Linux-Setup Digest #147, Volume #21 Wed, 2 May 01 04:13:08 EDT
Contents:
the rpm tool is allowing to install its giving problems.. ("v.naga srinivas")
Re: do I need portmap ? (Wine Development)
Help ! Printer setup (Sam Caldwell)
Re: Broadband Linux ("Glitch")
Re: wu-ftpd, list but not read (possible?) ("Glitch")
Kernel 2.4.4 compile error - lex: command not found (Nader)
Re: Kernel 2.4.4 compile error - lex: command not found (Michael Heiming)
Re: ln swapper task - not syncing ("scotth")
Re: linux loader doesn't load! (Conan)
Re: Migrating to a new hard drive ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Sound Yamaha OPL3SAX ISA board ("Dr. David N. Haney")
Re: Kernel 2.4 IRQ conflicts (Nicolas Delestre)
Re: Apache Problem, probably a stupid question. (David Efflandt)
Re: Epson driver (Jean-Jacques Sarton)
Re: Mail and news client (David Efflandt)
Re: Sound Yamaha OPL3SAX ISA board (olgnuby)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ("v.naga srinivas")
Subject: the rpm tool is allowing to install its giving problems..
Date: Wed, 2 May 2001 05:21:35 +0000 (UTC)
Hi ,
I am using SuSe 6.3 linux and yast configuration tool.
I mistakenly deleted the rpm package completely.
Then i downloaded rpm package version 2.5.1 and installed it.
After that i am trying to download the software packages which
are distributing in .rpms its giving its unable to open the
files in /var/lib/rpm directory
1.fileindex.rpm
2.packages.rpm
could any one help me out to solve this problem..........
thanks,
srinivas.
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From: Wine Development <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.security
Subject: Re: do I need portmap ?
Date: Wed, 02 May 2001 06:25:04 +0100
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> Following up on recent abuse of my RH7.0 server, I am taking a closer
> look at the running processes in this server. Do I need portmap or
> rpc.statd ? Brief note: this server has to NICs installed. One outside
> a firewall, the other inside.
>
> The server is running the basics:
>
What about printing ? the default RH7.0 used a vesion of LPRng that
had
a hole used by Ramen.
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From: Sam Caldwell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Help ! Printer setup
Date: Wed, 02 May 2001 17:42:13 +1200
As a Newbie, I have just installed RH7.
I have a Brother HL 1240 printer. Somewhere in the literature I
came across a claim that this is a HP Laserjet IIp work-alike, so I
fed this into Printtool.
I can print plain text files, but if I view an HTML file under
Netscape and then press the print button, I get a printout of the
original HTML source code. What am I doing wrong ?
Further, I am up to my armpits in techno-babble on this subject, but
nowhere have I found a plain vanilla description of the sequence of
what has to take place, the files involved, and what hacking has to be
done to customise the installation. Printtool is all very well, but
if it doesn't work as advertised you're left high and dry.
Regards, Sam C.
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From: "Glitch" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Broadband Linux
Date: Wed, 02 May 2001 01:51:04 -0400
In article <djKH6.126$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Chris"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I need some help. I'm only fairly new to linux, and don't know much
> about it, but...
>
> I just installed Red Hat Linux 7, but to get my broadband connection to
> work i have to use the pump command (I'm using @home). Now is there any
> way to get my computer to run this command at startup (and how do you do
> it)? Also, broadband seems to run very slow (no more than 10kbp/s), and
don't remember the path but the file should be rc.local
Put the command at the end and save the file.
> netscape is always saying that it has stalled. Is there linux equivilent
> to windows' tcp/ip recieve window setting some where, and how to you
> change it.
>
> Thanks in advance
> chris
>
>
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From: "Glitch" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: wu-ftpd, list but not read (possible?)
Date: Wed, 02 May 2001 01:55:33 -0400
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "MAP" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> Hi,
> I'm triing to setup a FTP Server with Linux, but I'm unable to put
> permissions to the files....which is the configuration files for the
> permissions of each user?? (like the ftpaccess in wu-ftp)
>
User permissions follow the permissions set on the files controlled by the filesystem.
A user's
permissions to a file are the same as if the person was logged into the
server from the console. In other words, there are no separate
file permissions just for ftp.
> how can I put the permissions on a specific user to be able to LIST but
> not READ(download)???
>
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From: Nader <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Kernel 2.4.4 compile error - lex: command not found
Date: Tue, 01 May 2001 23:06:43 -0700
I am using a stable version of the 2.4.2 kernel.
I patched the 2.4.2 source code with patch-2.4.3 and patch-2.4.4. After
make clean, mrproper, dep, etc., the make bzImage fails:
make -C aicasm
make[5]: Entering directory
`/usr/src/linux-2.4.4/drivers/scsi/aic7xxx/aicasm'
/bin/sh: lex: command not found
How do I correct this? Do I need to install lex? I do have flex
installed.
Nader
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Date: Wed, 02 May 2001 08:15:38 +0200
From: Michael Heiming <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Kernel 2.4.4 compile error - lex: command not found
Nader wrote:
>
> I am using a stable version of the 2.4.2 kernel.
>
> I patched the 2.4.2 source code with patch-2.4.3 and patch-2.4.4. After
> make clean, mrproper, dep, etc., the make bzImage fails:
>
> make -C aicasm
> make[5]: Entering directory
> `/usr/src/linux-2.4.4/drivers/scsi/aic7xxx/aicasm'
> /bin/sh: lex: command not found
>
> How do I correct this? Do I need to install lex? I do have flex
> installed.
Try "which lex" and "locate lex" if you have it, it may not be in your
PATH,
if you don't have it, install flex, which provides lex.
Michael Heiming
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From: "scotth" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.comp.linux,alt.os.linux
Subject: Re: ln swapper task - not syncing
Date: Wed, 2 May 2001 08:18:17 +0200
Hi.
It is interesting that I only get this error when I install Redhat 6.2 on my
machine. I installed Redhat 6.1 and it runs fine.
Regards
Scott
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">>bLaCk_eAgLe<<" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:9sDH6.18899$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> yes, I have the same problem with Mandrake 7.2 (AMD Atlhon 1GB)!
>
> I don't think this is because of the hardware because I installed it
> successfuly before
> formating and repartitioning the whole system!
>
> there are a few lines before... i get this (after codes and stack pages):
>
> Aiee, Killing interrupt handler
> Kernel panic: Attempted to kill the idle task!
> In swapper task - not syncing
>
> This is after the second stage install (second ramdisk load) and after
> loading the cdrom device!
> I think the problem is when kernel attempts to kill the task. I don't know
> what this task does but
> it must have something to do with swap memory.
>
> Many people solve this problem by making putting this command before
> installing, at the prompt:
> linux mem=65M
> this is because of the bios and ur ram memory...
>
> i also repartitioned the disk in a way that the boot partion would be
within
> the first 1024 sectors
> but nothing!
>
> Still trying to solve the problem... if someone knows the answer.....
>
> >>bLaCk_eAgLe<<
>
> still trying to solve the problem
>
> "scotth" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> escreveu na mensagem
> news:9c0io9$9d0$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> > Hello all.
> > I installed Redhat Linux on my AMD Duron 700 with 128mb of PC133 memory.
> > After the installation was completed successfully, and the system
> rebooted,
> > I got a kernel panic and the following error message
> > "ln swapper task - not syncing "
> > I have a swap partition of 128mb.
> > Can anyone please help me?
> > Thanks
> > Scott
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From: Conan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: linux loader doesn't load!
Date: Wed, 2 May 2001 08:14:08 +0200
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> 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?
Well -- if you would describe your problem in more detail perhaps someone
would even be able to help you. But the message "OUH MY LILO DOES NOT BOOT"
does not tell very much about what might have caused your problem.
What Do you see on you screen ??
an "L" or even "LI" or even worse \nothing\ ???
maybe you should try to press <TAB> after the boot sequence of your box ;-)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Migrating to a new hard drive
Date: 2 May 2001 06:55:01 GMT
Henrik Farre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 7. Change lilo.conf to write to the new harddrive (/dev/hdb or what ever
> it is in your system)
> 8. Run /sbin/lilo -v
> 9. Shutdown and try to boot on your new harddrive
Don't forget to update your kernel if the root partition have
changed! Use rdev to 'store' the new root in the kernel.
Davide
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From: "Dr. David N. Haney" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Sound Yamaha OPL3SAX ISA board
Date: Wed, 02 May 2001 07:04:56 GMT
I am having some difficulty with my sound card with is a PNP ISA Yamaha
OPL3SAX board.
I have an AMD K6-2 500 running on a VIA board with Caldera Systems
eDesktop 2.4
(LINUX 2.2.14). I have used the suggestions found in Caldera
REF##000710-0054,
and the sound works with a sound CD, but I cannot get LINUX to produce
sound from
a *.wav, *.midi, or *.mp3 file.
Here is the setting used in /etc/modules.conf:
options opl3sa2 irq=8 io=0x538 mss_io=0x530 mpu_io=0x330 dma=1 dma2=0
options opl3 io=0x388
options sb irq=7 io=0x220 dma=0 dma16=1
When the system boots it indicates that these modules load, and lsmod
verifies this.
Running cat /dev/sndstat gives:
OSS/Free:3.8s2++-971130
Load type: Driver loaded as a module
Kernel: Linux haney3.hbond.com 2.2.14 #1 SMP Thu Feb 17 11:49:42 MST
2000 i586
Config options: 0
Installed drivers:
Card config:
Audio devices:
0: MS Sound System (CS4231) (DUPLEX)
1: Sound Blaster Pro (8 BIT ONLY) (3.01)
Synth devices:
0: Yamaha OPL3
Midi devices:
0: MPU-401 0.0 Midi interface #1
1: Sound Blaster
Timers:
0: System clock
1: MS Sound System (CS4231)
Mixers:
0: OPL3-SAx and AD1848 (through MSS)
1: MS Sound System (CS4231)
2: Sound Blaster
Any suggestions so that I can make this work correctly?
Thanks for your help.
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From: Nicolas Delestre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.portable,comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: Kernel 2.4 IRQ conflicts
Date: Wed, 02 May 2001 09:22:10 +0200
David Hinds wrote:
> In comp.os.linux.portable Delestre Nicolas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>
>> Apr 26 16:14:39 psi-j2-macnd kernel: Bad bridge mapping at 0x1fff0000!
>
>
> This is your problem. You have a memory configuration problem; the
> CardBus bridge got assigned a memory address that conflicts with the
> top of your system RAM (you've got 512MB, right?)
>
> Do you use the grub boot loader? I don't know why but that seems to
> frequently be to blame. Booting with a "mem=512M" option should fix
> the problem.
>
> -- Dave
Thank you very much for your answer, it was the problem.
In fact the problem seems to appear with lilo since i use the lilo boot loader.
One more time thank you very much.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David Efflandt)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.questions
Subject: Re: Apache Problem, probably a stupid question.
Date: Wed, 2 May 2001 07:27:17 +0000 (UTC)
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Tue, 01 May 2001 14:12:15 -0500, Yidao Cai <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> This is a known problem with RH private group. You
> either give up privacy by letting others to read your
> home directory (chmod o+r /home/*) or put user html
> in /home/httpd/user and specify it in apache
> configuration file.
Almost, but not quite, apache needs at least o+x (701) permission on
/home/username. public_html would typically have 755 permission. This
would allow access to public_html without allowing a listing of the user's
home dir.
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From: Jean-Jacques Sarton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Epson driver
Date: Wed, 02 May 2001 09:34:39 +0200
Hi,
Steve Kenealy wrote:
>
> Hi, I'm trying to find a Linux driver for an Epson 740 printer, and also
> an Epson 1240U scanner, if they exist. Any help appreciated.
Look at http://xwtools.automatix.de
Jean-Jacques
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David Efflandt)
Subject: Re: Mail and news client
Date: Wed, 2 May 2001 07:41:38 +0000 (UTC)
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Wed, 02 May 2001 03:33:13 GMT, Simon Lemieux <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I'm looking a mail and news client. I know emacs is by far the best choice,
> but I would consider something more userfriendly, if you see what I mean. I
> cannot use netscape which would be my best bet, I need something in text,
> actually pine (I'm not sure if it can reach POP3 ?) is very nice to me, and I
> was wondering if there was any other software like pine for reading news? Text
> based...
I use 'fetchmail' to get pop3 mail and 'pine' to read and send it.
Fetchmail usually needs a working local mailserver, but I think you can
have it dump mail to a file. Newer pine versions can supposedly do pop3,
but I have not tried that yet. If you don't have a working local
mailserver, you can have pine send mail through your ISP's smtp server.
For news I use 'slrn', but I am shuffling things around on my computers,
so I am now using it on my ISP instead of locally. I use the pico program
that comes with pine as my news editor.
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From: olgnuby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Sound Yamaha OPL3SAX ISA board
Date: Wed, 02 May 2001 02:59:25 -0500
"Dr. David N. Haney" wrote:
>
> I am having some difficulty with my sound card with is a PNP ISA Yamaha
> OPL3SAX board.
> I have an AMD K6-2 500 running on a VIA board with Caldera Systems
> eDesktop 2.4
I've got, or had, one of them boogers Dr. Haney. ;-)
Mine was manufactured by SIIG as a SoundWave 1000, Yamaha chip set that
identified as an opl3sa2. I never used it under eDesktop, but did under
numerous configurations of COL 2.3. The entire setup may have changed,
but I found several ways of doing it, I did run it under an AMD K-6
2/550 3D on an ALI board though, at both irq 5 and irq 7. I don't have
the exact /etc/isapnp.conf file available any longer, but it required
initialization at 0x220, 0x380, 0x530, 0x388, for the io, mss, mpu and
sb portions, I believe, and 0x100 for the microphone section and
0xeeSomething for the IDE portion at irq 5. at irq7 the mss_io changed
to 0xe80. On mine, the dma and dma2 had to be reversed from what RH and
COL tried to set it ie. dma=1 dma2=0.
In COL 2.3, there was an /etc/modules/default, in which I included
isapnp, soundcore, sound, ad1848, mpu401, and opl3, and then in
/etc/modules/(preferred, I believe. Anyway, the next directory level
down from /etc/modules in the structure, I put the file
/etc/modules/preferred??/opl3 which consisted of a simple txt file with
the line io=0x388 and in /etc/modules/preferred??/opl3sa2 the txt file
with the lines io=0x220
mss_io=0x530
mpu_io=0x330
irq=5
dma=1
dma2=0 (in the case of irq 7, the 0x220 changed to
0x380 and the 0x530 changed to 0xe80
That method worked with nothing in /etc/conf.modules or
/etc/modules.conf.
Using strictly the /etc/isapnp.conf and /etc/modules.conf, the
/etc/modules.conf file would read something like
alias sound opl3sa2
pre-install sound /sbin/insmod
sound dmabuf=1 (not necessary unless needing persistent dma and less
than 16 meg memory I believe)
alias midi opl3
options opl3 io=0x388
options opl3sa2 mss_io=0xe80 or 0x530 irq=7 or 5 dma=0 dma2=1
mpu_io=0x330 io=0x380
The entire setup may have changed with the eDesk, but the same settings
basically applied with COL, RH 6.1, Mandrake 7.2 Debian and a couple of
other off the wall distros to include earlier FreeBSD installations.
The whole thing is tucked off way down in one of the earlier sound howto
docs, but I'd not even venture to remember which and where.
Good card. I just gave it up a few months ago to a friend who needed it
more than I.
Good luck and best wishes.
Charlie
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