fedora-list Digest, Vol 19, Issue 65
ravi waghmare
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Fri Sep 9 05:20:08 UTC 2005
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> 1. Security (Jonathan Carpenter)
> 2. Re: how do I resize a ntfs partition (Deepak Shrestha)
> 3. Re: Security (Steven Stern)
> 4. Re: FC4 and video card (Peter Gordon)
> 5. Re: LVM Suggestions (Evan)
> 6. Re: LVM Suggestions (Evan)
> 7. Re: yum + up2date on FC4 x86_64 not working as well as hoped.
> (Naoki)
> 8. Re: a little help with linux (Robbie Dude)
> 9. Re: ipw2200 wireless not working on Compaq Presario V2314AP
> [was: Re: ipw2200 wireless not working on Compaq Presario
> V2413AP] (Alimin Bijosono Oei)
> 10. RE: How to make the console bell to beep in FC4? (Mike McGrath)
> 11. Re: Hp Device Manager (Gustavo J Mata)
> 12. Re: a little help with linux (Robbie Dude)
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> Message: 1
> Date: Thu, 8 Sep 2005 20:47:34 -0500
> From: Jonathan Carpenter <jonathan.carpenter at gmail.com>
> Subject: Security
> To: fedora-list at redhat.com
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> I have been running Slackware for around 5 years, I decided to make the jump
>
> to fedora. I am used to editing my init scripts in /etc/rc.d/ and modifying
>
> my /etc/inetd in slackware and chmod -x all my scripts that start un needed
>
> services on boot, with fedora I see that it is a bit different then
> slackware. Are they any docs that anyone would recommend or any howto's
> online that you can point me to? Any help would be greatly appreciated.
> Thanks,
>
> --
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> Date: Fri, 9 Sep 2005 02:54:29 +0100 (BST)
> From: Deepak Shrestha <d8888pak at yahoo.com>
> Subject: Re: how do I resize a ntfs partition
> To: For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list at redhat.com>
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> For safe and easy, I used Powerquest's Partition
> Magic. It does the job well. I am no expert in this
> but it works for me well.
>
> --- malcolm <malcolm at interele.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>
> > how do I resize a ntfs partition so that I can put
> > Fedora 4 on a PC that
> > has a 40G HD that already has XP on it ( I don't
> > want to reinstall XP )
> >
> > ta
> >
> > mal
> >
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> Message: 3
> Date: Thu, 08 Sep 2005 20:57:16 -0500
> From: Steven Stern <subscribed-lists at sterndata.com>
> Subject: Re: Security
> To: jonathan.carpenter at gmail.com, For users of Fedora Core releases
> <fedora-list at redhat.com>
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> Jonathan Carpenter wrote:
> > I have been running Slackware for around 5 years, I decided to make the
> > jump to fedora. I am used to editing my init scripts in /etc/rc.d/ and
> > modifying my /etc/inetd in slackware and chmod -x all my scripts that
> > start un needed services on boot, with fedora I see that it is a bit
> > different then slackware. Are they any docs that anyone would recommend
> > or any howto's online that you can point me to? Any help would be
> > greatly appreciated.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > --
> > Jonathan Carpenter
> >
>
> In Fedora, you use chkconfig to turn on and off scripts.
>
> man chkconfig
>
> chkconfig --list (list all scripts0
> chkconfig --level 345 httpd on (enable apache in run levels 3,4,and 5)
>
> --
>
> Steve
>
>
>
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> Message: 4
> Date: Thu, 08 Sep 2005 18:57:28 -0700
> From: Peter Gordon <admin at ramshacklestudios.com>
> Subject: Re: FC4 and video card
> To: For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list at redhat.com>
> Message-ID: <4320EC08.1040602 at ramshacklestudios.com>
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> jack wallen wrote:
> > anyone have a suggestion for a good video card (not high end) to use
> > with FC4? i do a lot of graphics and DTP. thanks.
>
> If you don't need anything overly powerful, any older Radeon (9250 and
> earlier) will work perfectly with GNU/Linux, and you won't have to worry
> about proprietary drivers or troubles that may be caused by such due to
> the fact that these Radeons are fully supported by the Free DRI drivers. :)
>
> I've got a Radeon 9200 in my box currently and it works beautifully.
> BZFlag, Wesnoth, PPRacer, etc. all run at 1400x1050 with their highest
> settings and no slowdown (Though FSAA is currently only supported through
> ATi's proprietary alternative driver).
>
> Note: If you plan to buy one of these do not purchase a SE card, as they
> only have half of the memory bandwidth of the ``normal'' card; i.e., 64-bit
> versus 128-bit. The SE also has a slower-clocked GPU (~200 MHz versus ~250
> MHz) You may want to check the DRI Wiki for more information:
>
> http://dri.freedesktop.org/wiki/ATIRadeon
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> Message: 5
> Date: Thu, 8 Sep 2005 22:02:38 -0400
> From: Evan <evan.moseman at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: LVM Suggestions
> To: minxmertzmomo at gmail.com, For users of Fedora Core releases
> <fedora-list at redhat.com>
> Message-ID: <233b928705090819025ccd0136 at mail.gmail.com>
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> On 9/6/05, Matt Morgan <minxmertzmomo at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > On 9/6/05, Mark Sargent <powderkeg at snow.email.ne.jp> wrote:
> > >
> > > Hi All,
> > >
> > > am wondering, how best to manage a 40GB drive with LVM. System has
> 192MB
> > > of RAM. At present, I see Hard Drives /dev/hda Free equalling 32254.
> > > This' my 1st time to do things manually(only way to learn). I have a
> > > basic understanding of LVM, but was wondering how others set their
> > > systems up. What's the minimum PV for the swap and boot volumes.?
> Should
> > > I break the drive up into smaller, easier managed volumes.? Cheers.
> >
> >
> > I'm not going to be the best person to answer your question ultimately,
> > but I know that the answer will depend upon what the machine is meant to
> do.
> > Is this a desktop/web server/file server/etc?
> >
> > For what it's worth, I think swap should equal RAM, and boot should be
> > about 100Mb. For the rest, I just guess.
> >
> >
> >
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> >
> > I setup my workstations typically as follows;
>
> /boot 100MB
> / 1GB
> /usr 2GB
> /var 2GB
> /var/spool/mail 300MB
> swap equal to RAM (192MB in your case)
> /home 2GB
> /data 5-10GB
>
> And leave whatever is remaining free in case I ever need to expand a
> partition for whatever reason. The /data partition is where I store rpms,
> packages, source tar-balls, project data, anything really. It is the
> location of the data the comprises the purpose of the workstation, if that
> makes any sense.
>
> The /var/spool/mail partition is seperate in case something bad happens with
>
> mail delivery to my workstation. If that partition fills up it won't hinder
>
> anything else on the host, but incoming mail.
>
> As a side note I have found that seperating partitions gives me a very easy
>
> upgrade path with fedora. When installing the next version I setup the
> partitions exactly as they were before, but I opt to not format /data or
> /home and everything that I care about doesn't get touched. And, so far, all
>
> of my personal config files have migrated from one version of Fedora to the
>
> next...
>
> Hope this helps!
>
> --
> --
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> Message: 6
> Date: Thu, 8 Sep 2005 22:02:38 -0400
> From: Evan <evan.moseman at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: LVM Suggestions
> To: minxmertzmomo at gmail.com, For users of Fedora Core releases
> <fedora-list at redhat.com>
> Message-ID: <233b928705090819025ccd0136 at mail.gmail.com>
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> On 9/6/05, Matt Morgan <minxmertzmomo at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > On 9/6/05, Mark Sargent <powderkeg at snow.email.ne.jp> wrote:
> > >
> > > Hi All,
> > >
> > > am wondering, how best to manage a 40GB drive with LVM. System has
> 192MB
> > > of RAM. At present, I see Hard Drives /dev/hda Free equalling 32254.
> > > This' my 1st time to do things manually(only way to learn). I have a
> > > basic understanding of LVM, but was wondering how others set their
> > > systems up. What's the minimum PV for the swap and boot volumes.?
> Should
> > > I break the drive up into smaller, easier managed volumes.? Cheers.
> >
> >
> > I'm not going to be the best person to answer your question ultimately,
> > but I know that the answer will depend upon what the machine is meant to
> do.
> > Is this a desktop/web server/file server/etc?
> >
> > For what it's worth, I think swap should equal RAM, and boot should be
> > about 100Mb. For the rest, I just guess.
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > fedora-list mailing list
> > fedora-list at redhat.com
> > To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
> >
> > I setup my workstations typically as follows;
>
> /boot 100MB
> / 1GB
> /usr 2GB
> /var 2GB
> /var/spool/mail 300MB
> swap equal to RAM (192MB in your case)
> /home 2GB
> /data 5-10GB
>
> And leave whatever is remaining free in case I ever need to expand a
> partition for whatever reason. The /data partition is where I store rpms,
> packages, source tar-balls, project data, anything really. It is the
> location of the data the comprises the purpose of the workstation, if that
> makes any sense.
>
> The /var/spool/mail partition is seperate in case something bad happens with
>
> mail delivery to my workstation. If that partition fills up it won't hinder
>
> anything else on the host, but incoming mail.
>
> As a side note I have found that seperating partitions gives me a very easy
>
> upgrade path with fedora. When installing the next version I setup the
> partitions exactly as they were before, but I opt to not format /data or
> /home and everything that I care about doesn't get touched. And, so far, all
>
> of my personal config files have migrated from one version of Fedora to the
>
> next...
>
> Hope this helps!
>
> --
> --
> Evan
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> Message: 7
> Date: Fri, 09 Sep 2005 11:11:40 +0900
> From: Naoki <naoki at valuecommerce.com>
> Subject: Re: yum + up2date on FC4 x86_64 not working as well as hoped.
> To: For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list at redhat.com>
> Message-ID: <1126231900.32491.233.camel at dragon.sys.intra>
> Content-Type: text/plain
>
> On Thu, 2005-09-08 at 07:55 +0100, Paul Howarth wrote:
> > On Thu, 2005-09-08 at 11:40 +0900, Naoki wrote:
> > > Odd thing is my yum.conf is clean, as is my sources file. But both yum
> &
> > > up2date report "base already added". Are they on crack?
> > >
> > > I even strace'd the whole thing and checked it's opening the correct
> > > files :
> > >
> > > open("/etc/sysconfig/rhn/sources", O_RDONLY) = 3
> > > open("///etc/yum.repos.d", O_RDONLY|O_NONBLOCK|O_DIRECTORY) = 11
> > > open("/etc/yum.repos.d/fedora-updates.repo", O_RDONLY) = 11
> > > open("/etc/yum.repos.d/fedora.repo", O_RDONLY) = 11
> > >
> > > Ohh god I am officially stupid AND blind...
> > >
> > > Just saw the problem, inside the .repos files the headings were all
> > > [base].
> > >
> > > So shoot me please...
> > >
> > > But, in my defence the problem still stands with up2date :
> > >
> > > Setting up Package Sacks
> > > Excluding Incompatible Archs
> > > Finished
> > > An error has occurred:
> > > exceptions.TypeError
> > > See /var/log/up2date for more information
> >
> > I wonder if the screwed-up repos have affected up2date's cache?
> >
> > Try:
> > # rm -rf /var/spool/up2date/*
> >
> > And see if it still fails.
> >
>
> Hey Paul, I did that and tried removing and then install with up2date
> 'gcc' and that worked.
>
> Trying a random package failed though (up2date -i
> system-config-network) :
>
> [Fri Sep 9 11:09:45 2005] up2date File "/usr/sbin/up2date", line
> 1265, in ?
> sys.exit(main() or 0)
> File "/usr/sbin/up2date", line 800, in main
> fullUpdate, dryRun=options.dry_run))
> File "/usr/sbin/up2date", line 1137, in batchRun
> batch.run()
> File "/usr/share/rhn/up2date_client/up2dateBatch.py", line 78, in run
> self.__dryRun()
> File "/usr/share/rhn/up2date_client/up2dateBatch.py", line 163, in
> __dryRun
> self.percentCallback)
> File "/usr/share/rhn/up2date_client/up2date.py", line 386, in dryRun
> ret = depsolve.solvedep()
> File "/usr/share/rhn/up2date_client/depSolver.py", line 722, in
> solvedep
> ret = self.process_deps(deps)
> File "/usr/share/rhn/up2date_client/depSolver.py", line 616, in
> process_deps
> changed = self.__dependencies(dependencies)
> File "/usr/share/rhn/up2date_client/depSolver.py", line 383, in
> __dependencies
> added = self.__add(solved, check = 1)
> File "/usr/share/rhn/up2date_client/depSolver.py", line 221, in __add
> hdr = headerList[p]
> File "/usr/share/rhn/up2date_client/headers.py", line 37, in
> __getitem__
> self.__retrievePackage(item)
> File "/usr/share/rhn/up2date_client/headers.py", line 42, in
> __retrievePackage
> hdr, sourceType = rpcServer.doCall(self.repos.getHeader, item)
> File "/usr/share/rhn/up2date_client/rpcServer.py", line 316, in
> doCall
> ret = apply(method, args, kwargs)
> File "/usr/share/rhn/up2date_client/repoDirector.py", line 32, in
> getHeader
> return self.handlers[channel['type']].getHeader(pkg, msgCallback,
> progressCallback)
>
>
>
>
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>
> Message: 8
> Date: Thu, 8 Sep 2005 19:13:57 -0700
> From: Robbie Dude <robbieaoa at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: a little help with linux
> To: For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list at redhat.com>
> Message-ID: <dd0833ab05090819135e6d671c at mail.gmail.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
>
> So nobody is up for an IM session with me?
> Rob
>
> On 9/8/05, Robbie Dude <robbieaoa at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Yes it would!!! Hell, I'd go out and get one TODAY!!
> > Rob
> >
> > On 9/8/05, Charles E. Rick Taylor, IV <charletiv at gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > On Thu, 2005-09-08 at 10:30 -0500, Thomas Cameron wrote:
> > >
> > > [Wireless cards that work "out of box" in Fedora]
> > >
> > > > That is not my experience. I bought an Orinoco mini-pci card for my
> > > > laptop, plugged it in, and it Just Works(TM). There are a ton of
> cards
> > > > out there that work with no fiddling.
> > >
> > > Is there a list out there of wireless cards/devices that work with no
> > > additional firmware downloads or driver compiles? That'd be useful to
> > > have.
> > >
> > > --
> > > --------------------------------------------------------------------
> > > * Charles E. "Rick" Taylor, IV < charletiv at gmail.com>
> > > * ( Formerly tomalek at mindspring.com )
> > > * Chemistry instructor / Mad scientist / Linux enthusiast
> > > --------------------------------------------------------------------
> > > * Web: http://www.rickandpatty.com
> > > --------------------------------------------------------------------
> > >
> > >
> > > --
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> > >
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> Message: 9
> Date: Fri, 09 Sep 2005 10:40:09 +0800
> From: Alimin Bijosono Oei <alimin_oei at myrealbox.com>
> Subject: Re: ipw2200 wireless not working on Compaq Presario V2314AP
> [was: Re: ipw2200 wireless not working on Compaq Presario V2413AP]
> To: fedora-list at redhat.com
> Message-ID: <4320F609.6020901 at myrealbox.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed
>
>
> >> Thanks Peter, I tried using acpi=off and it worked. Sound is working
> now
> >> and usb wireless mouse is too, so this is definitely an acpi issue. But
> >> is this that serious though? I mean, all I can read with my little
> >> knowledge from dmesg is that those features were recognised, it is just
> >> IRQ allocating problem. However, I would really like to be able to use
> >> acpi though for monitoring the battery status and also adjusting cpu
> >> frequency. Is there anyway to fix this? Will modifying the DSDT help in
> >> this case? Also, is Fedora 4's kernel allow the implementation of
> custom
> >> DSDT already or kernel recompilation is still needed for this purpose?
>
> > ACPI is responsible for a ton of different things - including
> > interrupt allocations. try acpi=noirq instead of your acpi=off now
> and > see if it works still... try pci=routeirq if you need to....
> > Adjusting the DSDT is usually a pretty annoying task since you need
> to > know the hardware pretty well and have lots of patience for testing...
>
> That works perfect for me for now, cheers mate. Thank you for the prompt
> response and sharing experience with Compaq laptop. I actually made a
> mistake in quoting the series number of the laptop in case anybody else
> got the same laptop and need a fix to the buggy acpi. It is actually
> V2314AP and not V2413AP.
>
> Alimin
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 10
> Date: Thu, 8 Sep 2005 21:42:57 -0500
> From: "Mike McGrath" <mmcgrath at iesabroad.org>
> Subject: RE: How to make the console bell to beep in FC4?
> To: "For users of Fedora Core releases" <fedora-list at redhat.com>
> Message-ID:
> <AA3FF5591891964D907A4201701770160120E00E at postino.iesabroad.org>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
>
> > On Thu, 2005-09-08 at 10:33 +0100, Paul Smith wrote:
> > > On 9/8/05, Andy Green <andy at warmcat.com> wrote:
> > > > > Please tell me how to make the console bell to beep in FC4.
> > > > > My pc can beeps when boot with knoppix, but can't beep
> > when boot
> > > > > with FC4, what's wrong? My bell-style set as 'audible'.
> > > >
> > > > modprobe pcspkr
> > > >
> > > > might help here.
> > >
> > > To make this permanent, add the following line to your
> > /etc/rc.d/rc.local file:
> > >
> > > /sbin/modprobe pcspkr
> > >
> > > Paul
> > >
> >
> > Shoulb be the /etc/sysconfig/modules/*.modules?
>
> On a related but somewhat useless note man console_codes will show you
> how to change the pitch and lenght of beep (as well as a few other
> console tricks)
>
> -Mike
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 11
> Date: Thu, 08 Sep 2005 23:02:47 -0400
> From: Gustavo J Mata <matag at usb.ve>
> Subject: Re: Hp Device Manager
> To: For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list at redhat.com>
> Message-ID: <4320FB57.4060709 at usb.ve>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed
>
> > Date: Thu, 08 Sep 2005 18:09:37 -050
>
> > From: "Peter Gordon" <admin at ramshacklestudios.com> Subject: Re: HP
> > Device Manager To: For users of Fedora Core releases
> > <fedora-list at redhat.com> Message-ID:
> > <E1EDVWT-0000Yg-Dm at server.e3-kracken.com> Content-Type: text/plain;
> > charset=iso-8859-1
> >
> >>> File "/usr/share/hplip/base/async_qt.py", line 85, in ?
> >>> from qt import *
> >>> ImportError: No module named qt
> >>
> >>
> >
> >Have you installed PyQt?
> > --
> >
>
> I did install PyQt. I'll try re-installing it to see what happens.
>
> Thanks
>
> Gustavo J. Mata
>
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 12
> Date: Thu, 8 Sep 2005 20:44:39 -0700
> From: Robbie Dude <robbieaoa at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: a little help with linux
> To: For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list at redhat.com>
> Message-ID: <dd0833ab050908204422613566 at mail.gmail.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
>
> OK this is what I got,
>
> Sep 8 20:42:52 localhost kernel: usb 2-1: new full speed USB device using
> ohci_hcd and address 3
> Sep 8 20:42:53 localhost kernel: usb 2-1: Failed to load zd1201.fw firmware
>
> file!
> Sep 8 20:42:53 localhost kernel: usb 2-1: Make sure the hotplug firmware
> loader is installed.
> Sep 8 20:42:53 localhost kernel: usb 2-1: Goto
> http://linux-lc100020.sourceforge.net for more infoSep 8 20:42:53 localhost
>
> kernel: usb 2-1: zd1201 firmware upload failed: -2
> Sep 8 20:42:53 localhost kernel: zd1201: probe of 2-1:1.0 failed with error
>
> -2
> Sep 8 20:42:53 localhost kernel: usbcore: registered new driver zd1201
> Sep 8 20:43:05 localhost kernel: usb 2-1: USB disconnect, address 3
> Sep 8 20:43:11 localhost kernel: ohci_hcd 0000:00:02.3: wakeup
>
>
> I'm pretty sure it's NOT going to work for my kernal 2.6, when I tried to do
>
> a make of the files that I downloaded at
> sourceforge.net<http://sourceforge.net>(as listed above) it said
> something to that effect.....
> So, how do I install an older kernal? Will this help me with some of my
> problems?
>
> On 9/8/05, James Kaufman <jmk at kaufman.eden-prairie.mn.us> wrote:
> >
> > On Wed, Sep 07, 2005 at 08:40:29PM -0700, Robbie Dude wrote:
> > > I can't type tonight produce = product and seems = see's
> > >
> > > On 9/7/05, Robbie Dude <robbieaoa at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > The driver can be found right here
> > > >
> >
> http://www.gigafast.com/products/product_drivers/WF741-UIC_drivers.htmthisis
> the produce that I am using, though I also have a linksys model is
> > > > listed right here
> >
> http://www.linksys.com/servlet/Satellite?childpagename=US%2FLayout&packedargs=page%3D2%26cid%3D1115416835852%26c%3DL_Content_C1&pagename=Linksys%2FCommon%2FVisitorWrapper&SubmittedElement=Linksys%2FFormSubmit%2FProductDownloadSearch&sp_prodsku=1121874580905
> > > > version 2.6. I'm pretty sure HW seems them when I plug them in. I
> just
> > > > need someone to walk/talk me threw the install of the drivers. (and
> > maybe
> > > > the proper driver for the latter)
> > > > Thanks guys (and gals if there are any)
> > > > Rob
> > > >
> >
> > I don't know if the driver will work for you but here are first steps:
> >
> > open a terminal window
> > unzip the downloaded file [ unzip "WF 741-UIC_Linux.zip"]
> > this creates a directory named "WF 741-UIC_Linux"
> > cd "WF 741-UIC_Linux"
> > Read the pdf file [ xpdf WF\ 741-UIc\ Linux\ driver\ help.pdf]
> >
> > My reading of the pdf implies that the driver might work for a version
> 2.4
> > kernel. It doubt it will work for a version 2.6 kernel.
> >
> > Please post the portion of /var/log/messages that shows the hardware.
> > [open a
> > terminal window as root, type: "tail -f /var/log/messages", then plug the
>
> > card
> > in. If the hardware sees it, you will see messages on the screen.]
> >
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