[Cooker] mandrake 9.1 and dhcpcd / dhclient problem
I've read about the problem with apic and noapic and eth0:9 and 169.254.x.y and all that jazz. But there is no answer. And I'm stuck here waiting for an answer. I still can't get Mandrake 9.1 to grab an IP from my cable modem's DHCPD server. Help? -Ed. __ Do you Yahoo!? SBC Yahoo! DSL - Now only $29.95 per month! http://sbc.yahoo.com
[Cooker] cooker
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[Cooker] linuxABI
Is linuxABI planned for inclusion and testing anytime soon? Edward J Cooley - President Strategic Concepts, Inc. 479-271-7400 - Fax: 271-7401 [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.strategy5.com
Re: [Cooker] Ide Zip and 8.2 final
I had same problem. Changed my /etc/fstab from hdd to sda that seemed to fix it. On Tue, 2002-03-19 at 22:06, Charles A Edwards wrote: > I thought all problems with ide zip drives had long been fixed. > > With a clean install of 8.2F during installation hdc=ide scsi append is auto >generated. > > Post install checking /etc/fstab shows /mnt/zip /dev/hdc4 entry but No entry for >sda4. > Manually creating an entry for /mnt/zip1 /dev/sda4 allows the drive to be accessed >and used. > > What happened? > > > Charles > -- Ed Redman Commissioner Forest Lakes Dartmouth Region Scouts Canada Phone 827-4619 email [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [Cooker] RPM Segfaulting
21-7-2001 21:07:28, "dam's" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Joe Menola) writes: > >> What is the very latest? >> >rpm-4.0.3-0.16mdk.i586.rpm > >-- >dam's > >hello all cant config me usb mouse the hard weare is found bath the soft woint >work
Re: [Cooker] samba and xinetd
On Friday 13 April 2001 10:19, R.I.P. Deaddog wrote: > On Fri, 13 Apr 2001, Ed Wilts wrote: > > The Samba uninstall utility appears to be dependent on inetd, not xinetd, > > and does not function properly with just xinetd installed. By looking at > > the code, I think it will leave around swat in /etc/services. I haven't > > tested this, since I can't afford to uninstall samba on this system. > > [snip] > > > perl -ni -e 'print unless (/^swat\W+/ || /^#swat\W+/)' > > /etc/inetd.conf perl -ni -e 'print unless /^swat\W+/' /etc/services > > service xinetd reload &>/dev/null || : > > No, it will work, just a little ugly. since inetd is no more now, > modifying /etc/inetd.conf is harmless. Besides, leaving some extra entries > in /etc/services isn't harmful at all too. Since /etc/xinetd.d/swat is > removed, xinetd will reload without swat entry and everything is fine. Actually, no. The very first line that you cut checked for the existence of inetd.conf. If it doesn't exist, nothing hapens, so swat remains in /etc/services, and xinetd will not be reloaded. -- Ed Wilts, Mounds View, MN, USA mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [Cooker] MailMan won't work...
On Saturday 14 April 2001 05:46, Claudio wrote: > Hi all, > I friend of mine is trying MailMan from contribs, but he got 2 problems > with it on LM-8.0: > 1. > He found that it won't work with latest Apache because it is 233 and not 99 > as in previous release. He repacked Mailman and send me the new RPM, so I > could send it to developer if they need it... Yup, I ran into that one a long time ago. The easiest thing to do is to grab the mailman source and start from there - it's a trivial install from source. > 2. > Even with that new RPM, MailMan won't work. That's what he found in his > /var/log/messages: > Apr 13 18:19:28 www kernel: Security: denied hard link to 0.511 for UID > 48, EUID 48, process python:4293 > Any hint about it? You're probably running a security-enhanced kernel that restricts hardlinks in tmp directories. Read README.LINUX which should be locoated in /usr/share/doc/mailman-2.0.2/README.LINUX .../Ed (still running mailman on Mandrake 7.2) -- Ed Wilts, Mounds View, MN, USA mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
[Cooker] samba and xinetd
The Samba uninstall utility appears to be dependent on inetd, not xinetd, and
does not function properly with just xinetd installed. By looking at the
code, I think it will leave around swat in /etc/services. I haven't tested
this, since I can't afford to uninstall samba on this system.
[ewilts@linux1 ewilts]$ rpm -q samba
samba-2.0.7-25mdk
[ewilts@linux1 ewilts]$ rpm -q samba --queryformat 'name:
%{NAME}\n%{POSTUN}\n\n'
name: samba
if [ $1 = 0 -a -f /etc/inetd.conf ] ; then
# Remove swat entries from /etc/inetd.conf and /etc/services
#tmpfile="`/bin/mktemp /etc/tmp.XX`"
#sed -e '/^[:space:]*swat.*$/d' /etc/inetd.conf > $tmpfile
#cp $tmpfile /etc/inetd.conf
#sed -e '/^[:space:]*swat.*$/d' /etc/services > $tmpfile
#cp $tmpfile /etc/services
#rm -f $tmpfile
perl -ni -e 'print unless (/^swat\W+/ || /^#swat\W+/)' /etc/inetd.conf
perl -ni -e 'print unless /^swat\W+/' /etc/services
service xinetd reload &>/dev/null || :
fi
if [ "$1" = "0" -a -x /usr/bin/update-menus ]; then /usr/bin/update-menus ||
true ; fi
--
Ed Wilts, Mounds View, MN, USA
mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [Cooker] Matrox G450 driver opensource'd
On Tuesday 10 April 2001 12:18, Vadim Plessky wrote: > On Tuesday 10 April 2001 12:25, Mike Perry wrote: > | Damm things still crippled! > | > | from their (Matrox) own readme.txt: > | > | This driver is based on the open source development being done within > | the XFree86 Project. The driver remains unmodified, with the exception of > | the HAL module, which is a closed source library used to enable features > | such as DualHead, TV out, and support for digital flat panel monitors. > > I am afraid this is some kind of misunderstanding. > Matrox binary driver was always based on XFree86 driver. > The only difference of Matrox binary from XFree86 was this HAL (Hardware > Abstraction Layer) module. > I don't see what was changed with this announcement. >From my own personal experiences, there are more changes than what Matrox is claiming. I have documented display problems with the XFree86 driver, yet if I copy over the mga_drv.o from Matrox's site, the display is correct. So far, the problems have been limited to anti-aliased font display, but it's pretty darn obvious (screen shots available). The XFree86 driver has gotten better, and at least it's now usable without anti-aliased fonts, but with AA turned on, your only option is to download and use the binary driver from Matrox. :-( -- Ed Wilts, Mounds View, MN, USA mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
[Cooker] Re: [Frozen-CHRPM] urw-fonts-2.0-2mdk
Another 3 days pass and sunsite.uio.no still doesn't have this package. How
many other packages does your primary mirror not have?
If not the Cooker list, where should I post problems with sunsite? I could
e-mail sunsite directly, but I suspect the problem is that the file simply
hasn't gotten to them in the first place since many other files have been
updated since.
.../Ed
On Thursday 05 April 2001 21:31, you wrote:
> On Thursday 05 April 2001 21:13, you wrote:
> > On Thursday 05 April 2001 08:15, you wrote:
> > > --=-=-=
> > > Name: urw-fontsRelocations: (not
> > > relocateable) Version : 2.0 Vendor:
> > > MandrakeSoft Release : 2mdk Build Date:
> > > Thu Apr 5 15:03:12
> >
> > I've seen 2 postings for the new urw-fonts now, but neither one has shown
> > up on sunet.uio.no. The first changelog entry I received was about 36
>
> I meant sunsite.uio.no of course, no sunet...
>
> > hours ago, and sunet has received a lot of updates that were supposed to
> > be posted after that, the latest being xmms-skins-1.0.0-8mdk.noarch.rpm.
--
Ed Wilts, Mounds View, MN, USA
mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
[Cooker] cleanup of urpmi headers
What tool should I be using to clean up /var/cache/urpmi/headers/? This currently contains data for many old packages that are no longer installed - the were removed via rpm -e or rpm -F. For example, I've got nearly 30 kernel header files and each one is about 68-69K. I tried a removemedia and that did not clean up the files. Should not removemedia or updatemedia clean the old stuff up? Thanks, ..../Ed -- Ed Wilts, Mounds View, MN, USA mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [Cooker] Reasons FOR Mandrake...
On Saturday 07 April 2001 16:08, you wrote: > I think you should check out previous threads about this experimental > gcc/glibc issue. Now they are stable enough to be used. Just because it's stable does not mean it's not experimental. The two don't conflict. gcc can be both stable and experimental. It's a GNU product, and GNU says it's experimental. I've seen many cases in my computing career where the experimental version of the software was more stable than the production version or fixed significant security holes. That doesn't make them any less experimental. - Ed Wilts, Mounds View, MN, USA mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [Cooker] Reasons FOR Mandrake...
On Friday 06 April 2001 15:56, Alan Olsen wrote: > Another reason to use Mandrake is that programs actually compile under it. > (I have been more than a bit frustrated with the odd collection of things > that will not compile correctly on Redhat 7.0.) > > Mandrake does not tend to use experimental versions of GCC or GLIBC. But that's the plan for Mandrake 8.0 - gcc 2.9x *is* an experiemental version of gcc. A darn good compiler, but experimental nonetheless. -- Ed Wilts, Mounds View, MN, USA mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [Cooker] VMware under linux
On Saturday 07 April 2001 09:45, Jason Straight wrote: > Of course I didn't - where the heck did you find this? :) Fire up knode and point yourself at the vmware newsgroups at news.vmware.com. That's where the support is mostly taking place. > It always worked with 2.4.x without a problem. The change happened at the 2.4.2 release. Applying the patch by itself isn't enough, though, as I pointed out in my earlier post. > Well, I'll give this a try. > > On Friday 06 April 2001 23:29, you wrote: > > and have you applied the patch below ? It's for 2.4 kernels. > > > >Jan > > > > > On Fri, 6 Apr 2001, Jason Straight wrote: > > > > I freshened up my mirror this morning and updated, about 36 hours > > > > since my last update. My vmware is now broken under linux. :( > > > > > > > > I am not, nor have I been running the mdk kernels since way before > > > > beta-1, so I know it wasn't a kernel update that caused it. I'm > > > > wondering if it was egcs stuff that I know was updated recently. > > > > > > > > Anyone else having problems like this? -- Ed Wilts, Mounds View, MN, USA mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [Cooker] Monitor detection?
On Friday 06 April 2001 13:00, Vadim Plessky wrote: > | the prog used is "ddcxinfos". Try it. I get 30-70 and 50-180: > > What package provides this program? > Just tried it from command prompt, and this program is not found. urpmi is your friend :-) [ewilts@linux1 ewilts]$ urpmf ddcxinfos drakxtools-newt:/usr/sbin/ddcxinfos -- Ed Wilts, Mounds View, MN, USA mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [Cooker] VMware under linux
On Friday 06 April 2001 21:14, Jason Straight wrote: > make: Entering directory `/tmp/vmware-config3/vmnet-only' > make: Leaving directory `/tmp/vmware-config3/vmnet-only' > Unable to make a vmnet module that can be loaded in the running kernel: > insmod: a module named vmnet already exists > There is probably a light difference of kernel configuration between the > set of > C header files you specified and your running kernel. You may want to > rebuild a > kernel based on that directory, or specify another directory. rpm -e kernel-source rpm -e VMware rpm -i kernel-source* rpm -i VMware* apply patch that somebody else posted: cd to the directory that contains vmnet.tar tar xvf vmnet.tar cd vmnet-only apply patch cd .. mv vmnet.tar vmnet.tar.orig tar cf vmnet.tar vmnet-only/* vmware-config.pl I'm doing this from memory, but should get you going again. This has worked for me and for others (thanks again, Pete!). I don't know if it's overkill somewhere along the line, but it does work. -- Ed Wilts, Mounds View, MN, USA mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [Cooker] Reasons FOR Mandrake...
On Friday 06 April 2001 12:25, Daniel Serodio wrote: > I've never tried SuSE, but I've used Slackware and RedHat for a > long time. These are my favourite things about Mandrake: > > Security - it's got a secure default installation, and they issue > security advisories (and the associated update) very often, more often > than, say, RedHat. > A "minor" feature but one that I like a lot is that it ships with > postfix (of course, you can install postfix on any distro). > Hardware support - it's the distro that recognizes most hardware. > Easy installation - despite its bugs, the installer is the best > I've seen. > > Good luck on your advocating! (I'm also trying to convince my boss > to replace RH with Mandrake) Of your reasons, I don't see why you're trying to replace RH. I assume you've set your security correctly already, you've got postfix (if you need it), your current version probably already supports your hardware, and the installation doesn't matter any more. I think your claim that Mandrake ships security updates more often than Red Hat probably can't be backed up by the facts - they're both good and I believe are the leaders in this area. Don't get me wrong - I like Mandrake or I wouldn't be here - but I don't think you've presented any arguments for replacing RH. -- Ed Wilts, Mounds View, MN, USA mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Re: [Cooker] kde update -3mdk
On Sunday 01 April 2001 10:35, you wrote: > I've also run into problems with the latest kde updates. Here's the list > of my versions: [long list cut] > I rsync'ed with sunsite.uio.no this morning (April 1 - and no, this is not > an April Fool's joke). I upgraded all my apps to the current revs, > including kernel 2.4.2-24. I booted into run level 3, and then did a > startx like always. The result was a mess. kde went through its normal > startup, played the nice sound at the end, but no windows appeared - no > kwin, no kicker, nothing. I have since started them up manually to at > least allow me to read mail. > > My fonts are also not anti-aliased, even though I was running with AA fonts > before. The control center shows that they should be on. I don't see any > AA fonts listed in my configuration options. To follow up my own post. I rsync'ed again evening of 5-Apr. If AA is turned on in the Control Center, the windows now won't open. Turn it off in the Control Center, and all the windows open normally, albeit without AA fonts. With the latest rsync'ed updates, I updated to the latest XFree (4.0.3-5mdk). Any ideas what it takes to get AA fonts back? Are we still waiting for a new freetype2? My freetype2 is at 2.0.2-1mdk. Thanks, .../Ed -- Ed Wilts, Mounds View, MN, USA mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [Cooker] Re: [Frozen-CHRPM] urw-fonts-2.0-2mdk
On Thursday 05 April 2001 21:13, you wrote: > On Thursday 05 April 2001 08:15, you wrote: > > --=-=-= > > Name: urw-fontsRelocations: (not > > relocateable) Version : 2.0 Vendor: > > MandrakeSoft Release : 2mdk Build Date: Thu > > Apr 5 15:03:12 > > I've seen 2 postings for the new urw-fonts now, but neither one has shown > up on sunet.uio.no. The first changelog entry I received was about 36 I meant sunsite.uio.no of course, no sunet... > hours ago, and sunet has received a lot of updates that were supposed to be > posted after that, the latest being xmms-skins-1.0.0-8mdk.noarch.rpm. > > Thanks, > .../Ed -- Ed Wilts, Mounds View, MN, USA mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
[Cooker] Re: [Frozen-CHRPM] urw-fonts-2.0-2mdk
On Thursday 05 April 2001 08:15, you wrote:
> --=-=-=
> Name: urw-fontsRelocations: (not relocateable)
> Version : 2.0 Vendor: MandrakeSoft
> Release : 2mdk Build Date: Thu Apr 5 15:03:12
I've seen 2 postings for the new urw-fonts now, but neither one has shown up
on sunet.uio.no. The first changelog entry I received was about 36 hours
ago, and sunet has received a lot of updates that were supposed to be posted
after that, the latest being xmms-skins-1.0.0-8mdk.noarch.rpm.
Thanks,
.../Ed
--
Ed Wilts, Mounds View, MN, USA
mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [Cooker] kernel upgrade
On Thursday 05 April 2001 18:35, Chmouel Boudjnah wrote: > ok let's do open development, currently when we uninstall a kernel if > we are in the CLASS=beginner i remove the entry from lilo.conf (or > grub equivalent) to don't fill up the file, do you think i do that in > all case or don't do that at all. Even for experienced users, I'd appreciate removing the entry - after all, it's not bootable since the file it points to is physically no longer present. I currently manually edit /boot/grub/menu.lst after every kernel change and re-run /boot/grub/install.sh to ensure that I'm current and bootable. -- Ed Wilts, Mounds View, MN, USA mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [Cooker] /etc/passwd in RPMs
On Tuesday 03 April 2001 15:42, John Cavan wrote: > > what's wrong with .rpmnew ? > > Nothing for me, but think about it from a newbie perspective. They will > likely think that something went wrong during installation and around a > rather critical file. > > Basically, all I'm suggesting is that we treat /etc/passwd and similar > files like XF86Config... create it, never install it. After that, specific > packages can add or remove as needed, including setup. I disagree. I regularly go through and search for .rpmnew files and then compare what's in them with my own versions. Sometimes there are new defaults or options that weren't there when I did my own customizations. I then decide to either toss my file and start with the .rpmnew version, or apply some changes to my own. .../Ed -- Ed Wilts, Mounds View, MN, USA mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Re: [Cooker] kde update -3mdk
I've also run into problems with the latest kde updates. Here's the list of my versions: [ewilts@linux1 ewilts]$ rpm -qa | grep kde kdebindings-2.0-3mdk kdesupport-2.1.1-1mdk kdebase-2.1.1-3mdk kdepim-2.1-2mdk kdenetwork-2.1.1-1mdk kdeutils-2.1.1-1mdk kdelibs-2.1.1-2mdk kdelibs-sound-devel-2.1.1-2mdk kdebase-nsplugins-2.1.1-3mdk kdeadmin-2.1.1-2mdk kdeaddutils-2.1-1mdk kdemultimedia-2.1.1-1mdk kdelibs-sound-2.1.1-2mdk kdegraphics-2.1.1-2mdk [ewilts@linux1 ewilts]$ rpm -qa | grep qt qt2-Xt-2.3.0-2mdk qt-1.44-29mdk libqt2-devel-2.3.0-2mdk libqtcups2-2.1-8mdk qtcups-2.1-8mdk libqt2-2.3.0-2mdk [ewilts@linux1 ewilts]$ rpm -qa | grep XFree XFree86-75dpi-fonts-4.0.3-3mdk XFree86-xfs-4.0.3-3mdk XFree86-100dpi-fonts-4.0.3-3mdk XFree86-devel-4.0.3-3mdk XFree86-libs-4.0.3-3mdk XFree86-4.0.3-3mdk XFree86-server-4.0.3-3mdk I rsync'ed with sunsite.uio.no this morning (April 1 - and no, this is not an April Fool's joke). I upgraded all my apps to the current revs, including kernel 2.4.2-24. I booted into run level 3, and then did a startx like always. The result was a mess. kde went through its normal startup, played the nice sound at the end, but no windows appeared - no kwin, no kicker, nothing. I have since started them up manually to at least allow me to read mail. My fonts are also not anti-aliased, even though I was running with AA fonts before. The control center shows that they should be on. I don't see any AA fonts listed in my configuration options. We've taken a step backwards here... .../Ed On Sunday 01 April 2001 09:58, Con Kolivas wrote: > Original message from: David BAUDENS <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >Con Kolivas écrivit : > >> What happened? > >> I've upgraded to kdebase-3mdk and now most of my kde apps (like > >> knetload, korganiser, kab etc etc..) all crash. Should there be a > >> kdelibs-3mdk to go with it? > > > >Not reproducible here. It seems that your installation is incomplete > > or > > >corrupted. > > > >What give: > > > >rpm -qa | grep kde > > > >rpm -qa | grep qt > > kdelibs-sound-2.1.1-2mdk > kdegraphics-devel-2.1.1-2mdk > kdeutils-2.1.1-1mdk > kdemultimedia-2.1.1-1mdk > kdemultimedia-devel-2.1.1-1mdk > kdebase-devel-static-libraries-2.1.1-3mdk > kdenetwork-2.1.1-1mdk > kdelibs-devel-static-libraries-2.1.1-2mdk > kdesupport-2.1.1-1mdk > kdepim-2.1-2mdk > kdelibs-sound-devel-2.1.1-2mdk > kdeutils-devel-2.1.1-1mdk > kdegraphics-2.1.1-2mdk > kdelibs-devel-2.1.1-2mdk > kdebase-devel-2.1.1-3mdk > kdebase-nsplugins-2.1.1-3mdk > kdetoys-2.1.1-1mdk > kdelibs-2.1.1-2mdk > kdenetwork-devel-2.1.1-1mdk > kdesupport-devel-2.1.1-1mdk > kdetoys-devel-2.1.1-1mdk > kdebase-2.1.1-3mdk > kdeadmin-2.1.1-2mdk > > libqt2-devel-2.3.0-2mdk > qt2-Xt-2.3.0-2mdk > libqt2-2.3.0-2mdk > qt2-static-libraries-2.3.0-2mdk > > Perhaps this may shed more light? > > KCrash: crashing crashRecursionCounter = 2 > KCrash: Application Name = korganizer path = > ERROR: KUniqueApplication: DCOP communication error! > > not all kde aps exhibit the last error as well. > > I've tried > rpm --rebuilddb > updatedb > update-menus > > no change > > doesn't occur with root user, only my normal login user. -- Ed Wilts, Mounds View, MN, USA mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
[Cooker] sudo bug?
Either this is a sudo bug, or I'm not understanding sudo properly. Here's what happens if I've got a secure_path defined in my /etc/sudoers file: [ewilts@linux1 ewilts]$ sudo which adduser /usr/sbin/adduser [ewilts@linux1 ewilts]$ sudo adduser foo sudo: adduser: command not found [ewilts@linux1 ewilts]$ sudo echo $PATH /usr/local/bin:/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin:/usr/games:/home/ewilts/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin:/usr/games:/usr/X11R6/bin:/usr/games:/usr/X11R6/bin:/usr/games Obviously what I'd like to do is to allow users to execute a privileged command on the command line. It seems like the secure_path is being ignored. Here's the entry in my /etc/sudoers file: Defaults secure_path="/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin" It's on one line in the file but is wrapping in e-mail. Any suggestions or thoughts? Thanks, .../Ed -- Ed Wilts, Mounds View, MN, USA mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
[Cooker] mkcd.pl problems
I haven't created a new Cooker CD in a while so I thought I'd try to see how
mkcd.pl is behaving these days. It doesn't seem like it is...
99.95% done, estimate finish Sat Mar 17 19:39:56 2001
Total translation table size: 0
Total rockridge attributes bytes: 24352
Total directory bytes: 38912
Path table size(bytes): 40
Max brk space used 2e504
130069 extents written (254 Mb)
WARNING: /home/cooker/Mandrake/RPMS/nss_db-2.2-1mdk.i586.rpm not in lists
WARNING: /home/cooker/Mandrake/RPMS/nss_db-compat-2.2-1mdk.i586.rpm not in
lists
I got this for about 25 packages.
mkcd is version 0.1.10 and is dated 14 Mar.
Is this a known problem? For what it's worth, my packages are almost up to
date - I updated everything yesterday (I think).
Thanks,
.../Ed
--
Ed Wilts, Mounds View, MN, USA
mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [Cooker] Beta 2 and Matrox G400 means total darkness.
On Saturday 17 March 2001 07:04, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Talk about surprise. After the booting process and when X is started > everything turns black. Matrox G400 32MB. Not what I expected from a second > beta. :) Doesn't surprise me. XFree was just patched a day or two ago to allow G400 support. You can either get the latest XFree (-11mdk) or download the driver from Matrox's web site. -- Ed Wilts, Mounds View, MN, USA mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [Cooker] How to eliminate named and mon (Beta 8.0)
On Friday 16 March 2001 22:50, you wrote: > How can I eliminate the startup of mon and named. I run in runlevel 3. > I've eliminated these via chkconfig, and there are no Snnnamed or Snnmon > links in /etc/rc.d/rc3.d. > > Nevertheless, these crank up everytime. You've got something else that's starting them, and it's local to your system. I don't have mon installed right now, but I do have named installed, chkconfig has it off, and it's not running. > I'm using a local cacheing dns now (djbdns), so I don't need bind. You can also delete /etc/named.conf and it won't start up (according to the code, but I've got the file and it's still not starting up for me). Have you looked at your logs and tried to correlate the other messages with when named or mon are starting up? -- Ed Wilts, Mounds View, MN, USA mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [Cooker] KDE and antialiasing in 8.0
On Friday 16 March 2001 08:47, Arnd Bergmann wrote: > On Fri, 16 Mar 2001, Ed Wilts wrote: > > On Friday 16 March 2001 04:27, Claudio (sekko) wrote: > > > My question is: in incoming 8.0 will antialiasing work? Anyway it could > > > be really usefull to clean up this option if possible, or (at least) to > > > leave it off by default! Thanks, > > > > Antialiasing works now, so why should it not work with 8.0? > > It does not yet work by default. Agreed. > Although it can be made to work for most people, font antialiasing is still > an alpha feature from the unsupported tree of XFree86. > It breaks heavily if you don't install any Truetype/Type1 fonts or have > the wrong graphics card, like dual head Matrox, iirc. I've got a dual-head G450, although I'm using only one display. Mine works fine. > Each of this is enough justification _not_ to enable it by default. Users > will complain. Also agreed. It has to work out of the box, which I'll admit it doesn't do yet. However, it can be made to work out of the box, which could be better than leaving it disabled. -- Ed Wilts, Mounds View, MN, USA mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [Cooker] Apache
On Friday 16 March 2001 06:40, Chmouel Boudjnah wrote: > Yura Gusev <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Can we have new apache-2.0.14? > > apache-2 is alpha. And what's Cooker? Surely you're not telling me that the kernel you distribute is better than alpha quality? It's based on the Alan Cox kernels and you typically redistribute less than a day from the time Alan releases a new one, which doesn't leave you much more time than to apply a patch or two of your own and to verify that it boots. Some of Alan's comments clearly state that the kernels are highly experimental, and some have had known disk corruption problems in certain situations. You've already released an 8.0 beta, and 7.2 is production, so what do you classify Cooker to be, if not alpha? -- Ed Wilts, Mounds View, MN, USA mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [Cooker] KDE and antialiasing in 8.0
On Friday 16 March 2001 04:27, Claudio (sekko) wrote: > My question is: in incoming 8.0 will antialiasing work? Anyway it could be > really usefull to clean up this option if possible, or (at least) to leave > it off by default! Thanks, Antialiasing works now, so why should it not work with 8.0? I will assume that you've read and followed one of the many posts on how to actually make it work... LinuxPlanet just did an anrticle on anti-aliasing as well, and it's fairly straightforward. -- Ed Wilts, Mounds View, MN, USA mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [Cooker] 2 gig file size
On Thursday 15 March 2001 17:24, Giuseppe Ghibo' wrote: > For instance which other filebased application will choke with BIG (>4GB) > files on i386? can someone test bzip2, gzip, postgresql? dumpfs, tar, etc. dump should be fine - I remember seeing a patch for that several months ago and we're running that on a RH 6.2 system at work. I'm assuming that Mandrake has included this version in Cooker. .../Ed -- Ed Wilts, Mounds View, MN, USA mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [Cooker] Matrox G450 and 8 beta
On Thursday 15 March 2001 02:40, Frederic Lepied wrote: > Ed Wilts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > XFree86 is better off with NO Matrox support rather than what's shipping. > > At least then people know to get the drivers from Matrox first. > > > > .../Ed > > I have uploaded a 11mdk which should work fine with G450. Could you > test it ? It works great! I'm running it now and so far it's indistinguishable from the Matrox driver. Thanks! .../Ed -- Ed Wilts, Mounds View, MN, USA mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
[Cooker] /boot/grub/menu.lst entries
A kernel install now automatically installs entries in /boot/grub/menu.lst.
However, if you later remove that kernel, the entry isn't deleted. Can this
additional feature be added?
Thanks,
.../Ed
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Re: Kmail and imap (RE: [Cooker] Workable fix for fonts under QT 2.3)
On Tuesday 13 March 2001 01:04, Andrej Borsenkow wrote: > > I'd comment on KMail, but I see you're using Microsoft Outlook (yuck!). > > If you have a copy of kmail that is usable with IMAP server over 28Kb modem > line, I am ready to test is. Use fetchmail to pull your mail into a local mailbox, and then have KMail read it from there. I use this technique for reading my mail from a POP server, but fetchmail supports IMAP too. .../Ed -- Ed Wilts, Mounds View, MN, USA mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [Cooker] Workable fix for fonts under QT 2.3
On Monday 12 March 2001 05:17, Andrej Borsenkow wrote: > > With the additional font package and a little bit of personal font > > selection, > > it's definitely usable and overall looks pretty good. > > Could you please list (some of) fonts you've selected? also, what is the > relation between XftConfig and xfs? Should they use the same font > directories? In KDE Control Center, I'm using Arial 12 for all except Toolbar (Arial 10), Window Title (Verdana 10) and Taskbar (Verdana 11). I'd comment on KMail, but I see you're using Microsoft Outlook (yuck!). In Konqueror, I'm using Arial for my Standard font, Bitstream Charter for Fixed, LucidaSerif for Serif, LucidaSans for Sans Serif, and have a minimum font size of 12. I hope this helps, .../Ed -- Ed Wilts, Mounds View, MN, USA mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [Cooker] Workable fix for fonts under QT 2.3
On Sunday 11 March 2001 12:59, Andrej Borsenkow wrote: > On Sun, 11 Mar 2001, Ed Wilts wrote: > > > No matter where I put fonts I can select only fixed for konsole and > > > it's un-useable right now with that one. Please watch your attritions - I did not write that but wrote a response to it. > It is even worse. Look in konqueror - all fonts are reset to "Abadi MT > condensed Light". Both proprtional and fixed width! At least, here I can > really select something different. This is really odd since I don't even since this font on my list. I'm using the XftConfig file that comes with XFree86, and then I grabbed Keith Packard's truetype font package, put that in the truetype directory (which is referenced by the XftConfig file) and I've got a pretty decent display. > I have not yet tried to browse with konqueror ... BTW WRF is this Abadi? Konqueror browsing has definitely improved. > Never heard about it. > > I added Windows (drakfont) directory to XftConfig. It should be the same > as installed fonts mentioned in this thread. I tried it too, but it is *NOT* the same. Get Keith's package and use it. Whatever is special in there is what makes it work. I'm guessing it might be the XftConfig file in his package directory but I'm not sure. > P.S. Now I understand why this AA qt2 patch was put on hold :-) I wonder > if it was ever tested before releasing ... This is Cooker - expect issues like this! Who do you think is doing the testing? With the additional font package and a little bit of personal font selection, it's definitely usable and overall looks pretty good. -- Ed Wilts, Mounds View, MN, USA mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [Cooker] Non-root init 0?
On Sunday 11 March 2001 01:13, Andrej Borsenkow wrote:
> Is it possible to shutdown a system without being a superuser? I'd like to
> retain Ctrl-Alt-Del as convinient method to reboot ...
Yes! In /etc/inittab, I've got:
# Trap CTRL-ALT-DELETE
ca::ctrlaltdel:/sbin/shutdown -a -t3 -r now
man shutdown and pay attention to what the -a does and the section on access
control. For a home system, you may want to remove the -a parameter.
.../Ed
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Re: [Cooker] confused... lilo and grub
On Sunday 11 March 2001 04:46, you wrote: Start by reading this recent article, which gives you a good introduction to grub: http://www.linuxgazette.com/issue64/kohli.html > Further, it has a nice boot menu that is able to parse > > > filesystems, > > What do you mean under "parsing filesystem"? BTW can grub boot off Reiser? Yes. Not only that, but you can do directory operations within grub without even booting your OS. > One more question - current lilo has nice graphic screen. Can grub this as > well? > > so that I can change the boot commands in the boot menu Yes. cat /boot/grub/menu.lst When you boot, you're presented with this menu plus you have the ability to go to a grub command line and do interesting/useful things. .../Ed -- Ed Wilts, Mounds View, MN, USA mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [Cooker] Workable fix for fonts under QT 2.3
On Sunday 11 March 2001 07:34, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Andrej Borsenkow wrote: > > > > * Go to http://keithp.com/~keithp/fonts/ and get truetype.tar.gz and > > > > > Are not those fonts just standard Windows fonts (at least, judging by > > file names)? Which means, anybody with dual-installation can just use > > drakfont to import them. > > > > -andrej > > Installing the true type font's doesn't seem to help at all anyway. Why > are not fonts available for konsole? Installing those fonts sure helped me. konsole still only has the fixed font available, but konsole is now readable whereas it was totally unusable before. I did have my own collection of truetype fonts before I grabbed Keith's, but that did not seem to help me. I don't know if it's the XftConfig file in the truetype directory that helps or if something else is different. > No matter where I put fonts I can select only fixed for konsole and it's > un-useable right now with that one. Take Keith's truetype font archive and do the following: # cd /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts # tar zxf ~/truetype.tar.gz # or wherever you got it from Now restart X -- Ed Wilts, Mounds View, MN, USA mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [Cooker] confused... lilo and grub
On Saturday 10 March 2001 12:03, Andrej Borsenkow wrote: > Why is it hard to imagine? After searching for half an hour and having > found NO usable grub documentation, I decided I can just as well forget > it. Sometimes I wonder how hard people try to find documentation. Go to http://www.gnu.org/software/grub/ Start with man grub. Gee, it tells you to do an info grub. Do that and you've got your documentation. Knowing that it's GNU software (and man and info tell you that), going to the GNU home page gets you info really quickly too. What documentation would you looking for that you couldn't find? -- Ed Wilts, Mounds View, MN, USA mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [Cooker] Mandrake 7.2 + 8.0 bloated and resource hog!
On Thursday 08 March 2001 18:52, you wrote: > On Thursday 08 March 2001 05:26, you wrote: > > Actually, I think its KDE thats bloated and resource hungry. > > I have an AMD K6 350 with 64 megs of RAM, > > give it KDE and netscape 6 and it goes so slowly I have > > to check to make *certain* its not running Windows! > > 64MB is tight. However, run Konqueror instead of Netscape and see how much > free memory you have. Netscape 4 is certainly a massive memory hog. There is a good point I want to raise here, and that's to put the requirements into perspective. To trim memory from Konqueror, XFree, and the rest of the packages is very likely a massive amount of effort, if it's even doable. At that expense comes the expense of not having new features added or bugs fixed - after all, a developer can do only thing at a time. Now let's look at the price of memory these days. In Minnesota, a 64MB PC133 DIMM can be had for under $20. 128MB is only $35. Check out http://www.nanosys1.com for verification. The system I just bought had a 256MB DIMM in it - and yes, the price of the memory dropped about 25% since I bought it a month or two ago :-( Now, do we really want a developer to be spending hours and hours trying to save a few bytes off the memory fingerprint to save you spending $20 for another 64MB? A few years ago when 64MB was expensive, the answer would probably be yes. But I don't believe that should be the case anymore. I sure I hope I don't sound like MS and encourage bloatware, because I don't and would like to see small, compact efficient implementations. Sometimes, however, end users are asking for the impossible. If you want to run in a small memory footprint like the "good old days", go back to the software of the "good old days" and scrap the windowing interface and use a shell. You can't have it both ways. .../Ed p.s. I'm old enough to remember programming overlays on RSX-11M to fit applications into 64K and remember muli-user graphics systems shipping with 512K. I've got memory on my video card now than you can physically fit into an older VAX I've still got in production at work! -- Ed Wilts, Mounds View, MN, USA mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [Cooker] Mandrake 7.2 + 8.0 bloated and resource hog!
On Wednesday 07 March 2001 09:56, you wrote: > On Tue, 6 Mar 2001, Prana wrote: > >And in 8.0 there's an install option that asks them about what services > >they want to run. For God's sake, they're Windows-convert users, how can > > Like I said, the only question which I want to hear is: > "Do you like to run SSH daemon to permit logins from the network?" If you're installing as a desktop, all services should be off. If you're installing as a server, then services might be considered to be on, but xinetd not started by default. There is no reason to start services that are not used. None. Repeat after me - do not start a service that will not be used. > > What comes to Aurora, amd, anacron, atd, harddrake, etc, etc, > I'm not sure what do with them. Any ideas? You can safely remove Aurora - it's cute at boot time but serves no other useful purpose. You hopefully won't be booting much anyway. anacron is only useful if your system is not on all the time and you want to run cron jobs after the system comes back up. If the person is installing a desktop, they might want it on. For servers, it's a strong possibility that the system is always on, so anacron should not even be installed. > This brings us to the next question. Why the installer has to install > all the services, even if I don't need them? Those servers should > not be installed, because if they are not there in the first place, > they cannot be exploited either. A couple of very good cases are uucp and inn. Seriously, why install them in the first place? Those who know what to do with them will know that they need to be installed. You'll never find a neophyte that just decided that putting up an inn server and getting a full feed from his buddy is a good idae. > BTW: why do I have wu-ftpd, proftpd (added by myself), tftp-server and > anonftp installed at the same time? tftp is another service that should never be installed by default. anonftp only by special request. If you've installed proftpd, uninstall wu-ftpd - those two can not be used at the same time. > >course it is, since it includes stuff like GIMP, XMMS, etc. However, > >I've personally never used stuff useless stuff like xmame and xmess > >which takes a lot of hard-drive space and they're in the default > >selection of install. I never run tin, xrn, or other old and ugly news > > Agreed too. Yup. If the user is installing KDE, let them use knode. If they decide to install another application like tin or xrn, let them do it manually. .../Ed -- Ed Wilts, Mounds View, MN, USA mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [Cooker] Mandrake 7.2 + 8.0 bloated and resource hog!
On Thursday 08 March 2001 05:26, you wrote: > Actually, I think its KDE thats bloated and resource hungry. > I have an AMD K6 350 with 64 megs of RAM, > give it KDE and netscape 6 and it goes so slowly I have > to check to make *certain* its not running Windows! 64MB is tight. However, run Konqueror instead of Netscape and see how much free memory you have. Netscape 4 is certainly a massive memory hog. > I think its something to do with the processes that KDE runs > to check for hung applications. Its just a hunch tho. Don't go on hunches. Do your homework, and at least run top to see who is using what memory. Don't blame KDE until you've got evidence to back it up. -- Ed Wilts, Mounds View, MN, USA mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [Cooker] Matrox G450 and 8 beta
On Thursday 08 March 2001 07:17, Klar Brian D Contr MSG SICN wrote: > I just bought a Matrox G450. Works great in Win98. However I decided to > reinstall Mandrake from 8 pre-beta to 8 beta. When it was time to setup X, > I chose 24 bit 1024x768, and XFree 4.02 3D with acceleration. When asked if > I wanted to test X I chose yes, and the monitor went off. After 10 minutes > I just decided to reboot. The boot disk wont work "unable to mount root You're obviously new to this list and haven't been reading the recent posts. Mandrake will not provide the freely distributable drivers for the Matrox G450 because they're binary only, but you can download the driver directly from Matrox's web site (http://www.matrox.com/mga/support/drivers/latest/home.cfm). Download the driver, copy the 2 files over, and reboot. Remember to keep a backup copy of the driver, since an upgrade of XFree86 will replace your drivers with the unusable ones. XFree86 is better off with NO Matrox support rather than what's shipping. At least then people know to get the drivers from Matrox first. .../Ed -- Ed Wilts, Mounds View, MN, USA mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [Cooker] which package provides libreadline4?
On Tuesday 06 March 2001 13:51, you wrote: > [stefan@bi SPECS]$ rpm -q --whatprovides libreadline4 > libreadline4-4.1-11mdk > > but libreadline seems to have vannished from the mirrors... It's on sunsite.uio.no but in the readline package, not libreadline4. I just finished sync'ing and running urpmi and here's what I've got: [root@linux1 ~/cooker]# urpmf libreadline clisp:/usr/lib/clisp/base/libreadline.a clisp:/usr/lib/clisp/full/libreadline.a readline-devel:/lib/libreadline.so readline-devel:/usr/lib/libreadline.a readline-devel:/usr/lib/libreadline.so readline:/lib/libreadline.so.4 readline:/lib/libreadline.so.4.1 [root@linux1 ~/cooker]# ls -l readline* -rw-rw-r--1 root ewilts 83916 Dec 14 06:45 readline-4.1-13mdk.i586.rpm -rw-rw-r--1 root ewilts 793365 Dec 14 06:45 readline-devel-4.1-13mdk.i586.rpm [root@linux1 ~/cooker]# rpm -ql readline /lib/libhistory.so.4 /lib/libhistory.so.4.1 /lib/libreadline.so.4 /lib/libreadline.so.4.1 -- Ed Wilts, Mounds View, MN, USA mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: urpmi failures (was Re: [Cooker] error in perl-base-5.7 ?)
On Wednesday 07 March 2001 04:30, François Pons wrote: > Guillaume Rousse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > Question to Pixel : are those failure exemple useful to report, as i'm > > not sure we have to blame urpmi or bad rpm dependancies ? > > You have to update your urpmi database (urpmi.update -a). > > François. I've done that and there are still problems: [root@linux1 ~/cooker]# rpm -e zsh-doc [root@linux1 ~/cooker]# urpmi zsh-doc To satisfy dependencies, the following packages are going to be installed (20 MB): perl-devel-5.700-1mdk perl-base-5.700-1mdk perl-5.700-1mdk zsh-doc-3.1.9-4mdk Is it ok? (Y/n) n [root@linux1 ~/cooker]# rpm -ivh zsh-doc-3.1.9-4mdk.i586.rpm zsh-doc ## [root@linux1 ~/cooker]# rpm -q zsh-doc --requires /bin/sh /usr/bin/perl /usr/bin/zsh I'm guessing that urpmi is confused if there are multiple packages that provide /usr/bin/perl. -- Ed Wilts, Mounds View, MN, USA mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
[Cooker] liblcms1 problems
I reported a dependency problem with ImageMagick. It's actually the library that's broken: [root@linux1 ~/cooker]# rpm -qipl liblcms1-1.07-1mdk.i586.rpm Name: liblcms1 Relocations: (not relocateable) Version : 1.07 Vendor: MandrakeSoft Release : 1mdk Build Date: Wed 07 Mar 2001 08:53:23 AM CST Install date: (not installed) Build Host: ke.mandrakesoft.com Group : System/Libraries Source RPM: liblcms-1.07-1mdk.src.rpm Size: 384068 License: LGPL Packager: Giuseppe Ghibò <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> URL : http://www.littlecms.com Summary : Little cms color engine Description : This package contains the library needed to run programs dynamically linked with liblcms. /usr/share/doc/liblcms1-1.07 /usr/share/doc/liblcms1-1.07/COPYING /usr/share/doc/liblcms1-1.07/README /usr/share/lcms /usr/share/lcms/profiles /usr/share/lcms/profiles/lcmsLABi.icm /usr/share/lcms/profiles/lcmsXYZi.icm /usr/share/lcms/profiles/sRGB Color Space Profile.icm /usr/share/lcms/profiles/sRGBSpac.icm [root@linux1 ~/cooker]# rpm -qf /usr/lib/liblcms.so.1 liblcms1-1.06-3mdk The library used to be in the liblcms package (fancy that, a library in a lib* package!). Now it's gone... -- Ed Wilts, Mounds View, MN, USA mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
[Cooker] ImageMagick failed dependencies
[root@linux1 ~/cooker]# rpm -Fvh *.rpm error: failed dependencies: liblcms.so.1 is needed by ImageMagick-5.3.0-1mdk [root@linux1 ~/cooker]# rpm -q liblcms1 liblcms1-1.06-3mdk So what's it looking for? -- Ed Wilts, Mounds View, MN, USA mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [Cooker] chkconfig --add
On Monday 05 March 2001 06:42, Eugenio Diaz wrote: > When you upgrade an rpm that contains a script with "chkconfig --add > servicename" you get a script filed message, when in fact nothing bad > happened, just that the service already existed and chkconfig returns a > status of 1. We had this discussion last week - I raised it. The problem is that Mandrake's version of chkconfig -add is broken at higher security levels (4 or 5). If the service is not listed in /etc/security/msec/server.4 but the service is on, Mandrake's chkconfig -add will turn it off. This is a bug. What it should do is quietly return success and not do anything. I've been burned by this several times, getting services turned off that were running. The workaround, at least until chkconfig gets fixed, is to add the services manually to /etc/security/msec/server.4 Cheers, .../Ed -- Ed Wilts, Mounds View, MN, USA mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Fwd: Re: [Cooker] Aurora
On Monday 05 March 2001 00:59, Andrej Borsenkow wrote: > > So sprach Armisis Aieoln am Sun, Mar 04, 2001 at 09:49:45PM -0500: > > BTW: How do I ENABLE Aurora? I've installed the Aurora RPM, what should > > I do next? > > Enable framebuffer - add vga=xxx to boot section in lilo (do not ask about > grub). Look in frambuffer howto how modes are computed. It's done the same way in grub. Edit /boot/grub/menu.lst and add something like vga=791 (1024x768x16bit) to the end of the line. Here's a cut from my menu.lst title linux kernel (hd0,4)/boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/hda5 hdd=ide-scsi vga=791 Then run the script /boot/grub/install.sh > Actually, I like framebuffer independently of Aurora - I cannot imagine how > could I live with these 80x24 ugly super-large characters on 17" monitor > before :-) So how do you change the number of lines you can scroll back and review with shift/pageup? -- Ed Wilts, Mounds View, MN, USA mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [Cooker] amaya-4.2.1-1mdk.i586.rpm
On Monday 05 March 2001 20:20, Sergio P.Korlowsky wrote: > [admin@linux admin]$ amaya > libpng error: Application uses deprecated png_read_init() and must be > recompiled. > ping read image error > *** Thot: Irrecoverable error *** > > Oops...what's wrong? I saw this, but if you specify a file name argument, it displays just fine... .../Ed -- Ed Wilts, Mounds View, MN, USA mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [Cooker] error in perl-base-5.7 ?
On Monday 05 March 2001 00:20, Guillaume Rousse wrote: > Something requiring perl trigerred install of perl 5.7 from contrib, > whereas 5.6 was already installed, but i don't know which exactly. urpmi is not always your friend. Here's a clear case where it seems to get it wrong. I started by remove zsh and zsh-doc. Now to install them using urpmi, perl 5.7 is requested. However, rpm doesn't have that restriction, and installs zsh-doc just fine with perl 5.6. Had you used urpmi --auto-select, I think you would have forced the install of perl 5.7 from wherever it could find it. I don't know how many other files are screwed up and force you to install perl 5.7. [root@linux1 ~/cooker]# rpm -e zsh zsh-doc [root@linux1 ~/cooker]# urpmi zsh installing //home/cooker/Mandrake/RPMS/zsh-3.1.9-4mdk.i586.rpm [root@linux1 ~/cooker]# urpmi zsh-doc To satisfy dependencies, the following packages are going to be installed (20 MB): perl-devel-5.700-1mdk perl-base-5.700-1mdk perl-5.700-1mdk zsh-doc-3.1.9-4mdk Is it ok? (Y/n) n [root@linux1 ~/cooker]# rpm -i zsh-doc-3.1.9-4mdk.i586.rpm [root@linux1 ~/cooker]# rpm -q perl-base perl-base-5.600-28mdk Cheers, .../Ed -- Ed Wilts, Mounds View, MN, USA mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [Cooker] Where can I find the following files ?
On Monday 05 March 2001 16:11, Peter Ruskin wrote: > On Monday 05 March 2001 21:50, Guillaume Cottenceau wrote: > > OS <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > > > Trying to get my system upto date please could someone tell me which > > > packages contain the following files : > > > > > > xtest > > > gmessage > > > gchooser > > > liblcms.so.1 > > > catdoc > > > > gtkdialogs > > > > (urpmf is your friend) It's more important to tell someone how to to find the answer than it is to tell him what the answer is. urpmf is the hint to get him started. > Only if you know the answer first :-) You don't need to know the answer first. Here's how to find the answer: [ewilts@linux1 ewilts]$ urpmf gchooser gtkdialogs:/usr/X11R6/bin/gchooser [ewilts@linux1 ewilts]$ urpmf liblcms.so.1 liblcms1:/usr/lib/liblcms.so.1 liblcms1:/usr/lib/liblcms.so.1.0.6 This assumes that you've used urpmi.update to update your urpmi database. .../Ed -- Ed Wilts, Mounds View, MN, USA mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [Cooker] Why no KDE 2.1 packages for 7.2?
On Saturday 03 March 2001 11:52, Alexander Skwar wrote: > So sprach Ray am Sat, Mar 03, 2001 at 09:14:03AM +: > > What is the best way to upgrade 7.2 to KDE 2.1? > > which oreder to install the packages? > > All at once, I'd say: rpm -Uvh * No. You'll get all the other languages installed that you'll likely never use unless you did a selective download. You probably don't need all the -devel packages installed either. rpm -Fvh *.rpm to just freshen the packages you've already got installed. disclaimer: I haven't tried it yet - can't afford any problems for the weekend on my M7.2 system. -- Ed Wilts, Mounds View, MN, USA mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [Cooker] Support (or provision for) Matrox 450 Dual Head
On Thursday 01 March 2001 09:51, R.I.P. Deaddog wrote: > It's been mentioned before and the answer was that Matrox 450 Dual Head > support module from matrox won't go in.. the reason was that binary > only modules aren't permitted, or it's the licensing issue.. something > like that. It's not a licensing issue, as I stated here earlier. There is absolutely nothing preventing Mandrake from including the driver other than their own policies (which they have the right to, since it is their company). -- Ed Wilts, Mounds View, MN, USA mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [Cooker] VMware and latest kernel
On Tuesday 27 February 2001 21:45, Steve Wray wrote: > wow, how do I get the VMWare source myself? > > I couldn't find it at the vmware site, > only the bit about modules. You don't get the whole source! Check /usr/lib/vmware/modules/source .../Ed -- Ed Wilts, Mounds View, MN, USA mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
[Cooker] VMware and latest kernel
VMware was working fine with the last kernel (2.4.1-22) but broke with 2.4.2-3. Here's the latest problem trying to build it: --- start cut --- Extracting the sources of the vmnet module. Building the vmnet module. make: Entering directory `/backup/tmp/vmware-config1/vmnet-only' bridge.c: In function `VNetBridgeReceiveFromDev': bridge.c:788: warning: implicit declaration of function `skb_datarefp' make: Leaving directory `/backup/tmp/vmware-config1/vmnet-only' Unable to make a vmnet module that can be loaded in the running kernel: /backup/tmp/vmware-config1/vmnet.o: unresolved symbol skb_datarefp There is probably a light difference of kernel configuration between the set of C header files you specified and your running kernel. You may want to rebuild a kernel based on that directory, or specify another directory. For more information on how to troubleshoot module-related problems, please have a look at "http://www.vmware.com/download/modules/modules.html". Execution aborted. --- end cut --- Any ideas as to what happened? The first part of the VMware build works fine, but vmnet is failing. Thanks, .../Ed -- Ed Wilts, Mounds View, MN, USA mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
[Cooker] chkconfig issues
On Sunday 25 February 2001 14:53, Pixel wrote: > ok, here is the pb: > > [root@leia pixel]# chkconfig --list portmap > portmap 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:on4:on5:on6:off > [root@leia pixel]# SECURE_LEVEL=4 rpm -U /RPMS/portmap-4.0-13mdk.i586.rpm > execution of portmap-4.0-13mdk script failed, exit status 1 > [root@leia pixel]# chkconfig --list portmap > portmap 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off > [root@leia pixel]# SECURE_LEVEL=2 chkconfig --add portmap > [root@leia pixel]# chkconfig --list portmap > portmap 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:on4:on5:on6:off > [root@leia pixel]# SECURE_LEVEL=4 chkconfig --add portmap ; echo $? > 1 > [root@leia pixel]# chkconfig --list portmap > portmap 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off > > calling chkconfig --add when portmap is already "on" fails and turn it > "off". It should return succeed and don't do anything. I reported this to Redhat who told me it could be a Mandrake issue - their test case shows that it works just fine. Here's the snippet from their e-mail: --start cut-- Works fine for me here. [root@wierzbowski /root]# chkconfig --level 2345 ntpd on [root@wierzbowski /root]# chkconfig --list ntpd ntpd 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off [root@wierzbowski /root]# chkconfig --add ntpd [root@wierzbowski /root]# echo $? 0 [root@wierzbowski /root]# chkconfig --list ntpd ntpd 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off It might be a problem with a Mandrake-specific customization. --end cut-- -- Ed Wilts, Mounds View, MN, USA mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [Cooker] Driver for Matrox 450 dual head
On Monday 26 February 2001 17:11, you wrote: > Alex Hulse wrote: > > Yes, very much, as my online banking requires that I use Netscape 4 or IE > > 4 onwards. Mozilla/Konqueror won't work and you don't think I'm mad > > enough to install NS6 do you? :) > > > > Maybe make it a little less prominent, but still include it please. > > AFAIK, you can have konquerer identify itself as either Netscape or IE. In theory. In practise, I've already reported a bug in that the user agent is not "sticking" - ie, you set it and it forgets it. Also, some sites want more than just the user agent. For example, espn.go.com will ignore the user agent and uses the browser identity, and to helll with the standards. So, you'll never have Konqueror work properly with this site, no matter how hard you try unless you modify the Konqueror source. That said, Opera does lie and identify itself as IE or Netscape and it does display espn properly. although I haven't been able to make it happy with fonts yet. -- Ed Wilts, Mounds View, MN, USA mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [Cooker] Driver for Matrox 450 dual head
On Sunday 25 February 2001 13:40, Ron Stodden wrote: > Ed Wilts wrote: > > I find it amazing that Mandrake will ship Netscape, binary only, when > > there is a good GPL alternative (Konqueror) but will not ship a freely > > distributable binary-only driver for which there is no alternative short > > of replacing the hardware. > > Konqueror is not a replacement for Netscape. Konqueror does not do > email, newsgroups, or let you compose web pages. True, but add Kmail, Quanta (or Bluefish or a few others) and Knode or Pan and you do have true open source equivalents for the rest. In today's releases, Netscape should no longer be considered mandatory. -- Ed Wilts, Mounds View, MN, USA mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [Cooker] openssh-server installation bug
On Thursday 18 January 2001 00:55, you wrote: > Ed Wilts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > When the openssh server is installed, it is disabled. This makes sense > > if it wasn't running before the install, but if it was enabled when the > > package was installed, it should be enabled when the installation is > > finished. At the end is an installation log showing that it disabled > > itself. > > > > This bit me today when I upgraded some packages, updated the kernel, > > rebooted, and then didn't check ssh and I couldn't get onto my system > > until I physically got to the console. > > Which version of chkconfig have you ? I can't reproduce the problem here. I've finally found this problem while working on the same problem with another package. I'm in security level 4, as recommended for servers. However, sshd is not in /etc/security/msec/server.4. I just added it and it now works fine. So, to debug your script, go to security level 4 and you'll see it in action. Thanks, .../Ed -- Ed Wilts, Mounds View, MN, USA mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [Cooker] Re: [CHRPM] portmap-4.0-13mdk
On Sunday 25 February 2001 09:24, R.I.P. Deaddog wrote: > You've complained this many times, and seems nobody bothers to answer. > The reason is you either played with msec or used highest security during > installation. > chkconfig will fail then, preventing unconscious adjustment in services > starting/stopping. > > lowering the security level with msec (e.g. "msec 3") and everything will > work again. I haven't played with msec and chose security level 4, the level Mandrake recommends in its documentation for servers. I agree that with level 4, NEW services should be disabled - that's what's defined in the comments in /usr/share/msec/custom.sh and that's what I expect. I disagree that existing services should be turned off by a freshen. I would have hoped that the user settings would be retained. After all, you wouldn't expect any other setting to be reset to a pre-defined default either would you? Would you be happy if Konqueror decided to change your home page on a freshen? To check the current settings on an existing service is trivial # chkconfig $SERVICE --list If it's on when you start the freshen, it should be left on when you finish, no matter what the security settings. This is not an "unconscious adjustment" - I simply want to leave things the they were before the upgrade. My security level is set to a recommended level for servers (level 4). I have not done any extra customizations other than to turn services on or off. This should not mean that I should never upgrade my packages. Even a "mandatory" security upgrade for an existing package will disable the service, hardly something I would expect Mandrake to enforce on users. That said, you have pointed me in the right direction and it looks like if I manually keep /etc/security/msec/server.4 up to date whenever I turn a service on or off, rpm -F seems to perform as expected. -- Ed Wilts, Mounds View, MN, USA mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [Cooker] Driver for Matrox 450 dual head
On Sunday 25 February 2001 07:42, Zeljko Vukman wrote: > I am wondering if Mandrake 8.0 will include driver for Matrox Millenium 450 > dual head graphic card? Or is it XFree problem? > Driver for Linux can be downloaded from Matrox site. It's not an XFree problem. Matrox explicitely gives permission to distributors like Mandrake to ship the driver. However, Mandrake has a policy to not ship binary drivers. I raised this issue a few months back when I got my new system with the G450 card and the response was less than satisfactory... The bottom line is that people with these cards get screwed. Users like you and me that are experienced (or we shouldn't be playing with Cooker in the first place) are ok since we know to go get the driver. Those that aren't that savvy should not use Mandrake since they'll basically have an unusable system with the stock driver and Mandrake refuses to ship a working driver. To make matters worse, if you do install the driver yourself and then do an upgrade to XFree, your driver will be overwritten and the hang is so severe that you can do nothing but power off - you can't switch to an alternate console of use any of the wonderful contorted keystrokes to exit X. You better not be in run level 5 in inittab or you'll be really, really screwed unless you're an expert and able to go through a recovery. I find it amazing that Mandrake will ship Netscape, binary only, when there is a good GPL alternative (Konqueror) but will not ship a freely distributable binary-only driver for which there is no alternative short of replacing the hardware. -- Ed Wilts, Mounds View, MN, USA mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
[Cooker] Re: [CHRPM] portmap-4.0-13mdk
On Saturday 24 February 2001 21:15, Francis Galiegue wrote: > --=-=-= > Name: portmap Relocations: (not relocateable) > Version : 4.0 Vendor: MandrakeSoft > Release : 13mdk Build Date: Sun Feb 25 04:55:11 > > --=-=-= > > * Sat Feb 24 2001 Francis Galiegue <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 4.0-13mdk > > - Patch merge from RH Generous snipping above... The installation appears to be broken. portmap was running before I started the Freshen, but was turned off during the install.: [root@linux1 /root]# chkconfig portmap --list portmap 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:on4:on5:on6:off [root@linux1 /root]# cd cooker [root@linux1 cooker]# rpm -Fvh portmap-4.0-13mdk.i586.rpm portmap ## execution of portmap-4.0-13mdk script failed, exit status 1 [root@linux1 cooker]# chkconfig portmap --list portmap 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off .../Ed -- Ed Wilts, Mounds View, MN, USA mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
[Cooker] Konqueror problems
Konqueror seems to be broken in the latest release. I'm running into a LOT of cases where window focus jumps to the wrong virtual desktop. I typically have Mail on one desktop, browser on another, consoles on a 3rd, and miscellaneous stuff on the 4th. While browsing away, I'll suddenly have my mail desktop appear instead of my browser desktop. I can manually switch back but it is quite annoying... I'm also having Konqueror problems setting the user agent. I go into the menu, select a user agent, click apply, click ok, and when I go back in again, the settings are gone. They're also not used! I've run into other cases with 2 konsole windows on the same virtual desktop, and no amount of clicking will let me focus on the 2nd konsole. I can do an alt-tab to select the other one, and then I can switch back and forth by clicking the other window. I've just finished synching to sunsite.uio.no this morning and nothing new has come out. [ewilts@linux1 ewilts]$ rpm -qa | grep kde kdebindings-2.0-3mdk kdeutils-2.1-0.20010111.1mdk kdelibs-sound-2.1-0.20010210.1mdk kdegames-2.1-0.20010215.1mdk kdebase-nsplugins-2.1-0.20010219.1mdk kdemultimedia-2.1-0.20010110.1mdk kdepim-2.1-0.20010115.1mdk kdeadmin-2.1-0.20010210.2mdk kdelibs-2.1-0.20010210.1mdk kdelibs-sound-devel-2.1-0.20010210.1mdk kdebase-2.1-0.20010219.1mdk kdesupport-2.1-0.20010220.1mdk kdenetwork-2.1-0.20010105.1mdk kdegraphics-2.1-0.20010210.1mdk -- Ed Wilts, Mounds View, MN, USA mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [Cooker] Cooker Mirrors
On Friday 23 February 2001 15:48, Ian White wrote: > We need more mirrors of cooker in North America, especially on the West > Coast. I have a hard time breaking 3.5KB/sec downloading the new RPMS at > 3am.. (And the list of mirrors says it hasn't been updated since April > 2000) I regularly download from Norway at >100KB per second. I just rsync'ed, and got a slow 47KB/sec. Being in Victoria, the problem could be your BCnet link - they're not exactly known for fast connectivity with very heavy link utilization to the mainland. Believe it or not, but I can sunsite.uio.no at about the same rate as I can ping you, and the body of water between the mainland and you is a little shorter than between me and Norway. If you're currently syncing to Norway, 3am is a bad time since you're in the middle of prime time in Europe. Pick early evening when it's the middle of night in Europe. Cheers, .../Ed (who moved from Victoria in '97) -- Ed Wilts, Mounds View, MN, USA mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [Cooker] How to set up a cooker system and keeping it current ?
On Friday 23 February 2001 07:27, Andrej Borsenkow wrote: > > > No, that won't work. rpm -Uvh *.rpm will.Freshen will ignore > > > new rpms that were not there before. > > > > Exactly - that's why I use freshen. You need to watch for the extra > > packages, like when a single package splits into two, manually. > > You may consider urpmi. It has exactly the task to check dependencies and > install them if needed. So, > > urpmi foo > > is basically the same as > > rpm -Fvh foo + rpm -ivh for additional packages foo depends upon. This is incorrect. Try for example: rpm -e zsh-doc I picked this at random since I'm not using it Now do urpmi zsh-doc You will see 2 problems. First, it wants to install zsh-doc, which means it is NOT doing a freshen, but an install. Secondly, it has a dependency on a non-existent package (perl-base-5.7). Note that if you do an rpm -ivh on zsh-doc, the dependency is not there and the package installs normally. The bottom line is that urpmi is not the right tool for the job, and what it does try to do it is getting wrong (in this case anyway). This isn't to say that urpmi is all bad. I use urpmf regularly and find it very helpful. -- Ed Wilts, Mounds View, MN, USA mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [Cooker] How to set up a cooker system and keeping it current ?
On Friday 23 February 2001 05:43, Ron Stodden wrote: > Ed Wilts wrote: > > This will mirror the entire cooker tree and you do can do regular updates > > from there with an rpm -Fvh. > > No, that won't work. rpm -Uvh *.rpm will.Freshen will ignore > new rpms that were not there before. Exactly - that's why I use freshen. You need to watch for the extra packages, like when a single package splits into two, manually. rpm -Uvh will also install packages that weren't installed before so unless you want to install EVERYTHING, don't do this. My method uses a lot less disk space and tests the packages that I need or want to test. Why break my system installing packages that I have no need for or start up a gazillion daemons, some of which could have security holes? -- Ed Wilts, Mounds View, MN, USA mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
[Cooker] nfs-utils broken
nfs-utils turns the service off during the installation. [root@linux1 /root]# chkconfig nfs --list nfs 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:on4:on5:on6:off [root@linux1 cooker]# rpm -ivh nfs-utils-0.3.1-1mdk.i586.rpm --replacepkgs nfs-utils ## execution of nfs-utils-0.3.1-1mdk script failed, exit status 1 [root@linux1 cooker]# chkconfig nfs --list nfs 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off [root@linux1 cooker]# chkconfig nfs on I was fighting this problem since nfs suddenly stopped working for me. I did a --replacepkgs to prove that it was turned off during the install. Basically was turned on in chkconfig, was actually running, I did an rpm -Fvh on the package, and it was turned off, although it was left running. This means you get burned during your next boot when it stops working... Can we get this fixed please? Thanks, .../Ed -- Ed Wilts, Mounds View, MN, USA mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [Cooker] How to set up a cooker system and keeping it current ?
On Thursday 22 February 2001 16:56, you wrote: > I recently decided to explore the cooker and all it's wonders but have > been stumped about how to set up a system. The instructions on the > Mandrake pages explain how to set up a mirror of the cooker on your > own system but there is no reference of how to set up an actual > system. It seems to me that there must be a way to install a fully > functional cooker system and update it daily (?) to synchronize all > changed files. A hint on how to do this or a pointer to a how-to would > greatly be appreciated. The easiest is to get a semi-recent copy of the Cooker ISO image and use that to do a fresh install. Once you've done that, grab an rsync utility like what I"m including below: [ewilts@linux1 ewilts]$ cat /usr/local/bin/rsync-no-cooker #!/bin/sh startdate=`date` rsync -ltrvz --partial --progress --stats --delete \ sunsite.uio.no::Mandrake-devel/cooker /home/ enddate=`date` echo "Started at $startdate" echo "Finished at $enddate" This will mirror the entire cooker tree and you do can do regular updates from there with an rpm -Fvh. Note that you will be getting LOTS of updates. I usually rsync every day or two and keep my copies up to date, but I do not have my rsync in my crontab, simply because if I'm not going to freshen my running copies, there's no point in burning network bandwidth transferring files that I won't use. Even the kernel gets updated every day or two, so my procedure is usually to manually update the kernel (freshen the source, headers, and doc rpms), keep at least one backup copy of the kernel installed, delete the oldest, install the newest, edit /boot/grub/menu.lst, /boot/grub/install.sh so that I've always got the newest kernel and one I know works). Once the kernel is done, I then do an rpm -Fvh on all the packages and fix whatever pops up (like cups disabling itself on every update). In the cooker/misc directory, you'll find mkcd.pl. I use it on a semi-regular basis to create new Cooker ISO images. I keep those as a handy backup in case I get a bad rpm that screws me up, like the recent network snafu that prevented my network from starting. Just mount the cooker iso on the loopback device, install an older version that works, and you're back up and running and can get a fixed rpm in a day or two. Holler if you need more help than this. Actually, if you can't understand the approach, maybe cooker isn't for you :-) Remember ALL THE TIME that cooker is alpha software. There will likely be times when you install a package that will cause you serious grief (like the net kit I mentioned above), including rendering your system unbootable. You should be prepared to learn how to recover from these kind of situations without complaining out loud (grumbling and cussing to yourself is expected!). Happy cooking! .../Ed -- Ed Wilts, Mounds View, MN, USA mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [Cooker] Soyo/ VIA chip built-in sound
On Thursday 22 February 2001 15:53, you wrote: > Soyo motherboards have a built in sound chip, the VIA VT82C686 (Apollo > Super AC97 Audio). The latest hard drake correctly identifies it and > mentions a file called via82cxxx_audio, but does not turn the sound on. > Sndconfig says it's not supported. Soyo has a redhat 7.1 driver which is > outdated and doesn't work. Does anyone know anything about this? I could > disable the sound chip and put my old sound card back but I'd rather not do > that. the windows driver works. Try the following in /etc/modules.conf # ALSA native device support post-install snd /usr/sbin/alsactl restore alias char-major-116 snd alias char-major-14 soundcore options snd snd_major=116 snd_cards_limit=1 alias snd-card-0 snd-card-via686a alias sound-slot-0 snd-card-0 alias sound-service-0-0 snd-mixer-oss alias sound-service-0-1 snd-seq-oss alias sound-service-0-3 snd-pcm-oss alias sound-service-0-8 snd-seq-oss alias sound-service-0-12 snd-pcm-oss # --> end add to /etc/conf.modules This is working for me. Once you've done this, you should be able to do (but it's not necessary): modprobe snd-card-via686a cat /proc/asound/cards [ewilts@linux1 ewilts]$ sudo /sbin/modprobe snd-card-via686a [ewilts@linux1 ewilts]$ cat /proc/asound/cards 0 [card1 ]: VIA686A - VIA 82C686A VIA 82C686A at 0xdc00, irq 5 [ewilts@linux1 ewilts]$ sudo /sbin/lsmod Module Size Used by snd-card-via686a7632 0 (autoclean) snd-pcm32672 0 (autoclean) [snd-card-via686a] snd-timer 8512 0 (autoclean) [snd-pcm] snd-ac97-codec 24800 0 (autoclean) [snd-card-via686a] snd-mixer 24432 0 (autoclean) [snd-ac97-codec] snd-mpu401-uart 2752 0 (autoclean) [snd-card-via686a] snd-rawmidi10016 0 (autoclean) [snd-mpu401-uart] snd-seq-device 4304 0 (autoclean) [snd-rawmidi] snd38608 1 [snd-card-via686a snd-pcm snd-timer snd-ac97-codec snd-mixer snd-mpu401-uart snd-rawmidi snd-seq-device] soundcore 4208 2 [snd] vmnet 18912 3 vmmon 18512 0 (unused) parport_pc 23408 0 (autoclean) (unused) parport24832 0 (autoclean) [parport_pc] 8139too16816 1 (autoclean) rtc 6208 0 agpgart22432 0 (unused) ide-floppy 11456 0 A Google search on via686a will turn up LOTS of pages on this subject. I've actually got an M807 motherboard with the same chipset on it. Make sure the bios has it enabled though! Good luck, .../Ed -- Ed Wilts, Mounds View, MN, USA mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [Cooker] 424 Expert Upgrade
On Thursday 22 February 2001 18:43, you wrote: > > Still no SCSI CD-ROMs (no such device) - sr_mod not autoloading > > Adding "insmod sr_mod" to the top of etc/rc.d/rc.local is a workaround. In /etc/modules.conf, try putting: alias scd0 sr_mod I've got this as part of my IDE-SCSI CD burner and it's working fine for me. -- Ed Wilts, Mounds View, MN, USA mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [Cooker] new mkcd.pl script
On Sunday 18 February 2001 11:55, James mitchell wrote: > > > I've found two problems: > > > 1> $work_dir is not being created. > > > 2> The first ISO is not being build because the path to compss is > > > $rep/Mandrake/base, not $work_dir > > There were a couple more problems I found. Appending the list of RPMs > for disk 1 to the mkisofs command gives it too many arguments, and it > quits. I dumped the list of rpms to a file in $work_dir, and used the > -path-list flag to get those files included. This finally lead to > mkcd.pl succeeding. Unfortunately the resulting ISO was about 820MB, > somewhat larger than my 80 minute CDs. This is odd, since I rsync'ed this morning, and than ran the script after making the directory changes you pointed out earlier. These are my isos: [root@linux1 cooker]# ls -lh /backup/iso/*Cooker* -rw-r--r--1 root ewilts 640M Feb 18 10:40 /backup/iso/1-Cooker-i586.iso -rw-r--r--1 root ewilts 547M Feb 18 10:42 /backup/iso/2-Cooker-i586.iso -rw-r--r--1 root ewilts 247M Feb 18 10:42 /backup/iso/3-Cooker-i586.iso I ran mine while already running an up-to-date cooker. > After all... if I were running cooker, > under which these work fine, I could have used MandrakeUpdate, or > whatever the automatic updater of choice is today (rpmdrake won't let > me add package repositories, and seems sullenly useless right now). Actually, there is a good reason to run mkcd.pl while already running Cooker: 1) To allow me to install the cooker release on another system 2) To get a recent snapshot of rpms that work. I got bitten last week by the bad net-tools package that was released that wouldn't allow my network to come up (it's hard to get an updated package without a network!). I finally recovered by installing an older version from a Mandrake 7.2 iso image. Cheers, ../Ed -- Ed Wilts, Mounds View, MN, USA mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [Cooker] restarting services in %post scripts
On Sunday 18 February 2001 11:46, Brian J. Murrell wrote: > Is EVIL! It is a very bad idea to have an RPM's %post script restart > a service? Why? Think about this scenario: > > # rpm -ivh --root /clients/diskless1 sysklogd-1.4-4mdk.i586.rpm > > Running a script on a diskless cluster server to build the root > filesystems of some diskless nodes will cause the syslog/klog service > to be restarted for each and every node filesystem built. I've run into a case (twice, damn it!) where I upgraded glibc from a ssh session. The post-install restarts *ALL* services, and my session dropped when sshd gets killed, leaving my system basically dead until I could physically get to the system and manually restart the sshd service. -- Ed Wilts, Mounds View, MN, USA mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [Cooker] mkcd.pl errors
On Saturday 17 February 2001 11:20, you wrote: > it should be fixed with the latest now (version 0.1.0, type ./mkcd.pl > to check the version) This script fails to create ISO image # 1. I've cut out a hunk of the log file: /home/cooker/Mandrake/RPMS/linuxconf-lang-sk-1.21r5-7mdk.i586.rpm /home/cooker/Mandrake/RPMS/linuxconf-lang-zh-1.21r5-7mdk.i586.rpm choosing compression method with "gzip -9" for archive /backup/tmp/.build_hdlist/hdlist3.cz real archive size of /backup/tmp/.build_hdlist/hdlist3.cz is 1504464 writing /backup/tmp/.build_hdlist/depslits.ordered writing /backup/tmp/.build_hdlist/provides writing /backup/tmp/.build_hdlist/compss choosing compression method with "gzip -9" for archive /backup/tmp/.build_hdlist/hdlist1.cz real archive size of /backup/tmp/.build_hdlist/hdlist1.cz is 3429687 choosing compression method with "gzip -9" for archive /backup/tmp/.build_hdlist/hdlist2.cz real archive size of /backup/tmp/.build_hdlist/hdlist2.cz is 2807996 choosing compression method with "gzip -9" for archive /backup/tmp/.build_hdlist/hdlist3.cz real archive size of /backup/tmp/.build_hdlist/hdlist3.cz is 1481189 mkisofs: No such file or directory. Invalid node - /backup/tmp/.build_hdlist/hdlists Using PYGNO000.RPM;1 for Mandrake/RPMS2/pygnome-libglade-0.6.6-7mdk.i586.rpm (pygnome-capplet-1.0.53-7mdk.i586.rpm) Using PYGNO001.RPM;1 for Mandrake/RPMS2/pygnome-capplet-1.0.53-7mdk.i586.rpm (pygnome-applet-1.0.53-7mdk.i586.rpm) Using TETEX000.RPM;1 for Mandrake/RPMS2/tetex-dvips-1.0.7-14mdk.i586.rpm (tetex-dvilj-1.0.7-14mdk.i586.rpm [root@linux1 /root]# ls -la /backup/tmp/.build_hdlist/hdlist* -rw-r--r--1 root root 3468367 Feb 17 12:51 /backup/tmp/.build_hdlist/hdlist1.cz -rw-r--r--1 root root 2833710 Feb 17 12:51 /backup/tmp/.build_hdlist/hdlist2.cz -rw-r--r--1 root root 1492400 Feb 17 12:51 /backup/tmp/.build_hdlist/hdlist3.cz It does create the other 2 isos. Cheers, .../Ed -- Ed Wilts, Mounds View, MN, USA mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
[Cooker] mkcd.pl errors
I'm trying to run the mkcd.pl that's distributed in the cooker tree, and
here's the problem:
[root@linux1 misc]# ./mkcd.pl /home/cooker /backup/iso
rpmtools object version 2.3 does not match bootstrap parameter 0.03 at
/usr/lib/perl5/5.6.0/i386-linux/DynaLoader.pm line 219.
Compilation failed in require at ./mkcd.pl line 8.
[root@linux1 misc]# rpm -q rpmtools ; rpm -q perl
rpmtools-2.3-2mdk
perl-5.600-27mdk
[root@linux1 misc]# rpm -qf /usr/lib/perl5/5.6.0/i386-linux/DynaLoader.pm
perl-base-5.600-27mdk
Any ideas as to what I'm doing wrong, or is the script broken?
Thanks,
.../Ed
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Ed Wilts, Mounds View, MN, USA
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Re: [Cooker] gcc and alternatives
On Friday 16 February 2001 18:31, J . A . Magallon wrote: > Hi, > > Every update of gcc kills /var/lib/rpm/alternatives/gcc. So you do not > have /usr/bin/gcc, just /usr/bin/gcc-2.96. And this promptly kills any attempt to run VMware's vmware-config.pl which has 2 compile sections - the first prompts for the location of gcc and the second doesn't. This means that after every gcc upgrade I need to put the link back into /usr/bin. -- Ed Wilts, Mounds View, MN, USA mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [Cooker] Mandrake and Konqueror
On Monday 12 February 2001 08:33, Mattias Dahlberg wrote: > I vote for an Internet icon on the desktop, which starts the web browsing > profile for Konqueror. The kppp icon could read "dial-up" or "modem". In my panel I've got a "globe" icon for Konqueror. It's set to execute: kfmclient openProfile webbrowsing On your panel, right click and work your way through "Panel Menu", "Add", "Button", "Networking", "WWW", and then finally "Konqueror Web Browser". Cheers, .../Ed -- Ed Wilts, Mounds View, MN, USA mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
[Cooker] initscripts failed dependencies
[root@linux1 cooker]# rpm -Fvh initscripts-5.60-1mdk.i586.rpm error: failed dependencies: /etc/init.d is needed by xinetd-2.1.8.9pre14-1mdk [root@linux1 cooker]# ls -l initscripts* xinetd* -rw-r--r--1 root ewilts 214857 Feb 8 09:15 initscripts-5.60-1mdk.i586.rpm -rw-r--r--1 root ewilts 112811 Jan 21 09:45 xinetd-2.1.8.9pre14-1mdk.i586.rpm -rw-r--r--1 root ewilts 80985 Jan 21 09:45 xinetd-ipv6-2.1.8.9pre14-1mdk.i586.rpm -- Ed Wilts, Mounds View, MN, USA mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [Cooker] Watch your FTPs
On Friday 09 February 2001 02:11, Stefan Jordan wrote: > > --- Michal Rokos <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hello, > > > I sent a few (2) mails to cooker maillist and today some guys > > > > from > > > > > France uploaded 500MB XXX and Warez data into hidden folders on my > > > computer. > > > > Those crackers could have been from Rochester or Peru or just about > > anywhere and just using someone's cracked system to get yours. > > > > > I find it out when I came back from school. They also tried some > > > "unclean" packets to my computer. > > > > > > So: Please, read the logs and use the firewall!!! > > You'd better ban anonymous access to your ftp server, don't you ? > Or even better, something everyone should do : no write access anywhere via > ftp... If you're running wu-ftpd, have a VERY good look at the FAQs - there are some good suggestions there. - turn off anonymous FTP. You don't need, don't want it, and are setting yourself up for attack - read the Guest HOWTO. - ALL users should be guest users - no real users at all. This limits their view of the file system If you can, set up your network filters to only allow ftp connections from specific network segments. If you've only got a few users, consider using sftp or scp instead of ftp and then turn your ftp service off. There's always been the VERY good Linux Administrator's Security Guide. Read it, follow it, and sleep soundly at night. -- Ed Wilts, Mounds View, MN, USA mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [Cooker] Samba does not suppress files after printing! :|
On Wednesday 07 February 2001 07:53, Claudio wrote: > Hello. > Is it normal that samba does not delete the files after printing them? I'm > installing a cups+smb server, it's working OK, but I found /var full! There > were tons of MB in /var/spool/samba/* because I found there a copy of all > the printed files. Is there a way to automatically delete them? Edit /etc/smb.conf and change the lpr-cups line to include "-r". I also found that I needed "-l" to pring raw files that came pre-formatted from my Windows systems which use their own drivers (and I prefer the Windows drivers over the Cups ones). Cheers, .../Ed -- Ed Wilts, Mounds View, MN, USA mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [Cooker] scd0 device number for 2.4 kernel?
On Tuesday 06 February 2001 22:13, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I upgraded to 2.4 kernel under mandrake 7.2. I'm not using devfs (or I > don't think I am at least). Anyway, I modprobe ide-scsi, cdrecord works > fine to it. But I can't access it through /dev/scd0 anymore. > > cat /dev/scd0 > cat: /dev/scd0: Device not configured This is what I've got in /etc/modules.conf and it works fine for me: options ide-cd ignore=hdb alias scd0 sr_mod pre-install sg modprobe ide-scsi pre-install sr_mod modprobe ide-scsi Don't forget to add the kernel parameter in grub (or lilo). This is my entry in /boot/grub/menu.lst: title linux kernel (hd0,4)/boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/hda5 hdd=ide-scsi -- Ed Wilts, Mounds View, MN, USA mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [Cooker] vmware
On Monday 29 January 2001 12:22, Chmouel Boudjnah wrote: > to build vmware under cooker currently you only need to : > > install kernel-source > go into /usr/src/linux > do a make oldconifg > edit the .config > search the line CONFIG_MODVERSION > change it from =y to =n > run a make oldconfig and make dep > and run the vmware-install.pl script which should work. > > i'm working on a automatic solution... I actually got it working using the stock Mandrake kernel (although I had previously run your makeoldconfig, make dep suggestion and was still having problems). The catch is to specify the correct directory spec for the include files. It's /usr/src/linux/include. Once I got that right, the rest went smoothly. Now I just have to convince W98 to install from a SCSI CD (it's really an IDE CDRW but accessed via the ide-scsi interface). If it's not one challenge it's another... .../Ed -- Ed Wilts, Mounds View, MN, USA mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
[Cooker] kaffe getting old?
I just got this error going to http://www.nba.com/Timberwolves
Java VM version: 1.0.6 Java VM vendor: Transvirtual Technologies, Inc.
ERROR: This version of Java is not supported for security reasons. Please
use Java version 1.2 or higher.
I'm running kaffe, and 1.0.6 is the latest version on Cooker. What are the
plans on getting a more recent copy out?
Thanks,
.../Ed
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Re: [Cooker] vmware and kernel 2.4
On Sunday 28 January 2001 11:48, Chmouel Boudjnah wrote: > Richard Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Chmouel Boudjnah wrote: > > > Bryan Opfer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > I have not been able to get it to work either. I have the source > > > > installed and I get the following: > > I should have been more clear, but I just help out when I can. > > i say before to be able to compile you need to do : > > let know the vmware script (i don't know how it works) to use > /usr/src/linux, go in the /usr/src/linux run the VMware script wants /usr/linux, not /usr/src/linux. > > make mrproper > make oldconfig > make dep > > and run the vmware script. I've done that, and this is the errors I'm getting. Are we looking at a Cooker issue or a VMware issue? --- begin paste --- [root@linux1 /root]# vmware-config.pl Making sure VMware's services are stopped. Stopping VMware services: Virtual machine monitor [ OK ] Trying to find a suitable vmmon module for your running kernel. None of VMware's pre-built vmmon modules is suitable for your running kernel. Do you want this script to try to build the vmmon module for your system (you need to have a C compiler installed on your system)? [yes] What is the location of the directory of C header files that match your running kernel? [/usr/include] Extracting the sources of the vmmon module. Building the vmmon module. make: Entering directory `/tmp/vmware-config1/vmmon-only' make[1]: Entering directory `/tmp/vmware-config1/vmmon-only' make[2]: Entering directory `/tmp/vmware-config1/vmmon-only/driver-2.4.0-11mdk' In file included from ../linux/driver-config.h:35, from .././linux/driver.c:11: /usr/include/linux/modversions.h:1:2: #error Modules should never use kernel-headers system headers, /usr/include/linux/modversions.h:2:2: #error but headers from an appropriate kernel-source make[2]: *** [driver.d] Error 1 make[2]: Leaving directory `/tmp/vmware-config1/vmmon-only/driver-2.4.0-11mdk' make[1]: *** [deps] Error 2 make[1]: Leaving directory `/tmp/vmware-config1/vmmon-only' make: *** [auto-build] Error 2 make: Leaving directory `/tmp/vmware-config1/vmmon-only' Unable to build the vmmon module. For more information on how to troubleshoot module-related problems, please have a look at "http://www.vmware.com/download/modules/modules.html". Execution aborted. --- end paste --- I can tell you that the modversions.h file in the 2.4 kernel is considerably smaller than the version in the 2.2.17 kernel source. I'm not a kernel developer, and don't know if this is expected or not. [root@linux1 linux]# ls -l `locate modversions.h` -rw-r--r--1 root root 116 Jan 27 16:33 /usr/include/linux/modversions.h -rw-r--r--1 root root 1426 Nov 25 10:32 /usr/src/linux-2.2.17/include/linux/modversions.h -- Ed Wilts, Mounds View, MN, USA mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [Cooker] Trying to download mail from a server running postfix
On Thursday 25 January 2001 08:43, Christian A Strømmen [Number1/NumeroUno] wrote: > I've setup postfix on a mdk 7.2 server but I'm having problems downloading > mails from it, when I try to download via fetchmail I get: > [number1@liquid number1]$ fetchmail -p POP3 -u number1 > borg.deltacomputers.no Enter password for [EMAIL PROTECTED]: > 1 message for number1 at borg.deltacomputers.no (768 octets). > reading message 1 of 1 (768 octets) fetchmail: SMTP connect to localhost > failed > fetchmail: SMTP transaction error while fetching from > borg.deltacomputers.no fetchmail: Query status=10 (SMTP) I just ran into this yesterday. It's easy to fix: # service postfix start # chkconfig postfix --list If it's turned off, do the following: # chkconfig postfix on I think that there's a bug in the postfix installer. I had postfix running, did an rpm -Fvh on the postfix packages, and postfix was disabled. This is a common problems with several packages (I just re-reported this with cups). -- Ed Wilts, Mounds View, MN, USA mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
[Cooker] Re: [CHRPM] cups-1.1.6-1mdk
On Saturday 27 January 2001 06:45, Till Kamppeter wrote: > --=-=-= > Name: cups Relocations: (not relocateable) > Version : 1.1.6 Vendor: MandrakeSoft > Release : 1mdk Build Date: Fri Jan 26 21:50:02 > * Fri Jan 26 2001 Till Kamppeter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 1.1.6-1mdk > > - Updated to CUPS 1.1.6. I reported this bug earlier, and it's still present in this version. Please ensure that this is on your todo list. cups will disable itself from being automatically started on install. So, if cups is set to automatically start before you do an upgrade, then after the upgrade it's disabled. Here's the log: [root@linux1 cooker]# chkconfig cups --list cups0:off 1:off 2:off 3:on4:on5:on6:off [root@linux1 cooker]# rpm -Uvh cups-1.1.6-1mdk.i586.rpm --replacepkgs cups## [root@linux1 cooker]# chkconfig cups --list cups0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off [root@linux1 cooker]# chkconfig cups on [root@linux1 cooker]# chkconfig cups --list cups0:off 1:off 2:off 3:on4:on5:on6:off -- Ed Wilts, Mounds View, MN, USA mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [Cooker] what hardware internal modem to buy for my mandrake ?
On Saturday 27 January 2001 04:32, Syed Irfan wrote:
> hello
>
> any suggessions for a good hardware internal modem
> (manufacturer/brand/56k v90) which works on linux
> distros and LM ? i need to buy one urgently.
This is not a Cooker question. Go to http://www.linuxdoc.org and read the
modem howto.
.../Ed
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Re: [Cooker] Cooker packages...
On Friday 26 January 2001 22:52, Robin Cook wrote: > Is there a list somewhere that has what packages you should not > install together like wu-ftp and proftp, and of the those packages > the recommended package? I've never seen such a list, but I have seen a discussion on recommended packages. Check out http://securityportal.com. Back in July, 2000, they had a 2-part series entitled "Why do vendors ship us junk they wouldn't use?". Among the discussions included wu-ftpd, telnet, sendmail, named, and inn. A lot of it is personal choice. Some of the packages are certainly personal choice - you can run sendmail and wu-ftpd security but you MUST be current on patches - and some are just bad security decisions in some situations (like telnet). Cheers, .../Ed -- Ed Wilts, Mounds View, MN, USA mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [Cooker] New xcdroast needed
On Thursday 25 January 2001 20:06, Daouda LO wrote: > Quel Qun <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > # rpm -U cdrecord-1.10-0.a12.1mdk.i586.rpm > > error: failed dependencies: > > cdrecord = 1.9 is needed by xcdroast-0.98-2mdk > > fixed ! install xcdroast-0.98-3mdk . Not quite fixed. xcdroast now requires a newer cdrecord which hasn't been uploaded yet. [root@linux1 cooker]# rpm -qa | grep cdrecord cdrecord-cdda2wav-1.10-0.a12.1mdk cdrecord-1.10-0.a12.1mdk [root@linux1 cooker]# rpm -Uvh xcdroast* error: failed dependencies: cdrecord >= 1.10-1mdk is needed by xcdroast-0.98-3mdk cdrecord-cdda2wav >= 1.10-1mdk is needed by xcdroast-0.98-3mdk -- Ed Wilts, Mounds View, MN, USA mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [Cooker] Re: Linux-Mandrake Cooker-i586 20010114 5:15 - KDE problems
On Wednesday 24 January 2001 22:44, you wrote: > Still the same with DrakX 1.392 - but only if you use XF4, with which it > seems KDE is incompatible. Login works fine and all fonts are available if > I use XFree86 -3 and SVGA with my Matrox G400-32MB. Eh? I'm using KDE on XF4 with my Matrox G450-32MB without any problems... -- Ed Wilts, Mounds View, MN, USA mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
[Cooker] cdrecord problems
I don't know if this is a Cooker issue, a kernel issue, a cdrecord issue, or if I'm clueless - this is my first experience with a CD recorder on Linux. [ewilts@linux1 ewilts]$ rpm -q cdrecord cdrecord-1.9-3mdk I'd appreciate any comments anyone can give me on what might be wrong. This is starting to drive me nuts... Thanks, .../Ed [root@linux1 ewilts]# cdrecord -v -blank=all /backup/iso/1-Cooker-i586.iso Cdrecord 1.9 (i586-mandrake-linux-gnu) Copyright (C) 1995-2000 Jörg Schilling TOC Type: 1 = CD-ROM scsidev: '0,0' scsibus: 0 target: 0 lun: 0 Linux sg driver version: 3.1.17 Using libscg version 'schily-0.1' atapi: 1 Device type: Removable CD-ROM Version: 0 Response Format: 1 Vendor_info: 'TEAC' Identifikation : 'CD-W54E ' Revision : '1.1B' Device seems to be: Generic mmc CD-RW. Using generic SCSI-3/mmc CD-R driver (mmc_cdr). Driver flags : SWABAUDIO Drive buf size : 1300480 = 1270 KB FIFO size : 4194304 = 4096 KB Track 01: data 623 MB Total size: 715 MB (70:55.72) = 319179 sectors Lout start: 716 MB (70:57/54) = 319179 sectors Current Secsize: 2048 ATIP info from disk: Indicated writing power: 6 Reference speed: 2 Is not unrestricted Is erasable ATIP start of lead in: -11597 (97:27/28) ATIP start of lead out: 336601 (74:50/01) speed low: 0 speed high: 4 power mult factor: 5 6 recommended erase/write power: 3 A2 values: 00 00 00 Disk type:Phase change Manuf. index: 20 Manufacturer: Princo Corporation Blocks total: 336601 Blocks current: 336601 Blocks remaining: 17422 RBlocks total: 346489 RBlocks current: 346489 RBlocks remaining: 27310 Starting to write CD/DVD at speed 4 in write mode for single session. Last chance to quit, starting real write in 1 seconds. Waiting for reader process to fill input buffer ... input buffer ready. Blanking entire disk cdrecord: faio_wait_on_buffer for writer timed out. cdrecord: Numerical argument out of domain. Cannot send SCSI cmd via ioctl cdrecord: Numerical argument out of domain. Cannot send SCSI cmd via ioctl cdrecord: Numerical argument out of domain. Cannot send SCSI cmd via ioctl cdrecord: Numerical argument out of domain. Cannot send SCSI cmd via ioctl I get several hundred of these messages, and then finally: cdrecord: Numerical argument out of domain. Cannot send SCSI cmd via ioctl cdrecord: Numerical argument out of domain. Cannot send SCSI cmd via ioctl cdrecord: fifo had 64 puts and 0 gets. cdrecord: fifo was 0 times empty and 0 times full, min fill was 100%. -- Ed Wilts, Mounds View, MN, USA mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
[Cooker] cdrecord and Mandrake iso image
I just purchased a new CD recorder and am having an issue with cdrecord. It seems like it can't make 552M fit on a CD. What's interesting is that the inst data DID fit on to a single CD, but although the CD looked good, it wasn't installable on my other system - it just hung initializing the CDROM (it got past the second stage ramdisk, which suggests that it could physically read the CD anyway). Any thoughts or suggestions would be greatly appreciated! Thanks, .../Ed [root@linux1 iso]# ls -lh total 1.1G -rw---1 ewilts ewilts 552M Jan 22 22:25 Mandrake72-ext.iso -rw---1 ewilts ewilts 622M Jan 22 22:26 Mandrake72-inst.iso -rw---1 ewilts ewilts 1.4k Jan 22 22:26 README -rw---1 ewilts ewilts107 Jan 22 22:26 md5sums [root@linux1 iso]# cdrecord -blank=fast -speed=4 -dev=0,0 Mandrake72-ext.iso Cdrecord 1.9 (i586-mandrake-linux-gnu) Copyright (C) 1995-2000 Jörg Schilling scsidev: '0,0' scsibus: 0 target: 0 lun: 0 Linux sg driver version: 3.1.17 Using libscg version 'schily-0.1' Device type: Removable CD-ROM Version: 0 Response Format: 1 Vendor_info: 'TEAC' Identifikation : 'CD-W54E ' Revision : '1.1B' Device seems to be: Generic mmc CD-RW. Using generic SCSI-3/mmc CD-R driver (mmc_cdr). Driver flags : SWABAUDIO cdrecord: WARNING: Data may not fit on current disk. cdrecord: Data does not fit on current disk. cdrecord: Cannot write CD's >= 100 minutes. [root@linux1 iso]# rpm -q cdrecord cdrecord-1.9-3mdk -- Ed Wilts, Mounds View, MN, USA mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
[Cooker] mkcd.pl and unusable install CD
I've tried 2 versions of mkcd.pl, and neither one has so far been able to
produce a CD that is installable on my other system. The latest attempt,
using the mkcd.pl that was posted to the list in the last day or so, comes up
with the following fatal error:
Looking for available packages
nothing found while parsig /mnt/var/lib/urpmi/hdlist.cdrom1.cz.
This occurs right after formatting the partitions, and won't go past this
step. Obviously it's still on the first CD...
Any ideas?
Thanks,
.../Ed
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Re: [Cooker] XFree86-4.0.2-4mdk.i586.rpm
On Sunday 21 January 2001 15:04, John Cavan wrote: > Giuseppe Ghibo' wrote: > > OK, I was wondering if someone successfull get 3D accel under > > Matrox G400 with XF 4.0.2. > > I haven't been able to get my Matrox G400 working under 4.0.2 even with > the DRI code from SourceForge. I've tried it with the Matrox HAL and > without. Always dumps with Sig 11. I built a new system from scratch yesterday with a G450 card. It took me a while, but I finally got the sucker working under 4.0.2. Comments: - You need to get the driver from ftp.matrox.com. You're looking for /pub/mga/archive/linux/2001/beta_1_00_04 - get the readme and read it. Copy the mga_drv.o file into your X directory. Run XFdrake a few times to get the setup right. It does eventually work. - I haven't done any 3d testing either than to try tuxracer, and it still sucks for performance - just as bad on the G450 as on the SiS 6326 card. - In my opinion, MandrakeSoft has blown it with Matrox support. They're forcing customers to go to Matrox to get the driver. I realize they hate proprietary software, but here's a quote from the readme: "Due to certain legal liabilities and for the protection of intellectual property, Matrox reserves licensing rights to the library and prohibits reverse engineering but allows free distribution under any operating system. Matrox encourages members of the open source community to freely distribute and assist in the further development of this driver." Even though the driver they ship is definitely not GPL, neither is Netscape and Mandrake has no problems shipping it. -- Ed Wilts, Mounds View, MN, USA mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [Cooker] Linux-Mandrake Cooker-i586 20010114 5:15 - lilo broken
On Friday 19 January 2001 19:16, andre wrote: > I think you mean a packages update and not an install but.. . But don't you > see it when an install goes wrong. If you use rpm -Fvh or Mandrakeupdate > from the command-line you see an error-messages. And to get ride of > multipules just do an rpm -e --noscripts > packages-name-with-the-old-complete-name-without-the-rpm-bit > > Say if you have package-1-1mdk.i586.rpm > and package-1-2mdk.i586.rpm > installed > do rpm -e --noscripts package-1-1mdk NO!!! I'm pretty sure you'll seriously shoot yourself in the foot doing this. rpm has no concept of which VERSION of the package you're uninstalling, and doesn't know that two packages have the same file. It's quite likely that you'll remove a file that -2 wants if it was common with -1. I did that once with rpm. Not a pretty sight... .../Ed -- Ed Wilts, Mounds View, MN, USA mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [Cooker] Linux-Mandrake Cooker-i586 20010114 5:15 - lilo broken
On Friday 19 January 2001 11:14, Peter Ruskin wrote: > On Thursday 18 January 2001 14:44, Peter Ruskin wrote: > OK, I'll answer this myself. I've been using update from the cooker > installer, assuming that if an RPM updates it throws away the previous > version. But no - I had _THREE_ versions of lilo installed. Deleting the > earlier versions and reinstalling the latest cured the problem. > > I then searched for other duplicates and found these: > libgimp-devel, libglib*-devel, htdig, bash1, XFree86-100dpi-fonts, > XFree86-75dpi-fonts, fdutils, libSDL_image, libSDL_mixer and libgal. There > may be more - it's hard to tell with so many packages being renamed with 0, > 1, etc. at the end. The easiest way I've found to search for duplicates is: # rpm -qa | sort | less > So there is either something else wrong with the installer or with the > scripts for these packages. Please investigate, Mandrake. It happens whenever one of the scripts fails. For example, I've got 3 versions of ucd-snmp because I don't start it up. The script can't turn it off (or doesn't find the right startup file) so it doesn't de-install it, even though rpm said it's installed. I've seen quite a few cases of Mandrake (and Redhat) installs getting it wrong with regards to what is enabled or not before the install and after. I'm currently exchanging e-mail with Mandrake about ssh since it gets disabled following an install, even if it was enabled before. I've seen other earlier cases where bind gets turned off. Cheers, .../Ed -- Ed Wilts, Mounds View, MN, USA mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [Cooker] Is Linux Mandrake vulnerable to Internet Worm?
On Thursday 18 January 2001 08:31, you wrote: > See details here: > > http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-201-4508359-0.html In short, no. The wu-ftpd suexec hole that it's talking about was fixed in June, 2000. Now, if you're sloppy and haven't been updating security fixes, then you could be in trouble. I typically pay attention to the security announcements in lwn.net and am happy to see that Mandrake is usually in the first group of vendors to release security fixes. It's one of the reasons I chose Mandrake as my supplier. .../Ed -- Ed Wilts, Mounds View, MN, USA mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
[Cooker] openssh-server installation bug
When the openssh server is installed, it is disabled. This makes sense if it wasn't running before the install, but if it was enabled when the package was installed, it should be enabled when the installation is finished. At the end is an installation log showing that it disabled itself. This bit me today when I upgraded some packages, updated the kernel, rebooted, and then didn't check ssh and I couldn't get onto my system until I physically got to the console. .../Ed [root@linux1 cooker]# rpm -q openssh-server openssh-server-2.3.0p1-8mdk [root@linux1 cooker]# chkconfig --list sshd sshd0:off 1:off 2:off 3:on4:on5:on6:off [root@linux1 cooker]# rpm -ivh openssh-server-2.3.0p1-8mdk.i586.rpm --replacepkgs openssh-server ## Shutting down sshd: [ OK ] Starting sshd: [ OK ] [root@linux1 cooker]# [root@linux1 cooker]# chkconfig --list sshd sshd0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off [root@linux1 cooker]# chkconfig sshd on [root@linux1 cooker]# chkconfig --list sshd sshd0:off 1:off 2:off 3:on4:on5:on 6:off -- Ed Wilts, Mounds View, MN, USA mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [Cooker] remapping of 'winblows' keys in KDE
On Wednesday 03 January 2001 22:16, you wrote: > I used K's control panel and key mapping to open the Kpanel's menu. It > simply does nothing. I tried alternate mappings, to use + and > other such things. No go. Strangely enough, the 'menu' key to the right of > the RIGHT 'winblows' key DOES work with mappings of any task I throw at it. > Is there a trick to tell the Xserver to refer to the 'Winblows' key as > something else?? If anyone knows of a useful page on this subject, you can > just guide me there with a click of your middle mouse button. http://www.mandrakeuser.org/xwin/xset.html I've been getting close but not quite there yet. Basically, you can do the following: $ xmodmap -e 'keycode 115=F13' Go to the KDE Control Center and change the global key bindings to pop up the launcher from Alt-F1 to F13 and hit Apply. This maps the left Windows key. You can also map the right Windows key (I think that was 116). What's not working for me yet is to get this to stick. Although the control center says the key is mapped to F13, it doesn't seem to be. I need to go into control center again after KDE starts and hit apply again. I haven't found the right spot to put the xmodmap command in yet. Cheers, .../Ed -- Ed Wilts, Mounds View, MN, USA mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
