Linux-Setup Digest #238, Volume #21 Wed, 16 May 01 05:13:11 EDT
Contents:
Re: fresh LILO stops at 'L' ("Eric")
can anyone tell me why? (Brad Rush)
Re: NIC setup Please Help ("Jerry W. Segers. Jr.")
The 8 levels of Unix Mastery (was Re: filename contains ":" characters (Wayne
Pollock)
Re: Sound Card not found (Xavi Fustero)
Re: Postix setup of smtp.. ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Strange X-crash (Nils Holland)
Re: can anyone tell me why? (Ron Nicholls)
Re: RH 7.1 Software Install Problem (James Richard Tyrer)
Re: Help with assigning eth0/eth1 to proper NICs ("Harvey Braun")
serial port monitor (Ron Nicholls)
Rage Pro and XFree4.0.x (Fabio S.)
Re: /etc/rc.d/init.d/myscript? (James Richard Tyrer)
Re: HP DDS-2 DAT + Autoloader ("JP")
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From: "Eric" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: linux.redhat.install,linux.redhat.misc
Subject: Re: fresh LILO stops at 'L'
Date: Wed, 16 May 2001 09:16:02 +0200
> I just installed RedHat Linux 7.0 from CDROM, the installation went
> smoothly, but after the installation, I cannot boot from the fresh
> installed HD: LILO stopped at 'L'.
>
> The partition of /dev/hda is as such:
> 1 8MB /boot
> 2 128MB /
> 4 256MB swap
> 5 15GB /home
> 6 2.8GB /usr
> 7 1.2GB /var
>
> LILO installed in MBR of /dev/hda. This a full Linux system, no DOS /
> Windows partition at all in the system.
>
> Booting from CDROM works fine, from other HD (a smaller 700MB HD) works
> fine, from tomsbrt boot floppy works fine. However, a boot floppy created
> using lilo from the /dev/hda failed to boot, also stopped at 'L'.
>
> Here is what I tried:
>
> 1. from linux rescue, mount the hda & cd into it, do 'lilo -r . -v
> -v',successful, but no boot.
Did you try "linux root=/dev/hda2" from any of these bootoptions (The CD
eg.)
Does `/sbin/lilo -v -v`give any warnings?
Is there something weird with your partitiontable? `/sbin/fdisk -l /dev/hda`
Eric
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From: Brad Rush <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: can anyone tell me why?
Date: Wed, 16 May 2001 19:32:29 +1200
Sometimes when I start my linux system (redhat 7.0) during the
interactive startup it says:
/ has reached maximal mount count, check forced
can someone tell me why this happens
and also a couple of minutes after x completes loading after logging in
the hard drive goes crazy doing 'something' and everything else stops
(im guessing due to lack of resources)
whats going on??
Thanks in advance
brad
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: "Jerry W. Segers. Jr." <segers_remove_this_so_it'[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.questions
Subject: Re: NIC setup Please Help
Date: Wed, 16 May 2001 03:29:04 -0400
man isapnp
man isapnp.conf
man pnpdump
pnpdump to a temp file, edit it by hand, copy that to /etc/isapnp.conf.
modprobe in the desired modules. confirm that they both work, edit
modules.conf to auto load the drivers, RELAX! don't pop a vein ;-)
In article <r6HJ6.44257$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "John Leita"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I am tring to get linux up and running with two eexpress ISA cards irq 5
> and 9 io 270 and 300 respectively. during RH 6.2 installation neither
> card is detected i tried using netconfig two set them up. No dice on
> either card. RH 5.2 installation gets one card but not the other. I
> tried this multiple times and it will work with either card but only
> one. Then in 5.2 I try adding it myself by modifying /etc/conf.modules
> and adding all the info. Then I modified lilo.conf and ran lilo like
> some multi-nic web page said to. The problem when I do ifconfig eth1 it
> says unknown interface. In a nutshell my question is ho do I get
> ifconfig to acknoledge eth1 ??? PLEASE HELP!!
>
>
>
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From: Wayne Pollock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.redhat,comp.os.linux.questions,comp.os.linux.help
Subject: The 8 levels of Unix Mastery (was Re: filename contains ":" characters
Date: Wed, 16 May 2001 03:23:18 -0400
Eight Circles of UNIX-fu
[Author Unknown]
Name Description and features:
beginner - insecure with the concept of a terminal
- has yet to learn the basics of vi
- has not figured out how to get a directory
- still has trouble with typing
after each line of input
novice - knows that "ls" will produce a directory
- uses the editor, but calls it "vye"
- has heard of "C" but never used it
- has had his first bad experience with rm
- is wondering how to read his mail
- is wondering why the person next to him
seems to like Unix so very much.
user - uses vi and nroff, but inexpertly
- has heard of regular-expr.s but never seen one.
- has figured out that "-" precedes options
- has attempted to write a C program and has
decided to stick with pascal
- is wondering how to move a directory
- thinks that dbx is a brand of stereo component
- knows how to read his mail and is wondering
how to read the news
knowlegable - uses nroff with no trouble, and is beginning
user to learn tbl and eqn
- uses grep to search for fixed strings
- has figured out that mv(1) will move directories
- has learned that "help" doesn`t help
- somebody has shown him how to write C programs
- once used sed to do some text substitution
- has seen dbx used but does not use it himself
- thinks that make is only for wimps
expert - uses sed when necessary
- uses macro"s in vi, uses ex when neccesary
- posts news at every possible opportunity
- write csh scripts occasionally
- write C programs using vi and compiles with cc
- has figured out what "&&" and "||" are for
- thinks that human history started with "!h"
hacker - uses sed and awk with comfort
- uses undocumented features of vi
- write C code with "cat >" and compiles with "!cc"
- uses adb because he doesn`t trust source
debuggers
- can answer questions about the user environment
- writes his own nroff macros to supplement std.
ones
- write scripts for Bourne shell (/bin/sh)
- knows how to install bug fixes
guru - uses m4 and lex with comfort
- writes assembly code with "cat >"
- uses adb on the kernel while system is loaded
- customizes utilities by patching the source
- reads device driver source with breakfast
- can answer any unix question after a
little thought
- uses make for anything that requires two or more
distinct commands to achieve
- has learned how to breach security but no longer
needs to try
wizard - writes device drivers with "cat >"
- fixes bugs by patching the binaries
- can answer any question before you ask
- writes his own troff macro packages
- is on first-name basis with Dennis, Bill, and Ken
================================================================================
Found on my hard disk, its 3 AM, so I can't tell if its
funny and/or appropriate.
-Wayne Pollock
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From: Xavi Fustero <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Sound Card not found
Date: Wed, 16 May 2001 09:34:24 +0200
Hello,
I tried the native AD1816 driver but it does not load anything.
Xavi.
Duane Healing wrote:
> When I was using a Kayak, I used the native AD1816 driver, have you tried
> that?
>
> --
> -Duane
> -DNAware SoftLabs
>
> In a feverish moment of semi-lucidity, "Xavi Fustero" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> flailed at the keyboard thusly:
> > I am working with a hp-kayak-XAs. I upgrated my kernel version from
> > 2.2.14 to the new 2.4.4.
> > Now, the system does not recognize my sound card but it did from last
> > image (2.2.14). I keep my /etc/conf.modules but it doesn't work !! My
> > sound card is integrated to the motherboard, so I connected to the hp
> > web page to find which one is it. I think I have a 02xx serie which work
> > with AD1816 audio controller but honestly I am not sure.
--
Xavi Fustero Benavent.
Genome Informatics Dep.(IMIM) Tel.:+34932211009 Ext: 2016
"I got the bill for my surgery. Now I know what those doctors were
wearing masks for." -- James Boren
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Postix setup of smtp..
Date: 15 May 2001 21:41:30 GMT
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/postfix-users
this is not an answer to your question, but I thought you might like to know
that this mailing list tends to post solutions to lots of questions. There
are 300 members. rj
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Warren Crossfield <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>Hi,
>
> I would like to setup postfix to allow use (relay) from only one trusted
>host. I took my best guess as to how to set it up, but I still get mail
>bounced.
>
> So..How do you setup postfix to allow relay by only one domain?
>
>Kindest regards,
> Warren
>
>
>
>
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From: Nils Holland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Strange X-crash
Date: Wed, 16 May 2001 09:10:31 +0200
Hi folks,
I'm using XFree86 4.0.3 on a Linux 2.4.4 system with an ATi-mach64 graphics
board. Until now, I never had any problems, however, quite recently a
strange behavior started to occur:
*Most of the time* X runs fine, even for several hours. However, randomly
during normal operating, X crashes. This has happened both while I was
using StarOffice and KMail - I think, however, that the crash doesn't
really have anything to do with these apps.
HOWEVER, to make things even stranger, after the crash, when I try to
restart X by typing "startx", X doesn't start and instead gives me a whole
lot of error messages looking like that:
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libxaa.a
Symbol XAAScreenIndex from module /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libxaa.a is
unresolved!
Symbol XAAGCIndex from module /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libxaa.a is unresolved!
Symbol XAAPixmapIndex from module /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libxaa.a is
unresolved!
Symbol XAAGCIndex from module /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libxaa.a is unresolved!
Symbol XAAPixmapIndex from module /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libxaa.a is
unresolved!
Symbol XAAScreenIndex from module /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libxaa.a is
unresolved!
Symbol XAAInitAccel from module /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libxaa.a is
unresolved!
Symbol XAAPaintWindow from module /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libxaa.a is
unresolved!
Nothing except for rebooting and trying again seems to solve this problem.
A file containing all the screen-output I get when trying to start X after
it crashed can be found at
http://www.nightcastleproductions.org/misc/error.out
Any help is appreciated!
Nils
--
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Nils Holland - [EMAIL PROTECTED]
NightCastle Productions - Linux in Tiddische, Germany
http://www.nightcastleproductions.org
"They asked me where this earthquake would begin,
I offered to let them feel my pulse."
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Date: Wed, 16 May 2001 18:21:34 +1000
From: Ron Nicholls <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: can anyone tell me why?
Brad Rush wrote:
>
> Sometimes when I start my linux system (redhat 7.0) during the
> interactive startup it says:
>
> / has reached maximal mount count, check forced
>
> can someone tell me why this happens
>
> and also a couple of minutes after x completes loading after logging in
> the hard drive goes crazy doing 'something' and everything else stops
> (im guessing due to lack of resources)
>
> whats going on??
>
> Thanks in advance
>
> brad
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
maximum count is what it says. The file systems are
checked for errors after a set number of mounts.
The number of mounts before checking can be configured
-SOMEWHERE-, I don't where.
I suspect the hard drive activity ( I get it too) is
probably "cron" doing its housekeeping, rotating logs and stuff.
Have a look in /etc/cron.*
--
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-
Regards RonN
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From: James Richard Tyrer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.redhat,linux.redhat
Subject: Re: RH 7.1 Software Install Problem
Date: Wed, 16 May 2001 08:26:45 GMT
Kevin Reeder wrote:
>
>
>
Titel: RH 7.1 Software Install Problem 5/15/01
URL: /tmp/soffice.tmp/sv6930.tmp/mail6963.htm 14:16:42
>
>
>
> I'm trying to re-install two commercial programs -- Applix and
> WordPerfect -- and get the same error. They each have an install
> program on a CD but when I try to run it I receive a "permission
> denied" message. I've checked permissions and ownership of the device
> and mount point.
>
> Installed and ran both programs on 6.0 without trouble. I'm
> re-installing because the 7.1 upgrade didn't work given my partition
> scheme which needed to be redone.
>
> Any idea what the conflict might be with 7.1?
>
> Kevin
>
Please post the line for the CD-ROM drive from your "/etc/fstab" file.
Or, just check it. I would guess that "exec" is not included in the
parameter list.
JRT
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From: "Harvey Braun" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Help with assigning eth0/eth1 to proper NICs
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.misc
Date: Wed, 16 May 2001 08:29:33 GMT
I had the same type of problem with 2 network cards. I had one that I
wanted to use for my internal network and one for going out to a cable
modem. They are both PCI but one always loaded first when I set up the
machine no matter which slot I put it in. The way I got aroung it was to use Linuxconf
and simply
reassigne the first card from eth0 to eth1 and then the next one eth1 to eth0. When I
rebooted the machine that is the way it stayed.
HB
In article <989960817.911602@sj-nntpcache-3>, "Brian Davis"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi,
> I've got 2 3c509s in a my Linux box (Mandrake 8). One is an ISA card,
> and one is built on the Motherboard. Anyway, they are being setup with
> one as eth0 and the other as eth1 (obviously). What I want to do is
> flip that assignment (long story having to do with cable provider and
> scripts I've already written). I want mac 00:10:4b:ce:11:55 to be eth0
> and 00:c0:4f:c4:33:37 to be eth1. Here is the current output from
> ifconfig -a: eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:C0:4F:C4:33:37
> BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:0 errors:0
> dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0
> overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:100
> RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b) Interrupt:5 Base
> address:0x220
> eth1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:10:4B:CE:11:55
> inet addr:24.147.19.101 Bcast:24.147.23.255
> Mask:255.255.248.0 UP BROADCAST NOTRAILERS RUNNING MTU:1500
> Metric:1 RX packets:43756 errors:4 dropped:0 overruns:0
> frame:4 TX packets:19029 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0
> carrier:0 collisions:156 txqueuelen:100
> RX bytes:29961426 (28.5 Mb) TX bytes:1448254 (1.3 Mb)
> Interrupt:10 Base address:0x230
> I believe that the IRQs and IOs are being setup by PNP, especially since
> I've tried the 3c5x9setup executable, changed the IRQ and IO, and they
> are effectively ignored.
> I've followed the Ethernet-HOWTO regarding eth0/eth1 assignment and
> setup the /etc/modules.conf as follows:
> alias eth0 3c509
> alias eth1 3c509
> options 3c509 io=0x230,io=0x220
> But I get the following error output after running modprobe:
> [root@h00104bce1155 net]# modprobe 3c509
> /lib/modules/2.4.3-20mdk/kernel/drivers/net/3c509.o.gz: invalid
> parameter parm_io
> /lib/modules/2.4.3-20mdk/kernel/drivers/net/3c509.o.gz: insmod
> /lib/modules/2.4.3-20mdk/kernel/drivers/net/3c509.o.gz failed
> /lib/modules/2.4.3-20mdk/kernel/drivers/net/3c509.o.gz: insmod 3c509
> failed
> [root@h00104bce1155 net]#
> Any help/ideas is greatly appreciated. Thanks,
> Brian
>
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Date: Wed, 16 May 2001 18:31:25 +1000
From: Ron Nicholls <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: serial port monitor
I am being dropped soon after connecting
to my isp.
Is there a monitor utility I can run to
determine who is terminating the connection,
the isp or me.
--
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-
Regards RonN
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Fabio S.)
Subject: Rage Pro and XFree4.0.x
Date: 16 May 2001 08:37:12 GMT
Hi,
if I am not wrong, the Rage pro (for example, my Ati xpert@play 98) is
supported under XFree 4.0.3 with 2D acceleration but not with 3D
acceleration (DRI): is that right?
The question is: will 3D acceleration be supported under future releases
of XFree? Is it possible to know when?
At the dri site (at sourceforge) they state that they don't give any info
about development status and expected future releases... :-((
Thanks
Fabio
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From: James Richard Tyrer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.redhat,comp.os.linux.questions,comp.os.linux.help
Subject: Re: /etc/rc.d/init.d/myscript?
Date: Wed, 16 May 2001 08:48:08 GMT
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Bit Twister wrote:
> Please remove the mime encoding in your browser.
There is no "mime encoding" in his message. It is a multipart message with different
MIME types because he added the card. If you are
going to appoint yourself the news group police then you should first learn enough to
know what you are talking about.
MIME encoding is a method of sending 8 bit data as 7 bit data. What you complained
about in his message had nothing to do with that.
http://www.techweb.com/encyclopedia/
> Notice what you had to read through to see your question.
> You can also drop the card.
All he needs to do is drop the card. He should probably set it to 8 bit and change to
plain text but that wouldn't make the junk go
away if he still attached the v-card.
This is sent as plain text and 8 bit but with a v-card!!!!
JRT
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From: "JP" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: HP DDS-2 DAT + Autoloader
Date: Wed, 16 May 2001 10:05:39 +0100
"Gene Heskett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Gene Heskett sends Greetings to JP ;
>
> > I have a DDS-2 DAT drive with a 6 cartridge autoloader connected to
> > an Adaptec AHA 2920 SCSI controller.
>
> > RH 7.0 can see the DAT drive (ID#3) but I can't manage to change
> > tapes using the command line and the only way I can change tapes is
> > by pushing the button on the front.
>
> Are you using 'mtx'? Its the changer handler.
>
Cheers Gene,
I didn't know that, I'm more use to mc or mt ranload/sensemag. I'll give it
a go later.
Regards,
J
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