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Re: [Wlug] USB hangs system - requires reboot
by ccb＠acm.org 15 Jul '01

15 Jul '01

Hi Andy - Try the VALinux beta 2.4.5 kernel: ftp://ftp.valinux.com/pub/software/kernel/beta USB hasn't been a priority for VA but one of the usb-linux developers is inside the VA kernel group and tends to plug in a bunch of stuff with each of the kernels. Ain't tried it. Let me know what you think. ccb -- Charles C. Bennett, Jr. VA LiNUX Systems Systems Engineer, Northeast US 25 Burlington Mall Rd., Suite 300 +1 617 543-6513 Burlington, MA 01803-4145 ccb(a)valinux.com www.valinux.com

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Re: [Wlug] USB hangs system - requires reboot
by ccb＠acm.org 15 Jul '01

15 Jul '01

Hi Andy - Long time no see. 2 things: That kernel comes with EXT3 already integrated in the source. Once you have an ext3 kernel you can enable it by changing fstab. Disable it by changing fstab. The on-disk structure is the same. Start debugging by booting with the second CPU turned off. You could be locking on MP bug. Used to happen with me and my HP720 OfficeJet until they get their MP act together. ccb -- Charles C. Bennett, Jr. VA LiNUX Systems Systems Engineer, Northeast US 25 Burlington Mall Rd., Suite 300 +1 617 543-6513 Burlington, MA 01803-4145 ccb(a)valinux.com www.valinux.com

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Any complaints about Charter cable modems?
by Kingsbury, Michael 15 Jul '01

15 Jul '01

Just wondering if anybody here has had any problems/complaints about the Charter cable modem services? -mike

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Problem with network card
by Simoncini, Matthew 11 Jul '01

11 Jul '01

Hi guys, This message is not actually a Linux based question, but is still "nix". I have recently installed Solaris 8 (for Intel) on a PC at work and am having problems connecting to the network. I think that the problem is related to the speed that the NIC is trying to use when connected to the LAN. I suspect this because the little green speed indicator for 100mb is illuminated (on the NIC) when the workstation is connected to the network jack. Here are some supporting details that I hope someone might find useful: Hardware: HP Vectra Vli8DT (733mhz) Solaris 8 for Intel 3com Etherlink XL PCI NIC ifconfig -a elxl0 flags=100843<UP,BROADCAST,NOTRAILERS,RUNNING,MULTICAST,IPv4> mtu 1500 index 2 inet 172.17.24.76 netmask ffffff00 broadcast 172.17.24.255 ether 0:1:3:68:1b:f3 netstat -rn Routing Table: Destination Gateway Flags Ref Use Interface -------------------- -------------------- ----- ----- ------ --------- 172.17.24.0 172.17.24.76 U 1 2 elxl0 224.0.0.0 172.17.24.76 U 1 0 elxl0 default 172.17.24.3 UG 1 0 127.0.0.1 127.0.0.1 UH 29 1897 lo0 If anyone can help or has similar experience, please give me a shout. I think I remember reading somewhere about a device driver file that can be changed to force the speed of the NIC. Anyone else ?? Thanks. Matthew

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Determining speed of device...
by Keller, Tim 11 Jul '01

11 Jul '01

Got a quick question... Other than looking in dmesg for what the driver reported the speed of the cable of the network device, does anybody know what utility or place in /proc that'll tell you what the speed of the cable connected to your machine is. Thanks, Tim.

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Re: [Wlug] Any complaints about Charter cable modems?
by Rob 09 Jul '01

09 Jul '01

Hi, I've had Charter for almost a year and have had no problems. Except my modem going last month.. that was the first real big problem. Like any ISP.. they have had a few outages here in Auburn, but they didn't last more than 2 hours. I had no problems getting my Linux (Mandrake)system working with it. Rob Mahlert --- "Kingsbury, Michael" <mkingsbury(a)avayactc.com> > wrote: >Just wondering if anybody here has had any problems/complaints about the >Charter cable modem services? > >-mike >_______________________________________________ >Wlug mailing list >Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org >http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug _____________________________________________________________ Are You in the Atari-Users.Net's Links Engine? ---> http://www.atari-users.net

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Re: [Wlug] linux on PDA
by Jeffry Smith 03 Jul '01

03 Jul '01

Also try www.handhelds.org. Compaq sponsors the site, and they do a lot of ipaq work. jeff ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Jeffry Smith Technical Sales Consultant Mission Critical Linux smith(a)missioncriticallinux.com phone:603.930.9739 fax:978.446.9470 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Thought for today: Old Testament n. [C programmers] The first edition of K&R, the sacred text describing Classic C. skip gaede said: >Hi Wes, > >Have you tried the net? I have a friend how has one and has managed to >do it. >Going to altavista and searching on {+ipaq +linux} returned 21,897 hits... > >--Skip > >Wesley Allen wrote: > >> Anyone out there able to give me a hand installing linux on an iPaq? >> _______________________________________________ >> Wlug mailing list >> Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org >> http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug >> >> > >_______________________________________________ >Wlug mailing list >Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org >http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug >

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linux on PDA
by Wesley Allen 03 Jul '01

03 Jul '01

Anyone out there able to give me a hand installing linux on an iPaq?

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Setting up cable modem (Charter)
by Thomas Carey 02 Jul '01

02 Jul '01

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Re: Re: [Wlug] Setting up cable modem (Charter)
by falken 01 Jul '01

01 Jul '01

I am new to the Mass. area, but I use to be a Sr. Network Admin with Charter Communications. The question that I have is are you using Charter@home or Charter Pipeline? If it is Charter@home then you have to make some different changes in your setup. You have to add some domain information. It took a while to finally Linux DHCP to with with Charter@home but we were able to figure it out. If it is Charter Pipeline I will be willing to find you some contact information with one othe the Sr. Network Admins that I know. Tom > rpm -q pump > > pump is Red Hat's DHCP client. If the above command shows > output, then it > is installed. > > Could you post the output of "/sbin/ifconfig -a"? > > On Sat, 30 Jun 2001, Thomas Carey wrote: > > tcarey> I apologize if I confused anyone. One nic is a > Intel Pro > tcarey> 100+. the other nic is a 3COM 3C905C. I alternated > nics to > tcarey> see if maybe one was not loading. Dumb question. > How do I > tcarey> know if pump is installed? Please be patient, I'm > fairly > tcarey> new to Linux (but have used it in the past as a > web and > tcarey> FTP server). > > Charles R. Anderson <cra(a)wpi.edu> / > http://angus.ind.wpi.edu/~cra/ > PGP Key ID: 49BB5886 > Fingerprint: EBA3 A106 7C93 FA07 8E15 3AC2 C367 A0F9 49BB > 5886 > > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug

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Re: [Wlug] Setting up cable modem (Charter)
by Thomas Carey 30 Jun '01

30 Jun '01

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Re: [Wlug] Setting up cable modem (Charter)
by Peter Gutowski 30 Jun '01

30 Jun '01

On 6/30/01 3:34 PM, Thomas Carey <tcarey70(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > >I know I have seen several posts in the past, but I need a little >information on setting up my cable modem through Charter. > >A little background information; > >Red Hat 7.1 installed. > >I have two nics installed, one static (192.168.1.1 internal scheme), >one DHCP (connected to the cable modem, the cable modem when installed >by Charter was assigned 192.168.100.1). > >On boot up eth1 fails (eth1 is fine on boot up). I know I am probably >missing some configuration somewhere. I know both nic's are working >fine. After the first failed boot up (on eth1) I switched the cards, >and the static nic was fine. I'm assuming you've made a minor typing mistake in the first sentence of the previous paragraph (otherwise very confusing) I'm assuming also that you're saying that the internal card boots OK and the card hooked to the cable modem is failing: - be sure the driver module for the cable modem eth card is loaded (e.g 'insmod 3c90x' or whatever for your card ) - be sure the 'pump' package in installed > >Any ideas? If any of the above doesn't help, please give more info re: type of cards, excerpts of log files showing error messages, etc. config files, (e.g./etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth1) > >TIA > >Tom Carey >Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com ><http://explorer.msn.com> >_______________________________________________ Wlug mailing list >Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug

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rpm problem
by Marc Hughes 30 Jun '01

30 Jun '01

Having a problem with RPM... # rpm -qa |grep mozilla mozilla-0.9.1-ximian.4 nautilus-mozilla-1.0.3-ximian.3 mozilla-0.9.1-ximian.4 # rpm -e mozilla-0.9.1 error: "mozilla-0.9.1" specifies multiple packages # rpm -e mozilla-0.9.1-ximian.4 error: "mozilla-0.9.1-ximian.4" specifies multiple packages Any ideas on how I can actually remove those two identical packages that somehow got installed? (mozilla does not in fact work correctly) Thanks, -Marc

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Familiar Linux help...
by Wesley Allen 29 Jun '01

29 Jun '01

Hello all. I am FINALLY getting an iPaq and want to flash the ROM to install familar linux (or QT embedded). I've been looking over the howtos but I think I would feel better to have someone who's done this sitting over my shoulder so I don't make a $600 paperweight. Also, can someone tell me what apps are in ipkg format for familiar, I've been having trouble finding them? What about the possibility of switching between QT embedded and X for other useful apps (like, game boy emulators, for instance, or even the Atari Lynx...). Can anyone help me with this? Wes

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RE: [Wlug] HP LH Pro...
by Keller, Tim 29 Jun '01

29 Jun '01

Figured it out... Turned out that I could change the boot order on the machine, its working fine now. Tim. -----Original Message----- From: Keller, Tim [mailto:Tim.Keller@stratus.com] Sent: Friday, June 29, 2001 8:19 AM To: 'wlug(a)wlug.org' Subject: [Wlug] HP LH Pro... Probably a quick one, but neither google or I have sorted it out yet... I have a HP LH PRO with a AMI Megaraid controller in it. Connected to the controller are 2 4gig disks I've got configured to be mirrored using the hardware raid. (when doing the install you only see 1 4 gig disk) Now Mandrake 7.2 installs fine, and when using a boot floppy can see the controller etc... however when booting off of the controller, lilo comes up, it finds the kernel image and then stops at "unpacking the kernel..." I don't get any errors, it just hangs. I hooked up a regular scsi disk to one of the other Adaptec controllers but by the nature of the way the machine is layered out sda is the raid controller so the boot sector ends up on it anyway. My kernel works properly because it can access all the filesystems that reside on those disks, I just can't boot off of them. It feels like an issue with lilo... If anybody has experience with this I'd like to know what the solution would be. Thanks, Tim _______________________________________________ Wlug mailing list Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug

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HP LH Pro...
by Keller, Tim 29 Jun '01

29 Jun '01

Probably a quick one, but neither google or I have sorted it out yet... I have a HP LH PRO with a AMI Megaraid controller in it. Connected to the controller are 2 4gig disks I've got configured to be mirrored using the hardware raid. (when doing the install you only see 1 4 gig disk) Now Mandrake 7.2 installs fine, and when using a boot floppy can see the controller etc... however when booting off of the controller, lilo comes up, it finds the kernel image and then stops at "unpacking the kernel..." I don't get any errors, it just hangs. I hooked up a regular scsi disk to one of the other Adaptec controllers but by the nature of the way the machine is layered out sda is the raid controller so the boot sector ends up on it anyway. My kernel works properly because it can access all the filesystems that reside on those disks, I just can't boot off of them. It feels like an issue with lilo... If anybody has experience with this I'd like to know what the solution would be. Thanks, Tim

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Multiple IPs on one NIC
by Bill Mills-Curran 28 Jun '01

28 Jun '01

I know it's possible to assign multiple IPs (at least for listening) to a single ethernet device. I _know_ I should read first and ask questions second, but I'm just _so_ lazy, and there hasn't been much traffic anyway. TIA, Bill

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RE: Battlebots
by Benjamin Zack 26 Jun '01

26 Jun '01

You can count me in. -Ben

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Connecting USB device
by Michael Long 26 Jun '01

26 Jun '01

I am running SuSE 7.0 and would like to use the USB version of SanDisk ImageMate for transfering pictures from my digital camera. When I try to mount the device I get the following: mount usbdevfs mount: usbdevfs already mounted or /proc/bus/usb busy mount: according to mtab, usbdevfs is already mounted on /proc/bus/usb I have tried to RTFM and found quite a bit of info but do not know how to pull it all together in such a way to mount my drive and get the pictures off of the CompactCard. Any hints on how to get this thing working would be a great help. Thanks, Mike

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Re: [Wlug] Battlebots / Mind Rover...
by Wesley Allen 26 Jun '01

26 Jun '01

Hmmm... Virtual mayhem. No blood. Manical machines? Sparks a-flying? Metal crunching? Death Match???? Count Me IN!!!!!!!!!!!!! Can I name mine HAL? BTW: I'm (finally) moving out to Westborough area. The Cape Ann LUG is pretty in active and I can't wait to get more involved in the Discussions at WLUG, you guys seem to have a good time! Wes ---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- From: "Keller, Tim" <Tim.Keller(a)stratus.com> Reply-To: wlug(a)mail.wlug.org Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2001 15:31:22 -0400 >This is very off topic, but knowing that were all nerdy types I figure I'd >get some interesting feed back. > >Loki Games just released a Linux port of a game called "Mind Rover" Marc >Hughes and myself have been having a lot of fun recently having our robots >beat the crap out of each other. > >[quick mind rover synopsis] >you pick a chassis (hovercraft, wheeled, treaded), you put your weapons and >sensors all over the chassis, you then design the logic that drives the >whole contraption. Along with the robots there are different scenarios, >such as capture the flag and maze levels. > >I was wondering how many people would be interested in starting a "Mind >Rover" competition inside wlug. If it were more than 10 people, we could >get a bulk rate on Mind Rover. > >As for the actual mechanics of running the competitions, I'd like some >input. > >Thanks for having an open ear!!! > >Tim. >_______________________________________________ >Wlug mailing list >Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org >http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug >

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new machine questions
by mike 25 Jun '01

25 Jun '01

Howdy all - I'd like to replace my computer (P100) with something newer and significantly faster (but nothing bleeding edge; I'm looking for good-value speed). I'm thinking up to 1GHz (P3?). I want 16/24b color and since I've been out of it awhile I don't know anything about card makers anymore (like what's good, compatible, etc.) or if the std these days is on-board video. I've used Linux for years and want something that will allow me to get/use a scanner (first time; SCSI or USB? recommendations?) and CD-RW (recommendations). I have magazines and documents I want to scan and store on tape or CD. But what's most important is that I be able to generate some sort of index so that I can search the scanned documents (like keywords or text). What do I need for that? Can someone recommend hardware/software for this purpose? I haven't been a 'PC expert' for many years (and don't want to become one again :->) and am therefore no longer up on the latest PC technologies by way of mb, bus speeds, what's a value and what's a waste of money. Can anyone recommend hardware and someone local that sells build to order machines (no brand-names or CompUSA types)? Anything from Worcester to Shrewsbury to Marlboro to Acton to Natick, etc. Does anyone buy machines by mail and have anyone they'd recommend (or who to definitely avoid)? Thanks... Mike mhardy_mail(a)yahoo.com __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/

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Help
by Breaux_Steve＠emc.com 22 Jun '01

22 Jun '01

I work at EMC and I installed REDHAT7.0 on a Dell GX150 and I can't get Applix office to install on it? what am I to do?

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Someone's hammering....
by Peter Gutowski 22 Jun '01

22 Jun '01

I recently installed logcheck on my RH 7.0 systems and have been comforted and possibly entertained by how well it works. However this morning I started getting lengthy messages indicating what appears to be somebody trying to break in via a buffer overrun. I get this... Security Violations =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Jun 22 05:17:53 host SERVER[18075]: Dispatch_input: bad request line '..... followed by a lot of binary bytes ending in "/bin/sh" I've ad a couple "spurts" of this already today on two different systems; lasting about 2 minutes and then dissappearing. I'm guessing that whoever is trying this is [so far] being kept out, but I guess I'd like to know what is being hammered on as "SERVER" doesn't provide much help. Any ideas? -- Peter Gutowski <peter(a)linuxchamps.com> // tel.: (413) 587-3957 "When in company, put not your hands to any part of the body not usually discovered." --George Washington, _Rules for Civility and Decent Behavior_

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Battlebots / Mind Rover...
by Keller, Tim 21 Jun '01

21 Jun '01

This is very off topic, but knowing that were all nerdy types I figure I'd get some interesting feed back. Loki Games just released a Linux port of a game called "Mind Rover" Marc Hughes and myself have been having a lot of fun recently having our robots beat the crap out of each other. [quick mind rover synopsis] you pick a chassis (hovercraft, wheeled, treaded), you put your weapons and sensors all over the chassis, you then design the logic that drives the whole contraption. Along with the robots there are different scenarios, such as capture the flag and maze levels. I was wondering how many people would be interested in starting a "Mind Rover" competition inside wlug. If it were more than 10 people, we could get a bulk rate on Mind Rover. As for the actual mechanics of running the competitions, I'd like some input. Thanks for having an open ear!!! Tim.

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backup programs
by Brad Noyes 21 Jun '01

21 Jun '01

Hi all, I have noticed the lack of sufficient backup programs for linux. A friend an i have decided to write our own. We have come up with a good list of goals we want to hit. Before we started seriously working on the design, i wanted to ask the group of features they would like to see in a backup systems. Thanks, --Brad

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