Linux-Misc Digest #698, Volume #23 Mon, 28 Feb 00 08:13:02 EST
Contents:
LBAsect drive errors (Dick Hoogendijk)
Re: how to change default shell(bash) to csh (Thomas Zajic)
Re: tasks on shutdown (Thierry BUCCO)
Re: Finally Crashed Linux Today (Dances With Crows)
Re: How can linux display the long filename in DOS and CDROM? (Dances With Crows)
linux freezing up ("Yasuaki Kudo")
Re: Here's why linux programs are so insecure !
Pine Config (Francisco De La Cruz)
Re: Where are printer drivers located? (Robert Heller)
Re: How to control this very powerful and simple attack? (Dances With Crows)
unerase directory ("Alexander N. Ruzhov")
creating a large DMA-able buffer. (Jan-Willem Stroeken)
Re: Max logical drives supported (Dances With Crows)
Re: 3Com Gaming modem getting (Dave Brown)
Re: Kernel Panic: VFS Problems ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Startup Programs (Dances With Crows)
Re: Boot up graphics & screen corruption ("Tim Haynes")
Re: Tyan 1854S motherboard..is it good (Michael Hofmann)
Re: LINUX GAME: Circus Linux! initial release (v 0.0.0) (Neil King)
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From: Dick Hoogendijk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: LBAsect drive errors
Date: 28 Feb 2000 10:24:11 GMT
Reply-To: Dick Hoogendijk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Who can help me with the following problem? Is it severe? Where can I
find the cause? Can something be done about it?
Yesterday I found the following text in my messages file:
hda: dma_intr: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
hda: dma_intr: error=0x40 { UncorrectableError }, LBAsect=727380, sector=727317
end_request: I/O error, dev 03:01 (hda), sector 727317
hda: dma_intr: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
hda: dma_intr: error=0x40 { UncorrectableError }, LBAsect=727380, sector=727317
end_request: I/O error, dev 03:01 (hda), sector 727317
Directory sread (sector 0xb1915) failed
hda: dma_intr: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
hda: dma_intr: error=0x40 { UncorrectableError }, LBAsect=727380, sector=727317
end_request: I/O error, dev 03:01 (hda), sector 727317
Directory sread (sector 0xb1915) failed
hda: dma_intr: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
hda: dma_intr: error=0x40 { UncorrectableError }, LBAsect=727380, sector=727317
end_request: I/O error, dev 03:01 (hda), sector 727317
Directory sread (sector 0xb1915) failed
hda: dma_intr: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
hda: dma_intr: error=0x40 { UncorrectableError }, LBAsect=727380, sector=727317
end_request: I/O error, dev 03:01 (hda), sector 727317
Directory sread (sector 0xb1915) failed
hda: dma_intr: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
hda: dma_intr: error=0x40 { UncorrectableError }, LBAsect=727380, sector=727317
end_request: I/O error, dev 03:01 (hda), sector 727317
Directory sread (sector 0xb1915) failed
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" In Linux We Trust "
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Thomas Zajic)
Subject: Re: how to change default shell(bash) to csh
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Thomas Zajic)
Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2000 10:27:07 GMT
On Mon, 28 Feb 2000 03:30:06 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> i have a problem,pls help.i am doing a project on Unix that is running on
> csh.when i tend to get the program to work in my linux(red hat 6.1),i
> discover that the script does not work.linux is running on bash.so how do
> i change the sytsem default shell to csh when i login.thank you.
> michael
'man chsh'
HTH,
Thomas
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From: Thierry BUCCO <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: tasks on shutdown
Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2000 03:08:41 -0800
Hi,
Edit the /etc/rc.d/init.d/halt file to peform some command (be carreful of
your script is executed before you disk is removaled, and
/etc/rc.d/rc.sysinit after boopup.
Hope this helps.
Thierry - FRANCE
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dances With Crows)
Subject: Re: Finally Crashed Linux Today
Date: 28 Feb 2000 06:12:21 EST
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Mon, 28 Feb 2000 09:43:48 +0000, Neil
<<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> shouted forth into the ether:
>>
>>Compiling in the "Magic Sys Rq" option to the kernel might help. Then
>>memorize the keys.
>
>which are ???
/usr/src/linux/Documentation/sysrq.txt
Alt-SysRq-k : kill all processes on current VT
Alt-SysRq-s : sync disks
Alt-SysRq-b : soft-boot machine immediately
Alt-SysRq-u : mount all filesystems read-only
Alt-SysRq-r : try to get keyboard out of "Raw mode"
There are more, but those are the most useful. If everything locks
totally, "S"ync two or thre times, "U"mount, and re"B"oot....
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Matt G / Dances With Crows \ In the MS-DOStrix,
There is no Darkness in Eternity \----\ there is no fork().
But only Light too dim for us to see \
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dances With Crows)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: How can linux display the long filename in DOS and CDROM?
Date: 28 Feb 2000 06:18:21 EST
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On 23 Feb 2000 07:25:57 GMT, Francis Lam the Bert in Sesam
<<890225$ist$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> shouted forth into the ether:
>
>I've installed linux for some time but I don't know how to make linux
>display the long filenames in DOS and CDRom. Should I begin with changing
>sth in the /etc/fstab file?
yes, at least for the DOS part...
/dev/hda1 /mnt/win vfat noauto,user 0 0
The CD-ROM part is a bit different. Many CD-ROMs are made using the
Joliet extensions to the ISO9660 standard, which allow long filenames for
DOS/Win in Unicode. Your CD-ROM driver has to have support for Joliet
extensions compiled in; this probably means a kernel recompile. Make sure
to enable ROck Ridge extensions while you're at it; these provide similar
functionality and are found on Linux distro CDs. HTH,
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Matt G / Dances With Crows \ In the MS-DOStrix,
There is no Darkness in Eternity \----\ there is no fork().
But only Light too dim for us to see \
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From: "Yasuaki Kudo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: linux freezing up
Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2000 20:26:43 +0900
I was playing a game for linux and the machine suddenly froze up (as far as
I could see, even the keyboard LEDs were all dead). Now with NT, this is a
rarity and it usually suggests wrong driver or faulty hardware.
I wonder if the same applies to Linux. How often should I assume Linux to
die? Especially when you are playing games.
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From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Here's why linux programs are so insecure !
Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2000 11:30:04 GMT
Neil Sluman wrote:
>
>
> D. Butler <nospam*[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> > news:895ika$rm6$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> >> Hackers will exploit the bugs to the bone until someone reposts them
!!!
> >>
> >> http://www.securiteam.com/exploits/archive.html
>
> > Just out of curiousity, did you happen to notice that a good chunk of
those
> > were Microsoft security issues? I guess I must have missed the point
here.
>
> Yeah. Odd isn't it. For some reason, when people find a hole in MS
> security, they exploit it. When they find a hole in Linux security they
> fix it. I wonder why.
>
> --
> Sq. Neil
Probably because when a Linux security issue is discovered, people who are
into programming fix the problem in the freely distributed source code.
Hurray for the GNU License.
Dan.
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From: Francisco De La Cruz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Pine Config
Date: Sun, 27 Feb 2000 04:19:26 -0500
Does anybody know how to setup in a stand alone sys to say my email
address in the "From" space instead of the usual localhost.locadomail
bit?
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From: Robert Heller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Where are printer drivers located?
Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2000 11:55:30 GMT
ndg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
In a message on Mon, 28 Feb 2000 04:50:54 GMT, wrote :
n> To refrase:
n> What directory are my printer drivers located on my linux box?
Linux does not use 'printer drivers', at least not in the same sense as
MS-Windows. Instead, linux uses Ghostscript as a print *filter*. So,
the 'printer drivers' all live inside of Ghostscript itself.
You need to set up the proper print filter logic with Ghostscript.
With RedHat, this is fairly painless. Just fire up the print tool:
'/usr/bin/printtool', select Add, local printer, and then Select an
input filter for your printer. You might want to look at
/usr/lib/rhs/rhs-printfilters/printerdb -- this is the database of
known print filters. There are comments in this file that describe
compatibility issues for different model printers.
n>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dances With Crows)
Subject: Re: How to control this very powerful and simple attack?
Date: 28 Feb 2000 06:57:08 EST
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Mon, 28 Feb 2000 08:42:35 GMT, Julio C. Gutierrez
<<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> shouted forth into the ether:
>> You should have tried this ...
>> ^Z
>> kill -1 %1
>> ... and yes, I did.
>Yeah, this could work if you were the one launching the whole thing and
>realised that it would not be good to push your linux box so hard... but
>what if anyone else does it? What if suddenly several users start
>complaining because they cannot get their mail, or web pages? And then
>you log into the linux box and see that it is trying to handle a load of
>150 and up... That is what most scares me.
This is what the admins are for:
"Some @#$%ing luser set off a fork bomb!"
"Idiot. [clickety-click] su luser ; kill -SIGTERM -1"
Depending on how BOFHish the admin was feeling, "rm -rf ~luser" might
follow, and at the very least, said fork-bomber would get a strongly
worded E-mail about the proper use of the system.
--
Matt G / Dances With Crows \ In the MS-DOStrix,
There is no Darkness in Eternity \----\ there is no fork().
But only Light too dim for us to see \
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From: "Alexander N. Ruzhov" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: unerase directory
Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2000 14:01:07 +0300
Hi, anybody!
Who known - how unerase directory( Linux 5.9; ext2 ) with it contents?
please help :-)
Alexander N.Ruzhov
e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Jan-Willem Stroeken <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.development,fa.linux.kernel
Subject: creating a large DMA-able buffer.
Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2000 13:10:22 +0100
I am writing a driver for a communicationdevice which transports large
amounts of data.
The device communicates with user-space through a shared-mem buffer
How can I assign a buffer that is suitable for DMA. (size approx. 17
megs) and how do I share it ??
kind regards,
Jan-Willem Stroeken
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dances With Crows)
Subject: Re: Max logical drives supported
Date: 28 Feb 2000 07:22:28 EST
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Mon, 28 Feb 2000 06:30:12 GMT, Achuthan <<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>>
shouted forth into the ether:
>I would like to know the maximum logical drives supported by Redhat Linux
>Kernel 2.2. NT supports a max of 32 Logical drives. Does Linux have such
>limitation?
WTF is a "logical drive" as WinXX defines it?... any partition on a local
disk, a remote disk mounted via SMB, a logical partition on a local disk?
I've seen the term used mainly to refer to the last case, but those others
might fit as well.
Anyway, there is a limit in Linux; an IDE drive can only have 63
partitions on it (3 primary, 1 extended, 59 logical) and a SCSI drive can
only have 15 partitions. The number of partitions/filesystems you can
mount is limited as well, but the limit's well over 32 and ultimately
dependent on how much memory you have in the machine IIRC.
Not so sure about the autoloader on the tape drive.
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Matt G / Dances With Crows \ In the MS-DOStrix,
There is no Darkness in Eternity \----\ there is no fork().
But only Light too dim for us to see \
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From: Dave Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: 3Com Gaming modem getting
Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2000 12:30:06 GMT
Never mind...i got it working...i'm on linux now....It works great!
Dave Brown wrote:
>
> I have a friend with the 3Com gaming modem...And it works, so i know its
> compatable...I tryed installing my old modem on every ttyS....and
> dev/modem....how would i un-install my old modem from the ttyS's? So I
can
> install my new 3Com gaming modem? This is what i'm typing to install it
in
> the first place...."setserial /dev/ttyS1 uart 16550A port 0x10a0 irq
> 3"....and than it gives me the error message "cannot setserial, adress
> already in use"...And i've tryed installing it under every ttyS...And it
> gives me that same error message...So thats why i think my old modem is
> still installed for some reason...How can i clear the ttyS's?
>
> Its on com 5 in winblows...irq 3....i think
>
> -dave brown ([EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED])
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: linux.dev.kernel,comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: Kernel Panic: VFS Problems
Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2000 12:28:52 GMT
On Fri, 25 Feb 2000 20:50:50 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>Hey all:
>
>I just compiled dev kernel 2.3.47. I used this process.
>make menuconfig
>make dep
>make bzImage
>and
>make bzdisk
if you are using any kernel features as modules you should also do a
make modules modules_install
before you make that lilo stuff.
Matthias Path
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dances With Crows)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.x
Subject: Re: Startup Programs
Date: 28 Feb 2000 07:31:47 EST
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Mon, 28 Feb 2000 21:04:58 +1100, Roddy <<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>>
shouted forth into the ether:
>
>I'm already running x (inittab runlevel 5) but i'd like to be able to control
>programs to start automatically after x. e.g i'd like to have an xterm start
>automatically upon login.
Edit ~/.xinitrc ... or if you're running KDE or GNOME, there's an
"Autostart" directory in ~/Desktop where you can put a shell script that
will get started automatically upon the start of KDE or GNOME. HTH,
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Matt G / Dances With Crows \ In the MS-DOStrix,
There is no Darkness in Eternity \----\ there is no fork().
But only Light too dim for us to see \
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From: "Tim Haynes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: uk.comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: Boot up graphics & screen corruption
Date: 28 Feb 2000 11:11:30 +0000
Reply-To: "Tim Haynes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Phillip Deackes) writes:
> In article <89brda$t12$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, James Hollingshead wrote:
>
> >Well it is a bit of a hack, but I suppose you could just put
> >"chvt 2 ; chvt 1" in a script, and then link it into /etc/rc0.d and
> >/etc/rc6.d as something like K02cleanup so that it gets called immediately
> >that kde exits.
> >
> >I imagine it may be a kernel issue with the framebuffer drivers which
> >isn't very easily solved properly though.
>
> I have since found that a simple 'clear' command will clear the terminal
> of video corruption. Any ideas how to issue 'clear' after exiting KDM/X?
Oh, in that case, can't you stick 'clear' on the end of
/usr/X11R6/bin/startx ? :)
~Tim
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From: Michael Hofmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Tyan 1854S motherboard..is it good
Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2000 13:35:22 +0100
Ray wrote:
>
> On Fri, 25 Feb 2000 07:27:30 +0100, Michael Hofmann wrote:
> >Chetan Ahuja wrote:
> >> I would welcome any suggestions/advice etc on this topic. Is the
> >> Tyan board OK. If not.. why. Any personal experiences. Any other
> >> recommended boards satisfying the above criteria...
> >
> >Just a thought.... I don't know this particular board but, if it's ATX
> >_and_ has an Award BIOS, stay away from it. The Award BIOS is broken and
> >doesn't poweroff at shutdown. TYAN also doesn't answer my emails
> >regarding this issue. I'm using the S1590S board. No more TYAN for me.
>
> Well, FWIW Award BIOS is the most popular out there and many Award based
> systems do in fact poweroff just fine.
True, but IIRC BIOS companies like Award (which has been bought by
Phoenix btw) deliver something like a standardized BIOS that has to be
adapted to a specific hardware on a motherboard. So it's TYAN's duty to
make sure the powerdown cycle is implemented properly. On the S1590S
this is not the case. The specs call for real mode before powerdown.
TYAN's BIOS doesn't do this, that's why there is a real mode patch for
Linux. Other MoBo manufacturers have provided updated BIOS's to correct
this problem.
TYAN doesn't care about this, they don't care to answer emails regarding
this issue, hence I don't care to buy TYAN products in the future.
I prefer Linux-aware and customer-oriented companies.
Michael
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From: Neil King <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
rec.games.video.atari,rec.games.video.classic,alt.games.video.classic,alt.os.linux
Subject: Re: LINUX GAME: Circus Linux! initial release (v 0.0.0)
Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2000 12:15:52 +0000
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> And verily, didst Rodrigo Andrade hastily scribble thusly:
> >>If these are the types of games I would play if I installed Linux... no
> >>thank you. I'll stick with windoze and play Half Life
>
> > Chill out, Linux will be dead after Windows 2000 and its consumer-oriented
> > counterpart start flying off the shelves. Remember OS/2?
>
> Yeh, right. I really see home users forking out hundreds on buying win2000
> when linux is available for free...
>
Quite true.
Many local councils in the UK are switching their networks over to Linux because
of its robustness, price and the fact that its origins have been around for
decades. This means that there are many more people who can offer support, and
there is less chance of finding bugs and security holes. I am not saying that
these organisations will be using it to play games, but the more businesses that
use Linux means the more employees will want it at home, meaning more demand for
software companies to release Linux versions of their software.
Besides, if you just want to play games buy a Playstation at a sixth of the
price of a PC.
--
Neil King
"I dont need a quote at the bottom of my emails" - Neil King.
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