Linux-Setup Digest #259, Volume #21 Fri, 18 May 01 20:13:12 EDT
Contents:
Re: RH 7.1 + XFS and SCSI LUN's (Angry Bob)
Re: not rpm? (Angry Bob)
Re: Sendmail + Gateway (Angry Bob)
USB problems ("Linux Guerilla")
Re: Journalling filesystem in RedHat 7.1 at install? (Angry Bob)
Re: Why oh why (disk partitioning) (Angry Bob)
Re: Problem with smooth running (Angry Bob)
Re: boot loaders (Angry Bob)
Suse: How I stop booting to GUI mode in 7.1 (Andrew ward)
Re: Mandrake 7, I gave up trying - Windows actually WORKS (Angry Bob)
Re: Suse: How I stop booting to GUI mode in 7.1 (Jim McIntyre)
Re: Suse: How I stop booting to GUI mode in 7.1 (Angry Bob)
Re: LILO 1024 cylinder limit (Mark Bratcher)
Re: kmail crash in kde-2.1.1 (Joerg Stadermann)
Re: lpd interoperatibility with Solaris (Dave Uhring)
Re: newbie question RH 7.1 config (Dave Uhring)
Re: Cd Writing Problem w/XCdroast (don keith)
Re: Like in windows snmp service, can i get the same in linux? (Dave Uhring)
Re: Journalling filesystem in RedHat 7.1 at install? (Dave Uhring)
Re: Mandrake 7, I gave up trying - Windows actually WORKS (Graham Bentley)
Re: help: getting headers working (Dave Uhring)
Re: Suse: How I stop booting to GUI mode in 7.1 (don keith)
Re: Journalling filesystem in RedHat 7.1 at install? (Kenneth 'Redhead' Nielsen)
Re: Kernel Panic message (Sonny)
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From: Angry Bob <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: git.unix.linux
Subject: Re: RH 7.1 + XFS and SCSI LUN's
Date: 18 May 2001 20:13:08 GMT
What would you like to read? [[EMAIL PROTECTED] or ?*]
this is a Timothy Murphy scroll! it says:
> Any enlightenment gratefully received.
The Big Linux companies are under a lot of pressure at the moment to get
their product out and become a viable money-making machine. Part of
that is having all the modern aspects of the linux kernel, which means
that they need 2.4.x over 2.2.x.... the kernel came out a bit later than
planned, the big bugs didn't get worked out quite in time.... The powers
that be made a decision and went with it. They hoped that their patches
were enough, but there were still a couple big bugs.
They shoudl have gone with a patched version of 2.4.1 IMHO, but C'est la
vie.... if you're pretty savvy it's no real broblem.... if nothing else
you coudl boot off a rescue disk, compile a new kernel on another
machine, and move it over. It will fit on a floppy, afterall....
<smile>
Not to totally single out redhat in that aspect, Mandrake did the same
thing. And Though I don't use SuSE, I'd assume that they're in the same
boat. Compiling a kernel to fit a machine is an art, compiling one to
fit every machine is simply a pain in the ass.
--
AngryBob Systems Consultant - http://www.trellisinc.com
I ust Mandrake Linux for the same reason I turn the light switch
on and off 17 times before leaving the room.... If I don't my
family will die. -- I wish I remembered.
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From: Angry Bob <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: not rpm?
Date: 18 May 2001 20:14:51 GMT
What would you like to read? [[EMAIL PROTECTED] or ?*]
this is a Mike Flys scroll! it says:
> I tried intalling some things from the redhat 7.1 cd's and it gives me
> an error saying they're not rpm's. Can anyone tell me whats wrong?
with that abundance of information, I'd assume that they weren't rpms.
--
AngryBob Systems Consultant - http://www.trellisinc.com
I ust Mandrake Linux for the same reason I turn the light switch
on and off 17 times before leaving the room.... If I don't my
family will die. -- I wish I remembered.
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From: Angry Bob <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Sendmail + Gateway
Date: 18 May 2001 20:17:54 GMT
What would you like to read? [[EMAIL PROTECTED] or ?*]
this is a Bruce E. Varney scroll! it says:
> What's going on? I configured sendmail to not use DNS (and yes, I did
> apply the changes and re-start sendmail). Why can't I get this to
> work??????????
if you don't want to use DNS then you're going to have to send mail to
the ip address. Without DNS it doesn't know where hsonline.net is.
--
AngryBob Systems Consultant - http://www.trellisinc.com
The secret to not getting burned out is to play at working hard,
and not taking things too seriously.
-- Linus Torvalds
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From: "Linux Guerilla" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: USB problems
Date: Fri, 18 May 2001 20:23:03 GMT
I just upgraded me y kernel so I'm runing Redhat 7.1, 2.4.4-XFS. I had no
problem using my USB mouse ns Wacom tablet when I was running 2.4.2-XFS
kernel. During the boot-up phase it sees both of my USB devices including my
Setiek Flying stick. But they are not usuable. I notice one diffrerence with
the 2.4.2-XFS kernel during boot-up it Mounted the USB filesystem. But my
new Kernel Settings it don't. Where do I enable USB filesystem mounting or
how do I set the USB devices to work.
guerilla
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From: Angry Bob <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Journalling filesystem in RedHat 7.1 at install?
Date: 18 May 2001 20:24:54 GMT
What would you like to read? [[EMAIL PROTECTED] or ?*]
this is a max scroll! it says:
> I can do it the 'hard' way and use SGI's XFS boot disk and then use kernel
> patches for every kernel upgrade... but it would be nice to have an
> official RedHat set.
Or you coudl do it the easy way and just get the most recent kernel and
compile yourself one that is built specifically for your machine. With
all your filesystems. Take a look at tux2 before you commit to reiser.
--
AngryBob Systems Consultant - http://www.trellisinc.com
"I gave speeches while president on topics like climate change
until I was blue in the face, but they were not deemed
newsworthy by you." -- Bill Clinton addressing the press
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From: Angry Bob <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Why oh why (disk partitioning)
Date: 18 May 2001 20:30:59 GMT
What would you like to read? [[EMAIL PROTECTED] or ?*]
this is a [EMAIL PROTECTED] scroll! it says:
> I would advise the original poster to have a careful think about what
> "data" and programs are to be installed initially, and how that might
> change over time. Base your partitioning scheme on this. Two people
> with exactly the same specification of PC will probably want different
> partitioning schemes because they will be using the PC differently.
This is true, linux is about sculpting the OS to fit your needs, not the
other way around. For example, I need a huge /var on my home machine
for pr0n, but I only need to mirror a couple webpages on my machine at
work.... <grin>
(yeah, I know, but it's friday!)
--
AngryBob Systems Consultant - http://www.trellisinc.com
"Our relation to the universe certainly depends
on what's in it."
--Ben Oppenheimer of the University of California-Berkeley
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From: Angry Bob <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Problem with smooth running
Date: 18 May 2001 20:43:43 GMT
What would you like to read? [[EMAIL PROTECTED] or ?*]
this is a Vojta scroll! it says:
> I'm novice to Linux. I have installed RedHat7.1 with KDE. I have problems
> with smooth running when workink with KDE (or GNOME). It's often hardly
> swapping, and my system very twitchs. After KDE launchs I run KDE
> configurator to see state of my RAM - 99% of it is full and there is about
> 1MB in swap. Why so much? (I do not run any application except KDE
> configurator)I have 64MB of RAM, two HDD connected to one channel, native
> partition is on hda, swap partition on hdb, size of swap partition is 164MB,
> size of native partition is 3GB, processor Celeron 400MHZ. What is the
> problem? I tried to run Win98SE alse and it's all OK. I open for or five IE,
> some disk manager and it runs smoothly. Why Linux can't? Please give me an
> advice.
that's the way it's supposed to work, linux is actually doing a very
good job of managing that memory.
Linux will go ahead and load all necessary libraries into memory, but
won't free up the memory until it's needed.... this way you can run
netscape, close it, and if you run it again the kernel doesn't have to
load netscape off the disk, because it's already sitting in memory. If
you load galeon and your memory is all filled up, the kernel will look
at that loaded, but unused memory and find something to free up and
overwrite. If you haven't used netscape in awhile it'll overwrite that
chunk of RAM.
Basically your kernel is just doing it's damndest to be ready for
anything you might do, you're not leaking memory. <smile> If you want
to play with it send me an email and I'll send you a little program that
will fill up your memory and then free it.... it's really simple, but
it'll push everythign currently loaded in ram into swap, trhen you can
see that your memory size only grows when you access something....
--
AngryBob Systems Consultant - http://www.trellisinc.com
I want to know God's thoughts.... the rest are details.
-Albert Einstein
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From: Angry Bob <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: boot loaders
Date: 18 May 2001 20:51:49 GMT
What would you like to read? [[EMAIL PROTECTED] or ?*]
this is a Ted Shoemaker scroll! it says:
> Can someone please compare the some of different boot-loaders?
> Or point me to a site that compares them?
Grub is good stuff, I'd use http://www.google.com to find comparison
sites.
--
AngryBob Systems Consultant - http://www.trellisinc.com
"It is ridiculous claiming that video games influence children. For
instance, if Pac-man affected kids born in the eighties, we should
by now have a bunch of teenagers who run around in darkened rooms
and eat pills while listening to monotonous electronic music."
-- Joachim Lous
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From: Andrew ward <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Suse: How I stop booting to GUI mode in 7.1
Date: Fri, 18 May 2001 14:06:58 -0700
I installed 7.1, but the video driver is wrong so I need to
get access to the text-mode booting so I can run a YaST or
something to reconfigure my video driver?
Right now it just boots quickly to GUI mode (login screen)
Any suggestions?
Thanks
--
-Andrew
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ph: 408 527-2773 | |
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From: Angry Bob <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: Mandrake 7, I gave up trying - Windows actually WORKS
Date: 18 May 2001 21:47:55 GMT
What would you like to read? [comp.os.linux.setup or *?]
This is a Don Hinds <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> scroll! it says:
> I've posted all these problems in more detail in the past, but no one has any
> workable answers. ;-(
go download yourself the latest Mandrake8.0 and install that instead....
7.0 is so old you don't want it anyhow.
--
AngryBob Systems Consultant - http://www.trellisinc.com
I'm a cynical son of a bitch. compred to me, beaker
is puppy dogs and ice cream. :-)
-Trey
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From: Jim McIntyre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Suse: How I stop booting to GUI mode in 7.1
Date: Fri, 18 May 2001 21:51:42 GMT
Try ctrl-x at the gui login screen. In rehdat, thast brings your to a
tex-based login
Cheers
Andrew ward wrote:
> I installed 7.1, but the video driver is wrong so I need to
> get access to the text-mode booting so I can run a YaST or
> something to reconfigure my video driver?
>
> Right now it just boots quickly to GUI mode (login screen)
>
> Any suggestions?
>
> Thanks
>
> --
> -Andrew
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------
> Andrew Ward
> ph: 408 527-2773 | |
> 800.250.4800 ext 72773 | |
> Optical Internetworking Business Unit ||| |||
> GSR development group (12000) ..:|||||||:...:|||||||:..
> email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] C i s c o S y s t e m s
> ------------------------------------------------------------
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From: Angry Bob <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Suse: How I stop booting to GUI mode in 7.1
Date: 18 May 2001 22:02:18 GMT
What would you like to read? [[EMAIL PROTECTED] or ?*]
this is a Andrew ward scroll! it says:
> I installed 7.1, but the video driver is wrong so I need to
> get access to the text-mode booting so I can run a YaST or
> something to reconfigure my video driver?
> Right now it just boots quickly to GUI mode (login screen)
> Any suggestions?
ctrl-alt-f1 ???
--
AngryBob Systems Consultant - http://www.trellisinc.com
You've never eaten a packing peanut?
--Nick Black
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Mark Bratcher)
Crossposted-To:
alt.comp.linux,alt.os.linux.redhat,comp.os.linux.questions,comp.os.linux.redhat
Subject: Re: LILO 1024 cylinder limit
Date: Fri, 18 May 2001 22:26:15 GMT
On Thu, 17 May 2001 03:00:37 GMT, Mark Bratcher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> took up
his/her discourse and spake:
>On Wed, 16 May 2001 08:38:40 +0200, Sven Bovin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> took up
>his/her discourse and spake:
>>"Rene M�rten" wrote:
>>>
>>> Jan Johansson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb in im Newsbeitrag:
>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>> > >1. In the first 1024 block of the HDD
>>> > >2. In the first ~8GB of the HDD if the BIOS can abstract disk sectors
>>> for
>>> > >LILO
>>> >
>>> > All wrong. LILO must beinstalled in the MBR (to be able to boot the
>>> > system) or in the first sector of the partiition on which linux will
>>> > boot if you intend to use a 3rd party loader. HOWEVER the partition
>>> > holding the boot components for linux must reside below the 1023rd
>>> > cylinder of the disk.
>>>
>>> Also wrong :=)
>>> With the newest LILO you can boot from any position on your harddisk.
>>
>>IF your BIOS supports certain extensions to (IIRC) int13.
>>
>
>The BIOS has to be pretty old or an off-brand not to have the extensions.
>I have an AMI BIOS from about 1993 and it has the extensions. I'm running
>the new LILO with no problems with all my Linux partitions beyond cyl 1024.
>
Whoops, I meant 1996 BIOS date.
Been so long since I had to reboot Linux, forgot what the BIOS date
was. :-)
--
Mark Bratcher
To reply direct, remove both underscores (_) from my email name
===============================================================
Escape from Microsoft's proprietary tentacles: use Linux!
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From: Joerg Stadermann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: kmail crash in kde-2.1.1
Date: Fri, 18 May 2001 17:51:00 +0200
On Thursday 17 May 2001 12:23 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Greetings!
>
> I went through blood, sweat and tears to get KDE-2.1.1.1 installed
> finally crowned with qualified success last night.
>
> Doing so required 'force' and 'nodeps' all applied in the 'right'
> order, none of it documented. ('--test' is your friend though!)
>
> One main reason for all of this was to get the newest version of kmail
> going. Now I find it crashes immediately after starting!
>
> I'm thinking what I have to do is take the koffice rpm and 'force' and
> 'nodeps' the darned thing into place.
>
<snip>
kmail is not part of koffice, it belongs to kdenetwork. Start kmail
from konsole and see what errors you get.
HTH,
Joerg
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From: Dave Uhring <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: lpd interoperatibility with Solaris
Date: Fri, 18 May 2001 18:35:36 -0500
Tong Tong wrote:
> I just installed my Redhat 6.2. Everything works fine except remote
> printing to a Solaris 2.5.1 server. When I run lpr to the defined
> printer, the spooling process looks fine, but nothing happens to my
> printer on Solaris. I used tcpdump to monitor on Printer port(515). It
> did something with Solaris server. I went to solaris's lpNet log. Here
> are the error messages in /var/lp/logs/lpNet.
> 05/18 09:46:44 c 26454 mylinux request creation failed (cf: 0 bytes)
> 05/18 09:46:44 c 26454 mylinux TLIWrite(connection) : orderly release
> indication
>
>
> Does anybody have any idea about this?
>
> Thanks for your comment in advance!
>
> Tong
>
>
>
How come you didn't post your /etc/printcap for Linux?
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From: Dave Uhring <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: newbie question RH 7.1 config
Date: Fri, 18 May 2001 18:36:26 -0500
Edward Iglesias wrote:
> I seem to be without the option of doing "linuxconf" as root. I can't
> even find the configuration utility on the menu in Gnome. I tried to add
> a user using "adduser" and "useradd" but neither are working properly. I
> enered SU at the terminal window. What am I doing wrong? Do I need to
> reinstall?
>
Linuxconf is not installed by default. Look on your CD's for it, find it
and install it.
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From: don keith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Cd Writing Problem w/XCdroast
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Fri, 18 May 2001 18:51:47 -0500
Wayne Osborn wrote:
> In article <kl1N6.2303$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "don keith"
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > I have configured my system and files exactly as shown in the Suse
> > Application manual for Xcdroast and still can't burn a CD....
....I can create a cd.image
> > file or create a master directory to write to cd, but when either
> > program "writes" to the cd nothing is ever put on the cd. What is really
> > puzzling is that while the cd is "writing" the red light comes on and I
> > keep getting progress messages from the software that every thing is
> > OK(?)
>
> You will see the "red" light blink even when do a test-burn. Maybe that's
> is all thats actually happening.
>
> What output do you get from xcdroast, using the full debug output mode?
>
> <rest snipped>
>
I ran xcdroast in "debug" mode, and the only problems I saw were
initially there was a message about ownership and permission for xcdrgtk
which I corrected exactly per the suggested method.
The only other problem I ran across were a couple errors for file access:
couldnt' open: /root/.xcdroast/isoopt.cfg
couldn't open: /root/.xcdroast/isoheader.cfg
I checked and these files were non-existent. (I checked with view hidden
files turned on) After a thorough search of the hard drive, with no luck
in finding them. I manually created each of the files with no contents.
Afterward, xcdroast would run without the same errors, but after a cdwrite
command I still had no data written onto the cd???
I tried to write an .img file to the cd directly using the command:
cdrecord -v speed=4 dev=0,.0 filename.img
and it looked just fine as far as no error messages etc.....but still
nothing on the cd..
what should be the contents of isoopt.cfg and isoheader.cfg ? How/ where
do I create these files if they are the problem?
tnx
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From: Dave Uhring <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Like in windows snmp service, can i get the same in linux?
Date: Fri, 18 May 2001 18:41:26 -0500
v.nagasrinivas wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Like in windows snmp service, can i get the same in linux also.
> Why means i have my own propritery snmp manager to access the mib tables
> of my ATM/Frame Relay box, just now i configured the snmp services in
> windows2000 server, and through general mib, i am getting my machines
> information in the manager by specifying the machine as a node.
>
> Similarly how to configure the snmp service in the linux box. Is
> the
> snmp service integrated inside the kernel, where can i get all these
> information.
>
> thanks in advance,
> regards,
> srinivas.
It will probably be the same package as what Windoze uses since it's under
the BSD license. Should be on your install CD's under the name starting
with ucd. They have no problems using other people's code as long as it
isn't under the GPL.
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From: Dave Uhring <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Journalling filesystem in RedHat 7.1 at install?
Date: Fri, 18 May 2001 18:46:46 -0500
NDQ wrote:
> max wrote:
>>
>> I would like to have a journalling filesystem installed on my partitions,
>> but RedHat doesn't support that (yet).
>> Will there be an updated 7.1 release which includes for support for
>> ReiserFS (or XFS) when installing RedHat? Or will this be in about 5
>> months when 7.2 is due for release?
>>
>> I can do it the 'hard' way and use SGI's XFS boot disk and then use
>> kernel patches for every kernel upgrade... but it would be nice to have
>> an official RedHat set.
>>
>> max
>
> I can't install RH7.1 with XFS CD boot of SGI :-(
> I tried at least 8 times but always not work under AMD K6II/400;
> Don't know why ?
Worked fine on AMD K6-2/450, except for being unable to mount a cdrom.
Maybe your download got corrupted. IIRC, they have md5sums available.
Check the integrity of your download before burning a coaster.
Use good, stable hardware and you don't need a journaling filesystem. Also
build your kernel to use the SysRq key to get you out of a hang without
using the RESET switch.
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From: Graham Bentley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Mandrake 7, I gave up trying - Windows actually WORKS
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc,alt.os.linux
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Sat, 19 May 2001 00:44:01 +0100
Don,
Its unfortunate that you had so many problems
with Linux.
I have never really had that much trouble with it
and when I did people helped me out. I think if
you ask the right questions in the righ places
you would get help (something that you wouldnt get
from MS ;-)
I suppose this is easy for me to say as I have been
tinkering around with Linux for a few years altho I
am no expert.
I have also installed and used successfully :-
BeOS
QNX
FreeBSD
and to a lesser degree Plan 9.
I have found that Millenium does some wierd stuff
and freezes on occasion so I think its better to stick
to 98SE for now. Linux has been wierd on me as well
from time to time but nothing I didnt get sorted.
On some of your other points :-
External Serial Modems are the best way to go (IMHO)
The Graphics Part of Star Office is ok and better than Corel.
Try Suse Linux 7.1 . . I think more stable and reliable than
Mandrake (which is a bit fussy again IMHO !
Don Hinds wrote:
> I basically quit even trying to get Mandrake 7 to work properly.
>
> 1) I can boot GUI, but in non-gui, even in FAILSAFE it locks up with a
> Kernel Panic.
>
> 2) There is no option to use a modem (Linux USB supported modem) on USB
> port, or perhaps I should say there is no option to use USB for the modem.
> There are 4 (as I recall) port options for modem including serial, but USB
> is not on the list.
>
> 3) Corel WP will not install. Not the one on the Mandrake 6.5 CD, nor the
> one on Corel website. I get a load of directories or path not found
> errors.
>
> 4) Corel PhotoPaint installs but gives a FontTastic (missing) error when I
> try
> to run it. I tried the Corel website and UK Linux User CD versions.
>
> I've posted all these problems in more detail in the past, but no one has
> any
> workable answers. ;-(
>
> If I can't acutally USE Linux, it doesn't matter a whole lot if it doesn't
> crash. Windows 95/98/ME may crash a lot, but between times IT WORKS!
>
> Don
>
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From: Dave Uhring <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.linux,aus.computers.linux,comp.os.linux.development.apps
Subject: Re: help: getting headers working
Date: Fri, 18 May 2001 18:50:51 -0500
David. E. Goble wrote:
> Hi All;
>
> I hope some one can help me :< I have redhat 6.2 server installed.
>
> I have tried to use gcc to write some programs in C. I managed to get
> a simple hello world program to compile and run. But its giving me
> problems with "external"(?) headers.
>
> ie;
>
> Tried to compile testlibpq.cc from the postgresql docs.
>
> Gcc gives the following error;
>
> testlibpq.cc:8:libpq-fe.h No such file or directory
>
> When I change testlibpq.cc with;
>
> #include "/usr/include/pgsql/libpq-fe.h"
>
> Gcc produces;
>
> testlibpq.cc:In function 'int main()':
> testlibpq.cc:98:'IT' undeclared (first use this function)
> testlibpq.cc:98:(each undeclared identifier is reported only once
> testlibpq.cc:98:for each function it apppears in.)
> testlibpq.cc:98:prase error before ';'
> testlibpq.cc:103:confused by earlier errors, bailing out
>
> My .bash_profile has the lines
>
> PATH=$PATH:$HOME/bin:/usr/include/:/usr/include/pqsql/
>
> export PATH
>
>
>
Are you sure you have the glibc-devel package installed?
BTW, your PATH is meaningless in this regard. You do not include header
directories in PATH.
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From: don keith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Suse: How I stop booting to GUI mode in 7.1
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Fri, 18 May 2001 19:06:11 -0500
Andrew ward wrote:
> I installed 7.1, but the video driver is wrong so I need to
> get access to the text-mode booting so I can run a YaST or
> something to reconfigure my video driver?
>
> Right now it just boots quickly to GUI mode (login screen)
>
> Any suggestions?
>
> Thanks
>
What I would recommend is re-booting the system and at the first graphical
prompt, one of your options is to hit ESC for text mode.......after
hitting ESC, at the boot: prompt type in "linux 1" (no
parenthesis)......after linux loads you will be presented with a prompt for
the root password.....You will then be in "single user" mode.....run YaST
or whatever and make your changes........good luck!
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From: Kenneth 'Redhead' Nielsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Journalling filesystem in RedHat 7.1 at install?
Date: Sat, 19 May 2001 02:00:44 +0200
On Fri, 18 May 2001, Dave Uhring wrote:
> NDQ wrote:
>
> > max wrote:
> >>
> >> I would like to have a journalling filesystem installed on my partitions,
> >> but RedHat doesn't support that (yet).
> >> Will there be an updated 7.1 release which includes for support for
> >> ReiserFS (or XFS) when installing RedHat? Or will this be in about 5
> >> months when 7.2 is due for release?
> >>
officialy stated from Red Hat, they are _not_ going to support an install
on reiserFS..
So I'ts upto the poeple, finding it nessesary with a distro which have
reiserFS supported during indstall, making a new iso file, where it can be
done, befor your gonna be able to do it that way. The regular way, theres
alot of partition type changing and imaging data from one partition to the
other, to get it done..
Kenneth
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Crossposted-To: linux.redhat
From: Sonny <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Kernel Panic message
Date: Sat, 19 May 2001 00:05:43 GMT
Thank you for your reply. I upgraded from kernel-2.0.36-0.7 to kernel-2.0.36-3.
I think that is the most current version for RedHat 5.2. Unfortunately that
didn't seem to help the panic attack problem.
I did notice that when the server was rebooting it indicated the Kernel was
compiled in October 1998 when I compiled the new kernel just now. Is there a way
to tell what kernel is currently in use (I kept the source of both kernel
version on the server just in case my upgrade failed and I had to revert to the
previous version)?
Another thing I just noticed: I plugged the SCSI hard drive into a new SCSI
cable port and the problem seems to have stopped (at least for now). Could that
have been causing the trouble?
Thank you,
Sonny
>In article <9e0gim$nl3$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Angry Bob says...
>
>What would you like to read? [[EMAIL PROTECTED] or ?*]
>this is a Sonny scroll! it says:
>
>> Can anyone suggest what might be causing the following message:
>
>> "kernel panic: skput: over: 00149978: 1024"
>
>> I'm running a list server (Qmail/Ezmlm) on an i586 with Redhat 5.2. Everything
>> had been working fine and suddenly (without a reboot in a month) I started
>> getting the kernel panic every hour or so. Any pointers on what to look for in
>> order to solve this would be very much appreciated.
>
>it's a network problem. Someone or something is trying to put too
>much data into a statically declared object (skbuf). It may be a
>problem with the driver (i.e. the driver is trying to put
>sizeof(skbuf)+1 bytes into skbuf), so you may want to upgrade to the
>latest kernel and see if it is still happening before you report it
>as a bug.
>
>You should probably take a look in /var/log/messages, as well as any
>other log that had to do with network traffic (i.e. your mail logs) to
>try and pin down who is sending the triggering network packets. But
>you'll still need to get the latest kernel before you know if it is a
>fixed problem.
>
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