Linux-Setup Digest #916, Volume #20 Mon, 26 Mar 01 14:13:12 EST
Contents:
Re: repartitioning fat32 partitions ("Jeremy Paiz")
Re: uname -r gives incorrect kernel version (T Fawcett)
Re: Advice Needed - Partitioning New HD For Linux ("Peter S. Saly")
Re: Windows2000 & RedHat Linus???? (Craig Kelley)
Re: RealPLayer 8.0.1 for RedHat version 6.1? ("T.L.")
Re: Setting up my own News Server ("Andrew Smith")
Why is "S" respawing? (Rick Griffiths)
Why is "S" respawing? (Rick Griffiths)
undefined symbol after upgrade rpm ("H. van Niekerk")
Re: LILO vs. loadlin (Chiefy)
Re: sane and scanners (Rob)
Re: undefined symbol after upgrade rpm ("ne...")
Netmax and Port Forwarding ("Matt Stagliano")
Windows 2000 and Linux ("Alim")
Cache-Memory Problem (Nils Holland)
Re: update...up2date ("ne...")
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From: "Jeremy Paiz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: repartitioning fat32 partitions
Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2001 11:06:00 -0500
take a look at fips, a free non-destructive partitioning utility. it should
be on your redhat 7 cd, or you can get it from
http://www.igd.fhg.de/~aschaefe/fips/. there is documentation, but you can
also find help on redhat's web support. as they will warn, backup your data
first, just in case.
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From: T Fawcett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: uname -r gives incorrect kernel version
Date: 26 Mar 2001 08:43:15 -0800
"Mike Ruskai" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> To install Slackware 7.1, I had to boot from the Slackware 7.0 scsinet.s
> disk, because the aic7xxx driver compiled into the 7.1 version is broken.
>
> Now I've recompiled the kernel (after putting the old aic7xxx sources in,
> of course), but uname -r returns the incorrect kernel version, which
> screws up some of the startup scripts. It's saying 2.2.13, when the
> kernel is in fact 2.2.16.
>
> Where does this program get the version from? It's definitely not from
> the kernel itself.
Try doing:
strings KERNEL | grep '2\.2'
> I've seen references to System.map when searching for an answer, so I copied
> the one from /usr/src/linux-2.2.16, but that changed nothing.
> How do I fix this?
Trying compiling the kernel with "make mrproper" next time.
-Tom
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From: "Peter S. Saly" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Advice Needed - Partitioning New HD For Linux
Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2001 11:12:07 -0600
Thank you
Are there any minimum amounts that you would not pass ?
"Nick Traxler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> > Is there anyone interested in taking a whack at suggesting relative
sizes
> > for the above partitions out of a maximum of 10 gigs, with some
explanation
> > as to why ??
>
> I have:
> 4 gig for /
> 5 gig for /home
> 5 gig for /opt
> 10 gig for /usr
> 16 MB for /boot
> 250 MB for /tmp
> 250 MB for /var
> double physical RAM for swap
> (This is on a 30GB Barracuda, you can figure the proportions.)
>
> On further reflection, some of these sizes could be changed for me.
> I use the /opt quite a lot, for mp3's and file storage, so it should be
> bigger. /home could probably be knocked down to 2 or 3 gig, since I'm
> the only user. Also, for a lot of RAM, you don't necessarily need double
> the swap space. I have 192 MB, and I hardly ever see the system dip into
> the swap space. (At least according to gkrellm.)
> /src doesn't really seem necessary to me. I build applications in /tmp,
> and kernel source goes in /usr/src.
>
> The basic idea is that you should be capable of mounting /, /boot, and
> /usr as read-only.
> --
> Nick Traxler
> Computer Science, Purdue University
> http://www.cs.purdue.edu/people/traxlend
>
> "The two most common things in the Universe are Hydrogen and Stupidity."
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From: Craig Kelley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Windows2000 & RedHat Linus????
Date: 26 Mar 2001 10:32:06 -0700
"Ronald" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Can anyone please teach me how to have a dual boot system with Windows 2000
> Server and RedHat Linux 7.0? I am totally a newbie in Linux. thanks in
> advance.
You can either use the NT bootloader:
http://www.ibiblio.org/mdw/HOWTO/mini/Linux+NT-Loader.html
But it's easier to use LILO:
http://www.ibiblio.org/mdw/HOWTO/mini/LILO.html
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From: "T.L." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: RealPLayer 8.0.1 for RedHat version 6.1?
Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2001 17:37:04 GMT
Rex,
Thanks a lot.... Your answer solved the problem!!
Regards,
Tony L.
> T.L. wrote:
>
> >. Here is what I did during my RPM install for version 8.0.1:
> > rpm -i rp8.linux20.libc6.i386.cs1.rpm
> > package RealPlayer-8.0-1 is for a different architecture
>
> It appears their rpm THINKS it is for i686 only. Do this to bypass:
>
> rpm -i --ignorearch rp8.rpm
>
> --
> Rex Dieter
> Computer System Administrator
> Department of Mathematics and Statistics
> University of Nebraska Lincoln
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From: "Andrew Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: Setting up my own News Server
Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2001 18:48:12 +0100
Reply-To: "Andrew Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Hi
I've just set up noffle - it's a pretty good news server... i think more
info can be found at www.sourceforge.net/projects/noffle
Hope this helps,
Andrew
"Rodger Dusatko" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:99n8bt$sgd$01$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
>
> Hello.
>
> How can I set up a news conference which can be used by, for example,
> Windows Outlook? The server is already connected to the internet
> (www.compaqconfigurator.com) , and the news server has already been
> installed.
>
> If important, the server Linux installed is Cobalt Linux 6.0
> (Shinkansen-Decaf).
>
> Thank you for your help
>
>
> Rodger Dusatko
> --
>
>
>
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> Managing Director
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>
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From: Rick Griffiths <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.misc
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Subject: Why is "S" respawing?
Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2001 13:15:35 -0500
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Subject: Why is Id "S" respawning too fast?
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When I first installed Debian on my laptop, I did so with my modem and
ethernet cards unplugged, thinking it would make for a *less
complicated* installation. HA. I thought I could just edit config files
later to get everything running. But the Debian Doc Project docs are
mostly blank sections with "do this later" penciled in and the Linux
Doc Project docs mostly refer to Red Hat and the directions don't dync
with the locations of Debian configuration files. I gave up trying to
get my networking working by reading the HOWTOS, the Rute Tutorial and
various other Linux docs and just reinstalled with everything plugged
in.
The networking now works, (Yay!), but now after booting up, every 5
minutes I get a screenfull of text breaking in on whatever I'm doing as
root.
The text says "Usage /sbin/getty [" and then the help text you would
get by issing the "/sbin/getty/ command with no arguments. But I get
this multiple times, then an error line that says
INIT Id "S" respawning too fast: disabled for 5 minutes
So something is wrong with getty, and it has to do with Init. I've read
the manpages for init, and related manpages and for getty and related
manpages. And I'm stumped. Where do I look and what do I change to fix
this respawing problem?
I'm really not in the mood to reinstall the system *again* to tyr to
fix a problem.
Also, is there no place to look for detailed instructions on setting up
Debian by hand if you had to? The installation program is all very
fine, but I don't know what it's doing or why; the configure modules
segment promises a page of description on each module so you can decide
whether to install it, but doesn't deliver. You have to *guess* what
something does and whether you need it.
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From: Rick Griffiths <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Subject: Why is "S" respawing?
Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2001 13:15:35 -0500
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Subject: Why is Id "S" respawning too fast?
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When I first installed Debian on my laptop, I did so with my modem and
ethernet cards unplugged, thinking it would make for a *less
complicated* installation. HA. I thought I could just edit config files
later to get everything running. But the Debian Doc Project docs are
mostly blank sections with "do this later" penciled in and the Linux
Doc Project docs mostly refer to Red Hat and the directions don't dync
with the locations of Debian configuration files. I gave up trying to
get my networking working by reading the HOWTOS, the Rute Tutorial and
various other Linux docs and just reinstalled with everything plugged
in.
The networking now works, (Yay!), but now after booting up, every 5
minutes I get a screenfull of text breaking in on whatever I'm doing as
root.
The text says "Usage /sbin/getty [" and then the help text you would
get by issing the "/sbin/getty/ command with no arguments. But I get
this multiple times, then an error line that says
INIT Id "S" respawning too fast: disabled for 5 minutes
So something is wrong with getty, and it has to do with Init. I've read
the manpages for init, and related manpages and for getty and related
manpages. And I'm stumped. Where do I look and what do I change to fix
this respawing problem?
I'm really not in the mood to reinstall the system *again* to tyr to
fix a problem.
Also, is there no place to look for detailed instructions on setting up
Debian by hand if you had to? The installation program is all very
fine, but I don't know what it's doing or why; the configure modules
segment promises a page of description on each module so you can decide
whether to install it, but doesn't deliver. You have to *guess* what
something does and whether you need it.
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From: "H. van Niekerk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: undefined symbol after upgrade rpm
Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2001 20:19:50 +0200
Hi,
After I upgraded rpm to the latest version 4.0.2 I can't start GnoRPM
anymore. It gives the message:
/usr/lib/librpm.so.0: undefined symbol: fdio
How come and how to solve?
Thanks,
Huub
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Chiefy)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: LILO vs. loadlin
Date: 26 Mar 2001 18:26:01 GMT
24 Mar 2001 21:45 UTC, Taavi Hein did say to the dudes:
[snip]
> *** The questions are: "If I installed LILO on /dev/hdc1 (currently on
> /dev/hdc (MBR) as installed since the drive was /dev/hda), booted to Linux
> using loadlin.exe, would it first run LILO (for kernel testing etc.) and use
> the kernel image defined there, or would it still use the kernel image on
> /dev/hda1 (W98 drive - for loadlin.exe to find it)? Would it be worth the
> hassle, or should I just copy a new compiled kernel image to the appropriate
> directory on /dev/hda1 and rewrite the startup menu?"
Just wondering if the best thing to do (with loadlin), would be to copy
your kernel to /dev/hda1 and fire up Loadlin with something like;
c:\path\to\kernel compact root=/dev/hdc1 ro
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From: Rob <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: sane and scanners
Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2001 18:30:08 -0000
Peter&Hanne Utting wrote:
>
> I have a Genius ColorPage Vivid Pro film scanner, and am wondering if
> anyone has got one of these working in linux. There does not appear to
> be a "backend" for it on the sane website. Is it possible one of the
> other "backends" there would work with it?
> Ta
> Peter
>
Dear Peter & Hanne! Sorry that I can't help here, but do you know where I
can get the 95 driver for a Genius ColorPage-Vivid Pro II scanner? I have
spent three hours searching already! Thanks Rob
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From: "ne..." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: undefined symbol after upgrade rpm
Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2001 18:49:46 GMT
On Mar 26, 2001 at 20:19, H. van Niekerk eloquently wrote:
>Hi,
>
>After I upgraded rpm to the latest version 4.0.2 I can't start GnoRPM
>anymore. It gives the message:
>
>/usr/lib/librpm.so.0: undefined symbol: fdio
>
>How come and how to solve?
gnorpm is not linked against rpm-4.0.2. It is linked
against rpm-3.x. Solution: relink with rpm-4.0.2 or
recompile gnorpm.
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From: "Matt Stagliano" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Netmax and Port Forwarding
Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2001 18:56:04 GMT
Hi-
I'm a relative Linux Newbie, but have a strong tech background, and I
purchased Netmax Internet Server a few months back to help set up a home
file/web server. I really didn't want to pay for open source, but I thought
what the hell, it'll be everything I need and it's got a nice GUI, right?
Now, I am noticing Netmax has severe limitations. My problem? I want to
open TWO ports, 8000, 8001 so I can run a Shoutcast server from my internal
network. I run the Shoutcast server on a W2K box with internal IP
192.168.1.3. I also have the Netmax Firewall Retail version which THEIR
tech support advised me to buy. Well, their retail firewall doesn't allow
traffic rerouting, and I WILL NOT pay another $100 for a license just to get
this feature. They also only provide support on a per-issue basis for $150
an issue. WHAT A RIPOFF! I figure there must be a way to modify my
IPCHAINS to allow the open ports and forwarding to the W2K box from the
command line. I would truly appreciate any help. I have read the HOWTO's
and scoured through books, but nothing I try seems to work. The funny thing
is, this used to work when I had a Linksys router, but now I get nada.
A little more about my configuration:
I have a two NIC card setup. NIC1 (eth0) runs my internal network and is
not NAT'd. NIC2 (eth1) is my external NIC and NATs incoming traffic. I
would like to forward incoming traffic on "externalIP":8000 to
192.168.1.3:8000, and do the same for port 8001. How can I tell if port
8000 is open? Anybody know of a Netmax support site that has no affiliation
with Netmax?
PLEASE HELP!
Thanks in Advance,
Matt
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From: "Alim" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Windows 2000 and Linux
Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2001 19:52:31 +0100
I am using RedHat 7 with kernel 2.4.0 and have 2 IBM drives: DTLA-307030 and
307045.
On the 307045 I have win2k and win98 happily booting using the NT Loader.
The 307030 has Linux on it, with /dev/hdg1 as the root partition.
The only way to boot linux rather than win2k at the moment is to swap the
boot drive, which is annoying.
I have tried:
1. making lilo boot win2k and it just jumps back to the lilo boot menu
immediately.
2. making win2k boot linux using the bootsector as described in the FAQs. I
have copied it from the /dev/hdg and /dev/hdg1 (after altering lilo.conf to
install there - perhaps (long shot) the partition table was affecting the
process. This didn't work: all I saw was LI printed down the left side of
the screen, in a seemingly infinite loop.
So this is a bad scene. I don't want to know about getting the 512byte boot
sector referred to in my boot.ini, and I don't want to know about how lilo
can boot win2k. Because I tried pointing it to the MBR on the win2k drive
*and* the win2k host partition. I can use Ranish's partition manager to boot
win98 but didn't try win2k.
Please help
alim
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From: Nils Holland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Cache-Memory Problem
Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2001 20:28:42 +0200
Hallo all!
Let me tell you about a problem I have encountered:
I have a Pentium 200 MMX that sits there all day long and handles routing
IP-traffic over a modem PPP-line for the other computers on our local
network. Recently, I decided to install Apache on that machine in order to
provide a small Intranet-WWW-Service. At the same time, I decided that the
24 MB I had in there were probably a little too small, so I put 96 MB in
there. And that's where the problems started! With the 24 MB, everything
ran fine, but with the 96 MB the following problem happens:
Rather often, the machine crashes. In the best case, it runs for about
three hours, then it simply stops responding. The cursor on the screen
keeps blinking, but that's about it. Now, when I reset the machine or turn
it off and back on, it sometimes already hangs before the boot-process has
completed. After several tries, I can get it back up and it will run for a
few more hours before the same thing happens again. As I said before, this
didn't happen when I had only 24 MB installed.
I went looking for the problem, and I set up my BIOS in a really
"conservative" way. That didn't help! Checking the hardware didn't help
either - the 96 MB RAM runs for days in a different machine.
Finally, I turned the external cache off. And indeed, now the machine's
been running for about a day without problems. Right now I'd like to know
if anybody has an idea what I can do - probably I should simply let the
external cache turned off, but probably there's something else I could try?
The machine has 256 KB of external cache on board. In the BIOS there is an
option I had never noticed on my other computers - it is "Cachable memory"
and can be set to either 64 MB or 512 MB. By default, it is set to 64 MB,
and with that setting the problem above occurs. When I set it to 512 MB, I
cannot even boot Linux - in that case the boot process even stops when the
(Award) BIOS displays the ressource usage.
I know (because of the fact that it worked with 24 MB) that this isn't a
Linux problem, and probably the simplest thing to do is to simply leave my
cache turned off. But if someone has experience with such problems or a
suggestion what I should try, I'd be glad to hear about it.
Greetings,
Nils
...If it's something I want, then it's something I need
I wasn't built for comfort, I was built for speed!
(Jim Steinman)
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From: "ne..." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: update...up2date
Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2001 19:09:31 GMT
On Mar 26, 2001 at 15:49, JP eloquently wrote:
>I currently have a RH7.0 install and am trying to use up2date as a way of
>keeping the system up2date (!!) with the latest packages but the up2date
>manager is not particularly intuitive and I can't find any man pages. The
>documentation of Redhats web site just covers some basic use but this
>relates to the latest version.
>
>Updating up2date is causing some problems with dependencies (something which
>I was hoping to avoid). I retrieve the up2date packages and try to apply
>them but get an error about dependencies for pygnome-libglade.
>
>Removing the up2date packages works but the I can't install up2date-gnome
>for the graphical manager. (see below).
>
>[root@homer RPMS]# rpm -Uvh up2date-gnome-2.1.7-1.i386.rpm
>error: failed dependencies:
> pygnome-libglade is needed by up2date-gnome-2.1.7-1
>[root@homer RPMS]#
>
>I can't seem to find pygnome-libglade on the RH download site, the link
>can't find the right file and looking at ftp.redhat.com is of no help
>either.
>
>Does anyone have experience of using up2date? I imagine I'm doing something
>in the wrong order but just can't get to grips with it.
Go to rpmfind.net and look for libglade. It's there.
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