Linux-Setup Digest #361, Volume #21 Sun, 3 Jun 01 11:13:10 EDT
Contents:
redhat7.2 diskdruid partitioning /home /usr/etc.howto. ("analog")
sb16 config problems (Marc)
Building Kernel 2.4.5 (Joal Heagney)
Re: sb16 config problems (Chiefy)
installing from the harddisk ("Riyaz Mansoor")
Re: How to get linux to recognize FAT32 ("Bill Hartwell")
how to dialup to internet through TECOM IAS-RT box (Jerry Perng)
Samba trouble : i can't see it from my LAN, but yes by localhost ("G.BULOT")
ftp trouble from my LAN to the net accros my mdk8.0 ("G.BULOT")
Re: eth0 never comes up (Dave Uhring)
Re: Linux Mouse question (Stuart Wright)
Re: i need help ("David Dorward")
Re: NIC 3COM 3C900B-Combo and RH7.1/Mandrake 8.0 --> No Go ! (bodong)
Re: problem with rsh (Mike Dean)
Re: installing from the harddisk ("Riyaz Mansoor")
Linux newbie and USB modem: bad combo (Laura Goodwin)
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From: "analog" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: redhat7.2 diskdruid partitioning /home /usr/etc.howto.
Date: Sun, 3 Jun 2001 12:35:39 -0700
I have a 20 gb hd ,got fat32 on 15gb. I think redhat should have around 2gb
installsize 'cause full install is 2.3gb. Swap 2 times RAM no more than 128
mb. I want too keep things like staroffice when I upgrade so I make
different partitions: Which one's and how large? There are so many options
to make a partition from like /home/ /usr /boot /local etc.etc. that I
don't know wich and whatfor I should make a partition.
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From: Marc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: sb16 config problems
Date: Sun, 03 Jun 2001 10:21:26 GMT
I'm having difficulties getting my ISA SoundBlaster 16 PNP sound card
working correctly with Mandrake 8.0 and a 2.4.5 kernel. Using wavplay,
I'm only able to hear the first fraction of a second of a sound file,
and then I get the following error message in the console:
Sound: DMA (output) timed out - IRQ/DRQ config error?
Sound is compiled in as a module, and I'm letting HardDrake configure
it. It looks like an IRQ conflict. Also I've noticed that the sb
module gets loaded twice during the boot sequence. Any help would be
greatly appreciated!
sndconfig results from /var/log/messages:
Jun 2 06:21:37 speedy kernel: Soundblaster audio driver Copyright (C)
by Hannu Savolainen 1993-1996
Jun 2 06:21:37 speedy kernel: sb: Creative ViBRA16C PnP detected
Jun 2 06:21:37 speedy kernel: sb: ISAPnP reports 'Creative ViBRA16C
PnP' at i/o 0x220, irq 7, dma 1, 5
Jun 2 06:21:37 speedy kernel: SB 4.13 detected OK (220)
Jun 2 06:21:37 speedy kernel: sb: Interrupt test on IRQ7 failed -
Probable IRQ conflict
Jun 2 06:21:37 speedy kernel: <Sound Blaster 16 (4.13)> at 0x220 irq 7
dma 1,5
Jun 2 06:21:37 speedy kernel: <Sound Blaster 16> at 0x300 irq 7 dma 0,0
Jun 2 06:21:37 speedy kernel: sb: 1 Soundblaster PnP card(s) found.
/proc/bus/isapnp/devices:
0100 CTL0070CTL0001
0102200300038800000000000000000000070200000105050000000000000000000000000000000000
0101 CTL0070CTL7001
0000000000000000000000000000000000000200000404040000000000000000000000000000000000
/proc/interrupts:
CPU0
0: 242092 XT-PIC timer
1: 3089 XT-PIC keyboard
2: 0 XT-PIC cascade
7: 0 XT-PIC soundblaster
9: 0 XT-PIC usb-uhci, usb-uhci
11: 4782 XT-PIC aic7xxx, eth0
12: 69736 XT-PIC PS/2 Mouse
14: 243877 XT-PIC ide0
15: 4 XT-PIC ide1
NMI: 0
ERR: 0
from /proc/ioports:
...
0213-0213 : isapnp read
0220-022f : soundblaster
02f8-02ff : serial(auto)
0300-0303 : MPU-401 UART
0376-0376 : ide1
...
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From: Joal Heagney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Building Kernel 2.4.5
Date: Sun, 03 Jun 2001 21:11:43 +1000
Hi everybody. I thought I'd learnt enough that things like this wouldn't
happen to me any more. *sighs*
Anycase, I've been trying to build kernel 2.4.5 on my Mandrake 7.2
system and I keep running into the same problems, once I get a
successful kernel, no matter what, my PS/2 mouse won't work. Now I've
tried a variety of different kernels for 2.4.5 - the newest from
kernel.org, the src.rpm that is in Mandrake cooker, I even tried
installing RedHat 7.1 (*sighs* Converting to Reiserfs back to ext2, and
back when RedHat 7.1 didn't work)
Now I've tried a suggestion somebody gave of compiling the kernel with
mouse support and PS/2 mice loaded in solid as opposed to a module, but
still no reply. I've checked that /dev/psaux exists and has the right
major and minor nodes, and I've even cat'ed it while I wriggle my mouse
around. In all cases, nothing.
Anycase, if anyone can give some suggestions?
Joal Heagney/AncientHart
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Chiefy)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: sb16 config problems
Date: 3 Jun 2001 11:22:17 GMT
03 Jun 2001 10:21 UTC, Marc typed:
> I'm having difficulties getting my ISA SoundBlaster 16 PNP sound card
> working correctly with Mandrake 8.0 and a 2.4.5 kernel. Using wavplay,
> I'm only able to hear the first fraction of a second of a sound file,
> and then I get the following error message in the console:
>
> Sound: DMA (output) timed out - IRQ/DRQ config error?
Try redirecting the output of 'pnpdump' to /etc/isapnp.conf
> Jun 2 06:21:37 speedy kernel: Soundblaster audio driver Copyright (C)
> by Hannu Savolainen 1993-1996
> Jun 2 06:21:37 speedy kernel: sb: Creative ViBRA16C PnP detected
> Jun 2 06:21:37 speedy kernel: sb: ISAPnP reports 'Creative ViBRA16C
> PnP' at i/o 0x220, irq 7, dma 1, 5
The usual defaults for sb are io=0x220 irq=5 dma=1
> Jun 2 06:21:37 speedy kernel: SB 4.13 detected OK (220)
> Jun 2 06:21:37 speedy kernel: sb: Interrupt test on IRQ7 failed -
> Probable IRQ conflict
I got irq7 errors until /etc/isapnp.conf was created.
--
Chiefy. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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From: "Riyaz Mansoor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: installing from the harddisk
Date: Sun, 3 Jun 2001 21:07:03 +1000
hi all
its been suggested to me that i should try to install from the hard disk -
due to problem i'm having installing rh7.1 from the cdrom. [ i made a couple
of posts about it in this group but no replies yet ].
i've got a 20G PrMa, 6.4G PrSl, 4.3G SeMa and cdrom as my SecondarSlave. at
the moment i've got all my data files on my SeMa and i cannot affort to
change that. however i'm willing to sacrifice my PrSl, [windows] harddisk
for this noble task. i want linux on my PrMa.
i've got the redhat 7.1 cd's. while the cdrom seems to work, i'm unable to
install from it.
so how can i instaall rh7.1 from my harddisk?
riyaz
again my original problem:
=====
i checked the actual error message by doing an ALT+F4 and this is what i got
<4> hdd: command error: status = 0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
<4> hdd: command error : error = 0x50
<4> end_request: I/O error, dev 16:40 (hdd), sector 1130896
hdd is my cd-rom drive from where i'm installing. i tried it two times and
the first time there were 2 sets of the above, difference only in the sector
number. the second time there were four sets and again the difference were
in the sector number which were completely different from the first try.
the message returned is "error ocuured in copying install image to hard
drive". there is intense cdrom and harddisk activity before the error for
about 3-4 second during the attempted "install image transfer".
can someone tell me what's going on? how i can avert this?
note: my cd rom is not legacy hardware, its a 36X diamond data with PIO-4
capability.
btw, rh6.2 installs fine from the same cdrom drive, no problems.
riyaz
====
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From: "Bill Hartwell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: How to get linux to recognize FAT32
Date: Sun, 03 Jun 2001 05:38:13 -0600
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "GreySoul"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Try hdb1 instead of just hdb. You have to specify the partition on the
> drive.
>
> --
> blase blah
>
Thanks to both you and Raphael for this suggestion. It is exactly what I
needed to do. I now have access to all my valuable data. Thank you VERY
much!
--
Homepage: http://www.macmanusnet.net
Sailor Moon Fanfiction: http://crystal.macmanusnet.net
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jerry Perng)
Subject: how to dialup to internet through TECOM IAS-RT box
Date: 3 Jun 2001 05:06:24 -0700
Hi,
I am new to linux. any advice is appreciated.
I have installed Windows 2000 professional &
linux ManDrake 7.2 in my PC(two hard disks with
1st one for win2000, 2nd one for linux).
I use TECOM IAS-RT box to connect to Internet.
(every resident shares the server installed in
the basement in my community. I think the connnection
flow is: PC -> RT-box -(phone line)-> shared server
-> DSL -> internet)
It works fine in win2000, the setup is quite the
same as dialup with modem, but with no need to specify
phone number, login id, password(RT-box is physically
connected to server, no phone number is needed).
The COM1 is used for RT-box and I've tried to setup for
RT-box in linux(with graphic Mandrake config tool). the
error message always says "your system is not connected
to internet" --> it fails to detect the RT-box in COM1 ???
or it needs to specify something special ???
any advice is appreicated.
Jerry Perng
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From: "G.BULOT" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Samba trouble : i can't see it from my LAN, but yes by localhost
Date: Sun, 3 Jun 2001 14:13:51 +0200
on my lan, my win pc doesn't see my linux with samba 2.07 (mdk8.0), but the
win pc see the other ones
on my linux when i write
smbclient -L MyLinuxNetBiosName I have response
Domain=[MyDomain] OS=[UNIX] server= [Samba 2.0.7]
sharename are correct
..
but when i write
smbclient -L A_WinComputerOnMyLAN I have
Connecttion to [MyWin....] failed
what the trouble and how to solve it
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From: "G.BULOT" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: ftp trouble from my LAN to the net accros my mdk8.0
Date: Sun, 3 Jun 2001 14:24:52 +0200
mdk8.0 2.4.3
2 ether cards (one lan, one for the internet)
Net --- (eth1)Linux(eth0) ----- PC 1
----- PC 2
1) from the linux : no trouble with my ftp client to internet site
2) from pc(1..2) to my linux : no trouble
3) from pc(1..2) to internet site : error with ftp clients :
the error start when i want use commands (ls, get, put, ....)
so login & password are ok !
- with WsFTP : timer cancelled bloking call
- with IE5.0 & IE5.5 : 425 can't open data connection (the local
port N�20 ?)
what the trouble ? Iptable, netfilter, bastille firewall, .... and how to
solve it
i see no answer in the howto for nat & masquerading (anywhere i'va
understanding nothing )
--> when i plug my pc directly to the net : no problem !!
sorry for my bad english (i'm french), and thanks for answer to me !
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From: Dave Uhring <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux
Subject: Re: eth0 never comes up
Date: Sun, 3 Jun 2001 07:28:58 -0500
inon wrote:
> After installing (PCI) Linksys NC100 (even with LNE100TX) card, /proc/pci
> shows this line
>
> "Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0x20000000[0x20000001]"
>
> Does this mean my system PCI bus cannot handle this NIC card? System is a
> Pentium 90, 64MB SIMMs, 4.3G, 5 ISA & 2 PCI slots.
>
> --
> - Inon
>
>
>
That NC100 NIC won't even work with Windoze. Find a store selling
off-lease business PC's to home users and buy an Intel or 3Com NIC for 20
bucks or less.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Stuart Wright)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux,alt.os.linux.mandrake,alt.os.linux
Subject: Re: Linux Mouse question
Date: 3 Jun 2001 05:55:48 -0700
Hi,
You might want to check your BIOS settings. My toshiba laptop has a
setting that lets you choose how the mouse is controlled,
"auto-selected" or "simultaneous". If you have such a setting, it
sounds like your laptop is now set on "auto-selected", the BIOS will
choose external if it is connected.
Don't know how you bring up your BIOS settings, usually it is some
hotkey when you boot-up - it is ESC on mine, but F1 or F12 are not
uncommon.
BTW, some BIOS/OS combinations spit it with "simultaneous" - W2K
doesn't like this on mine, so I leave it at "auto-selected", cause I
dual-boot a lot.
Stu.
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From: "David Dorward" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: i need help
Date: Sun, 03 Jun 2001 14:13:08 +0100
It seems that on Sun, 03 Jun 2001 08:14:05 +0100, someone claiming to be
"McShen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> typed this:
> Currently, I have 2 OSes installed on my computer, windows 98 and win2k
> pro. They are working fine since win2k pro has a dual boot option. I
> wanna install linux on my computer for web development. My question are
>
> 1.Is it possible to have 3 different OSes on 1 computer?
Yes
> 2.What program should I use? system commander?
I would stick to lilo myself
--
David Dorward http://david.us-lot.org/
The only way to keep your health is to eat what you don't want, drink
what you don't like, and do what you'd rather not. -- Mark Twain
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From: bodong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: NIC 3COM 3C900B-Combo and RH7.1/Mandrake 8.0 --> No Go !
Date: Sun, 3 Jun 2001 14:38:18 +0100
Bodong wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I always have this problem if i use Linux with kernel 2.4.x. In
> installation, both RH 7.1 and Mandrake 8.0 recognise the NIC and
> automatically set the driver 3C905 for my NIC. I can not however get the
> network to work with both DHCP or Manual config.
> I don't have this problem with RH 7.0. With DHCP, it recognise the network
> instantly.
>
> Please help
>
> Thanks
>
Problem solved,
back to kernel 2.2.x with suse 7.1, since 3 distros (redhat, mandrake,
suse) with kernel 2.4.x refuse to initialise network connection.
cheers
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From: Mike Dean <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: problem with rsh
Date: Sun, 03 Jun 2001 09:44:11 -0400
I think everyone commented about xinetd except to tell you that you can use
the ntsysv command to setup which services you want to enable. You machine
shouldn't have an inetd.conf file.
When you create the .rhosts file it's picky about the machine name. To find
the information you need first telnet from machine1 (the one you are going
to run rsh from) to machine2 (the one with the .rhosts file). Once you log
into machine2 issue the netstat command and look at the structure of the
machine name under Foreign Address.
If it reads something like happy.example.com:1056 then your .rhosts should
read like this;
happy.example.com root
Be sure and chmod 600 .rhosts (assuming this was for root, the .rhosts need
to be in /root)
Also. the machine name doesn't need to be in the hosts.equiv file. If you
have it the hosts or DNS setup that is enough, if you can do an nslookup on
machine2 then you're OK.
Sujay Kumar wrote:
> I am trying to get rsh to work in redhat 7.1. I have the .rhosts and
> /etc/hosts.equiv files with all the hostnames and I have uncommented the
> relevant lines (corresponding to "shell" ) in /etc/inetd.conf
> WHen I type rsh localhost it prints the message 'connection refused' .
> Any suggestions what am I missing? Does redhat 7.1 uses xinetd ? Am I
> modifying the wrong files?
> Thanks
> -Sujay
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From: "Riyaz Mansoor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: installing from the harddisk
Date: Mon, 4 Jun 2001 00:05:49 +1000
this is where i'm at right now - without success
i've copied all the directories/files under the Redhat directory to a
directory in my windows drive. after i boot from linux floppy i point to
that directory and it says image not found. is it looking for the the big
.iso file? or just the files?
if i can get past this.
please help
riyaz
--
====================================================
Riyaz Mansoor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:9fd7eg$qh2$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
>
> hi all
>
> its been suggested to me that i should try to install from the hard disk -
> due to problem i'm having installing rh7.1 from the cdrom. [ i made a
couple
> of posts about it in this group but no replies yet ].
>
> i've got a 20G PrMa, 6.4G PrSl, 4.3G SeMa and cdrom as my SecondarSlave.
at
> the moment i've got all my data files on my SeMa and i cannot affort to
> change that. however i'm willing to sacrifice my PrSl, [windows] harddisk
> for this noble task. i want linux on my PrMa.
>
> i've got the redhat 7.1 cd's. while the cdrom seems to work, i'm unable to
> install from it.
>
> so how can i instaall rh7.1 from my harddisk?
>
> riyaz
>
> again my original problem:
>
> =====
> i checked the actual error message by doing an ALT+F4 and this is what i
got
>
> <4> hdd: command error: status = 0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
> <4> hdd: command error : error = 0x50
> <4> end_request: I/O error, dev 16:40 (hdd), sector 1130896
>
> hdd is my cd-rom drive from where i'm installing. i tried it two times and
> the first time there were 2 sets of the above, difference only in the
sector
> number. the second time there were four sets and again the difference were
> in the sector number which were completely different from the first try.
>
> the message returned is "error ocuured in copying install image to hard
> drive". there is intense cdrom and harddisk activity before the error for
> about 3-4 second during the attempted "install image transfer".
>
> can someone tell me what's going on? how i can avert this?
>
> note: my cd rom is not legacy hardware, its a 36X diamond data with PIO-4
> capability.
> btw, rh6.2 installs fine from the same cdrom drive, no problems.
>
> riyaz
> ====
>
>
>
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From: Laura Goodwin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Linux newbie and USB modem: bad combo
Date: Sun, 03 Jun 2001 10:38:39 -0400
Look, I'm a newbie. I sure nuff do need major handholding to get my USB
modem up and at 'em. I installed Mandrake 8.0 and it's very nice. I
prefer Gnome to KDE, is that bad? Anyway, I'm stuck.
I know how to install packages, I successfully changed my wallpaper and
set up my mouse to be left-handed. This is the full extent of my powers
(in Linux) (so far). I'm not even sure what questions to ask, OK? My
modem, she's a no go. No worky. Me sad.
It's not a winmodem. It's a Boca Tidalwave (hardware corrected) external
USB modem. Sys specs on request. I built this computer myself, so I'm
not a total idiot, I just don't understand the instructions I've seen.
I'm all, "Duh? But what does THAT mean?" You dig?
Can somebody give it to me in window-speak? Thank you.
I have been told to do this:
mount -t usbdevfs none /proc/bus/usb
Great, I'd love to, but what does that mean? Do I come in as root and
type it in at a command prompt in terminal? I'm booting to either KDE
or Gnome, although I like Gnome better. What will happen if I do this?
Is it enough, or will there be more? I know how to set up kppp, I just
want my modem recognized. Assume it's supported, and please don't ask
me to check if it's supported. It's supported, OK? I just don't know
how to enable it.
Thank you.
Laura Goodwin
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