Stop Microsoft
Operating Systems => Linux and UNIX => Topic started by: Louis D on 18 December 2001, 08:00
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I'm still writing to you from the windows side of my hard drive, so that means my network card is not up yet. I feel like I'm doing better with bash than the gnome desktop because gnome is kind of wierd. Anyway, I still can't mount the floppy drive because it isn't set up in /etc/fstab. So what I did was copy the fealnx.c and fealnx.o files provided by the manufacturer of my ethernet card (Its manufactured by asound,http://www.asound.net I got it for $7 from www.computersurplusoutlet.com) (http://www.computersurplusoutlet.com)) into windows. I remembered someone saying that you could see all those hidden directoried that the Riddler is talking about from the linux partition, so I figured I'd just copy the files from the windows partion into the linux partition from bash when I started linux again. I copied it into my home directory then tried running the compiler per the instructions in the readme file. This was the command, which I'm sure means a lot more to you than it does to me #gcc -DMODULE D_KERNEL_ -I/usr/src/linux/net/inet -Wall-Wstrict-prototypes -06 -c fealnx.c After typing this, I didn't get any message saying wether or not it was done or not (keep in mind I don't know if its supposed to say anything) But I do know that there is no subdirectory called linux after /usr/src/. The only thing after that is something called RPM. So I'm guessing that I'm compiling this into thin air. The readme file then tells you to #insmod fealnx.o and some other stuff that I guess is irrelevant until the file is in the right place. I can deal without having a floppy until I learn more about what I'm doing, but It would be nice to be posting to the fuckmicrosoft message board from linux instead of windows. For anyone else reading this, I appreciate any help you can give me. I don't know shit about any *nix, but I want to learn. Void man replied to my first post for help, so I'm just trying to get his attention.
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Hey MeatHead,
I am also very new to Linux. However I have been using dos for years and have done some extensive programming.
I would suggest you start up the KDE. Then using one of the available file managers (Konquer is a good one) go to /usr/src and make the folder /linux then go into it and make the folder /net then enter it and make the folder /inet. Now that those are created you can run a command with the run command in the main menu. So just run the command you want from there and it should do what you want.
Of course as I mentioned I am aslo extremely new to Linux so I may be sending you on a wild goose chase here.
Later
Centurian
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Centurian, thanks. I may try that later. I don't mind a wild goose chase. You can learn a lot that way, even if you just learn what not to do.
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Oh god, I'm going to get flamed for this one. (http://smile.gif) I guess this will be a good learning experience for you. Most people would take the easy way out and spend the $10 on one of many supported NIC cards. I've used a lot of network cards but I've never heard of the one you have.
Now, you've copied the source code for the driver to your home directory and you tried to compile it with GCC. If you got no messages then the compile was probably good. If you don't have gcc installed it would have complained. If you didn't have the kernel source installed it and needed it, it would have complained. Did you do a directory listing to see if you had a fealnx.o? If you do then you have the kernel module compiled and ready to load into the kernel.
Eventually you need to put this file into the kernel network modules directory on your system (normally /lib/modules/<kernversion>/net) and use the "modprobe" and "depmod" commands.
For now you should be able to test it from the directory you compiled it in by typing "insmod fealnx.o". See if the module is loaded by typing "lsmod". Check if the system recognizes the card "/sbin/ifconfig" which should show two devices, an "eth0" and a "lo".
At this point, if you want to graphically configure the network card, use whatever Mandrake network configure tool you want (netconfig?). You don't have to reboot to do any of this, but if/when you do reboot the module will not be automatically loaded unless you put it in the kernel directory I mentioned above.
Also, if this is a plug-n-pray card it should detect it on bootup and load the appropriate module. Worst case scenerio is you have to manually make entries in the /etc/modules.conf file.
As far as mounting floppies goes, an entry doesn't *have* to be in the /etc/fstab for you to mount it although for the floppy I would add it. You can mount the floppy by typing:
mount /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy
make sure the /mnt/floppy directory exists before doing this.
Alternately add this to your /etc/fstab:
/dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy auto noauto,owner 0 0
and then you can just do a "mount /mnt/floppy" or do it from gnome ICON etc...
To learn more about kernel modules and how to properly use the tools, and a much better explaination than what I can give, look at the modules section of this HOWTO:
http://www.linhardware.com/LDP/HOWTO/Kernel-HOWTO.html (http://www.linhardware.com/LDP/HOWTO/Kernel-HOWTO.html)
or maybe better:
http://www.linuxhq.com/kernel/v2.4/doc/modules.txt.html (http://www.linuxhq.com/kernel/v2.4/doc/modules.txt.html)
[ December 18, 2001: Message edited by: VoidMain ]
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Thank you void. I would've spent the 10 bucks on a supported card, but dealing with stuff like this is how I've learned anything in the past (obviously not about linux). If anyone gives you any shit, I'll kick thier ass. Or, I'll just make a phone call...(That's the way Italians in North Jersey handle things anyway)
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It Works!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Originally posted by MeatHead:
It Works!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Bravo! Now isn't that much more satisfying than having it work right out of the box? (http://smile.gif)
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Voidmain, why not write some tutorials for fuckmicrosoft.com like the r1ddler? and webmaster, why not include this in amongst the articles part of the site? which needs to exist soon? or maybe get voidmain to rewrite it so it's more general for a lot of people. Well, just an idea.
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Originally posted by Calum:
Voidmain, why not write some tutorials for fuckmicrosoft.com like the r1ddler?
There are already much better tutorial/HOWTO docs out there for this kind of stuff than I could ever write. Rather than pointing him to the tutorials I had some extra time and wanted to test my memory and tried to shorten things down for his specific issue. Hopefully saving him some time in the process.
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Hey VoidMain,
There is a very good reason why you should share your expertice with others in the form of tutorials.
Language is relative to both the author and end-user. While the author attempts to convey his/her message the end user may or may not find it understandable. For that reason the book stores have a variety of books covering the same subject. Each author can get their point across to a group of people to not to everyone.
Have you ever picked up a book and found it either way below or way above your head. In some cases that is because it was written for advanced or beginners but in many cases it is because the author has written in a way that either unusually simple for you or extremely complicated for you.
So I would have to agree that if you have the time you should write tutorials. Particularly with the onset of Mandrake 8.1 I believe it will woo many users away from MS and those users will need tutorials from a variety of authors.
Later
Centurian
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Originally posted by Centurian:
Hey VoidMain,
There is a very good reason why you should share your expertice with others in the form of tutorials.
Language is relative to both the author and end-user. While the author attempts to convey his/her message the end user may or may not find it understandable. For that reason the book stores have a variety of books covering the same subject. Each author can get their point across to a group of people to not to everyone.
Have you ever picked up a book and found it either way below or way above your head. In some cases that is because it was written for advanced or beginners but in many cases it is because the author has written in a way that either unusually simple for you or extremely complicated for you.
So I would have to agree that if you have the time you should write tutorials. Particularly with the onset of Mandrake 8.1 I believe it will woo many users away from MS and those users will need tutorials from a variety of authors.
Later
Centurian
Very good note but I don't believe writing is one of my strong suits. If it were, the debates I have been involved in on the other threads would have been over in one or two rounds. On the other hand I should have used the time that I've wasted in the OS1 vs OS2 debates on this site writing code for Linux to pass out to others.
I've tried to spend more time with my kids lately (while they still want to spend time with me) doing things like riding dirt bikes and building/flying R/C planes, helping with their homework etc. As soon as they stop wanting to spend time with me and I am wealthy beyond belief (I figure by 2073) I'll dedicate all my time to coding in Linux.
In the mean time I use Linux to make some bucks on the side of my day job (NIX/NT/Network) for securing up Win* shops. Spam/Virus filters, Intrusion Detection Systems (IDS), converting them from MS/IIS to Linux/Apache for their Web servers, network server and router monitoring, firewalls, VPNs, etc... And I have all the open source developers to thank for bringing these tools to us and filling in the gaps where MS lacks. I give back where I can but I would certainly like to give more.
[ December 18, 2001: Message edited by: VoidMain ]
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I really did appreciate VoidMan's help, and I'd gladly welcome anything he could write on the subject. But that is a lot of shit to write, and he is correct in saying that much of it has already been written. My suggestion would be a forum for getting help on switching to Linux from MS. That is part of the goal of this site isn't it. That way, we could direct people just switching over, like myself, to places where help and documentation are available as well as providing our own knowledge. In my case, that isn't much, but maybe I could keep other Newbies from being scared off. (Maybe links to linux howtos etc. should be inclulded with the links to the sites of alternative OS's) I've been coming to this site for a month now and I've seen a very large increase in the number of registered members. (Almost doubled I think) There are plenty of people out there who would be willing to help, and that way VoidMan can run over his kids with R/C monster trucks or whatever else he wants to do. The important thing to remember here is that Microsoft did not get so big on technical merit. I hate to say it, but they are very good businessmen. But, we are supposedly in a recession, and I'm going to a neigbor's house for Christmans so we can all cheer him up. He's miserable because he lost a lot of money sitting on the couch watching his intel stock plummet. He's not in the market for a new computer, and he's not the only one in that situation. For $30 I got more software with my Linux distro than I've gotten from microsoft ever. I don't even think you can get solitare from them for $30. And between XP and free, I'd take free even if I didn't care one way or the other about MS. There is clearly an opportunity here.
I was always the kid in the neighborhood who the neigbors called when their computers stopped working. I have nothing close to the knowledge that some of the professionals who contribute their thoughts to this site have, but I do have influence over my block. The goal should be to make the transition easier, and then it will be easier to eradicate microsoft, one block at a time.
P.S. Sorry webmaster for asking for links and Membership numbers. I'm not trying to make you work, but I think some progress has been made here.
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Originally posted by MeatHead:
My suggestion would be a forum for getting help on switching to Linux from MS. That is part of the goal of this site isn't it.
You sounded like the goal of this site is to get people to switch from MS to Linux but I don't think that is what you meant, but rather to switch them to some other OS. I don't know if that is the goal of this site or not, maybe webmaster can enlighten us. As far as I know it might just be a way to get 15 minutes of fame, but that's always fun too.
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There are plenty of people out there who would be willing to help, and that way VoidMan can run over his kids with R/C monster trucks or whatever else he wants to do.
How did you know we also have a Monster truck? We've got the Nitro (gas) powered Traxxas T-MAXX. 4-wheel drive, 2 speed automatic, forward/reverse, and it's great taking it to construction sites and flying over hugh gravel piles.
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I was always the kid in the neighborhood who the neigbors called when their computers stopped working.
That's funny. Every time I go to my parents house on vacation I'm the one that spends his entire vaction over at all of the relatives house fixing their freakin' Windows. I made some mad this last time because I told them I was *out* of the Microsoft fixit-man business. I was always too afraid to put Linux on my Dad's PC for fear if there was a problem he couldn't fix it. Hell, he can't fix a Microsoft problem and all he does is play Solitaire anyway and browse the net rarely and receive much spam in his email (last time I was home I had to clean up that latest email virus).
I just might install Linux for him when I go back there this weekend. He can't screw that up because it won't let him. And it comes with a hell of a lot better card games (including Solitaire) than MS does. I wonder what percentage of computers sold with MS are used solely for playing Solitaire? I don't believe my dad is a rare bird.
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I have nothing close to the knowledge that some of the professionals who contribute their thoughts to this site have, but I do have influence over my block.
It would be an interesting project. I would like to hear how it comes out. I would get a little more experience of your own first though. To me, supporting *NIX is a whole lot more fun.
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I'm guessing that the goal of this site is to eradicate microsoft, since it is the microsoft eradication society. My message was not meant to imply that this is a site solely to switch people over to linux. I know the webmaster has a special place in his heart for macs, but I don't have a special place in my wallet for one right now. (That's what my school finacial Aid Check is for anyway) All I was suggesting was that if anyone truly wants to eradicate microsoft, they have to offer an alternative. I was just suggesting ways to aid the transition to linux. IBM is going to make a business out of it. Look at their new commercial with the empty room and the little linux server. Does anyone think that corporations are going to be able to ignore the price of StarOffice vs. the cost of yet another upgrade of MS office? Its certainly not going to happen overnight, but the need is clearly there and growing. There are other choices for everything, even if you don't get someone to stop using windows, you may get them to download opera, or use realplayer (I know this will probably prompt an anti realplayer reply. Just let me make my point and debate that somewhere else) or anything but that stupid windows media player. I guess you're right, the webmaster (who I hope will reply to this) knows the ultimate goal of this site. I just wanted to put my two cents in. I think a site that offers alternatives along with an informal forum for advice on those alternatives (and a healthy dose of anti-M$ propaganda) would certainly help the cause of anything called the Microsoft eradication society. Its been a while for me with R/C trucks, I Have a Super Blackfoot. I don't even know If they still make them. It was a lucky guess that you had one, but trucks are cool. Its cool if you crash a truck because you can break stuff with it. I never had an RC plane. It sucks to crash them because they just break. Oh yea webmaster, I know that you have another forum for suggestions about this site, but this discussion just popped up in this thread.
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One last thing VoidMan. I know I should learn a bit more first, but I do have a history of using my unsuspecting neigbors' computers for my own educational purposes. I guess I shouldn't go to medical school.
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Originally posted by MeatHead:
One last thing VoidMan. I know I should learn a bit more first, but I do have a history of using my unsuspecting neigbors' computers for my own educational purposes. I guess I shouldn't go to medical school.
Heh heh, I have a good buddy who is a Plastic Surgeon. He calls me probably every other night with an MS question. Of course I have to put him through terror with my anti-Microsoft crap before I give him the answer to his problem. You'ld think he would eventually quit calling, but no......
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I guess you should solve it for him. Ask him to figure out why they call it fdisk.
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Originally posted by MeatHead:
I guess you should solve it for him. Ask him to figure out why they call it fdisk.
Maybe I should give him the steps I gave out for turning on DOS mode in XP in another thread. (http://smile.gif)
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I am again posting from the dark side of my hard drive. Linux is behaving very strangely. Yesterday I was happy to have my network card up and running. Today it runs and then everything just stops working. This distro (mandrake 8.1) has been tempermental with the sound card as well. In short, things work when I boot into KDE, and then slowly one by one, stop working. It usually takes about two hours for the ethernet card to stop working, the internet gets progessively slower, then it just stops all together.I know this is a rediculously general complaint, I just need to let off some steam. I'm not quitting though. I just need a break.
Anyway, I'm not asking anyone to fix this for me, but any suggestions anyone has are always welcome.
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Originally posted by MeatHead:
I am again posting from the dark side of my hard drive. Linux is behaving very strangely. Yesterday I was happy to have my network card up and running. Today it runs and then everything just stops working. This distro (mandrake 8.1) has been tempermental with the sound card as well. In short, things work when I boot into KDE, and then slowly one by one, stop working. It usually takes about two hours for the ethernet card to stop working, the internet gets progessively slower, then it just stops all together.I know this is a rediculously general complaint, I just need to let off some steam. I'm not quitting though. I just need a break.
Anyway, I'm not asking anyone to fix this for me, but any suggestions anyone has are always welcome.
Well, I can't say without some more info but I would be willing to bet it has something to do with that network card. Fortunately I can't get slammed too hard on this one if it is because WinXP doesn't even include a driver for this card, the manufacturer just released an XP driver. I would suggest looking at the hardware compatability list on Mandrake's web site and get a more well known card. Some cheap cards can be found from around 10-15 bucks from companies like DLink (http://www.dlink.com) and LinkSys (http://www.linksys.com). I like 3Com cards but you won't find one in that price range from 3Com. I've used DLink and LinkSys very successfully.
Another thing you might want to try in the mean time is open a shell prompt and run "top" as soon as you start your machine. Note how much memory and swap is in use. Maybe you are running out of memory or that NIC driver has a leak. You can sort the processes by memory usage by pressing the "M" key. Of course you could also use the graphical process/memory viewer (kpm or many others).
It bothers me when people brag about Linux not needing as much memory, you'll never hear that one from me. Linux screams when you have a lot of memory and never get into swapping. Not true if you do a lot of swapping (fortunately I got 512MB of RAM for $80 for my new machine so it's not a big deal to stick in a lot of memory). It is true that you can use Linux for certain server roles without X on very little memory but when you are using it as a desktop OS, the X and the graphical apps use a lot more memory. The Laptop I am using right now typing this has 64MB and I can do a fair amount of work but right now I do have 47MB of swap in use along with the 64MB of real memory. It's not unbearable but it would be noticably faster if I had 128MB in this thing. It's not any slower than my Win2k partition on the other side of the hard drive though, but that side rarely gets booted.
Linux has good support for well known main-stream hardware but you can certainly get into these types of issues with the oddball stuff. Last time I had a network card problem with Linux was at work when we were still running a Token Ring network, trying to get some Token Ring cards working. I've actually had more problems with Ethernet Cards under Windows than I have with the same cards under Linux. You may have an exception.
Oh, you might also periodically check the error count on your eth0 (/sbin/ifconfig). And check the system logs for errors (/var/log/messages). This does look like a quick throw together driver where a shoehorn was used to port from a similar card.
[ December 20, 2001: Message edited by: VoidMain ]
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I've been happily working on the linux side of the hard drive since I was reminded of why I can't stand windows by a blue screen shortly after my last post. Rebooting seems to fix some of my Linux problems, at least temporarily. Anyway, I'm breaking my promise in my last post saying that I didn't want help. This is only because VoidMan seems to have a soft spot for me, or he is just a bored insomniac. Either way, I'm glad he answers. Just a little additional info for anyone interested. Some things I've noticed about my system.
1.Since the sound card is tempormental, (SoundMax something or other onboard the Intel 815EEA desktop board. There were also some made with soundblaster cards, which probably have better support in Linux so naturally I don't have that one) I usually just stick to playing CD's. MP3's work but are full of static. Shortly after opening XMMS I run HardDrake, the Mandrake Hardware Detection Utility. For some reason, the detection process (which stops the player for about 3 secs) makes the soundcard behave and the MP3's and other system sounds are clear. Still, no information about the sound card shows up in the hardware profile it gives, and I notice a deterioration in sound quality over a period of an hour or two.
2.VoidMan, I have to confess that I after I compiled the driver and learned how to mount the floppy and all the other stuff you were helping me with, I found that the fealnx driver was already in the system. I just had to reconfigure some settings. I thought it wouldn't work because the card did not show up in the supposed wizard that mandrake provides to set this up. Turns out I never needed to use that wizard at all. Also, I'm positive that the driver did not get there because of me compiling it and putting it there. But it was a good learning experience. Lastly, when I run netconfg, I don't change any of the options it gives me, but when I exit it says that:
/etc/rc5.d/S56xinetd restart and /etc/rc5.d/S90webmin start has to happen. Sometimes the card works again after I do that without rebooting.
3. Lastly,some other interesting things I noticed that may help anyone interested in helping me out. Downloading a file has been a complete mess. That usually causes the system to hang and stop working and I rarely can download a whole file before that happens. Also I'm getting worse results from various bandwidth tests in my mozilla browser in Linux than I am with Netscape in windows. In general, our bandwidth has been worse in the past couple of days, but it is especially bad on my machine running Linux. The file download problem applies to any browser I use (konquerer, galleon, etc), and I only mentioned the bandwidth thing with mozilla because its the only thing I have an equivalent for in windows.
Thanks again for your help. I'm going to try those things in the last post to see if I can find anything out. :confused:
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After running that top command, I discovered that I had about 14 of my 128 megabytes of memory free. I left the terminal window open while I started mozilla, and found that now I have a little less than 4 mb free and about 23 mb in the swap. I checked it before I shut down last time and I had about the same free and 47 mb in the swap. I have another 256 Mb of ram, which I had to remove because of errors it used to cause in windows (at least that was the conclusion of microsoft tecnical support) It used to freeze my computer using the when I was using the CD Burner, and created a shitload of crosslinked files. so I sent away for another stick, and the replacement did the same thing as well. I'd be willing to try it again if anyone can tell if this was only a windows problem and thinks it may help this thing run better.
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Lastly, when I run netconfg, I don't change any of the options it gives me, but when I exit it says that:
/etc/rc5.d/S56xinetd restart and /etc/rc5.d/S90webmin start has to happen. Sometimes the card works again after I do that without rebooting.
Dude, I'm starting to think you have a hardware problem if you are having this many problems in both OSs. And at this point I'm thinking it could very possibly be a bad memory chip. What sort of machine do you have? CPU? Motherboard? Memory Type? I have seen bad memory chips do some strange things. Do you have a neighbor who will temporarily let you steal his memory so you can test it in your machine (assuming it is of the same type). What do your BSOD messages say in Windows? Just the normal dribble or do you get some useful info when searching for that message in http://support.microsoft.com/support (http://support.microsoft.com/support)
As far as the part above that I quoted (webmin and
xinetd), webmin is a web based system administration tool (for administering your machine from remote with a web browser, go to http://localhost:10000 (http://localhost:10000) to see it) and xinetd is the internet service server for items such as the FTP/TELNET servers.
Mandrake much have a check in netconfig to remind you to restart those services if you change your network card config (new IP address etc). It sounds like you should go through all of your services and turn off the ones you don't need to save on memory if you don't have a lot of it. I usually do this manually by removing or linking scripts in the /etc/rc.d/rc?.d directories but there are command line and windows tools to do this as well. On the command line use the "chkconfig" and "service" commands, in X you can use the "ksysv" command. Not sure if Mandrake has these particular tools but I bet they do.
For instance, on the command line you could type "/sbin/chkconfig --list" and see what services are installed and which ones are enabled on system startup. To turn off the webmin service you would type "/sbin/chkconfig webmin off". This does not stop the service, just makes it so the service will not start on bootup. To stop the service you can do a "/sbin/service webin stop", or to restart the service "/sbin/service webmin restart".
Again, this sounds like you have hardware problems. Another thing I have seen is if you have a faster processor with a CPU fan. Sometimes you will get funky problems like this if the fan is not working and the CPU gets really hot. Swapping out some of the easy parts with a neighbor might pin it down. Memory, sound card, network card, etc... Doesn't sound like a hard drive problem.
Good luck.
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Originally posted by MeatHead:
I have another 256 Mb of ram, which I had to remove because of errors it used to cause in windows (at least that was the conclusion of microsoft tecnical support) It used to freeze my computer using the when I was using the CD Burner, and created a shitload of crosslinked files.
Hey! This message wasn't here when I sent the above reply about suspecting memory. I agree with Technical support. It's either bad memory, bad CPU, or bad Motherboard. I think it could be other hardware but less likely.
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That ram that I was talking about has not been in my machine for a few months now. It shouldn't surprise you to find out that the ram was like $20 and that it was brand X and I bought it from the same place that I bought the Ethernet card. I'm a lot more knowlegable about hardware than I am about other things, but I often go into denial (Not wanting to admit to myself that I bought a useless piece of shit). So before I get any bright ideas about taking apart my system to install a piece of ram that came from the nevada desert, I went to the Intel website to remind my self that there are many kinds of memory that are tested a work with this board. Also, since my ram really isn't any brand at all there is no way of knowing if it is one of them. I'm also starting to figure out the soundcard thing. The OS does recognize it, it just doesn't come right out and say it. I found some settings I didn't know existed and pretty much fixed the static problem too. If I spent as much time messing with the OS as I do posting to this board, I might figure more things out. But then what would you (VoidMan) do all night?
Anyway, I'm going to mess with this a little more because the more I mess with it the better it behaves for me (Obviously this OS is female). I'll try to whine a little less, but I appreciate all the help I've recieved. Enough computers for tonight. I wish I worried this much about the organic chemistry final I have tommorow, but so far, linux has been more of a challenge (well at least a challenge that doubles as a tool for downloading porn when I'm irratated with it). This MeatHead needs a protein shake and his bed. Talk to you tommorow.
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Originally posted by MeatHead:
That ram that I was talking about has not been in my machine for a few months now.
I would still test the RAM that is currently in your machine by replacing it with known good RAM. I wouldn't be surprised if that has been your problem all along. I have seen this before. You can not be sure until you do this.
[ December 20, 2001: Message edited by: VoidMain ]
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On another note, I have a question about some files in the /proc/sys/net/core/ directory. After running the tweak test on DSL reports, it explained to me that I need to change the size of my recieve window. Currently 65530 and reccomemdeded to be between 14000-37752 for my connection. So I went in to the files rmem_default and rmem_max and changed the values. (logged in as root, then used vi) When I reboot the machine, the values return to the ones there before I made any changes. Can you tell me why this is, and if it will make a difference in my connection/download speeds?
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Originally posted by MeatHead:
On another note, I have a question about some files in the /proc/sys/net/core/ directory. After running the tweak test on DSL reports, it explained to me that I need to change the size of my recieve window. Currently 65530 and reccomemdeded to be between 14000-37752 for my connection. So I went in to the files rmem_default and rmem_max and changed the values. (logged in as root, then used vi) When I reboot the machine, the values return to the ones there before I made any changes. Can you tell me why this is, and if it will make a difference in my connection/download speeds?
(http://smile.gif) "/proc" only exists when the system is running. It's not a real filesystem. You can make runtime adjustments in there and even put a command in one of your startup scripts (rc.local):
echo 65535 > /proc/sys/net/core/rmem_default
echo 65535 > /proc/sys/net/core/rmem_max
Better yet, do a "man sysctl" and a "man sysctl.conf" and put your changes in the /etc/sysctl.conf file.
Please install your kernel source and read the /usr/src/linux*/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt for an explanation of these parameters.
Or you can change the values in the kernel source and rebuild and they'll be perm, but I would not recommend this method (upgrading will reset the default you desire). I would be suspect that reducing this will have the desired effect, but I encourage you to experiment.
[ December 20, 2001: Message edited by: VoidMain ]
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Once again VoidMan, thank you. I feel like I should send you a Christmas card. You realize that if you look at some of my earlier posts, it wasn't too long ago that I was asking how to mount my floppy. Obviously, you've been a big help. Of course I'll always have more questions, but at this point I feel guilty asking you anything else. But I would appreciate a picture of your Traxxas truck if you have one.
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Originally posted by MeatHead:
But I would appreciate a picture of your Traxxas truck if you have one.
No problem, and there is a web site dedicated the the truck we have: http://www.t-maxx.com/ (http://www.t-maxx.com/) which even has some pretty good movies of it in action.