Linux-Setup Digest #310, Volume #21 Sat, 26 May 01 22:13:08 EDT
Contents:
Re: My own worst enemy and /dev/dsp (Michael Heiming)
Re: remote boot (Michael Heiming)
Re: Help!!!! (=?ISO-8859-1?Q?Rasmus_B=F8g_Hansen?=)
linux install on 486SX (SuSE) (Banzai)
Re: Help!!!! ("psy")
Re: Power Management in RH 7.1 (J. R.)
Re: Help!!!! (=?ISO-8859-1?Q?Rasmus_B=F8g_Hansen?=)
Re: My own worst enemy and /dev/dsp (Peter Kelly)
Re: need new printer ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
problem with artsd (Suse 7.1) (don keith)
Getting the boot prompt in Debian GNU/Linux (vrek)
Re: how to allow shutdown for a user ?? :) (John Collier)
Apache help needed (Lamar Thomas)
Re: Getting the boot prompt in Debian GNU/Linux (Michael Perry)
Creative Ensoniq AudioPCI ES4815 (es1371) problem (Neurophyre)
Re: I could use some help with my X config (Michael Perry)
Re: Apache help needed (Tom St Denis)
Mandrake 8.0 install CD error (Robert A Munro)
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Date: Sun, 27 May 2001 00:12:54 +0200
From: Michael Heiming <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: My own worst enemy and /dev/dsp
Dave Uhring wrote:
>
> Peter Kelly wrote:
>
> > Hola.
> >
> > I've installed RH 7.1, but had problems getting linuxconf to work. It
> > was telling me that /dev/dsp was busy.
> >
> > In a beer inspired act of stupidity, I deleted /dev/dsp.
> >
> > Since I have no information on what the device should look like, I
> > need help.
> >
> > What are the parameters for mknod to re-create the device?
> >
> > Thanks. In the future, I promise not to su under the influence (SUI,
> > or in linux, sUI).
> >
> > Peter
> >
> >
> > When responding by email, please change the no-spam to disco.
> > Sorry for the inconvenience.
> > Spam really sucks.
> >
> >
>
> c 14 3
On my (SuSE) box:
ls -al /dev/dsp
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 4 Mar 16 01:37 /dev/dsp -> dsp0
Where dsp0 is a character special file and has Major number 14 and
Minor 3 as you posted.
Regards
Michael Heiming
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Date: Sun, 27 May 2001 00:20:36 +0200
From: Michael Heiming <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: remote boot
Rasmus B�g Hansen wrote:
>
> Hi
>
> I have a PPro 200 with an Intel Etherexpress 10/100 card. The box does
> not have a harddisk right now and the floppy drive is broken.
>
> Until I get it fixed, I would like to fiddle with some remote booting.
> The ethercard has a bootprom with Intel PXE Agent 2.1.
>
> So I configured my dhcp-server to give a bootfilename and IP
> information. That is fine and the bootprom retrieves the kernel image (a
> bzImage) from the tftp-server.
>
> And now my problem arizes: Apparently it cannot boot the kernel. The
> floppy drive goes nuts and just keep running and the string "4000" is
> just printed endlessly on the screen. I tried disconnecting the floppy
> drive (it heads for the trashcan anyway), but that does not help (of
> course it does not go nuts anymore :)
>
> I have tried with both 2.4 kernels and 2.2 kernels, but they give the
> same result.
>
> What am I doing wrong? Do I have to set up a PXE server? I don't need
> fancy PXE boot menus or possibility to boot different kernels - just the
> ability to retreive a kernel image and boot it...
>
> TIA
>
> Rasmus
The Linux Terminal Server Project has lots of sw/docs concerning this:
http://www.ltsp.org/
Michael Heiming
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From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Rasmus_B=F8g_Hansen?= <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Help!!!!
Date: Sun, 27 May 2001 00:27:54 +0200
On Sat, 26 May 2001, psy wrote:
> 1- When booting, it is said that "Bringing up interface etho" is
> unsuccessful. What does this mean and what should I do??
That means that eth0 is configured incorrectly or the module (driver) is
not available. Run 'netcfg' and configure it correctly.
> 2- I have a cable modem. However, on KDE, I was not able to find where I
> could setup my internet!! It talked about internet ISDN, regular modem
> (dial up), etc. but nothing on cable modem. Consequently, I cannot use
> internet...
This is probably due to the above (I assume your box is connected to the
cable modem via the ethercard)...
> 3- When I put a cd on my cd-rom hardware, it works fine but I cannot re-open
> the door anymore!! I pressed the exit button many times, without any
> success... What did I do wrong?
When you read a cd, you 'mount' it. Then the door cannot be opened
before you umount it. So unmount removable devices before ejecting them.
> Finally, is it normal that when I want to open an application, it takes
> around 7 seconds to open it? It seems to be quite slow... (example, when I
> pressed mouse config, a blank screen appears for 7 seconds before I get any
> opportunity to make a change...)
Is that all programs or a limited set of programs? What about console
commands?
Rasmus
--
-- [ Rasmus 'M�ffe' B�g Hansen ] --------------------------------------
God put me on earth to accomplish a certain number of things.
Right now I am so far behind I will never die.
-Bill Waterson, Calvin and Hobbes
================================= [ moffe at amagerkollegiet dot dk ] =0
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From: Banzai <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: linux install on 486SX (SuSE)
Date: Sun, 27 May 2001 00:44:59 +0200
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hi there !
I have the following problem:
I'm trying to install linux (SuSE 7.1) on an old 486SX.
But none of the bootdisks has math emulation (SX means no coprocessor)
built in (not even the one meant for old 386 computers.. grr).
There is also no CDROM available, so I have to use NFS install (which I
didn't get working with RedHat 7.0, that's why I don't use Redhat, although
RedHat bootdisks have math emulation).
Now I tried to compile a new kernel with math emulation and copy it over
the SuSE kernel on the bootdisk.
But the kernel panics: couldn't mount root filesystem ( I copied the
ramdisk word and root fs settings from the old kernel with rdev, but it
didn't help).
Can someone tell me how to build a install bootdisk for SuSE with math
emulation ? Any hints are welcome !
Ciao, Branko.
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From: "psy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Help!!!!
Date: Sat, 26 May 2001 18:42:07 -0400
Many thanks for your reply!
I have two ethernet cards, one is a D-Link and the other is a Realtec. How
could I configure them? And where could I get the driver?
Zillion of thanks again for your help!
--
Daniel
Visitez mon site Web!!
http://dromadaire.com/cimetiere/psychologie
"Rasmus B�g Hansen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> a �crit dans le message
news: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> On Sat, 26 May 2001, psy wrote:
>
> > 1- When booting, it is said that "Bringing up interface etho" is
> > unsuccessful. What does this mean and what should I do??
>
> That means that eth0 is configured incorrectly or the module (driver) is
> not available. Run 'netcfg' and configure it correctly.
>
> > 2- I have a cable modem. However, on KDE, I was not able to find where
I
> > could setup my internet!! It talked about internet ISDN, regular modem
> > (dial up), etc. but nothing on cable modem. Consequently, I cannot use
> > internet...
>
> This is probably due to the above (I assume your box is connected to the
> cable modem via the ethercard)...
>
> > 3- When I put a cd on my cd-rom hardware, it works fine but I cannot
re-open
> > the door anymore!! I pressed the exit button many times, without any
> > success... What did I do wrong?
>
> When you read a cd, you 'mount' it. Then the door cannot be opened
> before you umount it. So unmount removable devices before ejecting them.
>
> > Finally, is it normal that when I want to open an application, it takes
> > around 7 seconds to open it? It seems to be quite slow... (example,
when I
> > pressed mouse config, a blank screen appears for 7 seconds before I get
any
> > opportunity to make a change...)
>
> Is that all programs or a limited set of programs? What about console
> commands?
>
> Rasmus
>
> --
> -- [ Rasmus 'M�ffe' B�g Hansen ] --------------------------------------
> God put me on earth to accomplish a certain number of things.
> Right now I am so far behind I will never die.
> -Bill Waterson, Calvin and Hobbes
> --------------------------------- [ moffe at amagerkollegiet dot dk ] -0
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (J. R.)
Subject: Re: Power Management in RH 7.1
Date: 26 May 2001 15:40:40 -0700
Ric,
I am experiencing the exact same problem. I can get every feature to
work perfectly on my installation except for the power management. If
you figur it out, please post the answer.
-Jake
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
"Ric Steinberger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:<QeMG6.332$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
> Power management is working fine. xset dpms N_SECONDS works as advertised:
> the monitor is powered off after N_SECONDS elapse. It's just that the
> screensaver, as setup within GNOME no longer seems to automatically activate
> it. arg, Red Hat, what did you do?
>
> ric
>
> "Ric Steinberger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> news:NTIG6.246$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> > I guess I may not have installed power management in the kernel... Hmmm.
> > This was an upgrade from RH 7.0, and I just assumed it would be there. I
> > was never asked the question during the upgrade. Any idea what to do
> now?
> >
> > ric
> >
> > "@imon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> > news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> > > Have you installed power management support in your kernel?
> > >
> > > Ric Steinberger wrote:
> > >
> > > > I've just upgraded from RH 7.0 to 7.1. After the upgrade, the power
> > > > management of the monitor has stopped functioning. This function is
> enabled
> > > > from the Screensaver submenu of the Gnome Desktop menu. The XF86
> config
> > > > files are fine, unchanged since before the upgrade. So, now, I see
> the
> > > > screensaver kick in, as expected, but the power management shutdown of
> > > > monitor power never happens. Can anyone suggest some things to check?
> Many
> > > > thanks!
> > > >
> > > > [Please CC me on replies to the group.]
> > > >
> > > > Ric Steinberger
> > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> >
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From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Rasmus_B=F8g_Hansen?= <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Help!!!!
Date: Sun, 27 May 2001 01:26:34 +0200
On Sat, 26 May 2001, psy wrote:
> I have two ethernet cards, one is a D-Link and the other is a Realtec. How
> could I configure them? And where could I get the driver?
The drivers usually comes with the distribution. You should be able to
activate the correct drivers with 'kudzu' and configure their IP
information with 'netcfg'.
Rasmus
--
-- [ Rasmus 'M�ffe' B�g Hansen ] --------------------------------------
When you have multiple CPUs with one interrupt controller, you don't
have much choice. You either use spin-locks or you Blue-Screen.
Since Linux doesn't have a "Blue-screen of death", it needs spin-
locks.
-- Richard B. Johnson
================================= [ moffe at amagerkollegiet dot dk ] =0
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From: Peter Kelly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: My own worst enemy and /dev/dsp
Date: Sat, 26 May 2001 23:20:09 GMT
On Sat, 26 May 2001 23:18:44 +0200, Nils Holland
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Peter Kelly wrote:
>
>> I've installed RH 7.1, but had problems getting linuxconf to work. It
>> was telling me that /dev/dsp was busy.
>>
>> In a beer inspired act of stupidity, I deleted /dev/dsp.
>>
>> Since I have no information on what the device should look like, I
>> need help.
>>
>> What are the parameters for mknod to re-create the device?
>>
>> Thanks. In the future, I promise not to su under the influence (SUI,
>> or in linux, sUI).
>
>Well, the file devices.txt in your <linux-source>/Documentation directory
>should tell you about the current officially assigned device numbers.
>Taking the information in there, you should be able to re-create your
>/dev/dsp
>
>Greetings
>Nils
Wow. What a useful file. Great thing about linux is that nearly
everything you need to know is right there.
Rough thing about linux is that nearly EVERYTHING you MIGHT need to
know is there. Just no easy way to find it.
I think I"ll spend a little time in this directory, just to see what's
there. Thanks mucho.
Peter
When responding by email, please change the no-spam to disco.
Sorry for the inconvenience.
Spam really sucks.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: need new printer
Date: Sat, 26 May 2001 17:13:34 -0500
On Sat, 26 May 2001, Dave Uhring wrote:
> > After six years my HP540 has died. I'm looking for a replacement. I want
>
> http://www.linuxprinting.org/printer_list.cgi?make=Anyone
>
> Choose one from the "Perfectly" column. Then click on that printer to see
> how to make it work.
Thanks for the tip. After looking over the site I bought and installed an
HP842C. I seem to have regained 99% of the use I had before, without
making any software changes at all. (HP == HP ? )
thanks again for the heads up on that website
Steve
--
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From: don keith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: problem with artsd (Suse 7.1)
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Sat, 26 May 2001 19:09:58 -0500
Has anyone in the group had success in getting the artsd daemon to load
successfully in Suse 7.1 Linux ?.....My audio works fine, but I need to use
artsd to support the KDE program Kaiman (for mpeg's)....I have the audio
configured as directed to load artsd when KDE starts up, I have set
permissions on just about every file I can find that has to do with audio
to no avail......Any help would be appreciated..
Suse v7.1 , 2.4.0-GB Kernel, Soundblaster 16 PCI soundcard, Pentium III
733mhz, 30gb hard drive
--
Don Keith
Registered Linux User #182876
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From: vrek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Getting the boot prompt in Debian GNU/Linux
Date: Sun, 27 May 2001 00:30:05 -0000
When I turn my computer on I dont get ny prompt untill the login.When i
read the screen while booting it first goes throught the bios tests then
says "Loading Linux" then goes through Linux tests. I want to eventurally
have a multi-boot system (98,Linux) but cant get the boot prompt. Any
Suggestions?
--
Posted via CNET Help.com
http://www.help.com/
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Collier)
Subject: Re: how to allow shutdown for a user ?? :)
Date: 27 May 2001 01:13:46 GMT
Yves Leung-Tack ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
: Hi,
:
:
: I used Linux Mandrake 7.2 at HOME.
: And I login as a normal user. But to shutdown I have to be root
: I wonder how can I allow user to shutdown ???
: It is "really" painful to type sum, pwd, and finally shutdown !
:
: I found nothing in man page ...except about a file shutdown.allow
: But as user I cannot even use the command shutdown :((
:
: Thanks a lot !
In the most recetn KDE, available at ftp.kde.org or mirrors,
the KDE configuration program under system/login has an entry to
control this. Very convenient.
--
John Collier Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Philosophy -- U. of Newcastle Fax: +61 49 216928
Callaghan, NSW, AUSTRALIA 2038 http://bcollier.newcastle.edu.au
http://www.newcastle.edu.au/department/pl/Staff/JohnCollier/collier.html
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From: Lamar Thomas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
linux.redhat.misc,comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.admin,comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.questions,comp.os.linux.redhat
Subject: Apache help needed
Date: Sun, 27 May 2001 01:35:51 GMT
I just installed RH 7.1 and I did NOT configure the firewall during the
install (I will go back and do that later after I get everything up and
running. Besides, nothing is on this system but the Linux OS). Anyway,
I am trying to get the Apache web server and the FTP server up and
running. I went through the steps in RH's "Customization Guide" but I
can not connect to either server. From my linux system I CAN pull up my
web page but I can NOT access if from another system (i.e. from work).
How do I get access from outside my system, and let everyone else have
access too?
I also can not connect to my FTP server. I get an "access denied"
message. Someone told me that I needed to conffigure the "hosts.allow"
file by they didn't tell me how to do that. Any ideas what I need to do
to get www and web working? Thanks for any help.
Lamar
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Michael Perry)
Subject: Re: Getting the boot prompt in Debian GNU/Linux
Date: Sun, 27 May 2001 01:37:26 -0000
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Sun, 27 May 2001 00:30:05 -0000, vrek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> When I turn my computer on I dont get ny prompt untill the login.When i
> read the screen while booting it first goes throught the bios tests then
> says "Loading Linux" then goes through Linux tests. I want to eventurally
> have a multi-boot system (98,Linux) but cant get the boot prompt. Any
> Suggestions?
>
> --
> Posted via CNET Help.com
> http://www.help.com/
You can make lilo stop at the boot: prompt waiting for you to enter a
correct label if you like. Man lilo.conf or look at your /etc/lilo.conf
file in debian. Mine is so heavily commented that I have to search some
times for actual things going on in there :)
--
Michael Perry
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Neurophyre)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Creative Ensoniq AudioPCI ES4815 (es1371) problem
Date: 26 May 2001 18:42:27 -0700
Hi, I'm running Debian 2.2r3 with kernel 2.2.19 on an Asus A7v w/Duron
650. I've got a Creative Ensoniq AudioPCI sound card, on the top of
the box it claims "model ES4815". After a bit of trial and error
getting it to work a couple months ago, I found that the es1371 driver
works with it, so I have it compiled statically into the kernel, not
as a module.
My problem is that the driver seems to have weird issues with queueing
sounds when other sounds are playing, and with freezing for a
noticeable period of time after certain sounds are played, when trying
to play sounds from other programs.
First, the freezing problem. This primarly happens with the console
beep in KDE2's 'konsole' program. I can make the beep in konsole as
many times as I like with no problems, but after a beep has been
played in konsole, the sound driver goes into a weird state for around
30 seconds or more, where if any other program is loaded that tries to
play sounds (xmms, snes9x, rocknes, and so forth) there will either be
an error (rocknes says "Cannot find sound card"), or more commonly,
the program will simply freeze hard for 30 seconds or so, and then
start executing normally as soon as the driver decides it wants to
work again.
Secondly, the queueing problem. A good example of this is xmms +
gaim. When I'm playing mp3s in xmms, if events happen in gaim that
would normally cause a sound effect, I hear nothing... until the
current mp3 is done playing. Then, all the sound effects seem to be
played at once, that were made by gaim during the time the mp3 was
playing! This is, obviously, sub-optimal behavior. Interestingly, if
a console beep was made during mp3 play, it will often be played and
then the driver will freeze just like it does in the above
description, for some period of time, before it 'unfreezes' and xmms
goes to the next file in the playlist.
Any ideas if this is a fixable problem? It was present in 2.2.18 as
well as 2.2.19.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Michael Perry)
Subject: Re: I could use some help with my X config
Date: Sun, 27 May 2001 01:43:01 -0000
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Mon, 21 May 2001 11:14:44 -0700, Larry Kuehner
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> ok, I tried that, and it still doesn't work. The oddest thing is that the
> mouse (touchpad) will track while in the normal BASH shell and it won't work
> in X
>
>
Try turning off gpm and then restarting X with the settings you have
already posted.
--
Michael Perry
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
====================
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From: Tom St Denis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
linux.redhat.misc,comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.admin,comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.questions,comp.os.linux.redhat
Subject: Re: Apache help needed
Date: Sun, 27 May 2001 01:47:44 GMT
Lamar Thomas wrote:
>
> I just installed RH 7.1 and I did NOT configure the firewall during the
> install (I will go back and do that later after I get everything up and
> running. Besides, nothing is on this system but the Linux OS). Anyway,
>
> I am trying to get the Apache web server and the FTP server up and
> running. I went through the steps in RH's "Customization Guide" but I
> can not connect to either server. From my linux system I CAN pull up my
>
> web page but I can NOT access if from another system (i.e. from work).
> How do I get access from outside my system, and let everyone else have
> access too?
>
> I also can not connect to my FTP server. I get an "access denied"
> message. Someone told me that I needed to conffigure the "hosts.allow"
> file by they didn't tell me how to do that. Any ideas what I need to do
> to get www and web working? Thanks for any help.
I'm a linux newbie too but I managed to build and run Apache within
about 15 mins or so. Make sure you bind Apache to your outside IP as I
think it defaults to localhost (none too useful).
Tom
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From: Robert A Munro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Mandrake 8.0 install CD error
Date: Sat, 26 May 2001 18:48:28 -0700
I've run into a brick wall trying to install Mandrake 8.0
from CD. The CD boots fine and enters install Stage 2,
then says "VERSION file not found" and starts the graphical
installation. After selecting disk mount points, it says
"an error occurred basesystem package missing" and returns
to the filesystem setup screen.
It seems to act like it can't mount the CD and see the files
and directories on it, which is strange because it boots OK.
The CD drive is a Teac CDR55S SCSI CDR on a Tekram 390U2W SCSI
controller (Symbios/NEC53c895 BIOS). It works great
under Mandrake 7.2 and I had no trouble installing from it
then. But the Mandrake 8.0 installer seems broken for it.
I've tried disabling ROM cacheing in the BIOS, using text
expert mode and selecting the NCR53c895,0,3,0 driver - all
to no avail - the install still can't see files on the CD.
Any help or suggestions will be appreciated.
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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