Re: [newbie] kernel config file
chuck wrote: Is there a kernel config file that can be loaded in xconfig that matches the default binary kernel? Yes. /usr/src/linux/arch/i386/defconfig or the easy way. Remove any .config file. execute 'make menuconfig' and this will use the above file. HTH Charles Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Laptop question
bascule wrote: before i forget, didn't there use to be a 'dosstart' boot method or somesuch where one could start the install from a dos prompt? perhaps if the laptop can be in dos with the cd drive recognised you could try this, i think there was/is a directory on cd1 with .bat file to launch under dos, Are you refering to loadlin. I have read about it but never used it. Lots of info about it in google. It sounds like this may work for the install. Charles Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] System.map
tom brinkman wrote:
On Saturday 06 July 2002 09:22 pm, Damian G wrote:
so, apparently, that system.map is not mandatory to make
a kernel boot
I don't believe so. When you install a Mandrake pre-compiled
kernel the rpm (use 'rpm -ivh' ) it creates the proper links in /boot
for you, besides generating a new initrd and edit/run lilo to add the
new kernel. When I roll my own, I edit Makefile and change
EXTRAVERSION = new_indentifier, but also I uncomment the line
# export INSTALL_PATH=/boot (ie, remove the # ). Then a last
In my Mandrake 8.2 the export INSTALL_PATH=/boot comes uncommentted.
No need to uncomment it.
command of 'make install' in the compile proccess also will make the
proper links in /boot, make initrd, edit/run lilo, etc. for you.
My system does not run lilo during the 'make install' process. I must do
it myself. It does reconfig lilo.conf to add the new kernel.
I use this /etc/bashrc alias to check,
alias bootlinks='ll /boot/{initrd,vmlinuz,System.map}*'
Typing 'bootlinks' then, at least initrd and vmlinuz should point to
the right kernels (the current active links will be color hi-lited).
My alias doesn't change anything, just displays the current state of
important links in /boot. Until I boot the new kernel, the important
links, initrd and vmlinuz point to the correct kernel(s), but
On my system after I do the 'make install', neither 3 of the files
points to the current working kernel. They all point to the new kernel
that has not been rebooted yet. I think I must miss understand what you
are saying!!
System.map doesn't. After rebooting to the new kernel, all three
then correctly point to the right kernel for all installed kernels.
On my system I can point System.map to a System.map that is totally
unrelated to the kernel that I boot and the system stills reboots
operates correctly. I realize if the kernel 'oops' that the symbols in
the kernel will not resolve correctly, but 1.) I never have kernel
'oops': 2.) unless I could repeat the kernel 'oops' I don't care. If I
can repeat the kernel 'oops' then I could point System.map correctly. I
make no claim about knowing anything about how the System.map works.
Just on my system, System.map does not need to point to the correct
kernel for the system to boot.
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I except the fact you have vastly superior knowledge than I about linux.
Therefore I would welcome anymore insight in how to switch 'System.map'
to point to the correct booted kernel when switching among kernels.
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Re: [newbie] System.map
dfox wrote: My system does not run lilo during the 'make install' process. I must do it myself. It does reconfig lilo.conf to add the new kernel. It's not supposed to. 'make bzlilo' does that. Make install just plops the kernel in /usr/src/linux/arch/i386 somewhere. Not true. 'make install' copies the kernel (not plops) to /boot, make syslinks for vmlinuz etc, modifies lilo.config. You need to read the complete message. Does RTFM stand for 'Read the Fine message'?? make bzdisk puts the built kernel on a floppy disk. That's a good idea, especially for beginners - if the disk won't boot, you haven't hosed your system. There are better easier ways to do that. Just config lilo.conf to point to a know good kernel and keep that kernel in /boot. RTFM On my system after I do the 'make install', neither 3 of the files points to the current working kernel. They all point to the new kernel Well, they point to the kernel that's about to be booted - you're not trying to replace the working kernel on the fly, right? Still with make install, you have to do mv the kernels around yourself so that the next time you boot, the newly built kernel will be the one that's booted - that is why lilo needs to be rerun again. RTFM RTFM RTFM. PLEASE. Your comments has nothing to do with the message. make no claim about knowing anything about how the System.map works. Just on my system, System.map does not need to point to the correct kernel for the system to boot. No, but it's a probably good idea that it does. WHY? WHY? RTFM. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Charles Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] System.map
Damian G wrote: Hi... well, i've just finished building my very first custom kernel ( well, actually not my first build, but it's my first SERIOUS one and i might like not tearing my OS apart this time ;oP ) and i'm a little confused about that System.map file. the kernel i'm running now has it's own System.map and the new one has another. right? ok. in /boot i've got System.map which is a link to System.map2.4.28mdk.. ok, so in order to use my new kernel i've got to rename my new System.map to something like System.map2.4.28mine and change that link to make it point to my file. now, my question is: how am i supposed to keep both kernels? i've checked lilo.conf and the boot sections seem to have no reference to these files... what do i have to add in order to make lilo choose the corresponding system.map whenever i choose a kernel to boot? thanks. Damian Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com I have also been confused about System.map and using more that one kernel. The following url has a write-up about it, but it is not very clear about how to use a System.map that matches which kernel!!! http://www.linuxmafia.com/~rick/linux-info/systemmap.html The url does point out that the System.map is not important when it comes to the kernel running or not. System.map is used by klogd after a kernel oops for debug purposes. Also the url points out that other programs use the System.map and it gives some examples of these programs. The url also points out how klogd finds the System.map. Peter[no last name given] -the author of this article- knows of no way to resolve this conflict of matching the right System.map to the correct kernel!!!??? I can only suggest writing a script that is executed after the system is booted that checks which kernel has booted and then changing the syslink of System.map to match. 'uname -r' will list the kernel version. Maybe something from here could be used in the script. Maybe I will look into this further tomorrow?? At least this is a start at explaining the usage of System.map. HTH Charles Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Restoring partition table
Robin Turner wrote: This'll teach me not to mess around with dangerous operating systems. I installed Norton Utilities in my Windows partition, and it seems to have rewritten my partition table so that my Linux partitions don't exist any more. Rescue mode in the CD won't work (I can get a command line, of course, but can't restore LILO or mount any partitions) and that old diagnositc favourite, upgrade packages only mode fails to find the superblocks and gives me messages about bad magic. Is there any way I can recreate my old partition table, either from command line or from Windows? Sir Robin the Morose Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com ronib: There is a program on Mandrake 8.2 cd1 in /sbin called rescuept. Boot from cd1, press f1, and follow instrucrtions. But before you do this go to www.mandrakeuser.org/doc/admin/arecov3.html and read the instructions. ther are not instructions on the resuce cd (that I could find). Good luck Charles Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Lilo Lost!!
Anne Wilson wrote: OK - MS got their own back for my last post. I had one BSOD too many, W2K scrambled, and did nasty things to my bootup. How can I get Lilo back without having to reinstall Mandrake? Anne Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com If you can boot from cd, insert cd 1 and when it boots press f1 and follow the instructions. HTH Charles Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] 2 distributions on 1 computer?????
adrian wrote: Hello, I have mandrake 8.2 installed on my computer and i wanted to try redhat so i installed it to on a difrent partition ( same harddrive ) . After the installation i rebooted my computer and up came the mandrake lilo thingie and red hat was not in any of the options, so i went into mandrake control center and added the hde which was the red hat partiion and then rebooted, The option was there but when i chose it i got all kinds of failure and it wouldnt boot up, so i wonder if i can run 2 distribution on the same yes. harddrive and computer ? and also do i need 1 swap for each distrubtion or can they share swap? If its possible to run 2 i would be gratefull if you They can share the same swap file. could tell me how to set it up. You tell us how you have it set up. Best regards Adrian Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Charles Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] where is hdparm in Mandrake 8.2?
Andy Liaw wrote: Hi all, I used hdparm to tune my IDE HDD when I had LM7.2 and 8.0. After I installed LM8.2, I couldn't find hdparm! Typing whereis hdparm as root turns up nothing. Am I missing something obvious? Regards, Andy = Andy Liaw Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] __ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Games - play chess, backgammon, pool and more http://games.yahoo.com/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Yes. It is not installed automatically. You need to install hdparm. HTH Charles Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Dual Booting with Multiple Linux Distro's
ai4a wrote: Barry Premeaux wrote: I am trying to set up a dual boot system (linux only). I added a second hard drive (a 40G Maxtor) to my system so I could install the alternate distro's. My first drive (/dev/hda) is an 8.4G Western digital. It has MD8.1 installed on it. /dev/hda4 Swap /dev/hda5 / /dev/hda7 /home /dev/hda6 /var I installed the second drive (/dev/hdd) and loaded MD8.2. /dev/hdd1 /boot /dev/hdd5 / /dev/hdd6 /home /dev/hdd7 Swap /dev/hdd8 /var The boot flag is set on /hdd and I had MD8.2 install its LILO on this drive. On the first drive, I added the following to LILO: other=/dev/hdd1 label=MD8.2 When I try to boot MD8.2 to, I get the following error: Loading MD8.2 Error 0x01 boot: MD8.2 Can someone tell me what I need to do to make this work? Barry Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Hi Barry, I do almost the same thing except my second linux is on hda8 (the / partition which also has all other partitions except /var /home). My lilo entry for my second linux looks like this: other=/dev/hda8 label=Debian Both linuxs boot fine. HTH Charles Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com PS: I should have added that my first linux lilo.conf is installed in mbr (/dev/hda) and the second linux lilo.conf is installed in /dev/hda8 Charles Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Kernel upgrade
K Montgomery wrote: On Wed, 2002-04-10 at 22:24, Danny Luker wrote: My first post to this list! I'm running Mandrake 8.1 with rieserfs on a 256MB AMD K6 clocking 350 MHz (older machine) and all is well. I just purchased a Sharp Zaurus SL5500 and much to my disappointment it does not talk to my Linux box. I have spent all day trying to upgrade to the 2.4.18 kernel so I can use the usbdnet patch to make things right with my Zaurus. No joy however. I followed the README that came with the 2.4.18 source download. DO you not need a 'make mrproper or make distclean' defore 'make xconfig'?? Charles After make xconfig make dep make clean make bzImage make modules make modules_install cp ~/src/linux/arch/i386/boot/bzImage /boot editing lilo.config to point to new bzImage with lable 2.4.18 (keeping old kernel available) lilo reboot then selecting my new kernel from lilo menu system flashes: Loading 2.4.18 . Then it reboots ... and I grit my teeth and wonder why. What am I doing wrong .. any common newbie (like me) issues and Gotch-ya's? Thanks Danny Luker Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Kernel upgrade
Danny Luker wrote: Hi Charles and thanks for your reply On Thursday 11 April 2002 04:22 pm, you wrote: K Montgomery wrote: On Wed, 2002-04-10 at 22:24, Danny Luker wrote: My first post to this list! I'm running Mandrake 8.1 with rieserfs on a 256MB AMD K6 clocking 350 MHz (older machine) and all is well. I just purchased a Sharp Zaurus SL5500 and much to my disappointment it does not talk to my Linux box. I have spent all day trying to upgrade to the 2.4.18 kernel so I can use the usbdnet patch to make things right with my Zaurus. No joy however. I followed the README that came with the 2.4.18 source download. DO you not need a 'make mrproper or make distclean' defore 'make xconfig'?? Charles I don't know if I do or not. This was not mentioned in the README or the HOWTO's I'm working from. I don't know what these commands do. Is this Mandrake specific or just one of those things that differenciates a newbie like me from real Linux gurus? ;) Do I need to do that... I'll try it and see what happens. Thanks Danny Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Danny I am no guru!! But if you do a google search on compiling the kernel you will find lots of info on the subject. They (maybe) all say do a 'make mrproper'. One article says use 'make distclean'. That article said distclean deletes one more file than mrproper. I have no idea what that file does. Either command works for me. After a new kernel compile the new kernel will not work for me if I do not do either mrproper or distclean!!! Charles Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Kernel upgrade
Hi Danny Luker, Ref:My Last post about mrproper or distclean Either of these commands will delete your .config file in usr/src/linux directory. No big deal, you can copy it from /boot. If you have not deleted the file yet, cp .config .Config (note the cap 'C'). Now the .Config file will not be deleted and you can cp .Config .config after the mrproper or distclean command. Charles Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] graphical boot up under 8.2
quaylar wrote: hiho all, I am wondering why i haven´t already read such a question here (or did i miss it ?). Anyway - as the subject says - how can i get rid of this graphical bootup screen - it SUCKS ! I want the normal text bootup back, black background and linux kernel messages floating down my screen. I already searched in deja which turned up with the solution to uninstall the bootsplash rpm and removin the quit option from the append line in lilo.conf. It didnt solve my problem - in 8.1 one was able to switch off this feature in mandrake control - but this isnt possible any more, the option is gone (why ) So - can anybody provide a solution to this (i am pretty sure there are lots of u who want to kick this graphical bootup too ;) greets --qu Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com If you are using lilo as a boot manager remove the 'quiet' keyword from the append line in /etc/lilo.conf. Also, I changed the 'vga=xxx' to 'vga=791'. This puts the screen in 1024x768 mode. Make sure you have a backup way to load linux so you can chage it back if necessary. By the way, the 'vga=791 also put my virtual consoles into 1024x768 mode. Makes it very nice. Now the vc screen is easy to read and there are lots more lines per screen. Do not forget to execute lilo after the above changes. HTH Charles Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] 8.2 Release date
tester wrote: On Thursday 14 March 2002 10:29 pm, Aryan Ameri wrote: Does Anyone know when will Mandrake Linux 8.2 Gold be officially released? I am very eager to purchase it. For most of you, pre-orders at www.mandrakestore.com are possible. Also, if you decide to join Mandrake Club, you will likely find more of that information. Civileme And, of course, Mandrakestore has burning/printing capabilities so they don't have to wait a month for commercial CD pressing. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com How do I pre-order 8.2? I see nothing at www.mandrakestore.com about 8.2. I also see nothing at the Mandrake club site. Thanks for the help Charles Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] New kernel .. tips?
Damian G wrote: Hello once more, everyone. I'd like to hear some opinions about this.. i'm completely open so suggestions and comments about it... i know i need them.. The howto's i've found out there do not clear all of my doubts.. i've read on this list that 2.4.17 is a pretty efficient/fast kernel that solves those virtual memory problems older 2.4 kernels had. so i went to kernel.org and downloaded the source for it. my OS is pretty much the way it comes in mandrake 8.1 -the download cd's ( 2.4.8 kernel ) now... what i'm i supposed to know before i start with this one? i'm going to back up my whole /boot before starting... but is there any other stuff i have to upgrade along with the kernel? any parameters to the ./configure ? is using a simple make allright? TIA very much, again. ;o) Damian. _ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com What is your objective? The kernel from kernel.org will not have the mandrake patches in them. If your want a new kernel why not use one make for Mandrake? Go to a cooker mirror site and down load the latest cooker (beta code) kernel rpms. You will also need to download the latest iptable rpm if you use iptables. I have installed kernel-2.4.17-14mdk and it works fine for me. But your mileage may vary. DO NOT use mandrake update to install the kernel rpm. There is an article on the Mandrake forum about this. You can KEEP your old kernel on your system so you can have a fall back kernel if the new kernel has problems. If you need additional help in this area I will tell you how I did it. It is very easy to do. Also if you want to compile a kernel, I will explain how I recompiled kernel-2.4.17-14mdk. I did not gain anything much by recompiling it except knowledge. Let me know if you would like additional help. HTH Charles Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] New kernel .. tips?
Eric McClure wrote: On Thu, 7 Feb 2002, Hanan Z. Shargi wrote: Same here Charles, i think the command to remove the old kernel is rpm -e kernel.whatever.rpm and do a lilo # thanks, eric l. mcclure If you need additional help in this area I will tell you how I did it. It is very easy to do. Also if you want to compile a kernel, I will explain how I recompiled kernel-2.4.17-14mdk. I did not gain anything much by recompiling it except knowledge. Let me know if you would like additional help. HTH Charles Charles, I dont know if Damian needs help explaining how to upgrade the kernel, but some others DO ():-) So, please go ahead and explain, it sure would us gain some knowledge too . Regards. Hana Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com DO NOT remove the old kernel. Save it for a backup. You can have as many kernels as you want (kernels with the same name (release #) require a little more 'white magic'). They will not interfere with each other. By the way, I am no expert on linux, but I have found all this on the internet, and it works. It is very simple and VERY safe. BEFORE you start updating the kernel do the following (if you use lilo): edit /etc/lilo.config and add a new image entry- such as image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.4.8-10mdk (or whatever your old kernel is label=vmlinuz.old root=/boot/hda5 (or where ever your root partition is) add the rest of the parameters that is in the image entry for vmlinuz save lilo.config then exit your editor. execute lilo (In a terminal window (as root) type lilo) Reboot your computer and test the new entry by selecting 'vmlinuz.old' at the boot screen. Now when you install a new kernel, if it does not work you can boot the old kernel. Download the new kernel rpms (maybe from a cooker mirror site). This is beta code. kernel-2.4.17-14mdk-1-1mdk.i586.rpm I think the rest of the rpms are needed only if you want to compile something (kernel) or for debugging. But the doc and header rpms are not very large. It maybe a good idea to get them while you can. kernel-doc-2.4.17-14mdk...If you want them. kernel-headers-2.4.17-23mdk... If you want them kernel-2.4.17-13mdk...If you need want to recompile the kernel. I do not know why the difference between 2.4.17-14 and 2.4.17-13) I have read we need new initscripts, But I could not install them because of dependiences problems. My system works without them??? DO NOT forget to download a new iptable rpm if you are using iptables. Put the new rpms in a separate directory. In a terminal window (as root) cd to this new directory. Enter the following command: rpm -ivh kernel-2.4.17-14mdh-1-1mdk.i586.rpm Check lilo.config. It should point to the new kernel. Reboot you computer. The new kernel should boot. If you have problems booting the new kernel, reboot using the old kernel. Do a google search 'Mandrake kernel update'. There are lots of info about this out there. HTH Charles Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] less
ed tharp wrote: what command are you typing? On Thursday 24 January 2002 03:28, you wrote: Hi, I installed Mandrake 8.1 a couple of days ago and have run in to a strange problem with less. It only gives me a directory listing not the file, this is the same for root and a normal user. Any ideas? Ciao, Bo Rosén Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com At a terminal session type 'alias' and see if 'less' has an alias. Charles Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] less
Bo Rosén wrote: tor 2002-01-24 klockan 17.21 skrev Ronald J. Hall: Hi I know it doesn't seem likely, but maybe your hosts file is empty? Is that possible? Just a thought. Nope, it isn't. I've tried seceral other files as well. I even made a new text file. Same thing. Ciao, Bo Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com I had replied early to this post. It did seem to make it to the list. In a terminal window, type 'alias' and see if 'less' has an alias. Charles Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Test
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Re: [newbie] boot disk doesn't work
shipahoy wrote: Hi My Mandrake 8.1 boot disk doesn't work. This includes the one made on installation and any I make from Mandrake Control Centre. Trying to boot with them gives this error on boot: Could not find ramdisk image: initrd.img The boot disk for my Redhat 7.1 partition works fine. I have AMD Duron 800 Soltek SL-75MAV mobo Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Yes mine did not either. The initrd.img file is missing in /boot. You need to run mkinitrd (see man mkinitrd or just enter mkinitrd for help). My command looks looks this: mkinitrd /boot/initrd-2.4.8-26mdk 2.4.8-26mdk. After the initrd.img file is made, you must copy it to your boot floppy. HTH Charles Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] MandrakeCampus: unable to login!
Hi, I registered for MandrakeCampus and started the Basic course. About 10 minutes into the course I lost AC power to my house for about 5 seconds. Of course my computer powered down. After restarting the system, every thing works fine, but now I cannot login to MandrakeCampus. I even asked for my password to be sent to me. Yes, I was using the correct password. But I still cannot login. Any help would be appreciated. Have a nice day Charles Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] no 'control center' after InteractiveBastille
Paul Rodríguez wrote: What feedback do you get from the console when you try to run su? Open up a console window and type su+enter followed by the root passwprd. -Paul Rodríguez On Tue, 2002-01-01 at 21:38, ai4a wrote: Hi, After I ran InteractiveBastille I can not get into 'control center' (the one on the desktop with an icon - not the one under k-menu?). A window comes up asking for the root password. I enter the password, press enter, 'control center' just disappears. Any help would be appreciated. TNA Charles =_1009938918-11608-2836 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com _ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com At first I got 'File size something or other' error. I found the fix for that. Now 'su' works fine. Tks Charles Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] no 'control center' after InteractiveBastille
ai4a wrote: Paul Rodríguez wrote: What feedback do you get from the console when you try to run su? Open up a console window and type su+enter followed by the root passwprd. -Paul Rodríguez On Tue, 2002-01-01 at 21:38, ai4a wrote: Hi, After I ran InteractiveBastille I can not get into 'control center' (the one on the desktop with an icon - not the one under k-menu?). A window comes up asking for the root password. I enter the password, press enter, 'control center' just disappears. Any help would be appreciated. TNA Charles =_1009938918-11608-2836 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com _ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com At first I got 'File size something or other' error. I found the fix for that. Now 'su' works fine. Tks Charles Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Hi, I can now run 'control center'. In /etc/bastille-no-login I commented out the single entry 'root'. I have changed so much, so I am going to reinstall MD 8.1. InteractiveBastille has been a great learning experience!!! Next time I try it I will know much more about it (I hope). Thanks to all Charles Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] no 'control center' after InteractiveBastille
Hi, After I ran InteractiveBastille I can not get into 'control center' (the one on the desktop with an icon - not the one under k-menu?). A window comes up asking for the root password. I enter the password, press enter, 'control center' just disappears. Any help would be appreciated. TNA Charles Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] No boot after 8.1 install!!
Hi, I have installed linux MD 8.1 (3 times). The installs went fine. I installed LILO in the MBR made a boot disk. Booted from the hard disk. I got a screen full of scrolling '40's. I tried the boot disk. Then I got message 'unable to find initrd.img'. I could use some on this. Thanks Charles Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Large files with name Magic*
Hi, I ran out of space on my linux partition (nasty business). When I went looking for the reason, I found 5 very large ( 1 Gigabyte) files in /tmp. These files all had the name Magic*. I deleted the files and recovered the space. Before I deleted the files df showed 100% usage. After I deleted the files df showed 41% usage. Does anyone know what these files were where they came from? I use linux MD 7.2, netscape 4.76. Thanks Charles Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] ls -d
Hi, The man pages for the ls command shows an option of -d. They explain this should list directories only and not the contents of the directory. I use linux MD 7.2. The command ls -d list the directory ./ only and not the rest of the directories in my home directory. Does anyone know why the command ls -d works this way. If I enter the command alias, I see an alias lsd = 'ls -d */'. This works like I expected ls -d to work. Did I misunderstand the man pages for ls -d (very very possible). Is ls -d working as designed? Thanks Charles Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] alias 'ls --color -F'
Ric Tibbetts wrote: On Fri, 2001-12-21 at 18:34, ai4a wrote: tester wrote: On Fri, 2001-12-21 at 10:40, ai4a wrote: If I enter the alias command, it shows I have an alias 'ls --color=auto -F'. Where is this alias defined? I have looked in /home/~/.bashrc /root/.bashrc and I do not see it there. I am running Linux MD 7.2. Tks Charles =_1008963555-11608-964 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Try this: Open a terminal su to root # rgrep -r -i -l alias /etc Then tell us all what you find. Civileme I would run this command in 7.2 except the disk on my 7.2 test machine failed and I have some work to do to restore things. In 8.1 it is /etc/profile.d/alias.sh which is sourced out of anouther file. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Hi Civileme, When I run the above command I get about a screen half of file names!!! Do you want the list of filenames??? I ran 'grep -r -i -l ls --color and found 2 files: /etc/profile.d/color_ls.csh /etc/profile.d/color_sh. The contents of these files are: /etc/profile.d/color_ls.csh: eval 'dircolor -c /etc/DIR_COLORS' alias ls --color=auto -F /etc/profile.d/color_ls.sh: #! /bin/bash eval 'dircolors --sh /etc/DIR_COLORS if [ $term = emacs }:then alias ls='ls -N -F' else alias ls=ls --color=auto -F fi Ok, looks like you found it! There are two, because someone was covering all their bases. /etc/profile.d/color_ls.sh would be used if your're logging in under bash shell /etc/profile.d/color_ls.csh would be used if you were logging in under c-shell. To be sure to correct it for either circumstance, you would change both files. OR: Instead of globally changing the system for all users, you could change your own .bashrc to correct ls. Just add: alias ls=ls to your $HOME/.bashrc That will over ride the one called earlier. Hope that helps BTW: Civileme: In 8.1 /etc/profile.d/color_ls.sh /etc/profile.d/color_ls.csh still exist. The color ls alias isn't set in /etc/profile.d/alias.sh (I thought it was until tonight as well). Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com -- Ric Tibbetts Linux registration number: 55684 If you want to help advertise Linux - point your friends to http://counter.li.org/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Thanks Ric, Linux is great. Linux MD is even better. Linux MD + the SUPPORT from these mailing lists is the greatest. Thanks Charles Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Re: Delivery failure (newbie@linux-madrake.com)
If I enter the alias command, it shows I have an alias 'ls --color=auto -F'. Where is this alias defined? I have looked in /home/~/.bashrc /root/.bashrc and I do not see it there. I am running Linux MD 7.2. Tks Charles Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] alias 'ls --color -F'
If I enter the alias command, it shows I have an alias 'ls --color=auto -F'. Where is this alias defined? I have looked in /home/~/.bashrc /root/.bashrc and I do not see it there. I am running Linux MD 7.2. Tks Charles Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] alias 'ls --color -F'
tester wrote: On Fri, 2001-12-21 at 10:40, ai4a wrote: If I enter the alias command, it shows I have an alias 'ls --color=auto -F'. Where is this alias defined? I have looked in /home/~/.bashrc /root/.bashrc and I do not see it there. I am running Linux MD 7.2. Tks Charles =_1008963555-11608-964 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Try this: Open a terminal su to root # rgrep -r -i -l alias /etc Then tell us all what you find. Civileme I would run this command in 7.2 except the disk on my 7.2 test machine failed and I have some work to do to restore things. In 8.1 it is /etc/profile.d/alias.sh which is sourced out of anouther file. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Hi Civileme, When I run the above command I get about a screen half of file names!!! Do you want the list of filenames??? I ran 'grep -r -i -l ls --color and found 2 files: /etc/profile.d/color_ls.csh /etc/profile.d/color_sh. The contents of these files are: /etc/profile.d/color_ls.csh: eval 'dircolor -c /etc/DIR_COLORS' alias ls --color=auto -F /etc/profile.d/color_ls.sh: #! /bin/bash eval 'dircolors --sh /etc/DIR_COLORS if [ $term = emacs }:then alias ls='ls -N -F' else alias ls=ls --color=auto -F fi ls --color is not in /etc/profile/alias.sh, nor is it in /etc/profile, nor in /etc/bashrc. Tks for the help Charles Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] alias 'ls --color -F'
Ric Tibbetts wrote: ai4a wrote: If I enter the alias command, it shows I have an alias 'ls --color=auto -F'. Where is this alias defined? I have looked in /home/~/.bashrc /root/.bashrc and I do not see it there. I am running Linux MD 7.2. I'm not sure on 7.2, but on 8.1 it's in: /etc/profile.d/alias.sh If it's not there on 7.2, try /etc/bashrc or /etc/profile (NOTE: No leading dot on those) Hope that helps! -- Ric Tibbetts Linux registration number: 55684 If you want to help advertise Linux - point your friends to http://counter.li.org/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Hi Ric, the alias is not in any of these files. See my reply to Civileme. Thanks Charles Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Me, Linux, or my !@#$%^ ISP
I am running LM 7.2 with netscape (the one that comes with LM 7.2). I have been running this version for about 10 months. For the last 2 months I have been having trouble connecting to internet sites. Before the trouble started, everything worked AOK for about 8 months! I can connect to my ISP OK. I just cannot connect to internet sites. Some sites I can connect to some I cannot. The problem started out where I could not connect to internet sites using windows or linux. Now the ISP has gotten Windows working ok, but linux still will not work. Sometimes I cannot access any internet sites, and sometimes I can access some sites but not most sites. At the moment I can access the following: http://dailynews.yahoo.com www.google.com I cannot access: www.nytimes.com www.cnnfn.com http://investing.schwab.com www.schwab.com My ISP tells me the problem must be mine (because I use linux, which they cannot even spell). They say I am the only one having problems. I am probably the only linux user they have (it is a small world where I live). Any help would be appreciated. Thanks Charles Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] How much internet security do I need?
Hi All: I am using ML 7.2 for a home desktop system. I only browse the internet using a 56K modem. How much internet security do I need? Do I need ipchains or whatever? I am only on the internet 3 to 4 hours a day. I have ML set to medium security!! Thanks Charles
[newbie] Is my hosts.deny working??
Hi: I use my system as a simple desktop machine connect to the internet through a ppp line a 56K modem. Does this mean that I connect to the internet and no one needs to connect to me?? In my hosts.deny file I have: ALL: ALL: DENY In my hosts.allow file I have nothing: # there are no entries in my hosts.allow file I can still connect to the internet and all works fine. Is my hosts.deny file working? Do I have a deamon turned off? How can I test if hosts.deny is working?
[newbie] What is the file kcore?
What is the file kcore in /proc in LM 7.2? It is over 125 M in size and appears to be growing!! Thanks Charles
[newbie] Mandrake Update
I am trying to install glibc-2.2.2-4mdk using Mandrake Update (so I can install XFree86). The install fails with errors (lots os them). I get so many errors that the list goes off the bottom of my screen. I can find no way to scroll to the bottom of the error list. Therefore I cannot get to the 'force' or 'quit' buttons. How does one scroll to the bottom of the error list? My system: LM 7.2 AMD 500mhz 128M ram Thanks charles
Re: [newbie] Mandrake Update
s wrote: What Alan says is basically true, but if you're brave at heart, here's a method that can enable one to upgrade to glibc 2.2 on a 7.2 install. http://www.pclinuxonline.com/Help___How_To/Glibc-2_2/glibc-2_2.html I followed these instructions here except where they say do a --force --nodeps, do a --test and get the other 2 - 4 dependencies. I haven't had a problem, yet (being the operative word) and have been using this set up for about 9 or 10 days. Oh I did upgrade my menu app tho it suggests not to. But it was necessary to that I wouldn't get an error when I upgrade-menu after installing kde2.1.1. This should keep you from getting a screen full of errors. I think you can scroll through the screens by typing tab + pgup/pgdown (or the arrows), or maybe its ctrl + arrows. H*ll, I can't remember. Experiment with those extra keys. But you can change to another console by typing F2, F3 and so on and back again. (I find that handy.) Anyway, good luck. -s On Friday 06 April 2001 01:37 pm, you wrote: I am trying to install glibc-2.2.2-4mdk using Mandrake Update (so I can install XFree86). The install fails with errors (lots os them). I get so many errors that the list goes off the bottom of my screen. I can find no way to scroll to the bottom of the error list. Therefore I cannot get to the 'force' or 'quit' buttons. How does one scroll to the bottom of the error list? My system: LM 7.2 AMD 500mhz 128M ram Thanks charles Thanks all: Yes I know that glibc-2.2.2 is development. I am just on a learning expedition. It does not matter if I destroys my LM 7.2. I can just reinstall it. I have tried every key combination I could think of. Still can not get to the bottom of the error messages. But no matter. Good old alt, ctrl f2 then kill will take care of it. But it has been a good learning experience. Charles
[newbie] unable to connect to my news server
Hi: I am using a machine with dual boot - windows 98 and LM 7.2. I use netscape on both systems. On windows, I set up news groups by going to preferences mail newsgroups newsgroups server - then entering news as the name of my newsgroup server. Then I can enter the names of any newsgroups I wish to read and all works OK. If I do the something on LM 7.2 I get a message that Netscape cannot connect to the server news?? What am I doing wrong? Any help would be appreciated. My machine is: AMD 500mhz 128M ram 10 gig hard drive 2 gig hard drive windows 98 LM 7.2 Charles
Re: [newbie] unable to connect to my news server
ai4a wrote: Hi: I am using a machine with dual boot - windows 98 and LM 7.2. I use netscape on both systems. On windows, I set up news groups by going to preferences mail newsgroups newsgroups server - then entering news as the name of my newsgroup server. Then I can enter the names of any newsgroups I wish to read and all works OK. If I do the something on LM 7.2 I get a message that Netscape cannot connect to the server news?? What am I doing wrong? Any help would be appreciated. My machine is: AMD 500mhz 128M ram 10 gig hard drive 2 gig hard drive windows 98 LM 7.2 Charles I found out what I was doing wrong. In windows Netscape I can just enter 'news' as the server name. But in linux Netscape, I must enter the complete name, Such as, 'news.enia.net'. Charles
Re: [newbie] so, I broke my mouse
Adam Willcox wrote: Hehe, accidently set my mouse to usb when it is in fact ps/2... HEHE. Anyone know a common file where linux stores all this stuff so I can edit it with vi? :) BTW, how do I get my mouse wheel working? Hi Adam If you use X windows try the following. I have LM 7.2. log in as root cd /etc/X11 emacs XF86Config ( careful about the caps) find the POINTER SECTION change the Protocol to 'PS/2" may need to change Device to '/dev/psaux' control x, control c then answer y to save Hope this helps. It worked for me. Charles
Re: [newbie] AHHHHHHHH!! too many problems
Deja User wrote: Be able to play DVD's. First of that is again the law. Owell. You need to look at the www.2600.com web site. The only OS that can run a DVD in the leagel since is MACOS and WinBLOWS. You can look on the internet for the DeCSS code that will decryp the DVD's information. Good luck getting the DVD to work. Also I am looking for Howtos for Linux. I found a good site called www.ibiblo.org. They have howtos in plan txt and html also pdf. Hope some of this will help. Brandon A+ Computer Techniction CompTIA --== Sent via Deja.com ==-- http://www.deja.com/ Hi Brandon: I had similar problems when I installed MD 7.2. I have a SiS 530 video. MD 7.2 detected that as SiS520. I went to Drakeconf: video resolution. There I was able to select the correct video adapter and it fixed my problems with the video. Hope this helps. Charles
Re: [newbie] SiS on-board graphics
Martin Foster wrote: Hello Folks! I've installed Mandrake 7.20 on a machine which has a Jetway 531CF m/board. Although the installation appeared to work just fine, I'm having problems with video. The m/board has SiS 620 on-board graphics and no matter what I do with the video settings, I'm getting thin, randomly spaced, broken vertical lines on screen. Ideas anyone? Regards, Martin --- CrossPoint v3.30.021 R Hi Martin: I had a similar problem. I have Sis530 video. Md 7.2 detected that as SiS520. I went to Drakeconf - video resolution and selected the correct video adapter and that fixed my problem. Hope this helps. Charles
Re: [newbie] Disappearing memory... and non accessilble CD-ROM
Allton Paul wrote: I am experiencing "have 256Mb, linux only sees 64Mb" syndrome. I've tried adding append="mem=256M" in lilo.conf and restarted, but to no avail. Is there anything else I can do, it's horrible using 64Mb. Also .. despite using the cdrom for installation, when I'm actually in linux I cannot access it. I get Input/Output errors. Name: InterScan_Disclaimer.txt InterScan_Disclaimer.txtType: Plain Text (text/plain) Encoding: 7bit I have the same problem with lilo.conf. I can type linux mem=120M at the boot prompt and that works. So I added this to the lilo.conf file. Where its says label= linux, I changed it to label="linux mem=120M". Ran lilo and the rebooted. Linux now sees my memory. Hope this helps. Charles
Re: [newbie] hangs at Stage 1 after reinstall(7.2)
Marcia L Waller wrote: Dear All, I had remnants of Suse on my 2nd drive I believe and decided during the reinstall to delete that. ( I fdisked my 2nd drive yesterday). I did a fresh install and everything went fine so it said. In fact for the first time it actually recognized my network card during installation. After it said my installation was successful I rebooted and shortly after startup it went to stage 1 and just sat there. I reinstalled again and the same thing happened. Does anyone have any ideas. I suspect I goofed up on partitioning somehow. I have 2 harddrives and I was putting linux on the 1st and just leaving the 2nd cleared. What can I do now? I would like to add to this: my goal here is to have nothing but Linux Mandrake 7.2 on my machine. Suse seemed to mess things up for whatever reason so that is why I fdisked it away. What can I do to get my machine to accept Linux M 7.2? It took the install like a charm . Just would not boot up past stage 1. Do I need to fdisk/MBR? I cannot even get to a console now. Could I use the rescue disk for this? How does one use that in this situation (step by step)? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you, Marcia GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj. Hi Marcia, I have the same problem with Mandrake 7.2. Yes you can use the rescue disk to recover. I used it and after it loaded I went to /etc/liloconf. You probably will not need to edit this file, but look it over just in case. After you are satisfied with liloconf, you need to execute lilo (that is, just type lilo on a command line.) I had to remove the line 'lba??. I forget what it is exactly, but you will see it and recognize it. Good Lick. Charles
Re: [newbie] Tomsrtbt e2fsck
civileme wrote: On Tuesday 14 November 2000 22:33, you wrote: Hi all; I am trying to be a good boy scout and be prepared. Since I do a lot of messing around with linux, I am good at breaking it. So, I would like to be able to boot another linux and when necessary, try to repair my linux on hda5. My system is: Mandrake 7.0 hda1 = linux /boot hda2 = windoze hda3 = extended hda5 = linux / hda6 = linux swap I have Tomsrtbt and I can boot it, make a /mnt/tmphda5 dir, mount /mnt/tmphda5, and do things to hda5. Which is very good if I need to change something on hda5. But, I would also like to be able to run "e2fsck" -from tomsrtbt- on hda5. With hda5 NOT mounted when I run e2fsck I get error message "Filesystem has unsupported features while trying to open dev/hda5". How can I make a standalone boot disk that will run "e2fsck" on hda5? One thought I have is I have another 2 G HD. I could install it and install a minimum command line linux on it and use that as a rescue linux. Would that work? Thanks Charles First of all, put the CD in the drive and set to boot from it and hit f1 as soon as you see the opening graphic--Presto, instant rescue disk! If you want to use Tomsrtbt, you must go to Tom's site and download a newer version. His older version did not have support for ext2 sparse superblocks which was a new thing in 2.2 kernels. civileme -- QA/Software Testing [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thanks Civileme. I will give that a try. Charles
Re: [newbie] Tomsrtbt e2fsck
ai4a wrote: civileme wrote: On Tuesday 14 November 2000 22:33, you wrote: Hi all; I am trying to be a good boy scout and be prepared. Since I do a lot of messing around with linux, I am good at breaking it. So, I would like to be able to boot another linux and when necessary, try to repair my linux on hda5. My system is: Mandrake 7.0 hda1 = linux /boot hda2 = windoze hda3 = extended hda5 = linux / hda6 = linux swap I have Tomsrtbt and I can boot it, make a /mnt/tmphda5 dir, mount /mnt/tmphda5, and do things to hda5. Which is very good if I need to change something on hda5. But, I would also like to be able to run "e2fsck" -from tomsrtbt- on hda5. With hda5 NOT mounted when I run e2fsck I get error message "Filesystem has unsupported features while trying to open dev/hda5". How can I make a standalone boot disk that will run "e2fsck" on hda5? One thought I have is I have another 2 G HD. I could install it and install a minimum command line linux on it and use that as a rescue linux. Would that work? Thanks Charles First of all, put the CD in the drive and set to boot from it and hit f1 as soon as you see the opening graphic--Presto, instant rescue disk! If you want to use Tomsrtbt, you must go to Tom's site and download a newer version. His older version did not have support for ext2 sparse superblocks which was a new thing in 2.2 kernels. civileme -- QA/Software Testing [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thanks Civileme. I will give that a try. Charles I am so ignorant. I tried the F1 trick on my install CDROM (Mandrake 7.0). This goes to a help screen?? At that point I tried typing in 'rescue' and the program asked me to mount a floppy? I have no idea what it wants. What am I missing? What should I enter after I press F1? Thanks for the help Charles
[newbie] Tomsrtbt e2fsck
Hi all; I am trying to be a good boy scout and be prepared. Since I do a lot of messing around with linux, I am good at breaking it. So, I would like to be able to boot another linux and when necessary, try to repair my linux on hda5. My system is: Mandrake 7.0 hda1 = linux /boot hda2 = windoze hda3 = extended hda5 = linux / hda6 = linux swap I have Tomsrtbt and I can boot it, make a /mnt/tmphda5 dir, mount /mnt/tmphda5, and do things to hda5. Which is very good if I need to change something on hda5. But, I would also like to be able to run "e2fsck" -from tomsrtbt- on hda5. With hda5 NOT mounted when I run e2fsck I get error message "Filesystem has unsupported features while trying to open dev/hda5". How can I make a standalone boot disk that will run "e2fsck" on hda5? One thought I have is I have another 2 G HD. I could install it and install a minimum command line linux on it and use that as a rescue linux. Would that work? Thanks Charles
Re: [newbie] Much Ado About Nothing
Tom Brinkman wrote:
On Sunday 05 November 2000 08:52 am, ai4a wrote:
If this is the wrong news group to post this to, I apologize. Just
tell me to which news group I should post.
You're in the right place, but this is a mailing list, not a news
group
MY system:
PC100 Super Socket 7 made by Hsing Tech Enterprise (subsidiary of
PC Chips)
my sympathy ;)
Now my question: The BIOS has an option 'Ultra DMA Support'.
DMA = Direct Memrory Access, the U = Ultra (which means nothin
other than it sounds good :)
If I enable this option, I can see no difference in windoze.
hdparm settings you use in Linux will not affect the HDD in
Windoze
With it enabled, I can not use the -d1 option of hdparm. It gives
me errors such as:
the -d1 option is what enables DMA (see info hdparm)
hda: dma_intr: Error 0x51 drive ready seek complete error
hda: dma_intr: Error 0x84 drive status error bad CRC.
CRC errors are _not_ good. BUT since it's a PCChips mobo, this
maybe the mobo rather than the drive
Yes I know. If it feels good do it. If it hurts stop.
But what is the BIOS option
linux ignores bios options
'Ultra DMA Support' used for. I have
tried several hdparm settings but can find nothing that makes use
of it. The hdparm settings I have tried are: 'hdparm -c1-d1X66
/dev/hda'
the 'X66' part is probl'y the problem (other than PCChips ;)
Thanks for any info.
Charles
post your (as root) 'hdparm -i /dev/hdx' results
for example, Linux is on my hdb, so.
/home/tom # hdparm -i /dev/hdb
/dev/hdb:
Model=WDC AC38400L, FwRev=20.03W20, SerialNo=WD-WT5270097841
Config={ HardSect NotMFM HdSw15uSec SpinMotCtl Fixed DTR5Mbs
FmtGapReq }
RawCHS=16383/16/63, TrkSize=57600, SectSize=600, ECCbytes=22
BuffType=DualPortCache, BuffSize=256kB, MaxMultSect=16, MultSect=16
CurCHS=16383/16/63, CurSects=16514064, LBA=yes, LBAsects=16514064
IORDY=on/off, tPIO={min:160,w/IORDY:120}, tDMA={min:120,rec:120}
PIO modes: pio0 pio1 pio2 pio3 pio4
DMA modes: mdma0 mdma1 mdma2 udma0 udma1 *udma2 --- this '*'
indicates my linux drive is already runnin in it's highest capable
DMA mode, it's an old ata/33 HDD) It's also a great source of
optimum hdparm settings. Example, it indicates my max hdparm setting
for '-m' is -m16. So I use these settings in /etc/rc.d/rc.local
for this HDD
hdparm -m16 -c1 -u1 -d1 -k1 -A1 /dev/hdb
--
Tom Brinkman[EMAIL PROTECTED] Galveston Bay
Thanks Tom:
After much reading and a little (very Little) thinking I decided to open
up my computer case (I just bought this machine I August. An al cheapo
at that!! I got what I paid for) and check the cable to the hard
drive. It is over 2 feet long and a 40 wire 40 pin cable!!! No wonder I
am getting CRC errors. Now the trick will be to find an 80 wire 40 pin
cable 1 foot long. Thanks again for the info.
Cheers
Charles
[newbie] Much Ado About Nothing
If this is the wrong news group to post this to, I apologize. Just tell me to which news group I should post. MY system: PC100 Super Socket 7 made by Hsing Tech Enterprise (subsidiary of PC Chips) AMD k6-2 running at 500MH 64 M ram 10 G Seagate hard disk dual boot Linux Mandrake 7.0 windoze 98 Now my question: The BIOS has an option 'Ultra DMA Support'. If I enable this option, I can see no difference in windoze. If I enable this option, I can see no difference in Linux UNLESS I use hdparm. With it disabled, I can use 'hdparm -c1-d1 /dev/hda' and change the 64M read timing from 22 sec down to 10 sec. With it enabled, I can not use the -d1 option of hdparm. It gives me errors such as: hda: dma_intr: Error 0x51 drive ready seek complete error hda: dma_intr: Error 0x84 drive status error bad CRC. Yes I know. If it feels good do it. If it hurts stop. But what is the BIOS option 'Ultra DMA Support' used for. I have tried several hdparm settings but can find nothing that makes use of it. The hdparm settings I have tried are: 'hdparm -c1-d1X66 /dev/hda' Thanks for any info. Charles
Re: [newbie] Much Ado About Nothing
Dan LaBine wrote: ai4a wrote: If this is the wrong news group to post this to, I apologize. Just tell me to which news group I should post. MY system: PC100 Super Socket 7 made by Hsing Tech Enterprise (subsidiary of PC Chips) AMD k6-2 running at 500MH 64 M ram 10 G Seagate hard disk dual boot Linux Mandrake 7.0 windoze 98 Now my question: The BIOS has an option 'Ultra DMA Support'. If I enable this option, I can see no difference in windoze. If I enable this option, I can see no difference in Linux UNLESS I use hdparm. With it disabled, I can use 'hdparm -c1-d1 /dev/hda' and change the 64M read timing from 22 sec down to 10 sec. With it enabled, I can not use the -d1 option of hdparm. It gives me errors such as: hda: dma_intr: Error 0x51 drive ready seek complete error hda: dma_intr: Error 0x84 drive status error bad CRC. Yes I know. If it feels good do it. If it hurts stop. But what is the BIOS option 'Ultra DMA Support' used for. I have tried several hdparm settings but can find nothing that makes use of it. The hdparm settings I have tried are: 'hdparm -c1-d1X66 /dev/hda' Thanks for any info. Charles Charles; Ultra DMA Support is used for hard drives with Ultra DMA or "UDMA" support. Unless you're running a UDMA capable hard drive, you won't see a difference. The good news is that your Seatgate HDD probably is capable. Go ahead and use it. If your drive can't handle it, you still won't have problems. If your board detects a UDMA drive, it'll make use of the support, and your drive will transfer data faster or at least smoother. If it don't, you won't see a difference. When you reboot, you should see UDMA2, or 4 in your P.O.S.T. menu (Black screen with white box outlining all detected hardware before your O/S starts to boot. If you're quick on your "pause" key, you'll have a chance to read the menu, and see if it works or not. Lanman Thanks Dan: I was able to pause the BOOT process and look at the hard drive info. Yes it said the pri hard disk (the only one I have) is UDMA mode 4. And the BOOT process found the right drive (a ST310212A). But, it makes no difference if I enable or disable the BIOS option 'Ultra DMA Support' as far as I can tell: In windoze or in Linux. Either way 'hdparm -t /dev/hda' shows it take 22 sec to read 64M. But, if I disable the BIOS option 'Ultra DMA Support I can use hdparm and decrease the read time of 64M from 22 sec to 10 sec. So I will just leave the BIOS option disabled. Anyway I learned what the option is. Thanks Charles
[newbie] The Craziest Thing!!!
Running Mandrake 7.0 Netscape 4.74 Using the system as a Home work Station Have 2 users: userA userB All was working OK until the other day. I made no changes that I remember?? userB still works OK. userA works OK unless I start kppp. Kppp connects OK but after that I cannot start anything else. No xterm, no Netscape, Drakconf, NOTHING, NADA, ZIP. If I stop kppp, anything will start then!!! Please help. I have no idea what to do. Charles
Re: [newbie] ? Arkeia backup utility
Larry Marshall wrote: On disk 5 of my mandrake deluxe package there is a program named Arkeia backup utility. I looked on Arkeia's web pages and it appeared as if this utility will backup to tapes only. Is that correct? Or have I missed read the info about Arkeia. I wish to backup to a disk drive. Will this utility backup to a disk drive? The October issue of Linux Journal reviews several backup utilities, including Arkeia. You are correct in determining that it is for tape backups, in fact, it assumes that you're doing it from one machine to another over a network, in client/server fashion. I'm not sure what you're trying to backup to a disk drive but you might consider using one or more of your basic Linux tools. For instance, you could simply create tar files and copy them to the other drive (or create them there). If you want to put actual, accessible file systems on the backup drive you can use tar like: *example presumes you're at the base of a tree you want backed up tar cf - / . | (cd /where_you_want_a_copy; tar xvf -) Someone here, can't remember who, uses cpio to do his backups to another drive. Cheers --- Larry Thanks Larry: I just want to back up the conf files. My system is a home workstation. I think I will back them up untared so if I need to restore from a rescue disk it will take less effort and knowledge. I have a book "Sams Teach Yourself Linux" which says the backup utility BRU is on the cdrom that came with the book. But I cannot find it on the cdrom. It is suppose to be a free personal edition of the BRU. The book also said I could download it from BRU's web site, but I saw not free personal edition to download. Oh well, such is life. Have a nice day Charles
Re: [newbie] Re: ? Arkeia backup utility
paddock wrote: Hi -- I started with an idea from Linux Gazette for doing "tar" backups to disk, and expanded it so it makes one weekly "full" backup and then daily incrementals. The tar files have the same name as the base (not "root" in Linux, thank you!) of the directory tree which they backup. This makes identification and retrieval easier. I do the "system" side, which is everything but /home (and /var which is too volatile anyway), and then one directory for each of the users in /home. The scheme means that a maximum of 7 restore operations will completely restore the system to its condition at last backup. I've used the full backups to restore my /home directory; fortunately I haven't had to restore from the incrementals, yet, but it "oughta" work... The scripts are most likely lacking many forms of subtle *nix tricks, but I'm a recovering DOS/OS2/Windoesn't fool. Actually, I'd like some critiques and some pointers like "Well, you can do *this* better like this:..." If anyone's interested, I'll be happy to mail the scripts off-list. [EMAIL PROTECTED] I hope you and yours are prospering! --Paddock --- Registered Linux user 190974 ( 2000-Oct-05 ). Paddock: I for one would like to try your scripts. Would you e-mail them to me? Have a nice day. Charles
[newbie] ? Arkeia backup utility
On disk 5 of my mandrake deluxe package there is a program named Arkeia backup utility. I looked on Arkeia's web pages and it appeared as if this utility will backup to tapes only. Is that correct? Or have I missed read the info about Arkeia. I wish to backup to a disk drive. Will this utility backup to a disk drive? Thanks Charles
[newbie] OOPS Maybe a better safer way
After thoughts on my problem when I stopped too many daemons. I am using Mandrake 7.0 here. This is the only linux I have ever seen so all comments are about this distro. Maybe a better safer way to stop daemons would be: During boot press 'I' to enter interactive mode. Any daemon that I wish to stop just answer 'NO' when the system asks if I wish to start it. If everything works OK then wonderful. If the system fails, just reboot. After I determine which daemons I can do without, then I can use DrakeConf to stop them. Thanks to all who helped me. This is a wonderful way to share knowledge. I hope one day to be able to contribute. Have a nice day Charles
Re: [newbie] OOPS: Help a dumbie please
Michael Alberts wrote: alright, well, I was cooking just fine until i screwed something up and now it seems that the password has been changed for 'root'. Is there any way of changing or correcting the root password IF you don't know what it is to begin with? Currently, I can only access 'single' init. The X system won't start for some reason. Scott --- Michael [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If ya have any questions about what certain services are just ask. Generally a home machine will want about a dozen things running but you should try doing a port scan on your machine to make sure you don't have a lot of weird ports open. Using tcp wrappers is at least as important as shutting down unused services. Also most of the worst danger services are in inetd so edit those out. If you screw your Linux box you can always (usually, unless you go totally psycho w/ security) use 'single' as an argument to lilo or grub and it'll put you into 'save your ass' mode even if you can't do a normal login. *^*^*^* Have the courage to take your own thoughts seriously, for they will shape you. -- Albert Einstein Scott I run Mandrake 7.0 LILO. Here is the way I can change the root password if I forget it. reboot At the LILO prompt type 'linux 1'. No quotes of course. this will boot into a single mode with no need to logon (no need for a password). At the prompt type 'passwd' and press enter. Enter a passwod. Enter the password again. Now reboot and use the new password. Just use ALT+CTRL+DEL to reboot. Hope this helps. Have a nice day. Charles
[newbie] Ebrarassed to ask this question
I have created a standalone boot linux using 'tomsrtbt'. This is a standalone bootable linux. It boots fine. But how do I access the files on my HD. MY partitions are: hda1 linux boot hda2 windows hda3 linux extended partition hda5 linux hda6 linux How do I mount the hda3(hda5,hda6) partitions? I am using Mandrake 7.0. Please show several mount commands so I can try and understand the mount command. I have read the 'man mount' pages and several books. I think they all presume I have a better background than I have. I am a newbie (so new I shine). The fstab in /etc/fstab (floppy) show only fd0. Thanks Charles
Re: [newbie] Ebrarassed to ask this question
Greg Stewart wrote: Make a temporary "mount point" in the directory /mnt: mkdir /mnt/temp5 mkdir /mnt/temp6 (you don't have to call them 'tempX', but bear with me :-) ) As long as you are not trying to mount a swap partition, you can use the following for the linux partitions: mount -t ext2 /dev/hda5 /mnt/temp5 mount -t ext2 /dev/hda6 /mnt/temp6 If the windows partition is fat16: mount -t vfat /dev/hda1 /mnt/temp5 (I'm re-using the temp5 directory, assuming it's not already mounted when you try this) I'll guess your "linux extended partition" is your swap, and leave it alone. to "unmount" the partition: umount /dev/hdaX (where 'X' is the partition #) For a fat floppy: mount -t vfat /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy umount /dev/fd0 the '-t' denotes the file system, for a cdrom it would most likely be '-t iso9660'. The man page has a list of the different file systems your distro's kernel supports. But for many of them, you may have to re-compile the kernel toget functionality. An important hint: DO NOT COMPILE READ-WRITE FOR NTFS IN YOUR KERNEL... sorry for "yelling" but this can royally fuck things up. And, um, sorry about the language, but urgency can often be well demonstrated by profane emphatic expression. It's colourful, as well, and sometimes gets a rise out of co-workers in a stuffy office environment--you may shout it loudy over the cubical walls in a disguised voice and watch the surprised, somewhat perturbed faces on the prairie dogs as they begin popping up around you. I'm getting off topic? Anywaythe above is the typical usage for 'mount' MDK may, depending on the security level at which you installed, prevent you from mounting if you're not root. Y should be able to change this in linuxconf, by making the devices (/dev/...) user-mountable. If you have any questions... well... you've been here before. --Greg - Original Message - From: "ai4a" [EMAIL PROTECTED] I have created a standalone boot linux using 'tomsrtbt'. This is a standalone bootable linux. It boots fine. But how do I access the files on my HD. MY partitions are: hda1 linux boot hda2 windows hda3 linux extended partition hda5 linux hda6 linux How do I mount the hda3(hda5,hda6) partitions? I am using Mandrake 7.0. Please show several mount commands so I can try and understand the mount command. I have read the 'man mount' pages and several books. I think they all presume I have a better background than I have. I am a newbie (so new I shine). The fstab in /etc/fstab (floppy) show only fd0. Thanks Charles __ Vous avez un site perso ? 2 millions de francs à gagner sur i(france) ! Webmasters : ZE CONCOURS ! http://www.ifrance.com/_reloc/concours.emailif Thanks Greg. That was just what I needed. A few examples are worth a thousand words. I was able to mount my hda5, browse the files, edit them.
[newbie] OOPS: Help a dumbie please
My system: AMD K6-2 500MHZ 64Mb ram 10 Gb drive Mandrake 7.0 using KDE netscape a modem What I did (what a dumb thing to do): I got some info from the internet about stopping all unused daemons with a recommend list of daemons to remove. I deleted the ones they recommended (using DrakConf). Then I restarted my system. The problem: The system boots up to the penguin logon prompt the tries to got to the Xwindows ? logon screen. the monitor makes a click, goes blank, returns to the Penguin logon screen for a half second. Then loops in this click, goes blank, return to the penguin. What I have tried! I have the same Mandrake installed on my old machine. Cyrix 133 Mhz, 48 Mb, 2Gb drive, no modem. I looked on this machine at /etc/rc.d/rc5.d (run level 5 I hope). I was able to logon the new (failing) machine as linux level: 3 as root. Went to /etc/rc.d/rc5.d and checked the files between the two machines. The following files were missing on the failing machine: S50inet S25netfs S10network S05kudzu I tried using linuxconf (on both machines), but I could not get it to work (sorry I am a newbie). I noticed that all the files were symbolic links so I did .. ln -s ../init.d/inet for all the missing files (changing the /inet as needed). I can see some of the daemons start during boot (maybe all of them, I do not know), How can I look at the boot messages. I looked at dmesg but that does not have all the messages. I can boot to level 3 so I can logon as root and do things, but I have no idea what to do. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks Charles
Re: [newbie] OOPS: Help a dumbie please
Greg Stewart wrote: As root, you can view the /var/log/messages file in a text editor (vi, or your favourite), or cat the file piping it through more: cat /varlog/messages |more Do you have a list of the daemons you "deleted", and a description of the fashion in which you achieved this? Actually removing things is not always a good idea...whoever you got the instructions from might need a spanking. Renaming is the better way to stop services, or linuxconf and setup would do a fine job of the same. But, since you don't seem to have linuxconf (have you tried typing the word "linuxconf" at a command prompt? Of course, without the quotes!) we might need to get this back. From the command line once logged in init3 you can try the command: startx to attempt returning to XWindows. Let me know where you went to get this info, and I'll check it out to see where we can go from here. --Greg - Original Message - From: "ai4a" [EMAIL PROTECTED] My system: AMD K6-2 500MHZ 64Mb ram 10 Gb drive Mandrake 7.0 using KDE netscape a modem What I did (what a dumb thing to do): I got some info from the internet about stopping all unused daemons with a recommend list of daemons to remove. I deleted the ones they recommended (using DrakConf). Then I restarted my system. The problem: The system boots up to the penguin logon prompt the tries to got to the Xwindows ? logon screen. the monitor makes a click, goes blank, returns to the Penguin logon screen for a half second. Then loops in this click, goes blank, return to the penguin. What I have tried! I have the same Mandrake installed on my old machine. Cyrix 133 Mhz, 48 Mb, 2Gb drive, no modem. I looked on this machine at /etc/rc.d/rc5.d (run level 5 I hope). I was able to logon the new (failing) machine as linux level: 3 as root. Went to /etc/rc.d/rc5.d and checked the files between the two machines. The following files were missing on the failing machine: S50inet S25netfs S10network S05kudzu I tried using linuxconf (on both machines), but I could not get it to work (sorry I am a newbie). I noticed that all the files were symbolic links so I did .. ln -s ../init.d/inet for all the missing files (changing the /inet as needed). I can see some of the daemons start during boot (maybe all of them, I do not know), How can I look at the boot messages. I looked at dmesg but that does not have all the messages. I can boot to level 3 so I can logon as root and do things, but I have no idea what to do. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks Charles __ Vous avez un site perso ? 2 millions de francs à gagner sur i(france) ! Webmasters : ZE CONCOURS ! http://www.ifrance.com/_reloc/concours.emailif Thanks Greg: As luck would have it I thought of trying to startx as root. It failed, but it gave me some messages. One message pointed to xfs (which was one of the daemons I deleted (by using DrakConf- therefore I had no idea what files it changed). So I did ln -s ../init.d/xfs S90xfs and all is fine now. EVERYTHING WORKS The info that I have said "xfs is not necessary for X to function... it should be safe to chkconfig this one off" I sure like the idea about the spanking (me first I think). Yes I have a list of the daemons I turned off. That was the only intelligent thing I did in this whole process. You were right on the button about how to fix the problem. Maybe one day I will know a little about linux. I am going to cp -R /etc/rc.d/rc5.d /etc/rc.d/rc5.d/old so I will never do this again. But at least I sure learned a lot about linux and where things are. Maybe I should just do dumb things twice a day =:). When my nerves calm down I will try to see what is wrong with linuxconf and learn how to use it. Thanks very much Greg. Have a nice day Charles
[newbie] kppp statistics
Hi: When kppp connects to my ISP it docks onto the panel (which is the way I have it set up). If I right click on the modem icon and select details, a window with details about the connection (of all thing!) pops up. In the bottom of the window is a display of the transfer rate (bps?). This is shown in blue. Also, sometimes, there is another line along the bottom that is in red. And sometimes this red line takes a small bib up. What is this red line trying to tell me? Maybe errors? There is also 2 columns for bytes in, bytes out other things. At the bottom of the left column there is a display labeled vjerr which is always zero (sounds good to me). but in the second column across from vjerr there is a display labeled non-vj. Does this mean non-vj errors? This display has a count in it. Is this a count of errors? Thanks Charles
Re: [newbie] 3comUSR56K faxmodem -was Lilo configuration
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Newbies, I have an ISA internal 3com U.S.Robotics 56K faxmodem that I know is not a winmodem, and I have had a problem with Linux Mandrake's isapnp not assigning IRQs to it [error message re what to do about ...(series of IRQ #s.)..]. It is PnP, and on COM2 in Windon't. I set up the symbolic link in LM. I can get a dialtone with minicom (I assume because of the link) but it's basically useless. How do I straighten out the IRQs assignments for PnP devices? I'm wondering if this person's problem is similar [see below]. TIA -Gary- In a message dated 10/10/2000 10:06:02 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Now, I can´t use Linux because it doesn´t seem to like my modem I can´t surf internet, I have a 3com U.S. Robotics 56k Faxmodem, maybe is set as a winmodem, I don´t have any idea, it looks just if it didn´t exist. Typically a winmodem reports busy rather than being "nonexistent." Maybe you need to check the port you think it's using. Cheers --- Larry I have a 3com USR 5610a 56k pci modem running under Mandrake 7.0. If needed I can forward the info I found on the internet that got it working for me. Or you can just search the net using the modem model # and you will find the info. Although the #$%^%$ thing works, it does not work nearly as good under linux as it does under windozs (drat). The next modem I buy will be an external modem. Again if you need the info I will send it to you but it would be better if you found the source on the internet as the solution is quite detailed. Have a nice day. Charles
