Re: Turning off services SOLVED
On Sun, 7 Jan 2001 15:52:17 +, sena said: > On 07/01/2001 at 16:31 +0100, Stefan Frank wrote: > > What i'm doing usually is to rename the init-script under /etc/init.d/ to > > original-filename.NO. This will affect all runlevels but i don't care. > > IMO it's simple and quite obvious (for me at least). > > > > Anyone got a better idea ? > > > Debian has an excellent set of scripts for this and much more.. > > Why don't you do (as root) "update-rc.d -f service-name remove" and later, > when you want to enable it again, do a "update-rc.d service-name defaults"? > > Simple, quick and effective. :) > Not that simple or effective when you need to reset the links which are not defaults. You'll have to save the original non- default runlevels and two-digit sequence code used by init to decide which order to run the scripts in. When defaults is used the service starts in runlevels 2345 and stops in 016 and the links will have sequence code 20. You will need to explicitly specify anything that does not have these default values.
Re: ISO problems (rsync is silently exiting)
On Sun, 7 Jan 2001 01:46:48 -0800, Mark Symonds said: > > Hi, > > Trying to make an ISO of potato on a windows > box here. Following the instructions, I ran > make-pseudo-image and now have a file called > binary-i386-1.iso in the directory which is > 634,220KB in size. Finally, I am to patch > this file to make the "Official" ISO. Per > the instructions: > > c:\windows\desktop\debian> rsync --verbose --progress --stats > --block-size=8192 > rsync.kernel.org::debian-cd/2.2_rev2/i386/binary-i386-1.iso . > NOTE: THIS IS A MODIFIED VERSION OF RSYNC. > [...] > > [...] > > and that's it. The hdd goes wild for about five minutes, and then > it silently drops me back to a prompt. The pseudo-image is unchanged. > hrmm ... maybe it downloaded PERFECTLY?! Try to burn it to a CD with > Adaptec Easy CD Creator, "this is not a valid ISO". md5sums don't > match either. > > Any ideas? > I did this a while back and what i remeber is that i had to remove the block-size option to get rsync to work.
Re: ATA-100 disk under 2.2.18 -- horrible performance
On 07 Jan 2001 03:58:45 -0500, Arcady Genkin said: > I have an IBM ATA-100 30G harddrive, attached to a ASUS CUSL2-C (Intel > 815EP-based) mobo. > > The kernel is not even using the drive in UDMA mode. The performance > is *horrible*: every time I copy to the disk the CPU usage goes up all > the way and I'm seeing things like "load average: 5.47, 5.02, 3.27", > which is only caused by disk access. > > ,[ dmesg ] > | PCI_IDE: unknown IDE controller on PCI bus 00 device f9, VID=8086, DID=244b > | PCI_IDE: not 100% native mode: will probe irqs later > | ide0: BM-DMA at 0xa800-0xa807, BIOS settings: hda:DMA, hdb:pio > | ide1: BM-DMA at 0xa808-0xa80f, BIOS settings: hdc:DMA, hdd:pio > | hda: QUANTUM FIREBALLP LM10.2, ATA DISK drive > | hdc: IBM-DTLA-307030, ATA DISK drive > | ide0 at 0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6 on irq 14 > | ide1 at 0x170-0x177,0x376 on irq 15 > | hda: QUANTUM FIREBALLP LM10.2, 9797MB w/1900kB Cache, CHS=19906/16/63, UDMA > | hdc: IBM-DTLA-307030, 29314MB w/1916kB Cache, CHS=59560/16/63 > ` > As you can see, the other HD (which is an ATA-66 Quantum) is at least > used in UDMA mode. > > What is the reason the kernel dislikes the drive so much? ;^) > Do you suppose I've missed some option in kernel configuration? Any > other possible reasons? Could the fact that the whole drive is one > 30G ext2fs partition have anything to do with the slowness? > Well i am using the identical ibm drive on an abit mb without ATA100 support. In my kernel config i set IDEDMA_AUTO=y so the kernel automatically enables DMA. When i run hdparm -i it shows: UDMA modes: mode0 mode1 mode2 mode3 *mode4 mode5 And hdparm -t shows disk reads about 30MB/sec. Maybe you have to manually enable DMA for this drive.
Re: Unidentified subject!
On Mon, 1 Jan 2001 20:04:30 -0800, Jerrud said: > Hello > > I`m trying to compile the 2.2.18 kernel on my Storm Linux (debian based) > computer, and I`m having troubles doing so. After I unpack the kernel, > do make xconfig, make dep, and then make clean, I get an error in make > bzImage. I get this error during "make bzImage" :: > > make[1]: as86: Command not found Its looking for /usr/bin/as86 from devel pkg bin86. So you probably need to install pkg bin86.
Re: Tracking down IP's
On Sun, 31 Dec 2000 13:34:02 -0600, ktb said: > On Sun, Dec 31, 2000 at 12:16:59PM -0700, JD Kitch wrote: > > Can anyone tell me what this person is looking for here, and how I > > can find out where this is coming from? > > > > Security Violations > > =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= > > Dec 31 11:06:47 tower kernel: Packet log: output REJECT eth0 PROTO=17 > xx.xx.xxx.xx:61662 172.16.72.113:161 L=106 S=0x00 I=7632 F=0x T=127 (#43) > > Dec 31 11:06:53 tower kernel: Packet log: output REJECT eth0 PROTO=17 > xx.xx.xxx.xx:61662 172.16.72.113:161 L=106 S=0x00 I=7712 F=0x T=127 (#43) > > Dec 31 11:06:59 tower kernel: Packet log: output REJECT eth0 PROTO=17 > xx.xx.xxx.xx:61662 172.16.72.113:161 L=106 S=0x00 I=7713 F=0x T=127 (#43) > > Dec 31 11:07:06 tower kernel: Packet log: output REJECT eth0 PROTO=17 > xx.xx.xxx.xx:61662 172.16.72.113:161 L=106 S=0x00 I=7716 F=0x T=127 (#43) > > Dec 31 11:07:13 tower kernel: Packet log: output REJECT eth0 PROTO=17 > xx.xx.xxx.xx:61662 172.16.72.113:161 L=106 S=0x00 I=7724 F=0x T=127 (#43) > > Dec 31 11:07:19 tower kernel: Packet log: output REJECT eth0 PROTO=17 > xx.xx.xxx.xx:61662 172.16.72.113:161 L=106 S=0x00 I=7725 F=0x T=127 (#43) > > > > I've been unable to track it down. I've had pages and pages of this > > every hour since early yesterday, always coming from the same IP, to > > the same port. > run $whois 172.16.72.113 IANA (IANA-BBLK-RESERVED) Internet Assigned Numbers Authority Information Sciences Institute University of Southern California 4676 Admiralty Way, Suite 330 Marina del Rey, CA 90292-6695 run $ cat /etc/services|more snmp161/udp # Simple Net Mgmt Proto Probably harmless.
Re: Catch-22 with modules/backups
On 23 Dec 2000 16:27:02 EST, mikpolniak said: > > On Sat, 23 Dec 2000 15:32:34 EST, [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: > > > > > I did not install SCSI support during my debian-2.2.17pre6 > > installation, since I have no SCSI devices. > > > > I have one backup mechanism, a CD-Rewritable drive. > > The CD-Rewritable howto says I need SCSI support. > > (whoops!) > > > > I am eager to try making a debian kernel, > > to make sure only the drivers I need are there, > > but first I need to make a backup !!! > > > > The module I am missing is sr_mod, which I am told is loadable. > > dselect knows nothing about scsi or sr_mod, > > apt-get knows the same. > > www.google.com has no links to any sources that I can find. > > If you look for "sr_mod" in the debian packages area, > > you get nothing, becuase it treats the _ as a space. > > > > Two or three people have tried to give me help, but one > > said "good luck" and the other main one began > > "Start with a clean .config file" (um, what .config file?) > > > You can use your /boot/config-2.2.xx as a bootstrap for > your kernel compile .config file. > To get the 'sr_mod ' set CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SR=m in SCSI > support type. > To record on IDE/ATAPI drive you'll need SCSI emulation > set for module 'ide-scsi' ; SCSI support for 'scsi-mod' module; > SCSI generic for 'sg' module. > Also set CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDECD to N or M and not > directly linked to the kernel. > When you want to record a cd you'll have to activate the > SCSI bus and drivers with modprobe ide-scsi and also run > cdrecord -scanbus. > I think this will clarify your situation. Look for the following in /lib/modules/scsi : ide-scsi.o scsi_mod.o sg.o sr_mod.o in /lib/modules/block: ide-cd.o These modules should allow you to use 'cdrecord' to make a recording on your IDE/ATAPI CD-RW. If some of these modules are not listed then they must be directly linked into the kernel, which you can see in your /boot/config-2.2.XX file. If ide-cd is directly linked then you will have to edit lilo.conf and add : append='hdx=ide-scsi' where x is your drive e.g. hdc. This is necessary so that ide-cd does not grab your CD-RW before the ide-scsi module. If you have to compile to get the required modules you can leave out ide-cd since with SCSI emulation you will reference your drive as scd0.
Re: Catch-22 with modules/backups
On Sat, 23 Dec 2000 15:32:34 EST, [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: > > I did not install SCSI support during my debian-2.2.17pre6 > installation, since I have no SCSI devices. > > I have one backup mechanism, a CD-Rewritable drive. > The CD-Rewritable howto says I need SCSI support. > (whoops!) > > I am eager to try making a debian kernel, > to make sure only the drivers I need are there, > but first I need to make a backup !!! > > The module I am missing is sr_mod, which I am told is loadable. > dselect knows nothing about scsi or sr_mod, > apt-get knows the same. > www.google.com has no links to any sources that I can find. > If you look for "sr_mod" in the debian packages area, > you get nothing, becuase it treats the _ as a space. > > Two or three people have tried to give me help, but one > said "good luck" and the other main one began > "Start with a clean .config file" (um, what .config file?) > You can use your /boot/config-2.2.xx as a bootstrap for your kernel compile .config file. To get the 'sr_mod ' set CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SR=m in SCSI support type. To record on IDE/ATAPI drive you'll need SCSI emulation set for module 'ide-scsi' ; SCSI support for 'scsi-mod' module; SCSI generic for 'sg' module. Also set CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDECD to N or M and not directly linked to the kernel. When you want to record a cd you'll have to activate the SCSI bus and drivers with modprobe ide-scsi and also run cdrecord -scanbus.
Re: I need a filter for Epson Stylus Color 400
On Fri, 22 Dec 2000 13:23:34 +0100, Santiago Fernandez said: > I need printcap entries and a filter (maybe from magicfilter) for a > Epson Sylus Color 400. Has anyone some experience configuring this > printer? I've tried different possibilities without success. > > I've read README-StylusColor from magicfilter but it doesn't offer any > help: I know I should buy another printer, but I've spend all my money > on CD Technology, and a friend of mine has given me this ridiculous > printer. So, that's all I've got to print my documents at home. > Probably the 2 easiest ways are with 'printtool' or 'pdq' and 'xpdq'. Just did both (you need only one) and choose 'stcolor' driver when you add your printer.
Debates about the 'deb' in debian?
On a recent linux radio show a guest pronounced the 'deb' with an 'a' sound as in 'day'. And a bio article in the Nov/Dec issue of 'Maximum Linux' quotes Debra (Ian's wife) as '...remembering debates on how to pronounce the name'. So are there still debates about saying 'deb' as in Debra or as in 'day' or maybe even as in 'debate'?
How to remove 'helix' packages?
In attempting to compile the 'gimp-print' plugin for use as a printer driver it appears that the 'helix' version of gimp that i installed is preventing me from installing some needed dev-libs. Has anyone removed 'helix' pkg-versions (task-helix-core + task-helix-gnome) without breaking a lot of stuff? Can i just remove it and install task-gnome?
Re: 8139too.o module loading problem
On Tue, 19 Dec 2000 02:05:08 +1100, M. V. Nguyen said: > Hi, > > I get the following error message when trying to load the 8139too.o module. > > /lib/modules/2.4.0-test12/kernel/drivers/net/8139too.o: symbol for parameter > debug not found > /lib/modules/2.4.0-test12/kernel/drivers/net/8139too.o: insmod > /lib/modules/2.4.0-test12/kernel/drivers/net/8139too.o failed > /lib/modules/2.4.0-test12/kernel/drivers/net/8139too.o: insmod 8139too > failed > > I'm using woody, generic pentium2 based machine. I compiled the kernel the > debian way cos I'm lazy. I did an upgrade on all the debs before i compiled > this > kernel. The network card is fine because I can still use it in mswindows. > > I don't know what the error mean or how to fix the problem. Can someone help > me? > I am using 2.2.18pre21 and was unable to to load 8139too as a module even though it was installed. So i compiled it directly into the kernel and it has been working fine since then.
modules.conf more recent than modules.dep
I was successfully running a new kernel -2.2.18pre21 then recompiled so i could update my ethernet card driver from rtl8139 to 8139.too. I rebooted from the new boot floppy. Then i did modprobe 8139.too and ifup eth0 and networking ran fine. So i decided to put alias eth0 8139.too in /etc/modutils and run update-modules to regenerate /etc/modules.conf. The next time i rebooted modprobe said : '/etc/modules.conf is more recent than /lib/modules/2.2.18pre21/modules.dep modprobe: can't locate module 8139.too'. Now modprobe -l -t net shows that 8139.too is indeed there, but even if i run depmod -a , modprobe still can't locate 8139.too. I have recompiled and still no luck. I've tried the new kernel with the old driver rtl8139 and reran update-modules and depmod but still get the same message. What am i missing?
Re: Matrox G450 and XF4.0.1: solved
On Tue, 5 Dec 2000 22:27:08 +0100 (CET), Frederik Vanrenterghem said: > Well, it turned out one has to do some nasty trick to get X up: after > entering startx, all output is delivered to the second monitor port on the > Matrox G450 card, so you have to hot-swap your monitor (if you're working > in single-head mode like me) to get X up and running. > Dual-head has same "feature": run startx, and after that plug in the > second monitor. Warning: monitor on second connector (=only monitor in > single-head) is known as first monitor to the card (might be important if > you have 2 different types). > Thanks for the clue. I will try this asap. I would like to know if in your XF86Config "Device" section you have an entry like: BusID "PCI:1:0:0" and Screen 0.
Re: XFree86 4.0.1 packages and Potato
On Tue, 5 Dec 2000 10:45:28 +0100 (CET), Erik Noort said: > Hiya > > I'm wondering how things are standing with XFree86 4.0.1 packages for > Debian 2.2 (Potato). I've noticed that they are already available for > Woody, but not for Potato. I've tried to compile the woody source package, > but I keep recompiling libs to get it the libs compiled I need to get X > compiled, so if I would continu I would probably end up having a Woody > system. > Is there any solution to this, apart from switching to Woody? > > Thanks a lot in advance, >Erik Noort > > PS I need XF86 4.0.1 to get my Matrox G450 working. I have a mainly potato installation and added XFree86- 4 from woody. Now that its configured it runs without problems. Biggest hassle was the xf86config. I could not get any config setup program (including the preferred dexter) to config the new xserver. Finally setup an ATI rage 128 pro from instructions on a web site. It works fine. However i have not been able to get the matrox G450 working even with the new mga driver from matrox and many configuration attempts. I could never get the xserver to come up. At this point i have no clues about getting the G450 to work under XFree86-4 even with single head display. If you come up with a working xf86Config for the G450 or any suggestions please let me know. I have asked on this list, but no replies yet about G450 working under XF86-4.
Re: How to purge and reinstall XFree86 [woody] ?
On Mon, 4 Dec 2000 13:53:05 -0600, Brian Boonstra said: > Ouch > > I've gotten myself into a real dill of a pickle. I run woody, but > around Thanksgiving I hadn't upgraded for weeks. I did "apt-get upgrade" > which screwed up KDE and X. After "apt-get dist-upgrade", uninstalling and > reinstalling KDE (from 1.x to 2.x), and making a symlink from the X binary > to > xserver-3dlabs, I got things working. > > Or so I thought. > > Last night, I did another "apt-get upgrade" and X would no longer > start. I tried using "apt-get remove" on xserver-common, and whatever other > > xfree86 related packages I could find. I made sure all the xfree86 version > 3.x stuff was gone. Then I did "apt-get install" for the various version 4 > packages. > > Finally, I did xf86cfg, which is supposed to try to autodetect my > hardware, then give me configuration options. It did give me an X screen > with a cursor, but it hung after that. I rebooted, and now it just seems > like it keeps trying to start the X server. It shows the VGA text startup > screen, blinks a minute, then goes back to that screen. > > I can't even log in on the console!! I'm going to bring another > machine home tonight so I can ssh in to try to fix this, but can anybody > give > me pointers as to what I need to do? > > I'm tempted to try the nuclear option -- back up the homedirs, dpkg > --get-selections, wipe the disk, and start fresh. But that's inelegant, and > > lots of work. i would really appreciate other ideas. > I had a similar situation upon update to xserver-XFree86. To get the xerver 'XFree86' to start i created xserverrc in /etc/X11/xinit with the line 'exec XFree86'. Then 'startx' starts XFree86 and reads your ~/.xsession for the window manager.
Re: Mount ftp fs
On Mon, 4 Dec 2000 16:50:07 +0100 (CET), Mats Eriksson said: > Hi ! > > Does anyone know a way to mount a remote file systems > over ftp ? > I found something called "userfs" but it seemed > incomplete and out of date. > (I guess "sitecopy" is another way to do what I want > to do but mounting would be cooler.) > What about ftp>! escape to shell and then telnet in to mount, and then exit back to ftp> ?
Re: [OT] Navigator 4.75 hangs, any patches?
On Sun, 3 Dec 2000 22:19:54 -0500 (EST), J. Bruce Fields said: > On 3 Dec 2000, Krzys Majewski wrote: > > > Gr. Navigator 4.75 hangs on some pages, eating all the CPU, and making > > all open netscape windows unuseable. This is on an i686, mostly > > potato. Any patches/workarounds for this sort of problem? -chris > > Hm, I have problems with netscape misbehaving, but it's not so > particular--there aren't particular pages I know of that are guaranteed to > make it hang. > > Mainly I've noticed that it has memory leaks. What works for me is I keep > a memory monitor going (I run gnome, and have the memory/swap load > monitors on the panel), and keep an eye out for creeping memory use. > When I notice the memory use creeping up as I browse, I'll kill netscape > and restart it before it puts Linux into full-time swapping hell. > > Turning off javascript and java might help too. > > Netscape can be a pain that way, though. Its the one program on my system > that hangs fairly regularly. I feel your pain--Bruce Fields > > The best workaround is apt-get install mozilla from woody.
Re: (no subject)
On Sun, 3 Dec 2000 22:07:10 +, Francis Irving said: > This can be quite fiddly to do. If you're using Windows 95/98, you can > configure Lilo (Linux Loader) to let you dual boot. > > If you're using Windows NT/2000 you may find you need to use the free > program BootPart under NT to add an option to let it boot into Linux > (depending on what order you install things and on what hard disks...) > > Have a look for a HOWTO on www.linuxdoc.org. > > There's nothing in the Debian installer yet to make all this easier for > you (other distributions like Mandrake try to do it automatically, but > sometimes get it wrong). > > As well as Lilo, you might want to look at GNU's bootloader GRUB. Its > most visible advantage is that it can make prettier menus. > > On Sun, Dec 03, 2000 at 01:14:39PM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > is it possible to double boot windows and debian on a PIII pc, perhaps > using > > system commander? > > Well if you want a debian installer now, just d/l Stormix hail iso which is debian potato with Stormix installer and a few extras. The Stormix installer will easily set up your dual boot with lilo and a nice splash screen to boot from . Then you can do all your apt-get update/install from any debian mirror.
Re: who listens on the port?
On Sun, 03 Dec 2000 14:18:31 -0800, Tim Uckun said: > At 10:18 AM 12/3/2000 -0500, mikpolniak wrote: > > > > > > > >any ideas which particular package does it? > > > > > You can use update-inetd to remove or disable these entries > >in inetd.conf so the inetd daemon won't listen on these ports. > > To find the ports daemons not in inetd.conf try > >ls0f | grep LISTEN. > > On a related matter. > > What is sunRPC? do I need it? how do I turn it off To close port 111 you have to remove the portmap daemon with update-rc.d -f portmap remove. It maps calls from other machines to NFS daemons.
Re: who listens on the port?
On Sun, 03 Dec 2000 01:43:50 -0800, Erik Steffl said: > the nmap shows: > > 785/tcpopenunknown > >the netstat confirms: > > tcp00 jojda:785jojda:3984 TIME_WAIT > tcp00 *:785*:*LISTEN > >how do I find who listens onj this port? > >another mystery: I remember that during setup of some networking > package I was asked if time, date and some other services should be > commented out, I am quite sure I said yes but: > > 9/tcp opendiscard > 13/tcp opendaytime > 21/tcp openftp > 22/tcp openssh > 23/tcp opentelnet > 25/tcp opensmtp > 37/tcp opentime > 79/tcp openfinger > >any ideas which particular package does it? > You can use update-inetd to remove or disable these entries in inetd.conf so the inetd daemon won't listen on these ports. To find the ports daemons not in inetd.conf try ls0f | grep LISTEN.
Re: APT and stable/unstable packages
On 02 Dec 2000 22:14:57 EST, mikpolniak said: > > On Sat, 2 Dec 2000 19:04:14 -0800 (PST), Yuri Niyazov said: > > > Please reply to my email address also, I am not subscribed to the list yet. > > I am currently running a hacked and hacked-over again old unstable > version of 2.2. > > On a separate partition I am now installing 2.2 stable, and have a > question: I have an NVidia > > graphics card that requires XFree86 4.0 to run comfortably. For my > current setup I installed > > Xfree86 4.0 binary .tgz from their website, replaced the debian xfree86 > packages with dummy > > equivalents - used the equivs package if memory serves me right, and had > very few problems. > > However, now, to make my maintenance chore easier, I would like to use > the XFree86 4.0 packages > > from unstable, but those are the only packages that I want to use, I do > not want to install any > > other unstable packages. Re-configuring apt to get unstable doesn't seem > to be like a great idea > > since I run apt-get dist-upgrade weekly to get the updates on stable > packages, if any. If I leave > > it at unstable, it will convert my system to unstable. I do not know if > it is possible to download > > the unstable package list, upgrade a few packages, and then revert to the > stable package list - > > what will happen to the packages downloaded from unstable the next time I > run apt-get update and > > then dist-upgrade. Also, I wouldn't mind downloading the XFree86 packages > manually, but keeping > > track of all of their "requires" manually is error-prone, I don't think I > want to attempt that > > again. > > > I just did apt-get update with sources.list pointing to stable- > potato and XFree86 is now in stable version 4.0.1-7. I am running > this version which i istalled a week ago from unstable. > > I forgot to mention my sources.list also points to 'proposed updates' so this is where the XFree86 is coming from. The unstable version of XFree86 is 4.0.1-9.
Re: APT and stable/unstable packages
On Sat, 2 Dec 2000 19:04:14 -0800 (PST), Yuri Niyazov said: > Please reply to my email address also, I am not subscribed to the list yet. > I am currently running a hacked and hacked-over again old unstable version > of 2.2. > On a separate partition I am now installing 2.2 stable, and have a question: > I have an NVidia > graphics card that requires XFree86 4.0 to run comfortably. For my current > setup I installed > Xfree86 4.0 binary .tgz from their website, replaced the debian xfree86 > packages with dummy > equivalents - used the equivs package if memory serves me right, and had > very few problems. > However, now, to make my maintenance chore easier, I would like to use the > XFree86 4.0 packages > from unstable, but those are the only packages that I want to use, I do not > want to install any > other unstable packages. Re-configuring apt to get unstable doesn't seem to > be like a great idea > since I run apt-get dist-upgrade weekly to get the updates on stable > packages, if any. If I leave > it at unstable, it will convert my system to unstable. I do not know if it > is possible to download > the unstable package list, upgrade a few packages, and then revert to the > stable package list - > what will happen to the packages downloaded from unstable the next time I > run apt-get update and > then dist-upgrade. Also, I wouldn't mind downloading the XFree86 packages > manually, but keeping > track of all of their "requires" manually is error-prone, I don't think I > want to attempt that > again. > I just did apt-get update with sources.list pointing to stable- potato and XFree86 is now in stable version 4.0.1-7. I am running this version which i istalled a week ago from unstable.
Re: Sound Blaster 16 Module
On Sat, 02 Dec 2000 16:10:32 -0500, Eileen Orbell said: > Hi, > > I just bought a new soundblaster 16 sound card. I have never installed a > kernel module so could someone help me on this please? Actually this will > hopefully be the first time I have sound on a Linux box. > > I installed a Creative soundblaster last week and all it took was a modprobe es1371. This driver is usually included in the kernel config. You can grep the config file in your /boot for CONFIG_SOUND and check for es1370 and es1371. If you have them just try the modprobe.
Re:
On , said: > Hi, > > I just bought a new soundblaster 16 sound card. I have never installed a > kernel module so could someone help me on this please? Actually this will > hopefully be the first time I have sound on a Linux box. > I installed a Creative soundblaster last week and all it took was a modprobe es1371. This driver is usually included in the kernel config. You can grep the config file in your /boot for CONFIG_SOUND and check for es1370 and es1371. If you have them just try the modprobe.
Re: XFCE
On Sat, 2 Dec 2000 12:13:42 -0500 (EST), Christopher W. Aiken said: > > Does anyone know id there is s deb package of the > XFCE WM? I tried an "apt-get install xfce" and it > failed with a not found. > Point your sources.list to woody. I just d/l it a week ago and it works fine in my mainly potato box.
hdparm ATA66 on new drive+new system
Last week after i installed potato on a new system i ran hdparm to test the new ibm ata66 drive and it showed reads of 32mb/sec. Since then the only changes i've made have been apt-get installs which have increased my disk usage to 895mb. Now hdparm consistently tests reads at around 28-29 mb/sec. Does 10% degradation in ata66 performance from brand new to one weeks use seem within the parameters of hdparm or is there another explanation. Not concerned about this, just curious and maybe there are some hardware issues i should be aware of.
