Re: portslave
Hello Russell On 15 Oct 2001, at 17:58, Russell Coker wrote: On Mon, 15 Oct 2001 11:18, I. Forbes wrote: Perhaps the same or a similar configuration file could tell portslave how to handle incoming calls detected by the modem as being voice or fax as opposed to data calls. Sure, I could add that. Write a spec. This is an opertunity I can't pass up. Give me a week or so to have a good look through mgetty, faxgetty etc. Is there a documentation for the new options on the patched pppd? There is in the latest version which was uploaded to Debian and Sourceforge last night. Thanks, I will have a look. It shouldn't be that difficult to write some code that can recognise FAX as well as PPP, they are very different... The fax and data differentiation is handled by the modem - they have different handshake sequences. If the phone line is noisy and/or the modem firmware is a bit buggy, the modem does not correctly identify the handshake. If the modem gets this wrong, then the getty program can't help. This does not mean that we should not put the facility into portslave. Regards Ian - Ian Forbes ZSD http://www.zsd.co.za Office: +27 +21 683-1388 Fax: +27 +21 64-1106 Snail Mail: P.O. Box 46827, Glosderry, 7702, South Africa - -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
building custom kernel package
Hello, I've successfully built a kernel image, however the initrd image is not installed with it, and I have to make one after installing the kernel on every system. How do I get the kernel deb package to create and install it's own initrd image automatically, like the debian packages do? -- Nick Jennings -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RHCE
Hi fellas Who is the general consensus for the RHCE qualification ? ..Craig -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
building custom kernel package
Install the package kernel-package and use make-kpkg to build the kernel. This builds nice Debian packages of the kernel which make it a lot easier to manage and track which machines are running which versions. Also the kernel package installation takes care of making the initrd. Then to create the initrd you need the initrd-tools package and mkcramfs (for cramfs) or genromfs (for romfs). Initrd-tools by default puts all the kernel's modules into the initrd which isn't necessary (and if your kernel settings are like mine you'll get a 2M initrd image). I've written some scripts to help manage this. I've attached two scripts for inclusion in /etc/mkinitrd/scripts directory (make sure you don't run the devfs script in any other way), and the mkinitrd.conf file I use. With that and the correct /etc/mkinitrd/modules file it should all work fine. For creating a romfs change /usr/sbin/mkinitrd to have the following as the last few lines: if [ $VERBOSE ]; then # mkcramfs $workdir/initrd /dev/fd/3 31 2 genromfs -f /dev/fd/3 -d $workdir/initrd -v 31 2 | gzip -9 else # mkcramfs $workdir/initrd /dev/fd/3 31 /dev/null genromfs -f /dev/fd/3 -d $workdir/initrd 31 /dev/null | gzip -9 fi Romfs generates smaller images than cramfs (between 5% and 15% space savings in my tests). The romfs kernel driver uses less memory than the cramfs driver. Also romfs works out of the box while cramfs is always broken and needs patching. Sorry for the form response, I just re-wrote a previous message. -- http://www.coker.com.au/bonnie++/ Bonnie++ hard drive benchmark http://www.coker.com.au/postal/ Postal SMTP/POP benchmark http://www.coker.com.au/projects.html Projects I am working on http://www.coker.com.au/~russell/ My home page copy-needed-modules Description: copy-needed-modules devfs Description: devfs # /etc/mkinitrd/mkinitrd.conf: # Configuration file for mkinitrd(8). See mkinitrd.conf(5). # # This file is meant to be parsed as a shell script. # What modules to install. MODULES=none # The length (in seconds) of the startup delay during which linuxrc may be # interrupted. DELAY=0 # If this is set to probe mkinitrd will try to figure out what's needed to # mount the root file system. This is equivalent to the old PROBE=on setting. ROOT=probe # This controls the permission of the resulting initrd image. UMASK=022 # Turn this on to see the messages from mkcramfs. VERBOSE=on
help AS 400
I would like if you can help me on how to connect a debian GNU/linux with IBM AS 400 with db2 400 running in the AS. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Exim issues
A friend of mine has Exim and Mailman setup to serve around 5 mailing lists. He sent the following question to me that I don't know the answer to (I don't use Exim): On mail.foobar.org I'm running exim as the MTA. By default it is configured to verify each email address which appears to take a very long time (I think this is the issue.) Any tips for configuring exim to be more speedy in a list server environment? If anyone has any tips on what config options to look into and whatnot, I'd greatly appreciate it. Thanks -- Cameron Moore -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
C questions
Hello, Sorry if this may seem off topic, I always appreciate the help I get on this (and other) debian lists. However since there doesn't appear to be any lists around C programming specifically, I wonder if anyone has any suggestions on a very good high quality c programming mailing list around? -- Nick Jennings -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Strange kernel compile error
All, I am recompiling my kernel on my file-server, it was running Debian Potato, and on a make bzImage, i get the following error. make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux/arch/i386/boot' as86 -0 -a -o bbootsect.o bbootsect.s make[1]: as86: Command not found make[1]: *** [bbootsect.o] Error 127 make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux/arch/i386/boot' make: *** [bzImage] Error 2 I have tried a few different kernels, kernel 2.2.17 (kernel.org), debian kernel- source-2.2.17 package, kernel 2.2.19 (kernel.org), debian kernel-source-2.2.19 package. I also did apt-get dist-upgrade to Woody, to no avail. What is causing this error? What package can i install to get this to work? I have searched the debian package archives, and could not find any packages that matched, and apt-get install as86 did nothing. I havent tried to compile a kernel on this machine before. TIA James Mclean -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Strange kernel compile error
You need to install the bin86 package (thats in sid, probably the same for potato and woody i guess). James Mclean wrote: All, I am recompiling my kernel on my file-server, it was running Debian Potato, and on a make bzImage, i get the following error. make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux/arch/i386/boot' as86 -0 -a -o bbootsect.o bbootsect.s make[1]: as86: Command not found make[1]: *** [bbootsect.o] Error 127 make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux/arch/i386/boot' make: *** [bzImage] Error 2 I have tried a few different kernels, kernel 2.2.17 (kernel.org), debian kernel- source-2.2.17 package, kernel 2.2.19 (kernel.org), debian kernel-source-2.2.19 package. I also did apt-get dist-upgrade to Woody, to no avail. What is causing this error? What package can i install to get this to work? I have searched the debian package archives, and could not find any packages that matched, and apt-get install as86 did nothing. I havent tried to compile a kernel on this machine before. TIA James Mclean -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Regards, Robert Davidson. http://www.mlug.org.au/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Strange kernel compile error
On Wed, Oct 17, 2001 at 01:08:59PM +, James Mclean wrote:
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux/arch/i386/boot'
as86 -0 -a -o bbootsect.o bbootsect.s
make[1]: as86: Command not found
Install the dev86 package.
- andrew
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Re: C questions
However since there doesn't appear to be any lists around C programming specifically, I wonder if anyone has any suggestions on a very good high quality c programming mailing list around? There are a few newsgroups, some of which may be available as mailing lists as well: comp.lang.c.moderated, comp.lang.c, gnu.gcc.help, comp.os.linux.development.apps . Also have a look at the FAQs for these newsgroups. Some links are at http://www.isp-faq.com/#programming Some other newsgroups that may be useful are comp.unix.programmer and comp.unix.internals. Jeremy C. Reed ... BSD software, documentation, resources, news... http://bsd.reedmedia.net/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: portslave
Hello Russell On 15 Oct 2001, at 17:58, Russell Coker wrote: On Mon, 15 Oct 2001 11:18, I. Forbes wrote: Perhaps the same or a similar configuration file could tell portslave how to handle incoming calls detected by the modem as being voice or fax as opposed to data calls. Sure, I could add that. Write a spec. This is an opertunity I can't pass up. Give me a week or so to have a good look through mgetty, faxgetty etc. Is there a documentation for the new options on the patched pppd? There is in the latest version which was uploaded to Debian and Sourceforge last night. Thanks, I will have a look. It shouldn't be that difficult to write some code that can recognise FAX as well as PPP, they are very different... The fax and data differentiation is handled by the modem - they have different handshake sequences. If the phone line is noisy and/or the modem firmware is a bit buggy, the modem does not correctly identify the handshake. If the modem gets this wrong, then the getty program can't help. This does not mean that we should not put the facility into portslave. Regards Ian - Ian Forbes ZSD http://www.zsd.co.za Office: +27 +21 683-1388 Fax: +27 +21 64-1106 Snail Mail: P.O. Box 46827, Glosderry, 7702, South Africa -
building custom kernel package
Hello, I've successfully built a kernel image, however the initrd image is not installed with it, and I have to make one after installing the kernel on every system. How do I get the kernel deb package to create and install it's own initrd image automatically, like the debian packages do? -- Nick Jennings
RHCE
Hi fellas Who is the general consensus for the RHCE qualification ? ..Craig
help AS 400
I would like if you can help me on how to connect a debian GNU/linux with IBM AS 400 with db2 400 running in the AS.
Exim issues
A friend of mine has Exim and Mailman setup to serve around 5 mailing lists. He sent the following question to me that I don't know the answer to (I don't use Exim): On mail.foobar.org I'm running exim as the MTA. By default it is configured to verify each email address which appears to take a very long time (I think this is the issue.) Any tips for configuring exim to be more speedy in a list server environment? If anyone has any tips on what config options to look into and whatnot, I'd greatly appreciate it. Thanks -- Cameron Moore
C questions
Hello, Sorry if this may seem off topic, I always appreciate the help I get on this (and other) debian lists. However since there doesn't appear to be any lists around C programming specifically, I wonder if anyone has any suggestions on a very good high quality c programming mailing list around? -- Nick Jennings
Re: C questions
On Tue, Oct 16, 2001 at 14:29:12 -0700, Nick Jennings wrote: However since there doesn't appear to be any lists around C programming specifically, I wonder if anyone has any suggestions on a very good high quality c programming mailing list around? There are a few newsgroups, some of which may be available as mailing lists as well: comp.lang.c.moderated, comp.lang.c, gnu.gcc.help, comp.os.linux.development.apps . HTH, Ray -- UNFAIR Term applied to advantages enjoyed by other people which we tried to cheat them out of and didn't manage. See also DISHONESTY, SNEAKY, UNDERHAND and JUST LUCKY I GUESS. - The Hipcrime Vocab by Chad C. Mulligan
Strange kernel compile error
All, I am recompiling my kernel on my file-server, it was running Debian Potato, and on a make bzImage, i get the following error. make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux/arch/i386/boot' as86 -0 -a -o bbootsect.o bbootsect.s make[1]: as86: Command not found make[1]: *** [bbootsect.o] Error 127 make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux/arch/i386/boot' make: *** [bzImage] Error 2 I have tried a few different kernels, kernel 2.2.17 (kernel.org), debian kernel- source-2.2.17 package, kernel 2.2.19 (kernel.org), debian kernel-source-2.2.19 package. I also did apt-get dist-upgrade to Woody, to no avail. What is causing this error? What package can i install to get this to work? I have searched the debian package archives, and could not find any packages that matched, and apt-get install as86 did nothing. I havent tried to compile a kernel on this machine before. TIA James Mclean
Re: Strange kernel compile error
You need to install the bin86 package (thats in sid, probably the same for potato and woody i guess). James Mclean wrote: All, I am recompiling my kernel on my file-server, it was running Debian Potato, and on a make bzImage, i get the following error. make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux/arch/i386/boot' as86 -0 -a -o bbootsect.o bbootsect.s make[1]: as86: Command not found make[1]: *** [bbootsect.o] Error 127 make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux/arch/i386/boot' make: *** [bzImage] Error 2 I have tried a few different kernels, kernel 2.2.17 (kernel.org), debian kernel- source-2.2.17 package, kernel 2.2.19 (kernel.org), debian kernel-source-2.2.19 package. I also did apt-get dist-upgrade to Woody, to no avail. What is causing this error? What package can i install to get this to work? I have searched the debian package archives, and could not find any packages that matched, and apt-get install as86 did nothing. I havent tried to compile a kernel on this machine before. TIA James Mclean -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Regards, Robert Davidson. http://www.mlug.org.au/
