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[coLinux-users] Compiling Apache 2.0.50

[Arnold D. <arn...@ya...>]

Hi,

Has anyone of you tried compiling Apache 2.0.50 on
coLinux with Debian? I've been trying for the past
couple days and still no success. 

$>./configure --host=i686-pc-linux-gnuoldld

it fails when it tries to configure APR(Apache
Portable Runtime). It complains about shared memory
and stuff I don't understand.

Thanks in advance!


		
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Re: [coLinux-users] what gives better performance?

[Henry N. <Hen...@Ar...>]

Nuno Lucas wrote:
> Samir Kuthiala, dando pulos de alegria, escreveu :
> 
>> what method gives better performance in coLinux - using an
>> debian/fc2/gentoo system image downloaded from the website or using an
>> existing dual boot system on another partition?
> 
> 
> I don't think anyone made any serious performance tests on this, but you
> could expect increased performance using a real partition scheme, as
> every read/write doesn't have to pass by the full windows file system 
> layer.

Run on real Partion works better as large image file.

I's also interesting what do you do with colinux.
A small image file (500MB) works also very fast. In this case windows 
cache the file in RAM. For Testing I'm using only small image files. 
It's easy to handle a backup of this files. I use small file, less than 
1MB also to share data beetween varius version of colinus, if I update 
from one kernel version to other. I have a small booting image and 
access with this to large partion on real linux for running data, 
compiler and so on.


-- 
Henry Nestler

Re: [coLinux-users] what gives better performance?

[Nuno L. <lu...@nl...>]

Samir Kuthiala, dando pulos de alegria, escreveu :
> what method gives better performance in coLinux - using an
> debian/fc2/gentoo system image downloaded from the website or using an
> existing dual boot system on another partition?

I don't think anyone made any serious performance tests on this, but you
could expect increased performance using a real partition scheme, as
every read/write doesn't have to pass by the full windows file system layer.

Regards,
~Nuno Lucas

[coLinux-users] what gives better performance?

[Samir K. <sam...@gm...>]

Just want to check...

what method gives better performance in coLinux - using an
debian/fc2/gentoo system image downloaded from the website or using an
existing dual boot system on another partition?

~Samir

Re: [coLinux-users] What distro do you use

[Tomas F. <to...@eu...>]

I don't think it really matters which one is said to be "best". It
all depends on your own needs, desires and convictions, and that
will also probably change over time. I suggest you try them out
yourself and go for the one that attracts you the most :) It really
doesn't matter that much. I myself choose Debian because of their
social contract and their free software guidelines, and I use
unstable to be on the bleeding edge. Others choose otherwise for the
same or different reasons.

Regards, Tomas

Vijairaj R wrote:
> I saw a hot discussion going on, in one Linux list, about which 
> distro is the Best. People were arguing mainly on Deb, RH and 
> Slack. RH/Fedora is blammed for its slow startup but has nice 
> startup display.
> 
> I have FC1 and Debian running on Colinux. Debian has both gnome 
> and KDE ans still it is only less than 800 MB. FC1 has only KDE 
> but is already around 1.4 GB. Why?
> 
> I find debian to be very fast if i close it and start it 
> immediately. it boots in less that 5 secs.
> 
> Can you please advise on Which Distro to choose. It is very 
> difficult to make a choice especially for a newbie, when there 
> are so much options available.
> 
> regards -Vijairaj

[coLinux-users] What distro do you use

[Vijairaj R <vij...@re...>]

I saw a hot discussion going on, in one Linux list, about which distro is t=
he Best. People were arguing mainly on Deb, RH and Slack. RH/Fedora is blam=
med for its slow startup but has nice startup display.=0A=0AI have FC1 and =
Debian running on Colinux. Debian has both gnome and KDE ans still it is on=
ly less than 800 MB. FC1 has only KDE but is already around 1.4 GB. Why?=0A=
=0AI find debian to be very fast if i close it and start it immediately. it=
 boots in less that 5 secs.=0A=0ACan you please advise on Which Distro to c=
hoose. It is very difficult to make a choice especially for a newbie, when =
there are so much options available.=0A=0Aregards=0A-Vijairaj

Re: [coLinux-users] Newbie question: linux.sys causing a BSOD

[Nuno L. <lu...@nl...>]

Steve Frank, dando pulos de alegria, escreveu :
> I'd be glad to help out any way I can.  Feel free to email me
> anytime--just let me know what I need to do.

For your information, an explanation of the error code (BugCheck) is
here:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/ddtools/hh/ddtools/BCCodes_12795dee-19a9-4461-a135-bbb882b81455.xml.asp

It could help to check your system log for the error in question and
post it here or in the devel list.

I would guess the exception code is:
0xC0000005 - STATUS_ACCESS_VIOLATION, but only you can confirm that.

Regards,
~Nuno Lucas

[coLinux-users] Re: TAP performance issues?

[Ian A. <ia...@ab...>]

On 16/09/2004 05:55, Conan Ford wrote:
> I've noticed that when the TAP-32 driver that colinux comes with is 
> installed, after a couple days of uptime I start to experience terribly 
> degraded network performance.  On www.broadbandreports.com/stest , I get 
> around 220 kbps down/128 kbps up.  When I uninstall the TAP driver, I 
> get around 2000 kbps down/ 512 kbps up.  I'm on a cable modem with a 
> theoretical maximum of 10 Mbps down/768 kbps up.  Anyone else 
> experienced this issue?  Unfortunately it makes it impossible for me to 
> use the networking capabilities of colinux.

I have noticed temporary problems browsing the Windows LAN from 
Windows and other general use of the Ethernet card while the TAP 
device is enabled.  When it happens to me, the TAP is disconnected, 
but that might be coicidence, as I've never had it connected very 
long so far.

This doesn't help solve your problem, but to make life easy, I 
suggest disabling the TAP device in Device Manager when not needed, 
instead of uninstalling it.

[coLinux-users] Re: TAP performance issues?

[Martin K. <ka...@po...>]

Hi,

it could be true that your connection is slowed down, but not that you 
can't use colinux's networking feature :-)
You can still use M$ Loopback driver and use pcap to connect to this 
connection. PCap is slower than TAP, but it works. It shouldn't slow 
down your connection. The question is how would you like to route this 
connection, if you need that.
My connection setup is one Loopback for communication with host and one 
real NIC for lan/internet. it works perfectly. For local X Win I use 
TAP, but you probably won't.

Regards,
Martin

Conan Ford wrote:
> I've noticed that when the TAP-32 driver that colinux comes with is 
> installed, after a couple days of uptime I start to experience terribly 
> degraded network performance.  On www.broadbandreports.com/stest , I get 
> around 220 kbps down/128 kbps up.  When I uninstall the TAP driver, I 
> get around 2000 kbps down/ 512 kbps up.  I'm on a cable modem with a 
> theoretical maximum of 10 Mbps down/768 kbps up.  Anyone else 
> experienced this issue?  Unfortunately it makes it impossible for me to 
> use the networking capabilities of colinux.

[coLinux-users] Attepting to run 'make colinux' for os=linux

[Mark L. <mar...@ho...>]

I have a laptop and want to dual boot between XP home and Debian Linux. I 
would like to to use the same coLinux file for a coLinux virtual machine 
between my XP boot and the Linux boot.
(I want to have subversion host to connect to in each OS, colinux seems like 
a good answer.)

I am using snapshot colinux20040910

I ran export for the following:
COLINUX_HOST_KERNEL_DIR=/usr/src/kernel-source-2.6.8
COLINUX_HOST_OS=linux
COLINUX_TARGET_KERNEL_PATH=/usr/src/kernel-source-2.6.8-co


then I tired 'make colinux'
Here are the results:

marksdebian:/usr/src/colinux-20040910/src# make colinux
g++ -g -mpush-args -mno-accumulate-outgoing-args -Wno-trigraphs -O2 
-fno-strict
aliasing -Wall  -DCOLINUX_DEBUG   -I. 
-I/usr/src/kernel-source-2.6.8-co/include
-c colinux/os/current/user/console/head.cpp -o 
colinux/os/current/user/console/
ead.o  -DCO_HOST_API
colinux/os/current/user/console/head.cpp: In function `int main(int, 
char**)':
colinux/os/current/user/console/head.cpp:193: error: 
`fl_x_global_event_hook'
   undeclared (first use this function)
colinux/os/current/user/console/head.cpp:193: error: (Each undeclared
   identifier is reported only once for each function it appears in.)
make: *** [colinux/os/current/user/console/head.o] Error 1
marksdebian:/usr/src/colinux-20040910/src#

I have used the fltk 1.1.4 source and have applied the
fltk-1.1.4-linux-patch.diff  by running
patch -p1 <


If you need more info please let me know.
I am not a programmer so please clue me in.

Thanks for the help.
Mark

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[coLinux-users] Usage of coLinux lists

[John F. <J.P...@as...>]

I am a recent and enthusiastic user of coLinux, as it solves a 
number of problems of computer usage for me.

I read and contribute to the user list and the wiki.  I have found the 
wiki particularly useful when resolving some issues on networking.

I also read the developers list to be aware of what is coming, 
though I do not know what all the techincal issues are.

I hope this helps.

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RE: [coLinux-users] Newbie question: linux.sys causing a BSOD

[Steve F. <ste...@be...>]

I'd be glad to help out any way I can.  Feel free to email me
anytime--just let me know what I need to do.

=20
Thanks!

Steve


-----Original Message-----
From: Nuno Lucas [mailto:lu...@nl...]=20
Sent: Wednesday, September 15, 2004 4:48 PM
To: Steve Frank
Cc: col...@li...
Subject: Re: [coLinux-users] Newbie question: linux.sys causing a BSOD

Hi Steve,

Just to let you know you have been noticed and I forwarded your mail to
the developers list.

This was more or less expected and I'm sorry I didn't catch the
SP2/Amd64 magic combination on your first mail, at least to speed the
reason finding, if not the short term solution.

What I wasn't expecting was the BSoD. That is a serious problem indeed.

Dan Aloni, the one who understands all the code (because he wrote it ;),
is in Japan right now, doing some lecturers for CoLinux, but I'm sure he
will make everything possible to solve your case. The only problem would
be for him to get the time to do it.

It would be great if you could offer for testing a possible fix, as not
everyone has an adequate machine for that :)

Best Regards,
~Nuno Lucas


Steve Frank, dando pulos de alegria, escreveu :
> Okay, I figured this out and I'll post it here so if others see this=20
> happen.
>=20
> The problem is due to the combination of Windows XP SP2 with DEP=20
> enabled on an Athlon64 processor.  After trying combination after=20
> combination and seeing a ton of blue screens, I was able to get=20
> coLinux to operate by changing the /NoExecute to be AlwaysOff in my
boot.ini.
>=20
> I consider this a little bit of a bug with coLinux, and it's bitten=20
> the DivX encoder too on this processor.
>=20
> DEP =3D Data Execution Prevention, which basically enables the =
flagging=20
> of memory as being non-executable, thereby preventing injected code=20
> from being run if pushed in via a buffer overrun.  Lots of details are

> here at Microsoft's site:
>
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/winxppro/maintain/sp2mempr.
> mspx
>=20
> Something in coLinux isn't playing nice with this, and I end up with a

> STOP error everytime I start up the app.  I tried flagging just the=20
> colinux-daemon.exe to be bypassed with this stuff, but it still=20
> BSOD'd, probably because of something in the linux.sys because it was=20
> not flagged to run without DEP.  I had to disable it for the entire
OS.
> This isn't really desirable from a security perspective long term, but

> short term it really doesn't make my machine less secure than when I=20
> was running service pack 1, because SP1 didn't enable this capability=20
> in the first place.
>=20
> FWIW, on my work machine, a Pentium4 desktop, this doesn't crash. DEP=20
> is enforced by the OS, not relying on the underlying hardware to do=20
> it, since DEP isn't available on this processor, and according to the=20
> above
> link:  By default, software-enforced DEP only protects limited system=20
> binaries, regardless of the hardware-enforced DEP capabilities of the=20
> processor.  I'm curious if the OS considers linux.sys to be part of=20
> the OS or not?
>=20
> I believe the new E64MT Pentium 4 procs have this enabled, so this=20
> problem may or may not appear on that platform.  With more people=20
> moving towards the Athlon64 processors (they are getting cheaper now),

> this problem might affect more coLinux people in the near future.
>=20
> Thanks, hope this helps others!
>=20
> Steve
>=20
>=20
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: col...@li...
>>[mailto:col...@li...] On Behalf Of Steve=20
>>Frank
>>Sent: Saturday, September 11, 2004 3:27 PM
>>To: col...@li...
>>Subject: [coLinux-users] Newbie question: linux.sys causing a BSOD
>>
>>Hi, I'm getting a STOP error (Blue scree o' death) whenever I try to=20
>>start up colinux, with the failure on the linux.sys driver. I'm on XP
>>SP2 (and it works on another SP2 machine fine).  Immediately on=20
>>startup a 0x8e error occurs, so this is a no go.  The system is an=20
>>Athlon64 with a Via KT800Pro chipset, if that matters. Any ideas?
>>
>>=20
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>>Steve
>>
>>=20
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[coLinux-users] error: alias already used

[Samir K. <sam...@gm...>]

I am getting the following error when running colinux-200400910
------------------------------------------------
cobd: loaded (max 32 devi
alias for cobd0 is hda7
alias hda7 already used
alias for cobd1 is hda6
alias hda6 already used
----------------------------------------------

My config file is

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<colinux>
    <block_device index="0" path="\Device\HarddiskVolume4" alias="hda7"  
    enabled="true" />
    <block_device index="1" path="\Device\HarddiskVolume3" alias="hda6"
    enabled="true" />
    <bootparams>root=/dev/cobd0</bootparams>
    <initrd path="initrd.gz" />
    <image path="vmlinux" />
    <memory size="128" />
    <network index=0 type="bridged" name="Wireless">
</colinux>

The system hung at the maintenance screen. I went inside and checked.
it had not created any device for hda7 or hda6. (also checked inside
/dev/hda/. nothing there too). Any idea how to resolve this? I am
using Gentoo with a 2.6 kernel.


Thanks

Samir

[coLinux-users] error: alias already used??

[Samir K. <sam...@gm...>]

I am getting the following error when running colinux-200400910
------------------------------------------------
cobd: loaded (max 32 devi
alias for cobd0 is hda7
alias hda7 already used
alias for cobd1 is hda6
alias hda6 already used
----------------------------------------------

My config file is

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<colinux>
    <block_device index="0" path="\Device\HarddiskVolume4" alias="hda7"  
    enabled="true" />
    <block_device index="1" path="\Device\HarddiskVolume3" alias="hda6"
    enabled="true" />
    <bootparams>root=/dev/cobd0</bootparams>
    <initrd path="initrd.gz" />
    <image path="vmlinux" />
    <memory size="128" />
    <network index=0 type="bridged" name="Wireless">
</colinux>

The system hung at the maintenance screen. I went inside and checked.
it had not created any device for hda7 or hda6. (also checked inside
/dev/hda/. nothing there too). Any idea how to resolve this? I am
using Gentoo with a 2.6 kernel.


Thanks

Samir

[coLinux-users] missing vmlinux-modules.tar.gz

[Samir K. <sam...@gm...>]

Hi 

I just installed  in colinux-20040910. However can't find the
vmlinux-modules.tar.gz file in the coLinux directory. where can I get
this file.

thx
Samir

[coLinux-users] TAP performance issues?

[Conan F. <con...@sh...>]

I've noticed that when the TAP-32 driver that colinux comes with is 
installed, after a couple days of uptime I start to experience terribly 
degraded network performance.  On www.broadbandreports.com/stest , I get 
around 220 kbps down/128 kbps up.  When I uninstall the TAP driver, I 
get around 2000 kbps down/ 512 kbps up.  I'm on a cable modem with a 
theoretical maximum of 10 Mbps down/768 kbps up.  Anyone else 
experienced this issue?  Unfortunately it makes it impossible for me to 
use the networking capabilities of colinux.

I'm on Windows XP, Professional.  I had the problem with SP1, SP1 with 
the Windows XP Advanced Networking pack installed, and with SP2.  Have 
not tested it in any other configurations.  Network card is described as 
a Realtek RTL8139/810X Family PCI Fast Ethernet NIC.  I experience the 
problem regardless of if Colinux is running or not, and regardless of if 
the network is setup using native bridging, or with Internet Connection 
Sharing.

Re: [coLinux-users] Newbie question: linux.sys causing a BSOD

[Nuno L. <lu...@nl...>]

Hi Steve,

Just to let you know you have been noticed and I forwarded your mail to
the developers list.

This was more or less expected and I'm sorry I didn't catch the
SP2/Amd64 magic combination on your first mail, at least to speed the
reason finding, if not the short term solution.

What I wasn't expecting was the BSoD. That is a serious problem indeed.

Dan Aloni, the one who understands all the code (because he wrote it ;),
is in Japan right now, doing some lecturers for CoLinux, but I'm sure he
will make everything possible to solve your case. The only problem would
be for him to get the time to do it.

It would be great if you could offer for testing a possible fix, as not 
everyone has an adequate machine for that :)

Best Regards,
~Nuno Lucas


Steve Frank, dando pulos de alegria, escreveu :
> Okay, I figured this out and I'll post it here so if others see this
> happen.
> 
> The problem is due to the combination of Windows XP SP2 with DEP enabled
> on an Athlon64 processor.  After trying combination after combination
> and seeing a ton of blue screens, I was able to get coLinux to operate
> by changing the /NoExecute to be AlwaysOff in my boot.ini.
> 
> I consider this a little bit of a bug with coLinux, and it's bitten the
> DivX encoder too on this processor.  
> 
> DEP = Data Execution Prevention, which basically enables the flagging of
> memory as being non-executable, thereby preventing injected code from
> being run if pushed in via a buffer overrun.  Lots of details are here
> at Microsoft's site:
> http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/winxppro/maintain/sp2mempr.
> mspx
> 
> Something in coLinux isn't playing nice with this, and I end up with a
> STOP error everytime I start up the app.  I tried flagging just the
> colinux-daemon.exe to be bypassed with this stuff, but it still BSOD'd,
> probably because of something in the linux.sys because it was not
> flagged to run without DEP.  I had to disable it for the entire OS.
> This isn't really desirable from a security perspective long term, but
> short term it really doesn't make my machine less secure than when I was
> running service pack 1, because SP1 didn't enable this capability in the
> first place.
> 
> FWIW, on my work machine, a Pentium4 desktop, this doesn't crash. DEP is
> enforced by the OS, not relying on the underlying hardware to do it,
> since DEP isn't available on this processor, and according to the above
> link:  By default, software-enforced DEP only protects limited system
> binaries, regardless of the hardware-enforced DEP capabilities of the
> processor.  I'm curious if the OS considers linux.sys to be part of the
> OS or not? 
> 
> I believe the new E64MT Pentium 4 procs have this enabled, so this
> problem may or may not appear on that platform.  With more people moving
> towards the Athlon64 processors (they are getting cheaper now), this
> problem might affect more coLinux people in the near future.
> 
> Thanks, hope this helps others!
> 
> Steve 
> 
> 
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: col...@li... 
>>[mailto:col...@li...] On Behalf 
>>Of Steve Frank
>>Sent: Saturday, September 11, 2004 3:27 PM
>>To: col...@li...
>>Subject: [coLinux-users] Newbie question: linux.sys causing a BSOD
>>
>>Hi, I'm getting a STOP error (Blue scree o' death) whenever I 
>>try to start up colinux, with the failure on the linux.sys 
>>driver. I'm on XP
>>SP2 (and it works on another SP2 machine fine).  Immediately 
>>on startup a 0x8e error occurs, so this is a no go.  The 
>>system is an Athlon64 with a Via KT800Pro chipset, if that 
>>matters. Any ideas?
>>
>> 
>>
>>Steve
>>
>> 
>>
>>
>>
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[coLinux-users] A question and a tool

[Hugo C. <hu...@hu...>]

Hi, i've been using colinux with vnc, with a kde environment. I decided t=
o test enlightenment after reading an article about it, and now i can't f=
ind a way to revert to kde and its WM. 

When i first run enlightenment (straight from kde konsole, to see what ha=
ppens) it prompted me if i wanted it to edit some config files to make en=
lightenment used by default. I allowed it, but i was never informed what =
files it was that it edited. Now i cant seem to revert the change and i w=
ould appreciate it if someone more knowledgeable with linux could help me=
 out. I am posting here because of the special nature of colinux, and how=
 we don't want the normal X server to start, which might crash the system=
 if i remember well.

I googled around for info and found a file in my home dir, called .xsessi=
on, with the following content:

# Enlightenment inserted Execution string here
exec /usr/bin/enlightenment

I tried deleting it, hoping to get an error so i could insert startkde or=
 something, but it still runs enlightenment.


On a lighter note, i've found a very useful tool for use with colinux. It=
's called Explore2fs and you can download it here:

http://uranus.it.swin.edu.au/~jn/linux/

It allows you to open the colinux filesystem image file in windows and br=
owse it and edit files. Very useful if you get yourself a unbootable syst=
em or just want to mess around with it in windows. I don't think it's adv=
isable to use this tool on a running colinux filesystem.

Thanks in advance for the help,

Hugo

RE: [coLinux-users] Newbie question: linux.sys causing a BSOD

[Steve F. <ste...@be...>]

Okay, I figured this out and I'll post it here so if others see this
happen.

The problem is due to the combination of Windows XP SP2 with DEP enabled
on an Athlon64 processor.  After trying combination after combination
and seeing a ton of blue screens, I was able to get coLinux to operate
by changing the /NoExecute to be AlwaysOff in my boot.ini.

I consider this a little bit of a bug with coLinux, and it's bitten the
DivX encoder too on this processor. =20

DEP =3D Data Execution Prevention, which basically enables the flagging =
of
memory as being non-executable, thereby preventing injected code from
being run if pushed in via a buffer overrun.  Lots of details are here
at Microsoft's site:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/winxppro/maintain/sp2mempr.
mspx

Something in coLinux isn't playing nice with this, and I end up with a
STOP error everytime I start up the app.  I tried flagging just the
colinux-daemon.exe to be bypassed with this stuff, but it still BSOD'd,
probably because of something in the linux.sys because it was not
flagged to run without DEP.  I had to disable it for the entire OS.
This isn't really desirable from a security perspective long term, but
short term it really doesn't make my machine less secure than when I was
running service pack 1, because SP1 didn't enable this capability in the
first place.

FWIW, on my work machine, a Pentium4 desktop, this doesn't crash. DEP is
enforced by the OS, not relying on the underlying hardware to do it,
since DEP isn't available on this processor, and according to the above
link:  By default, software-enforced DEP only protects limited system
binaries, regardless of the hardware-enforced DEP capabilities of the
processor.  I'm curious if the OS considers linux.sys to be part of the
OS or not?=20

I believe the new E64MT Pentium 4 procs have this enabled, so this
problem may or may not appear on that platform.  With more people moving
towards the Athlon64 processors (they are getting cheaper now), this
problem might affect more coLinux people in the near future.

Thanks, hope this helps others!

Steve=20

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[coLinux-users] Upgrade to 0.6.2 pre 1 - network problem SOLVED

[John F. <J.P...@as...>]

My apologies. The problem was that the Internet Connection 
sharing was not set up correctly as a result of the change of Local 
Area Connection.

I hope this helps someone else.

John
------- Forwarded message follows -------
From:           	John Fletcher <J.P...@as...>
To:             	col...@li...
Subject:        	Upgrade to 0.6.2 pre 1 - network problem
Date sent:      	Wed, 15 Sep 2004 13:33:14 +0100

Upgrading to 0.6.2. pre 1 on Windows 2000 with Fedora 1 image.

I have uninstalled 0.6.1 and installed snapshot 20040910 in its 
place. I first made sure I had removed both the service and the 
driver of the old version.

The install went fine and the new colinux worked first time with the
same configure file to my Fedora 1 image.

First problem.  VNC could not locate it. This is because the new
installation had created a new Local Area Connection 3 alongside 
the
old one which had not been removed in the uninstall process.

I set up the new connection with correct IP number and VNC now 
works.  

Second problem.  I cannot connect from colinux to the outside 
world e.g. yum list updates hangs. This is because it cannot see the
outside world (ping fails). It could before.

Also, I cannot delete the old Local Area Connection 2.

What has changed?

Thanks

John



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[coLinux-users] Upgrade to 0.6.2 pre 1 - network problem

[John F. <J.P...@as...>]

Upgrading to 0.6.2. pre 1 on Windows 2000 with Fedora 1 image.

I have uninstalled 0.6.1 and installed snapshot 20040910 in its 
place. I first made sure I had removed both the service and the 
driver of the old version.

The install went fine and the new colinux worked first time with the 
same configure file to my Fedora 1 image.

First problem.  VNC could not locate it. This is because the new 
installation had created a new Local Area Connection 3 alongside 
the old one which had not been removed in the uninstall process.

I set up the new connection with correct IP number and VNC now 
works.  

Second problem.  I cannot connect from colinux to the outside 
world e.g. yum list updates hangs. This is because it cannot see the 
outside world (ping fails). It could before.

Also, I cannot delete the old Local Area Connection 2.

What has changed?

Thanks

John


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Dr John P. Fletcher          Tel: (44) 121 359 3611 ext 4625
Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry (CEAC),
School of Engineering and Applied Science (SEAS),
Aston University,            Fax: (44) 121 359 4094
Aston Triangle,              Email: J.P...@as...
BIRMINGHAM B4 7ET  U.K.      CEAC Web site 
http://www.ceac.aston.ac.uk/

Re: [coLinux-users] Snapshot 20040910 alongside 0.6.1 ?

[Nuno L. <lu...@nl...>]

John Fletcher, dando pulos de alegria, escreveu :
> Hello
> 
> First of all, thank you for coLinux.
> 
> I am using coLinux 0.6.1 release with Fedora Core 1 on two 
> machines, one with Windows 2000 and one with Windows XP.  I 
> am using Tap, and Windows XP bridging on the XP machine.
> 
> I would like to try out the new 20040910 snapshot.  Is it possible to 
> install it alongside the present packages.  
> 
> My guess is that if I execute the 20040910 executable it will try to 
> install e.g. Tap software on top of the present installation so I have 
> not done that yet.
> 
> I have enough disk space to make two completely parallel 2 Gbyte 
> installations.

I would suggest you to simply change to the last snapshot. It fixes
several bugs in 0.6.1 (some more serious than others).

You can use the same image with no problems (except the normal ones of
changing from a 2.4 to 2.6 kernel).

The biggest change you'll encounter would be that now the
colinux-daemon.exe needs to have the config file as argument (with "-c
config.xml") and the network adapter is found with a different logic,
but nothing to worry about.

You may also found that the initrd.gz doesn't work for you (it's a know
bug that should be fixed soon), so you will need to compile your modules
or get them here:
http://xpto.ath.cx/colinux/snapshots/modules-2.6.8.1-co-0.6.2-pre1.tar.gz

Regards,
~Nuno Lucas

Re: [coLinux-users] snapshot 20040910 (0.6.2-pre1)

[Nuno L. <lu...@nl...>]

Nuno Lucas, dando pulos de alegria, escreveu :
> I have a private build in a zip file. You can get it here:
> http://xpto.ath.cx/colinux/snapshots/colinux-0.6.2-pre1.zip

Only today I realized that my build didn't included initrd.gz.
If you are still interested, I have put the initrd.gz file there now:
* http://xpto.ath.cx/colinux/snapshots/initrd.gz

Sorry about that.

Regards,
~Nuno Lucas

Re: [coLinux-users] coLinux-20040910.exe errors

[Nuno L. <lu...@nl...>]

Eric S. Johansson, dando pulos de alegria, escreveu :
> Nuno Lucas wrote:
[...]
>> This can be two things:

errata: where it reads "two", replace with "three" ;)

>> 1) and 3) are obvious and 2) can be triggered if  another program opened
>> the file in exclusive mode (thus denying access to colinux).
>>
>> A reason for this error can be an anti-virus.
> 
> no antivirus here, it tends to interfere with speech recognition 
> accuracy.  So the question then becomes is it a file missing or access 
> control?  Is there any indication of which file it is looking at?

There are only 3 files involved: the xml config file, initrd.gz (if 
configured to use it) and the the kernel image (vmlinux or other).

The cobd images are loaded later, after the kernel starts booting, so 
there should be a lot of other informative messages (line network driver 
init, etc.)

Another possible cause for the error could be you using an editor that 
opens the config file in exclusive mode. That is just speculation, off 
course.

What I find strange is that it shows only those messages.
It should display more output about what it was doing in the meantime.

Regards,
~Nuno Lucas

Re: [coLinux-users] An article about Aloni's lecture.

[tei <42...@in...>]

Digital Infra, Inc. wrote:
> Hello.
> 
> See this url with a machine traslation software.
> http://itpro.nikkeibp.co.jp/free/ITPro/NEWS/20040914/149921/
> 
> Lucas:
> As far as I know, Aloni did not mentioned about coFB stuff in the lectures.
> but the article says,
> "Currently, coLinux has a big overhead about displaying, becuase it uses Cygwin/X.
>  They (who?) said that it soon is going to have a shared memory between Windows
>  and display a FB on the mem with Direct/X.".

So.. journalism is bad and unaccurate outside Spain, too :D

cool?