Re: [expert] Installation weirdness
Could there have been something conflicting between the ISAPNP and the kernel? If you compile support into the kerned, do you even need to bother with the isapnp stuff? If I am not mistaken, isapnp only does pnp detection. If you choose to compile into the kernel, then you may need to pass some params to get the kernel to detect (sometimes they auto detect, but I'm not too good with RedHat clones). For example, to detect my second NIC card, I have to pass extra info in the lilo boot params. regards, Foo Ji-Haw ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) T-Nova raum 6067 extension 3166 - Original Message - From: Stout, Wayne [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, September 09, 1999 8:55 PM Subject: RE: [expert] Installation weirdness Thanks for the tip, I'll check that out. I've re-compiled the kernel to modularize everything, 3com support, sound, ppp. Haven't had a chance to fully test it yet. I was at least able to get a few pops out of the sound card. No real sound, but something, at least. Thanks again. Wayne -Original Message- From: Ji-Haw, Foo [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] currently, what is the way your kernel boots up? in Mandrake, the config for your card is at /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ip-eth0. You can check the numbers there. regards, Foo Ji-Haw ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) T-Nova raum 6067 extension 3166 - Original Message - From: Stout, Wayne [EMAIL PROTECTED] Here's where the weird part comes in. My network card (3com 3c509) and my sound card (SB16 genuine, not a clone) refuse to get along now. My hunch is, when I installed 98 (I did this first, since I've heard of problems if done the other way around), the Plug Pray set the hardware up with different values that they had originally. Linux wants to use IRQ 10 for the network card, which of course is the IRQ that the sound card wants. I've tried tinkering with the isapnp.conf file, setting the sound card to use different i/o and irq settings, all to no avail. I've tried compiling the parameters into the kernel, still no go. I can't seem to get the network card to let go of the IRQ10. Anyone know what file this is stored in during the setup phase? Or is this something that might actually be rooted in the BIOS? Thanks in advance for any and all help. Wayne
RE: [expert] Kernel Modules and Version Numbers
Hello, I caught an other trouble with the same consequence , while installing Mandrake 5.3 and 6.0 on a Fujitsu Laptop which has a DEC Tulip Eth Card. DEC Tulip chipset is on many cards but DEC ( Compaq) lets the manufacturers of Eth Card using this chipset change the microcode of the Chip, so that not all the DEC Tulip Eth Card are supported , so if you know exactly the model of you card , have a look on a HOWTO, FAQ or in the kernel source of the tulip module you're using. After fixing the Version problem ( i got the same problem and no answer yet ) , try also the "de4x5" module if you got other trouble , it is also a DEC Tulip driver. For the Fujitsu Laptop i got no problem on 10 and 100 Mb LAN using this module. -Message d'origine- De: Tom Berger [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Date: jeudi 9 septembre 1999 23:50 À: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Objet: Re: [expert] Kernel Modules and Version Numbers [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I helped a friend of mine install Linux-Mandrake 6.1pre, and we ran into a problem with it- it doesn't see his Tulip 24020 NIC. During the installation, we chose the DEC Tulip 21040 card, but install says it doesn't see it anywhere in the system! This card works fine in Windows. The manufacturer has a Linux driver available for download- you download the file, compile it, and get a kernel module: tulip.o However, we've run into another problem. After compiling it, we [are told by the manufacturer's web page to] run the following commands: # depmod -a /lib/modules/2.2.13-2mdk/net/tulip.o: unresolved symbol(s) /lib/modules/2.2.13-2mdk/misc/wavefront.o: unresolved symbol(s) /lib/modules/2.2.13-2mdk/misc/eicon.o: unresolved symbol(s) Forgive me for being an ignorant savage: I'd think that having unresolved symbols would be a bad thing (i.e. that module is broken?), so why would there be unresolved symbols in modules included with Mandrake? # modprobe tulip.o /lib/modules/2.2.13-2mdk/net/tulip.o: kernel-module version mismatch /lib/modules/2.2.13-2mdk/net/tulip.o was compiled for kernel version 2.2.13-pre4_2mdk while this kernel is version 2.2.13-2mdk. Wait a minute! Why would the version of the included kernel source be different from the version of the compiled kernel?! Anyway, I remembered (or thought I did) that the kernel version number was set in the Makefile, so I thought (apparently incorrectly) that if I changed "-4_pre2mdk" to "-4mdk" in the Makefile, then the module version for the tulip module would then be the same as the kernel. However, after recompiling, all the error messages returned, with no changes. Could this version mismatch also be the cause of the "unresolved symbols" from depmod's output, or is that unrelated to this? How can I change the module version to match the kernel version? Also, why does the included kernel source have a different version number than the precompiled kernel? -- -Matt Stegman [EMAIL PROTECTED] From /usr/src/linux/Documentation/networking/tulip.txt: "This driver is designed to work with PCI Ethernet cards which use the DECchip DC21x4x family." The driver doesn't support your friend's card (otherwise it wouldn't make sense for the hardware manufucturer to supply a driver on his own, would it? ;-)) Could you please: rpm -q kernel-source rpm -q kernel rpm -q kernel-headers Do the versions match? The kernel section has been quite busy during the last few days (and is so still). Surest thing would be to compile and install a new kernel from the sources. If I recall correctly the problems with the eicon and wavefront are known, but doesn't seem to affect the drivers. Regards tom -- "Never trust a Shoggoth!" Thomas 'tom' Berger, [EMAIL PROTECTED] LSTB - "advancing the community"
[expert] HOWTO to fix Version problem with Kernel Modules and Services
Fixing the bad version problem : 1) Go in the Kernel Source Root Directory 2) Copy the System.map file into /boot and rename the file System.map.kernel version for example 3) Change the Symbolic Link System.map in /boot that it points to your current kernel System.map file you have already put into. 4) Verify the Symbolic Link , and reboot.
Re: [expert] Small System.map problem and answer to the the mono-liguals
On Fri, 10 Sep 1999, you wrote: The mono-lingual responds , that it was a silly error on the email address. In french , "expert" and "confirme" have the same signification. So I rewrite my small problem: I caught many problems while recompiling the basic kernel include in the Mandrake 6.0 (with the kernel loader) , so I go and get a 2.2.12 Kernel and after recompiling and rebooting my station, I had on the screen while loading service "Warnings about a bad version of the Kernel in the System.Map" ( Certainly in the /boot ) . Now, my question how to fix it , to not see those warnings ? Did you copy /usr/src/linux/System.Map to /boot? If not, you need to do so, as well as editing lilo.conf and re-running /sbin/lilo. You have to do this whenever you compile a kernel. I'm thinking that you do NOT need to do this if you just use an RPM of the kernel, that it should do this for you automatically.
RE: [expert] Small System.map problem and answer to the the mono-liguals
I copy and rename the System.map into my /boot , I'm not using a RPM kernel distribution but a .tar.gz distribution that while i must fix it manually. Thanks for the Tip. -Message d'origine- De: John Aldrich [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Date: vendredi 10 septembre 1999 11:39 À: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Objet: Re: [expert] Small System.map problem and answer to the the mono-liguals On Fri, 10 Sep 1999, you wrote: The mono-lingual responds , that it was a silly error on the email address. In french , "expert" and "confirme" have the same signification. So I rewrite my small problem: I caught many problems while recompiling the basic kernel include in the Mandrake 6.0 (with the kernel loader) , so I go and get a 2.2.12 Kernel and after recompiling and rebooting my station, I had on the screen while loading service "Warnings about a bad version of the Kernel in the System.Map" ( Certainly in the /boot ) . Now, my question how to fix it , to not see those warnings ? Did you copy /usr/src/linux/System.Map to /boot? If not, you need to do so, as well as editing lilo.conf and re-running /sbin/lilo. You have to do this whenever you compile a kernel. I'm thinking that you do NOT need to do this if you just use an RPM of the kernel, that it should do this for you automatically.
Re: [expert] How do I run softoss??
On Thu, 9 Sep 1999, Karsten Römling wrote: However, a modprobe softoss2 loads the module, I haven't tried softoss yet (I don't see why it should be done in kernel space when timidity does it in userspace...), but: where the Heck do I place the sound patches? May I use the ones provided for timidity? Yes, the patch formats are compatible, you can use timidity-instruments for this. LLaP bero
[expert] 6.1b (Cassini) New ISO-image
Forwarded from the Cassini mail list; 6.1 final due in a week or so. Hoyt - Original Message - From: Pål Arne Hoff [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, September 10, 1999 5:37 AM Subject: [Cassini] New ISO-image Hi! I've put a new ISO-image made from the sunsite.uio.no-mirror at 11:30 CET 990910 on: ftp://svt1a225.sv.ntnu.no/pub/linux/Mandrake/cassini.iso Pål Arne Hoff
RE: [expert] Small System.map problem and answer to the the mono- liguals
On Fri, 10 Sep 1999, you wrote: I copy and rename the System.map into my /boot , I'm not using a RPM kernel distribution but a .tar.gz distribution that while i must fix it manually. I'd also re-run /sbin/lilo just to be on the safe side. :-) John
Re:[expert]Suggestion for Mandrake
On Fri, 10 Sep 1999, Michael Moore wrote: Ummm, well I don't want to rain on anyone's parade but it should be known that at least one pentium class processor is mis-recognized and about half the updates will not install because "package is for a different architecture". I refer to the Cyrix MediaGXi-S Here are all the results I have P-100OK IBM/Cyrix 586waiting for report rise mP6no processor available 6x86 OK k6-2OK CeleronOK AMD 586Test this week P-IIOK Cyrix MediaGXMisrecognized by update packages initial install OK Cyrix MediaGXM No Processor available IDT C6OK AthlonNo processor available 6x86/M-IIOK IDT C6-2No processor available Anyone who wants to use these test results is free to do so, of course. These are actual installations of Venus. I have NOT tried a 486, but someone should just to complete results. Civileme Hmm, wanna do me a favor? issue a rpm --rebuild some_frivilous.src.rpm on each of those and tell me where the outputed rpm goes to
Re: [expert] Kernel and Tar file ?
Axalon Bloodstone wrote: On Thu, 9 Sep 1999, John Aldrich wrote: On Thu, 09 Sep 1999, you wrote: No. The symlink will get overwritten, but not the 2.2.9-27 directory. My experience (tar xvf after un-bzipping) is that it does not overwrite the DIRECTORY name, but it *will* overwrite the files *IN* the directory. John Correct.. The tarball only contains a linux/ tree. rm linux mkdir linux-%version ln -s linux-%version linux bzcat linux-%version.tar.bz2 | tar xv -- MandrakeSoft http://www.mandrakesoft.com/ --Axalon Oops. Sorry. Was perfectly sure of this... tom -- "Never trust a Shoggoth!" Thomas 'tom' Berger, [EMAIL PROTECTED] LSTB - "advancing the community"
Re: [expert] Filled Up Root Partition, HELP!
Vincent Danen wrote: On Thu, 9 Sep 1999, Traci Collins wrote: Now you see why I, after two years, I only use three partitions: swap, / and /home. Swap is obvious. /home is where I store downloads and files I want to keep. Everything else goes in /. When it's time to upgrade, I only format and fresh reinstall in /. It's clean. It's efficient and I always have the right size partitions :-) That makes a certain amount of sense, so, what is the magic number in /? I was basicly trying do something similar by giving / it's own partition. I set it for 100mb because Redhat suggested 50-80mb and I wanted to be conservative. Obviously, the definition of a conservative is changing but I am curious as to how big it needs to be? You're looking at it the wrong way, Traci... you need to decide how big you want /home to be... that's the question you need to ask. Once you've decided that (and how big your swap is going to be) give *everything* else to root... For example, on my system I have: swap - 70MB /home - 2GB / - 11GB Why? Well, this gives 2GB for user files and downloads and whatnot.. more than enough I think. The other 11GB goes on root... if you don't specifically make a /var, or /usr or any other partition for a directory off the root directory, it all becomes a part of the / partition... make sense? For example, that 11GB is being shared by /var, /etc, /usr, /sbin, and so forth. That way I don't have to worry about how much to give /var, of if I've given /sbin too much, or any other problem associated with defining limits for directories. I always found that silly, tried it once, and it pissed me off so much I reinstalled just to make (to me) a *proper* directory structure (which is swap, /home, and / and that's it). Vincent Danen ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) . ICQ: 16978834 BBBS/LiI . Internet Rex for Linux Beta Stronghold Enterprises/X BBS . http://shx.tzo.net Telnet://shx.tzo.net . Weblogin-http://shx.tzo.net/shx Though I can see your point, using more partitions has an advantage in the case of drive corruption. Usually / should be very small to minimize this danger by reducing the number of accesses to it. If your partition becomes corrupted somewhere in /usr you're lost. With a distinct root partition you still have a chance to save yourself and since there is a tool like Partition Magic (and soon our own DiskDrake), I'd still tend to suggest using multiple partitions. My table: FilesystemSize Used Avail Use% Mounted on /dev/hda3 76M 24M 48M 33% / /dev/hda8 486M 149M 311M 32% /home /dev/hda10 99M 2.8M 91M 3% /tmp /dev/hda111.9G 1.0G 813M 57% /usr /dev/hda9 152M 12M 132M 8% /var You see, no probs whatsoever ;-) Regards tom -- "Never trust a Shoggoth!" Thomas 'tom' Berger, [EMAIL PROTECTED] LSTB - "advancing the community"
Re: [expert] Filled Up Root Partition, HELP!
On Fri, 10 Sep 1999, Tom Berger wrote: Vincent Danen wrote: On Thu, 9 Sep 1999, Traci Collins wrote: Now you see why I, after two years, I only use three partitions: swap, / and /home. Swap is obvious. /home is where I store downloads and files I want to keep. Everything else goes in /. When it's time to upgrade, I only format and fresh reinstall in /. It's clean. It's efficient and I always have the right size partitions :-) That makes a certain amount of sense, so, what is the magic number in /? I was basicly trying do something similar by giving / it's own partition. I set it for 100mb because Redhat suggested 50-80mb and I wanted to be conservative. Obviously, the definition of a conservative is changing but I am curious as to how big it needs to be? You're looking at it the wrong way, Traci... you need to decide how big you want /home to be... that's the question you need to ask. Once you've decided that (and how big your swap is going to be) give *everything* else to root... For example, on my system I have: swap - 70MB /home - 2GB / - 11GB Why? Well, this gives 2GB for user files and downloads and whatnot.. more than enough I think. The other 11GB goes on root... if you don't specifically make a /var, or /usr or any other partition for a directory off the root directory, it all becomes a part of the / partition... make sense? For example, that 11GB is being shared by /var, /etc, /usr, /sbin, and so forth. That way I don't have to worry about how much to give /var, of if I've given /sbin too much, or any other problem associated with defining limits for directories. I always found that silly, tried it once, and it pissed me off so much I reinstalled just to make (to me) a *proper* directory structure (which is swap, /home, and / and that's it). Vincent Danen ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) . ICQ: 16978834 BBBS/LiI . Internet Rex for Linux Beta Stronghold Enterprises/X BBS . http://shx.tzo.net Telnet://shx.tzo.net . Weblogin-http://shx.tzo.net/shx Though I can see your point, using more partitions has an advantage in the case of drive corruption. Usually / should be very small to minimize this danger by reducing the number of accesses to it. If your partition becomes corrupted somewhere in /usr you're lost. With a distinct root partition you still have a chance to save yourself and since there is a tool like Partition Magic (and soon our own DiskDrake), I'd still tend to suggest using multiple partitions. My table: FilesystemSize Used Avail Use% Mounted on /dev/hda3 76M 24M 48M 33% / /dev/hda8 486M 149M 311M 32% /home /dev/hda10 99M 2.8M 91M 3% /tmp Thats one way to stop people from flooding /tmp to fill your drives :) /dev/hda111.9G 1.0G 813M 57% /usr /dev/hda9 152M 12M 132M 8% /var You see, no probs whatsoever ;-) Regards tom -- MandrakeSoft http://www.mandrakesoft.com/ --Axalon
Re: [expert] Kernel and Tar file ?
On Fri, 10 Sep 1999, Tom Berger wrote: Axalon Bloodstone wrote: On Thu, 9 Sep 1999, John Aldrich wrote: On Thu, 09 Sep 1999, you wrote: No. The symlink will get overwritten, but not the 2.2.9-27 directory. My experience (tar xvf after un-bzipping) is that it does not overwrite the DIRECTORY name, but it *will* overwrite the files *IN* the directory. John Correct.. The tarball only contains a linux/ tree. rm linux mkdir linux-%version ln -s linux-%version linux bzcat linux-%version.tar.bz2 | tar xv -- MandrakeSoft http://www.mandrakesoft.com/ --Axalon Oops. Sorry. Was perfectly sure of this... tom Technicly what you said is correct John just cleared it up a little. I thought i'd make sure everybody knew we were all really talking about the same thing ;) -- MandrakeSoft http://www.mandrakesoft.com/ --Axalon
[expert] Why are bugs not fixed ?
Hi, I've sent several bug reports to [EMAIL PROTECTED], but all I get is an automatically generated confirmation and nothing happens at all. All bugs are still present in Cooker and Cassini (but one of them has been fixed in RedHat Lorax ;-)). Why are the Mandrake people make beta tests if no one is interested in bug reports ? I have submitted two of my bug reports before Cassini has been released. Regards Harald -- --- Harald Schreiber,Nizzaalle 26,D-52072 Aachen, Germany Phone: +49-241-9108015, Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---
Re: [expert] Filled Up Root Partition, HELP!
Tom Gwilt wrote: The problem with a 100M root partition is found in one of two places: /usr /var Okay, I have a separate /usr partition with several gb left over so that isn't my problem. I did follow someone else's suggestion and deleted old logs from /var and got back 6mb so that my system would at least work again. Is there that much more in /var that it could be the cause of my problem all by itself? The advice of one big partition and one small partition is, IMHO, pretty wise. Next time I start over completely I will remember that advice, in the meantime I'm hoping to free up enough space to perform the Mandrake Bugfix updates and avoid completely rebuilding everything for another month or two until there is a big enough release to justify the pain. Thanks for the suggestions. Traci My own personal preferences are (based on a 5 G Hard Drive) / - 70MB /usr - 1024MB (This gives me a lot of room for /usr/local, /usr/contrib, etc) /var - 50MB (This is merely a home machine, so this is probably overkill) /opt - 2048MB (Many installers look for this partition. I also use it for downloads) /home - 2048 MB swap - Religious wars have erupted from this one. I have 256MB of RAM and use about a 32 MB swap. YMMV, T. -- Traci Collins, MA Professor of Computer Education Colorado Mountain College http://www.rof.net/wp/tcollins/traci.html
Re: [expert] Filled Up Root Partition, HELP!
"Ji-Haw, Foo" wrote: Oh yes I agree. For people who like multi-booting, check out also this guy's freebie s/w called Ranish's Partition. It can be found via Altavista search engine. It is a very small DOS program that does wonders...for free! Will either of these non-destructively repartition ext2 partitions? I thought that Partition Magic could delete everything and resize a partition that was ext2, am I just remembering how it used to be? -- Traci Collins, MA Professor of Computer Education Colorado Mountain College http://www.rof.net/wp/tcollins/traci.html
Re: [expert] Filled Up Root Partition, HELP!
On Fri, 10 Sep 1999, you wrote: Tom Berger wrote: Though I can see your point, using more partitions has an advantage in the case of drive corruption. Usually / should be very small to minimize this danger by reducing the number of accesses to it. If your partition becomes corrupted somewhere in /usr you're lost. With a distinct root partition you still have a chance to save yourself and since there is a tool like Partition Magic (and soon our own DiskDrake), I'd still tend to suggest using multiple partitions. My table: FilesystemSize Used Avail Use% Mounted on /dev/hda3 76M 24M 48M 33% / /dev/hda8 486M 149M 311M 32% /home /dev/hda10 99M 2.8M 91M 3% /tmp /dev/hda111.9G 1.0G 813M 57% /usr /dev/hda9 152M 12M 132M 8% /var My question then becomes, why is my / partition so much more crowded than yours? Mine is 94mb full out of 100mb and that is after I cleared the old logs out of /var. You only have 24mb in / plus 12m in var for a total of 36 mb in both. Obviously I have a lot more of something in root than you do. I thought I was doing a pretty routine Mandrake 6.0 install. Does anyone have an idea about what would be taking up so much space? I don't use the root account for e-mail so that shouldn't be the problem. Let's find out. Fire up the Midnight Commander (mc) in an xterm, switch to / and choose 'command - show directory sizes'. I have (in byte size): /bin 4702791 /boot 1474881 /dev 26569 /etc 1659421 /lib 12793K /lostfound 0 /mnt 0 /proc 98317K /root 0 #empty because I never use the root account after installation /sbin 3811316 tom -- Traci Collins, MA Professor of Computer Education Colorado Mountain College http://www.rof.net/wp/tcollins/traci.html -- "Never trust a Shoggoth!" Thomas 'tom' Berger, [EMAIL PROTECTED] LSTB - "advancing the community"
[expert] Is 6.1 ready?
I just happened to be checking the primary mirrors at ftp.sunet.se and sunsite.uio.no have fresh 6.1 directories. In fact, the Norway site was in the process of updating while I was there. Does this mean that 6.1 is done? Darin -
Re: [expert]Suggestion for Mandrake
Michael Moore wrote: Ummm, well I don't want to rain on anyone's parade but it should be known that at least one pentium class processor is mis-recognized and about half the updates will not install because "package is for a different architecture". I refer to the Cyrix MediaGXi-S Here are all the results I have P-100OK IBM/Cyrix 586waiting for report rise mP6no processor available 6x86 OK k6-2OK CeleronOK AMD 586Test this week P-IIOK Cyrix MediaGXMisrecognized by update packages initial install OK Cyrix MediaGXM No Processor available IDT C6OK AthlonNo processor available 6x86/M-IIOK IDT C6-2No processor available PIII ok! bogomips only same as clock rate K6-3 ok! bogomips as K6-2 bogomips = 2 x clock rate But seems Tri-Level Cache Write Allocate Cache not set! Any idea on it? Like K6-2/3 Cyrix... Anyone who wants to use these test results is free to do so, of course. These are actual installations of Venus. I have NOT tried a 486, but someone should just to complete results. Civileme -- Rgds Kit KB Computer Technology Co. ICQ: 28280598 http://www.knb.com.hk
Re: [expert] Why are bugs not fixed ?
Axalon Bloodstone wrote: On Fri, 10 Sep 1999, Harald Schreiber wrote: Because debbugs isn't fully in use yet, Chmouel recieves the vast majority of those bug reports. Try submiting them to the mailing lists that all our developers are subscribed to. What about the virtual ip aliases in linuxconf? It seem that the /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0:x script problem -- MandrakeSoft http://www.mandrakesoft.com/ --Axalon -- Rgds Kit KB Computer Technology Co. ICQ: 28280598 http://www.knb.com.hk
Re: [expert] Is 6.1 ready?
Darin wrote: I just happened to be checking the primary mirrors at ftp.sunet.se and sunsite.uio.no have fresh 6.1 directories. In fact, the Norway site was in the process of updating while I was there.Does this mean that 6.1 is done? Hope it is not... at least fix the software raid problem on kernel-2.2.13-4mdk, pap/chap login in mgetty/pppserver ip virtual aliases problem first, if mandrake want to get share on server! -- Rgds Kit KB Computer Technology Co. ICQ: 28280598 http://www.knb.com.hk
Re: [expert] Why are bugs not fixed ?
On Sat, 11 Sep 1999, Kit Ngan wrote: Axalon Bloodstone wrote: On Fri, 10 Sep 1999, Harald Schreiber wrote: Because debbugs isn't fully in use yet, Chmouel recieves the vast majority of those bug reports. Try submiting them to the mailing lists that all our developers are subscribed to. What about the virtual ip aliases in linuxconf? It seem that the /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0:x script problem -- MandrakeSoft http://www.mandrakesoft.com/ --Axalon -- Rgds Kit KB Computer Technology Co. ICQ: 28280598 http://www.knb.com.hk We haven't done anything (major) to linuxconf, so if it's broke it was broke before we got our hands on it. You don't say what your problem is either, so i can't even guess. -- MandrakeSoft http://www.mandrakesoft.com/ --Axalon
[expert] Boot hang with 2 eth cards
I was successfully running Mandrake 6.0 with no problems until I tried to use linuxconf to add a second ethernet card, eth1, an Intel Pro/100. When I tried to activate the changes the machine hung. I powered off and now the boot process never gets beyond activating eth1. It hangs there eternally (I let it stay there for about 12 hours once, just to satisfy my curiousity). Is there any way at the LILO prompt that I can get it to skip the eth1 initialization? I'd rather not reinstall since I have put some time into the customization of the machine. Thanks in advance for the help!
Re: [expert] Filled Up Root Partition, HELP!
Gustavo Viola wrote: Btw, does anyone how I can repartition my HD to make my swap smaller? Invest in Partition Magic, and then DON'T use anything else. -- Ron Stodden
Re: [expert] Why are bugs not fixed ?
On Fri, 10 Sep 1999, Harald Schreiber wrote: Hi, I've sent several bug reports to [EMAIL PROTECTED], but all I get is an automatically generated confirmation and nothing happens at all. All bugs are still present in Cooker and Cassini (but one of them has been fixed in RedHat Lorax ;-)). Why are the Mandrake people make beta tests if no one is interested in bug reports ? I have submitted two of my bug reports before Cassini has been released. Not every bug can get fixed. It's impossible. Even if you know about them. There's just too many. I don't know what kind of bugs these are, but it's often the case that bugs are prioritized into must fix, should fix, would be nice to fix, cosmetic/minor inconvenience. Since it takes just as much time on average to fix a major bug as it does a minor bug, the biggies get fixed first. -- Arandir... ___ http://www.meer.net/~arandir/
Re: [expert] Boot hang with 2 eth cards
paul johnson wrote: I was successfully running Mandrake 6.0 with no problems until I tried to use linuxconf to add a second ethernet card, eth1, an Intel Pro/100. When I tried to activate the changes the machine hung. I powered off and now the boot process never gets beyond activating eth1. It hangs there eternally (I let it stay there for about 12 hours once, just to satisfy my curiousity). Is there any way at the LILO prompt that I can get it to skip the eth1 initialization? I'd rather not reinstall since I have put some time into the customization of the machine. Thanks in advance for the help! HEY! I'M IN THE SAME STATE!! I'm working on a project at work with 2 intel eexpress cards. Same thing. Once I got eth1 to be recognized upon boot it freezes! I still have not resolved this but I can tell you how to regain your bootable system. You need to boot into linux single. When you see " lilo: " type linux 1 Then it will come up in a shell with very little loaded. At the prompt type linuxconf. This will give you a text based linuxconf. Follow the signs to networking and your eth1 card will come up. It's a long scrolling page since its ascii.. You will come across something in eth1 like enable [X] Remove the X. Save REBOOT.. You will be OK now, but eth1 won't function. If YOU figure this out, PLEASE email me..! Thanks Alan [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- === [EMAIL PROTECTED] ( [EMAIL PROTECTED] ) Coming to you with Linux-Mandrake 6.0
