Linux-Setup Digest #461, Volume #21 Sun, 17 Jun 01 20:13:10 EDT
Contents:
Re: Problems using RH 7.1 with SiS 630 Graphics Card (Yongchun Zhang)
3rd party partitioning tool ("cj101")
Re: RedHat 7.1 - Installing FTP and Web servers (Dave Uhring)
Re: Mandrake 8.0 freezing with DMA problems, please help! (Dave Uhring)
Top 10 posters (Michael Heiming)
Kernel 2.4.4 probs on a Toshiba Laptop w/Xircom Cardbus net/56k (Jones E.
Versichoran)
Re: Problems using RH 7.1 with SiS 630 Graphics Card (Jesper Petersen)
Error during kernel compile (Philip)
No reboot (Newbie question) ("mews.ntlworld.com")
Display Help ("James McVeity")
Re: 2.4 Kernel Upgrade Questions (Steve Martin)
Re: Error during kernel compile (Steve Martin)
Re: No reboot (Newbie question) (Philip)
A query about System.map and installing a new kernel (Jason Wood)
VIA Issues roundup (Michael Perry)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Yongchun Zhang)
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.redhat,comp.os.linux.x,comp.os.linux.questions,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: Problems using RH 7.1 with SiS 630 Graphics Card
Date: 17 Jun 2001 14:10:59 -0700
Hi, Jesper:
CHEERS!
I finally MADE it!!
Thank you so much for your kind help!!!
Although I had read around quite a bit, all that helped me is basically the reference
you gave me. Thanks!
Though I have been with RedHat for one and half year, I am still quite a newbie.
Neither had I re-built my kernel before, all just because everything seems to work
fine for my desktop, nor did I know how to change to text boot mode. The past
whole week had made me rebuild the kernel for at least a dozen times. I am happy
that I did learn quite a few things from this hard time.
Thanks again and have a nice day!
Yongchun
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From: "cj101" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: 3rd party partitioning tool
Date: Sun, 17 Jun 2001 21:04:32 GMT
I know this has probably been asked before, but I was wondering which 3rd
party Partitioning tool worked better: System Commander or Partition Magic
I'm running WinME, W2k, and would like to run Red Hat 7.1, Suse 7.1 &
Solaris 8 (Intel). To make things easier (if that's possible..:)) , I would
like to use a 3rd party application. Any insights?
thanks!
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From: Dave Uhring <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: RedHat 7.1 - Installing FTP and Web servers
Date: Sun, 17 Jun 2001 16:24:21 -0500
Milbertus wrote:
>
> I'm having some problems getting the FTP and Web servers that come with Red
> Hat 7.1 working. During the install process, I selected a custom install,
> and among other things I selected the FTP Server and Web Server items.
> After everything has been installed, I notice that I can't ftp to the
> machine I'm installing on, nor can I access it through a web browser.
>
> My first thought was that for some reason the appropriate packages weren't
> installed. I found the RPM for apache on the Red Hat CD, but when I tried
> to install it I was informed that it had already been installed. I wasn't
> sure about the name of the RPM for the ftp server, so I couldn't check to
> see if it had already been installed.
>
> So what do I need to do to get these things running? I think that I need to
> start the appropriate daemons at start up, but I'm not sure how to do that.
> Could someone point me in the right direction?
>
> Thanks,
> milbertus
Take a look in /etc/xinetd.d and edit the proper file. Next run
/etc/init.d/xinetd restart. Then run ksysv to get your httpd startup
script into /etc/rc.d/rc3.d and /etc/rc.d/rc5.d.
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From: Dave Uhring <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux.mandrake,comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: Mandrake 8.0 freezing with DMA problems, please help!
Date: Sun, 17 Jun 2001 16:27:48 -0500
Yu Di wrote:
>
> Hi, I have installed Mandrake 8.0 with Cheapbytes CD-Roms. I have
> experienced innumerous system freezes during the installation and
> after I got it installed. Usually the pattern is that during some RPM
> software installation, the system suddenly freezes and I have to press
> "reset".
>
> This morning, I was trying to install a package using "rpm --install
> ..." in the console mode. I have already successfully installed some
> other packages in the same session. When the installation starts,
> after a while, I got these messages:
> hda: timeout waiting for DMA
> ide_dmaproc: chipset supported ide_dma_timeout func only: 14
> hda: irq timeout: Status=0x58 {DriveReady SeekComplete
> DataRequest}
> hdb: timeout waiting for DMA
> ide_dmaproc: chipset supported ide_dma_timeout func only: 14
> hdb: irq timeout: Status=0x50 {DriveReady SeekComplete}
>
> Then the messages repeat themselves until I used "kill -9" in another
> console (the system is not yet completely frozen), and I got:
> hda: DMA disabled
> hdb: DMA disabled
> ide0: reset: success
>
> I then ran the rpm command again, and immediately got a system freeze,
> the message is:
> hda: lost interrupt
>
> So I think this is a DMA problem, am I right? How shall I make it
> work? Thanks!
>
> My hard drive information is:
>
> hda is JV100-31 Samsung SV0432A, Ultra DMA Mode-2, S.M.A.R.T. Capable
> and Status Ok
> hdb is BAC51KJ0 Maxtor 32049H3, Ultra DMA Mode-4, S.M.A.R.T. Capable
> and Status Ok
>
> hda: Size=4312, Cyln=8912, Head=15, Wpcom=0, Sec=63, LBA=On, Blk=On,
> PIO=4, 32bit=Off
> hdb: Size=20492, Cyln=39704, Head=16, Wpcom=0, Sec=63, LBA=On, Blk=On,
> PIO=4, 32bit=Off
>
> My processor is PII350. I have 288M memory (8M of which is used as
> video card memory)
>
> Thanks a lot!
What motherboard chipset is dmesg reporting?
For the meantime, run as root
# hdparm -d0
which will turn off DMA and maybe save what data you have on the drive.
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Date: Mon, 18 Jun 2001 00:30:40 +0200
From: Michael Heiming <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Top 10 posters
Top 10 posters for the 7 day period ending 2001-06-18.
(comp.os.linux.setup)
posts kbytes name address
1 78 168.9 Robert Davies [EMAIL PROTECTED]
2 27 59.3 Rand Simberg simberg.interglobal@trash
3 24 40.2 Dave Uhring [EMAIL PROTECTED]
4 19 30.4 Craig Kelley [EMAIL PROTECTED]
5 17 32.6 Riyaz Mansoor [EMAIL PROTECTED]
6 11 25.6 H.Bruijn [EMAIL PROTECTED]
7 11 15.7 Michael Heiming [EMAIL PROTECTED]
8 10 23.3 Stanislaw Flatto [EMAIL PROTECTED]
9 10 21.2 Jesper Petersen jesperp**Delete**@nork.au
10 9 26.2 Michael Perry [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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216 443.4 Total for top 10
Totals for the newsgroup:
395 posters
876 articles
1646.5 kbytes
The top 10 accounted for:
2.5% of the posters
24.7% of the articles
26.9% of the bytes
Averages:
2.2 articles / poster
1.9 kbytes / article
4.2 kbytes / poster
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From: Jones E. Versichoran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Kernel 2.4.4 probs on a Toshiba Laptop w/Xircom Cardbus net/56k
Date: Mon, 18 Jun 2001 00:26:38 +0200
Hi,
I run RedHat 7.1 on a Toshiba Satellite 4010CDT, mostly with success.
However, I'm having trouble getting the network to work under the new
kernel 2.4.4 (which I upgraded to because of problems with the sound card).
Anyhow, under the new kernel, I get no network access at all.. at boot up
the following occurs:
First kudzu comes up and asks me if I want it to do the following:
"Configure Xircom|Cardbus Ethernet 10/100"
"Migrate existing network configuration"
"Configure Xircom|Cardbus Ethernet + 56k Modem"
I have no idea why both Xircom devices come up like that. Then...
Loading PCMCIA...
"modprobe cb_enabler"
"can't locate module xircom_cb"
exiting with status 255
"can't locate module serial_cb"
exiting with status 255
get dev info on socket 0 failed: Resource temporarily unavailable.
I checked out the /lib/modules/2.4.4/kernel/drivers/net/pcmcia directory,
and found only a xircom_tulip_cb.o. Well duh, that's the problem!
However, I checked out the source distrib for 2.4.4 and there is no longer
any source for xircom_cb and serial_cb, though 2.4.2 also has a
xircom_tulip_cb. Where did these two drivers go? At first I thought maybe
xircom_tulip_cb is a replacement for the other two, but when I tried
substituting it for the other to in /etc/pcmcia/config, it came up with the
following warning:
"xircom_tulip_cb.o: symbol for reverse probe not found"
and ethernet was still kaput. So basically, what modules should be loaded,
and when and by what? Cardmgr is apparently looking for tulip_cb,
xircom_cb and serial_cb and can find none of them, as only xircom_tulip_cb
is present in the distrib. Does anyone have any information on the status
of these modules in the 2.4.4 distribution?
Thanks very much,
Jones.
--
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Jones E. Versichoran
Uni-Heidelberg
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From: Jesper Petersen <jesperp**Delete**@nork.auc.dk>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.redhat,comp.os.linux.x,comp.os.linux.questions,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: Problems using RH 7.1 with SiS 630 Graphics Card
Date: Sun, 17 Jun 2001 00:42:25 +0200
>CHEERS!
What a happy mood you're in :-)
>I finally MADE it!!
Congratulations!
>Thank you so much for your kind help!!!
Glad I could help.
>Although I had read around quite a bit, all that helped me is basically the reference
>you gave me. Thanks!
>
>Though I have been with RedHat for one and half year, I am still quite a newbie.
>Neither had I re-built my kernel before, all just because everything seems to work
>fine for my desktop, nor did I know how to change to text boot mode. The past
>whole week had made me rebuild the kernel for at least a dozen times. I am happy
>that I did learn quite a few things from this hard time.
>
>Thanks again and have a nice day!
And a nice day to you too :-)
Jesper
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From: Philip <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Error during kernel compile
Date: Sun, 17 Jun 2001 23:14:44 GMT
whenever I try to compile a kernel with smp as no I get an error during
make bzImage. The system I am working with has a single Intel PIII
processor. The motherboard does not support multi processors. Any
ideas on what I've done wrong here.
Philip
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From: "mews.ntlworld.com" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: No reboot (Newbie question)
Date: Mon, 18 Jun 2001 00:14:20 +0100
I have installed Open Linux 2.3 on a second drive 40 gig, I have win98 on my
primary drive, my intentions are to use Linux on the slave drive by changing
the bios settings i.e.. by setting the primary drive to not installed and
then saving and rebooting. Although it appears that the installation went
fine, the problem is when I issue the reboot command my system goes
through the process but will not boot up, it has a flickering window with
what appears to be a mass of 01 racing up the screen, could this be an
incorrect video setting. I am totally new to all this and wonder if I
purchase RedHat would that install better.
Any advice is appreciated
thanks
John
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From: "James McVeity" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Display Help
Date: Sun, 17 Jun 2001 19:22:19 -0400
I have just installed X and am wondering what server/video card I should
use. In windows under the device manager my display driver is listed as
"Intel 82810E Graphics controller". The invoice for my computer says
something abotu "4Mb 3D AGP Dynamic Memory Techn" I thought that sounded
like a video card but maybe not. I am not used to installing Linux on newer
PC's like this PIII. So, I need help.
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From: Steve Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: 2.4 Kernel Upgrade Questions
Date: Sun, 17 Jun 2001 19:41:03 -0400
Rand Simberg wrote:
> >> I've heard that's not a great idea. I did try 7.0, and deeply
> >> regretted it.
> >
> >So did I, but 7.1 is better. (At least, it's not giving me the same
> >urges to pull out my non-existent hair like 7.0 did, YMMV.)
>
> Better than 7.0, or better than 6.2? :-)
Definitely better than 7.0; the jury's still out as to whether it's
better than 6.2. More tinkering is in order before I can answer
that one.
Pros:
2.4 kernel
XFree86 4.0-series
upgraded KDE and Gnome
glibc-2.2 (only a "Pro" for those who have software that need it)
Cons:
Still has gcc 2.96 as the default GCC, you still have to
use kgcc for the kernel
Some things have changed, notably some system administration tasks
have changed slightly and some file locations as well, plus the
superserver is now xinetd rather than inetd, so the
things you're used to doing may no longer work as you remember
RP3 dialler is a little flakey (although less than it was in RH7.0
IMHO)
Film at 11...
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From: Steve Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Error during kernel compile
Date: Sun, 17 Jun 2001 19:42:21 -0400
Philip wrote:
>
> whenever I try to compile a kernel with smp as no I get an error during
> make bzImage. The system I am working with has a single Intel PIII
> processor. The motherboard does not support multi processors. Any
> ideas on what I've done wrong here.
Two questions:
(1) Are you using Red Hat 7.0 or later?
(2) If so, are you using "kgcc" rather than "gcc"
to compile the kernel?
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From: Philip <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: No reboot (Newbie question)
Date: Sun, 17 Jun 2001 23:43:51 GMT
I have never used Open Linux 2.3 so I'm not sure about what happened here.
>From what I remember:
Lilo does not work with win9x that well unless you clear out a boot record in
the first part of the drive and install it there.
In this case I would recommend loading Linux on the second disk drive and
booting from a floppy for Linux. I have done this before with RH version and
didn't have a problem. Just beware when creating a lilo boot loader during
configuration. I think that there is the possibility that lilo will overwrite
the MBR record and prevent W9x from reloading.
I'm not sure that the BIOS changes will work if you have to reset the Master and
slave drives evertime you reboot. If you load 2 masters things seem to get
confused.
I guess you could try master on IDE1 and master on IDE2 and turn these off in
the BIOS.
"mews.ntlworld.com" wrote:
> I have installed Open Linux 2.3 on a second drive 40 gig, I have win98 on my
> primary drive, my intentions are to use Linux on the slave drive by changing
> the bios settings i.e.. by setting the primary drive to not installed and
> then saving and rebooting. Although it appears that the installation went
> fine, the problem is when I issue the reboot command my system goes
> through the process but will not boot up, it has a flickering window with
> what appears to be a mass of 01 racing up the screen, could this be an
> incorrect video setting. I am totally new to all this and wonder if I
> purchase RedHat would that install better.
> Any advice is appreciated
> thanks
> John
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From: Jason Wood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: A query about System.map and installing a new kernel
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Sun, 17 Jun 2001 23:51:36 GMT
Hi,
I am currently trying to install Kernel 2.4.4 on my computer, but I have a
problem.
I'm trying to install the Aureal Vortex drivers as well. When the install,
I get a message saying:
depmod: *** Unresolved symbols in /lib/modules/2.4.4/misc/au8820.o
(which is the aureal driver)
When I run:
depmod -ae
I get a list of function names. So, I assumed that I'd missed a module in
the kernel, however I looked at the produced System.map file and these
functions all exist, and if I run depmod and tell it to use this particular
System.map file, if succeeds. I looked in /proc/ksyms and the functions
don't exist there.
So far so good, so I assume I'm using the wrong System.map file. However,
every attemp I've used to try and change it still leaves me missing these
functions.
The only System.map files I have on the computer (that I know of) are:
/boot/System.map-2.2.19pre17 and
/boot/System.map-2.4.4
System.map-2.4.4 is the one I assume should work, but even renaming it as
System.map-2.2.19pre17 doesn't solve the problem.
Trying System.map-2.2.19pre17 with depmod produces more error messages than
depmod does with the current System.map
This is my first attept at compiling a new kernel, but apart from this
module, it works fine.
Could someone please help me? Am I missing the obvious? Am I thinking along
completely the wrong lines? I've searched the internet for several hours
and can't find an answer.
Thanks in advance,
Jason
In case they are of any help, I'll list the functions that it says can't be
found by depmod -ae
depmod: *** Unresolved symbols in /lib/modules/2.4.4/misc/au8820.o
depmod: remap_page_range
depmod: __wake_up
depmod: pci_register_driver
depmod: __generic_copy_from_user
depmod: __udelay
depmod: __release_region
depmod: unregister_sound_dsp
depmod: kmalloc
depmod: pci_enable_device
depmod: __check_region
depmod: __get_free_pages
depmod: unregister_sound_midi
depmod: free_irq
depmod: iounmap
depmod: register_sound_dsp
depmod: free_pages
depmod: register_sound_mixer
depmod: __ioremap
depmod: unregister_sound_mixer
depmod: system_utsname
depmod: unregister_sound_special
depmod: del_timer
depmod: interruptible_sleep_on
depmod: __pollwait
depmod: iomem_resource
depmod: kfree
depmod: register_sound_special
depmod: request_irq
depmod: pci_unregister_driver
depmod: pci_set_master
depmod: mem_map
depmod: register_sound_midi
depmod: sprintf
depmod: jiffies
depmod: __request_region
depmod: printk
depmod: add_timer
depmod: ioport_resource
depmod: __generic_copy_to_user
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Michael Perry)
Subject: VIA Issues roundup
Date: Mon, 18 Jun 2001 00:09:27 -0000
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hi all-
Been tracking several VIA/southbridge related issues lately for my own
edification and would like to know if I missed any. So here goes:
VIA IDE/southbridge issues with file system corruption - Perhaps fixed in
the 2.4.5 series of kernels with the new VIA IDE driver. One continuing
discussion which is interesting is the amount of tuning one should do with
hdparm against drives on a VIA/southbridge system.
VIA and SB Live problems - I have an SB Live and have not found any
problems. Can anyone explain or provide more information as to this one?
Is it primarily corruption of sound being played back?
VIA and PC133/PC100 memory issues - Seems like the VIA systems have some
issues with memory. I have PC133 memory and have not seen a problem.
The issue around different drives and perhaps even problems related to
non-ide issues like with SCSI drives interests me. Does anyone have
problems with things like CDRW and scsi systems on a VIA chipset that is
affected? Like a KT133?
>From my one *vast* :) experience, the VIA drivers in the 2.4.5 kernel have
taken care of some issues I have. I am using twin Maxtor ide drives which
are working very well now. Secondarily, could someone provide the name of a
sound card which works well in Linux (not an SB Live) that they have used in
these systems? I have a CD burner in my other KT133 system but I don't burn
CDs too often so cannot testify how it works as of yet. Since I don't do a
lot of CD burning, I may just pull the burner out and put it in an older
system I have.
I'm kind thinking of summing up a lot of this stuff on a simple web page or
something to help folks out with finding information, patches and fixes, and
archived discussion links from a lot of different reading I have done on the
subject lately.
--
Michael Perry
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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