Re: [expert] new kernel, X and /dev/mouse
What sort of mouse do you have. No-one can help unless thats known. Your post suggests a serial mouse. Also consider what "features" you have enabled in the kernel and wether they match your set-up. If you enabled ps/2 mouse and did not have it enabled before, kodzu probably detected the ps/2 mouse PORT, and not a ps/2 mouse itself. - Original Message - From: "Vasif Ismailoglu MD" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, February 07, 2001 9:56 PM Subject: [expert] new kernel, X and /dev/mouse > Hello. > Interesting things are above my head. > I'v donwloaded linux kernel 2.04 source and compiled > it. While rebooting kodzo asked me that there was > found new PS/2 mouse and old one will be removed. > Incidentally I've pressed ok. GPM denied to start. > Reason file /dem/mouse not found. Ops. >X starts without any problems but pointer freezed > and did not respond. I've created symlink to > /dev/ttyS0 by command: > $ln -s /dev/ttyS0 /dev/mouse > Huhu. Gpm worked. And mouse reacted in X. But how? > He making only first move (very but very little move) > directly to right top. >I've changed image to boot. kernel 2.2 series > states that I've not any PS/2 mouse. 2.4 series ( > I've forget: I've also installed cooker version after: > kernel-2.4.1-2mdklinus.rpm) are stateing that I have > PS/2. Problem in that I've not any PS/2 mouse. It is > an serial 3 button mouse. Mousedrake shows both serial > and PS/2 options at each start. >how about this problem? Must I buy PS/2 mouse only > because I've installed new kernel and do not know how > to return? Or I have to work on consol only and > without mouse on X (oh my Allah). > And it is very diffucult to install system again: > I'm with ATA 66 mainboard. So LM 7.2 dosn't recognizes > LM7.2 install CD. I've installed all (everything but > basesystem) by hand on consol. >Sincerely > > = > Vasif Ismailoglu MDResident in Urology > > School of Medicine of Cerrahpasa[EMAIL PROTECTED] > University of Istanbul www.vasif.cjb.net > Department of Urology > > __ > Do You Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Auctions - Buy the things you want at great prices. > http://auctions.yahoo.com/ >
Re: [expert] Problems with 2.4.1 kernel, will not boot.
- Original Message - From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, February 06, 2001 12:29 AM Subject: [expert] Problems with 2.4.1 kernel, will not boot. > > > > I have just installed the 2.4.1-2 version of the kernel, but my system > will no longer reboot. It hangs at the point when it says "Loading > Linux". Make sure that when you do make menuconfig (or whichever you use) that you select the correct processor (In the first or second option set). It defaults to Pentium 3, and if you don't have one, the kernel will hang at boot just like you describe. > If i try to boot off a floppy created with the 2.4.0-12 kernel in > place, the system boots, but I get error messages saying reiserfs is > not supported, supermount is also not supported, along with an > abundance of "file not found" messages due to the reiserfs > filesystems. Then, when I get a prompt, I am unable to log on. I > enter the user, but am not asked for a password and am told "login > incorrect." It sounds like it can't find the root file system . This is actually coded into the kernel, although you can change it. For future reference: #rdev /boot/ will tell you which partition is coded in as root. To change it: rdev /boot/ /dev/ If the kernel your booting is on the root partition, it shouldn't matter whats coded into it, but, if its on a floppy, it critical. One way to recover is to get hold of http://www.toms.net/rb/ (tomsrtbt - a linux distribution on a floppy - great tool kit - can be transfered to floppy from either linux or Dos), and boot up with it. You can then mount your root partition (lucky its not reiserfs here, tomsrtbt doesn't support it), remove the floppy (tomsrtbt loads into a ramdisk), then rename your old kernel and system.map or copy a good kernel from floppy into /boot. You did back-up your old kernel before installing the new one, didn't you? > I have also tried booting from a floppy created under the 2.2.17-21 > kernel but get the same message. All my filesystems are reiserfs > except for root. > > Is my system recoverable, and if so, how? This is Linux, almost anything is recoverable. Hope I've been of help. > Ben Greenfield > > System Administrator > Brake Bros Foodservice Ltd > Tel: 01233 206603 > Fax: 01233 206172 > e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >
[expert] usernetctl
This is a query to see if anyone has a similar problem or can shed any light on mine. To allow normal users (non-root) to operate the ppp0 (or any) network interface, there is a program called usernetctl in /usr/sbin. If called with "/usr/sbin/usernetctl ifcfg-ppp0 report" it is supposed to return a true or false, depending on settings in /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-ppp0, accordingto the man file. It seems to return nothing and susequently I can't get past the "users are not alloed to use this device" message in /sbin/ifup. My problem: Only root can connect to the internet. I'm not using kppp or the gnome equivelent, since they don't seem to want to talk the same language as my modem, so I'm using the gnome panel applet to call a shell script as /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifup ppp0 If I could get usernetctl to do as he man page says it should, I suspect that I would be fine. Any advice anyone?
