[expert] Thanks for " VGA parameters at boot"
Juan,
thanks to you (and all the others who answered) for all the pointers.
I'll go through all the material when time permits, since from the
material you sent it does seem that frame buffer is the only solution.
Thank you again,
Marco Fioretti
"J . A . Magallon" wrote:
>
> Sorry, forgot the files.
> Here goes modeDB.txt, vbe3.pdf is too big, grab it at
> ftp://ftp.vesa.prg/pub/VBE/vbe3.pdf
>
> --
> Juan Antonio Magallon Lacarta #> cd /pub
> mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] #> more beer
>
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Re: [expert] VGA parameters at boot
"J . A . Magallon" wrote: > > > I cannot work in text mode, and that if some error message > > appears during boot I never see it. I know about the Svgatext > > See /var/log/dmesg, and /var/log/boot.log If what fails is X or XDM I never get to do that That's why I need badly readable text from the very start. > I hardocde vga=6 in /etc/lilo.conf. It gives a fine 80x60 > standard mode. > I have a fixed frequency monitor, so I have to be sure that the mode is right before doing that. What I was looking for is explanation/documentation on how to calculate horizontal and vertical frequency from the mode name, i.e.: 80x60 -> Resolution 640x80, 60 MHz HSYNC, 76 Hz VSYNC, Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.
[expert] VGA parameters at boot
Hello,
I am very interested in having my PC booting right into
a high resolution mode, because I have a fixed frequency
monitor. Right now I have runlevel 5, but this means that
I cannot work in text mode, and that if some error message
appears during boot I never see it. I know about the Svgatext
mode package, but:
1) booting straight with a good VGA mode would give me
readable text before than SVGATextmode could ever do,
and would also be easier to set up, wouldn't it?
2) If this is the case, and assuming that my available mode
are something like :
0 0F00 80x25
1 0F01 80x50
2 0F02 80x43
...
how can I figure out which of them is OK for my monitor (of
which I have both datasheet and a perfectly working Xfree86
modeline) without risking to blow it?
3) If none of them works, and I still want high resolution
VGA at boot time, what should I do? Recompile the kernel? How?
4) Last but not least: is somebody using successfully SVGAText
mode with a MATROX AGP 200 and a SUN GDM1962b monitor? Could I
ask you to send me your configuration file?
Thanks in advance,
Marco Fioretti
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[expert] WEB based RPM selection again
Buchan Milne wrote: > > [snip] > > > > Excellent Ideas. To carry it (run script from floppy) farther... the first part >of > > the install would ensure an internet connection, the second part would call into > > play someone's (sorry forgot who) idea of a web based script that would allow a >user > > to select from packages to load and either write a script to floppy/hard disk to > > install the remainder of the available packages from the CD's (assuming that local > > access is faster than d/ling from inet.) > > As long as you don't mean that the installation is dependant on an > internet connection ... > Exactly. My original proposal of a web based package selection was meant to happen completely BEFORE installation. My point was that: 1) As Buchan pointed out, any kinf of installation (except ftp based, of course) should not rely on internet connection made on the fly by the installation script. For example, when I custom installed LM 7.1 I choose to connect to the internet to download crypto packages, and the perl backend simply died on me. 2) Finding out the exact set of applications one need takes long time, and no two sets will be equal. This is why one should have all the time needed to do it well BEFORE installation, which everybody wants to be as fast and smooth as possible. So when it comes to package selection, one should have **already**: figured out all the APPLICATIONS he or she wants to run written out somewhere that list, and just put the list into the PC, via a floppy, go have a coffee and find a completely configured machine, no more tweeking needed, thank you. At risk of bore someone, let me repeat that this web based thing should be APPLICATION centric, and maintain state between sessions. One should be able to tell it (maybe in two or three times): I want the Gimp, Koffice, Window Maker, bash, gcc, perl, apache, gnuplot and the script should find the minimum set of packages needed, including libraries and such, tell the disk space needed and allow list editing. Since we are dreaming, let it allow HW selection also, i.e. let's have it ask which graphic/sound/modem/network cards you have and include only the necessary files to use them. Ciao, Marco Fioretti Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.
Pre-install selection (was:Re: [expert] LM 7.2 ...)
Andrew George wrote: (My original message pasted below) > Umm...if you swap the WWW bit for a console...isn't this what dselect does? I don't know, I haven't tried debian yet. Of course, every distro would benefit from something like this. My real point is that doing what I suggested in the original message with a WWW interface: 1) you can build your very own distribution even before your first LINUX install, and/or during lunch break at work, 10 minutes every day. All this while your PC is happily running non stop the previous distro. 2) With this approach the actual install time is minimized, i.e. your PC remains offline only 1 or 2 hours, depending from the CPU and other issues. After that, you have almost nothing left to tweak. Ciao, Marco > > On Fri, 20 Oct 2000 09:41:13 +0200, Marco Fioretti said: > > > IMHO, it would be wonderful to do it on the www site BEFORE > > installing, something like this: > > > > > > 1) You get the package list from the site, and study > > it at your leisure, figuring out what you really > > need > > > > 2) On the WWW site, maybe in several sessions, you > > select the packages you choose, and > > > > 3) some CGI interface to RPM checks the dependencies > > saying "you should either add this or take that out". > > It shoud also tell you exactly how much HD space will > > be needed. > > > > Repeat steps 2 and 3 as many times as needed, maybe going back > > to the site the day after, until all dependencies are sorted > > out. > > > > 4) When the list is clean, it should be possible to > > save it on a floppy, so that > > > > 5) When you actually install, and must select packages > > you can just put the floppy in, and the installation > > program will install all and only those packages. > > (this is going to be though on laptops not having > > CDROm and FLOPPY useable together. Ah, well) > > > > Last but not least, all this should be possible also after > > installation. By this I mean that one installs, figures out > > in some weeks or months what he actually needs, and then, with > > the list said above, reconfigures everything with one keystroke, > > not running kpackage/rpm N times. > > > > > > Final note on point 2):at least in the first selection, one should > > have to select ONLY the **applications** (apache,window maker, > > perl, emacs...) not all the libraries they need, of which most people > > know nothing and care even less as long as the thing works. > > > > Just my two cents, > > > > > > > > Marco Fioretti Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.
Re: [expert] LM 7.2 and beyond (part 2)
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> package selection during install is too much work to do.
>
Absolutely
IMHO, it would be wonderful to do it on the www site BEFORE
installing, something like this:
1) You get the package list from the site, and study
it at your leisure, figuring out what you really
need
2) On the WWW site, maybe in several sessions, you
select the packages you choose, and
3) some CGI interface to RPM checks the dependencies
saying "you should either add this or take that out".
It shoud also tell you exactly how much HD space will
be needed.
Repeat steps 2 and 3 as many times as needed, maybe going back
to the site the day after, until all dependencies are sorted
out.
4) When the list is clean, it should be possible to
save it on a floppy, so that
5) When you actually install, and must select packages
you can just put the floppy in, and the installation
program will install all and only those packages.
(this is going to be though on laptops not having
CDROm and FLOPPY useable together. Ah, well)
Last but not least, all this should be possible also after
installation. By this I mean that one installs, figures out
in some weeks or months what he actually needs, and then, with
the list said above, reconfigures everything with one keystroke,
not running kpackage/rpm N times.
Final note on point 2):at least in the first selection, one should
have to select ONLY the **applications** (apache,window maker,
perl, emacs...) not all the libraries they need, of which most people
know nothing and care even less as long as the thing works.
Just my two cents,
Marco Fioretti
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[expert] XDM/Xfree crash
Hello, I installed Linux Mandrake 7.1, and set it up to boot in runlevel 5. After 2/3 weeks almost without an itch, XDM has started crashing 80 % of times, leaving the message copied below. Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.
[expert] Modelines for GDM 1962B]
Some days ago, somebody was asking for these on the list, and here they go! Sorry for the delay. Remember that these work on a Matrox G200 AGP Maybe the mandrake guys will insert them in the monitor database.. Ciao, Marco #Modes for Fixed frequency monitor SONY GDM 1962-B Modeline "1152x900" 104.348 1152 1200 1328 1456 900 902 906 943 -hsync -vsync Modeline "1152x900a" 104.348 1152 1200 1328 1456 900 902 906 943 -csync Modeline "1152x900b" 104.348 1152 1200 1328 1456 900 902 906 943 +csync Modeline "1152x900c" 94.51152 1192 1320 1528 900 902 906 937 -hsync -vsync Modeline "1152x900d" 104.348 1152 1192 1320 1456 900 902 906 943 -hsync -vsync Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.
Re: [expert] /usr/bin unuseable in msec level 4
Buchan Milne wrote:
>
> Or maybe /usr/bin is not in your tcsh path? It should be able to call
> then explicitly.
Yes, calling the command explicitly (EX: /usr/bin/test) made it run,
because /usr/bin/test has permissions 755).
/usr/bin was also in the path, but, As I explained previously, it was
unreachable because of the directory permissions in msec level 4(744)
> Bash should not be suid, which would be a very big risk
Precisely my point. Is there any other explanation for bash being able
to
execute (= look into) a 744 directory owned by root?
> !! Have you checked the permissions on bash??
Now that I have switched to msec level 3 both tcsh and bash executables
look fine (rwxr-xr-x). Unfortunately, I did not test it when in msec 4.
Is anybody on the list using msec level 4?
Ciao,
Marco Fioretti
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Re: [expert] XDM/Xfree crash
Aravind Sadagopan wrote:
>
> Hmmm..SIG11 problem..did you change any hardware or configuration ..
The only HW that changed between LM 6.1 and LM 7.1 is the CD driver.
I also installed LILO on the /partition instead of MBR because stupid
BIOS
will abort boot yelling "VIRUS!!".
I also did configure the sound card (same I never used under LM 6.1,
ensoniq 1371 or something like that..)
Finally, I turned on HD optimization this time
Does it means anything to you?
TIA,
Marco
> Marco Fioretti wrote:
>
> > Hello,
> >
> > I installed Linux Mandrake 7.1, and set it up to boot in runlevel 5.
> >
> > After 2/3 weeks almost without an itch, XDM has started crashing
> > 80 % of times, leaving the message copied below.
> >
> > Any idea? I haven't run gdb since I coudl not figure out the results
> >
> > myself, but if somebody is interest/willing to help, please tell me,
> >
> > and I'll run any test which is needed, and post the results.
> >
> > TIA,
> >
> > Marco Fioretti
> > --- xdm-errors.log
> > --
> >
> > XFree86 Version 3.3.6 / X Window System
> > (protocol Version 11, revision 0, vendor release 6300)
> > Release Date: January 8 2000
> > If the server is older than 6-12 months, or if your card is
> > newer
> > than the above date, look for a newer version before
> > reporting
> > problems. (see http://www.XFree86.Org/FAQ)
> > Operating System: Linux 2.2.14-1mdkmosix i686 [ELF]
> > Configured drivers:
> > SVGA: server for SVGA graphics adaptors (Patchlevel 0):
> > NV1, STG2000, RIVA 128, RIVA TNT, RIVA TNT2, RIVA ULTRA TNT2,
> > RIVA VANTA, RIVA ULTRA VANTA, RIVA INTEGRATED, GeForce 256,
> > GeForce DDR, Quadro, ET4000, ET4000W32, ET4000W32i,
> > ET4000W32i_rev_b,
> > ET4000W32i_rev_c, ET4000W32p, ET4000W32p_rev_a,
> > ET4000W32p_rev_b,
> > ET4000W32p_rev_c, ET4000W32p_rev_d, ET6000, ET6100, et3000,
> > pvga1,
> > wd90c00, wd90c10, wd90c30, wd90c24, wd90c31, wd90c33, gvga,
> > r128,
> > ati,
> > sis86c201, sis86c202, sis86c205, sis86c215, sis86c225,
> > sis5597,
> > sis5598, sis6326, sis530, sis620, sis300, sis630, sis540,
> > tvga8200lx,
> > tvga8800cs, tvga8900b, tvga8900c, tvga8900cl, tvga8900d,
> > tvga9000,
> > tvga9000i, tvga9100b, tvga9200cxr, tgui9400cxi, tgui9420,
> > tgui9420dgi,
> > tgui9430dgi, tgui9440agi, cyber9320, tgui9660, tgui9680,
> > tgui9682,
> > tgui9685, cyber9382, cyber9385, cyber9388, cyber9397,
> > cyber9520,
> > cyber9525, 3dimage975, 3dimage985, cyber9397dvd, blade3d,
> > cyberblade,
> > clgd5420, clgd5422, clgd5424, clgd5426, clgd5428, clgd5429,
> > clgd5430,
> > clgd5434, clgd5436, clgd5446, clgd5480, clgd5462, clgd5464,
> > clgd5465,
> > clgd6205, clgd6215, clgd6225, clgd6235, clgd7541, clgd7542,
> > clgd7543,
> > clgd7548, clgd7555, clgd7556, ncr77c22, ncr77c22e, cpq_avga,
> > mga2064w,
> > mga1064sg, mga2164w, mga2164w AGP, mgag200, mgag100, mgag400,
> > oti067,
> > oti077, oti087, oti037c, al2101, ali2228, ali2301, ali2302,
> > ali2308,
> > ali2401, cl6410, cl6412, cl6420, cl6440, video7, ark1000vl,
> > ark1000pv,
> > ark2000pv, ark2000mt, mx, realtek, s3_savage, s3_virge,
> > AP6422,
> > AT24,
> > AT3D, s3_svga, NM2070, NM2090, NM2093, NM2097, NM2160, NM2200,
> >
> > ct65520, ct65525, ct65530, ct65535, ct65540, ct65545, ct65546,
> >
> > ct65548, ct65550, ct65554, ct6, ct68554, ct69000, ct64200,
> >
> > ct64300, mediagx, V1000, V2100, V2200, p9100, spc8110, i740,
> > i740_pci,
> > Voodoo Banshee, Voodoo3, i810, i810-dc100, i810e, smi, generic
> >
> > (using VT number 7)
> >
> > XF86Config: /etc/X11/XF86Config
> > (**) stands for supplied, (--) stands for probed/default values
> > (**) XKB: keycodes: "xfree86"
> > (**) XKB: types: "default"
> > (**) XKB: compat: "default"
> > (**) XKB: symbols: "us(pc105)"
> > (**) XKB: geometry: "pc"
> > (**) XKB: rules: "xfree86"
> > (**) XKB: model: "pc105"
> > (**) XKB: layout: "us"
> > (**) Mouse: type: PS/2, device: /dev/psaux, buttons: 3
> > (**) SVGA: Graphics device ID: "Matrox Millennium G200 4MB"
> > (**) SVGA: Monitor ID: "
Re: [expert] /usr/bin unuseable in msec level 4
Anton Graham wrote: > > Bash is /bin/bash not /usr/bin/bash. Furthermore if you dislike the > exclusion of the /usr/bin directory from the default path, you can always > add it to the relevent configuration files. Also, try using an explicit > path to reach /usr/bin/tcsh (and why is it in /usr/bin? It installs by > default as /bin/tcsh) > > (%:~)- which tcsh > /bin/tcsh > (%:~)- rpm -qf $(which tcsh) > tcsh-6.08.00-9mdk > Of course bash and tcsh are in /bin, but /etc/csh.cshrc calls commands (ex test ) which are in /usr/bin/, doesn't find them because the directory is unreadable, and crashes. If I (as a normal user) type 'which test' at a bash prompt, I get the "/usr/bin/test", if I type the same thing at the tcsh prompt I get "command not found". The only explanation I can give of this is that /bin/bash is suid root, and /bintcsh is not. Please correct me if I'm wrong, or explain the reason for such setup if it is so. TIA, Marco Fioretti Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.
[expert] XDM/Xfree crash
Hello,
I installed Linux Mandrake 7.1, and set it up to boot in runlevel 5.
After 2/3 weeks almost without an itch, XDM has started crashing
80 % of times, leaving the message copied below.
Any idea? I haven't run gdb since I coudl not figure out the results
myself, but if somebody is interest/willing to help, please tell me,
and I'll run any test which is needed, and post the results.
TIA,
Marco Fioretti
--- xdm-errors.log
--
XFree86 Version 3.3.6 / X Window System
(protocol Version 11, revision 0, vendor release 6300)
Release Date: January 8 2000
If the server is older than 6-12 months, or if your card is newer
than the above date, look for a newer version before reporting
problems. (see http://www.XFree86.Org/FAQ)
Operating System: Linux 2.2.14-1mdkmosix i686 [ELF]
Configured drivers:
SVGA: server for SVGA graphics adaptors (Patchlevel 0):
NV1, STG2000, RIVA 128, RIVA TNT, RIVA TNT2, RIVA ULTRA TNT2,
RIVA VANTA, RIVA ULTRA VANTA, RIVA INTEGRATED, GeForce 256,
GeForce DDR, Quadro, ET4000, ET4000W32, ET4000W32i,
ET4000W32i_rev_b,
ET4000W32i_rev_c, ET4000W32p, ET4000W32p_rev_a, ET4000W32p_rev_b,
ET4000W32p_rev_c, ET4000W32p_rev_d, ET6000, ET6100, et3000, pvga1,
wd90c00, wd90c10, wd90c30, wd90c24, wd90c31, wd90c33, gvga, r128,
ati,
sis86c201, sis86c202, sis86c205, sis86c215, sis86c225, sis5597,
sis5598, sis6326, sis530, sis620, sis300, sis630, sis540,
tvga8200lx,
tvga8800cs, tvga8900b, tvga8900c, tvga8900cl, tvga8900d, tvga9000,
tvga9000i, tvga9100b, tvga9200cxr, tgui9400cxi, tgui9420,
tgui9420dgi,
tgui9430dgi, tgui9440agi, cyber9320, tgui9660, tgui9680, tgui9682,
tgui9685, cyber9382, cyber9385, cyber9388, cyber9397, cyber9520,
cyber9525, 3dimage975, 3dimage985, cyber9397dvd, blade3d,
cyberblade,
clgd5420, clgd5422, clgd5424, clgd5426, clgd5428, clgd5429,
clgd5430,
clgd5434, clgd5436, clgd5446, clgd5480, clgd5462, clgd5464,
clgd5465,
clgd6205, clgd6215, clgd6225, clgd6235, clgd7541, clgd7542,
clgd7543,
clgd7548, clgd7555, clgd7556, ncr77c22, ncr77c22e, cpq_avga,
mga2064w,
mga1064sg, mga2164w, mga2164w AGP, mgag200, mgag100, mgag400,
oti067,
oti077, oti087, oti037c, al2101, ali2228, ali2301, ali2302,
ali2308,
ali2401, cl6410, cl6412, cl6420, cl6440, video7, ark1000vl,
ark1000pv,
ark2000pv, ark2000mt, mx, realtek, s3_savage, s3_virge, AP6422,
AT24,
AT3D, s3_svga, NM2070, NM2090, NM2093, NM2097, NM2160, NM2200,
ct65520, ct65525, ct65530, ct65535, ct65540, ct65545, ct65546,
ct65548, ct65550, ct65554, ct6, ct68554, ct69000, ct64200,
ct64300, mediagx, V1000, V2100, V2200, p9100, spc8110, i740,
i740_pci,
Voodoo Banshee, Voodoo3, i810, i810-dc100, i810e, smi, generic
(using VT number 7)
XF86Config: /etc/X11/XF86Config
(**) stands for supplied, (--) stands for probed/default values
(**) XKB: keycodes: "xfree86"
(**) XKB: types: "default"
(**) XKB: compat: "default"
(**) XKB: symbols: "us(pc105)"
(**) XKB: geometry: "pc"
(**) XKB: rules: "xfree86"
(**) XKB: model: "pc105"
(**) XKB: layout: "us"
(**) Mouse: type: PS/2, device: /dev/psaux, buttons: 3
(**) SVGA: Graphics device ID: "Matrox Millennium G200 4MB"
(**) SVGA: Monitor ID: "Generic|Multi-frequency that can do 1280x1024 at
60 Hz"
(--) SVGA: Mode "640x480" needs hsync freq of 32.10 kHz. Deleted.
(--) SVGA: Mode "640x480" needs hsync freq of 38.60 kHz. Deleted.
(--) SVGA: Mode "640x480" needs hsync freq of 37.50 kHz. Deleted.
(--) SVGA: Mode "800x600" needs hsync freq of 35.16 kHz. Deleted.
(--) SVGA: Mode "800x600" needs hsync freq of 37.88 kHz. Deleted.
(--) SVGA: Mode "800x600" needs hsync freq of 46.88 kHz. Deleted.
(--) SVGA: Mode "800x600" needs hsync freq of 53.67 kHz. Deleted.
(--) SVGA: Mode "1024x768" needs hsync freq of 48.36 kHz. Deleted.
(--) SVGA: Mode "1024x768" needs hsync freq of 56.48 kHz. Deleted.
(--) SVGA: Mode "1024x768" needs hsync freq of 60.02 kHz. Deleted.
(--) SVGA: Mode "1280x1024" needs hsync freq of 79.98 kHz. Deleted.
(--) SVGA: Mode "640x400" needs hsync freq of 31.47 kHz. Deleted.
(--) SVGA: Mode "640x480" needs hsync freq of 31.47 kHz. Deleted.
(--) SVGA: Mode "800x600" needs hsync freq of 35.16 kHz. Deleted.
(--) SVGA: Mode "1024x768" needs hsync freq of 35.52 kHz. Deleted.
(--) SVGA: Mode "640x400" needs hsync freq of 37.86 kHz. Deleted.
(--) SVGA: Mode "640x480" needs hsync freq of 36.46 kHz. Deleted.
(--) SVGA: Mode "640x480" needs hsync freq of 37.50 kHz. Deleted.
(--) SVGA: Mode "800x600" needs hsync freq of 37.88 kHz. Deleted.
(--) SVGA: Mode "
[expert] /usr/bin unuseable in msec level 4
Hello,
some days ago I posted a message titled
"csh/tcsh shell unuseable by non root".
Its text is reported below.
After much swearing, I have found that
in msec level 4 /usr/bin has permission:
rwxr--r--, or rwx--x--x, I'm not sure.
Obviously both permissions make the binaries
in the directory unreachable to non root
users, even though the binaries themselves
have right permissions (755, see below).
I had already decided for other reasons to
switch to msec level 3, and did it right
after this discovery.
Now I can work again, but:
1) How could this happen? Security is wonderful,
but obtaining it by making commands unuseable
makes the system itself unuseable to everyone.
As far as I can remember, I selected level 4 during
custom installation and did not touch anything else
afterwards.
2) If /usr/bin is unreachable, how can bash use it
and tcsh not? Is bash setuid root or something? (I
forgot to check this at home..). If so, it's bad,
isn't it?
Any feedback is appreciated.
Ciao,
Marco Fioretti
ORIGINAL POSTING
Hello,
I am running LM 7.1 with security level 4.
Yesterday I tried for the first time since
installation to run a csh script which worked
perfectly with LM 6.1.
Now, if I run as normal user, it crashes
even before starting, i.e. on sourcing the
/etc/cshrc file.
Specifically, it says that "id" and "test",
both used in the cshrc file, are
"command not found",
even though the $PATH is correctly set.
The same happens if I just start an xterm as a normal
user with bash, and type tcsh.
If I su root (whih has bash too) and then type tcsh,
everything goes fine.
the permissions in /usr/bin, where test and id are,
look OK to me, 755.
Any idea?
Is it at least possible to invoke csh/tcsh without
haviong them to look at the /etc/cshrc file?
(other than moving it, of course)
TIA,
Marco
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[expert] csh/tcsh shell unuseable by non root
Hello, I am running LM 7.1 with security level 4. Yesterday I tried for the first time since installation to run a csh script which worked perfectly with LM 6.1. Now, if I run as normal user, it crashes even before starting, i.e. on sourcing the /etc/cshrc file. Specifically, it says that "id" and "test", both used in the cshrc file, are "command not found", even though the $PATH is correctly set. The same happens if I just start an xterm as a normal user with bash, and type tcsh. If I su root (whih has bash too) and then type tcsh, everything goes fine. the permissions in /usr/bin, where test and id are, look OK to me, 755. Any idea? Is it at least possible to invoke csh/tcsh without haviong them to look at the /etc/cshrc file? (other than moving it, of course) TIA, Marco Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.
[expert] Call to Mandrake: KOffice package for PC and SPARC
Hello,
Does anybody know where and/or when one could
find compiled, stand-alone binaries for the
whole KOffice suite?
By this I mean one or more binaries that one
could just copy on any winXX/Linux/sparc machine
and run off the box, without any prerequisite.
The reason for this request is that, in mine and
many other companies, the upper management is trying
to impose a complete switch from (in my case) Solaris
to MS-only platforms (does anybody remember Civileme?).
Unfortunately, lots of people still believe that (apparently)
lower TCO costs and GUI-only environments are all it takes
to make *any* company successful...
What's even more desolating is that one of the reasons to
downgrade every engineer to the MS level is "to speed internal
communications", i.e. to email everybody a 10 words
meeting call written in ... Powerpoint (it *DID* happen...)
An easy to install complete office suite which is:
even more free than StarOffice
full featured, but
less demanding than Office 2000, and
much more stable
could be a very useful weapon in such a fight (I'm thinking to
presentation slides with a footer like "made with the free,
cross-platform KOffice suite")
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If such stand-alone packages don't exist yet, is there any
Linux distributor aiming at the desktop market willing to
build them? It would also provide tons of testers, and make
a good point whenever one is trying to say to his company
"let's not waste money like this, we have Linux"
<>
DISCLAIMER: as is painfully obvious from the body of this
message, all the opinions and requests above are only mine,
and do NOT reflect the positions of my employer.
Thanks for your time,
Marco Fioretti
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Re: [expert] Fixed Freq Monitors
Daniel Bodanske wrote: > > I am installing Mandrake 7.1 (single disk version) for a friend, and am > having trouble with the X config. He has a Sony GDM-1960 fixed frequency . Daniel, I have an almost equal set up at home (Sony GDM 1962 B with SUN label). I made it work with a Matrox G200 under LM 6.1 and 7.1 after studying the links listed below. Of course I had to use a normal monitor for installation, modify XFree86Config by hand, and must use runlevel 5 all the time, but the monitor is really good. Have a look at the links and let us know. Monday I'll also post my home Xfree86Config file, with modelines and all. Good luck, Marco http://searchlinux.com/cgi-perl/subjectview.pl?sidx=128701&qidx=102775&type=0&from=/cgi-perl/search.pl%3Fqidx=102775 CNET Linux Help - Question http://www.si87.com/Support/s-to-z.html Monitor Manufacturers s-to-Z http://saturn.tlug.org/sunstuff/ffmonitor.html#ffreqUsing a fixed-frequency monitor on a PC http://www.sun.com/service/contacting/faq/index.htmlQuestions and Comments http://shin.nu/~maruyamh/sunspecific.html Sun Specific!! http://docs.sun.com/ http://www.monitorworld.com/Monitors/Sun_page.html SUN monitors. Monitor, video card, and cable information http://cvs.anu.edu.au:80/monitorconversion/ Use your old Workstation Monitors with Linux/XFree86 http://www.hut.fi/Misc/Electronics/circuits/vga2rgbs.html VGA to RGB+sync converter http://www.epox.com/support/bulletins/t-23.html EPoX Bulletin #23: Matrox G200 AGP video card problems with VIA MVP3 chipsets http://www.repairfaq.org/REPAIR/F_ffmon.htmlSci.Electronics.Repair FAQ: Approaches to Using Fixed Frequency or Non-Standard Monitors on PCs http://www.pacwest.net/byron13/sam/ffmon.htm#ffmqad Approaches to Using Fixed Frequency or Non-Standard Monitors on PCs http://www.synergetech.co.jp/html/hal9000/display/1.txt http://www.altavista.com/cgi-bin/query?pg=q&kl=XX&stype=stext&q=GDM+1962+manual&search.x=26&search.y=6 AltaVista: Simple Query "GDM 1962 manual"
[expert] TEST again, please ignore
Marco Fioretti wrote: > > ciao
[expert] TEST, please ignore
ciao
Re: [expert] kdesu is missing.
So, what should we do? This doesn't look as an optional package, does it? Why does this happen, and what is the RPM to install it from by hand? Marco > >Yeah, that's happened to me too. I've installed ML7.1 maybe a dozen times >(essentially the same each time) and sometimes kdesu is there, other times >not. > > >kf > >On Fri, 4 Aug 2000, Marco Fioretti wrote: > >= Hello, >= >= while setting up my LM 7.1 box, I decided to run >= printerdrake (as root). An error message pops up saying that >= kdesu is not found. >= >= A quick investigation says: >= >= [root@polaris marco]# ls -l /usr/bin/kde* >= kde kdecode kdehelp kdesetup kdevelop >= [root@polaris marco]# ls -l /usr/bin/kde >= [root@polaris marco]# whereis kdesu >= kdesu: >= [root@polaris marco]# which kdesu >= which: no kdesu in (/sbin:/usr/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin) >= [root@polaris marco]# >= >= Why is it missing? Is it a broken/badly copied CD (but the installation >= was fine, except LILO, see my other posting)? >= Is it a consequence of choosing security level high? If so, how do I >= run printerdrake? >= >= >= Any help is appreciated! >= >= Ciao, >= Marco >= > >-- >Familiarity breeds contempt. > -- Publius Syrus (42 B.C.), Maxim 640 > > > __ Get Your FREE FlashMail Address now at http://www.flashmail.com It's Free, Easy, & Fun !!!
Re: [expert] About LILO and default label: conclusion
Hello, as requested by several people, there you have my /etc/fstab and /etc/lilo.conf, together with my original posting. Thanks in advance [root@polaris marco]# more /etc/lilo.conf boot=/dev/hda map=/boot/map install=/boot/boot.b vga=normal default=linux keytable=/boot/us.klt lba32 prompt timeout=50 message=/boot/message image=/boot/vmlinuz-secure label=linux root=/dev/hda1 initrd=/boot/initrd-secure.img read-only image=/boot/vmlinuz label=linux-up root=/dev/hda1 initrd=/boot/initrd.img read-only image=/boot/vmlinuz label=failsafe root=/dev/hda1 initrd=/boot/initrd.img append=" failsafe" read-only /ETC/FSTAB (I also tried with a separate /boot partition at the beginning of the drive, but it didn't work, and as somebody noted, should be not an issue with LBA on, right?) [root@polaris marco]# m /etc/fstab /dev/hda1 / ext2 defaults 1 1 none /dev/pts devpts mode=0620 0 0 /dev/hda7 /home ext2 defaults 1 2 /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom auto user,noauto,nosuid,exec,nodev,ro 0 0 /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy auto sync,user,noauto,nosuid,nodev 0 0 none /proc proc defaults 0 0 /dev/hda6 /usr ext2 defaults 1 2 /dev/hda5 swap swap defaults 0 0 [root@polaris marco]# > >- Original Message - >From: "Marco Fioretti" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Cc: "Marco Fioretti" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Thursday, August 03, 2000 7:49 PM >Subject: [expert] About LILO and default label: conclusion > > >> Hello, >> >> Thanks to all who made suggestions for my LILO >> problem (it would not recognize the default label, >> i.e. it would not start after 5 seconds as set up >> in /etc/lilo.conf. >> >> I have tried all your suggestions with LILO, i.e. creating >> a /boot separate partition, placing it and/or / at the >> beginning of the drive, giving them different partitions types >> and/or names (/dev/hda1, /dev/hda5, ). >> >> Eventually I just gave up. Now I have a system which still >> won't boot by itself, i.e. wait forever at the LILO prompt. >> If I just hit enter, or type linux, it boots fine, and MANDRAKE 7.1 >> looks quite cool, actually. >> >> The boot thing sucks, but since it's not a server box, I >> can live with it, temporarily. >> When I'll have perfected a backup procedure for the whole >> drive, I'll try again to fiddle with LILO and/or GRUB. >> > > A final note however: the problem is not just that this version of > LILO doesn't likes > 1024 cylinders, because: > > 1) SAME HD and BIOS worked just fine with MANDRAKE 6.1 > > 2) As I showed in the original posting, I did put either / or /boot > at the beginning of the drive (or so the install tool told me) > > 3) I am surely missing something here, but is it possible that LILO > doesn't see more than 1024 cylinders unless you just hit ? > > 4) A clue for whoever can understand it: the big differences between > my self-booting Mandrake 6.1 install and this are: > > I installed 6.1 with LILO on the MBR: I wasn't given this option > during the expert installation process. > > With 6.1, I just choose two partitions, / and swap. This time, > feeling though I wanted to have /, /usr, and /home on separate > partitions. > > Thanks again to all who helped and to whoever just went through > all this rambling. Any light is appreciated. > > > Ciao, > Marco __ Get Your FREE FlashMail Address now at http://www.flashmail.com It's Free, Easy, & Fun !!!
[expert] kdesu is missing.
Hello, while setting up my LM 7.1 box, I decided to run printerdrake (as root). An error message pops up saying that kdesu is not found. A quick investigation says: [root@polaris marco]# ls -l /usr/bin/kde* kde kdecode kdehelp kdesetup kdevelop [root@polaris marco]# ls -l /usr/bin/kde [root@polaris marco]# whereis kdesu kdesu: [root@polaris marco]# which kdesu which: no kdesu in (/sbin:/usr/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin) [root@polaris marco]# Why is it missing? Is it a broken/badly copied CD (but the installation was fine, except LILO, see my other posting)? Is it a consequence of choosing security level high? If so, how do I run printerdrake? Any help is appreciated! Ciao, Marco
[expert] About LILO and default label: conclusion
Hello, Thanks to all who made suggestions for my LILO problem (it would not recognize the default label, i.e. it would not start after 5 seconds as set up in /etc/lilo.conf. I have tried all your suggestions with LILO, i.e. creating a /boot separate partition, placing it and/or / at the beginning of the drive, giving them different partitions types and/or names (/dev/hda1, /dev/hda5, ). Eventually I just gave up. Now I have a system which still won't boot by itself, i.e. wait forever at the LILO prompt. If I just hit enter, or type linux, it boots fine, and MANDRAKE 7.1 looks quite cool, actually. The boot thing sucks, but since it's not a server box, I can live with it, temporarily. When I'll have perfected a backup procedure for the whole drive, I'll try again to fiddle with LILO and/or GRUB. A final note however: the problem is not just that this version of LILO doesn't likes > 1024 cylinders, because: 1) SAME HD and BIOS worked just fine with MANDRAKE 6.1 2) As I showed in the original posting, I did put either / or /boot at the beginning of the drive (or so the install tool told me) 3) I am surely missing something here, but is it possible that LILO doesn't see more than 1024 cylinders unless you just hit ? 4) A clue for whoever can understand it: the big differences between my self-booting Mandrake 6.1 install and this are: I installed 6.1 with LILO on the MBR: I wasn't given this option during the expert installation process. With 6.1, I just choose two partitions, / and swap. This time, feeling though I wanted to have /, /usr, and /home on separate partitions. Thanks again to all who helped and to whoever just went through all this rambling. Any light is appreciated. Ciao, Marco
[expert] cdrom not working: SW or HW fault?
Hello, I have a pc running Mandrake 6.1, with an ATAPI cdrom drive NEC CDR-3001. The drive always worked fine until yesterday, when it quit on me right in the middle of an RPM installation. Now I get the errors described below 90% of times, no matter which cdrom I try to read. Even when mount succeeds, I just get the top directory listing, but trying to cat some files, or open it via kfm times out, takes a lng time, or just leaves me with a blank The reason I'm posting this is: could it be some SW/configuration fault (like some file I canceled by mistake/something which is looped on itself..)? How could I find out? I'd really hate to have to fetch money for a new drive right now Any help is really appreciated, Marco I I try to open it by clicking on the KDE icon, I get: KFM error Could not mount Error log: file:/dev/cdrom%3A%20Input/output%20error%0Amoun...ou%20must%20specify%20the%20filesystem%20type%0A If I try from the console, as root, I get: [root@polaris marco]# m /etc/fstab /dev/hda1 / ext2defaults1 1 /dev/hda5 swapswapdefaults0 0 /dev/fd0/mnt/floppy auto sync,user,noauto,nosuid,nodev,unhide 0 0 /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom auto user,noauto,nosuid,exec,nodev,ro 0 0 none/proc procdefaults0 0 none/dev/ptsdevpts mode=0622 0 0 [ [root@polaris marco]# mount -t iso9660 /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom/ mount: block device /dev/cdrom is write-protected, mounting read-only mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/cdrom, or too many mounted file systems [root@polaris marco]# umount /mnt/cdrom/ umount: /mnt/cdrom/: not mounted In both cases the led blinks a few times and then dies, and no noise whatsoever comes from the drive
[expert] LILO doesnt see its default label
Hello, I just installed Mandrake 7.1, and it looks great, except one or two issues. The most important is with LILO. When I power up, LILO starts, greets me, telling that it will boot the default image in 5 seconds, but nothing happens. If *I* type linux, LILO boots fine, and the system works great. I have an 8.4 GBYTE HD, partitioned as follows swap hda5240 MB cyl 0-30 /hda6300 MB cyl 31-68 /usr hda73 GIG following /home/ hda84.5 GIG following It was done this way by the installation software. /etc/lilo.conf follows. Any help is appreciated. Thank you, Marco boot=/dev/hda map=/boot/map install=/boot/boot.b vga=normal default=linux keytable=/boot/us.klt lba32 prompt timeout=50 message=/boot/message image=/boot/vmlinuz-secure label=linux root=/dev/hda6 initrd=/boot/initrd-secure.img read-only image=/boot/vmlinuz label=linux-up root=/dev/hda6 initrd=/boot/initrd.img read-only image=/boot/vmlinuz label=failsafe root=/dev/hda6 initrd=/boot/initrd.img append=" failsafe" read-only __ Get Your FREE FlashMail Address now at http://www.flashmail.com It's Free, Easy, & Fun !!!
[expert] LILO doesn't recognize default label
Hello, I just installed Mandrake 7.1, and it looks great, except one or two issues. The most important is with LILO. When I power up, LILO starts, greets me, telling that it will boot the default image in 5 seconds, but nothing happens. If *I* type linux, LILO boots fine, and the system works great. I have an 8.4 GBYTE HD, partitioned as follows swaphda5240 MB cyl 0-30 / hda6300 MB cyl 31-68 /usrhda73 GIG following /home/ hda84.5 GIG following It was done this way by the installation software. /etc/lilo.conf follows. Any help is appreciated. Thank you, Marco boot=/dev/hda map=/boot/map install=/boot/boot.b vga=normal default=linux keytable=/boot/us.klt lba32 prompt timeout=50 message=/boot/message image=/boot/vmlinuz-secure label=linux root=/dev/hda6 initrd=/boot/initrd-secure.img read-only image=/boot/vmlinuz label=linux-up root=/dev/hda6 initrd=/boot/initrd.img read-only image=/boot/vmlinuz label=failsafe root=/dev/hda6 initrd=/boot/initrd.img append=" failsafe" read-only
[expert] Conclusion of: cdrom not working: SW or HW fault?
Hello, It definitely was an HW fault, there was a piece of the PCB burned... Anyways, I just bought a new one and used it to install LM 7.1 Thanks a lot to everybody who answered, especially Ted. Ciao, Marco >Usually this happens when a cable goes bad. Don't know why >cables can go bad like that, but that is the first place to try. > >73 de KK6WJ > > > >-- Forwarded Message -- >Subject: [expert] Fwd: cdrom not working: SW or HW fault? >Date: Sat, 29 Jul 2000 08:31:53 -0100 >From: Marco Fioretti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >Hello, > >I have a pc running Mandrake 6.1, with an ATAPI >cdrom drive NEC CDR-3001. The drive always worked fine >until yesterday, when it quit on me right in the middle of an RPM installation. >Now I get the errors described below 90% of times, no matter which >cdrom I try to read. Even when mount succeeds, I just get the top directory >listing, but trying to cat some files, or open it via kfm times out, takes a >lng time, or just leaves me with a blank > >The reason I'm posting this is: could it be some SW/configuration fault (like >some file I canceled by mistake/something which is looped on itself..)? How >could I find out? > >I'd really hate to have to fetch money for a new drive right now >Any help is really appreciated, > > Marco > >I I try to open it by clicking on the KDE icon, I get: >KFM error Could not mount >Error log: >file:/dev/cdrom%3A%20Input/output%20error%0Amoun...ou%20must%20specify%20the%20filesystem%20type%0A > >If I try from the console, as root, I get: > >[root@polaris marco]# m /etc/fstab >/dev/hda1 / ext2defaults1 1 >/dev/hda5 swapswapdefaults0 0 >/dev/fd0/mnt/floppy auto >sync,user,noauto,nosuid,nodev,unhide 0 0 >/dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom auto >user,noauto,nosuid,exec,nodev,ro 0 0 >none/proc procdefaults0 0 >none/dev/ptsdevpts mode=0622 0 0 >[ >[root@polaris marco]# mount -t iso9660 /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom/ >mount: block device /dev/cdrom is write-protected, mounting read-only >mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/cdrom, > or too many mounted file systems >[root@polaris marco]# umount /mnt/cdrom/ >umount: /mnt/cdrom/: not mounted > >In both cases the led blinks a few times and then dies, and no noise >whatsoever >comes from the drive >--- >--- > > > __ Get Your FREE FlashMail Address now at http://www.flashmail.com It's Free, Easy, & Fun !!!
[expert] Fwd: cdrom not working: SW or HW fault?
Hello, I have a pc running Mandrake 6.1, with an ATAPI cdrom drive NEC CDR-3001. The drive always worked fine until yesterday, when it quit on me right in the middle of an RPM installation. Now I get the errors described below 90% of times, no matter which cdrom I try to read. Even when mount succeeds, I just get the top directory listing, but trying to cat some files, or open it via kfm times out, takes a lng time, or just leaves me with a blank The reason I'm posting this is: could it be some SW/configuration fault (like some file I canceled by mistake/something which is looped on itself..)? How could I find out? I'd really hate to have to fetch money for a new drive right now Any help is really appreciated, Marco I I try to open it by clicking on the KDE icon, I get: KFM error Could not mount Error log: file:/dev/cdrom%3A%20Input/output%20error%0Amoun...ou%20must%20specify%20the%20filesystem%20type%0A If I try from the console, as root, I get: [root@polaris marco]# m /etc/fstab /dev/hda1 / ext2defaults1 1 /dev/hda5 swapswapdefaults0 0 /dev/fd0/mnt/floppy auto sync,user,noauto,nosuid,nodev,unhide 0 0 /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom auto user,noauto,nosuid,exec,nodev,ro 0 0 none/proc procdefaults0 0 none/dev/ptsdevpts mode=0622 0 0 [ [root@polaris marco]# mount -t iso9660 /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom/ mount: block device /dev/cdrom is write-protected, mounting read-only mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/cdrom, or too many mounted file systems [root@polaris marco]# umount /mnt/cdrom/ umount: /mnt/cdrom/: not mounted In both cases the led blinks a few times and then dies, and no noise whatsoever comes from the drive ---
[expert] Can IP routing slow down startx?
Hello,
after connecting my two computers, and configuring them,
I have noticed that, while I can ftp and telnet at the
maximum speed between the two, something weird happened
on the "client", i.e. on the one that should use the
other as its Internet Gateway.
(Gateway = 192.168.1.1, Client = 192.168.1.2)
1) on the client, route -n gives:
Kernel IP routing table
Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric RefUse
Iface
192.168.1.2 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0
eth0
192.168.1.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0
eth0
127.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.0.0.0 U 0 0 0
lo
0.0.0.0 192.168.1.1 0.0.0.0 UG1 0 0
eth0
Please notice the first route: I know it should'nt be
there, but I can't figure out how it slipped in:
how do I remove it permanently?
( I also said to Linuxconf that the gateway should
do IP routing: was it correct?)
2) After networking, starting X on the client takes
5/6 minutes, against 30/40 seconds it took before,
and during this time there is ethernet traffic (i.e.
the NIC led flashes) every ~10 seconds.
After it is started, everything works at the usual
speed.
Are the two things connected? Why?
TIA
Ciao
Marco Fioretti
[expert] Corrupted BeroFTPD rpm
Hello,
yesterday I connected my two computers,
both running Mandrake 6.1,
in order to ftp some big files from one to the other.
Networking itself is OK: each machine can ping itself
and the other, both with hostname and IP address.
I also installed the telnet-server and BeroFTPD rpms.
I could not telnet nor ftp, however.
Both commands give me a "connection refused"
answer and abort.
This partly depends from me being sleepy ( I realize
while I write this that inetd was not running...:
how do you start it after boot, BTW? Could I have
missed something else?).
BeroFTPD, however, seems corrupted: the INSTALL doc
says to modify /etc/inetd.conf pointing the ftp service
to /usr/sbin/BEROFTPD, but there is no such file after
the RPM is installed, just in.ftpd.
Is that RPM corrupted? If so, where can I find it
compiled for Mandrake 6.1 (For several reasons I cannot
upgrade right now)?
TIA,
Marco Fioretti
Re: [expert] OT: Cannot add bookmarks to Netscape
Ron Stodden wrote: > > Marco, > > Try 'File Bookmark', not 'Add Bookmark' to add a new bookmark to > Netscape. > > BTW, you can also go to a bookmark from 'Edit Bookmarks' by using the > right click menu. > It works! For some obscure reason, I was deeply sure that "File Bookmark" could only place a new bookmark in subfolders. Thank you, Marco
[expert] OT: Cannot add bookmarks to Netscape
Hello, all
I apologize for asking this here, but I don't know where
else to find "Netscape-on-*NIX" expertise.
Here in the office, I use a SPARC Ultra-10 running SunOS
5.5.1, with Netscape as Mail/WWW Client.
In the last two weeks, I have lost the capability to add
new bookmarks to Netscape: the old ones are still there,
and I can use, edit and reorganize them.
However, if I am on a WWW page, and click on
"Add Bookmark (ALT+K)"
it is not added to the ~/.netscape/bookmark.html file.
Any clues (or links to detailed Netscape documentation,
I couldn't find any)?
More info:
I do have a disk quota, but I am well below the limit.
Netscape Version is 4.7, changed from 4.6.?? some time ago.
TIA,
Marco Fioretti
Re: [expert] High definition console 2
> -> For simple text cols x rows selection in standard resolutions, passing > -> vga=ask to the kernel at boot time will get you a menu of standard > -> text modes (up to 132x60 which is pretty unreadable on a small > -> screen in standard text modes). Then replace the vga=ask with > -> vga=mode_number. > As I mentioned in my second message, at least on my laptop there is nothing going that far within the limit of the vga=ask option. Apart from this, this doesn't probably solve the problem with frequency monitors: judging from the number of pages on the issue, there are many guys who, just like me, are using a very good, fixed frequency SUN monitor, purchased for next to nothing at some bankrupt auction. In such cases, you need to start right from boot with the exact modeline. On a side note: I saw somebody suggesting the use of twin DURING the installation: I had not thought to it at all, but it's really a neat idea! Ciao, Marco
[expert] High definition console 2
Thank you to all people who answered. I would like to point out that I know about 1) Emacs running a shell in a windows (M-x shell) 2) switching virtual consoles using Fx, and 3) passing vga=ask at boot time. 4) the great documentation included with SVGAText (BTW, I discovered a patch to it for MATROX cards at http://www.execpc.com/~tz/. Could anybody do an updated RPM out of it? 5) The frame buffer thing. Back to the original issues: as others have already noticed, the reason for the suggestion was to have more windows at the same time, without X, at the greatest speed/resolution possible (ideally, 160 cols x 60/70 rows = two pages side by side in emacs) and with a decent font. From this point of view: - Emacs and the fb impact performances. Specifically, do we want to load emacs just to see two windows side by side? what would the VI guys say? - Fx doesn't allow more windows on the same screen - at least on my machines, vga=ask doesn't give the same resolution promised by SVGAText, nor decent fonts. In short, I confirm eternal gratitude to whoever will polish and integrate those two packages together. Point (4) above raises a more general issues about distribution and packages usability. While by no means a kernel hacker, I can fairly define myself a pretty advanced linux(unix) user. I can script my way through quite complex problems, be they networking, automatic html generation, offline plotting, lay-out reports, and other complex user-space problems. I could make SVGAText work like I want, eventually. Unlike many on this list, however, my job (ASIC designer) has nothing to do with system administration, and the time left for linux at home is so small that I can only *use* it, not tweak it. I would like to do it a *lot*, but if I spent hours compiling new kernels and packages, I would not use them anymore. At home. In the office, I'm simply not allowed to do it, it's not my job: I just have to come up with the clever one-liner which massages simulation and lay-out reports in some smart way, and similar stuff. I think there are many, many people in a similar situation: I agree that asking somebody else to do it for you is not the Linux way, but it doesn't always happen out of laziness or mental limits. All distribution maintainers should keep this in mind, and Mandrake is probably one of the best from this point of view. Just keep going. Thank you for your time. Marco
[expert] High definition console
Hello, this is both a suggestion for next release of Mandrake, and a search for somebody who has already solved the same problem. On servers and/or low resources PCs, it would be very nice (to save resources) if one could work: 1) without X, but 2) At the maximum resolution (1024x768 or higher) 2) viewing different text windows at the same time. Example: I have Mandrake 6 on my laptop (P133, 32 M RAM). It *does* run KDE/Gimp/KFM/etc... when I need them, but you can imagine the speed... Many times, however, I only need emacs, one shell and pine. With an environment as above, I would go much faster without loosing resolution and multi-window view. Same applies on a server installation. Now the suggestion: SVGAText and TWIN (http://linuz.sns.it/~max/twin) are two GPL packages that would do together exactly what I described. It would be *VERY* nice to have them polished and tested by the MDK team, compiled for pentium, and packaged together with as many configuration instructions as possible (i.e. tested configuration files for many video cards). Again, if somebody has already tested this combination, please let us know. TIA. Ciao, Marco Fioretti
[expert] Mailing list in Mandrake
Sorry for the misleading title, but I don't know how to handle this anymore. I have been trying for about four months to get off the newbie list IN THE CORRECT WAY. The problem is the address I subscribed with, [EMAIL PROTECTED] is obsolete in my company, and an alias redirects it to my current address, [EMAIL PROTECTED] The consequence is that the mailing list software won't accept my unsubscribe requests because they come from a different address, and whoever maintains it never answered to my previous requests. Conclusion: please unsubscribe from newbie any address looking like "teifima" or "fioretti" @ "anything".ericsson.se, but keep me on the Mandrake expert list. Please accept my excuses for disturbong this list. Merry Christmas, Marco Fioretti
[expert] Workaround to: A new problem with linux (all of 'em)?????
Civileme wrote: > > Trend ChipAwayVIrus(R) On Guard Ver 1.63A > > reads the screen as the BIOS does the Power-On Self-Test > then we see after a while > > LILO Boot: > > and type in dos or just wait > > When it says > > Loading (either linux or dos) > > There is a CHIRP > > And a RED screen with bright YELLOW Text Appears > > "Trend ChipAwayVirus has detected a boot virus on your hard disk! > > Press for more information (recommended) >to continue booting > I have the very same problem on the same board. It is certainly not correct/professional/serious/etc.. by the "antivirus" authors to make it this way, and we should all complain. However, there is (maybe) a way to live with it, in the sense of not having to be at the keyboard when your server reboots after a blackout at 2:00 am. I have this problem because I installed Mandrake 6.1 and LILO on the MBR. When I installed Mandrake 6.0 on the same machine, I put LILO (don't ask me why...) not on the MBR, but on /. With that setup, the BIOS still wrote in big red letters that something was wrong, but after 1/2 second stepped aside and let LILO do its job just fine. I'd like to have feedback on this, because, quite frankly, LILO and (in general) BIOS level things are beyond my skills and interests, so I can't be sure whether what I just said does actually make sense. If not, please explain why. Ciao, Marco Fioretti
[expert] FAX setup missing in Mandrake
Hello,
the following is a message I sent some days ago to Tom Berger,
of mandrake-user.org. Tom put it on the wish list,
but I thought I'd post it here also, since it's
a general interest thing.
As always, real life example/scripts are most welcome!
TIA,
Marco Fioretti
##
# MY MESSAGE to TOM BERGER
Tom,
thanks a lot for the MUO site!
I have found it quite useful in setting up my Linux-Mandrake PC.
One thing missing, however, is a DETAILED, **MANDRAKE-SPECIFIC**
explanation about faxes.
Since Mandrake is proposed as a Desktop-Ready LINUX, this function
should really be painless to set up. Please put it on your agenda, or
let me know if it's not possible.
Despite reading quite a lot of stuff, I haven't been able to:
# Fax scanned papers via KDE utilities
# Scan papers via the new xsane package, and fax them right away
# Fax local ascii files via Ksendfax (its default fax command is missing
from Mandrake...)
# Insert fax covers
# Receive faxes, i.e. have the computer wake up on ring, to accept all
and only fax calls, refusing incoming PPP connections, or stepping
aside if it's a voice call.
In general, a very useful site: thank you again!
Marco Fioretti
[expert] SOLARIS CONSOLE: a solution?
Hello,
some days ago, somebody asked for a Solaris-like console
to use under Linux. Basically, this is a console window,
always accessible under X, where all error messages from
all programs are echoed (including the programs that die
misteriously when launched by the root menu)
There is something that might be the solution at the
following URL:
http://www.linuxgazette.com/issue14/lg_tips14.html
look for 'Two 2 Cent Tips -- syslog & X Color Depth'
and let me know if it is the solution.
later,
Marco Fioretti
[expert] SVGATextmode and Matrox G200
Hello, Yesterday I installed the SVGATextMode 1.9**mdk rpm packaged by Bero on my Mandrake 6.1 box, which has a Matrox Millenniuim G200 AGP with 8 MB RAM. After reading the man pages, and trying a few modes without success, I'd like to know if anybody is already running successfully the same Card/OS/RPM combination, and whith wich settings. Below are excerpts of my Xfree86config, TextConfig files. All I have got so far is either the monitor complaining "SCAN OUT OF RANGE" or a stable text screen, at the standard 80x25 resolution but with characters scrambled all around. Only textmode, CTL+ALT+F2, login as root and reboot (all typed blindly) give me back the machine. TIA, Marco My working Modeline under X (1024x768 @ 76 Hz, 62.5 kHz hsync) Modeline "1024x768"851024 1032 1152 1360 768 784 787 823 STARTX output: (--) SVGA: PCI: Matrox MGA G200 AGP rev 1, Memory @ 0xe800, 0xe400 (--) SVGA: Linear framebuffer at 0xE800 (--) SVGA: MMIO registers at 0xE400 (--) SVGA: Video BIOS info block at 0x000c7540 (--) SVGA: Found and verified enhanced Video BIOS info block (!!) SVGA: Unable to probe for video memory size. Assuming 8 Meg. Please specify the correct amount in the XF86Config file. See the file README.MGA for details. (--) SVGA: detected an SGRAM card (--) SVGA: chipset: mgag200 (--) SVGA: videoram: 8192k (**) SVGA: Option "dac_8_bit" (**) SVGA: Using 32 bpp, Depth 24, Color weight: 888 (--) SVGA: Maximum allowed dot-clock: 250.000 MHz (**) SVGA: Mode "1024x768": mode clock = 85.000 ### Textconfig excerpt: Chipset "matrox" #Clocks 60.0 75.0 85.0 clockchip "ti3026" # for the Millennium #clockchip "mystique" # for the Mystique ### SVGATextMode output: DEBUG: SVGATextMode version: 1.9 DEBUG: Debug level: 2 DEBUG: running from /dev/tty1 DEBUG: Opening config file '/etc/TextConfig' DEBUG: Parsing Config file... DEBUG: parsed data from config file: DEBUG: Chipset = 30 (MATROX) DEBUG: monitor H limits: 3 - 64000 DEBUG: monitor V limits: 5 - 12 DEBUG: Clocks: 6 75000 85000 DEBUG: DacSpeed = 6kHz DEBUG: MClk not defined DEBUG: RefClk not defined DEBUG: ClockChip not defined DEBUG: Optmask = 0x11600 DEBUG: ResetProg = `(Not Defined)' DEBUG: DefaultMode = `80x25' DEBUG: Underline_pos = -1 (disabled) DEBUG: ClockProg = `(Not Defined)' DEBUG: Terminals: (Not Defined) DEBUG: cursor_start = 29 ; cursor_end = 31 DEBUG: bordercolor = 0 DEBUG: FontProg = `/usr/bin/setfont' DEBUG: FontPath = `(Not Defined)' DEBUG: Font selections: DEBUG: 8x7 : Cyr_a8x8 DEBUG: 9x7 : Cyr_a8x8 DEBUG: 8x8 : Cyr_a8x8 DEBUG: 9x8 : Cyr_a8x8 DEBUG: 8x11 : 8x12alt.psf DEBUG: 9x11 : 8x12alt.psf DEBUG: 8x12 : 8x12alt.psf DEBUG: 9x12 : 8x12alt.psf DEBUG: 8x13 : Cyr_a8x14 DEBUG: 9x13 : Cyr_a8x14 DEBUG: 8x14 : Cyr_a8x14 DEBUG: 9x14 : Cyr_a8x14 DEBUG: 8x15 : Cyr_a8x16 DEBUG: 9x15 : Cyr_a8x16 DEBUG: 8x16 : Cyr_a8x16 DEBUG: 9x16 : Cyr_a8x16 DEBUG: 8x31 : Cyr_a8x32 DEBUG: 9x31 : Cyr_a8x32 DEBUG: 8x32 : Cyr_a8x32 DEBUG: 9x32 : Cyr_a8x32 DEBUG: Found requested text mode in config file: DEBUG: `B92x48' [92x48] 6kHz 736 776 872 952 768 768 769 800 font 9x16 flags=0x0 H/V=56.0/70.0 DEBUG: Cursor start-end = 14-15 DEBUG: Underline pos. will be: -1 DEBUG: Check max clock speed: OK DEBUG: Checking if 6 kHz can be achieved DEBUG: findclosestclock: closest clock nr 0 = 6 kHz. DEBUG: Clock deviation (from requested clock) = |6-6|=0 kHz (0.00%). DEBUG: Check_range(56022): range from 3 to 64000 OK DEBUG: Check_range(70027): range from 5 to 12 OK DEBUG: Checking if new mode requires screen resizing (from /dev/tty0) DEBUG: Getting IO permissions (and then you can also get rid of this message...). SVGATextMode NOTE: You may remove the `SyncDisks' option from the TextConfig file once SVGATextMode proves to work reliably on your machine. This will make SVGATextMode run much faster. Chipset = `MATROX', Textmode clock = 60.00 MHz, 92x48 chars, CharCell = 9x16. Refresh = 56.02kHz/70.0Hz. SVGATextMode: Syncing disks... 54 ; this: 2.2.13-7mdk) DEBUG: VT_RESIZE DEBUG: Checking if kernel supports VT_RESIZEX (required: 1.3.3 ; this: 2.2.13-7mdk) DEBUG: VT_RESIZEX(cols=92,rows=48,vlin=768,clin=16,vcol=828,ccol=9) DEBUG: VT_RESIZEX DEBUG: Checking if kernel supports Automatic TTY resizing (SIGWINCH) (required: 1.3.3 ; this: 2.2.13-7mdk) DEBUG: Unlocking chipset 30 DEBUG: UNLOCK VGA: No special register unlocking needed for chipset #30 DEBUG: Setting chipset-specific special registers DEBUG: SPECIAL VGA chip settings: no special settings for chipset #30 DEBUG: Checking for Slow Sync... DEBUG: Checking for Slow Sync... DEBUG: findclosestclock: closest clock nr
[expert] Thanks for "no network because of ARP"
Just wanted to thank all people who gave me a lot of useful suggestions to make my network card work. As it turned out, I had a network card that: a) requires setting under DOS, and my PC is 100% linux (yes, i know about dosemu and stuff...) b) that particular card is probably also buggy itself, i.e. its RJ-45 connector.. Conclusion: I traded him back, paying just the difference, with a 3com 3c900, which worked immediately. Thanks, Marco
[expert] KMAIL doesn't like mutt
Hello, I have started playing with mutt yesterday, because as nice as kmail is, I also need a text-only mail user agent. I have found the following problems, and I'm not sure if they are a bug in mutt, kmail, or some nasty interaction between them. In mutt (Mandrake 6.1 version), I opened a mbox file made with Mandrake 6.0 version of kmail. Deleted some files, then got tired, closed mutt and reopened the same mail file with Kmail on my Mandrake 6.1 box. Kmail lists all messages correctly, but: If I sort them by date, some messages' date becomes the beginning of time (Jan 1 1970, 00:00) If I click on a message to see it, the subject disappears from the message list window, and the message body window is empty also. Any idea? Side question, slightly off-topic: after browsing from end to end the mutt manual, I haven't found a way to move (** not copy **) a whole group of tagged messages from one folder to another. Is this feature really missing? TIA, Marco
[expert] Thanks for "no network because of ARP"
Just wanted to thank all people who gave me a lot of useful suggestions to make my network card work. As it turned out, I had a network card that: a) requires setting under DOS, and my PC is 100% linux (yes, i know about dosemu and stuff...) b) that particular card is probably also buggy itself, i.e. its RJ-45 connector.. Conclusion: I traded him back, paying just the difference, with a 3com 3c900, which worked immediately. Thanks, Marco
Re: [expert] How do I keep all kernel options? (WAS:Can't networkbecause of ARP)
Sergio Korlowsky wrote: > Marco... > I have a home network and I use the same Realtek 8029 > without any trouble with Mandrake 6.0 and 6.1 > I don't undestand why you need the driver if > there is support for that nic under the present kernel > it's modular, I use module ne2k-pci. for that nic. Sergio, 1) it is Realtek 8019, not 8029 2) it is ISA, not PCI Marco
[expert] How do I keep all kernel options? (WAS:Can't network because of ARP)
I have finally found some more documentation and also a linux driver for the Ethernet Card I have (REALTEK 8019). I decided to try to recompile the kernel, with that specific driver, and just trade back the card for a better one if it still doesn't work. I didn't do it before because the vendor ensured me it was a fully NE2K compatible thing, which is not the case. My fault... :-( I have 3 questions at this point: 1) The driver provided by the manifacturer is for linux 1.2.13. Whould it work in Mandrake 6.1? (tgz file attached) 2) Where do I find all the choices made in compiling the current kernel, so I don't screw up anything else (/usr/src/linux/.config??) 3) In case it doesn't work, which (unexpensive) eternet cards do you recommend? Thanks once more to anybody who helped me to learn a lot! Marco lin8019.tgz
[expert] STILL Can't network because of ARP
Thanks to you all for your support and useful info. Since it's not working yet, there are some more informations/ tests I did yesterday. Changing cables doesn't seem to make things any different. PCMCIA cable connector blinks as expected in normal operations The same applies to Desktop card leds. Several people pointed out that I was using IO 0x280 and IRQ 5, which is Soundblaster's default. Then I: removed soundblaster reconfigured jumper on dektop card to useI/O 0x280, IRQ 11 NOTE: the network card datasheet says: ISA full duplex ethernet with plug and play feature, "...it is a ISA bus and a Plug&Play + jumper + jumperless +full duplex Ethernet card" I configured Jumpers to Disable Plug and Play function, enable jumper mode Result: no improvement yet, some interesting messages in dmesg, see below TIA, Marco dmesg|tail on desktop ne.c:v1.10 9/23/94 Donald Becker ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) NE*000 ethercard probe at 0x280: 00 c0 26 ce 18 ac eth0: NE2000 found at 0x280, using IRQ 11. eth0: Tx timed out, lost interrupt? TSR=0x3, ISR=0x2, t=745. eth0: Tx timed out, lost interrupt? TSR=0x3, ISR=0x2, t=7500. tcpdump uses obsolete (PF_INET,SOCK_PACKET) device eth0 entered promiscuous mode device eth0 left promiscuous mode dmesg|tail sul desktop, after reboot, with LAPTOP off ne.c:v1.10 9/23/94 Donald Becker ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) NE*000 ethercard probe at 0x280: 00 c0 26 ce 18 ac eth0: NE2000 found at 0x280, using IRQ 11. eth0: Tx timed out, excess collisions. TSR=0x1e, ISR=0x8, t=752. cat /proc/net/dev Inter-| Receive| Transmit face |bytespackets errs drop fifo frame compressed multicast|bytespackets errs drop fifo colls carrier compressed lo: 0 0000 0 0 0 0 0000 0 0 0 eth0: 0 00 750 0 0 0 1402 0200 0 0 0 cat /proc/interrupts CPU0 0: 165439 XT-PIC timer 1: 1517 XT-PIC keyboard 2: 0 XT-PIC cascade 8: 1 XT-PIC rtc 10: 21 XT-PIC aic7xxx 11: 0 XT-PIC NE2000 12: 0 XT-PIC PS/2 Mouse 13: 1 XT-PIC fpu 14: 56697 XT-PIC ide0 15: 6 XT-PIC ide1 NMI: 0 cat /proc/ioports -001f : dma1 0020-003f : pic1 0040-005f : timer 0060-006f : keyboard 0070-007f : rtc 0080-008f : dma page reg 00a0-00bf : pic2 00c0-00df : dma2 00f0-00ff : fpu 0170-0177 : ide1 01f0-01f7 : ide0 0280-029f : NE2000 02f8-02ff : serial(auto) 0376-0376 : ide1 03c0-03df : vga+ 03f6-03f6 : ide0 03f8-03ff : serial(auto) e400-e407 : ide0 e408-e40f : ide1 e800-e8be : aic7xxx
[expert] FOLLOW-UP on: Can't network because of ARP
Hello, thank you for all your suggestions. This is the extra information you asked for. Thank you in advance to whoever will be so patient to browse through itm.. Refer to my original posting for a description of the problem, or ask me to mail it again. To begin with, I do have a (new) crossover ethernet cable. However, this doesn't exclude cable problem, or other hardware problem (see below). Second, I **am** doing something bad/stupid to the PCMCIA configuration, but can't figure out what's missing ( just look at lsmod output). Third, these are the outputs you requested of route, netstat, ifconfig and lsmod on both machines. Thanks, Marco DESKTOP >>>route -n Kernel IP routing table Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric RefUse Iface 192.168.1.1 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.255 UH0 00 eth0 192.168.1.2 192.168.1.1 255.255.255.255 UGH 0 00 eth0 192.168.1.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 U 0 00 eth0 127.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.0.0.0 U 0 00 lo Removing by hand the first two routes, nothing changes. >>>netstat -i Kernel Interface table Iface MTU MetRX-OK RX-ERR RX-DRP RX-OVRTX-OK TX-ERR TX-DRP TX-OVR Flg eth0 1500 00 0 0 00 2 0 0 BRU lo 3924 00 0 0 00 0 0 0 LRU >>>netstat -i, later Kernel Interface table Iface MTU MetRX-OK RX-ERR RX-DRP RX-OVRTX-OK TX-ERR TX-DRP TX-OVR Flg eth0 1500 00 0 0 00 25 0 0 BMRU lo 3924 0 204 0 0 0 204 0 0 0 LRU >>>ifconfig eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:C0:26:CE:18:AC inet addr:192.168.1.1 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0 UP BROADCAST RUNNING PROMISC MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:0 errors:25 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:100 Interrupt:5 Base address:0x220 loLink encap:Local Loopback inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0 UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:3924 Metric:1 RX packets:204 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:204 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 >>>lsmod Module Size Used by ppp_deflate42468 0 (autoclean) bsd_comp4144 0 (autoclean) ppp21036 0 (autoclean) [ppp_deflate bsd_comp] slhc4468 0 (autoclean) [ppp] sound 65240 0 (autoclean) (unused) soundcore 3748 3 (autoclean) [sound] soundlow 304 0 (autoclean) [sound] ne 6416 1 (autoclean) 83906020 0 (autoclean) [ne] vfat 11036 0 (unused) fat32960 0 [vfat] aic7xxx 107536 0 (unused) >>>dmesg|grep eth0 eth0: NE2000 found at 0x220, using IRQ 5. eth0: Tx timed out, lost interrupt? TSR=0x3, ISR=0x2, t=763. eth0: Tx timed out, lost interrupt? TSR=0x3, ISR=0x2, t=7500. eth0: Tx timed out, lost interrupt? TSR=0x3, ISR=0x2, t=12000. LAPTOP >>>more /etc/pcmcia/congig.opts # # Local PCMCIA Configuration File # # System resources available for PCMCIA devices # include port 0x100-0x4ff, port 0x1000-0x17ff include memory 0xc-0xf include memory 0xa000-0xa0ff, memory 0x6000-0x60ff # # Extra port range for IBM Token Ring # include port 0xa00-0xaff # # Resources we should not use, even if they appear to be available # # First built-in serial port exclude irq 1 exclude irq 3 exclude irq 4 exclude irq 5 exclude irq 8 exclude irq 9 exclude irq 10 exclude irq 13 exclude irq 14 exclude irq 15 #exclude port 0x340-0x34f exclude port 0x2f8-0x33f # Second built-in serial port #exclude irq 3 # First built-i
Re: [expert] Can't network because of ARP
"John J. LeMay Jr." wrote: > > I have a couple of ideas here. First, I don't think you should show a > route between the two machines - flat network, no routing necessary once > the packets hit ethx. I followed step by step instructions from an Italian LINUX article, already tried by some friends of mine successfully, that's why I put that route. > Second, can each machine ping itself? Yes, no problem..
[expert] Can't network because of ARP
Hello, I just installed Mandrake 6.1 on both my desktop (D) and laptop( L). Now I'm trying to connect the two via Ethernet, but, even after reading the PCMCIA howto, NAG, etc.., and giving all commands at the root prompt , I came to a dead end on ARP. My configuration is: D: 192.168.1.1 polaris.net.local L: 192.168.1.2 avalon.net.local When pinging from D to L, tcpdump on both machines says: D arp who-is 192.168.1.2 tell at polaris.net.local L arp who-is 192.168.1.2 tell at polaris.net.local arp reply 192.168.1.2 is-at ARP request make it to the laptop, it (says that) is answering, but the desktop doesnt see nothing, so the whole thing dies right there. Pinging the other way never makes it to the desktop. ifconfig on both machines says eth0 is ON, with settings as shown in the Network Administrator Guide, and route -n shows routes from each computer to the other (forgot floppy with log at home, I'll post it tomorrow if needed) telnet says no route to host, or network unreachable. All hardware seems to be OK (PCMCIA ETHERNET card gives two high beeps as expected, and is recognized/configured, according to system logs. Both cards blink green to show the link is ON...) Any suggestion is welcome.. TIA, Marco
[expert] Laptop install via LILO? FOLLOW-UP
Hoyt wrote:
> You could add a section to the lilo.conf file pointing to the bootable
> image; it should add the ability to boot to the "new" kernel as well as the
> old.
>
Yes, it works!
Thanks a lot, Hoyt!
You have to:
** Create a new directory EX : /mandrake
** copy everything from
/cdrom/dosutils/autoexec_something_
into it (see below)
** modify /etc/lilo.conf like this
image=/mandrake/vmlinuz
initrd=/mandrake/initrd.img
root=/dev/ram
label=mandrake
** Run lilo again
** reboot, and type mandrake at the boot prompt
Some notes:
1) This method shoud be added to the installation manual
even if it only works when LILO is already there.
2) How the heck do I make a boot floppy now?
3) X doesn't work well with the previous, perfectly tuned Modelines.
Thin white lines blink in the upper-left part of the screen,
1/2 times /sec. Image is stable, nitid and centered apart from that.
I noticed the installer detects a CT65550 chip when it is a CT65545,
could that be the reason? How could I fix it?
TIA,
Marco Fioretti
[expert] Laptop install via LILO?
Hello,
I have a NEC laptop with NT 4.0 and Red Hat 4.0
installed. I want to substitute RH 4 with (obviously)
Mandrake 6.1, but I have the following problems:
1) I cannot use floppy and CDROM at the same time
2) Cannot make a network install
3) Cannot boot from CDROM
4) FTP install with 28.8 modem
5) Not enough space on HD to copy all the CDROM inside
6) No real DOS prompt, it's NT (or am I wrong?)
Since LILO is already in the laptop, I wanted to ask if
I could
put the Mandrake CD inside,
reboot, and
tell LILO to load the kernel image *on the CDROM*
(or copy it only on the HD and reconfigure LILO)
Does this make any sense?
If yes, could somebody explain what should be done?
Last but not least: the laptop came with Red Hat custom compiled
and configured for it (glory days of VAResearch...).
Which files should I look into before reinstall, to figure out
which optimizations/special configuration was done for
Power management/
PCMCIA/
kernel
XFree (aside from XFREE86config...)
etc, etc..
Thank you in advance,
Marco Fioretti
[expert] Ignore, just a test
my test Marco
Re: [expert] Gimp's fonts
Larry Sword wrote: > > Ramon Nieto wrote: > > > when i try to use the > > scripts-fu to do some logos, it says i don't have the > > fonts installed. > > > > so, where are the fonts in the distro's CD? how can i > > install them? > > Most of the scripts-fu use the fonts sharefonts and freefonts. These > are available on the GIMP web page for ftp.. This doesn't sound right, the stuff is on the CD, is just not always installed. I have exactly the same problem, but on the *second* installation from the same CD, i.e.: 1) 1st install, was able to write nice banners with script-fu, which found almost all fonts. 2) Playing here and there, screw up the system enough to reformat HD and re-install from scratch from the same CD. 3) Now no script-fu anymore: whatever font I try to use within the GIMP is reported as missing. Can it be something one does during installation? which kind of choice would (without warnings) install the Gimp and not the fonts looked for by script-fu?
Re: [expert] Setting dma on for root partition on boot?
Axalon Bloodstone wrote: > > On Tue, 21 Sep 1999, Andrew Edwards wrote: > > > How do I set dma on by default for devices on boot? > 5.X: echo -e 'hdparm -d1 /dev/hd[xyz] \n' >> /etc/rc.d/rc.sysinit > > clean 6.0: automatic > Not always true, at least for some chipset/HD/HD drivers combination: remember the question about UDMA timeout I asked last july? And while I'm at this, let me thank you and all the other guys that gave me lots of useful advice on that and other questions. I'm sorry I did not do it before, but work has been so hectic lately I barely had time turn on the PC once a week. Marco Fioretti > updated 6.0: check /etc/rc.d/rc.local, search for hdparm (yeah yeah i forgot) > > 6.1: in lilo.conf append="opti" > > Cooker: same as 6.1
[expert] Re: [newbie] Check this out....
fred wrote: > > http://www.linuxnic.net Hey, some smart-ass guy already registered mandrake.linux redhat.linux debian.linux suse.linux... (always the same guy..) Won't Red Hat go after him, after all that fuss about others not using their name? Can they?
[expert] FOLLOW-UP on: Outgoing mail configuration
Hello,
I am able to send mail outside from my home computer,
now. The problem was very silly, actually:
I had just set up kmail to use my ISP smtp server, but
calling it [EMAIL PROTECTED], rather than smtp.my_isp.com.
Fixed that, everything was fine, except my embarassment..
Many thanks to Peter Hermann's and Tom Berger for their
useful explanations. Anyway, I found that I could not try
any of their suggestion, because they rely on the cf.m4
file/package/RPM which I can't find anywhere on my system.
Is it a separate RPM I should install? Which one, exactly?
##
Now, a new question:
I have two mail accounts on that ISP (private and office)
which I would like to keep completely independent, i.e.:
use kmail/pine/mutt mainly offline, and
send/receive all their messages via a cron script.
Such a script should:
1) dial-up to my isp
2) use the ISP smtp server to send all office mail with
sender
"[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
3) use the ISP smtp server to send all home mail with
sender
"[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
4) Retrieve all mail for marco_personal, put it in personal
folder
5) Retrieve all mail for marco_office, put it in office
folder
6) disconnect
7) postprocess (i.e. filter out spam, divide messages in sub-folders..)
I'm only confused about steps 2/3: how do I talk to the same smtp
server, during the same connection,as two different users?
The only thing I can think of is to talk to the smtp server via
some of the MAIL Perl modules, where you can set each time user,
password, etc..: does it make sense, or am I missing something
really easy here?
Of course, real world examples are welcome..:-)
Thanks in advance,
Marco Fioretti
[expert] Re: Outgoing mail configuration
Hello, still me here. I forgot to ask if you can please post any answer to this thread also to my home account, for obvious test reasons. The account is: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thank you in advance, Marco Fioretti
Re: AW: [expert] Outgoing mail configuration
Peter Hermanns wrote:
>
> Hi Marco,
>
> Which MDA are you using?
> Sendmail or exim or a complete different?
Peter,
right now I am using sendmail running locally,
and sendmail.cf does contain the line
DMmy.provider.com
I have tried to configure kmail to use my provider's
SMTP server, both for some reason I couldn't make it
work.
Regards,
Marco Fioretti
[expert] Outgoing mail configuration
Hello,
I need some help to configure my computer to send mail outside.
Right now, on a plain Mandrake 6.0 install, I am able to:
1) Connect to the Internet, both via Kppp and custom shell script
2) Surf the Net just fine, via Netscape/lynx whatever.
3) Receive all incoming mail to my personal account, both with
KMail and fetchmail
Now the proble: I can't send any mail after my provider's SMTP
server.
Please note I could do it before installing Mandrake 6.0.
After messing up with Kmail configuration several times the
farther I got is this:
If I send test messages to:
The account I'm using to connect to the net, ("MAIN")
this account I'm using now (office),
and to another personal free account I have, this last
one is the only who receives the message.
This account (office), the "MAIN" one, and all my friends accounts,
never receive anything.
The only reaction is my office SMTP server rejecting the message
because it looks like it is sent from [EMAIL PROTECTED],
which is (obviously) not a valid domain (localnet is my home network,
with reserved IP numbers).
I just realized that the IP number I assigned to my machine on the
local network and the dynamic one the ISP assigns are necessarily
different: might this be what messes up everything?
Any help is appreciated, since this is almost the last reason left
to keep the evil empire on my older computer :-))
Regards,
Marco Fioretti
[expert] Suggestions for next release
Hello,
I'm not on the cooker mailing list, so please
excuse me if these issues have already been taken care of.
1) Make CD iso image with all crypto package included
available where legal.
2) Check or promt the user during installation
to know what the chipset/HD controller is,
and activate the corresponding UDMA driver
Marco Fioretti
[expert] Fixed frequency monitor
Hello,
I am trying to use a SUN GDM 1962 monitor with
a MATROX G200 AGP video card and, obviously Mandrake 6.0.
The monitor has a 13W3 connector, but I have a 13W3 to VGA
adapter from SUN, so the problems are that:
(solved) Fixed frequency means only one possible modeline,
which I already found on the net.
(real) Sync signal are not standard, i.e. they could be
any of negative/positive/sync_on_green/composite..
Online datasheets say different things about this,
and printed manuals or feedback from SUN seem harder
to get than 100% uptime in Windows NT :-))
(real) Fixed frequency means no text mode, which makes
init level 5 mandatory (right) but also makes
setup tricky.
Right now I am:
1) editing XFREE86config in text mode on small VGA monitor
2) type startx --whatever_options_you_may_suggest_here
3) disconnect VGA, connect SUN monitor
4) press ENTER
5) (so far..) No image, back to square 1)
What I'd like to know is:
1) HARDWARE:I know I can blow the monitor doing this,
but what about the video card and other PC
parts? Is there any possibility that I
permanently damage anything INTO the PC case
while playing with this?
2) SYNC SIGNALS: Whatever they are, it's just a matter of
adding the corresponding flags (+-vsync/etc)
to the modeline, or am I missing something?
(like other options in Xfree86config, command-
line switches to startx, board jumpers, etc..)
3) SYNC SIGNALS AGAIN: does anybody by any chance have access to
a GDM 1962B manual, and tell me what they are?
NOTE: The reason why I have a custom modeline but not this info
is that the guy who published it also built its own adapter,
combining polarities at will. If anybody is interested, I
the URL is:
http://cvs.anu.edu.au:80/monitorconversion/sun.html
Unlike him, I have a custom adapter, but no clue as to what it
does inside.
4) TEXT MODE: I'm almost sure this is not possible, but let's
ask: Is there any way to have mandrake also run
without X windows, text mode only, on such a
combination of video card and monitor
(maybe like having the 640x480 mode or whatever it is
appear only on one fraction of the screen?)
Thank you in advance,
Marco Fioretti
P.S: thank you to all folks who give very useful advice on my UDMA
timeout
question: I cannot test all the suggestions right now, but I'll let you
know what the outcome is.
[expert] UDMA timeout 3
Jean-Louis,
you asked:
> what do you get with the command: cat /proc/ide/via?
> If this file does not exist at all, it almost certainly means
> that the VIA driver is not (fully) activated in your kernel."
As a matter of fact, that file does not exist!
> Another thing to check (this does not need a recompile)
> would be that (U)DMA, and/or BUS MASTER, is supported
> and _activated_ in the BIOS (there may be an option there).
I still have to check this. Should it not be supported, there
would be no point in recompiling the kernel right?
GENERAL QUESTION on kernel compilation: is there any
(Make|Log|whatever file) left after the installation where you
can read all answers/options used to build the running kernel,
so that you can be sure to leave everything else just as it
is now?
Question/suggestion to Mandrake folks:
I switched to Mandrake from RH ALSO because the feature page says
optimized support for UDMA drives.
How come the chipset is not recognized during installation, and/or
user is not prompted to enter the proper flags (VT82C586 chipset,
use DMA, etc...) that Jean-Louis mentioned?
Cool distribution, though! Keep up the good work.
Thank you in advance,
Marco Fioretti
[expert] Follow-up on UDMA timeout
Hello again,
First of all, thanks to all the people who answered!
After commenting out the hdparm lines in rc.sysinit,
I have rebooted with the linux append="ide0=autotune"
option.
Running
hdparm -tT /dev/hda
in single user mode, before and after these changes,
doesn't show any difference in buffered disks reads:
6.04 MB/s vs. 6.05 MB/s
running sdiff -s on the corresponding dmesg reports
gives (as expected, right?) the following result:
2c2
Detected 350799006 Hz processor.|
Detected 350804250 Hz processor.
32c32
PCSP 1.3 measurement: maximal samplerate 91783 Hz, 18356 Hz u | PCSP
1.3 measurement: maximal samplerate 85227 Hz, 18356
72,76d71
hda: timeout waiting for DMA<
hda: irq timeout: status=0x59 { DriveReady SeekComplete DataR <
hda: irq timeout: error=0x84 { DriveStatusError BadCRC }<
hda: DMA disabled <
ide0: reset: success<
78a74,75
> nfsd:
terminating on signal 9
> nfsd:
last server exiting
The MB is a FIC PA-2013 with VIA APOLLO MVP3 chipset,
128 MB ECC SDRAM with parity, and a 8.4 GB HDD (/dev/hda)
whith UDMA-33 capabilities, and NEC CDROM on /dev/hdc (other
controller?).
I haven't tried yet to check the cables as someone suggested.
My questions now are:
1) Any explanation why the LILO option doesn't make any difference?
(or is it just that ~6 MB/s is already the limit for this MB/HDD
combination?)
2) I am going to read carefully the man page for hdparm as soon as I
can, but it would be nice to get some suggestions on
how to use it with my setup.
Thank you again,
Marco Fioretti
[expert] UDMA timeout
Hello,
I installed Mandrake 6.0 some weeks ago. Everything
(excepted sound...) works fine, but yesterday I noticed that
I am running with DMA disabled (dmesg excerpt reported below).
I checked the BIOS setup, and it says something like
"AUTO detection of HDD features enabled".
The MB is a FIC with VIA chipset, unfortunately I forgot to write
it down..
Note: this machine has only MANDRAKE installed: WIN98 was
installed by the vendor just to check that all HW was ok,
but the whole HDD was reformatted during Mandrake installation.
Any idea about why this is happening, and how to fix it?
(different configurations, LILO parameters, etc...)
Thank you in advance,
Marco Fioretti
Humour note: at power up, the on board antivirus tells me in
great despair that there is some "unknown virus on MBR!!"
Eventually, of course, LILO and LINUX takes over..
_
DMESG excerpt:
Linux version 2.2.9-19mdk ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
(gcc version pgcc-2.91.66 19990314 (egcs-1.1.2 release))
#1 Wed May 19 19:53:00 GMT 1999
Detected 350799006 Hz processor.
Console: colour VGA+ 80x25
Calibrating delay loop... 699.60 BogoMIPS
Memory: 127732k/131008k available (956k kernel code, 408k reserved,
1528k data, 48k init)
VFS: Diskquotas version dquot_6.4.0 initialized
CPU: AMD AMD-K6(tm) 3D processor stepping 0c
PCI: PCI BIOS revision 2.10 entry at 0xfb4e0
PCI: Using configuration type 1
PCI: Probing PCI hardware
PCI: 00:3b [1106/3040/000604] has unknown header type 00, ignoring.
PCI: 00:38 [1106/0586]: Work around ISA DMA hangs (00)
Activating ISA DMA hang workarounds.
Uniform Multi-Platform E-IDE driver Revision: 6.19
VP_IDE: IDE controller on PCI bus 00 dev 39
VP_IDE: not 100% native mode: will probe irqs later
ide0: BM-DMA at 0xe400-0xe407, BIOS settings: hda:DMA, hdb:DMA
ide1: BM-DMA at 0xe408-0xe40f, BIOS settings: hdc:DMA, hdd:DMA
hda: QUANTUM FIREBALL CR8.4A, ATA DISK drive
hdc: NEC CD-ROM DRIVE:282, ATAPI CDROM drive
ide0 at 0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6 on irq 14
ide1 at 0x170-0x177,0x376 on irq 15
hda: QUANTUM FIREBALL CR8.4A, 8063MB w/418kB Cache, CHS=1027/255/63
hdc: ATAPI 40X CD-ROM drive, 128kB Cache
Uniform CDROM driver Revision: 2.55
scsi : 0 hosts.
scsi : detected total.
Partition check:
hda: hda1 hda2 < hda5 >
RAMDISK: Compressed image found at block 0
VFS: Mounted root (ext2 filesystem).
(scsi0) found at PCI 8/0
VFS: Mounted root (ext2 filesystem) readonly.
change_root: old root has d_count=1
Trying to unmount old root ... okay
Freeing unused kernel memory: 48k freed
hda: timeout waiting for DMA
hda: irq timeout: status=0x59 { DriveReady SeekComplete DataRequest
Error }
hda: irq timeout: error=0x84 { DriveStatusError BadCRC }
hda: DMA disabled
ide0: reset: success
Installing knfsd (copyright (C) 1996 [EMAIL PROTECTED]).
nfsd_init: initialized fhcache, entries=256
[expert] Less server software?
Hello, I have been listening to this list for a while to decide if and when to switch to Mandrake, so this is a question about different features in Mandrake vs. Red Hat. PLEASE let's not start yet another flaming/religious war: both distros are excellent, they just target different users if what follows is true. Now the questions. I just read on the Mandrake site the Distributions comparison extract from the german journal PC Magazin. Something I didn't expect to see is: Instead of supplying lots of server software (i.e. like Red Hat) Mandrake, concentrates on the single user's computer What does this mean? I always thought that Mandrake had EVERYTHING is in Red Hat PLUS KDE, GIMP, SANE, etc.etc., or at least his is the impression I got from the WWW site. Am I wrong? Can MANDRAKE be (custom) installed with all the "lots of server software" from its own single CD, or does one have to fetch them from RH CDs or ftp site? In general, is there a list of what Red Hat has and Mandrake hasn't? (out of the box, obviously) Again, this is not about which distro is best: it is only important to know which one is faster to install/configure as a workstation or a server. Ciao, Marco
[expert] ('dumb' NT-box on Linux)
Tom Berger wrote: > > login prompt must be visible/accessible via Linux since NT's box won't > have a keyboard attached. As far as I see this seems to require a somehow > 'intelligent' network card with a BIOS that runs independently from the > OS, right? Is there something like this? Or am I completely nuts? > In case you don't know what the hell I am talking about, I will try to be > more explicit in a reply. > > Thanks a lot so far > > tom Give a look at Virtual Network Computing http://www.uk.research.att.com/vnc It's GPL, and _might_ be what you are looking for. Or maybe not. In any case, let me know! Ciao, Marco
