Linux-Setup Digest #202, Volume #21 Thu, 10 May 01 14:13:15 EDT
Contents:
ip_always_defrag missing in RH7.1 (kernel 2.4)? (James Garrison)
Re: PCI modem 3COM/USR 2977 (Mark Slagell)
Re: Mandrake 8.0 stops responding after sometime ("Prabhu Raghavan")
Re: RH 7.1 and filesystem > 1 Tbyte ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Partitioning and other advice for Linux server running Domino (J Hayward)
installing tar.gz packages on mandrake 8.0 ("herwig verbeke")
Re: ip_always_defrag missing in RH7.1 (kernel 2.4)? (Hal Burgiss)
modprobe message ("Martin Collins")
fetchmail cron job is echoing on Slackware (Blackberry)
Re: ip_always_defrag missing in RH7.1 (kernel 2.4)? (James Garrison)
Re: Partitioning and other advice for Linux server running Domino (Tory Deron)
rsync transfer issues ("dirac")
DHCP and etc/hosts (bill g)
Re: modprobe message (Jason Lott)
Re: anyone have solution install RH7.1 on 16M RAM (James Richard Tyrer)
Re: Can't get past log on screen in Caldera 2.4 ("Net Llama!")
no xdm/kdm after upgrade to 4.0.2? (Gregory Davis)
Re: Can't get past log on screen in Caldera 2.4 (terry)
stream video server (Li Ting)
Re: RH 7.1 and filesystem > 1 Tbyte (Vukk)
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From: James Garrison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: linux.kernel,comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: ip_always_defrag missing in RH7.1 (kernel 2.4)?
Date: Thu, 10 May 2001 10:11:51 -0500
It's not in the list returned by sysctl, and attempting to set
it via the /proc filesystem returns an error. Is defrag now
always on? If not, what's the equivalent in 2.4?
Thanks
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From: Mark Slagell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: PCI modem 3COM/USR 2977
Date: Thu, 10 May 2001 10:04:23 -0500
Nader wrote:
>
> And since your /proc/interrupts doesn't show "serial" next to IRQ 3 like it
> should, it seems that you have IRQ sharing problems. Try the serial driver
> upgrade and if that doesn't do it, try the kernel upgrade.
Thanks - somehow the fact that eth0 was also on irq 3 had slipped past
me.
Any way I can force the modem to another irq? I ask because the new
serial driver won't compile on 2.2.18, but upgrading to 2.4 would
probably mean buying a different video card (long story).
Mark
> Nader wrote:
>
> > I've been where you are now.
> >
> > 1) First, try upgrading your serial driver (see
> > http://serial.sourceforge.net/) to at least 5.05.
> >
> > 2) If that doesn't work, search http://groups.google.com for your modem and
> > linux issues.
> >
> > 3) If those don't work, try upgrading your kernel to 2.4.
> >
> > My issue was compounded by a PCI IRQ conflict between my modem and my UDMA66
> > controller. I could either patch my 2.2.16 kernel or upgrade to 2.4 to resolve
> > that. If you have ATA-66 or ATA-100, this may also be a problem for you.
> >
> > Let me know if you need more assistance.
> >
> > Nader
> >
> > Mark Slagell wrote:
> >
> > > I've been surfing around for the world's collected wisdom on making this
> > > modem work but am coming up empty so far. Possibly relevant info is
> > > below. Can anybody shed light?
> > >
> > > TIA
> > >
> > > -- Mark
> > >
> > > ---------------------------
> > > >uname -a
> > > Linux pc5053 2.2.18 #4 Mon Apr 9 14:58:16 CDT 2001 i686 unknown
> > > ---------------------------
> > > >lspci -v
> > > [...]
> > > 01:0b.0 Serial controller: US Robotics/3Com 56K FaxModem Model 5610
> > > (rev 01) (prog-if 02 [16550])
> > > Subsystem: US Robotics/3Com USR 56k Internal FAX Modem
> > > (Model 2977)
> > > Flags: medium devsel, IRQ 3
> > > I/O ports at dff0
> > > Capabilities: [dc] Power Management version 2
> > >
> ...
> > > 3: 32587 XT-PIC eth0
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From: "Prabhu Raghavan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Mandrake 8.0 stops responding after sometime
Date: Thu, 10 May 2001 11:12:19 -0400
The problem was in the BIOS. The power management was turning off the drives
and monitor when the console was not used for more than 1/2 hr. This stopped
all access to the machine.
Thanks for your help,
-Prabhu
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: git.unix.linux
Subject: Re: RH 7.1 and filesystem > 1 Tbyte
Date: 10 May 2001 15:21:32 GMT
In git.unix.linux joeytsai <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> alleged:
-> I dunno if this is what you were talking about, but it has such a table:
-> http://www.linuxgazette.com/issue55/florido.html
That is exactly it - thanks.
--
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From: J Hayward <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Partitioning and other advice for Linux server running Domino
Crossposted-To: comp.groupware.lotus-notes.admin
Date: Thu, 10 May 2001 08:29:27 -0700
Hello,
Would probably get a better response to this question posting it to one of
Redhat's mailing lists.
https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/
Guinness-list Discussion list for Red Hat 7
Redhat-list General Red Hat discussion list
Seawolf-list Discussion Group for Red Hat 7.1
Please note these lists can create VERY heavy volumes of traffic, if you
subscribe you might want to dedicate an e-mail address to them exclusively.
Archives are available for thes lists also. I remember seeing references to
Domino recently.
Regards,
Jim H
Tory Deron wrote:
> Well, I've done it. I have finally talked my company into serious
> consideration of Linux solutions over our current MS setup.
>
> The first thing I get to do is find an alternative to MS Exchange.
> Because we still need groupware capabilities, I am looking at Lotus
> Domino. I have obtained a demo copy of the software and I am going to
> set up a server on Linux for a couple of weeks for testing purposes.
>
> Here is(are) my question(s). . .
>
> The system I am going to be using is a Dell 4400 dual processor 733
> MHz system with 1 gig of RAM with an 80gig RAID array.
>
> Does anyone have any suggestions for partitioning? I want something
> simple, but I don't want to shoot myself in the foot either. How much
> space do I give to /opt? /home? Where does Domino store the
> databases?
>
> (Also, as a side question, will Domino run okay on RedHat 7? All the
> documentation I find recommends 6.2, however, none of it is terribly
> current, and I don't see anything that specifically says 7.0 is bad.)
>
> Alternatively, if someone can point me toward some decent
> documentation for a Linux install of Domino, that would be great,
> also. My searches haven't turned up anything useful, even on Lotus'
> site.
>
> I would greatly appreciate any advice.
>
> Tory Deron
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Atlanta, GA USA
>
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From: "herwig verbeke" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: installing tar.gz packages on mandrake 8.0
Date: Thu, 10 May 2001 17:40:29 +0200
I'm trying to install a tar.gz package (kuickshow-0.8).
During ./configure I got several error messages which I managed to solve one
by one by installing additional packages (XFree86-devel, zlib1 and
zlib1-devel, libjpeg62-devel, libqt2-devel).
However I finally got stopped by following error message:
giflib30 required - install the kdesupport package
The problem is that kdesupport-2.1.1-3mdk is installed, but it does not
include giflib30.
What is wrong here?
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Hal Burgiss)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: ip_always_defrag missing in RH7.1 (kernel 2.4)?
Reply-To: Hal Burgiss <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: 10 May 2001 11:44:47 -0400
On Thu, 10 May 2001 10:11:51 -0500, James Garrison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>It's not in the list returned by sysctl, and attempting to set it via
>the /proc filesystem returns an error. Is defrag now always on? If
>not, what's the equivalent in 2.4?
>
I think this is changed with 2.4 kernels. This is what I find from
/usr/src/linux/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt:
IP Fragmentation:
ipfrag_high_thresh - INTEGER
Maximum memory used to reassemble IP fragments. When
ipfrag_high_thresh bytes of memory is allocated for this purpose,
the fragment handler will toss packets until ipfrag_low_thresh
is reached.
ipfrag_low_thresh - INTEGER
See ipfrag_high_thresh
ipfrag_time - INTEGER
Time in seconds to keep an IP fragment in memory.
Dat's eet.
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From: "Martin Collins" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: modprobe message
Date: Thu, 10 May 2001 17:27:28 +0200
Hi,
System: OpenLinux 3.1, kernel 2.4.2
I'm getting the following modprobe messages. Does anyone know what they
mean?
Can't locate module block-major-48
/etc/modules.conf is more recent than /lib/modules/2.4.2/modules.dep
Can't locate module sound-slot-1
Can't locate module sound-service-1-0
My sound card functions fine. So I guess the sound module is there?
Thanks,
Martin.
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From: Blackberry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: fetchmail cron job is echoing on Slackware
Date: 10 May 2001 08:11:29 -0700
I've got two Linux boxes up; one is running SuSE 6.4, and one is running
Slackware 7.1.
Fetchmail is set up on both boxes (transferring server functions from SuSEBox to
SlackBox). Each user that has mail gets a .fetchmailrc and a cron job.
On the SuSEBox, I have this cron job set up for each user that gets mail:
*/1 * * * * fetchmail >/dev/null
That works fine. I keep pine open and email pops in regularly as it should.
However, on the SlackBox, when I'm logged in, fetchmail echoes everything it
processes into the console, so the text of incoming messages obliterates pine or
anything else.
When I run fetchmail >/dev/null at command line on the SlackBox, and I know
there is mail waiting to be received, it doesn't echo it.
Is there something funny with Slackware that doesn't allow >/dev/null in a
crontab? Or am I just doing something wrong? Please advise.
====================
"It's enough to make you wonder sometimes if you're on the right planet."
-- Frankie Goes to Hollywood
Brian -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- remove "NOSPAM"
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From: James Garrison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking,linux.kernel
Subject: Re: ip_always_defrag missing in RH7.1 (kernel 2.4)?
Date: Thu, 10 May 2001 10:57:07 -0500
Do you have any idea what 'reasonable' settings for these parameters
are?
What should I set to mimic, as closely as possible, the behavior
of ip_always_defrag?
Hal Burgiss wrote:
>
> I think this is changed with 2.4 kernels. This is what I find from
> /usr/src/linux/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt:
>
> IP Fragmentation:
>
> ipfrag_high_thresh - INTEGER
> Maximum memory used to reassemble IP fragments. When
> ipfrag_high_thresh bytes of memory is allocated for this purpose,
> the fragment handler will toss packets until ipfrag_low_thresh
> is reached.
>
> ipfrag_low_thresh - INTEGER
> See ipfrag_high_thresh
>
> ipfrag_time - INTEGER
> Time in seconds to keep an IP fragment in memory.
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mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 5608 Parkcrest Dr
http://www.athensgroup.com Austin, TX 78731
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Tory Deron)
Subject: Re: Partitioning and other advice for Linux server running Domino
Date: Thu, 10 May 2001 16:10:15 GMT
Thanks for the information. Will do!
Tory
On Thu, 10 May 2001 08:29:27 -0700, J Hayward
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Hello,
>
>Would probably get a better response to this question posting it to one of
>Redhat's mailing lists.
>
>https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/
>
>Guinness-list Discussion list for Red Hat 7
>Redhat-list General Red Hat discussion list
>Seawolf-list Discussion Group for Red Hat 7.1
>
>Please note these lists can create VERY heavy volumes of traffic, if you
>subscribe you might want to dedicate an e-mail address to them exclusively.
>Archives are available for thes lists also. I remember seeing references to
>Domino recently.
>
>Regards,
> Jim H
>
>Tory Deron wrote:
>
>> Well, I've done it. I have finally talked my company into serious
>> consideration of Linux solutions over our current MS setup.
>>
>> The first thing I get to do is find an alternative to MS Exchange.
>> Because we still need groupware capabilities, I am looking at Lotus
>> Domino. I have obtained a demo copy of the software and I am going to
>> set up a server on Linux for a couple of weeks for testing purposes.
>>
>> Here is(are) my question(s). . .
>>
>> The system I am going to be using is a Dell 4400 dual processor 733
>> MHz system with 1 gig of RAM with an 80gig RAID array.
>>
>> Does anyone have any suggestions for partitioning? I want something
>> simple, but I don't want to shoot myself in the foot either. How much
>> space do I give to /opt? /home? Where does Domino store the
>> databases?
>>
>> (Also, as a side question, will Domino run okay on RedHat 7? All the
>> documentation I find recommends 6.2, however, none of it is terribly
>> current, and I don't see anything that specifically says 7.0 is bad.)
>>
>> Alternatively, if someone can point me toward some decent
>> documentation for a Linux install of Domino, that would be great,
>> also. My searches haven't turned up anything useful, even on Lotus'
>> site.
>>
>> I would greatly appreciate any advice.
>>
>> Tory Deron
>> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> Atlanta, GA USA
>>
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From: "dirac" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: rsync transfer issues
Date: Thu, 10 May 2001 12:17:36 +0400
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking
Abstract: rsync fails with the error "Neighbor table overflow" when
transferring directories containing thousands of small files
Hello, I have a rather curious situation and could use some aid if
possible. Currently I am working on setting up a system by which a client
computer loads a networked ramdisk which contains a script that mounts a
local disk's filesystem and uses rsync to sync the files on that
filesystem with the files stored on a master system on the network. The
system WORKS currently, and I have been able to replicate linux systems
running Debian/testing and keep them in sync. This sort of setup is
important in a college lab environment, as is also the importance of this
system not requireing much administration - and that is where the problem
lies.
Currently, I can sync a system which has only a base Debian install
and partitioning done, which is good - but when I am rsyncing to a client
which has this basic setup, a problem ensues during the file transfer of
/usr - specifically, in areas where there are a lot of small files like
/usr/share/doc and /usr/share/texmf the rsync tends to freeze and after a
time, it displays the error "Neighbor table overflow" which no one has
heard of. I am not entirely sure what the problem is, I have only been
able to diagnose the conditions which lead to the error, specifically
that the error occurs when lots of small files are being transferred very
quickly, and that the error is random.
The plus side here is that by the very nature of rsync, the transfer is
fault-tolerant in that we can restart and the system will start
transferring where it left off. However, this is not an ideal situation
and would be difficult from an administration standpoint, certainly. So,
if anyone has any advice concerning this issue, I would sincerely
appreciate it.
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From: bill g <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: DHCP and etc/hosts
Date: Thu, 10 May 2001 11:23:05 -0500
How do I put my address in the etc/hosts file if I have a DHCP address?
Back when I had a static address I knew the format, but now ??
thanks,
bill g
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From: Jason Lott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: modprobe message
Date: Thu, 10 May 2001 11:39:58 -0500
On Thu, 10 May 2001 17:27:28 +0200, "Martin Collins" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>Hi,
>
>System: OpenLinux 3.1, kernel 2.4.2
>
>I'm getting the following modprobe messages. Does anyone know what they
>mean?
>
>Can't locate module block-major-48
>/etc/modules.conf is more recent than /lib/modules/2.4.2/modules.dep
>
depmod {enter}
reboot
>Can't locate module sound-slot-1
>Can't locate module sound-service-1-0
>
>My sound card functions fine. So I guess the sound module is there?
>
>
>
>Thanks,
>
>Martin.
>
>
>
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From: James Richard Tyrer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.comp.linux,comp.os.linux.admin,comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.questions,comp.os.linux.redhat,comp.os.linux.security
Subject: Re: anyone have solution install RH7.1 on 16M RAM
Date: Thu, 10 May 2001 16:46:49 GMT
tin wrote:
> not the swap partitions problem
> is redhat will popup "not enought RAM to install "
> before install process
>
> anyway thank you very much
>
So, you will either have to install an older version, or buy some more
memory.
JRT
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From: "Net Llama!" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux.caldera,linux.dev.newbie
Subject: Re: Can't get past log on screen in Caldera 2.4
Date: Thu, 10 May 2001 10:30:31 -0700
Mike Buckley wrote:
>
> Here is one for ya's. My system has now decided it will not let me past the
> log on screen. If I type the correct password it will switch to my desktop
> momentarily then go back to the log in screen. My guess is the hard drive
> can't handle the extra memory required of KDE. But I am running 164 Meg ram
That is a rather unusual theory which doesn't hold much water.
> and lots of free disk space. When I partitioned the 3 gig hard drive I just
> created a root partition and a 340 meg swap partition. I have no extra
> software installed other than StarOffice but I have been getting "low disk
> space" messages of late. Is the partitioning the problem? Appreciate any
> suggestions.
Most likely you ran out of space on /
What does df show?
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From: Gregory Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.x,comp.windows.x.kde
Subject: no xdm/kdm after upgrade to 4.0.2?
Date: Thu, 10 May 2001 13:36:53 -0400
I was bored and curious, so I finally upgraded to XFree86 4.0.2 and then
did the 4.0.3 upgrade. I had a fun time getting my X server configured by
hand using info in the 3.3.6 config file, but I have a strange problem.
XDM (which on my machine is an init script that calls KDM) will not load on
boot like it is supposed to. I had KDM working fine under XFree 3.3.6 and
I can get into 4.0.3 by calling startx. With this I don't even get an
error message, KDM just won't load. What happened to KDM? I have a
Savage4 chipset card and am using the driver supplied at the link below:
http://www.probo.com/timr/savage40.html
thanks,
Greg
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From: terry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux.caldera,linux.dev.newbie
Subject: Re: Can't get past log on screen in Caldera 2.4
Date: Thu, 10 May 2001 12:34:22 -0500
Mike Buckley wrote:
>
> Here is one for ya's. My system has now decided it will not let me past the
> log on screen. If I type the correct password it will switch to my desktop
> momentarily then go back to the log in screen. My guess is the hard drive
> can't handle the extra memory required of KDE. But I am running 164 Meg ram
> and lots of free disk space. When I partitioned the 3 gig hard drive I just
> created a root partition and a 340 meg swap partition. I have no extra
> software installed other than StarOffice but I have been getting "low disk
> space" messages of late. Is the partitioning the problem? Appreciate any
> suggestions.
Yes, if one of your partitions has become full, that could very well be
the problem. Go to console mode, if you can, and see what df tells you.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Li Ting)
Subject: stream video server
Date: Thu, 10 May 2001 17:50:27 +0000 (UTC)
Hi. Does anyone happen to know how to configure apache( or any other
Linux web server) to server stream video
from the video capture card(winTV)? Thanks.
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From: Vukk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: git.unix.linux
Subject: Re: RH 7.1 and filesystem > 1 Tbyte
Date: 10 May 2001 17:57:52 GMT
In git.unix.linux [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
: In git.unix.linux joeytsai <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> alleged:
: -> I dunno if this is what you were talking about, but it has such a table:
: -> http://www.linuxgazette.com/issue55/florido.html
: That is exactly it - thanks.
That was a very interesting article, thanks. I am curious about why
someone would choose something other than XFS. It looks like it supports
everything the best. The only thing that I couldn't especially tell about
was the small files comparison between it and Reiser.
I'm especially curious about this because I may be getting about 100-200G
before the end of the summer for video editing, and filesystem
configurations will be an issue (especially large files).
Bill
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