'nslookup', 'traceroute' in debian
My machine --running potato-- claimed not to know either nslookup or traceroute. No man pages, either. Are there Debian equivalents to these commands? Thanks. Tom Schuetz [EMAIL PROTECTED]
login & .bash_profile questions
I've RTFM, but I'm still not sure what the best place to put stuff I want to happen at login is. Is it safe to append stuff like 'alias ls='ls --color'' to the .bash_profile? Will that even work? .bashrc has that in it, uncommented, but it doesn't kick in. I'd appreciate any help.
permission denied on .bashrc ??
I reconfigured both ~./bash_profile and ~/.bashrc to work properly, and they do- ls is automatically aliased as --color, etc. But at login, I still get a '~/.bash_profile: permission denied' error. When I look at the permissions, I'm listed as the owner. I did these changes as an ordinary user, not as root. Any advice is seriously appreciated. Tom
mail configuration questions
Is there a single .*rc kind of file where I establish the info for my POP3 server (their DNS #, url, etc.) and that is referred to by mail, fetchmail, emacs, etc? Or do I need to put that info in *each* .*rc file? Retrieving mail via http is non problem, but I want to use emacs. I've read a bunch of the 'Fine' Manuals, and pored over the fetchmail and emacs websites, but I'm just not seeing it. Finally, if anyone has such an.*rc file which sets up a POP3 mail connection, I would love a copy. Thanks again for the remarkable help, everybody.
Need advice: Compaq Presarios and Debian
I had Red Hat installed on my Presario as a dual boot system. It had its own hard drive, and worked somewhat, but eventually it flashed the BIOS and the whole motherboard had to be replaced. I was told (tersely) by Compaq Support that Presarios are NOT GOOD with Linux. But, I WANT LINUX. Namely, I want Debian. Anybody know about Presarios and Debian?
X-windows in startup
I had unsuccessfully configured X, set it aside for a day. Rebooted the machine, only to have X start automatically. Problem is, X isn't working beyond letting me enter username/password. C-ALT-D only gets me back to the initial GUI login! IS there a way to escape out of this during the boot process?
clock-chip autoprobe problems
Using xf86config, when I run the autoprobe for a clock chip line, the screen blanks, then comes back with an 'autoprobe call failed' error line. Meanwhile, X will kind of start, but all I get is a blue screen and an immobile pointer. Is there a line I can just insert in a config file? Is my clock chip something I can ascertain just by looking at the actual card? Thanks for everybod'ys help.
MKBOOT problems
Thanks to everyone for the ongoing responses to my newbie dreck. Why, when I MKBOOT VMLINUZ-2.2.12, would the system come back to me on three different BRAND NEW disks with a "write protected or other error"? I really doubt it's the disks. Is there a known problem with that version?
Making a bootable LILO floppy
How would I save a LILO configuration to a floppy's MBR, so as to run LILO from the floppy? Thanks in advance!
The OReilly Book distro
Has anybody else had a particularly hard time getting Xf86 running off of the CDs that come with "Learning GNU/Linux"? I saw some comment about this version being a mixed bag of versions. Thanks, Tom Schuetz [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Grub vs LILO
Anybody know much about pros/cons of grub for a boot manager? Thanks! Tom Schuetz [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Can't find /etc/X11/*
I'm trying to configure X11, but can't find /etc/X11, even though xf86config says it's writing its configuration to that directory. Also, once the X-server is started, how do I safely shut it down from a command line? When I hit ^alt-DEL, it just brings me back to the XDM login; I can get other consoles, but when I try to startx I get told the server is already active for another console- so how do I shut it down? Huge thanks to all the patient deb gods out there. Tom Schuetz [EMAIL PROTECTED]
X failure-- Help, please....
Two things: I'm running potato, and I know my mouse is a ps/2, but it won't respond at all when I'm running the VGA server. As for the SVGA server, I get this on startx: X: exec of usr/bin/X11/XF86_SVGA failed _X11TranSocketUNIXConnect: can't connect: errno = 111 giving up. xinit: connection refused (errno 111) unable to connect to X server xinit: No such process (errno 3): server error So, I've checked, and the SVGA server exists where it should. I've gone into the XF86config file, but don't really know what to look for! I would really appreciate some advice. Tom
The Un-Dead X-Failure thing.
Tom Schuetz wrote: > Two things: > > I'm running potato, and I know my mouse is a ps/2, but it won't respond at > all when I'm running the VGA server. You might check the Debian Mail archives for the past couple of months; there's been quite a bit of discussion about mice and X lately. For a short answer (but perhaps unsatisfactory in the long run), disable gpm if you have it running, and in XF86Config specify that your mouse is on "/dev/psaux" and that the protocol is set to "PS/2". I've had it designated PS/2 on /dev/psaux from the beginning. This is why I am baffled about this. Moreover, I have been watching the other X postings recently, and I only bother y'all because I've not seen anything like what's going on in my system. Thanks for the advice, by the way. I do appreciate it. > As for the SVGA server, I get this on startx: > > X: exec of usr/bin/X11/XF86_SVGA failed > _X11TranSocketUNIXConnect: can't connect: errno = 111 > giving up. > > xinit: connection refused (errno 111) unable to connect to X server > xinit: No such process (errno 3): server error > > > So, I've checked, and the SVGA server exists where it should. I've gone into > the XF86config file, but don't really know what to look for! I would really > appreciate some advice.
Newbie Shell Script Problems
Could someone please give me a hint re. how to get a functional shell script? I've done the #! /bin/bash, and I've chmod'd to +x, and the CHMOD shows up correctly as executable in ls -l, but still will not "go". What should I check? Thanks, Tom Schuetz _ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com
lp module install faillure
I installed Potato on an HP Pavilion 7020 last night, and everything went swell, except when I was dselecting the lp module, I got these errors: /lib/modules/2.2.17/misc/lp.o: init_module: device or resource busy /lib/modules/2.2.17/misc/lp.o: insmod /lib/modules/2.2.17/misc/lp.o failed /lib/modules/2.2.17/misc/lp insmod failed So, how do I install this module? Will I have to recompile the kernel? The mod is required to print, no? -- Tom Schuetz [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Computers can DO that?!" -H. Simpson --
lp module arguments-?
I installed Potato on an HP Pavilion 7020 last night, and everything went swell, except when I was dselecting the lp module, I got these errors: /lib/modules/2.2.17/misc/lp.o: init_module: device or resource busy /lib/modules/2.2.17/misc/lp.o: insmod /lib/modules/2.2.17/misc/lp.o failed /lib/modules/2.2.17/misc/lp insmod failed I gave no arguments at the command line, and I'm wondering if anyone knows which arguments should be given when installing this module.
Creating a new group
How do I create a new group?
Re: Creating a new group
-- Original Message -- From: Tommi Komulainen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Mon, 5 Feb 2001 21:13:15 +0200 >On Mon, Feb 05, 2001 at 01:39:22PM -0500, MaD dUCK wrote: >> also sprach Tom Schuetz (on Mon, 05 Feb 2001 10:29:26AM -0800): >> > How do I create a new group? >> >> man newgrp >> /usr/bin/newgrp > >Uh oh, you'd better follow your own advice and read the manpage. > >To actually create a group, one uses addgroup. > >man addgroup >/usr/sbin/addgroup > Thank you! I *knew* it wasn't newgroup, because that just switches groups- I would never disturb y'all deb gods without having checked the manual first. Thanks to MaD dUCK, too. > >-- >Tommi Komulainen [EMAIL PROTECTED] >GPG 1024D/68388EE66FD6 DD79 EB38 BF6F 3533 09C0 04A8 9871 6838 8EE6 > >
Runlevel links?
Could someone suggest some links where I can learn the concept of runlevels? I'm not seeing it in any glossaries, and I don't think I found it in the manual. Thanks!
PS/2 mouse mystery
I have a PS/2 mouse. My XF86config file is set to /dev/psaux. My mouse doesn't do anything upon starting X. So I tried making a soft link from /dev/psaux to /dev/mouse. Nada. Any ideas? Thanks in advance.
sshd problem
I can no longer ssh to my Debian box, or even ssh localhost on it. It worked fine for weeks; I'm not sure what I might have changed to mess it up. On startup and shutdown, there are still "Starting" and "Stopping sshd" messages. I've tried this both as user and root. Nada. I did recently install VNC, which is now working (unsecurely). Any diagnostic pointers would be much appreciated. -- Tom Schuetz | <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
xterm: 'X: user not authorized'
I can run X windows just fine, and when I run xterm from the command line, no problem. When I run xterm from any point-n-click menu, I get the xterm, and it says: X: user not authorized, aborting. ..then it proceeds to work just fine. This is a new behavior. Has anyone seen this before? -- Tom Schuetz | <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
pon: unwanted SIGHUP after connect
I just upgraded my kernel from 2.2.17 to 2.4.9. Pon used to work; now it works and...immediately hangs up. Here is the relevant /var/log/messages bit: Dec 3 20:52:25 finster chat[212]: send (ATDT222^M) Dec 3 20:52:25 finster chat[212]: expect (CONNECT) Dec 3 20:52:25 finster chat[212]: ^M Dec 3 20:52:42 finster chat[212]: ATDT222^M^M Dec 3 20:52:42 finster chat[212]: CONNECT Dec 3 20:52:42 finster chat[212]: -- got it Dec 3 20:52:42 finster chat[212]: send (\d) Dec 3 20:52:43 finster pppd[211]: Serial connection established. Dec 3 20:52:43 finster pppd[211]: Hangup (SIGHUP) Dec 3 20:52:43 finster pppd[211]: Exit. And here is my chatscript: # This chatfile was generated by pppconfig 2.0.5. # Please do not delete any of the comments. Pppconfig needs them. # # ispauth PAP # abortstring ABORT BUSY ABORT 'NO CARRIER' ABORT VOICE ABORT 'NO DIALTONE' ABORT 'NO DIAL TONE' ABORT 'NO ANSWER' # modeminit '' ATDT # ispnumber OK-AT-OK ATDT222 # ispconnect CONNECT \d\c # prelogin # ispname # isppassword # postlogin # end of pppconfig stuff Can anybody tell me what's wrong? Tom -- Tom Schuetz | <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
How to get IRQ/io inventory...?
What's the best way to get IRQ and io info on all the devices on my (potato) system? Thanks! -- Tom Schuetz | <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Re: Homework
>* Nicolás Conde ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) spake thusly:
>>Hello.
>>I don't mean to be rude with this, but i've noticed that few people
>> do their homework before posting. I've seen some questions over and over
>> again for which answers exist in the {manual pages | list archives}.
>>Looking for existing answers (IOW doing your own research) before
>> posting helps everyone: you learn about your OS and your computer,
>> becoming a better {admin | user}; and also reduces the amount of
>> messages received by subscribers everyday.
>>So, without wanting to ofend anyone, before you post a question
>>
>> 1. RTFM (Read The Friendly Manual)
>> 2. Search the {archives | HOW-TOs}
>> 3. Ask your local {Linux | Unix} guru (if you have one)
>>
>> and if this doesn't help (which I doubt) drop some lines to this list.
>>Thanks all, enjoy Linux.
>YOUR AN ELITIST BASTARD. IT IS BECAUSE OF PEOPLE LIKE YOU LINUS WILL
>NEVER HAVE MARKET SHARE.
I just get tired of putting in the standard newbie disclaimer:
I HAVE searched the archives, I HAVE done "apropos ~ ", I HAVE RTFM, I HAVE
tried Google, and I STILL do not know the answer.
Maybe I should, just to cover my butt from annoyed, veteran users. Thing is,
though,
that this list is called "User", not
"Upper-echelon-kernel-developers-do-not-disturb".
Newbie though I am, I _am_ a user, too.
Thanks. BTW, to all who patiently help. I think the Debian
support/documentation
systems are awesome.
--
Tom Schuetz | <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
eth0 up, but unable to ping out
I've got my rtl8019 acknowledged and "up", but am unable to ping anything but lo and the local ip (192.168.1.1). What am I doing wrong? Below are dmesg and ifconfig dumps. dummy0Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:00:00:00:00:00 inet addr:192.168.1.1 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0 UP BROADCAST RUNNING NOARP MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:66 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 52:54:40:25:16:C7 inet addr:192.168.1.1 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0 UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:139 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:66 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:100 Interrupt:9 Base address:0x300 loLink encap:Local Loopback inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0 UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:3924 Metric:1 RX packets:14 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:14 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 ** Linux version 2.2.17 ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) (gcc version 2.95.2 2313 (Debian GNU/Linux)) #1 Sun Jun 25 09:24:41 EST 2000 Console: colour VGA+ 80x25 Calibrating delay loop... 119.60 BogoMIPS Memory: 126920k/131072k available (1732k kernel code, 416k reserved, 1864k data, 140k init) Checking if this processor honours the WP bit even in supervisor mode... Ok. Dentry hash table entries: 16384 (order 5, 128k) Buffer cache hash table entries: 131072 (order 7, 512k) Page cache hash table entries: 32768 (order 5, 128k) VFS: Diskquotas version dquot_6.4.0 initialized CPU: Cyrix 6x86 2x Core/Bus Clock stepping 07 Checking 386/387 coupling... OK, FPU using exception 16 error reporting. Checking 'hlt' instruction... OK. Checking for popad bug... OK. POSIX conformance testing by UNIFIX mtrr: v1.35a (19990819) Richard Gooch ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) PCI: PCI BIOS revision 2.10 entry at 0xfdb91 PCI: Using configuration type 1 PCI: Probing PCI hardware Linux NET4.0 for Linux 2.2 Based upon Swansea University Computer Society NET3.039 NET4: Linux TCP/IP 1.0 for NET4.0 IP Protocols: ICMP, UDP, TCP, IGMP TCP: Hash tables configured (ehash 131072 bhash 65536) Starting kswapd v 1.5 Detected PS/2 Mouse Port. pty: 256 Unix98 ptys configured apm: BIOS version 1.2 Flags 0x0b (Driver version 1.13) apm: disabled on user request. Real Time Clock Driver v1.09 RAM disk driver initialized: 16 RAM disks of 4096K size loop: registered device at major 7 PIIX3: IDE controller on PCI bus 00 dev 39 PIIX3: not 100% native mode: will probe irqs later ide0: BM-DMA at 0xffa0-0xffa7, BIOS settings: hda:pio, hdb:pio ide1: BM-DMA at 0xffa8-0xffaf, BIOS settings: hdc:pio, hdd:pio hda: SAMSUNG WNR-31601A (1600MB), ATA DISK drive hdb: Conner Peripherals 1275MB - CFS1275A, ATA DISK drive hdc: CD-ROM 48X/AKU, ATAPI CDROM drive ide0 at 0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6 on irq 14 ide1 at 0x170-0x177,0x376 on irq 15 hda: SAMSUNG WNR-31601A (1600MB), 1536MB w/256kB Cache, CHS=780/64/63 hdb: Conner Peripherals 1275MB - CFS1275A, 1219MB w/64kB Cache, CHS=619/64/63 hdc: ATAPI 48X CD-ROM drive, 128kB Cache Uniform CD-ROM driver Revision: 3.11 Floppy drive(s): fd0 is 1.44M FDC 0 is a post-1991 82077 md driver 0.36.6 MAX_MD_DEV=4, MAX_REAL=8 scsi: Detection failed (no card) NCR53c406a: no available ports found sym53c416.c: Version 1.0.0 Failed initialization of WD-7000 SCSI card! IBM MCA SCSI: No Microchannel-bus support present -> Aborting. megaraid: v107 (December 22, 1999) aec671x_detect: 3w-: tw_findcards(): No cards found. scsi : 0 hosts. scsi : detected total. Partition check: hda: hda1 hda2 hdb: hdb1 VFS: Mounted root (ext2 filesystem) readonly. Freeing unused kernel memory: 140k freed NET4: Unix domain sockets 1.0 for Linux NET4.0. Adding Swap: 302392k swap-space (priority -1) Serial driver version 4.27 with no serial options enabled ttyS00 at 0x03f8 (irq = 4) is a 16550A ttyS01 at 0x02f8 (irq = 3) is a 16550A CSLIP: code copyright 1989 Regents of the University of California PPP: version 2.3.7 (demand dialling) PPP line discipline registered. PPP BSD Compression module registered ne.c:v1.10 9/23/94 Donald Becker ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) NE*000 ethercard probe at 0x300: 52 54 40 25 16 c7 eth0: NE2000 found at 0x300, using IRQ 9. VFS: Disk change detected on device fd(2,0) Tom Schuetz | [EMAIL PROTECTED]
.xsession fatal to X...?
My X-Windows works fine, until I try to employ an .xsession file. Then, I get as far as they grey screen and "X" mouse-cursor, then it shuts down and I get the stderr as copied below. What's going on? Thanks, Tom XF86Config: /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/XF86Config (**) stands for supplied, (--) stands for probed/default values (**) XKB: keymap: "xfree86(en_US)" (overrides other XKB settings) (**) Mouse: type: Auto, device: /dev/ttyS0, baudrate: 1200 (**) Mouse: buttons: 3 (**) S3V: Graphics device ID: "My Video Card" (**) S3V: Monitor ID: "My Monitor" (--) S3V: Mode "1024x768" needs hsync freq of 70.24 kHz. Deleted. (--) S3V: Mode "1152x864" needs hsync freq of 70.88 kHz. Deleted. (--) S3V: Mode "1280x1024" needs hsync freq of 74.59 kHz. Deleted. (--) S3V: Mode "1600x1200" needs hsync freq of 75.00 kHz. Deleted. (--) S3V: Mode "1152x864" needs hsync freq of 76.01 kHz. Deleted. (--) S3V: Mode "1280x1024" needs hsync freq of 78.86 kHz. Deleted. (--) S3V: Mode "1024x768" needs hsync freq of 80.21 kHz. Deleted. (--) S3V: Mode "1280x1024" needs hsync freq of 81.13 kHz. Deleted. (--) S3V: Mode "1600x1200" needs hsync freq of 87.50 kHz. Deleted. (--) S3V: Mode "1152x864" needs hsync freq of 89.62 kHz. Deleted. (--) S3V: Mode "1280x1024" needs hsync freq of 91.15 kHz. Deleted. (--) S3V: Mode "1600x1200" needs hsync freq of 93.75 kHz. Deleted. (--) S3V: Mode "1600x1200" needs hsync freq of 105.77 kHz. Deleted. (--) S3V: Mode "1280x1024" needs hsync freq of 107.16 kHz. Deleted. (--) S3V: Mode "1800X1440" needs hsync freq of 96.15 kHz. Deleted. (--) S3V: Mode "1800X1440" needs hsync freq of 104.52 kHz. Deleted. (**) FontPath set to "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/misc/:unscaled,/usr/lib/X11/fonts/cyrillic/:unscaled, /usr/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled,/usr/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled,/usr/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/, /usr/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo/,/usr/lib/X11/fonts/misc/,/usr/lib/X11/fonts/cyrillic/,/usr/lib/X11/fonts /75dpi/,/usr/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/" (--) S3V: PCI: ViRGE rev 6, Linear FB @ 0xf800 (--) S3V: chipset: ViRGE rev. 6 (--) S3V: chipset driver: s3_ViRGE (**) S3V: videoram: 1024k (--) S3V: Ramdac type: s3_trio64 (--) S3V: Ramdac speed: 135 MHz (--) S3V: Using Trio32/64 programmable clock (MCLK 54.886 MHz) (--) S3V: Maximum allowed dot-clock: 135.000 MHz (**) S3V: Mode "1024x768": mode clock = 85.000 (**) S3V: Mode "640x480": mode clock = 30.000 (--) S3V: Operating RAMDAC in pixel multiplex mode (--) S3V: Using 6 bits per RGB value (--) S3V: Virtual resolution set to 1024x768 (--) S3V: Local bus LAW is 0xF80x (--) S3V: Using a banksize of 1024k, line width of 1024 System: `/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb/xkbcomp -w 1 -R/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb -xkm -m en_US -em1 "The XKEYBOARD keymap compiler (xkbcomp) reports:" -emp "> " -eml "Errors from xkbcomp are not fatal to the X server" keymap/xfree86 /var/tmp/xfree86.xkm' Mouse: PnP ID string: '(!DPTC0001\\MOUSE\PNP0F0A90)' Mouse: PnP rev 1.00 Mouse: protocol: 0 waiting for X server to shut down -- Tom Schuetz | [EMAIL PROTECTED]
apt-get and 'deb file:\'
I used to have debian 2.2 installed on one box, and at that time I was able to 'apt-get install foo.deb', where 'foo.deb' was any file I'd just put into my working directory. The directory didn't was never mentioned in 'sources.list'. Now, I'm working on a different machine, still 2.2, and when I do 'apt-get ./foo.deb', it goes through it's database check, but then says "could not find package". I've tried putting 'deb file:\home\tom' into sources.list, but I get a "malformed sources.list" complaint. I've also R'd the FM, and now, as a last resort, I appeal to debian-user. What do I need to do to install a deb that's sitting in my PWD? Thanks. -- Tom Schuetz | [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Fetchmail starts to poll, then times out
I have a dialup connection with mutt, exim and fetchmail. Ougoing mail is fine. When I try to fetchmail, it goes through the usual POP3 dialog, until the first "RETR", at which point it says, "Fetching message 1 of N, N Octets ." and then stays that way until it times out after five minutes. The error given is "Client/Server synchronization error." The success of the logon up to that point makes me doubt that the problem is my .fetchmailrc. Thanks in advance-- -- Tom Schuetz | [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Re: what i've learned, and explanation.
> A good, clear bug report is just as valuable as code, because it can > point out where things are going wrong. A user who is completely > new to an application can point out things which are overly obtuse, > or gaps in the manual. This is good-- but one thing I've run into as the rankest of newbies is not knowing if some problem is a genuine bug or just my ignorance at work. As for gaps in documentation, I've asked for help, having read some documentation, only to find there is more, better doc somewhere else. It can be difficult to know when one's exhausted the possibilities before resorting to the mailing list. This is *not* in the spirit of a kvetch, BTW. I agree with the "Linux will strengthen you if it doesn't kill you" camp.
shutdown: command not found ?!
Potato is not letting me shutdown, even as root. 'shutdown -h now' is getting a 'Command not found' message. Same for halt and reboot. All of these have working man pages, BTW. I would be grateful for any words of advice.
apt-get: precedence of apt_sources ?
My apt_source has both ftp sites and cds listed on it. How does apt determine which source to try first? Do I need to take the cd's off of the source document if I want to get debs from the ftp sites? Thanks, Tom
bar-code-like font weirdness in XFree86
I just installed a new SVGA Xserver. It works great, but all of the fonts in the mouse menus are illegible. They look a little like bar codes. Occasionally, ONE item in a parent menu will become legible, but only fleetingly. Has anybody dealt with this before? Thanks, Tom
apt-get and dselect obsessed wirh interuppted install
I ^C'd a deslect install, and since then, both deslect and apt won't even update properly. They both refer to the aborted tetex install, and suggest updating. When I enter 'Apt-get update', it just goes throught the same process, suggesting I may want to update. Dselect, on the other hand, puts me into an endless module-conflicts cycle. How can I get back on Apt's good side? Thanks, Tom
Can't cycle thru X screen resolutions
I'm running the generic S3 SVGA server, and it works fine, but only at what looks like 600 x 800. This is no matter what I do with [CTRL] and [ALT] and +/-. This is also no matter what I specify in manually editing XF86Config OR in running xf86config OR in running XFSetup. I don't get any error messages (that I can see in X, anyway); just, Nothing Happens. Anybody?
Eth0 detected in dmesg, but not by 'route add'
I'm trying to hook up via crossover cable to an NT box. Got a realtek8019, properly configured, etc. It's reported in dmesg, no problem. I can ping the local host (*.*.*.1) and the network (*.*.*.0) successfully. I cannot ping the NT host (*.*.*.2) When I do 'ROUTE ADD -NET [...anything]' I get a message like: SIOCADDF: Device not found. I am confused, and would appreciate some advice. -- Tom Schuetz | <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> "VI VI VI: The Editor of the Beast."
slavage options for broken /hdb
I just tried re-installing a slave drive that had been hosed by Mysterious
Forces(tm) a while back, on the off chance I could salvage it.
Here is the dmesg:
hdb: read_intr: status=0x59 { DriveReady SeekComplete DataRequest Error }
hdb: read_intr: error=0x04 { DriveStatusError }
hdb: read_intr: status=0x59 { DriveReady SeekComplete DataRequest Error }
hdb: read_intr: error=0x04 { DriveStatusError }
hdb: read_intr: status=0x59 { DriveReady SeekComplete DataRequest Error }
hdb: read_intr: error=0x04 { DriveStatusError }
hdb: read_intr: status=0x59 { DriveReady SeekComplete DataRequest Error }
hdb: read_intr: error=0x04 { DriveStatusError }
ide0: reset: success
hdb: read_intr: status=0x59 { DriveReady SeekComplete DataRequest Error }
hdb: read_intr: error=0x04 { DriveStatusError }
end_request: I/O error, dev 03:40 (hdb), sector 0
Is this hopeless? gpart doesn't seem to be up to this.
Any ideas would be most appreciated.
--
Tom Schuetz | <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
"VI VI VI: The editor of the beast."
#pound-sign files# what are they?
I notice that when I stop a process, I sometimes get a file from it like this: #foo.txt# or #.foo. What are these? Are they safe to rm? Thanks in advance. Tom
post-upgrade sysvinit problem
I've upgraded to woody, and things work, but startx was gone. Ok, no problem, I apt-got xbase-clients. That is interrupted by the following: dpkg: error processing sysvinit (--configure): subprocess post-installation script killed by signal / (Segmentation fault) Errors were encountered while processing: sysvinit E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) So...having searched the debian-user archives fruitlessly, AND found that my sysvinit man page is broken, I appeal to ye wizards. Thanks, Tom -- Tom Schuetz | [EMAIL PROTECTED]
cdrom: "Media not found"
Hi, i'm running Potato 2.2.17. My cdrom stopped working yesterday, for no apparent reason. The error messages vary. Usually, it's "No media found" but sometimes it says something about a bad superblock and trying to mount a logical drive. I'm stumped on how to remedy this. I've tried both home-brewed cd-r's and the "official" Potato discs, both of which worked fine until yesterday. Below is my fstab and dmesg. *** # /etc/fstab: static file system information. # # /dev/hda1 / ext2defaults,errors= remount-ro 0 1 /dev/hda2 noneswapsw 0 0 proc/proc procdefaults 0 0 /dev/fd0/floppy autodefaults,user,noauto 0 0 /dev/cdrom /cdrom iso9660 defaults,ro,user,noauto 0 0 /dev/hdb1/home ext2rw 0 2 ** * Linux version 2.2.17 ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) (gcc version 2.95.2 2313 ( Debian GNU/Linux)) #1 Sun Jun 25 09:24:41 EST 2000 Console: colour VGA+ 80x25 Calibrating delay loop... 119.60 BogoMIPS Memory: 126920k/131072k available (1732k kernel code, 416k reserved, 1864k data, 140k init) Checking if this processor honours the WP bit even in supervisor mode... Ok. Dentry hash table entries: 16384 (order 5, 128k) Buffer cache hash table entries: 131072 (order 7, 512k) Page cache hash table entries: 32768 (order 5, 128k) VFS: Diskquotas version dquot_6.4.0 initialized CPU: Cyrix 6x86 2x Core/Bus Clock stepping 07 Checking 386/387 coupling... OK, FPU using exception 16 error reporting. Checking 'hlt' instruction... OK. Checking for popad bug... OK. POSIX conformance testing by UNIFIX mtrr: v1.35a (19990819) Richard Gooch ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) PCI: PCI BIOS revision 2.10 entry at 0xfdb91 PCI: Using configuration type 1 PCI: Probing PCI hardware Linux NET4.0 for Linux 2.2 Based upon Swansea University Computer Society NET3.039 NET4: Linux TCP/IP 1.0 for NET4.0 IP Protocols: ICMP, UDP, TCP, IGMP TCP: Hash tables configured (ehash 131072 bhash 65536) Starting kswapd v 1.5 Detected PS/2 Mouse Port. pty: 256 Unix98 ptys configured apm: BIOS version 1.2 Flags 0x0b (Driver version 1.13) apm: disabled on user request. Real Time Clock Driver v1.09 RAM disk driver initialized: 16 RAM disks of 4096K size loop: registered device at major 7 PIIX3: IDE controller on PCI bus 00 dev 39 PIIX3: not 100% native mode: will probe irqs later ide0: BM-DMA at 0xffa0-0xffa7, BIOS settings: hda:pio, hdb:pio ide1: BM-DMA at 0xffa8-0xffaf, BIOS settings: hdc:pio, hdd:pio hda: SAMSUNG WNR-31601A (1600MB), ATA DISK drive hdb: Conner Peripherals 1275MB - CFS1275A, ATA DISK drive hdc: CD-ROM 48X/AKU, ATAPI CDROM drive ide0 at 0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6 on irq 14 ide1 at 0x170-0x177,0x376 on irq 15 hda: SAMSUNG WNR-31601A (1600MB), 1536MB w/256kB Cache, CHS=780/64/63 hdb: Conner Peripherals 1275MB - CFS1275A, 1219MB w/64kB Cache, CHS= 619/64/63 hdc: ATAPI 48X CD-ROM drive, 128kB Cache Uniform CD-ROM driver Revision: 3.11 Floppy drive(s): fd0 is 1.44M FDC 0 is a post-1991 82077 md driver 0.36.6 MAX_MD_DEV=4, MAX_REAL=8 scsi: Detection failed (no card) NCR53c406a: no available ports found sym53c416.c: Version 1.0.0 Failed initialization of WD-7000 SCSI card! IBM MCA SCSI: No Microchannel-bus support present -> Aborting. megaraid: v107 (December 22, 1999) aec671x_detect: 3w-: tw_findcards(): No cards found. scsi : 0 hosts. scsi : detected total. Partition check: hda: hda1 hda2 hdb: hdb1 VFS: Mounted root (ext2 filesystem) readonly. Freeing unused kernel memory: 140k freed NET4: Unix domain sockets 1.0 for Linux NET4.0. Adding Swap: 302392k swap-space (priority -1) NTFS version 000607 Serial driver version 4.27 with no serial options enabled ttyS00 at 0x03f8 (irq = 4) is a 16550A ttyS01 at 0x02f8 (irq = 3) is a 16550A CSLIP: code copyright 1989 Regents of the University of California PPP: version 2.3.7 (demand dialling) PPP line discipline registered. PPP BSD Compression module registered VFS: Disk change detected on device fd(2,0) -- Tom Schuetz| [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
