessages if I
> > want to save something on that disk?
> > Tar even refuses to untar something on the disk!
Yes, you have no access to do this.
As root you'd be able to do this though.
> > Now, the disk is mounted as (this is an extract from /etc/fstab):
> >
> > /dev/hda5 /mnt/win_d vfat user,exec,umask=0 0 0
Odd, with this umask, I'd expect you to be able to write to it.
> > Can anyone help this novice linux user?
>
> Include noauto in the options above (I don't think umask does anything for
> FAT partitions), and have the user that wants to write to it mount it.
That's one option, but if you want it mounted automatically, use the
uid=USERNAME and/or gid=USERGROUP options.
`man mount` has more specific info.
Eric
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From: Dean Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.questions
Subject: Re: Apache Problem, probably a stupid question.
Date: Tue, 01 May 2001 16:34:38 +1000
Hi Mark,
> I'm trying to configure my apache server on Redhat 6.2 with apache
> 1.3.14 to access users "public_html" directories.
>
> In one user directory I created the directory with an "index.html"
> file I set the permissions to all read for the "public_html" directory
> and "index.html".
>
> In /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf I have
>
> UserDir public_html
>
> and I uncommented the lines:
[...]
You might like to check the apache error log and see whether or not it has a
more descriptive error in it, such as indexing is banned for this directory or
something like that (although you do have indexing enabled). Other things to
check out include making sure that you have restarted the WWW server after
making the change, and is it possible for the user which is running WWW (most
likely nobody) that it is able to enter the directory which is the parent to
the public_html directory.
In other words, make sure that the users directory in the /home directory is
readable or accessible for "nobody" to be able to get to the public_html
directory.
The apache newsgroup followers might also be able to provide some other
solutions, but I would first check the error log then your permissions on the
preceeding directory to make sure everything is correct.
See ya
Dean Thompson
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From: "Eric" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Redhat 7.1 and Win2k Dual Boot - NTLoader No-go
Date: Tue, 1 May 2001 08:35:50 +0200
> > It does not! RH may have a bad install script, that doesn't create
> > a correct lilo.conf, but it will write to the location specified in
> > lilo.conf.
> ...that's what I suspected - I really wanted a second opinion just to make
> sure there wasn't something else I should do.
>
Then show us the lilo.conf you have.
> > > 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.
> >
> > You made a boot.img file from linux, that you use in NT, right?
> > What's in that file? I suppose nothing. You copied the wrong sector.
> ...I definitely copied the right sector; copied onto another floppy in
turn
> it works okay :-(
booting that sector from floppy?
Maybe just a location problem? Is your disk over 1024 cylinders?
then replace "linear" in the lilo.conf file with "lba32"
> > You're not. Either use lilo as the mainloader, or copy the right sector
to
> > windows.
> It's a work machine, and they insist that renegades who use Linux must use
> an NT/floppy boot system so that Windows hacks don't get confused...
?
Windows has no clue on how it was booted.
Whether through LILO or through a DOS bootloader in the MBR.
Eventually the NT loader is called anyway, which takes care of booting NT.
But it's up to you.
> I'll try changing lilo.conf then; never having had this problem before, I
> must plead ignorance vis-a-vis command-line lilo; just making sure I'm not
> going to do something crassly wrong and destructive :-)
If you're unsure, post it here, (together with the output form `fdisk -l
/dev/hd[a-z]`
Eric
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From: "Eric" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Is it possible to dual boot without a bootloader?
Date: Tue, 1 May 2001 08:41:05 +0200
> I am very, very new to Linux, please bear with me. Am I correct in
> assuming that Mandrake has automatically installed the bootloader on
> to HDA? I can find no trace of GRUB anywhere on my Win drive. In fact
> I can find no trace of anything that would invoke a bootloader at all.
> This is what baffles me so. I will happily accept any enlightenment
> (no pun intended) that anyone may be able to offer.
>
It's in the MBR.
That's not part of any filesystem, so you will not find it indeed.
Look in a file called grub.conf (Just a guess, I use lilo) It's probably in
/etc
That is probably configured to write code to the MBR.
Anyway, just make a linux bootfloppy (mkbootdisk, I guess) and from a
DOS floppy run FDISK.EXE /MBR (WIN2K probably has no fdisk.exe)
Eric
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Date: Tue, 01 May 2001 08:07:44 +0100
From: John <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: Help me get scsi working?
As well as the correct kernel support for your card, you'll need to
compile in SCSI disk support, the ZIP drive doesn't need generic SCSI
support.
John
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> I use my IOMEGA ZIP drive very rarely. Now I want to use it. But
> /dev/sda4 is not a valid block device. It's a SCSI internal drive, and
> I've compiled up generic SCSI support. During boot, however, I see this
> message:
> scsi: 0 hosts
> scsi: detected total
>
> That doesn't sound good.
>
> Anybody want to suggest where I might begin looking? According to the
> IOMEGA howto for the model I'm supposed to use generic scsi support and
> then put aha152x= support in my "append" line of lilo. I did this, but I
> can't tell if it's even getting that far since it seems to think I have 0
> scsi devices?
>
> Duane
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From: "Aalderd Bouwman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: Two network cards
Date: Tue, 1 May 2001 10:14:18 +0200
I had also the same problem with 2 3c509 cards. But when I one of the cards
replaced with a NE2000 compatible card it works fine!!
Kernel 2.2.14.
Aalderd.
Stranger in the night expecting glanses <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in
message news:9ck4qd$i1b$04$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> I've got two tulip compatible network adapters in my computer, but i don't
> get them to work, as the first one should be used for pppoe (TDSL/
> germany).
> i configured it in KDE2, and got the message an icon will be available to
> connect to the net after the next xserver start... but i'm to stupid to
> find
> it.
> The normal network should work over eth1, but every action (ping etc)
uses
> eth0, which is connected to the tdsl adapter...
> thanks for any help!
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
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From: Alexander Martinez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Problems after kernel-upgrade
Date: Tue, 01 May 2001 10:28:36 +0200
Hello,
I use debian 2.2 and upgraded my kernel successfully to version 2.4.3.
Everything works fine, including sound and tv. But after rebooting fsck
runs whining that my linux partitions were not cleanly unmounted. How do
I fix this error?
for kernel 2.3 I had to add an entry in /etc/fstab in order to use
System V IPC, is it necessary for 2.4?
Greetings
Alex
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From: J Hayward <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: RedHat 7.1 has problem with Adaptec AIC-7XXX Driver
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.redhat,alt.os.linux.redhat
Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2001 19:31:52 -0700
Hello,
This is a known problem with 7.1. You can read about it here:
http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=29555
Regards,
Jim H
Kevin Nguyen wrote:
> 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: Alexander Martinez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: problem repartitioning for linux
Date: Tue, 01 May 2001 10:52:46 +0200
> So my questions:
>
> Would the fdisk that comes with linux succeed where dos fdisk fails?
> Has anyone had a similar problem when trying to forma a partition of a
> hard drive? Thanks for any help in advance.
When I purchased a new 30 Gig HD I had a similar problem. I tried fdisk
under Doze to partition the new HD, but it just didn't work. Whining
about no such device or so. Then I tried it with linux fdisk, which
worked with no complaints. Then I booted back to doze and formatted the
new partitions.
so give linux a try, it is possible that it works better than Doze fdisk.
Greetings
Alex
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From: "Peter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.linux,alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: PPP, modems, incoming calls and IP addresses...
Date: Tue, 1 May 2001 20:56:56 -0700
You can also start pppd with the persist option so that when you get
disconnected it dials up
again
"Michael Pye" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:Y9gH6.9017$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> OK, here's one to really puzzle over.
>
> I want to set up my system so that when it detects an incoming call on the
> modem line, as soon as the caller hangs up it starts a ppp connection to
my
> dial up ISP and sends a mail to me informing me of the IP address it has
> been allocated.
>
> I want to be able to use my box as a web server for testing purposes while
I
> am at college on their network where they won't allow me a Linux machine.
>
> Problem is I have a dial up connection which is disconnected after 2 hours
> so I can't just leave it on...
>
> Any ideas about how to do this or what to research.
>
> I was thinking maybe where to find logs of modem activity and a cron task
to
> check every minute or two is a call has come in...
>
> Thanks
>
> MP
>
>
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