Linux-Setup Digest #214, Volume #21 Sat, 12 May 01 23:13:05 EDT
Contents:
Re: /dev/hdd3 is not on the first disk? (Dave Uhring)
Re: /dev/hdd3 is not on the first disk? (Sentinel)
StarOffice crush my computer (Sebastian Feuerhake)
Re: /dev/hdd3 is not on the first disk? ("Peter T. Breuer")
Re: problem with Gcombust as normal user (Elvis Dieguez)
Re: DHCP and Road Runner blues ("Wubba")
No DNS with DHCP sometimes ("grendel")
No sound; Something wrong with mixer. Help ("grendel")
Nvidia drivers. Can I use RPM? ("grendel")
Re: problem with Gcombust as normal user ([BeoWulf])
Problems w/Apache Web Server ("ej")
Need help with installing scigraphica (Madhusudan Singh)
Re: StarOffice crush my computer (Dave Uhring)
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From: Dave Uhring <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: /dev/hdd3 is not on the first disk?
Date: Sat, 12 May 2001 17:59:12 -0500
Lisette Schelles wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I am an absolute beginner about Linux. I searched for my problem via deja
> and different FAQ but I found no answer.
> Could someone help me with this?
> I had a triple boot pc (win98,win 2000 professional, win 2000 server)
> installed on the same hard disk.
> To boot between the different os I use boot magic 5.0 from partition
> magic. This setup is working perfect but I want to learn more about Linux
> so I have installed a second hard disk on the ide 2nd slave channel and
> installed redhat 7.1 on it.
>
> II have chosen not to install lilo on the MBR sector of my hard disk but
> to
> install it on the root partition (/dev/hdd3) of the Linux native so that
> I can use bootmagic to boot between the different os.
> The problem is that is can only boot Linux with the diskette but not from
> the hard disk
> If I try to install lilo he is giving me the following messages
>
> Warning: /dev/hdd3 is not on the first disk
> Warning: Bios drive 0x82 may be not accessible
>
> Does this mean that Linux cannot boot from a second hard disk?
That is not the second hard disk, it is the 3d partition of the fourth hard
disk. And unless lilo has been improved lately, no.
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From: Sentinel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: /dev/hdd3 is not on the first disk?
Date: Sat, 12 May 2001 22:54:13 GMT
Lisette Schelles wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I am an absolute beginner about Linux. I searched for my problem via deja
> and different FAQ but I found no answer.
> Could someone help me with this?
> I had a triple boot pc (win98,win 2000 professional, win 2000 server)
> installed on the same hard disk.
> To boot between the different os I use boot magic 5.0 from partition magic.
> This setup is working perfect but I want to learn more about Linux so I have
> installed a second hard disk on the ide 2nd slave channel and installed
> redhat 7.1 on it.
>
> II have chosen not to install lilo on the MBR sector of my hard disk but to
> install it on the root partition (/dev/hdd3) of the Linux native so that I
> can use bootmagic to boot between the different os.
> The problem is that is can only boot Linux with the diskette but not from
> the hard disk
> If I try to install lilo he is giving me the following messages
>
> Warning: /dev/hdd3 is not on the first disk
> Warning: Bios drive 0x82 may be not accessible
>
> Does this mean that Linux cannot boot from a second hard disk?
You can, but you have to write lilo to the mbr on your first disk. I had the
same problem on my system(4 SCSI drives).
--
Sentinel
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From: Sebastian Feuerhake <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: StarOffice crush my computer
Date: Sat, 12 May 2001 07:22:36 -0400
Hi i have been trying to install SO5.2 in my RH7.1 but its been imposible.
My computrer freezes everytime i run the installation program. I have a
Savage4 video card, and i think thats the problem. I ve heard about
enviroment settings, that can help me but dont know whats that.? Any
suggestions
Thanks
TiTo/////
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From: "Peter T. Breuer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: /dev/hdd3 is not on the first disk?
Date: Sun, 13 May 2001 01:24:46 +0200
Lisette Schelles <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> If I try to install lilo he is giving me the following messages
> Warning: /dev/hdd3 is not on the first disk
> Warning: Bios drive 0x82 may be not accessible
> Does this mean that Linux cannot boot from a second hard disk?
No, it means your bios can't/mayn't. And it's not the second disk, it's
the fourth. The bios can often not boot from the second controller
(slave)! Update the bios or put the boot stuff somewhere else.
What is the disk slaved to, btw?
Peter
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From: Elvis Dieguez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux.mandrake,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: problem with Gcombust as normal user
Date: Sat, 12 May 2001 16:48:11 -0700
You need to set the 's' bit permission on the programs used to burn a CD.
I do not recall all of the programs. I know one of them must be cdrecord.
You can use find to look for files that belong to the group 'cdwriter' and
that should be all of them.
Elvis dieguez
Yves Leung-Tack wrote:
> Hi,
>
>
> When I try to run the gcombust I got these messages :
>
> /usr/bin/cdrecord: Operation not permitted. WARNING: Cannot do
> mlockall(2).
> /usr/bin/cdrecord: WARNING: This causes a high risk for buffer
> underruns.
> /usr/bin/cdrecord: Operation not permitted. WARNING: Cannot set
> RR-scheduler
> /usr/bin/cdrecord: Permission denied. WARNING: Cannot set priority using
> setpriority().
> /usr/bin/cdrecord: WARNING: This causes a high risk for buffer
> underruns.
> /usr/bin/cdrecord: Operation not permitted. shmctl failed to lock shared
> memory segment
>
>
> Does someone known how to fix this ?
> As root, it works just fine. And I check that user is part of the
> cdrom/cdwriter group ...
>
>
> Merci !
>
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From: "Wubba" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.x,alt.linux.redhat,alt.linux,alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.x
Subject: Re: DHCP and Road Runner blues
Date: Sat, 12 May 2001 23:55:45 GMT
Why do you not recommend hooking linux to hub ?
I have windows going to hub and linux to hub and modem on third port! Is
there a reason not to do this ?
Brian
"william crowell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:HfcJ6.9354$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> roadrunner uses dhcp. you need to modify the ethernet adapter for dhcp and
> this should fix the problem. sometimes there is also a modem error with
the
> motorola modems that were originally supplied by the cable companies. the
> newer toshiba modems work better. still, be sure you're running dhcp on
the
> ethernet adapter.
>
> also, you must not connect the modem via a hub. it must be connected
> DIRECTLY to your nic.
>
> furthermore, why buy more ethernet addresses? put a second nic in your
> machine and use ip masquerade. set up a hub on the second nic and make the
> ip address on the second nic the default gateway for the lan. make the rr
> nic the default gateway for your linux box. you can run a zillion
computers
> on the lan side through the linux box. note that this violates the
> acceptable use policy.
>
> i implement this (with the knowlege of rr) to use the ipchains firewall.
my
> company provides 7/24 customer service and i have an isdn link to my NOC.
i
> use the linux box as a firewall for the home lan while enjoying high-speed
> access for the windows workstation when i'm surfing.
>
> bill
>
> "." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> news:qiWI6.135104$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> > In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "James Tonsager"
> > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > I had an awful time setting this up with Roadrunner. I had it working
> > for a few months and all of a sudden I could no longer use the Linux
> > machine with Roadrunner.. I tried everything and finally called
> > Roadrunner and asked them if anything had changed.. It had. Roadrunner
> > in my area blocks you from obtaining more than one ip address at a time.
> > I purchased a second ip address and reset the modem by unplugging it
from
> > the wall for two minutes and everything works again. I had not read
> > anywhere that the modem had to be reset.
> >
> > Gary
> >
> >
> >
> > >> > Hello.
> > >> > I am running Redhat 6.2, and I am tying to use it with Mediaone
(Now
> > >> > ATT) Road Runner service in the Detroit Metro area. My problem is
> > >> > that my machine would not lease from the DHCP server. Of course,
the
> > >> > customer support was useless in this issue: "we don't support
> > >> > Line-ucks".
> > >> > I have researched this thoroughly, and have seen many people with
the
> > >> > same or similar issue, but every single one failed to document
> > >> > clearly how they overcame this problem (if they did at all). I
> > >> > dropped pump all together. I have the version that comes stock
with
> > >> > RH 6.2. (0.7.8-1). I downloaded the latest version of DHCPCD
version
> > >> > 1.3.20-p10. I have gotten that to work -- but it only works about
10
> > >> > percent of the time. 90% of the time (or so) it fails. The README
> > >> > for this utility is not helpful at all. The howto I found was even
> > >> > worse. When modifying the script of ifup an ifdown, it not only had
> > >> > the script wrong, but it said to remove an "if" statement without
> > >> > touching the fi. I am no scripting whiz, but I know you can't break
> > >> > conditionals like that without trashing the script.
> > >> > I modified ifup and ifdown, basically by replacing the pump
commands
> > >> > with their dhcpcd equivalents. Then, I wrote a script that loops
the
> > >> > ifup until it gets a lease. I put the script at the end of
rc.local,
> > >> > rather than having eth0 come up at init level 3. The net result is
> > >> > that it runs through everything fine, and at the very last stage,
> > >> > tries to bring up eth0 until it is successful. It take about 10
> > >> > times plus or minus.
> > >> > (SIGH........)
> > >> > What can I do to get this to work?
> > >> > I really appreciate any help I can get. Thanks! Chris
> > >> >
>
>
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From: "grendel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.os.linux,alt.os.linux.suse,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: No DNS with DHCP sometimes
Date: Sat, 12 May 2001 23:46:21 GMT
SuSE 7.0 (2.2.16)
At home I run Linux connected to my ISP getting an IP from them via DHCP.
Sometimes it works great and when I look in the resolv.conf there is my DNS
server, search and domain all gotten via DHCP (not in rc.config). However
sometimes when I've booted I'll start X or something and go to browse and I
can't get anywhere. I can ping an IP address but no name resolution. When I
look in resolv.conf there is nothing but the domain that I put in rc.config
at install. Therefore the ISP info wasn't written for some reason. Any
ideas? Thanks in advance.
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From: "grendel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.linux,alt.os.linux,alt.os.linux.suse,comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.misc,creative.products.sound_blaster.live
Subject: No sound; Something wrong with mixer. Help
Date: Sat, 12 May 2001 23:49:43 GMT
I have a soundblaster live value and have followed the directions in the
article in the SuSE sdb called "ALSA update for SuSE SuSE 6.4/7.0/7.1 and do
not have sound. After the alsa update my card was recognized by alsaconfig.
However when it trys to adjust the volumes and change the mixer it fails. No
asound.conf is created. Here are the error messages. I have verified that
the sound drivers are loaded. They even say this using "alsasound status".
"Could not initialize..."
"No mixer config in the /etc/asounf.conf. You have to unmute your card.
Mixer 0/0 'open error."
I've even tryed manually unmuting the mixer and even accessing it via amixer
but I always get the message about the "Mixer 0/0 ' open error. Even when I
try different device names this happens. Thanks.
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From: "grendel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.comp.periphs.videocards.nvidia,alt.os.linux.suse,comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.x,comp.windows.x.i386unix
Subject: Nvidia drivers. Can I use RPM?
Date: Sat, 12 May 2001 23:55:37 GMT
I have SuSE 7.0 with 2.2.16 kernel. However a patch was downloaded for it
because of the Promise IDE Controller and Geforce 2 that I have. This was in
the form of K_EIDE.RPM. Anyway I've been trying to get the Nvidia drivers to
work fine and have been having problems. (the nv driver in Xfree works
fine). What I wonder first of all is do I need to use the source or tar from
Nvidia or can I just use the RPM's they provide. Does the patch I got for
the kernel from SuSE make the Nvidia RPM's non usable for me? They seem to
load fine however I can never make it into X. I'll get a black screen with
no errors in the XFree log. IT only stops after "Write-combining range".
Thanks in advance.
Also if I installed the Promise/Geforce patch for the kernel did it update
the header files automatically or do I need to do this?
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From: [BeoWulf] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: problem with Gcombust as normal user
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux.mandrake,comp.os.linux.misc
Date: Sun, 13 May 2001 00:57:47 GMT
As I glanced into the mist, I noticed the sound of a whispering voice. I=
t=20
appeared to be coming from the whereabouts of Yves Leung-Tack, and the=20
voice seemed to be saying :
> Hi,
>=20
>=20
> When I try to run the gcombust I got these messages :
>=20
> /usr/bin/cdrecord: Operation not permitted. WARNING: Cannot do
> mlockall(2).
See [1]
> /usr/bin/cdrecord: WARNING: This causes a high risk for buffer
> underruns.
See [2]
> /usr/bin/cdrecord: Operation not permitted. WARNING: Cannot set
> RR-scheduler
Yup, see [1]
> /usr/bin/cdrecord: Permission denied. WARNING: Cannot set priority usin=
g
> setpriority().
Again, see [1] ;-)
> /usr/bin/cdrecord: WARNING: This causes a high risk for buffer
> underruns.
Again, see [2] :-)
> /usr/bin/cdrecord: Operation not permitted. shmctl failed to lock share=
d
> memory segment
>=20
>=20
> Does someone known how to fix this ?
> As root, it works just fine. And I check that user is part of the
> cdrom/cdwriter group ...
>=20
>=20
> Merci !
Here goes ;-)
[1] You do not have the proper permissions to *write* to a device. By=20
default, only root has that prerogative. This is a normal and logical=20
setup, so it "works as designed". ;-)
You can however find a workaround by changing ownerships and permissions =
to=20
some files, but the easiest way around it is to run Gcombust as root. Fr=
om=20
within KDE, create a desktop link with in the section for the executable'=
s=20
name *kdesu* *-c* *gcombust*. Alternatively, install the *sudo* package=20
and read the manuals on it... ;-)
[2] You probably have writing speed set too high, which on burners that=20
connect to the IDE/ATA controller (though emulated as SCSI) may indeed=20
cause buffer underruns. In case of a cdrw, you can retry afterwards. In=
=20
case of a cdr, you get a nice shiny coaster... ;-=DE
--=20
With sincere regards,
[BeoWulf].
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From: "ej" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Problems w/Apache Web Server
Date: Sat, 12 May 2001 20:18:13 -0500
After installing RH 7.1 with Apache Web Server, I can get out to the
internet but can't acces my www.domain-name.com. I have a DSL connection
with a Cisco 675 router. I have a dynamic IP so I went through NO-IP.com for
my DNS. I'm enclosing some of the settings and looking for advice on making
this connection.
ifconfig from root
eth0
inet addr: 10.0.0.2 Bcast: 10.0.0.255
lo
Link encap: local loopback
inet addr: 127.0.0.1 mask: 255.0.0.0
Apache configuration
Server Name: domain-name.com
Webmaster: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Available addresses
63.xxx.xxx.xx 80 (Dynamic IP from ISP)
Network configuration
Hostname: www.domain-name.com
Domain: domain-name.com
Search for hostnames:
(no entry)
Name Servers:
204.xxx.xxx.xxx (IP from my ISP)
204.xxx.xxx.xx0 (IP from my ISP)
Hosts
127.x.x.x www.domain-name.com
10.x.x.x www.domain-name.com
I'd appreciate any help on making this configuration work. Whenever I try to
pull up my home page, I receive the error "unable to locate ther server
www.domain-name.com. Please check the server name and try again".
In the error.log there is an entry for #98 can't bind to port 80. Do I need
a cable/dsl router for port forwarding?
Thanks in advance.
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From: Madhusudan Singh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Need help with installing scigraphica
Date: Sat, 12 May 2001 22:03:34 -0400
Hi,
I wanted to install scigraphica on my CAEN Linux 6.1 (a variant of
Redhat 6.1) system.
I got a failed dependency :
root@guo src]# rpm -Uvh scigraphica-0.6.3-1.i386.rpm
error: failed dependencies:
libreadline.so.4.1 is needed by scigraphica-0.6.3-1
When I searched for libreadline.so.4.1 on the net, I got the package
readline-4.1-9.i386.rpm that contains this.
I tried to install this, but ran into a problem,
[root@guo src]# rpm -Uvh readline-4.1-9.i386.rpm
error: failed dependencies:
readline = 2.2.1 is needed by readline-devel-2.2.1-5
libhistory.so.3 is needed by libxml2-2.2.8-1
libreadline.so.3 is needed by R-base-0.64.2-caen_4
libreadline.so.3 is needed by arla-0.31-12
libreadline.so.3 is needed by arla-monitor-0.31-12
libreadline.so.3 is needed by bc-1.05a-4
libreadline.so.3 is needed by cdecl-2.5-9
libreadline.so.3 is needed by ext2ed-0.1-19
libreadline.so.3 is needed by ftp-0.15-1
libreadline.so.3 is needed by fvwm2-2.2.2-3
libreadline.so.3 is needed by git-4.3.17-5
libreadline.so.3 is needed by gnuplot-3.7.0.1-4
libreadline.so.3 is needed by guile-1.3-7
libreadline.so.3 is needed by krb4-libs-1.0-6
libreadline.so.3 is needed by krb4-workstation-1.0-6
libreadline.so.3 is needed by libgtop-examples-1.0.5-1
libreadline.so.3 is needed by pilot-link-0.9.0-8
libreadline.so.3 is needed by python-1.5.2-7
libreadline.so.3 is needed by samba-2.0.5a-12
libreadline.so.3 is needed by samba-client-2.0.5a-12
libreadline.so.3 is needed by samba-common-2.0.5a-12
libreadline.so.3 is needed by units-1.55-3
libreadline.so.3 is needed by postgresql-7.0.2-2
libreadline.so.3 is needed by postgresql-server-7.0.2-2
libreadline.so.3 is needed by libxml2-2.2.8-1
Can someone think of a workaround ?
Thanks,
Madhusudan Singh.
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From: Dave Uhring <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: StarOffice crush my computer
Date: Sat, 12 May 2001 22:09:30 -0500
Sebastian Feuerhake wrote:
>
>
> Hi i have been trying to install SO5.2 in my RH7.1 but its been
> imposible.
> My computrer freezes everytime i run the installation program. I have a
> Savage4 video card, and i think thats the problem. I ve heard about
> enviroment settings, that can help me but dont know whats that.? Any
> suggestions
>
> Thanks
> TiTo/////
>
StarOffice doesn't have a thing to do with your video card, but it is a
tremendous memory and drive space hog. Run "df -k" and see if one of your
partitions is getting filled up.
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