Linux-Setup Digest #347, Volume #21 Fri, 1 Jun 01 07:13:06 EDT
Contents:
Re: NFS trouble (Eduardo Chappa)
Re: Dial to ISP (Bernard yap)
Re: Help, I'm trying to find COM2 ("Peter T. Breuer")
Re: Help, I'm trying to find COM2 ("Peter T. Breuer")
Mandrake 8.0 and Highpoint 370 ATA100(Raid) Ide controller (Jake Reimann)
Re: redialer for dial up connection (Burkhard =?iso-8859-1?Q?W=F6lfel?=)
Re: heeeeelp bind 9.1.0 (Nacho)
libc5 install on RH7.0 doesn't work, configuration help? (Larry Bauer)
usblp0: device node registration failed ("Martin Schmidauer")
Re: 2GB File size limitation (Ian Stirling)
rh7.1 install image (Riyaz Mansoor)
STUDIO-U-HD-705475 from LaCie on a Dell Inspiron (serafim)
Cannot startx (Bob Y L Ngai)
Re: Cannot startx (Dave Uhring)
Re: heeeeelp bind 9.1.0 (Dave Uhring)
Re: [newbie] STUDIO-U-HD-705475 from LaCie on a Dell Inspiron (serafim)
help~ ("zero")
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From: Eduardo Chappa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: NFS trouble
Date: Thu, 31 May 2001 23:54:32 -0700
*** Rasmus B�g Hansen ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote in...:
:) This is fine most of the time. Everything seems to work until I start my
:) mail program (pine). It tries to do file locking on my mailboxes, but
:) that does not work. It takes around 100 seconds to open a mailbox...
:)
:) I have tried forcing NFS version 2 and 3, specifying tcp or udp, posix
:) or not, nothing seems to help.
Pine is known not to work over NFS and the developers have publicly
acknowledged that, what they suggest as a model for using Pine is to
install an IMAP server and read over the server, that will bring Pine up
to speed. This is the model that the Pine team is worried about, they
don't care about NFS as a means for readinf mail because of locking issues
which you understand very well.
--
Eduardo
http://www.math.washington.edu/~chappa/pine/
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From: Bernard yap <lev @ the.net.my>
Subject: Re: Dial to ISP
Date: Fri, 1 Jun 2001 15:13:59 +0800
On Fri, 01 Jun 2001, George Trapkov wrote:
>I setup my connection and I can dial and I go to Internet Setup. Where
>can I put a shortcut or make it to dial into my ISP when I click on
>Netscape?
a simple way would be, write a shell script to run the dialup script and start
netscape. then, modify your netscape icon/shortcut so that it points to that
particular script.
a simple script sample,
#!/bin/sh
DS="ppp-on"
NS="netscape"
$DS
$NS
of course, you might need to modify it for your system.
regards,
--
Hope is a good breakfast, but it is a bad supper.
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From: "Peter T. Breuer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Help, I'm trying to find COM2
Date: Fri, 1 Jun 2001 09:18:09 +0200
hoffmyster <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> smc-ultra.c:v2.02 2/3/98 Donald Becker ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
> eth0: SMC EtherEZ at 0x240, 00 00 C0 79 74 D9,assigned IRQ 3 programmed-I/O mode.
> device eth0 entered promiscuous mode
> Installing knfsd (copyright (C) 1996 [EMAIL PROTECTED]).
> nfsd_fh_init : initialized fhcache, entries=1024
Fine till here.
> Lucent Modem driver version 4.27.5.66 with MANY_PORTS MULTIPORT SHARE_IRQ enabled
> ttyS14 at 0xd800 (irq = 10) is a Lucent
Yes, I would guess those two messages are emitted by the ltmodem driver as it
loads, although I don't know for sure. It is slightly possible that the
second line is emitted by setserial, but I don't know.
> ad1848/cs4248 codec driver Copyright (C) by Hannu Savolainen 1993-1996
Well, more driver load messages follow, so I doubt that setserial has
been invoked yet.
> YM3812 and OPL-3 driver Copyright (C) by Hannu Savolainen, Rob Hooft 1993-1996
> Like I said, and this shows, earlier in the init process, the kernal sets up the
> serial ports, ie. ttyS0, using the serial driver, I suppose.
No .. you are mixing concepts. The kernel loads serial drivers at some
point, but I haven't seen them load here yet, and they will be talking
to the mobos hardware, not your lucent winmodem. When the serial
drivers load, then device nodes like /dev/ttyS0 will proovide access to
them from user space.
> Then, sure enough, just after the modem driver is installed (in rc.local) at the
> end of the process, ttyS14 is created. Showing me proof that indeed the modem
> driver invokes the kernal to create this "fake" device as you put it. Or maybe you
Well, it's not proof of anything .. it's just a message from the
ltmodem. It could say "hi mom!" That wouldn't be proof that it had a
mother :-).
> have been trying to tell me that the driver itself creates this device to use it
> and gives the kernal the information it needs(major and minor) to associate the
> driver with the device file?
You are mixing up devices and the device special files that give access
to them. You can see what devices (i.e. drivers) are loaded by
cat /proc/devices. That'll show the majors and the driver name.
The special device files always exist (unless you are using devfs, when
they are indeed provided "just in time" when the driver loads by the
kernel).
> OK, so now I am convinced that once I get the modem driver to install in this base
> Debian system I have, then I should be able to at least see ttyS14 or whatever the
> device is that the driver and the kernal work out between themselves.
/dev/ttyS14 is just the conventional name given to the device node with
major 62 and minor 78. But apparently the driver writers are so sure
you'll call it that that they emit a message saying "hi ttyS14!" when
the driver loads :-).
> Now the problem is getting this damn module to load.
> I just tried to dpkg this driver that supposedly is written explicitly for this
> pre17 kernal. Now get this.
> The fail message I get is that ltmodem-2.2.19pre17-idepci requires a package called
> kernal_image-2.2.19pre17-idepci to be installed. It says that this kernal_image
Yes, you need a kernel to load it into. (with an "e", not an "a"!)
> package is not installed?? Have any idea what this means or how I get this image
Well if it's not installed, then you'd better install it!
> installed? It may not mean anything but in /boot the kernal image that I know of
> is called vmlinuz-2.2.19pre17-idepci. Is this the problem?
No, it looks the solution. Do
dpkg -S vmlinuz-2.2.19pre17-idepci
to find what package it comes from. Or do
dpkg -l kernel
(isn't it "kernel-image"?)
> I did go to linmodem.org and found my way to their mailing list and posted a
> question about this. Boy, oh boy, oh boy. This is fun. NOT!
What's your problem _now_? As you would suspect, you cannot load the
driver into a kernel that it is not designed to be loaded into, so you
have to have the right kernel or the right driver! That hardly
requires you to go bother a newsgroup or mailing list.
Peter
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From: "Peter T. Breuer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Help, I'm trying to find COM2
Date: Fri, 1 Jun 2001 09:29:49 +0200
hoffmyster <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I just tried to dpkg this driver that supposedly is written explicitly for this
> pre17 kernal. Now get this.
> The fail message I get is that ltmodem-2.2.19pre17-idepci requires a package called
> kernal_image-2.2.19pre17-idepci to be installed. It says that this kernal_image
To be specific, it requires a package that is not installed. There is
nothing unusual in not having it. The near coincidence of names with your
kernel indicates that probably the ltmodem packager has made a spelling
mistake during his packaging, or else he has also provided a kernel package
with that name that he wants you to get from him. Or (insert your own
explanation).
> package is not installed?? Have any idea what this means or how I get this image
> installed? It may not mean anything but in /boot the kernal image that I know of
> is called vmlinuz-2.2.19pre17-idepci. Is this the problem?
What problem? It looks from that that you DO have the right package
installed, so you should confirm by interrogating the database with
dpkg.
If it turns out that someone has just made a spelling error somewhere,
then you should override the complaint from dpkg with
dpkg -i --force-depends
> I did go to linmodem.org and found my way to their mailing list and posted a
> question about this. Boy, oh boy, oh boy. This is fun. NOT!
On reflection, it's probably worthwhile alerting them if they do have a
typo in their ltmodem package. But I'd confirm the typo first, before
complaining, or you will look foolish.
Peter
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From: Jake Reimann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Mandrake 8.0 and Highpoint 370 ATA100(Raid) Ide controller
Date: Fri, 1 Jun 2001 08:38:27 -0400
Hi all.
I have a peecee with a kt7-raid mobo with one of those Highpoint ATA100 ide
controllers. I have not RAIDED my two IBM hdd's, so I have win ME
installed
succesfuly one one drive.
I went throught the Mandrake install ok, boot floppy was created ok.
Linux
recognised the Highpoint Controller, and the the disks are oh /dev/hde
and
/dev/hdg
Lilo went on the MBR.
When I boot from the MBR, I get an LI and then nothing, so I thought,
AHA, lets get the floppy out.
Booted from the floppy and it boots , then gets to the point of mounting
root , and then dies with a kernel panic - cannot mount root at "220" or
2.20
Has anybody else had a successful HPT370 installation. I'd like to get
this
baby to gaming box status, I have my tribes2 cd from loki waiting to go,
and I'll be a very sad bunny if I have to go back to windows.
Any ideas ??
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From: Burkhard =?iso-8859-1?Q?W=F6lfel?=
Subject: Re: redialer for dial up connection
Date: Fri, 01 Jun 2001 09:58:08 +0200
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.worldvisions.ca/wvdial/
Fruitbat wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I'm a bit of a linux newbie using mandrake 8.0. I have managed to set
> up the box which I use to route a dial up 56k connection to 2 windows
> clients, and it works fine, but I have 2 questions
>
> 1) Is there an alternative dial up app that I can use that
> automatically will redial a connection if it doesn't connect first
> time? I am very limited to ISP's because I'm on NTL in the UK. I use
> BigBlueSky which normally needs about 10 redials, but you don't get
> busy tones, if you can't log in, it gives you the authentication error
> (invalid username/password). Is there an app which will redail if I
> get this error until it connects
>
> 2) I want to be able to view the linux box from either of the windows
> clients, as it doesn't have a dedicated monitor. I installed VNC,
> which seemed to work OK until I rebooted the linux box. then when
> booting up, it hangs on 'Starting VNC Server' and wont go through to
> the login screen. Any ideas why this could be?
>
> thanks guys!
>
> Fruitbat
--
=============================================
Burkhard W�lfel
v e r s u c h s a n s t a l t (at) g m x . de
pubkey for this adress @ pgp.net
=============================================
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Nacho)
Subject: Re: heeeeelp bind 9.1.0
Date: 1 Jun 2001 01:29:29 -0700
Hi
I have the same problem, but I do not see the solution, you have found
something for " connection timed out, nonserver could be reached ".
Thanks
Shore Linux Solutions <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
> I am a bit stumped. Here are a few questions that I
> have perhaps you can assist me with them.
>
> I am running bind 9.1.0-10 from a fresh Red Hat 7.1 install. When I
> issue the command /etc/rc.d.init.d/named start apparently named is
> starting because if I do a ps aux | grep named I see five instances of
> named running. Now if I do an nslookup using either localhost or
> 127.0.0.1 as an argument I get a reply that tells me that the name
> server is 192.168.1.1 which is the IP of my box on the LAN. However, if
>
> I do an nslookup with a name or IP outside of localhost I get the
> following result "connection timed out, no servers could be reached". I
>
> have gone back and changed the owner and group of the named.conf file
> and all of the zone files to named. However, I am still getting the
> same result. I am not seeing any distinguishable errors in
> /var/log/message. The only thing regarding named listed there is that
> named is running.
>
> My DNS zone needs are very simple at this point. I have one domain that
>
> I have to be a master for. Basically that is it. I have four other
> hosts on the LAN and I need to receive mail for the LAN. So actually
> since I want to run a primary server the only zone files that I think I
> need is . localhost my domain and the reverse zones for localhost
> and my domain. I think where I am most hung up at this point is the dos
>
> and don'ts regarding syntax in version 9.1.0 as a matter of fact I am
> not familiar with the syntax at all of version 9.1.0.
>
> Is there anyway you could possible direct me where to find documentation
>
> on the syntax for version 9.1.0 and if at all possible forward me a
> barebones sample zone file that I could edit and the reverse file for
> that same zone.
>
> This is really driving me up a wall. Any and all assistance is greatly
> appreciated.
>
>
>
>
> AJ
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Larry Bauer)
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux.redhat
Subject: libc5 install on RH7.0 doesn't work, configuration help?
Date: 1 Jun 2001 08:18:19 GMT
Hi- I've been trying to setup the older libc5 libraries (and ld.so) files from
RH6.2 (the recommended solution from RH) so that I can use older programs like
WordPerfect8. After installing RH 7.0, then using GnomeRPM to install the two
files noted above from the RH6.2 CD, everything appears to go fine. I
reboot,attempt to install WP8 and get error messages from the install script.
After installing the libc5 and ld.so files, is there any configuration change
(or other change) that I need to make to use these older programs dependent on
the older library and loader? Thanks in advance, Larry
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From: "Martin Schmidauer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: usblp0: device node registration failed
Date: Fri, 1 Jun 2001 11:06:58 +0200
Hi,
I've got a problem with my USB printer. I use kernel 2.4.5. If I send a
file to /dev/usb/lp0 notjing happens.
My kernel messages:
Jun 1 01:24:17 odin kernel: usb.c: deregistering driver usblp
Jun 1 01:24:45 odin kernel: usb.c: registered new driver usblp
Jun 1 01:24:45 odin kernel: printer.c: usblp0: device node registration
failed
Jun 1 01:24:45 odin kernel: printer.c: usblp0: USB Bidirectional printer
dev 2 if 0 alt 0
Jun 1 01:24:45 odin kernel: usb.c: usblp driver claimed interface cfa17d40
Jun 1 01:24:45 odin kernel: printer.c: v0.8 Michael Gee, Pavel Machek,
Vojtech Pavlik, Randy Dunlap
Jun 1 01:24:45 odin kernel: printer.c: USB Printer Device Class driver
tia,
-Martin.
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From: Ian Stirling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.x,linux.redhat,linux.redhat.install
Subject: Re: 2GB File size limitation
Date: Fri, 01 Jun 2001 09:12:15 GMT
David Schwartz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>> My advice: just don't. Why do you need big files, anyway?
> Well, for one thing, you might want you name server to be authoritative
>for 'com'.
Or, more practically, 2Gb is only 3.? hours of uncompressed CD quality
audio, or a couple of minutes of broadcast quality uncompressed video, or
several seconds of IMAX film ...
--
http://inquisitor.i.am/ | mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] | Ian Stirling.
===========================+=========================+==========================
He had been eight years upon a project for extracting sunbeams out of cucumbers,
which were to be put in vials hermetically sealed, and let out to warm the air
in raw inclement summers. -- Jonathan Swift, "Gulliver's Travels" (1726)
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From: Riyaz Mansoor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: rh7.1 install image
Date: Fri, 01 Jun 2001 19:33:39 +1000
hi
i posted something like this earlier but didn't get a response so i'm
doing it again as a refresher.
when i tried to install rh7.1 it gives me an error saying 'cannot copy
install image to hard. probably out of hard disk space'.
i'm not out of harddisk space. i've tried with 1G swap and 8G root
filesystem. i'v got 256MB of ram.
i think this is a problem with anaconda installer as rh6.2 installs
fine. btw, i tried upgrading as well but got the same error. does anyone
know how i may be able to go around it? i'm ready to start from scratch,
but PLEASE how can i do it?
riyaz
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From: serafim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: STUDIO-U-HD-705475 from LaCie on a Dell Inspiron
Date: Fri, 01 Jun 2001 11:59:23 +0200
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I cannot make LM8.0 find and mount a LaCie 20GB USB hard drive
on a Dell Inspiron. I wrote to LaCie and there answer is the
standard crap from PC/Mac dedicated companies:
"No tests have been made on Linux with these disks" Officially
supported operationg systems are the following:
- Windows 98
- Windows ME
- Windows 2000
- MacOS
We have no drivers written for Linux and don't know of any nor if
the builtin drivers will do."
Brief and to the point - we don't give shit about it
would have been shorter though. Did someone make this disk run
properly under any Linux distribution and if so - how?
/Serafim
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From: Bob Y L Ngai <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Cannot startx
Date: Fri, 1 Jun 2001 17:20:15 +0800
Dear all:
I'm new to Linux. Actually I did a couple times of installation of
different version of Linux, but this time, I don't why after installation
process, I cannot do the startx. According to my past experience, there
is nothing extra I need to do for the startx. But this time, it just
doesn't work. I installed Redhat 7.0 as Server on my system. Another
possible thing I guess is whether relating to my built-in display card, my
motherbroad has the built-in display card. I am not sure.
Can anybody give me a clue!
Thanks alot.
Bob
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From: Dave Uhring <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Cannot startx
Date: Fri, 1 Jun 2001 05:15:31 -0500
Bob Y L Ngai wrote:
> Dear all:
>
> I'm new to Linux. Actually I did a couple times of installation of
> different version of Linux, but this time, I don't why after installation
> process, I cannot do the startx. According to my past experience, there
> is nothing extra I need to do for the startx. But this time, it just
> doesn't work. I installed Redhat 7.0 as Server on my system. Another
> possible thing I guess is whether relating to my built-in display card, my
> motherbroad has the built-in display card. I am not sure.
> Can anybody give me a clue!
> Thanks alot.
>
> Bob
>
>
There is a message in /var/log/XFree86.0.log. Post the last 20-30 lines of
that message and perhaps you will get some help.
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From: Dave Uhring <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: heeeeelp bind 9.1.0
Date: Fri, 1 Jun 2001 05:17:45 -0500
Nacho wrote:
> Hi
>
> I have the same problem, but I do not see the solution, you have found
> something for " connection timed out, nonserver could be reached ".
>
>
> Thanks
>
> Shore Linux Solutions <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>> I am a bit stumped. Here are a few questions that I
>> have perhaps you can assist me with them.
>>
>> I am running bind 9.1.0-10 from a fresh Red Hat 7.1 install. When I
>> issue the command /etc/rc.d.init.d/named start apparently named is
>> starting because if I do a ps aux | grep named I see five instances of
>> named running. Now if I do an nslookup using either localhost or
>> 127.0.0.1 as an argument I get a reply that tells me that the name
>> server is 192.168.1.1 which is the IP of my box on the LAN. However, if
>>
>> I do an nslookup with a name or IP outside of localhost I get the
>> following result "connection timed out, no servers could be reached". I
>>
>> have gone back and changed the owner and group of the named.conf file
>> and all of the zone files to named. However, I am still getting the
>> same result. I am not seeing any distinguishable errors in
>> /var/log/message. The only thing regarding named listed there is that
>> named is running.
>>
>> My DNS zone needs are very simple at this point. I have one domain that
>>
>> I have to be a master for. Basically that is it. I have four other
>> hosts on the LAN and I need to receive mail for the LAN. So actually
>> since I want to run a primary server the only zone files that I think I
>> need is . localhost my domain and the reverse zones for localhost
>> and my domain. I think where I am most hung up at this point is the dos
>>
>> and don'ts regarding syntax in version 9.1.0 as a matter of fact I am
>> not familiar with the syntax at all of version 9.1.0.
>>
>> Is there anyway you could possible direct me where to find documentation
>>
>> on the syntax for version 9.1.0 and if at all possible forward me a
>> barebones sample zone file that I could edit and the reverse file for
>> that same zone.
>>
>> This is really driving me up a wall. Any and all assistance is greatly
>> appreciated.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> AJ
>
Does /etc/resolv.conf have
nameserver 127.0.0.1
as its first line?
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From: serafim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: [newbie] STUDIO-U-HD-705475 from LaCie on a Dell Inspiron
Date: Fri, 01 Jun 2001 12:20:23 +0200
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
"[EMAIL PROTECTED]" wrote:
>
> is your usb conf. properly.
>
> > I cannot make LM8.0 find and mount a LaCie 20GB USB hard drive
> > on a Dell Inspiron. Did someone make this disk run
> > properly under any Linux distribution and if so - how?
> >
I am slightly mistaken. My Linux-Mandrake(8.0) finds it but cannot
mount it or allow me to format it. It is listed as a LaCie Hard Drive
when I look at the system using HardDrake, but there is a comment
about it saying that Mandrake did not find a suitable driver
(and that I should send info to mandrake, which I didn't - so far).
/Serafim
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From: "zero" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: help~
Date: Fri, 1 Jun 2001 18:38:07 +0800
anyone can tell me how to add a lot of users froma database file in
linux???
zero
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