Linux-Setup Digest #47, Volume #20 Wed, 15 Nov 00 20:13:15 EST
Contents:
Re: LILO problem with KT7-RAID (Sung Y. Hong)
Re: Which distro for old(486SX 6MB) firewall (Scott Rainaldo)
ThinkPad, boot freeze, lilo.conf append mem (Ryan Lovett)
Re: Geforce 2 ("Kurt R. Rahlfs")
Re: xerox printer ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Automatic Partitioning ("Brad Hubbard")
Re: ThinkPad, boot freeze, lilo.conf append mem (Paul Kimoto)
Re: trouble getting 3COM 3C900B-TPO ethernet card working with Linux ("gonZo")
Re: Help... X Windows runs at a crawl.. Be my mentor,, Please ("Jim")
Installing linux on Compaq Presario 1200 XL110 ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: USRobotics PCI 56K Modem (5610-rev1) with COM5 in Windows (Vladimir Florinski)
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From: Sung Y. Hong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: LILO problem with KT7-RAID
Date: Wed, 15 Nov 2000 22:30:15 -0000
As far as I know, you need to upgade the kernel to 2.2.16 or higher to use
HPT370 controller and also to patch ide.2.2.16.20000630.patch file. Visit
highpoint-tech website at www.highpoint-tech.com.
Good Luck!
Sung
Julian Lighton wrote:
>
>
>
> I've been trying to boot both Windows 98 and Linux (Red Hat 6.2) on an
> Abit KT7-RAID. (RAID is not in use, though.) The Windows disk was
> booting fine, until I moved the other disk from the raid controller to
> the normal one, installed Linux, patched it so it can use the
> Highpoint controller, and put LILO on it. It will boot to Windows if
> the Linux disk is disconnected, and I can mount the Windows disk from
> within Linux. However, when LILO tries to boot Windows, it fails with
> "Error 0x00". (This is true of both the LILO that came with RedHat
> 6.2, and with 21.5.1.)
>
> (Current setup is: hda - Linux + LILO, hdc - CD, hdd - Zip drive,
> hde - windows. hda used to be hdg (presumably).)
>
> Here is my lilo.conf. (I've tinkered with some settings, such as
> linear, but nothing seems to have an effect.)
>
> # LILO configuration created by QuickInst 21 Sat Sep 16 22:21:46 EDT
2000
>
> boot = /dev/hda
> prompt
> timeout=50
> default=linux
> compact
> delay = 5# optional, for systems that boot very quickly
> vga = normal# force sane state
> root = current# use "current" root
> image = /boot/vmlinuz-2.2.16-3
> label = linux
> image = /boot/vmlinuz.old
> label = old
> other = /dev/hde1
> label = win
> table = /dev/hde
>
> --------------------------
> lilo -v -v -v produces:
>
> LILO version 21.5-1, Copyright (C) 1992-1998 Werner Almesberger
> Extensions beyond version 21 Copyright (C) 1999-2000 John Coffman
> Released 24-Aug-2000 and compiled at 22:16:57 on Sep 16 2000.
>
> Reading boot sector from /dev/hda
> Merging with /boot/boot.b
> Device 0x0301: BIOS drive 0x80, 255 heads, 1027 cylinders,
> 63 sectors. Partition offset: 63 sectors.
> Secondary loader: 11 sectors.
> Device 0x0301: BIOS drive 0x80, 255 heads, 1027 cylinders,
> 63 sectors. Partition offset: 63 sectors.
> Boot image: /boot/vmlinuz-2.2.16-3
> Device 0x0301: BIOS drive 0x80, 255 heads, 1027 cylinders,
> 63 sectors. Partition offset: 63 sectors.
> Setup length is 7 sectors.
> Compaction removed 1044 BIOS calls.
> Mapped 1083 sectors.
> Added linux *
> <dev=0x80,hd=104,cyl=0,sct=55>
> "root=306"
> Boot image: /boot/vmlinuz.old
> Device 0x0301: BIOS drive 0x80, 255 heads, 1027 cylinders,
> 63 sectors. Partition offset: 63 sectors.
> Setup length is 7 sectors.
> Compaction removed 1172 BIOS calls.
> Mapped 1214 sectors.
> Added old
> <dev=0x80,hd=104,cyl=0,sct=58>
> "root=306"
> Boot other: /dev/hde1, on /dev/hde, loader /boot/chain.b
> Device 0x2101: BIOS drive 0x81, 255 heads, 1027 cylinders,
> 63 sectors. Partition offset: 63 sectors.
> Device 0x2100: BIOS drive 0x81, 255 heads, 1027 cylinders,
> 63 sectors. Partition offset: 0 sectors.
> Compaction removed 0 BIOS calls.
> Mapped 6 (4+1+1) sectors.
> Added win
> <dev=0x80,hd=105,cyl=0,sct=1>
> "root=306"
> /boot/boot.0300 exists - no backup copy made.
> Map file size: 8704 bytes.
> Writing boot sector.
>
> --------------------
> And here are what look like possibly relevant boot messages, in case they
> indicate some misconfiguration:
>
> kernel: Uniform Multi-Platform E-IDE driver Revision: 6.30
> kernel: ide: Assuming 33MHz system bus speed for PIO modes; override
with idebus=xx
> kernel: VP_IDE: IDE controller on PCI bus 00 dev 39
> kernel: VP_IDE: chipset revision 16
> kernel: VP_IDE: not 100% native mode: will probe irqs later
> kernel: ide0: BM-DMA at 0xc000-0xc007, BIOS settings: hda:DMA,
hdb:pio
> kernel: ide1: BM-DMA at 0xc008-0xc00f, BIOS settings: hdc:DMA,
hdd:pio
> kernel: HPT370: IDE controller on PCI bus 00 dev 98
> kernel: HPT370: chipset revision 3
> kernel: HPT370: not 100% native mode: will probe irqs later
> kernel: ide2: BM-DMA at 0xe800-0xe807, BIOS settings: hde:pio,
hdf:pio
> kernel: ide3: BM-DMA at 0xe808-0xe80f, BIOS settings: hdg:pio,
hdh:pio
> kernel: hda: IBM-DTLA-307015, ATA DISK drive
> kernel: hdc: TOSHIBA CD-ROM XM-6702B, ATAPI CDROM drive
> kernel: hdd: IOMEGA ZIP 250 ATAPI, ATAPI FLOPPY drive
> kernel: hde: IBM-DTLA-307015, ATA DISK drive
> kernel: ide0 at 0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6 on irq 14
> kernel: ide1 at 0x170-0x177,0x376 on irq 15
> kernel: ide2 at 0xd800-0xd807,0xdc02 on irq 11
> kernel: hda: IBM-DTLA-307015, 14649MB w/1916kB Cache, CHS=14649/64/32
> kernel: hde: IBM-DTLA-307015, 14649MB w/1916kB Cache, CHS=29765/16/63
> kernel: hdc: ATAPI 48X CD-ROM drive, 128kB Cache, UDMA(33)
> [...]
> kernel: Partition check:
> kernel: hda: [PTBL] [1027/255/63] hda1 hda2 < hda5 hda6 hda7 hda8 hda9
>
> kernel: hde: [PTBL] [1027/255/63] hde1 hde2 < hde5 hde6 >
>
> Thank you.
> --
> Julian Lighton [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Ia! Ia! Totoro fhtagn!
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From: Scott Rainaldo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Which distro for old(486SX 6MB) firewall
Date: Wed, 15 Nov 2000 16:30:51 -0600
DeAnn wrote:
> On Mon, 13 Nov 2000 04:11:52 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
>
>> Hi everybody. I recently purchased an old PC for use as a linux
>> firewall/IP forwarding. Here are the specs:
>>
>> Processor: 486SX
>> Memory: 6MB
>> Hard Drive: 130MB
>> NIC: 3COM ISA Etherlink III
>> NO CD-ROM
>>
>> I was wondering which distribution would be easiest to install with this
>>
>> setup? I want as minimal a setup as I can possibly get (ONLY
>> firewalling/IP forwarding). Is this even feasible with this hardware?
>> ......
>
> I would recommend Debian for a machine with this small of a RAM.
> Debian also will do a floppy install easily (you can write the dozen
> or so floppies of a basic install from the cdrom using another
> machine, either DOSWIN or LINUX).
> Note, the RAM is so small that the machine could be a bottleneck in
> your network. You might be able to upgrade the memory cheap if you
> scout around used computer places.
I only plan on having 3 clients at most on the internal network (with
very little simultaneous use). Will memory still be a problem? I
remember several people on various sites bragging how they run more
services with more clients on a 486 w/8MB than I plan to.
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From: Ryan Lovett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: ThinkPad, boot freeze, lilo.conf append mem
Date: Wed, 15 Nov 2000 14:53:23 -0800
I noticed that a friend's ThinkPad 770x running 2.2.16 (RedHat 7.0)
detected only 64MB or so of his 192MB RAM so I added
append="mem=192M"
to his /etc/lilo.conf and reran lilo. Booting froze after restart after
the apmd message and before the RTC message. He has not touched his
installation or built a new kernel or anything.
Is this a symptom of an incorrect lilo configuration or ...?
Thanks for your time,
Ryan
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From: "Kurt R. Rahlfs" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Geforce 2
Date: Wed, 15 Nov 2000 16:57:38 -0600
Holger Lierse wrote:
> Hi!
> I hope someone can help me!
> I have the following problem:
>
> During the Installation of Suse 7.0 I had big Problems with the
> configuartion of my Monitor. Everytime I've tried to chose a monitor the
> setup hung up (even withe VESA). So I've chosen NO graphic Interface. With
> "sax -s XF86_VGA16" I've finallay managed it to start the sax. But I
> couldn't find neither my graphic card (Elsa Gladiac Geforce 2) nor my
> monitor (Belinea 10 60 30) in the list. I would be very pleased if someone
> could help me so I can use the graphical interface!
> Thanx !
> Holger
I had the same problem with NVIDIA Geforce2 card. (Is it the same as
yours???). It's driver only works under xf86 4.0.1. SuSE has a site for
XF86 4.0 that helps in setting up the new XF86. However the site also
mentions that the nvidia drivers don't work with SuSE 7.0. So I chose to run
SuSE 6.4 with XF86 4.0.1 and that works well.
Kurtrr
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: mailing.freebsd.questions,comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: xerox printer
Date: Wed, 15 Nov 2000 22:48:06 GMT
I'm trying to get a WorkCentre XD100 to work with RedHat 6.2,
I'm using printtool and I've tried almost all the drivers (the
ones that made most sense). Nothing. Is this even possible?
Thanks in advance.
In article <8urt9k$2ihl$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Daniel Fisher) wrote:
> I'm trying to get remote printing to work with a Xerox DocuPrint 4517
in my office.
> I've read thru the handbook and looked at some linux machines which
work fine.
> Here is my printcap file
>
> lp:\
> :sd=/var/spool/lpd/lp:\
> :mx#0:\
> :sh:\
> :rm=128.173.52.239:\
> :rp=PASSTHRU:\
> :if=/var/spool/lpd/lp/filter:
>
> Has anyone had any experience with this type of printer?
> Thanks,
>
> --
> Daniel Fisher
>
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From: "Brad Hubbard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Automatic Partitioning
Date: Thu, 16 Nov 2000 09:56:43 +1100
Hello all,
Does anyone know what the prerequisite is for the automatic partitioning
option to be available in the RH7.0 installation?
IOW, does anyone know how to force the installation to automatically
partition the disk?
TIA,
Brad
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Paul Kimoto)
Subject: Re: ThinkPad, boot freeze, lilo.conf append mem
Date: 15 Nov 2000 18:37:03 -0500
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
In article <Pine.SOL.3.96.1001115143928.4600A-100000@ttauri>,
Ryan Lovett wrote:
> I noticed that a friend's ThinkPad 770x running 2.2.16 (RedHat 7.0)
> detected only 64MB or so of his 192MB RAM so I added
> append="mem=192M"
> to his /etc/lilo.conf and reran lilo. Booting froze after restart after
> the apmd message and before the RTC message.
It may be that the Thinkpad devotes a bit of the memory to some other use.
(This is the case with my 380XD and my 560X. See whether the bootup
screen really reports 192*1024 kB.) If so, you can probably make it work
by telling it to try 190M or 191M.
--
Paul Kimoto
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From: "gonZo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: trouble getting 3COM 3C900B-TPO ethernet card working with Linux
Date: Wed, 15 Nov 2000 23:40:28 GMT
I use the same NIC, and had to turn off PnP on the card with the
DOS-configuration utility that comes on the 3com CD/Disk.
I use the kernelmodule 3c90x on kernel 2.2.14 without further problems.
greetings
gonZo
"Mike Schwartz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:01c04e92$b46232a0$0200000a@home...
> Hi,
>
> I am having trouble getting Linux to work with my 3COM 3C900B-TPO network
> interface card. FYI this is the card that US West sends you when you sign
> up for their DSL service. This card definitely works, as I have been
using
> it under Win95 for a year now. I am trying to build a dual-boot
> Win95/Linux
> config for my desktop PC.
>
> I have tried getting two different Linux distributions to work with this
> network card:
> - RedHat 4.2
> - WinLinux 2000
>
> FYI, the latter is a Linux distribution that uses the Win9x file system
> instead of the usual Ext2 file system, allowing me to avoid partitioning
> and also letting me backup my dual-boot Windows/Linux system as a single
> backup. It works fine with the PCMCIA ethernet card on my laptop.
> Contrary to how the name sounds, this really is Linux (not a
> Windows-based emulator); it just shares the Windows file system.
>
> I am mostly focused on using WinLinux with this machine, so I'll just
> talk about it from here on. Its kernel version is 2.2.13.
>
> I first tried using the ethernet driver that came compiled into the
> kernel (3c59x). When this didn't work I went to the 3COM website and
> downloaded the 3c90x driver (version 1.0.0d), which claims to support
> the 3C900B-TPO card. I followed the instructions it gave, and when I
> wasn't able to get it to work I tried sending mail to the support
> address they listed ([EMAIL PROTECTED]), but it bounced.
>
> I tried installing first as a module:
> - compiled the driver
> - copied the .o file into /lib/modules/2.2.13/net/
> - added the the needed alias in /etc/modules.conf
> - edited the WinLinux /etc/rc.d/ init script that loads the needed
> module
>
> After rebooting, 'lsmod' showed that the module was loaded but "unused".
> Moreover, when I tried "ifconfig eth0" it did not have an IP address
> assigned, and when I tried to assign one and "up" the interface, it
> complained "SIOCSIFFLAGS: No such device". I looked in
> /var/log/messages and saw the error message "ds: no socket drivers
> loaded!", followed by a number of DHCP failures. It sounds like the
> driver failed to recognize my card.
>
> I then tried rebuilding the kernel with this driver compiled-in. It
> compiled and booted ok, but it again didn't work -- same error message
> about "ds: no socket drivers loaded!".
>
> Does anyone have any suggestions?
>
> Please email to me below, as I don't read netnews regularly.
>
> Thanks,
> - Mike Schwartz
> schwartz-at-CodeOnTheRoad.com
> (Remember to fix the -at- above, which I use to fight automated spam
> feeders)
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From: "Jim" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: Help... X Windows runs at a crawl.. Be my mentor,, Please
Date: Thu, 16 Nov 2000 01:17:37 -0500
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Jason B
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hello all, please help .
> I've had Linux installed on my system for a year and some now.
> Here's whats' up: X windows has never really worked good . It was slow,
> like I was running Windows '95 on a 386 or something (I have a Pentium
> ii 300Mhz /98 Megs ram). Recently, I edited my XF86Config file
> (I'm scared to touch this thing) I put in some new modelines for my
> monitor, calculated from a posting describing how to do it. But, my
> system seems to just skip over them or something as if they weren't even
> there. I can't change the resolution by using 'ctrl - alt - +/- keys'
> either.
> So, I'm wondering, is there a way of seeing exactly what video
> mode that X Windows is running in? Like,some log file or something? I
> know how to switch between users or whatever by pressing 'ctrl - alt -
> f1, f2, f7 '.
A pentium ii 300 should not be running as slow as you are describing.
Logged in as root from the command prompt run:
xf86config
This will run you thru a script to reinstall your hardware for X. It sounds
to me like maybe your memory for your graphics card is not correct or
maybe your not using the right graphics driver. At the same time you
can fix your mouse problem by selecting a generic mouse driver instead
of the microsoft one.
Good Luck,
Jim
> Also, I installed a new 'microcrap wheelmouse' on my box lately.
> I found out how to set it up using 'mouseconfig'. It works on the
> console, but not in 'X'. It jumps around the screen and acts like it was
> on coke or something. DOes anybody know what's up with this ? I don't
> care about if the wheel works, I just want to get my fucking mouse
> working so I don't have to quit X windows every time.
>
> If anyone knows any of this, and wants to help, I'll
> appreciate it..
>
> Jason
>
> --
> http://members.home.net/jbean3
>
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Installing linux on Compaq Presario 1200 XL110
Date: Thu, 16 Nov 2000 00:27:40 GMT
Hi!
Anybody out there who will guide me as to how i proceed.
My problem is that, i made a mistake in Formatting my hard disk
before installing Linux on my Laptop, as i was really Fed up with
Windows. But now i am not able to start Xserver on my Laptop,
I know that there is some problem in the Parameters for the TFT
display, but i do not know exactly where do i find the right values
for it.
I am using Red Hat 5?? version
I tried using the XF86Config which i found on WEB put up by someone
who has already gone thr' this, But it did not help me much.
Any leads???
Thanks
Rajkumar...
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From: Vladimir Florinski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: USRobotics PCI 56K Modem (5610-rev1) with COM5 in Windows
Date: Wed, 15 Nov 2000 17:18:20 -0700
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> > # lspci -v -v
> > >
> > > 00:0e.0 Serial controller: US Robotics/3Com 56K FaxModem Model 5610
> > > (rev 01) (prog-if 02 [16550])
> > > Subsystem: US Robotics/3Com USR 56k Internal FAX Modem (Model
> > > 5610)
> > > Control: I/O+ Mem- BusMaster- SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop-
> > > ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
> > > Status: Cap+ 66Mhz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort-
> > > <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
> > > Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 0
> >
> > Is this a typo? since IRQ 0 would be an error.
>
> Nope...that is what it returns...that is one of the things that I am
> most suspicious about. I am very close to just chunking the stupid
> thing and getting a new modem but first like I will get the new kernel.
>
> > > Region 0: I/O ports at b000
> > > Capabilities: [dc] Power Management version 2
> > > Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1- D2+ AuxCurrent=0mA PME(D0+,D1-
> > > ,D2+,D3hot+,D3cold+)
> > > Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=2 PME-
> >
lspci reads from the PCI config space on the card which is an area 256 bytes in
size containing all config options for this card. You can, of course, change
anything you want there (and if you don't like IRQ 0, replace it with 9 or 10,
if unused, with setpci). I am not sure if the kernel would be able to pick it up
from there, but it's worth a try.
--
Vladimir
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