Re: [expert] Problem Mounting Floppy Disk
Civilemethat's what it says to do at mandrakeuser.org, but did you try it? I did. It didn't work here. Your instructions differed slightly from mandrakeuser.org's instructions however, in that you say to add a line containing 'ext2fs' to the /etc/filesystems file and mandrakeuser.org's instructions were to add a line containing 'ext2'. So, if that might make a difference, I don't know. Alan Civileme wrote: > > Civileme wrote: > > > > Dennis Robertson wrote: > > > > > > Dale Morris wrote: > > > > > > > > Ramon, > > > > Thankyou for your concise and thoughtful reply. I have saved it for future > > > > reference. I have tried the entries you suggested for my fstab file and > > > > it just isn't working. I am including a copy of my fstab file in hopes > > > > someone can point out what I'm doing wrong here. I am able to mount vfat > > > > floppies, just can't get the ext2 working. I've tried all the > > > > obvious.. Here's the fstab file, the way it came configured in Mandrake > > > > 7.0: > > > > > > > > /dev/hda1 /boot ext2 defaults 1 2 > > > > /dev/hda5 / ext2 defaults 1 1 > > > > /dev/hda6 swap swap defaults 0 0 > > > > /dev/hda7 /home ext2 defaults 1 2 > > > > /mnt/floppy /mnt/floppy supermount fs=vfat,dev=/dev/fd0 0 0 > > > > none /proc proc defaults 0 0 > > > > none /dev/pts devpts mode=0620 0 0 > > > > /mnt/cdrom /mnt/cdrom supermount fs=iso9660,dev=/dev/cdrom 0 0 > > > > > > > > thanks again > > > > > > > > --dale > > > > > > > > "my mind is scheduled to clear tomorrow, then not again for another 400 years." > > > > > > If I could add my 2 cents worth, I have tried every combination > > > suggested by Ramon and Silkythreads without success. For me, I have to > > > change the device entry to /mnt/fd0 to get even vfat to work > > > (/mnt/floppy won't work and /dev/fd0 is not a valid block device). I > > > believe the problem is related to supermount and would be interested to > > > see the fstab file from anyone who is able to read both vfat and ext2 > > > floppies in L-M7.0 with supermount enabled. > > > As a matter of interest man fs says that /proc/filesystems shows the > > > filesystems currently supported by the kernel; that file is empty on my > > > system. Is that related? > > > -- > > > Dennis Robertson 2/2 Sylvia Street NOOSAVILLE QLD 4566 AUSTRALIA > > > Phone: 61 7 54742343 Mobile: 0419 535539 Fax: Phone first for setup. > > > > [shadow@civileme shadow]$ cat /proc/filesystems > > ext2 > > nodev proc > > iso9660 > > nodev devpts > > vfat > > nodev nfs > > [shadow@civileme shadow]$ > > > > is for a system without supermount installed (Mandrake 7.0 > > Development, loaded with all the stuff I'll never use.) > > Now with a system specifically built for supermount > > I got identical results > > Supermount mounts the device empty on startup and polls it to see > if media has changed on a frequent basis. According to > Mandrakeuser.org the proper thing to do to see ext2 floppies is > > a) make the change of fs=auto in the floppy supermount line > > b) make sure ext2fs is listed in /etc/filesystems > > http://www.mandrakeuser.org/admin/amount2.html#super > > is the relevant URL. > > I also set up a test system and discovered a few things. > > 1. the ide-floppy module does not help you supermount an LS120 as > a floppy > 2. dev=/dev/hdx on supermount lines in /etc/fstab (where x is the > LS120 location) is an extraordinarily inept idea. I managed to > have my first RESET in months thanks to that. After locking up > the wm it halted the shutdown sequence at "unmounting > filesystems" for a measured 30 minutes before I decided I would > have to hit the dreaded button. > > 3. Dragging a file to a supermount icon won't work. I > previously described the workaround for that. > > Civileme > > -- > experimentation involving more than 500 trials with an > ordinary slice of bread and a tablespoon of peanut butter > has determined that the probability a random toss will > land sticky side down (SSD) is approximately .98
Re: [expert] ThinkPad 240 install issues
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Hi- > > I just got a thinkpad 240 that I want to install mandrake on. I ordered the > cdrom drive, but what I got is this thing that needs to slide into an IBM > ultra-slim portable drive bay. In other words, no way to use it at present. > > I have a mandrake CD. I am wondering if either of the following ideas will > work: > > (1)I can put the cd into the drive of a machine I have and do an ftp install > using a pcmcia ethernet card I just did this on a 365x thinkpad. if you pc card is supported it works great. Here's a tip, mount your cd to /home/ftp/pub. > > (2) I can get access to a parallel port cdrom drive (microsolutions backpack > bantam 24x) and try that. > > Otherwise I am SOL until this part can be located and ordered. Can anyone give > some feedback about these choices, or maybe something else that I have > overlooked? > > Thank in advance, > > Steve Salkin -- Brett Jones [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [expert] PHP on Air
I tested my examples by pointing my URL to the Apache server with the account where it belong. example: http://192.168.5.2/~allanj Try it our, it might answer your question. Torben Tretau wrote: > Hi! > > Anyone had problems with PHP on Air? > Got installed Apache and all PHP packages > - running well, but also little examples > wont execute.. Looks like nothing > is parsed from Apache, must i configure > Apache to parse PHP? > > Bye, > Torben -- ||| (@ @) -------oOO--(_)--OOo---------------- A L L A N J A R I N A Tong Fang International, Inc. Oaryoo.ph, Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://surf.to/allanj Countin' on a remedy I've counted on before Goin' with a cure that's never failed me What you call the disease I call the remedy -- The Mighty Mighty Bosstones ----------------------------
[expert] Problem mounting floppy disk
Thanks to all who replied to my post. I am retiring for a period of quiet reflection and experimentation after reading the Mandrakeuser notes Civileme pointed me to and will report success or otherwise. -- Dennis Robertson 2/2 Sylvia Street NOOSAVILLE QLD 4566 AUSTRALIA Phone: 61 7 54742343 Mobile: 0419 535539 Fax: Phone first for setup.
[expert] ThinkPad 240 install issues
Hi- I just got a thinkpad 240 that I want to install mandrake on. I ordered the cdrom drive, but what I got is this thing that needs to slide into an IBM ultra-slim portable drive bay. In other words, no way to use it at present. I have a mandrake CD. I am wondering if either of the following ideas will work: (1)I can put the cd into the drive of a machine I have and do an ftp install using a pcmcia ethernet card (2) I can get access to a parallel port cdrom drive (microsolutions backpack bantam 24x) and try that. Otherwise I am SOL until this part can be located and ordered. Can anyone give some feedback about these choices, or maybe something else that I have overlooked? Thank in advance, Steve Salkin
Re: [expert] Problem Mounting Floppy Disk
On Sat, 04 Mar 2000, you wrote: | Ramon, | Thankyou for your concise and thoughtful reply. I have saved it for future | reference. I have tried the entries you suggested for my fstab file and | it just isn't working. I am including a copy of my fstab file in hopes | someone can point out what I'm doing wrong here. I am able to mount vfat | floppies, just can't get the ext2 working. I've tried all the | obvious.. Here's the fstab file, the way it came configured in Mandrake | 7.0: | | /dev/hda1 /boot ext2 defaults 1 2 | /dev/hda5 / ext2 defaults 1 1 | /dev/hda6 swap swap defaults 0 0 | /dev/hda7 /home ext2 defaults 1 2 | /mnt/floppy /mnt/floppy supermount fs=vfat,dev=/dev/fd0 0 0 The "fs=vfat" says: I want this to work for vfat. if you want to mount ext2 floppies, you can at a minimum just change that to "fs=ext2" Though there's something terrily wrong if /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy auto noauto,user 0 0 doesn't do it for you. Of course if you use this above you do have to "mount" it before you can use it. This is the Unix Classic approach. I've had very little luck with supermount myself, and use this approach. That is, to use it, you do mount /mnt/floppy ls /mnt/floppy and when done (this is important!) before removing it do umount /mnt/floppy If that doesn't work, please copy-and-paste the precise error messages you are getting. | none /proc proc defaults 0 0 | none /dev/pts devpts mode=0620 0 0 | /mnt/cdrom /mnt/cdrom supermount fs=iso9660,dev=/dev/cdrom 0 0 | | | thanks again | | | --dale | | "my mind is scheduled to clear tomorrow, then not again for another 400 years." -- I am "Brian, the man from babble-on" (Brian T. Schellenberger). I can be reached at [EMAIL PROTECTED] . I support http://www.eff.org & http://www.programming-freedom.org . I boycott amazon.com. See http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/amazon.html .
Re: [expert] Netscape closing too many windows
Well, the netscape script that Mandrake provided was there to provide a fix for the problem of closing extra windows, so if you wiped it out, that explains why you're having the problem . . . It's a pretty compex /bin/sh script, so I don't have any immediate suggestions . . . now that 128-bit encryption can be legally exported from the recently-enlightened US of A, there's no reason I can see why Mandrake couldn't package up a 128-bit version. You might to wait for that to happen. I have downloaded both opera and mozilla; I found mozilla more useful in its current state but neither of them is in a terribly useful state right now. They do both have Alpha versions out for Linux that you can play with, though. On Sun, 05 Mar 2000, you wrote: | I have completely wiped all the Mandrake-specific stuff for Netscape | from the system, including the shell script that once resided at | /usr/bin/netscape, because I could not upgrade to the 128-bit version | of Netscape and use that script without reprogramming and I'm no | programmer. | | I have no scripts of any kind, and the NS files are all installed in | the default NS-Install directory of /opt/netscape. To make my life | easier and avoid adding to my already lengthy PATH, I made a link to | Netscape at /usr/bin/netscape. Now, the program works just as before, | but it will often kill extra windows. | | I have tried to use the File-Close command, rather than the Close | widget, and it doesn't matter. About half of the time, when I close | one window, all of them close. | | When does Opera come out? :-) | | On 4 Mar, Brian T. Schellenberger wrote: | > | > Make sure that you invoke it as "netscape" and not as | > "netcape-communicator" or "netscape-navigator" or via a shell script | > from anybody other than Mandrake that invokes it as one of those two | > things. | > | > | > On Sat, 04 Mar 2000, you wrote: | > | I've nuked the Netscape RPMs that came with Mandrake 7 in order to use | > | the US-crypto version (can't find an RPM for it anywhere). | > | | > | Now, it closes all windows when it should close one. This is not an | > | "all the time" thing, but often enough to make me want to kill | > | Netscape's programmers. | > | | > | I've tried an earlier suggestion someone had, of uninstalling and | > | reinstalling the compatibility libraries, and that made absolutely no | > | difference. | > | | > | Anyone have a 100% fix for this, or should I go back to 4.70 and use | > | Fortify to get my 128-bit encryption up? | -- | | --- | Nil Carborundum Illegitimi | http://andysocial.com -- I am "Brian, the man from babble-on" (Brian T. Schellenberger). I can be reached at [EMAIL PROTECTED] . I support http://www.eff.org & http://www.programming-freedom.org . I boycott amazon.com. See http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/amazon.html .
Re: [expert] Same Problem but Mounting CDROM
On Sun, 5 Mar 2000, John Aldrich wrote: > On Sun, 05 Mar 2000, you wrote: > > On 5 Mar 00, at 6:59, John Aldrich wrote: > > > > > You might also want to do the same for the CDROM, as others have > > > reported problems with it. Dunno why, but that "supermount" seems to > > > be problematic for many. I haven't tried it yet, as I"m still using > > > Mandrake 6.0. :-) > > > > > > Unfortunately, it happened to me today. It worked till now and I can't > > figure out why it doesn't work anymore. All I can get is: "Could not list > > directory contents file:/mnt/cdrom" > > I never changed the line in fstab, which is: > > "/mnt/cdrom /mnt/cdrom supermount user,exec,dev,suid,rw,fs=iso9660 0 > > 0". > > So it must be somewhere else the problem. Can somebody point me the > > place where I should look up? > > > Change the /mnt/cdrom back to the style of Mandrake 6.x and > previous: > /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom auto user,noauto,nosuid,exec,nodev,ro 0 0 > > the above is a cut/paste from my fstab. HOwever, it should be pretty > generic, assuming you HAVE a /dev/cdrom. Otherwise you may need to > change /dev/cdrom to /dev/hdx to refer to the IDE device (assuming > it's IDE ) > John > Here's what he's lookin' for: /mnt/floppy /mnt/floppy supermount fs=vfat,dev=/dev/fd0 0 0 /mnt/cdrom /mnt/cdrom supermount fs=iso9660,dev=/dev/cdrom 0 0 /mnt/cdrom2 /mnt/cdrom2 supermount fs=iso9660,dev=/dev/cdrom2 0 0 Those are the pertinent lines that were done by Mandrake 7.0 install back when it was cooker and I first put it up on my machine. /mnt/cdrom is my burner, cdrom2 is my reader. -- Rich Clark Sign the petition at http://www.libranet.com/petition.html Help bring us more Linux Drivers
Re: [expert] Same Problem but Mounting CDROM
On Sun, 05 Mar 2000, you wrote: > On 5 Mar 00, at 6:59, John Aldrich wrote: > > > You might also want to do the same for the CDROM, as others have > > reported problems with it. Dunno why, but that "supermount" seems to > > be problematic for many. I haven't tried it yet, as I"m still using > > Mandrake 6.0. :-) > > > Unfortunately, it happened to me today. It worked till now and I can't > figure out why it doesn't work anymore. All I can get is: "Could not list > directory contents file:/mnt/cdrom" > I never changed the line in fstab, which is: > "/mnt/cdrom /mnt/cdrom supermount user,exec,dev,suid,rw,fs=iso9660 0 > 0". > So it must be somewhere else the problem. Can somebody point me the > place where I should look up? > Change the /mnt/cdrom back to the style of Mandrake 6.x and previous: /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom auto user,noauto,nosuid,exec,nodev,ro 0 0 the above is a cut/paste from my fstab. HOwever, it should be pretty generic, assuming you HAVE a /dev/cdrom. Otherwise you may need to change /dev/cdrom to /dev/hdx to refer to the IDE device (assuming it's IDE ) John
Re: [expert] video conferencing across platforms
"Harondel J. Sibble" wrote: > > Anyone can point me to linux videoconferencing resources? I am looking for > stuff that works point to point, allows vc'ing with people on other platforms > (h323 and all those kind of standards). Any solution should work with bttv > based capture cards at the bare minimum. > > I've been searching for a bit now and all I've found falls under a few > categories > > 1)expensive (up to us$1200) > 2)requires mbone > 3)requires either a quickcam or specialized vc hardware > > Any ideas? > > Harondel J. Sibble > Sibble Computer Consulting > Creating solutions for the small business and home computer user. > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (pgp enabled)http://www.pdscc.com > (604) 739-3709 (voice/fax) (604) 686-2253 (pager) teaser/firecat is a server/client pair that negotiates communication protocols. It can be used for setting up chats and video conferences and as an icq-like device. Should still be on Metalab and last I looked it was under non-consultant's license. -- experimentation involving more than 500 trials with an ordinary slice of bread and a tablespoon of peanut butter has determined that the probability a random toss will land sticky side down (SSD) is approximately .98
Re: [expert] Same Problem but Mounting CDROM
"George R." wrote: > On 5 Mar 00, at 6:59, John Aldrich wrote: > > > You might also want to do the same for the CDROM, as others have > > reported problems with it. Dunno why, but that "supermount" seems to > > be problematic for many. I haven't tried it yet, as I"m still using > > Mandrake 6.0. :-) > > Unfortunately, it happened to me today. It worked till now and I can't > figure out why it doesn't work anymore. All I can get is: "Could not list > directory contents file:/mnt/cdrom" > I never changed the line in fstab, which is: > "/mnt/cdrom /mnt/cdrom supermount user,exec,dev,suid,rw,fs=iso9660 0 > 0". > So it must be somewhere else the problem. Can somebody point me the > place where I should look up? > > > > George Make sure you have permission to mount and read the drive device: cdrom and sg.
Re: [expert] Problem Mounting Floppy Disk
Civileme wrote: > > Dennis Robertson wrote: > > > > Dale Morris wrote: > > > > > > Ramon, > > > Thankyou for your concise and thoughtful reply. I have saved it for future > > > reference. I have tried the entries you suggested for my fstab file and > > > it just isn't working. I am including a copy of my fstab file in hopes > > > someone can point out what I'm doing wrong here. I am able to mount vfat > > > floppies, just can't get the ext2 working. I've tried all the > > > obvious.. Here's the fstab file, the way it came configured in Mandrake > > > 7.0: > > > > > > /dev/hda1 /boot ext2 defaults 1 2 > > > /dev/hda5 / ext2 defaults 1 1 > > > /dev/hda6 swap swap defaults 0 0 > > > /dev/hda7 /home ext2 defaults 1 2 > > > /mnt/floppy /mnt/floppy supermount fs=vfat,dev=/dev/fd0 0 0 > > > none /proc proc defaults 0 0 > > > none /dev/pts devpts mode=0620 0 0 > > > /mnt/cdrom /mnt/cdrom supermount fs=iso9660,dev=/dev/cdrom 0 0 > > > > > > thanks again > > > > > > --dale > > > > > > "my mind is scheduled to clear tomorrow, then not again for another 400 years." > > > > If I could add my 2 cents worth, I have tried every combination > > suggested by Ramon and Silkythreads without success. For me, I have to > > change the device entry to /mnt/fd0 to get even vfat to work > > (/mnt/floppy won't work and /dev/fd0 is not a valid block device). I > > believe the problem is related to supermount and would be interested to > > see the fstab file from anyone who is able to read both vfat and ext2 > > floppies in L-M7.0 with supermount enabled. > > As a matter of interest man fs says that /proc/filesystems shows the > > filesystems currently supported by the kernel; that file is empty on my > > system. Is that related? > > -- > > Dennis Robertson 2/2 Sylvia Street NOOSAVILLE QLD 4566 AUSTRALIA > > Phone: 61 7 54742343 Mobile: 0419 535539 Fax: Phone first for setup. > > [shadow@civileme shadow]$ cat /proc/filesystems > ext2 > nodev proc > iso9660 > nodev devpts > vfat > nodev nfs > [shadow@civileme shadow]$ > > is for a system without supermount installed (Mandrake 7.0 > Development, loaded with all the stuff I'll never use.) Now with a system specifically built for supermount I got identical results Supermount mounts the device empty on startup and polls it to see if media has changed on a frequent basis. According to Mandrakeuser.org the proper thing to do to see ext2 floppies is a) make the change of fs=auto in the floppy supermount line b) make sure ext2fs is listed in /etc/filesystems http://www.mandrakeuser.org/admin/amount2.html#super is the relevant URL. I also set up a test system and discovered a few things. 1. the ide-floppy module does not help you supermount an LS120 as a floppy 2. dev=/dev/hdx on supermount lines in /etc/fstab (where x is the LS120 location) is an extraordinarily inept idea. I managed to have my first RESET in months thanks to that. After locking up the wm it halted the shutdown sequence at "unmounting filesystems" for a measured 30 minutes before I decided I would have to hit the dreaded button. 3. Dragging a file to a supermount icon won't work. I previously described the workaround for that. Civileme -- experimentation involving more than 500 trials with an ordinary slice of bread and a tablespoon of peanut butter has determined that the probability a random toss will land sticky side down (SSD) is approximately .98
Re: [expert] enable SMP
On Sun, 05 Mar 2000, you wrote: > Im having a bit of a problem trying to compile 2.2.13 for smp. My machine > is a dual 166 ppro w/160m ram on a intel mother board that has the AIC7870 > controller on board. I also am running a Intel EE pro100 nic. The problem > is as soon as it shows both cpu's during startup it crashes. > I had that problem too. Someone sent me a patch for a kernel, but, not knowing enough about how to use it, I haven't yet. The solution (that *I* found) was to boot with a "noapic" option at LILO. It complains, but at least it boots. But I've got other problems which keep me from booting to SMP on my Dual-200 PPro board. John
[expert] Same Problem but Mounting CDROM
On 5 Mar 00, at 6:59, John Aldrich wrote: > You might also want to do the same for the CDROM, as others have > reported problems with it. Dunno why, but that "supermount" seems to > be problematic for many. I haven't tried it yet, as I"m still using > Mandrake 6.0. :-) Unfortunately, it happened to me today. It worked till now and I can't figure out why it doesn't work anymore. All I can get is: "Could not list directory contents file:/mnt/cdrom" I never changed the line in fstab, which is: "/mnt/cdrom /mnt/cdrom supermount user,exec,dev,suid,rw,fs=iso9660 0 0". So it must be somewhere else the problem. Can somebody point me the place where I should look up? George
Re: [expert] enable SMP
Make sure you have RTC option enabled and APMD disabled. On Sun, 5 Mar 2000, Bill Beauchemin wrote: > Im having a bit of a problem trying to compile 2.2.13 for smp. My machine > is a dual 166 ppro w/160m ram on a intel mother board that has the AIC7870 > controller on board. I also am running a Intel EE pro100 nic. The problem > is as soon as it shows both cpu's during startup it crashes. > > Bill Beauchemin > Sunnyvale MDC Control Center > GlobalCenter > (a Global Crossing company) > 888-541-9888 > > >
Re: [expert] Floppy install???
Does anybody know exactly what the HD optimization check mark during the filesystem setup in the install do? Would this have anything to do with it? I was thinking that all it would do is use hdparm... On Sat, 4 Mar 2000, Alan Shoemaker wrote: > Johnactually, windows is on another scsi drive, but dos is > not, it's on the same drive. I agree that the error doesn't > sound right, which is why I emailed Tom about it, here's his > reply: > > > Um... probably you have filetype features in use on the > filesystem. > > I have a kernel that will fix it, the next time I upload one it > will > work. I suppose if you could turn off the filetype support in > the > filesystem, I dunno whether the circumstances are worth it for > you. > > If you really want a tomsrtbt that supports it, you could just > build > one with 2.2.x instead of 2.0.x. I have a special patch for > 2.0.x > for it, but I haven't built it yet. > > -Tom > > > So I figured I'd bugged him enough and instead, just sit here > wondering what filesystem features I have inadvertantly turned > on?! > > Alan > > > "John D. Kim" wrote: > > > > Yes, mounting an ext2 fs worked fine. That error doesn't sound right. > > Why in the world would it not support ext2fs? Are your dos/windows > > filesystem on the same HD? > > > > On Fri, 3 Mar 2000, Alan Shoemaker wrote: > > > > > Johndid you actually mount an ext2 file system while booted > > > on tomsrtbt? I have a 7895 built into my motherboard and when > > > booted on tomsrtbt I can mount dos & windows filesystems but my > > > ext2 filesystems error out saying: > > > > > > EXT2-FS: 08:07: couldn't mount because of unsupported optional > > > features > > > > > > As to what the features are that are unsupported, I've no idea. > > > I just installed the system with the install program (DrakX on > > > Mandrake 7.0) and didn't pick any optional features that I was > > > aware of. > > > > > > Alan > > > > > > > > > "John D. Kim" wrote: > > > > > > > > My computer has an adaptec 2940u2w and Tom's dist worked fine. Check the > > > > website. I do remember seeing the list of devices supported on the > > > > website somewhere. > > > > > > > > On Tue, 29 Feb 2000, John Aldrich wrote: > > > > > > > > > On Tue, 29 Feb 2000, you wrote: > > > > > > Try the following URL: > > > > > > http://www.toms.net/rb/ > > > > > > > > > > > > You could also plug your laptop into a network and run the installation >from > > > > > > a network. > > > > > > > > > > > I ran into a situation this weekend where Tom's root/boot > > > > > disk might have helped... IF it supports SCSI. DOES Tom's > > > > > Root/Boot disk support SCSI drives? I had some problems > > > > > booting my system last weekend and wanted to run e2fsck on > > > > > the SCSI drive, but didn't have my system boot floppy which > > > > > has a kernel with SCSI support on it, and the RedHat boot & > > > > > rescue disks don't support SCSI, so I was in trouble. > > > > > John > > > > > > > > >
Re: [expert] Netscape closing too many windows
I believe I have mailed out about this before, but have you tried downloading and installing libc5 version of netscape instead of glibc version? Search the newsgroups and you'll find that this does solve the problem in most of the cases. On Sun, 5 Mar 2000, Gary Bunker wrote: > I have completely wiped all the Mandrake-specific stuff for Netscape > from the system, including the shell script that once resided at > /usr/bin/netscape, because I could not upgrade to the 128-bit version > of Netscape and use that script without reprogramming and I'm no > programmer. > > I have no scripts of any kind, and the NS files are all installed in > the default NS-Install directory of /opt/netscape. To make my life > easier and avoid adding to my already lengthy PATH, I made a link to > Netscape at /usr/bin/netscape. Now, the program works just as before, > but it will often kill extra windows. > > I have tried to use the File-Close command, rather than the Close > widget, and it doesn't matter. About half of the time, when I close > one window, all of them close. > > When does Opera come out? :-) > > On 4 Mar, Brian T. Schellenberger wrote: > > > > Make sure that you invoke it as "netscape" and not as > > "netcape-communicator" or "netscape-navigator" or via a shell script > > from anybody other than Mandrake that invokes it as one of those two > > things. > > > > > > On Sat, 04 Mar 2000, you wrote: > > | I've nuked the Netscape RPMs that came with Mandrake 7 in order to use > > | the US-crypto version (can't find an RPM for it anywhere). > > | > > | Now, it closes all windows when it should close one. This is not an > > | "all the time" thing, but often enough to make me want to kill > > | Netscape's programmers. > > | > > | I've tried an earlier suggestion someone had, of uninstalling and > > | reinstalling the compatibility libraries, and that made absolutely no > > | difference. > > | > > | Anyone have a 100% fix for this, or should I go back to 4.70 and use > > | Fortify to get my 128-bit encryption up? > -- > > --- > Nil Carborundum Illegitimi > http://andysocial.com >
[expert] video conferencing across platforms
Anyone can point me to linux videoconferencing resources? I am looking for stuff that works point to point, allows vc'ing with people on other platforms (h323 and all those kind of standards). Any solution should work with bttv based capture cards at the bare minimum. I've been searching for a bit now and all I've found falls under a few categories 1)expensive (up to us$1200) 2)requires mbone 3)requires either a quickcam or specialized vc hardware Any ideas? Harondel J. Sibble Sibble Computer Consulting Creating solutions for the small business and home computer user. [EMAIL PROTECTED] (pgp enabled)http://www.pdscc.com (604) 739-3709 (voice/fax) (604) 686-2253 (pager)
[expert] Xircom Card CE3B-100BTX and Mandrake 7.0
For any of you that have problems with this card as I have for the last 3 days here is all you need to do to make it work... in you /etc/pcmcia/config.opts file exclude irq 3,4,9 then reboot, the system should then enable the card in irq 7. if not exclude what you can until it is on irq7. This has to be the most painful install of my life on linux. -- Many Thanks. C i s c o S y s t e m s Lee Williams Virtual Desk Technology Lead EMEA Special Projects Team |||| Cisco Systems, Inc. |||| Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ..:||:..:||:..
[expert] enable SMP
Im having a bit of a problem trying to compile 2.2.13 for smp. My machine is a dual 166 ppro w/160m ram on a intel mother board that has the AIC7870 controller on board. I also am running a Intel EE pro100 nic. The problem is as soon as it shows both cpu's during startup it crashes. Bill Beauchemin Sunnyvale MDC Control Center GlobalCenter (a Global Crossing company) 888-541-9888
Re: [expert] Problem Mounting Floppy Disk
DennisI can read both. Here's my fstab: /dev/sda1 /mnt/dos_sda1 vfatuser,exec,umask=0 0 0 /dev/sdb1 /mnt/dos_sdb1 vfatuser,exec,umask=0 0 0 /dev/sda5 /boot ext2defaults1 2 /dev/sda6 swapswapdefaults0 0 /dev/sda7 / ext2defaults1 1 /mnt/floppy /mnt/floppy supermount fs=vfat,dev=/dev/fd00 0 /mnt/floppy2/mnt/floppy2supermount fs=vfat,dev=/dev/fd10 0 none/proc procdefaults0 0 none/dev/ptsdevpts mode=0620 0 0 /mnt/cdrom /mnt/cdrom supermount fs=iso9660,dev=/dev/cdrom 0 0 /mnt/zip/mnt/zipsupermount fs=vfat,dev=/dev/zip0 0 /dev/hda/mnt/ls-120 vfatnoauto,user,exec0 0 to read a floppy w/ext2 I use this console command: mount -t ext2 /dev/fd0 /mnt/tmp There is, of course, a /tmp directory in the /mnt directory. Alan Dennis Robertson wrote: > > Dale Morris wrote: > > > > Ramon, > > Thankyou for your concise and thoughtful reply. I have saved it for future > > reference. I have tried the entries you suggested for my fstab file and > > it just isn't working. I am including a copy of my fstab file in hopes > > someone can point out what I'm doing wrong here. I am able to mount vfat > > floppies, just can't get the ext2 working. I've tried all the > > obvious.. Here's the fstab file, the way it came configured in Mandrake > > 7.0: > > > > /dev/hda1 /boot ext2 defaults 1 2 > > /dev/hda5 / ext2 defaults 1 1 > > /dev/hda6 swap swap defaults 0 0 > > /dev/hda7 /home ext2 defaults 1 2 > > /mnt/floppy /mnt/floppy supermount fs=vfat,dev=/dev/fd0 0 0 > > none /proc proc defaults 0 0 > > none /dev/pts devpts mode=0620 0 0 > > /mnt/cdrom /mnt/cdrom supermount fs=iso9660,dev=/dev/cdrom 0 0 > > > > thanks again > > > > --dale > > > > "my mind is scheduled to clear tomorrow, then not again for another 400 years." > > If I could add my 2 cents worth, I have tried every combination > suggested by Ramon and Silkythreads without success. For me, I have to > change the device entry to /mnt/fd0 to get even vfat to work > (/mnt/floppy won't work and /dev/fd0 is not a valid block device). I > believe the problem is related to supermount and would be interested to > see the fstab file from anyone who is able to read both vfat and ext2 > floppies in L-M7.0 with supermount enabled. > As a matter of interest man fs says that /proc/filesystems shows the > filesystems currently supported by the kernel; that file is empty on my > system. Is that related? > -- > Dennis Robertson 2/2 Sylvia Street NOOSAVILLE QLD 4566 AUSTRALIA > Phone: 61 7 54742343 Mobile: 0419 535539 Fax: Phone first for setup.
Re: [expert] Problem Mounting Floppy Disk
Civilemeneat concept. Next we could create a 'My Computer' icon on the Desktop to put all of those device icons in, wdaya'think? :-) Alan P.S. do you REALLY have a user with that id? ;-) Civileme wrote: > > Dale Morris wrote: > > > > Ramon, > > Thankyou for your concise and thoughtful reply. I have saved it for future > > reference. I have tried the entries you suggested for my fstab file and > > it just isn't working. I am including a copy of my fstab file in hopes > > someone can point out what I'm doing wrong here. I am able to mount vfat > > floppies, just can't get the ext2 working. I've tried all the > > obvious.. Here's the fstab file, the way it came configured in Mandrake > > 7.0: > > > > /dev/hda1 /boot ext2 defaults 1 2 > > /dev/hda5 / ext2 defaults 1 1 > > /dev/hda6 swap swap defaults 0 0 > > /dev/hda7 /home ext2 defaults 1 2 > > /mnt/floppy /mnt/floppy supermount fs=vfat,dev=/dev/fd0 0 0 > > none /proc proc defaults 0 0 > > none /dev/pts devpts mode=0620 0 0 > > /mnt/cdrom /mnt/cdrom supermount fs=iso9660,dev=/dev/cdrom 0 0 > > > > thanks again > > > > --dale > > > > "my mind is scheduled to clear tomorrow, then not again for another 400 years." > > Dale, > > Supermount is a new feature in filesystems which came about > basically with mandrake 7. Use the > /dev/fd0 /somemountpoint auto sync,rw,user,nosuid,unhide 0 0 > as a line in fstab while putting a # in front of the /mnt/floppy > line and see if that helps > You will then have to specifically and explicitly > > $ mount /dev/fd0 > > before reading or writing ext2 filesystems > and > > $ umount /dev/fd0 > > when you are ready to remove them. > > Supermount seems to have been a concession to windows users, and > I have made use of it. Since /dev/fd0 was automounting when a > floppy was inserted, I did > > ln -s /mnt/floppy /home/msbrainwasheduser/Desktop > > and then I changed the icon of that "shortcut" folder to a > mounted floppy--(it changes to a locked folder when no floppy is > inserted) and hid the supermount icon by adding a dot to the name > of the kdelnk > > Now ex-windows users can drag a file to the floppy icon in > complete comfort. (Hey, you can't do that in windows that > way--only in MAC was the icon on the desktop.) > > Of course, they had trouble saving to floppy from StarOffice, > because they had to navigate ALL the way to /mnt/floppy from > /home/msbrainwasheduser/Office51/work and then they might have to > mount the floppy as well SO > > ln -s /mnt/floppy /home/msbrainwasheduser/Office51/work > > made them even more unhappy because now they can't cry to their > bosses that there are too many steps to using linux to save a > file to floppy. They know they are losing the campaign to bring > windows back. > > Civileme > > -- > experimentation involving more than 500 trials with an > ordinary slice of bread and a tablespoon of peanut butter > has determined that the probability a random toss will > land sticky side down (SSD) is approximately .98
[expert] Serial port
Hi, One Q: How does MDK7 set the serial ports? In /etc/rc.d/rc.sysinit it says: # Initialize the serial ports. if [ -f /etc/rc.d/rc.serial ]; then . /etc/rc.d/rc.serial fi But there is no /etc/rc.d/rc.serial so one may guess that no serial port is set. The mouse (serial) is working though and with 'cat /proc/interrupts' I get a normal line for serial: 4: 147276 XT-PIC serial At boottime both serial ports are acknowledged as ttyS0 and ttyS1. 'setserial -G ttyS1' gives out the normal values for port, uart, irq(3). Only irq3 is not listed in /proc/interrupts. I want to d'l the pictures from my Olympus digital camera using camediaplay (from the MDK7.0 CD 3). I have connected the camera to ttyS1 (as it works in that other OS). # camediaplay /dev/ttyS1 inappropriate device specified, or device permission error It can't be permission error because I do this as root. # ls -l /dev/ttyS1 crw--- 1 root tty4, 65 May 5 1998 /dev/ttyS1 Any idea? This is the very last reason to have Win98 on my box and I'm eager to eliminate that one too. wobo -- GPG-Fingerprint: FE5A 0891 7027 8D1B 4E3F 73C1 AD9B D732 A698 82EE For Public Key mailto [EMAIL PROTECTED] with Subject: GPG-Request --- ISDN4LINUX-FAQ -- Deutsch: http://www.wolf-b.de/i4l/i4lfaq-de.html
Re: [expert] Problem Mounting Floppy Disk
Ramonwow, great post! I've archived it under Ramon's_Rants (as suggested by someone in an earlier thread on modems). Anyhow, Dale's fstab lines w/supermount are not wrong, just different than the normal syntax we are used to. In fact supermount (along with its associated fstab lines) works fine on my system. But like the device icons in KDE they are defaulted to vfat file systems. In fact, it appears to me that supermount dosen't work with ext2 (or possibly any other fs than vfat, I've only tried ext2) file systems. There's a KDE filetype called 'File system device' that is used in KDE to mount, unmount and access filesystems. The default filesystem in all removable media devices except cdroms seems to be vfat. In fact adding another filesytem type to the icon complicates the process enough so that I don't do that (after experimenting a while) any more on my system. If I have an ext2 formatted zip or floppy or ls-120 to mount I open a console and use mount/umount. Well the same basic approach seems to be valid when the system uses supermount, the only difference is you can't really unmount a supermounted device/disc. So you can't use the same mount point because you just get the error: mount: /dev/fd0 already mounted or /mnt/floppy busy But if you mount to a directory that isn't associated with a supermount fstab line, the device/disc with ext2 (or, I imagine, any non vfat filesystem) mounts just fine. For instance: mount -t ext2 /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy_ext2 Of course you'll still get the KDE error applet in KDE saying: Could not list directory contents fill:/mount/floppy if you try and navigate to the supermount-associated directory in Kwm (while the non-vfat disc is in the drive or with no media at all in the drive). If you try and access the supermount-associated directory (with either a non-vfat disc or no disc at all in the drive) in a console you'll also get errors like: bash: cd: /mnt/floppy: Input/output error or ls: /mnt/floppy: Input/output error Something else worth noting is that the new KDE desktop icons associated with supermounted devices are not the old 'File system device' type, but simply a '.kdelnk' pointing to the mount point. I realize that probably none of the above helps Dale in finding out why his system is having mount problems, but I thought the info was worth adding to the archives. I hope I've been clear. Alan Ramon Gandia wrote: > > Dale Morris wrote: > > > > I first posted this to the Newbie list, but got no reply. Hopefully, someone > > here can help. > > I just decided to give Mandrake 7.0 a try after using Redhat 6.1 for about a > > month and a half. Here's my problem: > > When I try to mount floppies I made with Redhat 6.1, I get an error > > message, "could not list directory contents, file/mnt/floppy.." what do I > > need to do to -- "So many idiots.. get this working correctly. I'm amazed > > that I can't mount a ext2 floppy. I so few comets.." edited the fstab as > > follows: H Henry /dev/hda1 /boot ext2 defaults 1 2 /dev/hda5 / ext2 > > defaults 1 1 /dev/hda6 swap swap defaults 0 0 /dev/hda7 /home ext2 > > defaults 1 2 /mnt/floppy /mnt/floppy supermount fs=vfat,ext2 dev=/dev/fd0 > > 0 0 none /proc proc defaults 0 0 none /dev/pts devpts mode=0620 0 0 > > /mnt/cdrom /mnt/cdrom supermount fs=iso9660,dev=/dev/cdrom 0 0 > > > > (I added ext2 in fs=..) > > Therefore, your current floppy line in /etc/fstab looks like this: > > /mnt/floppy /mnt/floppy supermount fs=vfat,ext2 dev=/dev/fd0 0 0 > > That is clearly wrong. It should be this: > > /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy auto sync,user,noauto,nosuid,nodev,unhide > 0 0 > > Or even just this: > > /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy ext2 noauto 0 0 > ^^ ^^ > item 1item 2 item 3 item 4 item 5 > > item 1 = physical device. MUST be in /dev in this case /dev/fd0 > you are using a mount point in item 1, which will not work. > > item 2 = mount point. Classically /mnt/floppy but you could > use any blank or empty directory you want. Some peope use > /drive_A > or something similar. Just create an empty directory and use it. > In most Linux distros, /mnt/floppy is the default. But make sure > it actually exists BEFORE you try mounting something to it. > > item 3 = file system type. Could be msdos, could be ext2 or > could be "auto" for automatic detection of the file type in > the floppy. Auto was not allowed here until recently, when > auto-detection was implemented for floppy mounts. > > item 4 These are options, and there are many. In the second > example above, "noauto" means not to mount the floppy > automatically > when it is inserted in the drive. When a floppy is inserted in > the drive, it closes a tiny switch which can be detected by the > operating system, which can then mount it. MSDOS and Win95 are > examples of OS's that do this, but you should know that this is > just by design and is not inherent. You have to make the OS > recogni
Re: [expert] Problem Mounting Floppy Disk
Here's my fstab, I'm running Mandrake 7.02 /dev/sda1 /mnt/DOS_sda1 vfatuser,exec,conv=auto 0 0 /dev/sda5 /mnt/DOS_sda5 vfatuser,exec,conv=auto 0 0 /dev/hda1 /mnt/DOS_hda1 vfatuser,exec,conv=auto 0 0 /dev/hda5 /mnt/DOS_hda5 vfatuser,exec,conv=auto 0 0 /dev/hda6 /mnt/DOS_hda6 vfatuser,exec,conv=auto 0 0 /dev/hda7 /mnt/DOS_hda7 vfatuser,exec,conv=auto 0 0 /dev/hda8 /mnt/DOS_hda8 vfatuser,exec,conv=auto 0 0 /dev/hda9 /mnt/DOS_hda9 vfatuser,exec,conv=auto 0 0 /dev/hdb1 /boot ext2defaults 1 2 /dev/hdb5 /usrext2defaults 1 2 /dev/hdb6 /usr/local ext2defaults 1 2 /dev/hdb7 /home ext2defaults 1 2 /dev/hdb8 /usr/srcext2defaults 1 2 /dev/hdb9 swap_upgradeswapdefaults 0 0 /dev/hdb10 /varext2defaults 1 2 /dev/hdb11 /tmpext2defaults 1 2 /dev/hdb12 /optext2defaults 1 2 /dev/hdb13 / ext2defaults 1 1 /dev/hdc/mnt/ls120 vfatuser,exec,nodev,nosuid,rw,noauto 0 0 /mnt/cdrom /mnt/cdrom supermount fs=iso9660,dev=/dev/cdrom 0 0 /mnt/floppy /mnt/floppy supermount fs=vfat,dev=/dev/fd0 0 0 none/proc procdefaults 0 0 none/dev/ptsdevpts mode=0620 0 0 If nothing else works, try my ol'faithful re-install. What does "dmesg" tell you about your floppy ?? It's possible that your BIOS and OS are not in sync. Ramon Gandia wrote: > > Dale Morris wrote: > > > > I first posted this to the Newbie list, but got no reply. Hopefully, someone > > here can help. > > I just decided to give Mandrake 7.0 a try after using Redhat 6.1 for about a > > month and a half. Here's my problem: > > When I try to mount floppies I made with Redhat 6.1, I get an error > > message, "could not list directory contents, file/mnt/floppy.." what do I > > need to do to -- "So many idiots.. get this working correctly. I'm amazed > > that I can't mount a ext2 floppy. I so few comets.." edited the fstab as > > follows: H Henry /dev/hda1 /boot ext2 defaults 1 2 /dev/hda5 / ext2 > > defaults 1 1 /dev/hda6 swap swap defaults 0 0 /dev/hda7 /home ext2 > > defaults 1 2 /mnt/floppy /mnt/floppy supermount fs=vfat,ext2 dev=/dev/fd0 > > 0 0 none /proc proc defaults 0 0 none /dev/pts devpts mode=0620 0 0 > > /mnt/cdrom /mnt/cdrom supermount fs=iso9660,dev=/dev/cdrom 0 0 > > > > (I added ext2 in fs=..) > > Therefore, your current floppy line in /etc/fstab looks like this: > > /mnt/floppy /mnt/floppy supermount fs=vfat,ext2 dev=/dev/fd0 0 0 > > That is clearly wrong. It should be this: > > /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy auto sync,user,noauto,nosuid,nodev,unhide > 0 0 > > Or even just this: > > /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy ext2 noauto 0 0 > ^^ ^^ > item 1item 2 item 3 item 4 item 5 > > item 1 = physical device. MUST be in /dev in this case /dev/fd0 > you are using a mount point in item 1, which will not work. > > item 2 = mount point. Classically /mnt/floppy but you could > use any blank or empty directory you want. Some peope use > /drive_A > or something similar. Just create an empty directory and use it. > In most Linux distros, /mnt/floppy is the default. But make sure > it actually exists BEFORE you try mounting something to it. > > item 3 = file system type. Could be msdos, could be ext2 or > could be "auto" for automatic detection of the file type in > the floppy. Auto was not allowed here until recently, when > auto-detection was implemented for floppy mounts. > > item 4 These are options, and there are many. In the second > example above, "noauto" means not to mount the floppy > automatically > when it is inserted in the drive. When a floppy is inserted in > the drive, it closes a tiny switch which can be detected by the > operating system, which can then mount it. MSDOS and Win95 are > examples of OS's that do this, but you should know that this is > just by design and is not inherent. You have to make the OS > recognize the floppy. In the example above, noauto means > that you have to explictly give the 'mount' command. > > Item 5 has to do with when fsck checks your drive for file > type errors. > > Here are ways to mount things. Depends if you have a valid > fstab file that allows the shortcut. > > prompt# mount /mnt/floppy > > In this case, the mount command will look at /etc/fstab for > /mnt/floppy in the mount point column. It will see that this > is associated ONLY with /dev/fd0 and will attempt to mount > that drive to that mount point using the parameters in /etc/fstab. > > If /mnt/floppy does not exist, or is associated with a different > device that is detected, then it will exit with an error message. > See below. > > prompt# mount -t ext2 /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy > > Thjis is more explicit. It tells the mo
[expert] Resize lnx4win partition, how??
How do I resize the lnx4win partition (dos image file) non-destructively after i've installed it? Need more space for more packages... Thanks! _ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com
Re: [expert] Netscape closing too many windows
I have completely wiped all the Mandrake-specific stuff for Netscape from the system, including the shell script that once resided at /usr/bin/netscape, because I could not upgrade to the 128-bit version of Netscape and use that script without reprogramming and I'm no programmer. I have no scripts of any kind, and the NS files are all installed in the default NS-Install directory of /opt/netscape. To make my life easier and avoid adding to my already lengthy PATH, I made a link to Netscape at /usr/bin/netscape. Now, the program works just as before, but it will often kill extra windows. I have tried to use the File-Close command, rather than the Close widget, and it doesn't matter. About half of the time, when I close one window, all of them close. When does Opera come out? :-) On 4 Mar, Brian T. Schellenberger wrote: > > Make sure that you invoke it as "netscape" and not as > "netcape-communicator" or "netscape-navigator" or via a shell script > from anybody other than Mandrake that invokes it as one of those two > things. > > > On Sat, 04 Mar 2000, you wrote: > | I've nuked the Netscape RPMs that came with Mandrake 7 in order to use > | the US-crypto version (can't find an RPM for it anywhere). > | > | Now, it closes all windows when it should close one. This is not an > | "all the time" thing, but often enough to make me want to kill > | Netscape's programmers. > | > | I've tried an earlier suggestion someone had, of uninstalling and > | reinstalling the compatibility libraries, and that made absolutely no > | difference. > | > | Anyone have a 100% fix for this, or should I go back to 4.70 and use > | Fortify to get my 128-bit encryption up? -- --- Nil Carborundum Illegitimi http://andysocial.com
Re: [expert] Need help fixing my cdrom access, after upgrade to Mandrake 7.0
No. Just follow Brian's advice and all will work fine. I installed MDK 7.0-2 with high security, followed Brian's suggestion and all worked, Bye, Matt >From: "Sang Y. Yum" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: [expert] Need help fixing my cdrom access, after upgrade to >Mandrake 7.0 >Date: Fri, 3 Mar 2000 12:35:12 -0800 (PST) > >That happened to me when I chose "High" security level >during installation. You might want to lower it to >medium (or 3) with the security tool that comes with >LM 7.0 (I can't remember the name of it but you should >be able to find a reference to it User's Guide) > >Sang > >--- Kurt Landrus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > I just upgraded my system from 6.1 powerpack to the > > new 7.0 version, and > > now I can't access my cdrom. When trying to mount it > > I get a > > "/dev/cdrom: Input/output error". > > > > here is the recent output of dmesg... > > > > Linux version 2.2.14-15mdk > > ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) (gcc version > > 2.95.2 19991024 (release)) #1 Tue Jan 4 22:24:20 CET > > 2000 > > Detected 448970839 Hz processor. > > ide_setup: hdc=ide-scsi > > Console: colour VGA+ 80x25 > > Calibrating delay loop... 447.28 BogoMIPS > > Memory: 127848k/131008k available (1092k kernel > > code, 416k reserved, > > 1588k data, 64k init, 0k bigmem) > > Dentry hash table entries: 262144 (order 9, 2048k) > > Buffer cache hash table entries: 131072 (order 7, > > 512k) > > Page cache hash table entries: 32768 (order 5, 128k) > > VFS: Diskquotas version dquot_6.4.0 initialized > > CPU: Intel Pentium III (Katmai) stepping 03 > > Checking 386/387 coupling... OK, FPU using exception > > 16 error reporting. > > > > Checking 'hlt' instruction... OK. > > POSIX conformance testing by UNIFIX > > mtrr: v1.35a (19990819) Richard Gooch > > ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > > PCI: PCI BIOS revision 2.10 entry at 0xfd993 > > PCI: Using configuration type 1 > > PCI: Probing PCI hardware > > Linux NET4.0 for Linux 2.2 > > Based upon Swansea University Computer Society > > NET3.039 > > NET4: Unix domain sockets 1.0 for Linux NET4.0. > > NET4: Linux TCP/IP 1.0 for NET4.0 > > IP Protocols: ICMP, UDP, TCP, IGMP > > TCP: Hash tables configured (ehash 131072 bhash > > 65536) > > Initializing RT netlink socket > > Starting kswapd v 1.5 > > Detected PS/2 Mouse Port. > > Serial driver version 4.27 with MANY_PORTS MULTIPORT > > SHARE_IRQ enabled > > ttyS00 at 0x03f8 (irq = 4) is a 16550A > > pty: 256 Unix98 ptys configured > > apm: BIOS version 1.2 Flags 0x03 (Driver version > > 1.9) > > Real Time Clock Driver v1.09 > > RAM disk driver initialized: 16 RAM disks of 4096K > > size > > PIIX4: IDE controller on PCI bus 00 dev 39 > > PIIX4: not 100% native mode: will probe irqs later > > ide0: BM-DMA at 0x10c0-0x10c7, BIOS settings: > > hda:DMA, hdb:pio > > ide1: BM-DMA at 0x10c8-0x10cf, BIOS settings: > > hdc:DMA, hdd:pio > > hda: Maxtor 91360U4, ATA DISK drive > > hdc: HP CD-Writer+ 7200, ATAPI CDROM drive > > hdd: IOMEGA ZIP 100 ATAPI, ATAPI FLOPPY drive > > ide0 at 0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6 on irq 14 > > ide1 at 0x170-0x177,0x376 on irq 15 > > hda: Maxtor 91360U4, 12982MB w/2048kB Cache, > > CHS=1655/255/63 > > Floppy drive(s): fd0 is 1.44M > > FDC 0 is a post-1991 82077 > > md driver 0.90.0 MAX_MD_DEVS=256, MAX_REAL=12 > > raid5: measuring checksumming speed > > raid5: MMX detected, trying high-speed MMX checksum > > routines > >pII_mmx : 987.933 MB/sec > >p5_mmx: 1034.034 MB/sec > >8regs : 802.005 MB/sec > >32regs: 422.529 MB/sec > > using fastest function: p5_mmx (1034.034 MB/sec) > > scsi : 0 hosts. > > scsi : detected total. > > md.c: sizeof(mdp_super_t) = 4096 > > Partition check: > > hda: hda1 hda2 hda3 < hda5 hda6 hda7 hda8 > > > autodetecting RAID arrays > > autorun ... > > ... autorun DONE. > > VFS: Mounted root (ext2 filesystem) readonly. > > Freeing unused kernel memory: 64k freed > > Adding Swap: 136512k swap-space (priority -1) > > hdd:<3>ide-scsi: hdd: unsupported command in > > request queue (0) > > end_request: I/O error, dev 16:40 (hdd), sector 0 > > unable to read partition table > > scsi0 : SCSI host adapter emulation for IDE ATAPI > > devices > > scsi : 1 host. > > Vendor: IOMEGAModel: ZIP 100 Rev: > > 23.D > > Type: Direct-Access ANSI > > SCSI revision: 00 > > Detected scsi removable disk sda at scsi0, channel > > 0, id 0, lun 0 > > Vendor: HPModel: CD-Writer+ 7200 Rev: > > 3.01 > > Type: CD-ROM ANSI > > SCSI revision: 02 > > Detected scsi CD-ROM sr0 at scsi0, channel 0, id 1, > > lun 0 > > sr0: scsi3-mmc drive: 6x/6x writer cd/rw xa/form2 > > cdda tray > > Uniform CDROM driver Revision: 2.56 > > SCSI device sda: hdwr sector= 512 bytes. Sectors= > > 196608 [96 MB] [0.1 > > GB] > > sda: Write Protect is off > > sda: sda4 > > supermount: Unrecognized mount option uid > > 3c59x.c:v0.99H 11/17/98 Donald Becker > > >http://cesdis.gsfc.
[expert] Tecra 8000 and Mandrake 7.0
For anyone intrested here is the setup for the sndconfig for the tecra 8000 and mandrake 7.0 I/O IRQ DMA1DMA2MPU I/O Control I/O 0x530 5 1 0 0x330 0x380 Could be useful one day i'm sure. -- Many Thanks. C i s c o S y s t e m s Lee Williams Virtual Desk Technology Lead EMEA Special Projects |||| Cisco Systems, Inc. |||| Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ..:||:..:||:..
Re: [expert] Xircom CE3B-100BTX and Mandrake 7.0
Still cannot get the damn Xircom CE3B-100BTX and Mandrake 7.0 Have now all the details for the card IRQ 7 card "Xircom CE3-10/100 Fast Ethernet" version "Xircom", "*", "CE3-10/100", "1.00" manfid 0x0105, 0x010a bind "xirc2ps_cs" Any one have any ideas would be great, I have tried going into linuxconf but to no avail -- Many Thanks. C i s c o S y s t e m s Lee Williams Virtual Desk Technology Lead EMEA Special Projects |||| Cisco Systems, Inc. |||| Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ..:||:..:||:..
Re: [expert] Problem Mounting Floppy Disk
/dev/hda8 / ext2 noatime 1 1 try the following line. -- Many Thanks. C i s c o S y s t e m s Lee Williams Virtual Desk Technology Lead EMEA Special Projects |||| Cisco Systems, Inc. |||| Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ..:||:..:||:..
Re: [expert] Perl question
I used "Learning Perl", a different O'Reilly book by Randall Schwartz, I think. It was pretty basic, and had some decent examples. It was written as a tutorial. That and the Perl Cookbook are pretty decent companions. Perl may be a tough first language (There are SO many ways to do anything!) but it's a very useful language. Good Luck, -burk On 4 Mar 00, at 21:58, John Aldrich wrote: > Ok. I know this is more of a generic question, but this is the > closest thing to a generic list I'm subbed to, so I'm asking here... > > Can someone reccommend a good Perl textbook? I mean one where you > start with the basic stuff and gradually get more difficult? I'm told > that the O'Reilly books make great reference material, but that they > stink as far as text books go. > > My local LUG is running a Perl class, and the closest thing to a > textbook we have is the Perl Cookbook by O'Reilly, and it's rather > frustrating to me to try and find what I need in there, because I'm > very much a novice to programming in general and to Perl in > particular. > Thanks... > John
Re: [expert] Problem Mounting Floppy Disk
Dale Morris wrote: > > Ramon, > Thankyou for your concise and thoughtful reply. I have saved it for future > reference. I have tried the entries you suggested for my fstab file and > it just isn't working. I am including a copy of my fstab file in hopes > someone can point out what I'm doing wrong here. I am able to mount vfat > floppies, just can't get the ext2 working. I've tried all the > obvious.. Here's the fstab file, the way it came configured in Mandrake > 7.0: > > /dev/hda1 /boot ext2 defaults 1 2 > /dev/hda5 / ext2 defaults 1 1 > /dev/hda6 swap swap defaults 0 0 > /dev/hda7 /home ext2 defaults 1 2 > /mnt/floppy /mnt/floppy supermount fs=vfat,dev=/dev/fd0 0 0 > none /proc proc defaults 0 0 > none /dev/pts devpts mode=0620 0 0 > /mnt/cdrom /mnt/cdrom supermount fs=iso9660,dev=/dev/cdrom 0 0 > > thanks again > > --dale > > "my mind is scheduled to clear tomorrow, then not again for another 400 years." If I could add my 2 cents worth, I have tried every combination suggested by Ramon and Silkythreads without success. For me, I have to change the device entry to /mnt/fd0 to get even vfat to work (/mnt/floppy won't work and /dev/fd0 is not a valid block device). I believe the problem is related to supermount and would be interested to see the fstab file from anyone who is able to read both vfat and ext2 floppies in L-M7.0 with supermount enabled. As a matter of interest man fs says that /proc/filesystems shows the filesystems currently supported by the kernel; that file is empty on my system. Is that related? -- Dennis Robertson 2/2 Sylvia Street NOOSAVILLE QLD 4566 AUSTRALIA Phone: 61 7 54742343 Mobile: 0419 535539 Fax: Phone first for setup.
Re: [expert] Problem Mounting Floppy Disk
On Sat, 04 Mar 2000, you wrote: > Ramon, > Thankyou for your concise and thoughtful reply. I have saved it for future > reference. I have tried the entries you suggested for my fstab file and > it just isn't working. I am including a copy of my fstab file in hopes > someone can point out what I'm doing wrong here. I am able to mount vfat > floppies, just can't get the ext2 working. I've tried all the > obvious.. Here's the fstab file, the way it came configured in Mandrake > 7.0: > One suggestion is to remove the "supermount" and go back to the way things were before that. ie: /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy auto sync,user,noauto,nosuid,nodev,unhide 0 0 (straight from my Mandrake 6.0 system.) You might also want to do the same for the CDROM, as others have reported problems with it. Dunno why, but that "supermount" seems to be problematic for many. I haven't tried it yet, as I"m still using Mandrake 6.0. :-) John
RE: [expert] Perl question
On Sat, 04 Mar 2000, you wrote: > A book I have found quite useful is 'Perl by Example' by Ellie Quigley, > published by Prentice Hall. > Thanks. I'll pass it along. John
Re: [expert] Netscape closing too many windows
Make sure that you invoke it as "netscape" and not as "netcape-communicator" or "netscape-navigator" or via a shell script from anybody other than Mandrake that invokes it as one of those two things. On Sat, 04 Mar 2000, you wrote: | I've nuked the Netscape RPMs that came with Mandrake 7 in order to use | the US-crypto version (can't find an RPM for it anywhere). | | Now, it closes all windows when it should close one. This is not an | "all the time" thing, but often enough to make me want to kill | Netscape's programmers. | | I've tried an earlier suggestion someone had, of uninstalling and | reinstalling the compatibility libraries, and that made absolutely no | difference. | | Anyone have a 100% fix for this, or should I go back to 4.70 and use | Fortify to get my 128-bit encryption up? | -- | | --- | Nil Carborundum Illegitimi | http://andysocial.com -- I am "Brian, the man from babble-on" (Brian T. Schellenberger). I can be reached at [EMAIL PROTECTED] . I support http://www.eff.org & http://www.programming-freedom.org . I boycott amazon.com. See http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/amazon.html .
Re: [expert] Problem Mounting Floppy Disk
No, with supermount running his is at least plausibly close. Supermount changes all the rules . . . but I've found that supermount doesn't work worth beans and just screws everything up (plus it's totally undocumented in Mandrake), so I've removed it by use the "Linux Classic" approach you suggested, and if things are going wrong with an i/o device which uses supermount that's a darn good first thing to try. On Sat, 04 Mar 2000, you wrote: | Dale Morris wrote: | > | > I first posted this to the Newbie list, but got no reply. Hopefully, someone | > here can help. | > I just decided to give Mandrake 7.0 a try after using Redhat 6.1 for about a | > month and a half. Here's my problem: | > When I try to mount floppies I made with Redhat 6.1, I get an error | > message, "could not list directory contents, file/mnt/floppy.." what do I | > need to do to -- "So many idiots.. get this working correctly. I'm amazed | > that I can't mount a ext2 floppy. I so few comets.." edited the fstab as | > follows: H Henry /dev/hda1 /boot ext2 defaults 1 2 /dev/hda5 / ext2 | > defaults 1 1 /dev/hda6 swap swap defaults 0 0 /dev/hda7 /home ext2 | > defaults 1 2 /mnt/floppy /mnt/floppy supermount fs=vfat,ext2 dev=/dev/fd0 | > 0 0 none /proc proc defaults 0 0 none /dev/pts devpts mode=0620 0 0 | > /mnt/cdrom /mnt/cdrom supermount fs=iso9660,dev=/dev/cdrom 0 0 | > | > (I added ext2 in fs=..) | | Therefore, your current floppy line in /etc/fstab looks like this: | | /mnt/floppy /mnt/floppy supermount fs=vfat,ext2 dev=/dev/fd0 0 0 | | That is clearly wrong. It should be this: | | /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy auto sync,user,noauto,nosuid,nodev,unhide | 0 0 | | Or even just this: | | /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy ext2 noauto 0 0 | ^^ ^^ | item 1item 2 item 3 item 4 item 5 | | item 1 = physical device. MUST be in /dev in this case /dev/fd0 | you are using a mount point in item 1, which will not work. | | item 2 = mount point. Classically /mnt/floppy but you could | use any blank or empty directory you want. Some peope use | /drive_A | or something similar. Just create an empty directory and use it. | In most Linux distros, /mnt/floppy is the default. But make sure | it actually exists BEFORE you try mounting something to it. | | item 3 = file system type. Could be msdos, could be ext2 or | could be "auto" for automatic detection of the file type in | the floppy. Auto was not allowed here until recently, when | auto-detection was implemented for floppy mounts. | | item 4 These are options, and there are many. In the second | example above, "noauto" means not to mount the floppy | automatically | when it is inserted in the drive. When a floppy is inserted in | the drive, it closes a tiny switch which can be detected by the | operating system, which can then mount it. MSDOS and Win95 are | examples of OS's that do this, but you should know that this is | just by design and is not inherent. You have to make the OS | recognize the floppy. In the example above, noauto means | that you have to explictly give the 'mount' command. | | Item 5 has to do with when fsck checks your drive for file | type errors. | | Here are ways to mount things. Depends if you have a valid | fstab file that allows the shortcut. | | prompt# mount /mnt/floppy | | In this case, the mount command will look at /etc/fstab for | /mnt/floppy in the mount point column. It will see that this | is associated ONLY with /dev/fd0 and will attempt to mount | that drive to that mount point using the parameters in /etc/fstab. | | If /mnt/floppy does not exist, or is associated with a different | device that is detected, then it will exit with an error message. | See below. | | prompt# mount -t ext2 /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy | | Thjis is more explicit. It tells the mount command to mount | the device or drive /dev/fd0 to the mount directory or point | called /mnt/floppy and to do it as an ext2 file system. | | Note that this command is much more flexible. Here are some | bizarre possibilities: | | Let us say you have /mnt/floppy as well as /mnt/cdrom, which | is typical of most systems. You also have a /home directory, | also typical. | | Let us also assume that there is NO CD in the CD drive. | | Try these for fun: | | prompt# mount -t ext2 /dev/fd0 /mnt/cdrom | prompt# cd /mnt/cdrom | prompt# ls (see that the floppy is mounted under /mnt/cdrom. | hehehehe. | | prompt# mount -t ext2 /dev/fd0 /home | prompt# cd /home | prompt# ls | | Note that here, the contents of the floppy are now readable as | /home. Waht happened to your /home directory??!! &^& Well, no | problem, just do | | prompt# cd / | prompt# umount /home | and all is back to normal. | | Now take a blank, unformatted floppy and put it in the drive. | | prompt# cd / | prompt# fdformat /dev/fd0H1440 | prompt# mke2fs -c /dev/fd0 1440 | prompt# mount -t ext2 /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy | prompt# cd /etc | prompt# cp profile /mnt/
Re: [expert] Xircom CE3B-100BTX and Mandrake 7.0
Start Linuxconf, go to Network, and basic host configuration. Put an X in the checkbox so it's activated, enable dhcp. Quit Linuxconf. It will ask you to activate the changes, do it, and it should work. Jean-Michel Dault [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Sun, 5 Mar 2000, lewillia wrote: > Date: Sun, 05 Mar 2000 10:43:11 +0100 > From: lewillia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [expert] Xircom CE3B-100BTX and Mandrake 7.0 > > Has anyone got the Xircom CE3B-100BTX and Mandrake 7.0 to work together. > > I have installed the card and recieve the up link lights, i have in > /proc/interuppts the card showing as the xirc2ps_cs with irq 5. > > The config is ok no problems that I can see. > > if i do a ifconfig it shows as been up but no ip address, tried using > both pump and dhcpcd demons to start... but nothing. > > When i look into laptop and pcmcia it shows me my card. > > If anyone has any ideas then please can you forward.. > > help much appreciated... > > P.S i'm using the Tecra 8000 laptop with this. > > -- > Many Thanks. > > Lee >
[expert] Xircom CE3B-100BTX and Mandrake 7.0
Has anyone got the Xircom CE3B-100BTX and Mandrake 7.0 to work together. I have installed the card and recieve the up link lights, i have in /proc/interuppts the card showing as the xirc2ps_cs with irq 5. The config is ok no problems that I can see. if i do a ifconfig it shows as been up but no ip address, tried using both pump and dhcpcd demons to start... but nothing. When i look into laptop and pcmcia it shows me my card. If anyone has any ideas then please can you forward.. help much appreciated... P.S i'm using the Tecra 8000 laptop with this. -- Many Thanks. Lee
