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Paul Johnson wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Gorka [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Because of my poor English I'll try to explain it in Spanish. OK, please take it to debian-user-spanish then. -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.5 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFBecsIUzgNqloQMwcRAo2zAKCeNHHSPBtIE16/VyBIMLij6tpK/QCeOIus 9T3XZSKOCXw9NgiU74hyJbU= =EBwg -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
ext3 journal problem
There is a faulty ext3 journal on my Debian desktop system (currently on laptop), blocking booting or e2fsck. The precipating event may have been the copying of a tarball to /root/ which exceeded Root's reserve space. The shut down appeared normal, but the reboot failed. I have an alternate RedHat partition for developement purpuses. When I try to fsck the Debian /dev/sda2 therefrom, there is a complaint about the Journal and fsck quits. How could I disable the ext3 Journal, so that the file system could be more directly FSCKed? MarvS -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Dial up problems when upgrading 2.4 to 2.6 kernel
Which driver does your modem use? Are you sure you actually CONNECT to the ISP Compare: # ping 30.57.4.70 64 bytes from 130.57.4.70: icmp_seq=0 ttl=48 time=239.2 ms 64 bytes from 130.57.4.70: icmp_seq=1 ttl=48 time=240.0 ms 64 bytes from 130.57.4.70: icmp_seq=2 ttl=48 time=230.0 ms 64 bytes from 130.57.4.70: icmp_seq=3 ttl=48 time=230.0 ms with the named address # ping novell.com If the numerical address works but not the named address, Then it is only a DNS problem. You may need some PPP support files from the testing distribution for DNS to work Try rebooting under your old kernel. Within /etc/apt/sources.list, make a duplicate of all lines. Within the 2nd set, replace stable with testing, for example deb http://ftp.lug.udel.edu/debian/ stable main non-free contrib goes to deb http://ftp.lug.udel.edu/debian/ testing main non-free contrib Then apt-get update apt-get -s install ppp (where -s is stimulate) If nothing dangerous is shown apt-get install ppp MarvS Thomas Beresford wrote: Hello fellas, I upgraded my debian system kernel from 2.4 stable to 2.6 testing. But now my dialup connection doesn't work anymore! I get to connect to my ISP, but i can't navigate. Could someone help me, please? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Dial up problems when upgrading 2.4 to 2.6 kernel
Check for new drivers at the nvidia.com Thomas Beresford wrote: -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[Fwd: Re: ext3 journal problem]
Thanks all After turning off the journal with tune2fs -O ^has_journal /dev/sda2 e2fsck reported bad superblocks Fortunately, all important Data is copied elsewhere, So I'll just remake the partition and copy over Debian from this laptop. Incidentally, there are now available palm sized inclosures for laptop drives, which USB connect to other PCs. I have found mine handy for such transfers or just storage, if one swapped out a smaller drive for a larger one. MarvS On Sat, Apr 03, 2004 at 03:00:53PM -0500, Marvin Stodolsky wrote: There is a faulty ext3 journal on my Debian desktop system (currently on laptop), blocking booting or e2fsck. The precipating event may have been the copying of a tarball to /root/ which exceeded Root's reserve space. The shut down appeared normal, but the reboot failed. I have an alternate RedHat partition for developement purpuses. When I try to fsck the Debian /dev/sda2 therefrom, there is a complaint about the Journal and fsck quits. How could I disable the ext3 Journal, so that the file system could be more directly FSCKed? tune2fs -O ^has_journal If it complains add the -f option. This stands a chance of screwing up your filesystem badly, though, so make a backup somewhere (eg. with dd) first! ...see man tune2fs -- Pigeon Be kind to pigeons Get my GPG key here: http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=getsearch=0x21C61F7F file:///tmp/nsmail.tmp Description: PGP signature
SCSI through PCMCIA card
With the goal of writing CDs from my laptop, is their any experience with using a PCMCIA to SCSI adaptor under Linux? While I have a USB port, the CD burner HowTo is at this time only recommending SCSI port CD burners for use under Linux. MarvS -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[Fwd: RMMODing a console font]
Debian was easily installed on my Gateway Solo 3500 laptop, with ATI Mach64 Rage Mobility graphics card. The best VGA console fonts are obtained by # insmod atyfb providing slim 80x30 fonts in the text console. However Xwindows does not stabilize subsequently with this driver active, AND # rmmod atyfb fails because the driver is in use on the active console. To circumvent this problem short of rebooting, I've tried variants of a script executed in background () #!/bin/sh deallocvt deallocvt tty0 rmmod atyfb chvt tty0 -- to kill the console remove atyfb restart the console. But thus far attempts have failed: deallocvt: 0: illegal VT number Can anyone skilled in console issues provide some advice? MarvS
mail direct to Internet
On laptop from Home, my mail is sent through Netscape Messenger to smtp.rcn.com, with rcn.com my IP. RCN.COM does not accept smtp from other domains. With laptop at work I have a LAN gateway to the Internet, and should be able to send mail directly from the laptop. But how should Messenger + exim + WhatElse be configure? MarvS
Re: major problems (was:Re: fetchmail)
The XF86Config serving Root must then be in /root Copy it to /etc/X11/XF86Config for use by other users. MarvS Frank Zimmermann wrote: On Sat, 15 Sep 2001, Marvin Stodolsky wrote: With respect to startx, check for a .xsession files in your /root/ and /home/user/ folders. You may be missing /home/user/.xsession See /usr/share/doc/xfree86-common/examples/xsession MarvS Sorry i did not include any error messages. It says: Could not find config fiel. Tried: /etc/XF86Config /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/XF86Config.(voyager) /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/XF86Config Fatal server error: No config file found! Note, the X server no longer looks for XF86Config in $HOME bla bla X connection to :0.0 broken (explicit kill or server shutdown) I'll check for a .xsession but i don't think this is the problem. Frank -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
CDROM with device file system.
My ATAPI CDROM drive /dev/hdc is fine, provided the devfsd daemon is not implemented during bootup. If /dev/hdc mounting is attempted AFTER devfsd is called, the mount fails. Insights? MarvS
Re: Which are the network .deb-s of Debian GNU/Linux ?
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I understand that there are certain .deb-s that : 1) make your Linux box a router (I want him\her to at least identify on being ping-ed by others on the network , and accept telnet and ftp connections) . 2) that get on with the basic bit of networking., DHCP,DNS ,Samba,etc. What are the .deb-s involved ? Please guide me on this ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Shyam Kumar Start by: # apt-get install tasksel Then get info from # tasksel MarvS
RE: Wordperfect Suite 8 for Linux
Nathan, THere is a Debian program called alien, under which $ alien -r SomePackage.deb will be converted to a SomePackage.rpm You could query the Debian list debian_user debian-user@lists.debian.org for someone who lives close to you and could do the conversion. The Wordperfect.deb would have to be copied from the CD to the host harddrive. Probably about 500 MB of space is needed for the process. You would still have to solve the problem of getting the WordPerfect.rpm back to your System for installation. MarvS From: Nathan [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Wordperfect Suite 8 for Linux Hi, I am running Mandrake 8 on my main computer, and am quite pleased with it. I have always worked with Wordperfect in the past and have been very satisfied. I do not have Wordperfect installed on this. I purchased Corel's Linux Delux Edition, quite a while ago. This installs with Wordperfect 8 as part of the set up. What I am wondering is if there is some way that I can install it on Mandrake 8 from the Corel CDs, or if there is some other way. Thank you for any help that you can give me. Nathan
PCTEL driver for kernel 2.4.x: Announcement:
Date: Tue, 15 May 2001 14:43:26 +0200 From: Jan Stifter [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Announcement: PCTEL driver for kernel 2.4.x hello, The driver version is: PCTEL Linux PCI driver, version 4.27.211 It should work on all 2.4.x kernels. http://www.medres.ch/~jstifter/linux/pctel.html Please read the FAQ and README before posting me questions. Note: It seems, that the parameter country_code=X has changed from the 2.2.x driver to country=X in the 2.4.x driver. If you upgrade your kernel and driver, you have to change your /etc/modules.conf or your start scripts. For kernel 2.2.x use: insmod ptserial country_code=X For kernel 2.4.x use: insmod ptserial country=X Have fun jan Original Message Subject: Re: Announcement: PCTEL driver for kernel 2.4.x Date: Tue, 15 May 2001 18:57:55 -0500 From: David Mehringer [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Jan Stifter [EMAIL PROTECTED] CC: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hi Jan, Thanks! Works like a charm. The only place I got hung up was on modversions.h. I had a modversions.h in /usr/include/linux and tried to create an appropriate symlink but make complained that I shouldn't use this system file. I then realized I didn't actually have the kernel source installed, so got it off of RH 7.1 CD 2 (RedHat/RPMS/kernel-source-2.4.2-2.i386.rpm). After doing cd /usr/src; ln -s linux-2.4.2 linux make;make install proceeded as advertised and minicom (and eventually RH PPP dialer) found the modem and were able to connect to my ISP. I can now disconnect my external modem until at least my next upgrade. Dave On Tue, 15 May 2001, Jan Stifter wrote: -- David Mehringer, Ph.D.University of Illinois [EMAIL PROTECTED] National Center for Supercomputing Research Scientist, Applications/Department of Astronomy Software Applications Developer, 1002 W. Green St. BIMA Data Archivist Urbana, IL 61801 USA voice: 217 244 5468 fax: 217 244 7638 http://monet.astro.uiuc.edu/~dmehring/dmehring.html
Intel® V.90 modem chipset driver for Linux
Original Message Subject: Intel® V.90 modem chipset driver for Linux Date: Mon, 5 Mar 2001 16:04:38 -0800 From: Araneda, Dorian [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' [EMAIL PROTECTED] For those intersted in the Intel® V.90 modem chipset driver for Linux please visit this link: http://developer.intel.com/design/modems/support/drivers/r-333-5.htm --- Dorian S. Araneda Product Engineer, Host Accelerated Modem (HaM) Team Intel Corporation, Modem Silicon Operations (MSO) http://developer.intel.com/design/modems/ www.intel.com www.intc.com (ticker: INTC) 110 Horizon Dr., Suite 300, Raleigh, NC 27615
Re: kernel menus
Thanks all. Problem solved. It was merely shooting myself in the foot. In the course of comparing use of header resources for compiling ltmodem.o, I temporarily renamed /usr/include -- /usr/Include Temporarily means, I forgot to /usr/Include -- /usr/include immediately after the little experiment. marvS Jo Geraerts wrote: Hello, On Thu, 1 Mar 2001, Marvin Stodolsky wrote: # ls -l /usr/include lrwxrwxrwx1 root root 29 Mar 1 14:46 /usr/include - kernel-headers-2.1.17/include how the heck did u accomplish this?? in /usr/include i have a link to the kernel include files, but /usr/include as a link to the kernel includes where have u installed the glibc includes? and the include files for al those other lib's (like ncurses u need for make menuconfig). My suggestion is to remove quickly that link and reinstall all the *.-dev*.deb files you had installed. Greetz, Jo
kernel menus
Trying to keep Lucent WinModem drivers available to Users for kernels-2.4.nn, now 2.4.2, I've run into menu config problems My # ls -l /usr/include lrwxrwxrwx1 root root 29 Mar 1 14:46 /usr/include - kernel-headers-2.1.17/include While I can do the ancient: make config I've broken capability to make menuconfig make xconfig with complaints like: # make menuconfig rm -f include/asm ( cd include ; ln -sf asm-i386 asm) make -C scripts/lxdialog all make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-2.4.2/scripts/lxdialog' gcc -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -O2 -fomit-frame-pointer -DLOCALE -DCURSES_LOC=curses.h -c -o checklist.o checklist.c In file included from checklist.c:24: dialog.h:22: sys/types.h: No such file or directory dialog.h:23: fcntl.h: No such file or directory dialog.h:24: unistd.h: No such file or directory dialog.h:25: ctype.h: No such file or directory dialog.h:26: stdlib.h: No such file or directory dialog.h:27: string.h: No such file or directory dialog.h:29: curses.h: No such file or directory make[1]: *** [checklist.o] Error 1 make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.4.2/scripts/lxdialog' make: *** [menuconfig] Error 2 Dropping down to a 2.2.17 boot ( the current) doesn't help. Any suggestions? My alternative boot kernels are 2.2.17, 2.4.0.,2.4.1,2.4.2., 2.2.18pre21-idepci Please email to me direct. MarvS
PCTEL driver for kernel verions 2.4
For any of you with PCTEL modems, http://www.geocities.com/tom_in_rc/pctel/ pctel-2.4.tar.gz is a driver package for PCTel modems under kernel 2.4 submitted by Thomas Wright,
Netscape TT font choices
Using the xfs xfstt font delivery services, all is fine except for one minor nuisance. Under Netscape the choices: Variable Width Font: Arial Narrow (Ttf) Fixed Width Font: Courier New (Ttf) There is the occassional warning: Warning cannot convert string helvicita-bold140is08859-to type FonStruct Warning cannot convert string helvicita-medium-xx---140is08859-to type FonStruct What are font choices NOT generating this warning? MarvS
Gnome-name-service function???
Anyone know what the gnome-name-service does? THere's no info on my onboard documentation. It's part of the gnome-bin.deb packages Killing seems to be without ill affect on my stand alone laptop, MarvS = 4:41pm up 43 min, 2 users, load average: 0.04, 0.03, 0.00 42 processes: 40 sleeping, 2 running, 0 zombie, 0 stopped CPU states: 0.8% user, 0.6% system, 0.0% nice, 98.4% idle PID USER PRI NI SIZE RSS SHARE STAT LIB %CPU %MEM TIME COMMAND 441 marv 9 0 14660 14M 8392 S 0 0.0 23.2 0:04 communicator 303 root 16 0 7688 5448 2200 S 0 0.8 8.7 0:36 XF86_SVGA 331 marv 9 0 4476 4476 3096 S 0 0.0 7.1 0:00 panel 330 marv 9 0 3480 3480 1904 S 0 0.0 5.5 0:01 wish 429 marv 10 0 3460 3460 2752 R 0 0.0 5.5 0:00 gnome-termin 489 marv 9 0 3400 3324 2820 S 0 0.0 5.3 0:00 communicator 340 marv 9 0 3192 3192 2576 S 0 0.0 5.1 0:00 gen_util_app 306 nobody 9 0 2476 2444 1856 S 0 0.0 3.9 0:02 xfstt 329 marv 9 0 2412 2412 1672 S 0 0.0 3.8 0:01 sawmill 504 root 14 0 1676 1676 764 R 0 0.6 2.6 0:00 top 338 marv 9 0 1292 1292 1080 S 0 0.0 2.0 0:00 gnome-name-service 433 root 9 0 1280 1280 988 S 0 0.0 2.0 0:00 bash 431 marv 9 0 1268 1268 964 S 0 0.0 2.0 0:00 bash 178 mail 8 0 1168 1168 988 S 0 0.0 1.8 0:00 exim 293 marv 9 0 1092 1088 900 S 0 0.0 1.7 0:00 bash 153 root 9 0 1072 1072 444 S 0 0.0 1.7 0:00 klogd 294 marv 9 0 944 940 768 S 0 0.0 1.5 0:00 startx 308 marv 8 0 932 928 776 S 0 0.0 1.4 0:00 .xsession 250 root 8 0 908 904 752 S 0 0.0 1.4 0:00 pppd 302 marv 9 0 836 836 700 S 0 0.0 1.3 0:00 xinit
getty problem
On a old NEC 486 50mHz Versa V\50 laptop, the following periodically appears in the text console. What is an appropriate modification. MarvS -- Several repeats of: Usage: /sbin/getty [-hiLmw] [-l login_program] [-t timeout] [-I initstring] [-H login_host] baud_rate,... line [termtype] or [-hiLmw] [-l login_program] [-t timeout] [-I initstring] [-H login_host] line baud_rate,... [termtype] Terminated by: INIT: Id S respawning too fast: disabled for 5 minutes
XF86Config for NEC Versa V/50
Anyone have info that might help with setting up X on an ancient Versa V50 Laptop. If has a WD90C24 chipset WD90C[23]X=[0x32 0x34] clocks 28.32, 49.83 videoram 1024 Please copy to [EMAIL PROTECTED] MarvS
2.4.0-test11, PCMCIA ethernet card through yenta-socket
My PCMCIA 3Com Corporation, 3CCFE575BT, LAN Cardbus Card, 001 manfid: 0x0101, 0x5157 function: 6 (network) PCI id: 0x10b7, 0x5157 is working fine under 2.2.17 and under the 2.4.0-test11 with the old way PCMCIA support of compiling all the pcmcia modules, # lsmod Module Size Used by 3c575_cb 20064 2 cb_enabler 2736 2 [3c575_cb] ds 6672 2 [cb_enabler] i82365 23232 2 pcmcia_core43392 0 [cb_enabler ds i82365] Thus far I've been unable to get eth0 functional with PCMCIA support specified the new way through the kernel .config file, after which support would presuably come from: 3c59x cb_enabler.o pcmcia_core.o yenta_socket.o Its partially a configuation issue as the #eth0 block below does not get loaded into /etc/resolv.conf # eth0 begin domain somewhere nameserver 198.124.130.130 nameserver 198.128.2.10 # eth0 end domain erols.com search erols.com nameserver 207.172.3.8 nameserver 207.172.3.9 Has any worked this out yet? Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] as well as the list. MarvS
Re:during make-kpkg I get i386-none not in remapping table
When working with these Very Recent sources, its important to have required versions of the software. After installing sources, do a grep ; /usr/src/kernel-source-2.4.0-test11/Documentation/Changes which picks out a table relating how to test versions of critical software: o Gnu C 2.91.66 # gcc --version o Gnu make 3.77# make --version o binutils 2.9.1.0.25 # ld -v o util-linux 2.10o # kbdrate -v o modutils 2.3.18 # insmod -V o e2fsprogs 1.19# tune2fs --version o pcmcia-cs 3.1.21 # cardmgr -V o PPP2.4.0 # pppd --version o isdn4k-utils 3.1beta7 # isdnctrl 21|grep version Which is on top of the 2.2.nn requirements grepped with (say): grep ; /usr/src/kernel-source-2.2.17/Documentation/Changes After thus satisfied version requirements, and using the UnStable kernel-package.deb and pcmcia-source, several compiles have proceeded without problems. Also make sure you have the bin86.deb needed for PC architechure. MarvS Hi all, I use potato with dpkg and debhelper from woody. When I try to compile 2.4.0-test11-pre7 after configuring it and doing a make-kpkg I get an error saying that i386-none is not in remapping table and not found in arch. So I have to specify --arch=i386. Doing this I get after a while of compiling a make 1 error saying that i386-linux-gcc could not be found. Doing an ln -s gcc i386-linux-gcc in /usr/bin I get i386-linux-ld command not found again with error make 1. So what is the proper way to do this, respectively, what am I doing wrong.
Copying / partition, segmentation fault
A 54 Gig drive has been installed and Winswish Linux paritions made, in preparing for a complete shift to the new disk. This is a udma66 Western Digital, but being driven off the old controller on an ASUS mother board, with a BIOS upgrade supporting the big disk. The new Linux root partition is a primary /dev/hdd2, physically at the back of the drive. The old installation on /dev/hda, with the well functioning Corel Linux has / partition /dev/hda1 and a /usr partition /dev/hda9. The /dev/hda1 files were copied over with: cp -xa * /mnt with /dev/hdd2 on /mnt The /etc/fstab and /etc/lilo.conf files were addressed to /dev/hdd2 During the bootup of /dev/hdd2 using LOADLIN, the old /dev/hda9 is mounted on /usr There have been a Segmentation Faults, per text below, and the system drops into runlevel 1 maintenance mode. Any suggestions as to potential causal factors? Please also respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . MarvS = Starting system log daemon: syslogd klogd. /etc/init.d/rc: /etc/rc2.d/S11pcmcia.txt: Permission denied Starting automounter: /mnt/amnt. /etc/rc2.d/S20exim: line 46: 311 Segmentation fault update-inetd --disable smtp Starting mouse interface server: gpm. Starting internet superserver: inetd. Starting printer spooler: 2000-10-18-09:05:09.545 Get_local_host: hostname 'stodolsk' bad lprng. Starting X font server: xfs/etc/rc2.d/S20xfs: line 88: 335 Segmentation fault start-stop-daemon --start --quiet --pidfile $PIDFILE --exec $DAEMON already running. Starting X TrueType Font Server: xfstt/etc/rc2.d/S20xfstt: line 51: 337 Segmentation fault start-stop-daemon --start --quiet --exec $XFSTT -- $ARGS . /etc/rc2.d/S80devicesupdate.sh: line 2: 339 Segmentation fault /usr/X11R6/bin/devicesupdate Starting deferred execution scheduler: atd. Starting periodic command scheduler: cron. Starting kde display manager: kdm/etc/rc2.d/S99kdm: line 39: 347 Segmentation fault start-stop-daemon --start --quiet --exec /usr/bin/X11/kdm . /etc/init.d/rc: /etc/rc2.d/S99kdm.txt: Permission denied
X PixMap library not installed
Even though I just: dpkg -i xpm4g_3.4k-5.deb, The X PixMap library When pcmcia source is installed: X Windows include files found. X PixMap library not installed. If you wish to build the 'cardinfo' control panel, you need the XPM library and the X Windows include files. See the HOWTO for details. *You can ignore this message if you are only rebuilding the PCMCIA modules.* Configuration successful. Anyone understand this? Please respond also to [EMAIL PROTECTED] MarvS
Re: SCSI card
Sarah, With a bit of research I located this site: http://support.umax.co.uk/technotes/f096B.htm Which tells me the card is a dtc-3181le and can be set up under linux using: insmod g_NCR5380 ncr_irq=255 ncr_addr=0x280 dtc_3181e=1 While not being able to help you directly, I can make a few suggestions. 1) Please don't send a native BIG config file to a List. It is mostly comprised of what is NOT chosen. The positive information is desirable and important, but can be substantially truncated as follows, say for /boot/config-2.2.17: grep -v not config-2.2.17 config-2.2.17-yes The grep -v not will exclude only the not lines and all the others will be in the much smaller config-2.2.17-yes 12100 Oct 5 17:29 config-2.2.17 3378 Oct 14 11:20 config-2.2.17-yes 2) It is very important to have your card identified correctly. Your problem could merely be not EXACTLY correct options during the insmod. While running under Windows do: Start ControlPanel System Devices Properties, and get as much information as you can from it. There should be an FCC-ID on the card, which you can use to interrogate the Database at: http://www.fcc.gov/oet/fccid/ 3) Once you've verified the id, send a query to the Debian's debian_user debian-user@lists.debian.org which have much more depth than this specialized COLOS List Good hunting, MarvS = Hiya, Thanks to all for your suggestions so far about my scsi card problems (my original post is repeated below). David (Brown), thanks too, but the card does work under windows with my zip drive, so I don't think the problem is that it is a full true card. I am sure it is a lot less than the real deal (it has no internal connector) but that is not what is stopping it working, as it works just fine under windoze, for running the zip drive. Thanks for confirming that it is a scsi, with the old DB25 on the back - I think there are a lot of people out there with these sorts of cards! I have asked about getting a scsi card new and prices are $100+, and then they don't have the DB25 I need to run my zip drive, and I'd have to buy an expensive adapter as well. There are a few computer flea markets around, but I am not too keen on the idea, as I am really busy right now and driving around to these things, spending $$ on a second hand card only to find its broken or it isn't the right card is going to be a real pain! If I have to buy another card I'll order one over the 'net and I can at least get it replaced if it doesn't work. But ideally the card I have is just right for what I need, it just needs to work on my Linux box! *** Could it possibly be my kernel config? ** I think I have everything on that I need, but my config is attached, if anyone is inspired to have a look for me! * Original Post Can anyone help me with getting a scsi card working under Corel linux? I needed a cheap isa scsi card (pci slots are all full) with a db25 connector for an old zip drive and a friend gave me a dodgy old freebie that apparently comes with umax scanners. So if I have to go buy a scsi card that has actual support under linux I guess I will, but that seems too much like giving up ;-} The card came to me in a plain brown box labelled UDS-IS11, P/N -970160-16 With a bit of research I located this site: http://support.umax.co.uk/technotes/f096B.htm Which tells me the card is a dtc-3181le and can be set up under linux using: insmod g_NCR5380 ncr_irq=255 ncr_addr=0x280 dtc_3181e=1 Running this however causes my linux box to hang totally, so it won't respond to any keystrokes, mouse cursor is frozen, total freeze and hard reset required. I suppose at least that says the driver is finding the device, just doing something very wrong. Any ideas? Sarah
Re: 2.2.4pre9 and modules
For the major compile, pre2.2.4pre8, the kernel-package.deb route has worked fine. Within /usr/src/linux make-kpkg --revision=laptop.1 kernel_image After which dpkg -i /usr/src/kernel-image-version.deb installs kernel+selected modules. I've had to do the pcmcia modules by hand however: cd /usr/src/modules/pcmcia-cd ./Configure make all make install the /lib/modules/2.4. The modules structure is: tree -d /lib/modules/2.4.0-test8 /lib/modules/2.4.0-test8 |-- build - /usr/src/linux |-- kernel | |-- drivers | | |-- block | | | `-- paride | | |-- cdrom | | |-- char | | | |-- agp | | | |-- drm | | | `-- joystick | | |-- ide | | |-- input | | |-- media | | | |-- radio | | | `-- video | | |-- net | | |-- parport | | |-- sound | | |-- usb | | `-- video | |-- fs | | |-- autofs | | |-- hfs | | |-- isofs | | |-- nls | | `-- ramfs | `-- net | `-- ipv6 `-- pcmcia MarvS === Aloha All; To get support for my new ata100 drive , last night I installed the 2.2.4pre9 kernel ( using kernel-package ) . It all went fine (the drive worked) ... but then I noticed non of the modules Id selected seemed to be loading on boot. I checked /lib/modules/2.2.4pre9 and non of the modules Id selected during the kernel config were there. I tried again and again but alas no modules seemed to be getting compiled. I checked the docs for kernel-package and it said something about modules not being compiled when the kernel version has an epoch ? Am I doing something completely stupid here ? mallum
Mark Spieth's ppp correction works for 2.2.17, supporting ltmodem.o driver
Background: The Lucent supplied binary ltmodem.o winmodem driver worked tranparently through kernels 2.2.14, but changes in ppp.o caused it to fail for 2.2.15 and later kernels. Mark today reported a potential solution for 2.2.16 sources. The email is transmitted under a just compiled 2.2.17 kernel, with its own ppp.o and ltmodem.o, demonstrating the effectiveness of Mark's correction to ppp.o. A script log of a dialup is Attached, with a few explanatory and clean up edits. For reasons still obscure the Mark's patch did not work on my system, though it checked on Mark's. It was easy enough to do it by hand, however. Thereafter: make menuconfig make dep make-kpkg --version=mark.1 kernel_image modules_image did the compiles and assembled them into Debian install packages. After installation and reboot, the tests shown in the mark17.txt script were run, followed by this 2nd current ppp session. Thanks much Mark, from all of us. We'll leave it to you to inform the ppp source maintainer. Tomorrow I'll send the kernel+modules in Debian and Redhat formats the include/linux/tty.h edit of 2.2.17 source to http://www.walbran.org for general access. They may not appear for a few days however, as Sean Walbran is traveling. The /boot/config-2.2.17 which will be installed is the compile configuration file. It has more options chosen than most of you need. MarvS Mark Spieth wrote: in includelinux/tty.h in struct tty_struct copy poll_wait element to the bottom of the structure. this one is in the wrong position in pre 15s I got the same patch file again when I used yours. strange. a new patch is attached created from your tty.h otherwise try by hand markScript started on Wed Oct 4 21:52:56 2000 koala:~# uname -r 2.2.17 koala:~# insmod lt/ltmodem.o lt/ltmodem.o: kernel-module version mismatch lt/ltmodem.o was compiled for kernel version 2.2.12-20 while this kernel is version 2.2.17. koala:~# insmod lt/ltmodem.o Warning: kernel-module version mismatch lt/ltmodem.o was compiled for kernel version 2.2.12-20 while this kernel is version 2.2.17 koala:~# lsmod Module Size Used by ltmodem 453200 0 (unused) nls_cp437 3872 2 (autoclean) koala:~# Ptail (is a script which does lsmod pon lsmod tail -f /var/log/syslog ) Module Size Used by ltmodem 453200 0 (unused) nls_cp437 3872 2 (autoclean) Using /lib/modules/2.2.17/net/slhc.o Using /lib/modules/2.2.17/net/ppp.o 2.2.17 Module Size Used by ppp20140 0 (unused) slhc4372 0 [ppp] ltmodem 453200 0 (unused) nls_cp437 3872 2 (autoclean) Starting PPP Oct 4 21:54:12 koala pppd[233]: pppd 2.4.0 started by root, uid 0 Oct 4 21:54:13 koala chat[235]: abort on (BUSY) Oct 4 21:54:13 koala chat[235]: abort on (NO CARRIER) Oct 4 21:54:13 koala chat[235]: abort on (VOICE) Oct 4 21:54:13 koala chat[235]: abort on (NO DIALTONE) Oct 4 21:54:13 koala chat[235]: abort on (NO DIAL TONE) Oct 4 21:54:13 koala chat[235]: abort on (NO ANSWER) Oct 4 21:54:13 koala chat[235]: send (ATZ^M) Oct 4 21:54:13 koala chat[235]: expect (OK) Oct 4 21:54:13 koala chat[235]: ATZ^M^M Oct 4 21:54:13 koala chat[235]: OK Oct 4 21:54:13 koala chat[235]: -- got it Oct 4 21:54:13 koala chat[235]: send (ATQ0V1E1S0=0C1D2S11=55+FCLASS=0^M) Oct 4 21:54:14 koala chat[235]: expect (OK) Oct 4 21:54:14 koala chat[235]: ^M Oct 4 21:54:14 koala chat[235]: ATQ0V1E1S0=0C1D2S11=55+FCLASS=0^M^M Oct 4 21:54:14 koala chat[235]: OK Oct 4 21:54:14 koala chat[235]: -- got it Oct 4 21:54:14 koala chat[235]: send (ATDT3019178111^M) Oct 4 21:54:14 koala chat[235]: expect (CONNECT) Oct 4 21:54:14 koala chat[235]: ^M Oct 4 21:54:46 koala chat[235]: ATDT3019178111^M^M Oct 4 21:54:46 koala chat[235]: CONNECT Oct 4 21:54:46 koala chat[235]: -- got it Oct 4 21:54:46 koala chat[235]: send (\d) Oct 4 21:54:47 koala pppd[233]: Serial connection established. Oct 4 21:54:47 koala pppd[233]: Using interface ppp0 Oct 4 21:54:47 koala pppd[233]: Connect: ppp0 -- /dev/ttyS14 Oct 4 21:54:48 koala pppd[233]: sent [LCP ConfReq id=0x1 asyncmap 0x0 magic 0xeb4b75a7 pcomp accomp] Oct 4 21:54:48 koala pppd[233]: rcvd [LCP ConfReq id=0x1 00 04 00 00 mru 1524 asyncmap 0x0 auth pap pcomp accomp mrru 1524 endpoint [MAC:00:c0:7b:9b:88:d0]] Oct 4 21:54:48 koala pppd[233]: sent [LCP ConfRej id=0x1 00 04 00 00 mrru 1524] Oct 4 21:54:48 koala pppd[233]: rcvd [LCP ConfReq id=0x2 mru 1524 asyncmap 0x0 auth pap pcomp accomp endpoint [MAC:00:c0:7b:9b:88:d0]] Oct 4 21:54:48 koala pppd[233]: sent [LCP ConfAck id=0x2 mru 1524 asyncmap 0x0 auth pap pcomp accomp endpoint [MAC:00:c0:7b:9b:88:d0]] Oct 4 21:54:51 koala pppd[233]: sent [LCP ConfReq id=0x1 asyncmap 0x0 magic 0xeb4b75a7 pcomp accomp] Oct 4 21:54:51 koala pppd[233]: rcvd [LCP
Where has the penguin gone?
The kernel config choices: # Code maturity level options # CONFIG_EXPERIMENTAL=y # Console drivers # CONFIG_VGA_CONSOLE=y CONFIG_FB_VESA=y are supposed to support a penguin graphic during the initial boot. This worked for me under 2.2.12 but not under 2.2.17 Can someone tell me the current config choice which will display the penguin? Reply to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
sb.o under 2.4.nn
Please respond to me as well as the list. I'm having trouble achieving sb.o functionality under 2.4.0-test8 for a ESS1869 card. Under a custom kernel 2.2.14, sound is set with: /sbin/modprobe sound /sbin/insmod uart401 /sbin/insmod sb io=0x220 irq=5 dma=1 dma16=-1 esstype=1869 which loads: Module Size Used by sb 32724 0 (unused) uart401 5904 0 [sb] sound 56088 0 (autoclean) [sb uart401] soundlow 300 0 (autoclean) [sound] soundcore 2340 5 (autoclean) [sb sound] But under a kernel 2.4.0-test8 /sbin/modprobe sound /sbin/insmod uart401 /sbin/insmod sb_lib /sbin/insmod op13 loads: Module Size Used by sb_lib 33704 0 opl3 11180 0 (unused) uart401 6416 0 [sb_lib] sound 56640 0 [sb_lib opl3 uart401] A following attempt to load the sb.o module fails with: insmod sb io=0x220 irq=5 dma=1 dma16=-1 esstype=1869 Using /lib/modules/2.4.0-test8/kernel/drivers/sound/sb.o sb: No ISAPnP cards found, trying standard ones... ESS ES1869 AudioDrive (rev 11) (3.01) at 0x220 irq 5 dma 1 /lib/modules/2.4.0-test8/kernel/drivers/sound/sb.o: init_module: No such device Hint: insmod errors can be caused by incorrect module parameters, including invalid IO or IRQ parameters cat /proc/interrupts CPU0 0: 116732 XT-PIC timer 1: 2418 XT-PIC keyboard 2: 0 XT-PIC cascade 5: 1 XT-PIC soundblaster 8: 1 XT-PIC rtc 12: 5139 XT-PIC PS/2 Mouse 13: 0 XT-PIC fpu 14: 3163 XT-PIC ide0 doesn't reveal any irq conflicts DMA info is: cat /proc/dma 1: SoundBlaster8 4: cascade After: rmmmod sb_lib There is a dma problem cat /proc/dma outputs: Unable to handle kernel paging request at virtual address c48462bf printing eip: c01d0415 *pde = 01174063 *pte = Oops: CPU:0 EIP:0010:[c01d0415] EFLAGS: 00010297 eax: c48462bf ebx: c2cf4004 ecx: c48462bf edx: fffe esi: edi: c2df9f3c ebp: esp: c2df9efc ds: 0018 es: 0018 ss: 0018 Process cat (pid: 246, stackpage=c2df9000) Stack: 0008 0001 c02126c0 c01135cb 000a c01d05cc c2cf4000 c01dc1ee c2df9f34 c0117e00 c2cf4000 c01dc1e8 0001 c48462bf 0c00 c2cf4000 1000 c0145f31 c2cf4000 c3035980 0c00 Call Trace: [c01135cb] [c01d05cc] [c01dc1ee] [c0117e00] [c01dc1e8] [c48462bf] [c0145f31] [c0143e78] [c012cd36] [c010a443] Code: 80 38 00 74 07 40 4a 83 fa ff 75 f4 29 c8 8b 54 24 14 89 c6 Segmentation fault Which is obviated by reinstalling: insmod sb_lib Using /lib/modules/2.4.0-test8/kernel/drivers/sound/sb_lib.o As shown by: cat /proc/dma 1: SoundBlaster8 4: cascade Using insmod sound dmabuf=1 is without manifest positive effect. Should there be some sound_core.o and sound_low.o equivalents under 2.4.nn ? Suggestions? MarvS
RE: any luck with ES1869 sound card?
Under Kernel 2.2.14 the following is effective: The critical kernel compile settings are: grep SOUND config-2.2.14 | grep -v not CONFIG_SOUND=m CONFIG_SOUND_OSS=m CONFIG_SOUND_SB=m CONFIG_SOUND_YM3812=m CONFIG_LOWLEVEL Following advice in: /usr/src/linux-2.4-test7/Documentation/sound/ESS /usr/src/linux-2.4-test7/Documentation/sound/ESS1868 the scripts below provide control: #!/bin/sh # Copy this file to /usr/local/bin/Soundon and make executable as Root with: # chmod o+x Soundon # The modules used below: uart401, sb, sound, soundlow, soundcore # are contained in kernel-image-version.deb which can be downloaded at: # http://www.debian.org/Packages/frozen/base/kernel-image-2.2.14.html # These are the sufficient module insertion commands: /sbin/modprobe sound /sbin/insmod uart401 /sbin/insmod sb io=0x220 irq=5 dma=1 dma16=-1 esstype=1869 /sbin/insmod opl3 io=0x388 # After which the following sound related modules will be displayed by # /sbin/lsmod # Module Size Used by # opl3 10728 0 (unused) # sb 32724 0 (unused) # uart401 5904 0 [sb] # sound 56088 0 (autoclean) [opl3 mpu401 sb uart401] # soundlow 300 0 (autoclean) [sound] # soundcore 2340 5 (autoclean) [sb sound] # # When compiling a smaller kernel the following choices were used # in the -Sound- section under make xconfig # Note that these choices may change content and form with newer kernels #!/bin/sh # /usr/local/bin/Soundoff # and modules unloaded in order # rmmod opl3 sb rmmod uart401 rmmod sound rmmod soundlow soundcore echo echo Remaining modules in kernel-`uname -r` are: lsmod echo To get sound on boot, put the following in your /etc/modutils/aliases # Sound aliases alias char-major-14 sb post-install sb /sbin/modprobe -k opl3 options sb io=0x220 irq=5 dma=1 dma16=-1 esstype=1869 options opl3 io=0x388 # FM synthesizer and then: update-modules to tranfer the changes into: /etc/modules.conf MarvS
Latop to Desktop ethernet
To just do simple FTP between my laptop and desktop without any other network, what are the appropriate script settings? PCMCIA ethernet cards are functional in each. Please copy to me as well as the LIST. MarvS
tail -f termination, after ppp established.
Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] as well as the List. The script below is user to establish dial-in. #!/bin/sh # connect to IP through Lucent WinModem echo echo Inserting Winmodem Lucent Tech ltmodem.o driver /sbin/insmod -f ltmodem pon $1 tail -f /var/log/syslog -- The syslog report confirming the login is, for example: Jul 20 11:56:44 koala pppd[526]: local IP address 207.172.166.1 Jul 20 11:56:44 koala pppd[526]: remote IP address 10.65.101.11 Jul 20 11:56:44 koala pppd[526]: Script /etc/ppp/ip-up started (pid 531) Jul 20 11:56:44 koala pppd[526]: rcvd [CCP ConfRej id=0x2] Jul 20 11:56:45 koala pppd[526]: Script /etc/ppp/ip-up finished (pid 531), status = 0x0 The question is, how could Script /etc/ppp/ip-up finished (pid 531), status = 0x0 be used to automatically terminate tail -f /var/log/syslog reporting to console. MarvS
RE: serial mouse
1) First make sure your are describing the mouse port as: /dev/ttyS0 NOT /ttys0 2) If you have installed gpm-frozenVer.deb, this update sets up to new mouse devices: /dev/gpmdata and /dev/gpmctl and more over,with WARNING sets /dev/mouse - /dev/gpmdata (a Bug report has been filed) Thus if you enter /dev/mouse in XF86Config, it will try use /dev/gpmdata which might not suffice. It didn't on my laptop with ps2 mouse (/dev/psaux) Changing from /dev/mouse to /dev/psaux in XF86Config solved the X problem for me. MarvS Hey there again. I'm having problems setting up x with this serial mouse. It's an MS serial mouse. I specified MS mouse on ttys0. That's serial A right? I don't think I'm losing my mind. There isn't a map in fstab that I'm supposed to specify is there?
Re: LT Winmodem module (ltmodem.o)
On my Compaq Armada 1500c with integral LTmodem, the ltmodem.o binary worked fine with kernels up to 2.2.14, but support is at least temporarily broken with kernels compiled from 2.2.15 source. My kernels are compiled with choices # # Loadable module support # CONFIG_MODULES=y CONFIG_MODVERSIONS=y CONFIG_KMOD=y Because forcing (insmod -f) is generally considered not a good practive, I do NOT install the module during boot. Rather it is inserted only for communcations use and then removed afterward with the scripts below. MarvS - #!/bin/sh # connect to IP with LTmodem # made executable with # chmod u+x /usr/local/bin/Modemup echo echo Inserting Winmodem Lucent Tech ltmodem.o driver /sbin/insmod -f ltmodem #which returns the complaint: # Warning: kernel-module version mismatch # /lib/modules/2.2.14/misc/ltmodem.o was compiled for kernel version 2.2.12-20 # while this kernel is version 2.2.14 /sbin/lsmod # just to display current modules # the following three lines are just informational if [ -f /var/run/stab ]; then cat /var/run/stab fi # starting pppd with pon or wvdial pon $1 # wvdial tail -f /var/log/syslog # which will be terminated with Ctrl-c after connection is completed. --- #! /bin/sh # /usr/local/bin/Modown ends a pppd session and does cleanup. # made executable with chmod u+x usr/local/bin/Modown # During the pppd session, the related modules are: # ppp_deflate39108 1 (autoclean) # bsd_comp3664 0 (autoclean) # ppp19916 2 (autoclean) [ppp_deflate bsd_comp] # slhc4200 1 (autoclean) [ppp] # ltmodem 452936 1 # NOTE THAT ltmodem did NOT acquire autoclean status poff # starts the pppd shutdown sleep 2 # is a pause to let the poff process to terminate, after which /sbin/rmmod ltmodem # seems necessary because of the initial forcing insmod -f ltmodem # and consequent lack of kernel module autoclean capability. /sbin/rmmod -a # then suffices to remove the other unnecessary pppd related modules # but doesn't remove the sound related modules called up. Thus if [ -f /proc/sound ]; then /sbin/rmmod sound fi /sbin/rmmod -a # removes the sound modules echo echo Remaining modules in kernel-`uname -r` are: /sbin/lsmod # displays remaining modules echo
Anyone have kernel-source-2.2.14.deb
For reasons not yet explained, kernel-source-2.2.14.deb is not at the DEB respositories though its Package WWW page is still up at www.debian.org. I need to do a compile with 2.2.14 source, to support both OSS sound and the ltmodem.o winmodem binary, which doesn't (yet work) with 2.2.15. Does anyone have a kernel-source-2.2.14.deb that I could FTP in. MarvS
Debian Corel, RE: Compaq Armada installation
Re: Right now I'm confuse how to install Corel Linux OS by install the Debian OS first?. Can you explain more? Or is there any website that explain about this?. It's is because my Compaq Armada 7750MT cant display the X interface during installation. I've tried to scroll all the X server by doing ctrl+alt+fn+ +, still not working. I can see the background change a bit but the GUI for enter the username not appeared. The CLOS that i'm using right now is 1.0. What about the 1.1? It will work or still the same?. For your info, my display adapter is S3Aurora64V+. = 1) The XFree86 Xwindows software does support many S3 cards. You will have to look through the listing at http://www.xfree86.org/ to see it your card is among them. 2) I don't have version 1.1 COLOS, perhaps some else on this list can help you out with question as to whether 1.1 serves for the S3Aurora64V+ adapter. 3) With respect to Debian and Corel Linux, they differ mostly in that the Corel installation is more automated and Corel provides a Desktop with many integrated utilities. Below that all the other software and the maintenance system is that of the Debian distribution, and most of the base software itself once installed is that common to all Linux distributions. It is just delivered/removed/updateable in the Package.DEB format/system. 4) Thus in cases where the Corel graphical installation fails but there is reason to expect that XFree86 supports your video adapter, one can start an installation with Debian text/menu based methods, following the information provided at http://www.debian.org. At the stage where the option of installing further software beyond the base install comes up, the CorelLinux CD can be used as the source repository. Thus your installation when finished is CorelLinux. I promise to mount a HOWTO on this shortly. You should look through the install information at DEBIAN, and decide whether you want to try that route. Difficulties encountered are usually hardware specific, though it takes a bit more personal planning than the Corel install. You might send a query to the Debian user group debian-user@lists.debian.org and ask is there is anyone physically near you who could help out. There probably is. MarvS
Beware the potatoe mouse
This is an early warning concerning mouse function, whose relevance to you will depend upon your particular hardware and XF86Config file. Currently all is fine on my desktop which is mostly a Slink/Stable installation. The gpm console mouse daemon is running with affecting my good functionality under Xwindows. In my XF86Config, the default selection for mouse, /dev/mouse, is fine, where in my file system /dev/mouse is a symbolic link to /dev/ttyS0. It's releavant that ls -l /dev/g* reports no devices. The same was true for my Compaq Armada laptop until yesterday, except /dev/mouse - /dev/psaux supporting a touchpad mouse. When I upgraded gpm from Frozen with dpkg -i gpm_1.17.8-16 Xwindows mouse function was lost. Degrading back to Stable with dpkg -i gpm_1.14-3 DID NOT cure the problem. After much hunting around the problem was unraveled. Under gpm_1.17.8-16, /dev/gpmdata and /dev/gpmctrl were created and the mouse symbolic link switched WITHOUT warning: /dev/mouse - /dev/gpmdata which didn't serve my Xwindows at all well. Within XF86Config changing /dev/mouse to /dev/psaux did fix the Xwindows problem, though I also had to /etc/init.d/gpm stop before startx. Also for my hardware at least the Stable gpm_1.17.8-1 is better. A regular Bug report has been filed, but this may save some of you problems. MarvS /dev/mousr -
Re: Boot disk quit working after second install
A common cause of this problem is that the floppy drive may be of the newer ATAPI type common to newer laptops especially, as constrasted to the older /dev/fd0 floppy type. The install kernels come with ide-floppy support needed for ATAPI compiled in, but the kernel installed has ide-floppy service through a ide-floppy module. There are three workarounds. 1) During your 2nd install boot, use the original install disk with rescue root=/dev/hd(your linux partition). Read the documentation on your rescue disk. 2) After you've completed an install, compile a kernel from source with ide-floppy compiled into the kernel, as opposed to a module. Copy this kernel to /boot/vmlinuz, and run mkboot, which expects a /boot/vmlinuz to make a new bootdisk specific for that partition. 3) install the mkrboot-.deb package, which will provide you with numerous other options for boot disk making. MarvS
poff rmmod ltmodem, script problem
When I ppp connect through a Lucent Tech Winmodem, the sequence is: insmod -f ltmodem with force (-f) necessary because the supplied binary ltmodem.o is not matched with my kernel-2.2.14 pon can then complete the connection with the modules autoloaded being: sound 56088 0 (autoclean) (unused) soundlow 300 0 (autoclean) [sound] soundcore 2340 3 (autoclean) [sound] ppp_deflate39108 1 (autoclean) ppp19916 2 (autoclean) [ppp_deflate] slhc4200 1 (autoclean) [ppp] ltmodem 452936 1manually loaded When the connection is terminated with poff, the cron/automated module removal rmmod -a doesn't work, at least until I manually rmmod ltmodem I tried a script: #! /bin/sh # to remove the the forced ltmodem.o as quickly as possible poff rmmod ltmodem rmmod -a but evident implementing some pause after the poff command is necessary, before the ltmodem will unload. Thereafter rmmod -a does unload the rest. What's the appropriate way of doing implementing the desired pause in script? Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] as well as the list. MarvS
Winmodem installation OK
Just wanted to report the successfull installation of WINMODEM function on a Compaq Armada 1500c laptop. This laptop comes with an internal modem described as a Compaq Armada 56K V90 but which Roger J. Allen [EMAIL PROTECTED] related (for a later Armada model) is a winmodem with the Lucent Tech chip. Thus use was attempted of the linux586.zip kit downloaded from http://www.linmodems.org . This kit makes a /dev/ttyS14 node and supplies a Lucent alpha binary ltmodem.o which had been compiled under kernel-source-2.2.12. CONFIG_MODVERSIONS Yes was chosen during compilation of my 2.2.14 module, to allow use of the 2.2.12 version module. Forcing (-f) is still needed to install the module: insmod -f ltmodem With changes ln -sf /dev/ttyS14 /dev/modem and the ttyS specification in /etc/ppp/peers/provider the establishment of PPP connection via the winmodem was troublefree. MarvS
pcmcia-source_3.1.10-1 wants Connection
Package: pcmc ia-source Version: 3.1.10-1 After numerous successful builds of pcmcia-modules, a problem has arisen with a under kernel-source-2.2.14 and pcmcia-source-3.1.10-1 With command: make-kpkg --revision compaq.01 clean kernel-image modules kernel-image-2.2.14_compaq.01_i386.deb builds correctly, but then follow the though pcmcia-modules build stalls at waiting for connection ... per below. The ./Configure for the pcmcia-modules was indeed run. Anyone have ideas? Pleased include [EMAIL PROTECTED] in your response MarvS fi rm -f submenu* make[1]: Leaving directory /usr/src/kernel-source-2.2.14' rm -f stamp-build touch stamp-image for module in /usr/src/modules/* ; do \ if test -d $module; then\ (cd $module; \ if ./debian/rules KVERS=2.2.14 KSRC=/usr/src/linux \ KMAINT=Marvin Stodolsky KEMAIL=marv \ KDREV=compaq.01 kdist; then \ echo Module $module processed fine;\ else \ echo Module $module failed.; \ echo Hit return to Continue?; \ read ans;\ fi; \ ); \ fi; \ done make[1]: Entering directory /usr/src/modules/pcmcia-cs' test -f man/pcmcia.5 -a -f debian/rules Start ... waiting for connection ... === There is the same stall out if after a Ctrl-C, a restart is attempted with make-kpkg --revision compaq.01 modules
The Corel_Linux news-list (COLOS)
Debians, The COLOSers could benefit from a few experienced Debians. As you know. Corel-Linux is an acknowledged variation upon Debian. And most of the problems the COLOS newbies are running into are not COLOS specific. For a while I've responded to some technical questions, but I don't have time to keep it up as after playing the Corel desktop a bit (its good for newbies), I'm staying with Debain You can help them if interested by signin at http://www.onelist.com/community/COLOS_Linux MarvS
Corel Linux non-grephical installation
Yesterday I related that the standard CD isolation wasn't going past the attempted Graphical interface setup. During today's snowstorm around Wash DC, I did achieve a work around. First I knew that my multiaged PC hardware was basically OK, because a Debian installation was already working well. But the CD installation aborted both on my machine and my neighor's standard Hewlett Packard PC box. The following is basically shortcut slang for those familiar with Debian Linux installation and update. If anyone is interested in more detail, email direct to me at [EMAIL PROTECTED] 0. Specify loadlin in your Win95/98 config.sys to do your boots: [MENU] MENUITEM=WIN95, WIN95 MENUITEM=Corel, Corel installation with LINUX_2.0.38 kernel MENUITEM=LNX22, LINUX_2.2.13custom [WIN95] [Corel] INSTALL=C:\UTILS\LOADLIN.EXE C:\UTILS\VMLINUZ2.038 ROOT=/DEV/HDA1 RO VGA=3 [LNX22] INSTALL=C:\UTILS\LOADLIN.EXE C:\UTILS\vmlinuz2.213 ROOT=/DEV/HDA7 RO VGA=3 [WIN95] 1. Set up a 500-1000 Meg partition for the Corel installation 2. Therein do a minimal, standard Debian Linux installation 3. Use dselect to modify this initial installation a Use the Corel CD as the source *.deb repository for the non-US sources option specify the .../corel/binary-i386 directory b For the already installed packages, compare the version #s against those on the CD and make a list of the few for which Debian packages have a higher version. c exit dselect 4. Use dpkg -i CorelPackages.deb to reduce the version of these listed Debian packages 5. With dselect install CorelPackages.deb needed to support XFree86 windows Use an already tested XF86Config. 6. Install the desired Corel desktop once X is working. This is not for the Novice. It took me some 4 hours to work/learn my way through it But the Corel Linux is working on my motley clone and is pretty. My guess is that the Corel hardware diagnostics is not mature enough to deal with the diverse PC hardware and doesn't sometimes deduce the right XF86Config. Probably it would be good for Corel to provide a console based menu as backup when the graphical installation aborts. MarvSdeb
Re: modprobe problem in potatoe:
I have problem with modprobe in potato. When I run #modprobe sound it returns conf:73: missing module argument but insmod soundcore; insmod sound workfine. This use to work before I upgrade packages today! Chanop -- The module soundlow is probably additionally required. If you compile your kernel from kernel-2.2.9 (and lower 2.x ?) it is called in the menuconfig sound section by the OSS choice. For my Crystal CS4234 card, modprobe sound calls sound soundlow soundcore There may be information on your card in /usr/doc/kernel-doc-??/ MarvS
PCMCIA warning
With a 2.036 kernel and a US Robotics 33.6 modem + ethernet PCMCIA card, the warning below (marked by ) during boot, and as later displayed by dmesg. Manifest decrease in functionality is not evident, but it would be nice to understand it. Linux PCMCIA Card Services 3.0.5 kernel build: 2.0.35 #1 Wed Nov 11 00:04:34 EST 1998 options: [pci] [apm] Intel PCIC probe: TI 1131 CardBus at mem 0x6800, 2 sockets host opts [0]: [pci + serial irq] [no pci irq] [lat 168/176] [bus 32/34] host opts [1]: [pci + serial irq] [no pci irq] [lat 168/176] [bus 35/37] ISA irqs (scanned) = 9,11 polled status, interval = 1000 ms cs: IO port probe 0x0100-0x03ff: excluding 0x170-0x177 0x220-0x22f 0x370-0x377 0x388-0x38f cs: IO port probe 0x0a00-0x0aff: clean. cs: warning: no high memory space available! cs: memory probe 0x0d-0x0d: clean. eth0: 3Com 3c562, port 0x300, irq 9, Auto port, hw_addr 00:60:97:F8:8B:52 tty00 at 0x03f8 (irq = 9) is a 16550A Grepping the source code reveals: stodolsk:/usr/src/modules/pcmcia-cs# grep cs: warning */* grep: clients/patches: Is a directory grep: etc/cis: Is a directory grep: include/linux: Is a directory grep: include/pcmcia: Is a directory modules/rsrc_mgr.c: printk(KERN_NOTICE cs: warning: no high memory space stodolsk:/usr/src/modules/pcmcia-cs# Any insight as to what the warning reflects.
cs: warning: no high memory space available!
During boot of a Dell Inspiron 3000 laptop with a 2.0.36 kernel, the warning (indicated by below) is recorded by dmesg. While there are no manifest performance defects, I'd like to understand it. - Linux PCMCIA Card Services 3.0.5 kernel build: 2.0.35 #1 Wed Nov 11 00:04:34 EST 1998 options: [pci] [apm] Intel PCIC probe: TI 1131 CardBus at mem 0x6800, 2 sockets host opts [0]: [pci + serial irq] [no pci irq] [lat 168/176] [bus 32/34] host opts [1]: [pci + serial irq] [no pci irq] [lat 168/176] [bus 35/37] ISA irqs (scanned) = 9,11 polled status, interval = 1000 ms cs: IO port probe 0x0100-0x03ff: excluding 0x170-0x177 0x220-0x22f 0x370-0x377 0x388-0x38f cs: IO port probe 0x0a00-0x0aff: clean. cs: warning: no high memory space available! cs: memory probe 0x0d-0x0d: clean. eth0: 3Com 3c562, port 0x300, irq 9, Auto port, hw_addr 00:60:97:F8:8B:52 tty00 at 0x03f8 (irq = 9) is a 16550A --- Grepping the source code displays: stodolsk:/usr/src/modules/pcmcia-cs# grep cs: warning */* grep: clients/patches: Is a directory grep: etc/cis: Is a directory grep: include/linux: Is a directory grep: include/pcmcia: Is a directory modules/rsrc_mgr.c: printk(KERN_NOTICE cs: warning: no high memory space stodolsk:/usr/src/modules/pcmcia-cs# Any interpretations? Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] in addition to debian-user. MarvS --
Re: Corel® WordPerfect® 8 for Linux® is here! (fwd)
My WP8 installation is up and working.
Herein a few cautions are passed along, learned during setting up on my
Dell Inspiron Laptop, which is a dual boot Win95 Linux.
1) Do gunzip and tar -xvf the files in some Linux directory like /tmp
Unpacking in a DOS/Win95 partition is inadequate because a /readme
directory cannot be formed after prior unpacking of a Readme file.
2) Do leave a copy of the tarred files in /tmp while installing with
./Runme as they are still needed even though unpacked in /tmp and
subdirectories
3) the correct start command is the xwp within the wpbin directory
tree -d /usr/local/lib/wp8
/usr/local/lib/wp8
|-- shbin10
|-- shlib10
| `-- fonts
|-- wpbin
|-- wpexpdocs
|-- wpgraphics
|-- wplearn
|-- wplib
| `-- dt
| `-- appconfig
| |-- appmanager
| | `-- C
| | `-- WordPerfect_8
| |-- help
| |-- icons
| | `-- C
| `-- types
| `-- C
`-- wpmacros
`-- us
4) the attached file capsules some exchanges on the dc-lug newsgroup on
how to implement command line options.
MarvSftp://ftp.tux.org/pub/people/greg-pryzby/GUILG00.GZ
--
The only downfall to this is you can't pass command line parameters.
How about
#!/bin/sh
/opt/wp/wpbin/xwp $@
very good! in fact, i'm going to change the script... can i use your tip
in the second edition of Teach Yourself Linux? (i'll give you credit)...
--
josh - quite true... although i don't need cmd-line opts for wp, perhaps:
/opt/wp/wpbin/xwp $1 $2 $3 $4 $5
would be better?
---
Better yet:
#!/bin/sh
PATH=/opt/wp/wpbin:$PATH
export PATH
exec xwp [EMAIL PROTECTED]
## NOTREACHED ##
The [EMAIL PROTECTED] is the precise notation for adding in all parameters
exactly as
they came in, and not failing if there are none even if you have set -u on.
$@ within double quotes has special meaning, the double quotes are needed
in most shell implementations.
-
One thing that I had to add to mine is an extra statement to remove the
environment variable LD_LIBRARY_PATH. When I run xwp with a setting for
that variable, I get a seg fault. Removing the variable setting though
works fine.
--
OK, and there's been some noise on BUGTRAQ about some stuff wp likes to
create in /tmp
(world-writable files, dirs, follows sym links, the usual stuff). So here's
another script to cover the
concerns so far. I just posted this to BUGTRAQ, maybe it'll show up, maybe
not. But my thanks to Billy,
Bruce, and David for their ideas.
#!/bin/sh
# Set $TMPDIR to ~/tmp if the user doesn't already have a TMPDIR variable
if [ ${TMPDIR} = ]; then
#Niermi says: This will break for some values of TMPDIR, the ideal way to do
this is:
# if [ -z ${TMPDIR-} ]; then
TMPDIR=${HOME}/tmp
fi
if [ ! -d ${TMPDIR} ]; then
# Need to make a new directory
TMPDIR_TEST=error
/bin/mkdir ${TMPDIR} TMPDIR_TEST=ok
if [ ${TMPDIR_TEST} != ok ]; then
/bin/echo Unable to create safe tmp directory ${TMPDIR}
exit 1
fi
/bin/chmod o= ${TMPDIR}
fi
# Set $TMPDIR for the wpc-$HOSTNAME junk
export TMPDIR
# Clear LD_LIBRARY_PATH to prevent reported seg faults
LD_LIBRARY_PATH= export LD_LIBRARY_PATH
# Set the PATH and exec the app, passing any command-line args
PATH=${PATH}:/path/to/wordperfect/wpbin export PATH
exec xwp [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[Fwd: [Fwd: irq timeouts and ide resets]]
The following is liable to be relevant to newer motherboards newer
powersave BIOSs---BeginMessage---
Thanks Marvin,
I went into the Power Management settings and disabled them all and
sure enough problems have disappeared. Now if I could just get it to make
coffee in the morning...
Thanks again!
Ben
Good Morning,
Has anyone ever encountered an error like this?
hda: irq timeout: status=0xd0 { Busy }
ide0: reset: success
On a Compaq 486 laptop, that type of message appeared under Linux
until I went into the Setup (at power on) and disabled the Option like:
the drive go to sleep after n minutes without use
Perhaps there is an energy spacer option enabled in your setup BIOS?
There are kernel build options affecting this, but I have no experience
with them yet. Let us know when you work this out.
MarvS
---End Message---
Re: ppp vs windows dialup networking
Kenneth Scharf wrote: when I connect to my isp in windows I get a dialog box showing the progress of the connection. It finally reports the connection speed that the modem achieved. Is there any way to get this information when connecting via ppp? Also, I have had a problem where the first time I ran pon it would fail to dial out and connect, If I kill the first pppd and then restart pon it always connects on the second try. Your /etc/chatscripts/provider probably needs an extra line. On the 1st try ATZ isn't resetting to the modem optimum for ppp Do the following: After a successful 2nd, do a cat /var/log/ppp.log and see the ATx sent to the modem Then modify your /etc/provider so it reads like the following - ABORT BUSY ABORT NO CARRIER ABORT VOICE ABORT NO DIALTONE ABORT NO ANSWER ATZ OK ATE0Q0S0=0M0V1X1C1D2 your new line, I added in the M0 for quiet modem OK ATDT3012539182 CONNECT \d\c
Re: THIRD TIME ... Please help !
Ivan, From the info supplied, it seems you may have some yet Ill defined incompatibility between, Linux and your ATAPI CD, since the CD does work under Win95. You can try reading another CDROM. just do assess whether (unlikely) some problem with the Debian CD) This is only a slight difficulty so far as installation goes. I' ve had to proceed as follows to install Debian in a minimal partition on a Win95 dedicated company Laptop. Some of the following is just copied form the standard Installation directions. Be sure to read them. 1) Make a LX (linux) folder in your WIN95 partition and copy the following files from your CDROM: 2) resc1440.bin, drv1440.bin, base2_0.tgz, root.bin, linux, install.bat and loadlin.exe, Rawrit2.exe, and the Packages file from hamm on the CD. Also to make your mouse usefull fast also copy in: gpm-.deb from Section misc , where - herein indicates the version info gpm is GeneralPurposeMouse libgpm1 from Section libs which is needed by gpm. Also at this stage I prepare for the powerfull file manager mc-Midnight Commander, which would additional require: libcomerr-.deb, from Section Lib libext2fs-.deb libgpmg1-.deb slang-.deb Section oldlibs mc-.deb from Section utils 3) Use Rawrit2 to make the Rescue floppy 4) During the Installation starting from the rescue floppy, specify when requested that /dev/hda1/lx has the installation files During the kernel/modules configuration do specify the vfat module so you can read long file names within your Win95 partition. 5) When the base installation is done you'll go through a reboot some etc and dselect will be brought up. Record the DSELECT command but QUIT from that menu. 6) Enter script Today.txt to automatically record what you are doing in Today.txt, which is terminated by exitlater It's nice at this point to see things in color by alias ls=ls --color or by editing your .bashrc file by ae .bashrc followed by a source .bashrcto implement Do an ls /to see the colorization effect 7) Get the mouse working with mount /dev/hda1 -t vfat /mnt dpkg-i /mnt/lx/libgpmg-.deb dpkg-i /mnt/lx/gpm-.deb Now you are enabled to Mark with left button by holddrag and Copy-onto with right button. Thus later recording long file names and text blocks won't be a pain. Do Alt-F2 and login as root to the 2nd console. ae to start an elementary editor, into which you can copy needed info. You get between console screens with Alt-F1, Alt-F2, Alt-F3 etc. I recommend that now you similarly install mc via dpkg-i /mnt/lx/(the list for mc stuff above, one at a time). With mc you can now start looking through your installation in progress to see what is going. dpkg and dselect use subdirectories of /var/lib/dpkg to operate. You can read therein, but DO NOT alter files. 8) See if you can run pppconfig, pon (provider on line by ppp) after completing your ppp configuration and connect with your IP at this point. You can monitor your ppp attempts withcat /var/log/ppp.log 9) At this point under dselect You can try doing the rest of the Installation from a) the cranky CDROM b) by FTP if your access time isn't costly or 10 10) within dselect a) under ACCESS methods, specify Mounted Specify that the Packages file is in /mnt/lx b) UPDATE from the Packages file c) within SELECT, there will already be indicated a large number of files recommended to enrich your installation. write them down or Copy into your open ae docment including the section they are in/ d) when done Save the ae file, say needed.txt and copy it cp needed.txt /mnt/lx QUIT dselect e) reboot and open Win95 f) copy needed files from the CDROM into C:\lx g) reboot under linux h) start dselectand install the files from the C:\lx. The common hardest part of these options is getting used to dselect which doesn't at all mind being aborted with Ctrl-C and restarted later. MarvS = Ivan wrote: At 11:56 AM 18-10-98 +0100, you wrote: I have recently purchased hamm on cd from dvd rent (Victoria, Australia) and tried MANY times to install You might want to try making a set of rescue floppies and booting from those... Matthew
EROLS IS Provider access problem
Has anyone been able to establish a PPP connection with Internet Service provider EROLS.COM under Linux. For DOS-Windows EROLS uses the SHIVA PPP, which works fine. It uses dynamic addressing for both LOCAL and REMOTE But establishing the same connection under LINUX, trying to use DIP or PPPD has still been unsuccessful. Static SLIP under Linux to a prior provide was not a problem. I could provide several details, but though I'd first see if someone had an effective connection with EROLS. Marv Stodolsky -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: mkwhatis?
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: How do i generate a whatis database in Debian Linux? P. *8^) -- Paul Seelig [EMAIL PROTECTED] African Music Archive - Institute for Ethnology and Africa Studies Johannes Gutenberg-University - Forum 6 - 55099 Mainz/Germany Our AMA Homepage in the WWW at http://www.uni-mainz.de/~bender/I just suffered through this problem recently. Read your WHATIS and MANPATH documentation first. BASH_PROFILE in the Debian distribution comes without MANPATH specified. 1st run the supplied manpath executable. It will output a MANPATH to manually put into your BASH_PROFILE. Then doman whatis This documentation does specify a whatis Arguments which when implemented does build the whatis database. The command mkwhatis doesn't seen to exist in the Debian distribution. You also want this database setup before installing the TKMAN package or there will be warning messages on execution. Developers, Perhaps the WHATIS documentation should be edited to take our the misleading reference to the missing mkwhatis command, or for the default BASH_PROFILE to come with MANPATH specified. MarvS -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
