Linux-Setup Digest #398, Volume #21 Fri, 8 Jun 01 12:13:09 EDT
Contents:
No spool file found.... (Reagan Cardwell)
Re: rc.local file. (Steve Martin)
Error Opening Device sdb ("Kyle Davis")
Re: MBR-relinquish control back to Windows ("Ed F. de Guzman")
Re: No spool file found.... (Robert Parnes)
Re: sshd - slow initializing connection ("Nils O. Sel�sdal")
Re: NIS problems (Dean Thompson)
Aften reinstalling windows prob (Saurabh Pahuja)
Re: MBR-relinquish control back to Windows (Villy Kruse)
Re: Aften reinstalling windows prob (serafim)
Re: Linux 2.4 on sharp pc-ax20 lapop trouble ("Drax")
Re: Two file execution problems (Richard Everhart)
Re: new RH 7.1 kernel freezes on sleep in rc.sysinit (Joe Henley)
LILO failure, what to do? Please help. (delta)
Re: Problems with setting up Colorado HP T4000s (Bill Grzanich)
Re: Linux 2.4 on sharp pc-ax20 lapop trouble (Jake Reimann)
LILO Problem: /dev/hdh1 is not on first disk (mtr)
Re: Enlightenment and Logitech MouseMan ("Georges Heinesch")
Re: Installing Oracle 8i for Linux (aflinsch)
Re: RH7.1 & "LABEL" in /etc/fstab (Guillaume =?iso-8859-1?Q?H=E9nin?=)
Re: Linux 2.4 on sharp pc-ax20 lapop trouble (sdfsdf@[127.19.102.17])
Re: Dual Boot Win2k + Mandrake 7.2 on a ThinkPad T20 ("Nicholas Knight")
Re: X Runs Only as Superuser (Craig Kelley)
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From: Reagan Cardwell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: No spool file found....
Date: Fri, 08 Jun 2001 07:28:15 -0500
After several days of pouring through information, and visiting web sites,
and trying various noted methods, I've finally have printing enabled -
sort of.
I can now send text straight to the port, and it works. But if I try to
print anything else - the ASCII test page or the Postscript test page from
printtool, or a page of text from AbiWord, etc. - the printer spits out a
page that says, at the top, "No spool file found".
I have to admit, I'm stumped now. Not only can I not figure out why a
spool file is not being created, I can't find any information that would
lead me in the direction of an answer.
Can someone give me a clue?
Thanks-
-Reagan
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From: Steve Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: rc.local file.
Date: Fri, 08 Jun 2001 08:30:56 -0400
serafim wrote:
> > > Quite common is to add your own module loading commands just befor the end
> > > of rc.local.
> >
> > You might also put your desired module loading commands into a file
> > called "rc.modules"; this file is executed (if present) by rc.sysinit.
>
> Well, well ... I didn't know. Thanks - your suggestion is neater.
> You never stop learning ...
Glad I could help. One thing I forgot to mention, one that's bitten
me in the past; if you're creating the rc.modules file (and not just
adding to an existing one), remember to give it execute permissions,
or else rc.sysinit will not be able to run it.
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From: "Kyle Davis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Error Opening Device sdb
Date: Fri, 8 Jun 2001 05:42:19 -0700
When I installed Linux Mandrake 8 with my Sony Laptop PCG-SR17, I always
have the following error
An error occurred
error opening device sdb for writing
[OK]
If I click OK, it keep giving me the same error. I tried to boot from CD,
floppy, install from CD, harddisk, install in text only mode, install in
expert and recommended mode. It keep giving me the same error message. What
can I do to install Mandrake 8 in my system successfully?
System:
Sony Laptop PCG-SR17
128 MB RAM
PIII 700 MHz with speedstep technology
20 GB Harddrive
S3 Savage IX 8MB video card
Sony USB floppy drive and Sony PCMCIA CDROM
Thanks in advance!
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From: "Ed F. de Guzman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: MBR-relinquish control back to Windows
Date: Fri, 08 Jun 2001 08:49:50 -0400
Doing this - lilo -u - creates a "virgin" HD.
I don't want this to happen.
What I need is to remove LILO and afterwards make the PC to boot into Windows -
coming up with the Windows NT/2000 selection menu.
Is this entirely possible?
Ed
Villy Kruse wrote:
> On Thu, 07 Jun 2001 16:13:50 -0400, Ed F. de Guzman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >I have a multiboot WS that has WinNT, Win2000 and Linux running on it
> >(Love Linux but needs the Windows environment :-( )
> >
> >LILO has taken over the boot sector (MBR).
> >
> >What is the cleanest way of relinquishing control back to Windows?
> >
> >There is NO FAT partition only NTFS and ext2fs.
> >
>
> lilo -u. But first install the lilo somewhere else, or you loose
> (more or less) the ability to boot linux. A tested boot flopy would
> be nice if things goes wrong.
>
> Villy
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From: Robert Parnes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: No spool file found....
Date: Fri, 08 Jun 2001 09:00:17 -0400
Reagan Cardwell wrote:
> After several days of pouring through information, and visiting web sites,
> and trying various noted methods, I've finally have printing enabled -
> sort of.
>
> I can now send text straight to the port, and it works. But if I try to
> print anything else - the ASCII test page or the Postscript test page from
> printtool, or a page of text from AbiWord, etc. - the printer spits out a
> page that says, at the top, "No spool file found".
>
> I have to admit, I'm stumped now. Not only can I not figure out why a
> spool file is not being created, I can't find any information that would
> lead me in the direction of an answer.
>
> Can someone give me a clue?
>
> Thanks-
> -Reagan
I don't know much more than you do, but try the following:
1. run checkpc. It checks the /etc/printcap file and sets up spool
directories if necessary.
2. stop and start the lpd daemon.
--
Bob Parnes
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: "Nils O. Sel�sdal" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.misc,comp.unix.questions,linux.redhat,linux.redhat.install
Subject: Re: sshd - slow initializing connection
Date: Fri, 8 Jun 2001 14:34:09 +0200
"Bit Twister" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> On Sat, 02 Jun 2001 00:19:52 -0400, inetquestion
> > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >I'm running redhat 7.1 and was reading an article about different
> >methods of starting sshd. One problem I noticed is that the
> >connection to the server is very slow.
>
> >The article mentioned
> >that this could be because the services is restarting evertime a
> >connection is attemped instead of running all the time.
>
> The "running all the time" would mean the target box has sshd daemon
> running just waiting for a ssh connection.
>
> A box would have to be maxed out to not be able to spin up
> a ssh session pretty quick.
It does help alot running it as a daemon, ssh generates site keys each
time it starts, and
that takes time.
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From: Dean Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: NIS problems
Date: Fri, 08 Jun 2001 23:11:59 +1000
Hi!,
> Ok, I fixed that too (some previous, never used domain settings were still
> there), but the problem remains:
>
> [cesare /var/yp] ypbind -d
> parsing config file
> Trying entry: domain bartali server 131.175.122.54
> parsed domain 'bartali' server '131.175.122.54'
> add_server() domain: bartali, host: 131.175.122.54, nobroadcast, slot: 0
> [Welcome to ypbind-mt, version 1.7]
>
> ping host '131.175.122.54', domain 'bartali'
> host '131.175.122.54' doesn't answer.
> Pinging all active server.
> [...]
>
> I'm sure I'm almost there... Maybe some network problems are still
> bothering, but a ping on the numeric IP addresses works.
Is there a firewall on 131.175.122.54 which might be blocking incoming ypbind
connections. It seems to me that there is something on the server which is
blocking the client from being able to talk to it. If you get a chance, try
to dump the ipchains or iptables rules on the server and see if there are any
entries in there which might be blocking the NIS requests.
See ya
Dean Thompson
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From: Saurabh Pahuja <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Aften reinstalling windows prob
Date: Fri, 08 Jun 2001 19:03:16 +0530
i had REDHAT 7.0 ans win98 on the same hdd with 2 partitions. linux
on extended partition. I reinstalled win98 cos of some prob. now i am
not seeing that lilo boot again. what is the porb..please guide me.
saurabh
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Villy Kruse)
Subject: Re: MBR-relinquish control back to Windows
Date: 08 Jun 2001 13:37:26 GMT
On Fri, 08 Jun 2001 08:49:50 -0400, Ed F. de Guzman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Doing this - lilo -u - creates a "virgin" HD.
>
No it doesn't. It restores the sector to what it was the first time you
ran lilo to install the lilo loader into the MBR sector. It won't modify
the partition table, nor will it erase any of the file systems. If you
had a functional boot loader in the MBR sector, that that is what you'll get
back.
VIlly
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From: serafim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Aften reinstalling windows prob
Date: Fri, 08 Jun 2001 15:42:13 +0200
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Saurabh Pahuja wrote:
>
> i had REDHAT 7.0 ans win98 on the same hdd with 2 partitions. linux
> on extended partition. I reinstalled win98 cos of some prob. now i am
> not seeing that lilo boot again. what is the porb..please guide me.
> saurabh
Windows writes its own mbr to the disk, overwtriting the lilo one.
Start on a startup diskette or in rescue mode from the installation cd
and run lilo. That will write the startup loader to the mbr.
/Serafim
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From: "Drax" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Linux 2.4 on sharp pc-ax20 lapop trouble
Date: Fri, 8 Jun 2001 15:29:06 +0100
Jake Reimann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:_C1U6.18622$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Hi all. I have a sharp pc-ax20. I have Mandrake 7.2 running on it fine,
bit
> need to get a 2.4 kernel distro on there for usb/irda etc.
>
> When I install Mandrake 8.0, the install goes fine, detects everything ok.
> When I go to reboot, it hangs at the poiint of init v2.24 (not sure if
> exact number) booting.
>
> I have tried Redhat 7.1 on there as well, and no joy,
>
> Anyone got any ideas ??
Alright Jake, surprised to see you here.
Sounds like a cylinder issue with Lilo, I bet if you boot from floppy you'll
be okay.
If you can, try and lay out your disk so that the /boot partition is close
to the start of the disk, likewise your root and swap partitions.
Say "Hi" to Jase for me, try and drag him out for a beer sometime.
JJ
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From: Richard Everhart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Two file execution problems
Date: Fri, 08 Jun 2001 14:32:22 GMT
David,
It wasn't compiled on my box. I'll try ldd and let you know.
Rich
David Efflandt wrote:
>
> On Thu, 07 Jun 2001, Richard Everhart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Colin,
> >
> > Yep, that's what I thought. I tried the dos2unix command and it worked
> > great.
> >
> > But, what about the other problem of bash saying it can't find the
> > appsrvr file? Here's the output of the command: file appsrvr:
> >
> > appsrvr: ELF 32-bit LSB executable, Intel 80386, version 1, dynamically
> > linked (uses shared libs), stripped
> >
> > So, it's an executable but for some reason bash says it can't find it,
> > even if I do ./appsrvr (when I'm in the same directory, of course).
> > Any ideas?
>
> Was it compiled on this box? To see if it is missing any shared libs try
> the following and check if you have them:
>
> ldd /home/richard/bin/appsrvr
>
> One other thought is that if this is running from a script or in the
> shebang line of a script, and containing those nasty DOS carriage returns,
> it could be that bash cannot find "appsevr^M", but you cannot tell because
> ^M really is an invisible carriage return in screen output.
>
> --
> 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: Joe Henley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: new RH 7.1 kernel freezes on sleep in rc.sysinit
Date: Fri, 08 Jun 2001 14:38:20 GMT
Mike,
I'd swear there's a problem in the BIOS/APMD stuff in RH7.1. I keep
seeing problems reported related to this area. ...odd!
Anyway, try shutting off BIOS support for APM. The do your compile, then
turn it (BIOS APM support) back on. That might serve as a "work around."
Mike Sutton wrote:
> I am tryin to compile and boot the kernel that comes with RH 7.1
> (2.4.2-2). The new kernel boots up all the way to the rc.sysinit
> script. When it reaches the "sleep 1" command right after it asks if
> you want to enter the interactive setup, it freezes up without any
> error message or anything. If I comment out the sleep line, it
> freezes on the next statement which is the mounting of the proc
> filesystem.
>
> I am trying to do this on a Compaq Presario 1800. My first thought
> was that the APM stuff was messing it up. However, even when the APM
> stuff isn't in the kernel, I still get the same problem.
>
> Does anyone have any suggestions as to what might be the problem?
>
> Thanks,
> Mike
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (delta)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.questions,comp.os.linux.redhat,comp.os.linux.help
Subject: LILO failure, what to do? Please help.
Date: 8 Jun 2001 07:38:37 -0700
Hi there,
I have asked question in the groups about partition of a 19G hard drive
and got help from many nice folks. Thanks to all those who helped.
Now I encountered an issue with LILO. I was installing RedHat, at one
point, it hit "Bootloader installation failed" and can't go further with
LILO installation. I wonder what could lead to this failure? Could it be
that my Windoze ME hasn't been installed? I doubt it.
My current partition goes like this:
/boot 15Meg
Windoze ME partition (DOS 16bit>=32M) 9007Meg
and then other partitions for Linux (/home, /usr, /tmp, / ... etc)
Any help is gratefully appreciated,
Jim
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bill Grzanich)
Subject: Re: Problems with setting up Colorado HP T4000s
Date: 8 Jun 2001 14:49:31 GMT
Hi, Phill
<snip>
>junk" can anyone report success under Linux with
>some specific combination of SCSI card/tape drive
>(or for that matter, a non-SCSI tape drive, if it works)
>that can in the range of >= 4-8GB... preferably for
>under $900?
I'm using an Adaptec 2940 to a WangDAT DDS-2 drive, 4/8GB.
Works like a charm. Bought both on ebay for about $200 ea, for
a total of $400. Not that I'm necessarily recommending ebay...
the controller was used, but only slightly, and the tape drive
was new, or perhaps reconditioned, from a reseller in Texas. I
may have just gotten lucky.
Hope this helps.
-Bill
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From: Jake Reimann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Linux 2.4 on sharp pc-ax20 lapop trouble
Date: Fri, 8 Jun 2001 16:13:11 -0400
Drax wrote:
> Jake Reimann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> news:_C1U6.18622$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
>> Hi all. I have a sharp pc-ax20. I have Mandrake 7.2 running on it fine,
> bit
>> need to get a 2.4 kernel distro on there for usb/irda etc.
>>
>> When I install Mandrake 8.0, the install goes fine, detects everything
>> ok. When I go to reboot, it hangs at the poiint of init v2.24 (not sure
>> if exact number) booting.
>>
>> I have tried Redhat 7.1 on there as well, and no joy,
>>
>> Anyone got any ideas ??
>
> Alright Jake, surprised to see you here.
>
> Sounds like a cylinder issue with Lilo, I bet if you boot from floppy
> you'll be okay.
>
> If you can, try and lay out your disk so that the /boot partition is close
> to the start of the disk, likewise your root and swap partitions.
>
> Say "Hi" to Jase for me, try and drag him out for a beer sometime.
>
> JJ
>
>
Cheers Cobber, I'll give it a go !:
>
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (mtr)
Crossposted-To: linux.redhat.install
Subject: LILO Problem: /dev/hdh1 is not on first disk
Date: 8 Jun 2001 08:15:06 -0700
I'm trying to install RH 7.1. I have two physical HD's, both
connected to a PROMISE ATA-66 controller. My first HD (which is the
primary drive that boots to Win2k) is hde1. My second HD (which boots
to RH) is hdh1. The HDs are not connected together in any way -- both
are hooked up separately to the Promise card's IDE interface. (There
are two direct interfaces on the Promise card...)
I can install RD without a hitch, up until I get to actually
installing LILO on the system. When LILO installs in post
configuration, I get an error message:
"an error occured while installing bootloader"
"Warning: /dev/hdh1 is not on the first disk!"
"BIOS drive 0x82 may not be accessible."
Booting into RH using a floppy boot disk, I can edit /etc/lilo.conf to
get rid of the "BIOS drive 0x82 may not be accessible" by adding
"disk=/dev/hdh bios=0x82". However, I still cannot get rid of the
"Warning: /dev/hdh1 is not on the first disk!" problem, and I cannot
boot directly to RH without the floppy boot disk. I've also tried
adding "disk=/dev/hde bios=0x80", but this doesn't solve the problem
either. I'm using lba32, not linear mode. BTW, LILO does report the
"*Added: linux" message once /sbin/lilo is run.
Here is my parition information:
/dev/hde1 -- Win2k Partition (40 Gig)
/dev/hdh1 -- /boot partition (kernel files) (16 Meg)
/dev/hdh5 -- / partition (12.5 Gig)
/dev/hdh6 -- linux swap (256 Meg)
I've been working on this problem for about a day now, and I'm really
stumped. I can extract LILO's bootloader (using the "dd" command) and
add it to boot.ini in Win2k, but all I get is an "L" when LILO tries
to boot RH. The funny thing is that Mandrake will install LILO
correctly (but only if I set my partitions up using Mandrake's auto
allocate feature) and I am able to boot into Mandrake without a boot
disk (once I've extracted the bootloader and added it to my Win2k
parition, of course). I've noticed that (when I am able to boot
directly into linux), Mandrake automatically sets up its partitions
like this:
/dev/hdh1 -- / partition
/dev/hdh5 -- /home parition
/dev/hdh6 -- linux swap
(There appears to be no /boot parition!)
I tried to set RH's paritions up this way, but RH (via Disk Druid)
insists that /dev/hdh1 is the /boot partition -- it will not install
the / parition here. I dunno if this really helps or not.
Does anyone else out there have a similar configuration in which RH is
working? If so, could you please post your /etc/lilo.conf file so I
can take a look. I'm really at a loss here and would appreciate any
help. I'm thinking about buying Partition Magic and resizing my Win2k
parition (hde1) so that I can install linux on the first drive and
have my second drive as a data drive shared between both OS's. Would
that solve the " /dev/hdh1 is not on the first disk!" error? In this
case, I was thinking about dividing my hde (40 Gig) into 20 Gigs for
each OS. I assume that hde1 would remain Win2k and hde2-?? would
become a linux parition. Would I run into problems if I did it this
way?
I don't have access to my /etc/lilo.conf file right now. If anyone
wants to see it, I can post it. Just let me know. (Although I feel
like I've tried every possible combination in /etc/lilo.conf at this
point!!)
Thanks for any help in advance.
RW
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Date: 8 Jun 2001 16:45:49 +0100
From: "Georges Heinesch" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Enlightenment and Logitech MouseMan
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.x
I solved the problem. It was a broken Enlightenment installation. I
installed Englightenment before the MouseMan was properly configured
in XF86Config. That was the reason why the "User menu" didn't show up.
Georges
--
Quoting Georges Heinesch (04-Jun-01 17:21:29):
> Hi.
> My Logitech MouseMan isn't working properly witrh Enlightenment
> 0.16, I can drag the windows (hence, the button is recognized), but
> the E "User Menu" doesn't show up.
> What I use now is ...
> ----- /etc/XF86Config -----
> Section "Pointer"
> Protocol "Wsmouse"
> Device "/dev/wsmouse0"
> ZAxisMapping 4 5
> Buttons 5
> EndSection
> ----- cut here -----
> Everything works (even the wheel), except the left mouse button.
> Any help would be greatly appreciated.
> TIA
> --
> Cu Georges Heinesch, Luxembourg
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> http://www.geohei.lu
> PGP RSA & DH/DSS public key on request and on public servers
> ... watch your 6 ...
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From: aflinsch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Installing Oracle 8i for Linux
Date: Fri, 08 Jun 2001 10:31:32 -0400
"" wrote:
>
> Suse Linux 6.3
That should be OK.
> >
> > > Okay, this is wha I did so far then,
> > >
> > >
> > > oracle@linux:/cdrom/install/linux > ls -l ./runInstaller
> > > -r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 26233 Aug 2 1999 ./runInstaller
Good
> > > oracle@linux:/cdrom/install/linux > chmod 777 runInstaller
> > > chmod: runInstaller: Read-only file system
To be expected, it is on a cdrom
> > >
> > > Now what do I do? its still not working!
> > >
What version of Oracle (8.1.5, 8.1.6, 8.1.7?)
Make sure that you cd to /cdrom/install/linux and run that
runInstaller rather than the runInstall in the cdrom's root directory
Make sure that the cd is not mounted with the noexec option (most
likely cause I think, as permissions seem to be correct on the script)
> > >> >
> > >> > oracle@linux:/cdrom > ./runInstaller
> > >> > bash: ./runInstaller: Permission denied
This might be the wrong runInstaller to execute (see above for
details), it was incorrect on som eralier versions of 8i.
If all else fails, check on http://technet.oracle.com
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From: Guillaume =?iso-8859-1?Q?H=E9nin?= <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: RH7.1 & "LABEL" in /etc/fstab
Date: Fri, 08 Jun 2001 17:48:12 +0200
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Duane Healing a �crit :
>
> That's what that was. That little script will show the labels for all your
> e2fs filesystems. They're in the header info of each filesystem "tune2fs -l"
> is the command that shows this header info. This sure seems to be what
> you were asking for.
>
Right ! I first thought there were a file I also would find it in.
-
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From: sdfsdf@[127.19.102.17]
Subject: Re: Linux 2.4 on sharp pc-ax20 lapop trouble
Date: 08 Jun 2001 16:43:48 +0100
Jake Reimann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Hi all. I have a sharp pc-ax20. I have Mandrake 7.2 running on it fine, bit
> need to get a 2.4 kernel distro on there for usb/irda etc.
>
> When I install Mandrake 8.0, the install goes fine, detects everything ok.
> When I go to reboot, it hangs at the poiint of init v2.24 (not sure if
> exact number) booting.
>
> I have tried Redhat 7.1 on there as well, and no joy,
Don't have any problem here. Sure you have selected the correct CPU
and compiled ext2 and ide support into the kernel instead of as
modules? Can't think what else it could be.
Paul
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From: "Nicholas Knight" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux.mandrake,alt.linux
Subject: Re: Dual Boot Win2k + Mandrake 7.2 on a ThinkPad T20
Date: Fri, 08 Jun 2001 15:58:47 GMT
"Irving Ian Liaw" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Due to the unforseen circumstance of me having to get my ThinkPad T20
> up in time for summer school, I've had to skip my wait for my Mandrake
> 8.0 to get here and set up my system now.
> Anyhow I've wiped my HDD and it's now a completely empty 12GB
> (11510MB) Travelstar. I've tinkered once or twice with configurations
> and partition sizes and here is what I think I'm about to employ and
> am looking for some comments or advice from those longer in the tooth
> than I am before I do so.
> This is how I set it up :
>
> Partitions:
> Pri - 7MB - small partition for win2k boot files
> Pri - 7MB - small partition for linux /boot
> Pri - 256MB - Hibernation partiton for Phoenix Hibernation facility on
> ThinkPads
> Extended :
> Log - 1900B - NTFS for Win2K (an equivalent c: where OS and
> utilities/virus scan are held)
> Log - 3100MB - NTFS for Win2K program files
> Log - 1000MB - FAT32 for file transfer to Linux and as tmp storage
> Log - 128MB - /swap
> Log - 170MB - /
> Log - 100MB - /tmp
> Log - 120MB - /var
> Log - 2622MB - /usr
> Log - 2100MB - /home
you've wayyyy overcomplicated yourself for a laptop install
first, can you put the win2k boot files on a seperate partition..? I'm
running win2k and was unaware of this
now, what I'd do:
20MB /boot partition (trust me, if you get to fiddling with the kernel you
may regret only having 7MB there..)
256MB hibernation
2GB NTFS win2k system
3GB NTFS programs
128MB linux swap
500MB / (root)
remaining 5.35GB split between /usr and /home, personaly I'd do 3GB /usr and
1.35GB /home
note that there's no "FAT32 tmp"
I see absilutely no reason for this, unless you're going to be transferring
files from linux to win2k (which would be a little odd)
so long as you're only transferring from win2k to linux there's no reason
for temporary storage, NTFS5 works just fine in linux for read-only
operation (I play all my MP3's from NTFS5 partitions and run a few things in
WINE from them)
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From: Craig Kelley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: X Runs Only as Superuser
Date: 08 Jun 2001 10:08:19 -0600
Felix Miata <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Here are some messages that happen instead of X starting when I execute
> either xinit or startx as other than root:
>
> bash: /home/username/.bashrc: permission denied
> xauth: timeout in locking authority file /home/username/.Xauthority:
> permission \
> denied (600)
> Gnome error: could not create per-user Gnome directory
> </home/username/.gnome> \
> aborting (d700)
> warning: unable to lock ICE authority file: /home/username/.ICEauthority
> (600)
> errors from the xkbcomp are not fatal to the X server keymap/xfree86 \
> compiled/xfree.xkm
>
> If I login as root, not of these errors occur and X runs normally. What
> should the permissions on these files be? How do I regain access to X as
> a normal user?
chown -R username /home/username
--
It won't be long before the CPU is a card in a slot on your ATX videoboard
Craig Kelley -- [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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