Linux-Setup Digest #331, Volume #21 Wed, 30 May 01 02:13:10 EDT
Contents:
Re: Please help me get WIN98 back!! (David Efflandt)
Re: How To Share Network Connections Among 3 Machines? (John Ineson)
Re: looking for a text base user interface programming editer for C (Michael Powe)
Undefined Symbols for a device driver. ("Digital Rider")
confuguring dual intel 82559 nic for redhat6.2 ("jack")
Help, I'm trying to find COM2 (KCmaniac)
Re: Help, I'm trying to find COM2 (David Efflandt)
Re: howto move the errors from gcc to a file? ("Matthew Lambie")
Re: staroffice install problem (Michael Perry)
Can't open dependencies file ("Tsugi")
Re: pentium 4 ("Yasser")
Re: LM-SENSORS & A7Vi-Vm ("Pavan")
NFS install..not mounting ("LRW")
Re: Help, I'm trying to find COM2 (KCmaniac)
RAID Driver not supported?? ("Liquid")
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David Efflandt)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.redhat,comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: Please help me get WIN98 back!!
Date: Wed, 30 May 2001 02:12:11 +0000 (UTC)
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Tue, 29 May 2001 15:22:12 -0400, Somphong K <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> During this Memorial weekend, I installed Redhat 7.1 (Kernel 2.4.2-2)
> on my PC at home. Win98 is on IDE drive/A and Rh7.1 completely on IDE
> drive/B. I did not realize at the time that part of linux, such as /boot
> partition, had to be on drive/A to use LILO.
>
> During graphic installation,I was prompted where to put LILO i.e. in MBR
> or linux drive's boot partition. Unfortunately I decided to avoid fooling
> with MBR and opted for the later.
>
> The lilo installation ended up with failure. Everything else went fine.
> I created boot diskette. I then realized I was no longer able to boot
> Win98. Everybody in my household jumped on me!! My wife wanted to search
> webs about her stock investment, my kid wanted to play starcraft with his
> folks, ....
It would help if you had noted the error message and posted it here.
> I hoped to restore MBR by executing 'fdisk /MBR' under MSDOS but I was
> surprised to learn that all my Windows rescue and MSDOS diskettes failed
> to even boot. PC tried to boot from the floppies but hang after reading/
> loading a few blocks.
Are you sure that your CMOS setup is set to boot to floppy first (make
sure that any cdrom drives are empty). I have never seen a box that could
not boot from a floppy. However, on a Gateway we have at work, apparently
GoBack uses a non-standard partition (type 44 unknown), so the C: drive
cannot be seen from a Windows rescue floppy.
> When I mounted on to /dev/hda1, I could see that all Win98 directories
> and files were still intact. I just do not know why drive/A broke when I
> tried my best < which was obviously not good enough :-( > not to disturb
> its MBR.
>
> I would appreciate any advice that can pull me out of this mess.
>
> 1) What corruptions on drive/A and how to restore it??
>
> 2) I configured lilo to boot either linux and win98 but the later never
> came up - it hang just like when I booted off diskettes. Could you
> offer me a copy of /etc/lilo.conf to compare. My copy is at home.
What partition type does Linux fdisk show for your Windows partition?
> 5) I have MSN connection which I usually use their 'MSN Internet Access'
> tool to connect. Could and how I connect to MSN from Linux??
For your username use "MSN/username" and your connection password. But
you probably need to set up like a PAP connection with that username and
password in /etc/ppp/chap-secrets since MSN likely uses chap. I have not
tried that yet but I did DUN a connection that way per
http://www.urx.com/jforbes/dun.htm
> Please asnwer to my e-mail address. Thanks for kind assistance.
--
David Efflandt (Reply-To is valid) http://www.de-srv.com/
http://www.autox.chicago.il.us/ http://www.berniesfloral.net/
http://cgi-help.virtualave.net/ http://hammer.prohosting.com/~cgi-wiz/
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Crossposted-To:
alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.networking,linux.redhat,linux.redhat.misc,uk.comp.os.linux
From: ${spam}[email protected] (John Ineson)
Subject: Re: How To Share Network Connections Among 3 Machines?
Reply-To: ${john}[email protected]
Date: Wed, 30 May 2001 03:07:53 +0100
In article <aNVjvPBwh$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, 'Dungeon' Dave wrote:
> .. and it came to pass that Tim Haynes
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> uttered forth:
>>Would you care to elucidate why one woul not want two cards on one
>>network
>>and why it would be so fundamentally wrong to do so?
>>
> If your Linux server wanted to go to the network 192.168.1.0, which
> interface would it pick: eth1 or eth2?
Depends on routing table entries and metrics, presumably.
--
John Ineson
"Now there's Linux or Lynux - I don't know how you say it; or how you install
it or use it or play it; or where you download it, or what programs run; but
Linux or Lynux don't look like much fun."
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From: Michael Powe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.linux,aus.computers.linux,comp.os.linux.development.apps
Subject: Re: looking for a text base user interface programming editer for C
Date: 29 May 2001 18:31:57 -0700
>>>>> "David" == David E Goble <goble@gtech> writes:
David> Hi all; I hate learning new things. Espeally a bunch of
David> keyboard commands.
What a boring life that would be, avoiding learning new things!
David> In my first computer course, we had to use a word-star type
David> (console/text base interface) word editor (like
David> pico). However it had a pop-down menubar at the top of the
David> screen, so you could navigate this or use the keyboard
David> short cuts. It was quite a fast small word editor. The
David> pop-down menubar was good because it gave you the chance to
David> use it, before you learned the keyboard commands. Then as
David> you get better, you can start using the keyboard, to speed
David> things up a bit. I miss it as my copy is long gone.
David> Anyway, is there something similar with the power of emacs
David> or a wrapper for emacs.
Nothing beats the real thing. Spend an hour on the emacs tutorial
(C-h t) and you'll be up to speed. At any rate, emacs has a menubar
accessible both in X and in the console. In the console, use F10 to
access it. It's not really convenient but useful when you can't
remember a keystroke. Emacs: it's big. It's powerful. It edits
text.
mp,doing news,mail,html,c,python,php&javascript in emacs & loving it
--
"I'm wondering if there's a family of four living in my nose, it
sometimes seems so big!" -- Sylvester Stallone
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From: "Digital Rider" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Undefined Symbols for a device driver.
Date: Wed, 30 May 2001 02:45:11 GMT
I have removed, recomplied and installed Linux on my computer. Recently, I
got a new communication board with
its device driver. But when I try to use it, it gives me a bunch of error
messages and it says there're some undefined symbols. I try to use the same
device and its driver on another Linux box with default settings, and this
time the device works. So I am wondering which component I am missing for
my optimal system. But right now the first thing I need to find out is if
this is the right place for me to ask this. If not, where should I go for
help?
Sincerely,
Chun Yu
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From: "jack" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: confuguring dual intel 82559 nic for redhat6.2
Date: Wed, 30 May 2001 02:53:33 GMT
hi,
i've this motherboard supermicro 5010h 1u server. it has intel 82559 dual
nics onboard when i install redhat 6.2 one nic driver it loads by itself
which is eepro100. then i search for intel website. i didn't see much issue.
it has a driver for e100. which i installed but doesn't work.
has anyone have a problem like me or some suggestions.
thanks in advance.
jack
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From: KCmaniac <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Help, I'm trying to find COM2
Date: Tue, 29 May 2001 23:41:43 -0400
After messing around with RedHat long enough I am trying out Debian.
After getting the base system installed I need my modem so that I can
install the rest by FTP or HTTP. The trouble is I can't seem to get
Debian to recongnize my Lucent WinModem on COM2. With the exact same
hardware set-up my RedHat system is using the modem on COM2 just fine
but the Debian system is reporting the uart as unknown. Using the
command <setserial -g /dev/ttyS*> indeed shows ttyS1/COM2 as unknown and
lists ttyS0/COM1 using IRQ3 and shows the io port.for it and calls the
uart 16550e. The boot up messages also show ttyS0 as detected but
nothing for ttyS1, HOWEVER, there is a line that appears towards the end
of the log about ttyS14??? using IRQ10, which is what the modem has been
using, and something about a Lucent driver.
So it seems to me that the system could be recognizing the modem but not
the serial port for some reason.
Can anybody shed any light on this for me? I am really at a loss as to
what I need to do. I am pretty much stuck. I have followed and
re-followed directions about setting up PPP with Debian but nothing
works because apparently COM2 isn't even being detected.
Any suggestions??
RLH
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David Efflandt)
Subject: Re: Help, I'm trying to find COM2
Date: Wed, 30 May 2001 04:09:25 +0000 (UTC)
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Tue, 29 May 2001 23:41:43 -0400, KCmaniac <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> After messing around with RedHat long enough I am trying out Debian.
>
> After getting the base system installed I need my modem so that I can
> install the rest by FTP or HTTP. The trouble is I can't seem to get
> Debian to recongnize my Lucent WinModem on COM2. With the exact same
> hardware set-up my RedHat system is using the modem on COM2 just fine
> but the Debian system is reporting the uart as unknown. Using the
> command <setserial -g /dev/ttyS*> indeed shows ttyS1/COM2 as unknown and
> lists ttyS0/COM1 using IRQ3 and shows the io port.for it and calls the
> uart 16550e. The boot up messages also show ttyS0 as detected but
> nothing for ttyS1, HOWEVER, there is a line that appears towards the end
> of the log about ttyS14??? using IRQ10, which is what the modem has been
> using, and something about a Lucent driver.
So what does 'setserial -a /dev/ttyS14' show? Since it mentions the IRQ
you want to use and a Lucent driver that would be needed for the Lucent
winmodem, it just might be the serial port that Linux assigns to your
modem. Typically ttyS0/Com1 uses irq 4 and ttyS1/Com2 uses irq3
> So it seems to me that the system could be recognizing the modem but not
> the serial port for some reason.
Go with the flow. Use the port that Linux assigns it to (if setserial
shows the proper UART.
--
David Efflandt (Reply-To is valid) http://www.de-srv.com/
http://www.autox.chicago.il.us/ http://www.berniesfloral.net/
http://cgi-help.virtualave.net/ http://hammer.prohosting.com/~cgi-wiz/
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From: "Matthew Lambie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.linux,aus.computers.linux,comp.os.linux.development.apps
Subject: Re: howto move the errors from gcc to a file?
Date: Wed, 30 May 2001 12:05:48 +0800
> > gcc -o hello.c > error.txt?
> ^^^^^^^
> [You might realize this, but this will overwrite hello.c as the
executable.
> You need "gcc -o hello hello.c".]
Run a make file - it saves a whole lot of hassle I think.
Matt Lambie
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Michael Perry)
Subject: Re: staroffice install problem
Date: Wed, 30 May 2001 04:38:16 -0000
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Mon, 28 May 2001 23:35:35 -0400, Jim Parker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> enness wrote:
>
>> I am trying to inatall staroffice 5.2 om LM 7.2 for the first time.
>> when I run with "rpm -ivh staroffice-en-5.2-5mdk.i586.rpm" , after a while I
>> get the error "unpacking of archive failed on file
>> /opt/office52_en/program/libstu569li.so: cpio:copy". I am not sure what it
>> all means and what to do.
>>
>> Any help is appreciated
>> Thanks, Sri
>
> Where did you get StarOffice as an RPM?
>
> Thanks
> Jim
>
>
The distributions like SuSE and Manduck ship it as an rpm.
--
Michael Perry
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: "Tsugi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Can't open dependencies file
Date: Wed, 30 May 2001 01:01:35 -0700
Hello. During the boot from CD-Rom(vmlinuz root=/dev/hdc5), modprobe
gives me an error such as
"modprobe:can't open dependencies file
/lib/modules/2.4.2-2BOOT/modules.dep (No such file or directory)"
Although I have a directory "/lib/modules/2.4.2-2/modules.dep", somehow
modprobe tries to find
the directory above.
Because of the error, it fails to have eth0 to work and I cannot connect
to the network.
Is there any way to make modprobe look into
"/lib/modules/2.4.2-2/modules.dep" folder?
I changed the actual folder name from "/lib/modules/2.4.2-2/modules.dep"
to "/lib/modules/2.4.2-2BOOT/",
but it failed some other process during the boot.
The reason I have to boot from CD-ROM is because my power cable for FDD
and FDD itself died.
Here is my installation config.
hda1 Win2K
hdc2 /boot
hdc5 /
hdc6 /swp
I tried both with and without Lilo installed on the first sector of the
root partition.
Only time it booted successfully was when I installed lilo on MBR, which
fails to dual boot with Win2K.
How can I successfully boot Linux from CD-ROM with network?
I have RedHat 7.1 installed.
Thank you,
Tsugi
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Reply-To: "Yasser" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
From: "Yasser" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: pentium 4
Date: Wed, 30 May 2001 02:57:31 +1000
Hi,
I don't know much about linux, but I was advised by Intel than many Linux
distributions will not work on P4. This has to do with the fact that Linux
comes with a CPU database. If your kernel is older than Dec. 2000, it
probably does not contain P4 and Linux will not recognize the P4 properly.
For further details about how to overcome this problem, please visit the
support section of www.intel.com . Most likely, you need to update to a
newer kernel.
"Hajo Drescher" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Hi
>
> I tried to set up Redhat 7.1 on a Pentium 4,
> it behaves strangely. One cpu-consuming task gives a load
> of 9 (!) and nothing else can be done at the same time.
> I wondered whether the Pentium 4 is supported properly?
> Any help is appreciated!
> Hajo
>
>
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From: "Pavan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: LM-SENSORS & A7Vi-Vm
Date: Wed, 30 May 2001 10:52:58 +0530
Forgot to mention lm_sensors-2.5.5?
-Pavan
"Pavan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:9evm04$2ud$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Hi,
>
> How do I configure lm-sensors to show the right values on a ASUS
> A7VI-VM motherboard? I find that the other A7V boards use a asus
chip
> which is to be used with the w83* driver.
>
> However sensors-detect detects a lm80 on this MB. The values
displayed
> are totally wrong. Using the via686a driver and i2c-isa, the values
> are different but wrong. The w83* driver does not work even with the
> force_a9... option.
>
> Please help, I haven't done anything to the conf file. Where do I
find
> the right configuration for this motherboard? BTW the i2c-viapro
> driver is used and it detects ( in /var/log/messages ) a via 596
chip
> instead of the 686b chip that I have.
>
> TIA,
> Pavan
>
>
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From: "LRW" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.questions
Subject: NFS install..not mounting
Date: Wed, 30 May 2001 05:28:35 GMT
Trying to install RH on my laptop, and it only has 16 MB RAM (eeep) so it
won't allow FTP install.
It doesn't have a CD-ROM, so I'm trying to install via NFS from the CD on
another Linux box on the network.
It connects to the net fine, but when I put in the other box's IP and NFS
directory of /mnt/cdrom or /dev/cdrom it says:
"I could not mount that directory from the server."
Whycome?
I can't find any docs online that address that issue.
Thanks for any help!
Liam
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From: KCmaniac <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Help, I'm trying to find COM2
Date: Wed, 30 May 2001 01:28:50 -0400
David Efflandt wrote:
> So what does 'setserial -a /dev/ttyS14' show?
Don't know, didn't try that.
> Since it mentions the IRQ you want to use and a Lucent driver that would be
> needed for the Lucent winmodem, it just might be the serial port that Linux
> assigns to your modem. Typically ttyS0/Com1 uses irq 4 and ttyS1/Com2 uses
> irq3
>
I might have mentioned the wrong IRQ# it was assigning to ttyS0 because you
are right about that. I'll recheck because that would be very odd if it is
assigning ttyS0 with IRQ3
>
> Go with the flow. Use the port that Linux assigns it to (if setserial
> shows the proper UART.
>
I did try that. I set up the files that are supposed to stipulate the modem
device as ttyS14 but that is actually flagged an error by the program that
apparently reads those files. Stipulating ttyS1 or S0 doesn't do anything,
including, of course, not dialing out but S14 it definently doesn't like. It
seems to me that the documentation for Debian is very poor when it comes to
installing and configuring the modem.
This is pretty discouraging. I am trying to get away from RedHat because I
have done everything to the letter per their documentation to upgrade it to
7.0 or 7.1 using the hard disk upgrade procedure. I have experienced no luck
in successfully downloading a couple of very large key files from any mirror
site to pull off this manevuer which RedHat says you should be able to do. My
guess is RedHat doesn't pour their manpower into insuring their free
upgrade/install methods work just as well as their CD-ROM installs (which of
course you have to purchase). I can imagine most people finding their
alternative methods don't work, like I have and end up buying the new version,
which is probably what RedHat is gunning for.
Well, now I am trying Debian and I can't get the modem to work which would
enable me to download packages and install them free of charge. So whats up
with that? This unexpected dilemma of it not being able to detect COM2 which
my understanding is that most modems are installed on is pretty suspicious.
But then again I have a bad habit of crying before I hurt. But it seems like
there is nothing more that I think of to do to get either procedure to work.
Right now I feel like "free OS" is beginning to take on new meaning. Thanks
for your input, though.
RLH
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From: "Liquid" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: RAID Driver not supported??
Date: Wed, 30 May 2001 06:59:50 +0100
Dear all:
Currently I am running a windows box which I would like to change over to
Linux, but I tried a few times installing without sucess, I am using
onboard RAID Highpoint Tec HPT368 Driver for windows, but when I checked on
the redhat homepage, it doesn't indicate that it is supported, only HPT366
and HPT370 are supported, could any of you please tell me how to find the
appropriate driver or are there any special procedures for installing linux
with hard disks running under RAID 0, cuz I am really keen on getting it to
install and start learning all the exciting features.
Thanks in advance!
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