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install not recognising scsi hd controller
by Jenny_Hopkins＠toby-churchill.com 19 Nov '02

19 Nov '02

Hi list Idiotic question of the day. I'm trying to install debian woody onto a compaq proliant 1600, but it is falling over at the first stage of trying to recognise the hard drive. Compaq has an embedded scsi hard disk controller, which the install can't detect. Do I need to install modules from a floppy to take care of this? Thanks, Jen.

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modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module char-major-6
by Keith Watson 18 Nov '02

18 Nov '02

I'm getting this message when I boot my system. I think device char-major-6 is a printer attached via the parallel port (Is this correct?), which I don't have, mine is attached via USB and works fine. I presume modprobe is looking for a module and not finding it, I've read up on modprobe, et. al. but am none the wiser. Just as an aside I've recently rebuilt the kernel and decided to have everything built in rather than as modules. The configuration is specific to my system (single user, dial-up networking only) and the kernel is small enough that having bits of the kernel as loadable modules doesn't give me much. Is this a problem or can I safely ignore it? Being somewhat anally retentive it irks me that it's appearing, can I get rid of the message and how? Regards, Keith ____________ TWICE, adv. Once too often. Ambrose Bierce - The Devil's Dictionary

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Re: [Alug] Weekly IRC reminder
by Jenny_Hopkins＠toby-churchill.com 18 Nov '02

18 Nov '02

BT have, unbelievably, still not managed to come and fix our phone line after the storms three weeks ago, so if someone could woffle about motorbikes for at least ten minutes, then ask a few idiotic questions about linux in my place, I would be most grateful. Jen.

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Weekly IRC reminder
by Neill Newman 18 Nov '02

18 Nov '02

This is the automated ALUG IRC meeting reminder sent to remind you that there is an IRC meeting tonight (Monday) at 8.00pm. The meeting takes place on the irc server irc.alug.org.uk in the #alug channel. Most IRC clients should allow you to get there with the commands "/server irc.alug.org.uk" and "/join #alug". Popular IRC clients include tkirc, bitchx, xchat and EPIC on Unix, and Mirc under windows. Here are some links to help you get started with irc. Unix http://www.xchat.org/ http://freshmeat.net/ http://www.epicsol.org/ Windows http://www.mirc.com (loads of help with irc for newbies!)

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Problems with messages to Alug
by John Seago 17 Nov '02

17 Nov '02

My Son-in-law, Chris Drane, has been unable to get messages to the main list. Is this a problem due to his having changed ISP? -- John Seago

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re-partitioning a hard disk
by David Crease 16 Nov '02

16 Nov '02

Hello, I've been running a dual boot system (Win98 & Linux RedHat) for a couple of years. The system has a single hdd of 30Gb which I partitioned using FIPS when I installed Linux. I created two partitions for the Linux, one small for boot and one other, totalling about 5Gb. The Windows partition has never used more than 7 of the 25ish Gb allocated to it and I thought it would be a good idea to claim more for Linux use. Accordingly I ran FIPS this afternoon and created another 5Gb partition. Everything seems to function well with the original Windows and Linux partitions but when I tried to run cfdisk in Linux to format the new partition I got a fatal error. I tried fdisk and got something similar. They were unable to open hda. A careful re-reading of the FIPS documentation drew my attention to the following sentence :- "If you want to use the new partition under Linux, you may now change the system indicator byte with Linux' fdisk, then use MKFS." Clearly I cannot do that since fdisk and his brother will not run. Can I change the system indicator byte by editing a file, and if so will this get (c)fdisk working? Is there another route to formatting and pressing the new partition into service? Have I missed something very elementary? Should I go back to the abacus and master that before playing with big boys toys? On another but obviously not unrelated matter. I am very much in favour of some form of structured introduction to Linux and its many facets as proposed in recent communications to this list. I say that as one who is not an IT professional but a casual user. I am strongly attracted to the Free Software movement on philosophical grounds and because it provides an alternative to the highly unpalatable antics of the major players in the SOHO* industry. The rapid development of Linux is both exciting and overwhelming for people such as myself, and I suspect that it is people such as myself who will need to feel that Linux is not only a good thing but a straight forward thing to use, before it provides a major challenge to the present giants of the industry. But more of than anon if anyone wishes to pursue the matter with a mere foot soldier. The important thing is my poor marooned partition. Cheers Dave Crease PS * Isn't it odd how time changes the meaning of words. In the 1960s the anything related to SOHO was not for discussion in polite company! D

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Welcome to Linux sessions
by Jenny_Hopkins＠toby-churchill.com 16 Nov '02

16 Nov '02

MJRay wrote: >The next meeting is pencilled in for King's Lynn on 1 December, if that's OK >for people? After Christmas, I'd like to try to run "Welcome to Linux" >sessions, but there's no replies to the thread on the main list yet... 1 Dec is fine for me. Will it be in the same venue as last time? Is it okay to bring kit? Re. the Welcome to Linux sessions: http://linuxclub.il.eu.org/newcomers/timetable.html I wonder how many would turn up to the lectures? - it would be quite a lot of work and preparation if no-one were to show up. Wouldn't it basically mean just making the meetings more organised - we already have the meeting, the website advertising them, and informal talks. Jenny.

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Re: [Alug] Synergy?
by Jenny_Hopkins＠toby-churchill.com 16 Nov '02

16 Nov '02

Keith Watson wrote: >Anyone on the list ever used Synergy < http://synergy2.sourceforge.net/doc-user.html> ? I've just read a short >write up <URL tba - >sorry> on it and it looks interesting. I've just installed this and am impressing people with the mouse moving from one screen to the other. I'm not entirely sure of its usefulness in daily life, I'll let you know if I have a "eureka, how did I live without this!" moment. My brother uses x2vnc, which is a similar project, and says it is the cat's bollocks; one keyboard, one mouse, and copy & paste between computers. Jenny.

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psDoom - kill processes via Doom
by Ashley T. Howes PhD 16 Nov '02

16 Nov '02

Just read about using Doom as a user interface to killing processes on your Linux box, and thought I would share this cool app with the group. Check it out at: http://psdoom.sourceforge.net Note: * wounding a process monster is equivalent to renicing it * keep shooting and you will kill the process Hmm, I wonder what the affect of the BFG as root would have ;) -- Ashley T. Howes Ph.D. http://www.ashleyhowes.com "When all the animals of this world are gone, man will die of loneliness"

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Saving /var/log/dmesg
by Paul 16 Nov '02

16 Nov '02

Hi Folks Having fun and games here trying to track down a bug that is causing my kernel to crash and do a cold boot. Much of the information I need is in the /var/log/dmesg (oops reports, etc), but this is overwritten on the next boot - Question: Is there any way of saving an old dmesg log at the next boot ? I've tried adding a "mv -f /var/log/dmesg /var/log/old-dmesg" to the end of rc.sysinit, but it copies the current dmesg log. Regards, Paul.

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