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> Send redhat-list mailing list submissions to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > You can reach the person managing the list at > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of redhat-list digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: Installing a custom kernel and ext3 (Robert P. J. Day) > 2. Re: Update Kernel, Breaks Boot (Kent Borg) > 3. Re: Netscape Browser Not Opening Web-Page (Joe Polk) > 4. Re: Installing a custom kernel and ext3 (Bret Hughes) > 5. Re: [SPAM] using DLT tape drive in linux (Joe Polk) > 6. Re: Installing a custom kernel and ext3 (Me) > 7. Re: Installing a custom kernel and ext3 (Me) > 8. Re: Installing a custom kernel and ext3 (Michael Schwendt) > 9. Re: Installing a custom kernel and ext3 (Robert P. J. Day) > 10. Re: nic duplex (Robert Vaughn) > 11. Re: DNS end of my rope. (steve) > > --__--__-- > > Message: 1 > Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2003 10:31:47 -0500 (EST) > From: "Robert P. J. Day" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: redhat mailing list <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: Installing a custom kernel and ext3 > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > On Mon, 10 Mar 2003, Michael Schwendt wrote: > > > When I build ext3 not as a module (CONFIG_EXT3_FS=y, CONFIG_JBD=y), > > I can boot the kernel fine without a RAM-disk. "LABEL=" has never > > worked for me in GRUB boot menu. But it works in fstab in both > > cases. Whether or not ext3 is a module, doesn't have an influence on > > partition labels. > > i *know* there was something regarding building ext3 support either > into the kernel directly or leaving it as a module that affected > whether or not you could use "LABEL=" entries in /etc/fstab. > my memory is failing -- can *anyone* remember this from threads > gone by? > > one of the things i'm pretty sure i recall is that you can build > ext3 support as a module, then totally *forget* to build a ramdisk > and everything will still boot properly since (again, from memory), > the root FS will first be mounted as ext2, then be *remounted* > as ext3 via /etc/rc.sysinit later. > > i remember something like the above clearly since i was once > teaching an RH admin class, and wanted to demonstrate the grief > one would have in leaving ext3 support as a module, then forgetting > to create the appropriate initrd file. to my chagrin, the boot > went fine. > > anyway, there are some subtleties here -- i just don't remember > what they are without more caffeine. > > rday > > p.s. of course, i could always just "RTFM". right, michael? :-P > > > > > --__--__-- > > Message: 2 > Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2003 10:37:00 -0500 > From: Kent Borg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Update Kernel, Breaks Boot > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > On Fri, Mar 07, 2003 at 12:18:49PM -0600, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: > > What is think happened is that your initrd images became corrupted for > > some reasion. So the boot was hanging when trying to access them. > > Thanks, that makes sense, but it seems strange that two newly > installed initrd's would be bad as would an old one. Some software > with a specific interest in initrd's was running amok? Weird. > > > -kb > > > > > --__--__-- > > Message: 3 > Subject: Re: Netscape Browser Not Opening Web-Page > From: Joe Polk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Date: 10 Mar 2003 10:44:27 -0500 > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Couple of things: If you can open your ISP's page but nothing else it > could be a route issue. Do you have 2 default gw's set? Also, what's in > resolv.conf? Any DNS entries there? > Thanks Joe fro replying me. Here's what you've asked. Content of /etc/host.conf :- order /etc/hosts, bind Contents of resolve.conf :- search home.in nameserver 192.168.1.1 Another New Probelm has accured when I try to dialup to the internet using kppp dialer. The wvdialer also disconnects itself when pppd chatting session start's giving exit code:2. Here is message log for review. Contents of /root/ppp-logfile :- Mar 9 04:53:50 localhost pppd[9222]: pppd 2.3.11 started by root, uid 0 Mar 9 04:53:50 localhost pppd[9222]: Using interface ppp0 Mar 9 04:53:50 localhost pppd[9222]: Connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/ttyS0 Mar 9 04:53:53 localhost pppd[9222]: Peer is not authorized to use remote address 61.0.96.41 Mar 9 04:53:54 localhost pppd[9222]: Connection terminated. Mar 9 04:53:54 localhost pppd[9222]: Connect time 0.1 minutes. Mar 9 04:53:54 localhost pppd[9222]: Sent 240 bytes, received 249 bytes. Mar 9 04:53:54 localhost pppd[9222]: Exit. I tried all networking commands which I know to check my network status, that seems to be ok as follows: [EMAIL PROTECTED] /root]# ifconfig eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:80:C8:7C:D9:CE inet addr:192.168.1.1 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0 UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:100 Interrupt:11 Base address:0xc000 lo Link encap:Local Loopback inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0 UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:3924 Metric:1 RX packets:167 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:167 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 [EMAIL PROTECTED] /root]# netstat -r Kernel IP routing table Destination Gateway Genmask Flags MSS Window irtt Iface 192.168.1.0 * 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 eth0 127.0.0.0 * 255.0.0.0 U 0 0 0 lo default 192.168.1.254 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 eth0 [EMAIL PROTECTED] /root]# ping cruiser.home.in PING cruiser.home.in (192.168.1.1) from 192.168.1.1 : 56(84) bytes of data. 64 bytes from cruiser.home.in (192.168.1.1): icmp_seq=0 ttl=255 time=41 usec 64 bytes from cruiser.home.in (192.168.1.1): icmp_seq=1 ttl=255 time=43 usec 64 bytes from cruiser.home.in (192.168.1.1): icmp_seq=2 ttl=255 time=34 usec --- cruiser.home.in ping statistics --- 3 packets transmitted, 3 packets received, 0% packet loss round-trip min/avg/max/mdev = 0.034/0.039/0.043/0.006 ms [EMAIL PROTECTED] /root]# ping icon.home.in PING icon.home.in (127.0.0.1) from 127.0.0.1 : 56(84) bytes of data. 64 bytes from icon.home.in (127.0.0.1): icmp_seq=0 ttl=255 time=45 usec 64 bytes from icon.home.in (127.0.0.1): icmp_seq=1 ttl=255 time=42 usec --- icon.home.in ping statistics --- 2 packets transmitted, 2 packets received, 0% packet loss round-trip min/avg/max/mdev = 0.042/0.043/0.045/0.006 ms [EMAIL PROTECTED] /root]# ping 192.168.1.1 PING 192.168.1.1 (192.168.1.1) from 192.168.1.1 : 56(84) bytes of data. 64 bytes from cruiser.home.in (192.168.1.1): icmp_seq=0 ttl=255 time=43 usec 64 bytes from cruiser.home.in (192.168.1.1): icmp_seq=1 ttl=255 time=40 usec --- 192.168.1.1 ping statistics --- 2 packets transmitted, 2 packets received, 0% packet loss round-trip min/avg/max/mdev = 0.040/0.041/0.043/0.006 ms [EMAIL PROTECTED] /root]# traceroute icon.home.in traceroute to icon.home.in (127.0.0.1), 30 hops max, 38 byte packets 1 icon (127.0.0.1) 0.087 ms 0.048 ms 0.025 ms [EMAIL PROTECTED] /root]# > <<JAV>> > > On Mon, 2003-03-10 at 04:25, Syed Mohammad Riyaz wrote: > > Goodmorning everybody ! > > > > Hi guys! > > > > I have linux 7.0 installed with all necesarry net-services (ppd, inetd, httpd, snmbd etc) enabled. I have setup neworking options with PCI Eathernet Card on my system as follows: > > > > ============================================================ > > IP Netmask Device/Interface Server Name > > ============================================================ > > 127.0.0.1 * Loopback localhost.localdomain > > 192.168.0.1 255.255.255.0 eth0 cruiser.co.in > > * * ppp0 * > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------- > > > > However, I 've not defined DNS on my system. > > > > The Problem: > > =========== > > External modem is working and queries OK. After setting up dialup account-script, when I am trying to connect to the internet through kpp and wvdial dialers, the connection goes well and user and password authentication is performed by ISP's login prompt. The dialer's log shows connection is stablished. Remote IP and Local IP are assigned by ISP's server. > > > > After that, when I open netscape browser, the home-page does not open and reports a TCP/IP error. Any URL/web address doesn't open and reports the same error. When try host ip of my ISP, the browser opned the page. But no other IP's are working this way except for he ISP. > > > > Could any gentleman pls help me figuring out what is wrong with my configuration and how to solve this piculiar problem? > > > > My ISP's settings as reported in Windows-2000 is as follows: > > > > -------------------------------Windows 2000 IP Configuration > > > > Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection: > > > > Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : > > Autoconfiguration IP Address. . . : 169.254.28.154 > > Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.0.0 > > Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : > > > > PPP adapter Sanchar Net: > > > > Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : > > IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 61.0.112.32 > > Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.255 > > Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 61.0.112.32 > > > > ----------------------------------------------------- end ip configs > > > > The booting responses in Linux by running dmesg are as follows: > > > > -----------------------------------------------------------------------dum p from linux dmesg > > Linux version 2.2.16-22 ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) (gcc version egcs-2.91.66 19990314/Linux (egcs-1.1.2 release)) #1 Tue Aug 22 16:49:06 EDT 2000 > > Detected 1003793 kHz processor. > > Console: colour VGA+ 80x25 > > Calibrating delay loop... 2005.40 BogoMIPS > > Memory: 63888k/66496k available (1048k kernel code, 408k reserved, 1088k data, 64k init, 0k bigmem) > > Dentry hash table entries: 262144 (order 9, 2048k) > > Buffer cache hash table entries: 65536 (order 6, 256k) > > Page cache hash table entries: 16384 (order 4, 64k) > > VFS: Diskquotas version dquot_6.4.0 initialized > > CPU: Intel Pentium III (Coppermine) stepping 0a > > Checking 386/387 coupling... OK, FPU using exception 16 error reporting. > > Checking 'hlt' instruction... OK. > > POSIX conformance testing by UNIFIX > > mtrr: v1.35a (19990819) Richard Gooch ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > > PCI: PCI BIOS revision 2.10 entry at 0xfb300 > > PCI: Using configuration type 1 > > PCI: Probing PCI hardware > > Linux NET4.0 for Linux 2.2 > > Based upon Swansea University Computer Society NET3.039 > > NET4: Unix domain sockets 1.0 for Linux NET4.0. > > NET4: Linux TCP/IP 1.0 for NET4.0 > > IP Protocols: ICMP, UDP, TCP, IGMP > > TCP: Hash tables configured (ehash 65536 bhash 65536) > > Linux IP multicast router 0.06 plus PIM-SM > > Initializing RT netlink socket > > Starting kswapd v 1.5 > > Detected PS/2 Mouse Port. > > Serial driver version 4.27 with MANY_PORTS MULTIPORT SHARE_IRQ enabled > > ttyS00 at 0x03f8 (irq = 4) is a 16550A > > ttyS01 at 0x02f8 (irq = 3) is a 16550A > > pty: 256 Unix98 ptys configured > > apm: BIOS version 1.2 Flags 0x07 (Driver version 1.13) > > Real Time Clock Driver v1.09 > > RAM disk driver initialized: 16 RAM disks of 4096K size > > PCI_IDE: unknown IDE controller on PCI bus 00 device f9, VID=8086, DID=244b > > PCI_IDE: not 100% native mode: will probe irqs later > > ide0: BM-DMA at 0xf000-0xf007, BIOS settings: hda:DMA, hdb:pio > > ide1: BM-DMA at 0xf008-0xf00f, BIOS settings: hdc:DMA, hdd:pio > > hda: SAMSUNG SV4002H, ATA DISK drive > > hdc: SAMSUNG CD-ROM SC-152B, ATAPI CDROM drive > > ide0 at 0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6 on irq 14 > > ide1 at 0x170-0x177,0x376 on irq 15 > > hda: SAMSUNG SV4002H, 38204MB w/1945kB Cache, CHS=4870/255/63 > > Floppy drive(s): fd0 is 1.44M > > FDC 0 is a post-1991 82077 > > md driver 0.90.0 MAX_MD_DEVS=256, MAX_REAL=12 > > raid5: measuring checksumming speed > > raid5: MMX detected, trying high-speed MMX checksum routines > > pII_mmx : 2233.041 MB/sec > > p5_mmx : 2345.436 MB/sec > > 8regs : 1724.406 MB/sec > > 32regs : 966.216 MB/sec > > using fastest function: p5_mmx (2345.436 MB/sec) > > scsi : 0 hosts. > > scsi : detected total. > > md.c: sizeof(mdp_super_t) = 4096 > > Partition check: > > hda: hda1 hda2 < hda5 hda6 hda7 hda8 hda9 hda10 > > > autodetecting RAID arrays > > autorun ... > > ... autorun DONE. > > VFS: Mounted root (ext2 filesystem) readonly. > > Freeing unused kernel memory: 64k freed > > Adding Swap: 88316k swap-space (priority -1) > > usb.c: registered new driver usbdevfs > > usb.c: registered new driver hub > > usb-uhci.c: $Revision: 1.232 $ time 16:53:56 Aug 22 2000 > > usb-uhci.c: High bandwidth mode enabled > > usb-uhci.c: Intel USB controller: setting latency timer to 0 > > usb-uhci.c: USB UHCI at I/O 0xd000, IRQ 9 > > usb-uhci.c: Detected 2 ports > > usb.c: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 1 > > usb.c: USB new device connect, assigned device number 1 > > hub.c: USB hub found > > hub.c: 2 ports detected > > usb-uhci.c: Intel USB controller: setting latency timer to 0 > > usb-uhci.c: USB UHCI at I/O 0xd800, IRQ 9 > > usb-uhci.c: Detected 2 ports > > usb.c: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 2 > > usb.c: USB new device connect, assigned device number 1 > > hub.c: USB hub found > > hub.c: 2 ports detected > > es1371: version v0.22 time 16:53:18 Aug 22 2000 > > es1371: found chip, vendor id 0x1274 device id 0x5880 revision 0x02 > > es1371: found es1371 rev 2 at io 0xc400 irq 5 > > es1371: features: joystick 0x0 > > es1371: codec vendor v (0x838476) revision 9 (0x09) > > es1371: codec features 18bit DAC 18bit ADC > > es1371: stereo enhancement: SigmaTel SS3D > > Linux agpgart interface v0.99 (c) Jeff Hartmann > > agpgart: Maximum main memory to use for agp memory: 28M > > agpgart: agpgart: Detected an Intel i815, but could not find the secondary device. > > agpgart: no supported devices found. > > eth0: DC21041 at 0xc000 (PCI bus 2, device 0), h/w address 00:80:c8:7c:d9:ce, > > and requires IRQ11 (provided by PCI BIOS). > > de4x5.c:V0.544 1999/5/8 [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > CSLIP: code copyright 1989 Regents of the University of California > > PPP: version 2.3.7 (demand dialling) > > PPP line discipline registered. > > IrDA (tm) Protocols for Linux-2.2 (Dag Brattli) > > eth0: media is unconnected, link down or incompatible connection. > > hdc: ATAPI 52X CD-ROM drive, 128kB Cache > > Uniform CD-ROM driver Revision: 3.10 > > > > ----------------------------------------------------------end of dump from linux dmesg > > > > Thanks in advance. > > > > Best Regards, > > > > Riyaz... > > > > > > > > > --__--__-- > > Message: 4 > Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2003 09:50:37 -0600 > From: Bret Hughes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: Installing a custom kernel and ext3 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > On Mon, 2003-03-10 at 09:31, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > > On Mon, 10 Mar 2003, Michael Schwendt wrote: > > > > > When I build ext3 not as a module (CONFIG_EXT3_FS=y, CONFIG_JBD=y), > > > I can boot the kernel fine without a RAM-disk. "LABEL=" has never > > > worked for me in GRUB boot menu. But it works in fstab in both > > > cases. Whether or not ext3 is a module, doesn't have an influence on > > > partition labels. > > > > i *know* there was something regarding building ext3 support either > > into the kernel directly or leaving it as a module that affected > > whether or not you could use "LABEL=" entries in /etc/fstab. > > my memory is failing -- can *anyone* remember this from threads > > gone by? > > > > Isn't this a devfs thing? > > Bret > > > > > --__--__-- > > Message: 5 > Subject: Re: [SPAM] using DLT tape drive in linux > From: Joe Polk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Date: 10 Mar 2003 10:50:06 -0500 > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > It is likely that you don't have /dev/st0 linked to /dev/tape. > > Do this: > mt rewind /dev/st0 > > and see if the tape starts humming. If so, create a symlink to /dev/st0 > called /dev/tape. > > <<JAV>> > > > > > On Mon, 2003-03-10 at 07:46, Brad Alpert wrote: > > You need a separate SCSI controller to drive the DLT drive. It > > isn't a RAID device. > > > > Brad > > > > > Hi! I've got a bit of a problem with my DLT tape drive connected > > > to pc server running redhat 7.1. The DLT drive is daisychained > > > with my ciprico 6500 raid array and both are detected by the > > > system. However, I cant use tar or mt. When I run mt status, it > > > reports that it cant /dev/tape. Do i need to do some configuring > > > before im able to use the drive or do i need to load drivers for > > > it? Any help will be appreciated. > > > > > > eric > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > redhat-list mailing list > > unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > > > > > > > --__--__-- > > Message: 6 > From: Me <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2003 11:51:36 -0500 (EST) > Subject: Re: Installing a custom kernel and ext3 > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > On Mon, 10 Mar 2003, Me wrote: > > > >> Okay, this really isn't a problem. It's just an annoyance. > >> > >> I had the hardest time installing a custom built kernel on my Redhat > >> 8.0 box. After some research I found the culprit to be ext3. It > >> seems that ext3 support HAS to be built as a module and not be built > >> directly into the kernel. > > > > not true. > > > >> It also seems that you MUST use a RAM disk to load the ext3 > >> module. That was the only way I could get it to work. > > > > also not true. what kind of errors were you getting? *note* > > that, as i recall, there was an issue regarding whether or not > > you could use "LABEL=" entries in /etc/fstab when using ext3. > > i can't remember the exact issue -- can anyone clarify this? > > It was unable to mount the root partition. I tried not using the "LABEL=" > to no avail. > > So your root partition (including the /boot) is ext3? And you are able to > boot without using a RAM drive? And you have ext3 compiled directly into > the kernel? And you have loadable module support turned off in your > custom kernel? > > If so, perhaps you can email me your kernel config file and I can give > that a try. Perhaps I'm doing something wrong. I've seen posts other > places where people have had the same problem. You could help us all! > > > > > > > --__--__-- > > Message: 7 > From: Me <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2003 11:53:33 -0500 (EST) > Subject: Re: Installing a custom kernel and ext3 > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > I forgot to mention that I am using Grub. Also I was using the /dev/hda1 > instead of the LABEL... > > > On Mon, 10 Mar 2003 08:41:12 -0500 (EST), "Robert P. J. Day" > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >>> It also seems that you MUST use a RAM disk to load the ext3 > >>> module. That was the only way I could get it to work. > >> > >>also not true. what kind of errors were you getting? *note* > >>that, as i recall, there was an issue regarding whether or not > >>you could use "LABEL=" entries in /etc/fstab when using ext3. > >>i can't remember the exact issue -- can anyone clarify this? > > > > fstab and boot loader command line. > > > > kernel does not understand LABEL=, so either you use /dev/[hs]dx in > > fstab and boot loader config or you use an initrd where you will use a > > mount binary which understands LABEL= and can mount rootfs for you > > > > -- > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > -- > > redhat-list mailing list > > unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > > > > > > > --__--__-- > > Message: 8 > Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2003 16:58:21 +0100 > From: Michael Schwendt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Installing a custom kernel and ext3 > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Mon, 10 Mar 2003 10:31:47 -0500 (EST), Robert P. J. Day wrote: > > > i *know* there was something regarding building ext3 support either > > into the kernel directly or leaving it as a module that affected > > whether or not you could use "LABEL=" entries in /etc/fstab. > > my memory is failing -- can *anyone* remember this from threads > > gone by? > > I remember that thread of yours. But nobody did try to reproduce it. > The only thing I tried myself was booting without an initrd, but > with ext3 built into the kernel and with disk labels in fstab. > > Ramdisks use Red Hat "nash" which contains a version of "mount" > that seems to support "LABEL=" parameters. > > > one of the things i'm pretty sure i recall is that you can build > > ext3 support as a module, then totally *forget* to build a ramdisk > > and everything will still boot properly since (again, from memory), > > the root FS will first be mounted as ext2, then be *remounted* > > as ext3 via /etc/rc.sysinit later. > > Sounds interesting and makes sense. However if an old ramdisk is > still in place, booting would fail, because the boot script inside > the ramdisk tries to mount the root fs as ext3. > > > p.s. of course, i could always just "RTFM". right, michael? :-P > > Do we need you for anything, Mr.Day? *lol* > > - -- > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (GNU/Linux) > > iD8DBQE+bLYd0iMVcrivHFQRApByAJ9yMYaoFYUBHZwqo1DxMbAaxpqPKACfWq1L > UlWFre9bgPXTMgc/Gs/H1Ng= > =SACc > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > > > --__--__-- > > Message: 9 > Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2003 10:59:42 -0500 (EST) > From: "Robert P. J. Day" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Installing a custom kernel and ext3 > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > On Mon, 10 Mar 2003, Bret Hughes wrote: > > > On Mon, 2003-03-10 at 09:31, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > > > > i *know* there was something regarding building ext3 support either > > > into the kernel directly or leaving it as a module that affected > > > whether or not you could use "LABEL=" entries in /etc/fstab. > > > my memory is failing -- can *anyone* remember this from threads > > > gone by? > > > > Isn't this a devfs thing? > > i'm pretty sure it isn't -- i didn't do anything with devfs with > i was dealing with this before. > > rday > > > > > --__--__-- > > Message: 10 > Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2003 08:20:18 -0800 (PST) > From: Robert Vaughn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: nic duplex > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Following is some info on setting the duplex mode... > > http://support.ap.dell.com/docs/network/063my/linux.htm > > Optional parameters for the driver can be supplied as > command line arguments > to the insmod command. Commonly, these options are > specified in a module > configuration file: "/etc/modules.conf" or > "/etc/conf.modules." See the > Linux man page for more details on the module > configuration file. These > parameters take the form: > > <parameter>=value[,value,...] > > where the multiple values for the same parameter are > for multiple NICs > installed in the system. All the parameters are listed > below. > > line_speed > Selects the line speed of the link. This parameter is > used together with > full_duplex to select the speed and duplex setting of > the link. The valid > values are: > > 0 - Auto-negotiate (default) > 10 -10 Mbps > 100 -100 Mbps > Note that selecting 1000 Mbps manually is invalid. > 1000 Mbps can only be > achieved through autonegotiation. > > > full_duplex > Selects the duplexity of the link. This parameter is > used together with > line_speed to select the speed and duplex setting of > the link. Note that > this parameter is ignored if line_speed is 0. The > valid values are: > > 0 half duplex > > 1 full duplex (default) > > rx_flow_control > Enables or disables receiving flow control (pause) > frames. This parameter is > used together with auto_flow_control. The valid values > are: > > 0 pause receive disabled (default) > > 1 pause receive enabled if auto_flow_control is set to > 0, or pause receive > advertised if auto_flow_control is set to 1 > > tx_flow_control > Enables or disables transmitting flow control (pause) > frames. This parameter > is used together with auto_flow_control. The valid > values are: > > 0 pause transmit disabled (default) > > 1 pause transmit enabled if auto_flow_control is set > to 0, or pause transmit > advertised if auto_flow_control is set to 1 > > auto_flow_control > Enables or disables auto-negotiation of flow control. > This parameter is used > together with rx_flow_control and TX_flow_control to > determine the > advertised flow control capability. The valid values > are: > > 0 flow control auto-negotiation disabled (default) > > 1 flow control auto-negotiation enabled with > capability specified in > rx_flow_control and TX_flow_control (only valid if > line_speed is set to 0) > > mtu > Enables jumbo frames up to the specified MTU size. The > valid range is from > 1500 to 8184. > > > > --- Bart SCHELSTRAETE <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > Don Leeper wrote: > > > > >Can anyone tell me how to change the duplex on a > > NIC? > > > > > > > Hello, > > > > Try ethtool , mii-tool or change the values in your > > /etc/modules.conf. > > (if you're using modules - of course) > > > > rgrds, > > Bart > > > > > > > > > ATTACHMENT part 2 application/x-pkcs7-signature > name=smime.p7s > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Tax Center - forms, calculators, tips, more > http://taxes.yahoo.com/ > > > > > --__--__-- > > Message: 11 > Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2003 08:20:23 -0800 (PST) > From: steve <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: DNS end of my rope. > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Did you take a look at the logs. The log file to take > a look at is /var/logs/messages. I ran into a problem > with the serial number being very high. Try changing > the serial number to a much lower number, try 30. > > > --- corum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I sure hope someone can help. > > I've tried repeatedly without success to get DNS > > happening on my 7.3 RH. > > all files check out as ok, although, I first set it > > up with Bindconf and > > then had to go in and change the script manually to > > include stuff that > > bc doesn't include. My named kicks up at boot. I up > > my SOA every time > > i've changed it. My resolv.conf reads right. The > > only thing i dont need > > is a reverse on mydomain.com as I'm using 5 > > purchased static iP's off my > > ISP. the only lines i added to the standard zone > > file is at the end: > > this is my zone file: {names are changed to protect > > the idiot :o) > > > > $TTL 86400 > > @ IN SOA @ admin.mydomain.com ( > > 200303057 ; serial > > 28800 ; refresh > > 7200 ; retry > > 604800 ; expire > > 86400 ; ttl > > ) > > > > > > @ IN NS ns1.mydomain.com. > > > > @ IN MX 10 mail.mydomain.com. > > > > @ IN A blah.blah.blah.20 > > ns1 IN A blah.blah.blah.20 > > www IN A blah.blah.blah.20 > > mail IN A blah.blah.blah.20 > > > > My resolv.conf is simply: > > > > domain net-trek.com > > nameserver blah.blah.blah.20 > > > > My localhost forward and reverse are standard as are > > the named.ca and > > named local. > > > > My named.conf is : > > > > ## named.conf - configuration for bind > > # > > # Generated automatically by bindconf, alchemist et > > al. > > controls { > > inet 127.0.0.1 allow { localhost; } keys { > > rndckey; }; > > }; > > > > include "/etc/rndc.key"; > > > > options { > > directory "/var/named/"; > > }; > > > > > > > > zone "ns2.mydomain.com" { > > type slave; > > file "ns2.mydomain.zone"; > > masters { > > blah.blah.blah.23; > > }; > > }; > > > > > > > > > > zone "." { > > type hint; > > file "named.ca"; > > }; > > > > > > zone "0.0.127.in-addr.arpa" { > > type master; > > file "0.0.127.in-addr.arpa.zone"; > > }; > > > > > > zone "localhost" { > > type master; > > file "localhost.zone"; > > }; > > zone "mydomain.com" { > > type master; > > file "mydomain.com.zone"; > > }; > > > > My next thoughts: Should my resolv.conf be binding > > to localhost? > > My machine is called mars. do i need to bind to > > mars.mydomain? > > NSLOOKUP give me a look back on myself as expected. > > Also gives me > > Non-Auth answers on lookups. > > I really hope you guys and gals can help. > > Tanx in advance. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > redhat-list mailing list > > unsubscribe > > > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > > > __________________________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! 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