Linux-Setup Digest #73, Volume #21 Thu, 19 Apr 01 13:13:10 EDT
Contents:
Re: problem with Lilo (Kwan Lowe)
PB audio driver module (Philippe Marty)
Re: rh7.1 ("KW")
Re: Install RH7.0 in an Athlon Box ("KW")
Re: VIA KT133A driver ("KW")
--MARK-- ("Mark Swope")
Re: --MARK-- (Lew Pitcher)
Problem with RedHat 7.1 Kernel Source Code ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: No setup signature found... (jjngo)
lpr broken, instant error message (Mike Knudsen)
Re: 486 help??!! (Mike Knudsen)
could not open default font 'fixed' ("Jeff Peter")
Sound on AC97-card (Alexander Martinez)
sound in intel810e AC97 ("Alan Andrade")
mandrake and the iomega zip100 (parallel) ("Snowman")
Linux clients can't ftp through linksys router (God_Of_Pain)
Re: Sound Works Now, But I lost half my drive (Norman Baccari)
Re: could not open default font 'fixed' (Craig Kelley)
shutdown problem ("D Straight")
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From: Kwan Lowe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: problem with Lilo
Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2001 14:11:23 GMT
Stephen Lohning <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I have not been able to get lilo to install corectly, I am trying to
> built a dual boot system on my
> laptop ASUS 8400k
> linux boot upfrom a boot disk but win 2000 alway starts up from the
> prompt. not lilo
> even after I have run lilo. copies of my disk partitioning, lilo.conf
> and mounted partitions are
> listed.
> Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
> /dev/hda1 1 2 15088+ 83 Linux
> /dev/hda2 * 3 1086 8195040 7 HPFS/NTFS
> /dev/hda3 1087 2584 11324880 5 Extended
> /dev/hda5 1087 1357 2048728+ 83 Linux
> /dev/hda6 1358 1392 264568+ 82 Linux swap
> /dev/hda7 1393 2584 9011488+ 83 Linux
> *******************************
Try going into fdisk then toggling the bootable flag for /dev/hda1.
You'll need to do this from a rescue disk.
You might also try at the LILO prompt:
linux boot=/dev/hda1
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From: Philippe Marty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: fr.comp.os.linux.configuration
Subject: PB audio driver module
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 19 Apr 2001 14:00:27 GMT
Hello, | Salut,
|
I tried to install | J'ai essaye d'installer
the aureal 8830 audio | le driver audio aureal 8830
driver found on the | trouve sur SourceForge.net,
SourceForge.net, on | sur ma station Mandrake 7.0
my Mdk 7.0 workstation. |
|
The "make install" log | Dans le log du makefile
says : | je lis :
=========================================================
/sbin/depmod -a
/lib/modules/2.2.14-1mdklinus/misc/au8830.o: unresolved symbol(s)
/sbin/rmmod au8830
rmmod: module au8830 not loaded
make: [install] Error 1 (ignored)
/sbin/modprobe au8830
/lib/modules/2.2.14-1mdklinus/misc/au8830.o: kernel-module version
mismatch
/lib/modules/2.2.14-1mdklinus/misc/au8830.o was compiled for kernel
version 2.2.14-15mdk while this kernel is version 2.2.14-1mdklinus.
make: [install] Error 1 (ignored)
=========================================================
2 questions: | 2 questions :
|
1/ why does the makefile | 1/ pourquoi le makefile
compile the source | compile-t-il sur un kernel
for a kernel that is | que je n'ai pas boote ?
not the one I booted ? |
|
it's not a matter of | ce n'est pas hardcode
driver version since | (ca utilise "uname -r")
I got exactly the same | et j'ai le meme pb exactement
with a former driver | avec un driver plus vieux
version supposed to work | suppose marcher sur les kernels
with linux kernels 2.1.x !! | 2.1.X !!
|
2/ is that also the reason | 2/ est-ce aussi la cause
for the previous error | de l'erreur d'avant ?
(unresolved symbol) ? | (unresolved symbol)
|
or is there another bug | ou y-a-t-il un autre gag
to solve ? | et une autre manipe a faire ?
|
(the driver README file | (le fichier README du driver
says this error might | pretend que recompiler le kernel
be fixed by rebuilding | avec l'option de support de son
the kernel with built-in | "built-in" peut resoudre ce pb
sound support, but I | mais je crois que mon kernel
think it's already the | a deja cette option et de tts
case and am somewhat | facon, j'aime mieux eviter
reluctant to alter the | de recompiler !
kernel anyway !) |
|
any help greatly appreciated!| toute aide serait precieuse !
|
thanks ! | merci !
--
Philippe MARTY
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From: "KW" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: rh7.1
Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2001 09:22:17 -0500
Either the redhat installation will detect the processor type and
configure the kernel accordingly or you can manually rebuild the kernel
and select your processor type. either way, all the features are part of
the kernel source code and you don't have to "buy" or select an optimized
version...
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Riyaz Mansoor"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> hi all
>
> i'm pretty new to linux so please help me out. i read that redhat is
> offering optimised versions of 7.1 for different chips. does that mean
> they're pre-compiled to say a PII (that's my machine)? i did checkout
> redhat "webshop" but they don't offer any specilised/optimised version.
> basically, just take the 7.1 and proceed to checkout. how can i get one
> of these optimised versions?
>
> riyaz
>
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From: "KW" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Install RH7.0 in an Athlon Box
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.x
Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2001 09:27:14 -0500
If you can get them, download the NVIDIA SOURCE RPMS and rebuild those
and install, then follow nvidias instructions for manually configuring
xconfig files.
rpm --rebuild nvidia-kernel-0.97-src.rpm (or whatever the name is)
same with the GLX file... then install the rpm from the
/usr/src/redhat/rpms or similar folder where they are placed after
rebuild...
rpm -ivh /usr/src/rpms/nvidia-kernel-0.97-blah.rpm
dittio for GLX
You may want to go through on a generic driver and make sure the monitor
is set correctly first, then you shouldn't have to configure that part
anyway...
If you can't find the files, lower the spam shields and email me and I'll
e-mail you those files with a link to the nvidia instrucions for building
and configuring the packages..
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Unknown"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I have a computer with Athlon 700MHz,128M Kingmax PC133 SDRAM,Geforce
> MX,KT133A motherboard.... I installed RH7.0 ,and all run very well when
> I use command line mode.
>
> But when I try to use Xwindow( Run level 5), I can't enter X window and
> the screen began to flicker.
>
> I try to install the driver for my Geforce MX,but every time I tried I
> will get an error.Even manually configuring it will also fail. I use
> Xconfigurator. Is it a fault of Xconfigurator?
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From: "KW" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: VIA KT133A driver
Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2001 09:30:04 -0500
Bob,
My Kt133A (Abit KT7A)doesn't have those problems... Can't imagine why yours
does... in either case... disable kudzu in runlevel 3 and 5 and the
plug-n-play will go away.
In article <9bl345$1apud$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Bob Feng" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Does anybody have expericence in configuring the VIA KT133A chip set for
> Red Hat Linux7.0.
>
> I got a MSI K7T Turbo motherboard and an Athlon 1.3GHZ cpu. During the
> boot, the red hat plug-n-play stuffs keep asking me about configuring
> all four new devices detected. They are embeded in the single chip set.
> However if I ever dare to continue letting the Red Hat do so, the system
> is crashing for sure. I always skip the auto configuration during the
> boot.
>
> 1. For Windows, there is a simple tool called "all-4-in-one" driver
> however for Linux, VIA claims that it is not supported at this time.
>
> 2. How do I disable the automatic plug-n-play feature during the boot
> for Red Hat Linux 7.0?
>
> -- Thanks!
> ########################################################################
> Bob Feng - Advanced Graphics Group @ Silicon Graphics, Inc
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 650-9337514
> ########################################################################
>
>
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From: "Mark Swope" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: --MARK--
Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2001 09:54:46 -0500
I just installed Slackware 7.0 on a PC (named "Alpha") -
I've noticed in /var/log/messages
that entries appear every 20 minutes that look like:
<snip>
Apr 29 09:12:00 Alpha -- MARK --
Apr 29 09:32:00 Alpha -- MARK --
Apr 29 09:52:00 Alpha -- MARK --
<snip>
I've looked in crontab and my /etc/rc.d/ scripts and can't find an entry
that looks like it creates such an entry - and I can't find reference to it
elsewhere (such as ps -aux).
Can anyone tell me what's causing these entries or where else to look?
(this is really causing my messages log to fill up...)
Thanks,
mas
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Lew Pitcher)
Subject: Re: --MARK--
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2001 15:07:29 GMT
On Thu, 19 Apr 2001 09:54:46 -0500, "Mark Swope" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I just installed Slackware 7.0 on a PC (named "Alpha") -
>I've noticed in /var/log/messages
>that entries appear every 20 minutes that look like:
><snip>
>Apr 29 09:12:00 Alpha -- MARK --
>Apr 29 09:32:00 Alpha -- MARK --
>Apr 29 09:52:00 Alpha -- MARK --
><snip>
>
>I've looked in crontab and my /etc/rc.d/ scripts and can't find an entry
>that looks like it creates such an entry - and I can't find reference to it
>elsewhere (such as ps -aux).
>
>Can anyone tell me what's causing these entries or where else to look?
>(this is really causing my messages log to fill up...)
syslogd is doing it on it's own. It's a timestamp option to let you know that
nothing's missing and syslogd is alive.
There's a configuration option (IIRC, a parameter to syslogd) that changes the
interval of these MARKs.
Lew Pitcher
IT Consultant, Development Services
Toronto Dominion Bank Financial Group
(Opinions expressed are my own, not my employers')
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Problem with RedHat 7.1 Kernel Source Code
Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2001 10:10:20 -0500
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Does anyone have problems with compiling the Kernel Source Code package
that comes with RH7.1, expecially when one try to compile the modules?
Thanks
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From: jjngo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: No setup signature found...
Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2001 15:30:07 -0000
Scott Sharpe wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Did you ever find the anwser to the "No setup signature found." Iam
> basically having the same problem on a rehat6.2 distribution. I looked
> through numerous Linux Help websites and did not find any solutions.
>
> Any Help or information you uncovered will be apperciated
>
> ssharpe
>
>
>
>
Same thing happened to me. This time it's a Mandrake 7.0 distribution. I'm
on a dual boot with Win 98 using LILO. My system runs smoothly for a few
weeks and then fails to boot.
I guess I have to reinstall linux again for the third time. The first 2
times my linux installation failed to boot was because of the partition
table getting corrupted. I can't understand why that happened.
--
Posted via CNET Help.com
http://www.help.com/
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Mike Knudsen)
Date: 19 Apr 2001 15:29:15 GMT
Subject: lpr broken, instant error message
Does anyone care to guess why lpr exits instantly with error message
"Can't get official name for local machine" or something to that effect?
By "instant" I mean that lpr exits without even looking at its command
arguments -- if I use -v or -? or --help it doesn't matter.
The error seems bogus, as hostname and uname both return the machine name.
Could it be that I don't have TCP/IP installed (not sure if I do or not)?
Could it relate to missing module "char-major?"
This is an old 1997 Slackware distribution. I hope to upgrade in a few months,
but this question has been bugging me for a long time.
Long ago I fixed my /dev/lp1 to have write permission, so I can just cat files
directly to the printer (an HP DeskJet 500, wonderful workhorse for PCL3). But
this hack is denying me all those great filters in lpr. TIA, Mike K.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Mike Knudsen)
Date: 19 Apr 2001 15:29:16 GMT
Subject: Re: 486 help??!!
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
(webgiant ) writes:
>Why not just get a Slackware distro? Most of it can be loaded with
>floppies,
How true. I put a 1997 vintage Slackware set on my 20-Meg 486 with very few
problems. My machine was blessed with a CDROM drive and a Win95 partition, but
the instructions did tell how to use floppies. Of course you'd need access to
another PC with a CDROM.
Ironically, the first hurdle faced in installing any Linux is finding the right
CDROM driver! Not as bad as finding the right video driver when you go to X
Windows, but maybe you're better off without the CDROM :-) With only 8M RAM,
probably X is out.
Anyway, my 66 MHz 486 runs Slackware and X just fine, and does big C compiles
plenty fast for me. --Mike K.
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From: "Jeff Peter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: could not open default font 'fixed'
Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2001 10:37:51 -0500
I installed Mandrake 7.2 and have a RIVA TNT2 chipset. However, when X
attempts to start I get the following error message...
Could not init font path element UNIX/:-1, removing from list
Could not open default font 'fixed'
I then get booted out of X.
Any thoughts? I thought it might be the display driver or the monitor
settings however I have those set, and have even tried generic equivalents.
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From: Alexander Martinez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Sound on AC97-card
Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2001 18:04:53 +0200
Hello,
I've just purchased a new motherboard with an on-board AC97-soundchip.
Now I'm trying to figure out how I must setup my Linuxsystem (Debian 2.2
potatoe i386).
Following configuration:
- 800 MHz
- Elitegroup motherboard K7VZA-100 with VIA 82C686B chipset
- linux 2.2.17
I tried following soundmodules (in various combinations):
- ac97_codec
- sb
- sound
- soundlow
- soundcore
I also tried this one:
- via82cxxx
but when I load that module, the following happens:
/lib/modules/2.2.17/misc/via82cxxx.o: init_module: Device or resource busy
Hint: this error can be caused by incorrect module parameters, including
invalid IO or IRQ parameters
/lib/modules/2.2.17/misc/via82cxxx.o: insmod
/lib/modules/2.2.17/misc/via82cxxx.o failed
/lib/modules/2.2.17/misc/via82cxxx.o: insmod via82cxxx failed
the BIOS has an option to modify IRQ and IO-adresses, but I tried all
possible settings, the problem persists.
I hope that is enough information for someone who knows the solution.
Please help, I don't want to install Windoze just to play Quake3 with
sound! (am I a lamer, or what?)
Greetings
Alex
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From: "Alan Andrade" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: sound in intel810e AC97
Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2001 21:34:27 +0530
Hi
I have been trying to configure sound on my machine its on intel810E AC97
codec
i ran ./configure..make ..make install on the following file
alsa-driver-0.5.10b.tar
alsa-lib-0.5.10b.tar
alsa-utils-0.5.10.tar
then ran ./snddevices from the devices dir
then
modprobe snd-intel8x0 (as modprobe snd-card-intel8x0 was not working)
then on testing by
cat /proc/modules the following is seen
snd-intel8x0 6288 0 (unused)
snd-ac97-codec 23104 0 [snd-intel8x0]
snd-mixer 27248 0 [snd-ac97-codec]
snd-pcm 30008 0 [snd-intel8x0]
snd-timer 8640 0 [snd-pcm]
snd 36716 0 [snd-intel8x0 snd-ac97-codec snd-mixer
snd-pcm snd-timer]
soundcore 2596 0 [snd]
agpgart 4660 1 (autoclean)
lockd 31176 1 (autoclean)
sunrpc 52964 1 (autoclean) [lockd]
nls_iso8859-1 2240 3 (autoclean)
nls_cp437 3748 3 (autoclean)
vfat 9372 3 (autoclean)
fat 30720 3 (autoclean) [vfat]
on cat /proc/asound/cards
--no soundcard---
well i am not sure what to make of all this and would like to rpoceed ...do
let me know how ..
I had proceeded till here through the HOWTO from alsa-proj
thanks in advance
Alan
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From: "Snowman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: mandrake and the iomega zip100 (parallel)
Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2001 16:45:26 GMT
Hi,
any help from those more experienced than I would be appreciated. I
recently moved to mandrake 7.2 from an old copy of redhat. For the most
part, the transition has been painless, with the exception of my zip drive.
When I attempt to install 7.2 with the zip connected, it works great.
and initially, upon booting, the zip, and both cdroms (cd-rw, and cd-rom)
work fine. upon subsequent rebooting (dual boot with 98se on the secondary
hdd) kudzu reports that I no longer have a burner, nor a zip (and as a
result, no printer). From that point on, attempts to mount the zip result
in an I/O error.
Attempts to mount the cdrom reslt in either a report that /dev/hdc is
not a valid block device, or an i/o error accompanied by a small amount of
activity on the zip.
Any ideas? After mucking around with it a bit, I decided to just
reinstall, but the same thing happens. I'm almost ready to give up on my
zip, but it would be nice to have it, as every bit of space helps for those
of us not blessed with large hardware funds.
Regards,
Snowman
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From: God_Of_Pain <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Linux clients can't ftp through linksys router
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.admin,comp.os.linux.networking,linux.admin
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2001 16:45:47 GMT
I have been tring all the sugestions I can find in the news groups, no luck.
Windoze clinets have no problem ftp'ing throught the linksys router, Linux
clients have no sucess ftp'ing through it.
My equipment...
3com ADSL Modem -> Linksys BEFSR41 router -> Red Hat 7.0 server.
I have tried the using DMZ and no DMZ with port forwarding.
Many news postings say to use PASV mode, so on the linux clinets I have
tried ftp -p and pftp both did not work.
I found one news posting that said to move my Linksys BEFSR41 router to Red
Hat 7.0 server cable from a switch to the router. It was...
Linksys BEFSR41 router -> 3com switch -> Red Hat 7.0 server.
now it is directly...
Linksys BEFSR41 router -> Red Hat 7.0 server
had no effect.
I found one news posting telling me to download logviewer from linksys and
read the logs, I searched the linksys site and could not find such a thing.
What now? Has anyone got a Linksys router like this to work with Linux ftp
clinets?
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From: Norman Baccari <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Sound Works Now, But I lost half my drive
Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2001 16:26:11 GMT
Kwan Lowe wrote:
>
> Norman Baccari <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > After installing rh7.1 my new sound card
> > was recognized right away. NOW, the problem
> > is one of my hd partitions will not mount. I
> > get an error message saying "cant find valid
> > MSDOS file system, wrong fs type etc." Under
>
> The first place I would look is in /etc/fstab. You'll see a few entries for all
> the filesystems and devices. For example:
I've looked at fstab and mtab and they both seem to be ok.
mtab has,
/dev/hda6 /dos1 vfat rw, uid=500,gid=100 0 0
fstab has,
/dev/hda6 /dos1 vfat user,exec,dev,suid,rw, uid=500,gid=100
0 0
I didnt compare results with fdisk so I'll have to do that
when I get home. Since someone had already mentioned that
they
had no problem mounting a 30G partition it looks more like I
screwed something up in the partitioning. Since the
partition
is empty right now I'll just delete and try again paying
more
attention this time.
Thanks for the input!!
Norm
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From: Craig Kelley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: could not open default font 'fixed'
Date: 19 Apr 2001 10:54:08 -0600
"Jeff Peter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I installed Mandrake 7.2 and have a RIVA TNT2 chipset. However, when X
> attempts to start I get the following error message...
>
> Could not init font path element UNIX/:-1, removing from list
> Could not open default font 'fixed'
>
> I then get booted out of X.
>
> Any thoughts? I thought it might be the display driver or the monitor
> settings however I have those set, and have even tried generic equivalents.
The 'xfs' server needs to be running prior to running X. You either
didn't installit, or the installer has a bug, or it isn't starting for
some reason. Try running `/etc/init.d/xfs start` to see if it comes
up properly.
--
It won't be long before the CPU is a card in a slot on your ATX videoboard
Craig Kelley -- [EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.isu.edu/~kellcrai finger [EMAIL PROTECTED] for PGP block
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From: "D Straight" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: shutdown problem
Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2001 10:43:30 -0600
Hi,
Everytime I shutdown my computer ends up with the message:
input:inode 00:03/536871171 count wrapped.
I believe it is umount doing it but I don't know why.
I have to push reset to get it to stop and I get a message at startup about
the filesystem not being unmounted properly.
Does anyone know why I'm getting this error or where I can find info on what
it means?
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